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New Sect: Weigh Down guru Gwen Shamblin's Remnant Fellowship grows.
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Fraud: Financial Warfare scam targets black churches.
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Germany's industrial production rate fell by a greater than expected amount in September according to figures released on Tuesday by the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
The 1.6 percent drop was more than two times larger than forecast, following a major bounce in August, when the overall rate of growth rose by its biggest amount in six years. The figures released cover the combined production rates in Germany's traditionally strong sectors of manufacturing, construction and energy.
With industrial production up by 0.8 percent for the third quarter as a whole and with most other economic indicators still firing nicely, the figures are unlikely to cause much concern in Berlin or Frankfurt.
A closer look at the data reveals a 2.7 percent fall in the production of capital goods and a 0.3 percent drop in the production of consumer goods. Energy production was down by 4.3 percent in September 2017 while production in construction increased by 0.4 percent.
Those figures are in stark contrast to the August figures, when production of capital goods — goods used primarily for the production of other goods — rose by almost 5 percent.
While the figures somewhat buck the recent boom-time trends seen in the monthly German economic updates, the overall mood remains positive, particularly given that industrial production has increased overall in the third quarter. Another positive from the latest figures is the increase in the construction rate following a drop in August.
"Overall, industrial production should expand further in the coming months," the Ministry said in a statement. "The economic situation for industry remains lively...production should continue to increase in the coming months."
Figures released on Monday showed that there remains strong demand, particularly in the eurozone, for German capital goods with a sharp rise in industrial orders in September.


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Spiritual Support: Armenian Catholicoi on landmark visit to struggling Karabakh
His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and His Holiness Aram I, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, have arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on a joint visit supposed to bolster the spirit of Armenians fighting for their identity in a beleaguered land.
The visit was first announced in early April when Nagorno-Karabakh was still under attack from Azerbaijan. Nearly four days of intense fighting left scores of Armenian and Azerbaijan soldiers killed and wounded, ending in a verbal ceasefire agreement that has largely held until today despite sporadic gunfire and continuing fatalities at the line of contact.
In Stepanakert, the two Armenian church leaders met with Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan.
The latter's press office reports that "a wide range of questions covering the state-church, Homeland-Diaspora ties was discussed at the meeting."
The sides also reportedly discussed issues relating to the large-scale combat operations launched by Azerbaijan from 2 to 5 April and their consequences.
President Sahakyan noted that "during this ordeal the entire Armenian nation demonstrated exemplary unity and cohesion, fervent patriotism and self-dedication highlighting the role of the Armenian Apostolic Church in this process."
He acknowledged the visit of the church patriarchs, pointing out its historic significance from spiritual and political points of view as well as in terms of patriotic upbringing of the younger generations.
Primate of the Artsakh Diocese Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan and a group of supreme ecclesiastic representatives of the Armenian Apostolic Church also attended the meeting.
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Air Astana introduces premium economy class on Embraer 190-E2 Aircraft
Author: Vicky Karantzavelou / Date: Thu, 11/26/2020 - 08:18
Air Astana is introducing a new Premium Economy Class on all flights
Air Astana is introducing a new Premium Economy Class on all flights operated by its popular Embraer 190-E2 aircraft. Premium Economy Class occupies seat rows from one to 12 and delivers the same award-winning levels of service and comfort of the Business Class it replaces, albeit at 35% lower fares. The new product made its debut on domestic flights from Nur-Sultan to Shymkent, Atyrau, Aktobe and Ust-Kamenogorsk and from Almaty to Kyzylorda on 23rd November.
The airline's Premium Economy seats offer more space and comfort than Economy Class in its attractive 2 by 2, no middle seat layout. It also allows two baggage items at 32 kg each, at no extra charge.
Nomad Club members travelling in Premium Economy Class will earn the same Nomad Club points as Business Class passengers and continue to enjoy access to business class lounges and priority at check-in and during boarding.
Air Astana Sales Director, Islam Sekerbelov commented: "We always appreciate and listen to our customers' feedback. Thanks to their comments we can continually enhance and improve our service. The new Premium Economy Class is designed for passengers who value comfort and seek value for money too. They will still receive the service and privileges of our business class offering."
Air Astana operates five Embraer E190-E2 aircraft which belong to the family of upgraded E-Jets, offering lower operating costs, emissions and noise levels.
Vicky Karantzavelou
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Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales. She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.


