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Facebook's Ad Metrics Changes: What SMBs Need to Know
By Kiely Kuligowski, Writer June 27, 2019 09:00 am EST
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Facebook has eliminated the single Ad Relevance Score and replaced it with more detailed metrics.
The social network giant adjusted its algorithm to give priority to content users engage the most with.
As a small business, valuable content is key to driving engagement.
Facebook has been hard at work updating many of its ad features over the last few months – namely, doing away with the single Ad Relevance Score, updating how the potential reach is calculated and adding three more actionable updates.
According to Facebook, "We're constantly evolving our ad platform, which means our metrics must evolve too. We think this [new] level of granularity will offer reporting that's more actionable for businesses." [Read related article: How to Use Facebook for Business]
Facebook has added three ad relevance diagnostic dimensions:
Quality ranking, which is how your ad's perceived quality compares with ads competing for the same audience. Facebook measures ad quality based on feedback that indicates users have hidden an ad or flagged it as clickbait.
Engagement rate ranking, which is how your ad's expected engagement rate compares with ads competing for the same audience – i.e., the likelihood of a user interacting with an ad either by clicking, reacting, commenting or sharing.
Conversion rate ranking, which is how your ad's expected conversion rate compares with ads that have the same optimization goal and compete for the same audience. This determines the likelihood of a user completing your optimization goal.
Facebook says that when used together, these diagnostics will help advertisers understand whether changes to creative assets, audience targeting or the post-click experience could improve performance. They will not factor into your ad's performance in the auction.
There were also changes to potential reach, which provides businesses with an idea of how many people will see the ad campaign. Potential reach was previously calculated based on the number of total monthly active Facebook users; now, though, it will only include users who were shown an ad on Facebook in the last 30 days. This estimate, according to Facebook, will more closely align with results advertisers will see in their campaign performance.
Facebook created a chart to help users discern the meaning of a variety of ad relevance diagnostics, and it provides helpful recommendations to help you meet your advertising goals.
Facebook ads metric-based comparison
These changes will allow advertisers to see exactly how their advertisements are performing against their competition, something that many feel has been a long time coming in the age of digital transparency.
These new metrics are scored based on how well your advertisements compare against those of your competitors shown to the same audience, instead of the old method of Facebook assigning your ad a score between one and 10 based on early impressions of positive and negative interactions (such as likes, video views or hiding an ad). Many advertisers complained the old metric was too vague to be of any value and didn't delve into why an ad was performing well or failing.
The new quality ranking is still primarily based on users' interactions with the ad, but each ad's performance is no longer isolated within its own performance. As a result, engagement has become more important than ever – if your ads get more engagement than your competitors' ads do, you get a better score.
"Focus on creating relationships instead of just selling," said Brandon Fargo, owner and CEO of Brahvia Consulting. "Content and video are king right now."
You want your advertisements to echo your business, grab attention and inspire customers to follow the call to action, whether it's to buy a product or sign up for a newsletter. Video is one of the highest-engaged-with forms of advertising on the platform – 70% of videos are watched all the way through – and can have enormous benefits for your business if executed correctly.
To create a video ad, you'll follow the same protocol for creating a static ad. Select "Get video views" under Campaign Objective, then define your audience, budget and ad schedule. Then follow Facebook's instructions for creating a video or upload your own file.
Effect on small businesses
Because these changes are largely for advertisers' benefit, don't expect to see any noticeable changes with your Facebook ads. You should, however, expect to see more detailed information regarding your ads and how they are performing, which can help you refine your marketing strategy.
"[You] should only change the ads that need revision based on [Facebook's] insights," said Emma Franks, senior paid social account manager at Hanapin Marketing. "If there are ads with low engagement rates, those are the ones that should be updated first."
Franks added that ads with a low-quality ranking could improve if shown to a different audience, while ads with poor conversion rates could benefit from driving traffic to a new landing page. Take the time to understand the new metrics and what they mean for your advertisements, and have a plan in place if you see that changes need to be made.
Facebook also introduced two changes to its algorithm around the same time as the metric changes, the first being prioritizing friends the user is most likely to want to hear from based on past engagement, and the second being increasing visibility to links the user will find most valuable.
As a small business, you can benefit from these changes by making sure your content is relevant and valuable to your customers, despite Facebook's declining organic reach to Pages. As long as users are actively engaging with your content, you should stay relevant in their news feeds and continue to have your ads viewed.
Kiely Kuligowski
Kiely is a staff writer based in New York City. She worked as a marketing copywriter after graduating with her bachelor's in English from Miami University (OH) and is now embracing her hipster side as a new resident of Brooklyn. You can reach her on Twitter or by email.
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As a mom, it breaks my heart to see parents giving Gold Fish, and other artificial cheese snacks, to their kids. To make matters worse, most of these parents consider it a healthy snack. Unfortunately, if your child attends just about any educational establishment, it's hard to avoid your children being fed Gold Fish. My child never had gold fish until he started going to preschool. I get mad, sometimes even angry because I do everything possible to avoid him being offered junk but it's merely impossible. So i am asking teachers, schools and parents most of all, read the label and do your research! Our children's' health matters!
First of all, Goldfish is made with genetically engineered ingredients (GMOs) – namely canola or soybean oil. There is nothing healthy or natural about it. Children are the most susceptible to these dangers, becausethey are constantly in a state of high growth. GMO foods, and especially soy, have been tied to an increase in allergies, asthma, and a propensity to get antibiotic resistant infections. A recent story in the UK Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8…) revealed that the herbicides used on GM soy are so toxic that direct contact often results in severe illness and sometimes death.
Genetic modification creates new proteins the human body has never before seen. They become these foreign organisms which our bodies try to attack and destroy.
Conventional milk and dairy products are dangerous to your health due to added dangerous sweeteners. Did you know that one cup of 2-percent milk contains 12.3 grams of sugar, more than a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup and almost as much as a chocolate chip cookie? Plus, low fat milk has no nutrients because by removing the fat from dairy products, food processors end up removing a host of fatty acids and other nutrients along with it.
Please, opt for homemade foods, organic options. Choose foods without artificial dyes, additives, and other ingredients mentioned above.


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Q: Likelyhood of a PC having .net 2.0 framework installed What is the likelyhood of a PC having the .net 2.0 framework installed nowadays .. ?

A: See this blog post:

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*How Many PC's in the World have the .NET framework installed?

After some digging, here's what I've got:

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*Well over 90% of the PCs in the world have some version of the .NET
  Framework installed.

*Over 65% of Windows PCs in the world have .NET 3.5 SP1 installed.

A: I can't find any actual penetration numbers released by Microsoft but Alexander McCabe has published some information from his web logs which has .NET 2.0 at 70%.

A: Depends what PCs you're sampling. As others have already said, any reasonably up-to-date and service-packed PC should have it installed -- but there are plenty of corporate desktop builds that don't include it, and lots of PCs out there that never get updated.

A: pretty high if a new pc vista comes with .net framework 3.0 which includes .net framework 2

A: If the PC runs Windows Vista or higher, it will be installed.  (Vista includes .Net 3.0)
If the PC runs XP, it'll probably still be installed.

A: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and (I think) Windows XP SP3 all have the .Net framework installed by default.

A: Why you need to ask? You can ship .Net 2.0 with your app which adds 20MB to the installer. If the client value your program then they should have no problem run your setup program and install .Net 2.0.
I have only client out of thousands of clients that refuse to install .Net 2.0 in their network because the client's network have a software that is somehow incompatible with .Net 2.0 and obviously the client value the software more than ours. We end up back-porting our code back to .Net 1.1 and the client has no problem with losing features.

A: The StatOwl NET Framework Page shows a NET 2.0 penetration of 83% as of December 2009 and trending upward at approximately 1% per month.

