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Leucadendron linifolium
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Leucadendron linifolium (Jacq.) R.Br.
Common names: line-leaf conebush (Eng.), duineknoppiesbos, knoppiesbos (Afr.)
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Leucadendron linifolium is a neat, evergreen shrub, water-wise in the winter-rainfall region and ideal for gardens on the sandy flats. It is used as a long-lasting, decorative filler in flower arrangements.
Leucadendron linifolium is a well branched shrub, 1 - 2 m tall with numerous upright, slender branches. It arises from a single stem, but often gives the appearance of being multi-stemmed because it branches low down and sometimes the bases of the lower branches rest on the ground. Like all leucadendrons, it is dioecious, i.e. the male and female flowers are borne on separate plants. The leaves are small, narrow at the base and broadening towards the tips, with a twist at the base. They vary in length, from 7.5 to 27 mm long in male plants and 15 to 35 mm long in female plants. The leaves spread away from the stem and cover the branches, persisting for a few years (i.e. they are present on the current and previous few years' growth). New growth is usually attractively tinged pinkish red.
Leucadendron linifolium flowers during spring (Sept.-Oct.). Male plants have many small, 10-12 mm wide, yellow flowerheads. They are carried singly at the tips of branches and have a yeasty odour. The female flowerheads are globe-shaped, larger that the male flowerheads, 12-14 mm wide, with a few yellow flowers dotted on the silvery green cone-like flowerhead. They are also borne singly at the tips of branches, and have a faint yeasty odour. After pollination the female flowerheads mature and enlarge to form cones up to23 mm in diameter.
The cones are a light, silvery green, and on some plants, as they mature, they become tinged with red. The fruit is a single-seeded, mottled nutlet, 5mm long, 3.5 mm wide and 3 mm thick, egg-shaped with a pointed tip and covered in shaggy hairs. The seeds ripen several months after flowering but the cones containing them are retained on the plant for years. For the female cones to develop normally both male and female plants must be grown so that fertilisation takes place.
Vulnerable. Leucadendron linifolium faces a high risk of extinction in the wild. It has lost 34% of its distribution range and 43% of its habitat over the past 60 years, and this has caused an estimated 30% reduction in population size. Leucadendron linifolium is threatened by urban expansion and coastal housing development, invasive alien plants, agriculture, the drainage of wetlands, the extraction of groundwater and wildflower picking. It appears to flourish in veld that is disturbed, overgrazed or frequently burned.
Distribution description
Leucadendron linifolium occurs in dense, isolated stands on coastal flats from Eersterivier to Strand on the Cape Flats, Bot River to Elim, Bredasdorp and Potberg, and on the Riversdale Flats at Jakkalsfontein. It grows on acidic, neutral or alkaline sands that are often waterlogged during the winter rainy season.
Leucadendron linifolium was first described in 1797 by Jacquin. At the time, botanists were unaware that the male and female of the species were on separate plants, and Jacquin named and described a male plant as Protea linifolia and a female plant as P. fusciflorum. Both names have equal priority of publication, but Williams chose L. linifolium to avoid confusion as L. fusciflorum had also been applied in error to another species by a different author. Other synonyms include: Protea longicaulis Salisbury ex Knight in 1809, and Leucadendron tortum Brown in 1810. It was featured as L. tortum, Twisted Leucadendron, in the Botanical Register in 1824, plate 826, drawn from a male plant cultivated in the Bristol Nursery by Mr. Miller. Meisner in 1826 described it as L. pedunculatum but the herbarium material he used for his description has been lost so its identity cannot be verified.
The generic name Leucadendron is from the Greek leukos meaning white and; dendron, tree. This genus is named after and based on Leucadendron argenteum, the silver tree, from its common name witteboom, meaning white tree, as it was known in the 1690s when the genus was first named. The specific name linifolium means flax-leaved from the Latin linum flax and folium leaf, referring to the shape of the leaves.
The genus Leucadendron belongs in the protea family. It consists of 83 species, most of which occur in the Western and Eastern Cape with a few outliers in KwaZulu-Natal. They are all dioecious shrubs or trees, and are known as conebushes because the female flower heads form woody cones in which the fruits are borne.
Leucadendron linifolium stores its seeds in woody cones on the plant for a number of years. This is known as serotiny. During a fire, the plant is killed but the seeds survive and are released from the cones after the fire. The seedlings germinate en masse forming fairly dense stands after fires.
Leucadendron linifolium flowerheads are yeast-scented and are pollinated by insects.
Leucadendron linifolium is popular for its foliage and silver-green cones in the cut-flower trade where it is sometimes still known and sold as 'Tortum'.
Growing Leucadendron linifolium
Leucadendron linifolium is one of the easiest members of the protea family to grow. It thrives in a wider range of soils than most, from acidic, to neutral or alkaline, and does not mind being waterlogged in winter. It is ideal for gardens on the sandy flats in the Western Cape. It is suitable for strandveld, fynbos and coastal gardens, and will thrive far from home and has been successfully cultivated in many European botanical gardens for hundreds of years.
It is often used as a rootstock for more difficult-to-grow proteas. It needs a sunny position, with well-drained (sandy) soil and free air circulation. It tolerates wind, summer drought and winter waterlogging.
Feed with well-rotted compost, and/or slow-release fertiliser and avoid heavy, clay soils and strong fertilisers. It is not hardy to prolonged freezing temperatures, but should survive outdoors in zone 9 (-7 to -1 °C / 20 to 30 °F). Keep root disturbance to a minimum, the roots of proteaceous plants are susceptible to fungal infection so try not to break them by digging around their base inside their drip-line, rather put down a thick layer of mulch once or twice a year, e.g. in autumn and in spring, and leave them undisturbed. Like many proteaceous shrubs, this species can start to look a bit leggy and unkempt after 8-15 years, when it should be replaced.
Propagate Leucadendron linifolium by seed or cuttings. Harvest cones that are at least 6 months old. Allow them to dry so that the seeds will be released. Sow the seeds in late summer to autumn (March-May). Use a sterile, well-drained soil medium and keep moist. Germination should occur after about 30 days. Treating the seed with Instant Smoke Plus Seed Primer will enhance germination. Transplant the seedlings into individual bags or pots when the first true leaves have developed. Use a well-drained, soil mix suitable for fynbos plants. Grow on for a year before planting out into the garden.
Take semi-hardwood cuttings from the current season's growth in autumn or spring. Remove the leaves from the basal third of the cutting, treat with rooting hormone and place in well-drained rooting medium under intermittent mist with bottom heat of 24 °C. Rooting takes about 6 weeks, harden off for 3 weeks and transplant into individual containers filled with well-drained, soil suitable for fynbos plants. Grow the cuttings in a well-ventilated area.
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Alice Notten
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Plant Attributes:
Plant Type: Shrub
SA Distribution: Western Cape
Soil type: Sandy
Flowering season: Spring
PH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Flower colour: Yellow
Aspect: Full Sun
Gardening skill: Easy
Drought resistant
Pioneer plant
Horticultural zones
Zone 1 Coastal summer rainfall, frost free
Zone 2 Coastal winter rainfall, frost free
Zone 3 Winter rainfall Karoo, light frost
Zone 4 Summer rainfall Karoo and Highveld, Frost in winter
Zone 5 Bushveld summer rainfall, Light frost
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The Daughter of the Regiment
By Gaetano Donizetti
Donizetti's lively and graceful comedy sparkles with high notes and great fun. In order to be together, two young lovers break down the social barriers between the military and polite society, making sure to have lots of fun along the way. The superb score includes exhilarating showcase arias, terrific ensemble pieces, and a healthy dose of musical parody. Funny, eloquent, and endlessly enjoyable.
In French with English subtitles | at McCaw Hall
Approximate Running Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes, with 1 intermission
Audio described performance for visually impaired patrons available on Sunday, October 20. Description begins 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the matinee.
Tomboy, unable to transform into snooty duchess, finds true love anyway.
Marie was adopted by a regiment when they found her on a battlefield as an infant; thus she has 1,500 fathers and no mother. At the beginning of the opera she's a teenage "vivandière" or camp girl.
Sulpice is a gruff old sergeant in Napoleon's 21st Grenadiers.
The Marquise of Birkenfeld, a rich spinster, knows a secret about Marie's past.
Hortensius is the cowardly servant of the Marquise.
Tonio, a young Tyrolean peasant, saved Marie's life when she slipped while mountain-climbing. He immediately became smitten.
The Duchess of Krackentorp is a haughty grand dame lioness with an eligible bachelor son, somewhere offstage.
In Tyrol, a region in the Alps, in the early nineteenth century. Seattle Opera's 2013 production is set in the 1940s.
Sergeant Sulpice, the big cheese in a regiment of French soldiers just about to pull out of Tyrol, is a little worried about Marie, the daughter of the regiment. She's been spotted several times now, talking to a handsome young local. But, by regimental decree as well as her own vow, Marie can only marry a soldier from the regiment. So when her sweetheart Tonio is captured by the regiment as an enemy spy, he enlists in order to be eligible to marry his beloved. It's the happiest day of his life, he sings, when he becomes both soldier and affianced. But his happiness is short-lived. Encountering the regiment, the Marquise of Birkenfeld, a local aristocrat, recognizes in Marie a child long missing from her wealthy family. She whisks Marie off to be made into a lady, leaving the regiment forlorn and Tonio devastated.
Some months later, the Marquise is trying to arrange a marriage between Marie and the young Duke of Krackentorp. Her efforts to transform Marie into a dazzling society debutante, however, have failed to take; Marie prefers singing her old regimental ditties to the latest popular Romantic songs. Tonio, meanwhile, has worked his way up in the regiment to lieutenant's rank; he has also been doing some snooping and has determined that the Marquise's story about Marie's birth is untrue. On the night of Marie's arranged wedding he bursts into the Birkenfeld chateau, accompanied by the regiment, and confronts the Marquise. The secret of Marie's origin is revealed, society snobbery is foiled, true love wins out, and everybody salutes the French flag!
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Sarah Coburn
At Seattle Opera in 2016/17: Countess Adèle, Count Ory
Hometown: Tulsa, OK
Seattle Opera Young Artist 2001/02
Seattle Opera Debut: Adèle, Die Fledermaus ('06)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Zerbinetta, Ariadne auf Naxos ('15); Marie, The Daughter of the Regiment ('13); Rosina, The Barber of Seville ('11)
Recently: Concert (Tivoli Festival/ Copenhagen Philharmonic); Juliette, Roméo et Juliette (Tulsa Opera); Elijah (Handel and Haydn Society)
Upcoming: Konstanze, The Abduction from the Seraglio (Atlanta Opera); Rosina, The Barber of Seville (Opera San Antonio); Concert with Lawrence Brownlee (Tivoli Festival, Copenhagen Philharmonic)
Oct. 19, 20, 23, 26, 30, Nov. 1 & 2
At Seattle Opera in 2016/17: Count Ory, Count Ory
Hometown: Youngstown, OH
Young Artist '01, '02
Artist of the Year: Arturo, I puritani ('08)
Seattle Opera Debut: Ernesto, Don Pasquale ('03)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni ('14); Tonio, La fille du régiment ('13); Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville ('11)
Recently: Umberto, (La donna del Lago), (Metropolitan Opera); Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville (Opéra national de Paris); Arturo, I puritani, (Opernhaus Zürich
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Andrew Stenson
At Seattle Opera in 2016/17: Tamino, The Magic Flute
Hometown: Rochester, MN
Seattle Opera Young Artist: 2010/11, 2011/12
Seattle Opera Debut: Arturo, Lucia di Lammermoor ('10)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Tonio, The Daughter of the Regiment ('13);Orphée, Orphée et Eurydice ('12); Remendado, Carmen ('11)
Recently: Frederic, The Pirates of Penzance (Palm Beach Opera); Candide, Candide (Opera national de Bordeaux); Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville (Fort Worth Opera)
Upcoming: Ernesto, Don Pasquale (Glyndebourne); Ernesto, Margherita (Wexford Festival Opera)
Oct. 20 & Nov. 1
Alexander Hajek
Sergeant Sulpice
At Seattle Opera in 2013/14: Sergeant Sulpice, La fille du régiment
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Recently: Leporello, Don Giovanni (Juilliard Opera); Dr. Falke, Die Fledermaus, and Count Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro (Semperoper Dresden)
Upcoming: Leporello, Don Giovanni, and Alidoro, La Cenerentola; Fiorello, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Semperoper Dresden)
Last Updated: October 2013
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Marquise de Berkenfield
Hometown: Beaumont, TX
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Recently: Klytämnestra, Elektra (Des Moines Metro Opera); Baba, The Medium (Central City Opera); Sosostris, Midsummer Marriage (Opera Boston)
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Duchesse de Krackenthrop
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Hortensius
At Seattle Opera in 2014/15: Wigmaker, Ariadne auf Naxos
Hometown: Gerona Tarlac & Pampanga, Philippines
Seattle Opera Chorus Member since 1994
Seattle Opera Debut: Peasant, Pagliacci ('07)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Hortensius, La fille du régiment ('13); Political Official, Amelia ('10); Messenger, Aida ('08)
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Upcoming: Chorus, Nabucco (Seattle Opera)
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At Seattle Opera 2013/14: Corporal, La fille du regiment
Hometown: Cedar Falls, IA
Seattle Opera Debut: Corporal, La fille du régiment ('13)
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Yves Abel
At Seattle Opera in 2013/14: La fille du régiment; Les contes d'Hoffmann
Seattle Opera Debut: La Cenerentola ('96)
Previously at Seattle Opera: La fille du régiment ('13); Il trovatore ('10); The End of the Affair ('05)
Recently: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bayerische Staatsoper); Il barbiere di Siviglia (Metropolitan Opera); La fille du régiment (Royal Opera Covent Garden)
Upcoming: Hansel und Gretel (Paris Opera); Les contes d'Hoffmann (Metropolitan Opera); La traviata (New National Theatre, Tokyo)
Emilio Sagi
Stage Director
At Seattle Opera in 2013/14: La fille du régiment
Hometown: Oviedo, Spain
Recently: Rigoletto (ABAO, Bilbao); Carmen (LA Opera); Il barbiere di Siviglia (Teatro Real, Madrid)
Upcoming: Il barbiere di Siviglia (San Francisco Opera); Il mondo della luna (Opéra de Monte-Carlo); La del manojo de Rosas (Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid)
Julio Galán
The late Julio Galán's design work includes La traviata, Pagliacci, Les pêcheurs de perles, Macbeth, and L'elisir d'amore in Oviedo, Don Pasquale, Rigoletto, La fanciulla del West and Idomeneo at Madrid's Teatro de la Zarzuela. His theater credits include Lope de Vega's La Dorotea at the Centro Dramatico Nacional, Richard III with Teatro Español, and No puede ser guardar a una mujer with Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico.
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Marquise of Berkenfield (Joyce Castle) dreads the advance of the warring armies...
© Elise Bakketun, photo
But Allied forces save the day, and everyone rejoices.
The 21st regiment—led by the Corporal (Stephen Fish), Sergeant Sulpice (Alexander Hajek), and Marie (Sarah Coburn—enters the town.
Sulpice remembers how the men of the 21st raised the orphaned Marie as their own daughter.
The regiment captures Tonio (Lawrence Brownlee), who seems to be a spy. But Marie intervenes: "That's the man who saved my life!"
Tonio is overjoyed to learn that Marie requites his love. But there's a catch...
...she can only marry a soldier of the 21st Regiment. To be eligible to wed her, Tonio (Andrew Stenson) enlists...
...whereupon Marie learns that she is heir to the Berkenfield fortune, and must leave the regiment.
She bids a tearful farewell to the soldiers she loves so much.
Some months later, the Marquise is trying to teach Marie ladylike ways...
...but despite the Berkenfield fortune, Marie is unhappy,.
She cheers up a bit when her regiment storms the château.
Tonio (Lawrence Brownlee) pleads his case ardently. But the Marquise intends to marry Marie to an aristocrat.
Hortensius (Karl Marx Reyes) announces the arrival of the Duchess of Krackenthorp (Peter Kazaras) and her son, the Duke (Brendan Toner), who is to marry Marie.
In the end, the Marquise relents; Marie will wed Tonio, and everyone salutes la France!
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*raises me pint* Love, Happiness and good health to ye! Happy Saint Patrick's Day and May the luck of the Irish be with you.
Not that the Irish are luckier than most, now. Tis just that even though it's a country with lots of rain and at times lots of hardships, you will find among the people an optimistic attitude. Their focus is more on the rainbows that come after the storm than the storm itself! And the more you count your blessings the more you find you have.
Do good luck symbols and charms work? Who is to say? Is it the object itself or the power they hold over a person's mind… to get a person to focus on the luck, the dream, the wish…they believe the charm will bring them? In doing so, perhaps they themselves meet that goal. By having a physical representation of your dreams, of the hope of obtaining it...(even if it's a routine, a favorite toy, coin or rock… or something more traditional like those below)... it makes your dream even more tangible, you feel some control of its outcome.
Cats: Their excellent eyesight is believed to protect against approaching evil spirits. And studies have shown that cat owners do live longer healthier lives. Tortoise shell cats: Fur a mix of red, black, chocolate and cinnamon. Cats of this coloration are believed to bring good luck in the folklore of many cultures; in the United States these are sometimes referred to as money cats.
BTW the color green and being around greenery lowers levels of stress hormone Cortisol filling you with optimism and can-do confidence… *sigh* if only I could keep my house plants alive!!!
Gem stones: just a few lol could fill pages on them: Green Aventurine: known as the gambler's stone. Citrine: known as the merchant's stone, leave it in your cash box to boost earnings. Lapis for confidence. Rose quartz for love. Amethyst for protection. Blue chalcedony for creativity.
Horseshoe: In Ireland they hang them points up to catch luck. In other countries they hang them downwards so luck can our out on you.
KEYS. Three keys worn together symbolize the unlocking of the doors to health, wealth and love.
OM: In Hindu mythology, Om or AUM is believed to be the first sound to pervade through the Universe at the beginning of time. Almost all Mantras are also initiated by reciting the word 'Om'. Worshippers of this sacred symbol are blessed with luck, material comforts and spiritual powers.
Wishbone: since the 4th century various countries have held the turkey or chicken wishbone contest. Pulling the dry bone until it snapped "lucky Break" believeing the winner's wish or dream would come true.
Wishbox: Chinese custom of writing your wish down and placing it inside a decorated box. A prayer is said to amplify your wish. Then the box is sealed.
Do you have anything you consider a lucky charm? Me? I have a favorite piece of a aventurine I keep nearby when I write and I wear my grandmother's ring, turning it whenever I feel the need for confidence.
Lucky charms or not… May your wishes come true except one, so you have blessings to count and still have something to strive for!!!
As a writer, I get apprehensive when we submit something, hoping the editor will be in the right frame of mind and like it. Hoping the publishing house will have a spot for it. Then, if published, will the readers and critics alike, enjoy it. I can't imagine what it would be like to have my book challenged or banned from shelves because someone didn't like the content.
I was flabbergasted. I thought the day of book banning had ended. We decided not to remove the books. It is a public school and you can't discriminate because of religion. Besides the fact, we were all proponents of the constitution and the right to free speech.
I am all for and, in fact, believe parents should censor what their children see on TV, the computer, video games, and yes… what they read. Making sure it is age or maturity appropriate. I watch shows with my kids, read the books they read, even play their video games and listen to their music. I want to know where questions and ideas are formed. It's a way to have open dialogue and find ways to relate to them.
But never would I dream of thinking something should be censored from society as a whole. If you don't want your child reading something then you tell them no. That is fine, I respect your decision. But don't tell me or anyone else what we should be allowed to read. By censoring you are just as guilty of forcing your beliefs on others as you accused the author.
*blink* I didn't realize it was such a long list and there are still a lot more! My mouth is hanging open reading the lists!
Besides, what an adult or child gather from something can be totally different. ie how a child sees Pepe Lepew… compared to how adults take his humor… there are different perceptions.
I have read banned books, have you?


