Leads versus Traffic: What Difference Does it Make Anyway?
Sitting down with your digital analyst or marketer, you might be wondering why they talk more about generating leads than traffic or vice versa. Is there really such a big difference between the two? The short answer: yes, absolutely. You might be wondering, "Well, why should I care?" Because depending on what your marketing campaigns are generating, you may be loosing out on some serious conversions.
In an ideal world, anyone who wants to buy a car would fill out a lead form online on your dealership website because they would know that your dealership is the best one in a 50-mile radius. In reality, the competition is brutal and everyone is scrambling to bring as much traffic as possible to their website, in the hopes that it is inciting enough for them to come to the lot or fill out a lead form. With a good-sized budget, you've branched out to all kinds of campaigns: PPC/CPC, SEO, third-party lead generators and more. So what's the difference between what these campaigns produce?
Third-party lead generators are selling you information that they are also selling other dealerships. Someone might be interested in a sedan and has a budget of 20K, for example, but has no idea where to go to find a decent car, so she or he fills out a generic form and you've got their information. The big problem is that so do all the other dealerships in your area. Obviously, competition just got even tougher.
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Instead of firing in every direction like other campaigns do, we aim to bring the kind of traffic that converts into actual conversions. And the best part? You can track the success of our campaign through Google Analytics, an un-biased third party. Even if we wanted to, we couldn't make up those numbers. So go ahead and give us a call or shoot us an email to show you how we can bring more people to your showroom today.


Father's day 2011 is upon us, and that means you need a great gift for dad!
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I am available to lecture on any dressage related subject and will gear it to any type of audience from novice to advanced - and I can promise it won't be boring! Teaching with visual aids is not sufficiently appreciated by the equestrian community and yet I believe it is fundamental to the learning process since there are no distractions in an indoor environment. For each lecture, I use over 60 colour slides for in-depth subjects such as the use of the seat, the aids, the biomechanics of the horse in movement, outline, balance, how to lighten the forehand etc, as required. I have had wide lecturing experience, not only all over the UK but abroad (see below).
2009 Calgary, Canada and Michigan, USA.


One of the biggest trends of the health & fitness industry in the last few years has been the propagation of a vegan or vegetarian diet. There are countless arguments both for and against a plant-based diet and avoiding the consumption of meat and livestock. Aside from the health aspects of this argument there are a number of moral and environmental arguments, also for and against it. And while many seek to simply win the argument, others, like the team at the Avery Dennison Foundation and their president Alicia Procello Maddox have been leading the charge in finding solutions for long-term sustainability.
Avery Dennison and their foundation president Alicia Procello Maddox have always had lofty goals for their plans for the environment and the future of our planet, ending world hunger and remedying the food shortage is clearly one of them. In trying to accomplish such goals Alicia Procello Maddox has been traveling the world with her team and learning and educating others about sustainable farming, livestock rearing and methods to save the environment. One of the biggest issues comes with how livestock animals are raised, reared and treated during the farming practice. In order to solve this issue some of the world's leaders in farming from Greenpeace along with Alicia Procello Maddox are trying to educate others on a practice known as Natural Animal Raising.
Improves the growth of plants.
Now the above benefits are a tremendous leap for the farming and agricultural practices of our world's farmers. Just these benefits alone, when combined, reach most of the concerns of the masses and allow not only better treatment of animals, but provide us with livestock that is both healthier, happier, and far more nutrient dense for the consumption of humans. In her quest as the president of Avery Dennison's foundation, Alicia Procello Maddox is doing all that she can to educate farmers on better farming practices including Natural Animal Raising.


Why the Penguins? What do we do differently?
Last year, our older teams had approximately 70 hours of practice and clinic time. At least a quarter and up to half of their practices were full ice. Several of our teams had 80+ hours of practice and clinic ice.
Our coaches have deep youth hockey experience. The head coaches for most of our teams are independent (not parents). They are on the ice with your child because they want to be, not because they have children on the team. They take personal ownership for your child's and the team's experience.
The Penguins have been under new management for the past six seasons. During this time our coaches took 22 of our teams to the League or District Playoffs and produced eight Playoff Championships. This season our Midget 16AA team swept the regular season, won the NJYHL Playoffs, won the District Playoffs, and is going to NATIONALS. Our Bantam Minor (2003 birth years) won the NJYHL Playoff Championship and is heading to Districts, While our PeeWee Minor (2005 birth years) were Finalists in the NJYHL Playoff Championships and are likewise heading to Districts. Each year our teams reach the finals in popular tournaments from Washington to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Lake Placid, and Montreal.
Bottom line, we give you top notch coaches on the most and best ice available in a club that respects your family's commitments while providing an environment for your player to thrive.


Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS WILL BE COMING TO TOWN -- The annual Hometown Holidays celebration returns this weekend with events taking place across the region on Friday and Saturday. Santa and Mrs. Claus are scheduled to arrive in downtown Guilford again on Friday, Nov. 30 for the evening evening tree lighting.
SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS WILL BE COMING TO TOWN — The annual Hometown Holidays celebration returns this weekend with events taking place across the region on Friday and Saturday. Santa and Mrs. Claus are scheduled to arrive in downtown Guilford again on Friday, Nov. 30 for the evening evening tree lighting.


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Explanation of Vinland Saga Season 2 Episode 1
Vinland Saga is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. The anime adaptation of the series is produced by Wit Studio, the studio behind Attack on Titan and The Ancient Magus' Bride, and directed by Shūhei Yabuta. The series premiered on July 8, 2019, and ran for 24 episodes. The anime covers the first arc of the manga, which focuses on the life of a Viking warrior named Thorfinn and his journey to avenge his father's death. The series features an all-star voice cast, including Yûto Uemura as Thorfinn, Naoya Uchida as Askeladd, and Akio Ohtsuka as Thorkell. Vinland Saga has been highly praised for its historical accuracy and attention to detail, as well as its compelling characters and story.
Episode 1 of Vinland Saga S2: "Slave"
When Einar swings his axe at a tree, his mother yells at him, warning that the tree may fall and destroy the home. His sister questions if he's learning to cut wood, but Einar responds that he's learning to fight. His mother summons him in for lunch after laughing at him and saying that he will be useless in combat. His mother questions why he is exercising as they eat, and Einar responds that he wants to defend this location. He wants to defend their rebuilt village after it was destroyed by fire. He is angry because he is constantly losing and that his father died trying to protect them. His mother assures him that all hope is not lost.
The village is soon invaded. In an attempt to escape to the woods, Einar, Lotta, and their mother are shot in the back by an arrow. Einar and Lotta remain by her side despite her requests for them to depart. Their mother instructs Einar to grab Lotta and flee in order to survive as men approach. She later breathes her last and passes away. Both Einar and Lotta are stunned and frozen. Arriving guys take Lotta with them. When Einer tries to stop them, he is thrown back. One of the men becomes enraged after Lotta stabs him in the back with a hairpin, and he kills her as a result.
The other people are angry since he killed a beautiful girl, but they choose to kidnap Einar and exchange him for alcohol. As he is being taken, Einar struggles angrily but is helpless.
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Later, when on a boat with other slaves, Einar is located. A female slave cries nonstop. She is examined by the guys, who determine that she won't make it, and they dump her overboard. When Einar confronts them and demands to know their motivations, the man punches him and checks his throat. The man informs everybody around him to stay warm and avoid getting cold since he is OK. Once on land, the slaves are fed and given a wash so they appear well-groomed and presentable upon being sold.
Einar spots an opportunity to flee while being lined up for a sale and does so while the men are not looking. Since he is starving, he enters a house and snatches some food. However, as he flees the residence, one. When he gets to a house, he grabs some food since he's starving, but as he flees, one of the slavers spots him. After beating him, he returns him to the other slaves. The man uses Einar as an example and warns the others that, even if they flee, nobody will be able to assist them because they are so far from home and are in need of assistance. They must locate a trustworthy master who will look after them.
Even if Einar runs away, there is nothing for him to go back to, so he accepts his fate. Leif is brought by the slavers one day while being lined up for sale and told that Einar is the man they are seeking for. Leif shouts at them as he turns to face him, saying he doesn't resemble anything he described and is neither blond nor little. Leif says that he is not wanting to buy a labourer, but rather to liberate his relative Thorfinn. The slaver apologises and continues to try to sell Einar. Leif apologises to Einar and then departs because slavers aren't familiar with him. Thorfinn is fortunate, in Einar's opinion, to have someone looking for him.
Ketil arrives shortly after and examines Einar. He requests his name, hometown, and previous employment information. According to Einar, he used to be a farmer in Northern England. Ketil requests Einar's assistance with his farm because he liked what he had heard. Later, Ketil purchases Einar and takes him to his farm.
Ketil gives Einar a tour of his property and tells him he will see the others at supper because they are currently at work. Einar is reminded of his home and family when he sees the farm. He is aware that he will never be free again and considers whether his mother was correct in believing that he hasn't yet lost everything. Einar begins to believe that he won't go hungry if he is submissive and serves a nice master. To meet Thorfinn, who is sawing wood, Ketil takes Einar.
Explanation of Vinland Saga Season 2
Vinland Saga Season 2 Episode 1

