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Samsung Group (en coreà 삼성 그룹) és un conglomerat empresarial sud-coreà. És el més gran de Corea del Sud i gaudeix de gran reconeixement en l'àmbit mundial, també és líder mundial en diverses branques de la indústria electrònica. Va començar com una companyia exclusivament d'exportacions el 1938.
Tot i ser més coneguda com una empresa electrònica, Samsung participa també en la indústria pesant, automotriu, marítima, aèria, serveis financers, serveis mèdics, assegurances de vida, productes químics, venda al públic, turisme i entreteniment.

Història
Els començaments de Samsung van ser l'1 de març de 1938, on el president fundador Lee Byung-chu va començar el seu negoci a Daegu, Corea del Sud, que s'encarregava principalment de la venda de verdures, fruites i peix que s'exportava a Beijing i Manxúria; també va arribar a tenir els seus propis molins fariners i màquines de rebosteria per a les seves operacions de manufactura i venda. Amb els seus humils començaments la gran empresa va evolucionar convertint-se en una gran competència de manera global per a moltes altres en el tema de la tecnologia moderna.

"Samsung Electronics", fundada el 1969, és el membre més gran del Grup Samsung, que és alhora una de les companyies d'aparells elèctrics més importants del món. Fundada a Daegu, Corea del Sud, opera en al voltant de 58 països i té més de 480.000 empleats. Les seves vendes l'any 2003 van ser de prop de 101.700 milions de dòlars (uns 86.200 milions d'Euros).

Samsung Electronics és reconeguda per ser una de les 10 marques de fabricants en el món. És específicament la segona major productora del món. També coreana LG, la qual té a la venda productes de telecomunicació, electrodomèstics i pantalles.

Va ser l'empresa que va llançar la primera TV de plasma al món. Ha arribat a ser una de les companyies d'electrodomèstics de més valor en el mercat global.

Va llançar una reeixida línia de Televisors CRT anomenada Biovision.

Posteriorment van aparèixer els televisors CRT de pantalla plana Tantus.

Va crear el  DNIe  (Motor Natural d'Imatges Digitals), per a millorar la claredat i el detall de les imatges reproduïdes pels Televisors CRT, plasma i LCD.

Avui en dia, és l'empresa número 20 amb majors guanys en el món i els seus majors guanys són la venda de telèfons mòbils i xips de memòria.

Els seus productes es caracteritzen per tenir un disseny atractiu i sobri.

S-LCD Corporation, és el nom de la nova planta creada per l'aliança estratègica que es va signar el 2004 entre Sony Corporation i Samsung Electronics. Està dedicada a la fabricació de pantalles de cristall líquid per a televisors. La megaplanta ostenta el més avançat equip per a la manufactura de pantalles de cristall líquid de setena generació de 1.870 mm x 2.200 mm. A més posseeix una capacitat de producció de 60,000 panells per mes. La producció en sèrie va començar el 2005, després de les proves finals de manufactura.  'S-LCD''' es va constituir com la major font de pantalles LCD per Samsung i Sony, fins al dilluns 26 de desembre de 2011, quan Samsung anuncia la dissolució de la societat, pel fet que Samsung comprés totes les accions per 1,08 bilions de wongs, l'equivalent a 935 milions de dòlars.

Samsung Galaxy Tab és la seva línia de tablets.

Samsung Smart TV és la seva línia de Televisió intel·ligent.

Samsung Link (Anomenat abans AllShare) és el nom del servei que Samsung va crear amb tecnologia DLNA que utilitzen els dispositius Samsung per compartir informació sense fil.

Samsung compta amb una botiga d'aplicacions per als seus productes que funcionen sense Android i Bada, anomenada Samsung Apps. En l'actualitat és una de les empreses més multimilionàries del món segons diverses entrevistes

En 2013, segons Booz and Company, Samsung va ocupar el segon lloc entre les empreses més innovadores del món. Samsung va gastar 10,4 milions de dòlars en 2013 per a la Recerca i desenvolupament, o 5,8% de la seva factura.

 Samsung Mobile
L'empresa de Samsung Mobile és el nom comercial de la divisió de telèfons intel·ligents de la companyia de Corea del Sud.

Els telèfons mòbils Samsung fan servir les tecnologies utilitzades pels principals operadors de telecomunicació mòbil al món: CDMA, GSM, GPRS i HSDPA.

Des 2012, Samsung domina el mercat de telèfons mòbils a nivell mundial, portant-se el 27% del mercat, seguida de la nord-americana Microsoft Mobile (11,6%) i de la també nord-americana Apple amb 10,8%. http://celulares.about.com/b/2014/05/02/samsung-y-nokia-lideres-en-ventas-de-telefonos-celulares.htm  Samsung també domina el sistema operatiu Android a nivell mundial, amb un 63,3% del mercat.

El sistema operatiu de Samsung instal·lat en alguns aparells s'anomena Tizen.

 Logotips

 Samsung Open Source

Samsung va passar de ser un consumidor de programari de codi obert a un desenvolupador de programari i promotor del Kernel de Linux a principis de la dècada de 2010.

 Akraino. Projecte iniciat a principis del 2018 per AT&T i cedit a la Fundació Linux. Procura majors nivells de flexibilitat per a escalar ràpidament els serveis de l'Edge Computing, per a la precisió en la ubicació, la navegació millorada, les actualitzacions de trànsit en temps real, les millores de seguretat i les alertes de normes de transferència.
 EDGEXFoundry
escargot
 Home Edge
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 Jerry Script. És un motor lleuger de Javascript escrit en C. Està constituït per dos components: un analitzador i una màquina virtual. L'analitzador realitza la traducció de l'aplicació ECMAScript d'entrada en codi de bytes que després s'executa per la màquina virtual que realitza la interpretació.
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 Tizen. Sistema operatiu Linux pensat per a telèfons intel·ligents, rellotges intel·ligents, televisors, automòbils o neveres. S'empra de manera específica en els dispositius per a controlar l'exercici físic i altres ordinadors corporals, sovint amb aspecte de rellotge. En aquests dispositius la interfície d'usuari a vegades rep el nom de One UI i en els televisors s'anomena Eden.
 Tizen RT (Real Time). Sistema operatiu Linux basat en RTOS per a dispositius de característiques limitades com balances, focus, bombetes o termòstats. Es considera desfasat des de l'aparició de Tizen Studio 4.1.
 Tizen Studio. Plataforma de desenvolupament que permet als desenvolupadors de programari desenvolupar, construir, depurar, perfilar i emular aplicacions natives i web Tizen.

