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Q&A: Debbie Nedza, business director, HH Global
Debbie is "54 years young" and has spent 25 years working in print and marketing services. She is married with two grown up boys, and is "beyond excited" to have a first grandchild on the way.
Outside of work she loves "being with my favourite people in the world, my family and friends enjoying making new memories and usually involving food and drink of any kind and with a huge amount of laughter".
What is your nickname?
Debs. Only my mother calls me Debbie and normally when I am in trouble – yes, even at my age
Why did you get into printing?
Because I was absolutely fascinated at the process and how was it even possible to make an image out of tiny dots. I loved all aspects of marketing from a very young age and seriously should have focused more on what I really wished to do as marketing is a passion of mine in every way
What would be your dream job?
To be the head of creative thinking for Saatchi & Saatchi, an absolute dream I have had for years, and it has never changed. Going to work everyday and just creatively thinking is my idea of heaven
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Dawn French or Julie Walters, I have a serious side but fun and humour is a big part of my personality
What is your dream bit of kit?
Even after all these years I have to say I am fascinated and in awe of web presses, the size, the speed, the accuracy of print and all the end-finishing that can be achieved
What would you most like to print?
The medical journal that brings to the world the cure for cancer
What is your favourite film?
It has to be Rocky. I love films where the character comes from nothing and fights adversity to be the best.
What is your favourite TV programme?
From a young age I have loved Antiques Roadshow. I am truly fascinated by the back story of all the items, always blows my mind that, as an example, a piece of pottery has survived intact for hundreds of years
Sweet or savoury?
Savoury always, with the odd killer instinct for chocolate when stress levels are high
Have you completed any interesting projects during the various lockdowns?
Due to the lack of holidays I have transformed my home with a new landscaped garden, new kitchen (walls knocked down), new front door, new garage door, all facias replaced in a new colourway. My home is unrecognisable
Who or what do you hate the most?
The things I detest more than anything are disloyalty and dishonesty
Who do you admire most in the industry?
Paul Gibbons the former MD of SP Displays, sadly no longer with us. Not only was he a wonderful boss, but he truly believed that you could do and be anything you wished. He truly inspired people to grow and flourish as well as reach outside of their comfort zone and for that I will be eternally grateful. Paul gave me my first opportunity within the industry and inspired me to be the best version of me, as well as knock down walls to set new standards of "what great customer service" really should look like, something I hold dear to this day
What is your favourite phrase or saying?
Life is too short, make the most of every second of every day
What is your favourite album?
Anything by Adele. Her voice is incredible, but I love her, the fact that she is just normal and relatable and has the same vulnerabilities as everyone which comes across in her music
What is your favourite book/what book are you reading at the moment?
Ugly by Constance Briscoe. A true story, heartbreakingly raw but truly incredible
Cat or dog, or…?
Most definitely a dog person, in particular chocolate Labradors. Sadly just lost ours after 14 years which was just devastatingly heart-breaking
What is your greatest luxury in life?
Fresh flowers every week in the kitchen and lounge
What is the strangest job you've ever done?
Dressing up as a Hush Puppy giving out helium balloons to market a new store opening when I worked for British Shoe. I think the outfit was made for a much taller person of 6ft-plus as I looked like a very sagging wrinkly pup. However, I did learn lots of interesting ploys of how to market a new store by giving children two or three balloons – inevitably, they would let go of them and the roof of the mall had hundreds of balloons all advertising Hush Puppies
Who would you like to be stuck on a desert island with?
Jim Carrey. I love to laugh and with his acting skills he could be someone new every day
What is your greatest ambition?
To be the best at what I do and hope that I have inspired my sons and others to work hard to reach their goals and also be the best at what they do
What's your greatest fear?
Who or what makes you laugh?
My husband, Peter Kay, Lee Evans, irony, sarcasm, day-to-day life can just be hilarious when delivered in the right way
What piece of kit would you like to see invented?
A working crystal ball to reduce some of the stress related to those tight deadlines
Most embarrassing moment?
Having arrived for a medical checkup of the female kind, laying on the couch and being told I may wish to check myself by a very flushed doctor. To my crucifying embarrassment I found a first-class stamp attached to my female anatomy. Moral of the story, when you take fresh underwear to change in to prior to your GP appointment, ensure you place said clothing in a bag and not just thrown into your handbag. MORTIFIED, can't believe I am sharing this…!
Where would you like to be right now?
Maldives for sure, my idea of heaven on earth, haven't been abroad since 2019 and I miss it
What's your worst fashion disaster?
Shoulder pads in jackets in the '80s – what was I thinking?
Which superpower would you like to have?
I would so love to know what people really want. Can you imagine the power of that?
Who would be your favourite party guests?
Alan Carr, Lee Evans, Pete Kay, Sarah Millican, Elvis Presley, Prince and Amy Winehouse
Where would you go if you could time-travel?
Back to see my dad. He passed away when I was 11 years old. I would love to tell him what I have achieved in life and that there were others along the way who also said 'you can do it' just like he always told me
What was your childhood obsession?
Animals of any kind as well as learning to roller skate
What is the worst kind of print?
Personally, although it is necessary I find operational print frustrating because it is notoriously hard to innovate and drive change for many reasons
What was the best business deal that you've pulled off?
The 'Face Britain' project that was launched by the Princes Foundation for Children and the Arts in 2012. Britain's largest ever mass collaborative art project. My part within this project whilst working for St Ives, was to work with the Princes Trust and agencies to create thousands of packs to send to every school across the UK to launch the project with marketing posters, leaflets and an introduction letter written by former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo.
The project was huge, and as always time was short. There was nothing more satisfying than pulling all of this project to a conclusion which resulted in over 200,000 children's portraits being submitted, then watching it come to life and then being projected across Buckingham Palace on the day of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
What advice would you give to your teenage self?
Find your passion and follow it to your dream job
For being hard working, making a true difference to people and businesses and being kind with a sprinkle of fun too
Life is…?
what you make it. It is very short, so make the most of every moment and squeeze the pips out of it


Inspired by The Merrythought's simple and Scandinavian-inspired baby gym, we headed to the hardware store and purchased (2) 1×2 pine boards and a 3/4-inch pine wooden dowel and then swung by the craft store to pick up some leather lacing.
First, my husband cut the boards to size. You'll need (4) pieces of wood cut to 26.5 inches in length, and the dowel should be trimmed to 25.5 inches in length.
If you choose to round out the tops of the boards, you'll want to go ahead and mark where the edges need sanded. Since we don't have a nice and fancy circle template, we just used something close by to achieve the same result. Whatever works, right?
Then you'll want to mark the center point where the dowel will be inserted. To easily do this, use the width of your board to create a perfect square from the top of each leg and then connect the diagonals to form an "X". The center of the "X" is where your 3/4-inch drill bit will be inserted.
My husband then rounded off the top ends with a sander and cut the holes for the dowel. Drill completely through (2) of the boards but only about 50% of the way through the other (2) boards.
Lilly and I sanded the boards after he was finished cutting and smoothed out the top ends a bit.
All work and no play, right? Children know best!
After the boards were sanded, we then measured 11 inches down from the top of each board and drilled a hole that's just large enough for the leather lace to be threaded through.
After drilling the holes, go ahead and assemble the activity gym. Use a small amount of wood glue in the outer legs' top holes to secure the dowel. We used a hammer to tap the dowel through the holes since it's a snug fit. Just make sure to use a spare piece of wood if you choose to hammer so you won't leave any indentations on the activity gym itself.
If available, use a clamp to hold the boards together while the glue is drying.
Once dry, decide how far you would like to extend the legs. We chose to extend them about 10 inches. Once you decide upon your desired width, thread the leather through the holes, knot the ends, and then trim if needed.
Lilly really enjoyed threading the leather lace through the holes.
At this point, you can either choose to drill holes through the dowel and attach some simple toys with the leather lace as seen here, or if you're a fellow Montessori mama like me, you can optimize the play gym to easily hang the mobiles.
To do so, we cut down a thinner dowel to the length we needed for each mobile. In order to attach the mobile to the activity gym, my husband drilled a hole at each end of the dowel that lined up with the outer holes in the top dowel of the activity gym. Then we simply used leather lace to attach the smaller dowel to the larger one.
My husband drilled smaller holes at equal increments along the thinner dowel to hang the mobile attachments (3 holes for the Octahedron mobile, 5 holes for the Gobbi mobile).
When not in use, I am using IKEA's Bumerang pants/skirt hangers ($0.99/each) to easily store the mobiles in our coat closet. We just simply undo the leather lacing knot and clip the dowel into the hanger as shown below: The wooden activity gym cost us about $15 dollars to make. It's easy to set up and fold away and sturdy enough that our 27-pound daughter can hang off the top bar. In addition to the Montessori mobiles, we plan on utilizing several other Montessori-inspired grasping toys such as the bell and ribbon and the puzzle ball with our activity gym.
We don't have a big house, so I love that everything can be easily stored in a closet when not in use.
And bonus points for it being a handmade gift because those are the best!
I definitely wanted a play gym because I know that babies love them, but I wanted something that I could love as well.