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Brookhaven overhauled its alcohol ordinance last fall.
Nightspots in Brookhaven push back against crackdown
Tia Mitchell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Customers trickled into Josephine Lounge, enticed by heavy promotion on a hip hop radio station and free admission for women before midnight.
They scattered around in dimly lit booths and browsed LED menus. Only a few ordered the tacos, sliders and wings offered. But drinks flowed while a DJ in an elevated booth spun the latest hits.
Josephine says it is a restaurant that provides a lively atmosphere, and until recently Brookhaven allowed it to operate as such. But an overhaul of the city's Alcohol Code means places like Josephine — any venue with either a DJ, a stage or a dance floor — is now designated as "entertainment venue."
That new category also comes with a huge financial impact. A liquor license for restaurants to pour alcohol, beer and wine is less than $6,000. Entertainment venues must pay $100,000 and aren't allowed to serve adult beverages on Sundays. Josephine is one of the 12 establishments put on notice that they needed to pay up or stop pouring.
Four venues, including Josephine, were denied alcohol licenses in February because the city said they erroneously categorized themselves as restaurants and didn't pay the required new fees. The four asked the city's Alcohol Board to reconsider, but the decision to revoke their licenses was upheld. Now they have filed appeals in state court.
Eight others were notified last week that their liquor licenses are being suspended in May unless they pay the $100,000 and submit new paperwork as entertainment venues.
The establishments include Pegasus, where a DJ often provides sounds while patrons select from a fusion menu with African and West Indian inspirations. And Acapulco Tropical, where reggaeton blasts from the stage and margaritas flowed much more frequently than snacks on a recent evening.
There could be more places added to the list if the city determines they fit the definition of an entertainment venue.
In addition to the appeal, Josephine and two of the other businesses notified in February have also filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court accusing Brookhaven of targeting restaurants that cater to black patrons. Their attorney Cary Wiggins said the city has not justified the drastic changes or enforced them fairly across the city.
"To stem what it perceives as an influx of 'hip hop' restaurants, the City of Brookhaven has adopted and enforced a set of confusing, content-based ordinances that it believes will cripple the City's restaurants which cater to African Americans," Wiggins wrote.
All 12 establishments that Brookhaven says are fraudulently operating as restaurants instead of entertainment venues are located along Buford Highway on the city's southern edge, an area known for being a haven for minorities and immigrants. Brookhaven has targeted Buford Highway for redevelopment and, in recent months, has cracked down on nightlife there.
Brookhaven city council members said they overhauled the Alcohol Code in late 2017 after reviewing crime data focused on 10 late-night venues that serve alcohol and were responsible for the most calls for service, as well as citywide DUI statistics.
The report showed that most incidents at the locations occurred between the hours of 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., and most people charged with driving under the influence lived elsewhere.
Council members said that data justified charging certain places that serve alcohol — mainly nightclubs with DJs and dancing — more money to operate. They said the increase in revenue will cover the costs of the services that Brookhaven Police provide at these locations.
"Under the new fee structure, Brookhaven residents are providing less of a subsidy for police to an area around a handful of entertainment venues which have a disproportionate amount of criminal activity," city spokesman Burke Brennan said.
In its response to the appeals in state court, the city denies wrongdoing in how the Alcohol Code was overhauled or enforced. There is no middle ground in the new law, Brennan said. If there is a DJ playing music, a dance floor or a stage, then the place is an entertainment venue that must pay the higher costs for its liquor license. There are no exceptions, he said.
Brennan denied that race has anything to do with the restaurants that have been cited. He said the Brookhaven Police Department prides itself on outreach to minority communities.
The four clubs that filed suit remain open — and pouring — while their appeals circulate through the courts. The eight that received letters recently can also appeal, which would allow them to also continue operating pending a ruling.
All of them are already abiding by other portions of the Alcohol Code overwrite, including a rollback of the hours bars can serve liquor from 3 a.m. to 2 a.m. most nights.
Wiggins said Brookhaven's new regulations would essentially shut down his clients.
'Without seeking any input from the restaurants the city deems a drain on resources, the city has eliminated one of two weekend days from their allowable operation, and it has levied a $95,000 increase for their annual alcohol license," he said. "It's sticking a fire hose in their mouths while they're drowning. Yes, the $100,000 fee is a death sentence."
Wiggins and attorney Alan Begner, who represents the LGBT-friendly Rush Lounge, both argue that Georgia law says municipalities cannot charge more than $5,000 for a license to sell spirits. They believe this is proof Brookhaven overstepped its authority because half of the $100,000 fee is for the right to pour liquor.
The city says that part of the Georgia Code applies only to package stores, not nightclubs.
Brookhaven has not yet responded to the accusations in the federal lawsuit that civil rights, due process and free speech laws have been violated.
Brookhaven revoked alcohol licenses for four nightspots it says did not properly register as entertainment venues or pay the new $100,000 fee for liquor licenses. They appealed in state and federal court.
Last week, Brookhaven sent letters to eight more establishments accused of miscategorized themselves as restaurants instead of entertainment venues. Their liquor licenses will be suspended in May unless they pay the $100,000 and submit new paperwork.
The lawsuits filed on behalf of the four venues are pending. The eight establishments that received letters last week must decide whether they will pay up or appeal.
How much does a liquor license cost?
Municipalities set their own rules for how much they charge restaurants and nightclubs for licenses needed to serve beer, wine and spirits. Here is a breakdown of the costs:
Brookhaven: $100,000 for entertainment venues, $5,200 for most restaurants
Chamblee: $5,000 plus $1,700 for Sunday sales for all venues
Atlanta: $5,000 for all venues
Doraville: $4,000 plus $1,000 for Sunday sales for all venues
Unincorporated DeKalb County: $4,000 plus $1,100 for Sunday sales for all venues


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Tunisian blogger Lina Ben Mhennia; All Voices
Not all cafe hopping bloggers have the Nobel Prize nominee credibility of Tunisian Lina Ben Mhenni, but what would a cafe proprietor who didn't agree with her regime-exposing views have had the grounds to ask her to leave? And what responsibility do digital citizens, and the general public, have to cafe proprietors?
In the media of late, mothers with tantrum-throwing toddlers, children with techno devices, bloggers with laptops and lyrca-wearing cyclists have all attracted the ire of cafe proprietors.
After one Melbourne cafe reportedly told a mother to up sticks with her tantrum-throwing toddler for the sake of the space's ambiance last week, we ask, 'What is okay in a cafe?'.
Cafes aren't "public spaces" per se, they're income-earning businesses for their owners, but they are still bound by the Anti-Discrimination Act, which legislates against the unfair treatment of people based on sex, race, religious belief, disability, pregnancy and breastfeeding needs.
Of course, cafes profit from the traffic that comes through their doors, and in addition to the food they serve and the people who serve it, the ambiance they are able to create within the walls of their cafes are a big selling point.
Where do they draw the line when it comes to people's personal behaviour in regards to their business?
"You should have an open-door policy for starters, and if people abuse that, then you do something," says Alex Baan, who owns Spice of Life Cafe on Mount Tamborine, Queensland, with his wife Heike Edrich. "A child can have one scream, but if it's incessant then you might say something about it. We seldom have to do anything, though, people are understanding."
Baan also believes in the basic rules of cafe conduct for users of Wifi services: buy coffee, buy something to eat, and preferably use a small table, particularly if big groups come in who need the larger space.
In 'The Entrepreneur's Guide to Coffee Shop Etiquette', Mashable's Erica Swallow writes, "It's nice to get away from the home desk, and a nice café can be just the spot for sparking creativity. But with the increasing amount of coffeehouse commuters, the guidelines for what's appropriate and what's just downright obnoxious can be a bit foggy."
The rules stipulated by Swallow's interviewees include: buy something, particularly if you're there at lunch time and at least every two hours otherwise; get out before closing time; take business calls outside; use your headphones for sound always; put your stuff on the floor and your bum on the seat; have someone mind your stuff (watching neighbours' belongings is an "unspoken rule of coffee shop etiquette") but be reasonable; four is the magic number for group meetings; stick to browser basics – no big downloads; don't bring your own food; and don't hog the power.
There are sugar sachets all over the table where Naomi, 35, sits with her two sons, within seconds of touch down. But this morning Naomi is enjoying some time out with Wesley, 3, and Edmund, 1, before a girlfriend arrives. Things might turn awry, this much she knows, but she's smart and plans ahead.
"Food's always good," she says, listing her essential distractions. "Sometimes I take my own, like rice cakes, because the food can take a while. And I always bring toys for them. It's a matter of spacing things out. Cafes that have toys, or a little area for kids, are good because it gives them something different."
This means mum can concentrate on time out with a girlfriend, or to simply enjoy a freshly brewed coffee. Other mums enjoy the one-on-one time with their children in a social cafe context.
Freddy, 2, and his mum, Jenny, are also at the cafe this morning to share a baby chino and coffee before heading to the supermarket to do the shopping. Jenny, who has two other children aged nine and four, likes to bring her little man here before her day gets too hectic.
"I've always brought my kids because I think it teaches them discipline and how to act in public," says Jenny, 36, over Freddy's calls of "Mum, mum, mum!". In the case of a tantrum, Jenny tells them they will be disciplined when they go home; and she follows through with it.
"If you don't take them out in public, how will they learn to be around people? You will get people who don't like being around kids - if I can sense that, I might move to another table. I am very aware that too much noise might bother someone, so I tell them to be quiet, but I also have people who come up and say, 'Don't worry about it; I love the sound of children."
I've personally felt more uncomfortable about vocal and repugnant adults or teens having their say in a cafe than with any mum with her bub or bike-pants wearing cyclist or sole blogger with a laptop.
An edit of this post appeared today at JUSTB Australia.


