Facebook is felt by some to have the potential to dominate SMB online advertising because of its incredibly high organic usage. But the challenge to drive even more SMB advertisers remains. The company currently reports that it has 40 million SMBs with Facebook pages around the world. Two million SMBs are paid advertisers, or five percent of its SMB page holders.
Today, Facebook unveiled several new small business support programs that it hopes will boost its SMB conversion rates. These include a series of local SMB events, the launch of self serve tools and chat and email support.
We got a hint of what was to come during the March 25 keynote by Facebook Director of Small Business Jon Czaja at BIA/Kelsey NATIONAL in Dallas. During his keynote, Czaja emphasized that Facebook can lift sales results for SMBs by a high percentage if it is added to traditional media ad campaigns.
He also asserted that Facebook does well on its own. He noted that Facebook's accuracy for narrowly targeted online campaigns is 89 percent, or more than twice as high as the industry's 38 percent average. Advertising on Facebook provides $8 back for every dollar invested, and a 12x boost in conversion, Czaja suggested.


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May 28, 2009 at 6:08 AM May 28, 2009 at 6:09 AM
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gov. John Lynch went to one of the New Hampshire Chrysler dealers being cut loose by the auto company on Wednesday to say Chrysler is being unfair.
Lynch visited Carlson's Motor Sale in Concord, which has been in business for 72 years. It has to drop its Chrysler ban and get rid of its new Chrysler cars and vans by June 9.
Lynch told WMUR the abrupt end to decades of serving the community is unfair. He said there is little the state can do, but he wanted to offer moral support through a difficult time.
Carlson's Motor Sales will stay open, selling used cars and service.
Information from: WMUR-TV, http://wmur.com
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This little wood figure has red spots on his face, neck, hands, feet, and on his round mouse ears. Even though Measle Mouse is small―just two feet tall―he has powerful-looking shoulders and is wearing an impressive blue outfit as if suited up for a sport or a performance or an important task. His backside is similar: a reverse image of the mouse, but sporting a goggle design and the letter M on his head. Despite his superhero appearance, the mouse has apparently developed a case of the measles, a contagious disease that causes red, itchy spots all over the body. Before the advent of measles immunization, the illness commonly afflicted children and often temporarily doomed kids to quarantine, which meant they had to be kept at home and away from other children to stop it from spreading.
Measle Mouse Quarantined from His Fans is made from a flat plane of wood with minimal three-dimensional shaping. The totem-like sculpture is smoothly covered with blue and white acrylic paint that distinguishes his face and his geometrically decorated uniform. He stands on a flat wood platform painted with a pattern reminiscent of a circuit board. Measle Mouse's pose seems strong and resolute, ready to tackle any challenge, including illness, and his face is bright-eyed and grinning a determined grin for his fans and supporters. The designs of his face and on the back of his head bear a strong resemblance to ceremonial masks made by indigenous peoples. The red measles spots contribute to the color scheme of red, white, and blue.
Karl Wirsum loves puns and word games. The name Measle Mouse might be a play on the word measly, which is often used to mean "little" or "too small, inadequate or insufficient." Since Wirsum also loves music, particularly jazz, the title of the sculpture may refer to a line from a lively jazz song called Comes Love, made famous in the middle of the twentieth century by many different singers, including Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, and Joni Mitchell. The song starts, "Comes a rain storm, put rubbers on your feet, comes a snow storm, you can get a little heat, comes love, nothing can be done." A subsequent verse about the overpowering feelings of falling in love goes, "Comes the measles, you can quarantine the room, comes a mousie, you can chase him with a broom, comes love, nothing can be done." Measle Mouse looks ready to meet the test.
Karl Wirsum is inspired by artists who devote themselves to expressing ideas and passions through a variety of formats. He meticulously creates not only lively, colorful sculptures, but also eye-dazzling paintings and prints, marionettes, masks, paper cut-outs, and toys. Since his childhood he has loved comics and was influenced by the graphic stories his German immigrant father created for him while he was hospitalized for a month when almost five years old. He spent his recuperative period making drawings, and a doctor who noticed his skill suggested he take art classes during his elementary school years. In class he learned to draw figures by studying models. With the addition of a keen interest in the wacky humor of EC Comics and Mad Magazine during his high school years, he began to incorporate the strong color, defined line, active shapes, and fun of comics into his art. Later, when he was attending college at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he was intrigued by totems and masks made by Northwest Native Americans such as the Kakiutl peoples, and by South Sea islanders such as Papua New Guineans; many examples of these artifacts were exhibited at the nearby Field Museum of Natural History.
After college, Wirsum traveled to Mexico and was impressed with how everyday objects were incorporated into Day of the Dead celebrations. His own parents had died in a car accident when he was nine, and he was particularly drawn to the idea that lively, colorful artistry and symbols can integrate death and grieving into daily life. As Wirsum began exhibiting his paintings and sculptures, he was grouped with other young Chicago artists who had been his contemporaries at the School of the Art Institute and who shared his interests in quirky, stylized figuration created with scrupulous technique and outrageous humor. As one of the original exhibitors in the Hairy Who exhibitions of the late 1960s, Wirsum has continued to value the importance of humor in the serious, even spiritual, creation of art.
What materials do you think were used to make Measle Mouse? What clues are you noticing?
In what ways is Measle Mouse Quarantined from His Fans a sculpture? What are the defining qualities of a sculpture?
How has the artist suggested motion or movement in this still figure?
What might be some interpretations of the title?
If you stood in this pose, how would you feel? What might you be doing? What attitude might you express?


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SMCSU's Plans for the New Semester
Photo Credit: Aloysius Wong
SMCSU President comments on the plans for next year's team and election
Chiara Greco, News Editor
With a new semester already in progress, the St. Michael's College Student Union (SMCSU) is currently planning for the integration of a new team. The Mike reached out to Neo Yin, SMCSU's President, to answer a few questions regarding a year in review and the potential plans for this semester and the 2020–21 team.
When asked about the goals and plans SMCSU has to fulfill by the end of the 2020 spring semester, Yin set the team's priorities toward initiating high levels of election participation from candidates and voters, as well as continuing strong student involvement in planned activities.
Yin states that in terms of the next election, "We are hoping that all positions can be contested [in order to] ensure that the democratically elected members for next year are only the most qualified representatives of the student body."
The election will plan to be held earlier this year with the new council formed by mid-March in order to "ensure that the new council can experience a smooth transition into their roles." Yin further laments that "another important priority is a series of administrative duties such as transition reports and constitutional amendments that would provide the next council the system, workflow, and information they need to succeed as a council."
In regard to these long-term goals which may help the 2020–21 SMCSU team, Yin states, "We want to build a tradition of thoroughly managing and maintaining institutional memories so that SMCSU can sustain itself in an upward trajectory." This includes "helping [next year's team] become more organised through early elections and good transitions."
In reflection of last semester and in lieu of a new team soon-to-be elected, Yin states that "a challenge which any student union would inevitably face is how to engage as many students as possible with events and services." He continues, "[The SMCSU team] have made considerable progress last semester with student engagement but it remains a challenge to further such progress and better represent our students." This too seems like a challenge the new SMCSU team will end up facing.
With respect to this current semester's progress, Yin states that SMCSU plans to "continue involving students with fun social, wellness, academic, and spiritual events and collaborating with other student groups to create a St. Mike's home that we can all belong to." Yin continues that one of these events is the Annual Formal Dinner Dance which will be held at an off-campus venue.
In terms of the Student Improvement Fund, Yin notes that SMCSU has "conducted a series of surveys to understand what kind of physical improvements students would like to see on campus. … We are thinking of proposing improvements to outdoor lighting, water fountains around campus, as well as secure lockable charging ports in the student lounge." At this point decisions surrounding the Student Improvement Fund still need to be finalized so changes will be seen within the next year.
To get involved with the election and SMCSU, email [email protected] if interested for more updates, information, and reminders.
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So, What Happens Now?
United States House Republicans Choose a Speaker
February Is Coming…With Opportunities and Excitement!
Welcome to the Age of New Sincerity


