Twenty-nine Nigerian journalists have been trained by ActionAid Nigeria on how to help in the fight against corruption, social injustice, and poverty in the country.
The journalists, drawn from different media organisations across Nigeria, converged in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for the two-day training, which ended on Wednesday.
ActionAid and its partners – Journalists Against Poverty (JAP) and Upright For Nigeria, took the journalists through the depth of damage corruption, social injustice, and poverty have done to the country and its citizens, and why the media should lead the campaign against the vices.
Funmilayo Oyefusi, the director, Organisational Effectiveness, ActionAid Nigeria, told participants that Nigeria has lost so much, because of corruption.
She appealed to journalists to ask questions and do stories that would ensure that money meant for development is actually used for such purpose.
"You are the voice of the voiceless people in the communities. We want you to create the picture of the real situation on ground in the communities.
"Use your investigative skills to tell the development needs of the people, as well as those things that are acting as obstacles to development.
"Let's write compelling stories that will get people to think about social justice and how to end poverty in Nigeria," she said.
The resource persons in the training included Ibanga Isine, an award-winning journalist and a visiting journalism teacher at the American University of Nigeria, Yola; Wale Elekolusi, the coordinator, Journalists Against Poverty; and Newton Otsemaye, the project manager, SCRAP-C, a project of ActionAid Nigeria.
"Journalists are the most powerful and most feared professionals, and yet only very few of them appeared willing and ready to use the profession to change things in this country," Mr Isine said, while taking the participants on how they, as journalists, can lead the fight against corruption in Nigeria.
Mr Otsemaye said it is unfortunate that Nigerians have abandoned the naming and shaming approach to corruption, and are now celebrating corrupt individuals.
"Nigeria is a place where someone serves jail term, and as soon as he is released from jail, he is being celebrated as he steps out of the prison's gate. He gets to the church on Sunday for a thanksgiving where he gives a testimony that his enemies wanted him dead, but that God saved him. The pastor will shout 'praise the Lord' and the congregation will answer 'Amen'," Mr Otsemaye said.
"Nigeria is the only country were public funds are shared in the house of politicians and people appear to see nothing wrong with this.
"If you are celebrating corrupt leaders, you are as guilty as those who steal public funds," he said.
Mr Elekolusi said the goal of Journalists Against Poverty is to help in the reduction of poverty in Nigeria by amplifying the voice of the underprivileged people in communities across the country.
He said his organisation was prepared to mobilise journalists for the task ahead.
"Journalists must not stop at just reporting poverty; they must step in to become advocates against poverty," he said.
A social network was created at the end of the training for easy coordination and collaboration among journalists willing to become advocates against corruption, social injustice, and poverty.
One of the participants, Dotun Roy, commended ActionAid and its partners for the training which he said was timely. "We now feel better equipped for the job," he said.


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TMZ Sports is reporting that WWE star Charlotte Flair (Ashley Fliehr) is being sued by her ex-husband following claims she made in a book release from 2017.
Riki Paul Johnson, Charlotte's ex-husband, claims that several false statements were made about him in the book "Second Nature", including that he was "sterile and incapable of fathering children", that the book contains "multiple false allegations physical and/or psychological abuse" and wrongly claims he was fired from two jobs over drug use.
Johnson is currently seeking more than $5 million in damages, specifically stating that he was painted as the villain in order to make Charlotte a "victim who overcame personal adversity and domestic abuse." He also is also claiming WWE is liable as well for marketing the release of the book last September.


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2020 Grizzlies Free Agency Profiles
Grizzlies Free Agency Profiles: Wesley Matthews
A '3 and D' guy with plenty of NBA experience. Is he a fit with the Grizzlies?
By benphoga Oct 12, 2020, 7:30am CDT
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Wesley Matthews – Wing, Marquette University
33 years old (turns 34 on Wednesday), 6'4" 220 pounds, 6'9" wingspan
DRAFT: Undrafted, signed with Utah as an undrafted rookie in 2009.
NBA Experience: 11 years with 6 teams (1 season with Utah Jazz; 5 seasons with Portland Trailblazers; 3.5 seasons with Dallas Mavericks; 2 games with New York Knicks; .5 seasons with Indiana Pacers; 1 season with Milwaukee Bucks)
CAREER STATS: 791 games (31.9 minutes per game average), 13.1 points per game, 3.0 rebounds per game, 2.1 assists per game, 43.3% field goal percentage, 38.1% three point percentage, 82% free throw shooting, 52.2% effective field goal percentage, 13.0 PER, .097 win shares per 48 minutes.
2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS
Wesley Matthews was a key piece to the Milwaukee Bucks team that finished the regular season with the best record in the league. Matthews started in all 67 games he played in for the Bucks and averaged 7.4 points and 1.6 threes per game.
Matthews is a '3 and D' player that many teams covet. He finished with the second best defensive rating (98.3) for the league's best defense this past season.
For his career, Matthews, who was undrafted, has always played like he has something to prove, and he did that once again this past season. Since his rookie year, he has averaged *at least* 24 minutes a game and played at least 60 games every year.
Numbers That May Make Matthews
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92 – That's the percentage of games Matthews started in his career. I'm not saying the Grizzlies are looking for a starter, but it would be nice to have a guy like Matthews putting some pressure on Dillon Brooks.
98.3 – As mentioned earlier, that's Matthews' defensive rating last year, the best of his career. Matthews' offense has taken a dip recently because of his advanced age and his Achilles heel injury a few years back. When he is on the court he is still one of the better defenders in the league.
36.4 – Matthews' 3-point percentage last season. Only 3 Grizzlies finished with a higher percentage. His shooting has declined recently, but defenses still should respect him on the perimeter.
Numbers that may make the Grizzlies pass on Matthews
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34 – Matthews will turn 34 this week, and just like I said last week with E'Twaun Moore, age could be a factor against bringing a player into the Grizzlies. Matthews is a savvy veteran, but the Grizzlies seem to be more interested in adding younger pieces to an already young core.
24.4 – Average minutes per game for Matthews this past season. That is the lowest number of minutes per game in Matthews' career. Does this point to Matthews' career winding down, or he was just a victim of circumstances in Milwaukee? He could run into a similar problem in Memphis.
Pulse of Grizz Nation
Once again I want to get the pulse of #GrizzNation for @sbnGrizzlies on a potential free agent signing. This week it's another veteran, Wes Matthews. Sign him?
— Ben Hogan (@NotTheGolfer) October 11, 2020
At print time, it appears that Grizz Nation is split on if the Grizzlies should bring in Wesley Matthews in the offseason, leaning more to not bringing him in.
Most of the comments against bringing in Matthews deal with his age, which is of course understandable. Honestly, when you hear his name, it just feels like he has been in the league forever. One comment I got did say many people are sleeping on just how good Matthews was this past season, and I tend to agree. Some of his numbers were down, but his defense, as well as still being a threat from deep, prevented him from being a liability on either end of the floor.
Final Offer
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Matthews does have a player option to return to the Bucks at about $2.7 million. Something tells me that Matthews may think he has some unfinished business in Milwaukee after they got bounced in the playoffs. But, if he does hit the free agency market, there will be plenty of suitors interested in adding Matthews.
I like Matthews as a player, but feel like he may not be suited for the Grizzlies up-tempo offense. Also, I think that bringing in Matthews could stunt the growth of some of the younger players and prevent them from growing together for the future.
Final Offer: 2 years/$8 million. There are going to be a decent number of teams going after Matthews' services if he does not re-sign with Milwaukee; it's in the Grizzlies best interest to not get in a bidding war for him.