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McLaughlin should get F1 test says Grosjean
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By Daniel Herrero
Tuesday 20th December, 2022 - 11:23am
Scott McLaughlin (right) deserves an F1 test according to Romain Grosjean (left)
Scott McLaughlin should get a Formula 1 test according to IndyCar rival Romain Grosjean.
F1 and top-level North American open-wheeler competition has long been linked with Grosjean among the latest to switch from the former to the latter.
However, the flow in the other direction has picked up in recent times, at least so far as testing outings are concerned, thanks in no small part due to McLaren's presence on both sides of the Atlantic.
McLaren has named 2021 IndyCar champion Alex Palou as a Reserve Driver for the 2023 F1 season despite being unable to fully prise him away from Chip Ganassi Racing.
It has also tested its own Pato O'Ward and Andretti Autosport's Colton Herta, the latter of whom was in line for a seat at Scuderia AlphaTauri pending FIA Super Licence.
However, Grosjean thinks that McLaughlin, who won three races this year in his second full IndyCar season, deserves a steer of an F1 car.
"The guy that amazed me the most is Scott McLaughlin," the Frenchman told Motor Sport magazine.
"I think he should have a test in F1, he would be fast. That guy is very special."
"If you think he did V8 Supercars for so many years and is doing so well in IndyCar now, it's very natural.
"IndyCar works a little bit different than F1, in the way you need to have experience in the races, and that's why you see the old guys doing pretty good."
As for Herta, Grosjean, who happens to be a team-mate of the Californian, suggested he is undeserving of a Super Licence right now.
It is understood that dispensation was requested at least once and denied by the FIA, with Herta still not having the requisite points.
"One of the best examples was when Palou came to COTA [Circuit of The Americas] to do FP1 for McLaren and, on the same tyres as Lando [Norris], was just two or three tenths off, which is very, very good," opined Grosjean, a 10-time F1 podium finisher.
"For Colton, the picture was bigger. He has got the capacity and speed to be in F1.
"But if you look at his career, he has never won a championship, in Indy Lights or IndyCar.
"So, I also understand why he doesn't have the points for a Super Licence.
"What I think is wrong is the amount of points we get in IndyCar.
"I think it should be at least at Formula 2 level, maybe more because the level is up there. There are some very fast drivers."


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Real Sociedad – Real Madrid
The kings are back because on Sunday Real Madrid will start their season in the Spanish La Liga. Los Blancos will pay a visit to Real Sociedad at the Reale Arena and we all expect a terrific game between these two teams.
For Real Madrid it was a surprisingly quiet summer. Los Blancos didn't make any moves on the transfer market deciding to stick with the players they've got. The only exception is the Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard who came back at the Bernabeu after a loan spell at Real Sociedad.
The manager Zinedine Zidane has the luck to work with a very talented squad at the moment. Probably the best thing about Real Madrid at the moment is the mixture between young and experienced players in the dressing room. Los Blancos have exciting talents such as Vinicius, Rodrygo, Valverde and Odegaard, but also experienced warriors like Ramos, Kroos, Modric and Benzema. Meanwhile the club is getting ready to say goodbye to Gareth Bale who is going back to England.
Real Sociedad are usually starting the season with ambitions for an European qualification. The Basques also have a decent squad to work with. The club's summer signing is arguably the legendary David Silva who came back to Spain after a long spell at Manchester City. Everybody is impatient to watch Silva again in La Liga.
Real Sociedad's manager Imanol Alguacil has some problems before this game. Some of his players are recovering from injuries, including David Silva. The rest are Nacho Monreal, Zaldua, Willian Jose, Illarramendi and Martin Zubimendi.
That's our preview of the La Liga fixture between Real Sociedad and Real Madrid on Sunday. Real Sociedad started their season with a draw against Real Valladolid away from home, while for Madrid this is a first match for the new campaign. Are they in a condition good enough to start with a win?
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Още от древността естествоизпитателите и полевите биолози са забелязали, че някои организми са склонни да прилагат стратегии, които благоприятстват репродуктивния успех на техните близкородствени индивиди, дори това да е за сметка на тяхното собствено оцеляване и/или размножаване. Класическият пример в това отношение е една еузосоциална колония от насекоми, в която стерилните женски индивиди изпълняват функциите на работнички и подпомагат майката в производството на допълнително потомство. Множество еволюционни биолози обясняват това посредством теорията за роднинския отбор.
Най-ранните изрази на основните термини са дело на Роналд Фишер през 1930 г. и Джон Холдейн през 1955 г. . Първият, който дава строга научна дефиниция на термина, е Уилям Хамилтън (в трудовете му от 1963 г. и особено от 1964 г.). Самото наименование "роднински отбор" най-вероятно е дело на Джон Мейнард Смит през 1964 г., когато той пише "Тези процеси ще ги нарека съответно роднински отбор и групов отбор. Роднинският отбор е бил дискутиран от Холдейн и Хамилтън ... Под роднински отбор имам предвид еволюцията на характерни признаци, които способстват за оцеляването на близки роднини на засегнатия индивид, посредством процеси, които не изискват прекъсване на размножителната структура на популацията"

Роднинският отбор е свързан с промени в генната честота между поколенията, които се управляват поне отчасти от взаимодействията между индивиди, между които съществува роднинска връзка. Това лежи в основата на основната концепция на теорията за социалната еволюция. Наистина, някои случаи на еволюция чрез естествен отбор могат да бъдат разбрани само ако се вземе предвид начинът, по който биологични роднини оказват взаимно влияние на приспособимостта си. При естествения отбор, генът, кодиращ белег, който увеличава приспособимостта на всеки индивид, който е негов носител, би трябвало да увеличава честота си в рамките на популацията. Обратно, ген, който намалява приспособимостта на индивидите, които са негови носители, би трябвало да бъде елиминиран. Ако обаче генът подтиква индивида да има поведение, което води до увеличаване на приспособимостта на близкородствени индивиди, а същевременно намалява собствената му приспособимост, може в крайна на сметка да доведе до увеличаване на честотата на гена, поради простата причина, че роднините често носят същите гени като него. Това именно е и фундаменталният принцип, на който се основава теорията за роднинския отбор. Според нея, увеличената приспособимост на близкородствените индивиди може в пъти да компенсира намалената приспособимост вследствие на индивидите с поведение, което намалява собствената им приспособимост.

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The 20th anniversary of the Innsbruck Nature Film Festival was celebrated with film makers from around the globe and their 50 movies caught on the public for four days in and around the Metropol cinema in Innsbruck, Tyrol's capital. The top-class jury has decided and
Call4Entries until July 15
The 20th INNSBRUCK NATURE FILM FESTIVAL (INFF) is calling for submissions of cinematic works: Nature and the Environment in documentary, short film, animated short film and emerging film categories. The deadline for submissionsis 15.07.2021 and the festival itself will take place from 19-22.10.2021 in the alpine-urban
INF on tour in Kufstein May 6 and 7, 2021
Due to the ongoing pandemic the first stop of INF on Tour 2021 – the mobile version of the INTERNATIONAL NATURE FESTIVAL – will be realized digitally. In cooperation with the FH Kufstein/Tirol University of Applied Sciences a two-day program has been organized. According to
Will we meet face to face?
The Innsbruck Nature Film Festival will again take place in 2021 as part of the International Nature Festival (16-24 October 2021) and is perfectly embedded as a highlight in the week's schedule, in which numerous activities will draw the attention of all people and invite them
20 years INFF
A breath of fresh air: For its 20th anniversary, Katja Trippel, experienced science- and environmental journalist, will be taking over as curator. Already active as part of the INFF jury and long-time GEO editor and member of the Editorial Board in charge of the "GEO
Announcing with a full peal the dates of the 2021 festival
With a glimmer of light and a propitiating cultural message we end up an extraordinary 2020 announcing the dates of the 2021 festivals! So get prepared to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the INNSBRUCK NATURE FILM FESTIVAL from October 19 to 22, 2021 with amazing
You are nature – we are nature
The annual INTERNATIONAL NATURE FESTIVAL (INF) and INNSBRUCK NATURE FILM FESTIVAL (INFF) located in alpine urban ambience of the host city Innsbruck, celebrated nature and environment with locals and guests in the beginning of October 2020. INF opens up the senses, lets you perceive and
19th Innsbruck Nature Film Festival ends with the award ceremony. And the winners are: Grand Prize of the City of Innsbruck Nature DocumentaryDIE WIESE – DAS VERLORENE PARADIES? (THE MEADOW) by Jan Haft Grand Prize of the City of Innsbruck Environmental DocumentarySHEEP HERO by Ton van
Ten most convincing projects made it into the final!
The UNIQA INF Sustainability Award, which is endowed with € 3,000 and shall be awarded for the first time, is assigned to the topic of sustainability. What's the catch? There is only one stipulation: what ever you submit must make a valuable contribution to the sustainable development
Festival Time In Innsbruck
The 19th INNSBRUCK NATURE FILM FESTIVAL will be inaugurated at the Metropol Kino at 7.30 pm with the opening film ON THIN ICE directed by Henry M. Mix and Boas Schwarz. The environmental documentary, which brings us to the Arctic, is highly topical, alarming and provides gripping imagery from


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I heard a loud sound and very close. Not your normal aircraft sound. So I look out my sliding door and saw diagonal from my street eisenhauer rd. A distant away going towards northwest. A triangle shape craft moving slowly going downwards. Not up. But it sounded so close. Too late to take a picture. Like I can still hear it in the air as a lite sound. Call me crazy, anything possible.
Did this witness see a triangle UFO, like so many others have been seeing in Texas and other parts of the country? Many believe there are top-secret military craft appearing in our skies, and that they are reverse engineered from alien craft.
Or did this witness just see a commercial or military plane?
Another sighting of a loud triangle craft in San Antonio occurred a month before this one, so perhaps the sightings were related. As always, you be the judge!