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Words Gordon Ritchie
Photography Etienne Gilfillan
"Moving to a Central London location is something we've been wanting to do for a long time. All that we've been doing so far has been leading to this."
The Opening Scene. A black screen. A voiceover; "Something incredible happens when the lights go out and the film starts." The Picture House. The name stirs up a vague recollection. I can picture the logo. Not trendy, not fashionable, a touch quirky, slightly retro. Harking back to the peak celluloid era, the seventies. That decade's version of Jay Gatsby's jazz age. Discreet. The Picture House. It used to be a common phrase "I wonder what's on at The Picture House?"
The screen opens to a montage; "The idea has always been to create an alternative to the multiplex experience. Each Picturehouse cinema is unique in it's own way."I'd been to the Gate in Notting Hill and I'd seen signs out in Qxford and darkest Dalston. Survivors, independent, keeping the Hammer Horror werewolves from the door. This was the impression I got. Cinemas run for fans by fans, staffed by students, motivated by pleasure not profit. Marketing Manager, Toby King explains "Picturehouse is 25 years old, co-founded by Lyn Golby who remains Managing Director. The first cinema acquired was the Phoenix in Oxford. Since, Picturehouse have been acquiring and building cinemas, and now have over 20 sites across the country and more on the way."
So this was the same people, now opening in a prime London property – one block from Piccadilly, in the old Trocadero – with seven screens to provide screams, laughter and tears. An amusement park full of emotional rollercoaster rides, using what someone once called, and a million have repeated 'the greatest art form of all'. "Soho is an essential part of the UK's film and creative industries and we're proud to be rubbing shoulders here. Moving to a Central London location is something we've been wanting to do for a long time. All that we've been doing so far has been leading to this. It might be a bold statement but it's one we're ready for and we're thrilled to be here. We know we have something to offer the cinema scene in the West-End. We've hit the ground running."
A white tile exterior at ground level shows how this corner has changed. Under the pillars that support the white tiled ceiling hang large lampshades that on a foggy London night could make quite a noir-ish rendezvous for men in trench coats and fedoras to meet femme fatales in hats, coats and heels. Kiss them curtly, capture their hearts and hurry them inside to watch Humphrey and Greta in black and white. A boulevard of hopes and dreams. And Toby King hopes the cinema's selections reflect its aspirations. "What's important for us is playing the best films. At Central on any given day we could be playing the latest blockbuster as well as a surprisingly fantastic documentary about sheep breeders in Yorkshire or a strand of LGBT films or the latest quirky US comedy or a new release of a classic."
A quick look to see what's on reveals a real variety show. From music documentaries to blockbusters and classics for the kids to smaller quirky indie films, the signs are looking good. Glancing into the lobby, I see a majestic staircase, adorned with amazing illustrations and lit by a meteoric shower of glowing. The ground floor cafe looks impressive with its wooden floorboards, 50s style furniture in pastel hues, young smartly clad staff and the white and silver all important retro coffee machine. "We want people to relax and enjoy the space in cinemas."
In the cafe there is a little buzz, but not overly busy, easy to find a seat. I sit back and try to decipher the story of what the illustrations on the walls are trying to say. Modern and edgy interpretations of cinema's colourful history. I'm drawn to see a film. Up the stairs, a spacious colourful bar on the left, on the right the donuts look delicious but we settle for popcorn, always a winner. Up to Screen 7, up multiple escalators and floors adorned with original frescoes and a soon to be opened members bar promising what should be incredible roof terraces. "The Members Bar should be opening in October. It's a stunning space. Located over 2 floors with a roof terrace offering wonderful views over Piccadilly and Haymarket. It's going to be a beautiful cocktail bar." This Picture House is a work in progress, but the final result should be a real hot ticket.
Arriving at our cinema, we settle into the comfy sofa style seat for two in the back row. Finally we made it to our destination! After the film, it's back to the First floor bar. This is a cool space. Yellow leather low lying sofas and green upholstered chairs are spread out across the room. It's open, relaxing and not too loud. The food tested and tasted is good and it's a great place to talk, with great views on the street life below. As Soho fights to retain it's sense of uniqueness, this cinema has taken one of the biggest and boldest moves yet. In every sense it's Rocky taking on Apollo Creed, it's Mission Impossible is to survive in the centre of the West-End with an independent style swagger. Support your local cinema, and they'll give it back to you in left field selections, special events, and tasty popcorn and donuts, and so much more. "We are holding special events, premieres, various film festivals, Q&As, party's almost daily as well as our regular programming. We are also a main venue for this years London Film Festival and we'll be hosting Sundance Film Festival London in June 2016."There is a whole crew working behind the scenes to make Picturehouse Central a success and they deserve credit. Soho wills and needs them to succeed. As the credits roll on the wall with the names of early supporters of this immense effort, remember this was really only the beginning. The screen fades to black. The End.
Written by kirk	in Business on Oct 08, 2015
Tagged cinema, london, picturehouse, picturehouse central, Shaftesbury Avenue, soho, soho journal.


Some of this is obvious!
New Zealand uses the New Zealand Dollar - currency symbol NZD. Looking at today's exchange rates you will get the following NZD for your hard earned cash! www.
After spending hours watching exchange rate websites, there appears to be no logic to the way the NZ dollar moves up and down. The only sensible advice I have come across, is that, because NZ is a commodity based economy the NZ dollar tends to follow the price of oil.
New Zealand bank account numbers have a different format to the UK.
Then you also have a 6-digit customer number which is unique to an individual.
So I have an individual account, a joint account with my husband, and a joint account with my son. I use the one customer number, and with that I can see all the accounts that I am named on.
New Zealand has had EFTPOS for years - much longer than most of the rest of the world, including the UK.
However, this does have a disadvantage. Unfortunately New Zealand has hit the VHS vs Betamax problem - even though they were first, and their system is far superior to others that are out there, they are now not in the majority.
This means that most New Zealanders use their EFTPOS card to buy almost everything - even $4.30 for a cup of coffee! But they can't use it on-line (it isn't a Switch/Maestro card) and they can't use it abroad (there are some countries where it is accepted in the ATM/hole in the wall - but you can't guarantee it).
Yip! There's the standard ones! Visa, Mastercard, American Express….
Like EFTPOS, New Zealand was ahead of the game. On-line banking is sophisticated, and many New Zealanders use it freely to pay their bills and control their money.
And this is where I give Payback to HSBC!
As an immigrant to New Zealand you will need to set up a bank account.
In the UK we were loyal customers of First Direct, a subsidiary of HSBC. We were very happy with them and so set up an account with HSBC in New Zealand in advance of our arrival.
The advantage of this is it makes it really easy to transfer money from the UK to NZ (if you're not with HSBC, then check if your bank has a reciprocal agreement with any bank in NZ).
So why the payback? Well, we are no longer with HSBC for one very good reason. They told us AFTER THE EVENT that they would be charging us $15 NZD per month PER ACCOUNT for the privilege of us having an account with them. As we had five accounts with them (current, savings, trust funds etc) we would have been paying $75 NZD per month!
So sorry HSBC - you've lost our custom (which is not insubstantial) in the UK AND New Zealand. You just can't treat customers that way and expect them not to be unhappy!
So on that whinge - let's move on to the other banks out here.
Kiwibank - www.kiwibank.co.nz - NZ owned (one of the few) and runs out of the post office. We're with Kiwibank now and have found them to be very good.


03 July is a French start-up, funded by 4 passionate professionals in the Mobile development sector. We've helped them launching their brand, and designed their 3 apps as well as their website.
03 July has one core mission: make everyday life simpler by offering mobile-to-store apps as useful than aesthetic.
We've been working with the team since the beginning of the project and have assisted 03 July on everything that comes to brand building : name, logo, graphical universe, etc.
We've defined with them a full graphical charter and declined it for all medias thanks to accurate guidelines.
same user experience and environment across all platforms.
than in the apps. A parallax website punctuated by elegant 3D animations. It allows users to get in contact with them or with the 03 July team. It's also fully administrable and flexible to 03 July to add any additional apps they could be developing.


If you use a custom domain for your Hub, and your main website uses SSL, we recommend that you enable SSL on your Hub as well. Here's how.
To add SSL to a Hub, you need to be the Primary User on the Uberflip account.
This article applies mainly to the use case of adding SSL to a Hub set up on a custom domain, but you can also set up SSL on the default [mycompany].uberflip.com domain if you like.
How do I know if my main website uses SSL?
http://www.mycompany.com: You're not using SSL.
https://www.mycompany.com: You are using SSL, and should enable SSL on your Hub.
If you want to add SSL to your Hub, you have two options: you can either use the Uberflip Multi-User SSL Certificate, or you can use your own SSL certificate. We'll look at both options in this article.
Note that, in either case, setup must be completed by the Uberflip Support Team, which typically takes 5 business days.
On the right side, find the domain you want to add SSL to and click on the +Add SSL button next to it on the right.
The Add Domain SSL menu will appear. Depending on your preference, choose either Self managed SSL certificate or Uberflip managed SSL certificate by clicking on the radio button next to the one you want.
If you chose Uberflip managed SSL certificate, you don't need to do anything further — we'll complete the setup for you.
If you chose Self managed SSL certificate, you will need to prepare and send us the certificate file. See this article for instructions.
In either case, you should hear back from Uberflip Support with an update within a few days.
While SSL is being set up, the domain will remain accessible as-is (with HTTP). Once SSL is turned on, any HTTP links will automatically redirect to HTTPS. This is important as it will prevent any 'duplicate content' problems from an SEO perspective. Additionally, you will need to re-generate all embed codes after SSL is turned on.