 Samsung Smart School Samsung Smart School és un projecte coordinat per Samsung España i INTEF (Instiut Nacional de Tecnologies Educatives i de formación del professorat), amb la col·laboració del Ministerio de Educación i les CCAA.

L'objectiu d'aquest projecte és impulsar l'aprenentatge dels alumnes a través de la tecnologia en els centres públics d'Educació Primaria. Proporcionant així, als estudiants, accés a la tecnologia de l'última generació, amb la intenció de reduir la bretxa digital de les zones desfavorides a causa de la seva ubicació geográfica, de l'abandonament escolar o de l'atur.

La finalitat d'aquest projecte és aprendre a utilitzar la tecnologia a les aules de manera que es produeixi el canvi metodològic, canviant la manera d'aprendre i d'ensenyar, i treballant en projectes col·laboratius; causant doncs, una transformació positiva tant dels alumnes com del professorat.

A més a més, Samsung Smart School cada any duu a terme una investigació amb la que s'extreuen pautes i dinàmiques que serveixen com a guies per les escoles, permetent així incorporar degudament la tecnologia a la pràctica docent diària.

Per dur a terme el projecte, Samsung España i INTEF treballen en col·laboració amb les diferents comunitats autònomes. En cada una d'elles compten amb un responsable que gestiona el projecte en els diferents centres del seu territori; i en cada centre educatiu hi ha un coordinador que dinamitza als docents participants del projecte, formant al professorat per tal d'introduir la tecnologia a l'aula de forma transparent, com una eina més d'aprenentatge.

Per poder realitzar aquest projecte, Samsung ha dut a terme la instal·lació d'aules tecnològiques als centres escolars d'Educació Primària. Aquestes aules inclouen:

 Una tauleta, degudament protegida (funda protectora), per cada alumne i professor.
 Un carretó de càrrega elèctrica, que també té la funció d'emmagatzematge de seguretat per les tauletes.
 El software per tal de gestionar Aula Samsung School, el qual ve instal·lat a les tauletes junt amb un MDM (Mobile device management) de gestió remota.
 Un dispositiu per la projecció Wireless des de les tauletes.
 Instal·lació d'una pantalla a l'aula (en aquells casos necessaris).

Aquest projecte es va iniciar el 2014, i al llarg d'aquests anys Samsung Smart School'' ha suposat una inversió d'uns sis milions d'euros aproximadament, ha format a més de 700 professors i a més de 4.000 alumnes de 108 aules i 40 escoles espanyoles. A més, la competència digital dels assistents s'ha vist incrementada en un 24% des del 2016.

Vegeu també
 Samsung Electronics
 TouchWiz
 Samsung Galaxy
 Nexus S
 Galaxy Nexus
 AMOLED
 Super AMOLED

Referències

Enllaços externs

 Web oficial de la compañía
 Lista de sitios de Samsung para cada país
 Samsung Apps
 Samsung Find My Mobile
 Smart TV Apps
 Procesador Samsung Exynos
 Samsung user manuals
 Manuales de instrucciones Samsung