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Caitlin has been practicing as an accountant and financial professional for more than 20 years. Starting her career at the international Big Four accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, she was an audit manager serving primarily financial services clients. Caitlin went on to work at General Motors Financial Company, Inc., where she was Vice President of Financial Reporting and Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications. During her tenure at GM Financial, she led teams that were recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Trustworthy Companies and one of America's Most Shareholder Friendly Specialty Finance Companies by Institutional Investor magazine in 2010. Caitlin has also served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer of Nationstar Mortgage, the nation's largest non-bank mortgage servicer and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Innovate Auto Finance.
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Trails 1203 Sylvan Mason: Composer and Performer
One spring day, bored with secretarial life, Sylvan read a horoscope that advised her to 'follow every golden opportunity' that month. As you could only do in those magically innocent and exciting days of no qualifications whatsoever, she applied for jobs at Annabelle's night club as a disc jockey, and Moyses Stephens as a florist.
She also sent off a demo disc of her singing and playing her guitar, to the Radio Luxembourg Talent Search, and, to everyone's surprise, got to the top 6 in the London finals. Dana having taken top place. Cyril Stapleton encouraged her to take voice coaching lessons with tutor Freddie Winrose in Denmark Street with a view to a recording contract when she had had more experience.
Three weeks later, having been discovered and plucked from obscurity from Tin Pan Alley's Gioconda Coffee bar, she had written and recorded her first record We Don't Belong and appearances followed that summer on ITV in such shows as Thank Your Lucky Stars and Granada's Scene at 6.30.
She also spent a weekend marooned on the famous Mi Amigo: Radio Caroline's pioneer pirate ship with Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale (now an MP) & Dave Lee Travis. Source: sylvanmason.com
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The next girl ever to stay on Radio Caroline South was a young Yorkshire-born singer named Sylvan Whittingham. Sylvan, came out for the day on 19 September 1965 with the intention of promoting her record We Don't Belong, and saying hello to the disc jockeys. But she became stormbound as high winds sprang up and the tender which took her out from Harwich was forced to return to land urgently, just as Sylvan was appearing on the radio.
She spent the weekend of 18-20 September 1965 on board with the captain, crew and broadcasting personnel. As far a I know she is the only singer to have stayed over on board in those early days. Sylvan was the daughter of Jack Whittingham who wrote the screen play of the James Bond film Thunderball.
She said later
'It was very rough when I set out but after lunch, when I should have gone back, it grew worse and the tender was rising up and down beside Caroline. I knew I would be sick, so I locked myself in the lavatory and just refused to leave. The tender hooted at me for half-an-hour but eventually left without me." As there was no tender on the Sunday, Sylvan had to wait until the Monday, and a quiet sea, before returning to Harwich.' Source: sylvanmason.com:
Banned by the BBC
Recorded in 1965 with the backing of a full 70-piece orchestra and airplayed constantly by Radio Caroline throughout the autumn of 1965, We Don't Belong seemed destined for huge sales until the BBC intervened.
Someone at Auntie (as the overly interfering BBC was often dubbed) had listened carefully to the lyrics of the song and had correctly understood them to tell the tale of misunderstood young lovers signing a suicide pact.
Despite the massive chart success of Twinkle's Terry 'death disc' the previous year someone somewhere decided the story of a planned double suicide, however sweetly sung, was taking things a little to far and the single was banned.
Later on of course being banned by the BBC was a tried, trusted and sure-fire route to securing hundreds of column inches and huge sales but sadly for Sylvan, this was 1965. The all-powerful BBC doorway to greater exposure was quietly closed on We Don't Belong and the single disappeared.
It's unsurprising then that this single marked both the beginning and the end of Sylvan's solo recordings but every cloud has a silver lining and its minor success launched a new career for her as a lyricist with her songwriter husband Barry Mason.
Amongst many other hit songs she penned the lyrics for Tom Jones' Delilah and Petula Clark's Kiss Me Goodbye.
Steve Flanagan
We've loved I've Arrived ever since we first heard it. We also love researching the artists and songs we release to provide a more rounded appreciation of the sounds we deliver. We're sad to say that on this occasion we can't offer very much.
Jewel Akens first recorded I've Arrived in 1965 for the ERA label. It was released as the B side to You Don't Need A Crown. Steve Flanagan's version came two years later in 1967 on the same label but once again it was only judged good enough to be a B side.
The Era label ran from 1955 until 1970 and its back catalogue carries one or two other choice releases that have become very sought after.
Steve Flanagan: Creative Source.
For Steve Flanagan the best we can do at this time is provide a whole bunch of questions. Is he the same Steve Flanagan who sang with Creative Source and is credited on various sites as having been a part-time actor ?
Creative Source were formed in 1973 by Ron Townson looking to emulate the considerable success of other male / female groups like The Fifth Dimension and The Friends Of Distinction.
One source states that after Creative Source disbanded Steve Flanagan 'relocated to the Netherlands,' a popular destination for many jazz and soul artists throughout the 70s and 80s.
A Steve Flanagan also appears duetting with Yvonne Keeley and releasing records as a solo artist for Legion Records in the late 70s. After that the trail goes cold. Are these Steve Flanagans all the same Steve Flanagan or are our wires crossed ?
Spoke Records had ten test pressings done for this release and we have one remaining.
We'll happily post it free of charge anywhere in the world to anyone who can furnish us with more solid information about Steve Flanagan or better still, details of where we could contact him.
There's a Steve Flanagan thread open and waiting for responses over on the forum of our sister site Forumusic.
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Q: Regex to match the string after variable character I am trying to figure out regex (compatible with Python or Ruby) to match the string after string and a variable character or space, like so.
shop_item bananas
shop_item: bananas
shop_item.bananas
shop_item  bananas

I really need bananas :-)
I tried to /^(\S*) (.*)/ but this one is not matching all the situations properly.
Update: using new data the name can be like this banana-nana or underscore, so it is not only a character, but almost anything (not space or .).
Thanks for the advice

A: Depending how your "Bananas" string would look like maybe a positive lookbehind?
(?<=\W)\w*$

Link to test

A: Now I noticed that you first line contain whitespace after bananas. To deal with it I would do in Python:
import re
txt = '''shop_item bananas
shop_item: bananas
shop_item.bananas
shop_item  bananas'''
items = re.findall(r'(\w+)\W*$', txt, re.M)
print(items)  # ['bananas', 'bananas', 'bananas', 'bananas']

$ combined with re.M flag matches end-of-line.

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Coat bottom of pot with oil. Fry onion over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Add potatoes and continue cooking for about 10 or 15 minutes, until onions are soft. Add garlic and ginger and cook for only seconds. Then add the rest of the ingredients and let heat through. Cover and let cook on low heat until potatoes are soft and ingredients are melded. Stir frequently to prevent sticking.


Photo of the day: WHO WORE IT BEST? – Whilst waiting for Cher to make her en-trance and exit from the David Letterman show, we Cher fans had a little fun with a replica of the now iconic paper wig that Cher wears her new "It's A Woman's World" video. Our wig was made by awesome super fan Jamilka Gonzalez. So…who wore it best?


FileBox is a secure file transfer solution, developed and provided by Compass Security. When we look back, the solution was required couple of years ago, in order to exchange confidential information, reports and forensic results with our customers. E-Mail encryption like PGP or S/MIME is still not supported everywhere and has its size limitations.
Eventually, the www.filebox-solution.com solution became mature and is now used by external companies to exchange all kinds of files securely.
We are now testing a Windows based FileBox client, something that speeds up the business process and user experience.The client is not yet available; but we are interesting to hear your feedback. That's why we have produced an introduction movie showing the FileBox client.
Whats new with the FileBox?
Hi Ivan. Very interesting new features, especially coz it's improving security (AD integration) and usability. Well done.