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More than once in Toronto and again at Dufferin in Manitoba when the great venture of the march out into the unknown began, Colonel French put the matter before the men in a sort of forlorn-hope admonition.
R. G. (Roderick George) MacBeth - Policing the Plains
Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police
Great Heart, lively, cheery, and conversational. "Lord Alfred is also very pleasant. "Lady Mary prevailed on Lord Dufferin to stay and drive with us after lunch, and we went over to Clifden, the duchess's villa, of which we saw the photograph at Dunrobin. For grace and beauty some of the rooms in this place exceed any I have yet seen in England.
Harriet Beecher Stowe - Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe
For the diplomatic life and successes of Lord Dufferin are told in many official documents and in the biography of him by Sir Alfred Lyall; but the key to it all lay in cradle gifts that are hard to put into print. In the first place, he was even at sixty-five wonderfully handsome. He had inherited the beauty, and also the humor and the grace, of his Sheridan ancestry.
Mrs. Humphry Ward - A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2
Howells, always something of a prig, living in Boston, held himself at too high account; but often we had Joseph Jefferson, then in the heyday of his career, with once in a while Edwin Booth, who could not quite trust himself to go our gait. The fine fellows we caught from oversea were innumerable, from the elder Sothern and Sala and Yates to Lord Dufferin and Lord Houghton.
Henry Watterson - Marse Henry, Complete
He created dual-ownership throughout Ireland, and this led, as Lord Dufferin and other far-seeing statesmen had foretold, to the land being starved of both capital and industry. Irish agriculture was brought to the brink of ruin.
- Against Home Rule (1912)
The Case for the Union
The death of Lord Beaconsfield is a great blow for England. I have noticed, not without some surprise, that I am of the same age as he was. I have reason to believe that Lord Dufferin is quite of your opinion about Russia, and thinks that the most truly sick man is not at Constantinople. He may be right. Meanwhile the Conference will fail.
John Knox Laughton - Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L.
In Two Volumes. Volume II.
But the three detachments, namely those at Edmonton under Jarvis, Fort Pelly under Garvell, and Dufferin under the Commissioner, had shelter and reasonable provision. But MacLeod was out in the open with the winter coming on and no shelter from the blizzards that blow at times even across that foothill country.
In the sketch of the "Ambassador" in Eleanor, there are some points caught from the living Lord Dufferin, so closely, indeed, that before the book came out I sent him the proofs and asked his leave which he gave at once, in one of the graceful little notes of which he was always master.
Lord Dufferin, however, after three days' watch, was rewarded for his patience. The usual underground thunder having been heard, he and his friends rushed to the spot. A violent agitation was convulsing the centre of the pool.
Anonymous - The Story of Ida Pfeiffer
and Her Travels in Many Lands
At the close of this address, I, in a few words, tendered my grateful thanks for the honour his Lordship and Lady Dufferin had conferred on us by paying us this visit and laying the foundation stone of our Institution, and then we repaired for luncheon to the carpenter's shop, which was ornamented with flowers and scarlet bunting.
Edward Francis Wilson - Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians
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Our constitution guarantees that stating your opinion won't land you in jail, but that's no guarantee it won't land you in the poorhouse.
Freedom of speech is one of our constitution's greatest protections. But in this country, guns and the government aren't what suppresses speech.
Here it's money and corporations that keep people quiet.
It's called a SLAPP suit: Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. A company doesn't file a Slapp suit because they feel they've been legally wronged – they file it because they know that defamation lawsuits cost tens of thousands of dollars to defend, and the vast majority of people will stop using "offending speech" rather than face such an expense.
Say you create a website called CitizensAgainstCompanyX.com, and start collecting and posting negative opinions about Company X from other like-minded people. Protected speech? Sure. You certainly have the right to an opinion. But Company X has rights, too. Including the right to file a defamation lawsuit against you, which will cost you $50,000 to defend in court.
This is Company X's corporate strategy: control negative things said on the Internet about it by filing lawsuits against anyone who posts them. It doesn't care if the opinion was correct or the speech was protected – or even that it would obviously lose the suit. Company X knows that the vast majority of people will fold their tent rather than wage a costly war against a vastly richer opponent.
Company X has now done something that Uncle Sam can't: effectively take away your first amendment right to free expression.
As you might imagine, this type of lawsuit is much more common in the age of the Internet. In pre-internet days, if you told your circle of friends about a bad restaurant experience, it was no big deal because the restaurant never knew. But now you have the ability to share that experience in writing with hundreds of thousands of people – even millions. Start tossing in a few choice words like "rip-off" or "food poisoning" and you might just invite a Slapp suit.
To get a better handle on how these things work and what can be done to protect against them, I went and spoke to my company's first amendment lawyer, Cristina Pierson. Check out that interview in the video below, then meet me on the other side.
Outraged at having to pay $118 to get his car back, Mr. Kurtz created a Facebook page called "Kalamazoo Residents against T&J Towing." Within two days, 800 people had joined the group, some posting comments about their own maddening experiences with the company.
T&J filed a defamation suit against Mr. Kurtz, claiming the site was hurting business and seeking $750,000 in damages.
Of course, cases like Kurtz's are relatively rare, especially when weighed against the sheer volume of complaint sites and other venues open to people on the internet. So a Slapp suit isn't something to actively worry about, nor is it something that should keep you from enjoying your first amendment rights. In addition, 27 states already have anti-Slapp laws, and there's a bill now before Congress, sponsored by Representatives Steve Cohen of Tennessee and Charlie Gonzalez of Texas, that would create a federal anti-Slapp law.
The problem with the Federal anti-Slapp legislation is that it works by automatically reimbursing the person being sued for legal fees if the company doing the suing is found by the court to have filed a Slapp suit. And that should definitely limit these types of suits. But being reimbursed is small comfort if you don't have tens of thousands of dollars to defend yourself in the first place.
It's a free country. Which means any person or company is free to sue you at any time for any reason, real or manufactured. So there's no iron-clad defense against being hit with a Slapp suit – or any other kind of lawsuit. All you can do is keep yourself in a position to win any suit that does come your way.
How? Easy. Do what journalists have been doing every day since our constitution was written. State the facts and let people form their own opinions.
It's perfectly OK for me to tell my readers or viewers that a certain company is selling a product that the FTC has found to be totally ineffective: those are facts. But it's less OK for me to stand on camera in front of their office and call everyone who works there a bunch of crooks. Still defensible? Sure – I'm entitled to my opinion. But relative to stating the facts, it's asking for trouble.
Bottom line? Don't ever be afraid to express your opinion, online or otherwise. I've been in the business of putting unscrupulous companies and individuals on television for 20 years – and I pay my own legal bills.
Lawsuits are like driving a car – no matter what you do, there's a chance you'll be wiped out. But you don't stop driving. You minimize your risk by driving defensibly.


