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How to Create Credible Content (Even if No One Knows You Exist!)
We all have them. Those marketing mavens and industry gurus we follow for insights and ideas on how to build our business better. But what makes them worth following, and what can you learn from their efforts?
Credibility can't be bought. You can't run down to the store and purchase a gallon drum of the stuff (as much as you might want to!). It can't be made either. You can't manufacture credibility, and anyone who says you can is trying to sell you something you don't need.
But you can earn credibility – using the very thing the Internet can't get enough of…
Here's how to do it.
According to a study by Content Science, 65% of those surveyed felt that web content was "hit or miss" or "unreliable". That means over half of those asked felt they couldn't trust what they read. This was the case whether the content was from big media, a niche source, the company or brand itself, or was user-generated.
Choose a Reliable Source
In the image below, users were asked to rate the credibility of sources from a variety of travel-related content and then asked why they gave that rating. These were their results:
Users rate their dissatisfaction with a lack of credibility from travel content
When you choose a trusted source (like the aforementioned mavens and gurus that you and others like and follow), or cite a study, survey, chart or other case, the credibility from those results rubs off a bit onto you. As you continue to cite these sources and write your own explanations and share your own findings, more and more people will begin to look forward to your next piece to fill them in on some little-known tip or tactic they can leverage in their own business.
But this isn't to say you should simply link to a bunch of studies and throw them up on your blog. No, you have to…
Make Your Content Useful
Useful content happens when you have a finger on the pulse of your audience's needs and not simply what you think they need. Useful content brings together a variety of points to create a piece that's interesting, engaging and informative. For example, if someone was looking for relevant, credible information on migraines, they may find themselves asking questions like:
Is a migraine the same as a headache?
Do food cravings signal an oncoming migraine?
Can bright lights or strange smells cause migraines?
Content is useful only as much as it answers the user's questions, enlightens or entertains them. Anything else is just filler and fluff designed to appeal to search engines – not people.
Another point to keep in mind is that even if you're a bootstrapped startup struggling to get recognition is a sea of competition, your content can still get plucked from the "me too's" out there by being easy to verify and easily shareable.
Case in point: there are tons of "online reputation management" companies out there, but BrandYourself has gotten mentions from Forbes, ABC the Wall Street Journal and was even featured on Shark Tank.
Companies that do more than just lip service to their mission and values are recognized and rewarded by their customers
What made them different was the fact that their company was started by a college student who was curious as to why no one followed up on his resume. After Googling his name, he discovered it was shared with the likes of drug dealers and sex offenders. No wonder no one was calling back!
Unable to afford the prices (or understand the methodology) behind reputation-saving services, ($32,000 was one of the highest quotes he received!), he decided to enlist the help of a search engine optimization pro (and fellow student) to clean up his name results so that he would come out on top. In short, BrandYourself put online reputation management back into the hands of everyday people.
In addition, BrandYourself has established a set of core values including things like:
"Complete transparency. We'll fully explain our process, and happily answer any questions you might have."
..to further solidify their stance that online brand reputation management shouldn't be some back alley, dark corner, exorbitantly priced affair reserved for only the most exclusive clientele.
Everything about their content – from customer reviews to media mentions to their process explains how they work and why their work is important.
Develop Your Voice
This is perhaps the most vital step in creating the kind of content people want to follow and engage with. Your voice is not a handful of trendy phrases – it's what makes you, you. Ask yourself, "How do I want people to feel or react as a result of reading content written in my voice?" Are you:
Approachable or even vulnerable?
Hip or edgy? Do you know what's "in"?
Wise and confident?
Cool and practical?
Fiery and impulsive?
What do you want "the brand of you" to stand for? How do the people you admire and follow cultivate that voice in themselves and what about it resonates with you? Those are the questions you should be asking in order to develop a distinctive voice that affects everything you write, publish and produce.
Don't Forget to Test
In nearly every article here at CrazyEgg, you're being advised to test, test and test some more. This is no different with content. Considering the very nature of the Internet, where you're reaching people of different age groups, locations, backgrounds and other variables, what constitutes "credibility" to one group may not matter at all to another.
In the aforementioned survey, U.S. brands and their associated companies were seen as credible sources of content whereas personalities were not. This was the opposite in the U.K. As another example, people aged 55-64 were more likely to trust endorsements than other forms of content. So it would make sense to seek out reputable endorsements and testimonials from those within your industry circle if you were catering to that audience.
So when you're trying to find your voice and create the kind of credible, consumable content people can't get enough of – remember why you're doing what you're doing. It's not just about creating content or even writing high quality content. It's about becoming a trusted, recognizable source that people can turn to for unbiased, real information.
And the more you put these tactics and techniques to work when creating your own content, the more credible you'll become by extension.
Have you used any of these tips in your own content creation efforts? Got a tip I missed here? Tell us about it in the comments below.
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Keep those brain cells active! Here are two titles to make you think: keeping you on your toes until we see you again in the New Year! They may not be hot off the press but, taken together, these titles will provide a yuletide feast for the intellect!
The Information First published in Great Britain in 2011, The Information, by James Gleick, is a must read for students of the information age. And by that I mean just about everyone, because information is the life-blood of modern society. Digital, big data, algorithm, and meme are today's watch words, and Millennials speak of little else, or so we're told! But neither this generation nor the last invented information. It's been kicking around since man first learned to grunt: what's different now are the uses to which we put it.
Gleick's book is a history of information. But if you think the current cohort was born into an information revolution, think again. Every generation had has its own information revolution building on the last. From the word, to writing; compilation of the first dictionaries to the charting the oceans; and the invention of morse-code, the telegraph, and the telephone. The capture and transmission of information has progressed inexorably through the centuries. There have been paradigm shifts aplenty, but arguably none bigger in the modern era than the invention – within months of each other – of the transistor and the bit. The transistor was the red hot hardware invention of 1948: the bit – defined by Claude Shannon as "A unit for measuring information" – followed close on its heels. Between them both inventions accelerated our understanding and usage of data to warp-speed! What came next was the rapid advance in computers only dreamed of by Babbage and Turing; the onward march of digital technology; and the dawning of robotics and artificial intelligence that threaten to shape our world for good or ill.
The Internet is NOT the Answer Over the last couple of decades the developed world has enthusiastically embraced the internet as the way forward in both work and business. Many of our predictions for the future of employment are predicated on its existence, and the ordering of society has fallen into step with its demands. Andrew Keen is one of those who questioned this new orthodoxy early on. In his book, The Internet is Not the Answer, first published in paperback in the UK in 2015, he asked us to re-examine some of the unintended consequences of our lemming-like dash online. As an early adopter and internet entrepreneur he knows of what he speaks.
Keen's argument was that, 'rather than creating transparency and openness, the Internet is creating a panopticon of information-gathering and surveillance services in which we, the users of big data networks like Facebook, have been packaged as their all-too-transparent product'. Outcomes – or so his argument ran – included the empowerment of the mob, intolerance, and bullying; the creation of a self-centred culture of voyeurism and narcissism; the enrichment of a tiny self-appointed minority; and the compounding of collective rage. No doubt, when he sat down to write his book, Keen's views would have been regarded as the doom laden pronouncements of a modern Jeremiah. But the last couple of years have seen a shift in the public mood towards the 'internet revolution'. The zeitgeist has shifted. Many commentators now cite the Internet's impact on unemployment, inequality, and ubiquitous surveillance with scepticism. What may once have been regarded as reactionary is the new orthodoxy. Governments the world over are calling time on the wild west of Uber and Airbnb, and starting to question the societal effects of the 'sharing' and 'gig' economies. Michael Hoare Editor Association News (Edition 249: December 2106) The Information, by James Gleick: published in paperback by Fourth Estate, ISBN 978-0-00-722574-3 The Internet is Not the Answer, Andrew Keen: published by Atlantic Books, ISBN 978-1-7239-343-6
Disruptive or Destructive: Associations Technological Balancing Act
What does the brave new world of disruptive technology have in store for trade associations? Will they have a future purpose, and how will they justify their subscription? Associations have always adapted to change. Time was when they encouraged actors in a particular trade or industry to gather together under a shared identity, partly to validate their supposed expertise, and partly to exclude those deemed less worthy. So, if we're honest, protectionism and elitism played no small part in achieving credentials, and arcane rules re-enforced by mystifying etiquette were fashioned, which rendered those inside the tent unassailable, and those outside beyond the pale!
This kind of `gentlemen`s club' mentality – where simply belonging was in itself enough to justify the fee – survived in various forms until the end of the last (twentieth) century. Some associations also managed to build a quasi-official carapace around themselves, and further strengthened their position by assuming the mantle of gate-keepers: granting access to industry data and information to the privileged few. Members were also encouraged to believe that their status granted them the ear of government. Indeed, in 1996 the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) appeared to confirm that view with the publication of its best practice guide for The Model Trade Association. The DTI is long gone but that document remains the bedrock of many associations, cementing the notions of best practice, bench-marking, and competitiveness in their psyche. The turn of the century saw companies` growing more concerned about trust issues and the protection of their reputation. Collectively, reputation management became a function of trade associations, achieved by furthering members' interests with stakeholders like regulators, industry analysts, employees, suppliers, and the media. And, in response to common reputational problems brought about by industry-wide crises – like pollution, slave labour, or blood diamonds – competing firms tried to stave off aggressive government legislation through the development and enforcement of self-regulation. Commercially, associations also attempted to influence any regulatory or trading conditions that adversely affected their members, by providing a platform for collective representation and lobbying. In reality, the so called 'level playing field' involved seeking favourable rules like tax breaks, subsidised research and development, or relaxed employment practices. Promote and protect was, and still is, the stated or implied motto of many associations. However, over the last decade, the big story has been the rise of digital and the evolution of organisations to meet their members' changing expectations. Data is now freely available to all; associations aren't the only conduit for communication between stakeholders; and businesses are increasingly reluctant to pay to simply to `belong`. Faced by shrinking membership fees, and keeping up with members' demands for instant access to resources and training, some associations turned to sponsorship, exhibitions, group buying, financial benefits packages, and other monetised relationships to fill the financial gap. The most successful ones have managed to continue updating and innovating – make the transition to e-learning, develop digital products – and make all their services accessible online! But how much longer can they keep ahead of the curve? Emerging, or disruptive, technologies have the capacity to alter our lifestyle, what is understood by work, business and the global economy. Disruptive innovations create new markets and value networks and eventually dislocate the existing ones, while simultaneously displacing established market leaders and alliances. The interesting thing about the current crop – like Airbnb – is that they achieve this without being subject to any of the traditional infrastructure costs and limitations. So, as social media has already undermined the logic behind at least one of their key functions – communication – how long will it be before someone applies the `Uber' model to trade association procedures: undermining established practice; regulation; and tradition? And how will associations represent the interests of members who find themselves displaced by, or in competition with, others driven by disruptive technology? Michael Hoare Editor Association News (Edition 249)
Is Yours an Über Association?
Before the headline-grabbing taxi App misappropriated the word for its own purposes über – the German prefix – had become a term to denote something outstanding or supreme! Its current connotations are with disruptive technology. But, in either context, it's a useful word against which to measure membership organisations…
Technology that upsets the status-quo isn't new. It's been around since before the industrial revolution. Jethro Tull's horse drawn seed drills and hoes put the cat amongst the eighteenth century's agricultural pigeons. While in the nineteenth, spinning frames and power looms inadvertently gave us 'Luddites', the derogatory term for opponents of labour-economising technologies. But things have moved on apace with the advent of digital technology, and it's surprising quite how many of our transactional relationships have been affected by new digital platforms: the so-called disruptive technologies. A disruptive innovation is one that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts existing ones, displacing established market leaders and alliances. But the interesting thing about the current crop is that they achieve this without being subject to any of the traditional infrastructure costs. So, Uber is the world's largest taxi company but owns no cabs. One of the largest accommodation providers – Airbnb – doesn't have a hotel room to call its own. Whilst SKYPE and WECHAT have no wires or exchanges, and ALIBABA, the world's most valuable retailer, has no inventory. The list goes on! In fact, they have become so disruptive that government inquiries into online platforms have been asking, why are collaborative economy platforms growing so quickly; what are their implications for employment law and health and safety regulation; and how does consumer protection law apply? Who is regulating them? Is it the EU, the Member State or even the local authority? Those are all good questions for associations to ponder too! But don't let's be fooled into thinking that disruptive technology is only about market dominance via digital platforms. Genomics, 3D printing, advanced materials, advanced oil and gas exploration and recovery, and renewable electricity are also on the top twelve list of developments poised to dislocate us. So what, if the world's most popular media owner – Facebook – not only creates no content, but also brings special interest groups together in a way associations previously regarded as their forte? That LinkedIn has already knocked the dynamics of recruitment off kilter, and Amazon has dealt an almost mortal blow to traditional booksellers? Clearly there is no going back, and hankering after the past is no help. Industry sectors atomized by disruptive technologies will adapt, but they will require a very different set of benefits from their associations. And they in turn will require different skills, finance, and governance to match their members' needs. Are associations up to the task? Or even thinking that far ahead? What do you think? Michael Hoare Editor Association News (Edition 248)