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Another month, another death
Joan and I had been casual friends for twenty years. Her funeral today was at Wesley where she served as lay minister. We never talked about religion, so she didn't know of my antipathy for it (I'm truthful with anyone who asks, but I rarely initiate such conversations). Joan and I shared a bond because she had been in chronic pain since being hit by a school bus in 1964. We also shared a dark and wacky sense of humor and a better than average knowledge of literature. She had a smile that could make me glad I got out of bed even on a bad day, and if she ever met a person who didn't like her, I can but assume that there was something wrong with that person.
The last time I visited Joan, her doctors had given up on treating the cancer that had spread from someplace unknown and settled in her bones and lungs. I had never seen her despondent, and I was curious about whether she would be now. I was surprised to find her in good spirits and seemingly full of energy. She told me almost casually that, thanks to the prayers of people from around the world, God had cured her of her cancer, and she was feeling better than she had felt in years. I glanced at her husband, expecting to see him looking at the floor and shaking his head, but he simply nodded matter of factly as if the cure was a done deal and hardly worth discussing. A few weeks later, Joan appeared on the local TV news, and told people for a hundred miles around about about her healing. Two weeks after that, she was dead.
"The prayer of faith shall heal the sick…" James 5:15
So, what happened—despite giving his word, God said no to her prayers, yet remained silent as she trusted in his promise and praised his mercy to thousands?
The TV news didn't report the death of their "faith-healed" cancer victim, and the newspaper obituary made no mention of her misplaced trust. Nor did Pastor Anne allude to it during the funeral, although if Joan had really gone into remission and died ten years from now of unrelated causes, Anne might have considered her "miraculous healing" of 2012 worthy of mention.
I can think of three reasons for going to a funeral: to show respect for the dead, to comfort the family, and to be comforted oneself. I do what I can with the first two, but since I believe that everything I'm hearing about God is a fabulous fiction, I'm not only un-comforted, I'm downright annoyed that every non-Christian in the audience is being excluded from the community of mourners with every sentence spoken. Does one funeral really need five hymns, five prayers, three lengthy Bible readings, and one sermon about God's comforting presence, plus a eulogy? It's not the presence of religious references that's hard for me—after all, Joan was a committed Christian—but the fact that that's all there is, and everyone is expected to participate. Imagine that you're sitting in an audience for a good ninety minutes, and nearly everything you hear—and are told to do ("Let us now stand as we join in prayer," "Let us now recite from the Word of God," etc.)—represents to you a belief system that, in the name of The Prince of Peace, has inspired two millennia of violence, oppression, and genocide.
Okay, so none of the scores—if not hundreds—of religious funerals I've attended were held in my honor, so I'm understandably stuck with other people's choices unless I prefer to stay home. I accept that at the level of action (that is, I still attend religious funerals), but atheists are like everyone else in that they want to feel a sense of belonging when they're grieving instead of being reminded that they live in a society that holds them in the same contempt that it holds child molesters.
I must admit though that my regard for religious faith—though not every religious person—isn't much better, because as I sat in that audience today with those hundreds of other people, most of them from Joan's church, I felt like I was in an asylum. I knew that most of the people I was among were probably quite reasonable in other areas of their lives, but as for what they were participating in right then, I considered it dishonest for some, delusional for others, and downright monomaniacal for a few. Despite the fact that I spent a great deal of my life in just such a setting, I was as overwhelmed by the irrationality of it all—especially in light of Joan's misplaced faith—as if I was witnessing some barbaric ritual for the first time.
For many years after I left the church, I would feel nostalgic for those same hymns we sang today (I probably hadn't heard "Wonderful Words of Life" since I was a teenager) along with all kinds of other things such as dinners-on-the-ground, being asked to preach short sermons, helping to serve "The Lord's Supper," and the smell of a new red-letter Bible with finger tabs and linen pages edged with gold. Maybe I'm done with that now because all I felt today was repugnance. Yet, I can truly say that it's not religious people I'm against (there are too many good ones, and I absolutely adore those among them who continue to read this blog); it's the mean things that their belief in that which is rationally indefensible causes millions of them to do. Once proof and logic is deemed inferior to faith, anything can happen.
Labels: American Christianity, atheism, funerals, religious oppression