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CMTrace is a real-time log file viewer for System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Current Branch and SCCM 2012. I originally wrote a blog post about CMTrace back in 2014, so I thought that it was time to update it. In this post I'll tell you why I like using CMTrace because you may have noticed that I often refer to it when I need to review SCCM log files. I'll also tell you where you can find CMTrace and I'll give you a couple of helpful tips!
What Makes CMTrace a Must-Have Tool?
-Log files can be reviewed in real time as they are updated.
-Multiple log files can be merged together.
-Error messages are highlighted in red.
-Warning messages are highlighted in yellow.
-You can highlight text based on your own needs.
-Rows can be filtered based on conditions.
After working with SCCM for a while you will realize that there are almost 200 different log files. To help you understand what each log file does, the SCCM documentation team listed and documented each one. In order to view the complete list, here's a link to the documentation.
Given that CMTrace can read each log file, I strongly encourage you to give CMTrace a try!
Where Can I Find CMTrace?
Unlike previous versions of SCCM, the toolkit tools are now included in the installation of SCCM. These tools, which include CMTrace, are updated as required with each cumulative update (CU).
Don't worry. When you first try to access the Tools folder, you will receive the following message: You don't currently have permission to access this folder. Simply click on the Continue button, adjust the folder permissions and grant yourself access to the folder.
First, you will need to download the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit.
There are no tricks to installing the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit. Simply install it as you would any other application.
Once the toolkit is downloaded and installed on your computer you will find CMTrace within the C:\Program Files (x86)\ConfigMgr 2012 Toolkit R2\ClientTools folder.
A line highlighted in yellow generally indicates that there is a warning message, and a line highlighted in red generally indicates that there is an error message.
If you are troubleshooting something within the SCCM logs it can be useful to highlight the item in order to see it happen in real-time.
To do this within CMTrace, click on the Tools and Highlight… menu items.
In the Highlight text box enter the text that you want to highlight and then click on the OK button.
All instances of the text will be highlighted within the log file.
By default, the highlighted text will be shown in yellow. Since this can lead to some confusion because warning messages are also in yellow, I recommend changing the color to something different.
Without changing any of the colors, can you tell which one of the lines above has the highlighted text?
To change the default highlighted color, select the File and Preferences… menu items.
Click on the yellow box next to Use this color for highlighting log entries.
I find that using the color pink really stands out! However, you can use whatever you like, so choose a color and click OK.
Finally, click on the OK button. Now all of my highlighted text will be displayed in pink.
Now you can tell from the screenshot above what line has the highlighted text! In my opinion, you need to change the color of the highlighted text in order to quickly see it, and I think that the color pink is a great alternative.
To see these tips live, view my video demonstration!
Do you have an idea for a blog post about a Configuration Manager query or reporting topic? Let me know. Your idea might become the focus of my next blog post!


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Humans are a fine mix of many talents. Some among us excel in music and fine arts. A few will go ahead and spread their art and its finesse to those willing to learn.
Be it architecture or cooking, music or fashion design, one can find links to web resources dedicated to their finer aspects associated. Directories with listings of campus and online art schools are invaluable to the person interested in painting. Digital art, the nextgen fancy has caught the fascination of the youth.
Music has and will always continue to captivate the imagination of the masses. Music technology has made rapid progress and we find more and more youth hitting the charts with blockbuster numbers. Inspired by the successes of their icons more youth are now beginning to learn to play music. There are many resources that provide advisory, training, and support services in all aspects of music technology.
Cooking is a great skill that wins friends and pleases people. Many a culinary schools now offer classes online. One will find cooking is not just a great way to relax, but a superb way to a balanced diet and a healthy eating habit.


The inhabitants of Kitava are one of the most medically studied primal societies today. Staffan Lindeberg and his team have published much of the research. Their investigation clearly shows that Kitavans are a real-life example of how a primal lifestyle contributes to overall health.
Kitava is an island situated among the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is located about 3,300 miles southeast of Hong Kong and about 1,740 miles north of Sydney, Australia. There are approximately 2,300 residents living in Kitava as of 1990 statistics.
Kitavans are farmers and fishermen. They live a lifestyle and eat the foods that are basically the same as their ancestors enjoyed for centuries. Kitavans have relatively no heart disease, no high blood pressure, no diabetes, no obesity, and no acne. In addition, they have relatively healthy mouths. They are strong and fit. The people of Kitava are real-life examples of how a body responds to nutrient-dense, anti-inflammatory foods and an active lifestyle. In addition, they lead an uncomplicated life with little emotional stress and a healthy exposure to the sun.
Surprisingly, about 75% of Kitavans occasionally smoke tobacco.
Some may say these people are genetically gifted because of their resistance to chronic diseases. But, that may not be the case. When Kitavans have migrated to westernized societies and succumbed to processed foods and compromised lifestyles, their health suffered.
There is another factor, which may have helped Kitavans resist chronic disease. This study, published in 2016, described how exposure to specific microorganisms early in life might have improved the immune system of Kitavans significantly.
Kitavans have high numbers of an antibody, which is specific for a chemical related to certain bacteria and parasites. Other research has shown that the presence of this antibody is inversely related to cardiovascular disease and other chronic inflammatory diseases. In other words, the exposure to naturally occurring environmental pathogens in childhood may enhance the body's immune system to prevent chronic inflammatory diseases in the future.
Here is more detail about this "immunity." I'll get technical about this antibody for all those geeks out there like me.
The article I referenced above speaks about phosphorylcholine (PC). This is a chemical that is extremely inflammatory and becomes exposed on surfaces of specific cells. Some cells on which PC is exposed are oxidized LDL particles, damaged and dead human cells, and some bacteria and parasites. Antibodies that the body creates to offset the harm of PC are very anti-inflammatory. Large numbers of these antibodies floating around in the circulatory system provide resistance to chronic inflammatory diseases. The science shows that humans exposed to low-grade infections from specific bacteria and parasites develop very high levels of PC antibodies against phosphorylcholine.
Kitavans are not the only society who lives a life mostly unadulterated by westernized processed foods. Traditional Aché, traditional Inuit, and traditional Masai eat completely different diets than Kitavans. But, these primal societies are basically free of degenerative diseases and dental disease. Why is that?
Is a high fat diet unhealthy? Is a high carbohydrate diet unhealthy? Are microorganisms in the natural environment unhealthy? The answers to these questions are, "No". The truth lies in the environment. The truth is in the foods and elements that are endemic to a natural, untainted ecosystem.
It is unhealthy to choose poor quality foods. Processed foods, food additives, GMO foods, chemically sprayed foods – all this tampering of our food supply is causing degenerative diseases, tooth decay, and gum disease. In addition, it is unhealthy to avoid naturally occurring microbes because of fear of infection.
To enjoy health, longevity, and quality of life, embrace the basics of a nutrient-dense diet and primal lifestyle. Literally, get into the dirt and become exposed to natural microorganisms. But also, welcome the miracles of modern medicine to treat acute infections, broken bones, and life-threatening events. The best of a primal way of living and the best of a modern way of surviving are the best of both worlds.


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Gogo's 2Ku Fast Inflight Internet — The Future is Soon!
By John Nguyen
Gogo's testbed, a Boeing 737-500 (reg. no. N321GG) dubbed the "Jimmy Ray"
You might have heard of Gogo, that company that lets you check Facebook watch Youtube be productive while you're 30,000 feet in the air. And you might have been one of those who sighed loudly when your cat video kept pausing and buffering.
From the power user traveling for work, to the new user who will update their status to, "I'm posting this from the plane!", most can agree that data speeds inflight are nowhere near what we're used to on the ground. We take connectivity on land for granted, but in the air the concept is still novel and exciting (before it disappoints us multiple times with the infinite spinning "Loading…" circle).
An #AvGeek testing Gogo's speed
Gogo wants you to have really, really fast Internet, and they invited AirlineReporter to come check out their new headquarters in Chicago's Loop, as well as to experience their test bed in action (or in #AvGeek-speak, fly on their private, tricked out Boeing 737-500). Can Internet access actually get better, and what does it mean for the regular passenger?
Flying with Honeywell Aerospace's Crash Test Dummies on a Convair
By Bernie Leighton
N580HW, a 61-year-old Convair 580 – Photo: Bernie Leighton | AirlineReporter.com
Those of us in the Seattle AvGeek scene are all too familiar with Honeywell Aerospace Flight Test's Convair 580 (reg N580HW) based at Paine Field (PAE) [where Boeing makes their 747, 767, 777 (for now) & most 787 aircraft]. The aircraft is serial number 2, it was built in 1952. It is not every day that you have the opportunity to see a 61-year-old aircraft in operational service, let alone fly on one. This was my lucky day.
Before making the drive to the "Honeywell Museum of Flight" at Paine Field, I was at Honeywell's Redmond laboratory to partake in a demonstration of Honeywell's advanced Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS), Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), and landing monitoring research.
At the time, I was not sure if I would be getting a flight on the Convair or their Sabreliner (N670H). Shortly after my arrival, I was told that we would all be hopping aboard N580HW — I was thrilled, but also at the same time kind of jealous of the Sabre crew!
Video: Turning the Boeing 747-8 Freighter into the Vomit Comet
By David Parker Brown
What is cooler than flying on a new Boeing 747-8F? Fly in it with no gravity. It brings up reminders of the 'ol vomit comet.
Although this looks like fun, it is all about serious testing. Taking the aircraft to her limits to make sure she is ready to start flying cargo around the world. Although watching the test crew go weightless is pretty awesome, I think seeing the wing bend is unreal. Learn more from Boeing's website about this test.


Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey has been claiming NATO shipments of weaponry to the military since the weekend, as part of what he called a secret deal during the Cardiff summit. He wants more now.
Ukraine inherited some nuclear arms from the Soviet Union's dissolution, but gave them up as part of the 1994 Budapest agreement. Since the protester-imposed regime change earlier this year, the new government has repeatedly threatened to restart the program.
It is unclear, however, whether Ukraine's shaky economy and struggling industrial base could even sustain a costly new nuclear weapons program, nor does it seem likely that Russia would stand idly by while they did so if they were creating the arms openly to target Russia.
The threat is almost surely an empty one, and aims at extorting arms out of NATO. Yet it could backfire, and eliminate NATO's pro-Ukraine policy pretty quickly.
Standard histrionics. Ukraine is not known as a threshold nuclear state….
cannot afford a peanut butter sandwich but will develop nukes? Borat could do a better job than any of those goofs.
Hmm. So where did you get this report from, Jason?
Such political statement/commitment is the result from that Danish Ratt Mussen support for Neo fascism in Ukraine, the state department $5billion dollars politics and now they demand for NATO to send more arms, later they demand for their governing system to be moved into Berlin.
ISIS was created under the same circumstances, you helped us to be what we are, now that we are big enough we demand for your system to change. Hitler did the same, so as Napoleon, so as Roman Empire. This is the trend in social political development by vulture capitalism.
These people look like they are doing incredibly bad impersonations of Saakashvili. Pitiful.
And where are you getting this information from?


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Q: Can percentages be averaged? I've been sent two sets of timings for a task as carried out by several subjects: first using Method A, and the other using Method B.
The experimenter has taken the mean timing for each method, worked out the percentage improvement (e.g. Subject 1 took 10 seconds on average using Method A and 5 seconds using Method B, showing a 50% improvement while Subject 2 took showed a 25% improvement), and then averaged those percentages (i.e. (50% + 25%) / 2 = Average 37.5% improvement using Method B).
Is this valid?

A: I quite agree with Nick Cox's response, to give an example where one has to be wary, take compliance with a particular standard by an organisation with just two cost centres where the sample size in the first case is 10 and in the second it is 100.  In the first case 8 out of 10 may be compliant, while in the second only 40 out of 100 may be compliant. If one wants to know what the average among cost centres is then the answer is 60%, while if one wants to know what the average is across the organisation as a whole, then it is better to aggregate the underlying numbers, i.e. 48/110 making 44%.

A: Specific advice is difficult here.  We see no data and have only a broad idea of what is being done. What are the precise questions being answered?
Averaging percents is often going to be a bad idea, but the question needs to be made broader to allow good recommendations.
For example, if reducing time spent is of primary interest, then the savings as measured in seconds are key. Often the fast can't get much faster, but the slower have a lot of scope to be slower still if there is some physical or mental skill that is essential for rapid completion, but difficult for some. Working with percents could then obscure the key issues.
So the first thing to get clear is whether percent improvement is a good scale at all, on which some general advice is possible. Working with percents can make sense if changes are generally multiplicative. So talking about price or income changes as percents can make sense because that is, to a good approximation, the way that many bodies do change prices or incomes. Is there something similar here?
Times to complete a task

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*Are often best analysed as they come, as there is scientific, and especially practical, interest in time as it would be spent.

*Sometimes are best analysed on logarithmic scale, as they are often highly skewed (imagine times to run 1 km, even among those who can run). Working on logarithmic scale and percent change are basically the same idea.

*Sometimes are best analysed on reciprocal scale, as that gives a speed or rate of completion. (People who never finish can be regarded as having zero speed, which is unflattering in the abstract, but makes them easier to plot and average.)
Suppose person X changes on A from 10 s to 20 s and on B from 20 s to 10 s. That is a 50% improvement in one case and a -100% improvement in the other. What would be an appropriate summary? It is easy to imagine cases in which different kinds of changes would be averaged to the same average percent, which will be at best not helpful and at worst highly confusing. But do they occur in the dataset?
In broad terms,

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*The raw data should always be accessible to anyone asked to judge on this so any reduction can be checked and revised.

*If the two sets of improvement percents are very close, then that is the best basis for averaging, but even if that is true, it is often better just to present both sets of results any way. That should not take more space as you can use the same graphs and tables.

*Your examples may be plucked out of the air, but if there are substantial differences between percent change on the methods, you need to be focusing on the differences, not taking the average.

A: If Subject 1 went from 10 sec to 5 sec (50% improvement) while Subject 2 went from 10 sec to 7.5 sec (25% improvement) then it is valid to average the percentages in this case and say that the average improvement is about 37.5%.

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On the 1st of March, the Cavell Group hosted the second European VoIP Summit, where over 200 attendees from over 60 VoIP service providers gathered in central London to address the opportunities and challenges the industry is facing and explore what to expect from the future of voice communications. David Dungay went along to find out what the industry had to say.
During the seminar 'European PSTN Switch Off – What opportunities does this drive?' there was much debate as to the date BT has chosen, 2025, to finally flick the switch on the PSTN network. Much of Europe is going through a similar process but in a much shorter time frame. Still nine years away, questions still remain around the impact on innovation in the UK.
The event concluded with closing remarks from Townend and networking drinks. The initial aim of bringing VoIP service providers together and create an opportunity to discuss current and future market aspects in a friendly and open networking environment was achieved. It can be all too easy to operate within a bubble in this market and not look up to see what others are doing. This event gave great context of the UK market within the bigger European environment.


