What are the main benefits and advantages of your FCP products for the oil and gas industry?
Being non-metallic, our FCP system is fully corrosion-and scaling-free. During their lifetime, our SoluForce FCP does not require any maintenance, resulting in minimal OPEX. Our service solution further includes a non-metallic fitting system, to ensure that the complete pipeline, from start-point to end-point, is free from corrosion scaling and maintenance.
Due to the way we package our coils, they are very easy to handle in the field resulting in quick and easy installation. Our FCP can be uncoiled anywhere; no need for minimum site clearance, our pipes will squeeze through and fit in almost any gap.
Moreover, the fittings are installed through a completely automated and traceable process, using lightweight and easy to operate equipment. Fittings are available in multiple (customer specified) alloys and ratings.
The SoluForce pipeline is completely flexible, meaning they can go up hills, down slopes, round corners, across gullies, and underwater with ease. The SoluForce FCP system does not require any supporting infrastructure like sleeper supports, which are generally required for steel pipelines. They can be directly installed on the surface, or they can be buried in a trench.
What are the main challenges faced by oil and gas pipeline operators in the Middle East, and how are your products helping to address them?
Ageing pipelines are a huge risk as the assurance of reliable output is vital to oil and gas pipeline operators. With the increasing risk of spills, most conventional steel pipelines require regular maintenance to extend their lifetime. It makes sense to replace them with a solution that does not require any maintenance and that has proven to be extremely reliable in a variety of (harsh) environments.
Making existing or new marginal fields economically viable is a huge challenge. Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) involves highly corrosive fluids, causing conventional pipelines to have constant maintenance and corrosion inhibitors. SoluForce FCP is different… SoluForce provides solutions with minimal OPEX, so it becomes an easy win-win opportunity. With our solutions, oil and gas companies are able to operate new and existing oil and gas fields significantly more efficient. Moreover, with our flexibility and short lead-times, our customers can respond quickly to requirements and developments in their fields.
How do you view the Middle East market for your FCP products, and how are you hoping to develop your business in the region?
SoluForce was the first company to develop FCP back in 1998, and we were also the first FCP to be installed in the Middle East in 2000. These FCP are still operational to this day, without any issues. This has allowed us to be at the forefront of FCP developments in the region. It has been very interesting to see the developments throughout the years, in which we have continued to supply the region and built long-term relationships.
Each year billions of dollars are invested in pipelines in the Middle East, but the majority of these investments are literally corroding away. Luckily, we notice that more and more oil and gas companies use non-metallic innovative solutions as part of their strategy program and become aware of the benefits of FCP and the impact they can have on their operations.
As the originator of FCP, SoluForce has always strived to be the leader in FCP developments and innovations. This has led to various innovations like the industries only true Gas Tight FCP (SoluForce GT) and High-Temperature FCP solution with design temperatures of 105°C / 225°F (SoluForce HT).
With a number of innovations to come, we are continuing to evolve our FCP markets and products, which will enable us to continue to develop and cement our business in the region.
Are there any current or recent oil and gas pipeline projects/contracts you are working on in the region which would like to highlight?
Throughout the Middle East, we are working with various major local oil and gas companies. SoluForce FCP is used in a variety of applications. With a lot of our projects, enhanced oil recovery has a major impact on the pipeline infrastructure. Companies are incurring higher costs due to corrosion and maintenance issues.
Recently we were involved in a project where the carbon steel pipes used for water injection had a lifetime of only 2 to 5 years due to corrosion issues. By using SoluForce FCP, this customer now has a pipeline with a significantly longer lifetime without corrosion or maintenance. Resulting in considerable OPEX reductions.
What importance do you attach to servicing and support?
Our aim is to help companies reduce their costs and make their operation safe, durable and more efficient. In addition to our FCP solutions, service and support play a major role.
With our committed and knowledgeable team combined with a high level of service, SoluForce really does distinguish itself in the market. Because of this, all of our customers eventually come back to us. This allowed us to deliver over 3.500km of maintenance free FCP word-wide in various applications and environments since the year 2000.
Through the SoluForce Academy, we train and support our customers' (local) staff by improving their knowledge and experience. The SoluForce Academy allows for safe and consistent installation and operation of SoluForce systems. As a global community of certified SoluForce installers, operators, engineers, inspectors and end-users, it functions as a knowledge sharing platform with access to a large knowledge base about SoluForce FCP.
What is the role played by technology and innovation in tackling pipeline challenges and issues? How do you think pipeline technology might develop in the future?
As a matter of fact, SoluForce is a technology that resulted from tackling pipeline challenges and issues. Back in 1998, Shell and AkzoNobel (now Teijin) were developing a pipeline solution to solve the corrosion issues Shell was experiencing in their oil and gas fields. These companies were looking for someone that could produce long-lengths of this new pipe, so they approached our parent company (Pipelife). An R&D project was started, resulting in the first SoluForce FCP solution. In the years after, the SoluForce product portfolio was expanded to offer solutions for low to extremely high pressures and for gas and high-temperature operations.
SoluForce continues its strong focus on innovation and technical developments. In the near future, this will lead to new products, solutions and applications using and combining new materials and advanced technologies.


Want to build your own chatbot, but have no idea where to start?
Well, ANA is here to help you with that.
Platform: Backend API which serves the chat requests. This component is responsible for merging the chat flow template with the chat content and returning the flow when requested by the clients.
Studio: A conversation studio which creates a mind-map like flow with support for multiple languages within the same flow. Supports rich text, emojis, html and media content as the bot's voice. And enables non-developers to edit the flow and its content at any given point of time, changes being reflected instantly.
Simulator: Used to test and experience the chat flow.
SDK: iOS and Android SDK which aid in integrating the chatbot with apps.
Windows 10 PC with developer mode enabled. Developer mode is needed to install ANA Simulator as it is a Universal Windows Platform app usually distributed via Windows App Store.
To enable developer mode, go to your PC Settings > Update & Security > For Developers. Under 'Use developer features', choose 'Developer Mode'.
If you have older version of windows, ANA Conversation Studio will install but the Ana Simulator will not be installed. You can still publish and use the chat bot in Web Chat, Android, iOS or Facebook Messenger.
Download ANA Conversation Studio Setup x.x.x.msi from releases.
Run it and follow the on screen instructions.
2. Once installation is complete, you can run the ANA Conversation Studio from the desktop or from start menu.
To use localhost APIs in your chat, you need to run a small command which will unblock location APIs being used from the ANA Conversation Simulator.
Open command prompt and run checknetisolation loopbackexempt -a -n=44cabbc3-0a2f-4255-b5bb-b099cd5762f9_hvc7j3s42jt6e.
By default, localhost URLs are blocked in UWP Apps for security, above command will unblock it for only this particular app.
Once you have created and tested your chatbot in the ANA Simulator in your computer, you would want to publish it. You can publish your chat bot once and have it live on multiple channels, be it Web Chat, Android, iOS or Facebook Messenger.
Click here for instructions on how to setup one yourselves.
In ANA Conversation Studio, open the chat bot project you want to publish.
Go to Tools>Publish. In the window that appears, click on 'Add Server/Chat Project'.
Now, in the window that appears, click on the 'Add' button to the top left, then select 'New Publish Server' that was added.
Enter your ANA Chat Server details. The Server URL is mandatory and the Key and Secret are only needed if they are set in the chat server.
5. Click on 'Chat Projects' field. In the window that appears, click 'Add' and enter a new 'Chat Project Id' and also a Name. The 'Chat Project Id' a.k.a. 'Business Id' is the one you need to link this chat bot on Web Chat, Android, iOS or Facebook Messenger.
6. Click 'Ok' and then Click 'Save'. You should be back to Publish Window. Choose the server you just created, in Server drop down. Choose the Chat Project you just created, in Chat Project drop down and click publish.