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NIEBERGALL support German Homeland Security, Police, Army, Navy. May be we can help Japan as well.
The US Marines acknowledge that they are part of the Department of the Navy … the men's department!
Fascinating idea – the RM have already show in Africa recently that the deployment of a Platoon sized group to Ghana is a great way of increasing defence relations at relatively little cost.
The UK and Japan are certainly keen to revitalise the Defence Relationship, as seen over the past 18 months, and this could be a good way of establishing a low level working relationship quickly and easily.


I love Minecraft, it is a great multiplayer game and I think it has really come a long way since the beginning. I have been playing Minecraft since the release of the first game, and it has just gotten better and better. But this game could use some improvements especially for mobile users. I feel like the computer users of Minecraft get updates quicker. For instance I have seen people on computers that have the full aquatic update , while I'm on an iPad and I am only now getting news of this update plus it is coming so slowly. Another problem I have with this game is the in-app purchases I mean I know they have added coins but you still have to buy those coins with your real life money. I wish that they had a way that you could somehow earn the coins in game by playing and achieving certain goals. I also think this game needs more mobs they have all these biomes but so little animals they should have different animals and mobs for each biome. Just one idea for the game I had too was Eskimos can be like the villagers of the snow biomes. Finally, another issue I have is the LAG if I have a certain amount of worlds the game lags like crazy to where I can't play the game. I hope you consider these problems and think about ways to fix them and please get the updates to users at the same time. I have been a Minecraft user for many years and I would like to see the game be improved.
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As some 18,000 girls between the ages of 11-19 were impregnated during the deadly Ebola epidemic, between 2014 to 2015, according to a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) survey, First Lady Sia Nyama Koroma has called for an improvement in quality education in the country.
Mrs. Koroma was speaking yesterday during a national dialogue meeting at Family Kingdom, hosted by her Enhanced Inclusive Quality Education for all Girls (ENIQUE) project, which is supported by UNICEF and a host of donor partners.
The ENIQUE project is a multi-sectorial advocacy campaign that leverages on quantitative and qualitative evidence-based context and content developed through consensus and coordination with key actors, including the First lady, wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Jonta Foh, to engage critical stakeholders in a bid to push for holistic education of girls in Sierra Leone.
According to the First Lady, there are several dimensions to the vulnerability and disruption of education of girls in the country, noting that poverty, discriminatory traditions and customs, peer pressure, high social expectations, among many, adding that the resulting phenomenon points to serious consequence on human resource capacity, planned poverty phenomenon, maternal mortality and sustained under-development.
She revealed that out of the 18,000 girls, 10,000 are school going girls, adding that the project will now support teenage mothers to go back to school.
"Girls in the country face countless challenges, including abuse, early marriage, teenage pregnancy and dropping out of school, and 85% of girls are victims of one form of abuse or the other, 92% of married girls are between 15-19 years, teenagers account for over 40% of maternal deaths in the country," she said.
Giving an overview of the ENIQUE project, Sheku Nuni, who works in the Office of the First Lady, said that the project has four pillars: strengthening policies that enhance institutional support for retention of girls in schools, strengthening community-based social and economic support for girls, providing comprehensive support for pregnant girls during and after pregnancy and reducing prevalence of drop-out rates among girls by 10% by end of 2017.
He said the period of girls 'stay at home' exposes children to different forms of abuse and violence, including teenage pregnancy for girls, adding that the First Lady and the wife of the Vice President identified with the plight of pregnant girls who were banned by government to attending school and taking their examination.


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We get many requests from former students all over the world who would like to become OMNI Instructors and that is always a very special honor to us.
Exclusive, Intensive, Professional – ISO 9001!
The OMNI Instructor training is very exclusive and reserved for those who truly wish to teach the OMNI curriculum to students who sign up to learn from the best there is. The training itself lasts 8 full days and is being coordinated by Gerald Kein & Hansruedi Wipf. It is like a boot camp where we mold you into self-confident instructors who take the profession to an all new level. We expect a lot from you, as we think that the OMNI name requires also the most proficient and professional instructors. Our current instructors are respected all over the world and are considered specialists and experts in the field of hypnosis & hypnotherapy.
We are very well aware that our students are our business cards to the outside world. The better our students fare in the market, the more successful they become, the more we benefit as their instructors.
We carry the OMNI instructor pin with pride and bring honor to the name and legacy of OMNI. After all, we are the first hypnotherapy training worldwide that not only got the OMNI training ISO 9001 certified, but also the actual hypnotherapy process, which is another great achievement in the company's long history and that makes us quite unique in the hypnosis world.
Your location (city, region) cannot be already reserved by another OMNI Instructor (see reserved locations here). Some countries, states or regions are based on exclusivity. Different rules apply for exclusive agreements. Unless otherwise indicated, you are allowed to teach the OMNI curriculum anywhere in the world though, unless the location/region/country is reserved already. If your location is already reserved, you may still apply for another location.
You should be willing to work hard, remain focused and dedicated and show perseverance. Focus, dedication, perseverance spell one thing: Success!
If you are not serious about the OMNI training or just want to take it because you wish to get a training with Jerry & myself, please refrain from doing so. We only want people who are serious about the business in the instructor classes.
You may have to abandon other activities, such as stage shows or similar activities. Not that we are against it, but prefer you work as professional as possible, because that is what our students expect from us. Your stage is the classroom.
You may have to supply a video of your work if we are unsure about your qualifications.
Aside from a proven training concept and one of the most respected names in the field, you will of course benefit from so many additional perks that we have come up with, such as the affiliate marketing, the OMNI-Finder, design for banners & roll-ups, powerpoint presentations, marketing concepts, business strategies, networking amongst the instructors and so much more. You will be amazed what kind of opportunities you will get, once you become an OMNI Instructor.
If you think it is going to be easy though, you may very well fool yourself. Even though OMNI is a very respected name in hypnosis worldwide, it still can be very tough to convince students to sign up. We are not known for being the cheapest training out there, nor do we want to be. We offer the best training there is and we also give so many additional advantages to our students once they graduate, that competing on price is not the right way to go. If you want to buy a Mercedes-Benz, you will have to pay for that kind of quality and service and our training is considered to be the Mercedes-Benz of all hypnosis trainings out there.
Success can be tremendous. If you are dedicated, focused and do a great job marketing the OMNI training, you may be able to make a serious living from it. Many of us do – but we all know how hard we worked in order to get where we are. So if you can truly say that you want all this and that you meet these requirements, then we are looking forward to your application.
If you think that we miss out because you bring along other trades that makes it indispensible to have you on board, well, apply!
Should you have any questions or are unsure about the requirements, get in touch and let's talk.