Empreses de Corea del Sud


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But I've figured out how to manage it … we took off without any reservations each night, we only had reservations once we got to Apache Junction so we started looking for places to stay toward the end of the day. We've never done that before, I've always planned way ahead and had our nightly stops mapped out. I'm going back to that method, because then Thom doesn't drive for the entire day and we can set up and have a leisurely dinner every night, Who cares if it takes us 5 days to get somewhere as opposed to 3 days (other than Thom) but from now on, I'm mapping out stops.
We were lucky the KOA in Apache Junction could take us two days early. We got a deluxe site, meaning it has a cement patio, with a metal patio table and umbrella, a barbecue grill and an outdoor sink. We won't need to pull out our grill in order to cook. Plus it's super spacious, it's a nice place to stay while we're in the area visiting our son and his family. It's kind of on the edge of Mesa so we typically have about a 20-minute drive to get anywhere, but we're OK with that. The people are nice here, it's very clean, there's a small area for the dogs near us, but we mainly walk them around the park.
Kylie and Kosmo are happy to be back on the road and back at Bridgeview RV park.
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So, Apache Junction, here we are. We've spent the last couple of days hanging out with our son, TJ; his wife, Lisa and our three grandkids, Riker, Olivia and Scarlett. It's been such a pleasure to see them and it's been way too long. Last night was pretty fun because we were invited to go with them to their church's Christmas Party … it was a "Whoville Christmas" complete with a Grinch, Santa Claus and a Chair of Cheer (which TJ and Thom quickly made Friday afternoon).
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What is the best thing you can do to really help others and yourself?
What is the best thing you can do to really help others and yourself? – Feel good and then feel better all the time.
Feel good and then feel better. Why is it so important to others? If you study quantum physics, mediate or observe your thoughts and then the universe, it will become very apparent to you that the universe is connected in every way. This means that your thoughts and feelings and beliefs are creating your reality and the universe outside of you is creating you as well and it only matches things that are of a like nature or vibration and repels things that are not, this is how the reality is controlled by all beings.
It works so perfectly because everything is really a mass of vibrating particles and each being affects each other through accumulated thoughts and feelings or in others words, beliefs from a wide spectrum of vibrations going from low to high. The lower vibrations or the negative emotions of fear to limit you or cut you off from your unlimited self and the higher vibrations or positive emotions of love to open you up to the universe and allow you to experience life in more abundance as is your right as the creator. This is easily understood as -1 and +1 on a line graph, and for those wondering about 0, spirit world or fine matter existence, I can go into more detail in another blog.
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Why do you want to feel good and then feel better? Because when you raise your vibration it affects all beings that are near, first through their feelings next in their quality of life. More so if you are focusing your thoughts on them for a long period of time as with anything that accumulates will intensify itself and can be used instantly, rather negative or positive. What you can do to really help yourself and others is to go and work on training your vibration to gradually rise. This is incredibly powerful and simple to apply, but can be difficult because you will have to become aware of what is naturally accruing all the time. There are some reasons why some may not apply this. Most people don't have access to this information, don't observe their selves, don't take 100% responsibility over their lives, blame others (focusing intense negative thoughts on others), or cannot comprehend because they try to associate it in their minds with dis-empowering information created in a lower vibration reality. As the effect of the lower vibration serves to blocks the mind from experiencing awareness of what is naturally happening. If they do learn this, they may end up not having enough discipline to train there vibration from their thoughts or visualizations. Instead training there vibration in responses to negative vibration from others which ultimately dis-empowering them from creating their reality the way they really want to. So some great tools that I have used to bring me much success in this is the Focus@will program, laughing more, stop negatively judging others,tapping on pressure points, meditation with no thoughts focused on natural breathing, observing your thoughts without negative judgment(producing negative emotions through a perception that something is wrong).
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The Bedouin poet Muhammad Fanatil al-Hajaya. Author provided
In the verses of Jordan's most popular poet, the hopes and fears of the Arab world
Published: November 4, 2015 6.11am EST
William Tamplin, Harvard University
William Tamplin
PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, Harvard University
William Tamplin received funding from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to study political Bedouin poetry in Jordan in 2013-14.
Muhammad Fanatil al-Hajaya's poetry is full of arguments one would hear on the streets of Amman, Riyadh and Cairo, in coffee shops, barber shops and taxis.
Laden with animals, conspiracy theories and apocalyptic rhetoric, his verses reflect how many Arabs – educated and uneducated, urban and rural, rich and poor – view themselves in relation to the world.
Most recently, Hajaya has been writing about the Arab Spring and the changes it has brought to the Middle East, from the Syrian Civil War, to the rise of ISIS, to Russian and Iranian intervention.
The Bedouin poets of yesteryear spoke for their tribes; today, Hajaya – an old-fashioned Arab nationalist – claims to represent the divided, weakened, Arab Nation.
To be sure, Hajaya's poetry doesn't represent all Arabs, just as Jon Stewart's monologues, The Roots' hip hop and Calvin Trillin's poetry don't represent the point of view of all Americans. Nevertheless, their voices all tap a popular ideological vein.
I first met Hajaya in February 2014, while I was on a Fulbright scholarship to Jordan. Since then, he and I have continued translating his political poetry, including a poem written just last month, titled The West's Crafty Men.
A history of challenging power through verse
Bedouins are Arabs who traditionally lived in the desert, migrating with their livestock in search of pasture. Today, most Arabs who identify as Bedouin descend from migratory Bedouins and tend to be settled in one place.
Bedouin poetry is written in the Bedouin vernacular particular to a poet's tribe, not the register of Arabic used in the news media and high literature. It has enjoyed only limited appreciation outside Bedouin areas for the last few decades, but the Emirati reality TV shows Prince of Poet and Million's Poet have contributed to a recent surge in Bedouin poetry's popularity.
A Bedouin shepherd walks with his sheep during a sandstorm near Arad, Israel. Amir Cohen/Reuters
In countries with large Bedouin populations – Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait – politicians are often pilloried through verse: rhymed, metered, controlled criticism.
In turn, governments often co-opt poets by financially supporting them. One of the most famous is Khalaf Bin Hazal El-Otaibi, an officer in the Saudi Arabian National Guard whom former King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud showered with gifts.
Nevertheless, this poetry is affecting. In a seminal book on Bedouin poetry, Saad Sowayan, Professor of Anthropology at King Saud University, writes that in 1901, when a Saudi poet called on members of the Qasimi tribe to retake Riyadh, they "were so moved by [the poem] that they sold all their possessions, bought all the guns and horses available in Damascus, and sallied forth to liberate their homeland."
The West's crafty men
Like most budding Bedouin poets, Hajaya started out writing love poetry as a teenager living in Jordan in the 1970s. He'd publish his poems by recording them on cassette tapes before giving them away to shop owners, who would go on to sell them.
But during the Iran-Iraq War, Hajaya's poems took a political turn. He went on to serve in the prince's Military Guard in Bahrain and farmed in his native Wadi al-Hisa. The whole time, he continued to write; by 1996, he was appearing in international poetry festivals in Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco and Syria.
In 2004 Hajaya participated in a project – organized by Jordan's Prince Hashem ibn Hussein – to gather Bedouin poetry from the Jordanian countryside. He's since worked for Jordanian Army Radio, run for parliament and hosted a TV program on Bedouin culture. Hajaya adores Jordan's ruling Hashemite family and continues to appear at national ceremonies to read his patriotic verse.
Hajaya's poems will often be addressed to politicians; sometimes, he'll even write poems from the first-person perspective of world leaders.
His 2004 poem Oh Condoleezza Rice! – in which George W Bush brags about his conquests of Iraq and Afghanistan – swept the Arab world, taking first place in a 2008 Sinai poetry competition.
In addition, Hajaya has written love poems to Condoleezza Rice and Israeli politician Tzipi Livni, elegies to Saddam Hussein and Muammar al-Qaddafi, and poems that proffer advice to Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin.
In early October, Hajaya wrote The West's Crafty Men – a tour d'horizon of an Arab world facing Russian and Iranian encroachment that I recently translated into English:
The West's crafty men laid a trap, and Putin fell in
They messed with his mind the way Spaniards mess with bulls
Putin went to save a man who slaughtered half his people
And the chaos is helping out the Balfour Declaration
The Persians are playing the same game:
Divvying up the land and the work and the roles
A conspiracy against the Arabs, so hard for us to bear
A dish of politics cooked up by one thousands specialists
For them we're just a plate of food, their greed for which has increased
With our divided opinions and broken power
The Arabs' Baghdad? A Zoroastrian hyena-wolf is tearing it to pieces
The Levant? Now a rabid bear's slice of the pie
Lebanon? Nasrallah and Hezbollah are mangling it
Yemen? Contracted out to the Houthis
Every form of evil has been sowed in the Arabs' lands
Sectarian strife has increased, and blood is being spilled in vain
Jerusalem? Our younger generations haven't even heard of it
An old nakba is waiting for a cast of falcons
A world of injustice, convinced we Arabs have no rights
For that world, injustice is a principle, a way, a constitution
Oh Security Council, you're also just a game
And I hereby witness that you're a council of injustice and oppression
Hajaya reading The West's Crafty Men in Arabic. Author provided1.06 MB (download)
Hajaya wrote this poem just after the UN General Assembly convened and after Russia started intervening directly in Syria. He begins by writing that, by involving himself in Syria, Putin fell into a trap set by the West's "crafty men."
The idea that Putin is the West's dupe is an old theory of Hajaya's, one that first appeared in an poem Hajaya wrote to Putin in April 2014, shortly after Putin invaded Crimea.
He may have a point: since the Russian intervention, chaos in the region has only escalated, further dividing and weakening the Arabs. This chaos also benefits the Arab world's traditional enemies, Iran and Israel (or, as they're often imprecisely called on the Arab streets, the Persians and the Jews).
To Hajaya, the Israelis aren't concerned with taking any more land than they already have. However, the Shiite Iranians are carving out spheres of influence in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen, neatly encircling the Sunni heartland and putting the Sunnis on the defensive.
The current foreign intervention in the Middle East reminds Hajaya of when the Prophet Muhammad said that the apocalypse would come once "the nations will fall upon you from every horizon like diners upon a dish." This is what Hajaya means by a "dish of politics cooked up by one thousand specialists." His mention of "specialists" also alludes to a conspiracy: Hajaya is talking about the same crafty men who laid a trap for Putin.
Hajaya then takes readers on a tour through the Arab world, noting how Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Palestine have all been overrun by the Arabs' enemies, who are hungry for the Arabs' land and natural resources. This is possible because of the Arabs' "divided opinions and broken power."
Indeed, one of the oldest tricks in the neoliberal playbook is to weaken resource-rich nations so that their resources will always be at the mercy of stronger nations' multinational corporations. What should be the Arabs' blessing – their natural resources – is instead their curse.
Hajaya then points a finger at the UN Security Council, calling it a "game…a council of injustice and oppression" that stands by and watches while the Arabs' lands are overrun and their resources stolen by their enemies. To Hajaya, this practice echoes the Bedouin tradition of raiding, in which tribes constantly warred over herds and grazing areas.
Bedouins selling camel milk in Taiz, Yemen. Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi/Reuters
As with many of Hajaya's poems, the narrator of The West's Crafty Men is a voice from the streets – or the desert – that conveys the superstitions, hopes and fears of many ordinary Arabs.
For example, Hajaya's belief that the Day of Judgment is near is a popular view among Muslim Arabs – as it's been among people throughout history who have witnessed vast social upheaval. (The Shakers in 18th-century New York, the Arabs of seventh-century Mecca and the Jews of first-century Roman Palestine all had apocalyptic outlooks.)
The blood moon that occurred on September 27 2015 – four days before Hajaya published this poem – made waves in the Muslim Arab world; it reminded people of a verse from the Qur'an about Judgment Day: "The Hour has come near, and the moon has split in two."
Hajaya let on during our translation of this poem that the bloodshed in the Arab world wouldn't disturb him as much were blood not being spilled in vain: he finds it impossible to justify the worth of innocent Syrian families dying from one of the Assad regime's barrel bombs.
A falcon perches on a Bedouin hunter's arm at sunset during a hunting trip in a desert located south of Samawa, Iraq. Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters
The essence of this poem is captured in the next-to-last line, when Hajaya writes that the rest of the world is convinced that Arabs have no rights to, in Hajaya's words, "life, freedom, independence, and resources."
Animals also play a large role in the Bedouin imagination (for most of their history, Bedouins have lived in communion with the land), and Hajaya will often write animal metaphors into his poetry.
Putin is a "bull" that the matador – America – is playing with; the Russian "bear" – greedy, slow, stupid – is gobbling up its slice of the Syrian pie. Hajaya likens the Iranians to an animal the Bedouin call the sheeb, which they claim is either "of the wolf family or a special type of predatory wolf" – a beast so vicious that, in Hajaya's words, "if it attacked your house at dinner, it'd only leave the table and chairs."
At the end of the poem, Hajaya refers one last time to the absence of Arab power, which, if it existed, would swoop like a "cast of falcons" to retake Jerusalem, returning the city to its rightful owners.
Believing that your generation is the last on the Earth gives life immediacy and meaning; portraying political actors as animals reaffirms a Bedouin worldview; finally, believing in conspiracy theories is not so unreasonable given the amount of deception and foreign manipulation the Arab world has been subjected to over the last few centuries.
These are the tools many Arabs use to understand their world. Whether they're reasonable or not isn't as important as the fact that the sentiments are real. They exist. And perhaps they can lend a bit of sensitivity and understanding to the perspective of remote, Western readers.
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Q: Correct syntax for wpdb prepare insert statement I'm in the process of rewriting my SQL statements so they use prepare.
I have a problem with a SQL statement using prepare and INSERT INTO.
My code looks like this.
if ($count > 0)
{
    $query = "UPDATE $dbTable SET Distance = %d WHERE Date = %s AND UserID = %d";
    $wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare($query, $formData, $today, $userID ));
}else{
    //$query = "INSERT INTO $dbTable ('Distance', 'Date', 'UserID') VALUES (%d,%s,%d)";
    //$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare($query, $formData, $today, $userID));