The following channels are supported for deploying your ANA chatbot. Follow the links for instructions.
Now that you have everything you need, go ahead and create your chatbots.
For more information on ANA, look ahead for our blogs or visit us at ana.chat.


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There's an easy way to download the new Jay-Z album for free -- legally
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Though "4:44" premiered June 30 as an exclusive release for Tidal and Sprint customers, Tidal made the album available for free on Sunday before taking the link down by the end of the day.
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Are millennials smarter than us?
This column, it should be acknowledged, is built on sand. Nobody really knows how the savings and investment habits of today's young adults will differ from those of their parents. As millennials have just begun the process of saving for retirement, the evidence of their behavior, such as it is, consists of anecdotes and impressions.
That said, the early signs are encouraging. Consider, for example, the FIRE movement: Financial Independence, Retire Early. My professional colleagues doubt this financial strategy, which seeks rapid wealth accumulation through extreme thrift. The Wall Street Journal's Jason Zweig tweeted "Honk if you think this will actually work." More caustically yet, Morningstar's Karen Wallace responded, "I can't even imagine what would happen if I tried to feed my children brown bananas. I would need a bodyguard."
My view is more positive. While acknowledging Karen's counter that "none of these 40-year-old millionaires have kids," and Jason's disbelief that FIRE's advocates will stick with their financial diet, I salute the creed's direction. Baby boomers were raised to spend first, save later. That approach works well for those with high, growing incomes. For most Americans, though, incurring early debt means repaying loans when they should be saving for retirement.
The switch in viewpoint is also useful. As with governments, people generally regard their costs as fixed and their income as variable. They think they can control the latter by working harder but that they cannot much adjust the former, as they are locked into their obligations. That is wrong. Even for families with children, one person's necessity is another person's choice. FIRE highlights the overlooked side of the financial ledger.
I won't overstate matters. As journalists sometimes say: one observation is a dot, two forms a line, and three is a trend. Coverage of FIRE - or even the questions that are frequently asked of Karen when she gives her financial-planning presentations - doesn't mean that there's truly something to the movement. Also, millennials have been known to change their minds. (Occupy Wall Street, anybody?) This is merely one step in a helpful direction. But the direction is right.
More certain is the benefit from digital advice. To date, robo-advisers are tiny. Indeed, there is some debate as to whether the independent providers, such as Betterment and Wealthfront, will survive over the long term. However, there's no question that digital advice has taken hold at the major brokerage firms. Vanguard, for example, now runs more than $100 billion through its digital-advice platform.
And that's a good thing. Traditional financial-services firms claim otherwise, maintaining that generic computer programs can't match the personal touch. However, I don't know any disinterested parties who believe that argument for newer investors. The $2000 commission generated by selling a load mutual fund to a $50,000 client doesn't pay for extended conversations, nor for special expertise. Nor do many such buyers require customisation. They are well served by the low-cost portfolios created by digital providers.
Digital advice is the latest step in small-investor diversification. First came the single stock. It was followed by the single, actively managed mutual fund, which eliminated the possibility that the security would go to zero. Then came the index fund, which removed manager risk. Now there are digital-advice portfolios, which combine multiple index funds. Not all steps were equally important - the shift from stock to fund being the largest of the jumps - but all were improvements.
Also encouraging has been the demise of market prognosticators. Admittedly, that puts the matter too strongly: there remain those who prophesy the stock market's future. But they are far less visible than in the past. Back in the day, moderators customarily asked investment "experts" where the Dow Jones Industrial Average would be 12 months later. The question was routine. Today, it is not. Millennials don't believe the answers.
If there are to be forecasters, better that they attempt the feat for individual stocks, as company prospects can be discussed more intelligently than can the direction of the stock market. One place this occurs (in addition to Morningstar.com, of course) is at the "transparent investing platform" Netvest, which permits members to share their stock selections. One particularly successful subscriber, the company's publicist informed Morningstar, is Mona Carmody, "the Michigan personal investor consistently beating Wall Street."
Once again, my coworkers were skeptical - an emotion that I somewhat shared when I compared Carmody's 81 per cent gain for the five-year period from 2013-17 to the S&P 500's return. (You guessed it, the index was higher, at just under 99 per cent.) But then I stepped back. The process is fully transparent; the investments are for the long term; and the analysis is based on business fundamentals. That certainly beats day trading, which online investment firms were hawking 20 years ago.
None of this is to suggest that millennials will achieve financial success. They may even fare worse than my baby boomer generation, when all is said and done. But the early indications are positive. In becoming warier about spending (or at least, discussing the issue), adopting digital advice, and moving from stock market forecasts to more-meaningful investment discussions, younger investors seem to have learned from their elders' mistakes.
John Rekenthaler has been researching the fund industry since 1988. He is now a columnist for Morningstar.com and a member of Morningstar's investment research department. John is quick to point out that while Morningstar typically agrees with the views of the Rekenthaler Report, his views are his own.


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FLOC Launches JPMorgan Chase Divestment Campaign
Increasing pressure on Reynolds American
Last week the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO (FLOC) launched a national divestment campaign of JPMorgan Chase as part of the campaign against Reynolds American. Chase is one of the lead banks in a consortium of lenders that provides $498 million dollars in credit to Reynolds American, one of the largest tobacco companies in the US. While Reynolds and Chase make billions, tobacco farmworkers continue to suffer serious human rights abuses in the fields.
Reynolds continues to refuse to meet with FLOC to discuss these human rights abuses, so FLOC is now asking Chase for help in bringing Reynolds to the table. As a major lender to Reynolds, Chase has the stature and resources to convince Reynolds to improve conditions for tobacco farmworkers. Since May 12, 2010 FLOC has been asking Chase to use their influence to push Reynolds to address farmworker exploitation. To date Chase has refused to take any action. Read more at http://supportfloc.org/Chaseboycott.aspx.
FLOC supporters all across the country are closing their Chase accounts, canceling their Chase credit cards, and pledging not to bank with Chase until Reynolds agrees to work with FLOC to find a solution to these abuses, or until Chase severs its financial ties with Reynolds.
Support Justice for Tobacco Farmworkers, Support the JPMorgan Chase Divestment Campaign!
JPMorgan Chase is one of the lead banks in a consortium of lenders that provides $498 million in credit to Reynolds American, one of the largest tobacco corporations in the country. Reynolds is making billions while farmworkers continue to suffer serious human rights abuses in the tobacco fields.
Tell Chase you won't bank with a company that ignores farmworker exploitation:
Close your Chase bank accounts and credit cards and send Chase an e-fax (http://bit.ly/dARpLx) telling them you support justice for farmworkers.
Don't have a Chase account? You can still pledge not to bank with Chase in support the campaign and send an e-fax (http://bit.ly/a3BXsa).
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The 40 Best Business Ideas for Kids - Beyond the Lemonade Stand!
As a new parent, I'm constantly trying to figure out the best way to educate our little hustler about business, entrepreneurship, and money.
And while he's a few years away from the proverbial lemonade stand on the sidewalk, let me use that as inspiration for this post.
I had a number of entrepreneurial ventures as a kid — some successful and some less so — but for every package of Skittles I sold and every baby I sat (OK, that sounds super weird), I was learning on small scale the basic elements of business.
I asked for some help to come up with this list, so thank you to everyone who contributed their ideas!
I think you'll find something for every age level below. After all, Warren Buffett says (paraphrasing) that the age you start your first business was found to be a strong predictor of your business success later in life.
Fifteen year old Ned is a sneaker mogul. Starting with a $50 purchase of a pair of Air Jordan 3s, he's multiplied his money by buying and selling shoes locally and in different "sneakerhead" Facebook groups.