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Watch The Melbourne Cup Live Online + On Telstra LTE Network
By David Richards| 3 Nov 2014
The LTE Coverage will deliver the race in Full HD.
Telstra will stream the race live at 3.00pm
http://www.racingnetwork.com.au/
http://media.telstra.com.au/event/melbourne-cup-2014.html?cid=BP_RSS_promotional_4_melbourne-cup-hub-2014_271014
The Racing Network will also stream the Melbourne Cup race via its app or online at www.racingnetwork.com.au
There has been a 60% jump in the number of Aussies watching horse racing live on phones or tablets via the Racing Network, Telstra said today.
During Spring Racing Carnival 2013over 1.8million visited the Network and this year is shaping up to outrun that figure with over 650,000 visits in September alone said Telstra executives.
"This Spring carnival we expect a record amount of people will use their smartphone and tablet to get involved in the action, particularly on Melbourne Cup day."
Faster 4G network, bigger and better smartphones and an improved racing app meant that customers get a better all-round experience without having to be in front of a TV.
Apple downloads of the Racing App jumped a whopping 500% since November last, while Android downloads soared 220% since February 2014.
"The Melbourne Cup has always been the race that stops a nation; now with technology it's more likely to just be a pause as more and more people watch the race – wherever they are, doing whatever they are doing – on the convenience of their smartphone or tablet," he said.
Viewers for Saturday's Derby Day race meet saw a 54% increase in traffic across all mobile platforms with 350% increase on Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad.
"The Flemington racetrack is a hive of activity on race day, with racegoers expected to once again turn to their phones and tablets to enhance and share their experience.
"Based on current projections, we expect Melbourne Cup day 4G traffic to be around two and half times what we saw at last year's event.
"When the Cup is run, we expect network traffic to drop by a quarter before exploding, with more than five per cent of the days total traffic being crammed into the 15 minute period immediately after the race.
"We are also anticipating around a quarter of a million voice calls at the track on race day alone and around 80,000 text messages.
"To deal with the demand, Telstra has more than doubled 4G capacity at Flemington and is providing the kind of infrastructure that is required to support a medium sized city.
"For the technically minded, this includes 21 3G cells (with 90 carriers or channels) and 17 4G cells, including a mix of larger sites microcells and in-building distributed antenna systems.
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04 Apr, 19
Air Pollution, Environment, NCAP
Air pollution killed more Indians than smoking in 2017: Everything you need to know about this reality check
A global study found that 1.2 million Indians died from air pollution in 2017.
Credit: Live Law
A global study released on Wednesday, April 3, found that in 2017, air pollution killed more people in India than smoking. Air pollution is the country's third leading cause of death, and 1.2 million (12 lakh) people died in 2017, from exposure to air pollution alone.
Global air pollution is now a greater public health risk than malnutrition or poor exercise regimes. Smoking and tobacco-related deaths closely follow pollution. Globally, air pollution is the fifth leading risk factor for death. Increasingly, people die more often from exposure to air pollution than malaria.
"Worldwide, air pollution reduced life expectancy by an average of 20 months in 2017, a global impact rivaling that of smoking. Lost life rises to over two years and six months for children born in South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan) where air pollution is at its worst", says the report.
Source: State of Global Air 2019
Although China has made some progress, the air quality in South Asia has worsened overall, causing adverse health issues. In fact, the South Asian region (especially Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan) is home to the world's most polluted cities.
The State of Global Air report is a collaborative global study conducted by Health Effects Institute and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation with inputs from experts at the University of British Columbia and University of Texas, Austin.
The study focuses on three different sources of air pollution: fine particle exposure, ozone exposure, and household air pollution.
Fine particle in air pollution (PM2.5) refers to "airborne particulate matter measuring less than 2.5 micrometers in aerodynamic diameter."
These particles are easy to inhale and can even enter the bloodstream. They're found in dust, soot, smoke, construction sites, and unpaved roads. For context, a single strand of human hair is usually 70 micrometers in diameter.
For ozone exposure, scientists measure the concentration of the gas at ground level. When the gas is in the stratosphere, it acts as a protector against the sun's UV rays. However, when it is in the troposphere or ground level, it behaves like a greenhouse gas and pollutant.
Household air pollution is measured by observing how much fine particulate matter is released from the solid fuels people cook with such as coal, peat, charcoal, and wood.
This year, the report focused on assessing the impact of pollution on life expectancy. It also studied the degree to which air pollution increases the risk for type-2 diabetes.
State of air pollution in India and its South Asian neighbours
The 2019 State of Global Air report found that air pollution is one of the top three killers in the country, following dietary risks and high blood pressure. Household air pollution (HAP) is the tenth most dangerous public health issue as over 4,81,700 people died from it.
The report also found that only 15% of the Indian population lives in areas where the air quality is below the acceptable pollution concentration levels prescribed by the World Health Organisation.
Source: State of Global Air 2019
Due to the high air pollution levels, Indians' life expectancy at birth is reduced by two and a half years, said the report. Air pollution also causes Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which includes asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema, diabetes, heart disease, lung cancer, and stroke.
49% of Indians died from COPD, 33% from lung cancer, 22% from diabetes, 22% from ischemic heart disease, and 15% from stroke—all attributed to the poor air quality in the country.
As Thailand prepares to host the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit for finance ministers and central bank governors, concerns of high levels of air pollution have sprung up once again.
Although the country's smog and dust levels did not provoke a change in schedule, the officials will be provided with face masks for extra protection.
Head of Climate Change Data Center at Chiang Mai University Sate Sampattagul told Reuters, "The smog problem in nine northern provinces is due to agriculture burning in forests, which happens every year."
He added that pollution is especially alarming this year because of a drought and increased illegal burning activity. In the coming weeks, some ASEAN sub-committees will discuss haze pollution.
Troublingly, the report found that India and China together account for more than half of the world's pollution-related deaths. China is tackling the issue with aggressive reforms such as banning fireworks entirely. Now, it has pollution levels lower than Pakistan as well.
However, India's pollution levels are steadily and steeply increasing.
The graph below shows that the number of air pollution-related deaths in India alone, is higher than the entire South East Asian region and very close to the figures in East Asia.
Achieving SDGs to tackle air pollution
Of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate action, sustainable cities and communities, and clean and affordable energy are three that will address air pollution.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) stresses the importance of progress keeping in mind the health of the environment. Hence, utilising smoke-free sources of energy is crucial.
"Investing in solar, wind, and thermal power, improving energy productivity, and ensuring energy for all is vital if we are to achieve SDG7 (affordable and clean energy) by 2030", says the UNDP.
However, climate change doesn't work in isolation. In January, a leading British medical journal, The Lancet, published a report linking undernutrition, climate change, and obesity.
The Lancet report found that all three pandemics—malnutrition, climate change, and obesity, impact each other simultaneously.
High income countries' harmful and polluting food processing systems lead to high obesity levels. On the other hand, food insecurity is perpetuated by extreme climate changes like drought or floods.
Therefore, it is doubly important for India to address growing levels of inequality along with the rising levels of air pollution. Other SDGs include reducing societal inequalities, which should be tackled alongside climate change.
Policy approaches in India
The government has already tried to tackle the country's dismal air quality. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has adopted the odd-even scheme three times to tackle air pollution in the city.
Under the scheme, odd-numbered cars were only allowed to drive on weekdays between 8 am and 8 pm. Public transit services were increased and violators of the scheme were fined Rs 2,000.
Experts found that although pollution levels dropped only slightly, traffic in Delhi improved, which helps cars to emit less fumes than when stagnant. The National Green Tribunal has also asked the Delhi government to prioritise pollution control. AAP Spokesperson Sanjay Singh has said that pollution management needs to be a continuous, long-term effort.
Tackling personal vehicles is an crucial way of addressing congestion as well as air pollution in Indian cities; tackling these twin problems helps improve the quality of urban life. India plans to shift to 100% electric cars by 2030, said Minister for Environment Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that Indians can only burst fire crackers for two hours during Diwali and one hour during Christmas and New Year, in an effort to curb pollution. The apex court even asked online sellers like Amazon and Flipkart not to sell crackers that don't meet legal restrictions in India.
Cleaning up India's air in the coming times
In January, the government established the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which is a five-year-plan seeking to promote collaboration between ministries and local authorities to reduce PM2.5 by 20 to 30%. From increasing monitoring stations to increasing investment in technology, the NCAP plan will be instrumental to India moving forward.
In its election manifesto, the Congress has pledged to fight air pollution, as well.
The party promised to strengthen the NCAP, protect coastal zones and fishing communities, formulate waste management plans, and pass new legislation to establish an independent and transparent Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), like the EPA in the U.S.
The Congress also said it will work with local communities and authorities to ensure mutual benefits such as, clean energy sources and wildlife preservation. It even promised to include "green budgeting" in the annual budget.
Delhi BJP Chief Manoj Tewari has said that the BJP manifesto will also address the country's pollution crisis.
Rhea Arora is a Staff Writer at Qrius


