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New iPhone without SIM Card by the end of 2022?
We have known for some time that Apple is preparing an iPhone without a SIM card, and according to information, that could happen soon. Half of this mission of the Cupertino-based company has already been...
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Apple has problems with production of components for iPhone 14?
It seems that Apple is once again having a problem with the production of components for the iPhone 14, so it wants to become independent and not be dependent on others. When you simply have...
Will Xiaomi and Google agree about APK?
Xiaomi is proposing to completely remove APK files and not use them on the Android platform, but Google has so far refused to do so. Remember when you carelessly installed an app or favorite game...
Apple will soon introduce its device for virtual reality
Apple's board of directors got an insight into the early version of the completely new device, which the company has been developing for several years. While in the time of Steve Jobs, there was a...
Will the Samsung S25 have a dedicated processor?
Samsung plans to make its Exynos processors "dedicated". That is, turn to more optimization and less raw power. It all comes with the Galaxy S25 series. Right at the beginning, many of you are wondering...
Apple has security problems?
During the previous period, Apple faced a "zero-day" security problem that affected the company's numerous platforms, including macOS, watchOS and tvOS. An emergency patch has been released for Apple devices, which run under the operating...
Google Play Store will remove almost 900,000 apps
Apps that have not been updated in two years will be removed, all due to recent terms of use that Google Play has changed. The days of outdated and neglected apps on the Google Play...
Will Samsung make electric cars?
Electric cars have already experienced great popularity in the West and have a secure future. A large number of car manufacturers are already focusing heavily on the production of electric cars. However, not only...
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Xiaomi Announced long-term Strategic Cooperation with Leica Camera
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Readers, how often do you replace your cellphone cases?
I bought my first iPhone nearly two years ago. You can read the post here. As a blogger, I must admit that maintaining emails and various social media platforms is greatly improved through the use of Apple products. While I was initially opposed to the popular brand, my trepidation was purely unwarranted. I can honestly say that an iPhone alone made my online presence much stronger than prior to owning one.
My first case was incredibly cute, and always reminded the little girl in me of Bugs Bunny. This time, I chose a cover by one of my favourite designers, Marc Jacobs. A black and white case, with hearts, and a dog? How could you go wrong?
If you would like a few more cellphone ideas, please check out this simple and stylish Wooden Cellphone Holder tutorial. It's just as useful as a case itself!


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Twitter sued by US widow for giving voice to Islamic State
By admin on Jan 15, 2016
Washington: Twitter Inc is being sued by the widow of an American killed in Jordan who accuses the social media company of giving a voice to Islamic State, adding to the pressure to crack down on online propaganda linked to terrorism.
Tamara Fields, a Florida woman whose husband Lloyd died in the Nov. 9 attack on the police training centre in Amman, said Twitter knowingly let the militant Islamist group use its network to spread propaganda, raise money and attract recruits.
She said the San Francisco-based company had until recently given Islamic State, also known as ISIS, an "unfettered" ability to maintain official Twitter accounts.
"Without Twitter, the explosive growth of ISIS over the last few years into the most-feared terrorist group in the world would not have been possible," according to the complaint filed on Wednesday in the federal court in Oakland, California.
Fields accused Twitter of violating the Anti-Terrorism Act, which allows triple damages for providing material support to terrorists.
Her lawyer said he believes it is the first case in which a social media company is accused of violating that federal law.
The lawsuit may add to pressure that social media companies such as Twitter and Facebook Inc face to take down posts associated with terrorist groups.
"While we believe the lawsuit is without merit, we are deeply saddened to hear of this family`s terrible loss," Twitter said in a statement about the civil lawsuit.
Violent threats and the promotion of terrorism deserve no place on Twitter and, like other social networks, our rules make that clear."
Last Friday, the Obama administration set up a task force to crack down on extremist groups using the Internet to advance their goals, find recruits and plan attacks such as recent killings in Paris and San Bernardino, California.
Senior national security officials from the administration also met with technology executives in Silicon Valley last week to discuss what more could be done to counter Islamist militants.
Fields, the widow, may face an uphill battle to prove Twitter knew or should have known that its technology was helping terrorists.
"We certainly know social media plays an important role in allowing ISIS to recruit foreign fighters," said Jimmy Gurule, a University of Notre Dame law professor and former U.S. Treasury Department official specializing in terrorist financing.
"But at the end of the day, is there a sufficient nexus between ISIS` use of Twitter and acts of terror?" he continued. "I`m not saying you can`t show it but it`s a real challenge."
Lloyd "Carl" Fields was among five people killed in the "lone wolf" attack at the police training centre by Jordanian police officer Anwar Abu Zeid.
The government contractor, who had been a police officer for a decade, was in Jordan to train police from that country, Iraq and the Palestinian territories.
Joshua Arisohn, a partner at Bursor & Fisher representing Tamara Fields, said his client can prevail by showing that Twitter`s activity was a substantial factor in her late husband`s death, and that the death could have been foreseen.
"Given the significant support that Twitter has knowingly provided to ISIS over the years, we`re confident that we can meet this standard," Arisohn said in an email.
Islamic State, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, has used the Internet regularly to spread its message.
The Brookings Institution think tank has estimated that Islamic State supporters operated at least 46,000 Twitter accounts between September and December 2014.
Social media companies are not uniform in handling requests from authorities to take down online material. Some technology executives worry that being too quick to remove suspect posts could invite endless and often meritless demands for takedowns.
Twitter has positioned itself as a defender of free speech and been reluctant to act as censor.
According to its online "transparency report," Twitter honoured none of the 25 requests from U.S. government and law enforcement authorities to remove posts between January and June 2015.
Worldwide, Twitter said it honoured 42 percent of the 1,003 removal requests from governments, law enforcement and courts during that period.
More than two-thirds of the requests came from Turkey. Twitter said it withheld 158 accounts and 2,354 tweets during the period.
In December, Twitter updated its policies for policing content to explicitly prohibit "hateful conduct."
Gary Osen, a lawyer who in 2014 convinced a Brooklyn, New York jury to hold Jordan`s Arab Bank Plc liable for handling transactions for Palestinian militant group Hamas, said there is "no question" the Anti-Terrorism Act covers Fields` claims, but that showing Twitter`s "knowledge or wilful blindness" is the challenge.
Fields said she met that standard, citing Twitter`s alleged resistance to numerous requests from U.S. government officials, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and others to do more to keep Islamic State off Twitter.
Arab Bank settled its case in August.
The case is Fields v. Twitter Inc, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 16-00213.
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James Horner, Film Composer for 'Titanic' and 'Braveheart,' Dies in Plane Crash
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Sonia Gandhi: Our heads hang in shame over crimes against women
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Updated: the DFO has confirmed that the permit application has been sent back to the PBMM and has not been approved. This means that they could still try to bring it forward, but in the immediate future, no permit will be provided.
It appears the permit application for a pinniped hunt on the west coast has been denied!
The Pacific Balance Marine Management (PBMM) president, Tom Sewid, has announced on their Facebook page that they have received notification from the DFO there will be no permit for a harvest in 2020 or 2021.
This is tremendous news and something that we can all be proud of achieving together. Animal Alliance of Canada has been in regular contact with the DFO since the proposal to bring a seal and sea lion slaughter to the west coast was first announced. Back when this issue first arose, we started a petition to keep people informed and pressure the DFO to not move forward with a permit. We have fought hard to ensure they understand the tremendous negative impact this would have on local marine systems and the cruelty involved.
However, we will not rest until we have official confirmation from the DFO of the permit denial. Also, the PBMM continue to call for killing of pinnipeds by fishermen, so we must continue to pressure the DFO to increase enforcement and stop illegal killing of marine life.
We also want to thank Deborah Short and other community members who reached out to us about the decapitated sea lions washing ashore and who helped pressure the media to draw attention to this disturbing development. There has been tremendous media coverage the last few days. This is another issue we will continue to pressure the DFO to put an end to.
Thank you for supporting our work, this is an example of what can be achieved with hard work, dedication, and compassion for animals.
Please consider donating to our organization, so that we may continue to fight animal cruelty across Canada.
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Sixth form students actively contribute to wider school life as House Captains (Brunel House, Da Vinci House, Mandela House), Sports Captains and School Council leaders. The Student Leadership group comprises of the Head Boy & Girl, Deputy Head Students and Assistant Head Students. All Sixth Form students are expected to be leaders for their younger peers.