He sold that pair for $100, and is on track to net $5000 in this business by the time he graduates high school.
Aja McClanahan's daughters earn up to $1000 per hour for television and voiceover acting.
She's got a Udemy course on how you can help get your kids into the industry and avoid all the predatory scams.
From 1999-2005 (13-19) I was making $10-$20 a day easily selling snacks to my friends over our lunch break.
The startup costs were small because I'd get a 6 pack of Mountain Dew for a couple dollars and then sell each one for $1 a piece or the price of a lunch ticket ($1.75 at the time) then use the profits from that to fund buying candy, buying my own lunch and selling the pickle slices for $0.50 each to other students.
It always allowed me to have plenty of spending money on me when we went on field trips. If other students needed a loan when we were out and about I could give them a few bucks and most of them paid me back the very next day with interest.
Selling candy is a popular business for kids namely because they're so close to the target market for candy: other kids!
This was definitely one I made money with at Scout camp as a kid. Mom took me to Costco before camp and I loaded with Skittles and Caramel Apple Pops to sell to the other campers. It wasn't hard to undercut the "Trading Post" and still make a nice little profit.
A friend of mine in middle school was "the gum guy." He had a great hustle going selling sticks of gum for $0.25 each.
One way to "scale up" your candy sales empire is to bring in other salespeople, and even more profitable when those salespeople are actually machines.
"After hearing your episode on vending machines, my son and I bought two cheap candy vending machines," Preston Lee told me. They've already found a location for one and are earning passive income from it each week.
You've got a little more investment required in buying the equipment, and some time spent finding a place for it, but after that, vending can make money without your direct time input.
Both Swagbucks and Survey Junkie allow users age 13 and up to earn money for completing short surveys and other assignments, like watching advertiser videos.
In fact, Swagbucks will even give you a free $5 bonus.
The payouts are relatively low, but if you're a teenager with nothing better to do, these platforms can be a great way to earn some extra spending money.
Of course you could get lawn mowing customers the old fashioned way, by wheeling your lawn mower up and down the neighborhood and knocking on doors, but that's old school.
Enter GreenPal, which is best described as Uber for lawn care.
GreenPal has over 5500 vendor partners (lawn mowers and other yard care providers) in seven states throughout the county.
On top of that, Bryan said the average GreenPal vendor makes around $55 per hour mowing lawns on its system.
Kids can set their own hours and pick the clients they want to work for.
Of course this one will depend on your geography and seasonality, but shoveling snow and clearing driveways and walkways is a definite need that kids can help with.
Thanks to Julie Morgenlender of Nest Egg Chick for the tip!
I only had to work for about 30 minutes every day after school. It wasn't much, but it taught me to be disciplined, and responsible.
Then I had to go door to door at the end of each month, and collect the money. This wasn't too big of a problem.
The biggest pain was the Thanksgiving newspaper, because that newspaper was the size of a dictionary with all those retail inserts promoting Christmas sales.
But I vividly remember this one moment when I was in 4th grade. A book market had shown up, and you could buy neat books.
All my classmates, and the other grades, went bonkers over it.
And as a 10 year old, I was excited too. So I pulled out this fat wad of $1 and $5 dollar bills (probably totaling about $30), ready to spend like a baller. And I remember the other kids, staring at the cash, wide-eyed, and whispering about how much money it was.
And that's when I knew I was a hustler.
Matt Burgess of British Columbia said his 4 year old daughter collected and painted seashells and then sold them at a local market for $1 apiece.
When 12-year old Tony Guertin launched Tony's Pet Sitting, he knew some customers might be apprehensive about handing over their best friend to a preteen. So what did he do?
He went out and got insurance to give customers peace of mind. And then the insurance company thought it was awesome so they made a video about it.
"For the past several years, my 12 year old Noah has sold on Ebay," Michael from WorkAtHomeInspiration.com told me.
Entrepreneurship runs in the family: Michael has an online business (an ecommerce store) and encourages Noah to sell online as well.
As a "responsible" kid, this was one of my go-to ways of making money in my youth. I had a few regular clients and thankfully no disasters that required driving anywhere.
Word of mouth and flyers in the neighborhood worked to get gigs back then, and sitters as young as 14 can join Care.com today. Get CPR and emergency preparedness training to give parents (and yourself) peace of mind.
Doug Nordman's daughter had a very positive life experience with Kumon (math & reading tutoring). She started their math program at age 7 and loved it.
"The minute she turned 14, she applied for her state work permit and went part-time at the same franchise, learning about tutoring and what it takes to run a business," Doug said.
Of course kids can freelance tutor as well, especially if they're well-versed in the subject and can find some clients a few years younger in need of a little extra help.
He's been in the poop-scooping business for two years now, and said he rakes in about $250 a week. One thing he's done that's super smart is to set customers up on a recurring payment plan; for $40 a month, he'll come and clean up your yard once a week.
Of course, prices vary depending on the number of dogs and how frequently you want him to stop by.
Thanks to Claudia Pennington for the tip!
There's even a podcast called The Show About Science, hosted by Nate, a curious 6-year old. Thanks to Robin Chedgey for the tip on that one, whose kids sell trading cards and jam in their spare time.
Amber Hinds runs the digital marketing agency, Road Warrior Creative, and volunteers teaching entrepreneurship at a local Montessori school. The school's Entrepreneur Club includes students in 1st through 5th grades.
Last year, the kids successfully started and ran two businesses through Entrepreneur Club, a greeting card/craft sales business, and a car wash.
For each business concept, the children wrote full business plans including an executive overview, budget, competitor analysis, and marketing plan.
Amber indicated the startup costs for the ideas the kids have vary, but are usually under $100. "Both the greeting card business and car wash business executed last year were profitable," she added.
This one requires a little more tech savvy than many of the others, but could be a fantastic foray into the world of entrepreneurship. Tom Woods from HappyEarner.com has his 13-year old daughter Regina helping him with this business.
I was around that same age when I first started building basic sites, and the tools have only gotten easier since then.
Entertaining video gamers are earning serious money broadcasting their games live on Twitch.tv. Twitch streamers make money with a share of the site's subscription fees, advertising on their channels, donations, and selling merchandise to their fans.
Baseball cards were a big deal when I was growing up, and naturally so was trading and selling them among friends.
Of course this works with other collectible cards and sports too.
OK, I'm not from the South. Is this a thing?
Jessi Fearon and her brother picked up pinecones in our neighbors' yard every summer and fall for a nickel a pinecone.
Nick explained how his mom helped him understand how to pay for the ingredients with the revenue, but was kind enough to let him keep all of the profit.
"I also learned the valuable skill of baking," he added.
Every now and then you hear these stories of kids with super profitable YouTube channels, like this guy (with the help of his parents) who's raking in an estimated $36,000 per day.
At press time, this ONE video of Ryan's has over 600 million views. That's nuts!
If your little one has a funny personality, it might make sense to point the camera at them at let them turn on the charm while they play with toys or video games.
Julie Dye of Oklahoma City shared this story in the Side Hustle Nation Facebook group.
We had coffeeshop! My 10 year old daughter makes the coffee, provides cream, and sells free pastries from a community food reclamation project. Everything is $1. We invite a bunch of people over to our house on Facebook, and she serves everyone on the porch.
She has a tip jar and Kids Club with free fruit (like Whole Foods). She and her 6 year old friend run the whole thing, including cleanup. Her helper gets $7 per session (for about 3 hours).
She keeps a ledger of expenses and has to pay us back for the coffee. I require her to put a certain percentage in her savings account, a certain amount goes toward the coffee and cream, and the rest she is free to spend as she wishes.
She enjoys drawing and making art, so this is a very low-entry way for her to get involved with entrepreneurship. She has expressed interest in other ways to make money, such as having a yard sale or selling her old toys or clothes she has outgrown.