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This is going to be so interesting......watching along with Pam.
I don't think it will be too dark either.
This is going to be wonderful, Terry.
I hope you don't mind, I put a newline in between each image as they were distorting the window by going off the page.
The way you have painted the goose is just so beautiful, I look forward to seeing it progress!
This looks like a beautiful drawing geting magical treatment.... I can't wait to see it emerge.
WOWEEE! Love the colours on that goose!!!
Oh good, another one of your gorgeous "tree creatures".
Looks already like this will be my favorite one. I LOVE the geese, very nice round shapes.
By the way my husband took this shot of the geese in our front yard ( the beach ), we live on the beach and they are actually standing on a giant beached halfcut log thats been their forever , it is starting to grow trees . Anyway that is why I included marine images in the lower drawing . Its not a tree but it was a tree :).
Terry, Like I have said before , You are HOt, HOT , HOT Stuff!
What a feast for my eyes, the colors in the goose feathers are spectacular.
Your sense of color ,compisition and imagination just astounds me girl!!
Amazing. Your geese are beautifully rendered. This is not cheesy. It is perfect.
Very cute Doug :)...June , got to tell my hubby....Ruth , thanks so much , just takes a bit longer than most ....Thanks Christie for nice words ...Tom , thanks , ahhh perfect ? hmmm...the cheesy may come in when I do the bottom half .
You guys are all so great ....but no matter how well my rendering or colors are its the finish thats got to work ...My paintings may look good close up but they look like a blob from a distance , need to solve that , hoping the vibrant colors will be the ticket .
This is amazing to watch this unfold. I love the colors in the geese, and that background is perfect for them. Looking forward to the finish.
wow wow! i came in here for some inspiration and these geese are the most inspiring thing i've seen all day! i have no idea how you do this but consider me knocked down with a beautifully painted goose feather!
Oh my gosh how did I miss this??
JJ !! ....You're here , yeah !!!!!!!!
I will add my WOW's here as well!!!
speaking of those feathers....they are glowing!!
I am a little concerned about the necks of the geese....from where I'm sitting (could be different in real life) they blend in too much with the background.
anxiously waiting for the next installment!!
Thanks Em , The necks are part of the bg issue I'm going to work on , need to brighten some of the colors in those areas and hopefully will improve neck visuals .
JJ ...feel my pain ...will ya ? More fun doing Trees .
Sooo gorgeous!! I'm loving every posts on this one.
I admire your patience, Terry!!
Back for my third look, Terry. Impatient, I am. Love the luminous colour on the legs!
JJ ..you are a doll ... now my back is tired :( from sitting in a bad chair all day .
WOW! Love the patterns made by the feathers on the geese, and how you're repeating the stripes in the foreground water. I know you'll get through the frustration and bring this to a fantastic finale!
Thanks Char , Brian and....Ruth , your comment made me aware of something , I was not intending to depict water in a realistic sense , its actually wood grain , kinda :rolleyes: , from the log they are standing on . So I'm thinking I may need to adjust a bit and would like everyones input if possible ..
blending in with the bg, how about a very light glaze to look foglike on the bg.
Hope no one will be upset with my suggesting this in this forum. I am looking forward to how you work it all out. I think it is a very pleasing and distinctive style.
chipsworth ......You can suggest all you want , love the help and glad you came . I assume you are talking about using white , which I have done before , but I think I've got too much paint on this bg now to add that much water . I did do a little highlight to the neck on the one and that helped .
Gessh Terry, how do you find all the time?????
This is really looking great....I also like how you have used the same grays in the log down below. And the colors you have used on the feathers is really wonderful...I would have never thought to use such colors on a goose. Guess that makes you the professional!
Glad to also see you using a half sheet.....I know it seems big but you have it under control!
while your bg would remain in another. Great idea! I can't wait to see more.
btw. the geese are leaving for the south, the night before last we heard them fly by our house.
i love this time of year!!!!
YOU are just something else !!!!!!!
Char ....You don't know how close I came to rid the heron until I got your post , so I left him ....OK?
Jutta ....This is my favorite time also . We have hundreds of geese hanging down on the beach right now ..they fly over the house like a dark cloud and poop all over my deck and furniture , good thing it rains here . Thanks so much for the merit point and stars , my first ever .
June ..You keep me going ..push my buttons...keep my battery charged ...:eek: another 5 stars , better than chocolate .
*sniff... sniff* hmmmm... wonder what that unpleasant odour is... ?????
I'm glad you kept the heron!!!
Wow. Where is the list of critters??
This painting is outstanding!!!! Especially the heads - they are so lifelike. Great job and an inspiration to us newbies. Please keep posting in this arena as it is a great teaching aid. Love it!!!!!!
Terry this is simply amazing work you are doing. Love watching you develop it.
Terry, this has been an amazing journey. I love the creatures you have in the log!
Terry, I haven't checked in in a couple days. Wow! You've made a lot of progress. This is looking wonderful. I don't know where you get the patience from?!??
Terry , This is so wonderful, as usual !
Your thinking is so Complex and unusual, that your Paintings make my head spin.
You sure know how to keep the Looker ,Looking better than any artist I have ever known!
Yeahhhhhh !!!!!!! Its done .
Not quite what I had planned in the beginning , but they never are . More color in the lower area than I wanted , was intending to keep it on the gray side and leave all the color in the geese . ...Just think of it on the abstract side :rolleyes: .