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Q: jQuery retornando r.fn.init()] erro estranho Então, estava fazendo um projeto de escola e me deparei com um erro bem estranho no jQuery.
Eu repeti basicamente a mesma etapa de programação e a partir da terceira vez o código não funciona.
Tentei identificar o que era retornado no console e recebi esse código estranho.
Não sei explicar direito, talvez vendo uma demo fique melhor.
A select da esquerda habilita a da direita e assim por diante. Entretanto, a select Frente não habilita Capítulo e nem Capítulo habilita TipoEx.

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A: Os erros são basicamente de desatenção.
Alguns problemas no código:

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*Você acrescentou # ao id em Capítulo e TipoEx. Na hora de chamar o objeto, ele obviamente não iria localizar.

*Ainda em Capítulo, você não usou acentuação, mas fez o select no objeto como se tivesse posto.

*Você tentou localizar $('#tipoEx') com t minúsculo, o que também não vai funcionar.
O objeto que você vê no retorno, ao executar um select jQuery para Capítulo e TipoEx indicam que ele não foi localizado, apenas.
Normalize como abaixo e tudo funcionará bem.
<select id='Capítulo' size='3' disabled>
    <option>Capitulo 1</option>
    <option>Capitulo 2</option>
    <option>Capitulo 3</option>
</select>

<select id='TipoEx' size='3' disabled>
    <option>Revisando</option>
    <option>Propostos</option>
    <option>Complementares</option>
</select>

$('#Capítulo').click(function() {
    capitulo = $(this).find(':selected').text();
    $('#navigation a.capitulo').text(capitulo);
    if (capitulo != '') {
        $('#navigation a:eq(3)').addClass('active');
        $('#TipoEx').prop('disabled', false);
    }
});

$('#TipoEx').click(function() {
    tipoEx = $(this).find(':selected').text();
    $('#navigation a.tipoEx').text(tipoEx);
    if (capitulo != '') {
        $('#Exercícios').show();
    }
});

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The one time I tried research chems, I got some exemestane. I noticed after using it awhile my chest felt very tight, and I had trouble breathing. I didn't make the connection about the chem at that point. I stopped taking it and the problem went away. Later, I used the product again by itself as a test booster. I got the same symptoms, so I stopped taking it.
I know I'm not alergic to exemestane because I have used brand name Aromasin before with no problems. What chemical could it be causing this problem? This was a reputable research company, but not a board sponsor here.
Mostly PEG and/or alcohol. But maybe you got something else other than exemestane by mistake?


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Learn what IonCube is and why it's set up on nearly every server running PHP today.
A lot of script-driven apps, particularly paid content management systems, encode their files to make sure that they will not be reverse engineered or tampered with. Many of them use an application called ionCube PHP Encoder to do that, so, in case you acquire a paid script and you'd like to set it up in a hosting account, a software tool known as ionCube Loader has to be present on the server. Without having it, you won't be able to install the script or if you somehow find a way to do this, it won't operate effectively since almost all of the script code will be encoded to a degree where it can't be interpreted. That is why, you should make sure that ionCube Loader is set up if you get a fresh website hosting account and you wish to take advantage of some paid web app. If you obtain a shared web hosting account and the tool is not present, it can't be added as the entire server PHP environment will have to be compiled again.
IonCube in Shared Hosting
IonCube Loader is supplied with each Linux shared hosting service that we supply and you can activate it at any time with just a couple of clicks, so you'll be able to work with script apps that need it. You will be able to do this from the PHP Configuration area of your Hepsia Control Panel and all it'll take to enable or deactivate ionCube is to click a button. The change takes effect within a minute, which means that you will be able to go ahead and set up the app that you would like without delay. The same section allows you to change the PHP release that's active for your account, because we support a number of releases on our state-of-the-art cloud platform. In case you switch to a release that you haven't used so far, you'll need to activate ionCube Loader once again. More advanced users will be able to use a php.ini file in a specific domain folder in order to set a PHP version different from the one for the entire account or enable/disable ionCube Loader.
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Each and every semi-dedicated server account that is generated on our modern cloud website hosting platform comes with ionCube Loader support, and you will be able to set up any kind of script app which needs the tool. Then use it to launch and maintain your web presence. You can activate ionCube from the PHP Configuration section of the Control Panel and it will take you just a couple of clicks to do that. The change takes effect without delay, which means that you are able to go ahead and set up the necessary script in your account. If you decide to change the PHP version which is active for the account, you'll have to enable ionCube for the new release as well. Our custom platform also allows you to have a different PHP release for each and every domain or subdomain, that is done with a php.ini file in every domain folder. In the same way, you'll be able to enable/disable ionCube Loader for each website hosted in your semi-dedicated account.


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Q: jVectorMap with multiple dataSeries Using the jVectorMap World Map, I want to be able to display two different scales for different countries.
For example, have gradients from white to black for some countries and gradients from white to blue for the other countries.
How can I do that please?
Thank you.

A: If you take a look at this demo you can see that series.regions is an array. So you can just pass several series if you want to use more than one scale for the the visualization.


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Tihomir Naydenov is a Bulgarian midfielder, born on 25 March 1986. Tihomir was fostered in the academy of Botev Vratsa.
In 2009, Naydenov sealed his 1st professional deal with Botev. The following season, the midfielder started to appear regularly in the first squad, later on helping his team reach the A Football Group.
Tihomir shows good scoring results in spite of the fact that he quite often plays in the defensive midfield.


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Coronavirus: The multimillion-dollar cost of blocking Chinese tourists from New Zealand
Zane Small
Watch: Finance Minister Grant Robertson gives an update on how the Government is dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. Credits: Image - Newshub / Getty; Video - Newshub
Chinese tourists bring $180 million to New Zealand each month in the peak travel periods of January through to April - millions of dollars the economy is missing out on with the coronavirus travel ban.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson made the revelation in a speech on Thursday, outlining how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the New Zealand economy since the ban was introduced a month ago.
"We are operating in an environment of high uncertainty. It is not possible for anyone at this stage to give definitive answers to significant questions, such as: How long will it last? What will the global reach be? How deep will the impact be felt?"
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The minister said while the Government looks for answers for those questions, he can say some things with certainty: "This will have a serious impact on the New Zealand economy in the short term."
He added, "It is clear that there is an immediate impact on the tourism industry, particularly given there are now very few flights between China and New Zealand."
Early this month, the Government placed "temporary entry restrictions into New Zealand on all foreign nationals travelling from, or transiting through mainland China" to avoid a coronavirus outbreak.
On Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that flights from China would continue to be banned for a further eight days amid the outbreak and that the policy would continue to be reviewed.
The Prime Minister said on the following day that the Government is not considering a ban on any other nations, including South Korea where more than 900 cases have been confirmed.
Ardern said mainland China has been the epicentre of human-to-human transmission of the virus, officially named COVID-19. It originated in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei Province in central China.
So far, no cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in New Zealand. The only New Zealanders to contract the virus were aboard a cruise ship in Japan.
But New Zealand is a small trading nation, in a world where stock markets are tumbling amid investor concerns over the spreading virus, which has so far killed more than 2600 people worldwide and infected more than 80,000.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Photo credit: Newshub
ASB analysis on Thursday said China has increased its dominance as New Zealand's leading export destination, highlighting the export sector's exposure to coronavirus impacts.
"Within education exports, our tertiary sector has been impacted due to foreign students not travelling," Robertson said. "The estimates we have are that around 40 percent of students have not been able to travel here."
The Government is considering lifting the travel ban for students with input from the tertiary sector to "see what they can do to make sure New Zealanders' public health isn't put at risk".
An $11 million fund was set up last week to help identify new markets and opportunities as visitor numbers from China remain low due to the public health travel ban.
Robertson said the further the virus spreads and the longer it lasts, the more the country moves into a scenario where it will have an economic impact right across 2020.
"I've been clear from a couple of weeks ago that the first two quarters of this year will be ones where growth will be hard to come by anywhere in the global economy," he told reporters.
Robertson said the Government is currently assessing whether to include fiscal stimulus in Budget 2020. He said if things got bad, the Government would consider tax relief or income support.
He pointed to the recent infrastructure announcement as something that could stimulate the economy when the projects get underway.
"We go into this with our official interest rate higher than many other advanced economies," Robertson said. "We go into this with very low Government debt compared to the rest of the world."
ACT leader David Seymour said the "serious economic impact of coronavirus will now require stimulus in the form of tax cuts or higher spending".