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Continuing our Mill Pond Monday series unpacking the vision that keeps us going all day (and sometimes keeps us awake at nights!), we have a "core focus" underlying all our activity here: fostering community.
"The Mill" exists to glorify God through bringing people together around shared experience, interaction and discovery to foster a community whose living out and application of Kingdom values results in multiplying vision and motivation to creatively impact our world with the transformative power of the Gospel.
Our consistent focus at The Mill is on fostering community – not controlled or managed, but fostered and facilitated. Doing so, we are drawing on the significance of this place as a place of restoration in our own lives and families, our extensive ministry and mission experience in multiple cultures and languages, and a wealth of local culture and history to provide the "raw material" for building a sense of community.
Our prayer is that those who visit and stay with us will be able to find or recover a healthy rhythm of life in community, that emphasizes the contributions of each individual, to participate in a community committed to stewardship, where relationships, fresh encounters, knowledge, experience, and new perspectives are valued and shared. We envision a wide variety of people interacting in an atmosphere that respects and nurtures diversity, seeing it as a source of inspiration. Ideally, The Mill will be a place where people "belong," both in their concrete experience here, as well as to the community tied to it. We pray that visitors and residents will gain a fresh appreciation of God's design and purpose in our lives and world… and see the need to put their faith in God (not systems, structures, or status).
ReachGlobal, the mission with which Jim serves is committed – individually and collectively – to a "central focus" of "developing, empowering and releasing" people. There is a lot of strength in identifying and articulating such an ethos, by which one can assess opportunity and progress.
For us here at the Mill, our central focus is on fostering community.
From where we stand, we've become convinced that a crying need of people today is for the experience of authentic community. However, often our attempts at community end up being gathering people who pretty much look like, act like, and think like ourselves. And while that's comfortable enough, we know down deep that "community" is something more. But "reaching out" to, let alone forming mutually affirming relationships with people with whom we don't typically agree is, frankly, hard. At times it feels downright unnatural. And – no matter how beneficial it could be – who has the effort, time and desire to pursue things that don't come easy or naturally?
But we know, as we observe what is happening in our towns, cities and villages throughout this country – and in places all around the world – that the problem is not the lack of "like-minded people" around us. A big enough group of like-minded people, in some settings, is, basically, a mob… and Lord knows, we don't need to foster any of those. We need to come together… but how?
We feel that God has uniquely prepared us and brought us to this unique place in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in order to create a unique "relational space." A place within which people who may have given up on seeking "community," those who have been left cold or even wounded by attempts to build "community" on shaky or unhealthy foundations, or those who have never really felt true authentic community can find restored hope and refreshed vision.


