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A People's Retort to the Media's Detached 'Experts'
By: Ramzy Baroud Source: iViews Nov 27, 2007 2 Comments
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What do an organic farmer from Spain, a union worker activist from Brazil, and a human rights scholar living in London have in common? They are all individuals who affect substantive change in their communities, and they are also individuals who are overlooked by the corporate media. The latter has its own lists of 'experts'- usually well-groomed males with little involvement in the daily struggles of the unseen and unheard multitudes of the world, yet able to influence their lives (most often detrimentally) from a well-guarded distance.
So how does the business of expertise work? Why are those qualified to address their own affairs so widely ignored by mainstream channels in favor of intellectual middlemen who purport to have some sort of legitimacy over a range of narratives, without any convincing credentials, let alone first-hand experiences?
The phenomenon precedes the advent of network television and satellite news. It is embedded in a Western tradition that was formulated around imperial conquests: for a people to be conquered, they have to be understood in a language that prioritizes the interests of the colonialist over the rights of the colonized. The latter's identity is replaced by verbal and textual reductionism. Thus Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the Somali leader who strove for twenty years to free his people from British and Italian colonialism was termed 'Mad Mullah' by the British. Hassan, of course, was as 'mad' as Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and the vigorous leaders of numerous struggles around the world. The list of these individuals is ever expanding, as activists are written off by those in power, those whose 'sanity' preaches subscribing to the status quo and the inherent wisdom of the 'system'.
This system serves not the majority of people living within it, but rather the combined interests of those with the money and those with the weapons: one funds the other's military adventurism, and the other guarantees unhindered access to cheap supplies, labor and markets. Without Bush's war in Iraq, Blackwater could not generate over a billion dollars of extra contracts; the relationship is painfully obvious.
Of course neither Bush nor Blackwater executives are imprudent enough to speak of their real motives, and it would be equally imprudent for us to trust that Blackwater's ultimate objective is to contribute to the efforts of the US military to 'protect' their country and its founding principles. Unfortunately, though the deceptiveness of dominant rhetoric may often be apparent, when repeated numerous times to millions of people worldwide, it eventually gathers force, and even credibility. The process has real and very deadly consequences: Blackwater mercenaries go on killing sprees; endless media airtime is given to its executives and sympathetic 'experts' who 'objectively' defend their company's image; a congressional hearing of good cop/bad cop is held whereby one congressman thanks Blackwater for protecting the lives of Americans overseas while another gently reprimands it for not using extra care. Extra care in gunning down innocent people? At this question the story is shelved. By the time Blackwater kills again it is no longer even newsworthy.
Many far from credible 'experts' are employed in this way to neutralize and effectually justify violence. Their roles are those of apologists of state and corporate crimes, and as ideologues who tailor information to fit political and economic agendas. They are dangerous because they have the leverage of being presented as impartial observers, even when their very identity should give away their partiality. Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to reinvent himself to US publics as a 'terrorism expert,' thanks to Fox News. As for the former Israeli Prime Minister's own crimes while in office, and his close ties to the neo-conservatives- the 'intellectuals' behind the Iraq war- and his persistent use of anti-peace language- these are unimportant diversions.
According to the corporate media and the selective samples of humanity they endlessly feature and tout for their 'expertise', the world is a convenient place that consists of big companies (and no workers, thus no workers' rights), prison guards (no prisoners, thus no prisoners' rights), war engineers (no victims, thus no accountability), celebrities (no ordinary people, thus no widespread and urgent grievances). All those in brackets don't exist as actual, living and breathing individuals; they only exist as part of skewed narratives, designed carefully by an expert and a think tank. That 'expert' needs not be there to understand, he needs only to speak in a language that manipulates prejudice. The working women of India fighting globalization, the lawyers of Pakistan fighting for judicial independence, the teachers of Palestine fighting for survival amid siege and boycott, the millions of uninsured Americans fighting for a doctor's appointment- these people simply don't exist as far as corporate media is concerned. Or worse, they exist but don't matter.
As those justifying violence on the basis of security, justice and democracy work to make the world increasingly unsafe, unjust and undemocratic, there seems an equally increasing need for a new kind of media, one which requires a new kind of 'expert'.
When I contacted Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Arun Ghandi, Ilan Pappe and many other intellectuals and activists from all over the world, proposing an alternative to 'expertise' in the media, I didn't expect that just a year later the discussion could evolve into JUSTmedia (JustMedia.net). JUSTmedia is the first initiative to be launched by the People Media Project, a global scheme that hopes to offer a different kind of platform for discourse, dialogue and commentary by promoting the voices of people from all walks of life. Supported by intellectuals who refuse to play by the roles of the 'mainstream', the idea is to extend a bridge across cultural, language, geographic and political divides to show and extend the possibilities of true democracy and human rights in the media.
They say it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. After much darkness and much cursing, another kind of candle may well be lit, one which only the efforts of ordinary people could keep alight.
Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) is an author and editor of PalestineChronicle.com. His work has been published in many newspapers and journals worldwide. His latest book is The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle (Pluto Press, London).
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H.A. from Yahtrib December 7th, 2007
Sir Gerry is so advanced and forward-looking that his and his offsprings's pants fall off in public in broad day light ALL in the name of freedom and self-expression. I thought that "falling-off" stuffs took place in Stone Age; why is it still happening in 2007?
Sir Gerry is another stupid idiot who should be put in a trash bag and kicked out of the UNIVERSE for not getting his facts straight about Islam and for just spitting out his same old same old Islamophobic traits.
Gerry from USA November 29th, 2007
Why is there no mention of the British school teacher in Sudan who is jailed for allowing her students to name a teddy bear, "Mohammed." You people are always quick to be defensive about any old slight. Now, show the world what Islam really is -- a backward 7th century religion of cruelty and illogic.
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On top of that, India is the ancient civilization in the whole world. It won't be wrong to say that owing to so many ancient Indian inventions, the modern world is able to reach the Moon and now gearing to reach Mars.
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1. The "ZERO"
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10. Plastic surgery
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11. Super Computer
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A tobakos speciális, török módra dolgozó magyar tímár, aki szattyánt és kordovánt állít elő. Oszmán-török eredetű szó, egyben utal arra a folyamatra is, amelyben keleti hatásra a kordován készítésében a timsót felváltotta a sárga cserszömörce leve és a csertölgy gubacsa, valamint elterjedt a még a kordovánnál is finomabb, szintén kizárólag növényi cserzéssel készített török szattyán. A mesterség első említései idején a tímár és a tobakos nem különült el teljesen egymástól, de a timsós bőröket váltó növényi cserzésű bőrök kizárólagos előállítása végül elválasztotta a két szakmát. A tobakos a cserzővargával és a tímárral ellentétben nem foglalkozott lábbelik készítésével.