The White House yesterday backed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's warning that recent terrorist activity overseas translates into an increased risk of attack in the U.S. this summer.
"When you've got al Qaeda a bit on its heels in a place like Iraq, you've got to keep in mind that they want to make a bloody splash someplace, and it's important really to be vigilant," Mr. Snow said.
Mr. Chertoff cited an increase in public statements from al Qaeda and a plot last summer to bomb a dozen jetliners over U.S. soil, as well as the recent failed bombings in London and the fiery car crash into the Glasgow Airport.
"All these things have given me kind of a gut feeling that we are in a period of increased vulnerability," Mr. Chertoff said.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat and House Homeland Security Committee chairman, criticized Mr. Chertoff's choice of words and offered to convene a classified briefing to disclose possible threats to members of Congress.
"What color code in the Homeland Security Advisory System is associated with a 'gut feeling?' " Mr. Thompson said in a letter to Mr. Chertoff yesterday.
"Words have power, Mr. Secretary. You must choose them wisely — especially when they relate to the lives and security of the American public," Mr. Thompson said.
Homeland Security Department spokesman William Knocke suggested the letter was disingenuous and said that Mr. Thompson and other key Democratic members of Congress have already been briefed by Mr. Chertoff.
"It's disturbing that the chairman would forget that a couple of weeks ago he and other Democrat members had breakfast together where this was actually discussed, and the secretary raised these concerns then," Mr. Knocke said.
However, White House and Homeland Security officials say there are no specific or credible threats against government buildings or other infrastructure targets.
However, FBI spokesman Richard Kolko in Washington said the FBI has been focusing on potential terrorist threats in this country since the September 11 attacks and that dozens of counterterrorism units within the bureau have been tracking down suspects, leads and other would-be threats on an ongoing basis. He said that effort had nothing to do with the attacks in Britain.
ABC also reported that White House and other administration officials planned an emergency meeting in the "situation room" today to discuss a specific threat, but officials say the meeting is held regularly.
c Jerry Seper contributed to this report.


The Institute for Analytics and Data Science is presenting its fifth annual Summer School, bringing you two weeks of cutting-edge courses across the field of data science and analytics.
Our Summer School, held at our Colchester Campus, provides a unique opportunity to attend state-of-the-art courses delivered by world leading academics and industry partners from around the globe, attend keynotes from renowned experts, and network with your peers in an invaluable forum for knowledge exchange.
Whether you're interested in the curation and management of big data, advanced techniques and methods including artificial intelligence and statistical methods, or applications of big data in fields ranging from business and finance to bioinformatics, you'll find a set of relevant courses for you.
With one week and two week places available, you can enrol yourself onto our recommended set of programmes arranged around themes, or tailor your own programme by picking the courses that suit you best.
Whether you're exploring data science, or have advanced practice, we have a range of introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses to suit your needs.
Some courses may have pre-requisites, or preparation may be required before attending. All this information is detailed in the course outline which you will be able to download from Spring 2019.
There are no specific eligibility requirements to book a place on the Summer School. We welcome attendees (students, researchers, academics and professionals) in the emerging fields of big data, data science and analytics who would like to find out more or be updated on the current trends and developments in this exciting and fast-developing field.
We accept applicants from all levels and experience from around the world and offer a range of introductory, intermediate and advanced courses to suit your needs.
Whilst we don't restrict access to courses, when selecting the courses that make up your programme please pay attention to our recommended prerequisites. These prerequisites are stipulated to ensure that all attendees make the best out of their time with us.
If you are unsure whether a certain published course is right for you, please do not hesitate to contact us at iadssum@essex.ac.uk and a member of the IADS team will be happy to advise you on whether a course is suitable for your requirements and skillsets.
Access to one or two weeks' worth of courses, depending on your selection.
A tailored programme and access to preparatory and bonus materials from our providers using a secure drive.
Exclusive access to multiple keynote events provided over both weeks.
Access to over five organised social activities designed to create long-lasting connections with fellow delegates and providers, including a local tour, games night, and our novel Summer School Speed Networking session.
One ticket to the opening Evening Reception on Monday 29 July 2019.
One ticket to a field-trip excursion to a popular British tourist destination on Saturday 3 August 2019.
One ticket to the IADS Formal Dinner on Wednesday 7 August 2019.
Complimentary car parking permit for the duration of your stay.
Support from the IADS team before your arrival and throughout your stay.
A delegate pack full of resources, information, and memorabilia from your time with us.
Hardcopy certification upon completing your course, endorsed by the University of Essex and the Institute for Analytics and Data Science.
Please note the fee doesn't include accommodation. You will be able to optionally book this with us at a discounted rate.


