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They control your money. They control your government. They control your life. And everybody pays.
The film begins with Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) standing outside in the pouring rain in Berlin, Germany. Across the street, his partner Thomas Schumer (Ian Burfield) meets with André Clement (Georges Bigot) in a car. Clement talks to Schumer about how the International Bank of Business & Credit (IBBC) is going to purchase missiles in a deal with China. Both men smoke cigarettes, but Clement remains adamant that the windows stay down. Schumer tells him that they can protect him if he turns on the bank. Clement says that he'll think about it and contact him later. Schumer exits the car and Clement drives away. Schumer calls someone and is excited that Clement is going to be their informant, so they can take down the bank. Schumer walks to the road as people walk around him. He signals to Salinger on the opposite side, but then suddenly clutches his arm. Schumer vomits and collapses on the ground. Salinger rushes over through the busy street, but has his head smashed by a side-view mirror of a panel van. Salinger goes down, hearing nothing but a ringing noise, looking directly into Schumer's dead eyes.Salinger is checked out by a doctor in a hospital, who recommends that he stay overnight so that they can keep an eye on him. Salinger refuses and requests to see Schumer's body. Salinger goes to the morgue and inspects the body. It appears as though Schumer suffered a fatal heart attack, but Salinger doesn't believe it. He thoroughly inspects the body and has the coroner help turn Schumer on his chest. While inspecting his back, Salinger finds a small lesion. He tells the coroner to conduct a full autopsy. Meanwhile, in New York, District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) tries to contact Schumer to get an update on how the meet went, but she can't reach him. Salinger calls her office and tells her that Schumer is dead. He also tells her to come to Berlin so that they can meet with police officials. Salinger and Whitman meet the police officials and try to convince them that Schumer was assassinated. The autopsy report found a small trace of prussic acid and cyanide in Schumer's body. For the poison to kill him that quickly it had to have been administered only a minute or so before, Salinger saw the whole thing but didn't notice who the killer was. The police question Salinger about why he and his partner were in Berlin. Whitman explains that Interpol is investigating the IBBC for being the bank of choice for money laundering all over the world, while also participating in other illegal dealings (murder, weapons buying, etc.). Whitman is involved because the New York branch of the IBBC is where they primarily do their shady dealings. Everyone who has tried to testify against the bank has been either murdered or disappeared completely. The police don't see any evidence against the bank, and so they tell Salinger and Whitman to go home. They also inform Salinger that they've read his dossier, and tell him not to make the same mistake he made in Scotland Yard. As they leave, Whitman asks Salinger what the police meant by Salinger's past. He just tells her to read his dossier as well.Salinger goes back to his home in Lyon and fills a sink full of ice water. As he dunks his head into the sink, he recalls Schumer's death and remembers a man (the assassin) bumping into him after he got out of the car. The next day, Salinger's boss arrives at Interpol headquarters and is surprised to find Salinger there so early. Salinger is determined to bring down the IBBC. He found a newspaper article about Clement having a freak accident while driving home, the same day Schumer was killed. With Clement dead, they no longer have an informant. Jonas Skarssen (Ulrich Thomsen), the head of the IBBC, gave a statement to the police about Clement. He says that Clement was at his house working on something and then left before he was found dead. Salinger found that Skarssen was lying about the time he said Clement arrived at his house. Salinger wants to talk to Skarssen and try to catch him in his lie (then start to build the case again). Meanwhile, the assassin (Brian F. O'Byrne) meets his handler Wilhelm Wexler (Armin Mueller-Stahl) at a museum. Wexler finds that the assassin is fixated on a particular painting, and asks him why he likes it. The assassin replies that its because he can see the agony on the peoples faces, and agony is real. Wexler gives him another assignment on a USB key. The assassin hesitates at first, but decides to take the job.Salinger goes to the IBBC headquarters for his meeting with Skarssen. While waiting, he sees Skarssen walking/talking with a group of men, including Wexler. Salinger shouts out to get Skarssen to talk to him, but is ignored. Salinger is brought into a room and is introduced to Martin White (Patrick Baladi). White is Skarssen's attorney, and he has also brought the bank's attorney to join their meeting. If Salinger wants to talk to Skarssen, he will have to talk to White first. Salinger is pissed that he's being jerked around, but stays for the meeting. He questions White about the time Clement arrived at Skarssens house, and White gives the wrong time. Salinger calls him on lying and tells him that the police report he has states a different time. The bank's attorney inspects the report, and then pulls out another report. He says that the report Salinger has was a preliminary draft, and so has errors. The official report, which is in his hand, says that the time White gave is correct. Defeated, Salinger leaves the headquarters and calls Whitman on the phone. He says that they changed the report and theres nothing he can do. While talking, someone bumps into Salinger and walks towards the bank. Salinger freaks out, thinking that hes been poisoned as well, and confronts the person who bumped into him. It turns out to be an innocent woman, who thinks that Salinger is crazy.Salinger visits his boss at home and tries to get him to come outside. His boss refuses, and so Salinger makes his way into the house. He smashes his boss phone to pieces and pulls out a hidden wiretap from it. They go outside, and Salinger says that he also found a wiretap in his phone. The bank bugged them, which is why they wrote up a new report before Salinger went to visit. Meanwhile, Whitman calls Clements widow and tries to question her about her husband, but she hangs up. She leaves a message for her, giving her cell phone number and telling her to talk. The widow picks up the phone and says that she doesn't know anything about why her husband was killed. She hangs up again, but then text messages Whitman's cell phone. They reply back and forth, and the widow tells Whitman to talk to Umberto Calvini (Luca Barbareschi). Also, during this time, we see the assassin practice firing at a target a certain distance away. He then carefully loads the bullet shell into a container to save for later. Salinger looks into Calvini and finds that he is the head of a weapon's industry corporation. He also is running for Prime Minister in Italy. Salinger and Whitman travel to Milan to question him about Clement and the IBBC. Meanwhile, we see a couple of exchanges, ending with a package being handed over to a uniformed senior cop. Salinger and Whitman show up at a political rally, where Calvini will give a speech. They enter a nearby building to meet Calvini. While waiting, Whitman says that she read Salinger's dossier and found out what happened to make him quit Scotland Yard and join Interpol. He had found a good informant in the IBBC to help him bring them down, but the IBBC got to his informant and made it appear as though he was unreliable. They then caused the informant and his family to die in a car accident. Everyone wrote Salinger off and they buried the case. They meet Calvini, and he candidly explains that the IBBC has purchased a bunch of missiles from China to sell to another country. They then came to him to buy guidance systems because he's only one of two people in the world who can supply them. However, Calvini refused to do business with them and turned them down. Clement was his friend in the IBBC. Calvini warns Salinger and Whitman that the IBBC control everything and everyone. They supply countries