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Home & Garden March 16, 2012
Muji: making more of less
I first visited a Muji store on a trip to Tokyo, back in the 80's when no-one in the UK had heard of them. When I stumbled across the tranquil haven of the first ever shop in Aoyama, I was thrilled by the minimal, unbranded products as pared down perfection just wasn't "a thing" then.
Muji was established in Japan in 1980 and began as a range of just 40 products for the supermarket chain The Seiyu. The company now have hundreds of shops around the world, selling over 7000 products, and have remained true to their principle of developing new simple 'no brand' products at reasonable prices.
Muji started trading in the UK in the early 90's and has remained one of my favourite shops ever since. I love the subdued, functional products, for their understated design and excellent quality.
Their "Quality Producers for Everyday Life Research Center" project in Tokyo, gives customers a platform to share their ideas and opinions on Muji products, which are then communicated to the Tokyo HQ and discussed in weekly meetings. They feel this connection with customers is key to their success in Japan, a country where honesty and communication are of the utmost importance.
re-thinking the cosmetic bottle
An exhibition called Product Fitness 80, has just opened at the Design Museum, where the Muji team asked the question 'What would happen if we used 20% less materials and energy to make products?' The company were concerned about damaged power plants after the Japan earthquake and decided to rethink the way in which design impacts on the way we use energy and what makes good product design.
The exhibition explores the size and re-use possibilities of certain objects, re-sizing products such as toilet paper, notebooks and calculators and up cycling towels into dusters and t shirts into teddy bears.
The exhibition only runs until the 18th of March, so you'll have to be quick if you want to see it.
Muji have also just turned the Aoyama store into a concept shop, called Found Muji. The idea came about when a team of designers travelled the world to find unbranded, hand crafted household items, which were then re-designed to fit the Muji aesthetic and produced in limited numbers. The Aoyama store is now a model for the Found concept, which will be rolled out across Japan and eventually worldwide. It sounds a little bit like a Japanese Labour and Wait and we think we'll love it!
The company have also recently collaborated with British fashion designer Margaret Howell to produce the LABO clothing range. The collection is based on keywords such as "straightforward," "wearable," and "unpretentious." The mens and womenswear uses 100% organic materials in simple shapes and understated colours.
Sounds like the perfect collaboration and we can only hope and dream it's a sucess and they roll it out worldwide soon too. We'll let you know if we hear anything!!
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Vera @ Small Things Simple Pleasures says:
Sigh… worldwide does not include Australia, unfortunately. While Labour & Wait was high on my list of shops to visit last time I was in London, but it wasn't open on the days I was there. Woe is me…
Oh no Vera, what a shame, bet it would be really succesful in Australia! Not even online? Jx
A Japanese Labour and Wait!! I can't wait either!
I have friends in Australia who go mad for Muji and fill their suitcases every time they're over, one was seriously considering approaching Muji about an Australian franchise such was her devotion…..
I wish there was one at Stratfield….which in my opinion is sadly lacking in the stationary/storage/simple goods department.
ps for a Canadian version of Labour and Wait, see here: http://www.oldfaithfulshop.com/about/ Beautiful website and lovely blog. Makes me want to take a trip to Canada!
Ooo love that Louise, I lived in Canada for a while and there was nothing like that back in the day!! Agree RE Stratfield stationary options – there are none! Jx
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AFP general's threats on women celebs spark movement vs red-tagging
Oct. 23, 2020 KEN E. CAGULA
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) official and National Task Force to End Local Communist Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. has drawn flak for issuing threatening remarks against actress Liza Soberano and 2018 Ms. Universe Catriona Gray, some of the female celebrities who are vocal on their advocacies.
Last Oct. 13, Soberano joined Gabriela Youth's "Tinig ni Nene" webinar, where she shared that influencers and women alike must speak up about the issues of women and children for "change cannot be the sole responsibility of the people who need it most."
But after the webinar, several posts red-tagging or accusing Soberano as supporter of the New People's Army or the underground movement, spread on the Internet.
Parlade, in a statement, said, "(L)et us not red-tag Liza Soberano. It's not fair to her. She is merely supporting advocacy for women's rights. She has to be protected in the exercise of her rights. Is she an NPA? No, of course not. Not yet."
The military official also told Soberano to reconsider her ties to Gabriela, a group that has consistently won seats at the House of Representatives.
"If you don't, you will suffer the same fate as Josephine Anne Lapira, former deputy secretary-general of Gabriela Youth of UP Manila and defender of women's rights. The choice is yours, Liza," Parlade warned.
He also addressed the same warning to Gray who previously spoke about the anti-terror law and ABS-CBN shutdown.
Parlade further warned, "(D)on't follow the path Ka Ella Colmenares took in the underground and NPA Quezon. I am sure Angel Locsin and Neri Colmenares will not tell you this."
The general was referring to Locsin's sister, Angela.
Parlade's statement sparked the call #DefendFilipinoWomen in social media with individuals and groups expressing support. Some pointed out that the government official's remark against these thinking Filipino women are specifically what they are aiming to address.
"By saying that Soberano is 'not yet an NPA,' he is maliciously associating the actress with the armed movement when what she did in the youth forum was to only speak up for all the victims of gender-based violence and abuse," said Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Arlene Brosas in a statement.
"How come these macho-fascists have the audacity to mansplain strong women and lecture them on what to do? And why do they seem so afraid of women using their platform to defend other women?", Brosas added.
Writer Juan Miguel Severo, also expressed his support to Soberano and to women advocating for women's rights.
Parlade is proof that a man with a most decorated chest and a thousand guns will still cower at the sight of a woman who has found a cause for her voice.
We're with you, @lizasoberano.
— Juan Miguel Severo 🏳🌈 (@TheRainBro) October 22, 2020
Host and former athlete Gretchen Ho said that voicing out one's opinion is part of being a democratic country.
Bahagi ng isang demokrasya ang pagwelcome sa iba't ibang klase ng opinyon. Mahalaga ang kritisismo para malaman ang mga kailangang ayusin at baguhin.
Speaking up doesn't make you a communist/terrorist.
I stand w/ Angel Locsin, Liza Soberano & Catriona Gray. #DefendFilipinoWomen
— Gretchen Ho (@gretchenho) October 23, 2020
Some netizens said that what happened to Soberano is not far from the situation of other Filipinos who have been facing threats for being critical of the policies of the Duterte administration.
Human rights worker Philip Jamilla explained why red-tagging is also a death threat.
Why is red-tagging a death threat? It maliciously blurs the distinction between civilian activists and rebel combatants to incite and justify state violence and other human rights abuses against activists. Antonio Parlade Jr.'s statement to Liza Soberano makes that very clear.
— Philip Jamilla (@pmjamilla) October 22, 2020
National Union of People's Lawyers member, Atty. Fahima Tajar, believed that such acts against TV personalities only prove the dangers of the Anti-Terrorism Law
Red-tagging Catriona Gray ang Liza Soberano just because they voice out dissent and support the cause of an opposition group only proves that the Anti-Terror Act is intended to suppress the people's freedom of speech and expression, not terrorism.
— Fudge Tajar (@fudgetajar) October 22, 2020
Despite the threats, Rose Quimod of Gabriela Youth-Ateneo de Davao University said that women must continue to act against violence and social injustices.
"I have high hopes to my fellow young women, for we are many and only getting stronger", she said. (davaotoday.com)
AFP, Angel Locsin, armed forces of the philippines, Catriona Gray, Democracy, duterte, Gabriela, Gabriela Partylist, Gabriela Youth, Human Rights, Liza Soberano, National Task Force to End Local Communist Conflict, neri colmenares, NTF-ELCAC, philippine politics, Red Lipstick, Red-tagging, Rep. Arlene Brosas, women's rights
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ARROW SEASON 8 EPISODE 09 and 10 - MAJOR SPOILER - Green Arrow & The Canaries pilot and more - FINAL SHOOT
THIS BLOG POST IS FOR "ARROW" SEASON 8 EPISODE 09. TITLED "GREEN ARROW AND THE CANARIES" AS WELL AS EPISODE 10 "FADEOUT"
**NOTE - Marc Guggenheim, the former show runner of the show claims this scene is for episode 809. So Take note this scene COULD be for episode 809.
UPDATED TITLE - This scene WAS IN FACT for 809
Yesterday I caught Arrow filming in a place fans are somewhat familiar with. Arrow had a rare location shoot for their 10th, and final episode of season 8. THEIR FINAL SEASON. This shoot was in Crab Park in Vancouver.
Of course, this was more than just any ordinary shoot too. This would officially be the LAST day of filming for the 8th, and final season of the show that would launch an entire universe, known as the Arrowverse, and essentially help launch the superhero genre of shows that now populate so many parts of the TV & streaming world.
On this night, I first found the crew back where they were just two nights earlier. In the far corner of Crab Park, a place they had been at other times throughout the past.
For this night, they were doing scenes where the recently unveiled Oliver Queen statue is in Star City. As opposed to that nights shoot, there was little to no cast here on this evenings shoot. The only cast i am 100% certain of is Katherine McNamara was there as Mia Smoak shooting scenes. It SEEMS a guy is with her in the scene. It COULD be Ben Lewis as William Clayton, but in the photos I have of the scene, and my vision make me unsure of that.
During the evening, I also saw a woman with darker hair, and a dark jacket on set. I am unsure if it is a character, or simply a stand in for Mia. I watched her do enough takes that I felt like they actually were filming scenes of this woman however. But I could not come up with a clear identity if it was.
Later they seemed to shoot a scene where Mia & the man stand near the statue, and are looking in its general direction. A bit later, they shot a scene where just Mia seemed to be in the scene, and she walks toward the statue at a hurried pace.
Shortly after that, a round of applause went out as crews often do when a cast member wraps. It was the end of the night for Katherine (and if any other cast were there, them too). I made an eager effort to go and try to get near the statue to get a pic of it before they took it down, but they were fast. They had the actual statue removed in mere seconds, and if there was any plates on the bottom piece, they too seemed to be removed by the time I made it in there just a few moments later.
As crew were leaving the location I got 1 final autograph ever from someone on an Arrow set, as Katherine McNamara signed for me as she left for the final time.
EVERYTHING BELOW HERE IS FOR EPISODE 10.
DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU ARE HERE JUST TO SEE EPISODE 9 PHOTOS, AND DO NOT WANT TO SEE EPISODE 10 PHOTOS OR READ ABOUT IT.
After the crew wrapped the statue location, they moved out to the street. This was the scenes I was expecting when I went down there that night. But I got a bit more than I expected.
I went there thinking I would see a car leaving or coming into Star City past the "entering/leaving Star City" signs they have used in this location many times. I joked with someone the other day that for a city as large as Star City, they do seem to only have 1 way in & out, as they always use the same road.
They first did a scene with a motorbike being ridden by a darker haired woman. It was not an actor, it was a stunt team driver. But her hair would have been done to depict whoever it was supposed to be. So it sort of limits the choices down to very few. At first i thought maybe Dinah Drake? But then after talking with someone, they suggested maybe Thea Queen? In either case, since there was no scene with an actual actor, and the stunt person never had the helmet off in the shoot, its hard to know certainly who it is.
After that scene was shot, they did one with a Tesla driving up & down the street a couple times. I didnt know when I was shooting it, and only noticed when I got home & saw it on my computer screen. But if you look closely, the license plate looks futuristic..... so is this a scene for "future Star City"?
They did a few takes of this car driving up & down the street, before director James Bamford, and the cast & crew of Arrow officially, WRAPPED (sorry Marc Guggenheim that no one told you when it actually was wrapping).
There was 1 constant throughout the two scenes that I guess I sort of didnt really point out, and it is frankly why I titled this whole blog as "major spoiler". They drive by a street sign. That sign reads "Oliver Queen Memorial Drive". Unlike the statue, the signed stayed up for about 5 minutes after they wrapped, so I was able to gee a couple photos of it, before a crew member went across the street, pulled it down and started disassembling it.... and just like that, there was evidence they had even filmed a scene with that sign there.
When I have a bit of time, I will work on a wrap up blog post about the entire filming of the show from my first encounter with them during episode 2 of season 1, to this very final night of filming.
I also have another set of photos from this episode from 2 nights earlier at the same location for a different scene HERE
Arrow season 8 will conclude in January on The CW in the U.S.
If you want to see Crisis On Infinite Earths shooting, I have a blog sections specifically for that event HERE
Arrow films a a scene for episode 810, the series finale with a whole lot of people.
THIS BLOG POST IS FOR "ARROW" SEASON 8 EPISODE 10. TITLED "FADEOUT"
This is of course a location better know to Olicity fans for this scene.
But on this day, they were filming a little bit further in the park. Closer to the pier that juts out from the shore of the park.
Very little is known to those outside of the set, as it was in a location that was difficult to get a good view on. I know, I spent 2+ hours walking around looking for the best vantage point.
I can confirm Juliana Harkavy was there, as she posted an IG Story showing the exact opposite view I had. Outside of that, who knows? All I do know is, there was so many trailers there for cast, I lost track of how many there were. I would say easily 20, possibly 30?... which is A LOT for a film set of any size. James Bamford is directing the episode, which is titled "Fadeout" and he tweeted this, and I can definitely say "I" have never been to a set with so many cast trailers.
We've never had so many cast as we've had on our set today....on our set in one scene.....and nope, it wasn't a crossover. Thank you to all who were able to make it today. You made my year. ♥ You know who you are. pic.twitter.com/pmORPKaQ24
— James Bamford (@JamesBamford) November 13, 2019
I never specifically saw any cast that I could definitely ID, as it was dark, and I was looking from a considerable distance at even the closest of locations I found (I added a photo in from the vantage point that gave me the best look... you can see JUST how far I really had to look).... if you can ID someone from the photos I provide, good on you. I concede I have pretty bad eyes, so maybe theres one you can pick out that I cant... but I doubt it.
The one thing you CAN make out however, is that during the filming there is something under a blanket for much of the evening. During the 4 hours they shot there, about 3 1/2 hours of it, that blanket you see wrapped around something in a couple of the photos was up. But for breif moments throughout the evening, the blanket would be removed for a scene, and we would see that under it was..... a statue of The Green Arrow. The base that it sat on was several feet high itself, so it towered above the cast & crew on hand for the scene.
Of course, when they wrapped, it was taken away. So when I went by a bit after that to try and get a closer look. No luck.
Sadly, nothing more to report on the set at this time. Like I said, I was filming from far away (approximately 2 football fields away.... might have been the longest shoot I've ever attempted), and it was dark, and really fucking cold where I was standing to shoot it.
So, now you can start speculating on WHO was there.
When I have a bit of time, I will work on a wrap up blog post about the entire filming of the show from my first encounter with them during episode 2 of season 1, to this very final week of filming.
There is more photos (better quality) of the statue from a shoot two nights later in this blog post along with another notable spoiler.
Arrow season 8 episode 7 cast on location
THIS BLOG POST IS FOR "ARROW" SEASON 8 EPISODE 7.
Yesterday I caught Arrow filming in a place fans are unfortunately familiar with. Arrow had a rare location shoot for their 7th episode of season 8 in Central Park in Burnaby. This is of course the same park infamously known for the Laurel funeral scene that really became the contentious turning point for the show.
Of course this time, there was no funeral going on.... so you can breathe a bit easier Laurel fans. They were filming a few hundred feet down from there quite literally in a little encampment area they had made between some trees. The set was tight, and well covered by equipment and trees, so there was no on set reports to be had.
The only absolute details I do know is, three cast were seen going in & out of the set. Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen was there, he didnt seem to be in Green Arrow attire of any type, just regular Oliver clothes. Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance or Black Canary was there. While I never saw her wearing a mask, and she kept covered up when coming out to get in a transportation vehicle, the fact she was keeping her wardrobe well under wraps made me wonder if she was in BC attire. No coincidence once they realized I was there, they made her walk an extra long path to get to set to avoid coming thru the parking lot that was most convenient to drop off at. With so few promo images out of it so far, its hard to get a read on if that could be in hidden under her winter jacket. Lastly, a returning old face, Byron Mann was there. Last we saw him as Yao Fei, he was dead.... so is this a flashback through The Monitor, or, a different timeline/Earth?
Sadly, nothing more to report on the set at this time. Weather was terrible, so I wasnt too motivated to be my usual curious self and search around to see if I could see/find out more.


