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Messaging app Telegram: few paid subscribers needed to cover costs
The Telegram messaging app, used by a wide range of Russian and Ukrainian officials during the war, only needs a small number of paid subscribers to cover its costs, founder Pavel Durov said on Tuesday.
"The beauty of Telegram Premium is that if just 2.5% to 3% of our users sign up for this subscription, Telegram will cover its costs, supported purely by its users," he said on Telegram on Tuesday.
"This will herald a new, user-centric era in the history of social media services."
Telegram and Signal have signed up more messaging users due to growing concerns about privacy on larger rival WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms Inc. Telegram has 500 million monthly active users and is one of the 10 most downloaded apps in the world, according to its website.
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Q: how to stop examplecodes/text within my html being recognized as code/activating I'm currently working on a hackertyper, and my fake codes (the script that you "type out" is currently being read as real code, thus messing up my program. I also have commands within the fake code/script that need to trigger, which is br, because if they wont trigger, the entire program will be written on one line when someone is using the hackertyper.
Is there a command that lets me exclude the scriptcode, but leaves room for functions (I want to use the € sign as a function for br) so that my program will stop crashing? The solution to this is probably obvious but I can't seem to find it, thanks in advance!
// pre defined variables
let num;
let counter;
counter = true;
num =0;

// this shows which text will go on the screen
let text = String("//right here is the problem. code that's put inside these brackets will be recognized as "real code" and at the same time
(or €)'s need to be recognized also// ");
// splits the text into an array after every character
let result = text.split("");

// start of the hackertyper
function keyPress(){
    music();
    document.onkeypress = function() {
        // where text will be shown
        num++;
        document.write(result[num]);
        // a loop
        keyPress();
    }
}

A: There are a few issues with your code :

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*You should avoid using document.write because it erases your original document. That's why you had to reset the onkeypress event handler in your keyPress function. Instead, you should print the text into an HTML element.

*You are looping without a limit. num is incremented and will, at some point, be higher than your result array's length. You need to fix that or you will print "undefinedundefinedundefined"...

*You should avoid using the String() constructor. For several reasons, the best one being that strings constructed with it are typed "object" and that can be harmful.

*If you're writing code inside that string, make sure you escape double quotes or use single quotes to enclose your strings. In the example you provide, you did not escape double quotes and that resulted in syntax errors.

I fixed a few of the issues in the snipplet below. Hope this helps.

// pre defined variables
let num = 0;
let counter = true;

// this shows wich text will go on the screen
let text = "let name = 'John';\nlet firstName = 'Jack'\n;";
// splits the text into an array after every character
 let result = text.split("");

// start of the hackertyper
function keyPress(){

// where text will be shown
 if (num < result.length) {
   document.getElementById("codeType").innerHTML += result[num];
   num++;
 }

}

document.addEventListener('keypress', keyPress);

Make sure you click on the snippet window before typing text, or it won't work.

A: In text string change to "real code" to \"real code\"

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FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, fresh green chile awaits being roasted at Los Chile Bros, a stand outside Big Lots in Santa Fe, N.M. The long-simmering battle between New Mexico and Colorado over which state grows the best chile is heating up. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham went on the offensive Wednesday after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis proclaimed on Twitter that hot peppers from Pueblo were the best and would be stocked in grocery stores in a four-state region.
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FILE - This Aug. 11, 2016 file photo shows green chile from Hatch, N.M., on sale at a roadside roasting stand in Santa Fe, N.M. The long-simmering battle between New Mexico and Colorado over which state grows the best chile is heating up. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham went on the offensive Wednesday, July 10, 2019, after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis proclaimed on Twitter that hot peppers from Pueblo were the best and would be stocked in grocery stores in a four-state region.
FILE - This March 20, 2013, file photo, shows sacks of dried red chile pods at the Hatch Chile Sales shop along the main street of the self-proclaimed "Chile Capital of the World," in Hatch, N.M. The long-simmering battle between New Mexico and Colorado over which state grows the best chile is heating up. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham went on the offensive Wednesday, July 10, 2019, after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis proclaimed on Twitter that hot peppers from Pueblo were the best and would be stocked in grocery stores in a four-state region.
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FILE - In this July 31, 2013 file photo, a collection of bumper stickers and buttons promoting New Mexico-grown chile sits on the order counter at Hello Deli restaurant in Albuquerque, N.M. The long-simmering battle between New Mexico and Colorado over which state grows the best chile is heating up. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham went on the offensive Wednesday, July 10, 2019, after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis proclaimed on Twitter that hot peppers from Pueblo were the best and would be stocked in grocery stores in a four-state region.
FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017, photo, Matt Flores helps out the family business, Los Chile Bros outside Big Lots in Santa Fe, N.M. The long-simmering battle between New Mexico and Colorado over which state grows the best chile is heating up. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham went on the offensive Wednesday, July 10, 2019, after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis proclaimed on Twitter that hot peppers from Pueblo were the best and would be stocked in grocery stores in a four-state region.
New Mexico, Colorado get fired up over hot peppers
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — "It's on!"
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she's ready for a culinary duel with her neighbors to the north after the governor of Colorado proclaimed on social media that chile grown in his state is the best and will be stocked in grocery stores across four Western states.
Gov. Jared Polis fueled the fiery debate when he said stores in Lujan Grisham's state would be supplied with inferior chile from New Mexico.
"If Colorado wants to go chile to chile, no question that New Mexico can bring the heat — Hatch chile is, has always been and will always be the greatest in the world," Lujan Grisham proclaimed in a tweet.
New Mexico's chile peppers have woven their way into the state's cultural identity over centuries, and their distinct flavor has been adopted more recently by palates as far away as Korea.
The state in 2014 even adopted its own trademark and certification program to protect the reputation and integrity of its signature crop, much like Idaho has capitalized on potatoes, Maine has its lobsters and Florida has its fresh fruits and juices.
New Mexico's chile experts contend there's no mistaking its hot peppers. Once a person tastes them or smells them roasting at farmers markets and grocery stores, the craving begins, they say.
And there's some science involved, as researchers at New Mexico State University say soil conditions, warmer temperatures, the right amount of water and a longer growing season result in a unique flavor.
According to the university's Chile Pepper Institute, the cultivation of chile peppers likely began 15,000 years ago when the first humans arrived in the Western Hemisphere. People would select them for various traits and new varieties also are easily developed since the plants are good at cross-pollinating.
While the acreage of chile planted in New Mexico is half of what it once was because of labor and irrigation pressures, federal agricultural statistics show the 2018 crop increased 4% from the previous year to 8,400 acres. Value also jumped to nearly $54 million.
In the valleys of southern Colorado, chile has been grown for more than a century, with the elevation and shifts in weather affecting how the peppers taste. Some say they're hotter than New Mexico's varieties.
In 2015, officials in Pueblo County received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture so farmers could form a growers association to better promote their peppers. Since then, Whole Foods opted to go with Pueblo chile for its stores in Colorado and elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain region.
Colorado and New Mexico also both have chile-themed license plates and the towns of Pueblo and Hatch — the rural community in southern New Mexico dubbed the "Chile Capital of the World" — have been hosting annual festivals dedicated to the spicy fruits for decades.
Battles like this between states are not uncommon. Tourism promoters in Arizona and Vermont skirmished in 2013 over which state's fall colors were more impressive.
And Lujan Grisham on Thursday threatened to rile anglers when she tweeted about efforts to boost the outdoor recreation economy in northwestern New Mexico. She claimed Montana had nothing on New Mexico's quality fishing waters.
That tweet followed another in which Lujan Grisham posted a photo of a cheesy plate of enchiladas, aiming to set the chile record straight.
"Eat your heart out!" she said.
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Recent Orlando City acquisition Kaka has dismissed any suggestion his move to the American club is motivated solely by money.
The former Brazil international agreed a mutual termination of his Milan contract on Monday before Orlando announced Kaka as their first designated player - someone who can be paid outside the salary cap - a day later.
Following the end of his second stint at Milan, which was sandwiched by a four-year stay at Real Madrid, Kaka will feature for Orlando in their maiden MLS campaign next year.
Prior to that he will return to first club Sao Paulo on loan to maintain fitness, with the 32-year-old stating his desire to join Orlando was not completely financially motivated.
Instead, he spoke on Wednesday of his desire to help the sport continue to grow in the United States, explaining that he turned down more lucrative offers to play elsewhere.
"At the end of last season, I started to think about my future and whether I would go back to play in Brazil, [play in] the USA or stay at Milan," he explained.
"It was difficult to leave Milan [but] my expectation is that soccer is going to become the number one sport in the USA.
"They pay me good [money] but I had another opportunity to earn more money. I always think about the project.
"I stayed in Milan for six years, I stayed in Madrid for four years, I played in Brazil for nine years so I always think about the good projects.
"They pay me good money but I could earn more elsewhere."
Kaka is the second high-profile signing made by a soon-to-be MLS club in recent weeks, with Spain's leading goalscorer David Villa becoming New York City's first signing last month.
The Brazilian playmaker, who won league titles in Spain and Italy as well as the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA World Cup, revealed he discussed the merits of his move with former Milan team-mate David Beckham - the first global star to make the switch to the MLS with LA Galaxy.
"I think it is the right moment because I'm not too young but I'm not too old. I can still bring a lot to the league, which is getting better," he added.
"I can say I'm studying the league. My brother [Digao] played here and David [Beckham] played. I spoke to him a lot.
"When I start to play, I'll figure out how I can improve the team."