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Joel Berkley and Justin Hawkins are the highest qualifiers after the opening night of competition, at the MIXXFM, Speedway Sedans Australia, National Production Sedan Title, Western Speedway, Hamilton.
On a drama filled night, Berkley who was also the highest qualifier after the opening night, at last seasons National Title is tied with Hawkins, with the duo being seven points clear of Richard Cook, while Gemma Laidlaw is a further seven points behind in fourth place.
The drama started in the very first heat and continued to the very last, with defending Champion Trevor Mills not even completing a lap, before retiring to the infield and was not seen for the remainder of the night. He would be joined on the infield soon after by Rod Musarra, a former National Champion, also mechanical issues. Steven Aldridge joined the pair on lap six after the steering broke putting the Victorian into the fence. Meanwhile, newly crowned Victorian Champion, Beau Riley from Western Australia, was able to take the win, defeating Ray Ussher and Wayne Bourke.
Kane McDiarmid was involved in an early incident not of his doing, which subsequently saw the West Australian on the infield with fuel coming out of the back of the car, ending his race. Joel Berkley would win an exciting race after starting from position eight, but steward deemed he passed Craig McAlister on the infield, with Berkley relegated two positions. Damien McAlister also passed Craig McAlister on the last lap, giving Damien the win.
Heat three looked destined to be the first heat to go the distance, but Matt Hutchisons front end collapsed, setting up a two lap restart. Jack Milthorpe was able to hold on in a desperate finish ahead of David Lord and Johnny Ralph.
The final heat of the opening round did go the distance without incident as the track started to really slicken off in the sun. Justin Hawkins would lead throughout, easily accounting for Ben Barker and Rick Musarra. Jake Blight would be the big mover in the race after starting from position eleven to finish fifth.
Selina Jennings was have a great battle for third in heat five, before mechanical issues saw her crash in turn one. Ray Ussher had nowhere to go, with both cars towed from the race track. Meanwhile, Stephen Brencher was able to hold off Rod Musarra, while Stephen Laidlaw finished third after starting at the back of the field.
Heat six saw just one stoppage when David Lord spun on lap eight. Joel Berkley would lead from start to finish, with Donald Irving going from second to sixth in one lap, as a pack of six drivers traded places for the minor placings which were eventually occupied by Wayne Bourke and Justin Hawkins.
More than half the field was involved in a multi-car pile-up in heat seven, with Monique Bailey, Ben Barker, Shona Bent, John Calderwood, Johnny Ralph and Neil Keldoulis all involved in the incident on turn one. Bent was deemed to be the cause of the incident and was sent to the rear of the field. In a close finish, Richard Cook was able to just holding off Dehne Sparrow who led the race early, with Ben Barker third.
In heat eight, Jayden Edwards would lead for ten laps, but in a desperate last couple of laps the South Australian would finish a very close third, as both Kyle Sayer and Gemma Laidlaw were able to pass in the concluding stages.
Heat nine would end the title for Selina Jennings who had a heavy crash in turn on, rolling the car, and sustaining significant damage. Jennings was able to get out of the car and was unhurt. Richard Cook who started on the front row was able to take the win, albeit narrowly, with Justin Hawkins second and Stephen Laidlaw third.
Heat ten would be one of the best races of the night, with nothing separating Jake Blight, Pete Leonard, Gemma Laidlaw and Jayden Edwards for the first half of the race. Leonard, who was second, slipped to fourth as Laidlaw and Edwards passed the Victorian, with Jake Blight just holding them off in a very close finish which saw the three separated by just 0.371 after twelve laps.
After earlier issues, Kane McDiarmid rewarded his crew with a very tough win, holding off Joel Berkley and Craig McAlister in heat eleven, with the trio moving away from the field early to set a classic three way battle which lasted to the chequered flag, with 0.944 separating the three.
To end the night, heat twelve would be bookend by drama. Firstly, Kyle Sayer would rollover on turn one, ending his night, while an incident with just over a lap to go involving Shona Bent and Rick Musarra, which saw Musarra stop in turn three, as Bent took the lead, was deemed to be a racing incident, which put Musarra back to the lead on the resultant restart, much to the disgust of the crowd on hand. Musarra would hang on to defeat Bent and Ray Ussher.
Joel Berkley will start from position three in heat fourteen on Sunday night, and has the best opportunity to be the highest pointscorer. Equal leader Justin Hawkins will be starting from position ten in the final qualifier. Third highest pointscorer, Richard Cook also has a tough assignment starting from position nine in heat fifteen, while Gemma Laidlaw will be off the very back in the same race from position eleven. Fifth placed Craig McAlister also will have a back row start on Sunday night while sixth placed Beau Riley will start out of six in heat thirteen, a race that also features seventh highest qualifier Damien McAlister, tenth placed Stephen Laidlaw, along with Stephen Brencher and Kane McDiarmid who are both positioned in the top sixteen, making this still a wide open title going into night two.