with weapons to control the wars, which makes them control the debt in war zones. He promises to talk more with them after the rally is over.Calvini goes outside and attends the rally. Salinger, Whitman, and an Italian detective decide to get some drinks at a bar next door while they wait. In a nearby hotel, we see a hitman setting up a rifle and aiming for the stage. Calvini starts to give his speech, and the hitman sets off a countdown for sixty seconds. When the minute is over, he tries to shoot Calvini's head but misses due to a sudden movement. Immediately after, a second shot is fired and Calvini is shot in the head. The hitman is confused, since he didn't fire the second shot. The crowd panics and everyone runs off. The uniformed cop from earlier blasts his way into the hitman's hotel room and pumps him full of bullets. After his colleagues leave, the cop shoots the hitman in the head to finish him off. He then plants the shell that the assassin fired earlier on the floor. Salinger runs to the hotel while Whitman and the cop follow. While everyone flees, Salinger spots the assassin. He follows after him through an alley, but loses him once they get to the backstreet. Whitman and the detective also get to the street. Whitman sees the assassin in a car and slowly approaches. The assassin starts up the car, crashes into Whitman, and speeds off. Salinger and the detective are shocked and rush over to her. She appears to be fine, and the detective gives Salinger his gun, telling him to pursue the assassin. Salinger runs on foot and eventually comes to a crowded intersection. He spots the broken windshield of the car and approaches it, but finds that the assassin has escaped.Whitman is checked out at the hospital and is fine apart from some bruises. Salinger and Whitman go back to the rally site, which has been sealed off by police. They are let through and begin to inspect the stage. They notice that the trajectories of the two bullets fired are different from one another. They go onto the roof of the hotel where the hitman was killed and Salinger realizes what happened. The assassin was on the roof, with the hitman a couple of stories below. They both set off a countdown for sixty seconds once Calvini started to talk. When the hitman missed, the assassin fired and got the head shot. The second bullet shell in the hotel room was placed to look like the hitman was alone and fired both shots. And since the hitman was connected to the Red Brigade, Calvini's death looks like a political assassination. As Salinger visualizes how the assassin got away, he comes across a puddle on the roof. He has the cops drain the water and then they find the footprint of the assassin in it. Salinger recognizes the footprint from a murder years ago, and realizes that the IBBC keeps on using the same assassin. Also, due to the footprint, they determine that he uses a leg brace to walk. If they can get to the assassin and turn him, they can bring down the bank. The corrupt cop shows up and informs them that their superiors have ordered them back home. Their investigation is hereby closed. Salinger and Whitman go to the airport and can't believe they're being shafted like this. As they say goodbye to their cop friend, Whitman notices the metal detector nearby. If the assassin left through the airport, he would've had to show his leg brace once he stepped through the metal detector. They review the security footage and find that sure enough the assassin was there earlier, but since he was aware of the camera he had his head turned away (so they dont have a clear image of his face). They find that he went on an airplane to New York, and so they head on the next flight to NYC.Once Salinger and Whitman arrive, they are greeted by NYPD detectives, Iggy Ornelas (Felix Solis) and Bernie Ward (Jack McGee). The detectives managed to get a clear screenshot of the assassin's face when he landed in New York. And since he has a leg brace, he must have been a particular doctor's patient to get the shoes that he's wearing. Meanwhile, we see the assassin running on a treadmill at a gym. Salinger, Ornelas, and Ward locate Dr. Isaacson (Tibor Feldman). They go to his apartment and knock on the door. He answers, but then shuts the door, saying that he hasnt done anything and seems nervous at letting them into his apartment. Salinger scares Isaacson into cooperating with them by saying that the assassin kills doctors. Elsewhere, Skarssen is at home playing the Asian strategy game Go with his son when he gets a video conference call from White, Wexler, and his senior staff. It's revealed that they had Calvini killed so that they could deal with his son's for the guidance equipment for the weapons. They also know that Salinger and Whitman are close to finding their assassin. It is decided that they won't allow anything to mess up their deal with the Calvinis.Salinger and the detectives look through all of Isaacson's patient files for those who have the specific leg braces. One file has a dead phone number listed and no photo of the patient. Also in the file is an address, which was where he would get dropped off by a taxi every time he left the office. Whitman's boss chastises her for wasting time on the IBBC case and tells her they have 1 more chance. Salinger, Ornelas, and Ward go to the address but find that its an empty lot. Still, they figure that the assassin must live around there. Ornelas goes to get some coffee and as he pays, he spots the assassin walking down the street. Ornelas runs out of the store and gets Salinger and Ward. They follow him through the streets until he stops at a payphone. He calls someone, and tells him to meet at the Guggenheim Museum. Salinger and the detectives follow the assassin to the Guggenheim and blend in with the crowd. Wexler shows up and Salinger recognizes him from before. Wexler tells the assassin that Salinger is his next target, since he's getting too close to them. Wexler leaves and Ornelas follows him. The assassin gets ready to leave when he sees a reflection of Salinger and Ward spying on him. Salinger realizes that they're blown and so they confront the assassin. They hold him at gunpoint and prepare to arrest him, but the assassin says that the bank will never let them bring him in. The assassin is suddenly shot in the chest and falls over. A gunman shoots Ward in the throat, causing him to fall onto Salinger. Ward bleeds all over Salinger and painfully dies. The gunman is about to kill Salinger when the assassin shoots him through the forehead. It turns out that a whole hit team is in the museum, and a massive shootout ensues. Salinger grabs Ward's gun and kills some henchmen. The assassin also saves Salinger from being killed again. The assassin was wearing a bulletproof vest, and so he's unharmed from being shot before. He tells Salinger that they need to get out the museum, since the hit team is meant for both of them.During the shootout, Salinger is wounded in the side of his face. He and the assassin realize that the only way out of the museum is the spiral ramp, which is scattered with hitmen. They try to shoot their way out floor-by-floor, but keep on getting held down. Salinger shoots a hitman and tries to grab his gun, but the hitman fights him over it. Salinger shoves his finger into the hitman's bullet wound and causes him to unload his machine gun into the roof, showering the museum with glass. Salinger manages to shove the hitman over the balcony, where he falls to his death. The assassin is shot in the hand, and then four times in the stomach. Salinger smacks him around to make sure he doesn't die, and then shoots out a giant ceiling piece, causing it to crush some gunmen below. Salinger and the assassin manage to elude the last two gunmen and escape from the museum shortly before the police arrive. Salinger carries the assassin to a nearby park, and the assassin says that he was right all along they would never allow him to be taken into custody. The assassin dies, and Salinger is found by the police.Whitman visits Salinger at the police station, where a detective tells them that the cops were told to detain both of them. Whitman and Salinger manage to escape from the police station and drive off. Whitman shows Salinger a file and drives him to a building, where Ornelas is waiting for them. He caught up with Wexler and is keeping him downstairs. He tells