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Do They Ever Get it Right?
After over two years of blockbuster stories from the mainstream media, let's go over their Russian Collusion promises compared to what Cohen said in the hearing: 1) They said Cohen went to Prague on Trump's behalf regarding Russia and he said he's never been there. 2) They said Cohen coordinated with WikiLeaks for the releasing of negative information on Clinton and the DNC, Cohen said he didn't. 3) They said Cohen had proof of illegal business dealings; he said he didn't. 4) They said Cohen had evidence that Trump was a racists; he didn't. 5) They said Cohen had proof of Russian collusion: he said he didn't. 6) They said Trump told him to lie to Congress; he said he didn't.
Cohen has made horrific remarks about Trump's character among other things and now a manuscript for a book he was writing was found and it had nothing but great things to say about Trump. Cohen said he changed his mind about Trump after Charlottesville but his manuscript stated otherwise; he loved Trump even after the riot. Cohen's a liar yet the mainstream media is making him out to be this great guy who finally wants to tell the truth.
Will the mainstream media apologize for those blockbuster tales they've been telling for two years? Cohen cleared the matter, right? Or are they picking and choosing what was and what wasn't the truth that he was telling to Congress? They are a disgusting lot.


Auckland Steam 'n' Dry 30 years experience in the carpet cleaning job industry, as long-standing members of the "Steam 'n' Dry" group, are considered market leaders in the New Zealand's carpet cleaning employment industry.
We provide a particularly good comprehensive employee training program.
Earn up to $82,000 per year, as a result of, running a truck mount carpet cleaning unit, full job training provided, prefer sales skills.
You will be running a van mounted machine for your carpet cleaning employment.
Generally, the only things you need to take a job are hoses, hand tools, and also cleaning solutions.
You would be doing an average of four pre-scheduled jobs per day of the services as listed below although mostly carpet cleaning. As well as providing good communications with the customer, and additionally providing some add-on sales for better wages.
We would prefer a person with, either, sales, customer service, or previous carpet cleaning employment experience.
Furthermore, this person should like meeting new people, be conscientious, and, also, like the end of clients clean result satisfaction.
• 8 specialized DVD's, for each of the services we specialize in.
• A 200-page carpet cleaning employment manual too.
• As well as 2 days on the field carpet cleaning experience.
Once you have completed our 5-day comprehensive training program; as a result of no issues, you will be issued with a van and a set of equipment.
Thereafter, you are given approximately 4 jobs per day to complete, and each job takes 60 – 90 minutes including travel.
Based on the past three years; wages range between $40,000, and, $82,000 per year.
Additionally, this is a performance-based contract commission; you are, therefore, basically rewarded for what effort you are prepared to apply for the job and, furthermore, add-on sales effort.
a. the type of work.
The contract commission rate ranges, from, 20% to 60% of completed work.
Figures in forecasting your average wage.
• You are given an average of 4 scheduled jobs per day.
• The average scheduled job is $150.
• Pay is, therefore, scheduled day $600.
• So, the average scheduled week is $3,000.
• As a result, if an average carpet cleaning employment weekly "add-on sales" are $500.
• The average charge out is $150 per hour.
The wage is, therefore, very much dependent on your motivation, along with your "add-on" sales effort too.
We had a technician earned $82,000 2 years ago. However, he, unfortunately, left to start up an unsuccessful competition.
The wage is also worked out automatically by our tailor-made computer software. As a result, is clearly broken down weekly, and, with each of your weekly detailed break down pay slips.
All things above, the best way to apply for this job is to e-mail your CV together, coupled with a cover page addressed to Graeme, to the following email.


This is the full video on how you can lose weight and feel great. There's also a motivational portion of it where it's just me speaking about my struggles the second week of this weight-loss venture I'm going on. I chose to do a little bit on Snapchat and also record naturally. I'm combining the both because the Snapchat is fine they have fun filters and I just think that it is necessary for me to give you as much as I can of myself.
This is the full video on how you can lose weight and feel great. There's also a motivational portion of it where it's just me speaking about my struggles the second week of this weight-loss venture I'm going on. I chose to do a little bit on Snapchat and also record naturally. I'm combining the both because the Snapchat is fine they have fun filters and I just think that it is necessary for me to give you as much as I can of myself.