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by: Kristin Wolff
The last several years have been tough for leaders working to help their communities achieve greater prosperity, especially in those parts of a Europe and the US where the rise of unemployment and corresponding social ills has been fast and severe. The housing crisis, unemployment, the escalating costs of health care and education, and a public sector in fiscal crisis—it can feel like an onslaught.
For policy and community leaders, the relentless push for efficiencies, cost-cutting strategies, and evidence-based practices—each important in its own way—can inhibit deeper thinking about the most critical contributions these leaders and their organizations make to the well being of their communities.
But we found leaders who were thinking deeply about their communities' most significant challenges and what they could do about them—in partnership with government and non-profit organizations, and with businesses and citizens themselves.
The goal of our project was to explore the changing nature of workforce leadership—what leaders do, in what context, and toward what end, and how these have shifted over the past decade (a more complete explanation is here).
We engaged 519 leaders from public, private, and nonprofit sectors at the federal, state and local levels, documenting our activities on the project's website along the way. We identified a framework and set of six practices sufficiently different from a decade ago to constitute a new model of leadership—we call it WEadership, a nod to its collaborative nature.
Three Insights Worth Thinking About
Three ideas that emerged during the project that strike us as posing fundamental challenges to the way we organize, manage, and assess investments in workforce.
1. Conversation Matters.
Repeatedly, workforce leaders told us that convening conversation with partners, stakeholders, program providers, local elected officials and citizens is the most important work they do. Not just important work, the most important work.
This will not be surprising to those experienced in the art and science of innovation as it is a social process. The source of much innovation is the blending and mixing of new ideas, technologies, and methods from one sector with those of another. Workforce leaders have long been hosting (both formally and informally) conversations about how to solve the jobs, skills, and economic development challenges in their communities. These conversations inform the actions of not just policy makers and workforce leaders, but everyone around the proverbial table that employs or develops people or supports a business. Such conversations have never been more important.
The problem is that the effects of this kind of work are difficult to evidence, especially in the short term.
As one a respondent in rural Iowa put it:
"When you use networks to move an agenda, it's influence and momentum that matter. Changes can be small, but they are also cumulative—one day you look up and a lot of things are really different. But we don't always have the ability to say 'A led to B.'"
This fuzziness makes some leaders uncomfortable. As a result, we do not acknowledge convening as legitimate work. This means we do not invest in our capacity to do it successfully, and we do not talk about it when we are successful for fear it will be seen as lacking in rigor.
But such convening is an essential ingredient in good policy and a necessary one for implementing better solutions to our most intractable problems.
2. Connectivity is a game changer.
The second insight has to do with social technologies. The fact that hundreds of millions of people are connected to one another using technology creates whole new possibilities for engaging in work, learning, and entrepreneurship in very different ways:
The explosion of peer-learning communities in the workplace and web-based platforms like Skillshare, P2PU, and Khan Academy are challenging our ideas about the very nature of educational institutions—is Skillshare school? Workforce leaders are asking themselves how these platforms can play a role in addressing skills gaps or simply engaging people in productive activity.
Manpower and other firms in the business of connecting people to work (even if not in traditional jobs) have been joined by firms like Taskrabbit that enable people to make a living by aggregating "gigs." In the absence of sufficient numbers of jobs—even if there were a perfect match between the skills firms need and those job-seekers can supply—workforce leaders are asking themselves how these 'unjobs' can offer opportunities for those who need them, and what role policy can play in realizing them.
Peer-lending, microphilanthropy, and crowdfunding are helping us reimagine what it meansto launch a venture. While nearly every local workforce leader with whom we spoke indicated that job creation was a workforce issue, the linkage became more tenuous at the state level (except in the seven states that maintain self-employment programs) and almost invisible at the federal level. But social ventures of the kind typically supporting through platforms like Kickstarter are a kind of hybrid. They can enable people to make their own jobs (or 'gigs') by aggregating investors ("backers") who support specific projects or initiatives. Again, workforce leaders are exploring how such platforms might connect people to opportunity in nontraditional ways.
3. Boldness wanted. Finally, across the board, workforce leaders expressed a desire for bolder experiments. Too often, the theories of change driving what are called "innovation initiatives" are determined at the top (whether by foundations or federal agencies) with little input from the field, and reflect the risk-averse culture of their organizations. As a result, local leaders often feel like they are working very hard to improve existing programs or approaches they know should be wholly reinvented. In addition, where innovation does occur, there are few mechanisms to share it with the field.
And yet, many, many leaders we spoke with persevere, seeking to maximize their impact on the economical health and social well being of their communities. Today, leaders at all levels and across sectors need to find ways to learn together, and to better support each other in solving what are absolutely critical community problems.
We are the leaders we've been waiting for.
Kristin Wolff and Vinz Koller, of Social Policy Research Associates, authored the WEadership Guide (August 2011), the result of a one-year US Department of Labor study of leadership in the field of public policy concerned with work and learning. We were thrilled at the opportunity to link our professional pursuits (public policy) with our personal commitments to positive social change and innovation, and look to increase, accelerate, and intensify these connections within the field of workforce in the coming months. The entire project is documented at EnhacingWorkforceLeadership.org. Follow it at @WFLeadership.