As a small-business owner, generating revenue is your responsibility, so along with all the other challenges you face in business, you also have to invest time and effort into securing clients. One way to drum up new business is to deliver an effective elevator pitch 00 a 30- to 60-second speech that compels prospective clients to learn more about your business.
It might seem like an old school idea, but spend time creating the best elevator pitch possible, and you'll find that it pays dividends. Land clients, tap into new markets and build wealth -- using other people's money.
Make a list of information you want to convey.
If you want to sell people on your business, you'll have to start by telling them about yourself. Write down the 10 most important things that you want someone to know about you. Think about what makes you stand out from other people in your field.
Then, organize all of your sentences into a logical order that would make for a good elevator pitch.
If you need help knowing what a good speech sounds like, you might want to consider going online to listen to some elevator pitch examples.
Add an attention-getter or hook.
Think of something interesting, such as a statistic or fact, that you can use to immediately grab your target audience's attention before launching into your pitch.
By using an attention-getter, you can gain the focus of the person and improve your chances of delivering an effective pitch.
When writing an elevator pitch, ensure your words are well-written and have a clear sense of purpose. If something you've written doesn't add any value to your pitch, get rid of it and replace it with something more compelling if appropriate.
Invest time in practicing your pitch.
Set a timer for 30 to 60 seconds right before you begin your pitch and see if you can finish within the time frame. Although you might not actually have to deliver your pitch under the time constraints of an elevator ride, you should be prepared and capable of giving a concise and persuasive speech should the opportunity present itself. Aim for a 30-second elevator pitch if possible.
When you're trying to perfect your pitch, it can be helpful to draw from someone else's perspective. Deliver your pitch to friends or family members who can remain objective.
Ask them for constructive criticism to help make your pitch the best it can be. Ask if it was clear, if it made sense, if they felt you made good eye contact and if it was compelling.
It's also helpful to ask a friend or family member to pretend to be your target audience as you deliver your pitch.
Take a deep breath before beginning. This will help you overcome nervousness and excitement so that you can focus.
Slow down the tempo of your speech.
Visualize the person you're talking to as someone familiar -- someone just close enough, who wouldn't judge you harshly (e.g., a neighbor, a teacher, etc.).
Don't speak in a monotone.
If you go over your elevator speech countless times, you might be so focused on the words that you neglect the delivery. Unfortunately, even the most well-written pitch won't prove effective if you speak in a robotic tone.
During practice, monitor the tone and energy level you're projecting, and adjust it to become more pleasant and enthusiastic if needed.
Even though using jargon can work well when pitching to someone who is familiar with your industry, it can fail with others. During your elevator speech, you want to be as clear as possible and jargon can be confusing -- so just leave it out.
It's true that you only have a brief window of time to present your pitch, but don't fall victim to speaking too fast. Not only will the listener have trouble absorbing your message, he or she might not even be able to understand what you're trying to say.
When practicing, mentally force yourself to slow down whenever you start speaking too quickly.
Once you've honed the content of your pitch and practiced it countless times, it's time to record yourself delivering it. This can feel awkward, but it's one of the most crucial elevator pitch tips to heed.
Once you've recorded yourself, play your video back and see how it sounds. Does it flow well or are you tripping over your words? Ask yourself if you've delivered a pitch that would make you want to learn more or take action. If not, revise until it has the intended impact and flows well.
Watching your recording might clue you in to your physical habits as well. It's important, for instance, to make eye contact when delivering your pitch. Being able to meet someone's gaze when talking to them conveys that you are interested in the conversation and you are confident in what you are saying.
To practice, look in a mirror while pitching and practice holding your own gaze for three to four seconds at a time before momentarily breaking eye contact. Try this with the camera lens as well when you're recording.
Don't make distracting faces or gestures.
If you happen to have a habit of frowning or furrowing your brow when your nervous or waving your hands around wildly, you'll need to curb those habits, too.
Be aware when these things happen and mentally tell yourself to stop when they do until your habit is under control.
Once you've got your speech down, it's time to think next steps. After delivering a successful pitch and gaining your target audience's attention, the person might have some questions for you.
Make a list of potential questions ahead of time that someone might ask you in response to your pitch. Then, prepare answers so you won't be caught off guard.
After pitching, rather than handing the person your business card and walking away, be more proactive. Ask the person if they would be interested in having you email them a resume and get their email address.
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The new addition is… colour-changing icicles!
After an extended delay, the new display addition to the show is finally installed and working! What is this addition you ask? Now there are colour changing icicles along the length of the house, and they work nicely with last year's new roof border!
You can see the new icicles for yourself between 8:30 pm and 10:30 pm nightly until December 31. Or stay tuned to facebook.com/RyansChristmasLights/ for a teaser video Thursday evening.
Time for a pre-season update! With the weather warming up, days becoming longer…and more importantly Santa Claus back in town…the Christmas lighting season is not far away!
Ryan's Christmas Lights is in the process of being set up with a target completion date of December 1 as usual. With so much left to put out it will be a challenge to get everything installed in time.
As of today the 2011 Christmas display is being gradually set up. The mains-power 240V AC controllers have been installed while the new 24V DC controllers are almost completed. They should be installed by the weekend along with the DC controllers which were introduced last year.
A 2011 gallery page is now available, this year using a different page design. Let me know your comments on the new style of gallery. Former years continue to use an older design.
New DC controllers from Light-O-Rama arrived this week. 2011 will use more DC control than ever before due to the safety benefits over 240v AC control. This means there are less 240v extension cord runs needed to get a working light show.
I am now waiting on some replacement lights and low voltage cords to land in Australia sometime this month or in October and then I will have everying needed to make this year's display.
The new FM transmitter has been powered and tested, and the range is more than sufficient for passing cars.
And on a different note, you may have noticed a migration message or small amount of downtime on this website. This is due to moving to an Australian-based web server for better speeds.
It is now just a few days away from switch on, and some power problems remain.
The show will still light up on December 1st subject to weather, but with some elements non-functioning. I am hoping that these last few problems can be ironed out before the weekend.
Please note that if thunderstorms and rain are present on December 1 then light up will not go ahead for safety reasons – sorry.
It is getting closer to the planned December 1 launch, but I am still having issues with certain DC channels.
The roof appears to be working fine now but the mega tree is another story. I think it is pretty much a given that the street gum tree will be dropped from this years show in order to free up some back up channels for hopefully getting the mega tree working properly.
Unfortunately problems continue with some lights connected into the new DC controllers. For the time being, I've ceased setting up more lights that will connect into the DC controllers.
AC lights set up is about 3/4 complete.
Worst case scenario would be that all DC channels will be non-operational, which means no roof triangles, no mega tree, and no street tree lights. I hope this does not actually happen however.
Not the most positive update, but an update nonetheless.
Over the last week, lights have been installed to the roof. The LED roof strings will run from DC boards this year, and unfortunately initial tests showed some kind of electrical leakage problem within one of the strings somewhere.
This has resulted in the loss of one of the four white triangles, and I am urgently looking into ways of getting a replacement at short notice (10 metres long).
I'm still not sure how the light set could have been pulling so much power (ten times the amount it is supposed to) without even lighting up.
Combined with the DC power supply problem earlier this month, DC is sure appearing to be stubborn.
Can you believe it is already halfway through the month of October? Time for an update!
Christmas decorations and lights have now been installed in the three front windows. The window borders will be installed during the next week.
Where the majority of time has gone is setting up the new DC controllers. The controllers themselves appear to be working perfectly out of the box but where the issues have been is with a dodgy power supply unit (DC Controllers must be connected to a PSU and not directly wired to 240v AC).
I opted to purchase a non-brand name power supply, due to hearing that other Christmas displays were using them without issue. However when I powered up my PSU, older computer monitors using VGA cables started showing strange lines and the ADSL2+ modem lost connection to the internet. Turns out this particular cheap supply from China emits high electromagnetic interference in the air (EMI). Cheap fixes such as ferrite rings and filters proved no good.
I will now be using official Meanwell power supplies even though they cost anywhere from $100 upwards as they do not let off any noticable interference and also come with a reliable warranty.
The new DC controllers finally arrived earlier this week, although I've not been able to test them just yet. Enclosures need to be made for them before I power them. I've not had anything to test with the DC power supply either, so there is a potential double headache to be had if neither work as intended.
New controllers aside, the older AC controllers have been installed this week, so the ball is officially rolling. A new LED sign has also been set up in one of the windows – although it won't be turned on until November. A few set up pictures are available in the 2010 photo gallery.
Why the earlier setup you ask? With university studies continuing right up until the 2nd-last week of November, I may not be able get lights and cables up as quickly as in the past. Worse case scenario might be that I will not be ready by the 1st of December, in which case the launch night will be postponed – but more on this in November.