Using targeted social media Pauline exceeded her sales targets and built a loyal social media fan base that has put her freelance artist's enterprise on firm financial footing. Here's how she did it.
Artist Pauline James-Paterson has had an amazing few months. In January 2015 her business Splashyartystory had a 1000% increase in turnover. That extra zero is not a typo.
This time last year Splashyartystory – a small business selling reproductions of Pauline's original watercolours – was making most of its sales through Etsy and Ebay. Tired of losing income to pay the fees from these services, Pauline decided to invest in a new website which would host an online shop allowing her to sell direct to customers. When the site went live in August 2014, she wanted to make sure that she could recoup the investment in the website.
Pauline runs a classic creative microbusiness – she is the artist, marketer, shipping supervisor and business manager. To improve her marketing and drive sales, Pauline attended a Culture Republic digital communications workshop in Dumfries in December. The event, offered in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Council, was delivered by Culture Republic.
She left the workshop with a plan of how to use social media to drive sales. And did it ever.
Pauline headed back to her studio with the bones of a communications strategy from her day at the workshop. She decided to start with a little bit of targeted Facebook advertising and boosted a post for a contest to give away one of her most popular paintings – a purple thistle.
The first ad ran for 3 weeks and according to Pauline "it just went nuts". Her Facebook page went from 500 likes to 5500 likes in 5 days. Her sales increased by 1000%. She could only just keep up with the orders by working 16-hour days. It was so successful that Pauline had to think seriously about where she wanted the business to go. For her, painting is a lifestyle business and she didn't want to scale it up and have it take over her life.
One note – there are strict guidelines around competition terms and conditions on Facebook. Pauline has become an expert at staying within them, but her first attempt inadvertently breached these and the post was taken down (that's why you can't see it in this article). This has been a key learning for her. If you are thinking of trying a competition yourself make sure to visit Facebook's Ts&Cs to keep yourself right.
Because of the sales boost in January, Pauline has been able to consolidate her business. She had the capital to invest in a canvas printer of her own – previously she was outsourcing the printing to a company in England. Because of this change Pauline's profits have increased by an additional 30% per picture sold; she's able to supply all of her orders in a much shorter time period and she's able to supply her canvases off the stretcher which suits her international buyers much better. Pauline has also moved into larger premises and taken on a part-time employee to help with fulfilment.
This effort added more than 100 new likes to the page, over 1000 likes to the post, 740 shares & over 1500 comments. The method that works for her is to boost a competition post for only for 3 days and only run the competition for 5 days. This helps keep the response manageable (she learned that three weeks was far too long). For Pauline, contests generate sales immediately. She says she adds 100 – 200 people on average doing this and she earns the cost of the advertisement back within an hour.
The other learning was to identify who her key audiences were and make sure the content that she was posting was particularly relevant them. Pauline says when Dianne suggested that she look at her audience profile she "felt like going 'Oh, Duh!'" because it wasn't something she had done yet and it made perfect sense to her. The very next day Pauline sat down and went through all the sales for the year. What she found was that her customer base was 20% male and 80% female. A typical customer is a woman, aged 20 to 60, who is interested in home interiors. If the customer is a man she found he was often buying for his wife. Pauline responded by subscribing to decorating magazines and looking at trends for home decorating. She responded with new work that was on trend in terms of colour – a painting in shades of grey with just a splash of colour.
My "harmony of greys" seascape with a splash of colour in the form of a red poppy. The poppy doesn't have to be red of course…..
Pauline also noticed that a significant section of her audience are expatriate Scots who like the Scottish subjects and provenance of her paintings. She started a series of thistle paintings, which began with a thistle and rose (signifying England) to include a thistle and other national plants like a shamrock, a daffodil or a maple leaf.
That post in particular generated an emotional response from her audience who shared personal stories of the significance of yellow roses for them.
One key to her success is that Pauline is very responsive to her customers – she tries to get back individually to each person who makes a comment on her page. It takes about an hour every day. And, if there is enough of an appetite for a particular subject she will make a piece that gives the people what they want.
The Thistle and Golden Wattle to celebrate a Scottish/Australian connection is finished.
Pauline reflects that after her Likes jumped up to over 5000 her business really took off, but it still takes constant work. Now she is adding fans regularly and sales have become steady, but people still need constant reminders and redirection back to the shop. Even though sales information is listed clearly at the top of her page, she regularly responds to enquiries asking, "where can I buy this". Pauline's posts are designed to keep her work at the front of people's mind, she doesn't want the page to become static. If her posts are not engaging then Facebook could see her as less relevant and take her out of people's news feeds.
She is cross posting these onto her Facebook page and using them to drive awareness and engagement with her work. So far the feedback has been enthusiastic!
Prior to this, other social networks had been taking a back seat and Pauline has been concentrating on Facebook because she's found it to be the best route to her core audience. Other businesses may find that other networks like Instagram or Twitter or Tumblr (or a mix of these) will work best depending on your audience profile. Similarly you may find that other types of Facebook ads will be more or less effective. The key is to plan activities based on a strategy and then implement it.


