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Author Kevin Kelly on How the Future of Business Relies on the Big Data of Today
Kevin Kelly thinks a lot about the future. After all, he's a founder and former executive editor of Wired, as well as its current "Senior Maverick." And when it comes to the future of business, he thinks that we'll get where we're going with the power of data and the increasing role of consumer involvement.
In his newest book, The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future, Kelly envisions where digital transformation will lead us over the next three decades. It's something thought leaders should keep their eye on as they look beyond their next quarter.
Kelly does more than just make compelling (even provocative) predictions about the digital future in The Inevitable. He also helps readers understand the emerging current technologies that organizations must leverage to position themselves to survive and thrive in a fully digitally transformed marketplace. Here's what Kelly believes leaders should know about the world's inevitable digital transformation:
Big Data Is the Fuel of Innovation
Much of digital transformation is rooted in the development of new tools, such as cloud platforms, AI, screening, and sharing--all of which require immense amounts of data. That data is what enables machine learning, information flow, on-demand access, filtering, and the explosion of Xaas (everything as a service). In Kelly's view, individuals' and organizations' abilities to compete in the future will rely on their capacity to leverage data in truly transformative ways.
The rapidly growing number of cloud platforms, which Kelly calls "factories for services," is a good indicator of the growing value of big data. He says, "Cloud computing empowers the law of increasing returns, sometimes called the network effect, which holds that the value of a network increases much faster as it grows bigger. The bigger the network, the more attractive it is to new users, which makes it even bigger and thus more attractive, and so on."
Big data is also essential to the business use of AI, which requires increasing ease of aggregating and analyzing large amounts of information. Kelly says, "Part of the AI breakthrough lies in the incredible avalanche of collected data about our world, which provides the schooling that AIs need. Massive databases, self-tracking, web cookies, online footprints, terabytes of storage, decades of search results, Wikipedia, and the entire digital universe became the teachers making AI smart."
Kelly believes AI will radically change how business is conducted over the coming decades, "The more people who use an AI, the smarter it gets. The smarter it gets, the more people who use it. The more people who use it, the smarter it gets. Once a company enters this virtuous cycle, it tends to grow so big so fast that it overwhelms any upstart competitors."
But he also makes it clear that emerging technologies are making it easier than ever for ambitious individuals and organizations to compete in the global marketplace. In the past, the ability to compete was primarily based on wealth and ownership of physical assets. We are already seeing smart, lean companies like Uber and Airbnb take on traditional business and win. The key to their success has been their innovative approaches to leveraging data, cloud computing, and AI.
End-User Participation Changes Everything
Historically, technology users' most significant contribution to the marketplace was establishing demand. In return, developers responded with a proportionate supply. Emerging technologies are changing that equation by allowing consumers to interact more deeply with the technologies that impact their lives.
Kelly says the "primeval impulse for participation has upended the economy," emphasizing the opportunity that user involvement presents to companies. From social networking and online content creation to citizen development and the emergence of XaaS, the marketplace is actively being transformed by acknowledging that users are the true experts in what they want.
"When a company opens part of its databases and functionality to users and other startups via a public API, or application programming interface, as Amazon, Google, eBay, Facebook, and most large platforms have, it is encouraging the participation of its users at new levels. People who take advantage of these capabilities are no longer a company's customers, they're the company's developers, vendors, laboratories, and marketers," according to Kelly.
SaaS (Software as a Service) is one example Kelly gives for how users are actively participating in digital innovation. He says it allows the consumer to act as a producer, or what futurist Alvin Toffler called "the prosumer."
Kelly says, "If instead of owning software, you access software, then you can share in its improvement. But it also means you have been recruited. You, the new 'prosumer', are encouraged to identify bugs and report them (replacing a company's expensive QA department), to seek technical help from other customers in forums (reducing a company's expensive help desk), and to develop your own add-ons and improvements (replacing a company's expensive development team)."
Digital Transformation Is In Its Infancy
One of the main points of The Inevitable is that when it comes to digital innovations, technologists and prosumers have only just begun to revolutionize life as we technologically know it.
"In terms of the internet, nothing has happened yet," according to Kelly." In fact, he suggests that the products destined to run the lives of citizens in 2050 haven't been invented yet.
It's from this perspective that he urges leaders to roll up their sleeves and persevere through the frustrations of digital transformation— because while current technologies will play a role in ushering in our digital future, Kelly promises the best is yet to come.
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Peter Psquare is a member of the group Psquare, A dynamic singing and dancing duo who have raised the bars of music and choreography in Nigeria since their introduction into the Nigerian music industry. Peter and his twin brother, Paul started early while growing up in Jos in their Catholic Secondary school, and was highly influenced by Mc hammer, Michael Jackson and Bobby Brown.
He is an award winning dancer, singer and has performed with a number of international acts such as Akon, Rick Ross, T.I amongst others. They have won several international awards and have performed in several continents and have a huge fan base across the globe.
They have consistently fused dancing as a major part of their musical repertoire and their music videos are loved for the dance moves as much as the singing. And live performance and shows are even more intriguing.
Kaffy was born in Nigeria but grew up in London and Canada, New York and Egypt (see waka!!). She completed her primary education at Chrisland School, Opebi and her secondary school education at Coker Secondary School, Orile-Iganmu before attending Yaba College of Technology for a while and went on to obtain a diploma in data processing from Olabisi Onabanjo University.
In a niche of her own she is definitely the "go to" lady for dance and choreography in a usually male dominated industry she has made a name for herself and age and motherhood doesn't seem to slow her down, still strong energetic and stamina levels still as sharp as ever due to dedication and hard work.
She has worked with A list musicians such as Psquare, Dbanj, Sheyi Shay and won the award in 2014 at the African Muzik Magazine Awards as best female Dancer of the year. (Who dem wan give?). She was also a judge in Malta Guiness street dance.
Don Flex, a Choreographer with the Dance duo Psquare. He is so good he called himself "Don" anyways, his parents thought otherwise. Little did their know their son they named, Asobe Nonso Cajetan would be known internationally as Don Flex, they probably would have saved him the trouble and cut right to the chase.
As most talent groups, they always start from church. He started manifesting his talent at the age of 13 with the group IGNYTE, which won a talent show competition in his church. He has mentioned in several interviews that he was influenced by Hip hop and RnB during his formative years and they have greatly influenced his dance moves.
Unlike most people including, Dancing is a talent that he has explored, developed and improved over years due to diligence, right living and dedication. He is a crop of emerging Nigerian entertainers making waves for themselves in trades that previous generations would have considered unprofitable, but with dedication and belief he has become a leading dancer and choreographer.
He was at the 2006 Rhythm Unplugged, where he met Psquare and was given a date to audition. He impressed the duo and he was accepted into their crew and he became their chief choreographer a year later.
Ehizojia Okoeguale - aka Ehiz aka Superslim, aka MTV VJ, aka fine boy, aka iamrunningoutofnicknames- is the Host of the Maiden Edition of Dance With Peter reality TV show, He hails from Edo state but was born in Lagos.
Ehis, a very charismatic individual and the last child of 5 siblings, is a graduate of computer Science from Lead City University. He has always been a good friend of the stage, hosting social nights and school events.
He won the MTN VJ search in 2013.
He's passion for his job has not only seen him win the Job but also grow in strides and making a mark in the entertainment industry.
Hosting the popular MTV base countdown show, he has interviewed a host of popular musicians with a no dull moment interview. He has earmarked himself as one of the hottest and sought after presenters in Nigeria at the moment.
Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch is the official DJ for Dance with Peter.
She is a graduate of the University of Port Harcourt with a B.SC in Geology.
Switch who is a native of Udi in Enugu State emerged winner (with her band, Da pulse) of the Star Quest music talent show in 2009 with the hit single 'pray Sote' featuring Busta Rhymes.
In 2013, she was crowned winner of Glo X-Factor music talent show, West Africa.
She is great at what she does and always gets so much love from her audience. Switch became official DJ for 2face in 2015 and is currently official DJ for Hennessy, Belvedere, Moet and Chandon.