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It's time For Republicans To Grow A Pair
Forget a wounded animal, there is nothing more desperate and vicious than a Democrat on the verge of losing a political battle. So when California Senator Dianne Feinstein released a vague statement implying some sort of criminal activity in Judge Brett Kavanaugh's past, it was not surprising. Republicans did what they always do – they tried to make nice. But this isn't your father's Democratic Party, appeasement isn't possible when they will only accept capitulation. How do you find common ground with someone who wants to destroy you? Do you offer to be half destroyed? One-quarter? No. In fact, Hell no. It's time for Republicans to grow a pair and govern like they won.
As I've written before, there is no bottom for the Democrats to hit. Feinstein, being challenged from her left in her reelection bid, lowered the "Democrat dirty tricks" bar to the point that you'd need a shovel to get under it. But mark my words, they are not done yet.
One thing that differentiates Democrats from Republicans is Democrats will do anything to advance their agenda, whereas Republicans might hold a vote. With Obamacare, many Democrats knew they were committing political suicide, but they wanted to advance the ball toward socialized medicine so desperately that dozens did it anyway. They were slaughtered at the polls. After campaigning for years on it, Republicans held a vote on repeal. After months of trying to figure out how to do it and what to do next, the half-measure failed because Republicans were afraid to do what they were elected to do.
Now comes the most important battle any Republican senator will cast a vote on, the main reason to have voted for a Republican senator, and they're risking caving to the left yet again.
I don't know what happened at a lame party 36ish years ago (the story is only 6 people were there), but neither, apparently, does the accuser. Somehow she remembers Judge Brett Kavanaugh allegedly attacking her, something so out of character for him that not one other single person has ever experienced anything remotely similar, but she can't remember where it happened or even the year. She knows the county, that just so happens to be the county they both lived in. It's a story that would be tossed out of any court.
So, when I saw so many elected officials take her story seriously when it first emerged, I was certain Republicans were going to cave again.
The narrative was perfectly constructed – a reluctant witness who just wanted her story to be heard standing up to a big, bad…nerd. Yeah, I just couldn't really buy it from the start.
That the story didn't come out until the Democrats had no cards left to play told me all I needed to know.
I don't know what happened to Christine Blasey Ford when she was a kid, but reading her account as it evolved, I'm not sure she does either. I do know I don't believe her allegations against Kavanaugh.
It's unpopular, even dangerous, to say that (politicians always walk a delicate line) especially in the age of #MeToo, but nothing about her story makes any sense.
At 15, your world is very small. You can't drive, you presumably have a curfew, and you spend most of your time with friends. If she were attacked in a home with only 6 people in it, the likelihood of no one noticing her shattered state afterwards is minimal, loud music or not.
Plus, and this is very odd, she claims to be unable to recall the only 2 details Kavanaugh could use to clear his name – the where and when. If we knew where we could find out who owned the house and whether or not any such event took place there or if they had kids who might've had teens over drinking when adults weren't home. If we knew when we might be able to find out if the Kavanaugh family were on vacation at that time, or he were somewhere else. Those are the only ways he could clear his name and they're missing, she doesn't even remember the year.
More curious is how this was all handled by Ford as an adult. In addition to not telling anyone at the time, or for decades, the original story was she only told her therapist, who claimed there were 4 boys in the room during the attack, which is now down to 2. The other, along with Kavanaugh, both say it didn't happen and they were never at any such party.
Then she allegedly told a friend she had her own #MeToo story a while ago. How do you forget telling a friend, even years later, till people wondered why she never told anyone?
But the weirdest part is how her Internet footprint was scrubbed, she hired a liberal DC attorney to represent her, and allegedly took a polygraph test. She did all of these things before Feinstein released a vague statement about an anonymous allegation against Kavanaugh she'd held back for 6 weeks because the accuser didn't want to be identified.
If she had no intention of coming forward, why prepare for coming forward by taking a lie detector test in August? If Feinstein wanted to respect her wishes, why release any statement at all? If she were going to "betray" the promise of anonymity, why not do it earlier?
Nothing else stuck, Kavanaugh withstood everything Democrats threw at him during his hearing. They were desperate and about to lose. And Democrats can't lose when it comes to the Supreme Court – the courts are how they advance their agenda these days. They rarely pass legislation, they sue and have the courts declare parts of their agenda to be so, to be "rights." If they lose the courts they have to try to convince voters, to sell their unpopular ideas AND, worst of all, make sure they're actually constitutional. That terrifies them.
Democrats demanded Ford be allowed to testify, and Ford's lawyer said she was ready to do so. Republicans agreed almost immediately, delaying Thursday's committee vote to hear from the accused and the accuser on Monday.
After getting everything they wanted, Democrats and Ford then moved the goalposts, demanding an FBI investigation before anyone testifies. But the FBI doesn't investigate these sorts of allegations. That didn't matter, they wanted it and Ford said she wouldn't testify until she got what Democrats started demanding first, conveniently.
Thankfully, Republicans appear to have had enough of this circus. Even fence-sitting Republicans have said if Ford refuses to tell her story at a hearing on Monday that the committee should move to vote the nomination forward.
Giving Democrats all they want is never enough, as soon as they and Ford got it they immediately wanted more.
This is the lowest of the low, at least so far. There are still 5 more days for the left to cook up something else. But an allegation almost 40 years old where the only 2 aspects that could be used to disprove it – the where and when – are not known should never, ever be acceptable in politics or anywhere else, no matter how serious the charge. If nothing else, Republicans need to stand up to this, strongly, to make sure it doesn't become the new normal.
I detail how liberals use emotion to manipulate the public in cases like this in my book, "Outrage, INC.: How the Liberal Mob Ruined Science, Journalism, and Hollywood." I discussed the book with Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center, on CSPAN's Book TV. You can watch the discussion here. And subscribe to my podcast to hear daily dissections of the news, how the left is doing whatever it takes to win in November, and why that would be devastating to the cause of liberty.
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AmCham expresses its concern over Kosovo's ranking in Economic Freedom Index
Feb, 2222 / Published in AmCham, Press Releases
Prishtina, February 16, 2022 – The American Chamber of Commerce in Kosovo expresses its concern over the deteriorated ranking of Kosovo in the Heritage Foundation's 2022 Economic Freedom Index, with Kosovo's overall score being below the regional average.
At a time when Kosovo desperately needs to encourage and attract domestic and foreign investments, Kosovo's low economic freedom score demonstrates the necessity of an active approach the country's institutions must take to address the issues pertaining the rule of law, government size and regulatory efficiency indicators, with focus on property rights, judicial effectiveness, government integrity, tax burden, government spending, fiscal health, business freedom and labor freedom.
AmCham Kosovo is particularly concerned over the five-year trend of declining economic freedom, with the country falling in the bottom of the category of "Moderately Free" countries, as well as the inappropriate response of the government to the COVID19 crisis in terms of stringency, with Kosovo being ranked 91st globally. A concern which was permanently raised by AmCham and other private sector organizations in the country.
Therefore, the American Chamber of Commerce in Kosovo calls on the Government of Kosovo to pursue an active economic development agenda by urgently addressing the low-ranking indicators. By voicing its concern over the fact that the dialoguing mechanisms such as the National Council on Economy and Investments have not met in over a year, AmCham urges the Government to maintain an active public-private dialogue that would inter alia benefit the country and its economic progress.


