Running a Google Ads (formerly known as Adwords) campaign is an effective way to reach potential customers. Unlike traditional media advertising, Google Ads can be targeted to specific audiences and appear only when potential customers search for certain keywords or, in the case of the Google Display Network, when they visit particular sites or those that match a topic related to your business.
Because with Google Ads your ads always relate to the searches that potential customers do, the chances that your message will capture their attention and translate into a sale are much higher than with traditional media advertising.
For instance, say that you have been invited to spend a weekend at a millionaire's ski lodge in Aspen (who hasn't had that problem?) and are looking to buy appropriate clothes. You type "ski clothes" on the Google search bar and… voila! Before the list of organic results come a short series of paid ads related to what you are looking for—ski clothes.
Text Ads consist of a couple of lines of descriptive text accompanied by a URL and sometimes extensions such as a telephone number or an address. If you are working on a desktop computer, Google Display Ads from the Google Merchant Network will show on the right side of your screen. If you are using a mobile device, the Google Display Ads will come atop the text ads. These ads include images and prices.
The Google Display Network works like a humongous market place in which you had rented a locale to display your merchandise. The difference is that instead of waiting for people to walk by and discover your store, as it would have to happen in real life, with Google Ads your merchandise appears in front of potential customers the moment they search for the type of products you sell. Additionally, the amount you pay in rent is directly connected to the amount of traffic you receive. With a reach of over 2 million sites and over 90% of all Internet users, the Google Display Network comprises a market of about 3.5 billion people. That is a lot of people!
Abandoned Carts? Go Chase Them!
Google Ads allow you to create retargeting campaigns to go after those customers who visited your website but left before concluding a purchase. Why chase them? Because if you don't, your competition will. Retargeting campaigns keep your products or services fresh in the memory of potential customers and entices them to go back to your site with irresistible offers tailored just for them.
Google Ads allows you to track all kinds of metrics, such as the number of impressions, click-through-rates, and conversions. You can learn to a particular detail not only which ads are working best but when they did, up to the hour of the day. You can see what keywords people were looking for when they saw or interacted with your ads, what type of devices they were using, and even get some anonymous demographic data such as gender, household income, and parental status so that you can refine your ads. With Google Ads, you can even see how your ads are doing compared to those of your competitors and get recommendations.
All the information on the Google Ads dashboard is there to help you better allocate your online advertising budget, but let's be honest: it can be overwhelming. With so many options to choose and so many charts and numbers to attend, learning how to manage your Google Ads campaign efficiently can rob precious time from your schedule. The solution? Pass the burden to us. We can set up your campaign from scratch or review your existing one and improve it.
Whether you have a new business or an up and running one, we can help you increase your website traffic from the very first week.
We've inherited campaigns so well executed that we just want to frame them. And then we've seen real carnage.
Because with Google Ads you pay for keywords in an auction process, betting on the most popular ones isn't always the best strategy.
Choosing the right keywords and creating a catchy ad are only the first steps. Who is your audience? What time of the day do most searches occur? Where are your ads leading to? There are many details to consider for a successful campaign.
Even if you sell all kinds of fruit, you don't want to offer a pear when people are looking for pineapples. By organizing your keywords into ad groups, we ensure that only those of your ads truly relevant for what people search appear on their search results.
Sometimes a broad match is better than a precise one. Sometimes is the complete opposite, so that you can avoid spending money on advertising. Depending on the specifics of your target audience we can help you choose the right level of exactness.
There are some customers you don't want to attract. Like those looking for baseball bats when what you sell are real flying bats.
Because you want every dollar to be well spent.
Forms that are too lengthy or with too many calls to action (CTA) may annoy or confuse customers and shoo them away. To sell, you have to tell a story first. We know how to engage and persuade.
Extensions are snippets of relevant information that you can add directly to your ads: Address, telephone number, and direct links within your website. They are especially useful for users doing searches on mobile devices because with one click they can get directions or call you.
Some ads try their best, but not all can do the cut. We don't hesitate when it's time to eliminate them.
Show your best line precisely when your audience needs it.
Because love enters through the eyes and the eyes, tend to wander toward the colorful and shiny.
When the perfect campaign is not performing too well, it may be because you are spending too much on the wrong keywords or because you may be spending too little on the right ones. Figuring out the answer requires analysis and expertise. We have both!
Someone spent some time admiring your nicely embroidered vintage tablecloths but didn't buy them? Follow them till they do! Capture back their attention witch dynamic ads that will appear on sites your customers visit in the future.