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Brandy Releases Brand New Single & Music Video, 'Baby Mama'
by Philip Logan May 6, 2020, 1:14 pm
The Grammy Award winning singer unveils first musical release in over a year, featuring Chance The Rapper!
R&B superstar Brandy returns to save 2020 with the release of her brand new single, Baby Mama – an empowering, life-affirming, soulful/R&B anthem dedicated to all of the hard working Mothers around the world.
Produced by Miss. Norwood herself, alongside uber producer Hit-Boy (Beyoncé, A$AP Rocky, DJ Khaled), the track features a special guest cameo from Chance The Rapper – who delivers an accomplished, highly-stylised, rhythmic verse that celebrates the all encompassing power of a woman!
"Every day I breathe it's for my little mama… I'm every woman and a baby mama"
With it's horn-laden beat, joyful melody and celebratory message, Baby Mama sees Brandy back doing what she does best – producing soulful, R&B bops, that lyrically cut down, deep to the core of her soul.
"Baby Mama is about embracing the strength and fortitude needed not only in motherhood, but in life." Brandy says of the track. "I'm am thrilled that Chance joined me on this track, and I hope my fans find it as uplifting as I intended it to be!"
Listen to Brandy 'Baby Mama' featuring Chance The Rapper:
"This song ain't just for me, it's for every mama!"
Premiering exclusively across the online BET network, the singles accompanying music video, directed by Derek Blanks, with creative direction by Frank Gatson, truly brings the songs message of independence and power to life, as a super-chic and confident looking Brandy shuts it down with the help of her swagged-out, colourful crew of backing dancers, inside a disused car garage.
Check out the official Baby Mama music video below:
An Angel In Disguise
Since the release of her self-titled debut album back in 1994, Brandy Norwood has gone on to sell more than 40 million albums worldwide, and is ranked one of the best-selling female artists in American music history by the RIAA, having sold over 11 million albums in the United States!
During her incredible 3-decade reign The Boy Is Mine singer has recorded five studio albums (Never Say Never, Full Moon, Afrodisiac, Human and Two Eleven), starred in her own TV sitcom Moesha, hit the big screen in movies I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and The Perfect Match and won a string of awards including a Grammy, an AMA, two Soul Train Music Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, three Billboard Awards, four MTV Awards and six Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards!
Baby Mama is available to buy / stream here.
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Now suppose I'm in the exitVariableDeclaration method of a test program called LittleLanguage. I can refer to LittleLanguageLexer.T_INTEGER (etc.) but I can't see how determine which of these types was found through the context.
I had thought it would be context.Type().getSymbol().getType() but that doesn't return the right value. I know that I COULD use context.Type().getText() but I really don't want to be doing string comparisons.
What am I missing?
Thanks

A: You are loosing information in the lexer by combining the tokens prematurely. Better to combine in a parser rule:
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type: T_INTEGER | T_CHAR | T_STRING | T_DOUBLE | T_BOOLEAN;

Now, type is a TerminalNode whose underlying token instance has a unique type:
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I have been a Cablevision customer for many years. It's not like I have a lot of choices-it's either cable or a dish. Cable has to advertise to keep up their advantage. Ok. It sucks that they advertise on cable channels (which means I already have cable) because I am paying for the channel already, and I don't need to be reminded that I'm paying for them to advertise to me.
What really bugs me is that cable commercials are possibly the dumbest commercials ever made.
Years ago, they had a Dennis Miller wannabe yelling at his mother. And he yelled at some garden gnomes. The executives at Cablevision called them "edgy."
I know because I was there.
I called them f'ing moronic, which partially explains why I no longer work at Cablevision.
The current one features some old guy sitting in his yard. He laughs as he tells about his neighbor who spent 50 grand to fix up house and then put on a satellite dish. His comment is "It looks like a space station!"
A 12" dish makes a rather large suburban house look like a space station?
What planet has the copy writer been living on? Has the writer ever seen a dish, or for that matter a space station?
I realize he's attempting to use hyperbole, but it's past that and just become really incredibly stupid.
I wonder if anyone has made a decision to try or to keep cable based upon these idiotic commercials? If so, I would love to know who these people are.
I have a load of useless crap I'd like to sell to them.
You want to keep me happy as a customer? How about lowering your rates, or at least offer me something besides 112 infomercials on off hours and weekends.
"Little Giant" isn't a friggin' show, dammit.