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These projects represent the breadth and depth of my professional work since joining the faculty at Citytech. The architectural projects all demand both developing a creative vision as well as solving intricate technical details. This must be done under the watchful eye of the client who is intimately involved in every design and financial decision throughout the duration of the project. Successful architectural projects must always achieve a balance between these issues such that the client is satisfied not only at the moment of completion, but over the long term use of the building.
Urban design projects offer an opportunity to apply broad theory and experience of the built environment to a specific place. I believe that the most critical component of urban design is "place making" which builds on the existing local natural and physical environment as well as the culture, traditions, and social activity of the people in the region. The urban design projects here show my application of my theoretical approach to diverse settings, including Abu Dahbi waterfront, the rural lands of West Virginia and Haiti, and the urban coast south of Los Angelos.


iTALC is a tool for teachers, to view and control other computers in your network in several ways. KRDC is an application that allows you to view and control the desktop session on a remote machine that is running a VNC or RDP server. noVNC is a browser based VNC client implementation. It uses HTML5 Canvas and WebSockets. A VNC server with WebSockets support (such as libvncserver) is required or use websockify with any VNC server. TigerVNC is an advanced VNC implementation, which includes features from TightVNC and TurboVNC (accelerated JPEG compression...). UltraVNC allows you to use your mouse and keyboard to control another PC remotely. It supports File transfer, MS Logon, Text chat, Viewer Auto scaling and Server Side Scaling, Multiple-Monitors-support, Repeater/Proxy-support, Auto reconnection. Access your Windows desktop from any device, without the need to install plugins, add-ons nor browser extensions. The web remote access client works on Chromebooks, iPads and other devices, as well as Mac, Linux and other Windows computers. Take full control of your PC, share your screen, organize presentations or use the FTP tool to manage documents and files.
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It's great to have such a table to compare RDP solutions!
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Central Texans Are Holding Town Halls – With or Without Their Local Congressmen
Posted on February 20, 2017 February 20, 2017 by jpol
Re-posted from kut.org
U.S. Rep. Roger Williams' constituents gathered at Flores Mexican Restaurant on Feb. 20 to hold a town hall. While Rep. Williams didn't attend, participants said they will send a recording of the town hall to his office.
During trips to their districts this week, Republican congressmen representing the Austin area will not be holding town halls, even though many constituents have been asking for them.
That hasn't stopped groups from holding town halls of their own – even if the member of Congress they want to talk to isn't there.
In Dripping Springs on Sunday night, activists held one of these town halls. They say they invited Republican U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, but his office declined.
A crowd of people sat on the patio of Flores Mexican Restaurant, eating and carefully writing questions on note cards. They waited for a turn at a microphone facing a podium with American flags draped behind it.
Most of it was pretty standard for a town hall.
Lisa Molina, an Austin resident living in Williams' district, spoke of her 20-year-old son's battle with leukemia at ages 3, 11 and 13. She said she was concerned about lifetime caps on health insurance, which was a problem before the Affordable Care Act was passed. Now that Republicans control Congress, many lawmakers, including Williams, are looking to repeal that law.
"My son's treatment cost reached a million dollars by the time he was 14 years old," Molina said. "Without the protection of the ACA, it was possible that he could have been denied for the coverage. So, my question is: Do you support keeping these current ACA protections intact?"
But this is where the town hall got weird. Molina wasn't talking to Williams; she was talking to a cardboard cutout of him. So instead of getting an answer, she heard the sound of crickets throughout the patio.
Those crickets followed questions about Williams' support or lack of support for investigations into President Donald Trump's ties to Russia, as well as questions about global warming, and the future of Social Security and Medicare.
Folks who came to the event, though, knew that was the deal going in.
Organizer Erin Zwiener told the crowd to act as if Williams were there. She said they planned on sending a recording of the town hall to his office.
"Show Congressman Williams that he should have been here today," Zweiner said. "Show him that we are constituents that do not understand the choices he is making in Washington. Be firm, speak your truths, ask tough questions, but also be gracious. Let's get him to show up next recess."
According to one of the organizers, almost 250 people signed in for the event. And there were similar ones elsewhere.
Organizers with Indivisible Austin, a group created after Trump's inauguration, are holding town halls in other congressional districts in the Austin area – with or without the Congressmember.
Vince Zito, a spokesperson for Rep. Williams' office, said in a statement that "Williams believes in listening to his district and in doing so spends as much time as possible meeting with constituents and groups throughout his district."
"Congressman Williams will always humbly listen to the thoughts and concerns of all of his constituents – he always has and always will," Zito wrote in a statement to KUT. "And although he appreciates the invitation, he declines to attend the club meeting of the Dripping Springs Democratic Action and its associated groups. I think if you closely examine the statements and missions of these groups, it's clear that civil, substantive discourse on issues is not their true agenda. Congressman Williams looks forward to continuing to fight for the issues that his constituents sent him to Washington to fight for, including: real tax reform, strengthening our military and rolling back the job killing Obama trademarks such as Obamacare and Dodd-Frank legislation."
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The beach is only 700 metres from the resort and can be reached on foot or with the free shuttle provided by the hotel.
The beach is of fine golden sand, reminiscent of African beaches, surrounded by nature and blessed with the clearest pure water. The seabed slopes gently making the beach suitable for families with children.
Our private beach is equipped with free sun loungers and umbrellas. When you arrive, you just need to find a place, lie down in the sun and enjoy this wonderful stretch of Sicilian sea, with crystal-clear water, fine, golden sand and unspoilt nature.
To allow our guests to refresh themselves, quench their thirst or enjoy a light lunch or small snack without moving away from the sea, there is our beach bar. It is a "chiringuito" style establishment right on the beach; it is also ideal for an aperitif at sunset.
We are on Sicily's south-east coast, near the port of Marina di Ragusa and in a nature reserve called Macchia Foresta del Fiume Irmino. The reserve, set up in 1989 to protect the rich biodiversity of this stretch of coast, has made it possible to preserve the richness and distinctive features of the coast between Donnalucata and Marina di Ragusa.
Some of the last and rarest examples of prickly juniper grow right by our beach.
Donnalucata Resort's private beach lies within this exceptional natural setting; it has fine sand with the traditional yellow colour, reminiscent of African beaches, and is lapped by some of the most crystal-clear sea around Sicily.


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Michael Edwards is the only Englishman ever to have been elected to the Académie Française, to which he was inducted in 2014. While holding a chair at the Collège de France (2002-2013), he produced a stream of books in French on Shakespeare and on English poetry more generally, but also on such topics as émerveillement (marvelling) and happiness, in literature, art and music. Prior to that, while being a Professor of English at Warwick, he published three books in English exploring the spiritual aspects of poetry, an aspect he develops further in his recent book, in French, Bible et poésie (2016), on the Christian poetic tradition in England and France, the position of the bilingual poet, and the unspeakable.
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Q: Relation of order of a permutation with its sign Let $G$ be a group with order $2m$ where $m$ is odd. Consider the left action $\lambda_g:G\to G$.

It appears that if $g$ has odd order iff $\lambda_g$ has odd order iff $\lambda_g$ is an even permutation.

Is this true and can we generalize this observation?

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The orbits of $\lambda_g$ are exactly the right cosets $\langle g\rangle/G$.

On each orbit, $\lambda_g$ is cyclic of odd length thus has even sign. Also $\lambda_g$ decomposes into $|\langle g\rangle/G|$ number of disjoint cycles. Therefore the sign of $\lambda_g$ is the sum of signs of the disjoint cycles, which is even.
For the converse, one can use proof by contradiction. If $g$ has even order, then $\lambda_g$ has odd sign on each orbit. There are $|\langle g\rangle /G|$ number of cycles, which is odd by assumption that $|G| = 2m$. Therefore the sign of $\lambda_g$ on $G$ is an odd sum of odd integers, which is odd. Contradiction.