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Category Archives: Cost of Living
The government officials are still, with their, lives, set up, perfectly, inside them, IVORY towers high, high up above, the rest of us, ordinary people here, and without a single clue, of how HARD it's getting down here, where they don't live! Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
As the Chinese New Year slowly approached, Omicron is high in action, the cold winter, with the epidemic hitting, the economy isn't looking up, the end-of-year office banquets, cancelled, we got our year-end bonuses slashed, the price everything is getting higher, higher, and higher still, flattening our, wallets. The skies with MERS-CoV draping over it, grayed and gloomy, no sign of light, but we all, want to have, a happy new year.
We're all okay!!!
Awhile ago, the president, Tsai called out to the people, "We work together, to defend ourselves against the outbreaks, and have a happy new year together." Surely, we all want that happy new year, worked all year long, and we'd, longed to, gather with the families; other than staying healthy, we also, need to have enough economical capabilities too. With the people's strong self-discipline, working hard, to block out the spread of the virus; but, the hardships and trials of those living in poverty, is too hard to, fight off. There's a proclaimed six-percent economic growth last year, but, most of us, ordinary citizens can't feel it, around me, the younger generations of friends only makes, $20,000N.T to $30,000N.T. per month, too far away, from what the government posted, and, the younger generations, just, stopped themselves in getting married, and having children, and just, lay down, flat.
My friend told, that back when he was a child, he'd looked forward to the New Year's holidays, and now, he'd, feared it, because, there are, the endless worries, especially when the costs of everything is still, hiking up, a cup of soymilk cost two dollar extra, the soup for the New Year's celebrations, fifty-dollars increase, costing over thousands of dollars for a New Year's meal, but, for most of us, our wages didn't get added on; the friends who'd gotten their year-end bonus slashed made fun, "how much do we have for the year-end bonuses? The wind came last night, the moon still high up in reflection………"
Under the outbreaks, all the industries, enterprises, slid down, and, the scent of the New Year's became, less, there were only the roadside stands set up with the red slips for sell, with the people rushing to and from, passing by the local temples, we'd gone in, to light that light for safe passage for our own, loved ones. Those in power, those who are high up in the government in statuses, are all better off than the ordinary citizens, not known, how this life of the ordinary citizens, is nothing easy, that we don't want much, just, a safe year, with enough food that we can have.
And so, this still just showed, how the government officials are still, with their HEADS up their sorry asses, claiming how wow, we just made sure that your wages get increased by…uh, how many percent again??? And now, LOOK at the cost of everything, and the price hike, is WAY over what the ordinary citizens are making, and the government still feels too proud, that wow, we are giving you all, a happy new year, try coming down your ivory towers, you stupid government officials, and, live as the rest of us down here (on the surfaces of the planet???) do right now, and then, you tell us, HOW we can, have a safe, and a happy new year!
Filed under Abuse of Power, Cost of Living, Life, Messed Up Values, Perspectives, Properties of Life, Right to Life, White Picket Fence
If you're an XY, you just, can't, EVER, keep your DICKS inside your pants, or your hands to yourselves, no matter the status here, and this one, blemished the British royals!!! Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
On the thirteenth, the Buckingham Palace issued the statement, "With the Queen's approval, the title of the Duke of York of Prince Andrew had been returned back to the Queen. The Duke of York will be relieved of ALL of his public duties, and will be tried as an ordinary citizen in this case."
The royals pointed out, that the affairs of Prince Andrew will now be delegate to other members of the royal household, and he will no longer be referred to as "Your highness". Andrew is the second son of the queen, and, her favorite, or so it's been told. But, in the strong recommendations of Charles, the next in line for the throne and Prince William, after the talk that the Queen had with Andrew alone, she'd made the decisions to sever him off from the ties of the royal household, to prevent further damage to the royals.
his accuser…photo from online
Andrew was accused by the American woman, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, that when she was only seventeen, she was assigned by Epstein, to have sexual intercourse with Prince Andrew, and she'd accused him of battery and assault.
Andrew had continually denied the allegations, but the Federal District Court of New York on the twelfth dismissed his request of withdrawing the case, meaning, that he will be face with this civil case, as the courts posted its verdict, the Buckingham Palace immediately posted the above statement.
Those who were on the inside told, that although Prince Andre had abdicated the title, and the monetary assistance from the royals, in actuality it was the Queen who'd, stripped him of his status, to have him get tried as an ordinary citizen, to avoid the embarrassment he will bring to the royal household.
And, more than a hundred fifty member of the royal navy and royal air force signed a petition, beckoning the Queen strip Andrew of his military title, as the pressures from the outside demanding the doing away with the monarchy, it'd put the Royals under enormous pressure; in their petition, they stated, "We are insecure, and angry at how Prince Andrew is a part of the royal military forces."
from a day ago…from online
Prince Andrew served with the Royal Navy for twenty years, including as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands war, the very first member of the royal house who'd entered into the battlefield since the second World War, in 2015, he was promoted to the lieutenant general in the Navy; but now, he'd been, stripped of the honorary military status, he'd also, lost the honorary titles of military in countries with ties to Great Britain like Canada and New Zealand as well.
And so, this, is how a man, falls down, hard, he's a member of the British royals, and yet, he couldn't keep his hands to himself, this still just showed, how no matter WHO you may be, if you're an XY, chances are, you can't resist the temptations of S-E-X, and this prince, became, a total, PAUPER here!
Filed under Abuse, Abuse of Power, Cost of Living, Crime & Punishment, Life, Sexual Assaults, sexual misconducts
Tagged as British Royal Committing Sexual Assault
For the Sake of Extra Earnings, the Couple Gave Birth to Another Daughter, Sold Her for a Million Dollars, the Couple Sentenced to Three Years Each
There is, this, huge, BLACK MARKET for, babies, especially when the birthrates are currently, on the DECLINE, and because we ran short on cash, I mean, it's just one kid, we can, always have more, we're, still, young, and reproductive, right??? Yeah, if that's the VALUES of these, modern day parents, then, we are all, gonna be, S-C-R-E-W-E-D!!! For some EASY money, let's, pop 'em out, one by one, and, sell them off, one by one too, off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
A couple in Yunlin is living in poverty stricken means as is, had many children, the two, for a million dollars N.T., the woman took out the IUD, got pregnant, gave birth to an infant girl, sold the infant off to a sixty-year-old man, Lin to raise, and the infant girl's father on the registry of birth was Lin; in the first trial, the couple were both sentenced to five years each for human trafficking, second trial gave them three years each, the Highest Courts tossed back the appeal, and the case is, closed.
there is, that, BLACK MARKET for these young ones all right! Photo from online
The verdict pointed out, that the couple didn't have high enough education, with the wife working odds and ends to support the family, and the husband is in prison on drug charges, before he started serving his time, he worked for construction to prevent the earthquakes from damaging the buildings too much. They were hit hard by the economics, other than receiving the low-income assistance from the government, they'd relied on the man's mother to help the family also.
Between 2008 and 2012, the couple gave birth to four children total, the second daughter was legally adopted to another person; in 2015, they gave birth to another infant boy, but couldn't care for the infant boy, and gave their son to the elderly man of sixty-five years of age, Lin who didn't have any children, who's well to do, afterwards, the wife had an IUD implanted, with NO desires of having any more children again.
Lin the elderly man hoped that the boy he'd adopted can have siblings as his companions, had the middleman, Kuo try and persuade the couple, willing to pay them a million dollars N.T. for them to get pregnant again, to have another child for him to raise, as the couple promised that they would, the wife had the IUD removed in February of 2016, got pregnant, and by November of the following year, she'd given birth to an infant girl, her sixth.
During the woman's pregnancy, Lin first paid $300,000N.T., then, $20,000 every month after that for her nutritional needs, then, as the infant girl was born, he'd paid the couple the remaining half a million dollars N.T., then, the elderly man took the birth certificate, to the local land offices, and, filed the adoption papers, change the infant's last name to Lin, and Lin was registered as the infant girl's birthfather.
The judge found, that the woman already had an IUD implanted, that she had NO intentions of having her latest infant daughter, and, the timing of her having the IUD removed, coincided with the time of negotiation by Lin, and, very shortly after the woman had the IUD removed, she was pregnant again, which showed, the cause and effect of Lin's offering the couple the money, for the couple to have their daughter.
The courts believed, that this case wasn't a human traffic ring where a human life is trades like goods, although Lin the elderly man passed back in 2019, the young children were being cared for by Lin's spouse well, that the couple, although they were trying to make money off of selling their young children off, but, they'd still showed care and concerns for their infant daughter after they gave her up, the judge is considering a reduction of their sentences.
Yeah uh, what the FUCK (don't pardon me here!), this is, human trafficking, you DO realize that, don't you, even as these young children weren't sold off as sex slaves, but these ill-fitting, reproducing like RABBITS parents, are still guilty, for selling their own young children, and for what? For more money, I mean, the chances of offering for, millions of dollars a kid won't come by again in our lifetimes, but hey, we can always, reproduce more, so the ones we'd sold off for adoption, well, they don't matter to us! Well, that's a LIFE, you'd, FUCKED up there, parents, and, parents like these ought to be, NEUTERED and SPAYED (like those pets in the animal shelters!)…
Filed under Abandonment of Children, Abuse, Bad Parenting Behaviors, Cost of Living, Improper Misconducts, Messed Up Values, Right to Life, White Picket Fence
Tagged as a Black Market for Babies, Babies Sold Off for Cash, Children Sold Off to the "Highest Bidder"
The Nurse at the Afterbirth Recovery Center Tossed & Slammed Down a Twenty-Eight Day Old Infant Boy, Sentenced to Thirteen Years
The physical abuse of this, infant who can't even, defend himself, because the caretaker didn't have enough sleep, working HER graveyard shift, and, the family of this young infant should NOT, settle all right! Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The Woman Lost Her Emotional Control, Grabbed the Infant's Head, Slammed His Head Against the Counters "We Hope that No More Infants Get Victimized", the Family of the Infant Boy Refused to Settle
The woman, Tseng works as a nursing staff member at an afterbirth recovery center in Taichung, last May, she was suspected of taking the graveyard shift and losing emotional control, and physically abused a male infant of only twenty-eight days of age for more than ten minutes, she'd beaten him slammed him, shaken him, causing the infant to sustain a skull fracture, subdural hematoma; the families "didn't want any more infant victims" refused to settle with the woman, the Taichung District Court sentenced Tseng to thirteen years in prison on aggravated assaulting a young child.
The verdict pointed out, that the thirty-eight year-old Tseng has a nursing license, worked as a dental assistance, before she'd transferred to work in the afterbirth recovery center, had been working on the nursing staff of the afterbirth recovery home for over three years, she works the graveyard shift.