Do you have trouble finding presenters? For many people, a stereotypical scientist works in a lab with a lab coat and is probably an older white male. One of the great things about these cafes is that it shows that scientists are actually a diverse population of men and women of all ages and colors and with all kinds of outfits. Or at least, that's what we should strive for. But what about diversity of topics and careers?
I'm currently working in a Center for STEM, where STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. This broadens the scope of our work to include many interrelated fields. Taking this mindset towards science outreach also expands your choice of guest speakers, and it's good for students to realize how science infiltrates all of these fields.
At the Gateway cafes, we've had laboratory scientists, field scientists, healthcare professionals, engineers, and most recently a science game designer. All of these people use science in their career in various ways, but they have taken a variety of paths. Some do controlled experiments, while others observe natural phenomena. Some use science to teach, and not just in the cafe setting. Engineers build and design everything from buildings to airplanes using scientific principles.
As a result of cafe interactions, teens have tried laboratory exercises, examined nature, built their own paper airplanes, and explored how to design games. They get to learn about the path these STEM professionals have taken and, we hope, imagine the possibilities for their own paths.
Are your students scientists, too? In a very general sense, yes, they are being scientists when they ask questions, investigate a problem, and make hypotheses. If they pursue it as a career, then they can become a STEM professional, or someone who works in one of these related fields. We can all be scientists, even if we're not all technically STEM professionals. But when you expand your horizons, you may realize that there are great STEM professionals, and thus potential Teen Science Cafe speakers, all around you!


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Our interactions increasingly happen online. So it makes sense, in theory anyway, to have some sort of digital certificate on our computers and smartphones we can use for purchases or to provide proof of identity.
So-called "digital wallets" to replace the ones we physically carry around have been available for years, and are especially useful when shopping online. No need to fill out addresses or payment information because this data is already encrypted (hopefully, anyway) and stored electronically.
But digital wallets have a major problem—hardly anybody's using them. In fact, many people don't even know what a digital wallet is, according to the research firm comScore. They recently reported that although most people have heard of PayPal, similar digital wallets offered by Google, MasterCard, Visa and others are relatively unknown.
Of course, ATMs were little used when they appeared in the 1970s and 80s. Now you can hardly walk a block without running into one. So savor your wallet's leather smell while it lasts. It might soon be consigned to a dresser drawer next to that stack of old bank deposit slips.