A Southern Grace: these spices have been nutted!
There are several cons to this type of behavior, of course, but one of the foremost is that those suckers are EXPENSIVE. Nuts alone are costly, but when they're glazed, the price becomes exorbitant. So, I'm learning to pace myself, not only for the good of my waistline, but also for the good of my wallet.
I first realized just how tasty candied nuts can be when I received a jar of them as a Christmas gift from my little brother and his little lady. They made the nuts themselves! After I had polished off that jar, I set out to buy some more, saw the price tag, and quickly changed my mind. Plan B was to make my own, but my first batch (made using a random recipe found online) just wasn't as good as that Christmas gift. Fortunately, my brother was happy to share his source for the recipe, and that is what I've posted below, with a few tweaks.
Crunchy but not hard, a little bit salty and with a perfect amount of sweetness, I think you'll find that this recipe delivers an exceptional and addictive snack.
In a large bowl, vigorously whip the egg white and water until frothy but not stiff, about a minute. Mix in the sugars, salt, and cinnamon, making sure there are no lumps. Add the walnuts and stir to coat evenly. Spread the sugared nuts in a single layer on the prepared cookie sheet and bake for 35 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the oven and separate nuts as they cool. They may want to stick to the foil, but don't let them. When completely cool, pour the nuts into a bowl or plastic ziplock bag, breaking up any that are determined to stick together.
Candied nuts are definitely a sweet indulgence we can make at home.
I am such a sucker for nuts! These look like really good ones with a nice layer of flavours.
I would have the same problem with candied nuts! They would not last long, and I would be 5-lbs heavier (smile). Good that you have self-control and can pace yourself.
Ooooh, these sound SO good. Don't think I could stop!
I love candied nuts and I like adding chili powder to mine and they are a wonderful treat!
Yes Grace...I am totally addicted to these kind of nuts.
I do love these things! They are totally addictive and I tell myself they're good for me because they're nuts, right?
I, too, can eat a bag of these if I don't have someone to stop me! They are perfect!
Not a sweet nut eater...but my daughter is. She loves them. Definitely will try this when next she comes home.
I can't even be alone in a room with candied nuts because I love them so much!!!
Oh sooo good looking. I too would not stop until the bag was empty. Unfortunately I have a serious allergy to nuts, so will have to wait til my next life time to try this one!!LOL!
I absolutely love candied nuts but have never made them. These look great!
Oh boy, I'd love these. In fact I just finished a handful of raw almonds.....I must make your version with the remainder... Very yummy Grace!
Candied nuts are a real treat! And so easy. I like a little chili pepper in mine.
I agree, I love candied nuts.
BUt I always have to add some heat to them.
Have you tried the sweet & spicy pecans from Trader Joe's? So good!
I'm with you girl. I have no willpower with candied nuts or peanut butter.
I'm on the same page when it comes to candied nuts. I haven't yet made them because of the fear of how dangerous it will be for my waistline...but I just need to do it. My credit card begs me.
Yum. I love them in salads.


Have you ever noticed how it seems that other people just seems to know what they are doing when it come to relating to other people? I believe that no one really does know what to do, how we act and what we say in any given social setting is a balance between two things. How much we express of ourselves – what we are really thinking and feeling – and what bubbles up out of our cultural programming. Now I'm very socially awkward. I really do not programme very well. As a result I end up thinking too much about how I should be acting and what I should be saying, so much so that I usually feel very awkward in a social setting. Being a socially awkward person can be turned to an advantage when we enter a new culture, such as in an Aboriginal community. First being socially awkward we are used to standing around looking stupid while we work out what we should be doing. Second, we are more likely to admit we are out of our element and thus ask questions, this is a good thing. Third, we are patient and wait for a more socially adept friend to guide us. Cross-culturally it is good to find friends within the new culture who can be your social and cultural guide. So by observing and asking plenty of questions, and following our cultural guides we can learn a lot about a new culture and how to respond. And as we learn more we will become more capable in relating to Indigenous people. However, the socially awkward should be warned you by no means have the advantage in the cross-cultural situation.
The stand backish approach I have just described is a very safe way to engage in a new culture such as when one starts working with Aboriginal people. But the real trick is to balance this learning and understanding of culture in your head, with a different kind of understanding. We could call it learning, by experience, but it is not the experience I want to emphasise. It is letting go of our fear to let our real person inside come out. A genuine expression is much more valuable than a cold and calculated one when it comes building relationship with others even in another culture. I have recently realised that for all my experience with Yolngu people, I have huge difficultly knowing how to simply relate to an Indigneous person. Meeting someone in the street the other day I just didn't know how to express myself to this person. I felt like I needed to know what would be the right thing to do? However, after thinking about this I realised that my awkwardness was a disadvantage in this and that I needed to allow a greater degree of self expression. Some 'white fellas' get along very well with Indigenous people because they are able to remain genuine or respond naturally to people. This is a more extrovert characteristic and it is very important for enabling personal relationships with people in other cultures. Visiting, meeting and talking to others is essential to learning to relate to another culture. If we do not allow relationships to blossom we remain marginal to the culture looking at it from the outside. Instead, get involved and let yourself bubble out when ever you can. The danger here is breaking a social rule or taboo and this can be embarrassing or even harmful to yourself or others. However, we cannot allow this to keep us introverted. The trick is to balance natural self expression and being aware of the cultural environment you are in, learning both from the mistakes, and relationships that arise from letting go, and from the observations and questions that arise from awkwardness.
Well put Tim, many of my silent sentiments expressed here……thanks for the exposure, affirmation, edumacation, etc…….
Social awkwardness has always felt like a burden to me. These feelings were exaggerated during a recent month-long stay in Peru. Social and cultural influences in my life were exposed while being out of my comfort zone. It seems I've always been a bit confused about how to behave. Living in a foreign land just made it obvious and somewhat acceptable. Ultimately, being truthful and genuine was the only way I found to adapt. I suspect that's a recipe for success no matter who or where you are.
Thank for articulating so clearly what I've pondered for years.
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SoccerNEW!
Toskala making saves by serenity
If there was a guide published on the proper mindset to play goal in Toronto, surely Vesa Toskala would be on the cover.
By Paul HunterSports Reporter
Tue., Feb. 19, 2008timer2 min. read
He is the Zen master of not sweating the small stuff; a man with so much inner peace his quick reflexes seem at odds with an attitude paused permanently on quiet reflection.
"I've been positively surprised by myself at how good I've been able to block everything out," he says of his first season in the maelstrom that is Leafs hockey.
Toskala has been extremely good at blocking pucks too. And that makes him a rarity in the Leafs' dressing room one week before the trade deadline. Toskala doesn't need the protection of a no-trade clause to stay in Toronto. His play has earned him the right to finish out his two-year, $8 million (U.S.) contract extension.
"I hope so," he said. "I can't control that stuff but I'm really happy here so I hope nothing is going to happen for me. Of course, everybody wants to win but, other than that, I've really enjoyed my time here."
This has been, after all, the season in which Toskala has finally established himself as a No.1 goaltender in the NHL. Any previous runs as top dog have come via injury and not solely on merit.
"It's been my goal for many seasons, since I came over here," says the Finnish puckstopper who joined San Jose's organization as a 23-year-old in 2000. "Finally, I'm seeing more ice time and I'm really happy with that. That's why I'm enjoying it and having a good time."
Now he's following a Toronto goaltending tradition. Felix Potvin, Curtis Joseph and Ed Belfour were all excellent goaltenders who could win games on their own, but they were also as unquotable as they were unbeatable. It was almost as if they worked at it.
Toskala, however, says his demeanour is a carry-over from one of the first lessons taught to him by the late Warren Strelow, the goaltending coach with the Sharks.
"That was the first thing my goalie coach in San Jose told me: Keep it nice and calm all the time," he said. "I block everything out. I just focus on my game and don't worry about the other stuff. I try not to get frustrated about things I can't control."
But defenceman Hal Gill revealed a secret about Toskala yesterday. The netminder, he said, reserves his quiet monotone for his off-ice conversations. During games, he is actually quite vocal. And loud.
"Sometimes I think he hates me, the way he yells," said Gill. "(Off ice) he's low-key, not too moody. Goalies are weird anyway but he doesn't seem that weird. To be Finnish and a goalie, you'd think he'd be pretty weird but he's a good guy."
Toskala is expected to make his 12th consecutive start tonight against Columbus. It will be his 18th start in Toronto's last 19 games and coach Paul Maurice indicated yesterday he will continue to ride the 30-year-old.
"As long as our schedule says we can keep him fresh and sharp then I think so," said Maurice yesterday.
That suits Toskala just fine. "I love to play," he said. "I feel good and my body feels good. So why not?"