Salinger to turn Wexler so that Ward didn't die for nothing. Salinger goes downstairs and meets Wexler. He knows that he was the assassin's handler and knows that he set him up to die. Wexler says that the reason why Salinger failed to bring down the IBBC and will continue to fail is because the IBBC controls everyone. All government agencies and criminals invest in the bank so that they can do things outside the law. Wexler was a former East German communist secret police and Salinger is puzzled how he came to be so dedicated to a western bank. Wexler wearily hints at selling out his beliefs and is not happy anymore. To bring down the bank, Wexler tells Salinger he will have to also go outside the law. Salinger tells Whitman to walk away from the case and write him off. She wants to see the case through to the end, but Salinger says that the bank will go after her family. Its better if he goes at it by himself. Whitman eventually agrees and says goodbye.The IBBC lawyer White and others go to the Calvini organization to sign the contract for the guidance equipment. However, the Calvini security team suddenly shows up and orders White and his guys to leave immediately. It turns out that Salinger informed the Calvini sons that the IBBC assassinated their father. While driving away, White is informed that the Calvinis know about the assassination. Whites car enters a tunnel, but doesn't come out. Later on, while watching a news segment on a general staging a coup de tat (which the IBBC supported), Skarssen sees a report about White's death. He realizes that the Calvinis are sending them a message, but reassures his colleagues that everything will move ahead. So instead of buying the guidance equipment from Calvini, they will have to buy it from Ahment Sunay (Haluk Bilginer) in Turkey. Currently, Sunay is in Istanbul for his cousin's funeral. Skarssen plans to travel there to negotiate a deal. Wexler calls Salinger and tells him that the meet is in Istanbul.In Istanbul, Skarssen and Wexler arrive at the funeral. While waiting for Sunay, Wexler excuses himself to use the bathroom. Salinger is waiting in the bathroom with an earpiece. Wexler planted a bug on Skarssens jacket, so when they meet Sunay Salinger will be able to record their conversation. Sunay greets Wexler and Skarssen while Salinger watches from afar. Sunay has Wexler wait outside while he takes Skarssen into a building to talk business. Salinger sneaks into the building because he has to be within a certain level of distance to hear the conversation. However, he's soon discovered by guards and thrown out. Meanwhile, a man approaches Wexler. He looks up and knows what's going to happen next. After negotiating, Skarssen goes outside and finds Wexler slumped against a pillar. He tells him to wake up, but then notices a hole in his jacket. Skarssen opens his jacket to find that Wexler has been shot and killed. He then panics upon seeing Salinger, who starts to approach him. Salinger grabs Wexler's gun and stalks Skarssen through busy markets. Skarssen tries to shake him, but Salinger continues to follow him. Scared, he runs onto a rooftop and flees. A part in the roof is destroyed, and so he can't run any further. Salinger, gun in hand, introduces himself. Skarssen says that he doesn't have the authority to arrest him. Salinger says who said anything about arresting you? and aims the gun at him. Skarssen says that if he kills him, it will solve nothing. Someone else will take his place, and the IBBC and 150 other banks will continue to thrive. If Salinger were to kill him, it would only quench his blood thirst. As Salinger contemplates killing Skarssen, a shot is fired. Skarssen is shot in the chest and collapses on the roof. A gun is then held to the back of Salingers head. The shooter is the same man who killed Wexler. He takes Salinger's gun away, and then walks down to where Skarssen is barely alive. He shoots Skarssen again, this time in the head to finish him off, "with greetings from Mario and Enzo Calvini". The film ends with the hitman walking away, telling Salinger "Grazie" (Italian for thank you).During the end credits, we see newspaper headlines about Skarssen's death. He was replaced by one of his colleagues, who continued the illegal activities of the IBBC while making it appear as though they are a clean bank. The last newspaper clipping says that Whitman, in a promoted position in Washington, is going to perform another investigation into the IBBC.
Genre: Thriller, Action, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Clive Owen (Louis Salinger), Naomi Watts (Eleanor Whitman), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Wilhelm Wexler), Ulrich Thomsen (Jonas Skarssen), Brian F. O'Byrne (The Consultant), Michel Voletti (Viktor Haas)
Screenplay: Eric Singer
Country: USA, Germany, Great Britain
Score: 65 %
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BALTIMORE: W.L. Gore & Associates, manufacturer of the Gore-Tex and Windstopper brands, has named Warschawski its global AOR without conducting a formal review.
Amy Christopher, president of Warschawski, said the agency will handle PR and marketing activities for the Gore-Tex and Windstopper brands. More specifically, Christopher says the agency will develop branding campaign designed to build brand insistence for the two brands at every touch point—licensees, retailers, and consumers.
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Today I am scared of my own potential. And that's the only hurdle I have to overcome. At some point in the past I followed my natural path and the glimpse of success there scared me. I felt alone, unable to cope, and some part of me decided that it was scary to have success. Then I started to shy away from it. Actively. In any way possible.
Now I've decided to allow myself to grow, flourish and be whatever I'm meant to be. But this requires an element of courage and fearlessness that currently challenges me. I know that the bull is standing facing me, waiting for my move, intimidating me into inaction.
So here with my fear staring me in the eye, what do I do?
Having just read (and fallen completely in love with) The Warrior Ethos by Steven Pressfield, the first thing I do is maintain eye contact.
I am not going to look away, turn away or avoid dealing with the fear.
Self limiting fear or intimidation exists only in my head.
If I avoid the fear, it will start sabotaging and stabbing me in the back anyways.
So I sit myself down calmly, acknowledging that the fear is eager to leap on me, trample all my thoughts and emotions, make me feel panic and avoidance or whatever it takes to get its way. Fortunately I've been through a fair amount of self development and know that I am master of my choices.
Just acknowledging that and being able to separate the fear from my own conscious choices – knowing that it is an emotion trying to control my thoughts, and that I don't have to allow it power to do so – is a big step many people have to make.
A lot of us think and feel as if they were one thing. They sure feel like one thing when we're mad and having trouble articulating why.
But if we can acknowledge that our mind is perfectly capable of controlling our body, and therefore our emotions – we can make the choice to do exactly that.
In that choice we have just decided to take more control of our lives.
But anyways, I digress… here I'm going to share what I am going to do about that fear now that I'm staring it in the face and it's breathing hot smelly fear breath all over my eyeballs.
I'm going to sit down. Fear is just going to stand there, being all scary and fear-like. I'm going to acknowledge that anything I anticipate happening in the future has not happened yet and therefore is probably just in my head – being imagined. Whatever has happened in the past is now over and gone, and only the memory now lives in my head. I'm going to remind myself that I exist now, in this moment, and that is all I can really say is a fact at this point in time.
This thought process should take a little off the edge of fear's flame, because reminding myself that imagined things – like monsters under the bed – are more scary when we allow them to be scary – lets me bring myself back to the here and now, when I'm writing this post or you're reading this post and in doing so taking an action to give ourselves more power and allow fear less power.