National Ice Cream Month just keeps getting sweeter. Ben & Jerry's announced today the opening of its online shop, which will ship merchandise and, yes, ice-cold pints of the Vermont duo's ice cream, non-dairy options, frozen yogurt, pint slices, Cores and more right to your front door.
That's right. Now, you needn't leave the comfort of your air-conditioned home this summer to get your hands on a pint of Cherry Garcia, AmeriCone Dream, Phish Food or any of its other favorite flavors.
-- Ben & Jerry -- that's childhood friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield -- first set out to be a bagel company... until they saw the hefty price tag on bagel-making equipment.
-- Every employee gets three pints of Ben & Jerry's per day. Now that's sweet.
-- There's a Ben & Jerry's flavor "graveyard" where they bury their discontinued flavors -- 300 and counting.
-- After founding Ben & Jerry's, Cohen and Greenfield shipped off to Vermont and completed a $5 correspondence course in ice-cream making, nailing a perfect score... on the open-book test. Their first flavor was vanilla.
-- Ben & Jerry's very first pints were Oreo Mint, French Vanilla, Chocolate Fudge, Wild Blueberry, Mocha Walnut, Maple Walnut, Honey Coffee and Honey Orange -- none of which have survived.
-- The most popular Ben & Jerry's flavor worldwide is Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
-- Texas is the only state in the union that sells Bourbon Pecan Pie.
-- Free Cone Day began in 1979 as a thank-you to the customers who helped Ben & Jerry's survive its first year in operation. It's continued as an annual tradition ever since. The company gives out around 1 free scoops annually on that day.
-- The cow on every package of Ben & Jerry's is named Woody, in honor of artist Woody Jackson who designed her in 1983.


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Q: Azure Function runs locally, but doesn't do anything after Docker container is built and run locally I have an Azure Function, with custom imported python modules, that runs correctly when I use func start in the directory. But, the next step is to get it running locally in a Docker container. After I build and run (following the Azure instructions), nothing happens, and I get the following output:
info: Host.Triggers.Warmup[0]
      Initializing Warmup Extension.
info: Host.Startup[503]
      Initializing Host. OperationId: '9711d195-2ab7-4b93-8c53-dd577b6b70d5'.
info: Host.Startup[504]
      Host initialization: ConsecutiveErrors=0, StartupCount=1, OperationId=9711d195-2ab7-4b93-8c53-dd577b6b70d5
info: Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Hosting.OptionsLoggingService[0]
      LoggerFilterOptions
      {
        "MinLevel": "None",
        "Rules": [
          {
            "ProviderName": null,
            "CategoryName": null,
            "LogLevel": null,
            "Filter": "<AddFilter>b__0"
          },
          {
            "ProviderName": "Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Script.WebHost.Diagnostics.SystemLoggerProvider",
            "CategoryName": null,
            "LogLevel": "None",
            "Filter": null
          },
          {
            "ProviderName": "Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Script.WebHost.Diagnostics.SystemLoggerProvider",
            "CategoryName": null,
            "LogLevel": null,
            "Filter": "<AddFilter>b__0"
          }
        ]
      }
info: Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Hosting.OptionsLoggingService[0]
      FunctionResultAggregatorOptions
      {
        "BatchSize": 1000,
        "FlushTimeout": "00:00:30",
        "IsEnabled": true
      }
info: Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Hosting.OptionsLoggingService[0]
      SingletonOptions
      {
        "LockPeriod": "00:00:15",
        "ListenerLockPeriod": "00:01:00",
        "LockAcquisitionTimeout": "10675199.02:48:05.4775807",
        "LockAcquisitionPollingInterval": "00:00:05",
        "ListenerLockRecoveryPollingInterval": "00:01:00"
      }
info: Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Hosting.OptionsLoggingService[0]
      HttpOptions
      {
        "DynamicThrottlesEnabled": false,
        "MaxConcurrentRequests": -1,
        "MaxOutstandingRequests": -1,
        "RoutePrefix": "api"
      }
info: Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Hosting.JobHostService[0]
      Starting JobHost
info: Host.Startup[401]
      Starting Host (HostId=c8cdf3a0c1a6-2137340777, InstanceId=c64a8e95-4ded-4a90-ac41-461d9223ed24, Version=3.0.15417.0, ProcessId=1, AppDomainId=1, InDebugMode=False, InDiagnosticMode=False, FunctionsExtensionVersion=(null))
info: Host.Startup[314]
      Loading functions metadata
info: Host.Startup[315]
      1 functions loaded
info: Host.Startup[0]
      Generating 1 job function(s)
info: Host.Startup[0]
      Found the following functions:
      Host.Functions.BadFunc

info: Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Script.WebHost.WebScriptHostHttpRoutesManager[0]
      Initializing function HTTP routes
      No HTTP routes mapped

info: Host.Startup[412]
      Host initialized (107ms)
fail: Host.Startup[0]
      The listener for function 'Functions.BadFunc' was unable to start.
Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host.Listeners.FunctionListenerException: The listener for function 'Functions.BadFunc' was unable to start.
 ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'connectionString')
   at Microsoft.Azure.Storage.CloudStorageAccount.Parse(String connectionString)
   at Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Timers.StorageScheduleMonitor.get_TimerStatusDirectory() in C:\azure-webjobs-sdk-extensions\src\WebJobs.Extensions\Extensions\Timers\Scheduling\StorageScheduleMonitor.cs:line 77
   at Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Timers.StorageScheduleMonitor.GetStatusBlobReference(String timerName) in C:\azure-webjobs-sdk-extensions\src\WebJobs.Extensions\Extensions\Timers\Scheduling\StorageScheduleMonitor.cs:line 144
   at Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Timers.StorageScheduleMonitor.GetStatusAsync(String timerName)
   at Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Timers.Listeners.TimerListener.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) in C:\azure-webjobs-sdk-extensions\src\WebJobs.Extensions\Extensions\Timers\Listener\TimerListener.cs:line 99
   at Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host.Listeners.SingletonListener.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) in C:\projects\azure-webjobs-sdk-rqm4t\src\Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host\Singleton\SingletonListener.cs:line 72
   at Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host.Listeners.FunctionListener.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken, Boolean allowRetry) in C:\projects\azure-webjobs-sdk-rqm4t\src\Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host\Listeners\FunctionListener.cs:line 69
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
info: Host.Startup[413]
      Host started (154ms)
info: Host.Startup[0]
      Job host started
Hosting environment: Production
Content root path: /
Now listening on: http://[::]:80
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
info: Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Script.Workers.Rpc.RpcFunctionInvocationDispatcher[0]
      Worker process started and initialized.
info: Host.Startup[0]
      Retrying to start listener for function 'Functions.BadFunc' (Attempt 1)
info: Host.Startup[0]
      Listener successfully started for function 'Functions.BadFunc' after 1 retries.
info: Host.General[316]
      Host lock lease acquired by instance ID '000000000000000000000000F28FAECC'.

So it looks like the container is running after one failed start-up. Great. But why is nothing happening? I'm supposed to get Slack notifications if it runs correctly or fails. The Dockerfile is as follows:
# FROM mcr.microsoft.com/azure-functions/python:3.0-python3.6-appservice
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/azure-functions/python:3.0-python3.6

ENV AzureWebJobsScriptRoot=/home/site/wwwroot \
    AzureFunctionsJobHost__Logging__Console__IsEnabled=true

# install python dependencies
RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y \
        build-essential \
        cmake \
        git \
        wget \
        unzip \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# chrome install
#ARG CHROME_VERSION="google-chrome-stable"
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - \
  && echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list \
  && apt-get update -qqy \
  && apt-get -qqy install \
   # ${CHROME_VERSION:-google-chrome-stable} \
  && rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/*

# install chromedriver used by Selenium
RUN LATEST=$(wget -q -O - http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE) && \
    wget http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$LATEST/chromedriver_linux64.zip && \
    unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip && ln -s $PWD/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver

ENV PATH="/usr/local/bin/chromedriver:${PATH}"

COPY requirements.txt /
RUN pip install -r /requirements.txt

COPY . /home/site/wwwroot

I use docker build --tag <DOCKER_ID>/azurefunctionsimage:v1.0.0 . to build the image, and I run it from Docker Desktop clicking "run."
I've closely followed this tutorial on getting selenium working in a container. I have pointed my scraping function to the chromedriver, but I don't think that's the issue. Here is my function.json file:
{
  "scriptFile": "__init__.py",
  "bindings": [
    {
      "name": "mytimer",
      "type": "timerTrigger",
      "direction": "in",
      "schedule": "0 * * * * *"
    }
  ]
}

And local.settings.json file:
{
  "IsEncrypted": false,
  "Values": {
    "FUNCTIONS_WORKER_RUNTIME": "python",
    "AzureWebJobsStorage": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true;"
  }
}

File structure in VSCode:
FunctionDirectory
    |_ BadFunc
        | __init__.py
        | custom_mod1.py
        | custom_mod2.py
          ...
        | function.json
    |_ local.settings.json
       Dockerfile
       requirements.txt
       etc..