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Several months ago, Donatas Jonikas from Lithuania (more about him at the end of the article) approached us with a request to support his startup survey. His aim was to attract at least 1,000 startups. He managed, and in the near future, he is going to publish a book based on the survey called Startup Evolution Curve. For now, he has decided to write an exclusive guestblog for Slovak STARTUP based on his survey. Hope you will enjoy it and find some useful advice for your own project.
This is highly related to the so-called "nice to have" mistake. A fact is that even though 42.6% of startups try to address really serious problems and create tremendous value,they don't test it in the market or they do it in a wrong way. It would probably be hard to find a startup which hasn't heard about market verification – validating their business idea in the real market. But by far not all of them know how to do it in practice.
Don't ask your customers to answer a survey to get market verification. Offer them to buy or at least pre-order your product. If customers say your product is great, that it solves meaningful problems for them and gives great value, but… still, don't buy it, guess what? Saying is not the same as paying money! You'll never have real market verification until customers give you their money for your product.
It's some kind of disease, I don't know how to call it otherwise. Startups too often try to make a show while pitching their business idea to investors instead of proving their business concept and growth potential. Sadly, some investors foster such attitude by highly evaluating exciting pitches without a solid foundation and marketing background.Just because the startup founder was so charismatic and made a great show during the pitch. Other startups notice that and next time will focus more on their pitch and show rather than verifying their business model and proving its durability and scalability.
Trying to please potential investors has a reasonable justification: investors can bring money, network, and solutions for particular issues. Yes, it's true, but only if you have a valuable and verified solution. Customers, not investors, should be in the center of your startup's radar. If the customer is happy and satisfied, many things follow automatically, including the investors standing at your door to provide you with the needed funding.
Quite a large share of startups (67.4%) would most of all like to get help with business growth, so-called "growth hacking". But the fact is that only 49.8% have found their problem–market fit. Basically, it means that nearly 1 in 5 startups are willing to waste its energy and resources on growth hacking without having prepared their own value proposition.
As my research showed, 47.9% of startups were already on the market, but only 17.4% had a consistent marketing plan and only 39.4% had developed the brand and positioning. Crafting a positioning statement and creating a marketing plan requires effort, not money.
Any rational investor will check if there is traction before putting his money into a startup. Investors need a proof that a business model is viable and durable. How are you going to show it without taking any marketing actions? You are on the right track if you don't want to spend huge money on marketing in the early stage. Plan and run marketing experiments to find a problem-solution-market fit, validate communication and distribution channels, get some ideas about possible growth engines. Once you have that, prepare a comprehensive marketing plan with potential profit estimations and approach investors to ask for the budget you need to implement that brilliant marketing plan.
Sounds crazy? Wonder who might do such a stupid thing? You'd be shocked how many startups burn investor's money spending it on things that don't add value to the startup. Yes, it might feel comfortable and safe paying yourself a salary from fundraised money. It might be cool to work in a nice office and attend greatest startup conferences and other events. But what's in it for your startup? How does it help your business? One thing is definite – it increases your cash burn rate. The higher the cash burn rate the less time you have to create a profitable and scalable business.
Startup founders with entrepreneurial mindset achieve more because they see the difference between fundraised and earned money. They don't spend it on shiny things but invest in what builds value for the startup.


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El Campeonato Paraguayo de Fútbol Femenino 2016 fue el decimoséptimo campeonato oficial de Primera División de la rama femenina de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (APF).

El equipo campeón clasificó a la Copa Libertadores Femenina 2018.

Sistema de competición
Se juegan dos torneos al año (Torneo Apertura y Torneo Clausura). Cada torneo consta de una rueda de 9 fechas para la etapa de clasificación, de la que accederán a la fase semifinal los primeros cuatro equipos mejor posicionados, para las llaves de semifinales se enfrentarán el 1º vs 4º y el 2º vs 3º en partidos de ida y vuelta, los ganadores pasan a la final que se jugará a un solo partido en cancha neutral.

Al final del año, juegan para definir al campeón absoluto de la temporada, los campeones de cada torneo (Apertura y Clausura), en partidos ida y vuelta. Si un mismo club gana ambos torneos, se consagra automáticamente campeón absoluto de la temporada.

Equipos

Apertura

PJ = Partidos jugados; G = Partidos ganados; E = Partidos empatados; P = Partidos perdidos; GF = Goles anotados; GC = Goles recibidos; Dif = Diferencia de goles; Pts = Puntos.
(A) = Avanza a siguiente fase

Resultados

Fase final del Apertura
Para la etapa semifinal clasificaron los cuatro primeros ubicados en la tambla de posiciones. En las llaves, el equipo ubicado en la parte inferior de cada serie actúa de local en el segundo partido.

Clausura

El torneo clausura comenzó el 13 de agosto.

PJ = Partidos jugados; G = Partidos ganados; E = Partidos empatados; P = Partidos perdidos; GF = Goles anotados; GC = Goles recibidos; Dif = Diferencia de goles; Pts = Puntos.
(A) = Avanza a siguiente fase

Resultados

Fase final del Clausura
Para la etapa semifinal clasificaron los cuatro primeros ubicados en la tabla de posiciones. En las llaves, el equipo ubicado en la parte inferior de cada serie actúa de local en el segundo partido.

Campeonato
Olimpia, monarca del Apertura, y Sportivo Limpeño, ganador del Clausura, se enfrentaron en partidos de ida y vuelta para definir el campeón absoluto de la temporada. Para la serie de campeonato, no se tendrá en cuenta los goles marcados, por lo que, en caso de igualdad en puntos, se definirá el título por la vía de los penales.