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The band sees themselves as the narrators of Irish Mythology. The band's main goal is to showcase their own vision of those stories, playing the music with passion and from the heart. They take influences from black, doom, and folk metal. CELTACHOR incorporate Irish whistle and bodhrán into the music to create an atmosphere wherever possible. With a full line-up in place they released their official debut CD, 'In The Halls of our Ancient Fathers' in 2010. And released their first album in November 2012. CELTACHOR has shared the stage with the likes of: Skyforger, Primordial, Heidevolk, Suidakra, Cruachan, Wolfchant, Alestorm, Mael Mordha, Waylander,Belenos, Thurisaz, Nothgard, Darkest Era.


SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom will attend the California Legislative Black Caucus' annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day breakfast tomorrow in Sacramento.
Who: Governor Gavin Newsom, Reverend Al Sharpton, and members of the California Legislative Black Caucus.
When: Tomorrow, Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
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Q: jquery remote validation modification I have applied jquery remote validation. on success i have added an image against my textbox. but i want to remove that image  once the other validation applies because i have applied multiple validations . please suggest. following is my code for validation on email- textbox.
Jquery:
/*--Validations for registeration step-1 - starts here ---*/
    var school_url = "/" + PROJECT_NAME + "registration/get-schools-list";
    var company_url = "/" + PROJECT_NAME + "registration/get-all-ref-companies";
    autoComplete( 'input[type=text]#college', school_url);
    autoComplete( 'input[type=text]#employed_company', company_url);

    $( "#registeration_step1" ).validate({
        rules: {
            first_name: {
                required: true,
                noSpace: true,
                alphaOnly:true,
                minlength: 3,
                maxlength: 30
            },
            last_name: {
                required: true,
                noSpace: true,
                alphaOnly:true,
                minlength: 3,
                maxlength: 30
            },
            email: {
                required: true,
                email: true,
                noSpace: true,
                remote: {
                    url: "/"+PROJECT_NAME+"index/check-email-exist",
                    type: "post",
                    beforeSend: function() {
                        $("div#tick-box-image").html("");
                    },
                    complete: function(data) {
                        if(data.responseText == "true")
                        {
                            $("div#tick-box-image").html("");
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            $("div#tick-box-image").html("");
                        }
                    },
                    data: {
                            email: function() {
                                return $( "#email" ).val();
                            }
                    }
                }
            },
            password: {
                required: true,
                ilook_password: true,
                 minlength: 8,
                 maxlength: 20,
                 noSpace: true

            }
        },
        messages: {
            first_name:{
                noSpace:"Please enter valid first name"
            },
            last_name:{
                noSpace:"Please enter valid last name"
            },
            email: {
                remote: "Not available!",
            }
        }
    });

html:

CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT

    <form name="registeration_step1" id="registeration_step1"
        method="POST" action="registration">

First Name:

                <input id="first_name" name="first_name" type="text" value="" />

Last Name:

                <input id="last_name" name="last_name" type="text" />

Email:

                <input id="email" name="email" type="text" />

Password:

                <input id="password" name="password" type="password" />

                By clicking Join Now, you agree to our Terms and that you have read our Data Use Policy,
                including our Cookie
                    Use.

                <input type="hidden" name="created_from" value="ilook"
                    id="created_from"> <input name="signup_submit" type="submit"
                    value="JOIN NOW" />

    </form>

server side script:
public function checkEmailExistAction()
{
    $params = $this->getRequest()->getParams();
    $email_check = \Extended\ilook_user::isEmailExist($params['email']);

    if($email_check){
        echo Zend_Json::encode(false);
    }else{
        echo Zend_Json::encode(true);
    }
    die();
}

A: The remote method is used to compare the form input data with your data on the server.  The server-side script returns a response which indicates to jQuery Validation the field is either valid or invalid, and if invalid, optionally returns a custom error message.  This is all the remote method should be doing.
If you want to do things when any of the rules are evaluated, then you should not be putting this logic inside of the remote method.  You need to use one of the many available callback functions that are fired when any rule is evaluated, which is why I asked to see the rest of your code.
Typically,
errorPlacement - Used for placing the error message within your layout.  By default, this is placed after the input element.
highlight - By default, used for adding/removing the invalid/valid class's from the element being validated.  Used together with unhighlight.
unhighlight - By default, used for removing/adding the invalid/valid class's from the element being validated.  Used together with highlight.
success - By default, this is not used.  Optionally, this is used to place the error message element on a valid field... such as when you'd like an "ok" message or a green checkmark on a valid field.
See the documentation for all available callbacks and options.
Look at the source code to see the default functions for these callbacks.  You can copy the default function as a template for your custom callback function.

NOTES:
You absolutely do not need the data option in this case.   You can remove all of this...
data: {
    email: function() {
        return $( "#email" ).val();
    }
}

The remote method is being applied to the field named email, so by default, the value of the email field is already being sent to the server.
The data option is only used for when you need to send additional data along with the default data.  Like if you needed to send the value of a password field along with the email address.