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Rocket 88 Doughnuts: A Indianapolis, IN Restaurant.
This organic, vegan doughnut shop serves up such gourmet flavors as lemon champagne, Mexican hot chocolate, butter brown pretzel, and chocolate chip cookie dough. They also do all the classic flavors super well. And if doughnuts aren't your thing, fancy variations of bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches are available on the weekends .


Steve Angrisano is one of the most effective and versatile ministry leaders in the Church today. People of all ages embrace the passionate message of faith woven throughout his music and storytelling. A veteran musician, composer and youth minister, he's performed at six World Youth Days,the Australian Catholic Youth Festivals in Melbourne (2013) and Adelaide (2015), and many other national and international events.
We're delighted to welcome Steve 'Downunder' to Marist Youth Festival 2017!
In October 2014, two best mates, Lucas Patchett and Nicholas Marches had a crazy idea of putting two washing machines and two dryers in the back of an old van, and visiting parks and drop-in centres to wash and dry clothes for free. Orange Sky Laundry was born - a world - first, free mobile laundry for the homeless.
On a mission to improve the hygiene standards of the homeless, Nic and Lucas stumbled on something much bigger and more significant the power of conversation. Orange Sky Laundry now aims to positively connect the community and improve the lives of others.
Ever since she was, a child Jessica was always looking for ways to help others. Growing up on the family farm, there was always work to do and her hard work ethic has led Jessica to jump at many exciting adventures over the years. From delving into the crazy world of teaching at Notre Dame Marist/Mercy College in Shepparton, Victoria, to voluntary Marist mission trips to Vietnam, Argentina and Italy, as well as Immersion Trips to Fiji, the Philippines and East Timor.
In her home town of Shepparton she has been able to assist in the setup of a Community Kitchen (soupvan), organised a Diocesan Sleepout as leader of the Mercy Seeds of Justice Group and continues to promote the awareness of refugees through her school connections. The backbone to all of this work has been her faith journey, which has had its twists and turns over the years but has always provided the strength that she needs to keep working for the benefit of our community at large.
Jessica is keen to share with you all the lessons she has learned over the years and hopes to inspire many young people to be agents of change. Jessica is currently in her fourth year working as a Youth Ministry Leader at St Brendan's Parish in Shepparton while teaching at Notre Dame College.
Having been trained as a Visual Arts and Religious Education teacher, I had the privilege and joy of teaching Primary and Secondary schools in Canberra, Sydney and Newcastle. In 2001, I was appointed to look after youths at risk in the Champagnat House project at Eastwood, a very fulfilling role.
Another highlight of my religious life was Vocation and Youth Ministry (2007-2012) where I had the opportunity to visit many students and staff of Australian Marist schools.
Today, I work in the Marist Brothers General House in Rome, in the areas of Vocation and Formation of the brothers of the Institute. My passion is for creativity, especially in the Creative Arts and how it can be used to engage people in presentations and education. I also like Spicy food and Pale Ale which contributes to my attempt at creativity!
I'm looking forward to joining you back in Australia for MYF17!


중남미·카리브 해 국가 공동체 (스페인어: Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, CELAC; 영어: Community of Latin American and Caribbean States; 포르투갈어: Comunidade de Estados Latino-Americanos e Caribenhos; 프랑스어: Communauté des États Latino-Américains et Caribéens; 네덜란드어: Gemeenschap van Latijns-Amerikaanse en Caraïbische Staten)는 라틴 아메리카와 카리브 해 국가들이 2010년 2월 23일 리우 회담-카리브 해 공동체 연합 회의, 2011년 12월 3일 베네수엘라 카르카스에서 카르카스 선언과 함께 설립된 단체이다. 아메리카 대륙의 33개국이 참여하고 있으며, 이들은 아메리카 대륙의 6억 인구를 대표한다. 이 기구가 라틴 아메리카와 카리브 해 국가들의 기구라는 점에 초점을 맞추고 있기 때문에 프랑스, 네덜란드, 덴마크, 영국의 해외 영토를 비롯하여 미국과 캐나다를 포함하지 않았으며 스페인, 포르투갈도 참여시키지 않았다.
중남미·카리브 해 국가 공동체는 라틴 아메리카의 더 심도 있는 통합을 위한 수 년간의 노력의 예시 중 하나이다. 중남미·카리브 해 국가 공동체는 라틴 아메리카 통합에 박차를 가하고 라틴아메리카의 정치와 경제에서 미국의 영향력을 배제하고자 창설되었다. 이 기구는 원래 소련의 잠재적 영향력을 막기 위해 라틴아메리카 21개국과 미국 및 캐나다에 의해 창설된 미주 기구의 대체 기구로 여겨지고 있다.
중남미·카리브 해 국가 공동체는 리우 회담과 "통합 및 발전을 위한 라틴 아메리카 및 카리브 해 회담"의 계승자로 여겨지고 있다. 2010년 7월 중남미·카리브 해 국가 공동체는 베네수엘라 대통령 우고 차베스와 칠레 대통령 세바스티안 피녜라를 공동 의장으로 선출했다.
CELAC는 5개의 언어(스페인어, 영어, 포르투갈어, 프랑스어, 네덜란드어)를 사용하는 33개 나라로 구성되어 있다.
18개 나라가 스페인어를 공용어로 사용한다. 이들 나라는 전체 면적의 56%, 전체 인구의 63%를 차지한다.
12개 나라가 영어를 공용어로 사용한다. 이들 나라는 전체 면적의 1.3%, 전체 인구의 1.1%를 차지한다.
1개 나라가 포르투갈어를 공용어로 사용한다. 이들 나라는 전체 면적의 42%, 전체 인구의 34%를 차지한다.
1개 나라가 프랑스어를 공용어로 사용한다. 이들 나라는 전체 면적의 0.1%, 전체 인구의 1.6%를 차지한다.
1개의 나라가 네덜란드어를 공용어로 사용한다. 전체 면적의 0.8%, 전체 인구의 0.1%를 차지한다.
12개 나라가 남아메리카에 위치하며 전체 면적의 87%, 전체 인구의 68%를 차지한다.
↑ "''Mexidata'' (English) March 1, 2010". Mexidata.info. 2012년 4월 26일에 원본 문서에서 보존된 문서. 2012년 5월 25일에 확인함.
↑ Acuerdan crear Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños[깨진 링크], Associated Press, February 23, 2010.
↑ América Latina crea una OEA sin Estados Unidos, El País, February 23, 2010.
↑ "L. American leaders officially sign CELAC into effect as new bloc". news.xinhuanet.com. 2011년 12월 4일. 2013년 1월 28일에 확인함.
↑ Gooding, Kerri. "IVCC encouraging bilingualism and cultural integration". 《The Barbados Advocate》 (Advocate Co.). 2012년 5월 12일에 원본 문서에서 보존된 문서. 2011년 12월 26일에 확인함. However, at present much of the integration occurs at the governmental, political and policy level as opposed to the personal, individual level, hence Tutor Jamal Henry added his voice to the plea by the Ambassador to have more persons embracing the culture and learning Spanish. CELAC comprises 33 nations making up an estimated population of 600 million people with five official languages. United and integrated the countries of CELAC can be powerful, "together [the 33 nations of CELAC] are the number one food exporter on the planet," further commented Ambassador Febres.
↑ 가 나 "Mexico gives birth to the Community of Latinamerican and Caribbean States – MercoPress". 《En.mercopress.com》. 2016년 5월 5일에 확인함.
↑ "uake Overshadows Clinton Tour of Region". 《The New York Times》. 2016년 5월 5일에 확인함.
↑ "_ Nuestro Norte es el SUR". Telesurtv.net. 2010년 6월 12일에 원본 문서에서 보존된 문서. 2012년 5월 25일에 확인함.
↑ Presidentes constituyen la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, EFE, February 23, 2010.
↑ CounterPunch, August 3, 2010, Behind the Colombia / Venezuela Tensions Archived August 17, 2010, - 웨이백 머신.
이 문서는 2018년 9월 5일 (수) 15:19에 마지막으로 편집되었습니다.