    $sql = $wpdb->prepare("INSERT INTO $dbTable ('Distance', 'Date', 'UserID') VALUES (%d,%s,%d)",$formData, $today, $userID);
    $wpdb->query($sql);
}

The UPDATE part workes fine but I get a Syntax Error in the INSERT part.
As you can see I've tried two different way to do execute the statement but both comes up with this error:

WordPress databasefejl: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''Distance', 'Date', 'UserID') VALUES (65,'2018-01-11',29)' at line 1]
INSERT INTO hfwp_Balance_Arm_Reach ('Distance', 'Date', 'UserID') VALUES (65,'2018-01-11',29)

I can see from the output that the table name and values are translated correctly.
I don't know what the ' means but they have always been there including the old code.
Any ideas to the syntax error ??
Thanks
Flemming

A: Don't use single quotes surrounding the column names.
Change this:
INSERT INTO $dbTable ('Distance', 'Date', 'UserID') VALUES (%d,%s,%d)

to this:
INSERT INTO $dbTable (Distance, Date, UserID) VALUES (%d,%s,%d)

With MySQL, you can use back ticks if you want, like this:
INSERT INTO $dbTable (`Distance`, `Date`, `UserID`) VALUES (%d,%s,%d)


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Two latest editions of SANDRP's magazine "Dams, Rivers & People" are available online: https://sandrp.in/DRP_Jul_Sep2014.pdf and https://sandrp.in/DRP_Oct2014.pdf.
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1 Why is the IIT Consortium acting like a hydropower lobby?
2 National Green Tribunal's Fourth Foundation Day: Why such a pro hydro bias?
1 Manipulating Environment & Forest Clearances for Dibang Project: A Deja vu of LSHP: Will it be a tragedy or a comedy?
6 Varanasi's Ganga Wastewater Management: Why has it remained such an Intractable Problem?
The February – March 2014 edition of SANDRP's magazine 'Dams, River and People' is now available online. This is the 1st-2nd issue of magazine in its 12th volume. The contents magazine is mentioned in the list below. This edition of the magazine covers varied but very significant issues related with dams, rivers and environment in India. This issues brings together detailed reports on a river protection rally in Western Ghats, blatant violation of environmental laws for construction Yettinahole Diversion Project in Karnataka, impacts of hailstorm on Maharashtra farmers and state's 'Inaction' plan on climate change, a reality check on Narmada Kshipra pipeline project in Madhya Pradesh and a detailed critique of cumulative impact assessment study of Siang river basin in Arunachal Pradesh. The magazine in pdf format is available here — https://sandrp.in/DRP_Feb_Mar_2014.pdf. Several of the articles are also available in SANDRP's blog and they can be viewed just by clicking on the name in the list. Enjoy reading.