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For the last seven years, we've been sourcing our coffees directly from coffee producers around the world. Something we've come to learn from this experience is how hard it is to communicate what exactly that means. In our opinion, the term Direct Trade has become very washed in our industry, so we thought we'd take a minute and not only write a blog about it, but also release a set of defined internal certifications to send clear messaging about each and every one of our coffees. Every coffee on our menu will meet the criteria of at least one of our Rosso Direct icons.
In 2015, we decided to move our entire menu to being purchased direct trade. To us at the time, direct trade meant buying directly from the people that are producing the coffee. This is the foundation of Rosso Direct. From 2012-14 we purchased a solid chunk of our coffees 'spot', which means we were purchasing them from menus provided by importers. Please let the record state that there's nothing wrong with purchasing your green coffee from importers. It's a vital step and we'd actually encourage you build a relationship with a coffee importer during your coffee roasting journey. We decided to shift away from importers with the goal of providing more value to the coffee producers, traveling to understand their operations and always having a unique menu of offerings. So today, we purchase 100% of our coffees in a direct trade style of business, with the goal of providing the most value to the farms we work with, while building a constructive relationship that's mutually beneficial and sharing knowledge. We also get to collaborate and experiment on the production side of coffee.
We're proud to work with passionate coffee producers in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Rwanda, Brazil, Myanmar, Burundi, and others. We see coffee as a seasonal product that should not be available on our menu year round, so we've strategically selected these countries to have 'fresh-crop' offerings throughout the calendar year. We've also put together a balanced menu of prominent and well renowned coffee producing countries like Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, mixed in with under-sourced, high potential and burgeoning coffee producing nations such as Rwanda, Burundi and Myanmar. To best communicate these coffees, we're proud to launch the four certifications below:
This represents the value we place in our relationships, by showcasing commitment to a specific farm, cooperative or community project. The shaking hand symbolizes the respect and the mutual relationship we have with the producers of the coffee this icon is listed on. The number above the hands represents the number of years we've visited their operations and collaborated on a sustainable future, pushing quality and maybe some experimentation. Every coffee with this icon ensures fair pricing has been paid for the coffee we purchase. With coffee, just like other agricultural crops, producers will have up-years and down-years, with both quality and yields. We believe it's important to support the producers we're working with through those ups and the downs, and ultimately purchase coffee and visit them each and every year. This is how we believe we'll build the strongest foundation for our relationships.
For example; Our average price for a pound of green coffee is approximately 3.5x today's c-market price, as dictated by the NYSE. This number is reflective of farm gate pricing and does not include shipping and transportation, storage, financing, roasting, labor or packaging of product. Our lowest input cost has been 2x the c-market price, and our highest to date is 85x. As I write this, todays c-market, or commodity price of coffee, is $1.08 USD, nearing a five-year market low. The metrics of 'x' used above are defined by this price. Yes, that means we paid nearly $90 USD per pound for four different nano-lots that scored between 90.5 and 92.5 on the cupping table and played a key role in a 5th place finish in the 2018 World Barista Championship, sourced from La Palma y El Tucan, in Cundinamarca, Colombia.
As a comparison, Fair Trade Standard pricing sets a fixed amount above the c-market price at approximately +30 cents. They'll pay further bonus for organic certifications in the realm of +15 cents.
This indicates that Rosso has established a goal with the corresponding farm, cooperative or community project. A coffee reflecting this icon means that a set monetary value, per bag sold, will be donated by Rosso toward the established goal set out in collaboration with the coffee producers. Projects will differ from country to country, need to need, and will ultimately lie in places we see opportunity and/or believe there is need. Be it for quality of life or quality of coffee, each project will aim to fulfill a mission that benefits human lives. Yes, we believe coffee benefits human lives. The details of the project and their respective objectives will always be located on our website.
For example: we're establishing a project based on Water Filtration Systems in Myanmar, with Behind the Leaf Coffee based in Pinlaung, Shan State, which will launch with our fresh-crop offerings from our recent trip in February 2018. This particular project will impact a coffee producing village called Hti Ta Maung, where clean water is not easily accessible. Our goal is to provide a more sustainable lifestyle to the members of this village by providing Water Filtration Systems and ensuring access to clean drinking water. By donating $1 per bag, we're able to fund a Water Filtration System for every 15 bags, donating up to 140 systems by the end of this season.
This is a quality marker. In our practice, we use a 100 point scale to quantify the quality of a coffee through a process called cupping. This process is an international standard for tasting and evaluating coffee quality, and we ultimately use it to select and purchase coffee when visiting producers, to profile and understand how to best roast a coffee, then to ensure quality control standards are kept up through our production roasts. The Specialty Coffee Association defines Specialty Coffee as a clean, sweet and defect-free coffee that scores above 80 points on this scale. We use 85 points as our baseline for coffees we purchase. If you see this 88+ icon on a bag of beans, that means it's a dynamic, more intriguing and more thought provoking cup of coffee that quantifies a higher quality score than the average. These are the creme de la creme offerings within our menu, with just a handful coming from each country we source per season.
For example: Let's say a coffee scores 90 points on the cupping table. In order to garner this score, this coffee is evaluated in 10 categories - fragrance/aroma, flavour, acidity, body, aftertaste, sweetness, balance, uniformity, cleanliness and overall. Each of these categories is out of 10 points, based on intensities and complexities. A coffee that scores 90 points, will be complex, expressive and will continually call you back for another sip. Similar to a high end wine or whiskey, where sip after sip, the flavour shifts slightly, the experience changes and your left with a thought provoking flavour sensation. Using the example of La Palma y El Tucan coffees described above, the Natural Sidra lot 129 which we used at the 2018 World Barista Championship has complex flavours derived by citrus qualities like orange blossom, fresh mandarin orange and candied citrus, there are green grape-like qualities that define the acidity, a creamy and coating presence to the mouthfeel, and a long after taste with big, luscious sweetness. That's a 91 point coffee. This coffee, as well as all coffees on our menu are not flavoured artificially, but instead are naturally occurring flavour compounds impacted by variety, terroir, processing, roasting and brewing.
This icon indicates a coffee producers dedication to sustainable agriculture and respect for the planet. It's challenging for a small scale coffee producer to put up the financial investment of Organic Certification, or Frog Friendly, or Rainforest Alliance. We created this icon to represent the producers who put the Earth first, respect their surroundings and avoid the usage of chemical fertilizers or pesticides. This icon is for the producers who don't see the return on investment when certified by a large entity like listed above.