A tobak a szömörce szárított levelének forrázata, amelyhez háziállatok ürülékét is keverték (kutya, tyúk, galamb). Ez a tobak volt a kecske- és juhbőr cserzőleve. Az eljárás eleinte az volt, hogy a tobakot a szőrös felével befelé, zsákszerűen összevarrt bőrökbe töltötték, és 5-6 napot állni hagyták benne. Később elterjedt a tobakban áztatás módszere, amely nem csak egyszerűbb volt, hanem rendszeres mozgatással fel is gyorsították a folyamatot. A szőrt mészkencével távolították el.

A két legfontosabb tobakváros Veszprém és Székesfehérvár volt, de sokfelé elterjedt a tobakolás, ahol szömörcét lehetett aratni. A 16–18. században, a tobakolt bőrök divatja idején a tobakosok céhekbe tömörültek. A konjunktúra idején a tímárok és bőrkereskedők is belekontárkodtak a tobakolásba, illetve tovább gyártották a timsós utánzatokat, ami a mesterség válságához, majd kihalásához vezetett. Erős konkurenciát jelentettek a kordovánosok, akik szömörce mellett a csertölgy gubóját is felhasználták a kordován készítéséhez, sőt timsót is.

A tobak szó először személynévként tűnik fel 1544-ben. A magyar nyelvbe az oszmán-törököktől jött át, ahol viszont az arab eredetű tabak (kecskebőr) átvétele.

Szentendrén a tobakosok keresztje állít emléket e mesterségnek.