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Samsung Galaxy S22 review: Sprucing up a solid foundation
A lot of gadgets operate on a "tick-tock" development cycle, with the most well-known being past iPhones that sported fresh designs, only to be replaced 12 months later by more refined but similar-looking S variants. And after Samsung ticked the box with a fresh new design for last year's S21, now the company has returned with the more polished Galaxy S22 and S22+. While they might look a lot like last year's phones, there have been some notable upgrades, especially on the S22's display, performance and camera.
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Even though I'm still not sure how much I love Samsung's Contour Cut camera design, the Galaxy S22 very much looks and feels like a high-end device. The outside of the phone features Samsung's Armor Aluminum alloy that's been polished to a near-mirror finish, with the S22 also being one of the first phones equipped with Corning's Gorilla Glass Victus+ to protect the phone from drops and scratches — both in front and in back.
Starts at $800
Strong performance
Potent triple rear cameras
Slick compact design
Adaptive Pixel is a bit overhyped
No UWB or WiFi 6E
Still no microSD card slot or headphone jack
Shorter battery life than S22+
Superb display
Solid performance
Improved low-light photos
Same pricing as last year
Some new features can be tricky to understand
More expensive than standard S22
No microSD slot or headphone jack
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To add a little spice to the mixture, the S22's backside sports a lovely matte texture – which does a surprisingly good job of resisting fingerprints. And for 2022, Samsung also spruced up the S22's color options with new shades of green, pink and white, along with good ole black.
Like previous Galaxy S phones, the S22 comes with an ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint reader, and after years of tweaking its algorithm and improving the tech, this time it feels seriously fast. In my experience, unlocking the phone was practically instant, and I never really ran into recognition issues unless my fingers were legit wet or greasy. (Keep your grubby hands away from my phone if you're eating pizza, k thnx.)
The one thing avid movie watchers should be aware of though is the color-matched frames on the pink and white models. If you're the kind of person that might be bothered by a glint or sparkle around the edge of the phone while watching videos, you may want to go with one of the darker color options.
And while it's not really a surprise at this point, the S22 doesn't feature a microSD card slot or a headphone jack. With the Galaxy S line now being three generations removed from the last device to include both of those features, it's pretty clear they're not coming back.
Samsung has had a lock on the crown when it comes to making the best mobile displays in the business for a while now. But on the S22, the company has outdone itself once again with displays that can hit a peak brightness of 1,300 nits on the S22, or an astounding 1,750 nits on the S22+. Suffice to say any fears of the S22's screen being hard to read even in direct sunlight are unfounded.
Then, to make things look even better, Samsung created a new feature called Vision Booster designed to amp up things like contrast and color saturation in very bright or dim conditions. While there's no indicator or pop-up that lets you know it's working, I found the effect most pronounced when I used the phone outdoors, with more subtle changes in the dark when compared to phones like the Pixel 6 Pro. I found Vision Booster made dark scenes easier to parse, but even when viewed side-by-side, I basically had to press my face up against the phones to really see the differences.
But regardless of where you are, the end result is a display that lives in technicolor, pumping out vivid shades and hues, along with the perfectly dark inky blacks that make OLED screens so enthralling. Plus, thanks to a 2,340 x 1,080 resolution and a variable 120Hz refresh rate, everything from photos to gifs look sharp and crisp.
The Galaxy S22 line is one of the first phones to feature Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip, which when combined with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage (or 256GB if you opt for the upgrade) results in a phone that feels blisteringly fast. In my experience, there isn't really anything you can throw at the S22 that makes it even sweat, aside from stuff like hardcore multitasking when connected to an external monitor via Samsung Dex (which is still very much a thing).
And while some reports claim that Qualcomm's Snapdragon Gen 8 Gen 1 has a proclivity for running hot, S22's built-in vapor chamber cooling system seems effective at keeping throttling to a minimum. Compared to the S21 FE, which features an older Snapdragon 888 chip, our S22+ posted scores in Geekbench 5's Compute test around 25 percent higher (4,708 vs 5,999). And while the gap wasn't quite as large in Geekbench 5's CPU test, the S22+ still posted a significantly higher single-core score of 1,213 compared to 1,061 for the S21 FE.
As for wireless connectivity, all versions of the S22 and S22+ support all the important flavors of 5G, including Verizon and AT&T's new C-band spectrum.
After recent advancements from competitors like the iPhone 13 and Pixel 6, Samsung is now playing catchup to Apple and Google in the camera department. And while Samsung is touting a bunch of new camera features for the S22 and S22+ like Adaptive Pixel and various "Nightography" improvements, the real upgrades are the S22's new sensors — particularly the one for its 50MP main cam.
Thanks to that significantly higher resolution (up from 12MP on the S21), photos from the S22's main wide-angle camera are just flat-out sharper than before. But more importantly, the S22's primary camera offers wider dynamic range and big improvements for low-light photos. In darker scenes, the S22 uses a four-to-one pixel binning technique that combines four adjacent pixels into one big pixel, which allows for improved light sensitivity. The result is brighter photos with richer colors, especially at night. And even though Google's Night Sight still has a slight advantage over Samsung's Night Mode, the S22 has seriously narrowed the gap.
Elsewhere, you also get a solid 12MP ultra-wide camera with a 120-degree field of view, and a 10MP telephoto camera with a 3x optical zoom, the latter of which is important because neither the standard iPhone 13 or Pixel 6 comes with a dedicated zoom lens. So once again, the base S22 is the most well-rounded camera phone for the money. And in front, the 10MP selfie camera captured crisp pictures of my face including my many pores and blemishes, though you can always play around with Samsung's beauty settings if you want to put on a smoother face for social media.
Gallery: Samsung Galaxy S22+ camera samples | 5 Photos
Where things get frustrating is that some of the S22's new camera features are often hard to use, or even tell when they're working — with the main offender being Samsung's Adaptive Pixel feature. Adaptive Pixel uses multi-frame image capture to shoot pics using the main sensor's full resolution along with lower-res pixel-binned shots, before merging them together to create a higher-quality composite final image. The issue is that Adaptive Pixel isn't turned on by default, and searching the phone's settings for it doesn't return any matches.
To even activate this, you need to first make sure Samsung's scene optimizer is on, then you have to turn on the camera app's full 50MP capture mode, make sure the Detail Enhancer setting is disabled, and then point the S22 at a dark scene and hope Adaptive Pixel kicks in. And I do mean hope, because there's no pop-up or notification that lets you know when the feature is activated. Even when you do get it to work, while the pictures are a bit sharper and feature a more neutral color profile (which is better for anyone who wants to edit their pics later), Adaptive Pixel doesn't really produce magically superior images like Samsung's marketing may have led you to believe.
That's kind of a shame after all the attention Adaptive Pixel got during the S22's debut at Samsung's recent Unpacked event. Thankfully, other new camera features like Auto Framing work as advertised, allowing the phone to track up to 10 people's faces when capturing video, while Samsung's Advanced OIS ensures that your clips look smooth and shake-free. The company's AI Stereo Depth Map technique also makes the phone a bit better at differentiating between your subject's face and the background in portrait mode, though you may have to do some serious zooming in to really see the difference.
In short, I like a lot of the changes Samsung has made to the S22's camera setup, raising its general photo prowess, even if some of the phone's new software don't quite live up to expectations.
The Galaxy S22 line comes with Samsung's One UI 4.0, which is based on Android 12. That means because it has long supported features like scrolling screenshots, the main upgrades in Samsung's latest Android skin are the new Privacy Dashboard and customization options for your home screen, app icons and the phone's UI. Similar to what's available in Google's Pixel phones, the customizations allow you to set a consistent color palette across your phone's menu, while new mic and camera notifications make sure you know when apps are accessing critical hardware components.
Other software upgrades include Live Sharing in Google Duo, which is a Samsung-exclusive feature that lets you share your screen during video chats. It's simple and effective, even if it's not quite as full-featured as Apple's SharePlay in iOS 15. And for those looking to keep better track of digital documents like your ID, credit cards, and even digital car keys, Samsung also made a new Digital Wallet that can securely store all those things in one place.
Featuring 3,700 and 4,500 mAh batteries respectively, both the S22 and S22+ have respectable longevity. But if lasting a long time between charges is really important for you, the S22+ is definitely the better pick as it lasted 17 hours and 33 minutes on our local video rundown test, compared to just 14 hours and 47 minutes for the standard S22. And thanks to its 45W wired charging (up from 25W charging on the S22), the S22+ juices up way faster too. In both cases though, you'll need to make sure you have the proper power brick, as neither phone comes with a charging adapter in the box.
S22 vs S22+
Aside from the obvious differences in screen size (6.1 inches vs. 6.6 inches) and overall dimensions (5.8 x 2.8 x 0.3 inches and 5.9 ounces vs. 6.2 x 2.9 x 0.3 inches and 6.9 ounces), there are a few other features that separate the S22 and S22+. The S22 is limited to 25-watt wired charging while the S22+ gets 45-watt wired charging, with both phones also featuring 15W Qi wireless charging and 4.5W reverse wireless charging (aka wireless power share).
Other differences include slightly faster WiFi speeds on the S22+ thanks to support for WiFi 6E (compared to standard WiFi 6 for the S22). The S22+ also has built-in UWB connectivity, which isn't available on the S22. UWB is one of many protocols used to send files to other devices wirelessly via Nearby Share, though that's not really a big deal since Nearby Share still works, albeit less swiftly, over WiFi and Bluetooth. The other consideration is that for people looking to use digital car keys from automakers like BMW and others, those often work better and have longer ranges using UWB compared to NFC, which might make the S22+ a better choice for more tech-savvy new car buyers.
The Galaxy S22 isn't a huge improvement or departure from last year's phone, but just like an "S-year" iPhone, Samsung has tweaked and elevated all the phone's most critical components. You're getting a more refined design, improved performance, a sharper main cam with better low-light photography and an even brighter screen. And that's saying something from the king of mobile displays.
Sure, some features like Vision Booster and Adaptive Pixel are more subtle or harder to use than I'd like, but putting all this in a chassis sporting excellent build quality and other premium features like IP68 dust and water resistance, reverse wireless charging and more is a formula that's hard not to like. And with a starting price of $800 for the standard S22, you're getting more phone for the money than anything you can buy from Apple or Google.
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384 " other users' keys\n(by looking at passports, checking"
406 tty_printf (_("Please enter the depth of this trust signature.\n"
407 "A depth greater than 1 allows the key you are"
408 " signing to make\n"
423 tty_printf (_("Please enter a domain to restrict this signature, "
476 * function won't ask the user and use sensible defaults.
492 /* Build a list of all signators.
551 tty_fprintf (fp, _("Skipping user ID \"%s\","
568 _("Are you sure you "
569 "still want to sign "
596 _("Are you sure you "
597 "still want to sign "
623 _("Are you sure you "
624 "still want to sign "
673 _("The self-signature on \"%s\"\n"
682 _("Do you want to promote "
683 "it to an OpenPGP self-"
695 tty_fprintf (fp, _("Your current signature on \"%s\"\n"
700 _("Do you want to issue a "
701 "new signature to replace "
721 tty_fprintf (fp, _("Your current signature on \"%s\"\n"
726 _("Do you want to promote "
755 _("Do you want to sign it "
807 _("Are you sure you still "
825 _("Do you want your signature to "
866 _("How carefully have you verified the key you are "
867 "about to sign actually belongs\nto the person "
868 "named above? If you don't know what to "
912 _("Are you sure that you want to sign this key with your\n"
925 tty_fprintf (fp, _("WARNING: the signature will not be marked "
932 tty_fprintf (fp, _("WARNING: the signature will not be marked "
1060 * gpg-agent. Returns 0 on success or an error code.
1116 tty_printf (_("Key has only stub or on-card key items - "
1221 * commands will be available.
1223 * Note: to keep track of certain selections we use node->mark MARKBIT_xxxx.
1351 These two functions are used by readline for command completion.
1383 /* If we are at the start of a line, we try and command-complete.
1588 (_("* The 'sign' command may be prefixed with an 'l' for local "
1590 " a 't' for trust signatures (tsign), an 'nr' for "
1592 " (nrsign), or any combination thereof (ltsign, "
1925 n1 > 1 ? _("Do you really want to delete the "
1984 _("Do you really want to revoke"
1994 n1 > 1 ?
1995 _("Do you really want to revoke"
1997 : _("Do you really want to revoke"
2055 tty_printf (_("Owner trust may not be set while "
2107 _("Really update the preferences"
2272 /* Helper for quick commands to find the keyblock for USERNAME.
2481 /* Unattended setting of the primary uid. USERNAME specifies the key.
2771 /* Unattended subkey creation function.
2836 * keys shall be set to that expiration date.
3020 * Show preferences of a public keyblock.


In today's day and age rising health problems among people have been an alarming issue. Stress, unhealthy lifestyle, pollution are some of the reasons of people falling sick more than ever before. Because of this, going to an efficient doctor is very important to get proper medical treatment to cure your health problems. But finding a good doctor in Las Vegas is not an easy task to do.So got to do some steps to seek out a good doctor for you and your members of the family. It's always better to get a doctor whom you can trust, with whom you can talk freely and establish a long term relationship. You can ask for referrals from your friends or relatives about doctors whom services they have taken and are satisfied with their services.
Try to figure out whether you need a specialist depending on the nature of your health problem. Nowadays medical care centers have their own websites and by visiting these websites you can get a fair idea about the facilities they provides and the doctors which they employ. Another great way is to go to pharmacists of well renowned pharmacy and ask about good doctors in that area. Since these pharmacists have contacts with varied doctors, they'll give you good info about efficient and good doctors. Don't hesitate to go to more than one pharmacy and ask for information about doctors. Most of the time, these pharmacists are friendly enough to provide you information about doctors and their resume.
If you have a medical insurance then it's always better to go for a doctor which comes under your insurance. It will save you a good amount of money. Do remember to check about the doctor's track record and how successful they are in their field. Go for a doctor who has a successful and clean record. You can get help by contacting your local medical referral service also or contacting the American medicine association will also help you to gather information about good doctors in Las Vegas.
Browse through net and Google concerning doctors in your location area. It will provide you a great deal of information about each medical practice, such as the doctors' names, specialties, office hours, insurance information, and other details. Your health is the most important thing in your life, so you should not take it lightly. Always go for a well renowned doctor even if its costs you a bit more. Health comes before anything after all. Choose your doctor cautiously and have a nice and healthy life ahead.