Nota: No se conoce el resultado del segundo encuentro, pero el Sportivo Limpeño se consagró como campeón absoluto del torneo.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
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In this how-to video, you will learn how to create a drawing of Saturn. First, fill in the area with black to create space. Next, create a circle and a ring around it. This will be the basis of the planet. Go into the ring by filling it in with more color. Now, fill in the planet with the darker shades. Once this is complete, you can fill in the planet with the striped colors. You must do the same with the ring. Finally, go back into the planet and do some fine tuning. Once this is done, the drawing is finished. This video shows you a fast and easy way to create the planet Saturn.


Chief Designer and Founder of nendo.Born in1977 inToronto, Canada. Received M.Arch. fromWasedaUniversity,Tokyoin 2002. Established design studio "nendo" in the same year.
Chosen by Newsweek magazine as one of "The Most Respected Japanese" and won many "Designer of the year" of major awards include from Wallpaper magazine and ELLE DECOR magazine.
Nendo designs can be found in theMuseumofModern ArtinNew York, as well as Musee des Arts decoratifs and Centre Pompidou inParis.


So what happens when you try to help 300 odd students move out? well it wasn't organized that is for sure. Since a Masters degree is only a year here and the majority of the students living in the student village are Msc students they were already done so there was an impromptu party the night before move out. Everyone brought any alcohol they did not want to move or take home with them. Since the head warden was also moving out he contributed all the liquor he didn't want to take with him either and he had received some pretty odd liquor as gifts over the years. Come Saturday there was a lot of people moving out with some large hangovers.
We had set up a way for people to donate stuff to a second hand sale that would be resold to the students coming in. (Had to be sold because everyone would just take free stuff, not what they needed. All the money was donated to a charity) The thinking was always everything gets donated (including half-used boxes of food) or everything gets trashed (creating huge piles of trash).
As I was collecting keys from everyone there were a lot of goodbyes, a lot of people asking for extra time, and I had one friend that had his suitcase filled with all his clothes that disappeared with someone else's stuff. (So was probably on its way to China) As the cleaners went through each flat cleaning them out over the next week it was funny to see them trading and haggling over stuff students had left behind.


The Imperial is a neighborhood pub located in the Oakhurst community of Decatur, GA. Since opening in December 2013, the restaurant has developed a large and loyal following. Part of the charm is the brick-walled building the restaurant occupies as well as the beautiful hand-hewn bar. The Imperial features Southern comfort and typical bar food with a twist. The menu features a host of appetizers including black-eyed pea dip and la poutine de Georgia (french fries doused with gravy and pimento cheese), but guests will also find wings, sandwiches, and burgers as well.
Owner Robert Holland turned to GIK Acoustics to help dampen the noise in the dining room and bar. The results are visually subtle yet highly effective noise reduction using custom sized Spot Panels.
Spot Panels on ceiling, around booths, and above bay window.
During renovation an old advertisement was discovered behind the plaster. The wall was cut open to create a doorway into the dining room, but the owners turned a photo of the original wall into a GIK Acoustics ArtPanel.
It was a pleasure working with the great guys at The Imperial and we wish them continued success.
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Committee for Asian Women (CAW) is a regional network of 46 women workers member groups in 14 Asian countries which aims to empower women workers to protect, advocate, and advance their rights.
CAW is part of the global movement advocating workers' rights for over 30 years. The organisation is registered as a charitable organisation in Hong Kong and has another registration in Bangkok as a Foundation when the organisation moved its office to Bangkok. The organisation keeps both the registrations. However in 2015 the organisation secretariat moved to Malaysia temporarily.