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When Sleep Suffers, So Does Decisiveness
Not being well-rested can be dangerous for those whose jobs require quick reactions, researchers say
SATURDAY, Nov. 21, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep-deprived people may put themselves and others at risk when they need to make split-second decisions, U.S. researchers have found.
The study, which included 49 U.S. military cadets, looked at how sleep deprivation affected information-integration, a process that relies heavily on instantaneous, gut-feeling decisions.
"It's important to understand this domain of procedural learning because information-integration -- the fast and accurate strategy -- is critical in situations when soldiers need to make split-second decisions based about whether a potential target is an enemy soldier, a civilian or one of their own," Todd Maddox, a psychology professor at the University of Texas at Austin, said in a university news release.
Healthy Living Can Cut Odds for Alzheimer's in People at Genetic Risk
Is Your Mattress Releasing Toxins While You Sleep?
The ability to make split-second decisions is crucial in a number of other high-pressure professions, including firefighters and police officers, the study authors noted.
The cadets performed information-integration tasks twice -- once when they were well-rested and once while they were sleep-deprived. The results showed that moderate sleep deprivation can cause an overall immediate loss of information-integration thought processes.
Accuracy on the information-integration tasks declined by 2.4 percent (73.1 percent to 70.7 percent) when cadets were sleep-deprived, and improved by 4.3 percent (74 percent to 78.3 percent) when they were well-rested, the researchers found.
The study was published in the November issue of Sleep.
The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has more about sleep.
SOURCE: University of Texas at Austin, news release, Nov. 16, 2009
-- Robert Preidt


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Q: Callout labels are wrong in GeoListPlot areas = {"Belize", "Guatemala", "Honduras", "Haiti",
   "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "Saint Lucia",
   "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "Paraguay", "Marshall Islands",
    "Nauru", "Palau", "Tuvalu", "Eswatini", "Vatican"};

GeoListPlot[Callout[Entity["Country", #], #] & /@ areas]

I don't know why the label Paraguay or Marshall Islands appears in the wrong place. Did I miss something?

A: Your names are not the standard that Entity uses. However, you can use SemanticInterpration to turn "free form" text into entities, and it works for all of your data:
areaNames = {...all your names here...};
areaEntities = SemanticInterpretation /@ areaNames

Since you're using GeoListPlot, you can just set the GeoLabels option to true:
GeoListPlot[areaEntities, GeoLabels -> True]

On the other hand, if you want to use your original areaNames as labels, you might have to pair those names with the entities and apply Callout (somewhat similar to what you originally tried, but with pairs, i.e. two arguments):
GeoListPlot[Callout @@@ Transpose[{areaEntities, areaNames}]]

A: With Callout

*

*Use names that the engine recognizes for the countries. Some assistance can be had from the free form linguistic input.

*Divide this task into three pictures to get readable outputs as these countries span a large part of the globe.

c1 = Entity["Country", #] & /@ {"Belize", "Guatemala", "Honduras",
   "Haiti", "SaintKittsNevis", "SaintLucia", "SaintVincentGrenadines",
    "Paraguay"}
c2 = Entity["Country", #] & /@ {"Nauru", "Palau", "Tuvalu",
   "MarshallIslands"}
c3 = Entity["Country", #] & /@ {"Swaziland", "VaticanCity"}

The following seems to work for {c1,c2,c3}:
GeoListPlot[Callout @@ Transpose[{#, #["Name"]}] & /@ c1]

GeoListPlot[
 Callout @@ Transpose[{#, #["Name"]}] & /@ Catenate[{c1, c2, c3}],
 ImageSize -> Full, GeoRange -> "World",
 GeoCenter -> Entity["City", {"Cairo", "Cairo", "Egypt"}]]

Another option
Use GeoLabels instead of Callout.
GraphicsRow[
 GeoListPlot[#, GeoLabels -> Automatic, ImageSize -> Large] & /@ {c1,
   c2, c3}]

I will not upload the picture as it is 139kB.


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UP reports 12787 new COVID19 cases in last 24 hours
In Uttar Pradesh, Covid infection is spreading very fastly and breaking all records. Yesterday 12787 new cases were found in a single day in state and 48 people died due to the corona virus in last 24 hours. This is the highest number of new cases found in a single day in a state till the outbreak of coronavirus.
The virus is spreading rapidly in cities like Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Meerut, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad.
State capital Lucknow recorded more than 4 thousand new cases and 23 deaths. This is Highest ever casualty and new cases in a single day till date in the city. State currently has 58801 active covid cases out of which more than 16 thousand patients are only in Lucknow. Half of the total deaths reported in the state due to the virus in last 24 hours are from Lucknow only.
Meanwhile district magistrates in some more districts of state have decided to impose night curfew due to the rising covid cases. Apart from the highly populated cities which are already under night curfew, now two tier cities are also coming under ambit of night curfew. These include cities like Jaunpur Moradabad and Barabanki where night curfew will be imposed from tonight.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah to release first District Good Governance Index for 20 districts of J&K via video conferencing
PM to interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar awardees on 24th Jan
India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage crosses 161 crore five lakh mark; Over four crore children age 15 and 18 years vaccinated


Marin Johns is San Francisco's Pollyanna couples therapist. She's months away from wedded bliss when she discovers her fiancé is having an affair. After nursing her broken heart with Kleenex and break-up songs, she adopts a new brand of thinking when she uncovers a tell-all book that proves all men are liars and cheaters who will do and say anything so they're not found out. No exceptions.
In an attempt to convince her friends of her newfound truth, she begins a fictitious relationship with James, a do-gooder from Montana. Marin seeks any means necessary to catch him cheating from hiring a PI to enlisting the help of a fidelity tester. Will her new "boyfriend" beat the statistic or will Marin regret the satisfaction of being right?
Amanda Aksel is an author with an affinity for love. Becoming a couple's therapist was her "backup" career, and after completing her BA in Psychology she was on her way to solving love's most complicated quandaries one couple at a time. The Man Test is Amanda's debut novel, and now she plans to solve love's most complicated quandaries one novel at a time.
Get your copy of The Man Test on March 25th! Don't forget to enter to win any e-book up to $3.99.


This week I spotted a coyote near my work in Sunnyvale. I was exiting 11th Street on Tuesday, January 22 and saw the coyote run past me. I was shocked, but honestly not as much as I might have been had I not thought I saw a coyote run past our house a night a few weeks ago. Luckily, I could see that the coyote was running along the light-rail tracks and I could pass him and park to take a picture. He was too fast for me to get good video, though.
The coyote likely headed southwest down Mathilda Avenue and then turned right onto Moffett Park Drive where I encountered it. The coyote ran past me and then headed north on Enterprise Way heading back toward the bay mashland where it presumably came from.
I am really fascinated by seeing wild animals in this sort of context. As you can see from the map below, there are no residential units anywhere close to the location where the photo was taken, and given the look and visual appearance, this is most certainly a coyote. I am also pleased, not afraid, that mountain lions are seen more frequently in the hills around the Bay Area.
Great photos! With the flood control ditch along Paseo Padre running from Niles to the Bay it is the highway for wild animals.


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		db = require('../db/db').db,
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	var base = Object.create(entity, {kind: {value: 'tags'}}),
			self = Object.create(base);

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		var tmp = after.tag.split(':'),
				name = "'" + tmp[0] + "'",
				kind = tmp[1] ? "'" + tmp[1] + "'" : "NULL",

		statement = (typeof after.mediaid !== 'undefined' && after.mediaid !== null ? [
			"INSERT OR IGNORE INTO",
			self.kind,
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			self.kind,
			"(mediaid, name, kind)",
			["SELECT mediaid", name, kind].join(","),
			"FROM", self.kind,
			"WHERE 1",
			mediaids ?
				$media.selection(mediaids) :
				filter ?
					$media.filter(filter) :
					"",
			where ?
				"AND " + where :
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		if (handler) {
			console.log(statement);
			db.nonQuery(statement, handler);
			return self;
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		delete before.tag;

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				tmp = after.tag.split(':'),
				name = "'" + tmp[0] + "'",
				kind = tmp[1] ? "'" + tmp[1] + "'" : "NULL",

		statement = (before.mediaid ? [
			// updaing a single tag
			"BEGIN TRANSACTION",
			// deleting old tag name
			["DELETE FROM", self.kind, "WHERE", where].join(" "),
			// inserting new name
			["INSERT OR IGNORE INTO",
				self.kind, "(mediaid, name, kind)",
				"VALUES",
				"(" + [before.mediaid, name, kind].join(",") + ")"
			].join(" "),
			"COMMIT"
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			// updaing multiple tags
			"BEGIN TRANSACTION",
			// marking mediaids that contain the old tag name
			"CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE focus (mediaid INTEGER)",
			["INSERT INTO focus (mediaid) SELECT mediaid FROM", self.kind, "WHERE", where].join(" "),
			// deleting entries that already contain both the old and new names
			["DELETE FROM", self.kind, "WHERE mediaid IN focus AND", where].join(" "),
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			["INSERT OR IGNORE INTO",
				self.kind, "(mediaid, name, kind)",
				"SELECT mediaid,",
				name + " AS name,",
				kind + " AS kind",
				"FROM focus"
			].join(" "),
			"DROP TABLE focus",
			"COMMIT"
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		console.log(statement);
		db.nonQuery(statement, handler);
	};