Any action we take to empower ourselves is POWERFUL.
Now I'm going to consider the person that fear is trying to scare me away from being. What are they like? What are they doing? And WHY are they doing it?
This should help me get curious about the person and remind me of things that I may be intimidated by or afraid of. Is this person powerful? Are they a CEO? Are they in business or running a company or fighting in competitive martial arts? Are they travelling freely around the world with two bucks and no belongings? Are they buying their fifth property? Are they wealthy? Are they ridiculously wealthy? Lets be clear – really clear – and not just about the idea or fantasy of having this or being that. What does it take?
Lets get detailed. What are they DOING in their day?
What actions are they taking every day? Nobody makes a billion dollars from scratch by sitting at home doing nothing. A billion dollars is made by providing a billion dollars worth of value. Maybe they decided to become the best gamer on Twitch, or drop ship toothpicks globally, print name cards, or sell eco-friendly diapers wholesale. Maybe they decided to let go of all their possessions and just seek experiences. But they TAKE ACTIONS daily – what are they? What does it take to run a limited company? Have five employees? Have fifty employees? Be a stay at home mum? Lets see those details!
With every step towards finding out those details – with every new piece of information learned – the flame of fear starts to burn slightly less brightly… and we gain personal strength in knowledge.
My fear is based in my past – and now that I've reminded myself that the past is gone, and I am a much stronger and more developed person than I was back then – I can commit to really considering what I want and WHY.
The WHY will always be a motivator we can count on, so we need to know our WHY.
For me, I want to establish my corsetry brand Pearls & Arsenic as a Ltd company and expand it to be very stable. I want it to be the most established corsetry brand in Asia, and well known internationally as such.
I want my body to be fit, lean and as capable as it possibly can be. I want to be in great working media industry shape and able to work with capable and motivated agents on new and exciting projects. I want to enjoy playing kung fu and other sword forms!
I would really love to share empowerment with young people – especially teens and pre-teens by talking at schools or other places.
In short form – I'd like to create corsets, model them with a specific femme fatale 'look' and be able to empower young people and others by sharing my journey.
And hey why not. Who's to say it's not possible. It hasn't happened yet. All I have to do is ask myself whether I can do and am able to do the primary / fundamental / first step things that are needed to achieve those things. Because if I can do them and am able to… then all I need to commit to is actually doing them, right?
So if I look at a day in the life of that person – what might it look like?
Exercise – a LOT of this. Likely kung fu + strength + flexibility – perhaps skipping, rowing, sword practice and a load of stretching or trying basic gymnastic stuff? Probably every single day, or 5-6 days a week minimum.
Wearing a corset, obviously. Probably on a daily basis – including days I don't really feel like it. I already know the femme fatale look I want to achieve – rather Maleficent + Dita von Teese + comic book Psylocke… long dark hair and red lips on a powerful modern empress.
Getting proactive in my work – dedicating solid time to selling and creating corsets and improving the corset business while promoting education on corset wearing, lifestyle and safety to an Asia-wide and international audience.
And regarding empowering people – hopefully this blog will reach those it's meant to, and improving myself will lead to opportunities that have schools or other communities reach out to have me speak to their audiences. But I can always aim to achieve the previous goals as daily habits and then present a pitch to schools on empowerment and self. I feel very much like this is my WHY. I'd love my journey to inspire someone on theirs.
That's quite a few things to fit into a day – but it's not impossible and it's certainly not scary. Suddenly I look the bull in the eyes and it's not flaming any more. In fact it's not really doing anything but looking at me. And now I step forward, my weapons the details and knowledge in my hand and the certainty that I can capably do any of those things in a day.
Making that list – writing it down – breaking it into parts – really helps.
All I have to do is remind myself of this when I doubt or when the fear emerges. It lives only in my head and has no power against the positive actions that I can take towards my goals.
Therefore I'm the boss – and every action I take towards those goals diminishes the power fear has in my life. Frankly, good riddance.
There's fun to be had and I'm not letting fear get in the way of it.
N.B. Here are two videos to add to the above – hope they're helpful and make some points seem clearer or add to the message.


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Tips and advice on how to install cross bar holders onto a stainless steel balustrade system.
Mark hole position on post. A small piece of masking tape will help with this. Drill 5mm diameter hole.
Tap the 5mm hole with a M6 tap.
Fix to the post with M6 countersunk screw.
Tighten with hex head key.
Insert rod into cross bar holder.
Secure with grub screw using hex head key.


The efficient swept-back design of the C102 eliminates the 50% increase of power from fiber build-up on the leading edge.
The high head capability of the C104 circulator impeller is 3 times the capability of conventional impellers. The C104 is especially effective in high viscosity (low Reynolds No.) applications.
The unique airfoil design of the C110 can increase the wear life of the impeller by 2 to 6 times.


People nowadays love to share their pictures and videos through stories. This has become popular after the launch of Snapchat's story feature.
In two months, the Instagram's stories have counted for 250 million daily users. This count has surpassed the Snapchat stories feature which was 160 million only for May.
The stories help you to share your pictures or videos with your friends and families. These stories remain for 24 hours and then it disappears. The Stories feature was first launched by Snapchat only. Instagram came up with this feature after 3 years.
Instagram has offered more features than Snapchat which is why people love sharing stories in Instagram. Due to this massive increase of stories feature in Instagram, the shares of Snapchat have plunged down by 3%.
Snapchat is coming up with new features to tackle this situation, but Instagram is way ahead of Snapchat. The application has also suffered decrease in download, which led to a loss of $2.2 billion.
People now prefer Instagram rather than Snapchat for sharing their pictures as they get a lot of content apart from the Stories features. This can be counted as a great loss for Snapchat.


Novell Vibe users can view what's new in Vibe by using the What's New page. Users can quickly see what's new in their teams, favorite places, and more. For more information on how users can view what's new in Vibe, see Finding What's New in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3.1 User Guide.
As the Vibe administrator, you can control various aspects of the What's New page by modifying Vibe configuration settings.
The maximum number of comments that are displayed for any given entry.
The maximum number of words that are displayed for each item on the What's New page.
How often the What's New page is updated to display the most recent posts.
NOTE:Adjusting this setting to update the What's New page more frequently than the system default (60 seconds) can result in inadequate system performance. However, depending on how many users access your Vibe system and your current configuration, a more frequent or less frequent update cycle might be appropriate.
The maximum number of new or modified items that are returned by the search (includes entries and comments).
Defines whether the What's New page is displayed when users first log in to the Vibe site. If the value of this line is true, the What's New page is displayed. If the value is false, users see their personal workspaces when they first log in to the Vibe site.
IMPORTANT:If you have specified a default home page for you Vibe site, as described in Section 4.3, Setting a Default Home Page, users are taken to that home page when they first log in to the Vibe site, regardless of this setting.