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I like all kinds of music but some of my all time favorites are P.I.L., Yoko Ono, T-Rex, and Anton Karas.
The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of my all-time favorite writers. I feel spiritual when reading his words, even though they're translated. I wish desperately that I could read it in its original language. I already feel like I'm going to church when I read him; imagine if I could read it in the original.
Etta James is my all-time favorite singer. I've said it in every interview, in every story, in every on- and off-camera question. That music was always such a huge escape for me, even from a young age.
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Brenda Ryan (left) and Brita McCollough were photographed Feb. 2 at Malibu Canyon Ranch in Calabasas.
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Does #MeToo Matter in the Teamsters? Trucker Sisters Take on "Boys Club"
by Gary Baum, Rebecca Sun
February 22, 2018, 6:00am PST
Brita McCollough and Brenda Ryan say that speaking out got them blacklisted from the local's internal job board, wiretapped and even successfully prosecuted in the union's court system for harassing union officials: "The men look after one another and the women are an afterthought, second-class citizens"
If #MeToo is supposed to be a broad, all-inclusive movement, it seems no one told the truckers. So far, the spotlight on sexual harassment and discrimination in Hollywood, often subtle and insidious, has shined most glaringly on white-collar realms — executive offices, writers suites and dressing rooms. But inappropriate behavior can be far more blatant and pervasive in the industry's blue-collar domains, where it's also crushingly accepted — even as calls for change begin to sound in more glamorous corridors.
Exhibit A is the tight-knit, male-dominated Teamster community, where twin drivers Brita McCollough and Brenda Ryan, longtime would-be whistleblowers, have spent more than two decades fruitlessly agitating against systemic gender injustice.
"It's a boys club. The men look after one another and the women are an afterthought, second-class citizens," Ryan tells The Hollywood Reporter. "We'll get blacklisted if we complain to our union, the studios, our bosses. No one will listen."
The pair, both 55, are frustrated not only by what they view as chronic sexual harassment but also by other forms of gender discrimination — like a comparative lack of opportunity to be staffed on vehicles that offer the best pay rates — and a broken system for registering grievances.
McCollough and Ryan, who grew up in small-town southern Oregon and began their careers in lumber mills, were hardly shocked by the atmosphere they encountered as Hollywood truckers, having started off as on-set caterers in the late 1980s. They worked for men who would skim their per diem, threaten to call on mafia contacts if they complained and smuggled drugs through food shipments. "We were in Yuma, Arizona, on Rambo III and [our boss] opens up this gigantic tuna's belly and grabs out a pound of cocaine," recalls Ryan.
Still, the Long Beach, California, residents haven't forgiven the misogyny they endured during their years as drivers. While employed on 1994's True Lies (which recently came under scrutiny when actress Eliza Dushku accused stunt coordinator Joel Kramer of molesting her when she was 12), their boss called the twins over in front of eight to 10 other drivers to visually determine which one of them had kids "by their thigh gap," according to Ryan. "I left crying, because here I thought I was part of a team. I couldn't tell anyone because I just got in the union and needed health insurance because my youngest was in and out of the hospital with a liver disease." (Months later, her child died.)
Local 399, which also represents animal handlers, casting directors, location managers and others, claims that it doesn't keep gender breakdowns by job, but drivers make up 3,000 of the 4,500-member union, which is just 19 percent female. And only three out of about 100 total coordinators — the Teamster in charge of hiring on a project — are female.
"It's a degrading business for a woman," says longtime driver Linda Draves. "They call me 'Double-D' because my breasts are large." Colleague Lysa Darden says she has been sexually assaulted on the job. "I had my breast grabbed in front of three witnesses," she notes. "I never filed a grievance, because there's no redress."
The Teamsters retain a culture of cronyism, say female members, and there's a belief that, if gigs are scarce, men have a bread-winning imperative to be hired over women. "They'll straight up ask you to your face: 'Why are you taking a man's job?' " says Rita Lundin, a driver for 37 years.
Women who are suspected of complaining about misconduct are branded as difficult. "After the job is over, you find that you aren't getting [new] calls," says one 40-year veteran, "because you're seen as a troublemaker."
That's the fate that has befallen McCollough and Ryan, who contend that as a result of speaking out on sexism, corruption and nepotism, they have been blacklisted from the local's internal job board, wiretapped (Ryan complained to the FBI) and even successfully prosecuted in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters version of a court system for harassing union officials. Things got so tense, says McCollough, "that at one point I began to carry a gun."
McCollough, who last drove in January 2017 for CBS' Code Black after a career working on features (from Air Force One to Ocean's Eleven), has spent years agitating for change. "Nobody listens," she says. "I got close with one class action lawsuit, but it needed a ton of drivers to get on board, and at the end of the day it just wasn't going to happen." (Her efforts are chronicled in a 5-inch-thick binder she shared with THR.)
"Some people think Brenda and Brita have made it harder on other women," says one female driver. "Some men say the easiest way not to get accused of harassment is not to hire any women. There are few enough [of us] that no one bats an eye if you only hire guys."
The twins understand why female colleagues are reluctant to speak out. "It's really hard," says Ryan, who ended a nearly decade-long tenure on NCIS: Los Angeles in October (her other credits include Mad Men, Glee and Charmed). "Women are so afraid to lose the few jobs they have, so it's, 'Everything is great!' "
Others say the twins overstate the sexism problem. One driver told THR that her 28 years in the union have been wonderful: "I think [those who have grievances] are a small minority, and overall we're a family. I'm working with quite a few women right now, and we're well taken care of."
Many veterans seem to have grown accustomed to the male-dominated environment, only identifying certain incidences as problematic upon further reflection. "I've always demanded respect and gotten it," says one woman who began driving in 1990. But later in the conversation, she recalled a coordinator grabbing her buttocks and offering more work in exchange for sexual favors. Similarly, Dotti Thompson initially said she hadn't experienced misogyny on the job, then mentioned a coordinator who told her — on the first day — that he'd "do" her despite her age (she was 57 at the time). "But I let it go," she says. Both women opted to leave their respective productions without filing a grievance for fear of recrimination. "If I was to say, 'I'm going to report you,' I'm going to be looking for a new job," says Thompson.
The flawed system of investigating grievances is one that Local 399 secretary-treasurer Steve Dayan is aware of and laments. "It's a huge problem," he says, adding that men also are afraid to report violations of any sort. "I'm hoping now that the curtain has been lifted [on the Time's Up movement], more people will come forward."
But one longtime male member who has served in leadership says that the language in the local's collective bargaining agreement remains "the big roadblock" for women with potential harassment complaints, who must first go through non-binding mediation. "The women of 399 can't go along with the #MeToo movement because they are stymied by [their own union]," he says.
However, Dayan says grievances are an employer issue (meaning studio or production company), and even if a grievance is valid, the union is unable to bar someone from work. "I can expel someone from the local," he says, "and all that means is I've lost control of that person."
In addition to sexual harassment, female drivers also experience their own version of the gender pay gap via an uneven distribution of opportunities. There's more than a $10 difference between the hourly wage for driving a minivan versus some of the larger trucks, and women often are relegated to the smaller vehicles. Although some are satisfied with remaining van drivers, who typically transport cast and crew — "women are a little more presentable, and they are better with people," says driver Christa Roberts — others feel restricted.
Adds another driver, "Men jump on the big-budget features with lots of hours at full scale, while women are more likely to work on smaller [productions] that pay less." Hence, women struggle to reach benchmarks needed for pension and benefits. "I've [worked] 18 years and 22,000 hours. A man would have 200,000 hours," says Draves. "I know a lot of women who have gone out of the business because they went bankrupt or lost their homes because they couldn't get work."
Says driver Kathy Brumby : "I had one guy say, 'I can't stand women drivers, they should be at home.' When I pulled up in an 18-wheeler one day, he said, 'I guess you're all right — you're not a fat bitch sitting in a van doing her nails all day.' " But driver jobs are set on a day-to-day basis and not protected, so anyone can find themselves out of work if a coordinator's relative or friend suddenly needs a job. That's what happened when Brumby was demoted after working on a show for five seasons. "[The coordinator] said I was going part-time because a buddy is coming in and has a wife and kids," says Brumby, who is single. She complained to the local and to the studio's HR department to no avail. Instead, she says, she was retaliated against by being sent on errands that required hard manual labor loading trucks on her own. She wrenched her back and was forced to retire on permanent disability.
The dire lack of female coordinators, Dayan says, is something the union is working to change. "It boils my blood," he says. "We'll continue to push [studios] and provide people who want to learn this skill." To that end, Local 399 will hold its first-ever class for members interested in learning the budgeting and administrative skills needed to be a coordinator, a position that has heretofore been largely referral-based. Although the local has no power to force a studio to hire a specific individual, "by providing this class, we can say to the studios that we're vetting people and giving them training," Dayan says. "We have a lot of incredibly talented women in this local."
As for McCollough and Ryan, the sisters believe the fortunes of women like them might shift if pressure is brought to bear by producers, executives and especially stars. Crew bosses respond to marquee talent. When actresses see female truckers pull up in a giant rig, "to this day, they react like they are seeing a unicorn," says McCollough. "I explain that we're out there, but you never see us because we never get on your production. Until you call for us, it won't change."
This story first appeared in the Feb. 21 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
Main Image: Brenda Ryan (left) and Brita McCollough were photographed Feb. 2 at Malibu Canyon Ranch in Calabasas.