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class GURL;

namespace package_manager {
class ApplicationCatalogStore;
}

namespace mojo {
namespace shell {

class NativeRunnerDelegate;

// BackgroundShell starts up the mojo shell on a background thread, and
// destroys the thread in the destructor. Once created use CreateApplication()
// to obtain an InterfaceRequest for the Application. The InterfaceRequest can
// then be bound to an ApplicationImpl.
class BackgroundShell {
 public:
  struct InitParams {
    InitParams();
    ~InitParams();

    NativeRunnerDelegate* native_runner_delegate = nullptr;
    scoped_ptr<package_manager::ApplicationCatalogStore> app_catalog;
  };

  BackgroundShell();
  ~BackgroundShell();

  // Starts the background shell. |command_line_switches| are additional
  // switches applied to any processes spawned by this call.
  void Init(scoped_ptr<InitParams> init_params);

  // Obtains an InterfaceRequest for the specified url.
  InterfaceRequest<mojom::ShellClient> CreateShellClientRequest(
      const GURL& url);

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  class MojoThread;

  scoped_ptr<MojoThread> thread_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BackgroundShell);
};

}  // namespace shell
}  // namespace mojo

#endif  // MOJO_SHELL_BACKGROUND_BACKGROUND_SHELL_H_

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Q: Print progress bar for a script with real time update In my script I check for the existence of elements compared to a set of data that I already have, I do this multiple time, hence the progress bar.
This is what I am doing as of now
### A loop which is done multiple times ###

my $i =1;
my $page = 50;
while ($i <= $page)
{

##### Part where I print my progress bar ######
print "\rProgress:[";
my $completed =($i/$page)*100;
$completed = ceil($completed);
my $l= $completed;
while ($l>0){
    print "#";
    $l--;
}
my $remaining = 100-$completed;
while ($remaining>0){
    print " ";
    $m--;
}
print "] ";
print $completed . "% Complete";

######### Part where I check and keep count #############
foreach (@each_job)
{
    my $temp = $_;
    # Count number of jobs that exist with my set
    if ($job{"$temp"} == 1)
    {
        $does_exist++ ;
        ## print "\n Exists - $does_exist"; #Confused for this print
    }
    else
    {
        $does_not_exist++;
        ## print "\n Does not exist - $does_not_exist"; #Confused for this print
    };
    };
    $i++;
}

So what I currently get is something like
Progress:[################################################                                                    ] 48% Complete

Which works fine and displays the progress bar as a traverse page by page.
But what I want is something like this -
Progress:[################################################                                                    ] 48% Complete
Exists - 3
Does Not Exist - 5

Which keeps getting updated at the same spot (using \r).
Can someone help me ?

A: Use a curses library which handles all the escape code rigamarole for you, and lets you get down to just updating regions of the screen.
Start with this CPAN search for curses modules.