At around six in the morning last year on May 11th, Tseng was suspected of being overwhelmed by pressures from work, lost it, carried the twenty-eight day old infant boy, Chen out from the carriage, slammed his head onto the counters, as she fed him, she'd, beaten him up, and, flicked the infant boy's forehead; then, Tseng left the nursery for about five minutes, then, returned back, and resumed abusing the infant male physically, she'd grabbed him up from the carriage, and tossed him to a meter away, onto the work station, causing the infant to hit his head on the steel rack of the work station.
Tseng didn't stop there, she'd continued using physical force on the infant boy, smacking him, pinching the infant's head, shaken him hard, on the morning at seven, as Tseng got off her shift, she'd recorded on the docket, that "the left and right cheeks were uneven, when feeding".
As Tseng's coworker found the hematomas on the infant boy's head and neck, rushed him to the E.R., that was when she was told, that the infant sustained a cranial fracture, and is having subdural hematoma, the infant's parents called the police, and after reviewing over the surveillance, the police found that Tseng was involved in the abuse. Tseng admitted to what she did, claimed that she'd lost her emotional control, that she didn't have any intent to harm the infant boy.
The Taichung District Court considered, that Tseng had multiple years of experiences as a nursing staff, a professional, knowing that the infant's head is quite fragile, and still, in a short time, she'd, physically abused the infant boy's head, causing him to have irreversible brain damage, with the intention of a felony crime; Tseng was never forgiven by the family of the infant, and the families pleaded with the courts, to sentence her heavily, she was sentenced to thirteen years for aggravate assault on a child, this can still be appealed.
How is thirteen years nearly enough, for what this woman caused? I mean, this infant will be handicapped or even, paralyzed because of her bad behaviors, and this still showed, how important it is, to make sure, that you interview the caretakers of your own newborn infants, and that's still not a guarantee that they will be well cared for, because, you never know, when one of these nursing staff members are going to, SNAP, due to problems in their own, personal lives.
Filed under Abuse, Cost of Living, Crime & Punishment, Death by Negligence, Improper Misconducts, Life, Lives Lost, On the Wrong Side of the Law, Punishment Doesn't Fit the Crime, Right to Life, Wake Up Calls, White Picket Fence, Wrongful Deaths
Tagged as Abused to Death by the Caretaker
We'd Not Lost Out to the Outbreaks, But it Was the Wrong Values that Screwed Us All Over
And this is, yet, ANOTHER case of how we all got, SCREWED OVER by the ideologies of the party that's leading this country of "ours" (oh wait, this AIN'T my country!!!)…off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
2021 was a totally, thrilling, year for us all. As Taiwan is boasting itself on being the head of the class in preventing the epidemic from hitting us all too hard, suddenly, we'd, shifted gears into stage three alert, and, there was, this, huge lacking in the availability of vaccines to the people, those in power manipulating the situations then, we the people, started, dashing all around, fighting for the limited resources available to us all, fighting to get the residual doses from the clinics all around. In a year's time, there are, close to, two thousand in the total population who'd, died by contraction, or by vaccinations, plus the Taroko Train derailing, the city-within-a-city fire of Kaohsiung, the drought, power outages, violence that occurred locally, drunk-driving; you can say, that Taiwan had been, living under, the glooms of, death.
But gladly, a group of Olympic competitors put on a show of "Miracles of the Summertime", we'd thought it would be the most beautiful firework that marked down last year but, at the end, the political realms, the showbiz all had the show of, "how to breed a loser" suddenly, shifting our focuses away from the four main issues that are up for public voting, and the people ignored the problems that will be, what we will, come into, direct contact with.
The plague had, altered our means of life, and the modes of economic. At the year-end gathering, my friend who owns a breakfast shop poured it all out: there's the continuing hike in prices of the raw produces, we'd, cut our earnings; the neighbors who'd sold off the Sandong style duck head bitterly smiled, "the prices of the raw produces is on a continuing hike upwards, only the cost of salt stays the exact same. The stock markets skyrocketed, with an extreme, side effect! Every country became, deadlocked in inflation, a bowl of instant noodles here went from thirty-five to forty, and the ordinary citizens' wallets, shrunk by more than ten-percent, let's not go into depth about the cost of housing then!
My father died last year, left behind a small chunk of land, the prices rose up, at the same rate as the housing costs, I was originally, guaranteed to make a killing, but, the drought and the outbreaks hit, and I'd, understood, that money can't bring the dead back to life, nor can the money, make it rain, my mother clearly stated to me that even if the land was sold off, she shall, continue to sell the vegetables, she will, NEVER retire! Money should be spent, on those who need it, and so, I'd, talked my older sister, and my mother, to donate it all away. People called me foolish, my mother thought of Mrs. Chen, that at least, we all have roof over our heads, a steady place of residence, and vegetables we can sell to make our living.
Taiwan hadn't been beaten down by the outbreaks, but we were under the attacks of the messed up values, drug abuse, sexual assaults, hacking, random murders, murdering the parents, child abuse, it'd been on the news, almost, every day; the political parties are against each other, constantly fighting, like a pair of parents disagreeing constantly, always asking the child to choose sides, never, considered how the kid feels, what the child actually needs from them, or, how to make it better for our own, next generations; how can the people, living under this kind of socialization, constantly being bombarded by these values, learn, to live in harmony with one another, and love each other?
Those with money enjoyed solving the problems with it, but, no amount of money can bring back those who'd been hit and killed by the drunk drivers, those who'd died in fires, the train derailing……………all of these, precious lives are gone, too fast. In this brand new year, I hope, that the parties won't just make it look good on the surfaces, but, really DO something, to tackle the problems we have in our society, to rebuild that sense of value, so we don't need to play "the Squid Games" all over again!
And so, this, is a call out to this government, because it got too set on gaining power, that those who are the heads of state, Su, the president, Tsai, and all of those, other, members of the DDP, stopped focusing on the needs of we the people, the government delayed the vaccines, causing, too many to die, and now, they'd, extended the time frame of the second and third doses to six months from before, and now, they're only, starting to, THINK, that hey, maybe we need to, give those who hadn't had an mRNA shop a third vaccination in three months, well, guess what, by the time all of these standard-operating-procedures get set up and working fully and functionally, yeah, that'll, wipe out about……I'm thinking, a-THIRD of the entire population, and, unfortunately, this, "estimated a third of the entire population", won't be the DDP followers.
And, all of these had happened because??? We the people (oh wait, I'm still NOT a part of that, "collective we"!) had, voted, a DICTATOR into office, and, there's NOTHING we the people CAN do about it…
Filed under "Professional" Opinions, Abuse, Abuse of Power, Abuser/Enabler Interaction Style, Blindly Following the "Leaders", Cost of Living, Death by Negligence, Life, Messed Up Values, Properties of Life, Right to Life, White Picket Fence
Tagged as 2021 in Review, the Incompetence of the Government
Joking about Hijacking a Plane on His Line Group, Got into Trouble with the Law
You'd think, that people should KNOW by now, that jokes about setting a bomb to blow up somewhere, or something as STUPID as this, will get you in trouble, but apparently, people still had to get physically, BURNED before they understand the limits to their, "jokes" here, off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The Civil Aeronautics Administration received a call, that individuals from LINE claimed that they were going to hijack a plane, and attack the 101. The Civil Aeronautics Administration stated, that the airport police had already, tightened up the watch, and reminded the airlines to pay more attention, currently, the case is investigated y the police, and the CAA called out to the public, to not make claims, or spread these messages, because whether it be intentionally or un, it'd, broken the laws.
The police department of Taipei found, that after investigations, this was a joke someone made online, gone bad, and, the individual got kicked out of the group s/he belonged in, and the police will chase the identity of the individual who'd made the claims, and see if any laws were broken by the person, and if there are further actions needed. If the posts the public make mentioned harming the dangers of members of the public, then, it's a prosecutable charge.
At 9:30 in the morn yesterday, the C.A.A. received the operations details form the city government of Taipei, that someone left the message to his LINE group, that s/he is to hijack an airplane, and attack Taipei 101. The C.A.A. immediately transferred the information to the Taipei and Kaohsiung city police departments.
The C.A.A. told, that they'd already, increased the security details, and the airlines operating within the country also tightened their security too. The C.A.A. stressed, that if members of the public broadcast or spread messages such as this, whether it be intentional or unintentional, the individuals had, broken the law.
The police found, that in a LINE group called, "The Jokes that Will Make You Laugh All the Way to Hell", a member anonymously left the message of "hijacking a plane" and "attacking Taipei 101", and the individual immediately got kicked out of the group by the group manager, while the message already went viral.
And so, this, is how you can't, shouldn't, make these, joke that stopped being, funny to all, after all, we are all, very tense already, what, with the outbreaks of MERS-CoV, and, with the homecomings of those abroad, and all of that SHIT that's currently going on right now, and, some IDIOT decided to make a bad joke about hijacking an airplane, and create chaos? Yeah, the individual deserved to get arrested and taken into police custody, for NOT knowing the appropriateness of jokes, because this sorts of SHIT simply just aren't, joking matters!
Filed under Cost of Living, Improper Misconducts, Knowing the Law and Breaking It, Life, On the Wrong Side of the Law, Perspectives, Properties of Life, Stupidity, Wake Up Calls
Tagged as a BAD Joke about Hijacking an Airplane and Flying it into the 101, No Joking Matter
Taking the Ladies Out, He Was Honey-Trapped, and Forced to Swallow the Live Goldfishes
And, some might say, that this LOSER got what's coming HIS way, for, soliciting, paying for, S-E-X!!! Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
A man, Wu, who runs a call girl station, with the ladies, set up a honey trap, zoomed in on the john, Peng, as he took a woman out, he'd not only take nude shots of the man, and forced him to "swallow the live goldfishes" as torture, and, threatened him that the group will sue him for raping the hookers, and he'd, signed a cashier's check for it, and, the sex trafficking ring also hired the middle school age girls, to accompany the male customers to drink, to go to the drug parties etc., etc., etc., the Taoyuan D.A.'s Office recently prosecuted Wu and six other individuals on robbery, and sextortion of youth and adolescents.
Based off of understanding, Wu (age 47), operated a massage parlor/brothel in Zhongli District, hired the fifteen-year-old middle school student as a drinking companion for men, charging $1,200 N.T. to $1,500N.T every two hours.
Last year, Peng took a lady home in May to use the laughing gases, and have sexual intercourse, but, the woman already conspired with the hooker station on a honeytrap, as the two were having intercourse, Wu and several men broke into Peng's place, took the photos of him nude, beaten him, and, shoed a live goldfish down Peng's throat, forced him to swallow the goldfish live down.
Then, the group robbed away the wallet, the ring from Peng, and forced him to sign a cashier's check worth one million dollars N.T., and took him to a steel shack in Pingzhen District, held him in their custody, later, the group found Peng to have escaped and called the police, they'd threatened to sue him on rape, to force him to keep quiet.
someone pulling the strings on this one! Photo found online
And, another woman, Chen from the same sex ring, was displeased at how the money she'd made got deducted, and wanted to quit, and was forced into a motel to have confront with Wu, and Wu knew, that Chen only took a five-thousand dollar N.T. advance from her pay, he'd claimed that she'd owed $200,000N.T., and beaten her to injury with a baseball bat, forced her to sign a check, and, confiscated her identification card.