Biking total: 41 days, 1637 km, 5'500 altimeters.
Climbing total: 164 days, 2848 km, 97'019 altimeters.
I am looking forward to helping the expedition continue its success in the Canaries over the next week, see you all on Friday in Teneriffe.


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Yoshimasa is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Yoshimasa can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

義正, "justice, righteous"
義政, "justice, politics"
義昌, "justice, clear"
佳正, "skilled, righteous"
佳政, "skilled, politics"
佳雅, "skilled, elegant"
善正, "virtuous, righteous"
善政, "virtuous, politics"
善真, "virtuous, reality"
吉正, "good luck, righteous"
吉政, "good luck, politics"
吉真, "good luck, reality"
良正, "good, righteous"
良政, "good, politics"
良昌, "good, clear"
恭正, "respectful, righteous"
嘉正, "excellent, righteous"
嘉政, "excellent, politics"
能政, "capacity, politics"
喜政, "rejoice, politics"

The name can also be written in hiragana よしまさ or katakana ヨシマサ.

Notable people with the name
, Japanese shōgun
, Japanese footballer
, Japanese politician
, Japanese woodworker
, Japanese anime director
, Japanese voice actor
, Japanese artist
, Japanese samurai
, Japanese actor
, Japanese general
, Japanese footballer
, Japanese sumo wrestler
, Japanese rally driver

Japanese masculine given names

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It is the difference in arrival times of the capture edge at two adjacent Flip-flop pairs.
If capture clock comes late than launch clock then it is called positive skew.
If capture clock comes early than launch clock it is called –ve skew.
It is the difference in arrival of clock at two consecutive pins of a sequential element.
It is Defined as the difference between max insertion delay and the min insertion delay of any flops.
It is defined as the difference between max insertion delay and the min insertion delay of boundary flops.
If clock is skewed intentionally to resolve violations, it is called useful skew.


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Q: Docker mysql connection error I have my app running on container. I have mysql server started and having trouble to connect my app with mysql server. This is the screenshot of the error
my docker-compose.yml file:
version: '3'

services:

  db:
    image: mysql
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=new_password
      - MYSQL_USER=composetest
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=new_password
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=sample_db
      - MYSQL_HOST=localhost

  web:
    build: .
    command: bash -c "python check_db.py --service-name mysql --ip db --port 3306 &&
                      python manage.py migrate &&
                      python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
    volumes:
      - .:/code
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"

A: You forgot to link the web container to the db container.
Add the following to the web configuration and it should be all:
links:
   - db

A: I would love to write my docker-compose  as bellow.
No need to set host and should link the service with depends_on
version: '3'

services:

  db:
    image: mysql
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=new_password
      - MYSQL_USER=composetest
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=new_password
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=sample_db

  web:
    build: .
    volumes:
      - .:/code
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    depends_on:
      - db

I have removed  the commands from the docker-compose which you  can add to the bash script and add to run it at entrypoint. The script will look something like  bellow. I am doing cd to go the respective directory  where the applications is installed.
run.sh
#!/bin/sh

#getting into the directory where the command should run.
cd /app

python check_db.py --service-name mysql --ip db --port 3306
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

In the database setting part where you set the hostname put the
  service name in your case its db .
These  is in overall what I do in laravel app  deploy  must be similar
  in your case too


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