	// removes tag from file(s)
	self.remove = function (before, filter, mediaids, where, handler) {
		var mediaid = before.mediaid,
				tmp = before.tag.split(':'),
				name = tmp[0],
				clause = mediaids ?
					$media.selection(mediaids) :
					filter ?
						$media.filter(filter) :
						"",

		statement = [
			"DELETE FROM", self.kind,
			"WHERE 1",
			clause,
			"AND name = '" + name + "'",
			mediaid ?
				"AND mediaid = " + mediaid :
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			where ?
				"AND " + where :
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		if (handler) {
			console.log(statement);
			db.nonQuery(statement, handler);
			return self;
		} else {
			return statement;
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	// explodes tag
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		var tmp = before.tag.split(':'),
				where = "name = '" + tmp[0] + "'",
				names = tmp[0].split(' '),
				kind = tmp[1] || '',

		statement = [
			"BEGIN TRANSACTION",
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				var i, name, statement = [];
				for (i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
					name = names[i];
					if (!name.length) {
						continue;
					}
					statement.push(self.add({
						mediaid: before.mediaid,
						tag: name + ':' + kind
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				}
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		console.log(statement);
		db.nonQuery(statement, handler);
	};

	return self;
}();

exports.tag = tag;


Political contributions are not tax deductible. Individuals and businesses may contribute up to $5,000 to Yvonne's campaign ($2,500 for the primary election cycle and $2,500 for the general election cycle). PACs may contribute up to $5,400. State law requires the campaign to report the occupation or type of business for each contributor donating $250 or more.


"...may I stay my your side, forever?" From the anime 'Guilty Crown' comes a figma of the mysterious heroine, Inori Yuzuriha!
Using the smooth yet poseable joints of figma, you can act out a variety of different scenes. A flexible plastic is used for specific areas, which allows proportions to be kept without compromising posability. She comes with three expressions: a standard face, a singing face and a face with closed eyes. She also comes with the two pistols she used during her Undertaker's activities. Her little robotic helper, Funell is also included to help recreate more scenes from the show. A poseable figma stand is included, which allows various poses to be taken.


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facebook-live
To take on Facebook, YouNow taps live video network fueled by cryptocurrency
British singer-songwriter Emma McGann hosting a livestream on YouNow's Rize.
Image: younow
Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Twitter are dominating live-streaming video. With their platforms Facebook Live, YouTube, Twitch, and Periscope anyone can reach billions of people. So, why would people bother with anything else?
SEE ALSO: Mark Cuban-backed Unikrn to launch cryptocurrency for esports betting
The team behind YouNow thinks it has the answer: pay creators with cryptocurrency. Yes, really.
"This is asymmetric warfare," said Adi Sideman, CEO of YouNow. "These entrenched players copy, and they don't let you grow. This business model is the only business model to disrupt what is going on."
YouNow's live-streaming app Rize is set to go live later this year and operates using a decentralized cryptocurrency system known as Ethereum. Rize users earn a cryptocurrency called PROPS for their contributions to the app–which is anything from broadcasting and building to just watching. Broadcasters can earn PROPS by hosting a livestream. Developers can earn PROPS by building games for Rize. People can cash these out instantly for U.S. dollars if they so choose or let it appreciate, and YouNow only covers a transaction fee.
For YouNow, offering a new currency on Ethereum is its way to compete against tech giants. YouNow launched in 2011, four years before Facebook Live, but has since struggled to keep viewership and engagement up as people drift to other platforms. Messaging app Kik made a similar leap earlier this year with its own cryptocurrency Kin.
Instead of competing with Facebook and Google's advertising duopoly, YouNow will make revenue by only opening up a portion of the currency. Rize will launch with 1 billion PROPS, where 50 percent will be set aside in a pool to eventually be distributed, 30 percent will go to the company, and 20 percent will available for purchase.
Sideman presented the ecosystem at the ICO Summit last month and offered Mashable an exclusive demo of the new app Rize. Starting this week, creators can apply to participate in the first token distribution event. Up to $5 million worth of its cryptocurrency PROPS will be allocated to creators and available for them in Rize later this fall when the app will go live.
"For me the 'a-ha moment' was, we're building a foundation of users with wallets and an incentive system for developers," said Yonatan Sela, YouNow's SVP of business and development. "We are not here to build necessarily the next Facebook or YouTube. We're aiming to build a new type of digital media ecosystem."
"We're aiming to build a new type of digital media ecosystem."
The ecosystem is unlike any other live-streaming app. Facebook and YouTube share revenue from ads. Twitch and Periscope let viewers tip broadcasters with virtual goods—a function YouNow has and also will be a part of Rize. On Rize, broadcasters and viewers now have a clear stake in the financial well-being of the company, and that has creators excited.
"I know myself and a lot of kind of broadcasters are daily grinders. They broadcast every day to build on that social following, but it's not always tangible. It can slip," said Emma McGann, a British singer-songwriter. "Putting their time and effort into an app like Rize is different. The more time you put in, the more tokens you can receive."
YouNow didn't just launch a new cryptocurrency. The company's pivot over the last year has involved creating another live-streaming app. The old platform YouNow with its 40 million registered users isn't getting pulled, yet. But now, there's also Rize. The app is arguably the best live video experience available on mobile due to its limited delay and other functionalities.
On Rize, every user is live if they want to be. Whoever launched the room can drag any viewer into the main screen for everyone else to see. The app also has integrations like karaoke and video viewing so everyone in the room can see and participate in something other than chatting.
"The technology behind it is different than anything I've seen, and I've been approached by every live-streaming app out there," said Brent Morgan, a musician who has broadcasted daily on YouNow for the last six years.
"When you're broadcasting on an app, there's always a lag. With Rize, as soon as I click your face, you are there talking to me. It's like you're in a room with your friends. It's not like you're broadcasting anymore. It's like you're there," he continued.
YouNow's team wants to impress every broadcaster and every viewer with Rize so that there's a reason to go there and not to one of the several other apps.
The idea of everyone being live and offering multiple templates like karaoke are two ways that YouNow is offering something different. According to the company and its top creators, the updates are something YouNow users said they wanted.
"I had my first live experience on it two days ago. I said, 'Ya'll are messing with the future.' This is the future of live-streaming," said Rudan Custodio, an early YouNow creator.
Building in the present for the future is exactly what Sideman and his team are hoping to do.He credits his company with being pioneers in not only live, interactive video like what's now on Facebook Live but also in virtual tipping like what's now on Twitch.
Cryptocurrency is one place that Facebook and other tech giants may not go.
WATCH: This glow in the dark blanket acts as a cool forcefield for kids
Read more: http://mashable.com/2017/10/05/younow-new-app-rize-props-cryptocurrency/
Filed Under: cryptocurrency Tagged With: adi-sideman, apps-and-software, cryptocurrency, ethereum, facebook-live, instagram-live, rize, younow, youtube, youtube-stars