The police were called by Peng and by Chen, they'd received a search warrant from the D.A.'s office, went to make the arrests, confiscated the guns, the ammunitions, and drugs, and other contrabands, and, there were the checks that Peng and Chen were forced into signing.
As the D.A. interrogated, Wu only admitted to running the hooker station, denied the robbery, the recruiting of underage girls as hookers; the major office personnel, the woman Lin testified, that she saw her accomplice forced Peng to "swallow a goldfish live!", taking shots of him nude, and the D.A. called the underage girls to testify for them, and, confirmed that they were all, underage, but worked as call girls.
And so, there's, still, NO victim here, only abuser and enabler, and, this loser who'd solicited sex, got it coming (And this is still NOT "blaming the vic" here!) because you shouldn't have hired a hooker, and yet you can't keep your hands to yourselves, and that, is how it led you to, where you were, taken into custody against your will, and, forced to sign that cashier's check of, how much again? Exactly, and, it's still all on the, "vic", because he's into hiring the WHORES!
Filed under Abuser/Enabler Interaction Style, Cost of Living, Improper Misconducts, Knowing the Law and Breaking It, On the Wrong Side of the Law, Sex Sells, sexual misconducts, Solicitations, Violence Against Members of Opposite Sex, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Honey Traps, No Victims of the Case, Schemes Using Sex, the Sex Trade
The Idols' Means of, Self-Destruction
How the star had, flushed HIS own, reputations, D-O-W-N, that DRAIN here! Observations on the infidelity of the singer Wang and the impacts of his bad behaviors on his wife, off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
On the day of the public policy voting, had the members of the public paid enough concerns over the issues as they are doing Wang's affair, then, the issues would've all been, passed. But unfortunately, all people were seeing, was, the loser behaviors of an idol, his infidelity in the marriage, causing his divorced wife's nuclear accusations, destroying his, reputations; then, with his aging father's statement from overseas, to support him, which only, brought more, questions to the matter.
That day, Wang returned from Beijing to Taiwan, was, down and out, it'd stated, how he was even more lacking in handling of his own problems, than how he'd, treated his own, marriage. The image that the couple gave was being in love, that they're a, perfectly, happy, family, and yet, behind the curtains, the spotlights, everything became, rotten and, rancid. Especially, after they broke up, the "parting peacefully", this common courtesy can't even be, achieved, they'd still, kept disclosing one another's disgusting news on the matter of money, so ugly.
like this…photo from online
It was Wang who'd, begun this, "self-destruct" mode of behaviors. If he were truly, the same in and out, and kept that image of a good man, gentle, taking care of his own families, then, even as his wife became ever the more, malicious toward him, it couldn't, damage a tiny bit of his, reputation. And yet, his booty calls with other women, calling on hookers, all of these accusations are, too thrilling, and he can't rebut, no longer do all of his friends cut off, and stopped following him on Instagram, it'd even gotten the close female friends to get on the air, to clarify their own names and relationships, with him. So, how did an idol, fall so hard like this?
After the incident, within a day's time, there were, THREE companies that ended the spokesperson signing with him. Which suggested, that the masks he wore as an idol is, completely, stripped of, and now, nobody wants to be anywhere, in the vicinity of, having anything to do with him. The paparazzi worker in China stated, "Wang's elegant existence in China is now, over!"; from the "high-quality performer", he'd fallen, to absolutely, nothing, how quickly everything, crumbled down for him; And comparing, Weng's break up with his wife, Barbie Hsu's divorce would be considered, much, much more, civilized.
And so, this still just showed, how all it takes, is ONE bad behavior, and, your reputations get flushed down that drain, and, everybody will HATE you for what you did to your wife, cheating on her, and it don't matter how you were formerly noted, how quickly, they all, crumbled here, well, that's, the stars for ya!
Filed under Abusing Someone's Trust, Bad Behaviors, Cost of Living, Infidelities/Being Unfaithful, Life, Observations, Properties of Life, Wake Up Calls, White Picket Fence
Tagged as What the World Expects of the Stars, When Stars Cheat
He'd Tortured His Eighty-One Year-Old Elderly Father to Death, Keeping Him Nude on the Lanai, Exposing the Elderly Man to the Bright Sunlight
The son-in-law here as the abuser, the daughter as, an, enabler! Crimes in progress here, off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The man, Hsu didn't care that his elderly eighty-one-year-old father-in-law was demented, locked him out without any clothes on on the lanai with his own wife, provided the elderly with only one meal a day, and they'd, poured the water, the cleaning agents on the elderly, allowed his father-in-law to lie in his own urine and feces, and the elderly can only use his thin arms to block the sun from burning him up, he'd only slept for three hours daily, in the end, he'd gotten, abused, tortured to death by them; as Hsu was called in, he'd told the police, "this is how our family got along", the district attorneys indicted both Hsu and Chen on torture and illegally incarcerating the elderly man causing death, asked the courts to give them severe sentences.
The indictment stated, that Hsu, being the elderly man's son-in-law, using such a horrid manner to torture, to injure his own father-in-law, taking away all the elderly man's dignity, that he didn't have any humanity left inside, asked for twenty-five years.
Chen knew her father was being abused by her husband, but stood by, and watched the elderly man get beaten to injury, and, the D.A. found the woman not fulfilling the duties to protect her own father, asked for twenty years.
Chen (age 45) and Hsu (age 44) took the elderly home from the hospital back on February 2nd, they knew he was demented, and with his arms and legs lacking the muscles to mobilize, couldn't take care of his own living means, and, in the summer of this year, when the weather was high up to 35.6-degrees Celsius, locked him outside, nude.
Chen and Hsu only fed the elderly one meal per day, only gave him water, porridge, or plain buns to feed him, allowed the elderly man to lie or squat, without any clothes on, in his own urine or feces, Hsu even poured buckets of water down on him, causing the elderly to fall backwards, hitting his head, used the toilet brush to assault the elderly man, threatened him, "if you enter the house, it would be when they haul you out to the funeral home!"
Hsu had told his father-in-law "I don't give you food, you don't defecate", "you don't get food, if you defecate once on the floors", and threatened to break his legs; the elderly man, Chen had stayed out on the lanai under the scorching heat for days, then, Hsu used a bucket, and even strong base or strong acid cleaners, poured it on him, not allowed him to lie down to rest.
As Hsu saw his father-in-law lying on the lanai, he got angered and started beating him with a toilet brush, kicked him hard, the elderly told, "I really can't get up", Hsu then hosed down his father-in-law, dragged him, slammed him, used his hands on his neck to prevent him from breathing, while Chen was close by, using a broom, to hit her father's lower back too.
Chen's health deteriorated quickly, due to the abuse, on July 30th, Chen saw that her father wasn't breathing, confirmed that he'd died, some time ago, then, notified the police; the coroner's autopsy showed, that Chen died of brain damage, rhabdomyolysis, the district attorneys asked the courts to have this horrific couple into custody, which the courts signed off on.
During the D.A.'s interrogations, Chen claimed that she didn't know that her father was being beaten, that she believed that her husband was "encouraging her father to move his muscles more", that's why he'd used the threats, Hsu admitted to restricting his own father-in-law's movements, but stressed, "This is how we got along as a family", and that it was his own father-in-law that bumped into the walls and fell, on the injuries found, denied the abuse.
And so, this elderly was, abused to death, but, something else must've, happened way before, to cause this couple to torture their elder to death, or that the caretaking burdens became too much for them to handle, that they believed it would be easier, to start mistreating the elderly man like so, and now, both will be, charged, with MURDER.
Filed under Abuse, Abuser/Enabler Interaction Style, Cost of Living, Crime & Punishment, Life, Murder, Perspectives, Properties of Life, Punishment Doesn't Fit the Crime, Right to Life, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Elderly Abused to Death, Murdering His Father-in-Law by Abuse
He'd Owed the Gambling Debts, and Masked Himself Up, Robbed His Own Father, Sentenced to Three Years Eight Months
See how men are still, SPOILED, by their, parents here? Off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
The thirty-five-year-old man, Huang owed debts in gambling that accumulated, and he'd started, thinking of robbing his own father, as his father took out the cash to pay the union, he'd used a toy gun, and robbed $410,000N.T. wearing a mask; the police first suspected that this was a set up by Huang's father, and after chasing the leads, they'd found out, that it was Huang who committed the robbery, and as Huang learned that it was his son who'd robbed him, he'd decided, to drop the charges, but the courts still sentenced Huang for possession of a dangerous weapon, and robbery, sentenced him to three years eight months.
The police investigated, that Huang lives with his fifty-seven year-old father, had the debts accumulated from his gambling habits to $430,000N.T.s. Last year on October 14th, he'd learned that his father was about to drop off payment at the union, at three in the morn that day, he'd called his father, asked to borrow a thousand dollars, and, got his father to go to the location, and ambushed at Linkou, as his father was about to get into his own car, he'd shown up with his face covered up as the man, Chiu who'd come, to drop off the amount, used a toy gun, threatened his own father, ordered him to give the money, robbed the $380,000 for the investment fees, as well as the $30,000N.T. that his own father had in cash.
Afterwards, Huang's father immediately notified the police, and the police reviewed over the surveillance of the getaway car, found that the car was registered to Huang's own son, suspected that Huang didn't want to pay the union, and had collaborated this script with his own son, and the police suspected this, they'd notified both the father and son to come in.
Huang's father told the police that he'd never done such a thing, claimed that after he was robbed, he'd asked his friends, and that was when they'd told him, that his son accumulated up the gambling debts out, and, as he'd returned home, he saw a toy gun inside his son's car, and inquired him about it, then his son came clean, that he'd owed $430,000N.T. in gambling, and broken the laws; and, as he gave his statement, he'd begged the officers for mercy for his own son.
Huang originally admitted to robbery, claimed that the money he'd robbed from his father he already used it to pay up the gambling debts that he'd accumulated, but at the trial, he'd claimed that his father WAS the one with the gambling addictions, worried that his father might take the money and gamble it all away, that was why he'd, robbed him, and that the courts can call his father to the stand to vouch for him. But the courts found that his statements are not in correspondence with the evidence, that it wasn't reasonable, ruled that he was lying.
The judge considered that Huang was on probationary term for his public endangerment case, that he'd robbed his own father, Huang's father loved him, and decided to not press charges, and he was given a lenient sentence of three years eight months.
Yeah, and what do you think this "kid" learns??? Oh yeah, I can ROB my father again, or someone I know, and get away with it, and this man had, spoiled his own son rotten too, he should've pressed charges against his son, and put his son away for a long, long, long time, after all, the son had, robbed the father, and so what IF, he didn't use a real weapon, that it was, only, a fake? He still deserved to be punished, more severely, than this, but the father went soft, because it was his son who'd, committed the crimes. And so, another LOSER is, spoiled by his own, "daddy dearest" here!
Filed under Abuser/Enabler Interaction Style, Cost of Living, Knowing the Law and Breaking It, Life, Messed Up Values, On the Wrong Side of the Law, Properties of Life, Spoiled Rotten, Spoiling Children, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Effects of Spoiling the Children, Robbing His Own Father