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We here at COAST are not at all surprised to see prolific tax-hiker David A. Pepper express support for another big government disaster, but the rest of the state might be. Yesterday, perennial candidate for office Pepper took to the airwaves to express his support for the biggest government boondoggle of our time - Obamacare. You can hear him in his own words HERE.
Why did Rick Bryan do it?
We are not trying to relive the results in Ohio's 28th House District Primary Election in which conservative Jon Dever defeated hopeless moderate Rick Bryan. And we are not trying to gloat over the hard-fought COAST victory in which every action of the opposition and every campaign issue could have been the margin of victory.
COAST has arrived! Watergate weasel John Dean takes off after COAST -- "big-league deeply-funded conservative Ohio PAC"
We have endured the slings and arrows of our opponents claiming that we are "toast," "irrelevant," "insignificant," and "impotent."
But today, we have finally arrived. Today, we learned from a major national figure that we are both "big-league" and "deeply funded," whatever those terms mean.
Compare the candidates. Then decide who to hire and who to fire.


One by one the top contenders in the Rolex 24 at Daytona fell victim to the bumps and breaks of a twice-around-the-clock endurance race.Defending champion Chip Ganassi Racing had a brake issue that took the "star car" out of contention before the halfway mark.
Michael Shank Racing blew an engine while leading the race. Then Action Express Racing headed to the garage while leading because of a broken axel with just under four hours remaining.


My name is Jean-Claude Wicks. I'm a former Staff Sergeant with the United States Air Force. I served from 1994 until 2003. I was a jet engine mechanic on crew chief F-116s. And that's where I got my tinnitus, and I've been living with it ever since. In my particular case, versus some of the veterans coming back from the war today, for me it was more industrial noise. It was just a hazard of the job. You know when you are required to repair and test the jet engines and then go out and launch the aircraft, sometimes when you're deployed 15 hours a day, 7 days a week, you are around aircraft that are generating anywhere from 110-160 plus decibels. It's a lot of background noise. Now it's not like we weren't given protection. You know, they gave us ear plugs and we had ear muffs to wear and stuff like that but even those only knock out about 30, 40, 45 if you are lucky, decibels. And I spent a lot of time in the test bay, or what we call the hush house, testing the engines after they were newly rebuilt. We had a bioenvironmental person come in and do a sound survey to see how we were doing with that and we spiked their meter at 150 decibels. When we go out for after burner repairs they try to minimize how many minutes you spend out there but I can remember the longest amount of time that I've spent with the after burner running trying to find a leak or something like that was about three, three and a half minutes. So if you are looking at 150 decibels minus 45, that's still 105.
I mean if you are in a war situation and an IED goes off and you survive because you are wearing body armor, that's a wonderful thing but the problem is that your ears are, probably couldn't have been protected so you are going to have noise-induced hearing loss and with it, you're going to get tinnitus. And so the numbers that are coming back from Iraq, just from the soldiers of people with hearing issues, are very very high and the VA is trying to figure out how they are going to deal with that right now.
I think initially, I dealt with it like any other good little soldier would, you know, you just ruck up and move on. You find a way to cope with it, however you manage to cope with it, you find a way to cope with it. I started sleeping with the TV on, or I would run a fan – anything to make it so that there was just enough noise to drown out the ring. In my particular case, it's more of like a really high pitched wine, all the time – doesn't matter, and the quieter the environment around me, the louder it is. So, I think pretty much I've learned to either keep myself busy enough to keep it off my mind or generate some kind of noise in the background. Like in my office where I work now, I've got a water fountain on my desk. Just something for enough white noise to let it drown out the ring.


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WHAT GOVERNMENT CAN LEARN FROM RACING
FLASH HARRY
When you tell people you bet on horses and follow racing a common response is all, some or a variation of the following: 'Mug's game, of course; no one can win, y'know, you don't really, do you; we always hear about the winning bets but never the losing bets; bookies have got it all sewn up; it's all a racket, and it's a worse addiction than heroin: my brother-in-law ruined himself, even gambled his kids' dinner money; OK, clever clogs, if you're doing so well then tell me what you're betting on each day and I will bet on the same and then we'll see . . .' And so on.
I suppose it is only to be expected in a highly medicalised, quasi-socialist society such as Britain that almost any pastime outside of watching politically correct drama on television is now considered ruinously addictive and hazardous to one's being. As in so many areas of life now an epic level of missing the point has been reached.
Of course I don't win all the time – though as I explained in my last column, I have finished many seasons in profit, and those profits would be a good deal bigger if I didn't plough so much of my winnings back into yankees and trixies etc in search of the Truly Big Win – but racing only exists because of a simple and ancient equation: almost everyone loses almost all the time. If you can plot a course through that general situation, as many of us do, without it costing you too much or even coming out on top then you have your hobby and the fun of it. In my case gambling costs me far less overall than I spend on public transport or going down the pub, and some seasons it costs me precisely nothing.
So let's talk about losing, the thing we punters are said never to talk about.
For years I wanted to have a share in a racehorse and pored over the syndicate adverts in the Racing Post looking for an opportunity. Nothing really suited. The syndicate looked dodgy, the trainer looked unprepossessing, or the horse did or all three. Then there was the expense. I gave up on the idea.
Then in the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival last year I picked out a horse trained by Nicky Henderson, one of the supreme National Hunt trainers; the man's a wizard quite honestly. Pentland Hills, an ex Flat horse, had had what I considered to be a rather typical prep for a Henderson novice nag. He'd only been on a jumps track once, a Class 4 maiden hurdle at Plumpton, a little country track in Sussex, and had pissed up by 14 lengths. Now he was in deep at the Triumph Hurdle at an SP of 20/1 (I backed him at 25s on the Betfair exchange). He won, I danced round the front room, and the formbook must tell the tale:
Blundered 1st, hampered after 4th, headway on inside after 2 out, not clear run turning in, challenged going well before last, ridden to lead flat, stayed on well tchd 22/1.
Pentland was a syndicate horse handled by Owners' Group, a company in Devizes, Wiltshire. You pay a one-off fee of about £50, your syndicate share lasts a year before renewal and all horses are with top trainers. Owners' Group's offer seemed to good to be true but research showed they did what they said on the label, and Pentland proved it. I duly invested in a few young horses.
At last, I thought. Soon I will be strolling up to terrified bookmakers at Ascot and having £500 on my own horse with the nonchalance of an Edwardian turf aristo, safe in the knowledge that I had been squared up by my trainer.
It isn't quite like that. Take Glynn, one of my horses with Nicky Henderson – yes, appalling name but we don't choose them. Had I been in charge I would have opted for a name such as Sir Arthur Sullivan, Carry On Screaming or Exile On Main St or something in that line (sadly Sid James has already been used).
Glynn's first time on a track was at Doncaster on January 24 in the Sporting Life EBF 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (Class 5) over 2m 3f on good to soft. He was second favourite with an SP of 15/8. Anyone who knows Flash Harry knows that anything under 3/1 bores me. Glynn was a newbie, it was a big field of unexposed horses. I decided not to bet Glynn on the grounds that to get a winning tickle would require a large bet and I had no idea if he would win apart from an expectation by the trainer that he should go well. He won of course. Formbook, speak:
Held up towards rear, headway before 4 out, led 3 out, clear before last op 9/4 tchd 5/2.
He didn't just win he thrashed the field like an imperious star by 11 lengths. Later that day for complex reasons I found myself in a pub in Highgate, north London, where my mobile phone told me that Glynn's performance had made headlines in the sporting media. He was entered in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March and bookies had priced him up at 25/1. This is like your football team in the FA cup final. On him I had not won a penny (and in the following wet and dingy days would continue to not win a penny over the course of several bets on various horses) but I sat outside the Flask, at Highgate, where the Fullers ESB is a work of art quite frankly, and basked in a sense of anticipatory pleasure and also proprietorial pride.
And this is where the politics comes in. I am a member of several social media forums concerning my syndicates. It is extraordinary the pleasure and interest generated by having the tiniest stake in proceedings, to have access in a small way to that which you never previously thought you could attain or afford.
In these days of plans to 'level up' poorer areas of the country could not the public be offered similar bite-sized investments in the country over and above general taxation? Something that makes people feel similarly proprietorial, engaged, interested and inside the tent pissing out? Could those who claim they could not afford such investments be offered one in advance to be paid for in increments by further dividends if any? That would avoid inevitable left-wing grievance mongering.
It is a very vague idea I grant you and I know similar notions were floated in the Eighties and Nineties but a sense of ownership must surely lead to a sense of membership, which is likely to prove good bulwark against widespread urban decline and alienation, and the unceasing march of the dictatorial bureaucrats. Well, it's a thought.
Meanwhile, I'm going down the pub to drop into conversation that fact that one of my horses is entered for 'the Festival'.