At this stage, she is a little young to fully understand the concept of startup capital, or needing money to make money. So in many ways this has been a fun learning experience for her and for me. I am doing my best to encourage this line of thinking and I hope she continues looking for creative ways to earn money. It's a great life skill to have.
In addition to the classic lemonade stand, Rachel Hernandez put on puppet shows for the neighborhood.
Teresa Mears of LivingontheCheap.com taught piano from ages 13 to 16, adding that it paid double the minimum wage at the time.
Erin Lowry, founder of BrokeMillennial.com, learned a couple important entrepreneurial lessons early on.
During her mom's garage sale, she and her sister set out a tiny Fisher-Price table with 2 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts. She charged $0.50 apiece and it wasn't long before they were completely sold out.
That was lesson #1: Set up shop where your target customers already are.
Clutching her $12 in coins in her teal fanny pack, and imagining all the awesome toys she was going to buy at Toys 'R Us, her dad had some bad news for her. He claimed $3 as reimbursement for supplying the donut inventory, and $2 for Erin's sister's "help" that morning, leaving her with a profit of $7.
That was lesson #2: Revenue does not equal profit.
This story comes from Tiffany over at EarnLikeAGirl.com.
For any horse loving kid, working at a barn is a great way to teach them responsibility. When I was 10, my mother bought me a horse but told me I had to work to earn her boarding costs.
Every weekend I was dropped off at the barn at 7am to muck stalls, clean water buckets, feed, turn out, blanket, etc.
Not only did I develop amazing biceps from all that stall mucking, it really taught me the value of hard work and that you CAN have what you want, but in order to keep it you must work hard and be accountable. Greatest lesson ever!
Barns are always looking for help and usually can be very flexible on offering discounted lessons or board in exchange for barn help.
If technology is second nature to your little one, building a website around their favorite show or hobby could actually be a lucrative endeavor.
This was another suggestion from Priest over at AffiliateMission. He indicated his daughter would do this for popular movies like The Hunger Games and earn money promoting merchandise as an affiliate.
Kids have the advantage of being closer to the trends and fads going around their school, and could use that "inside" information to build a profitable website.
Does your state have a "bottle bill"? Here in California and in 9 other states across the country, empty aluminum cans and plastic and glass bottles are worth $0.05-0.10 apiece.
The second option is a little cleaner, and involves asking your neighbors to separate their recyclable bottles and cans each week so you can go pick them up and cash in. We used to do this for our neighbors and it was an easy way to support their entrepreneurial spirit.
With Merch by Amazon, Zazzle, Redbubble, Cafepress, Spreadshirt, and other outlets, your little one can get their creative t-shirt designs in front of a huge audience.
These services handle all the printing and shipping; all you have to do is come up with a design that will sell.
In Duluth, Minnesota, 12-year old Milo Amundsen sold advertising on the back of his bike. Since the two-wheeler is his main form of transportation around town, he figured it would be great exposure for local businesses.
He sold several spots for $10 apiece to a dance studio, a Montessori school, a design firm, and others.
Head on over to Etsy.com to get some inspiration for what kinds of homemade designs are hot right now and you'll be in business. LeiLei Secor, a teenager in upstate New York earned $100,000 selling jewelry on the site in just 3 years.
I met one Etsy seller (an adult) who's turned her penchant for wine-themed wedding decor into a growing ecommerce empire.
Standout student athletes can turn their off-season weekends into profitable practice sessions. All you need is a park (or a pool or a court) to run your drills or scrimmages.
As I kid, I attended several different sports camps so this one has the advantage of being something you know parents are already spending money on.
Every time I walk across the overpass from the train to the Oakland Coliseum, there are dozens of enterprising people waiting to sell me hats, shirts, bottles of water, and other merchandise.
I think there's an opportunity to do the same, or maybe even make bracelets in the team's colors and sell those.
If your child has a green thumb, a bumper crop from a backyard garden could be a great first business venture. You could set up a little mini "farmer's market" in the driveway and sell to your neighbors.
I mean, you're not really going to eat all that zucchini, right?
You can start by looking around the house for books you probably won't read again (and if you want to, there's always the library). After that source is exhausted, turn to local garage sales, yard sales, estate sales, the library bookstore, and thrift stores to find more inventory.
You can use apps like Bookscouter to see which titles are worth something and then sell them on Amazon or eBay.
This was another one of my childhood business ventures. We'd raid the freezer and set up shop with a card table and a cooler at the end of the driveway.
What are the best business ideas your kids have come up with? Let me know in the comments below!
Stock photos by paulaphoto and Monkey Business Images via Shutterstock.
Well these business ideas are quite unique and seems like those who want their kids to start making money then I'd say this is the perfect post.
Thanks so much Nick for including me. I love all these ideas. It's so important to teach the value of earning money from a young age. It's great to see you already thinking about teaching this to your son.
Great list of ideas. My first money maker was when I was about 12 years old. I learned how to macrame and sold handmade plant hangers or wall hangings. My mom sold them in her hair salon lobby for me.
This is really neat, Katharine!
My daughter gets $5/mo from each of 6 neighbors for dealing with their garbage/recycling/yard waste each week. She puts the receptacles out the night before trash day, then puts them away after pickup.
So that's $30/mo for an 8 year old for about 1 hour of work a month!
That's a pretty good hourly rate!
My boys 6 and 9 have created "Dunkeld Happy Hens". We sell eggs to their teachers and to travelers in our local Caravan Park. We are also growing chickens and turkeys and aim to start selling these. Check us out and like us :-))) we have created a Facebook Page "Dunkeld Free Range Poultry, Eggs and Happy Hens" and soon a web page.
For several summers had a job as a Package Labeler. My dad landed the job, then immediately "outsourced" the task to my brother and me. For months we accepted shipments of thousands of desk organizing trays and placed red stickers on them with the product description and barcode. This was long before there were machines that could handle this task. I have no idea how much my father earned but he paid us $5/week. I thought I was rich!
As a kid in Ohio we used to hustle "pop" bottles for the returnable refunds and "tax stamps". Man am I ever old!
Great ideas for kids here (and even adults). When I was a kid I sold everything: fabric hair ties (scrunchies), friendship bracelets I made with my mom's leftover thread, proofreading/editing English papers, chocolate bars, crocheting hats and scarves, and even helping my older sibling with Herbalife and Avon. I never realized how much that influenced me as an adult. Funny, now my hustles include freelance writing, meal prepping, and nutrition coaching. As for my kids, they're busy working on funny books for kids, teaching dance and singing, and creating art.
Nick, Thanks for including Noah's eBay business. I also enjoyed reading the side hustles that other kids are doing.
Lots of fun ideas you collected, Nick!
Last spring I took 7 of my (youngish) kids to rake a lawn, and with such a crew we had his *massive* and leaf filled yard raked in less than two hrs. (42 bags worth) He was thrilled it was all done so quickly, and the kids then raked in $75.
Copper and aluminum has been a lucrative kid hustle and my older ones have cashed in on that as well.
Helping with working a booth at the local farmers market has been another hustle.
Puppy care/sitting for family members.
Selling homemade, whole wheat bread.
And to be honest, I've had to say "no" to job offers for the kids in order to keep our regular life routine on track. Ha!
There is so much work out there for those willing to do it.
"Worms" from bait to castings worms are solid gold, also Mantis case collecting is great for kids.
This is a great list! I would add selling used toys on ebay, Amazon, and craigslist. It's a good way to make money and get rid of old toys they don't use anymore!
Omg I'm a 11 year old kid and this is just amazing! I was writing notes for this summer to get money! Thank you so much! It helps!
Me and my friends have been thinking about a lemonade stand but now that I seen this we could do much more than a lemonade stand!