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Dream Chaser to launch on ULA's Vulcan rocket
August 14, 2019 at 7:54 pm Robert Zimmerman	Behind The Black
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Capialism in space: Sierra Nevada today announced that it will use ULA's Vulcan rocket for the six unmanned cargo flights of Dream Chaser to ISS beginning in 2021.
Sierra Nevada engineers and the company's owners, Fatih and Eren Ozmen, considered boosters built in Japan, Europe and by SpaceX and Blue Origin. But they ultimately selected United Launch Alliance, they said, based on a competitive — but undisclosed — cost, the Vulcan's capabilities, ULA's unblemished launch record and a long-standing working relationship.
While the six space station resupply missions are baselined to fly on the Vulcan, with ULA's Atlas 5 available as a backup, CEO Fatih Ozmen said the company is holding open the option of launching Dream Chasers commercially on other rockets if demand develops. [emphasis mine]
The highlighted text is key. They are putting ULA on notice. Deliver at a competitive price, and on time, or we will exercise our option to go elsewhere.
At the same time, this really isn't news. The company picked ULA for its first two Dream Chaser cargo flights back in 2017.
Meanwhile, I would like to see some concrete progress from Sierra Nevada. They got their cargo development contract from NASA in January 2016, almost four years ago, and since then not much has seemed to happen.
Interestingly, Dream Chaser will be flying on Vulcan's second certifying flight. It sounds like Tory Bruno offered them a cut rate. You wonder just how much more this deal would have cost if SpaceX did not exist?
Competition: It can be a beautiful thing.
It's an important win for ULA, diversifying their Vulcan launch manifest in a significant way. Since it's unlikely to get much in the way of commercial payloads, they might as well diversify between federal agencies.
The other interesting thing is that this means that in Commercial Resupply Services next phase, there will now be three different cargo vehicles, launched on three different launchers, each operated by a different company:
1. Dragon launched on Falcon 9 (SpaceX)
2. Cygnus launched on Antares (NGIS)
3. Dream Chaser launched on Vulcan (ULA)
Wodun
Vulcan's protracted development time helps out with SNCs protracted development time.