So you have hit the publish key on your latest blog post.
The angels are singing, the sun is shining and a torrent of traffic is about to turn up. It is the best article you have ever written and it deserves some attention.
You spent time agonizing over the headline, the introduction is a sizzler and the structure is written for web skimming readers.
Nothing happens. The visitors don't show.
The reality is very different to the imagination that started with a dream of thousands of fanatical readers, advocates and viewers turning up to your web front door. The adage of "build it and they will come" does not work on a web where you are competing with hundreds of millions of websites and over 2 billion internet users who still don't know you exist.
No, it's just time to roll up the sleeves and build traffic one marketing tactic at a time. It will involve some social media marketing, old fashioned blogger networking and also understanding the nuances of Google.
You don't need to do all of them but just start. Pick three to five marketing methods from this article that catch your attention and work on those.
Here are 50 ways of promoting your articles on your blog.
Let's kick this off with some social media marketing tactics.
On your profile and Facebook page, post as many inspiring statuses that will engage your friends, fans and followers with a link to your published article.
Post to Twitter straight after publishing your post. The more followers you have on Twitter the better this will work.
Add as many relevant users to your friend's list so that they can add you back, increasing the chances of receiving more "+1's" and "shares" from them.
Create a large number of boards on your Pinterest profile and pin the images from your blog post, these will contain the links to your published articles.
Networking on Stumbleupon still works and join a "voting" group if you are looking to promote your article on there.
Research prior to setting up your first Ad and create an eye-catching Ad that will draw the people into your newly published article.
Add your published article's link to a page, as a suggestion, only if you are engaging on that specific page and have a small relationship with the page's owner.
Create as many connections on this social media site as well as utilizing the ability of adding your newest article to the groups found on LinkedIn.
It is important that you create a visually appealing article with a "catchy" title that will draw the attention of paid stumblers as they stumble away!
This doesn't exactly involve the direct promotion of the new article's link but it helps get the signature (Contains the article's link) in front of more eyes.
Promote your newest article in the signature of every post you create on the forum, at least 5 times a day for effective promotion.
Connect with others on Pinterest, share their content, and you will be invited to join a group board where you can post your links to new articles on the blog.
Create and use a custom-designed image that encourages the reader to share your published article onto their Pinterest profile.
Just like the "Pin-it to Pinterest" action above, Ask for a share with an obvious graphic.
Create and form a small group on Facebook, dedicated to sharing each member's new article on their own specific day.
Triberr is a hidden goldmine for you to promote your newest article on and get a ton of social shares from it. It allows your whole group to easily share your article from your blog.
Submit your link and work on gaining more votes in order to get your link published on some of the the various social communities created using the social "CMS" Pligg platform.
Create a well-designed slideshow based on the topic of you newest, published article and link to it in the description and the slideshow.
One of the best promotion methods you can do is to guest post. Write your best article and contribute to a "targeted" blog that is within your category.
Write a "Top List" article, on your own blog or as a guest post, linking to your newest article within it.
Here are a list of WordPress Plugins that may help.
Submit your Blog's RSS feed to the top RSS directories and see your published article published on other blogs, automatically.
Create solid connections in your niche and on social media since they are going to be your top promoters for your newest article.
Contact a quality email list owner and create a solo ad based on the topic of your newest article.
Join a website club in your niche and promote your newest article fairly along with the possibility of creating new connections.
With your newest article, create a pdf version of it and submit it to top pdf-submitting websites.
Select a "relevant" blog, offer a deal to the owner, and display a banner to your post on his blog.
Select a handful of bloggers you have had some sort of engagement with and offer them any help along with your offer for them to share your published post.
Never neglect this area of SEO (search Engine Optimization) promotion since it will always give you a better ranking when you do so.
SEO ranking has become much tougher but ranking for long tail keywords is a little easier.
Pick five or so blogs and try to be placed in the top three for optimal promotion of your article's link, within the comment. Be aware though that if you use this tactic some bloggers will not include your link or even approve your comment.
Contact an owner of a "similar-interest" newsletter and offer him to use the same exact article that you just published in his newsletter.
In certain niches, find "news-submitting" sites within the niche and submit your newest link to them.
Create a signature and for every email you send, there will be a link back to your newest, published article.
Based on the same topic, interview a top blogger with questions that relate to the same topic.
Submit any type of video that talks about the same topic as your newest article does and link back to it in the description of the YouTube video.
Use tools to select the most effective time for reaching the most people on every social media site you want to share your article on.
If you enjoy designing and you are good at it, you can grab the data or info from your latest article and create a beautiful Infographic out of it.
Use promotional tools to help you promote your published article at a faster pace and to reach a larger audience.
Press releases will display and offer your newest article to publishing news sources such as Forbes, Huffington, or ABC.
As you help promote the articles of others, you will in return get help in promoting your newest article.
Grab some text from your post, create an image with the text in Photoshop, and add it to your account on Instagram with a link back to it.
Create contest where your participants have to share your article to their social networks or in any other way that helps promote it.
Find some quality gigs that will have a "relevant" person share your newest article on social media.
Every time a user hovers over an image in the article with his mouse, social sharing buttons will appear automatically over it for them to promote your article to their social profiles.
Create an ad that will display some text about your published article with a link back to it and let 7search or Google Adwords advertise it for you.
Many people like to read Squidoo lenses and a perfect opportunity for you to promote your article to them in a lens that links back to your newest article.
In order to keep up your promotion for your article long after it has been published, write a series of articles with the same topic.
Have the people who joined you in your webinar, visit your newest article via a link you give them in the webinar.
Similar to guest posting, blog exchanging is when you give a blogger your article as well as he gives you his in return.
Make it easy for people to subscribe to your blog via email. Make sure it is obvious and near the top of your blog and offer them an incentive to subscribe such as a free ebook. Every time you create a new article send them an email with an excerpt that requires them to click on the link to read the rest.
Which tactic will you try first? What are you already implementing?
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TAFE at School student Megan Cotter was always confident she would seek a career in health and follow in the footsteps of her great-grandfather, a World War II medic.
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"I knew from a young age, that like my great-grandfather I want to care for people by working in health and I also want to him to be proud that I am following a similar path to his," said Megan.
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Q: Do dynamic typed languages deserve all the criticism? I have read a few articles on Internet about programming language choice in the enterprise. Recently many dynamic typed languages have been popular, i.e. Ruby, Python, PHP and Erlang. But many enterprises still stay with static typed languages like C, C++, C# and Java.
And yes, one of the benefits of static typed languages is that programming errors are caught earlier, at compile time, rather than at run time. But there are also advantages with dynamic typed languages. (more on Wikipedia)
The main reason why enterprises don't start to use languages like Erlang, Ruby and Python, seem to be the fact that they are dynamic typed. That also seem to be the main reason why people on StackOverflow decide against Erlang. See Why did you decide "against" Erlang.
However, there seem to be a strong criticism against dynamic typing in the enterprises, but I don't really get it why it is that strong.
Really, why is there so much criticism against dynamic typing in the enterprises? Does it really affect the cost of projects that much, or what? But maybe I'm wrong.