Am I missing something obvious on why I'm getting no results, when running the container locally?
Or would this have something to do with the actual __init__.py code, having a return type of None vs. something else?
def main(mytimer: func.TimerRequest) -> None: #should be something else?
    utc_timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow().replace(
        tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc).isoformat()

    if mytimer.past_due:
        logging.info('The timer is past due!')

    logging.info('Python timer trigger function ran at %s', utc_timestamp)

    # Class instantiation for the handling stuff ----
    name_handle_instance = dc.NameHandle()
    #calls other functions below...


Select either nicotine or alcohol as an example and briefly describe the drug's effects on the brain, on behavior and on a person's health.
Under what circumstances do you think a drug should be limited or banned? For example, do you think any drug that harms health should be banned or any drug that is addictive should be banned? Explain.
Do you think that it would be a good idea for the United States to completely ban alcohol or nicotine? Explain.


The importance of a website in today's dynamic business environment is known to all. A gateway that gives people the first impression of your venture, having a website is a modern-day need.
Gone are the days when desktops were the primary traffic drivers for businesses. Today, a significant chunk of online traffic is generated through mobile phones. In 2017, 50.3% of website traffic generated worldwide were on mobile phones, up from 43.6% in 2016.
With mobile phones driving such a large volume of traffic, it's imperative for you to have a website that adjusts itself as per the screen of the mobile phone. In fact, prominentsearch engines now consider mobile-friendliness as a ranking factor.
With most of the information being searched online on a mobile phone, it's imperative for you to have a mobile-optimised website for a pleasant user experience. The haphazard appearance of a webpage of a mobile device may force users to abandon the site altogether. In such a scenario, businesses may lose out on potential customers.
On the other hand, a mobile-optimised website goes a long way in improving user experience thereby boosting chances of increased sales and revenues in the long run.
A mobile-optimised website gives you more time to capture the attention of your users. With everything existing online, it's all about timing. A website that can be easily navigated on cell phones with a clear interface is likely to capture the attention of users better.
More importantly, it gives you a chance to convert the visitors into customers, thus impacting bottom line revenues.An improved user experience is likely to generate more clicks and visits which improves ranking on search engines.
Social media has become an integral part of our daily lives as well as businesses. A mobile-friendly website increases chances of high social media shares that ultimately boosts traffic and conversion. Today, most websites optimised for cell phones have social media sharing buttons, which make it easy for visitors to share the content of their choice.
High social media shares not only boost traffic but also helps in indirect promotion of your venture's products and services. These benefits can only be achieved if your website is mobile-friendly.
A mobile-friendly website is easy to develop these days. Today, there are various firms that render this service. You can either get your existing site into a mobile-friendly mode or develop a new site from scratch. Depending on the CMS used, and the amount of customisation needed, the cost can be anything from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.15 lakh.
Though it may be a little costly to develop a mobile-friendly website upfront, it entails lower maintenance cost as you don't need to maintain separate sites for desktop and mobile.


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Here are your guest contributors for Thursday's edition of the Duct Tape Marketing Small Business Week iPad Giveaway.
Keith Ferrazzi is the author of Never Eat Alone and the founder of the Relationship Masters Academy, an online training program for networking that offers the structure and support to put Keith's bestselling books into action in your life for unparalleled career success and satisfaction. Go here to learn more!
Joseph Jaffe is President of jaffe, LLC. His popular blog and audio podcast, "Jaffe Juice", provides daily and weekly commentary respectively on all things new marketing. His latest book, "Flip the Funnel: How to use existing customers to gain new ones," presents a powerful hypothesis that retention can become the new acquisition through the strategic incorporation and elevation of customer service, customer experience and customer initiated word-of-mouth, content creation and incentive-based referrals.
David is the author of 7 books, Real-Time Marketing & PR , is his newest addition to the collection. His blog – Web Ink Now – is ranked by AdAge Power 150 as a top worldwide marketing blog. David has presented at hundreds of industry conferences and events and the marketing programs he has developed are responsible for selling over one billion in products and services worldwide.
Bob Burg's national bestseller, The Go-Giver, has been heralded as a new business classic. Bob is an advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve and how well they serve them. Find out more information about Bob Burg here.
Rohit is a founding member of the Ogilvy 360 Digital Influence team, the world's largest global network of social media strategists. His personal marketing blog called Influential Marketing has been recognized as one of the top 25 marketing blogs in the world and was featured in the Wall Street Journal. He also teaches global marketing at Georgetown University.
Sonia Simone is the senior editor of Copyblogger and a co-founder of Copyblogger Media, a company with a suite of valued marketing and training products and more than 55,000 customers. Copyblogger Media empowers online writers and content producers to command attention, create engagement, and influence people as powerful players in the new media revolution.
Say NO to squeezing your buyers. You have a choice.
When you want to get more "leads" into the top of your sales funnel, you have the option of not requiring people to register to get the valuable content that your company creates (an ebook or white paper perhaps).
1. Requiring an email address (and other personal information) prior to your buyers being permitted to download content. With a gate, each person downloading becomes a valuable sales lead. This is a very typical yet flawed approach.
2. Making the content totally free with no registration required. Value comes from many more people consuming and spreading your content.
3. Implementing a hybrid scheme. This takes a leap of faith but typically pays off for those who try this controversial approach.
– Registration is a holdover from direct mail days (when a business reply card was the way to fulfill a white paper request). Is a direct mail technique right for today's hyper-connected web?
– Requiring registration greatly reduces the number of people who download something. One of my ebooks has been downloaded close to one million times. With a registration requirement, I'm convinced it would be only a few thousand.
– Because bloggers do not like to send their readers to something that could cause them to get onto unwanted lists, when there is a registration requirement, very few (if any) bloggers will talk it up and you get little or no inbound links.
– When lots of people link to your stuff, you rise in the search results. For example, The MailerMailer Email Marketing Metrics Report is number one for their important phrase email marketing metrics as a result of free content. With a squeeze page, you're lucky to get into the first 20 pages on Google for a phrase like "email marketing metrics".
But you want leads, right? So for you option 2 (just making the content free) may not work.
That's why when asked about this religious discussion in my live presentations, I also offer a third option, which is a hybrid.
I suggest the first offer be totally free (such as an ebook). Then within the ebook, have a secondary offer that requires registration that you can use to capture leads. A secondary offer might be a Webinar or free trial or something else of value.
This hybrid approach will both spread your ideas and generate leads!
There was a moment in the movie Forrest Gump where he was caught with his friend Lieutenant Dan in a huge storm on board their shrimp boat. As a storm rolls in and destroys all the boats docked at the port, Gump's boat survives thanks to being out at sea. He comes back, ends up with a relatively monopoly over shrimp boating and gets rich.
So the obvious lesson here for getting more leads is to watch for storms and hope to be the last boat standing. Of course, that will probably be hard advice to follow if you happen to not be in the business of shrimp boating, or not really excited about the idea of having a business strategy focused on hoping for a big storm.
The irony is, that is exactly what many small businesses are doing with their marketing by placing ads in locations that are unlikely to be acted on, following ill-advised trends or advice to create social media graveyards (which never see the light of any attention or conversation), and assuming that just offering a good product or service will spread.
Hope is not a marketing strategy.
1. Show up in real life. There are dozens of events taking place in just about every region. Are you making an effort to show up and meet the right people in person?
2. Share expertise for free. Often you will be in a position where you are selling some type of expertise – but how much of it are you offering for free? Free advice, particularly online, has a way of paying off in terms of building your reputation as an expert. And reputation leads to, well, leads.
3. Make powerful friends. As the new social media adage goes – it's not who you know, but who knows you. The more influencers who you can build relationships with, the more likely those will come back to your business directly with new leads and referrals based on what you do.
It's funny how many of our moms' and grandmas' most-treasured recipes came from the backs of cans, jars, and boxes.
Recipes are irresistible — and not just the cream-of-mushroom casserole kind.
The fact is, all of us have recipes in our business — sequences of steps that can help our customers get what they want.
One of my very favorite spots for this kind of recipe is the email newsletter. More specifically, it's the email autoresponder — a sequence of messages that gets sent to each and every new subscriber to your email list.
When you create an email sequence that forms a killer recipe, the reader develops the habit of opening each message.
Sure, he can still unsubscribe when he's finally captured the final step. But by that time, if your recipe is good enough, you've created trust. Your reader has started to know and like you.
You've just emailed him 9 times in a row and you haven't sent him any junk. Just valuable, good information that gets him a result he wants.
Think he's likely to open that 10th email?
Think he's likely to refer your autoresponder to a friend?
Think he's likely to talk you up on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter?
You bet he is … I've seen in it my own business.
Make sure your "recipe" delivers a solution that your prospect really wants.
1. Break your recipe into a 7-10 part sequence. Whenever you can, make each one a quick standalone tip that brings immediate results.
2. Deliver your recipe using the autoresponder function of your email marketing program. If your email service doesn't let you put together an autoresponder with as many messages as you need, consider using a new service.
3. Write the best content you can. The time you put in now can continue to work hard for your business for years to come. If writing isn't your strong suit, this is a great time to bring in a professional copywriter — you'll get great ROI on a relatively modest investment.
4. Rather than selling your products or services, start to "sell" your great free recipe. It will build trust and rapport, so that down the line you can fully explain all the benefits of what you do.
You'll find it's much easier to promote this kind of high-quality free content, particularly with social media, than it is to try to jump right to the sale of your product or service.
Deliver a great recipe for your topic, and just like that killer marinara sauce on the back of the tomato can, it will get passed along.
You're not just bringing in leads, you're nurturing them and building your reputation … and that's the kind of lead generation that will keep paying off for months and years to come.
Do you want to stand out from the crowd? Then follow up.
The fact is, most people don't follow up very well, if at all. Good follow-up alone elevates you above 95 percent of your peers. The follow-up is the hammer and nails of your networking tool kit. In fact, FOLLOW-UP IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN ANY FIELD.
Making sure a new acquaintance retains your name (and the favorable impression you've created) is a process you should set in motion right after you've met someone.
Why go to all the trouble of meeting new people if you're not going to work on making them a part of your life? Give yourself between twelve and twenty-four hours after you meet someone to follow up. If you meet somebody on a plane, send them an e-mail later that day. If you meet somebody over cocktails, send them an e-mail the next morning.
Put the name and e-mail address of a new acquaintance in your database and program your calendar to remind you in a month's time to drop the person another e-mail, just to keep in touch.
Remember—and this is critical—your follow up shouldn't remind them of what they can do for you. It's about what you might be able to do for them. It's about giving them a reason to want to follow up.
Be sure to include an item of interest from your meeting or conversation—a joke or a shared moment of humor.
Reaffirm whatever commitments you both made—going both ways.
Always address the thank-you note to the person by name.
Use e-mail and snail mail. The combination adds a personalized touch.
Timeliness is key. Send them as soon as possible after the meeting or interview.
Many people wait until the holidays to say thank you or reach out. Why wait? Your follow-ups will be timelier, more appropriate, and certainly better remembered.
Don't forget to follow up with those who have acted as the go between for you and someone else. Let the original referrer know how the conversation went, and express your appreciation for their help.
Make follow-up a habit. Make it automatic. When you do, the days of struggling to remember people's names—and of other people struggling to remember yours—will be a thing of the past.
First, let's define "Top of the Funnel." These are people who, while perhaps qualify as prospects they are little more than that. In other words, while they now "know" you, the "like and trust" part of the "know, like and trust" equation is not yet there. Nor, is the need, want or desire for your product or service. Thus, they are at the "top"…the starting point.
The more people at the top of the funnel, the more will likely work their way down into actually becoming prospects and/or referral sources. This, of course, assumes you are correctly building the relationships.
Fortunately, whether in-person or via the various social media, it's easy to begin the process. In a sense, it's about identifying the right people (or having them identify you!), meeting (connecting with) them, and building the relationship.
Online via blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter? Engage them with value. Comment on something in their bio, post or tweet. Ask questions about them. Connect them with others (only with permission, of course), etc.
The best of all is through a referral. Usually, referrals begin already much closer to the sales point, but not always. Sometimes they come in at the top, as well.
Regardless, the key is, at the very moment you "meet' them, communicate value; no, not in your products or services, but as a person. It's as simple as that. And, best not to make it any more difficult.
Unless you're a new business without a very short track record, getting new leads is really not your problem at all. Your real problem is churn. Attrition. You lose customers and try and constantly try and replace them with new blood. You are addicted to acquisition as you cast out that wide net, which just happens to be full of holes.
But what would happen if, instead of ending with the sales conversation; the new customer, you began with the customer purchase? What would happen if you focused on the 20% of your customers responsible for 80% of your revenue? What would happen if you rewarded and recognized your lifeblood instead of wooing imperfect strangers or first time buyers with a slew of deals, discounts , special offers and/or coupons?
Would they pay it forward in return?
If Community 1.0 and 2.0 were the buzzwords of the original digital and more recent social media waves, then advocacy is going to be the next wave that crests and breaks on the shores of marketing engagement and innovation. Using existing customers to gain new ones by proving that retention is the new acquisition is a whole new paradigm that goes back to the future in order to demonstrate that word-of-mouth is most influential and credible when it comes from the hearts and minds of actual customers.
This is ultimately how a small, growing or even larger business can grow its revenue, customer and content base from the inside out by adding new leads to the traditional funnel without necessarily having to sacrifice any on the back end.
It's good business sense. It's common sense. And it's a surefire way to add substantial dollars and cents to your top line growth and bottom line profitability.