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 Magyar néprajz III. Tobak vagy tobakos

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The world of Energy is what it is about for me and it is an important part of my life. Since 2011, I'm working as a Reiki Master Teacher. At the moment I'm travelling around the world and do my energy work wherever I am.
After a career in business I decided to retire early and dedicate my time to energy work. Since 1997 I spent a lot of time doing spiritual courses of all kinds and in 2011 I became a Reiki Master Teacher in the tradition of Tibetan Usui Reiki. During many years I practised Inner Child work, to heal the wounds of my past. Now I'm sharing my knowledge and experience so others can benefit of it.


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You can stitch them all together on one piece of fabric for an impressive work of embroidery with a celtic background, which can be personalized by the added alphabet….
Or – and this was the basic idea, you can use each ready stitched small design, surround it with patchworked fabric pieces, in Log-Cabin style or other – and sew a beautiful heirloom piece – a Quilt !
Each single motif with the frame is 91 x 91 stitches – you will have to add the free fabric to your own requirements.
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I'm actually more interested in just the frogs. I have a project in mind for a friend.
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Q: App crash when set title in view controller I'm using LGSideMenuController for side menu. Everything is working fine.
But when I set title of viewController my app crash. Without title it's working fine.
I have following code which are available in didFinishWithLauchingOption to configure navigation bar.
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
    UINavigationBar.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UIDocumentBrowserViewController.self]).tintColor = .menuColor
} else {
    UINavigationBar.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UIDocumentPickerViewController.self]).tintColor = .menuColor
}

// Configure Navigation Bar
UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = .white
UINavigationBar.appearance().titleTextAttributes = [
    NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor : UIColor.menuColor,
    NSAttributedString.Key.font : UIFont.systemFontSize
]

UIColor Extension
extension UIColor {
    // Menu Background Color
    class var menuColor: UIColor {
        get {
            return UIColor(red: 0, green: 105, blue: 255)
        }
    }

    convenience init(red: Int, green: Int, blue: Int) {
        assert(red >= 0 && red <= 255, "Invalid red component")
        assert(green >= 0 && green <= 255, "Invalid green component")
        assert(blue >= 0 && blue <= 255, "Invalid blue component")

        self.init(red: CGFloat(red) / 255.0, green: CGFloat(green) / 255.0, blue: CGFloat(blue) / 255.0, alpha: 1.0)
    }
}

I have configure LGSideMenuController using storyboard as follow:

I'm trying following code in DashboardViewController (DashboardVC) which is crashing my app:
self.title = "Dashboard"