Search for the appropriate line that represents the configuration setting that you want to customize for the What's New page.
See the table in Section 4.8.1, Understanding the Configuration Settings You Can Customize for the What's New Page to find the line in the ssf-ext.properties file that controls the setting that you want to customize.
For example, if you want to change the number of words that are displayed for each item on the What's New page, search for the line activity.stream.display.words=-1, then change the value to the number of words that you want to be displayed. For example, activity.stream.display.words=25.
Copy the appropriate line from the ssf.properties file to the bottom of the ssf-ext.properties file.
Change the default value of the line to the value that you want.


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translated from Spanish: Mexico adds 9 weeks of increase in COVID cases
For the ninth consecutive week, Mexico is experiencing an increase in trends in COVID-19 cases, reporting a 17% increase between the 28th and 29th weeks of the year.
The Ministry of Health recorded 6,506 recent cases, so there are 2 million 861 thousand 498 people who have become ill with the virus, since the beginning of the epidemic.
Read more | WHO warns of new variants of COVID "more dangerous and difficult to control"
However, it estimates that 120,248 (3.9%) they are active cases due to presenting symptoms in recent days.
In addition, the agency confirmed 245 more deaths from COVID, for a total of 241,279 deaths recognized from the disease.
53% of the population, vaccinated against COVID
So far, 67 million 594 thousand 385 vaccines against COVID have been applied; so far this August 1, 225 thousand 747 were administered
This number corresponds to 47 million 690 thousand 704 people vaccinated with at least one dose, 53% of the adult population in Mexico.
Of the vaccinated population, 25 million 808 thousand 916 (54%) they have the full COVID vaccination schedule.
COVID-19 cases and deaths in Mexico
Updated information with the Technical Communiqué of the Ministry of Health.
Data from February 27, 2020, when the first case was confirmed in the country.
Note: on October 5, 2020, the Ministry of Health adjusted the data accumulated up to that point and added to the record 2,789 more deaths, compared to the previous day. These are cases by "epidemiological association", that is, those confirmed not by laboratory test, but with Viral Respiratory Disease that had contact with a confirmed case/death.
SOURCE: Ministry of Health
New CASES OF COVID-19 in Mexico
Confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in Mexico
*They do not correspond to the day they occurred, but to the day they were added to the total record of deaths. Data from February 27, 2020, when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the country.
List of COVID-19 cases in Mexico
Daily percentage increase in confirmed cases
compared to the previous day
This graph shows the acceleration of the epidemiological curve since March 1.
The first confirmed case in the country was on February 27, 2020.
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translated from Spanish: Woman beaten savagely to deprive of their liberty
translated from Spanish: ¿Por qué docentes de La Matanza marcharán en contra del Operativo Aprender?
translated from Spanish: Here will be played the final of the World Cup 2022: Qatar inaugurated the stadium Al Wakrah
translated from Spanish: Morena Rial spoke of her father's wife: "It's worse than Agustina Kompfer"


Europe has long been a classic destination for study abroad students. From studying French in Paris to business in London, Europe is home to several of the world's most popular (and best) study abroad countries.
Europe also gets a reputation of being expensive. Though true that some nations, like Switzerland and Norway, aren't exactly student-budget friendly, places like Germany, Malta, Spain, and Portugal are surprisingly cheap -- not to mention all the student discounts offered throughout the EU and the UK!
No matter what your major, budget, or study abroad goal is, you're sure to find a program that suits you in diverse, little Europe.
Sweden: which has affordable full-degree programs (though not a very affordable cost of living).
Malta: whose one university (the University of Malta) conducts courses in English.
The Netherlands: which also have a few English-language university options.
Portugal: Spain's overlooked, budget-friendly neighbor.
Czech Republic: another budget-friendly option with a unique, non-Western culture.
The cost of living varies throughout Europe, but fortunately, there are some ways to save -- no matter where you are -- as a student. Take advantage of student discounts (especially on transportation and in museums) or under 26 discounts. Look for student housing rentals (places like and are good places to start) and eat in when possible.
However, there are some expenses that you just can't avoid -- like tuition. But how much will you spend exactly?
Well, that depends on where you go and which program/university you choose. For example, the total price of a semester in England could run you as low as $14,200 if you're super thrifty and score a cheap flight, to $30,000 (especially if you're heading to Cambridge). Most students will fall somewhere in between.
In Italy, on the other hand, students confident enough in Italian to enroll directly at a university, could pay as little as $7,700 for a semester abroad. However, most students are more likely to spend around $17,050 - $32,000 for a single semester (the wide range mostly being due to tuition / program fees).
Oh, and France? Paris, unsurprisingly, will be the most expensive city to live in but smaller cities -- like Montpellier and Lyon -- are far much more reasonable. Regardless, you could spend $5,500 - $8,665 on the low end if you directly enroll in a French university. On the high end, a program with a third party provider could cost as much as $33,215. A more middle range number if going through a program provider is somewhere between $20,000 - $25,000.
Many European universities, study abroad providers, private organizations, and government agencies offer scholarships for students studying in Europe. Some well known scholarship and financial aid providers are the and . allows you to search a database of offered scholarships by entering your specific needs and information.
Go Overseas also offers a bi-annual $500 study abroad scholarship that can be applied to any program around the world.
If you're studying abroad in Europe, you can get student discounts for airfare ( offers a study abroad discount and lets you search for them across various airlines).
Otherwise, try to book your flights at least 5 weeks in advance to get the best deal. You can set price alerts and search for flights on sites like .
For the most part, health considerations in Europe will be the same as at home. However, you may not be able to drink the water in a few countries (like Europe), so it's always good to ask when you arrive.
One of the biggest safety risks for study abroad students in Europe is petty theft. To avoid this, make sure you don't leave valuables unattended (like on the back of your chair at a cafe) and stay alert in crowded areas.
As terrorism is also a concern for study abroad parents, our best advice there is to keep up to date with the news and register for the State Departments program to get alerts from them as well.
Your best bet for cell phones while you're in Europe -- especially if you're there for longer than 2 weeks -- is to come with an unlocked phone (most phones in the US are unlocked for international usage or, if not, you can easily make this request to your phone carrier) and get a local SIM card and pay as you go plan. For more details, read this guide to cell phones in Europe.
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[review] 10:24 Fear {of the unknown} by ella1967
This week's episode of Grey's Anatomy was the culmination of a heartfelt season of forward progress, missed connections, and actor contract-related goodbyes for Owen Hunt and Cristina Yang. And yet even in this ultimately heart-squeezing episode, there were scenes of resonance for Owen and Cristina's story as we saw that their love for each other retains both its potency and intensity.