When I was 12 I had a cake business. My mother enrolled me in a Wilton cake decorating class at the local bakery and I started selling small decorated cakes to my classmates. I made the most money on Valentine's day with little heart shaped cakes.
Thanks for the Ideas, I suggest everyone sell used books online, I earned decent money from that business, Keep doing this great work and keep sharing with us.
When I was in high school, I would sell blow pops. I would go to BJ's and buy the 100 count box for about $13. I would sell them for $.25 each. So for a $13 box, I would make $25. But then I realized that everyone wanted Watermelon flavor the most. So I kept the watermelon separate and charged $.50 for the watermelon. So that added a couple bucks more a batch. It got to the point where I had regular customers that bought 2 or 3 daily. Some cool teachers even gave me like a min or two to "handle business before class" I gave them an occasional kickback for their time. I sold a box of 100, maybe every 3 or 4 days. Until the school cracked down on me, because school clubs were selling candy too. Shut down by the man. So I did it before and after school.
I also did a sneaky thing in conjunction with the blow pops biz, I used to save my lunch money every day and eat after school when I got home.
I am 10 years old and I like melting down chocolates and pouring them into candy molds and thought about selling them.
I'm currently in middle school and me and my friend are planning to go to Rome, Italy. The trip costs around 3,000 dollars which is a lot for a 11 year old to pay for. Me and my friend are starting small businesses around town to help our parents pay for the trip and to give back for what they do for us. Great List!


Everyone is obsessed with emojis. Even Google has announced that the next OTA for Nexus devices will bring in some new Emojis. And now WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app in the world, has added a ton of new emojis in its latest update. WhatsApp had already rolled out these new emojis to their iOS and web clients. Now it's finally making its way on over to the Android app in version 2.12.372, which you can download below and sideload onto your device.
Some of the new emojis include new facial expressions. Including hugs, upside down smiles, rolling eyes, and so much more. There is also some new family emojis as well as some LGBT emojis, to keep everyone happy. Others included in the update are a turkey, a shamrock, an unicorn, a spider, a popcorn box, a popped champagne bottle, a taco, a burrito, racing cars, medals, ice skating, volleyball and more. There are a few new tabs included as well, which make the tabs at the top look a bit bunched together. Like one for food as well as sports/activities. There are tons of new ones included here in this update, and many we've probably missed a few as well. But there are plenty to keep users happy, at least for a good little while.
To use these new emojis you will need to be on the latest version of the app, which is 2.12.372, and you will need the person you are sending messages to on WhatsApp to also be on that version, otherwise these new emojis will be just white boxes. Like how Android showed emojis back in the day, basically. There's not much else added in this update to WhatsApp unfortunately, just an emoji update. But that should keep everyone happy. You can install the new version using the link below. Just make sure you go into Settings > Security and check Unknown Sources. Now this will replace your existing WhatsApp install on your device. So it'll be a good idea to back it up, just in case something strange does happen, however that is very rare.


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Unfortunately, that description fits essentially all government employees.
My thought exactly. They have a tremendous investment in not understanding things, and not just a financial interest but overpowering emotional interests also. They want to think of themselves as "public servants" rather than predators or parasites, for one thing. They want some form of reverence, which is always a sign of insecurity.
They want "respect" (which is the authoritarians' term for fear or intimidation) and will often go apoplectic if they don't get it. I've seen it go both ways though– They'll either start frothing at the mouth in rage, or they'll cower in fear and slink away, never to return, or the former followed by the latter once they see you're not intimidated by the show of rage. It can be quite entertaining, in a twisted sort of way, but of course it is actually tragic.
Some of the more intelligent ones will just act nice, and then avoid you in the future, but those seem to be rare. I once had a particularly retarded federal attorney up in Coeur d'Alene try to pull a ruse on me that would have cost me a few hundred dollars or so (just a petty little, emotionally-driven dig at me) but completely shut his pie hole and backed off once I called him on it. I had challenged him, in a perfectly professional and mild-mannered way mind you, in court one day, and that just put a burr under his saddle he couldn't get rid of. Most of them are simply not accustomed to being questioned in a sincere and direct manner (sincerity and directness being high on their enemies list).


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The document is priced at $169 for TAC members and $225 for non-members (order code PTM-TRAFCALM18-E) and is available in both print and e-book formats. A primer on Traffic Calming is available for free on TAC's website.
The Guide was created through a partnership between TAC and the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE).
Luay Mustafa, Project Manager, says the Guide explains principles and suggests a process for introducing and implementing traffic calming. It also describes the applicability, effectiveness, and design principles for a wide range of traffic calming devices. The devices are categorized in terms of vertical deflection, horizontal deflection, roadway narrowing, surface treatment, pavement markings, access restriction, gateways, enforcement, education, shared space, and emerging technologies and measures.
The original Canadian Guide to Neighbourhood Traffic Calming was published in 1998. This second edition reflects changes in road conditions, attitudes toward vulnerable road users, and available technologies, and valuable experience regarding the efficacy of options.
Changes and additions include:
Recognizing education and enforcement as valid, and/or preferred alternatives to physical measures;
Describing measures applicable to arterial roads and rural roads;
Adding traffic calming devices, some well-accepted and others not fully-proven but used with success and considered ready to be further tested and evaluated; and
Referencing performance outcomes where new information has become available since the first edition.
The Guide is a complete tool; each chapter has a specific and integrated intent and no chapter should be used independently from the rest of the Guide.
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This tutorial is a quick fix for HP laptops that wireless does not work on Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome desktop.
On my cheap laptop HP 246 G6 I found that the wireless network does not work out-of-box after installed Ubuntu 18.04. No wifi option in system tray menu, and System Settings says 'No Wifi adapter found'.
This happens on many HP devices including HP 15-bs000, 15-bs100, 15g-br000, 15q-bu000, and Pavilion 15-br000, HP 280 G3, 290 G1, and more. And the reason is Ubuntu does not support RTL8723de wifi driver.
See the UPDATED tutorial installs the drivers with DKMS support, since Wifi may not work after installed or upgraded to a new Linux Kernel (after reboot).
1. Reboot and go to BIOS to make sure wireless network are enabled. And plug laptop into a wired connection.
2. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key or by searching for 'terminal' from software launcher.
(REQUIRED) Or write the rule into configuration. REPLACE X with whatever setting (1, 2, or 3) worked best.
You missed one step. Plug laptop into a wired connection.
And is your problem solved . Because I aslo want to install Ubuntu 18.04 in it after buying.
Hi, I recently bought 15da0077tx and installed ubuntu 18.10 but faced the same problem of no wifi adapters. I followed the steps exactly as described here and now wifi is working good. So you may go ahead with the purchase and install ubuntu.
Congratulations!!!! your solution works very well.
Trying to resolve the issue from past 2 days.
Today I set it right with your help.
Dear Jim, I followed the procedure as you described, but I got stuck at point Nr. 4: Terminal does not accept the command sudo make install.
HI Ji M, I have just purchased a HP 15da0 laptop and installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with the problem wifi adapter not found. I followed your procedure and all is now working.
I finally found the problem. Since the old driver had a lot of problems with the wifi connection stability I added a custom config file which disabled the powersaving mode. This option seems to be no longer valid for the new driver and stopped the new driver from loading.
make: *** /lib/modules/4.15.0-33-generic/build: No such file or directory.
Thank you so much for putting this explanation together. Worked perfectly.
I am using a laptop Hp amd e1 crr model rtl8188ee and i am facing that issue of wifi adapter not found from the last week since i installed ubuntu 18.04 i tried my level best to resolve the issue but not succeed kindly help me if you can. Thank you!
Wow it works like a charm on my hp laptop elementary os loki version… Only u need to disable ethernet network from settings that's it!!!
modprobe: FATAL: module rtl8723de not found.