and produce following error:
-[__NSCFNumber renderingMode]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0xd9c845dd03d829d0
2019-03-08 12:50:37.552233+0530 AppName[5924:95152] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFNumber renderingMode]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0xd9c845dd03d829d0'
*** First throw call stack:
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0   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000108f711bb __exceptionPreprocess + 331
1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x0000000108093735 objc_exception_throw + 48
2   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000108f8ff44 -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 132
3   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000108f75ed6 ___forwarding___ + 1446
4   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000108f77da8 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
5   UIFoundation                        0x000000010e7154b6 __NSValidateCoreTextAttributes + 1098
6   UIFoundation                        0x000000010e711836 __NSStringDrawingEngine + 2830
7   UIFoundation                        0x000000010e714304 -[NSAttributedString(NSExtendedStringDrawing) boundingRectWithSize:options:context:] + 795
8   UIKitCore                           0x0000000111698a2f -[UILabel _textRectForBounds:limitedToNumberOfLines:includingShadow:] + 583
9   UIKitCore                           0x00000001116985a4 -[UILabel textRectForBounds:limitedToNumberOfLines:] + 50
10  UIKitCore                           0x000000011169d3f3 -[UILabel _intrinsicSizeWithinSize:] + 389
11  UIKitCore                           0x000000011169cb3c -[UILabel _ensureBaselineMetricsReturningBounds] + 197
12  UIKitCore                           0x000000011169ce9d -[UILabel _firstBaselineOffsetFromTop] + 169
13  UIKitCore                           0x00000001116788e5 -[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) nsli_lowerAttribute:intoExpression:withCoefficient:forConstraint:onBehalfOfLayoutGuide:] + 1361
14  UIKitCore                           0x0000000111678385 -[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) nsli_lowerAttribute:intoExpression:withCoefficient:forConstraint:] + 289
15  Foundation                          0x0000000107cb8ed3 -[NSLayoutConstraint _lowerIntoExpression:reportingConstantIsRounded:] + 96
16  Foundation                          0x0000000107cb8a0f -[NSLayoutConstraint _addToEngine:mutuallyExclusiveConstraints:] + 114
17  UIKitCore                           0x0000000111662bc7 -[UIView(UIConstraintBasedLayout) _layoutEngine_didAddLayoutConstraint:roundingAdjustment:mutuallyExclusiveConstraints:] + 447
18  UIKitCore                           0x0000000111663021 -[UIView(UIConstraintBasedLayout) _tryToAddConstraintWithoutUpdatingConstraintsArray:roundingAdjustment:mutuallyExclusiveConstraints:] + 30
19  UIKitCore                           0x00000001116636c4 -[UIView(UIConstraintBasedLayout) nsli_addConstraint:] + 38
20  Foundation                          0x0000000107cbaa92 __55+[NSLayoutConstraint _addOrRemoveConstraints:activate:]_block_invoke + 65
21  Foundation                          0x0000000107ca035a -[NSISEngine withBehaviors:performModifications:] + 110
22  Foundation                          0x0000000107cba96e +[NSLayoutConstraint _addOrRemoveConstraints:activate:] + 403
23  UIKitCore                           0x00000001109ee5e7 -[_UINavigationBarContentViewLayout _keepConstraintsActiveIfNecessary:updateLayout:] + 145
24  UIKitCore                           0x00000001109eec6c -[_UINavigationBarContentViewLayout setTitleView:] + 143
25  UIKitCore                           0x00000001109e7136 -[_UINavigationBarContentView _setupTitleViewAnimated:] + 1197
26  UIKit                               0x0000000129d030e9 -[_UINavigationBarContentViewAccessibility _setupTitleViewAnimated:] + 42
27  UIKitCore                           0x00000001109e8da1 -[_UINavigationBarContentView updateContentAnimated:] + 86
28  UIKitCore                           0x0000000110a1afeb -[_UINavigationBarVisualProviderModernIOS _updateContentForTopItem:backItem:animated:] + 1926
29  UIKitCore                           0x0000000110a1b638 -[_UINavigationBarVisualProviderModernIOS _updateContentForTopItem:backItem:] + 53
30  UIKitCore                           0x0000000110a1e255 -[_UINavigationBarVisualProviderModernIOS traitCollectionDidChange:] + 414
31  UIKitCore                           0x00000001109c7156 -[UINavigationBar traitCollectionDidChange:] + 529
32  UIKitCore                           0x0000000111713a47 -[UIView _wrappedProcessTraitCollectionDidChange:forceNotification:] + 137
33  UIKitCore                           0x0000000111713b54 -[UIView _wrappedProcessTraitCollectionDidChange:forceNotification:] + 406
34  UIKitCore                           0x0000000111713d5a -[UIView _processDidChangeRecursivelyFromOldTraits:toCurrentTraits:forceNotification:] + 129
35  UIKitCore                           0x000000011173e72d -[UIView(CALayerDelegate) layoutSublayersOfLayer:] + 1337
36  QuartzCore                          0x00000001072f7b19 -[CALayer layoutSublayers] + 175
37  QuartzCore                          0x00000001072fc9d3 _ZN2CA5Layer16layout_if_neededEPNS_11TransactionE + 395
38  QuartzCore                          0x00000001072757ca _ZN2CA7Context18commit_transactionEPNS_11TransactionE + 342
39  QuartzCore                          0x00000001072ac97e _ZN2CA11Transaction6commitEv + 576
40  UIKitCore                           0x000000011126f2d0 __34-[UIApplication _firstCommitBlock]_block_invoke_2 + 139
41  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000108ed662c __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK__ + 12
42  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000108ed5de0 __CFRunLoopDoBlocks + 336
43  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000108ed0654 __CFRunLoopRun + 1284
44  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000108ecfe11 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 625
45  GraphicsServices                    0x000000010e3b11dd GSEventRunModal + 62
46  UIKitCore                           0x000000011125481d UIApplicationMain + 140
47  AppName                               0x00000001038ea857 main + 71
48  libdyld.dylib                       0x000000010a527575 start + 1
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libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

Even I have also tried to set title from storyboard, it's also crash the app.
I have already followed solution available on SO, but it's didn't work for me.