How Sharpness and Aperture Relates and Does it Matter for You?
Jessica started Wedding Tip Thursdays, so I'm starting Photography Tip Tuesdays. but I'm starting one day early, on Monday...haha!
Having your subject in focus doesn't mean that your shot will be tack sharp. It's a bummer when you take an awesome photograph, zoom to actual pixel size, and realize that the subject is sightly soft, but still acceptably sharp. Still this should make you wonder, "Why does this happen?"
A friend and I recently discussed this sharpness issue and because of him I was intrigued enough to delve and figure it out for myself.
To my surprise, I found out it's partially due to Aperture; there's an f/# range for every lens where you can acheive optimal sharpness. I'll skip the explanation cuz it's too impractical for wedding photography. Instead I'll summarize on the general rules you can follow that should work for any lens. So here's some advice on delivering the sharpest images possible.
Shoot at least one stop higher than the widest aperture your lens has. So if your widest aperture is f/2.8, then your optimal range is one full stop higher than 2.8, that is between f/4 - 5.6. You should be shooting at f/4-5.6 anyway if you're doing portraits or group shots because you want your subject's body safely within the DOF.
Sharpness can also be affected by the # of glass elements in your lens. Sharpness is best at f/5.6-8 with a lens that has 6-7 elements. If you have, less than 6 elements then you should be shooting at f/11 for best results. But that doesn't mean to stop all the way down at f/22 because as you go higher you'll encounter diffraction. This also implies that the more glass elements that you have, the more ability you have to shoot at lower f/#'s and get that sharpness you so desire! No wonder why our 70-200 2.8 is so magical; it has 21 elements!!!
Does this matter to Wedding photographers?
If you make enlargements of your prints, and offer sizes larger than 11 x 14, you should be concerned, because the sharpness of your picture will determine how good that print looks when printing, BIG. If you're on a 12MP camera and you want to make prints the size of walls, then consider optimal f/stop into your shooting style, and of course, only when the situation permits you to.
Now if you are a geek like me that likes to turn everything, even art, into an academic exercise, then go ahead and read the online references related to obtaining that elusive sharp image.


With the recent victory in the Senate, concerning the funding of the ACA, I thought that this weekend should be about health, and sometimes the lack of it. Hopefully the ACA will insure that millions of people will get the health care they need. If you choose, post songs about health, sickness, feeling good and feeling not so good.
Weekend Music Thread – Here's To Your Health!
Walking in the sunshine. You are my sunshine. And others.
John Denver, Rocky mountain high!
Some great picks Ad, as usual!
Thanks pal, you made a lot of great picks too! Great theme!


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As many individuals and companies have discovered, the internet is a very powerful advertising tool and can be used to reach millions of people in just seconds. With this quality, the Internet brings a lot of challenges to the web masters and the ones who are very dormant get pushed out of the market. There are more solid and effective techniques which can be used in the development of new websites and they include the cloning of websites. The cloning of a website involves the use of the layout of a particular websites to create a new website for a different client. Am sure you have once visited a website that totally impressed you and you wished that your website could have that particular format. This can be easily done and this process is known as website cloning.
This cloning service can be provided by web masters and this service is aimed at helping clients to develop websites and have them up and running in a very short while through using the designs already put in place. What usually changes is the content of the website but the page layout is usually the same. Many people think that website cloning is illegal but be assured that it is not. The only thing that is illegal is copying the information posted on that site as it is and using it on your website. The best thing about website cloning is that it costs only a small amount of money and you can have your website up and running in a very short time. These cloned websites will have the capability of competing with other already established websites in the market and this will be a very good step in making your business or company well known in the region and even across the world. If you have been having problems in developing a website for your company, you should consider seeking the services of a website cloning company.


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Bleecker Street To Release Steven Soderbergh's "Logan Lucky"
Bleecker Street is teaming up with Steven Soderbergh's Fingerprint Releasing to distribute his new comedy "Logan Lucky" in wide release in August. The heist comedy, Soderbergh's return to the big screen after a four-year hiatus, tells the story of two brothers (Channing Tatum & Adam Driver) who try to reverse a family curse by executing an elaborate robbery during the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR race. The film also stars Riley Keough, Hilary Swank, Seth MacFarlane, Katie Holmes and Daniel Craig.
"This is the result of 16 years of conversations I've had with Dan about creating a new distribution paradigm for star-driven, wide-release projects," Soderberg told Deadline. "With Logan Lucky, I have the right movie, the right team, and the right partner in Bleecker Street to test some personal theories I've accumulated. It's put-up-or-shut-up time."
Read more at Deadline:
Bleecker Street Inks U.S. Deal For Steven Soderbergh's 'Logan Lucky', Sets August Release


The team at Fashion to Figure wanted to recreate the personalized experience its stylists provide in its physical stores on its website. With that ambitious goal, comes the challenge of understanding the individual preferences and intent of each of its online customers and delivering an experience which reflects that. They turned to Reflektion to create a seamless experience that is engaging and drives results. Since the Reflektion implementation, customer engagement is on the rise and performance has spiked!
Find out exactly how Fashion to Figure achieved these results in this case study.


Really, I just love graffiti. From the inner city blocks of Melbourne, to the Barrios of Medellin, grafitti art provides a colourful outlet for artistic expression as well as adding vibrancy to sometimes otherwise drab places. What sometimes looks like a colourful conglomeration of images can often contain many hidden stories and a running social commentary, if you manage to find it or have a guide explain it.
Without going into the intricacies of all these stories, I learned a lot of the fight against GM foods and the influence of Monsanto throughout Guatemala, the white flag mothers of Medellin who stopped violence in the streets during the Escobar period, the dictatorship years and disappearances in Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile, all through artistic graffiti expression. So here are some of the shots of graffiti that I enjoyed the most. Its a not a definitive list, I took hundreds of shots, these are just a few that caught my eye.
This work depicts the evils of Monsanto and its GM foods. No prizes for guessing who depicts who here.


Today we are sharing a very important PDF file that contains Compilation of last 15 years Questions of SSC CGL polity in PDF. This is very important PDF that contains theory part as well as detailed explanation of all MCQs. You may download it from the link provided below.


We talk a lot in Thriveal about leaving your current job to go out on your own and start your own firm. That is an exciting and scary time in the life of a business owner to be sure. It is also very exciting to watch that business grow and to build your team. It has taken ten years to get the team we currently have in place at our firm, and they are simply amazing.
As always, let's start with why. Does every business owner need to build a team or is it perfectly fine to be a solopreneur? It probably depends, but here are some reasons that we have chosen to build our team. Maybe some of the following reasons will apply to your business.
One key reason we needed to build our team is that Jason has too many ideas to execute on his own. To properly meet the needs of our customers, Jason needed to be able to delegate some of his tasks to other people so that he could develop new ideas and services. In other words, we added team members to take care of our customers without stifling Jason's creativity.
Another reason to build a team is so that your business can grow and scale. None of us have more than 24 hours a day. When you choose not to build a team, you limit your growth to what you, the owner, can do with 24 hours a day. You have to consider the administrative tasks and personal time along with the highest level work you do. When you don't have a team, it's all on you. Jason and I have been helping creative companies work through their growing pains in retreats. Without a team serving the customers with their day to day needs, we would not be able to work at such a deep level with these customers.
And third, as wonderful as you are, there are others that have strengths you do not have. Team members can fill in the gaps where you fall short so that your business overall is a strong one. You, along with a few solid team members capitalizing on your many strengths, could be unstoppable!
Once you decide you want to grow and lead a team, there is the big question of HOW to do it. After a decade of hiring people and sometimes firing people, the short answer is to do it slowly and very methodically, gathering more information than you think you'll ever need!
Start now, before you are desperate for help, by building your network. This is what potential employees are told, but it works just as well for employers. The best hires have come to us because they already knew about us or because they were referred by someone we knew. The local headhunting agency can match skills to a job description, but they probably can't match your culture and your vision to a candidate. Only one of our current team members came to us through an ad at a college job board. The rest came through referrals from within our network, whether local or through social media.
Build a hiring process that allows the wrong people opportunities to self-select out. It's a wonderful problem to have two or three amazing choices at the end of several meetings involving your whole team. Take your time. Firing is painful so hire with the greatest patience.
Choosing someone to join your team is a big deal. Of course there are certain technical skills a person might need to deliver results, but you'll also want to consider your company's culture. And guess what, the culture is shaped by the team. Each new team member will have an impact on the culture and yet you want to hire people that blend well with your existing culture. It's a chicken and egg scenario.
When I was interviewing people to join us last summer, I considered whether that person would be fun to be with on our team retreats. There were other considerations obviously, but we want our team to enjoy each other. We wanted a person who was teachable but also had the technical skills needed to serve our customers. Being a virtual team that is results oriented, we had to hire someone that we trusted completely. We wanted someone who knew what we were all about. We used a hiring process that took several weeks and several meetings. We included our entire team, collaborative technology, and filters so that the wrong people could not progress through our process. In the end, we got two amazing new team members that not only fit in, but add value to our culture and to customers.
I can't wait to hang out with these people again. And they are delivering serious value to our customers too.
Tony H of Zappos did a great presentation for Stanford about corporate culture. It includes information on the hiring process at Zappos. I gave a lunch time presentation to a groups of CPAs a couple of years ago based on what they do at Zappos. I also onclude Zappos in my accounting class.
Great post, Jennifer. I'd add another reason for teams: so we can belong to something bigger than ourselves. Most people feel a need to belong to a tribe, as Seth Godin says.
It would be interesting to read your thoughts on what to do when someone no longer fits on your team. In other words, how do you fire someone or "counsel them out"? How do you do that with compassion and respect? Ain't easy, I bet.
I hope you'll write a post about that.
I have started and stopped that post on firing a few times. It is important, but I want to be respectful of the people that aren't with us anymore. I struggle with how much of the story to tell. So many factors go into a decision like that. But we have not regretted it!
But as for the part about belonging…YES. And there is a beautiful synergy that happens with a team. The whole really is greater than the sum of all their parts. We are better together. I love our team.