As morning broke in Seattle, we found Owen and Cristina having taken full advantage of their reunion which both stepped into in the previous episode. While Cristina checked the day's weather report in preparation for her flight overseas to her new hospital posting, we saw Owen attempt to entice her with another try at goodbye which seemed to involve them not being able to keep their hands off of each other. Owen and Cristina have always had a passionate connection, as evidenced by how playful and romantic they remain with each other, yet we also learned crucial information from their exchange as Owen outed Cristina's struggle over the past two weeks to leave town as she stated was her intention. In keeping with the light hearted poignancy of this scene, we saw Cristina wave off a formalized goodbye with Owen, stating she'd see him later at the hospital after a side trip to the mall for a new phone charger.
Naturally enough, given that this was a Grey's Anatomy season finale, soon after Owen started his work day at the hospital he learned there had been a sizable and deadly explosion at a Seattle mall. As he began the diligent work of prepping the hospital for an influx of trauma patients, Owen also found himself facing his potent fear of being separated from Cristina by something much more concrete and long-lasting than a geographical switch to a new gig at a European hospital. Fortunately neither Owen nor viewers were left twisting in the wind too long on this one as we saw Cristina appear unexpectedly to help Alex Karev with a cardiac patient. At least the mall subplot got Crowen fans a callback to Cristina and Owen's history as Cristina reminisced about having gotten all the furniture to furnish their beloved firehouse from that mall.
Soon thereafter a complicated day got even more complicated as it turned out a heart was available for one of Cristina and Owen's remaining pediatric cardiac patients. As Cristina bustled from one surgery to the next, we hoped there would be a moment at which she and Owen would cross paths and he would have verification of her safety plus they would have their planned for chance to reconnect before her flight. Unfortunately Owen stepped into the duty of operating on another trauma patient while Cristina also prepared to scrub in on another surgery which kept them again on divergent paths in their day.
At least in the meantime we gained insight into Cristina's two-week struggle to leave town as it turned out she felt like her life in Seattle was unfinished, personal and professional combining into something she didn't know how to leave behind, feeling as perpetually bonded as she does to Owen, her friends, and her work. Meredith Grey, who also struggled to let go of her friend, in a moment of clarity reminded Cristina that this was not about there being a finish line, that this was simply a new chapter for them all. As this episode drew to a close we saw Cristina race to find Owen who was still operating on his tenuously surviving patient. Even as we'd hoped for them to have words, hugs, and kisses for each other, we saw all of Owen and Cristina's passion poured into their tearful expressions as they stared longingly at each other through the OR's gallery glass. Here's hoping that the unfinished nature of Cristina and Owen's business together and their love for each other, which all their personal struggles together has done nothing to diminish, will lead them back to each other for a shared future.
Elsewhere in the hospital: Derek Shepherd and Meredith Grey's seeming plans to build a new life for themselves in Washington DC veered off track; Alex Karev bonded with the idea of the outward trappings of success his private practice gig might net him while also contemplating advice from Cristina about how he might miss using his other medical talents; Catherine Avery made peace with the idea that her son Jackson and April Kepner may make her a grandmother; Callie Torres and Arizona Robbins realized they both still considered the idea of having another baby; we saw the exit of two residents; Richard Webber endorsed Miranda Bailey for the empty seat on the board while we learned Cristina had left her shares in the hospital and her board seat for Alex; Richard Webber also learned their new chief of cardio might be his daughter when she announced she'd chosen to work at Grey Sloan Memorial because her birth mother was Ellis Grey.
Big thank you to "ella1967" for all her amazing reviews of Grey's Season 10 and of course she will be back to review Season 11


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MLL Telecom: ASA's 'fake fibre' ruling is still creating problems for new fibre players
Earlier this year, the ASA ruled that FTTP providers could market their services as full 'fibre' broadband, despite the fact that they rely on copper connections from the cabinet onwards
The Advertising Standards Authority's decision to allow internet service providers to market their fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) services as 'full fibre' is sowing the seeds of confusion amongst consumers and creating a barrier for new entrants into Britain'…
The Advertising Standards Authority's decision to allow internet service providers to market their fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) services as 'full fibre' is sowing the seeds of confusion amongst consumers and creating a barrier for new entrants into Britain's fibre network market.
As the UK looks to dramatically boost its fibre to the home (FTTH) penetration levels, the ASA's ruling earlier this year seems bizarre – as it allows broadband connections that rely on archaic copper connections for the final mile to be marketed as 'fibre' products.
In an exclusive interview with Total Telecom, ahead of their appearance at Connected Britain later this week, MLL Telecom said that the ruling was still creating problems today.
"The decision is a blow to new entrants – It allows incumbent players to label a broader element of their products and services as full-fibre. It will create confusion, for consumers and business customers, ultimately create further investment challenges for new entrant full-fibre players," said Isy Bizaoui, executive director for strategy and sales at MLL Telecom.
"At MLL Telecom, we work with both incumbent and new players. Our customers are technically astute and we will have the opportunity to help them understand the differences between the various flavours of fibre. That will be tougher to do in the consumer and SME market, where the sales engagement model is very much driven by advertisement and on-line purchases. The more confusion there is around fibre service definitions, the more reluctant consumers will be to switch," he added.
You can read the full interview with Isy Bizaoui, executive director, strategy and sales, at MLL Telecom by clicking here.
You can also find out more about MLL Telecom's participation at Connected Britain by clicking here.
» MLL Telecom: ASA's 'fake fibre' ruling is still creating problems for new fibre players
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VXFiber: The UK must boost FTTH funding if it is serious about becoming a full fibre player
Nextgenaccess showcases full fibre capability at Connected Britain


So it was a lot of fun, I made a number of great contacts including Ken, WA8REI, whose "fist" is sounding as good as ever, and I did make contact with Steve, W3PBC/N0TU. That was real fun as his signal was loud and a good copy. With all the new snow, the backyard "ice shelf" was a great operating location. Hope to work you on my next winter outing sometime in March.
Guy, N7UN/2, Polar Bear #15, aka "RainMan"
My winter hiking friend Joel W2TQ and I went up to near Lake George, NY and climbed up to the firetower on top of Black Mtn in the Adirondacks, NY. This site is about 15 miles NW of Rutland, VT and overlooks Lake George in NY.
This is my first attempt at using my digital camera to video some of my hiking experiences. So I apologize in advance for the "roughness" of this production...on some of these video excerpts you will need to turn your head 90-degs to the left to adequately view. Too many years as a still photographer....I learned you can't turn the camera 90-degs to get a wider perspective! Next time we'll do better....I promise.
So all-in-all this was a "10" for a winter camping experience. There was enough snow to make it fun, the scenery was beautiful, and the N7UN Winter Sled made the hike very enjoyable. I'm already planning the next winter hike into the Red Hill Firetower in the southern Catskills, maybe sometime in March!