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Metuh's counsel , Emeka Etieba at the resumed trial made an oral application asking the court for a short adjournment to enable the defendant recover.
He argued that proceeding with the trial without the defendant violates the principles of fair hearing.
Opposing the application, EFCC counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, said that the absence of the defendant was a complete disobedience since there was no reasonable excuse for the absence of the defendant.
He urged the court to proceed in his absence, as it will not violate the principles of fair hearing.
Tahir brought to the attention of the court, a channels television on sunrise program of morning, discussing pending issues before the court.
According to him, ben chucks Nwosu from the Defence made prejudicial statements which impuned on the integrity of the court.
He urged the court to make an order for the video recording of the program aired to be produced in court and appropriate judicial action taken.
But defence counsel asked the court to discountenance the application to produce channels TV program to the court saying that it was hear say application.
Trial judge justice Okon Abang will rule on whether Metuh has a reasonable reason to be absent in court, whether the proceedings should continue in his absence and also, whether to compel the general manager of channels TV, where alleged prejudicial comments were made against the proceedings of the court, to submit the recording to the court.
Metuh who on Monday collapsed in the court while he was making his way to the dock was absent today in court to face his trial.
Metuh, along with his company, Destra investment limited are being prosecuted by the economic and financial crimes commission over allegations of fraudulently receiving the sum of n400million from the office of the national security adviser in 2014.


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President Donald Trump's new "white paint" crackdown is creating "a huge problem" for the Trump administration, a top congressional aide said Monday.
The new rules, enacted Friday, allow the Department of Justice to target businesses and individuals for prosecution for refusing to paint over their names on government buildings.
The rules, which were also reported Monday by The Washington Post, also include a new provision allowing for the federal government to seize property, including bank accounts, in the name of race.
"I don't think it's a problem, not a concern," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who is also the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
"It's just a way to enforce existing law, so that we can continue to enforce the law."
Van Hollens office had previously defended the move as an effort to protect public safety.
"The president has been using his executive powers to try to silence people and to try and make it harder for people to speak out against him," Van Hollensen said.
"But he should not be using his powers to intimidate people into silence, to suppress speech, and to make it more difficult for people in America to express their views."
The rules go into effect on Aug. 1, but a spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
While many lawmakers have expressed concern about the new rules and how they could be abused, Van Hollening said the Trump Administration was taking "all necessary steps to make sure that the law is enforced."
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By SheCares Editorial Team | Updated: Jun 07, 2019
Up until relatively recently, a diagnosis of infertility left many couples with no chances for parenthood.
Fortunately, thanks to medical advancements, hopeful parents nowadays have a wide variety of options to expand their families, including having children through traditional or gestational surrogates. Because pursuing surrogacy is complex and often emotionally difficult, understanding its full scope is necessary for best decision making.
Continue reading to learn more about what is surrogacy, what are the various types of surrogates, the steps of the surrogacy process as well as its costs and legal aspects so that you can decide if hiring a surrogate is your path to parenthood.
Help Getting Pregnant Overview
Artificial Insemination (AI)
Intracystoplamic sperm injection (ICSI)
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
Surrogacy consists of a couple making legal arrangements for another woman, a surrogate, to get pregnant and carry a child with the intention of giving that child to said couple after birth without reserving any parental rights.
Hiring a surrogate might be an option when a woman does not have a uterus due to a hysterectomy or genetic factors, when pregnancy could be endangering a woman's life, or when same-sex couples or single men want to have children.
Types of Surrogacy
There are two types of surrogacy, depending on whose eggs are used for fertilization:
Traditional surrogacy, also referred to as partial or genetic surrogacy, is when a surrogate gets pregnant through artificial insemination (AI) using her own eggs and the sperm obtained from the intended father or a donor. As such, a traditional surrogate is genetically related to the child.
Gestational surrogacy, also called host or full surrogacy, is when a woman gets pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF) using eggs and sperm obtained from the intended parents. It is also possible to use either donor eggs, donor sperm, or both. As such, a gestational surrogate, also called a gestational carrier, is not genetically related to the child.
Surrogacy Process
Because of a number of legal issues with surrogacy, the process is known to be complex and thorough. It consists of the following four steps:
Finding a Surrogate Mother
Selecting the right surrogate is the most important part of the surrogacy process. Couples can choose a family member or a stranger and pursue independent surrogacy, or they can hire a surrogacy agency, which handles the entire matching and screening process.
The selection process includes medical and psychological evaluations and is guided by a set of strict requirements, such as having a clean criminal record; being between 21 to 45 years of age; having had at least one, uncomplicated pregnancy, but not more than five with only two through a Cesarean section; among other requirements.
Signing Surrogacy Contracts
Both the chosen surrogate and the intended parents undergo legal counseling in order to settle on arrangements that suit both parties.
It is highly important to go through this legal surrogacy process with an experienced attorney in order to prepare a contract that clearly outlines each party's goals and roles and secures everyone's rights. This will include many aspects, like finances, the surrogate's pregnancy diet, or the decisions in the case of pregnancy complications.
Surrogate Fertilization & Pregnancy
With traditional surrogacy, the sperm from the partner will be obtained, and the surrogate will be artificially inseminated. In the case of a gestational surrogate, the eggs and sperm will be obtained from the intended parents to be fertilized in a dish or through intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Once embryos (fertilized eggs) are ready, they will be transferred to the surrogate's uterus for implantation.
Throughout the course of pregnancy, the intended parents typically participate in medical exams and support their surrogate mothers.
Claiming Parentage after Childbirth
In gestational surrogacy, the surrogate mother and her husband, if applicable, sign documents after childbirth stating that they are not the legal parents, and the intended parents are granted parentage. Traditional surrogates, on the other hand, have to renounce their parental rights so that the intended parents can claim their rights through a stepparent adoption. As such, it is a more complex process.
Surrogacy Cost
Hiring a surrogate mother is known to be expensive as it can range from $75,000 - $150,000. The exact surrogate cost is influenced by many variables, such as whether intended parents will hire a surrogate agency or pursue independent surrogacy, whether fertilization will occur through AI or IVF, or whether the surrogate will carry one or multiple babies.
The intended parents cover all associated costs that might be broken up as follows:
Legal fees: agency fees, attorney fees, counseling and support
Medical fees: medical and psychological evaluations; IVF or AI; prenatal care, prenatal testing, delivery, etc.
Surrogate fees: compensation, travel expenses, and monthly allowance
However, commercial surrogacy, in which the surrogate mother is paid for her services, in only legal in a few countries around the world and some US states. In many cases, local laws only permit altruistic surrogacy, in which the surrogate mother is not paid for her services.
Surrogacy Laws
Though the laws surrounding surrogacy vary greatly depending on where it is pursued, the process tends to be complex and heavily regulated as it concerns the rights of three parties: the intended parents, the surrogate mother, and the child.
Traditional surrogacy is banned in many US states and countries because of the complexity of legal aspects concerning the surrogate mother's parental rights. Other countries do not have proper regulations in place yet. As such, gestational surrogacy is easier and more commonly pursued.
Moreover, most countries only allow altruistic surrogacy, which is why many aspiring parents search opportunities abroad and pursue international surrogacy in countries like India or Russia, where commercial surrogacy is legal and cheaper than in the US states that permit it.
Surrogacy Success Rates
Because of a lack of proper legal regulations around the world, reliable surrogacy success rates are difficult to be obtained.
Many clinics claim an up to a 75% pregnancy rate and a 95% rate of live births for gestational surrogacy. However, it is important to take into account that this data most often only concerns IVF pregnancies using a young gestational carrier impregnated with younger donor eggs and highly-screened donated sperm.
Although gestational surrogacy has, in fact, shown higher rates of implantation and live births than traditional surrogacy, the specific success rates vary greatly depending on a woman's age, sperm quality, among other variables. As such, reported statistics should be approached with caution as many clinics might emphasize successful surrogacy stories, while omitting those with poor outcomes.
Surrogacy is an innovative method of enabling infertile couples to become pregnant. Aspiring parents can choose to use a traditional surrogate that will be artificially inseminated with the intended father's sperm, or they can use their own eggs and sperm by hiring a gestational carrier that will undergo IVF with the couple's embryos. Although growing in popularity, surrogacy is a complex process that many countries and US states might heavily restrict or even prohibit, especially if it involves compensating the surrogate mother for her services. Because of its legal complexities, hopeful couples are encouraged to use experienced surrogate agencies and attorneys to guide them through the process of becoming legal parents of the surrogate baby.
American Society for Reproductive Medicine. (n.d.). Gestational Carrier (Surrogate). Retrieved April 2, 2019 from https://www.reproductivefacts.org/news-and-publications/patient-fact-sheets-and-booklets/documents/fact-sheets-and-info-booklets/gestational-carrier-surrogate/
Better Health Channel. (n.d.). Surrogacy. Retrieved April 2, 2019 from https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/HealthyLiving/surrogacy
Human Reproduction. (2015). Surrogacy: outcomes for surrogate mothers, children and the resulting families – a systematic review. Retrieved April 2, 2019 from https://academic.oup.com/humupd/article/22/2/260/2457841
Human Reproduction. (2003). Surrogacy: the experiences of surrogate mothers. Retrieved April 2, 2019 from https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/18/10/2196/622680
Indian Journal of Community Medicine. (2012). Surrogacy: Ethical and Legal Issues. Retrieved April 2, 2019 from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3531011/
University of Utah. (n.d.). Gestational Surrogacy. Retrieved April 2, 2019 from https://healthcare.utah.edu/fertility/treatments/gestational-surrogacy.php
CDC. (2018). ART and Gestational Carriers. Retrieved April 2, 2019 from https://www.cdc.gov/art/key-findings/gestational-carriers.html
Fertility and Sterility. (2016). Trends and outcomes of gestational surrogacy in the United States. Retrieved April 2, 2019 from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27087401