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*Dynamically typed languages tend to be slower than their statically typed cousins.

*Errors are harder to catch and can be harder to debug

*The compiler/interpreter tends to be a lot less fastidious about what you can and can't do. i.e., you pretty much only catch syntax errors at the compilation stage

*If you're not very careful with the design of a dynamically typed language, you end up with Javascript, which is the language of code-smells

EDIT: I should mention that my main programming language at the moment is Python, which is dynamically typed. Personally, I love the freedom that comes with not having to pre-declare variables, but at times, it would be nice to specify (for example) what kind of parameters a function takes to catch errors early rather than late.

A: Dynamically typed languages are perceived (by some programmers/bosses) to produce code that does not work as well. The fact that a dynamically typed program compiles tells you very little about its correctness. The fact that a statically typed language compiles tells you a lot more. (On the other hand, there is still a long way between compiles and does the right thing, so this might be less meaningful then it seems)
Dynamically typed languages are perceived to be scripting languages. You'd never write an application in bash or a batch file. All dynamically typed languages tend to be looped into that category (unfairly).
Dynamically typed languages are slower then statically typed languages. (But we'll see how well work on JIT changes that)

A: Note: this is mostly subjective and based on my experiences and impressions.
Dynamically typed languages are very different from statically typed languages. These differences probably become more important in heavyweight enterprise software than in most other applications.
Statically typed languages tend to be very prescriptive. A method will only take input that exactly matches its signature. Access levels tend to be very important and interfaces are defined explicitly, with verbose but unambiguous restrictions in place to enforce those definitions.
Dynamically typed languages on the other hand are very much pragmatic. Type conversions often happen implicitly, functions may even play along if you provide the wrong type of input as long as it behaves sufficiently similar. In languages like Python, even access levels will be based on contract rather than technical restrictions (i.e. it's only private because you're told not to use it and it has a funny name).
Many programmers prefer dynamic languages because they (arguably) allow rapid prototyping. The code often ends up shorter (if only because of the lack of type declarations) and if you want to violate proper protocol because you need a quick and dirty solution or want to test something, that's easily possible.
Now, the reason that "enterprisey" companies often prefer statically typed languages is exactly that they are more restrictive and more explicit about those restrictions. Though in practice even statically typed code can be broken by idiots with a compiler, many problems will be much more visible much earlier into the process (i.e. prior to runtime). This means that even if the codebase is large, monolithic and complex, many errors can be caught easily, without having to run the code or send it over to the QA department.
The reason that benefit doesn't outweigh the downsides for many programmers outside that environment is that these are errors that will often be easily caught by thorough inspection of the code or even by attempting to run it. Especially when following a test-driven methodology, these errors often become trivial to catch and easy to fix. Also, with many such companies having a much shorter release cycle, productivity is often more important than rigidity and a lot of (basic) testing is being done by the developers themselves.
The other reason that enterprisey corporations don't use dynamically typed languages much is legacy code. As silly as it may seem to us nerds, large corporations will often stick to solutions that work, even if they are well past their shelf-life. This is why so many major companies enforce Internet Explorer 6 and are so slow to upgrade their OSes. This is also why they will often write new code in "old" languages (e.g. ancient versions of Java): it's much easier to add a few lines of code to an unliving piece of software than to get approval for a complete rewrite in a new language.
tl;dr: static languages feel more like bureaucracy, so enterprisey managers like them better.

A: Yes, I believe that they do.
There are a few reasons that need to be considered in the selection of a language for a new project:

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*Run-time speed. Compared to C/C++/Fortran, Perl and Python are so slow it's funny.

*Initialization speed. Compared to the above fast languages, Java falls over and cries as the JVM keeps loading and loading and...while(1)....

*Prototype-ability. Exhaustively going through and doing the declaration/definition work required for C++ or Java increases the LOC, which is the only known metric that reliably correlates with bugcounts. It also takes a lot of time. It also requires a bit more thinking about types and connections.

*Internal fiddlability. Dynamically messing around with your internals is great until you begin to debug your self-modifying code. (Python, Lisp, Perl)

*Correctness verification. A compiler can provide a quick once-over pass of semi-correctness of your code in C++, and this can be really nice.

*Static analysis details. C and Java have pretty good static analysis. Perl is not completely statically analyzable at a theoretical level (Possibly Python too). I'm reasonably sure Lisp isn't either.

*Weird platforms only take C, in general.

*Support chain. If you can have a contract that you will get your bugs looked at and worked on, that's huge.

If you can presume that the organization you are working with has a principle of "Going forward"(There's an accounting term for this), and won't just randomly decide to not work on the software, then you have a much better case for using the software. Since there's no Major Business selling (carrying implication of taking responsibility of maintaining it) Python/Perl/$dynamic_language, it considerably reduces risk.
In my experience, open source maintainers often have an issue with fully taking responsibility for bugfixes and releasing updates. "It's free, YOU work on it!" is not an answer that is acceptable to most businesses (not their core compentencies, among other things).
Of course, I'm not talking about the webapp/startup world, which tends to play by high risk/high reward rules and be very open to staying on the frothing edge of tech.

A: No, I don't think dynamically typed languages deserve all the criticism. (Or if you prefer, they deserve as much criticism as statically typed languages.)
In my experience (and I make no attempt at trying to generalise this statement), the programmers who criticise dynamic languages haven't used them. The conversation usually goes "but with static typing the compiler catches so many errors!" and I say "well, that's just not a problem, in my experience". (Usually the other programmer's from a Java, Delphi or similar background; I don't know any Haskell or ML programmers.)
The only thing that really gripes me is when someone claims that technique Foo can't possibly be done (or might be very hard to do) in a dynamically typed language... when that technique was invented in, by and for a dynamically typed language. IDEs? Smalltalk. Automatic refactoring? Smalltalk. Callers-of/implementors-of? Smalltalk.