A: Unfortunately, it looks like the issue is elsewhere and it might be hard to track this one down.
From the error you posted, it seems that there is some incorrect type entered somewhere. The -[__NSCFNumber renderingMode]: unrecognized selector sent to instance says basically means that there is an NSNumber where some other object type should be and a system is trying to call a method renderingMode which does not exist for this type.
These things happen mostly on the Objective-C part and some frameworks still do use Objective-C internally. It is easiest to input incorrect types through arrays or dictionaries. And from the rest of your stack, a good start might be searching for the attributed string. You can see near the end a label is being called and an attributed string NSAttributedString follows.
An attributed string will not check for types when it receives attributes so it is very easy to make it crash this way. Please check your code for anything that might work with NSAttributedString and comment out attributes to see if it fixes your crash. If this is the case then simply fix the attributes, there must be some mistake in what you have entered.
If this is not the case it still might be a bug on another system that uses NSAttributedString. Maybe some library or open source that you should be discouraged to use?
Or maybe even appearance may cause the same problem. Do you set appearance attributes somewhere in your code for your navigation bar?

A: if you're directly presenting the ViewController not with the NavigationController, the title will be nil.
Try this:
self.navigationItem.title = "Dashboard"

A: LGSideMenuController as One root controller and Two left and right view controller.
So please verify that the root view controller of SideMenuController added with NavigationController.
Ex:-

UIViewController *rootViewController = [UIViewController new];
UITableViewController *leftViewController = [UITableViewController new];
UITableViewController *rightViewController = [UITableViewController new];

UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:rootViewController];

LGSideMenuController *sideMenuController = [LGSideMenuController sideMenuControllerWithRootViewController:navigationController
                                                                                leftViewController:leftViewController
                                                                                rightViewController:rightViewController];

in the example controllers added with the navigation controller.

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Q: $location change not applied on ngchange but on ngclick I have got 2 functions one is triggered by a ng-click and one is either triggered by ng-change or by $watch (I tried both).
The ng-click method looks like this:
$scope.setGenre = function(x) {
    if (genre == x) {
        genre = 0;
    } else {
        genre = x;
    }
    $location.search().genre = genre;
    $scope.getVideos();
};

When the button is clicked the genre parameter is set directly in the url to the value specified. I do not need to do $scope.$apply or something else.
The ng-change or $watch method looks actually the same:
$scope.$watch('search', function() {
    $location.search().search=$scope.search;
    $scope.getVideos();
});

But apparently the parameter is not set in the url. If I then run the ng-click function by doing a click the search parameter is set.
I tried wrapping the $location.search().search=$scope.search; in a $timeout or doing a $scope.apply but the problem is that the digest always running then.

A: The solution I found is to simply use $location.url() instead of $location.search(). For me it is still not clear why $location.search does work differently when using ng-change or $watch.
This is my new function:
$scope.$watch('search', function() {
    $location.url('/videos?genre='+genre +"&search="+ $scope.search, false);
    $scope.getVideos();
});

In order to use the reloadOnSearch only when I want I edited the $location.url() function like this:
app.run(['$route', '$rootScope', '$location', function ($route, $rootScope, $location) {
    var original = $location.url;
    $location.url = function (url, reload) {
        if (reload === false) {
            var lastRoute = $route.current;
            var un = $rootScope.$on('$locationChangeSuccess', function () {
                $route.current = lastRoute;
                un();
            });
        }
        return original.apply($location, [url]);
    };
}]);

This lets me pass a boolean parameter so that I can dynamically use reloadOnSearch or not.