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Released on: May 28th, 2019.
Director: Alan Roberts
Cast: Martine Beswick, Adam West, Phil Silvers, Richard Deacon, Chris Lemmon
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Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood – Movie Review:
The third and final film in the Happy Hooker series was produced by none other than Menaham Golan and Yoram Globus, better known to children of the eighties as the two men who run Cannon Films! Normally that'd be a stamp of approval right? Right! But this film… well, actually it's pretty fun even if it isn't as 'good' as its predecessors.
This time around, Xaviera Hollander is played by Martine Beswick of Cyclone and From A Whisper To A Scream (Lynn Redgrave played her in 1975's The Happy Hooker while in 1977's The Happy Hooker Goes To Washington she was played by Joey Heatherton). This last film actually tells the origins of the character as we see how Xaviera became a writer and subsequently, once her book was published and became a hit, how it was chased by a film producer named Warkoff (Phil Silvers). When the deal falls apart, Warkoff's own grandson snags the title and talks Xaviera into letting him do the picture as an independent film.
Because the film doesn't have the financial backing that a major studio could provide, Xaviera decides to raise some money on her own by doing what she does best and before you know it she's got her girls working overtime to raise the cash. While this is going on, her relationship with sleazy film producer Lionel Lamely (Adam West of TV's Batman) begins to go very sour...
Even goofier than the first two films in the series, The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood throws sense out the window and is almost slapstick in spots. It's played completely for laughs with almost the entire cast hamming it up for the camera. The script provides ample opportunity for 'wink-wink-nudge-nudge' sex jokes and the pacing is handled in such a way that the gags, as corny as they are, come quickly. There's a fair bit of nudity in the film and Beswick's fan base will appreciate seeing her show off a bit in the picture. She's not bad at all in the role, clearly in on the joke like the rest of the cast. Adam West steals most of the scenes that he's involved with, melding suave and sleazy rather wonderfully in the film. Supporting work from Phil Silvers is notable, he's pretty funny here, while Chris Lemmon (of Just Before Dawn) shows up here in a decent part.
But what about Xaviera's girls? Look out for Tanya Boyd of Black Shampoo and Ilsa Harem Keeper Of The Oil Shieks, Alexandra Morgan of Spellbinder and Deadly Games, Lisa London of Andy Sidaris films Savage Beach and Guns and Susan Kiger of Andy Sidaris' Seven and Angels' Brigade to show up in the film adding to the fun.
Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood – Blu-ray Review:
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood looks great on this AVC encoded 1080p high definition transfer framed at 1.78.1 widescreen on a 25GB Blu-ray disc. Colors are very nice in that garish sort of way and black levels are definitely solid. Detail is also quite strong and nicely improved, texture as well. Sometimes the picture looks a bit soft but that's clearly how it was shot. Otherwise, no complaints at all – no problems with noise reduction, edge enhancement or compression artifacts.
The English language DTS-HD 2.0 Mono track sounds just fine, offering up clear dialogue without any noticeable background hiss or noise and the incredibly eighties sounding score has pretty impressive range. The levels are well balanced, the score sounds good and there are no problems here to complain about. Optional English subtitles are provided.
The main extra on the disc is a thirteen-minute interview with Martine Beswick who starts out by explaining how she got into acting after doing modelling work, not getting the part in Dr. No but then appearing in From Russia With Love and Thunderball. From there she talks about getting the lead in The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood, what it was like working with Adam West (who she speaks quite fondly of), the gags that are featured in the film with the johns and the prostitutes, the Los Angeles locations used for the film, some of the more memorable scenes in the film, what it was like on set and more.
The disc also includes an interview with Chris Lemmon that also runs thirteen-minutes in length. In this piece, he speaks about how he got into the industry after aspiring to become a classical pianist. He then goes on to talk about some of his early roles, how this was a 'break' for him by appearing in the film, going into the movie without a clue who Xaviera Hollander was, being happy to be cast alongside Beswick who he was already friends with before making this movie, the 'naughtiness and frolicking' featured in the film, how he got along with his co-stars and what it was like on set, working with director Alan Roberts and quite a bit more.
Aside from that, we get trailers for the feature, Act Of Vengeance/Rape Squad, Bucktown, California Dreaming, the awesome Henry Silva movie Johnny Cool (which hopefully means this one is coming to Blu-ray soon!), Lone Wolf McQuade and The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane. Menus and chapter selection are also included.
Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood – The Final Word:
Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood might not be deep but it's a fun 'R-rated' sex comedy made all the better because of a strong cast. Scorpion's Blu-ray release features some good extras and offers a very solid presentation for the feature.
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New Film on the Great but Forgotten Rosenwald
by Peter Wong on September 10, 2015
September 11 seems an inauspicious day for the San Francisco Bay Area theatrical premiere of Aviva Kempner's new documentary "Rosenwald." Yet the vileness of General Pinochet's overthrow of Salvador Allende and the destruction of New York City's Twin Towers get counterbalanced by the virtue celebrated in Kempner's cinematic biography/history. "Rosenwald"'s flaws don't preclude its joyous championing of human generosity.
Julius Rosenwald, Kempner's film subject, was both influential businessman and philanthropist. As the businessman, he turned Sears Roebuck and Co. into the early 20th century version of Amazon.com. As the school funder, his seed money helped build over 5,000 rural schools in the Jim Crow-era South. Finally, as the nurturer of future talent, his fund's grants helped what W.E.B. DuBois called the "talented tenth" develop their individual potential in various fields. While Rosenwald's philanthropy helped shape the course of 20th century African-American life, Kempner deftly avoids turning the socially-minded businessman into a white savior.
The genius of Julius Rosenwald's philanthropy didn't come from the mere act of transferring money for a good cause. It catalyzed both black community pride and better interracial relationships. Providing one third of the funds needed to build a new school came as a challenge to both the black and white communities to raise the balance. In the white community's case, those funds usually came from the state board of education. But in the black community, everything from holding food sales to contributing sweat equity went towards the building of what became known as a Rosenwald school. The love and community pride given to these rural black schools imbued them with a magnificence which matched the bigger white schools.
The section dealing with the Rosenwald schools is the strongest portion of Kempner's film. It nimbly captures the emotional validation the schools provided to the South's rural black communities by showing they could work together for a larger communal goal. The careers led by such Rosenwald alumni as Congressman John Lewis, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson and acclaimed writer/civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou among others serve as living examples of the Rosenwald schools' benefits.
Kempner boldly lifts the Rosenwald schools part of her documentary out of feel-good turf by discussing why educating rural blacks was a political act. Southern society's economic and political order thrived in part on the existence of an uneducated and subservient black labor pool. Altering that oppressive dynamic by giving blacks education quietly undermined that order as well as calling into doubt the unstated assumption that blacks were incapable of matching white cultural achievements.
Rosenwald's decision to spend what would be a billion dollars in today's money to repeatedly aid America's black communities came about through a confluence of three factors. First, there was his sense of empathy in seeing similarities between Russian pogroms against the Jews and Ku Klux Klan public intimidation of blacks. Second, there was the mentorship of social activist Rabbi Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, who taught him how to use charity to make peoples' lives better. Finally, there was Booker T. Washington, who shared Rosenwald's belief in practical over theoretical change.
Kempner's film gives Washington credit for improving the lot of America's black communities even without directly confronting segregation. His input sparked Rosenwald's funding of rural school construction. Teaching practical skills at Tuskegee University gave the university's graduates skill sets beyond the limited employment options racist society offered. Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s' "content of one's character" line, Washington's "lifting oneself up by the bootstraps" got co-opted by conservatives to demean blacks who couldn't rise above their current lot. But the film shows that the original intent behind the sentiment was black empowerment independent of white benevolence.
Washington's pragmatic advice helped direct the Sears Roebuck executive to fund those 5,357 rural schools. But "be bold and take risks" was the guiding principle Kempner's subject gave to Rosenwald Fund director Edwin R. Embree in making grants to promising applicants at critical early points in their careers.
The recipients of Rosenwald grants covered an impressive range from historian John Hope Franklin to blood researcher Dr. Charles Drew. Kempner breaks up what would have been a long but storied list of recipients with anecdotal moments. These stories include tales of how Rosenwald money helped the notoriously slow Ralph Ellison get his classic novel "Invisible Man" developed, or how the French study grant financed by the Fund helped Alberta Savage learn the skills needed to become an award-winning sculptor. Yet even with these anecdotes, this portion of "Rosenwald" feels emotionally distant compared to the film's earlier joyous parts.
What still makes "Rosenwald" worth seeing is Kempner's magnificent gift for finding the right analogy or oddity that breaks down the past's separation from the present. It could be learning young Julius Rosenwald lived across the street from Abraham Lincoln's house. Or it might be how Eleanor Roosevelt's impromptu plane trip paved the way for black airmen to fight in World War II's skies.
Honors for the most relevant historical rarity resurrected by Kempner belong to a film clip of a speech given by Rosenwald. Its subject was the alleged wisdom of the rich. He frankly describes those who've made great fortunes as not necessarily being smart. As someone who himself never finished high school, the film's subject piercingly characterizes most rich men as mediocre types lucky enough to stumble on a business opportunity that couldn't help but bring them wealth. Seeing this clip will spur a few audience members to mutter "Trump."
If Kempner skimps on giving a well-rounded portrait of her subject, it's ultimately forgiven because Rosenwald as a person becomes a supporting character in his own film. What matters is seeing what was wrought in the wake of Rosenwald's financial largesse. In that regard, recently deceased ex-NAACP head Julian Bond acts as the soul of Kempner's documentary. As Bond memorably notes, Rosenwald's generosity created his generation…which later created the generation that elected President Barack Obama.
("Rosenwald" screens September 11, 2015 at the Opera Plaza Cinemas (601 Van Ness Avenue, SF).)
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This richly illustrated volume offers a fascinating introduction to ancient Greek vases for the general reader. It presents vases not merely as beautiful vessels to hold water and wine, but also as instruments of storytelling and bearers of meaning.
The first two chapters analyze the development of different shapes of pottery and relate those shapes to function, the evolution in vase production techniques and decoration, and the roles of potters, painters, and their workshops. Subsequent chapters focus on vases as the primary source of imagery from ancient Greece, offering unique information about mythology, religion, theater, and daily life. The author discusses how to identify the figures and scenes depicted in vase paintings, what these narratives would have meant to the people who lived with them and used them, and how they therefore reflect the cultural values of their time. Also examined is the impact Greek vases had on the art, architecture, and literature of subsequent generations.
Based on the rich collections of the British Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum, the exquisite details of the works offer the reader the opportunity for an intimate interaction with the graphic beauty and narrative power of ancient vases often not available in a gallery setting.