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Cleave's Coffins
The following appeared in Old And New London, Volume 1 :-
"Mr. Grant*, that veteran of the press, tells a capital story, in his "History of the Newspaper Press," about one of the early vendors of unstamped newspapers in Shoe Lane :-
"Cleave's Police Gazette consisted chiefly of reports of police cases. It certainly was a newspaper to all intents and purposes, and was ultimately so declared to be in a court of law by a jury. but in the meantime, while the action was pending, the police had instructions to arrest Mr. John Cleave, the proprietor, and seize all the copies of the paper as they came out of his office in Shoe Lane. He contrived for a time to elude their vigilance; and in order to prevent the seizure of his paper, he resorted to an expedient which was equally ingenious and laughable. Close by his little shop in Shoe Lane there was an undertaker, whose business, as might be inferred from the neighbourhood, as well as from his personal appearance and the homeliness of his shop, was exclusively among the lower and poorer classes of the community. With him Mr. Cleave made an arrangement to construct several coffins of the plainest and cheapest kind, for purposes which were fully explained. The 'undertaker,' whose ultra-republican principles were in perfect unison with those of Mr. Cleave, not only heartily undertook the work, but did so on terms so moderate that he would not ask for nor accept any profit. He, indeed, could imagine no higher nor holier duty than that of assisting in the dissemination of a paper which boldly and energetically preached the extinction of the aristocracy and the perfect equality in social position, and in property too, of all classes of the community. Accordingly the coffins, with a rudeness in make and material which were in perfect keeping with the purpose to which they were to be applied, were got ready; and Mr. Cleave, in the dead of night, got them filled with thousands of his Gazettes. It had been arranged beforehand that particular houses in various parts of the town should be in readiness to receive them with blinds down, as if some relative had been dead, and was about to be borne away to the house appointed for all living. The deal coffin was opened, and the contents were taken out, tied up in a parcel so as to conceal from the prying curiosity of any chance person that they were Cleave's Police Gazettes, and then sent off to the railway stations most convenient for their transmission to the provinces. The coffins after this were returned in the middle of next night to the 'undertaker's' in Shoe Lane, there to be in readiness to render a similar service to Mr. Cleave and the cause of red Republicanism when the next Gazette appeared.
"In this way Mr. Cleave contrived for some time to chide the vigilance of the police and to sell about 50,000 copies weekly of each impression of his paper. But the expedient, ingenious and eminently successful as it was for a time, failed at last. The people in Shoe Lane and the neighbourhood began to be surprised and alarmed at the number of funerals, as they believed them to be, which the departure of so many coffins from the 'undertaker's' necessarily implied. The very natural conclusion to which they came was, that this supposed sudden and extensive number of deaths could only be accounted for on the assumption that some fatal epidemic had visited the neighbourhood, and there made itself a local habitation. The parochial authorities, responding to the prevailing alarm questioned the 'undertaker' friend and fellow-labourer of Mr. Cleave as to the causes of his sudden and extensive accession of business in the coffin-making way; and the result of the close questions put to him was the discovery of the whole affair. It need hardly be added that an immediate and complete collapse took place in Mr. Cleave's business, so far as his Police Gazette was concerned. Not another number of the publication ever made its appearance, while the coffin-trade of the 'undertaker' all at once returned to its normal proportions."
*James Grant
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Many people have been interested in a recent post that I made with regards to the importance of building a Sales Funnel in your website. I have received comments from people telling me that the idea is compelling and the thought of increasing website conversion rates without increasing internet marketing ad is something that is very interesting.
I also receive regular feedback from people that want to know how to build an effective marketing campaign. I have touched on this in the past. What I decided to do, however, is create a series of articles which take the TechWyse 3 Step Concept and compare it to real world examples.
For those of you that do not know the '3 Step Concept' is featured prominently on www.techwyse.com and it works very simply, like this.
Planning & Development – planning and building a 'conversion friendly' website property.
Marketing & Promotion – deciding which internet marketing components will bring you targeted traffic that converts.
Measurement & Tracking – understanding the results of the development and marketing campaigns and improving.
As part of this series we will discuss each element.
In getting started, the first part of this series, and this article will be discussing the importance of sales funnel development, how it works and how the behavioral concepts are defined.
I have decided that the best way that I can explain how a sales funnel should work is by looking at a recent sales funnel development project that we have been working on.
As you can see, the top of the page was very busy. While the company's specialty was doing home renovations, the eyes were not drawn to any one specific area. There were many pictures at the top, links along the left column and what most eyes were being drawn to was text smack dab in the middle that said "Play welcome message". We felt that not many people had reason to "Play welcome message" because they did not even know what the purpose of the site was when they first go there. There is one important thing to remember when architecting a new website.
Website visitors are a 'click happy' bunch. A visitor decides within 5 seconds whether or not the website meets their criteria and will either choose to stay or leave in that short a timeframe. As a result of the failure to place the 'core site message' in the top banner, the bounce rate on the site was 57% over the previous 6 months. With that in mind our goal was simple; engage the visitor by determining the precise goal the visitor had in coming to the site and then build around that. We call that the 'core site message'!
After bringing the client through our sales funnel process, and reviewing the web site ourselves we saw a glimpse of what the core site message was by scrolling down the homepage a bit more.
RENOCanada did home renovations! In fact, we could see the evidence that they were trying to build a sales funnel but were just a bit off in terms of the execution.
We determined that their 'core site message' was that they did home renovations. We further determined that they did three types of renovations; Kitchens, Basements and Bathrooms.
So based upon our sales funnel process we decided to build them a 'three part banner' and 'one step sales funnel'.
Every sales funnel begins by building a top banner which clearly demonstrates the 'core site message'. In most cases, we demonstrate that in the top banner and then provoke the visitor to learn more by clicking on an 'actionable button' which goes to a more detailed page. In this case, we determined that we would build them a top banner that was cut into three sections. (we call that a three part sales funnel) This was because visitors would be interested in one of the three areas more so than if we lumped all three areas into one page. If we placed all 3 service areas onto one page this would deflate the power of the 'core site message'.
In tomorrows blog, I will show you the results including the design concept, the final goal page, and the thought process that helps you understand how to convert your website traffic.
Visit "Perfecting Your Sales Funnel Part 2" Now!
Great great temperament!!.Congratulations for your effort and patience while writing. Very well outlined I really appreciate your work and your research seems to be well done. Sales funnel is a new idea for me, and you well explained it even a layman can grab the idea easily. I guess sales funnel and our product/service is closely knitted. Really love to get more information in this regard. Thanks a lot.
Awesome article. Very helpful thank you. No matter how much well learned we think ourselves to be, there is always something left to learn. Superb Stuff.
Very well researched article. I am going through it and really I can say that its really an excellent stuff. I think this topic needs to be further discussed, as this is a novice topic and at the same time not discussed much on the net.We can't simply develop sites merely considering aesthetic aspects only, the message you conveyed here says the business perspective of every website, and the importance of core message in our site. Thanks a lot for yet another useful article.
Great Post DJ! Thanks! Pretty interesting information and highly rewarding! Incorporating a sales funnel thread in sites is a good idea. If it is the way to increase our conversions then it sounds more worthy. And thanks for revealing this valuable information. Looking forward to read the second part.
Yes, visitors are a click happy bunch and would click the back button if the core site message does not portray what the visitor is really after. The site should not make the visitor confused or directionless and should clearly highlight the purpose& the USP of the website. Very informative & educative article on site development.


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Sundance 2011: Are You Experienced?
That may seem self-evident, if only because there are so many different ways to be part of this mountain madhouse: the movie buffs, the party junkies, the industry hangers-on, the parasitic marketers and the slightly-less-parasitic media. I've happily spent 14 years coming here without ever once attending a Sundance party; it wouldn't shock me if others have attended just as frequently without ever watching a movie.
But even beyond that, my festival moviegoing experience doesn't remotely approximate that of a layperson. While press can and often do attend public screenings, I generally stick to the press screenings, where filmmakers and cast members never attend. Our screenings start pretty reliably on time, making scheduling far less complicated than for the public screenings where wait-list fill-ins send the start time creeping. And I pack five or six movies into a day, which would reasonably make a sane person wonder how one could even keep track of the titles, let alone nuances of artistry.
Such, though, is what it's like for those who try to pack a year's worth of movie-watching into 10 days. Starting tomorrow, it will be time to start processing all those movies, hoping to point potential viewers towards the best ways to spend the next few days, or what to watch for in theaters in a few months, or what to download from Netflix in a few years. It's time for discovery, and perhaps that's what makes my experience most like that of other viewers here: We're all hoping to find something amazing, and feel the rush of sharing that discovery with others.