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Gender Violence Prevention in Middle School Male Athletics Programs.
Angela Amar, Kathryn Laughon
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Extended Follow-up From a Randomized Clinical Trial of Routine Amoxicillin in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition in Niger.
Sheila Isanaka, Kyra H Grantz, Fatou Berthé, Myrto Schaefer, Eric Adehossi, Rebecca F Grais
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Association of Maternal Psychological Distress With In Utero Brain Development in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease.
Yao Wu, Kushal Kapse, Marni Jacobs, Nickie Niforatos-Andescavage, Mary T Donofrio, Anita Krishnan, Gilbert Vezina, David Wessel, Adré du Plessis, Catherine Limperopoulos
Importance: Prenatal maternal psychological distress can result in detrimental mother and child outcomes. Maternal stress increases with receipt of a prenatal diagnosis of fetal congenital heart disease (CHD); however, the association between maternal stress and the developing brain in fetuses with CHD is unknown. Objective: To determine the association of maternal psychological distress with brain development in fetuses with CHD. Design, Setting, and Participants: This longitudinal, prospective, case-control study consecutively recruited 48 pregnant women carrying fetuses with CHD and 92 healthy volunteers with low-risk pregnancies from the Children's National Health System between January 2016 and September 2018...
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Extrapolation Pitfalls and Methodology Flaws in Curing Anemia via Parental Education and Counseling-Reply.
Arun S Shet, Merrick Zwarenstein, Maria Rosaria Galanti
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Extrapolation Pitfalls and Methodology Flaws in Curing Anemia via Parental Education and Counseling.
Bo Zhou, Wenquan Niu
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An Athletic Coach-Delivered Middle School Gender Violence Prevention Program: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.
Elizabeth Miller, Kelley A Jones, Lisa Ripper, Taylor Paglisotti, Paul Mulbah, Kaleab Z Abebe
Importance: Adolescent relationship abuse (ARA) and sexual violence (SV) reported among adolescents point to the need for prevention among middle school-age youths. Objective: To test an athletic coach-delivered relationship abuse and sexual violence prevention program among middle-school male athletes. Design, Setting, and Participants: An unblinded cluster randomized clinical trial from spring 2015 to fall 2017 at 41 middle schools (38 clusters)...
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The Case for Removing Race From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline for Urinary Tract Infection in Infants and Young Children With Fever.
Rachel H Kowalsky, Ashley C Rondini, Shari L Platt
https://read.qxmd.com/read/31905239/evaluating-the-placebo-status-of-nebulized-normal-saline-in-patients-with-acute-viral-bronchiolitis-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
Evaluating the Placebo Status of Nebulized Normal Saline in Patients With Acute Viral Bronchiolitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Samantha A House, Anne M Gadomski, Shawn L Ralston
Importance: In therapeutic trials for acute viral bronchiolitis, consistent clinical improvement in groups that received nebulized normal saline (NS) as placebo raises the question of whether nebulized NS acts as a treatment rather than a placebo. Objective: To measure the short-term association of nebulized NS with physiologic measures of respiratory status in children with bronchiolitis by analyzing the changes in these measures between the use of nebulized NS and the use of other placebos and the changes before and after nebulized NS treatment...
January 6, 2020: JAMA Pediatrics
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Receipt of Addiction Treatment After Opioid Overdose Among Medicaid-Enrolled Adolescents and Young Adults.
Rachel H Alinsky, Bonnie T Zima, Jonathan Rodean, Pamela A Matson, Marc R Larochelle, Hoover Adger, Sarah M Bagley, Scott E Hadland
Importance: Nonfatal opioid overdose may be a critical touch point when youths who have never received a diagnosis of opioid use disorder can be engaged in treatment. However, the extent to which youths (adolescents and young adults) receive timely evidence-based treatment following opioid overdose is unknown. Objective: To identify characteristics of youths who experience nonfatal overdose with heroin or other opioids and to assess the percentage of youths receiving timely evidence-based treatment...
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Malaria Antigen Shedding in the Breast Milk of Mothers From a Region With Endemic Malaria.
Lieke W J van den Elsen, Valerie Verhasselt, Thomas Egwang
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Sleep Problems and Melatonin Use in School-aged Children.
Danni He, Wenquan Niu
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Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities in Children With In Utero Zika Virus Exposure Without Congenital Zika Syndrome.
Sarah B Mulkey, Margarita Arroyave-Wessel, Colleen Peyton, Dorothy I Bulas, Yamil Fourzali, JiJi Jiang, Stephanie Russo, Robert McCarter, Michael E Msall, Adre J du Plessis, Roberta L DeBiasi, Carlos Cure
Importance: The number of children who were born to mothers with Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy but who did not have apparent disability at birth is large, warranting the study of the risk for neurodevelopmental impairment in this population without congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). Objective: To investigate whether infants without CZS but who were exposed to ZIKV in utero have normal neurodevelopmental outcomes until 18 months of age. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study prospectively enrolled a group of pregnant women with ZIKV in Atlántico Department, Colombia, and in Washington, DC...
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Paradigm Shift in Asthma Therapy for Adolescents: Should It Apply to Younger Children as Well?
Elissa M Abrams, Allan B Becker, Stanley J Szefler
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Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities Associated With In Utero Zika Virus Infection in Infants and Children-The Unfolding Story.
Margaret A Honein, Kate R Woodworth, Christopher J Gregory
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Association Between Maternal Fluoride Exposure and Child IQ.
Chen Xi Gong, Nicole Ellen James
December 30, 2019: JAMA Pediatrics
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Association of Maternal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants in Early Pregnancy With Fetal Growth.
Marion Ouidir, Germaine M Buck Louis, Jenna Kanner, Katherine L Grantz, Cuilin Zhang, Rajeshwari Sundaram, Mohammad L Rahman, Sunmi Lee, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Pauline Mendola
Importance: Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been associated with birth size, but data on fetal growth and among racially/ethnically diverse pregnant women remain scarce. Objectives: To assess the association between maternal plasma POPs in early pregnancy and fetal growth and by infant sex and maternal race/ethnicity. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study used the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Fetal Growth Studies-Singleton cohort, which recruited nonobese, low-risk pregnant women before 14 weeks' gestation between July 1, 2009, and January 31, 2013, in 12 community-based clinics throughout the United States...
Alex B Berezow
Charles V Howard, Henry S Micklem, Chris Neurath
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Scaling the truth and spreading reconciliation
January 14, 2022 by Presbyterian News Service Leave a Comment
Joyce Johnson and the Rev. Nelson Johnson spoke Wednesday about their experiences with the Greensboro (N.C.) Truth & Reconciliation process. (Photo courtesy of Union Presbyterian Seminary)
(PNS)— Just as they helped launch the nation's first Truth & Reconciliation Commission in Greensboro, North Carolina, about 20 years ago, the Rev. Nelson Johnson and Joyce Johnson are making plans for a statewide effort they hope will become a national model.
The Johnsons spoke Wednesday during a session called "Just Act!" as part of Union Presbyterian Seminary's African American Social Justice Preaching Series. Watch the 90-minute discussion, hosted by Dr. Rodney S. Sadler Jr., who directs the seminary's Center for Social Justice & Reconciliation, by clicking here.
The seven-member Greensboro Truth & Reconciliation Commission was empaneled following deep community divisions over the events of Nov. 3, 1979, when five people were killed and 10 were injured after an attack during an anti-Ku Klux Klan rally. Click here to read the executive summary of the Commission's 2006 report.
The Johnsons are co-executive directors of Beloved Community Center, which seeks to "guide Greensboro into a new era of equitable economic sufficiency, peace, social, gender and racial justice that can serve as a model and inspiration for ourselves, our region, and our nation," according to the Center's website.
"We've decided to revisit a successful endeavor," Joyce Johnson said during Wednesday's forum. "We feel called now" with the blessing of the Beloved Community Center's Board of Directors. Nelson Johnson labeled the planned initiative the North Carolina Truth, Justice & Reconciliation process.
"We are a greatly divided and polarized nation. We are in a cold civil war" in which "we are throwing verbal grenades at each other," he said. But "it is not unthinkable this dangerous period could descend into a hot civil war," where states and regions "are thrown against each other in a violent clash … The predicament we are in is not unthinkable, and we have to take it seriously. Preaching God's truth is more important than it's been in your lifetimes," he told the seminarians in the online audience, "and maybe mine."
What's desperately needed today is more truth and less falsehood, more community and less polarization among the American people, he said.
The truth, justice and reconciliation process "is a human construct," Joyce Johnson explained, "something we as humans can and must do. It's everyday individuals and elected officials and religious leaders coming together and committing to speaking the truth in love." The fledgling process in North Carolina has an advisory council that includes Sadler and the Rev. Dr. William Barber II of the Poor People's Campaign.
"We think this is a piece of the way out of the situation we are in now," she said. "It's not the only way, but without the truth, we won't be set free."
"We need to have deep, deep listening," she said. "We talk past each other and we try to prove we are right and the other person is wrong. We have come to understand there is your way and my way. There has to be a third way that does not deny the truth and the sanctity of each one of us … Who better than people of faith, who have heard a call from God to build God's kingdom? Who better to step out and say, 'Here I am; send me! I will go out into the neighborhood to build up that aspect of the Beloved Community.'"
"Instead of throwing in the towel and walking away," Sadler told the Johnsons, "you have given us a path to do something about it."
The Johnsons answered questions posed by online listeners. Theologian Ched Myers wondered: What are some of the lessons you learned during the Greensboro experience?
"There was strong resistance to it," Nelson Johnson said. "After that surge of resistance, there was a significant number of white brothers and sisters who came and joined the process. A challenge was there was not a desire to know the truth, but there was a desire to reconcile. That was a major problem in our process. What are we reconciling if we don't face what it was that brough us to this moment?"
Dr. Rodney S. Sadler Jr.
"One lesson we learned, and we knew it but it was hammered into us by Archbishop Tutu and others, is that you need to be spiritually prepared for this work," Joyce Johnson said. "Before every public hearing we had a spiritual gathering at a local church."
How, another questioner asked, can I love those who seem to live for hate?
"You have to believe in the capacity of the other to change," Nelson Johnson said. "If you don't believe that, it closes the door on any serious effort to try." He recounted his efforts to meet with a Klan leader. The man eventually met with Johnson, but their conversation was kept quiet for many years. "You have to touch human beings on the human level," he said. "You can't see around the curve, but stay on the road."
The truth, justice and reconciliation process will not be "a magic bullet," he said.
"Those in power will not give up their power willingly," Joyce Johnson said. "We must build up the culture of truth to those who are open to it."
The process must include changing the narrative, according to Sadler.
"The way we live is shaped by story," he said. It won't be enough to change "policies, laws and business practices. We need to change the story we tell, which is based on the openness of human beings. We need to look to each other for justice and equity."
"You have to bring together a relatively small group of diverse people who share a thirst for the truth and have a relationship to a sector of people they can reach out to," Nelson Johnson said. "I advocate deep listening over winning an argument" because "as you listen deeply, the person has to deepen what they are saying."
Joyce Johnson said one of the biggest obstacles during the Greensboro process was "the impediment of disbelief, the people who think folks cannot change." She and her husband believed that "if we didn't [participate] it would plague justice work in this community forever. We wanted a place where our grandchildren could stand."
It was like tearing a page out of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes," she said. "It took a child to say, 'He doesn't have on any clothes.' We had to expose the truth about our society so we could build up the Beloved Community."
The process will start relatively modestly, remembering that Jesus called 12 disciples to help him launch his ministry.
"Jesus said to enter by the narrow gate. The wide gate is not transformative," Nelson Johnson said. "It's clear to me where this nation is likely to go unless we learn to walk toward each other building connective tissue and believing there is humanity in everyone."
"We need to save this American experiment," Sadler said, "and unite toward a more perfect union as we tell the truth, do justice and therefore foster reconciliation."
by Mike Ferguson, Presbyterian News Service
PPC announces staff realignment
LOUISVILLE -- The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC), official denominational publisher of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has announced changes in roles for several staff, most of which are effective immediately. Marc Lewis, PPC president and publisher-elect, said, "These changes are intended to recognize achievement and to align staff in roles…
Faith leaders call for raising minimum wage
Let Justice Roll, a national coalition of faith, community, labor, and business organizations, will held Living Wage events the weekend of Jan 10-11, and plan another on the Martin Luther King holiday weekend as part of the "$10 in 2010" campaign and in support of state and local living…
COGA recommends Portland as site for 2016 GA
The decision will be made by the upcoming 219th General Assembly, July 3-10 in Minneapolis. The 2012 and 2014 Assemblies will be held in Pittsburgh and Detroit, respectively.The Assembly last met in Portland in 1967. At that Assembly, the former United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America adopted…


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Q: Issue converting PostgreSQL query to DSLContext I am trying to convert a query I wrote and tested from the command line to a DSLContext query using jOOq and am encountering issues.  The query below  is intended to return a list of tags that match the like parameter with a wildcard from a table "campaign" with a JSONB column "tags".  This column has values formatted in the following way:
["dogs","cats","rabbits"]
select distinct A.value
from campaign T, LATERAL jsonb_array_elements_text(T.tags) A
where A.value LIKE 't%'