A: You're giving way too much technical credit to Enterprise decision makers. There is an old saying, "Nobody got fired for buying IBM." If you go a different route and things get rocky (they always do), nobody wants to risk being blamed. Stick to the standards and blame someone else.
There are a lot of younger companies that will eventually become the enterprises of tomorrow and will be using those languages.
And let's not forget the buggillion lines of code written in VBA!

A: The reason enterprises use C, C++, C# and Java isn't because they are statically typed (at least not directly). Enterprise decision makers aren't making these kind of choices on the basis of an objective comparison of type systems, I assure you.
Enterprises do care about:

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*Long term maintenance costs: can you reasonably expect things to continue to work well in 10 years time? It's actually a good thing if language evolution is conservative and backwards-compatible (as with Java). The static typing is helpful here because it catches a major type of bugs at compile time before they get into your production systems.....

*Talent availability - will you be able to find developers to maintain your shiny new system? what if the original developer leaves, will everyone else understand the code? This places a high hurdle on introducing any "new" language (especially if it also creates new requirements for deployment, build systems, operational support etc.). This gives a massive advantages to the languages that are widely used (C, C++, C# and Java)

*Integration costs: is it easy to connect / integrate with other technologies that you already have in place or are likely to acquire? If you already have a stack of legacy J2EE systems then you need to integrate with them. A new Java EE solution is likely to be much more practical for this than e.g. Python.

*Predicatbility / low risk: is the platform / language proven, and can I be sure that it will work? This is usually more important than simple productivity. It's much easier for a manager to persuade his boss to give him a big budget for manpower to build a new system than it is for him to go back later and say that it hasn't worked.....

*Enterprise Backing / support - are major international organisations committed to supporting the language and platform? Will they sign a contract to support me so that I have someone to call on if things go wrong?

*Vendor neutrality / platform independence - am I going to get locked in to a single supplier? Or do I have a wide range of future supplier options / transition paths available? You don't want to be stuck in an architectural dead-end, unable to make progress while your competitors eat your lunch. If you are doing your job properly as an enterprise architect, you need to be thinking at least 5-10 years ahead on this stuff.

Personally, I think that if you want to use dynamic languages in the Enterprise, then your best chance by far is to use something that piggy-backs on an existing enterprise ecosystem. Most notable are the new dynamic JVM languages: e.g. JRuby, Groovy, Clojure. As far as IT management concerned, these are "safe" dynamic language choices because they operate within and play nicely with the rest of the Java enterprise ecosystem.

A:
The main reason why enterprises don't start to use languages like Erlang, Ruby and Python, seem to be the fact that they are dynamic typed.

I think this is only their primary excuse. The real reason is that businesses don't really take them all that seriously and feel that they are perhaps a bit too amateur. Java and .NET are "big business names", have good commercial marketing, commercial customer support, and are thus widely taken very seriously indeed.
It is unfortunate that there is practically no statically-typed language that is anywhere near as popular as the big business names. Why are open-source/free-software programming environments almost always dynamically typed? This might indicate that a statically-typed language is actually not that easy to make, and that dynamic typing is a "lazy man's hack". If that is the case, the businesses who decide against dynamically-typed languages might actually have a point.

A: Enterprises are just not adopting new languages and tools fast enough and there are good reasons for it. But, when one of the mainstream tools like C# implement some of these features, then they will get trickle into the mainstream enterprises ....