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Q: How to set Target in the LSTM for video classification Please see the following code for creating an LSTM network:
NumberofClasses=8
model = Sequential()
model.add(LSTM(256,dropout=0.2,input_shape=(32,
                 512),return_sequences=False))
model.add(Dense(1024, activation='relu'))
model.add(Dropout(0.5))
model.add(Dense(NumberofClasses, activation='softmax'))
print(model.summary())
sgd = SGD(lr=0.00005, decay = 1e-6, momentum=0.9, nesterov=True)
model.compile(optimizer=sgd, loss='categorical_crossentropy', metrics=
['accuracy'])

callbacks = [EarlyStopping(monitor='val_loss', patience=10, verbose=1),
ModelCheckpoint('video_1_LSTM_1_1024.h5', monitor='val_loss',
save_best_only=True, verbose=1 ) ]
nb_epoch = 500
model.fit(train_data,train_labels,validation_data,validation_labels,batch_size,nb_epoch,callbacks,shuffle=False,verbose=1)

In the above code, I am creating an LSTM using Keras library of python, my data has a sample of 131 videos belonging to 8 different classes. I have set a frame sequence of 32 frames for each video(thus each video has 32 frames and hence 131 video generated 4192 frames) I extracted features from a pre-trained model of VGG16 for each of these frames.  I created train dataset through adding Each of these extracted features into an array.  it generated a final array of 4192,512 dimensions. the corresponding train_labels holds one hot encoding for each of the eight classes and have a dimension of 4192,8. However since LSTM needs the input shape of (samples, timestamp, and feature) formate, and each of video in my case has a sequence of 32 frames,  so I reshaped the trained data in to [131,32,512] and applied the same reshaping to the train_labels.  However, when I run this I got the following error:
 ValueError: Error when checking target: expected dense_2 to have 2 dimensions, but got
 array with shape (131, 32, 8)

If I do not reshape the train_labels and leave it like (4192,8)  the error is :
 ValueError: Input arrays should have the same number of samples as target
 arrays. Found 131 input samples and 4192 target samples.

please note that since each of my videos has 32 frame sequence length that i applied this reshaping [131,32,512] to train data and (131, 32, 8) to corresponding labels. I would appreciate any comment or advice to solve this problem

A: In video classification you usually have one label for the whole video, meaning that in your case the labels should have shape (131, 8).
If you have labels as (131, 32, 8), this means you have 131 samples, each sample has 32 timesteps, and each timestep has 8 classes, so in this case there is one label for each timestep, and that is not video classification. A model can do this but you need some changes to the LSTM in order for this to work.
If you want to classify each timestep, then you should use return_sequences=True in your LSTM, like:
model = Sequential()
model.add(LSTM(256,dropout=0.2,input_shape=(32,
                 512),return_sequences=True))
model.add(Dense(1024, activation='relu'))
model.add(Dropout(0.5))
model.add(Dense(NumberofClasses, activation='softmax'))

You can check how the output shape of the model has changed with model.summary()

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"One client recently joined C2 after their large PEO unexpectedly informed them that their arrangement was likely out of compliance with Maryland law and that their health insurance subscription would terminate immediately. Such a tremendous disruption to the operations of this small business threatened their viability and financial future. This is why C2 has expanded in Maryland-to fill the void left on small businesses by their large PEOs," highlighted Asencio.
C2 is a full-service Human Resources Outsourcing Organization which has enabled small and emerging businesses to become more profitable, compliant, and competitive by reducing their costs, improving their workforce, and increasing their business performance. For nearly two decades, C2's full-service offering allows its clients to focus on their core mission, as well as their customers' needs, and ultimately achieve their business objectives. For further information, please visit www.c2essentials.com or contact us at 703.444.0096.