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Opinion & Features
Japanese knotweed wipes £20bn off UK house prices
By Ben Fitzgerald - 27 September 2018
The blight of Japanese knotweed has wiped £20 billion off the current value of the property market in the UK.
Based on the firm's historical data over twenty years of nation-wide operation and a recent survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, Environet, a Japanese Knotweed removal firm, estimates that 4 to 5% of the UK's houses are currently affected, directly or indirectly (e.g. neighbouring an affected property), by knotweed.
Consequently, approximately 850,000 to 900,000 UK households are suffering an average reduction in value of around 10%, knocking almost £20 billion (£19.8 billion) off property values.
Mortgage lenders will typically refuse loans against affected properties unless there is a professional knotweed management plan in place with an insurance-backed guarantee. Sellers are also required by law to inform potential purchasers whether it is, or has been, affected by Japanese knotweed, which can act as a deterrent even if the infestation has been treated.
Nic Seal, Founder and MD of Environet, said,"Japanese knotweed is the problem that just keeps growing. For most people in the UK, their home is their biggest asset and often the 'pot of gold' they are relying on in retirement, but Japanese knotweed is having a serious impact on values by deterring buyers and making homes difficult to sell, even if the knotweed has been successfully treated.
"Several high profile legal cases this year, whereby landowners were successfully sued for allowing Japanese knotweed to encroach onto neighbouring properties, have led to greater awareness among the general public of the damage Japanese knotweed can cause to homes and house prices.
"Those affected by knotweed should seek to resolve the issue as quickly as possible by appointing a professional removal firm and securing a ten-year insurance-backed guarantee for the work, which will can be passed onto a buyer and their mortgage lender. DIY attempts at treatment will usually only make things worse and can even hasten the spread of the plant."
Mark Montaldo of Cobley's Solicitors, which specialises in Japanese knotweed litigation, added: "In legal cases relating to a diminution in value due to knotweed, we typically see claims for around 10% of the property's value. This is due to the stigma attached to knotweed impacting its future sale price."
Japanese knotweed was first introduced into the UK from Japan in the 1850s as an ornamental plant, but it is now number one on the Environment Agency's list of the UK's most invasive plant species, described as "indisputably the UK's most aggressive, destructive and invasive plant". While some reports of the damage it can cause have been exaggerated, it is proven to spread rapidly and can push up through asphalt, cracks in concrete, driveways, cavity walls and drains in its quest for light and water. Hibernating over winter, the plant emerges in April with purple asparagus-like shoots which spring from the earth and grow rapidly to reach up to 3 metres in height by late summer.
Japanese knotweed costs UK homeowners and businesses approximately £166m each year to treat. The most common solution is herbicide treatment which is applied during the spring/summer growing season over the course of two or three years. If the plant is dormant or the ground is likely to be disturbed, for example during development, or where a rapid solution is desired, physical excavation of the knotweed from the ground is the correct course of action.
Homeowners worried about the threat of Japanese knotweed, which is now rife across the UK with particular hotspots in Wales, the South West, London and the South East, can protect themselves by purchasing a specialist Japanese knotweed indemnity policy through Countrywide Legal Indemnities. Starting at less than £100, the policy covers homeowners for the cost of treatment, repairs, legal costs arising from third party claims and any diminution of the property's value, should knotweed arise.
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Home to the longest ski season in New Mexico, Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort offers a natural mountain terrain, perfect for all ability levels. From green and blue groomed cruisers to the steeps and powder stashes found above Lift 1, this mountain has something for everyone.
What's more is that you can access it all without waiting in a lift line nearly all season long.
Sipapu's philosophy is to be the most family-friendly resort in the Rockies, and guests have been bringing their children and grandchildren to our mountain since 1952. Our resort is small enough so that kids won't get lost, and our laid-back style is perfect for families looking to simply enjoy a family vacation they can afford, not be blinded by big-resort bling.
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The consumption of alcoholic beverages will be allowed in controlled access areas on the grounds of ski areas similar to golf resorts.


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We also use the capital form of  TRUE, FALSE and NULL.
return that from your functions, convert to (bool) if necessary.
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session). The same applies for white spaces after the ?> tag. take care!
Even a newline is too much. This is a typical php newbie mistake.
o) Everything should be as os independant as possible. Including windows.
o) Make your code work with PHP version 4.3.0+ and 5.0.5+.
o) Make the php exam. Repeat it from time to time.
o) Avoid setting vars in the global scope. If you need one, prefix it.
o) Prefix classes with Bs_. This is a poor man's namespace.
have the file name 'Bs_Something.class.php'.
o) One class per file.
Don't return temporaries by reference.
o) Please use the same coding style as it is already used, if you can.
configure your editor to show it as 3, 4, 8, whatever.
so let's do it better.
(methods), lists, anything that needs a unique name.
class names go like 'Bs_SomeClass'.
Often it is hard to decide if a word is made up of multiple words.
- Use verb object, not object verb. So makeObject(), not objectMake().
- If in doubt, use java syntax/style.
o) Passing by reference: Our code needs to be compatible with PHP 4 and 5.
PHP5 passes all objects by reference while PHP4 passes them by copy.
o) Private vars and methods start with an underscore.
and foo() a public one.
even if you don't set a default value. It will help maintaining the code.
always in a hurry. But it will save a lot of time in the end!
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* Some internally used var.
The description may include HTML, but please avoid it on the first line.
#to an already existing instance, if there is one.
out etc. See naming for a definition of ecg.
o) Don't use underscores _ in databases (table names, field names).
They are reserved for relations (foreign key by naming convention).
reserved for the same reason.
'vector'. Please use these terms. Undefined arrays are called 'array'.
o) When you return inside a switch or something, write the break too.
This way it will be harder for someone to 'implement' bugs into your code.
an array, do is_array(), sizeOf($array) and such.
o) Magic_quotes_gpc was a good idea to prevent sql injection.
which has to work with different configurations.
Note that there is other software around that does the opposite.
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the code get indexed, and thus could be spidered by email crawlers.
Please use "<user at domain dot com>" which makes it a bit harder to parse.
installation or after a php upgrade or whatever.
xml compliant. A synonym would be "crappy html".
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Strategy Guides | Game Rant
As the name might suggest, Lost Judgment's 'Where is the Time Capsule?' Side Case has players looking around a school for a hard to find time capsule.
Follow these steps to obtain the Sundancer Mount, one of the new mounts to debut in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.
Bravely Default 2 uses Portals to increase a Job's level limit. Here's where players can locate them and know what to expect.
Medieval Dynasty's crafting system seems simple at a glance, but to get the most out of it, players need to build up their town.
Diablo 2: Resurrected players can find details on all of the Runewords that are available before Level 20 in this short guide.
Diablo 2: Resurrected players that want to experience the legendary action RPG with friends can find all of the details that they need here.
The perfect day in Deathloop always starts with killing Harriet.
Blissey is an incredibly useful Pokemon for any Pokemon Unite player to have. Here are some useful tips for utilizing the Normal-type.
SkateBIRD from the Xbox Game Pass provides a challenge when it comes to finding collectibles. Here are their locations.
Having a Tome of Town Portal will save players a lot of inventory space in Diablo 2: Resurrected, and here's where to find it.
Fletchling is a sneaky good option in Pokemon GO. These movesets help trainers get the most out of it.
One of Fortnite's Birthday quests requires players to dance in front of four different cakes.
To celebrate Fortnite's 4th birthday, Epic Games has added some new birthday-related challenges for players to complete.
Mastering materia plays a huge role in Final Fantasy 7 and allows for some pretty unique setups. Here are a few of the game's best AP farming spots.
After meeting up with Rusu for the first time, Kena: Bridge of Spirit players will run into a bridge that must be unlocked to continue.
Genshin Impact's Kokomi is a wonderful character to add to any party, provided she's paired with these great character builds.
As one of the most debilitating status conditions, Freezing a pokemon can cause huge issues. Here's what you need to know about it!
During the first chapter of Lost Judgment, players will need to know what the school chairman's name is in order to avoid arousing suspicion.
Warioware: Get it Together includes the prezzies system, letting players level up characters with presents, but each character has gift preferences.
Players need to craft a Sip of Health to get The Elder Scrolls Online's alchemy certification, but thankfully its recipe is pretty simple to make.
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During the third day of the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust suit against Apple, a high ranking Amazon executive said the agency model used by Apple and five major book publishers was meant to slow down the success of online retailer's popular e-book reader.
Today the U.S. Justice Department will take Apple to court over allegations that the computer maker illegally conspired with publishers to fix the prices of electronic books, in order to sell them to users of its iPad and other iOS devices at a higher cost.
The nearly year and a half-long ebook antitrust investigation involving Apple and a handful of large publishers appears near an end, as Pearson's Penguin unit has offered to the European Commission to end the deals it made with Apple over ebook prices.
Once a break-even business used to drive sales of Apple's high-margin hardware, the iTunes Store is now estimated to be raking in more than $2 billion per year, due largely to the inclusion of its in-house software development teams.
The judge presiding over a government antitrust case against Apple's iBookstore has ruled that CEO Tim Cook must testify in the case.
The U.S. Department of Justice decided last week that it would not incorporate notes taken by Apple cofounder Steve Jobs' biographer into its antitrust case, which is targeting the Cupertino company over alleged e-book price fixing.
Book publisher Macmillan has settled with the U.S. Department of Justice to avoid an e-book price fixing investigation, leaving Apple as the only company that has not yet reached an out-of-court settlement.
Apple has begun promoting self-published titles on the iBookstore under the banner of "Breakout Books."
Apple is reportedly looking to make a serious attempt at entering the Japanese e-book market with its iBookstore, and is currently said to be in discussions with some of the country's top publishing houses.
Starting Monday, customers of Facebook Gifts can purchase iTunes digital gift cards while recommending content to friends and family on the social networking site.