I am attempting to create this to a DSLContext in the following manner but I get an error "ERROR: argument of AND must not return a set".  Can anyone see what I can do to resolve this issue and produce the same results from my PostgreSQL query and my DSL query below?
final Field<String> tagField = field("jsonb_array_elements_text(tags)", String.class);

final Table<Record1<String>> lateral =
    lateral(sql.dsl().select(a).from(CAMPAIGN)).asTable();

final Result<Record1<String>> tag = sql.dsl()
.select(tagField)
.from(CAMPAIGN, lateral)
.where(tagField.like("t"))
.fetch();

A: Your query would translate to jOOQ as such:
Field<String> value = field(name("A", "value"), String.class);
sql.dsl()
   .selectDistinct(value)
   .from(
        CAMPAIGN,
        lateral(table("jsonb_array_elements_text({0})", CAMPAIGN.TAGS)).as("A"))
   .where(value.like("t%"))
   .fetch();


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Data Sample in Equifax Hack Scam Possibly From Third-Party Servers
A data sample provided last month by scammers trying to make a profit by claiming to have breached U.S. credit reporting agency Equifax may have been obtained from unprotected Amazon Web Services (AWS) instances owned by a different company.
Hackers exploited a known Apache Struts vulnerability to breach the systems of Equifax. They had access between mid-May and late July and they may have stolen the details of over 145 million consumers in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The compromised information included names, social security numbers (SSNs), dates of birth, addresses and, in some cases, driver's license numbers, credit card numbers and dispute documents.
Scammers have been trying to make a profit by claiming to sell the stolen Equifax data for several hundred bitcoins, worth millions of dollars. One scam was run by a group calling itself Equihax, which leaked the records of Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian and Bill Gates to prove that they had the Equifax data. They also provided the records of a non-famous individual in an effort to convince people that they were the real Equifax hackers.
While they likely haven't breached the credit reporting agency, they still may have obtained some Equifax customer data, but not from Equifax itself.
Researchers Aditya K Sood and Rehan Jalil had been looking for potentially new cloud threats when they identified several unprotected AWS instances that referenced Equifax.
"Upon accessing the HTTP service hosted on TCP port 9000/9001, we found that the web server returned a list of APIs," Sood and Jalil explained in a blog post. "We then queried one of the APIs and found that it was possible to retrieve data."
While the misconfigured databases reference Equifax, the researchers determined that they actually belong to an unnamed securities lending company based in Chicago. More precisely, they are part of the firm's QA systems. Some of the data stored in cleartext in the unprotected AWS cloud storage instances was valid, but some of it appeared to be test data, the experts said.
A data sample provided by Sood to SecurityWeek after querying the unprotected servers was in the exact same format as the data shared by scammers, which could mean they and possibly others also discovered these servers.
"It could be possible that scammers utilized this security flaw as well. The data dump is the same," Sood told SecurityWeek.
Sood and Jalil have not named Equifax in their blog post – they only reference a "credit bureau" – but there are various strings referencing "equifax" in the data they found. The credit bureau (i.e. Equifax) has confirmed to the researchers that it does not control the servers exposing data.
The securities lending firm was contacted by the researchers, but it had not taken any action to protect the servers as of October 8. However, some of the sensitive data stored in the databases was encrypted between September 15, when the experts first found the servers, and October 8, when they conducted additional tests.
The relationship between Equifax and the securities lending company is unclear. Equifax has not responded to SecurityWeek's inquiry regarding these unprotected systems.
Related: Equifax Website Redirects Users to Adware, Scams
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2020 Brand of the Year: Sobeys' grocery delivery mic drop
This year the company showed up in the ecomm space, while spending big on marketing for its banners.
By Justin Dallaire
This week, strategy is rolling out profiles of the 2020 Brands of the Year. Check back throughout the week to see the long-term plans and build-building strategies behind the rest of this year's winners.
This story originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 2020 issue of strategy.
When SVP of marketing Sandra Sanderson completed a cross-country check-in with Sobeys banners in late 2018 – her first month on the job – she noticed every store was running the same creative. "Not only was the campaign the same across the banners, all other elements of the marketing for the holiday season were exactly the same – there was no differentiation."
Hired by president and CEO Michael Medline in November that year, Sanderson was one of several new leaders tasked with helping Sobeys' parent co. Empire Limited transform the country's second-largest grocer from the bottom-up.
She immediately got to work creating clear and distinct brand strategies for every banner in the family, from Sobeys and Safeway to FreshCo and Thrifty Foods. The goal? To "sharpen the edges of our brands," she says, "so that each one would stand for something unique in the market and enable the enterprise to differentiate at scale."
Prior to Medline's arrival from Canadian Tire in 2017, Sobeys' marketing department didn't play a leading role in the organization, according to Sanderson. With the goal of long-term growth, she says the CEO tasked the unit with "bringing the voice of the customer to the table, being a champion of the brand and a strategic business leader."
New investment in marketing came even amid Empire's broader cost-reduction plans. Over the last several years, the Nova Scotia-based company has undergone a massive restructuring aimed at simplifying its business and operations. Between 2017 and 2020, under a plan dubbed "Project Sunrise," it successfully streamlined its way to $550 million in cost savings, in part by centralizing its operations.
With that heavy lifting behind it, the company unveiled "Project Horizon," an ambitious three-year plan, in July 2020. Through this next phase of its transformation, Empire is looking to "win Canadian grocery ecommerce," expand its footprint and private label portfolio and invest in data and analytics to deliver more personalized communications at scale. And with its new strategic mandate, the marketing team will play a central role across all of these initiatives.
One of the most notable developments to come out of Sunrise was the development of a new ecommerce platform, Voilà by Sobeys. The grocer went bigger with its launch than planned to capture demand during the height of the pandemic. Through a partnership with British ecommerce company Ocado – whose technology has advanced ecommerce adoption in the U.K. and the U.S. – it began testing Voilà in April, later rolling it out GTA-wide in June.
With the pandemic in full force, demand for grocery deliveries was at an all-time high. Some incumbent grocers, with more ecommerce experience than Sobeys under their belts, struggled to keep up with the overwhelming demand: deliveries took days or even weeks to fulfil and sometimes arrived without the correct items.
However, even as a latecomer to grocery delivery, Sobeys found success in a model that enabled it to circumvent many of COVID's demand issues. With Voilà, groceries are delivered directly from a fulfilment centre equipped with Ocado technology that can process a 50-item order in less than five minutes. As demand peaked, groceries arrived within one-hour windows, often on the day the order was placed.
"There were certain elements of our value proposition that we knew would be important to our customers – fresh products, affordable prices, reliable and convenient deliveries," says Sarah Joyce, SVP of ecommerce for Empire. "With COVID-19, a new consideration emerged around safety. We started highlighting for customers that we deliver from a robotic automated warehouse, not a store, meaning their order is packed safely and with less handling."
Joyce, who led all aspects of Voilà's development, including marketing and branding, says "Voilà" (a word that works as well in French as it does in English) was chosen to communicate the delight and "magic" with which groceries appear on customers' doorsteps. "We needed the brand to pop and to grab your attention," says Jacquelin Weatherbee, Sobeys' VP of communications, adding that brightly coloured Voilà delivery trucks are like "beautiful billboards zipping around neighbourhoods throughout the GTA."
The company is currently building the second of four planned fulfilment centres in Montreal that will serve Quebec and Ottawa customers starting in 2022. And it has rolled out a curbside pick-up option in the Atlantic provinces to expand its reach. Come the end of Project Horizon, the company expects to reach as much as 75% of Canadians and represent 90% of the potential ecomm spend pie.
Outside of ecommerce, the company has made good on its promise to refresh its brands and expand its footprint. In 2018, it grew its portfolio with the acquisition of Farm Boy, the fast-growing Ottawa-based grocer known for its fresh food, farm-to-table produce and private label brand. The acquisition enabled Farm Boy to accelerate its expansion in Ontario, with plans to double its stores from 26 to 42 in five years.
Meanwhile, the marketing department added new brand strategy and planning teams for each individual banner, as well as a new in-store marketing team, says Sanderson.
Through that process, the Sobeys banner was repositioned as "Canada's family grocery store." Safeway leaned further into its Western Canadian roots, and Foodland became the "friendly neighbour" communities could depend on, says Sanderson. But the most work was done on FreshCo, which she says was in need of a "bold rebranding and an expansion plan aimed at driving our discount business to the next level."
The FreshCo banner's previous black and white design had led shoppers to believe prices were as much as 10% higher than at competing stores. To help change perceptions, new decor and signage were rolled out across the banner's Ontario stores and carried through its expansion into Western Canada, where it plans to open 10 to 15 stores in fiscal 2021; it currently has more than 100 locations across the country.
To support the rebrand, FreshCo worked with Toronto-based agency Juliet on a new brand platform, "We Let Our Prices Do The Talking," which played up the banner's low prices (see p. 41). The campaign successfully drove value perceptions of the brand: 77% of shoppers who saw the ads said they made FreshCo seem different from other stores, and the banner outpaced category sales growth by 72% during the campaign period.
Across the entire portfolio, the company has made sponsorship and CSR a priority – the group even folded its community investment arm into the marketing team – as it looks to foster a more emotional connection with customers across its banners, says Sanderson.
In early 2020, Sobeys became the first national grocery chain to eliminate all plastic bags from its 255 locations – an eco-friendly move that got a boost from a "Say Goodbye to Plastic Bags" campaign.
Last year, it implemented "sensory friendly" shopping hours across all of its banners to accommodate shoppers with sensory sensitivities – an initiative first suggested by a store manager in P.E.I. that serves as an example of the company's commitment to "bottom-up innovation," says Weatherbee.
More recently, Sobeys and the Sobeys Foundation launched a mass campaign to drive awareness of its "A Family of Support" initiative, through which it will raise and donate millions of dollars in support of mental health programs at 13 children's hospitals and healthcare facilities. Sanderson previously said the investment represents "the broadest participation in a collective cause that we have ever had in our company's history."
With the pandemic heating up the grocery wars, the company's ecommerce wins and bigger marketing focus couldn't have come at a better time.
2020 Brand of the Year, sobeys