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The Dawn Of Advertising (1947-2017)
Published in May-Jun 2014
Khurram Mahboob
The evolving relationship between MNOs and handset manufacturers.
Now that the 3G auction has finally taken place these will be exciting times for Pakistanis, and fortunately the key drivers required to establish a 3G ecosystem in the country are gaining momentum and will hopefully accelerate the adoption process. Perhaps the greatest enabler of this technological shift is the penetration of 3G-enabled handsets which are being critically looked at by both mobile network operators (MNOs) and the device industry. As a result, the MNO-handset manufacturer partnership, which has already seen a great deal of evolution, will now further solidify and become more strategic and synergised.
Over the last eight years, this partnership has evolved over three distinct phases.
1. Extremely niche, top of the pyramid, BlackBerry focused
The first solid footprint of the MNO-handset manufacturer relationship can be traced to 2006 when Research in Motion (RIM) signed a two-year exclusive partnership with Mobilink to introduce BlackBerry in Pakistan. The campaign's theme 'Email on the go' clicked with an audience of high net worth customers and gave Indigo, Mobilink's post paid brand, new equity. After two years RIM appointed a distributor (EMS) and the BlackBerry was then made available to customers of Ufone and other operators. Until 2011, BlackBerry remained the handset of choice for high value post paid and corporate customers and the initial partnership with Mobilink is a main reason why the company still has the largest base of corporate accounts in Pakistan. However, while this was a pioneering step in establishing partnerships between the two industries, very few people knew how difficult it was to churn out this campaign in the market. RIM, as a monopolistic market player was extremely dominant in its relationships with MNOs worldwide and enforced stringent rules of engagement. For example, not a single operator led piece of advertising could go into print without prior approval by RIM headquarters. Furthermore, operators had to adhere to 'minimum order quantity' (i.e. they had to pre-order the devices) months prior to any new launch. This phase was dominated by a single handset manufacturer and the relationship was imbalanced. Later, as a tactical move Mobilink introduced the Motorola Razor, which turned out to be a 'blockbuster' handset. In those days 'introduction' meant that the device was 'available' at the MNOs service centres; beyond this there was no value added proposition for the customer.
2. Mass market penetration
Ufone decided to focus on low cost feature phones as a way to further increase penetration by introducing bundling with Nokia Pakistan. An industry first, the idea was to bundle free minutes with new Nokia handsets to not only increase the customer base of Ufone users, but also further Nokia's footprint in the feature phones segment. At that time, Nokia's share in the sale of new devices was over 90%. However, although the campaign that followed was extremely innovative, it lacked marketing dollars. Nevertheless, it was instrumental in pushing MNOs towards bundling, a concept which remains the biggest synergy proposition between operators and handset manufacturers. The real game-changer was Ufone's introduction of low end devices with free balance, minutes and SMS bundled with a new SIM. This 'all in one telecom pack' was an instant hit and drove volume at rates not seen before. The move helped Ufone penetrate the low end market and justified the decision to opt for low cost devices. Huawei was Ufone's handset partner in this initiative, although it was not a big device manufacturer at that time. The campaign itself was a great hit and some handset manufacturers used its success as a benchmark, amending their product portfolios by listing ultra low end devices in their sales forecasts.
3. Internet for everyone
Next came the data or internet phase and MNOs started leveraging 'hero' smartphone device ('hero' is an industry term for when a MNO focuses the advertising and marketing on a particular device) launches in partnerships. The aim was to grow the mobile internet market by increasing data subscribers and usage. Nokia was the first handset manufacturer to realise the potential of bringing MNOs on board as strategic partners and introduced dedicated operator account managers whose job descriptions were totally focused on nurturing relationships with different MNOs. Taking a step in value proposition from regular voice, SMS and data bundles, Nokia partnered with Telenor Pakistan to introduce a youth-focused multi-variant offering. This partnership was innovative because the user interface of any given handset was enriched when a Telenor SIM was inserted into it. The project also opened up new revenue streams for MNOs.
Along with these developments, Pakistan experienced a significant change in smartphone preference. Android-based devices overtook BlackBerry, Nokia and even iPhone in terms of sales volume. Extremely aggressive competition among HTC, Huawei, LG, QMobile, Samsung and Voice exponentially expanded this category segment and brought affordable smartphones in the $100-200 range into the market. The competition created a snowball effect and brought new joint smartphone focused propositions to the market. QMobile, once considered to be the poor man's Nokia, solidified its brand equity and turned into a volume driver in the smartphone category, attracting a much larger pool of customers with its sub $100 Noir series. Responding to this, MNOs had to change their handset manufacturer preference and collaborated with QMobile to leverage on its new smartphone sales volumes.
Before the rise of smartphones, mobile device manufacturers were the primary drivers of software and content innovation, as well as of new hardware development. However, with the rise of different mobile operating systems (OS) such as Android, Windows 8 and iOS, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) found it difficult to differentiate themselves in terms of hardware functionality. Therefore, instead of just focusing on handset manufacturers, MNOs now need to give due importance to the other players in the value chain, including over the top (OTT) content, content providers and social networking sites.
In the 3G era the mobile internet is at the heart of a dynamic ecosystem of innovation, going beyond MNOs. Device manufacturers, including the OS developers, are driving innovation in the race to differentiate themselves and make smartphones faster, lighter and more intuitive to use. MNOs are responding to the demand for efficiencies as they seek to support the network demands of tomorrow at lower price points. Content providers are harnessing new hardware and software innovations and promoting the growth of developer communities to deliver their own innovative services and products to the consumer over mobile.
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The networking company bolsters its cloud portfolio by buying Tail-f Systems.
Cisco said it intends to buy Tail-f, a company known for providing multi-vendor network service orchestration. The deal is yet another new acquisition that Cisco hopes will bolster its position in the cloud and virtualization segments.
Tail-f's centerpiece is the Tail-f Network Control System, or NCS, which a centralized network interface for configuring network devices, applications and services. Services can be customized through a common modeling language and datastore where all service settings are stored and kept updated. Orchestration can be managed on both hardware and virtualized appliances.
According to the company's press release, the acquisition means that "Cisco's service provider cloud and virtualization portfolio will simplify and automate the provisioning and management of both physical and virtual networks."
Terms of the agreement include about $175 million in cash for all shares of Tail-f, with employees getting absorbed into Cisco's Cloud and Virtualization Group. The acquisition, after being cleared by regulators, should be completed at the end of the year.
Tail-f joins a growing number of cloud- and virtualization-related acquisitions made by Cisco over the last few years, including Collaborate.com in December, 2013, Composite Software (data virtualization) in July, 2013, and Meraki (wireless cloud networking) and Cloupia (cloud services) in November, 2012.