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Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (center, front) attends the 7th session of the Shura Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 20, 2019. King Salman was accompanied by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (just left of center, front). Photo credit: © Xinhua via ZUMA Wire
FBI Makes Midnight Release of Shocking New Information on Saudi-9/11 Complicity
Russ Baker 09/12/21
UPDATE, September 12, 2021: Late Saturday night — a timeslot usually reserved for announcements designed to be buried — the FBI released a previously classified report related to its extraordinarily sensitive investigation of possible Saudi government complicity with the September 11 attackers.
The report on "Operation Encore" contains critical admissions that move forward, to some extent, understanding of the relationship between the Saudi government and the perpetrators of the greatest attack ever committed on American soil.
The release was in compliance with an executive order from President Joe Biden.
However, significant information was redacted, continuing a long pattern of the government withholding crucial material.
Among the assertions from the April 4, 2016, "review and analysis" report was an admission that Saudi officials had met with hijackers — but while the meetings were termed "accidental," that was contradicted by an eyewitness who said it appeared pre-arranged. The report also shows that one Saudi official had actually lived with a high-ranking al-Qaeda operative in the United States.
As readers will see from the WhoWhatWhy article below, published less than 24 hours before the new release, the involvement of Saudi officials with the hijackers could in no way be construed as limited and accidental, as they included writing checks to and finding housing for the hijackers.
Despite the continued withholding of information, particularly the names of sources interviewed by the Bureau, the report was welcomed by families of 9/11 victims suing the Saudis.
"With this first release of documents, 20 years of Saudi Arabia counting on the U.S. government to cover up its role in 9/11 comes to an end," said New York attorney James Kreindler, who represents the families. "The findings and conclusions in this FBI investigation validate the arguments we have made in the litigation regarding the Saudi government's responsibility for the 9/11 attacks. This document, together with the public evidence gathered to date, provides a blueprint for how al Qaeda operated inside the US with the active, knowing support of the Saudi government."
Kreindler highlighted several areas of the 16-page report that seem particularly significant. They include:
A Saudi embassy official with diplomatic immunity actually lived in the US with al-Qaeda's chief procurement officer in 2000, the year before the attack. That man, Mutaeb al-Sudairy, bought communications equipment for Osama bin Laden. He also spoke repeatedly with Omar al-Bayoumi, another Saudi official, who was busy helping the hijackers get settled in San Diego; Bayoumi, according to witnesses, was quite open in speaking about the need for jihad, or the struggle against the enemies of Islam.
Saudi diplomat Fahad al-Thumairy, who provided hijackers with lodging and other help in Los Angeles, had contacts with other al-Qaeda operatives involved in separate plots — including Ahmed Ressam, the so-called "millennium bomber" who planned an earlier attack, for January 1, 2000, on Los Angeles International Airport.
One unanswered question is: Why would the Saudi officials act in this sort of a transparent manner, given the stakes? We will provide updates and original reporting.
September 11, 2021: When it comes to traumatic events that permanently alter the psychic landscape, some things are just too big, too unsettling, and too dangerous to the stability of our systems. And that's certainly the case with the September 11 attacks.
And that helps explain why, 20 years after the fact, we are left with a sad state of affairs: The "war to end terrorism" has spawned endless terrorism, and we today understand virtually nothing about how and why an odd gaggle of young men, mostly Saudis, most of them anything but sophisticated, could pull off the crime of the century against the most sophisticated machine the world has ever created.
Over the years, a trickle of facts has emerged to suggest something very disturbing about the Saudi royal family in relation to the hijackers. Somehow, though, this has never been permitted to evolve into a rational explanation of the 2001 cataclysm.
This may be why:
The Saudi royals, like all corrupt, brutal despots, are always one step from the grave. If the Saudi people rise up, with or without help from others in the region, the elites are done for. So they need constant US backing for their vast repression apparatus.
For almost a century, ever since oil was discovered beneath the shifting sands, the family of former bedouins has been assured that the world's great consumers of oil will protect them.
President Donald Trump had cosy relations with the Saudi Royal family as shown here in this swordsmen ritual at Murabba Palace, hosted by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2017, in Riyadh. Photo credit:
Trump White House Archived / Flickr
Now, with oil production diffused, fossil fuel demand on the decline, the goose's golden egg is more fragile than ever.
What else could compel the West to direct its military might at propping up this family of billionaires in their lavish lifestyles amid a society with medieval practices?
A problem as great as the need for oil: the need to remain safe.
The Saudis can and do present themselves as, like Israel, a bulwark against terror. Their business cards might as well say: "The Last Line of Defense." After all, they allow the US to have five military bases on their soil in a region typically hostile to hosting American forces.
Terrorism, in one form or another, has perhaps always existed, but the 9/11 attacks seared the threat into the global consciousness like nothing else. They changed life for Americans and non-Americans alike — perhaps forever.
And they virtually guaranteed the Saudis a "Get Out of Jail Free" card.
Paradoxically, the 9/11 attacks boxed the US in. The US should have investigated the role of the Saudi royal family but, for a variety of reasons, covered it up instead, and so, despite the heinousness of the crime, Washington has had to actually get closer to the oil-rich regime.
That's why the US couldn't do anything about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a small-scale act of shocking savagery for which there has also been no accountability.
As I noted in an article we published at the time of Khashoggi's grisly death, "Most everyone, it seems, recently awoke to the fact that the rulers of Saudi Arabia are not exactly the kindest, gentlest of folks."
Saudi journalist, Global Opinions columnist for the Washington Post, and former editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel Jamal Khashoggi offers remarks during POMED's "Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia: A Deeper Look" in Washington, DC, on March 21, 2018. Photo credit: POMED / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
It took the murder and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist to get people (and the media) focused on a government that, by most standards, does not deserve the kind of diplomatic favor it has long enjoyed with democratic Western powers.
One might say the same about other countries, but Saudi Arabia is truly extraordinary, by many measures. Its years-long bombing campaign in neighboring Yemen has produced what the UN called "the world's worst humanitarian crisis" — with millions on the verge of starvation and an ongoing cholera outbreak seen as the worst in recorded history.
"Criminals" in Saudi Arabia — including those who challenge the regime, such as activists and journalists — are routinely flogged in public, beheaded, and even crucified. And while Western journalists lauded the government's 2018 decision to allow women to drive, women's rights are still severely restricted.
The royal family itself is a massive kleptocracy, living in unimaginable splendor and binging on luxuries worldwide like drunken sailors.
Of course, the basis for their special treatment comes largely from the nation's massive oil reserves, which have bought it astonishing impunity — even, it seems, when the lives of thousands of Americans are involved.
One issue that always remains in the background but is never addressed: the little-understood, though well-documented, relationship between the Saudi royal family and 9/11.
A large number of Saudi citizens flew home from the US almost immediately after 9/11. Photo credit: JT Occhialini / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
On the surface, the simple fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia should give one pause. Plus, a congressional report declassified in 2016 found that some of the hijackers "were in contact with, and received support or assistance from, individuals who may be connected to the Saudi Government."
But we're still not getting the whole story. Former Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), who co-chaired the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence when the 9/11 attacks occurred, and led efforts to investigate, said in a 2018 interview:
The mystery is, over three administrations, why has there been this reticence to release information? … So we've gone for three presidencies, [with] no assertive effort from the White House to let the American people share the information that the government has, and form opinions as to who has responsibility for 9/11.
It certainly begs for further scrutiny by the major media outlets. Instead, the public's attention — focused in 2001 on Afghanistan, the Taliban, Osama bin Laden, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, WMDs, and anthrax — has never been directed toward the Saudi royal family connection.
In the wake of the global war on terrorism, Libya's Moammar Gadhafi was taken out, and a "civil war" was fomented by the US and Western allies in partnership with Gulf State countries — including Saudi Arabia — to overthrow the government of Syria by arming "moderate rebels" (in a CIA operation code-named Timber Sycamore).
It all sounds vaguely like the secret plan that Gen. Wesley Clark warned us about. Clark claimed that, right after 9/11, he was privy to information contained in a classified memo. In it were US plans to use the attacks on Washington and New York to justify America's own project to remove governments in seven countries over five years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran.
Most, if not all, of these nations were seen as hostile to American (particularly corporate) interests and, just as significantly, to Saudi interests.
To take this further, we need to remind ourselves of the clarion call within the neocon movement for a "New American Century," where the US could move around the world, make and break governments, and virtually seize mineral deposits at will. In a seminal report, the then-influential Project for a New American Century (PNAC) warned that a reduction in military spending threatened "the loss of a global security order that is uniquely friendly to American principles and prosperity."
PNAC stated that "the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event — like a new Pearl Harbor."
All of this contributes to the shared understanding that nobody wants to "go there" — and of course there is the fact that the panic around the dramatically heightened terror threat after 9/11 created new reasons for heavy Western support of another security-conscious regime that has been quietly rather close with the Saudis — the Israelis, a key ally of the neocon coalition. More needs to be discovered about what the very capable and active Israeli intelligence service knew about the Saudi network, and of course what the American CIA, NSA, etc., knew.
While the government and the media may be reluctant to call out the Saudi kingdom for its links to 9/11, the families of victims certainly have not forgotten. Following the passage of a law in 2016 allowing families to sue Saudi Arabia, a class-action lawsuit was brought claiming Saudi involvement; it has recently collected depositions of former Saudi officials.
Some years back, WhoWhatWhy conducted its own inquiry into the Saudi royal family-9/11 connection. We built on work conducted by another news nonprofit, Florida Bulldog, and were able to connect the hijackers almost directly to the Saudi royal family. You can read more about that here.
The Florida angle we helped develop is important. But there's a lot more. Here are just a few disturbing examples from among many that one could cite:
In court filings seeking to stave off a media Freedom of Information request some years back, the FBI stated that releasing documents relating to this issue would harm "national security." As proof of the sensitivity of the matter, the FBI gave the judge a document dated April 4, 2002, in which the FBI states that its own inquiries "revealed many connections" between a well-connected Saudi family with a house in south Florida and "individuals associated with the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001."
Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the person who may know the most about all of this — and appears to have been one of the sponsors of the 9/11 attacks — has consistently refused to be questioned by lawyers representing thousands of 9/11 survivors and relatives of the dead who are suing Saudi Arabia.
President George W. Bush chats with family friend Prince Bandar bin Sultan in 2002. According to an FBI document, the former Saudi ambassador to the US sent at least one check for $15,000 to a Saudi national linked to the 9/11 attacks on America. Photo credit: White House / Wikimedia
You may remember Bandar as a close friend of former President George W. Bush. For 22 years he was Saudi Arabia's most powerful influencer in Washington, dealing with five presidents, 10 secretaries of state, 11 national security advisors, and 16 sessions of Congress. He was also a former intelligence chief in his own country.
Bandar's own ties to the hijackers are fairly astonishing. As toted up by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan, journalists and authors who investigated the Saudi connection extensively,
Bandar had a very personal reason to be sensitive to the Inquiry's work. The unclassified version of the Inquiry Report, and press leaks of the content of 28 then still classified pages, implicated Prince Bandar himself, and his wife, in payments made to Osama Basnan, a U.S.-based Saudi suspected of being part of the hijackers' support system.
Basnan in turn was close with Omar al-Bayoumi, who befriended 9/11 hijackers Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi on their arrival in the US in early 2000. Bayoumi, according to FBI files, rendered substantial assistance to the duo — helping them move to San Diego and get settled, and even co-signing their lease. The topper: He threw them a welcome party.
And Bayoumi was in constant contact with people at the Saudi embassy in Washington. And he had a no-show job with the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority. FBI agents searching Basnan's home found 31 canceled checks totaling more than $70,000, made out to Basnan's wife and drawn on the account of Prince Bandar's wife Princess Haifa. And Basnan and his wife each received at least one check from Ambassador Bandar himself.
Over the intervening years, I and other reporters were told of efforts — at high levels of government — to block the legitimate inquiries of investigators, including FBI agents trying to get at the truth.
Flash forward to 2021, and the continuing lawsuit by the families of 9/11 victims alleging Saudi complicity in the 9/11 attacks. After years of successful stonewalling, the Saudis finally produced some former officials for questioning. But, in the words of the Associated Press, "Those depositions remain under seal and the U.S. has withheld a trove of other documents as too sensitive for disclosure."
President Biden this month issued an executive order to review and release information sought by the families, declaring that "the American people deserve to have a fuller picture of what their Government knows about those attacks." He said, "Information should not remain classified when the public interest in disclosure outweighs any damage to the national security that might reasonably be expected from disclosure." There was a caveat, of course: "Except when the strongest possible reasons counsel otherwise."
As we remember the dead, let's also honor them, not just with words, but by insisting that our government level with us on what it knows. If the problem is that certain relationships are too important for the truth to be told, then that itself is perhaps an even bigger problem, and one that a democracy has to address.
Russ Baker
Russ Baker is Editor-in-Chief of WhoWhatWhy. He is an award-winning investigative journalist who specializes in exploring power dynamics behind major events.
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'Arrow' Atom Spinoff Team: Are These Our New Live-Action DC Heroes?
The CW / DC Comics
Hard as it was to imagine Arrow spawning yet another spinoff for Brandon Routh's Atom, The CW did fans one better to develop a major team-up series culling players from both Oliver Queen and The Flash's world. It's still daunting to think such a major undertaking will come to pass, but the spinoff's three secret DC heroes may yet have been revealed.
TVLine managed to obtain casting descriptions for the three DC character roles supposedly comporting the cast of Arrow's next spinoff, of which the original report claimed that none of the three have been realized in live-action. As with many Arrow and The Flash castings, the use of unfamiliar names obscures their actual identities, though descriptions may offer a clue:
"THE TRAVELER" | Described as a "Han Solo-esque rogue who gets by with his charm, this hero hails from the future, and has journeyed back in time on a secret mission. His razor-sharp wit hides the pain of a man who has lived through serious conflict. He also harbors many secrets, always leaving both his teammates and the audience unsure of his true allegiances.
"FEMALE WARRIOR" | This twentysomething Latina is pretty but unassuming, book smart and socially awkward by day. But by night, when she hears the cry of battle, her fury is ignited and she becomes a fierce warrior — so much so, that sometimes she can become a threat to others.
"MYSTERY HERO" | An African-American male in his twenties will fill the role of a regular, street smart guy who unexpectedly gains powers, and then, as part of the team, regularly quips about the insanity of the situations.
For those not well-versed in comic lore, TVLine theorizes that the "Traveler" might represent comic time-traveler Rip Hunter, a character often utilized in "Crisis" events, and one who the description's words make sound an awful lot like a TV-size Star-Lord. Worth noting is that TVLine also likens the description to DC future hothead Booster Gold, though the character had already previously appeared in live-action for Smallville.
The "Female Warrior" brings to mind fewer obvious selections from DC lore, suggesting everyone from Fury to Yolanda Montez (a connection with Arrow's Ted Grant), Pantha or Tarantula. The "Mystery Hero" might prove the most intriguing of all, however, as a potential allusion to Virgil Hawkins, better known as DC hero Static. The character endured an uptick in popularity over the years with WB animated series Static Shock, and might seem a prime candidate for the live-action treatment.
It remains to be seen how far The CW would get with a series tying together Brandon Routh's Ray Palmer, Victor Garber's Firestorm, Wentworth Miller's Captain Cold or Caity Lotz, but could these three heroes complete the new team? What other DC characters might fit the bill?
Filed Under: Arrow, DC Comics, Green Arrow, The CW, The Flash
Categories: Superheroes, TV News