Check the source directory (rtlwifi_new) in your file browser and see if rtl8723de folder exist.
Cannot use config stack validation=y, please install libelef-dev, libelef-devel or elfutils-libelef-devel.
Kernel doesn't support pic mode.
After step 5 i get this :modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'rtl8723de': Operation not permitted.
I'm not sure what to do next after this step would you help?
For me this was because Secure Boot was enabled in the BIOS. I went into the BIOS and Disabled it. Worked for me after that. I think you can re-enable secure boot after configuration, but haven't tried it yet.
please help me to come out from this .
Hi Munish Battu. Are you following this tutorial for the 1st time or you've already done it before, and now trying to fix your adapter again? I followed this tutorial some time ago and it worked for me. Unfortunately when my system installed updates, my adapter got removed again. So I came back to this tutorial to fix it again, and got the error at the same stage as you did: ' sudo modprobe rtl8723de' returned 'exec format error'. I tried to reboot few times but it did not work. So I went to Downloads folder on my laptop and removed the 'rtlwifi_new' folder completely(if you already worked througth this tutorial you will find that folder there, but if you don't have it there I'm afraid this solution will not help you). And then I started over again from steps 3.1 onward. And it worked smoothly.
Try reboot your machine. If you still get the error, see the bug.
Stuck here . Can someone pls help .
This is the best process. and thank you for help and its working.
Oh my goodness, this worked! Thank you! for me setting ant_sel=2 did the trick after installing the package.
I saw the WiFi networks, but couldn't connect. I had to disable the PCIe power savings. This helped me "https://askubuntu.com/a/1041830/882226". Now everything is working fine.
Here's a fun question for you, what do you do if your ethernet connection is broken because someone stuck a usb into it not realizing it was the wrong port and broke the pins inside?
Hi Tyler, I had the same error on a dual boot with Win10. I had to run the grub fix tool found in the ubuntu forum and run the most likely fix. (This after changing EFI to unsecure boot). Can't tell you, why, but afterwards I used cd to move to the right directory and did the two sudo modprobe steps. Took a while to take affect and I had to turn WIFI on in the settings menu. But it works.
can you explain in detail what you did to solve this problem, please?
Did you try the last command in the tutorial?
The tutorial is very helpful but the last section is confusing: it really really looks like a section for people still having problem after the modprobe, you never state that the last command is for everyone.
My guess is that you also have to skip ant_sel if you didn't need it in the first place… It would be nice imho to make a step 7 to explain how to load the module each time you start the machine automatically.
Ok, after a few tryouts, I found out that the module is loaded for me at boot when I add it to: /etc/modules !
I did everything like on instructions. I had week signal and used second command given there, and it worked well. But when I tried last command my Wi-Fi has lost. Now, nothing is helping to find it back.
git is not available for it.
After running your instructions, I can connect to wifi only within very short range. How do get more extended range.
Hi, ı tried Every step and these steps helped me first but then ı turned off my computer and when ı turned it on it was all the same, the wifi again started to say wifi adapter can not be found. I tried all steps again but this time they didnt work. So what should ı do? Please help me, ı am so desperate.
Make sure the kernel module is installed, run command lspci -k. And disable secure boot if possible.
Did you disable Secure Boot in UEFI (BIOS) settings and enable legacy?
I'm glad this worked for you! For anyone else facing weak and inconsistent wifi connections, try running this script after changing rtl8723be to your adaptor name everywhere.
i did everything you said but i`m stacked "sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de" and "sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de" everytime i try to use them ! nothing happens !! :( please help ….
your commands working very good, but i have an issue, if i power off and power on the wifi run away again. If want to find it , i restart the same procedure, i want your help for fixing for ever.
My computer is HP-Laptop-15 and the operating system is Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS.
It's much easier if you select Software and Updates. Then Additional Drivers. Wait 1 minute for it to update then select the unused wifi adapter and wait whilst the driver is loaded.
Total time about 3 minutes.
Ok. Sounds like a plan, BUT where do I get the driver from? I have NO connection with internet after upgrading from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS (Beaver) on my Acer!
Doesn't actually show anything… Should it come up automatically ??
I have tried several solutions but your comment is solved my problem with HP laptops WiFi on Ubuntu OS.
Thanks so much Jim, I've been pulling my hair out over this for the best part of the whole day. Seems like this is a bit of a problem on HP computers.
Also, every time you update your kernel you have to reinstall the wifi drivers.
It worked. Great man!! Thanks.
Can i get you to write me a script that walks you through and executes the lines needed?
I follow your all step all have been success but I dont get wifi connection. Wifi device not found is already on setting. how do I do it. please for my bad english.
I've got the same problem. Did you find how to fix it?
It works after doing it.but once reboot again the same problem occurs.
This helped me a lot and was the final solution after 2 hours of struggle…. thank you.
Did you try the commands in 'In addition' section?
please mine issue is that i actually see the WiFi tray upon installation but the strength of the WiFi is very weak even if am within the area where the network is provided. Is very weak please is there any means of rectifying this.
Wonderful, in theory. Not sure how to put it into practice. Just got the new HP laptop. As far as I have ascertained, by looking at it, there is no way to make a wired connection. That's a bit of a bother. I'll find the paperwork and see if there is something I missed. Thanks for the information, either way.
Successfully installed rtlwifi_new but it still not working.
I issue is different, I was facing the issue "NO WIFI adapter found", I have just followed your provided steps and finally got the wifi option and then I have used it easily.
but when I restart my system then again I am facing the same issue.even I had trying the follow the same steps but I got the error message "already exists" then i have removed the "rtlwifi_new" manually and again follow your steps but not working at all. CAn you give me a suggestion or I need to format the system and re install the UBUNTU ??
the process works very well and eventually my wifi ends up working. But after sometime I had to update the system software and after restarting my laptop the Wifi disappeared. So now Am left to do your process again every time I install a package or update the system and its kind of tiresome. Is their a solution to fix that problem once and for all?
Yep. I tried echoing. Now what happens is that it works well for a few days, maybe weeks, then one fine day when I start my machine, it goes away, and I have to run all the steps again.
I think if you update your machine then it stops working but I'm not entirely sure. There's some bug definitely. Would be great if you could fix it.
How find which wifi adapter this laptop is having and how to install the drivers?
Still showing "wifi adapter not found", Although I successfully installed rtlwifi.
It worked fine BUT when I restart the system the WiFi stops working. Any help?
Thank you, it was working.
My initial problem was weak signal but i still followed your steps 3 to 5, i checked my wireless connection and signal was srtrong.
However i got greedy, i saw what Jerome suggested for weak signal issues and ran them too resulting back to poor signal.
Ran steps 3 to 5 again, didn't do it.
I followed the instructions and the wifi starts working but does not connect unless I sit less than 50 cm from the router. I changed the antenna but nothing changes in the signal. Moreover, if I install dkms I cannot connect even with a wired connection. Finally, every time I reboot the laptop, I have to start over again. Is there any solution?
– is it because it's the wrong module? How do I make sure, it's the right one?
you need to configure this module to be automatically loaded after reboot.
on a line by itself. Reboot. It should work now.
I've got news – if you get "Required key not available" – then disable secure boot in UEFI ("bios").
I tried each and every command in this tutorial and first of all I got errors but now everything worked without error but still my WiFi doesn't work. It still shows no WiFi adapter found.
I have done the same and the problem resolved. But next day when I reopen my Ubuntu, the problem is back again.
Hi ! It works in my case but every time I startup again,the problem repeats itself and this solution doesn't work.Is there a solution for this?
It worked the first around for me, but I didn't get that the last command was for everybody (i.e. also the people without signal problems). So I restarted, of course I got nothing again.
please guide me to fix it; I installed ubuntu 18.04 but I can't connect my computer to password protected wifi.