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Q: I've got this while trying to uninstall CRM module Any idea even install again or something like that erp crm error
Client Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/web/http.py", line 195, in dispatch
    response["result"] = method(self, **self.params)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/web/controllers/main.py", line 1082, in call_button
    action = self._call_kw(req, model, method, args, {})
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/web/controllers/main.py", line 1070, in _call_kw
    return getattr(req.session.model(model), method)(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/web/session.py", line 40, in proxy
    result = self.proxy.execute_kw(self.session._db, self.session._uid, self.session._password, self.model, method, args, kw)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/web/session.py", line 28, in proxy_method
    result = self.session.send(self.service_name, method, *args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/web/session.py", line 101, in send
    raise xmlrpclib.Fault(openerp.tools.exception_to_unicode(e), formatted_info)

Server Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/web/session.py", line 87, in send
    return openerp.netsvc.dispatch_rpc(service_name, method, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/netsvc.py", line 281, in dispatch_rpc
    result = ExportService.getService(service_name).dispatch(method, params)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/service/web_services.py", line 614, in dispatch
    res = fn(db, uid, *params)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/osv/osv.py", line 169, in execute_kw
    return self.execute(db, uid, obj, method, *args, **kw or {})
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/osv/osv.py", line 123, in wrapper
    return f(self, dbname, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/osv/osv.py", line 179, in execute
    res = self.execute_cr(cr, uid, obj, method, *args, **kw)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/osv/osv.py", line 166, in execute_cr
    return getattr(object, method)(cr, uid, *args, **kw)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_upgrade.py", line 90, in upgrade_module
    pooler.restart_pool(cr.dbname, update_module=True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/pooler.py", line 39, in restart_pool
    registry = RegistryManager.new(db_name, force_demo, status, update_module)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/modules/registry.py", line 214, in new
    openerp.modules.load_modules(registry.db, force_demo, status, update_module)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/modules/loading.py", line 417, in load_modules
    pool.get('ir.module.module').module_uninstall(cr, SUPERUSER_ID, mod_ids_to_remove)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py", line 441, in module_uninstall
    ir_model_data._module_data_uninstall(cr, uid, modules_to_remove, context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py", line 1070, in _module_data_uninstall
    unlink_if_refcount((model, res_id) for model, res_id in to_unlink
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py", line 1059, in unlink_if_refcount
    external_ids = self.search(cr, uid, [('model', '=', model),('res_id', '=', res_id)])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/osv/orm.py", line 2353, in search
    return self._search(cr, user, args, offset=offset, limit=limit, order=order, context=context, count=count)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/osv/orm.py", line 4855, in _search
    cr.execute('SELECT "%s".id FROM ' % self._table + from_clause + where_str + order_by + limit_str + offset_str, where_clause_params)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/sql_db.py", line 162, in wrapper
    return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openerp-7.0_20121227_075624-py2.7.egg/openerp/sql_db.py", line 227, in execute
    res = self._obj.execute(query, params)
InternalError: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block

A: Hi have you tried using a program use as pip or brewer to install / uninstall it?
if not
    $ pip uninstall crm

A: Try to update your server through terminal on this way
./openerp-server -u crm  -d DB_NAME,

or
./openerp-server -update=crm  -d DB_NAME,

or
./openerp-server -u all -d DB_NAME,

then try to uninstall
might be this will work for you


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The Goldmark, a lively new nightlife establishment, recently opened its doors in Lawrenceville, and it'll be co-owned and operated by a special member of our nightlife community–the one and only, DJ Nugget.
Nugget, aka Adam Kulik, got his start spinning records back in high school, and he's been captivating club audiences and party people ever since. He's played venues all over the country, from Las Vegas to Miami, and at Ginger Hill in Slippery Rock–my former work place/favored establishment among college students–where he'd sway us into a shitfaced oblivion every Thirsty Thursday.
Now, he and his fiancée Nicole Billitto are putting their skills and talents to the test for a new purpose. The Goldmark opened on November 20, and it'll be the perfect place to check out some local, need-to-know DJs and artists.
Since its doors opened, the venue's already hosted a selection of top-notch entertainment with drink specials that are second-to-none, featuring beer-and-shot tiers and specialty cocktails that are perfect for getting your buzz on before you hit the dance floor.
So what can we look forward to in the coming months? Expect a unique kitchen concept with an equally optimal menu selection, future nightlife showcases, and a few visits from some amazing cross-country DJs.


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Q: WIll Web Apps be backported to 12.04? I was wondering if the web app technology would be back ported to 12.04? I didn't know if this is where I would ask this question but I thought I would ask anyway.

A: I am unsure whether it will be officially back-ported in a point release but the preview PPA has support for 12.04 already.  On your system, just run sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webapps/preview then sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-preview
Source: https://launchpad.net/~webapps/+archive/preview