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Matt Stroud is a freelance writer who specializes in criminal justice. He has written for Pittsburgh City Paper, The Atlantic, Reuters and other publications.
Pittsburgh-area nonprofits are pushing for a new tax to create an $18 million 'children's fund.' Here's what you need to know.
By Mary Niederberger and Matt Stroud | October 19, 2018
Three Allegheny County nonprofits have poured $355,000 in cash and nearly $72,000 in in-kind services into a campaign urging voters to approve a ballot referendum on Nov. 6 that would raise $18 million in tax revenue for children's programs.
Let's talk about RACE
What does hate look like? A guide to symbols used by hate groups in PA.
By Matt Stroud | August 29, 2018
PublicSource has compiled a list of symbols that represent hate groups in the state.
Out of 49 hate crime charges in Allegheny County, only one led to a conviction. Why?
"It would be good to call out hate crimes more when they happen and to show that there are consequences," Lu-in Wang, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh, said. "One of the problems is when people think they can get away with it, then there's no deterrence and it's almost like you've gamed the system."
PublicSource Investigation
How the Pittsburgh police bureau's work with an IT company escaped city oversight for more than a decade
By J. Dale Shoemaker, Jeffrey Benzing and Matt Stroud | February 19, 2018
Some members of city council struggle to recall B-Three Solutions or what the company has done for the city. B-Three has been commissioned to build the police bureau's flagship data system and several related projects along with programs for the Department of Finance and the Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections. The city has paid B-Three about $4.3 million since late 2009.
Lawsuit: Pittsburgh police officer faced retaliation from Public Safety official for scrutinizing software projects
By Jeffrey Benzing, J. Dale Shoemaker and Matt Stroud | February 14, 2018
Updated 2/20/18: The FBI confirmed to PublicSource that it does not have an open investigation into the city's relationship with B-Three. A Pittsburgh police officer filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming he faced retaliation for raising alarms about potential "waste and wrongdoing" at the police bureau. Being vocal about alleged problems with police software projects put him in the crosshairs of one of the city's most influential Public Safety officials. As a result, Souroth Chatterji, a native of India, became the subject of threats and racism within the bureau, according to a whistleblower lawsuit filed in federal court. Chatterji filed the lawsuit against Deputy Public Safety Director Linda Rosato-Barone and the City of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh police bureau's work with a technology company sparked FBI, city investigations and a whistleblower lawsuit
Two city agencies are investigating allegations of wrongdoing between Pittsburgh police and city employees with a software vendor the city has paid at least $4.3 million.
Can a provisional new owner prevent displacement and rebuild the Bethesda-Homewood homes?
By Matt Stroud and Mark Kramer | February 12, 2018
A Pittsburgh-based real estate investment company has inked a tentative deal to purchase the troubled Bethesda-Homewood properties — a collection of 141 low-income housing units in Homewood, Larimer and Garfield, the company's CEO told PublicSource.
Pittsburgh's mayor, controller call for policy changes, investigation in wake of PublicSource body camera probe
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Pittsburgh's mayor and its controller are calling for policy changes in response to a PublicSource investigation showing that a no-bid, $1.5 million police body camera contract with Axon Enterprise was ushered to city officials by a police commander with financial ties to the company.
How an impromptu meeting between a body camera vendor and a Pittsburgh police official led to a $1.5 million deal
More than 4,700 pages of printed emails between Trapp and Axon representatives — provided to PublicSource through a records request with the City of Pittsburgh — show that Trapp became increasingly close with Axon over the years, and eventually helped to close Pittsburgh's $1.5 million body camera contract for the company.
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McLeish Estate winery has asserted its position as one of the most highly acclaimed boutique producers. With a successful 2013, the new year is already reaching new and exciting height's with the announcement of the 2014 Macquarie Bank Sydney Royal Wine Show awards, announced on Thursday February 13th, with the McLeish Estate Cellar Reserve 2007 Semillon being awarded with four trophies at this year's presentation and the McLeish Estate 2009 Semillon receiving a gold award in its class.
"2014 has certainly marked a major bench mark for our premium wines – following our 2007 Semillon being awarded four Trophies at the 2014 Sydney Royal Wine Show. It has been crowned with the Trophy at the London International Wine Challenge- a truly champion wine of the world. Now to have both our 2009 Semillon recognised as an award winner at the Sydney Royal Wine Show is a great acknowledgement of the standard of our wines" says Robert McLeish.
The wine exhibits aromas of lemongrass, lime and green melon, delivering silken flavours of lime and kiwi fruit on the palate and finishing long with subtle white peach and excellent fruit/acid balance.
The 2009 Semillon has established its position among the top Semillon's of the region with a 96 point rating in the 2013 James Halliday Wine Companion and two time rated Top 40 of the state at the NSW Wine Awards. This is but to name just a one of a long list of accolades.
The McLeish Estate wines are produced in small quantities and are only available at cellar door, well-known restaurants and through the McLeish Estate website.
The McLeish Estate 2007 & 2009 Semillons are also available in select restaurants in NSW, Queensland and Victoria.


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Q: SSH is unable to connect by hostname I had a curious issue recently after I changed addresses, ISP, and router.  I have a linux box running openssh which I was using as a NAS.  I was able to log into the device using a command similar to the one below:
ssh username@NAS
Where NAS was the hostname of the NAS device.
This used to work on my LAN and over direct ethernet connection and allowed me to connect the devices.
After moving to a new address, and using Xfinity and its associated router, I suddenly find myself unable to connect to my NAS via its hostname, both over the router and over even stranger, over direct ethernet connection.  However, I can connect to the device by its IP from other computers, and can connect it to itself from a terminal on the same device with the hostname instead of IP.
Here are some of the things observed:

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*ssh from another connected (LAN (ethernet and wifi) through router or direct ethernet connection) device returns "Name or service not known".

*hostname -I  and ip addr both return the IP associated with this NAS that I can use to ssh into the device via ssh username@IPaddress

*nmap -sP is able to find the NAS IP over the LAN network when used from one of the devices I am trying to use to connect.

*hostname and the contents of /etc/hosts both indicate the hostname of the computer is NAS, and when I ssh into the device using its IP, the terminal prompt tells me username@NAS~$
I would much rather connect to the device by name rather than have to connect by an IP address, and although I can add the ip address to /etc/hosts on all my devices, I don't want to have to do that and want to simply be able to connect to the device by its name over LAN.  More than anything, I'm a bit baffled as to why what was working with one router and location seems to not be working anymore, even over a direct connection.  Does anyone know why this could have occurred?  I'm seeing some similar problems that others have posted suggesting the problem might have something to do with DNS and the router: Can open host by \\hostname but cannot ping by hostname
but I'm not sure if this is the same type of situation.