For example: we've been purchasing from a farm in Costa Rica, called Anonos, for three seasons now. The first year we visited brothers Marvin and Felipe, they were organic certified and their farm was incredibly lush, with fertile soils and beautiful, healthy plants. The next year we visited, they told us they were no longer certified but they were still practicing organic practices. The plants and the soils looked identical, and the coffees we tasted from that season were consistent or improved over the previous year. The only difference was they weren't paying into the certification anymore because they felt they didn't receive any of the promised assistance or support. So this is our way of showcasing to you and to them, that we trust their practices are organic and we as an industry can continue to thrive without large scale corporate certifications.
For now these four icons will roll out with each bag of coffee that we launch going forward. Every coffee on our menu is and will be qualified to take on one or more of these icons. As we continue to source coffees, learn and develop best practices, we'll continue to build on each of these certifications seeing them through to their furthest potential. They'll live as ever-evolving, ever-developing and never-quite-finished concepts. We believe they'll help us establish our relationships with the passionate people who produce the coffees we get the opportunity to work with and ultimately bring the best coffees to our community, while working to brighten theirs.
Hopefully this brings light to coffee's value chain and clarity to our buying practices. Making it easier for us to share and communicate the unique story behind each bag of wonderful coffee.
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How stolen moments of intimacy at Nyeri prison ended in death
By Amos Kareithi | Feb. 2, 2020
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What started as stolen moments of intimacy in a cell at Nyeri Maximum Security Prison has ended in death, tears and unanswered questions.
At the centre of the mysterious death are theories and allegations of a jilted lover, betrayal, a mobile phone and an intricate web of cover-up.
In this matrix, the family of 29-year-old Peterson Mwendia Ngari is desperately searching for answers.
They want to understand how Mwendia died inside his prison cell Number 3 while serving a life sentence at King'ong'o on the night of November 19 last year.
Investigations by the Saturday Standard have established that Mwendia was sharing a cell with Peter Maina, a soul mate convicted for armed robbery.
The two prisoners had struck a friendship while serving their time in Nyeri and it was not a coincidence but a well-planned scheme that involved giving some prison officers money to allow the union.
"We had given out Sh3,000 to be allowed to stay together in the same cell. We were lovers and wanted to live together in one cell," Maina says.
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Peterson Mwenda was serving a death sentence at Kingongo Prison in Nyeri [Photo: Courtesy]
We further established that the two men had been in a relationship for more than a month before they moved in the same cell where they could be alone all night.
All went well until Mwendia went to Kerugoya for hearing of a petition he had lodged for his re-sentencing. He stayed there for some days but reports filtered back to his cell in Nyeri to his "lover" that he was seeing another man.
"When he came back from Kerugoya, Maina was very upset with him. Things got worse when Mwendia siphoned Sh13,300 from his cellmate's phone and sent it to someone else," a source says.
However, Maina gives another version of events of what really happened on the fateful night. "On the night of November 18, there was a search in our cell. At around 8 pm six officers came to our cell. The boss remained at the door. As the search was going on, I was ordered out of the cell," he says.
The prisoner claims to have been taken to an area code-named mess where prisoners watch TV as warders conducted their operation for about 15 minutes.
After this, the officers allegedly ordered him to follow them to the security area, where he remained for some time but when he was ultimately allowed back to his cell, he found Mwendia bleeding from the mouth and nose.
His body was lying on a mattress facing the solitary bulb in the cell and was partly covered. It was dressed in a short popularly known as kunguru and a sweater.
At one point, Maina claims, the search had yielded Mwendia's phone, an Itel which he saw with the warders involved in the operation at the place the prisoners call Security.
Secret of the death
Maina says he spent the night with his cellmate's body and that he was warned not to let out the secret of the death. In the course of the night, prison warders reportedly visited him and his dead cellmate four times.
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The main entrance into Kingongo Prison in Nyeri [Photo: Mose Sammy]
The body was collected after about 10 police officers visited the cell at 6 am on November 19. They photographed the body, the cell, and briefly interviewed Maina.
"They wanted to know whether the door had been open in the night and whether there had been any visitors to the cell," says Maina.
Later, about four officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) visited the cell and took lengthy notes. It was after this visit that Maina was removed from the cell and sent to another where he was held in isolation. Some sources at the prison at first indicated that Mwendia had committed suicide but could not sustain this theory after the only possible witness to the death, Maina, disowned it.
Maina readily admitted that he and his cellmate were lovers but denied that they had any difference, insisting that his friend was strangled by prison authorities.
However, the deceased's younger brother, Samuel Njagi, says the pathologist who conducted the postmortem informed him that Mwendia had died as a result of strangulation.
"When I last saw my brother in Kerugoya during the hearing of his appeal, he was so full of life and hope. He was confident that he would be released soon. It is tragic that he was killed.
We demand that those who killed him are punished," Njagi says. The distraught brother recalls how he saw Mwendia at the Nyeri mortuary.
"His body had blood in the mouth and nose. He had been strangled and the officers present told me he had been killed by his cellmate," Njagi says.
He says his mother, Stella Wanja, had at one point been allowed to interview Maina to explain why he had strangled him.
"The prison officers told us that Mwendia and Maina had been sharing a cell. They told us Maina had strangled my brother and they were investigating. Once investigations were over, they promised to alert us. We have not heard anything since," Njagi says.
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According to Nyeri County Referral Hospital mortuary records, Mwendia' body was booked into the facility on November 19, 2019, from Kenya Prisons.
The records also indicate that the body once received, underwent a postmortem examination with the cause of death recorded as injuries to the neck consistent with strangulation, the report was handed over to the local police for investigations by the DCI. On December 5, Njagi who was identified as the next of kin, collected the body from the mortuary for burial in Kiamwathi, Kirinyaga County.
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Police records indicate the file had been forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for perusal. An officer privy to the investigation says after conducting thorough investigations they concluded that the victim had been murdered by his cellmate and had recommended that he be charged.
"The victim was serving a life sentence and based on witness statements there were only two people in the cell, the body was found on the floor of the cell and therefore it was not plausible that he committed suicide," the officer says.
Ken Aluda who is in charge of communications at the Kenya Prisons Services said although he had not received the file on the case, an inquest had been opened to probe the cause of death and the circumstances.
-Additional Reporting by Lydiah Nyawira
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Q: Downsides of using Autobahn as WAMP router? I'm currently looking into using the WAMP-protocol to synchronise between server and clients of my future web-applications.
They recommend using crossbar.io as the router but since Autobahn supports all four roles (publisher, subscriber, caller, callee) itself I'm wondering why I would need another router framework like crossbar.io at all?
I'd like to use node.js with Autobahn|JS as the router and Autobahn|JS in the web-browser as the client. Is this feasible or am I missing something here?