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As far as upright stick vacuums go, the Shark Rocket Ultralight HV302 is a high-end product.
A unique design coupled with convenient features help this vacuum to stand one step ahead of the competition.
If you have medium-high pile carpet covering your whole home, then you might not be able to replace your full size vacuum with this Shark vacuum.
It can make a very handy addition for cleaning some surfaces that the full size has a difficult time with such as the stairs or under the furniture.
It is intended for hard surfaces, area rugs, and low-medium pile carpets.
2-Speed Brush Roll – While you don't have the option to turn this roller off, you can adjust the speed to allow for better cleaning of hard surfaces versus carpets.
Rubberized Handle – This comfortably designed handle will help you keep your grip on the machine, a good feature as the motor is located by the handle.
30 ft. Cord – This is longer than the normal 20 ft. cord provided on most stick vacuums. That extra 10 ft. of cord will help you to get to every part of the room you need to without switching power sockets. If you have a large staircase in your home, this little bonus can save you a lot of time and energy.
Washable Filtration – While not HEPA certified, the multiple filters on this machine are all washable and reusable, meaning you will hardly ever have to buy a replacement. Additionally, this is a bagless vacuum that has a bottom-replace dust cup. When necessary, you can empty the cup and rinse it out for the next use.
Cleaning Wand – With a detachable head and weight mostly centered at the handle, this vacuum can easily be used to clean surfaces normally reached by a hose and wand combination. Simply take the main cleaning head off and replace it with one of the provided attachments, or one of your own if you'd prefer. You'll be able to easily reach everywhere you need to clean.
Accessory Bag of Attachments – The Shark Rocket HV302 comes with a crevice tool, upholstery cleaner, dusting brush, detail kit, dust away attachment kit, and a handy bag to store them all in. Because the attachments can't be kept on the vacuum itself, the bag makes storage a lot easier.
Wall Hook and Mount – Included on the handle for easy storage, this saves your closet space and helps with the specific design of the machine.
Reaches under furniture easily because of the swivel head and low profile – You can get under nearly everything in your house without having to move it, so you might save your back the trouble it would otherwise go through.
Powerful suction even on carpets – This is surprising as it is not common for a stick vacuum to work well on carpets. The Shark Rocket does it's job well, except when it comes to high pile carpeting. Otherwise, very good suction on hard floors and area rugs as well.
Light weight at only 7.5lbs – The weight might feel a little awkward at first as it is near the handle instead of lower down, but you will come to appreciate that fact when you have to vacuum around the corners or near the roof!
Versatile and easy to use for all the odd jobs – Dusting, cleaning the car, stairs, you name it, and this vacuum can manage it.
Brush doesn't turn off – This might be nice for carpets, but isn't necessary for hard floors and can make it hard to get some of the smaller, less cooperative dirt.
Awkward weight distribution – This makes it so this vacuum does not stand up on it's own at all. You have to carefully lean it against a surface or the top-heavy design will topple over. If you have a pet or small child that might bump into the machine, this can be an accident waiting to happen.
Dust cup fills too quickly – This because the vacuum itself is not very large. For a stick vacuum, it's actually not that uncommon, but it can be obnoxious when you have to empty it after each room before being able to continue to the next.
In the world of stick vacuums, the Shark Rocket HV302 does not disappoint. As mentioned before, you might not want to replace your regular canister or upright with this model if you have a fully carpeted house with medium-high pile wall to wall carpets. Otherwise, the HV302 is perfect and can make your life a little easier if you are currently messing with the hassle of hoses or battery powered vacuums. Don't forget to check out some customer feedback reviews first before buying.


Being a teacher, you can never choose the classroom that you wish to teach in but you can always decide on the way you wish to arrange it so the your students have a fun learning experience. When you have alternate seating arrangements for your young kids, this has a positive and deep impact on the way students learn things. How about bringing in the idea of flexible seating inside your classroom?
Whenever we think of a classroom, the image that conjures up in our minds is chairs and tables made of wood and kept in small gaps from each other. Doesn't this seem to be boring these days? If you wish to know more on kids chairs and how they can be made fun and loving inside a classroom, check out the below mentioned options.
Did you ever realize that it can get creative when you get down on the floor for completing some group work? As long as the sessions are productive or creative, it is always better to get down on the floor. All your muscles remain at a calming position and hence it helps your brain to function properly and give you all the creative ideas. You can therefore keep beanbag chairs or floor spots or pillows which can be used for the young students to sit.
How about grabbing a wiggle cushion or a ball chair or an exercise ball and sit on them? This will let the students to sit on a surface which is not stable enough and harsh for their back. If you think you need a cushion to lean forward, this will create a learning position and can give you an altogether different feel. You may also use ball chair that's filled with air to create an even better experience. Wiggle cushions also let the kids to move while learning without having to disrupt the class that's going on.
If you want to initiate a 'pedal to read' program in your classroom, you can use exercise bikes. Kids usually love the idea of biking and reading. You can actually get pedlars or exercise bikes which sit on the floor right across their feet. These can be great options for biking and learning.
There are few kids who just don't love the idea of sitting at a same place. You can try a standing desk, a podium or a table which can be kept the back of the class and the standers can all stand at the back and listen to what's going on in the classroom. You may even put a balance board under the place where they stand so that they can involve their brains along with balancing their body.
Therefore, if you're a teacher who is reading this post, try to include the above listed alternative seating arrangements in your classroom so that you can turn the monotonous classroom into a fun learning experience.


Summer School as School (SSAS) is a guide and an intervention, stationed in Prishtina, designed to unite and disseminate critical knowledge produced by selected professionals, about exploring and responding on relevant challenges of today, new models and possibilities in art education and art collaboration.
Public presentations at SSAS include presentations by: Technical Assistant of the Museum of MoAA, Adrian Deva, Branislav Dimitrijević, Martin Fritz, Felix Gmelin, Edi Hila, Ibro Hasanović, Vjollca Krasniqi, Nita Luci, Nebojša Milikić, Suzana Milevska, Miran Mohar, Adrian Paci, Amila Ramović, Pepi Sekulich, amongst others.
The program of public presentations part of Summer School as School begins on July 27 and ends on August 6, 2015. The venues for the Public Program are The Boxing Club and Stacion - center for Contemporary Art Prishtina.