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Facts About This Song
Composer: Buddhi Pariyar
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Released: 1969/70
Length: 5:28 minutes
Resham Firiri is the popular Nepali folk song familiar to almost every Nepalese throughout the country....
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Home > History > Medieval > Black Death
Secrets of the Black Death Video
The Black Death pandemic swept across Europe in the mid-14th century killing about half the population. It was caused by a bacterium
cybersleuth-kids.com/videos/video/2949/Secr...
The Black Death - The Oriental Flea
The Black Death was one of the worst natural disasters in history. In 1347 A.D., a great plague swept over Europe, ravaged cities causing widespread hysteria and death. Read how the plague was transmitted, the effects in Europe and more...
insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/index...
Bubonic Plague - Black Death
Coming out of the East, the Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 unleashing a rampage of death across Europe unprecedented in recorded history
eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm
How the Black Death Worked
Article on the causes of the Black Death, effects and..
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The Black Death
You will find 23 pages of information on the Black Death. No pictures.
medicinenet.com/plague/article.htm
Boccaccio's The Decameron
The following excerpt is taken from Boccaccio's The Decameron. It is a detailed description of life in the middle ages, specifically the effects of the Black Death or Bubonic Plague.
themiddleages.net/life/decameron.html
Spreading of the Black Death
Hundreds of thousands of people - men. women and children - are dying in every country in Europe, struck down by an epidemic of an apparently incurable plague which the healthy and afflicted alike call the Black Death
themiddleages.net/life/blackdeath.html
The Black Death was 'a squalid disease that killed within a week' and a national trauma that utterly transformed Britain.
bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/b...
Black Death: The Effect of the Plague
The plague's devastating impact on the rural communities
bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/p...
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
In the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China. The bubonic plague mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people
themiddleages.net/plague.html
HISTORY OF THE BLACK DEATH
In 1346 an unusually virulent strain of plague inflicts eastern Asia and China. It seems to have elements both of bubonic plague (carried by fleas, particularly those which live on rats) and of the pneumonic variety, in which the plague bacilli are spread on the breath of infected victims..
medievalsources.co.uk/blackdeath.htm
Black Death: Political and Social Changes
The Black Death had a devastating impact on local communities, and the class of survivors created a country of higher wages and peasants with a determined sense of their own worth
CDC Plague Home Page - CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (DVBID)
The Centers for Disease Control and Preventon
cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/index.htm
From 1348 to 1350 Europe was devastated by an epidemic that left between one third and one half of the population dead. This collection of sources traces through contemporary writings the calamitous impact of the Black Death in Europe, with particular emphasis on its spread across England from 1348 to 1349
School created page on the Black Death.
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TED Cast Study BUBONIC
The Role of Trade in Transmitting the Black Death
www1.american.edu/TED/bubonic.htm


To further foster the organisation's contributions to international policy debates and impart its expertise, ICMPD established a new unit in 2017 that is specifically dedicated to policy analysis and development.
Migration policy development is an essential part of ICMPD, not just by name, but its very purpose is to promote innovative, comprehensive and sustainable migration policies supported by three pillars: policy and research, migration dialogues and capacity building. The organisation is therefore in a unique position to bring added value to the policy debate by drawing on its experiences as an intergovernmental migration organisation with one foot in scientific research and the other in the world of government policies and international relations.
In 2018 and beyond, ICMPD will analyse and write about migration policies, and engage in policy discussions along four thematic strands that mirror current global policy priorities: (1) migration governance: the structures, institutions and frameworks we need to govern migration, (2) safe migration: addressing forced displacement and ensuring access to international protection, (3) orderly migration: managing migration through partnership, dialogue and cooperation, and (4) regular migration & integration: ensuring receptive labour markets and effective communication on migration.
Objectives: The project 'Migration.Communication.Schools' (MIKS) aims to communicate knowledge on migration in an age-appropriate manner in view of raising awareness on the societal responsibility for a successful migration policy.
Summary: The MIKS project addresses the main target group of students and educators in Austria, as well as the general public. It is a follow-up to the 2017-2018 pilot project 'Migration Communication – MIKO' and builds on its main outputs, including two theatre plays and a policy simulation game. These outputs aimed at communicating the findings of the 2016 'Report by the Migration Council: Understanding Migration – Managing Migration', which elaborates a balanced approach to migration, based on future scenarios, and addressing 10 sub-areas of migration, ranging from demographic developments and changes in society to the configuration of the migration system in Austria.
MIKS will further improve the theater plays, the policy simulation game, as well as supporting documents for educators, and organise their performance in schools all over Austria. Short video clips explaining each of the 10 sub-topics of the report by the Migration Council will be produced. Furthermore, a migration centre Migration mc² will be established in Melk (Lower Austria) and host a permanent exhibition on migration as well as the 'Melk Migration Talks' – a series of lectures and discussions on migration-related issues. The migration centre will eventually also serve as a central location for the theatre plays and policy simulation game.
Objectives: The project aims to support the Austrian authorities in improving the administrative and strategic capacity to create and implement comprehensive policies/mechanisms to connect and coordinate the actors involved in youth work and the integration of young refugees and migrants.
Summary: Set against the background of growing challenges related to the effective integration of young refugees and migrants into the society in Austria, this project targets relevant Austrian governmental and non-governmental stakeholders on municipal, federal and national level involved in the work in these particular areas. The project will help to improve the knowledge of relevant stakeholders regarding youth work and integration policies leading to better suited programmes and projects for young refugees and migrants.
2.Creation of a horizontal and vertical networking structure of key Austrian stakeholders and increase their coordination and cooperation, mainly through the establishment of a Board of Experts. With the input of relevant stakeholders and experts, ICMPD with the support of the Division Families and Youth of the Austrian Federal Chancellery will lead the development of a comprehensive support package which includes a short overview of the situation of young migrants and refugees and youth work in Austria, an analysis of the networks and decision-making mechanisms, and policy recommendations for a coordinated youth work in the context of integration.
Objectives: The project aims to support Poland in developing a comprehensive and sustainable policy framework for labour migration based on the country's socio-economic needs and drawing on past experiences of EU Member States and other relevant countries.
Summary: Set against the background of a growing structural and economic demand for high and low-skilled labour in Poland, this projects targets relevant Polish government ministries and public administrations in order to increase their institutional capacity to design and implement labour migration policies in line with strategic priorities.
1. Analysis of existing labour migration policy instruments employed in other countries with the aim of evaluating their applicability in the Polish context.
2. Review of migration data collection practices, assessing the interoperability of registries and databases, identifying potential gaps and developing recommendations for their improvement and use in the area of migration policy analysis.
3. Evaluation of successful examples of bilateral/regional cooperation on labour migration and examination of migration potential of countries that could be implicated in labour migration to Poland.
4. Review of return migration policies and tools that could be potentially effective in stimulating and facilitating the return of Polish emigrants.
MICIC is the first global effort to systematically address the vulnerability of migrants caught in emergency situations. Its Guidelines compile useful practices and identify important gaps.
Objectives: The study aims to enhance policy-relevant knowledge on the potential of regional protection policies to support durable solutions and resilience-based development. The study therefore seeks to provide a comprehensive assessment of viable policy options to address the development-displacement nexus for protection in the Middle East region. More specifically, the study aims to build on the experiences of the Jordan Compact, to provide lessons for potential development-focused approaches to displaced populations in Lebanon and Turkey.
Summary: In the context of the current development of the Global Compact on Refugees, as well as the recent experience of the Jordan Compact, responses to large-scale refugee crises, and the potential of development approaches, are key areas of potential study. Policy makers are (re-)examining policy options in the context of forced migration, protection and development, based on the priorities and challenges all stakeholders involved are facing. With this in mind, the study aims to assess potential policy options, with the goal of clarifying and incorporating the needs and priorities of relevant stakeholders, not least refugees and the countries hosting them.
Summary: Migration is the future topic in Europe and therefore also in Austria. Hence, the Austrian Migration Council's report from 2016 advocates first and foremost for an understanding of migration as an important national and societal factor. In order to be successful, a national migration policy strategy requires broad acceptance and support by the society as a whole. Thus, the MIKO Project targets young pupils, the decision makers of tomorrow. Through a policy simulation game for 16-17 year old pupils, two theatre plays for 6-10 year olds as well as 11-15 year olds and explanatory videos summarising the main findings of the mentioned report, the project explains the complex relationships of migration, raises the awareness for government action and fosters social responsibility.
Objectives: CEASEVAL carries out a comprehensive evaluation of the CEAS in terms of its framework and practice. It makes an analysis of harmonisation, which goes beyond the formal institutional setting and takes into account the complex relations among the actors engaged from the local and the national levels, to the European level, in order to explain the success and the failure of coordinated action between these varied actors.
Elaborates new policies by constructing different alternatives of implementing a common European asylum system. On this basis, CEASEVAL will determine which kind of harmonisation (legislative, implementation, etc.) and solidarity is possible and necessary.
Objectives: MedCOI 4 – Phase 2 manages the transfer of MedCOI to EASO or the integration of MedCOI activities into EASO.
Policy and Research: conducting research on state practices and jurisprudence, relevant international case law and providing fact sheets on MedCOI partner policies/practices on "severity checks".


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Q: Tkinter: Checkbox variable is always zero I want to create a checkbox that would invoke an enable function. This works as follows:
self.lol = tk.IntVar(False)
self.c = tk.Checkbutton(self, text="Advanced settings", variable=self.lol, command=self.enable())
self.c.grid(column=3,row=5,sticky="EW")

def enable(self):
    print (self.lol.get())
    if self.lol.get()==1:
        self.advanced()
    if self.lol.get()==0:
        try:
            self.gpuvar.grid_forget()
            print ("lalka")
        except:
            pass

So, the enable function is working and as I run the program, it outputs zero. But when I check the checkbox, no output is generated at all.

A: self.c = tk.Checkbutton(..., command=self.enable())
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In above line, you are calling the enable() method as soon as you create the widget. Pass method itself as command not its return value by removing paranthesis.
self.c = tk.Checkbutton(..., command=self.enable)