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Pire Alamdar Tower is one of the invaluable architecture examples of the fifth century in Iran. The tower was built in the form of a conoid onion. The monument height is 13 meters and its interior diameter is 4.5 meters. The tower body has brick and molding decorations at the end of the dome and there is a manuscript in Kufic between the decorations.
Was built on the orders of Abu Harb Bakhtiar bin Mohammad, the son of Mohammad ibn Ibrahim, for his father.


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At the onset of HERCULES, no consistent map was available of where cultural landscapes can be found in Europe as well as little information on what characterizes these landscapes across Europe. These knowledge gaps were real barriers for assessment of where and how recent land use changes impacts cultural landscapes, as well as for policies that could mitigate unwanted developments in order to effectively protect and manage the cultural, historical, and archaeological value of these landscapes.
A major part of the work in WP4 thus included developing the first typology of European cultural landscapes. The overarching goals of this work were to (i) capture the diversity of Europe's heritage landscapes, (ii) support targeted policy making for protecting and investing in cultural landscapes, and (iii) provide a platform for empowering local communities through publically available information on the occurrence of cultural landscape types. To develop this typology, we relied on a wide array of spatial datasets, from farm account data over disaggregated Eurostat data to Panoramio pictures and maps of traditionally produced regional food (e.g., Buffalo Mozzarella from the Campania, blue cheese from Stilton, or Camembert from Normandy). We combined these datasets into three generic dimensions along which cultural landscapes can be characterized and mapped (A: land management intensity, B: landscape structure, C: landscape value and meaning) and integrated those into the HERCULES Knowledge Hub so that users can flexible define 'their' typology and map it out across Europe.
The resulting maps show how these different dimensions combine to shape cultural landscapes in Europe. Some agricultural landscapes, especially in the Mediterranean, were characterized by the presence of all cultural landscape dimensions while other areas, such as in eastern Germany and northern France, were characterized by the absence of cultural landscape dimensions. For forest landscapes, mountainous areas were characterized by the presence of all cultural landscape dimensions while intensively managed forest landscapes prevailed mainly in Scandinavia.
In parallel to the mapping of the cultural landscape typology, we gathered a wide range of indicators of land-use change processes that may affect cultural landscapes. These indicators were derived from satellite image time series, from ground surveys, and from agricultural and forestry statistics that we integrated with fine-scale spatial information. Importantly, our indicator database included information on changes in the area of broad land-use classes, such as when urban areas expand or when agricultural land becomes abandoned, but also changes in the management intensity within these classes, such as when agricultural intensification takes place and key landscape features such as hedgerows or low-intensity grasslands are lost. A particularly exciting example for the outcomes of these analyses was the first fine-scale map of farmland abandonment in Europe, mapped from MODIS satellite images, and highlighting that farmland abandonment since 2001 occurred mainly in Europe's mountain regions and in its Eastern periphery (Figure).
By overlaying these land-change trends with our cultural landscapes typology, we could investigate the spatial concordance of cultural landscapes with past and future land-change trajectories and address the identification and classification of threats and opportunities to and for cultural landscapes throughout Europe. For example, intensification occurred mainly in Central and Western European countries and did not show large overlap with cultural landscapes of low management intensity, whereas Eastern European and the Mediterranean had widespread cultural landscapes and less intensification.
Together, these two key outcomes of WP4 – the cultural landscape typology and map on the one hand, and the land-use change indicators on the other – allowed us to reconstruct recent dynamics in cultural landscape and to detect hotspots and coldspots of cultural landscape loss. The outcomes of WP4, specifically the typology of cultural landscapes and the map of cultural landscape distribution, will then form the basis to study how cultural landscapes may change in the future in WP5.
- Tieskens, K.F., Schulp, C.J.E., Levers, C., Lieskovský, J., Kuemmerle, T., Plieninger, T., Verburg, P.H. (2015): Characterization of European Cultural Landscapes: accounting for structure, land use intensity and value of rural landscapes. Under review.
- Levers, C. Butsic, V., Verburg, P. H., Müller, D., and Kuemmerle, T. (2016): Drivers of changes in agricultural intensity in Europe. Land Use Policy, 58, 380-393.
- Kuemmerle, T., Levers, L, Erb, K.H., Estel, S., Jepsen, M.R., Kroisleitner, C., Müller, D., Plutzar, C., Stürck, J., Verkerk, P.J., Verburg, P.H., and Reenberg, A. (2016) Hotspots of land use change in Europe. Environmental Research Letters, 11, 064020.
- Estel, S., Kuemmerle, T., Levers, C. and Hostert, P. (2016): Mapping cropland-use intensity across Europe using MODIS NDVI time series. Environmental Research Letters, 11, 024015.
- Levers, C., Müller, D., Erb, K. H., Haberl, H., Jepsen, M. R., Metzger, M. J., Meyfroidt, P., Plieninger, T., Plutzar, C., Stürck, J., Verburg, P. H., Verkerk, P. J., and Kuemmerle, T. (2015): Archetypical patterns and trajectories of land systems in Europe. Regional Environmental Change, in press.
- Estel, S., Kuemmerle, T., Alcantara, C., Levers, C., Prishchepov, A.V., and Hostert, P. (2015): Mapping farmland abandonment and recultivation across Europe using MODIS NDVI time series. Remote Sensing of Environment, 163, 312–325.
Figure: Farmland abandonment in Europe between 2001 and 2012, as mapped from MODIS satellite image time series (for details see Estel et al. 2015).