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For those who may not be familiar with them, two sites with very useful information are Woody Leonhard's AskWoody (https://www.askwoody.com/) and Martin Brinkmann's gHacks Tech News (https://www.ghacks.net).
Those who may be experiencing patching issues, need advice or require help will find AskWoody especially worthwhile; a few months ago, Susan Bradley joined AskWoody as the "Patch Lady" (Susan is a Microsoft Small Business Server and Security MVP).
Remember: keep smiling; it makes people wonder what you're up to.
https://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/ is also useful most of the time for me. I naively install Microsoft Windows 10 and applications new versions faster than I should, but as a Home user I can afford to tolerate the potential consequences of a bad fix, as I prefer to enjoy the feature advantages of new versions of software.
A little curiosity for you guys. I have kept an old XP SP3 system updated using the XP Embedded updates downloaded from the Microsoft Updates Catalog. The system runs on old hardware, an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ which does not support SSE2 instructions. Up to and including August 2018 the security updates ran as they should on this old processor. However, in September the updates installed successfully but on restarting I saw messages about illegal instructions. I knew straightaway what the problem was and located the troublesome update (which corrected a GDI vulnerability) to uninstall it and all was well. This month more updates were similarly troublesome and I ended up with only the Internet Explorer 8 update being installed.
My point is that Microsoft has gone back on a rule that it only issued software for Windows XP and XP Embedded which would run on processors supporting SSE instructions or later. Those who still run POSReady systems on old (pre-SSE2) hardware will be in a bind as support does not end until April 2019. Clearly standards are breaking down in Microsoft so that different teams seem now to be using whatever compilers suit their mood. The GDI and .NET teams have probably changed their compilers whereas the IE teams seemingly have not. A change of culture at Microsoft seems to be indicated.
I have yet to experience a single effect of malware or other exploits on my three XP systems, two of which have been in use since 2002 and the third since 2006. Since March 2014 I have desisted from using XP for purposes which would risk compromise of confidentiality and privacy.
Nice post! I have 2 Windows XP machines one running Athlon XP and another on Pentium II. Both do not have SSE2 support. I started getting exceptions around GDI+ update. I have had other issues around SSE2 support, as more apps start utilizing it. Firefox after 42 ESR does not work anymore without SSE2.
I can understand improving performance for apps but for an OS to adopt this, this is not right. Essentially what Microsoft has done is broken compatibility with processors which were originally supported. This means that in the future Microsoft can break hardware support in the future as they see fit.
I am running Firefox ESR 45.9 on my ancient Windows XP systems.
Sorry I meant Firefox 45 ESR. There is no Firefox 42 ESR, I confused it with 52 ESR.
There is something to be said for old hardware. My wrinkly AMD Athlon XP 3000+ processor is inherently resistant to Meltdown.
I am always suspicious of Microsoft's updates but this month I violated my own rule and installed it with no problem. I was lucky! In my defense, I always have a current Recovery disk and all data is backed up on an external hard drive in case there is a problem. It deeply troubling to read that beta testing had not been fully completed and that people lost all of their files. That is an unacceptable lapse by Microsoft. To make sure all continues to be well I update to the latest release after creating a new recovery drive and backing up again to my external hard drive. Microsoft is recommending that people who lost data use Recuva to restore the lost files. I sincerely hope it works. Never again will I install a Microsoft update until I am sure it is safe to do so. It is not worth the risk and way past time for Microsoft to get their act together. Linux is calling.
IMHO, Linux Mint is an easier transition for Windows 7 users than Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 is.
System Restore does not deal with user data files. It seems that testing of updates is not as thorough as it should be. It surely cannot be beyond the abilities of Microsoft to test the effects on the contents of My Documents by its updates before releasing them.
Home users of Windows cannot be expected to backup data files before Patch Tuesday. Their updates are usually automated and they will hardly be aware of them. To such users, Windows is a consumer product and is arguably not fit for such purpose.
I am now going into winter hibernation.
I updated to 1809 when it first came out with no issues. Last night I installed the latest updates and during the process comodo went crazy saying it found a virus in C:\Windows calling it a trojan. After about 10 popups from Comodo, I threw in the towel with windows and installed Linux Mint.
I think that's the only good solution at this point as Microsoft is not going to change anytime soon.
So Comodo had a false-positive AV alert and that made you ditch Microsoft's product? I don't get the logic here.
Somehow I got unsubscribed to your posts/emails and I miss them.
My Documents, didn't know anyone actually stored stuff there.
Though don't know what to do as I have about two updates that I can't install as it puts the computer into a continuous reboot loop.
From my last 5 years working between Fortune 50 clients and now at an SMB, I can definitely state that the lions share of users save locally unless they are prevented from doing so. KFR can make it appear as if they don't save locally but most users process seems to be saving whatever to either desktop or my documents.
Any one having issues with keyboards not working after the Microsoft update?
Yes. My keyboard went down too.
You can try to go into device manager. Find usb serial controlers > all usb root hubs. Go to properties > advanced > Uncheck box 'allow to be turned off to save power' for all usb root hubs (if you are using usb keyboard). There is another usb power setting in power options (advanced settings > usb > usb selective suspend), and you can also disable hybrid sleep. That is about all you can do except test the keyboard on other computers or use a system restore point.
The first and third were checked; the second (KB4462923) was unchecked, which IMHO was peculiar. I *unchecked* KB4459922 and checked KB4462923 and KB890830 which successfully installed, intending to install KB4459922 subsequently.
And you should read all about it BEFORE INSTALLING IT because there may be a subsequent problem (described … with a workaround) when rebooting.
After successfully installing KB3177467, KB4459922 reappeared and I installed it without incident.
Worth adding: I haven't a clue whether my intervention improved or worsened the update process (or was irrelevant).
So after the updates, my audio doesn't work. There's a red X on my volume icon. When I click on it, it opens troubleshooting but can't find a problem. A couple times troubleshooting did say there was a problem and it fix it, but it didn't. So I don't know what is wrong. When I hover over the volume icon, it says no audio output device is installed.
I've tried pretty much everything I can think of to fix it, except for uninstalling like the internet says to do, and reinstalling. Any one else having issues with their audio? And how do I fix this? Thank you!
It happened to me as well, notably this past weekend. However, after rebooting, it stopped. Also, 1809 turned off my Trend Micro about a dozen times, including 5 times within a 15 minute period on Sunday. Strangely enough, all the bad stuff with 1809 stopped Monday afternoon, and my HP acts like a brand new computer.
That skyline seems to disorganized. I want to use a god-sized hedge trimmer to round it out.
Dell XPS13 9350 with Win 10 17134.345. Since update have had two issues: (1) the Intel Audio device disappeared, had to reinstall the default audio to restore sound; (2) old problem where wifi would not reconnect automatically to home network after lifting laptop lid, used to be fixed, now re-appeared.
Nice photo (at the top of the comments section), Brian. Did you take it? What camera/phone?
Yes I took it with an iPhone.


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Salías del templo un día, llorona, cuando al pasar yo te vi. Hermoso huipil llevabas, llorona, que la virgen te creí (La Llorona, son popular istmeño).

El son istmeño es un género musical que se cultiva en el istmo de Tehuantepec, en el oriente del estado mexicano de Oaxaca. Se trata de un género de compás ternario, muy parecido al vals. Su instrumentación tradicional consiste en guitarra, requinto y bajoquinto. De más reciente introducción es la marimba, que va en retroceso ante el resurgimiento de los tríos tradicionales y de bandas de aliento en ciudades como Union Hidalgo, Juchitán de Zaragoza y Santo Domingo Tehuantepec. Una de las características principales del son istmeño es la versificación en lengua zapoteca, mayoritaria en su zona nativa. No obstante, existen varias composiciones en castellano, o versiones bilingües. Otra de sus características son las letras románticas, mientras que las piezas picarescas, juzgadas en ocasiones como groseras, han ido perdiendo presencia.

Es el principal género musical en el istmo, y es protagonista en bodas, ferias y fiestas religiosas.

Algunos de los sones istmeños más conocidos son La Llorona y La Sandunga. Entre los intérpretes más conocidos están la Banda Princesa Donají, el Trío Xavizende, Mario López, el Viejo Lucuxu y "la voz del Istmo" que es la cantante zapoteca contemporánea que más ha difundido el son istmeño tradicional.  En tiempos recientes, existen intérpretes internacionales como Lila Downs que arreglan e interpretan el son istmeño con instrumentaciones distintas a las tradicionales.

Fragmento de La tortuga
Un son muy conocido es La tortuga, canción popular que evoca la captura de tortugas y sus huevos en el Golfo de Tehuantepec. Originalmente en zapoteco, existen versiones en castellano.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
, de mexicanson.calabashmusic.com