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Jef Boeke is director of the Institute Of System Genetics and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at New York University Langone Health, in New York, New York.
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There is one thing that is at the top of the list for any business that has an online presence: making sure that their e-commerce store is found in search engines when customers look for keywords that are related to the products and services sold in the store.
The reason is obvious: the higher the store ranks, the greater the number of people that will visit it and (possibly) buy from it.
What can you do to improve your search engine rankings?
Does ProductCart have features that can help you with that?
What do you need to do outside of ProductCart?
Here you will find a series of ideas and recommendations on things you can do to optimize your search engine rankings, a technique called Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. This is in no way a comprehensive guide to SEO, which is a complex and ever-changing matter. However, here you will find some useful tips on ways to make your ProductCart-powered store (and the rest of your Web site that contains it) more search engine friendly.
Making your ProductCart-powered store search engine friendly starts with ensuring that the graphical interface that wraps around the dynamic shopping cart content (product pages, category pages, content pages, etc.) is designed correctly and with search engines in mind.
Here we will focus on tips and tricks that can make your store's graphical interface (header.asp and footer.asp files) more search engine friendly.
Let's start with an often forgotten, basic principle to search engine optimization: a Web site that is informative and easy to navigate typically is also a Web site that is liked by search engines. Let's see how you can apply this basic principle to your store design.
Good navigation not only means that your customers will be able to easily find what they are looking for, but also that you will help a search engine spider crawl and index your store pages. This indexing of your site's pages is critical to showing up on a search engine's results pages.
Remember that an image-based (or Flash-based) navigation system is typically less search-engine friendly than a text-based one, even if the ALT tags added to your image files can help a search engine understand what your images stand for.
If you want to include a graphical navigation, a good idea might be to do so at the top of your page (horizontally), and then include a text-based navigation area on the left side.
Search engines will be able to crawl and index all the pages listed in the navigation tree as your store is pointing to them with simple text links.
Customers will appreciate the ability to collapse/expand your category tree to quickly locate what they are looking for.
Performance on your store will not be negatively affected because the category tree is a static file. Once you create it using the Generate Navigation feature in the ProductCart Control Panel, the navigation tree is just a text file that is included on the page (header.asp), without querying the database or doing any kind of intensive processing on the Web server.
Make sure to include a link to a well designed Site Map. We are not referring to the XML sitemap to be submitted to Google and other search engines, but rather to a page that lists text links to most of your Web site's main areas. In addition to giving your visitors a page where they can get to most of your site's content, this is also another way of allowing search engines to crawl and index your site's content.
Adding your address and phone number to the footer provides visitors (and search engine spiders) with information that is geographically relevant and that sets your Web site apart from pages that contain spam. Having contact information (name, address and phone number, often referred to as a NAP) is also very important for local search results. So, if you also have a brick and mortar store, it's extremely important to have this information readily available on your site.