Location/Climate: On the north shore of Kachemak Bay, 125 air miles southwest of Anchorage. 24" /yr. precip., 14°F–60°F.
Population: 4,133 (3.6 percent native).
Travel Attractions: Access to Kachemak Bay and Kenai Fjords, ferry link, interesting town, Pratt Museum, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge visitor center.
Getting There: Vehicle access via Sterling Highway (AK 1) from Kenai, Anchorage; scheduled ferry service from Kodiak, Seward; scheduled air service from Anchorage.
Information: Homer Chamber of Commerce, 135 Sterling Highway, Homer, AK 99603, 235-7740, www.homeralaska.org.
Homer has long been a favored destination for visitors to the peninsula. It represents the end of the road for the Sterling Highway (AK 1), though a lesser route (East End Road) continues eastward high above the north shore of Kachemak Bay. The A.M.H.S. ferry offers access to Seldovia, Kodiak, Seward, and points beyond, while Jakolof Ferry Service and other companies serve Kachemak Bay (see the Appendix).
Homer was named for Homer Pennock, a gold-seeking adventurer from New York who arrived with his compatriots in 1896. The town grew into importance as a safe harbor near the rich fisheries of Kachemak Bay and the lower Cook Inlet. The Sterling Highway reached Homer in the early 1950s, linking it to Anchorage and the rest of the peninsula. Pleasant Seldovia is just across Kachemak Bay, while Augustine and Iliamna Volcanoes are visible across Cook Inlet.
Homer is a busy commercial-fishing port and is famous world-wide as a center for halibut sport fishing. It's also a bit of an artists colony, adding an important ingredient to the town's blend of hard-edged fishers and builders, halibut-hungry recreators, car tourists, and backpacking explorers. Several galleries are found in or near town. Though Homer lacks a real town center that makes you want to park your car and walk, it's still a great place to spend some time.
Homer's most distinctive feature is the Homer Spit. In an age-long effort by nature to smooth the rough edges of the coastline, the currents of Cook Inlet created this sandy, 4.5-mile projection into Kachemak Bay. Early residents built a road and buildings along the spit, only to find that the sands tended to shift in response to storms, earthquakes, and time. The 1964 quake reduced its width by as much as two-thirds. Since then, efforts have been undertaken to stabilize the spit with rocks and breakwaters. Along Homer Spit Road you'll find charter companies, gift shops, fishing spots, marine businesses, lodgings, and camping areas, as well as the famous Land's End Resort and the infamous Salty Dawg Saloon. Most tours, fishing trips, and Kachemak Bay shuttles leave from the spit, as does the ferry.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center—The vast Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge encompasses hundreds of islands and thousands of square miles of ocean, making it virtually impossible to visit in any traditional way. The visitor center offers an overview of the preserve, as well as details on local activities.
Refuge rangers offer guided coastal walks many mornings at Bishop's Beach and Land's End. The walks examine bird or intertidal life. Visit the center or call about walk times: 451 Sterling Highway, Homer, 235-6961, 235-6546 (refuge manager), www.r7 .fws.gov/nwr/akmnwr/akmnwr.html.
Pratt Museum—Operated by the Homer Society of Natural History, the museum includes living marine exhibits, the Cultures of Kachemak Bay exhibit, and a homestead cabin. An excellent exhibit on all aspects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill is found in the basement. Outside there's a small botanical garden and a nature trail. 3779 Bartlett Street, 235-8635, www.prattmuseum.org; open mid-May–mid-September daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Thursday–Saturday until 8 p.m.); winter hours Tuesday–Sunday noon to 5 p.m., closed in January; $4.
Salty Dawg Saloon—Built in 1897 as one of Homer's first cabins, half of the present-day saloon was once the town's first post office and, later, the railroad station, a grocery store, and a coal mining office. A second building, built in 1909, also served as a post office and grocery, as well as a schoolhouse and family home. The buildings were joined and made into a saloon in 1957, then moved to the present location after the 1964 earthquake.
Though the years have softened its edge, the Salty Dawg still lays claim to a surly reputation as a hangout for the rough and rowdy. Scuffle into the small, dark bar through the wood chips and smoke. Sit down at one of the thick-topped plank tables, knife-etched with initials from 10,000 nights of drinking. Order quietly and wonder if the ragged fisherman at the bar will sneer at your teal and purple GoreTex jacket. Enjoy.
Look for the fake lighthouse on the left side as you drive out.
Bay View Inn, Mile 170 Sterling Highway (800) 478-8485, 235-8485 (AK only). Great views, nice rooms, $80 and up in summer.
Homer's Finest Bed and Breakfast Network (reservation service), (800) 764-3211, 235-4983. Save yourself some legwork when looking for available rooms in area B&Bs.
Land's End Resort, 4786 Homer Spit Road, (800) 478-0400, 235-0400. $110–$160 May–September, $93–$123 winter. Famous hotel at the tip of Homer Spit. Nice rooms, restaurant, deck, great views across Kachemak Bay.
Land's End RV Park, 4786 Homer Spit Road, 235-0404. $14–$23. Near end of Homer Spit, best option for campers or RVs on spit.
Ocean Shores Motel, 3500 Crittendon, 235-7775. Basic rooms $95 and up in summer. Kitchenettes.
Seaside Farm, 58335 East End Road, 235-7850. Hostel $15 per person; tentsite $6; $55 and up for a cabin. A wonderful hostel with camping and a couple of rustic cabins on the shores of Kachemak Bay. Bring your own bedding (rental $3).
Cafe Cups, 168 W. Pioneer Drive, 235-8330. You'll know it when you see it. Open 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Neon Coyote Cafe, 435 Pioneer Avenue, 235-6226. Good prices and great food.
Two Sisters Espresso and Bakery, 106 W. Bunnell, 235-2280. Espresso, baked goods, art gallery, great place to muse.


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The round, which brought total funding to $46m, was led by B Capital Group with participation from existing investors Ignition Partners, Greycroft, e.ventures and Eight Roads Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its R&D investment in the ICM platform, double its staff in Seattle, San Jose, Pune and Stuttgart and expand its physical presence with new offices in the U.S. and Europe.
Led by Samir Bodas, co-founder and CEO, Icertis provides a cloud based enterprise contract management platform used by customers like 3M, ABB, AbbVie, Becton Dickinson, Cognizant, Daimler, Microsoft and Roche to manage 2.5+ million contracts, by 750,000+ users, in 90+ countries and 40+ languages. It features intelligent workflow and built-in analytics to access ongoing contractual insights and contract management.