To date the X-Treme X-Men series has been very similar to the Exiles series. It's a group of mutants that have been traveling between alternate realities and timelines with a common goal. Currently we have both Dazzler and Sage from the 616 Universe, an alternate version of Wolverine (who goes by James Howlett) and Hercules who are in love. Also there is an alternate and younger version of Kurt Waggoner, the disembodied head of an alternate timeline Xavier, and a very alternate version of Cyclops. Their goal? To travel the timelines and kill 'evil' Xaviers who will somehow form together to destroy all of space time as we know it. Yup. Evil Xaviers who range from Cthulhu brood infested versions to a Nazi Xavier.
The concept is strange though it's been an interesting run. As the X-Treme X-Men are going to tie into the 'X-Termination' crossover that will also include the 'Age of Apocalypse' series and 'Astonishing X-men' that is just around the corner I know anyone wanting to follow the crossover is going to want to know all of the players.
In this issue we find our X-Treme X-Men on a world that had been dominated by a Nazi styled Xavier. He took over the world in a World War 2 era and followed that up by killing all of the 'evil' rulers out there and put everyone under his control. Things were going great (in his world view) until he found that Atlantis was getting ready for a play on taking over the world. He launched a preemptive attack and killed everyone but a half Japanese and half Atlantean Namor.
The art through this entire series has been good but the level of detail in this issue as the X-Treme X-Men were fighting both Xavier AND Namor was outstanding. They finally knock Namor down just long enough for Dazzler to kill this world's Xavier (8/9 down so far.) The only problem is while they are celebrating (with a little lip locking between Dazzler and Cyclops) they realize Xavier had mentioned 9 had been killed. Dazzler realizes this and as they go to see why Xavier had made such a great mistake they find it is because the last Xavier they thought they had killed was really hiding in their Xavier's psyche.
He had reanimated the evil Nazi Xavier they had just finished dispatching and had joined all three of the greatest psychic that had ever existed and the worst case scenario was happening right before them – on the last panel of the issue.
Next month I have a feeling we're going to see them save the day here and start the official lead in to the 'X-Termination' event. So if you are looking for everything related to the event that's going to give you a rough catch up on what's happening opening the next issue.
I love the alternate timelines they've been showing of the Marvel Universe. If you can't get enough of seeing a variety of views of how our heroes could have ended up this is a series I highly suggest picking up the collected trade of when it's available.


"SEO" stands for search engine optimization and is among the most important marketing tools for any growing business that wants to improve their presence and increase revenue online. The purpose of search engine optimization is to optimize your website content and code in order for it to rank highly on search engines like Google or Bing. By implementing a successful SEO strategy, Google will begin to favorably rank your website and feature your content on search engine results pages — as you climb to the top — you will see a steady increase of organic user traffic over time!
When effectively implementing a successful SEO strategy, you'll be able to increase the amount of traffic that reaches your website through search engine results that are truly organic. SEO is a very complex and evolving effort that must be maintained if you want to see consistent results. Those that properly maintain their SEO efforts will be rewarded with increased traffic to their website, which means that you'll gain more leads, more sales, and a greater brand reputation.
The seven most common ways that SEO can help your business grow are detailed in the following, all of which you should begin to notice soon after you've started to implement SEO best practices into your website.
Likely the best aspect of implementing an effective SEO strategy is that it will help increase the amount of users (aka prospective customers) that visit your business's website. When you start to appear towards the top of Google search engine results pages (SERPS) for searches and search phrases that are related to your business, you will begin to see a higher number of users and more traffic coming to your website, which means that there will be more chances for you to convert the initial traffic into customers who will purchase your products and/or services.
Higher customer conversion rates will turn into more sales and better qualified leads. Whether you've just recently obtained an online presence by creating the first website for your business or have never used SEO before to grow your online presence, search engine optimization will pay dividends as you attempt to grow both your brand and business.
When you begin your SEO efforts, you'll also find that it helps to build your online brand's reputation. When customers enter a search term and find that your website is among the first listed within the search results, these customers will likely trust that your website is a representation of a reputable and successful business. The greater visibility for your website means that there will also be greater trust in the eyes of your customers as an established brand. When multiple search keywords lead to your website, your brand awareness should start to spike.
The best aspect of maintaining SEO efforts to bolster your brand reputation is that it's among the few ways to increase brand awareness without spending a substantial sum of money (compared to traditional advertising). When you start to outperform your main competitors in search results, your brand may begin to be seen as an industry leader, which is a position that you can maintain with consistent search engine optimization. By implementing a few simple SEO techniques, you may be able to push customers who were previously unaware of your brand towards eventually having your brand at the top of their mind whenever they think about the product you sell or the service you offer.
Customer engagement is essential if you want your company's reputation to continue to improve. Customers who see that their opinions are being listened to may view your business in a better light, which is something that SEO can help with. By optimizing your website to user search queries and related keyword phrases that prospective customers are most interested in, you're essentially responding to user's questions and interests by providing them with the information they're seeking. By creating content around your user's search queries and needs, you are positioning your business to answer these questions and craft a better sales strategy for your business through a website that more closely meets the needs of your customer base.
Customers who see your website towards the top of search engine rankings for a phrase or keyword that they are interested in are not only more likely to do business with you but will also believe that your business can provide exactly what they are looking for. There are a wide range of marketing techniques that can help your online business grow, most of which can be very costly to implement — with an effective SEO campaign, you're able to potentially avoid these costs for a more effective online business strategy.
While the primary benefits of SEO are the ones that provide you with an increase in customers and leads, another fantastic benefit from SEO is that it will improve the performance of your website, which should help enhance the experience that visitors have when browsing your website. A couple of the key facets of search engine optimization are aimed at providing your website with user experience optimization which includes — performance optimization. By improving various aspects of performance on your website, you will be working at making your website load faster, which will assure a pleasant user experience. These performance efforts of an effective SEO campaign will also help you look for and resolve any usability issues throughout the site while also making the website more user friendly.
All of these aspects work together to increase your chances at converting a user into a return customer while boosting your search engine results page rankings. Google's sophisticated search algorithm can identify whether a website provides users with a good experience or a poor one, and website performance is a key signal to Google that your content is worth ranking on its search engine results pages. You need to be able to provide your customers with what they're looking for in just a few clicks — If you're able to do so, you'll be provided with an increase in traffic, customers, and conversion rates, all of which will help to propel your brand and business to new heights!
The success of any business depends primarily on how well they are able to satisfy the needs of their customers. The problem with this is that it can sometimes be extremely difficult to understand what needs the customer has. If you want to gain better insight into your customers, SEO is one way to do so. When you're optimizing your website, with the analytics software of your choice, look for gaps in performance on certain high traffic pages or important pages in the sales funnel, which is something that's typically indicated by user dropoff numbers or low conversion rates.