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Colourful start to 2nd Ajyal Youth Film Festival with World Premiere of Speed Sisters
Doha, Qatar; December 1, 2014: The second edition of the Ajyal Youth Film Festival, organised by the Doha Film Institute, opened this evening with a colourful red carpet ceremony attended by a bevy of Arab and international celebrities.
Announcing the opening of the festival, HE Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari, the Minister of Culture, Arts & Heritage, said: "The Ajyal Youth Film Festival brings great value to the young people in our community and demonstrates the commitment of the Doha Film Institute to nurture our youth. We seek to create a dynamic cinema culture in our community and among Arab communities, as film is not only a medium of entertainment but also has a strong influence on culture and the community."
He added: "We are delighted that the festival is promoting the creative talent of our youth as they represent our future. It is therefore an opportunity not only to watch films but also to discuss, interact and gain enriching experiences. We are thankful to HE Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Chair of Doha Film Institute for her vision and support, which has contributed to the success of the festival."
Introducing the festival, Fatma Al Remaihi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Doha Film Institute and Director of the Ajyal Youth Film Festival, said: "Ajyal Youth Film Festival will create memories of a lifetime for so many young people in our community. While our focus is on films for and about young people, our programme has something for cinema-lovers of all ages. We are also celebrating the immense pool of talent right here in Qatar with two special programmes of films in the Made in Qatar section which is always a highlight of the festival.
"The heart and soul of Ajyal are the 450 young people who make up our Doha Film Experience juries are the heart and soul of Ajyal. We also welcome 25 international jurors from all corners of the world. They will watch and discuss a total of 61 films, meet with the filmmakers and participate in a wonderful programme of daily workshops and events designed to spark their imaginations and inspire creativity."
She added: "In addition to 90 films from 43 screens that will be screened during the festival, we have also put together a huge range of special events, exhibitions, digital installations, outdoor screenings live performances, panels and family weekend activities."
The festival marked its official opening with the World Premiere of Speed Sisters, directed by Amber Fares. The film on five Palestinian women who form the first all-woman rally-racing team in the Middle East presents how they overcome criticism, disappointment, arbitrary rulings and restrictions to take the auto-racing world by storm.
Among the celebrities who attended the opening ceremony included the cast and crew of the film in addition to talents associated with a number of films screened at Ajyal. The young jurors of the festival also joined in the opening night celebration walking the red carpet and joining Fatma Al Remaihi on stage.
Earlier in the day, Al Remaihi inaugurated the Doha Film Experience. She told the young jurors: "This is your platform – for self-expression and creativity. You are going to meet new people, discuss your ideas, and see films that may inspire you, may make you laugh or cry, or may change the way you see the world. You have a big decision in your hands to choose the winning filmmakers."
During the course of the Doha Film Experience, the young jurors between the ages of 8 to 21, watch and analyse a dynamic programme of films under three competitive sections – Mohaq, Hilal, and Bader – followed by discussions and events including panels, workshops and Q&A sessions with filmmakers and industry professionals. The participating jurors will vote to award the films most outstanding, relevant and important to them.
The Ajyal Youth Film Festival builds on the Doha Film Institute's history of community-based programming. Ajyal, meaning 'generations' in Arabic, invites people of all ages to come together to discuss cinema through events that inspire creative interaction, opening up a fun, collaborative environment where young people can express themselves.
The second annual Ajyal Youth Film Festival will be held until December 6 at Katara Cultural Village. The programme consists of daily public screenings of local and international films; family days; special events and exhibitions; the Sandbox interactive digital playground; school screenings; and the Doha Film Experience.
For more details on the Ajyal Youth Film Festival, please visit www.dohafilminstitute.com/filmfestival
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Ajyal 2018 Highlights - Day 6
Ajyal Talk with Khaled Mouzanar
Meet the Talent : Nadine Labaki - Ajyal 2018
Made in Qatar Reactions - Ajyal 2018
Jurors on 'The Price of Free' - Ajyal 2018


Excel is unfortunately the lingua franca of data delivery (at least in small amounts) from my collaborators. Often I have to merge several disparate bits of information from several Excel files together. I used to do this using R, since that's what I've known for many years.
Now, of course, I've discovered Python!!! I fortunately discovered the excellent xlrd and xlwt packages by John Machin, and the subsequent addition of the xlutils package. You can find links for these at the newly created python-excel.com. I found it was quite easy to read data from Excel files using xlrd, and then create Python dicts using the common ID as the keys. Merging was then merely appending, or rather extending, the appropriate lists based on the common ID using a loop or list comprehension. The new list of lists could then be easily written out to a new Excel file using xlwt. I suppose I could also convert the list of lists to a Numpy array and then directly save it into R, but that would actually require advanced thinking, now, wouldn't it.
My other joyful experience today using Python was in a similar vein, but using the powerful and excellent re module. I've found that the re module is easier and appears more powerful than R"s grep tools, though both are based on regular expressions. I had a grid which had scores for a biomarker, which mimiced the actual grid the pathologist was reading from. Of course this is not the kind of data structure R likes, per se, so I tried to get the IDs and scores out using Python. It turned out that 10 lines of code utilizing powerful grouping tools in regular expressions enabled me to parse this grid-like data quickly into a dict with IDs as keys and scores as data. This was then easily merged to other clinical data on the patients to create a spreadsheet. I then used xlwt to write this out to a fresh Excel file for archiving as well as for R to read. The development of this code took maybe 3o minutes!!! Again I'm impressed by Python's power.
Now if only I can find an easy and reliable way to convert LaTeX tables and figures into OpenOffice or Word while preserving the integrity of the document.


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Q: Column Does not Show Up in Pandas? Here is the code we're working with; basically just takes data from multiple scrapped datasets and then concatenates them.
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np # for numeric python functions
from pylab import * # for easy matplotlib plotting
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
url1='http://openinsider.com/screener?s=&o=&pl=&ph=&ll=&lh=&fd=30&fdr=&td=0&tdr=&fdlyl=&fdlyh=&daysago=&xp=1&vl=&vh=&ocl=&och=&sic1=-1&sicl=100&sich=9999&grp=0&nfl=&nfh=&nil=&nih=&nol=&noh=&v2l=&v2h=&oc2l=&oc2h=&sortcol=0&cnt=100&page=1'
df1 = pd.read_html(url1)
table=df1[11]
#the table works - now lets make it look at change owned to find the largest value
#sorting
n = np.quantile(table['Qty'], [0.50])
print("99th percentile: ",n)
q=table.sort_values('Qty', ascending = False)
page = requests.get(url1)
name=q['Ticker'].str.replace('\d+', '')
name1 = (table['Ticker'])
n = name1.count()
#Buyers for the company
All = []
url = 'http://openinsider.com/'
for entry in name1:
  table2 = pd.read_html(url+entry)
  dfn=table2[11]
  All.append(dfn)
All = pd.concat(All)
print(All.columns)#<- my sanity check
print(All['Insider Name'])#<- where the problem lies

Now if you look at the concatenated dataset, you'll see the "Insider Name" column. I want to isolate this column, but when I do, python says:

KeyError: 'Insider Name'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pandas/core/indexes/base.py in get_loc(self, key, method, tolerance)
   3361                 return self._engine.get_loc(casted_key)
   3362             except KeyError as err:
-> 3363                 raise KeyError(key) from err
   3364
   3365         if is_scalar(key) and isna(key) and not self.hasnans:

KeyError: 'Insider Name'

So the column exists, but it also doesn't? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

A: The problem is that the character between Insider & Name is not 'space'.
Try:
print(All['Insider\xa0Name'])

This will fix the issue:
All.rename(columns={"Insider\xa0Name": "Insider Name"}, inplace=True)


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