Formas musicales del folclore de México
Cultura del estado de Oaxaca

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Anti-gay Kenyans fear upcoming Obama visit
by Colin Stewart July 8, 2015, 10:46 am
William Ruto, deputy president of Kenya. (Photo courtesy of Kenya-Today.com)
Kenya was already in a tizzy about LGBTI rights even before people's attention turned to the upcoming visit of President Obama.
The High Court had ruled on April 24 that the government had no right to refuse recognition to a law-abiding organization just because it advocates for the human rights of LGBTI people. Government officials squawked, appealed the ruling, and proposed legislation to allow for legal discrimination against LGBTI rights organizations.
In Kenya, same-sex intimacy is punishable by up to 14 years in prison. Although that law is basically unenforced, it underpins widespread disdain for LGBTI people in Kenyan society.
In May, deputy president William Ruto told a church congregation that in Kenya "we have no room for gays and those others."
Binyavanga Wainana (Photo courtesy of BooksLive.co.za)
Popular, openly gay Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainana responded to him on Twitter, "Kenya's deputy president joins an important tradition by Africans in power to spread hate in church on a Sunday."
In June, member of parliament Irungu Kangata demanded that the judiciary explain recent aid to improve Kenyan courts — a total of 167 million Kenyan shillings (US $1.7 million) from the United Nations Development Program and the Ford Foundation, organizations that "openly support gay rights." He suggested that the donations influenced the High Court's ruling in April.
On July 5, five legislators, including Justin Muturi, the speaker of Kenya's National Assembly, told church goers at a fundraising event that Obama should not be allowed to bring up the issue of gay rights during his visit, which is part of a July 24-28 trip to Africa. One legislator said that Obama should be ejected from the Kenyan parliament if he mentions gay rights, the Nation newspaper reported.
The Obamas pose with His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, during the United States/Africa summit in Washington, D.C., in August 2014. (White House photo)
On July 6, the White House announced that Obama would not back away from the subject of LGBTI rights when he visits Kenya.
"I'm confident that the president will not hesitate to make clear that the protection of basic fundamental human rights in Kenya is also a priority and consistent that we hold dear here in the United States of America," Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
In the midst of these debates, one Kenyan landlord evicted a gay couple and told them to "go wait for your Obama," Gay Star News reported.
Denis Nzioka
"This is the real world of living in a homophobic society," said Kenyan LGBTI rights activist Denis Nzioka. "The anti-LGBT crusade is still very much here."
"There have been more beatings, evictions and attacks when public discourse focuses on the community. It gets heightened, and it will only increase momentum as Obama's visit gets closer," Nzioka said.
Also on July 6, the Council of Elders of Kenya's Kikuyu people threatened to throw rotten eggs at Obama if he discusses LGBTI rights during his visit. Senior council member Samuel Thuita said that rotten eggs were the response that Britons made when Kenyans sought independence in 1962. Thuita said:
"The founding father of the nation, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, was pelted with rotten eggs in Britain for only agitating for our independence. I will mobilise and lead every member of the council, including women and the youth, and Kenyans in general to throw rotten eggs at Obama if he dares introduce the gay and lesbian debate."
Although the rhetoric has heated up recently, Kenya is often still seen as a relatively safe place for LGBTI people. Hundreds of LGBTI Ugandans have fled there for safety. One sign of moderation: Only 35 people showed up for a planned anti-homosexuality protest on July 6, called by the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya.
At least in terms of political posturing, same-sex marriage is hot-button issue in Kenya, even though LGBTI rights activists are not pushing for it.
Nzioka said:
"Obama is not coming here to propose same-sex marriage. From his White House statement, I expect he'll speak on broader issues of human rights and in that might come respect for sexual orientation. How he frames that is Obama's job. He won't promote same-sex marriage, I'm sure.
"If he does get very specific about LGBTI human rights issues, people would be very angry that he's coming here to promote gays. They'll say they need US aid, not gays.
"If he mentions it, it is good to speak about LGBTI human rights issues. But if he doesn't mention it at all, then the haters will have egg on their face. We will have to see what happens next.
"Whatever happens, I hope there is no risk to the lives of LGBTI Kenyans by adding fuel to the fire."
Kenyan leaders warn Obama on gay rights (smh.com.au)
White House shrugs off calls to avoid LGBT rights in Kenya (washingtonblade.com)
Kenyan politicians tell Barack Obama to leave 'gay rights' talk at home (telegraph.co.uk)
Obama nudges Africa toward LGBT rights; too gently? (June 2013, 76crimes.com)
Africa: 'Tolerance' includes arrests, violence against LGBTs? (June 2013, in response to Senegal leader's claim after Obama visit that Senegal is a tolerant society, 76crimes.com)
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A pool without landscaping is just a pool. It's not magic. It's not gracious. It's not particularly nice looking. It's just a big outdoor tub of water that you use to swim and to cool off on hot days. That's all well and good if that's all you're after. However, a truly attractive and sophisticated swimming pool absolutely has got to be part of a good landscape design. Landscaping, including elements like flowers, trees, shrubbery, patio tiles and pavement, is needed to structure your pool, soften its appearance and connect it to your home, both visually and practically.
Your pool is part of your home, as your whole yard is, in a sense. It's the outdoor part of your living area. When you move from the house to the pool area, what will the experience be like? When you share your pool with guests, how will swimming and sunbathing fit in with other activities like cooking, eating, drinking and talking? Hard landscaping like pavement or patio tiles can define paths that connect your pool to the house and to the other areas of the yard. Well selected plants can help to define spaces, providing separation and privacy both from adjacent properties and between areas of your yard.
and improve the appearance of the pool fence. Plants and trees can even cool the air in your yard and around your pool.
The fact is, the landscaping around a pool (or lack thereof) can make the difference between a harsh, ugly and utilitarian space, an elegant and disciplined space, and a gorgeous, natural-looking pool straight out of a flowery summertime fantasy. Most people prefer a pool that doesn't flaunt its structure and its artificial nature. They like to see a softer, more natural look, and that can only be achieved with landscaping. As five, ten or twenty years pass, will your pool gain charm or lose charm? Chances are good that if it's well landscaped, it will become more beautiful as the plants around it mature. If it's left as a plain, harsh shell then it will simply look less perfect as it ages.
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Gemologist and acclaimed author Richard K. Diran (The Vanishing Tribes of Burma) once poked fun at his horticultural skills, stating: "I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died."
Diran might have fared better if he understood what and how to fertilize.
For starters, switching from synthetic to organic fertilizer sources improves soil biology-the key to any successful floral or vegetable garden. You create a healthier environment by exposing soil to a wider assortment of microorganisms that promote plant growth. Prepare your soil properly, and Mother Nature usually takes it from there.
Composting is an extremely effective way to build nutrient-rich soil, with a robust balance of nitrogen (for foliage growth), potassium (for fruit formation) and phosphorus (for root development). It's also an inexpensive alternative to purchasing commercial fertilizer. By definition, compost is a mixture of decaying organic matter, such as leaves, manure, wood chips, grass clippings, weeds, dead flowers, coffee grounds and kitchen scraps-all of which enhance soil structure and nurture it with nutrients, minerals and trace elements.
One critical floral and vegetable gardening challenge is less-than-perfect soil. In the Southwest United States, for example, excess salts can stunt plant growth, burn foliage or kill plants outright. "Hard pan," another common problem, occurs when a hard layer forms atop soil, preventing roots, nutrients and water from penetrating.
Liquid fertilizers are one solution to these problems. Because they are water soluble, they act rapidly-but they must also be applied often. You may dilute and spray them onto soil, around plants and even directly onto foliage if the ambient temperature is 90 F or lower.
Alternatively, you may wish to purchase organic fertilizer products specifically designed for vexing soil challenges.
"We view difficult soil, or dead soil with no microbial activity except for pathogens, as our main target," explains Eric Hill, CEO of Organica Biotech Inc., a Norristown, Pennsylvania-based company that produces environmentally safe products for consumers, agriculture and industry. "One cannot have a healthy plant without healthy soil, so our products inoculate the soil, enabling heartier growth in plants and vegetables."
Two of Organica Biotech's products are specifically designed for difficult soil: Plant Booster and Lawn Booster.
"They simultaneously feed the soil and plants with groups of beneficial microorganisms, improving the vital soil biology that is needed for healthy plant life," Hill tells OrganicAuthority.com. "These microscopic wonders are 'nature's life support system.' They improve nutrient availability, enhance nutrient absorption, reduce the incidence of nutrient leaching, stimulate healthy plant growth, improve soil structure, and provide plants with increased resistance to environmental stress, such as drought, heat, cold and foot traffic. Attempting to implement an organic program without addressing soil biology is a recipe for disaster."
Apartment dwellers, the disabled, the elderly and families with limited space can enjoy gardening by maintaining organic container gardens, following the same fertilization philosophies used for regular gardens. Virtually anyone can create a small container garden on a deck, patio or city balcony.
Liquid fertilizers, such as fish emulsion, liquid manure and seaweed extract, are one of a container gardener's greatest allies for soil conditioning. You will need to fertilize plants more often (probably every two weeks), depending on the species, but exercise caution: The most common mistake people make is over-fertilization. Without the volume of soil found in large outdoor gardens, container gardens can be overexposed to fertilizer, which kills plants with "too much of a good thing."
As with any garden, target the soil, Organica Biotech's Hill advises.
"Container-garden soil is typically heated to about 800°F prior to packaging, killing all signs of life in order to make it weed- and pathogen-free," he says. "In doing so, most beneficial microbes are also eliminated, creating a sterile soil."
Hill recommends using Organica's Plant Growth Activator.
"The product feeds plants and improves soil biology in the container by releasing favorable microbes," he says. "Once again, these microbes increase soil's resistance to environmental stress, such as over-watering and under-watering, over-sunning and under-sunning, and limited space (contained root growth and shortage of nutrient-holding capacity), resulting in stronger, healthier plants."