Modesto author Paula Treick DeBoard has a habit of telling stories that feel like they could have been ripped directly from the headlines. Her first book "The Mourning Hours" examined family loyalty in the face of great tragedy, while "The Fragile World" explored the fallout of the death of a beloved son.
In her latest novel, "Here We Lie," DeBoard tells the story of a young woman abused and silenced by a powerful man and how those secrets rarely remain buried for too long. It's particularly timely in the face of the #metoo and We Said Enough movements.
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For those who dream in color, whether novice or advanced artists, this master teacher can take you on a enlightened journey of discovery or renewal! Come and join us for for a fun four day adventure in bold color and lively brushwork!
All levels of experience are welcome from the novice to the professional level painter.
Oil, acrylic or pastel are recommeded media for this workshop.
Lois Griffel, a nationally and internationally known artist and instructor will lead this 4-day workshop. Lois is an American Impressionist Society Master Signature Member and former director of the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Morning sessions, in a classroom setting, will be from 9 a.m until noon. Morning coffee and snacks will be provided. Lunch at participant expense.
Afternoon sessions, in an outdoor setting, will be from 1 p.m to 4 p.m.
Afternoon sessions will be outdoors or 'En Plein Aire' (weather permitting). Potential sites include the artsy Huntsville's downtown square, the beautiful grounds of Sam Houston State University and the historic Sam Houston Park.
A suggested material list will be available at www.lois.griffel.com.
Contact Roberta Plant (936.661.2292 or robertaplant@sbcglobal.net), Friends of the Wynne for registration. For addional information on the workshop, contact Lois Griffel (520.207.4055 or lois.griffel@gmail.com).
Class size is limited to 15 participants. A waiting list will be kept as needed.
If you are paying by credit card, your space may be reserved on this site by clicking on the TICKETS tab to the left. If you want to pay by check, call or email Roberta Plant, 936.661.2292 or robertaplant@sbcglobal.net.
Scroll down and enjoy photos of Lois, her workshops and her art.
Friends of The Wynne Home Arts Center and Sam Houston State University College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication are thrilled to co-sponsor this exciting workshop!
***When this event sells out, a wait list will be kept. Contact Roberta Plant robertaplant@sbcglobal.net or 936.661.2292. February 15 is the deadline to cancel so spaces may become available at that time.
Friends of The Wynne, Inc.


Posted: 2019-02-25 in ©SvetkaSamizdat, Мысли на день, Мысли на ночь, Свобода, Je m'en fous!
she tries to taunt me.
But now I am free.
I don't consider to be success.
Today, I realized that my clock is running slow.
Which is to say, my clock has been progressively slowing over time.
In effect, my clock has been regressing, whilst progressing.


Sorry, guys, but this post is dedicated to our lovely female audience. To those ladies who are pit stopping in the capital for longer periods or for those of you who have moved here permanently, you might be wondering, what are the best beauty salons in Vilnius, where to find information in English and what type of treatments are available.
While collecting my own recommendations as well as suggestions made by others, what was to be a simple write-up snowballed into an insider's guide to discovering the top beauty hotspots in Vilnius.
So whether you want a blow-dry or a quick trim, a full-on evening makeup, a manicure or a skin care procedure, here's a roundup of some of the top beauty salons in Vilnius. And for those on a tight budget, we finish this entry with a tip on how to find a beautician to match both your needs and wallet.
Let me tell you, no one looks forward to getting waxed, but City Wax is a game changer. Located on Gediminas Avenue, the salon is the ultimate spot for getting your waxing and nails done. It is truly rare to find a team who pays such exceptional attention to every detail as they do at City Wax.
While all of the salon's treatments are equally splendid, it's the beautifully-named pedicures like Grafaitė that you simply can't miss out on. And their manicures include some of the most intricate designs out there.
When I used to mention various skin issues I had, GK clinic came up as highly regarded on more than several occasions. The place provides innovative surgical and nonsurgical procedures in a more clinical environment in comparison to other venues.
Even though it can be ranked on the more expensive side of our list, in return, you can be safe in the knowledge that you'll receive top-quality services. From plastic surgery to laser procedures, you'll be in meticulous and experienced hands, whatever you choose.
Studio M is arguably one of the most Instagrammable salons in Vilnius. The beauty hub is so chic that it feels more like a luxurious apartment that you really, really don't want to leave.
So if you're looking for a professional glam squad that can handle even the fanciest of occasions on your calendar, this is your salon. Frankly, I doubt I've ever come across a negative comment about this place.
In need of perfecting your eyebrows but have no idea where to go?Smilga Beauty Lab is a beauty salon and a makeup academy. They also have an extended list of services, including hairdressing, skin care, and more.
Above all the services mentioned, I'd like to compliment one practitioner in particular—Vėtra. This girl is a manicure and eyebrow guru all in one. Her cute cabinet is a must-visit for a perfectly polished manicure at a reasonable price.
Much like its name, Mad Beauty Squad is a salon full of quirk and personality. Among many services, the salon features a roster of very talented cutters and colourists. So if you want to get your locks dipped in some of the brightest shades, then these colour wizards are here to help. How? True magicians never reveal their secrets.
If you're looking for a one-stop beauty destination, it's about time New Skin Image House appears on your radar. Located just a few minutes away from the bastion, this small, personable and cosy destination offers haircuts, makeup lessons, and so much more.
This spot also hosts a semi-boutique filled with various items produced primarily by Lithuanian designers. You can find whatever your heart desires, whether you're in the mood for a trendy piece or some contemporary jewellery.
Looking for a top-notch haircut? The UFF salon is famous for being, well, nothing short of awesome, really. And there are so many reasons for such a bold statement.
From clients being greeted like old friends to hairdressers treating your hair like a painter's canvas, every time the salon creates not only a memorable look but a welcoming experience too. Even though they provide quite a few different and praise-worthy beauty services, hairdressing is their true superpower.
What can be better than combing full-scale pampering and a beauty item shopping spree? Some know Make My Day well for distributing quality decorative cosmetics, but that's only one part of the story.
Make My Day is also a makeup studio where clients can enjoy everything from brow and eyelash to manicure and hair beauty treatments. Stylish, relaxing and always with gifted professionals, the studio can be found on Olimpiečių street.
This image house was opened by two established local stylists, Agne Gilyte and Kestutis Rimdzius. Kukla Beauty Box takes care of it all, from creating immaculate makeups and refined hairstyles to assisting with one's style choices.
So the sky's the limit at Kukla Beauty Box, and the results are unsurprisingly flawless. In case you don't believe me, have a scroll on their Instagram feed yourself.
Whether your skin or hair is in need of a long-lasting recovery or you just simply want to spoil yourself, Gatineau is all about getting desirable results. No surprise that the salon prides itself on its highly professional staff and loyal customer base. Returning clients year after year is the only testimonial you'll need.
Ready for a serious change? Gatineau also does head-to-toe makeovers. Think sophisticated yet trendy, this salon manages to offer the perfect mix of both for your look.
As promised, here's a top tip for all you bargain hunters. This Facebook group is a place where you can share what you're looking for and often receive much cheaper and individualised offers from various beauty gurus.
Oh, and before we part ways, if you have a beauty professional that you love or recommend, don't keep them to yourself, share with us in the comments below!