Applications for the STEM academy are due next week. Interested sophomores and juniors encouraged to apply. Shadow experiences are available - see Mrs. Herndon if you'd like to attend classes and labs at the XLR8 STEM academy.
Any Junior who is interested in learning more about an all expenses paid trip to Washington, DC, to visit the Pentagon, meet delegates, and visit many national monuments should see Mrs. Herndon ASAP for an application!
The Creative Writing Club will be meeting in Mrs. Foster's room on Wednesday, March 4th until 3:45 PM. We hope to see you there!
"Best of Broadway" cast: We will begin again Wednesday March 4th after school from 3 to 4:30 in the auditorium. Please make plans to be at the practice. If you have questions, please see Ms. V in A-109.
Spanish Club will have its 1st Annual Film Festival after school on Thursday, March 5, 2015. Join us for a movie and refreshments.
The Dodge Ball Tournament has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 22. All registration forms and money ($20) need to be turned in to Mrs. Inge in classroom E130 by Friday, April 17. Times are the same, teams and sponsors have to be in the auditorium at 5PM for a rules meeting. The games start at 5:30PM.
We have extended the Fighting Famine in February food drive until this Friday, March 6th. If anyone has collected items in their classrooms to this point, please put the items on the collection table in the commons area so we can count up the number we have collected. Thanks and go RHS!!
There will be no tennis practice today for the boys .The girls will practice on the green courts today a from 3:00 to 4:45.
Registration forms for the Dream Big Sports Academy are available in the main office. This Leadership Academy will again be hosted by Rustburg High School April 6-8. Attendance if free for RHS athletes and registration forms are due back by April 1st.
There are also some postcards from the Blue Ridge Soccer Haus in the main office for players who need to buy some soccer gear. The business is closing and will offer deep discounts starting today.


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Celtic's Iconic No8 Paul McStay to present Premiership Trophy to Broony
CELTIC this morning announced that Paul McStay will bring the Premiership Trophy onto the park on Sunday before it is handed to the current Celtic captain who like The Maestro, wears the number 8 – Scott Brown.
It's a lovely touch by the club to recognise the very special player that Paul McStay. The loyalty that he showed towards the club, particularly in the second half of his one-club career when Celtic were suffering badly, should never be forgotten especially on days like Sunday when we celebrate 8 league wins in a row.
"Paul will bring the Premiership trophy into Celtic Park and lead the Celtic first-team into Paradise before the game.
"Then, after the match on Sunday, he will bring the trophy on to the Paradise turf as it is handed over to our current No. 8 Scott Brown, who will lift the trophy for the eighth consecutive season in front of a sell-out crowd.
"Paul McStay was a one-club man, spending 16 years with Celtic. He made 677 appearances for the Hoops – only the late great Billy McNeill played more times for Celtic. The Maestro also scored 72 goals, and won three league titles, four Scottish Cups and the League Cup," the club's official website has reported.
"As Paradise celebrates an incredible eight league titles in a row, it is only fitting that two great Celtic No.8s will take centre-stage in the Trophy Day celebrations.
"For Scott Brown, this will be his ninth league title, while he has also won four Scottish Cups and five League Cups since joining the club back in 2007.
"The Celtic captain is now ninth in Celtic's all-time appearance table, with 524 appearances so far for the Hoops, and he will also be hoping to lead the team to an incredible Treble Treble when Celtic take on Hearts in the Scottish Cup final on May 25."
Paul McStay will receive an extra special welcome from The Celtic support on Sunday – what a player he was and what a brilliant Celtic man. Up there with the very best.
And talking of the very best, The Maestro (No8) will hand the trophy to Scott Brown (No8) who today celebrated 12 years as a Celtic player.
\o/ Scott Brown signed for #CelticFC 12 years ago today!
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— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) May 16, 2019
Remember that game at Easter Road just before Broony signed for Celtic when the Rangers supporters were singing 'We're going to sing Scott Brown"? Almost as funny as the Same Old Alloa video…
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PETR CECH is confident Arsenal can take their Premier League form into Tuesday's Champions League clash with Bayern Munich.
The Gunners cruised past Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday thanks to goals from Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey which kept them second in the Premier League table.
Before the international break the Gunners produced a stunning display to beat Manchester United, scoring three times inside the opening 20 minutes.
And Cech believes the way Arsenal dispatched of both United and Watford will stand them in good stead as they aim to kick-start their European campaign following successive defeats to Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos.
"It is always difficult going away for the internationals and you come back home and everyone comes back at different times," he told The Mirror.
"You have only one day to prepare and you play away from home against a good team that was very solid at home in their previous games.
"We knew it was going to be a difficult game, so we needed to be patient.
"We had a really big game against Manchester United last week before the internationals, so when you win those games (you have to) win another game.
"We treat everybody with the same respect, so the three points are vital for us."


The days of fixed Wide Area Networks (WAN) and Local Area Networks (LAN) are likely numbered thanks to 5G. This is according to Duncan McNally, Sales Leader for Northern Europe - Solution Sales, Vodafone Global Enterprise.
In an article on the Vodafone site, McNally says that although this won't happen overnight and the exact timeline is unclear, it's something that businesses should prepare for if they want to keep pace with start-up companies.
In the interim, 5G will play a growing role in enterprises' connectivity mix, McNally says. He predicts that 5G-only networks in enterprise are a long way off yet but notes that 5G will have an increasingly important function in companies' converged networks, working alongside Wi-Fi, WAN and LAN.
One trend driving this shift, alongside the emergence of 5G, is the move towards off-the-shelf apps and the public cloud. This type of set-up can be run on the same kind of network that many people have in their homes – internet-based 100MB DSL with Wi-Fi in the building. This requires no upfront capital costs and minimal IT support.
5G has a number of probable benefits over fixed WAN and LAN. There is no requirement for routers, switches, cabling, etc. and it does not require software updates, patches or significant IT intervention, for example.
Although this shift offers cost savings and new-found agility for businesses, there are some practical considerations. The specifics will depend on the type of industry and the use case requirements -- particularly around security. In the future, related technologies could also play a role here. For example, 5G devices could recognise potentially sensitive documents being accessed on the move – e.g. on a train -- and use software-defined networking (SDN) to block access until the user is in a suitable place.
In any case, security will be a real concern before companies do go all in on 5G, which is why trials such as the Worcestershire 5G Testbed are already focusing on cybersecurity.
But once problems of security are solved it's not just WANs and LANs that could be on the way out though, as a recent report predicted that Wi-Fi and Ethernet could be displaced by 5G too.