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'Friends of Najib Club' pledges continued support for PM
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The "Friends of Najib Club", known as N87, has pledged to continue supporting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's leadership.
N87 chairman Datuk Seri Dr Suleiman Mohamed said although they had retired from the world of politics, the members of the club remained eager to fight with the party, and were willing to help Barisan Nasional (BN) remain strong.
"Each of us has our own influence as old timers, and if they (the people) are overwhelmed by outstanding issues, they should listen to us.
"We will move and help in any way we can," he told reporters after the club's meeting in conjunction with the 40th anniversary celebration of Najib's involvement in politics at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) today.
Suleiman, a former deputy minister of information, said the N87 Club which was formed after the 13th general election, comprised former Youth division chiefs from when Najib was Umno Youth chief.
He said the club had carried out a number of programmes and efforts to reach out to voters, to help the party face the next general election.
He said today's inaugural meeting which brought together some 500 members, was the "soft launch" of the club, with its full launch expected to be officiated by Najib on April 12.
Meanwhile, Senator Datuk Seri Abdul Halim Abdul Samad, who had known Najib for over 40 years, said the prime minister was a leader who was a good listener and patient in facing challenges and political twists.
"We can see today, he (Najib) has been tested greatly, with relentless persecution by irresponsible groups.
"But he remains committed to his main job of looking after the welfare of the people of this country," said Abdul Halim, who was a senior political secretary to Najib for 20 years.
Former Marang MP Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Bakar said Najib was someone who highly valued the spirit of friendship.
Recalling his personal experience with Najib, he said, "During the 1986 election, I managed to beat Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS president) for the Marang parliamentary seat, and Najib personally came down to Marang to congratulate me, and called me 'Giant Killer'."
Former Kepala Batas Umno Youth chief Hasni Yasin said when Najib was Umno Youth chief, he often reminded Umno Youth members to remain committed and sincere in prioritising the interests of the people.
"He was nurtured so well with the characteristics of a prime minister, by his father the late Tun Razak Hussein (Malaysia's second prime minister)," he said. – Bernama, February 20, 2016.
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Brown: A tough place to go
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Phil Brown on Blues' trip to Mansfield Town on Saturday
Despite Mansfield not having won at home since September, Blues boss Phil Brown won't be taking his side's trip to the One Call Stadium lightly.
Mansfield's poor form at home has seen the drop down the table after a promising start, while Blues are unbeaten in 2014.
But Brown is expecting another tough test and insists preparation will be key ahead of the game.
He said: "It's a tough place to go, it's quite hostile with a tight pitch and we will need to be at our best.
"We faced them earlier in the season at Roots Hall and put in a really positive performance.
"The performance will be key again on Saturday. If we get that right then I'm sure we can get a positive result.
"We're getting the train up so we'll have Friday at the training ground too. We've prepared properly.
"We won't be taking anything for granted. It's a big game because we're still looking to open up this gap."
Brown is also contemplating changes in midfield, having been impressed by Conor Clifford, Marc Laird and Bedsente Gomis during the friendly at West Ham on Tuesday.
Barry Corr should also be fit for the game, while a late decision will be made on defender Luke Prosser after his operation on Thursday.
Brown added: "We have three games in six days but we've had a break and now it's up to me to decide whether to make changes.
"January was a busy time for us, especially with our exploits in the FA Cup against Millwall and Hull City.
"The midfield three at West Ham all pulled up trees and they are certainly in my thinking for Saturday.
"It's tough to make changes having seen the team be so consistent in recent weeks.
"We will have to wait and see how Luke is on Friday and Saturday morning because of the operation.
"Barry is back fit and available after he had double vision against Newport, and that's great news."


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Many thanks for the job you and your staff did on our boat.
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Lucille and I cannot thank you all enough for your magical workmanship you did for us.
Dave and his team did an amazing job on our canopy and full interior cushions. It was a really professional service from start to finish. They turn up on time, have a wide range of samples to choose from and clearly know how to make a sterling job. They use the very best materials eg stainless canopy bars that won't mark like aluminium and 5"foam with a special comfort layer for a better sleep.
An excellent service all round at a really fair price. Many thanks Dave.
We contacted David at Amtrim (after many recomendations) to supply and fit a new Canopy for our Seamaster. I have to say David and his team did a superb job! Our boat looks resplendant in it's green hood, the craftsmanship being excellent. We keep having people asking where we got our great hood from?
My wife and I are happy to recommend Amtrim for a superior job!
Just picked my boat up from Dave at Amtrim.
As always I am delighted with Dave and his team's work - superb quality, done on time and great value for money.
I highly recommend Dave to anyone needing any sort of trim work doing, not just boats.
It looks the nuts and I am very very pleased with the workmanship, I'm going to sit and have a few beers on it now whilst I write a list of all the things I need to fit in the next few weeks and then she's finished until the next new technology or trinket takes my eye.
Another big thumbs up for Amtrim!
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Then picked it up this Saturday and have to say the workmanship is second to none.
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Yesterday I had lunch with Pastor Dale and Pastor Chinh from Calvary Community Church in Manteca. Oh how I enjoy dreaming with local pastors about making disciples on college campuses! I look forward to seeing how the Lord continues to partner us together for His Kingdom.
Calvary Community Church is not too far from Delta College in Stockton and Modesto Junior College in Modesto. Pray that the Lord would continue to lead us as we seek to reach these campuses together with the Gospel!


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Australia's housing downturn unlikely to hit banking stability: central bank
Mon, Sep 10, 2018 - 11:30 AM
A senior central bank official has downplayed the chances of a slowdown in Australia's once-booming housing market undermining the stability of the country's banks, saying the risk appears to be low.
[SYDNEY] A senior central bank official has downplayed the chances of a slowdown in Australia's once-booming housing market undermining the stability of the country's banks, saying the risk appears to be low.
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Assistant Governor Michele Bullock sounded comfortable on Monday about the level of household debt and the ability of everyday Australians to keep up with rising repayments.
"Australian banks are well capitalised," she said in a speech at Albury, a regional centre 347 kilometres (216 miles) from Canberra.
"While lending standards were not bad to begin with, they have nevertheless tightened over the past few years," Bullock added. "Overall, arrears rates on housing loans remain very low."
Bullock, however, said an adverse shock to the economy could see households struggling to meet repayments on their mountain of debt, which is among the the world's highest at 190 percent of income.
Even so, Bullock said it appeared that average households had "some ability to absorb some increase in required repayments".
Three of Australia's four major lenders including Commonwealth Bank and Westpac hiked their mortgage rates in the past two weeks, raising fears increased debt repayments will further slow the property market and hurt consumer spending.
Subdued consumption by indebted households is one of the biggest concerns for the RBA which has held interest rates at a record low 1.50 per cent since last easing in August 2016.
Bullock said some households were feeling the pressure of high debt levels and recent increases in repayments but cited several reasons the situation was not worrying.
"First, the economy is growing above trend and unemployment is coming down," she said.
Australia's A$1.8trillion (S$1.77 trillion) economy expanded at a surprisingly fast annual 3.4 per cent last quarter while the jobless rate has eased to 5.3 per cent.
Second, average households were far ahead on their repayments already, while a recent improvement in lending standards has boosted the quality of banks' and households' balance sheets, Bullock added.
"In addition, strong housing price growth in many regions over recent years will have lowered loan-to-valuation ratios for many borrowers," she said.
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love seeing my wife properly seeded by her boss!
Lucky girls !!! A Black bull just for you... I'm so jealous !
sorry granny. stupid big balloons. yuck.
Lady D and Mandi McGraw, two old sluts that have seen a mile of BBC. The kissing was hot!!!!