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An immigrant who wants to personally import a motor vehicle from abroad, or who purchased one in Israel, is exempt from paying tax.
A returning minor, a citizen immigrant and a permanent resident have the same status as an immigrant concerning personally importing a car.
Personally import - means an individual who is importing goods for his personal use, and not for commerce or resale.
A motor vehicle — includes a motorcycle or a car that weighs no more than 3.5 tonnes.
An immigrant may import a vehicle under these conditions :
• He didn't utilize his rights to personally import a vehicle in the past.
• The vehicle import documents may only be on the immigrant's name, even though his spouse may drive the car without him.
• An immigrant may actualize his tax exemption benefit beginning from when he enters Israel until three years from his date of entry, provided the vehicle is only for his personal and / or family use (but not for business).
• If he goes abroad for more than six months within the three year period that he can actualize the benefit, that period of time is not included in the count of three years and he can add the time he was gone to the three year count. (This does not apply to a returning minor.)
• The imported vehicle is for his personal use in Israel, for a period of at least 4 years after it was registered.
• He can sell the vehicle that he imported or bought without paying tax only after 4 years.
• Another person may drive the vehicle of the entitled person, provided that the entitled person or his/her spouse is in the same car with him.
• Only one vehicle may be imported per family.
• There is no limit to the car's
The tax benefit rate:
For a new vehicle — he is exempt from paying purchase tax, but must pay a customs duty rate of 50% + VAT (a total of 75%).
For a used vehicle — he will be entitled to a tax benefit, with the tax calculation on a used vehicle having the fixed depreciation deducted from the value of a new vehicle of the same model and year of manufacture.
The tax calculation on a used vehicle will have the fixed depreciation deducted from the value of a new vehicle of the same model and year of manufacture.
Please note : Shipping the vehicle, customs clearance, licensing, etc., takes a considerable length of time, so it is important to import the vehicle as early as possible to your entry to Israel.
What are the documents required for the import or purchase of a vehicle? To print, click here
If you want to import or purchase a vehicle in Israel without paying taxes, you should contact the Customs Department with the following documents ready:
• An immigrant certificate.
• A valid passport and visa (including prior passports).
• Import and registration authorization by the Standardization Department of the Ministry of Transportation.
To register a vehicle — you must follow the regulations of the Ministry of Transport. This means submitting documents, such as certification by the importer confirming that a supply of imported auto parts are available in Israel as well as experts who can fix the imported vehicle. Standards compliance approval (EEC, EC) (NAFTA) from the auto manufacturers.
A vehicle whose registration in the country was not approved by the Ministry of Transportation, (e.g. the steering wheel is on the right side) is not permitted to travel in the country and must be removed from the country. It is therefore recommended to check whether your vehicle was approved by the Misrad ha-Rishui before importing it.
• A foreign vehicle license in the name of the immigrant or his spouse, which is valid in Israel for the kind of car imported, conditional on the foreign license being issued before he entered Israel, and he lived in the country which issued the license for at least one year before he came to Israel.
If he lived more than one year in Israel, he has to present an Israeli license. To convert his foreign license, see our Guide to Converting a Driver's License.
• A passport containing a stamp of his status when he entered Israel, or the immigrant visa given him by Israeli representatives abroad. The same for his/her spouse's passport.
• A valid motor insurance certificate.
• The original purchase invoice and a copy which includes all the vehicle's details, including all the extras installed in the vehicle.
• A rental lease for an apartment in Israel (valid for one year).
• Proof that he reported for compulsory IDF army service, or that he is exempt from enlisting, within one year from his entry to Israel.
• Personal vehicle importer declaration form (Form 21). You can get a sample form in our office or download it here.
• Goods information declaration form (Form 130). You can get a sample form in our office or download it here.
Other conditions to import a vehicle
An immigrant couple who divorced during their period of eligibility, each one is eligible for a tax benefit entitlement after the divorce, provided that he/she did not receive this benefit previously on his/her name.
One may transfer ownership "before the end of four years":
From one immigrant to a person who does not qualify for the tax exemption benefit : The transfer will be possible only after paying taxes, provided that a year has passed from the date that the vehicle was picked up from the Customs Department.
From one immigrant to another who is entitled to a tax exemption benefit : The vehicle will be recorded an additional eligibility period of four years from the date that the vehicle was transferred.
An immigrant who reported for compulsory / optional military service : his army service will not be deducted from his entitlement period. His entitlement period will be extended after he finishes his service (unless he is serving in the regular army).
An immigrant who began studying in an institution of higher education within 18 months from the date of his entry into Israel consecutively up to 5 years, shall be entitled to another year's delay (for medical / legal studies, he will be entitled to as long as his studies take). If he left the country immediately at the end of his studies, the period of his stay abroad will be considered as if he is living in Israel.
An immigrant minor who possesses a driving license that permits him to drive when he turns 18, should provide the Customs Dept. with confirmation that he converted his license within 60 days from entering Israel.
An immigrant who used his tax exemption on a motorcycle, and wants to upgrade to a car, will be entitled to a tax
exemption benefit for a car at a reduced tax rate, contingent on the following:
1. The eligibility period has not ended.
2. The immigrant paid the balance of the taxes for the motorcycle.
3. At least one year has elapsed from the date he received the motorcycle from the customs inspection.
Green taxation
The Green taxation reform was passed to encourage the use of environmentally friendly vehicles and fuels. On the schedule are: tax benefits and penalties, and more.
One who purchases / imports a vehicle whose manufacturing date is from 1.1.07 onwards, the set tax rate on the vehicle will be reduced depending on the vehicle's degree of air pollution, as determined by the Ministry of Transport.
Department of Transportation - Department of Standardization. Secretariat in charge of Standardization.
Address: 8 Hamalacha street (in Beit N'chosim), Tel Aviv, POB 57031, Zip code 61570.
Tel: 03-5657119 / 22 | Fax: 03-5657123 | Telephone: Sun-Thurs - 08: 00-15: 00
Reception - By appointment
Can an immigrant who imported a vehicle from abroad sell it to a person who is not an immigrant without paying taxes
After four years from importing his vehicle, he can sell it without paying taxes.
Can someone else drive the car of an immigrant
Someone else can drive it, on condition that the immigrant and his spouse is in the car with him.
How many cars can one immigrant family import
A single car for the whole family.
If the husband is entitled to a tax exemption for his car, can the car be registered in his spouse's name
The vehicle may only be registered in the name of the one has the benefit.
Can an immigrant sell the vehicle he imported to another person within 4 years if he pays the taxes
He may sell his imported vehicle after only one year.
Can an immigrant who wants to sell his car to another immigrant after 4 years sell it without paying taxes
Yes, but the tourist buyer has to start counting the four years again.
For how long can an immigrant utilize his right to import a car without paying taxes
Until three years from the date he immigrated.


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RingPartner Taps Andela to Create Global Workforce
VICTORIA, BC (April 20, 2017) – RingPartner, one of the first performance marketing companies to focus solely on the click-to-call niche, is thrilled to announce they have partnered with Andela, a global engineering organization, to build upon their growing, talented workforce. Ultimately, RingPartner hopes that some of the intercontinental employees hired through Andela will be able to visit their team in British Columbia.
RingPartner works closely with a select group of publishers to provide inbound consumer phone calls to advertising clients around North America. Their goal is to make it easy for businesses of every size to instantly link consumers to desired products or services in real time by enabling them to simply click on phone numbers with a mobile device. This eliminates the need for filling out online forms and ensures that businesses are connecting with the best possible prospects, which are delivered on a pay per call basis. RingPartner prides itself on its innovative approach to performance marketing and feels that utilizing Andela's staff will help the organization leverage new skill sets to stay ahead of the competition.
Andela identifies the most talented international software developers based on psychometric test scores, take-home coding tests and in-person interviews, then hires them as full-time team members specializing in tech stacks like JavaScript and mobile development. After six months of participating in intensive simulations that challenge their expertise, these developers are distributed to high-growth companies such as RingPartner to create diverse global workforces with interdisciplinary knowledge.
"Our team is extremely close, and our international developers are key members of our global workforce," stated Todd Dunlop, CEO of RingPartner. "Thanks to the ease of video calling and live messaging like Slack, all of our employees have the tools to stay connected to each other, no matter where they are located."
About RingPartner
Founded in 2013, RingPartner is the Pay Per Call exchange. RingPartner connects consumers through inbound phone calls to brands and businesses, big and small. These highly qualified calls are delivered to businesses at the exact moment that consumers are ready to take action and buy a product or service. RingPartner works on a pay per call basis, meaning that clients only pay for phone calls delivered to them in real-time. For more information please visit www.ringpartner.com.
About Andela
Andela is a global engineering organization that connects leading technology companies and talented software developers from around the world. We enable companies to build high-performing engineering teams while providing a platform for talented technologists to accelerate their expertise. Backed by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV (Google Ventures) and Spark Capital, Andela is building the next generation of global technology leaders. For more information, visit www.andela.com.
Gail Gregerson
Email: gail@ringpartner.com
Phone: 1.888.656.3726 ext.230
RingPartner CEO featured in Forbes
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