You have to install git before trying step 3.1. To do that use command the terminal told you to use, which is: sudo apt install git. And only then proceed to step 3.1.
hello, can I download codec from this side https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git on my old laptop and then by pendrive get it to my computer with ubuntu 18.04? I don't have possiblity to plug computer with ubuntu into a wired connection. Thanks for help.
Mine laptop is HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook , intel 3 processor.
Hello, I can't plug laptop into a wired connection so can I just download codec from site and then transfer by pendrive to my computer with ubuntu 18.04? Thanks for help.
Hy Ji M, Thanks for your solution it works very well.
it also works for RTL8111/8168/8411 this drive too..
WOW man, you are genius. thank you so much.
No man when on my first try, it got successfully worked after the next restart it goes back to same issue… Can you hve any solution?
ubuntu 18.10 – HP-Laptop-15-bw0xx – RTL8723DE Device d723.
My HP model is 14-ce0501sa. All steps successful and no errors. Rebooted etc. Still no Wifi Adapter.
However my adapter gets disabled once every 5-6 days and I have to again follow this guide by cloning from git. Any idea why this happens?
The mentioned method worked perfectly for Ubuntu 18.04 (when applied on 30/01/19) but the WiFi driver installed this way got automatically removed when system update was applied (for the month of February). Now, while trying to use this method, "exec error" is shown when following command is entered, "sudo modprobe rtl8723de". Please do reply or provide a fix at the earliest.
Also, when used with "Linux Mint", the WiFi driver starts working, but is unable to connect to any network.
And at last, would highly appreciate if you could provide a similar fix for "Manjaro" edition of Linux.
The method is working fine. Got error because while repeating the steps, "make" needs to be cleaned.
Thanks a lot for the detailed steps, it worked for me !
This solution perfectly worked for me . I have a HP laptop 14QCS009 . Thanks you so much .
you are my hero, thank you so much after 7 hour's trying to find the wi-fi I stumbled on this post followed your directions & it worked like charm.
The problem with HP and Ubuntu is during installation.
When you are installing, you need to check third party software and also enter password twice for enable secure boot.
When the installation is successfully completed, you should see a message remove pendrive or cd and then press enter. Until then don't remove the disk or pendrive.
Then when you restart, you will see MOK blue screen, There you have to enter the password you previously gave during setup. To enter password, don't go to Continue Boot, select the other option enter MOK and then set it up until it asks you for password and if you go for Continue boot you won't see the screen again.
And Please backup all data before doing any kind of setup. There are lot of disk realted things that can easily go away even with proper setup.
You saved me man, Thanks a lot!
This even worked for my Ubuntu 16.04.
Don't have broadcom drivers to remove according to terminal.
thankyou so much bro.every step in this worked well and i searched in many sites for wifi weak strength but you cleared it in on step.
Hi, Jim. I'd like to thank you for posting this solution. It worked for me! I am so happy, been trying to fix this for a few days with no luck. I have Ubuntu 18.4 on HP 15-bw. As one of the comments suggested I installed git first, and went through your steps from 3.1 and onward. I had an error at modprobe stage. But step 6 and restarting device fixed it. All your instructions were pretty clear and you helped a lot of people. Thank you a million!
I got my wifi working.
But after restarting the laptop It again goes on.
Even my laptop getting good wifi signal also.
I bought the HP Laptop 17-ca0023nb laptop.
I tried the solution described here.
thank you it worked well. but when turned on my system the next day it again shows no wi-fi adapter found.i tried doing executing the commands once again but i stucked at this point.
Hi. I had the same problem at the same very stage. I think when you switched off your laptop it installed system updates that removed your adapter. I suggest you go to your Downloads folder and manually remove the 'rtlwifi_new' folder completely. After, go through entire solution all over again from the steps 3.1. It worked for me. Since then, my laptop got updates twice, and fortunately adapter remained working.
Hello Jim, thanks for the information.
Are you able to offer any suggestions? Thanks.
Thanks a lot. I was stuck with this issue for over a week. By luck I came across your post. It worked. Had error after modprobe command but by disabling secure boot, things became smooth.
what if this problem appear again after restart the pc?
Thank you for the solution! It works perfectly!
you are awesome it worked.
This is a really good guide thank you, it worked wonders for me (I am running latest mint).
I do want to mention one particular thing, I am unable to "see" my 5Ghz only my 2.4Ghz, despite the card in my machine being dual band. Could anyone please provide me with a little help on what should I do, I am confident is driver based issued.
The only solution for Ubuntu 18.10 and even Ubuntu 19.04.


Monetary policy is exceptionally expansionary in many countries, which has been appropriate given economic conditions. But they have a long way to go before interest rates have been "normalised" and there is a risk that they might fall behind the curve. That suggests to me that a little bias in favour of higher rates might be appropriate.
I believe that the relationship between the state of the labour market and inflation remains unchanged; what has changed is how best to measure the strength of the labour market. In the past when part-time work was limited, the level of unemployment worked well. These days, when many firms want to have some part-time staff and many workers prefer part-time employment, other measures, such as the number of workers that are involuntarily part-time employed or working shorter hours than they would like, might work better.
Crypto currencies are currently not a threat to the financial system but could very well become a serious concern in the near future if they become more important. If that happens, I would expect financial regulation to be introduced and central banks to issue ecurrencies to compete with them. It is inconceivable that any major component of the financial system would remain unrelated in light of the obvious risks. .
Monetary policy, in the form of lower interest rates, works by increasing asset prices and stimulating interest-sensitive spending, in particular on private and commercial real estate. If a sharp economic contraction occurs and central banks respond by cutting interest rates sharply, we would expect to see rising stock and property prices, and rising bank lending. Much of what commentators now worry about are thus the predictable effects of expansionary monetary policy -- this is how monetary policy works. That said, rising wealth inequality is a serious problem that strikes at the heart of social cohesion, but one that is best tackled by income redistribution through the tax system. The idea that monetary policy should worry about income inequality is misguided.


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Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor
* Class Action Lawsuit updated &nbsp2021/02/19 17:46
The lawyer who killed a federal judge's son and seriously wounded her husband at their New Jersey home last summer also had been tracking Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the judge said in a television interview.
U.S. District Judge Esther Salas said FBI agents discovered the information in a locker belonging to the lawyer, Roy Den Hollander. "They found another gun, a Glock, more ammunition. But the most troubling thing they found was a manila folder with a workup on Justice Sonia Sotomayor," Salas said in an interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes." The segment is scheduled for broadcast Sunday, but a portion of the interview aired Friday on "CBS This Morning."
Both the Supreme Court and the FBI declined to comment Friday. "We do not discuss security as a matter of Court policy," court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said in an email.
Authorities have said Den Hollander, a men's rights lawyer with a history of anti-feminist writings, posed as a FedEx delivery person and fatally shot 20-year-old Daniel Anderl and wounded his father, Mark Anderl, in July. Salas was in another part of the home at the time and was not injured.
Den Hollander, 72, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound the day after the ambush. Authorities believe he also shot and killed a fellow attorney in California in the days before the attack at Salas' home.
The AP has previously reported that when Den Hollander was found dead he had a document with him with information about a dozen female judges from across the country, half of whom are Latina, including Salas.
Salas has been calling for more privacy and protections for judges, including scrubbing personal information from the internet, to deal with mounting cyberthreats. The U.S. Marshals Service, which protects about 2,700 federal judges, said there were 4,449 threats and inappropriate communications in 2019, up from 926 such incidents in 2015.
Legislation named for Salas' son that would make it easier to shield judges' personal information from the public failed to pass the Senate in December, but could be reintroduced this year.
Groups ask court to restore protections for US gray wolves
Wildlife advocates on Thursday asked a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across most of the nation.