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Post by Rob » Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:43 am
Renault is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its 4L this year with several surprises. Among them, the presentation of a new concept of electric 4L, the Air4.
The Renault 4L is celebrating its 60th anniversary and the company has been marking the occasion with a handful of concepts.
The latest is the Air4, which was jointly developed with TheArsenale and will be unveiled on November 26th.
The companies didn't say much about the model, but teased "The original R4 ventured just about everywhere: towns, countryside, deserts. And now for its 60th birthday, Renault partners with TheArsenale to take R4 up into the future."
This electrified 4L seems, according to the first pictures, to be very inspired by the famous "quatrelle". Renault maintains the mystery, with references to flying objects. In reality, it is potentially a restomod, a transformation of an old model into an electric version with a slightly modernized look. In the short teaser video, we can see the front of a 4L with round LED headlights and a backlit logo in the center of the grille. On the front bumper, we also notice vertical LED bars.
It may have no connection with the future 4Ever SUV , a model inspired by the 4L confirmed by Luca de Meo and scheduled for 2025.
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Thursday: Nancy Pelosi labels Trump 'clear and present danger' as sixth Republican backs impeachment. Plus: fresh calls to delay Olympics
House speaker Nancy Pelosi kicked off the impeachment debate by quoting Abraham Lincoln: 'We cannot escape history. We ... will be remembered in spite of ourselves'. Photograph: Us House Of Representatives Handout/EPA
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Good morning, this is Richard Parkin bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Thursday 14 January.
Nancy Pelosi has labelled Donald Trump "a clear and present danger" as the House debates whether to impeach the president for a historic second time. Trump faces a single charge of "incitement of insurrection" due to his speech in the lead-up to the Capitol riot that left five people dead. A statement released by the president has called for "NO violence of any kind" at planned future demonstrations. Democratic congressman and constitutional law professor Jamie Raskin is expected to lead the impeachment push, while a sixth House Republican, Dan Newhouse, has said he will support impeachment. The Trump administration is also facing accusations of "vicious use of authoritarian power" during its final days in office, including pushing through the first federal execution of a woman on death row in seven decades.
Hundreds of returned travellers in Queensland have been left "devastated" by the government's order to repeat quarantine just minutes before their scheduled release. Six cases linked to the Hotel Grand Chancellor have been confirmed as having the UK strain of the virus. The EU has warned that the highly contagious UK variant "must be stopped at all costs". It was another day of macabre records, in which the UK's total deaths passed 100,000 and the US posted its highest daily fatality toll of 4,327. UK public health experts called the unwanted landmark a sign of "phenomenal failure of policy and practice".
Liberal MP Craig Kelly will face an independent campaign against him at the next federal election, with constituents accusing the Sydney member of double standards over internet censorship. Residents in Kelly's Sydney electorate of Hughes have reacted angrily to their MP accusing Facebook of censorship, saying he regularly blocks constituents from his page when they disagree with his climate change denialism and advocacy of unproven treatments for Covid-19. One organiser of the group called We are Hughes, formed to run an independent against Kelly at the next federal election, said she was blocked after she questioned whether he really believed some of the views he was posting.
Franklin Araya's daughter, Raquel, was furious after two employees of a job agency visited her father's house. Composite: Franklin Araya
A disability employment agency is facing departmental investigation, after staff visited an Adelaide man at his home, unannounced, in an encounter that the man said left him feeling disrespected and "powerless".
The Australian government is being urged to tighten anti-slavery laws, following a similar crackdown in the UK, on legislation that unions claim leaves the door "wide open" for the importation of goods made by Chinese forced labour.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has flagged potential legal action against tech companies Google and Apple, over the use of so-called "ad-tech" to push mobile app sales. Meanwhile, Google has admitted to running "experiments" which remove some Australian media sites from its search results.
Cicadas are enjoying a "super year for our summer chorusing friends". Entomologists are hailing the abundant winter and summer rainfall for a larger-than-usual emergence.
Israeli troops take part in a military drill in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on 13 January. Photograph: Jalaa Marey/AFP/Getty Images
Israeli airstrikes have killed 57 Syrian, Afghani and Iraqi fighters in eastern Syria, in attacks that war monitoring groups have called the deadliest strikes since the Syrian conflict began. The fighters are believed to be part of pro-Iranian forces.
Fresh calls are arising to delay the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, after a spike in Covid-19 infections in Japan's capital. Former prime minister and games organiser Yoshiro Mori has said a second delay would be "absolutely impossible".
The Turkish city of Istanbul, home to 17 million people, appears set to run out of water, with experts warning the metropolis could have less than 45 days left. Turkey is facing its worst drought in a decade.
An alleged corruption scandal has prompted the resignation of Estonia's prime minister, leading to the collapse of Jüri Ratas's ruling coalition. Opposition leaders will now aim to form a new government, without the far-right EKRE party.
Tristan Williams, is a masters student and was working as a dancer before Covid crushed the arts sector. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian
Etched into Australia's self-representation is the notion of the "fair go", but after a Christmas spent in Centrelink-related limbo, Tristan Williams wonders if that hasn't become a fiction. In his second column for the Dreams Interrupted series, he contemplates the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and plans for a better 2021. "Any functioning government which cares about its citizenship should offer a standardised safety net of support without judgment, without stigmatisation and without condemnation."
After nearly a year in retreat, finally there is some good news around employment indicators. But while the number of job vacancies are up, Greg Jericho writes, that doesn't mean it's easy to land one. "It continues to be tough to make sense of economic data at the moment. Wild shifts are still happening, with record growth replacing record falls." And with around four unemployed Australians for every opening, competition for work remains tough.
Kim Scott on Noongar identity. Australia's early colonial history was too often remiss in documenting the stories of the continent's first inhabitants, but Noongar author Scott has trawled through the archives to piece together what he can about his people's culture and history. On this episode of Full Story, he details what he finds.
Full Story is Guardian Australia's daily news podcast. Subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcasting app.
Frank Arok in 1989, surrounded by Socceroos before Australia's home World Cup qualifier against Israel. Photograph: Supplied
Legendary Socceroos coach, Frank Arok, was "intense", "unorthodox" and "always covered in sweat". But for former 'Roos skipper and guest columnist, Paul Wade, he was also the man who showed the world that Australia were not second-class footballers.
The W-League is only a few rounds old, but already there's a sense that something remarkable could happen this season. As Canberra United's defeat of Melbourne City rings historic parallels, we could see as open a season as ever, writes Samantha Lewis.
When it comes to Steve Smith, his history will invariably attract scrutiny. But the latest furore over guard-scuffing-gate is just ridiculous, Geoff Lemon argues, and former pros seeking to make mileage from the uproar should know better.
Australian coal owners have been told by the Chinese government to find new buyers for nearly eight tonnes worth of coal left stranded on 73 ships floating off China's coast since June, reports the Australian. Mathias Cormann is being touted as a frontrunner for the position of secretary-general of the OECD despite the Australian government's poor climate change record, writes the Sydney Morning Herald. And emails suggest a controversial WA uranium mine was approved on the eve of the 2019 federal election after then-resources minister Matt Canavan and Canadian corporate giant Cameco both pushed for the process to be expedited, according to the ABC.
The first group of Australian Open tennis players and officials are expected to arrive and go into hotel quarantine.
A funeral will be held for NSW police officer Kelly Foster, who died trying to save a fellow canyoner from a whirlpool in the Blue Mountains region on 2 January.
And if you've read this far …
Do your kids complain about eating their brussels sprouts? Great news for you: the EU food safety agency has just given the green light for the consumption of yellow mealworm. What is it, you ask? Well, effectively – a maggot. The high-protein insect is being touted as a low-carbon future food; so next time you hear complaints, tell them about the alternatives.
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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.asyncfs;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MiscTests;
import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AlreadyBeingCreatedException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.LeaseExpiredException;
import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException;
import org.junit.AfterClass;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.ClassRule;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
import org.junit.rules.TestName;