A: Autobahn(JS/Python/CPP) supports all four client roles, but since WAMP is a routed protocol, you still need a WAMP router. Autobahn does not provide that, and there's now way in which you could use AutobahnJS to create a WAMP router on Node.js.
The WAMP router is not a framework - it's a component which you configure (authentication, authorization, transports etc.) and then just leave running. When everything is configured properly, this is completely transparent for your application.
I'm part of the Autobahn and Crossbar.io projects - so my recommendation is Crossbar.io, but there are other WAMP routers out there. These differ e.g. in regards to the amount of features they implement and their performance. As long as you don't rely on the features of a particular router, you can swap out the WAMP router at any time.


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Q: declaring a unicode string in vba in excel I am trying to create a substitute() that will convert greek characters to latin.
The problem is that after declaring
Dim Source As String
Source = "αβγδεζηικλμνξοπρστθφω"

Source is interpreted as "áâãäåæçéêëìíîïðñóôõöù"
is there any way use unicode at declaration level?

A: You say that your source is interpreted as "áâãäåæçéêëìíîïðñóôõöù".
Note that the Visual Basic Editor doesn't display Unicode, but it does support manipulating Unicode strings:
Dim strValue As String
strValue = Range("A1").Value
Range("B1").Value = Mid(strValue, 3)
Range("C1").Value = StrReverse(strValue)

If A1 contains Greek characters, B1 and C1 will contain Greek characters too after running this code.
You just can't view the values properly in the Immediate window, or in a MsgBox.

A: You can try StrConv:
StrConv("αβγδεζηικλμνξοπρστθφω", vbUnicode)

Source : http://www.techonthenet.com/excel/formulas/strconv.php
[EDIT] Another solution:
You can get every greek character (lower and upper case) thanks to this procedure:
Sub x()
    Dim i As Long

    For i = 913 To 969
        With Cells(i - 912, 1)
            .Formula = "=dec2hex(" & i & ")"
            .Offset(, 1).Value = ChrW$(i)
        End With
    Next i
End Sub

You can create an array to find the char for instance.
Source: http://www.excelforum.com/excel-programming/636544-adding-greek-letters.html
[EDIT 2] Here is a sub to build the string you wanted:
Sub greekAlpha()
Dim sAlpha As String
Dim lLetter As Long

For lLetter = &H3B1 To &H3C9
    sAlpha = sAlpha & ChrW(lLetter)
Next
End Sub

A: As previously mentioned, VBA does support unicode strings, however you cannot write unicode strings inside your code, because the VBA editor only allows VBA files to be encoded in the 8-bit codepage Windows-1252.
You can however convert a binary equivalent of the unicode string you wish to have:
str = StrConv("±²³´µ¶·¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÃĸÆÉ", vbFromUnicode)
'str value is now "αβγδεζηικλμνξοπρστθφω"

Use notepad to convert the string: copy-paste the unicode string, save the file as unicode (not utf-8) and open it as ASCII (which is in fact Windows-1252), then copy-paste it into the VBA editor without the first two characters (ÿþ), which is the BOM marker


Im wondering, has any faction got together 90% of its members in 1 place to meet up?
I have gotten about 75% of mine together, but we all work together. I would imagine SUP gets together in a war room every campaign!
Lol im talking 1 house for a bbq, going global!!
We have had a live event twice.
Was very nice. But this would be very difficult if we had more different countries. We only have players from Holland and Belgium.
Cool idea, would give you quite the tactical advantage.
Oh and there's the Annual Bravehearts of Scotland Conference each September, in Edinburgh last year but moving to member countries hereafter.
We are having one towards the end of the year.
Doubt we get 90+% together, as we have a bunch of north Americans which comprise about 10% of the faction.
TDF will have a gathering at the end of December!
We will meet each other for the first time! This is offcourse for the ones that are able to!