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On our site go to the page Join the Queue.
Click on the Apply button, on the page where you can register to the queue you can login from the top right part of the page.
Use your child's personal number as username and the password sent to your e-mail when you did the registration.
Use your child's personal number as username and click Forgot password.
Your child's queue position is held by the date you entered them into our queue. The only thing that can affect this position is sibling priority. We adhere to a policy that does not permit us to release queue positions.
Yes, if you are the appropriate age, plan to move to Sweden and have the Swedish personal number necessary for the registration.
No, it does not cost anything to attend our schools. There are no tuition fees. Funding comes from the "skolpeng" or school subsidy, allocated to schools that are approved by Skolverket, the Swedish National Agency for Education.
If a satisfactory solution cannot be reached within the school, complaints should then be addressed to the "Huvudman" - the organization behind the school - which is Internationella Engelska Skolan I Sverige AB. These complaints can be referred to our Academic Manager, Mr. Damian Brunker via e-mail damian.brunker@engelska.se or by letter to: Mr. Damian Brunker, Internationella Engelska Skolan, Huvudkontoret, Nytorpsvägen 5A, 183 71 Täby.


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£18,000 Tesla envisioned as distinctly European looking hatchback
It's a bit like a Nissan Micra with Tesla cues, but it could look like this.
By: Andrei Nedelea
Published by: Andrei Nedelea
Tesla is reportedly designing its £18,000 model in China, because its main market of focus is going to be the PRC. This could be the "Chinese-style" electric car that Tesla was talking about last year when it announced its plan to create a local R&D centre in the country.
The manufacturer even released an early design sketch depicting what it expected the model to look like (pictured below), but ever since then, we've heard little in the way of official information on the project. Now that sketch has been adapted and transposed into a more realistic looking vehicle that actually looks like a typical European city hatchback in this rendering by Kolesa.
This would make sense given the fact that even though Tesla will most likely manufacture its smallest model in China, it has plans to export it all around the world. It will still be designed with China in mind, but given that Chinese car buyers' tastes are becoming more international, then a vehicle that looks like the one in the rendering would make sense.
We're not sure if Kolesa started with the Euro-spec Nissan Micra and then digitally modified the photo, but this baby Tesla does look a lot like the fifth-generation of Japanese hatch (designed exclusively for and sold in Europe).
Even if it looks like a Micra, the £18,000 Tesla will actually compete with the likes of the Volkswagen ID.3 or the Nissan Leaf. However, with that price tag it will be comparable to cheaper and smaller EVs, like the Opel Corsa E or the Renault Zoe. Older reports also hinted that it would surpass its rivals for range, offering 250 miles / 400 km in its base spec with the smallest available battery; it is expected to debut in 2023.
More on the baby Tesla
Tesla's £18,000 car could look like this rendering
⠀ £18,000 Tesla car will be sold globally: Tesla China president confirms
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Q: Camel access prevRouteContext at aggregationStrategy We need a generic way of handling exceptions/errors/bad responses from outgoing http calls in camel multicast subroutes by checking which route failed and at error handler dynamically - .toD("routeId) - send back an exchange with the same content to that route periodically until success. I went thru the accessible methods/fields of the Exchange object at aggregation and the only usable object from properties seems to be "CamelStreamCacheUnitOfWork" which has a field "prevRouteContext" which stores the route id of the multicasted route e.g. "direct:cancel-item":
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Problem: there is no public getter on this field but it would be very useful however there are push/pop methods but they are changing the order of contexts so it it not safe to use. Question: is it safe to use reflection to access the "routeId" of the previous context?
public class MyAggregationStrategy implements AggregationStrategy {

    @Override
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        DefaultUnitOfWork camelStreamCacheUnitOfWork = newExchange.getProperty("CamelStreamCacheUnitOfWork", DefaultUnitOfWork.class);
            if (newExchange.isFailed() || otherCustomErrors) {
                Field field = camelStreamCacheUnitOfWork.getClass().getDeclaredField("prevRouteContext");
                field.setAccessible(true);
                RouteContext value = (RouteContext)field.get(camelStreamCacheUnitOfWork);
                String id = value.getRoute().getId();
            }
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}

A: Actually I found a solution to find out what was the current route executed by the multicast:
RouteDefinition multicastCallerRoute = (RouteDefinition) newExchange.getProperty("CamelStreamCacheUnitOfWork", DefaultUnitOfWork.class).getRouteContext().getRoute();
MulticastDefinition multicast = (MulticastDefinition) multicastCallerRoute.getOutputs().stream().filter(pd -> pd instanceof MulticastDefinition).findFirst().orElse(null);
if(multicast != null) {
    ToDefinition actualTo = (ToDefinition) multicast.getOutputs().get(newExchange.getProperty("CamelMulticastIndex", Integer.class));
    String actualToUri = actualTo.getUri();
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A hedgehog is being nursed back to health after kind-hearted members of Pool Academy rescued it from cricket nets.
Students attending after school cricket practice were caught by surprise when they discovered the creature trapped in the nets.
PE teachers Alistair Durant and Julian Hosking rushed to its aid with the help of some Year 8 students.
Using scissors the teachers cut the creature free but it appeared to be in shock.
Unfortunately, there was still some netting caught under its arm and so it was taken to Duchy College, near Camborne, by Sarah Jackson, Duke of Edinburgh Manager and Learning Facilitator at Pool Academy.
Lucy Bennetts, Head Technician at Duchy College Rosewarne, said the hedgehog is now doing well and has put on 5 grams in weight.
She hopes in the next couple of weeks it will be strong enough to be released back into the wild.
Lucy said: "When it arrived here it was quite dehydrated and underweight for this time of year.
College staff have housed the hedgehog in one of its spare rabbit runs where it is being fed live mealworms and other tasty treats.
Staff and students at Pool Academy have named the hedgehog Harold and hope to be there when it is released after half term.


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The Blog Understanding the Five Roles
Understanding the Five Roles
executivepower February 2, 2012 writings
Most people are naturally predisposed to excel in one or two of the first four roles: strategist, executor, talent manager and human-capital developer. Some are big-picture strategists and future-oriented, while others love getting things done or engaging people for high performance.
If you're in a more senior role, you'll need to branch out from your predisposed areas of excellence. You'll be required to master all of the first four roles or surround yourself with people who can fill in the gaps for you.
The last role (personal proficiency) is, in many ways, the foundation for improving skills in the first four roles. Personal proficiency will help you become a more rounded leader. It is the only one that cannot be delegated, although having an executive coach can help you develop more rapidly.
Personal Proficiency
At the heart of leadership effectiveness is the ability to continually learn and enhance your personal effectiveness.
You are not solely defined by what you do or know. In fact, there's a lot you don't know about yourself because everyone has limited vision and blind spots. We err in thinking. We jump to conclusions. We have poor communication habits that could definitely improve. Personal proficiency takes time, vigilance and help from others.
Who you are as a leader has everything to do with how much you can accomplish with and through other people. In The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner cite three reasons why people follow someone:
2. Competency
3. Forward thinking
Leaders are learners, and their classroom is everywhere. We learn from our mistakes, successes, books, coworkers, bosses, friends and life itself. Leaders are passionate about their beliefs and interests, willing to examine them at every occasion.
Leaders know what matters to them. They inspire loyalty and goodwill in others because they act with integrity and trust. They can be bold and courageous because they know what matters most. This helps them tolerate ambiguity, uncertainty and crises.
The Leadership Code provides four summary observations:
1. All leaders must excel at personal proficiency. Without a foundation of trust and credibility, you cannot ask others to follow you.
2. All leaders must have one towering strength. Most successful leaders excel in at least one of the other four core roles. Most are personally predisposed to one of the four areas (i.e., their signature strength).
3. All leaders must be at least average in their weaker leadership domains.
4. The higher you rise in an organization, the more you need to develop excellence in the remaining domains.
How can you use this framework for leadership effectiveness to improve your abilities?
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