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How long would it take YOU to save an entire year's salary? Average first-time buyer now needs 104% of their wages for a deposit
The great tech payday - How websites and apps are transforming high streets as digital payment firms report booming business
By Holly Black for the Daily Mail
Published: 17:00 EST, 3 December 2015 | Updated: 02:27 EST, 4 December 2015
A quiet revolution is taking place on the High Street.
Instead of having customers fight over the best bargains in stores, retailers saw their websites crash on Black Friday last week as waves of shoppers headed online.
In recent days, digital payments firms including Worldpay have reported booming business from overseas markets such as China.
In contrast, bank note producer De La Rue revealed that it will be cutting production by a quarter as the world increasingly goes cashless.
Changing habits: Instead of having customers fight over the best bargains in stores, retailers saw their websites crash on Black Friday last week as waves of shoppers headed online
Debenhams has been given a bleak prognosis by Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs over whether it can hold off the threat of online shopping.
And yesterday, former Barclays boss Antony Jenkins declared that banking may be about to have its 'Uber moment'.
He was referring to the phenomenally popular low-cost mobile phone app for booking taxis.
A generational shift from older shoppers used to using cash in stores to younger ones who use the web and mobile phone apps is causing a rift on the High Street.
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As ever, there will be winners and losers in the battle to keep up with the pace of change.
It's already taking grip in the banking sector. Banks without branches are being established, notably Atom Bank, a service for those who only want to bank using an app on their smartphone.
This week Spanish lender BBVA took a 30 per cent stake in it – spending £45million to access retail customers in Britain for the first time.
George O'Connor, director at analysts Panmure Gordon, said: 'We are living in a golden age. Technology has become part of the fabric of our lives. If I want food, if I want to find love, I just pick up my phone. It's a digital revolution.'
Worldpay is one of those to benefit. It processed 11.5billion payments in the year to June – some 16 per cent more than the year before.
It reflects what's happening on the High Street. For example, on Black Friday, shoppers spent £1.1billion online in the day – a rise of 36 per cent compared with last year.
Meanwhile, footfall in High Street stores was down by 5 per cent.
Colin McLean, managing director at fund managers SVM Asset Management, said: 'The way people live, work and travel is changing and it is clear that some industries face disruption and might not survive in their present form.'
He names former High Street stalwarts Woolworths, Comet and Phones 4u as just some of the most recent casualties of the changing habits of shoppers.
New firms are able to start with a clean sheet of paper, focusing on the security and functionality of their apps and websites.
B EING online-only lets firms cut their prices, while focusing on distribution and providing a good customer experience. One example is Eagle Eye, an app which lets shoppers redeem coupons at the till and build up rewards for using vouchers.
But more established firms are set to benefit from the trend too.
Jeremy Gleeson, manager of the Axa Framlington Global Technology fund, has a big investment in payments firm Visa, which has boomed during the growth in online payments.
He said: 'Once upon a time you might only use a card for a substantial purchase but today they are the most convenient, quick and safe way to pay.'
With security of prime importance to shoppers, PayPal could also benefit from the rise in online shopping.
Free for all: The Black Friday unpleasantries seen in 2014 were thankfully few and far between this year as more shoppers went online to grab their bargains
A growing number of retailers have websites which allow customers to check out using their PayPal account rather than having to enter their credit card details.
And the growth and security of Apple Pay has allowed firms such as NXP Semiconductors, a Dutch company which makes the chips that provide the secure identification in iPhones, to soar.
The Nasdaq-listed company has seen its share price jump from 16cents to 92cents over the past five years.
For many though, today's tech boom will bear a worrying resemblance to the 90s bubble which burst so painfully. Major investment firm Fidelity recently cut its stake in photo-sharing app Snapchat by a quarter.
Mobile payments technology business Monitise has endured a spectacular fall from grace, as competitors including Apple have muscled into the sector. Its share price is down from 81p at the start of 2014 to just 3.14p today. But for the firms who do succeed, there is a fortune to be made.
Tom Becket, chief investment officer at Psigma, says giants such as Apple, Alphabet (formerly Google) and Amazon will benefit.
He said: 'These are classic examples of wonderfully innovative companies which have spotted their opportunity and exploited it superbly.'
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Lee Weathers (played by Kate Mara) is a corporate risk assessment analyst, which doesn't sound a promising job for an action thriller until you realise that this is Hollywood, where considerable latitude to is given to job descriptions in big companies. She is tasked by her boss (played by Brian Cox) to investigate unsettling events at an isolated scientific laboratory where Dr Simon Ziegler (Toby Jones) and Dr Lui Cheng (Michelle Yeoh) and running an experiment into creating artificial life. Since the days of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, human beings meddling in artificial life creation rarely manage to produce a placid, well-adjusted member of society, and so it appears here with Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy), seemingly a teenager yet with ill-defined special powers and homicidal tendencies.
The movie spectacularly fails to deliver a plausible plot. The tight-knit team of scientists show an absurd level of affection towards the clearly psychopathic Morgan, and a truly carefree lack of anxiety for their own personal safety when things are clearly already going badly wrong. Kate Mara manages to keep a straight face as she plays her character, but the other actors are wasted in under-written roles that fail to engage sympathy. The country scenery is pretty enough and there are some workmanlike action scenes, but this is very much a film by the numbers, and the plot twist at the end is hardly a surprise to even a naïve viewer.


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Minnesota Says It Must Repay Feds $48M for Improper Payments
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ST. PAUL (AP) -- The Minnesota Department of Human Services says it must repay the federal government an estimated $48 million that it paid to ineligible chemical dependency treatment providers.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ordered the state in May to cease the payments to as many as 100 inpatient providers classified as ``institutions for mental diseases.'' It said Medicaid money generally can't be used for treatment in such facilities. It ordered repayment but didn't specify a dollar amount.
On Monday, the Department of Human Services said the estimated cost to the state will be $48 million. That's on top of the $25 million the agency overpaid to two tribes for substance abuse treatment under Medicaid. Altogether, the errors will cost the state $73 million.
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