If you notice areas of your website that aren't being visited often or aren't performing well, it's essential that you attempt to improve these portions of your site. By looking at these areas of improvement, you'll be able to see what your customer's pain points are, which will then allow you to optimize your website in a manner that better meets the needs of your customers. Doing so will give you highly valuable business information to better position your brand online. If you know what your customers want, you can focus heavily on delivering exactly that with your website.
Today's customer needs a more personalized experience when using a brand or website, which means that you need to find ways to increase engagement with these customers. A strong ranking signal for Google that allows them to identify whether or not your website should be highly ranked is the amount of time that users spend on page and how they engage with your content. If visitors to your website browse for a short period of time before leaving without really clicking on any additional pages or spending a large amount of time in one area of the website, it's likely that you're not engaging with customers like you should be, which is an issue that can be solved through the efforts of your SEO campaign. Part of any SEO campaign should consider and optimize high visibility areas of the site to increase time on page and user engagement, boosting your search engine rankings and ultimately — traffic.
Customer engagement is how users interact with the content on your website, which can occur through submission forms or click-through to other pages on your site. When a user is truly engaged in what you offer, they will fill out forms for membership to a site newsletter or spend their time searching through numerous pages of your website. By providing valuable content that your visitors want to read and by engaging with your visitors in a way that satisfies them, you increase the likelihood that they will become a customer who will return to your website again and again. Once you know how to do this, it's likely that you will better understand the needs of your customers and expand your connection with your customer base beyond the website.
To understand just how beneficial SEO can be, it's important that you consider how long-lasting the increased traffic and brand visibility benefits can be. Once you begin your SEO efforts, your website will be better positioned to rank for both current and future content, which means that you can reap the rewards of your optimization for years to come. The initial optimization techniques that you employ are likely going to be the most extensive that you'll need to perform for quite some time while this lays a foundation for future content to rank more quickly once you have gained the trust of search engines like Google or Bing.
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The Final 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Trailer Has Arrived & It Kicks Major Ass!
By Jake Berlin on March 4, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )
Earlier this week we got confirmation that a new, which would end up being the final, Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer would arrive this Thursday. Today we woke up just one day out from the trailer, but also woke up to a Twitter fan unlock going on put on by Marvel. Meaning that if enough people tweeted about wanting the new trailer, it would be unlocked. Well, of course that's going to happen! Every fan in the world tweeted and unlocked the brand new trailer which you can see below. Just a bit of a warning, it freaking rocks and kicks all kinds of ass!
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Marvel Studios presents Avengers: Age of Ultron, the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth's Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
Are there any words to describe that trailer? I thought the first trailer was one of the best trailers I've ever seen, but this trailer raises the bar for trailers. It has EVERYTHING. It sets up the story so much more, and better really, than the first did. We got a look at the Avengers assembling, the villain and how the villain came about, and a massive tease into what the third act of the hugely anticipated movie will look. I can't really say anything besides how f**king excited I am for this movie, May 1st can't come sooner.
Avengers: Age of Ultron lands on May 1st, 2015. Directed by Joss Whedon starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlet Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Haley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgard, James Spader, and Samuel L. Jackson.
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Alphabet earnings show Google Cloud on $10B run rate
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Today after the bell, Alphabet reported its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results. The company's revenue grew from $39.3 billion in 2018 to $46.1 billion in 2019. The firm's net income also expanded from $8.9 billion to $10.7 billion over the same time frame.
The figures, when compared to expectations, were mixed. Alphabet beat analyst estimates on profit, but missed on revenue. Shares of the company are off around 4% in after-hours trading, following its disclosure.
The company's reported Q4 and full-year 2019 results are notable for several reasons. First, Alphabet broke out the value of YouTube's advertising empire. And, the company disclosed discrete "Google Cloud" revenues. Both are new.
YouTube's advertising heft was made clear today, with the video platform bringing in $15.1 billion in 2019 revenue, up from $11.2 billion in 2018.
The firm's new "Google Cloud" line item appears to include all of the company's cloud computing efforts. YouTube's advertising haul will grab the most headlines, but the cloud revenue figure is what we'd like to drill into.
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Google announced an impressive $2.6 billion round for all cloud revenue, which includes G Suite, the enterprise version of GMail/Docs/Drive/Hangouts and Google's cloud infrastructure revenue. At $2.61 billion, that puts it on a run rate over $10 billion. In the year-ago Q4, the company's Cloud revenue came to just $1.71 billion, a run rate of $6.84 billion.
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Google's Cloud run-rate, then, grew by 53.6% in the last year.
In February of 2018, then-Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene was happy to report $1 billion quarterly revenue for the group. Last July, the company's Cloud revenue crossed $2 billion for that quarter, putting on an $8 billion run rate, double the previous report.
Former Oracle executive Thomas Kurian took over after Greene stepped down last year, and he brought on a number of industry veterans from Oracle and SAP to help sell Google Cloud to the enterprise. So far the results are certainly encouraging in a short amount of time.
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While Google is making some gains in the cloud, its chief competitors have been doing well at the same time.
To pick one example, Amazon's cloud revenue totaled just under $10 billion in the same calendar quarter. In a direct comparison, Google is far smaller, but the search giant is working to make up ground and the results appear encouraging. It's worth noting that Amazon's comparable cloud figures are more focused on infrastructure than Google's, which includes SaaS revenue, as well.
Turning to Microsoft, it reported a combined cloud revenue, which includes SaaS (Office 365, Dynamics, etc.) and cloud computing (Azure), of $12.5 billion for the quarter. All of this shows that while Google still has a long way to grow to match its rivals for scale, it's at least picking up the pace.
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By Lindsay Tucker·	 12/26/2014, 3:30 p.m.
Newbury's posh first block is the place for fine baubles in Boston—see: the freshly renovated Dorfman Jewelers, as well as Shreve, Crump & Low, Cartier, et al.—and Tiffany & Co. just opened at number 5, arguably the swankiest address on the stretch. The 1,800-square-foot boutique, the company's first street-front location in the city, has three salons to showcase glistening engagement rings and statement pieces from designers like Jean Schlumberger, Elsa Peretti, and Paloma Picasso. And, oh, the architectural eye candy: Art deco fluting adorns the stainless steel doors and jewelry cases, and vintage ads pop against glossy walls and marble floors. Meanwhile, furniture in a palette of vibrant blues and velvet draperies add warmth, and a magnolia motif, recalling the art nouveau glasswork of Louis Comfort Tiffany, can be found in the carpeting, glass panels, and sconces.
"This area has a long and proud history with regard to fine jewelry," says Tiffany & Co. market vice president Tom O'Rourke, adding that both the brand and its new neighbor, the Public Garden, were established in 1837. It's the perfect fit.
See below for scenes and sparkly selections from the new Public Garden-adjacent Tiffany & Co., which opened in Chanel's former home in November.
5 Newbury St., Boston, 617-217-5778, tiffany.com.