One doesn't necessarily think racing, or anything at all fast, when waiting for a plate at Roscoe's Chicken 'N Waffles. But the Southern Cali food chain is banking on just the opposite, when a leg of World Class American Le Mans roars near its Long Beach location.
Now the official primary sponsor of the No. 77 Magnus Racing Porsche GT3 Cup, Roscoe's is hoping the car's eye-catching graphics will also grab the attention of many a spectator stomach, as it sits just blocks away, ready to serve.
Contrary to what many may think on initial glance, the Magnus Porsche will run on gasoline, not fryer grease—though that seems like a golden opportunity somebody's missing out on. Check out the full press release below.
April 11, 2011 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – In another major announcement for Magnus Racing, the team is proud to announce that it has formed a partnership with Los Angeles-based Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n Waffles for the upcoming American Le Mans Series at Long Beach, a featured event at the 37th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
A cultural landmark of Southern California, Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n Waffles brought soul food to Southern California in 1975 with the first 24-hour diner in Los Angeles. Its signature dish, Scoe's Chicken prepared Southern Style with two waffles, has been popularized by the restaurant's famous patrons - which include singers, to players of all Los Angeles sports teams, to countless television and movie stars. On any given night at Roscoe's you might find Snoop Dogg or Larry King.
Roscoe's Long Beach location, one of five operated by the company, is located mere blocks from the Grand Prix Circuit at the intersection of Broadway Blvd and Alamitos St and is traditionally a hub of activity during the Grand Prix weekend. This year, however, will mark the first time that the distinctive chicken and waffle logo will appear on a race car. Driver Craig Stanton, who lives not far from the Roscoe's Long Beach location, knows all about the legendary status Roscoe's has in the Long Beach community.
Additionally, the no.77 Magnus Racing Porsche GT3 Cup will feature additional sponsorship from partnering companies Pitbull Energy Drink and Seabird Jazz Lounge. Pitbull, owned by the Hip Hop Beverage Company, is the only minority-owned independent energy drink in the nation. Most popular for featuring no aftertaste and rated as one of the best tasting energy drinks on the market, Pitbull Energy Drink is available at Los Angeles and Orange County Chevron stations, Jethro's Cash & Carry, and is coming soon to Walgreens. Seabird Jazz Lounge is another staple of Long Beach. Featuring a number of jazz and other musical acts, the club is rich with a diverse group of acts and a relaxed, easy-going atmosphere.
The American Le Mans at Long Beach will be Magnus Racing's second GT-C race of the season, and their last until the Baltimore Grand Prix in September. However, after being taken out of contention while leading the class in the eighth hour of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, the team is eager to get the 'Party Barge' – the name bestowed on the team's ALMS Porsche, in honor of the turn 10 crowd at Sebring – into victory circle.
The American Le Mans at Long Beach weekend begins with Friday morning practice, 7:15 AM – 9:15 AM PST before qualifying in the afternoon, with GT-C qualifying scheduled for 5:20 PM – 5:35 PM PST. The Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series at Long Beach will begin on Saturday at 4:30 PM PST with the checkered flag falling at 6:30 PM PST.
The race can be viewed live in its entirety on ESPN3.com, with coverage beginning at 4:15 PST, with a broadcast on ESPN2 on Sunday, April 17, at 5:00 ET. Fans of Magnus Racing can follow the team throughout the weekend on Facebook (facebook.com/magnusracing) and twitter (@magnusracing).


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How to Verify Your TikTok Account as a Singer and Musician
TikTok's popularity has soared in 2020. It's a fun platform to post content as a singer and musician, whether you're posting clips of music or exclusive behind-the-scenes content. If you're looking to become a verified TikTok user, there's more than one way to verify your account.
It's trickier to verify an account on TikTok than other social media platforms. Traditional verification is reserved solely for celebrities and famous figures. But TikTok has its own second unique method of account verification that any user can try and gain.
You might not be able to get a blue verification badge on TikTok, but you can compete with other users to try and get your account verified as a "popular user". What's more, you'll build your fanbase and have lots of fun in the process.
How do you get a verified account on TikTok?
You won't be able to get a verified user badge on TikTok if you're not a super famous singer. TikTok doesn't explicitly state the criteria for getting an account verified, but only celebrities get a blue verification tick on their profiles. But don't be disheartened, as there are two ways to verify your account on TikTok:
#1 If you're a verified user
You can easily get a verified account if you're a noteworthy public figure, celebrity or brand. Tiktok will verify the accounts of famous people and businesses automatically with a blue tick.
#2 If you're a popular user
Unless you're a world-famous star, this is the most achievable way to get your TikTok account verified. If you post lots of regular content that people love, TikTok has the power to select you as a popular user and verify your account with an orange tick.
How to Build Your Fanbase & Connect with Fans (When You Can't Perform)
The music industry is always adapting and evolving. This is more important than ever during the COVID-19 lockdown. When singers can't get on stage and tour, both the artists and their fans are left disappointed. But in the age of digital media, musicians are revolutionising music and building fanbases from their living rooms. If you can't tour or... Read more »
How many followers do you need to be verified on TikTok?
Famous figures and brands will get verified on TikTok regardless of how many followers they have. These accounts have to be managed by the celebrities themselves though, not a fanbase, or they will be deleted.
TikTok hasn't stated exactly how many followers you need to be verified as a Popular User, but you'll need at least 100,000. To qualify you need more than lots of followers; you need to post regular, high-quality content that gets lots of views. The more views and comments you get on your videos, the more likely your account will be verified.
What does the blue tick mean on TikTok?
TikTok likes to get creative with its verification badges. The mobile platform has a traditional-looking blue verification tick on some accounts, but it also has orange ticks or crowns appearing on other profiles. It can be confusing to keep up with all the different badges, so here's a quick breakdown:
The Blue Tick
Like some other social media platforms, the blue tick is a mark of verification on TikTok. It appears on the profiles of celebrities, famous musicians, brands, and news networks. This badge indicates that the profile is associated with that famous person and is not a fan-page or parody account.
The Orange Tick
Some accounts on TikTok will have an orange tick next to their name. These indicate accounts verified as "popular users." The orange verification tick is awarded to influencers and popular creators on the network and is used to set these users apart from celebrity profiles and standard TikTok users.
If you joined TikTok post–2018, you might be confused by the crown badge that appears on some accounts. This is the logo TikTok used to use to indicate an official verified account, but this has since been changed to more traditional tick badges.
How long does it take to play the guitar? 15 tips to teach yourself to play the guitar
How long does it take to play the guitar if you are aspiring to be the next great guitar legend? Whether you teach yourself or are getting lessons, every person has to start with the basics. It takes a lot longer to play the guitar if you don't practice. Learn as much as you can... Read more »
How do you get followers on TikTok?
Your only shot at getting your TikTok account verified is by becoming a "popular user." This will require you to build a huge fanbase. As a singer, you can use your vocal talents and your existing social media as a singer to boost your following. Give these techniques a go:
Perform duets with other TikTok users to pool your fanbase
Incorporate trending songs into your videos
Post regular content
Record high–quality videos
Add hashtags to your videos
Share your TikTok content on your other social media platforms
Tiktok for artists
Being on as many social media platforms as possible is a great way to build your reputation as an artist. Even if you don't manage to get a "popular user" verification badge on TikTok, it's still worth setting up an account to increase your exposure and grow your fanbase.
How to Get Your Social Media Accounts Verified as a Singer and Musician
Social media is a powerful tool for musicians. It can turn previously unheard-of artists into the next big thing, especially if you have a verification checkmark on your page. You don't have to be a signed artist to get your social media pages verified as a singer and musician. Verification is straightforward and so worthwhile. Social media is so important for musicians. If... Read more »
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i become the message that my site isn´t safe. in the source code are links that begins with "http:/..". thats may be the problem. how can i fix this.
i'm realy excited of the theme until now.
Please let us know if you have enabled SSL certificate or not?
Also please provide your site URL for the further inspection.
first thanks for your answer. Of course is SSL enabled. Thats all right. I think its some of content but i can`t find.
Can i send you an private message with my URL?
I solved the problem. It's up to Firefox. This does not allow more certificate manufacturers and sets them to "untrusted". Thank you so much for the effort.
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Nicole M. Kalajian is an attorney at Stradley Ronon and a member of the Investment Management Group. Mrs. Kalajian was selected as a Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
She is a founder of the Investment Network and the Digital Assets Working Group. She is a former Co-Chairman of the Chicago Bar Association's Financial Investment Services Committee and the Futures & Derivatives Law Committee and is active in these committees today.
Mrs. Kalajian has extensive experience launching and advising various investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, commodity pools, fund of funds, cryptocurrency funds and socially responsible investment (SRI) vehicles.
Mrs. Kalajian was a Panelist, The Blockchain Revolution: Commercial, Legal, and Academic Perspectives; Moderator at Cryptocon 2018, Cryptocurrencies - Hedge/Mutual Fund Perspective; and a Panelist, HFA Cryptocurrency and Hedge Funds Seminar to name a few events.