If, like me, you suffer from email overload and want an alternative way to send personalised messages to a number of prospects at once, then you might want to check out LinkedIn's self-service sponsored Inmail feature.
Launched in November 2016, it allows those with smaller budgets to reach the people they want to via LinkedIn messenger. And because messages are delivered when members are on the platform then (hopefully) it means they have a couple of minutes to read yours!
Why might you want to consider it?
If you have something that a particular demographic will find valuable then this could be a great, effective way to reach them – even if they're outside your network. You won't need to find out their email addresses and can include your usual disclaimers (plus all recipients have the ability to opt-out).
…Or want to invite people to trial your new piece of compliance software.
If you can communicate clear benefits to the recipient in your Inmail, and want to reach a relatively large audience, then this feature could be worth trialing.
When testing the set-up I noticed that you have to target a demographic of at least 1,000 people. However, you have the option to set a total budget for your campaign so if you're paying $3 per Inmail and only set a total budget of $500 then presumably your message would be sent to 166 people who fit your criteria. If you've used this feature and know if this is or isn't the case, please leave a comment below and I will update this!
You can control the audience you want to reach, can split test emails to work out what works best, and can monitor performance with a real-time analytics dashboard.
1. Go to your user profile icon when logged into your LinkedIn account (i.e. your photo in the top right hand corner) and select "Advertising" from the drop down list.
2. Click on the account you want to advertise from or click "Add account" to create one (don't click on the grey heading as that will take you to your company page – click on the account name in white below it).
Once you've clicked 'New campaign', select the 3rd option: "I want to send targeted messages directly to the people who matter most to my business".
Name your campaign and choose the language you want it to appear in.
3. Next choose a sender. Think about who the email is best to come from – possibly your managing partner, head of practice/industry sector – think about who the recipient will most closely relate to. You'll need to make sure the sender is a first degree connection of yours and they will need to accept your request to make them a sender – which may involve a bit of chasing on your part! To avoid delays in setting up your campaign, set yourself up as the default sender, create your sponsored Inmail campaign and save it to drafts.
4. Now create your message. Ensure the content is highly targeted, personal and offers the recipient value; this is a delicate balance. Just be aware that your message will appear amongst the recipients personal messages via LinkedIn so spend time crafting it and get to the point quickly. To add a custom salutation click on the custom fields box and select from the options.
Decide whether you want to add any terms and conditions – such as legal terms, contact information etc. LinkedIn will automatically include an unsubscribe option so you don't need to worry about that.
5. Enter the URL of the landing page you want recipients to click through to. This could be a sign-up page, a page to download your report etc. Enter the details on the 'Banner' and 'Destination URL' screen.
You have the option of uploading a banner creative. This will appear alongside your Inmail on a recipients screen. It's optional but if you don't use it ads from other advertisers may appear in that slot.
Enter your button text – essentially your call to action. What do you want the recipient to do next? Learn more, register, download my guide? Keep it simple. This is one component you'll likely want to split test.
6. Review. The review screen shows your ad details and is your chance to edit and create variations. Variations allow you to split-test your ads to hone them over time for maximum effectiveness.
7. Select your target audience. From here on in the process is identical to setting up sponsored/direct sponsored content. There are a variety of targeting options. As you select different criteria you'll notice that the estimated target audience number on the right hand side changes. You'll be told your audience is too narrow if it's below 1,000 people. Remember you can exclude as well as include specific job titles, locations, companies etc. Click on the drop down box that says 'include' and select the 'exclude' option.
If you're likely to target the same demographic going forward, then save it as a template so that you don't have to re-select the same criteria in future.
8. Set your campaign budget. LinkedIn will suggest a bid range per sponsored Inmail sent. To budget you may want to click the 'Show more' button and set up a total budget for your campaign to avoid huge costs. The minimum budget you can set is US$25. Alternatively you could set a daily budget and just have the campaign run for a few days by selecting an end date.
Once you're ready launch your campaign and monitor results using the Campaign Dashboard. By keeping a close eye on this you can tweak your campaign as you go, turning off variations that aren't working and improving those that are.
To find out more check out LinkedIn's literature on its Sponsored InMail feature.
If you want to reach a relatively wide audience easily and cost-effectively, this could be a good feature to trial. Just remember that it's not something you set up and leave but a feature you'll want to monitor and tweak as you go.
keep your existing clients engaged via segmented client-only content.
While some professional services firms are using these techniques, they're often used on specific campaigns rather than holistically. That makes sense because you have to start somewhere but if you REALLY want to make inbound marketing (and associated automation) work for you it's a good idea to map out your content against the buyer journey and link things up so that you can move people through from leads to clients and from satisfied clients to delighted clients.
Download our free eBook "How to Grow Your Firm's Revenue" where we walk you through the basic principles of inbound marketing for professional service firms to apply these strategies to your own firm.
Effective inbound marketing means that, when you've subscribed to a piece of content, you'll receive automated and personalised communications based on this and future actions you take, which are designed to move you further through the buyer journey and to increase your engagement with the content provider.
What are the various stages of the buyer journey?
Awareness is the beginning of their journey where they know they have a problem or opportunity but aren't sure exactly what it is.
Consideration is when they've given a name to their problem or opportunity and are exploring their options.
Decision is when they've decided on a particular course of action and are evaluating different providers.
Given that many of your ideal prospects will not yet be at the 'decision' stage, you need to create content for those at all stages of the buyers' journey. The mistake many of us make is that we only have content aimed at one or two stages of the buyers' journey and so miss the critical link – meaning we don't get the best return on our hard work.
Understand your ideal prospects' and your existing clients' needs. This comes from creating buyer personas– something I haven't heard of many professional services firms doing!
"Buyer personas are fictional, generalized representations of your ideal customers. They help you understand your customers (and prospective customers) better, and make it easier for you to tailor content to the specific needs, behaviours, and concerns of different groups.
Brainstorm content they'll likely be looking for at each stage of the buyer's journey (use long-tail keyword research to help you).
It's then a case of mapping the content and creating it – thinking about how you'll move people through their journey as they go. For example, someone's relationship has gone sour and they're looking at leaving their partner but still haven't decided to do so – at this stage they might be looking for info about how to get out of a relationship, things to consider before leaving, counselling and so on – they probably won't be looking for a divorce lawyer just yet – but a divorce lawyer could put together info that will help them here in order to position him/herself for if/when the person is ready to speak to a lawyer.
The lawyer could publish a blog post on how to get out of a relationship and then, at the bottom of that post, invite people to download an eBook '20 things to consider before leaving your partner'. The lawyer could then set up a series of autoresponders providing additional tips, inviting people to access other content they're likely to be looking for at this point such as 'How to ensure you don't lose out financially if you leave your partner'. The lawyer could also invite people to meet with them to discuss their situation and find out their options.
As the person moves through their journey, the types of content the lawyer would publish would change too. Of course it would all be available online so that those searching for content of this nature could easily find it.
You'd then apply the same principles to creating content for your existing clients. Doing so could really assist your other cross-selling initiatives. For example, you might identify a group of clients who would benefit from a mini-course, which you could then deliver in easy-to-digest weekly segments.
Having great landing pages and effective autoresponders sitting behind the downloads will be key – as will having a good CRM that allows you to categorise people/prospects/clients according to the actions they take, enabling you to personalise communications beyond simply using their name!
This means that when someone has downloaded a piece of content they've found useful, you can ensure they receive a follow-up email that further explores the topic they're interested in – rather than sending them completely unrelated info.
It's also critical to monitor how each component is performing and to test the impact of making changes. For example, if a lot of people are clicking through to your landing page but aren't then taking action, then something on that landing page isn't working. Try changing one component at a time and seeing if that improves things – such as changing the heading and, if that doesn't work, changing the image, the colour of the sign-up button etc. The key thing is to only change one thing at a time so that you can pinpoint what works. This goes for each part of your inbound process – work out which part(s) isn't working as well as you'd like it to and address it by testing alternatives.
Bottom line: the way people do business has changed and we need to adapt too.
Yes referrals are still incredibly important but we need to look for ways to DEMONSTRATE our firm/team's expertise and build relationships with people BEFORE they've made the decision to call us (or one of our competitors).
A well-thought out inbound marketing strategy will help drive more of your ideal prospects to your firm and, because much of the process is automated, you can set it up and have it working for you behind the scenes while you focus on other things.
If you want to learn more about inbound marketing or improve the effectiveness of your approach, I recommend you sign up to Hubspot's free inbound marketing course and certification. If you want to see great inbound marketing in action then sign up for some Hubspot content and watch what happens – their process is extremely impressive and well thought-out.