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After a few training sessions with Ronaldo, Jobard found the Portugal captain humble and willing to get going on the pitch.
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According to a recent study, obesity rates are rising again among American adults, despite national efforts to promote healthy lifestyles.
Rates of obesity had been climbing dramatically since the 1980s but started leveling off in about 2004.
This latest study means they are rising again – to nearly 38% in 2013-14, up from about 32% a decade ago.
The numbers come from a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), using a national survey of about 5,000 people.
National campaigns have been aimed at lowering obesity rates in the US, such as Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign, which offers programming for exercise and healthy eating among youths.
The consumption of fizzy drinks has fallen in recent years and fast-food chains now offer healthier menus.
Many companies have introduced things like treadmill desks and incentives to exercise with pedometers and staff-wide contests – but not all have taken a stake in employees' health.
Obesity prevalence was found to be much higher for adult women than adult men – 38% compared to 34.3%.
Non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black and Hispanic adults and youth are experiencing higher rates of obesity than their white counterparts, the study found.
Between black men and women, there is a significant difference for rates of obesity – women's rates soar above men's at 57% compared to 38%.
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Kennedy Center American College Theater Honors UCM Students, Faculty with National Awards
The prestigious Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival this fall recognized University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance faculty and students with National KCACTF Awards in Distinguished Achievement.
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'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' Includes 'Pay-What-You-Can' Sunday Matinee, ASL Interpreter Oct. 10, Sensory Sensitivity Performance Oct. 14
University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance will present the 2015 Tony Award-winning drama, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time." Based on the best-selling book of the same name written by Mark Haddon and adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens, this play follows a neurodivergent boy as he tries to solve the mystery concerning the death of his neighbor's dog.
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UCM Theatre and Dance Offers Season Tickets for 2021-2022 for 'Live On Stage!' Performances
University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance has announced the availability of 2021-2022 season tickets through Oct. 16. After a year of limitations to live performance, UCM Theatre and Dance is excited to invite the community back into the theater and be "Live On Stage!"
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UCM Theatre and Dance Presents Night of Studio Theatre One-Act Plays
WARRENSBURG, MO – Enjoy an evening of entertainment as University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance present a night of Studio Theatre 10-minute plays at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9, 10, and 11 in the Nickerson Black Box Theatre, located on the first floor of Nickerson Hall.
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UCM Theatre and Dance Student Productions Recognized by Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
The prestigious Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival recognized two students and two productions from University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance with national awards during its virtual festival in April.
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UCM Theatre and Dance Presents Free Virtual Theatre Production: 'Spotlight'
The virtual presentation of the production, "Spotlight" will be presented by University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance on its YouTube channel at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2; Friday, April 23, Saturday, April 24 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25. Virtual Doors open 15 minutes prior to start time, and no tickets or reservations are needed.
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UCM Theatre and Dance Launches New Play Series
A weekend of live entertainment is planned as University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance presents its first presentation of the New Play Series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 at James L. Highlander Theatre. While the series is performed on stage, and admission is free, presentations also will be available via livestream for those who would like to experience the series remotely. This weekend, the series will feature 11 new works written by current UCM students.
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UCM Theatre and Dance Presents Virtual Production 'Funny...?' A Night of Studio Theatre One-Acts
University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance will present 'Funny…?' A Night of Studio Theatre One-Acts on Wednesday, March 10 and Thursday, March 11. Studio Theatre One-Acts are student produced and student directed short plays. The virtual "doors" open at 7:15 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. This production will steam virtually via YouTube. Admission to view the production is free.
UCM Theatre and Dance Presents First Alumni Production, 'In the End'
University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance, in conjunction with the Richard Herman Black Box Theatre Program and UCM Theatre and Dance Alumni, will present the inaugural alumni production: a virtual staged reading of "In the End" by alumna Sharai Bohannon, Class of 2013. The show will be presented at 7:30 p.m. March 5 and 6 at 7:30 PM, live via Zoom
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University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance will present a free virtual production of the play "Sucia: A Cinderella Story for the Real World " by Nicole Jost. The production will be available to view live online on the UCM Theatre and Dance YouTube channel at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb.19 and Saturday, Feb. 20. The play is recommended for all audiences and virtual doors open at 7:15 p.m.
UCM Theatre and Dance Announces Spring 2021 Mainstage Season
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UCM Richard Herman Black Box Theatre Program Announces Leadership Team and Spring 2021 Season
The University of Central Missouri's Richard Herman Black Box Theatre Program, in conjunction with UCM Theatre and Dance, announces the spring 2021 season program lineup along with the leadership team.
UCM Theatre and Dance Receives Awards at 2021 Region V Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival
Theatre and Dance faculty and staff members at the University of Central Missouri attended the virtual Region V Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Jan. 16-23, and were recognized for excellence in multiple areas.
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Editorial: Tragedy can strike at any time on the water
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | A view of Peonic Bay from Mattituck beach, near where Dominic Trinfo died Sunday.
A Middle Island family with a part-time North Fork residence experienced an unthinkable tragedy Sunday when 14-year-old Dominic Trionfo died in a Jet Ski accident on Peconic Bay.
It started out as a day of family togetherness on Dominic's grandfather's boat — a day Dominic had been looking forward to for a while.
The teen had taken the requisite safety classes and had finally earned a license to operate the personal water craft by himself.
Sunday was his first time solo on the bay. His more experienced big brother reportedly even drove the Jet Ski through marina traffic and out into open water so Dominic could have space to ride.
Despite these safety measures, Dominic was killed after getting too close to his family's boat and striking its anchor line. His tragic death is a reminder that even when going above and beyond the appropriate precautions, the water can be a dangerous place — a place that can turn a dream day with family and friends into a living nightmare in just a matter of seconds.
This week also marks National Boater Safety Week, a campaign that includes free safety demonstrations and increased vessel checks to make sure boaters have the necessary safety items on board, like flares, life vests, VHF radios, working horns, fire extinguishers and other gear.
Safety should be every boater's top concern, every day, out on the water.
For those looking to get into boating or who have never taken a safety class before, or maybe just want a refresher, the Peconic Bay Power Squadron — a unit of the United States Power Squadrons — is an invaluable resource. Certified Power Squadron instructors offer a wide variety of public safe boating courses. More information on the Power Squadron, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary, can be found at pbps.us.
In the meantime, here are some common-sense boating tips that even the most experienced boater could use as a reminder. One tragedy is one too many — and the season is just getting under way.
• Keep your head on a swivel. A boat's captain should be aware of all vessels in the area — in front, behind and on both sides. And passengers should never bite their tongues when it comes to alerting the captain that another boat is near — even if the passenger is almost sure the captain sees it.
• Stay sober.
• Never make a sudden left or right movement without looking to see who's coming up behind you. Boats are fast — some are really fast — and one could suddenly come up from behind and next to your vessel within moments.
• Always be mindful of divers. There aren't a lot of divers in Long Island bays compared with other regions, so it's easy to forget they're there. Every so often one is killed after being struck by a boat. So keep a sharp lookout for dive flags. Other objects in the water, such as lobster pot floats and small trees marking clam beds can also be easily overlooked.
• Always be mindful of kayakers. They can be hard to spot, especially when they're on the other side of a swell. So when passing through swells, take it slow, because it's often impossible to see if there's a kayak or canoe, another small boat or a personal watercraft on the other side. There's little margin for error in such situations.
• Take it slow at night and don't rely entirely on the GPS. Running aground or striking a buoy at top speeds can cause serious injuries — or worse.
As this weekend showed us, tragedy can strike even careful boaters. Thinking safety first is the only way to minimize the number of serious accidents that do occur on the water.
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Taste features around 30 restaurants from in and around Valparaiso, Indiana. Each restaurant brings samples of some of their best eats to share with roughly 1,000 participants who fill the Porter County Expo. The evening is enhanced with local entertainment, a Raffle, and more. 100% of profits are redistributed into the community.
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