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How dogs know when communication is intended for them
Juliane Kaminski, L. Schulz, M. Tomasello
Domestic dogs comprehend human gestural communication in a way that other animal species do not. But little is known about the specific cues they use to determine when human communication is intended for them. In a series of four studies, we confronted both adult dogs and young dog puppies with object choice tasks in which a human indicated one of two opaque cups by either pointing to it or gazing at it. We varied whether the communicator made eye contact with the dog in association with the gesture (or whether her back was turned or her eyes were directed at another recipient) and whether the communicator called the dog's name (or the name of another recipient). Results demonstrated the importance of eye contact in human–dog communication, and, to a lesser extent, the calling of the dog's name – with no difference between adult dogs and young puppies – which are precisely the communicative cues used by human infants for identifying communicative intent. Unlike human children, however, dogs did not seem to comprehend the human's communicative gesture when it was directed to another human, perhaps because dogs view all human communicative acts as directives for the recipient.
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Kaminski, J., Schulz, L., & Tomasello, M. (2012). How dogs know when communication is intended for them. Developmental Science, 15(2), 222-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01120.x
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In just 48 hours, Iván de Pineda with all his knowledge and experience, will show us how to take the true essence of a city, without missing anything.
Turner Latin America, the leading multiplatform media and content company in the region, announces the arrival of the original production program "48hs en …" in the hands of its exclusive talent, Iván de Pineda. The company continues to take firm steps in the generation of multiplatform content for its own brands and for third parties.
"48hs en …" is an original Turner production and will be broadcast through the TNT and TNT Series signals. It is proposed to know the cities of the world in a new way. It seeks to banish the myth that it takes a lot of time to travel: two days will be enough to know and take advantage of a city to the fullest. Some of the destinations will be: Amsterdam, Paris, Lima, Cartagena, Guadalajara, Miami, and locally Salta and Cordoba, among others.
It will be a journey with a lot of experience, without makeup, that includes what many programs leave out: the behind the scenes of each trip. An overprinted clock on the screen will show the course of these 48hs. Each episode aims to show a city as a reality, giving the secrets and tips necessary to take advantage of time and money in the best way.
Following the spirit of the program, during the past week the AdSales department invited a select portfolio of clients to live together with Iván 48hs. in Villa La Angostura. In this way, the guests were able to experience the contents of Turner in the first person and toured the most outstanding landmarks of the beautiful Patagonian city for two days.
Iván is currently in charge of the Argentine version of Pasapalabra, a program produced entirely by Turner Latin America, which is broadcast from Monday to Friday at 6.30 pm (ARG) by El Trece and recently devoted to the FundTV awards. Gold award, recognition that is also added to the one obtained in 2017 at the Tato Awards as the best entertainment program.


Imagine the Fox Point waterfront in the 1940s. Cargo ships lined up to get into crowded docks. Longshoremen bustled along the busy quays. Crowds waited to welcome packet ships bringing new immigrants and news from Cape Verde.
Many of the longshoremen who worked the docks had themselves come into this port on the packet boats. Until the 1950s, most of the packet boats were repurposed schooners and aging whalers. Crewed by skilled seamen, these vessels made regular trips between American ports and the islands of Cape Verde off the African coast, transporting people, letters, food, and freight.
Cape Verdean immigration to Providence, and greater New England, began the early nineteenth century, when men from the islands were recruited by whaling companies looking for good seamen and inexpensive labor. By the early twentieth century, Portugal's oppressive colonial rule of the islands, combined with drought and starvation, forced families to consider leaving Cape Verde. Many immigrants moved to Providence and New Bedford, joining family members and friends already in the United States.
The waterfront neighborhood of Fox Point, bounded to the north by Power Street, became the heart of Cape Verdean Rhode Island until the late twentieth century. Today, some Cape Verdeans still live in the area, but most were forced to relocate as urban renewal projects dramatically changed the neighborhood. Beginning in the 1950s, Brown University also bought and developed land in the neighborhood; the ensuing gentrification made it prohibitively expensive for working class families to live there.
At the same time that longtime Fox Point residents were being forced to move elsewhere, the Fox Point docks were also changing. After World War II, "containerization," the increasing use of shipping containers, drastically decreased the numbers of jobs available on the docks. Many longshoremen actively resisted the changes. In 1971, a historic strike on the west coast shut down the ports for 130 days. The Cape Verdean longshoremen who worked in Fox Point were members of Local 1329 of the International Longshoremen's Association, the first labor union in the United States founded by Cape Verdeans. Local 1329 played an important role in the national labor union and in the lives of the Cape Verdean longshoremen and their families. Ultimately, resistance to automation was not successful and by the end of the twentieth century almost ninety percent of longshoremen jobs had been lost to automation.
These docks are filled with the memories of work, change and resistance, and the journeys of people and things from Cape Verde to Providence. Though the Cape Verdean community is no longer concentrated in Fox Point, more Cape Verdeans still live in Massachusetts and Rhode Island than anywhere else except Cape Verde. Many of them still gather each year in India Point Park to celebrate the islands' independence from Portugal on July 5th, a day filled with festivities, educational events, and food.
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"America on the Move: Transforming the Waterfront." National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_17_4.html.
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"Photography Exhibit." Providence Business News.February 5, 2013. http://pbn.com/Local-1329-photography-exhibit,86133.
Weir, Stan. Singlejack Solidarity. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2004.


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The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company said it earned $509 million US, or 10 cents per share, during the three months ended in August, a 16 per cent improvement from $440 million, or eight cents per share, at the same time last year. Revenue for the period totalled $2.22 billion, a seven per cent increase from last year.
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According to the New Zealand Herald, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison said the database business, which has comprised about 80 per cent of total licence revenue in recent quarters, continued to post strong growth. Its average growth in the past three quarters was about 17 per cent.
Bernstein analyst Charlie Di Bona said the database business was increasingly driving Oracle's profits.


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Dr. Cristina de Jesus
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Green Dot Public Schools California
Cristina is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Dot Public Schools California, a non-profit network of public charter schools. Cristina joined Green Dot in 2002 as the founding principal of Ánimo Inglewood Charter High School, one of the highest performing public schools in the state. Since then, she has helped build the foundation of Green Dot's success with a role in nearly every initiative and undertaking to boost student achievement across the network.
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Before being named Green Dot California's President and CEO, Cristina held various leadership roles at Green Dot, including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Academic Officer, and Vice President of Curriculum and Instruction. Prior to joining Green Dot, Cristina was an English and History teacher for seven years in the Santa Monica/Malibu School District and earned National Board Certification in Early Adolescent/English Language Arts. Cristina has completed various selective leadership programs, including the Broad Academy for public school superintendents, and the Pahara Institute whose mission is to identify, strengthen, and sustain diverse leaders in public education. Cristina has earned a Masters of Education from the University of California Los Angeles, a Masters of Education Administration from California State University Northridge, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of California Los Angeles.