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Best Simulation Games on Xbox One
Simulation Games on Xbox One
Here are the best simulation games on Xbox One where you can assume the role of a mechanic, police, or emergency dispatcher.
Simulation is a very popular genre in gaming. The sim games invite players to various situations where they focus on job-specific activities. From cooking to renovating, catching criminals to car fixing, these games offer a wide range of gameplay mechanics. They are also great when it comes to forgetting about the trivial matters of our daily routines. What's better than harvesting your crops as a hardworking farmer or painting the walls of a house as a freelance renovator?
Simulator Games on Xbox One
We listed the best sim games that you can play on the last-gen. With the games below, forget about the homework deadline, your freelance order, or the sassy comments of your boss. These games offer a great experience if you are tired of linear questlines or action FPS games.
Gas Station Simulator
Gas Station Simulator is also among the best simulation games on Xbox One. This recent title invites you to the take role of a gas station owner. As an investor who bought an abandoned gas station, you need to turn this building into a source of income. Replace its outdated components, offer new services, and buy new supplies to achieve success in Route 66.
Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the longest-running simulator games on Xbox. This amazing title will turn your console into a cockpit as you answer to the sky's calling. With more than 1.5 billion buildings and thousands of airports, Flight Simulator offers the most immersive experience in a simulation.
Fly over the wonderful cities of the earth and mesmerize yourself with magnificent landscapes.
This is the Police
This is the Police is more than a simulation game. Developed by Weappy Studio, this cop sim invites players to take the role of a Police Chief. As Jack Boyd, your mission of preserving justice leads to a dangerous path.
You will focus on staff management and on-point decision-making. As the chief of police, you will also be analyzing crisis scenarios and doing lots of cross-examination. Your actions can lead to catastrophes. You are the police and you have the power of justice. And how you are going to use it is only up to you.
House Flipper
This amazing renovation game on Xbox One will make you forget about school, work or any other responsibility.
House Flipper is the ultimate renovation game where you get to create wonders out of devastated houses. As a one-person crew, the player's task is to renovate houses with a wide set of tools. From mopping the floor to painting walls, installing home appliances to buying new furniture, House Flipper will turn you into a legendary house renovator. With a great number of DLCs, become the House Flipper and create livable places for your customers.
911 Operator
Unlike This is the Police, 911 Operator takes you behind the screen where you track and manage the forces on the field. As the operator, you are the brains of the emergency lines and services. Find addresses and dispatch various forces like the police, paramedics, and firefighters.
The outcome of the incidents depends on your choices. 911 Operator is the best sim game for you if you are on Xbox One and looking for a thrilling simulation experience.
Cooking Simulator
Everyone has this dream of becoming a Michelin chef. Maybe it is because of binge-watching Gordon Ramsay. But the desire to prepare amazing food in a famous restaurant is immense. Don't worry though, as you can get a bit closer to this dream of yours with Cooking Simulator.
This one is the perfect simulation game. Thanks to its fun and realistic gameplay mechanics, you will find yourself preparing some of the most popular meals and dishes. As a new chef opening up their restaurant, your food skills are the only thing you have. And to be honest, those are exactly what you need. Order ingredients, repair broken appliances, cook food, add some salt and prepare a salad…
Cooking Simulator invites you to the very place where the magic happens. And that is your kitchen.
These are some of the best simulation games on Xbox One. Do have a look at Xbox Game Pass as well!
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