12'At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book. 2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.3Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
Gracious Lord, in this holy sacrament you give substance to our hope: bring us at the last to that fullness of life for which we long; through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5 And the one who was seated on the throne said, 'See, I am making all things new.' Also he said, 'Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.' 6Then he said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.
God, the source of all holiness and givers of all good things.
10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends; and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a gold ring. 12The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys. 13He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14He named the first Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. 15In all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters; and their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers. 16After this Job lived for one hundred and forty years, and saw his children, and his children's children, four generations. 17And Job died, old and full of days.
and your faces shall not be ashamed.
23 Furthermore, the former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office; 24but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues for ever.25Consequently he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
26 For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for those of the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself. 28For the law appoints as high priests those who are subject to weakness, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.
46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, 'Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!' 48Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, 'Son of David, have mercy on me!' 49Jesus stood still and said, 'Call him here.' And they called the blind man, saying to him, 'Take heart; get up, he is calling you.' 50So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51Then Jesus said to him, 'What do you want me to do for you?' The blind man said to him, 'My teacher, let me see again.' 52Jesus said to him, 'Go; your faith has made you well.' Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.
God of all grace, your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry with the bread of his life and the word of his kingdom: renew your people with your heavenly grace, and in all our weakness sustain us by your true and living bread; who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.
and lay the beams of your dwelling place in the waters above.
and ride on the wings of the wind.
that it never should move at any time.
the waters stood high above the hills.
to the place which you had appointed for them.
nor turn again to cover the earth.
I will make music to my God while I have my being.
Father of light, in whom is no change or shadow of turning, you give us every good and perfect gift and have brought us to birth by your word of truth: may we be a living sign of that kingdom where your whole creation will be made perfect in Jesus Christ our Lord.
and thick darkness would cover my face!
and laid me safe upon my mother's breast.
as it were a ramping and a roaring lion.
melting in the depths of my body.
and for the years in which we have seen adversity.
and let your glory be over their children.
prosper our handiwork; O prosper the work of our hands.
17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, 'Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?' 18Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19You know the commandments: "You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honour your father and mother." '20He said to him, 'Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.' 21Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, 'You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.' 22When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
God our Father, whose Son, the light unfailing, has come from heaven to deliver the world from the darkness of ignorance: let these holy mysteries open the eyes of our understanding that we may know the way of life, and walk in it without stumbling; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
nor consorted with the deceitful.
and I will not sit down with the wicked.
and tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Now in subjecting all things to them, God left nothing outside their control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them, 9but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honour because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of Godhe might taste death for everyone.


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VEON's designate Co-CEO Sergi Herrero Visits Pakistan, Meets with PM Imran Khan
VEON's co-Chief Executive Officer Sergi Herrero visited Pakistan to meet with key government stakeholders in a bid to reaffirm VEON and its subsidiary, Jazz's, commitment to the economy and explore mutually beneficial avenues to further economic growth.
During his visit, Sergi called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad to discuss collaborative ways in which VEON and Jazz can assist with the country's socio-economic development through further advancements in telecommunications, internet & digital financial services, and be a partner for Digital Pakistan and extension of digital services to the masses. This meeting was synonymous with the Prime Minister's Digital Pakistan initiative, enabling broadband and digital financial services for the mass population.
Prime Minister appreciated the long association of VEON with Pakistan having US$ 9 billion investment and serving 60 million subscribers with a multitude of services.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Imran Khan highlighted that Pakistan has great investment potential in the communications and energy sectors. The government is focused on providing ease-of-doing-business with liberal investment policy which has been acknowledged by international financial institutions. The Prime Minister stated that his government has launched "Digital Pakistan" initiative with the aim to provide a platform to the Pakistani youth to become independent and drivers of economic growth.
The Prime Minister stated that, under the Vision 2025 and the Digital Policy, the government has aimed to increase the size of the Pakistani ICT industry to US $ 20 billion by the year 2025. He emphasized that a digital ecosystem with infrastructure and institutional frameworks for rapid delivery of innovative digital services, applications and content is being provided to the IT proficient youth.
Prime Minister Khan highlighted the key role of Telecom sector in the economic growth of the country being one of the highest tax paying sector and major foreign investment.
Sergi apprised the Prime Minister of plans including pursuing growth opportunities in 4G services both through traditional connectivity and growing ecosystem of new tech services, and by utilizing the Group's new Ventures division to accelerate the growth of digital financial services via JazzCash. He pledged the Group's full support towards the Government's #DigitalPakistan agenda.
He also highlighted Jazz's role in the digital transformation witnessed across various sectors through a growing customer base of 60 million subscribers connected via 25,000km of optic fiber backbone in 1000+ cities. Sergi highlighted how the Group's investment has allowed for more than 12,500 sites nationwide making Jazz not only the largest network but also the fastest internet provider in the telecom sector.
"The government has been supportive of the telecom sector in recent years and we appreciate the role they have played in building a conducive environment for foreign investment. Going forward, we fully support a scalable licensing regime for the industry, and an enabling tax framework that strengthens the digital ecosystem, promotes FDI and fosters entrepreneurship," said Sergi Herrero.
Jazz CEO Aamir Ibrahim was also present at this meeting.
"Leveraging on our expertise and leadership position, we have responsibly led the digital transformation that Pakistan is witnessing today. From the ease of internet access to innovative and affordable digital technologies, the company's efforts are focused on bridging the digital divide in Pakistan and opening doors of equal opportunities," added Aamir Ibrahim.
This visit illustrates the growing importance of Pakistan's market in VEON's portfolio, as this is Sergi's first foreign visit since the Group announced his appointed as the Co-CEO, effective from 1st March 2020.
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Banyan Secures $20.9M for Purchase of Ft. Lauderdale Office Building
Banyan Street Capital has gained financing for the purchase of a Tower office building in Ft. Lauderdale's central business district.
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Banyan Street Capital has secured financing for the $28.4 million acquisition of Tower 101, a 238,000-square-foot office tower in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Sabadell United Bank provided Banyan with a $20.9 million loan for its purchase of the property in a joint venture with PCCP L.L.C.
Carrying the address of 101 NE Third Avenue in Fort Lauderdale's central business district, Tower 101 is of a unique design — consisting of two separate but connected buildings. The 11-year-old tower featuring 10 stories of office space atop a nine-level parking facility is linked to a 26-year-old, six-story structure. Banyan and PCCP purchased the note and secured fee title on Tower 101 via a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transaction with the original borrower.
Lenders have certainly loosened their grip on credit, but they are hardly doling out real estate acquisition loans like candy, as they did five years ago. Scrutiny and caution are the order of the day and Banyan ticked all the boxes on Sabadell's list.
"The sponsorship involved in the transaction, first and foremost," was the key in the bank's decision, Kevin Miliffe, an assistant vice president with Sabadell, told Commercial Property Executive. "Rudy [Touzet], the principal behind Banyan, is a very, very strong sponsor. He's repositioned so many office assets, he knows how to run a building well, and he knows how to treat tenants right and find new tenants for a building."
The property itself also buoyed Sabadell's confidence in the deal.
"At its core it's a great asset," said Miliffe. "The smaller part of the building hadn't been cared for; it hadn't seen the dollars, the capital expenditures or TILC money in a while. So having new management come in there, put the money where it's needed and get the building back up to being one of the premier buildings in the downtown Fort Lauderdale office market is going to be a very successful project for Banyan Street.
Banyan, which relied on commercial real estate services firm CBRE to broker the transaction, plans to capitalize on the value-add opportunity at Tower 101 through leasing activities. The property's 19-story building is 80.3 percent occupied and the tenant roster at the smaller structure is only 12 percent full. In the second quarter, the average total office vacancy rate in Fort Lauderdale was 23.4 percent, as per a CBRE report, but Sabadell was not dissuaded by the lackluster numbers.
"We've actually seen a huge movement from suburban office markets to the core and that's another reason the timing of this transaction was perfect from a risk perspective," said Miliffe. "We're seeing more and more tenants wanting to move back into the urban core and a lot of their employees are following, they're moving back into the urban core into Fort Lauderdale."
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Q: How do you manage your ignores? In order to stop writing my .hgignore for every new repository; I decided to create a separate repository for my hgignores which currently looks like:
hgignores
├── cpp
├── eclipse
├── intellij
├── java
├── latex
├── linux
├── netbeans
├── osx
├── python
└── textmate