/**
 * Used to confirm that it is OK to overwrite a file which is being written currently.
 */
@Category({ MiscTests.class, MediumTests.class })
public class TestOverwriteFileUnderConstruction extends AsyncFSTestBase {

  @ClassRule
  public static final HBaseClassTestRule CLASS_RULE =
    HBaseClassTestRule.forClass(TestOverwriteFileUnderConstruction.class);

  private static FileSystem FS;

  @Rule
  public final TestName name = new TestName();

  @BeforeClass
  public static void setUp() throws Exception {
    startMiniDFSCluster(3);
    FS = CLUSTER.getFileSystem();
  }

  @AfterClass
  public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
    shutdownMiniDFSCluster();
  }

  @Test
  public void testNotOverwrite() throws IOException {
    Path file = new Path("/" + name.getMethodName());
    try (FSDataOutputStream out1 = FS.create(file)) {
      try {
        FS.create(file, false);
        fail("Should fail as there is a file with the same name which is being written");
      } catch (RemoteException e) {
        // expected
        assertThat(e.unwrapRemoteException(), instanceOf(AlreadyBeingCreatedException.class));
      }
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testOverwrite() throws IOException {
    Path file = new Path("/" + name.getMethodName());
    FSDataOutputStream out1 = FS.create(file);
    FSDataOutputStream out2 = FS.create(file, true);
    out1.write(2);
    out2.write(1);
    try {
      out1.close();
      // a successful close is also OK for us so no assertion here, we just need to confirm that the
      // data in the file are correct.
    } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
      // hadoop3 throws one of these.
    } catch (RemoteException e) {
      // expected
      assertThat(e.unwrapRemoteException(), instanceOf(LeaseExpiredException.class));
    }
    out2.close();
    try (FSDataInputStream in = FS.open(file)) {
      assertEquals(1, in.read());
      assertEquals(-1, in.read());
    }
  }
}

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Any Difference with Verizon & Sprint Blackberry 9930? Thinking Of Changing?
Where have all my contact requests gone???
Why not release full touch and slider together?
Poll - Would you still be a BB10 user if there was no Android runtime?
Swipe up to wake no longer seems to work, what could be wrong?
So, BlackBerry fans... What tablet do you use?
Why doesn't Swipe up no longer wakes my phone?
Why has my screen blackened out?
Re-initialized device, now micro SD card encrypted / unrecoverable (to confirm). If I know the encryption password that I provided does that make file recovery off the micro SD card possible at all, or is it no easier?
BB lacks efficiency while having this huge potential. It's so freakin' upsetting!
Galaxy S6 Edge or Passport?
Why is FaceBook text so small?
Can I get some help with a BlackBerry Protect?
How do I set up my Email on a POP3 server?
Buy movies and music on mothers day?
Save all attachments in an email?
Look who just replied to my tweet!
Is a capacitive keyboard a good idea with curved keys?
What your best OS and radio you have tried ..
How long should a security wipe take?


Windows: Animate 2017 has stopped working.
Mac OS: Animate 2017 has quit unexpectedly.
Open the Run dialog box by pressing the Windows logo key + R.
Type %appdata% and click OK. The Roaming folder contents appear.
Rename the Animate folder to Animate_old.
Rename the Animate 2017 folder to Animate 2017_old.
If you are using any version of Animate other than Animate 2017, replace that version folder. For example, if you are using Animate 2015, find Animate 2015 and replace it with Animate 2015_old.
If you cannot run the application as an administrator, contact the administrator of your organization to get proper permission.
Right-click Animate.exe and choose Properties.
Click the Compatibility tab and select Run this program as an administrator.
Create a shortcut of Animate.exe on the desktop or on the taskbar.
Select a user and select Full control.
Click OK and try to launch Animate.
Right-click the Animate 2017 folder.
Click the Sharing & Permissions tab and select the Read & Write privilege for each user in the list.
Click the Action pop-up menu (gear icon) and choose Apply to enclosed items.
Click OK, and then try to relaunch Animate.
Sometimes, firewall and antivirus programs prevent you from launching Animate. You can turn them off or disable them, restart your computer, and then try to relaunch Animate.
Open the Control Panel by clicking the Windows key and typing control panel in the search field. Select Windows Firewall.
If Turn on Windows Firewall is selected, click Turn off Windows Firewall.
Repeat step 2 for all the networks, and then click OK.
Click the Apple menu, and choose System Preferences.
Select Security and Privacy and click the Firewall tab.
Click Turn Off Firewall, and then try to relaunch Animate.
Launch the Creative Cloud desktop application, and then click the Apps tab.
Look for Animate in the list of installed apps and hover over its name.
Click the settings icon and choose Uninstall.
If the folders exist, delete them. Also, ensure that the deleted files are removed from the Recycle Bin (Windows) or Trash (Mac OS).
Alternatively, you can use Adobe Cleaner tool to ensure that all the files are removed.
Use the Creative Cloud desktop application to reinstall Animate.


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Q: A Projection Problem in Functional Analysis - Uniqueness of a Solution I have the following system of equations:
$$\alpha f_1(x) = \int_\mathbb{R} g(k)  h_1(k) e^{\mathrm{i}kx} dk$$
$$\beta f_2(x) = \int_\mathbb{R} g(k)  h_2(k) e^{\mathrm{i}kx} dk$$
with known functions $f_i(x)$ and $h_i(x)$ and unknown $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $g(k)$.
Before outlining my ansatz, here directly the question:

Under which conditions on $f_1(x)$ and $f_2(x)$ can we calculate the ratio $\frac\beta\alpha$ uniquely?