Two coalitions of advocacy groups filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Northern California seeking to restore safeguards for a predator that is revered by wildlife watchers but feared by many livestock producers.
The Trump administration announced just days ahead of the Nov. 3 election that wolves were considered recovered. They had been wiped out out across most of the U.S. by the 1930s under government-sponsored poisoning and trapping campaigns.
A remnant population in the western Great Lakes region has since expanded to some 4,400 wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
More than 2,000 occupy six states in the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest after wolves from Canada were reintroduced in Idaho and Yellowstone National Park starting in 1995. Protections for wolves in the Rockies were lifted over the last decade and hunting of them is allowed.
But wolves remain absent across most of their historical range and the groups that filed Thursday's lawsuits said continued protections are needed so wolf populations can continue to expand in California and other states.
The lawsuits could complicate an effort to reintroduce wolves in sparsely populated western Colorado under a November initiative approved by voters, a state official told wildlife commissioners Thursday. If endangered species protections were restored, wolves would again fall under authority of the federal government, not the state.
In response to the lawsuits, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokeswoman Vanessa Kauffman said in a statement that the gray wolf "has exceeded all conservation goals for recovery" and is no longer threatened or endangered under federal law.
Some biologists who reviewed the administration's plan to strip protections from wolves said it lacked scientific justification.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuits include the Sierra Club, WildEarth Guardians, Humane Society of the U.S. and numerous other environmental and advocacy groups.
A small population of Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest remain protected as an endangered species. Wolves in Alaska were never under federal protection.
Court: Tennessee can enforce Down syndrome abortion ban
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Tennessee can begin outlawing abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, as well as prohibit the procedure if it's based on the race or gender of the fetus.
Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee enacted the so-called "reason bans" earlier this year as part of a sweeping anti-abortion measure. The law gained national attention because it banned abortion as early as six weeks ? making it one of the strictest in the country ? but it included several other anti-abortion components.
The law was immediately blocked by a lower federal court just hours after Lee signed it into law.
However, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision will allow the state to enforce the reason bans while abortion rights groups continue their court battle against that law.
The plaintiffs, which include Tennessee abortion providers being represented by reproductive rights groups, had argued the ban was improperly vague, but the court disagreed.
Currently, more than a dozen states have similar reason bans in place.
"These bans are just another way anti-abortion politicians are attempting to limit the constitutional right to abortion care and to create stigma," said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, in a statement. "Decisions about whether and when to continue or to end a pregnancy are best made by the individual and their family."
The Attorney General's office said in a statement that they "appreciate the Sixth Circuit lifting the lower court's injunction" and looked forward to continuing defending the statute.
"Our law prohibits abortion based on the race, gender, or diagnosis of Down syndrome of the child and the court's decision will save lives," Lee said in a statement. "Protecting our most vulnerable Tennesseans is worth the fight."
Immediately following the appeals court ruling, the plaintiffs' attorneys filed a request in lower federal court for a temporary restraining order to block the reason bans once again, but this time argued the law illegally prohibits a patient from "obtaining constitutionally protected pre-viability abortion care."
"(The) Sixth Circuit only addressed plaintiffs' vagueness claims and explicitly declined to issue any ruling with respect to plaintiffs' claims that the Reason Bans violate patients' constitutional right to pre-viability abortion," the attorneys wrote.
The court had not issued a ruling on that as of Friday evening.
Down syndrome is a genetic abnormality that causes developmental delays and medical conditions such as heart defects and respiratory and hearing problems.
According to the National Down Syndrome Society, about one in every 700 babies in the United States ? or about 6,000 a year ? is born with the condition, which results from a chromosomal irregularity.
The rarity of the condition has prompted abortion rights groups to paint the Down syndrome bans as part of yet another thinly veiled effort by lawmakers to continue chipping away at a patient's right to an abortion.
Cuban-American judge from Florida on Trump high court list
A daughter of Cuban exiles who has had a swift rise as a lawyer and judge is on President Donald Trump's short list to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court.
The president said Monday that he does not personally know Barbara Lagoa, but praised her as "terrific." Barely veiled was the fact that, as a Cuban-American from South Florida's city of Hialeah, her selection could benefit Trump in the Nov. 3 election, when Florida could be the ultimate kingmaker. Lagoa grew up in a heavily Hispanic suburb of Miami.
"She's excellent. She's Hispanic. She's a terrific woman from everything I know. I don't know her. Florida. We love Florida. So she's got a lot of things ? very smart," Trump said in a call-in interview with "Fox and Friends."
Asked whether politics would play a role in the decision, Trump responded: "I try not to say so. I think probably automatically it is. Even if you're not wanting to do that it becomes a little automatic."
Speaking to reporters at the White House later Monday, Trump said he might meet Lagoa when he travels to Florida on Thursday for a campaign rally in Jacksonville. "She has a lot of support," said Trump, who added he held calls on Sunday and Monday with some of the candidates he's considering. "I don't know her but I hear she is outstanding."
After the death Friday of 87-year-old Ginsburg, a liberal icon, Trump said he would name a woman as a replacement ? possibly by Saturday. Trump said Monday he has about five top prospects.
At 52, Lagoa would become the youngest member of the U.S. Supreme Court if nominated and confirmed. Lagoa, an only child, once joked that after graduating from Florida International University leaving her close-knit Cuban-American family for New York to obtain her law degree from Columbia University "was not a popular decision in my house."
When she was picked for the Florida Supreme Court, Lagoa said her father gave up his dream of becoming a lawyer and that both her parents worked long hours while she rode her bike and roller skated down the streets of Hialeah where she was cared for by her grandmother.
"My parents sacrificed to send me to Catholic school further instilling in me an abiding faith in God that has grounded me and sustained me through the highs and lows of life," she said.
Lagoa is currently a judge on the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump appointed her to that post in 2019 and the Senate confirmed her on an 80-15 vote.
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After you have filled out and returned the "Marriage Forms," met with the minister whom you desire to perform the PCPC wedding ceremony, confirmed the date with him and mailed in your $250.00 deposit to the PCPC Wedding Coordinator, she will contact you to discuss the many details of your wedding, including flowers, music, attire, and wedding etiquette. The PCPC Wedding Coordinator must approve the photographer, videographer and florist. Signed policy agreements must be on file in her office one month prior to the wedding.
You will need to obtain your marriage license and present it to the minister just prior to the rehearsal. In Dallas, both bride and groom must appear at the Dallas County Clerk's office and both present proper identification (a valid driver's license, passport, birth certificate or military identification) and must also provide their social security numbers and $71.00 (payable in cash only). There is a legally required 72-hour waiting period between the issuance of a license and the wedding, and the wedding is to be within 30 days. For details, call 214-653-7559.
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In keeping with our belief at PCPC that the celebration of marriage is a service of worship, we require that the Bride and her attendants be dressed modestly. This means no plunging necklines or excessively bare dresses.
Modest clothing is also required at the wedding rehearsal. We understand that casual rehearsal dinners often follow the rehearsal, but tank tops, short-shorts, etc. are not acceptable attire for the Sanctuary or Chapel. We also ask the gentlemen to please remove hats while in the Sanctuary or Chapel. Please give these guidelines to all your wedding party.
The PCPC Wedding Coordinator will direct you in contacting the Organist/Director of Music following your first wedding consultation with her. The Organist/Director of Music will discuss and approve all music selections with you, including vocalists and instrumentalists, and will advise you of their professional fees. No musical decisions should be made prior to a consultation with him. Once the musician(s) have been hired, you will be responsible for paying the musician(s) the day of the wedding, regardless of whether or not you use them. A down payment may be required at the time of hiring. The Organist/Director of Music will play or provide an organist for all weddings unless other arrangements have been pre-approved and made through him.
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