Now for each repository, I am pasting the relevant ignores.
For example:
$ cat hgignores/latex hgignores/osx hgignores/textmate >> [repo]/.hgignore

This makes me wonder, if in the future I happen to have forgotten a flag for an ignore file for cpp (for example), I will have to edit hgignores/cpp and eventually make changes in every cpp repository I have AGAIN!
I think I am moving to a right direction by creating a unified repo for ignores, but I maybe missing few tips here and there.
Would love to hear some suggestions; or insights into how you get this done?

A: I tend to put all the ignore patterns regarding my personal tools in my global ignore file (git, mercurial): text editor, operating system, etc. Other people working on the project are not concerned by these, so I keep them out of the projects' ignore files.
That's a few ignore patterns you won't have to manage on each project.
Regarding project specific ignores, having template files seems good enough. The patterns needed per language won't change frequently (probably never for most of them). You can still write a small script in your ignores repository to update your ignore file. It would import missing patterns only.

A: You can use the Mercurial's repo's hgrc to point to ignore files outside of the repository:
[ui]
ignore = /path/to/ignorefile
ignore.cpp = /path/to/cppignorefile

You can also do this in your global hgrc/Mercurial.ini, but that's simply something to keep in mind if you need it someday.
Of course, this section would have to be re-added to new clones of a repo, since the hgrc is not cloned.


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Trent Alexander-Arnold has signed a new contract with Liverpool, keeping him with the club until 2023. The impressive defender, who has also played for England in recent months, is considered one of the world's best young wing backs.
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"I'm ecstatic and really proud," Alexander-Arnold told the club's website.
"I feel privileged to have the support and the trust the club has in me to offer me a new deal.
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The subject title – Creamy Non-Cream Japanese Corn Soup seems contradicting, and indeed it is but actually it isn't. This recipe yields creamy corn soup yet it does not use any cream.
It has been a long time since I have lasted visited Japan and I especially miss their Creamy Corn Soup. Of course, I can always get the pre-packed ones or powdered type from the Japanese supermarkets. Or I can always grab a cup of corn soup from the Japanese fast-food chains- MOS Burgers. But, I never have enough with just a cup.
This is not the first time I made this soup but the first time I made it for my kids. They simply adore the taste of the soup and ask for more after their first bowl. Which mummies wouldn't love the idea that their kids gobble everything she prepared for them?
I didn't use any cream for this recipe, so it is the healthier version. The soup is sweet with intense corn taste. I used home-made chicken stock as soup base, in case you do not have that at home, you can either get a box of chicken soup stock from the supermarkets or make the soup stock by dissolving 2 cubes of chicken bouillon cube in the required amount of water.
If you couldn't get any Japanese corn, you can always get a bag of the frozen corn or canned type. The quantity in this recipe is for the frozen and canned types. I used a lot of corn in my recipe in order to give me the creamy sweet taste especially for the frozen type, the sweetness is definitely a bit compromised compared to the fresh ones. If you are able to use the authentic Japanese corn, it will give you a sweeter taste and you can reduce the amount by 30%. If you prefer to use fresh corn, you will need to remove the kernels from the cob, which I find it troublesome to do so.
1. Melt the butter in the pan and stir fry the onion until fragrant and turning soft. Do not brown it.
2. Add the chicken soup and corn, and bring to boil. Simmer for 20 minutes under low heat, covered.
3. Add fresh milk and salt to taste, and stir well. Off heat.
4. Blend the corn soup using hand-held blender or food processor. Strain the blended soup using a strainer. Press out the soup through the strainer using the back of the spoon or fork.
5. Pour the soup back to the pot and bring it to slight boil and off heat. Be careful not to burn the soup.
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Dune Warriors (1991)
Ah Road Warrior spawned a whole genre of dirty, flaming, dusty, motorhead films. This one, a Santiago production, features a post apocalyptic Pilipino-based (though the stars are still Anglo) desert war over resources, especially water (the future culture makes the ugliest and least functional wicker junk I've ever seen). Lucky for us the great David Carradine stars as a cloaked hero who indulges his anger with sword blows to rusty cans. Of course, carelessly evil warlords wreck havoc on peaceful villagers and of course, they go too far killing innocents and other blondes. In a Seven Samurai move, one of the blondes heads off into the desert to locate, of course, the Dune Warrior Carradine as Michael, a smiling fellow with graying hair, but not before she's set upon by throngs of dwarves.
Of course, there's plenty of furs and swords and fuzzy boots (as opposed to band t-shirts and PJ-bottoms we now know will be the costumes most prevalent). Headbands are a thing, though no one wears a hat in the sun. But we are treated to an all nude communal lady bathing in the grotto.
The film owes a great debt to Seven Samurai, it's basically Seven Samurai of the post – apocalypse. Except with much worse weapons training sequences and paltry social interactions. The gawky romance is hard to keep in mind, but it it's a hinge-pin of the undoing of the defense. Most of the second half of the film is the tattered crew of defenders forced out of their town, discovering a cache of weapons and fighting their way back in. It's easy to laugh at the silliness of the action, but the film is about 80% action. The main antagonist William, played by Luke Askew from such major films as Cool Hand Luke and Easy Rider, has to end up in a one on one with Carradine, of couse. Little is very exciting unfortunately.
free on Prime! It bothers me a bit that this Philippine product features mainly Western actors with the Philipine actors doing the stunts and playing the background extras. I suppose the market, being the West, has much less pay off for Asian features.
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