My approach
The first step was to integrate one of the equations,
$$\alpha \int_\mathbb{R} f_1(x) e^{-\mathrm{i}\lambda x}dx = \int_{\mathbb{R}^2} g(k)  h_1(k) e^{\mathrm{i}(k-\lambda)x} dxdk$$
resulting in
$$\alpha F_1(k) = 2\pi g(k) h_1(k)$$
because of
$$\delta\left(k-\lambda\right) = \frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{\mathrm{i}\left(k-\lambda\right)x}dx$$
hence $g(k)$ can be seen as calculated. Plugging this into the second equation, one gets
$$2\pi\frac\beta\alpha f_2(x) = \int_\mathbb{R} F_1(k)  \frac{h_2(k)}{h_1(k)} e^{\mathrm{i}kx} dk\, .$$
Now I think the answer to the question relates to a further integration of this equation via some kernel $K(x)$. I would think that this is somehow the dual of the function $f_2(x)$ like in a Hilbert space. But I don't know if this really gives me a well defined unique result, and, how to calculate the dual of $f_2(x)$.
I would be thankful for any hint
Sincerely
Robert
A little excuse
As some might have noticed, I am at the moment occupied with some questions arising in, say, applied functional analysis. As a physicist I am often not very sure about the justification of what I am doing so I hope it is ok to ask these questions here even though the answers might be obvious to most of the people in this community.

A: Fold each integral with $\int_{\mathbb{R}} d x\, e^{-i\lambda x}$,
$$\begin{eqnarray*}
\alpha F_1(k) &=& 2\pi g(k) h_1(k) \\
\beta F_2(k) &=& 2\pi g(k) h_2(k).
\end{eqnarray*}$$
Therefore,
$$\alpha h_2(k) F_1(k) = \beta h_1(k) F_2(k),$$
or
$$\alpha \mathcal{F}\{ \eta_2 * f_1\}
= \beta \mathcal{F}\{ \eta_1 * f_2\},$$
where $*$ is the convolution and $\eta_i = \mathcal{F}^{-1}\{h_i\}$.  Thus, if
$$\eta_2 * f_1 \propto \eta_1 * f_2$$
and
$$\eta_1 * f_2 \ne 0$$
the ratio $\beta/\alpha$ can be found uniquely, it is
$(\eta_2 * f_1)/(\eta_1 * f_2)$.
As @JonasTeuwen mentioned in the comments, a sufficient condition for this all to work is $f_i$, $h_i$, and $g$ are tempered distributions.


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Smolenice jsou obec na úpatí Malých Karpat v okrese Trnava. Nacházejí se asi 60 km severovýchodně od Bratislavy a 25 km severozápadně od Trnavy na státní silnici č. 502 z Bratislavy do Trstína. Stejnojmenná železniční stanice ležící na trati č. 116 Trnava – Kúty je vzdálená asi 4 km od centra obce.

Obec tvoří dvě části: Smolenice a Smolenická Nová Ves (původní název obce je Neštich). Hlavní ulici tvoří státní silnice č. 502, jež se ve Smolenicích nazývá SNP a v Neštichu Obránců míru. Smolenice jsou známé především díky Smolenickému zámku, jenž slouží od roku 1953 jako reprezentační a kongresové centrum Slovenské akademie věd.

Historie
 Díky přístupné poloze na okraji Trnavské kotliny a úrodné půdě bylo zdejší území osídleno již v době kamenné. Z té doby se však nedochovalo mnoho archeologických nálezů. Významnější jsou známy až z doby halštatské, kdy na vrchu Molpír nad obcí existovalo velké keltské oppidum. A později i velkomoravské hradiště.

Nejstarší písemná zmínka o Smolenicích je na listině datované 11. května 1240.
Smolenická fara je uvedena v seznamu far z roku 1390 pod německým názvem Lenstorf a na seznamu z roku 1397 už pod maďarským Szomolány.
Ve 14. století byl nad obcí postaven hrad jako poslední z řady pevností, jež chránily malokarpatské průsmyky. Na hradě, jenž byl původně královským majetkem, se vystřídala řada majitelů.
Roku 1388 připadly Smolenice na základě darovací listiny císaře Zikmunda vévodovi Ctiborovi ze Ctibořic a Beckova.
Od poloviny 15. století vlastnili hrad i obec hrabata z Pezinku a Svätého Jura.
V 16. století přešel majetek na rod Orzságů a posléze Erdödyů.
Roku 1777 přebírá smolenické panství hrabě Ján Pálffy.
Zdejší zámek, který byl už delší dobu neobývaný a upadal, protože nebyly peníze na údržbu, v období napoleonských válek počátkem 19. století nakonec vyhořel a z původního gotického hradu zůstala jen část vnějšího opevnění. Proto začaly v roce 1853 první práce na opravě bašt.
V roce 1855 založil hrabě Moric Pálffy pod hradem hřebčín pro chov hospodářských koní. Koncem 19. století se zde již chovali i koně kočároví a jezdečtí. S rozpadem rakousko-uherské monarchie však hřebčín zanikl.
Hrabě Jozef Pálffy postavil v letech 1880–1883 poblíž Horných Orešan chemický závod na zpracování dřeva. Pro jeho rychlejší dopravu vybudoval lesní koňskou železnici. V roce 1898 byla vybudována železniční trať z Trnavy do Smolenic.
V roce 1911 začali Pálffyové obnovovat zdejší zámek jako rodinné sídlo. Jeho obnova byla zcela dokončena až po 2. světové válce.
Od roku 1953 slouží zámek jako reprezentační a kongresové centrum Slovenské akademie věd.

Památky
 Smolenický zámek s přilehlým parkem se vzácnými dřevinami
 Pozdně renesanční kostel Narození Panny Marie z let 1642–1644 s cenným renesančním zařízením. Kostel, který nechal postavit hrabě Gabriel Erdödy s manželkou Márií Pállfyovou, je vybudován na základech starší gotické stavby, čemuž nasvědčuje presbytář s opěrnými pilíři, zbytky gotických oken ve zdivu a goticky zkosený oblouk. Před kostelem stojí víc než 350letá chráněná lípa, kterou vysadili současně s výstavbou kostela.
 kaple sv. Vendelína s rodinnou hrobkou Pállfyů z roku 1895
 Kaplička sv. Rocha z roku 1715
 Kaplička Nanebevstoupení Páně z roku 1702
 barokní pranýř (sloup hanby) z 18. století
 Pieta z 18. století
 Hrob vynálezce padáku Štefana Baniče a pamětní deska na jeho rodném domě
 Pozůstatky keltského oppida na vrchu Molpír s naučnou stezkou
 Muzeum Molpír v budově staré fary s exponáty ze stejnojmenného halštatského hradiště. Jedna místnost v muzeu je věnována vynálezci padáku Štefanu Baničovi.

Technická zajímavost
Koněspřežná železnice vybudovaná koncem 19. století hrabětem Jozefem Pállfym v okolí Smolenic pro rychlejší dopravu dřeva měla všechny dopravní trasy navržené tak, aby se mírně svažovaly směrem k závodu v Horných Orešanech, což umožnilo samočinnou dopravu nákladu. Před likvidací této železniční sítě v roce 1960 měla celá síť (včetně přípojky vedoucí od železniční trati Trnava – Smolenice do závodu) dohromady 70 km.

Přírodní zajímavosti

Od roku 1976 jsou Malé Karpaty chráněnou krajinnou oblastí. Smolenice se nacházejí právě v oblasti, kde celé pohoří dosahuje vrcholy Veterlín (724 m), Havranica (737 m) a Záruby (768 m) nejvyšších výšek.

Nad Smolenicemi se nachází přírodní rezervace Hlbočianská dolina – kaňonovité údolí s obnaženými skalnatými útvary, krasovými jevy a vzácnou květenou i zvířenou. V její horní části je 9 m vysoký vodopád, jediný v Malých Karpatech, z něhož však padá voda jen občas, většinou na jaře.

Zajímavostí Smolenického krasu je jeskyně Driny, jež vznikla korozí atmosférických vod v rohovcových vápencích z období spodní křídy. V roce 1929 ji objevili smoleničtí rodáci Imrich Vajsábel a Ján Banič. Jeskyně s bohatou sintrovou výzdobou je 680 m dlouhá a je jedinou zpřístupněnou jeskyní na západním Slovensku.

Turistické zajímavosti
V Malých Karpatech v okolí Smolenic se nachází vícero zřícenin hradů, například Ostrý Kameň, Korlátka nebo Plavecký hrad.

Osobnosti
 Štefan Banič – vynálezce padáku rodem ze Smolenické Nové Vsi (1870 – 1941)
 Alexander Kotlán – přední světový parazitolog, (1887 – 1967)
 Štefan Jastrabík – Smolenický učitel a regionální historik (1917 – 1981)
 Karol Frydrych – muzikolog, dirigent, skladatel, pedagog (* 1975)

Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy

 Fotografie ze Smolenic
 Kongresové centrum SAV Smolenice

Obce v okrese Trnava
Obce v regionu Dolní Pováží

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