Tracking conversions is one of the best methods to see at a glance whether your campaign is giving you the results you expected. The process is straightforward for products or services that your clients can buy online: conversions express a ratio of the number of visits that turned into an actual sale. What about other completed actions you may want to trace such as phone calls, forms filled-up or downloaded apps? We can help set up all that.
Conversions alone don't tell the whole story. A search funnel report allows you to examine potential customer's search behavior and understand what steps drove them into your website.
How to make sense of a sea of data? With reports that present only the most relevant information in a manner that is both pleasant and easy to understand.
The ad will drive customers to your virtual store but what they find there will make them stay. Make sure that landing pages match their expectations. We can help you build exceptionally good landing pages for opting in, sales, memberships, and subscriptions using ClickFunnels to maximize conversions.
Prevent paying more for clicks to your ads coming from competitors or scammers.
(Optimization of keywords, ads, bids, and other settings) – Conversion (Sales) Tracking. Running a good Google Ads campaign is like fixing dinner. You can prepare fast a couple of baloney sandwiches to fill up the hole, or you can spend a whole afternoon making noise with those pots and pans and impress your guests with a stew that will make them lick their fingers. We can do impressive stuff fast and stretch every dollar.
Setup & Google Analytics Setup.
If it isn't what you say but how you say it, how do you figure out how to say it? Google Analytics tracks your site visitors' behavior allowing you to understand who they are and what is what they do when they interact with your website. What for? So that you can create a more compelling message. Simple example: It's 2019. Should you spend some money on a mobile responsive website? If 99.99% of your visitors still come from a desktop computer, maybe you can wait another year. But if many of your visitors are using mobile devices, and that is affecting your bounce rate because most leave after realizing they cannot read your landing page, then spending money on a new website would be money well spent. How would you know? Google analytics can tell you.
Remember the times when to evaluate the success of an advertising campaign you had to rely on surveys? We already forgot. Google Ads metrics allow you to monitor the development of your campaign as it takes place, tracking every impression, every click, and every conversion. Choosing the period is just a matter of pulling a drop-down menu. A plethora of valuable data to check every day so that you make educated decisions and get the most for your money.
What are your competitors doing? Using Google Ads, that's for sure but who is outranking you? What keywords are they betting on? Wouldn't you want to know?
Yep, we can help you create those too.
There are 1.52 billion reasons why: the number of daily Facebook users, as of December 2018, which grows to 2.32 billion when you consider monthly active users.
Just like Google Ads and Bing and Yahoo Ads, with Facebook Advertising, you can target particular audiences. You've seen how they work. Facebook ads appear on a user's news feed or on the space next to the user's news feed if using a desktop computer, based on the user's demographics (gender, age, location) and their interests. Users determine what these interests are as they like or interact with all kinds of content across time. For instance, if you are promoting a new spine-chilling zombie musical, you can choose to include in your audience people that have shown interest in zombies, horror comedies, and musicals. Facebook ads are not intent-based like Google Ads but interest-based. Users may not be looking to attend your musical when your ad shows on their newsfeed, but because the ad may align to their interests, it may entice them to get to know more. It works because that is precisely why we interact with social media: to get to know more about our friends, our community, and what is new out there in the world. Social media is the 21st Century method to make sure we're not missing out. All from the comfort of our couch!
Events are especially useful when you most of your business comes from off-line transactions, and you want your customers to meet your store in person, to arrange for educational meetings, or when you just want folks to attend your next party.
Social Media may be your favorite place to fight those who don't share your political opinions, but as for Facebook Ads, one has to keep it nice. We make sure your message is respectful and civilized, that it doesn't include prohibited content, and that it cannot be misinterpreted.
What your message contains is important but also the context. Where do users of the Facebook Audience Network see it? Your ad shouldn't appear on site that may tarnish your reputation. We can help you prevent mishaps by actively selecting where your ads can and cannot appear.
What's the use of having over 10,000 followers when 90% of them are just bots? You want real followers, with real money to make real purchases and who also have a genuine interest in the kind of products or services you sell. We can help you grow your Instagram audience the old fashion way, through social grooming: liking a post here, commenting on another one there so that we call the attention of potential followers, enticing them to start following you.
Who do you want to visit your Page? Everybody? Attempting to attract everyone can be expensive. The secret to maximizing your return on investment is to get selective. For instance, if you are a rendering artist, you want those working in architecture and interior design with an income high enough to pay for the quality of your services to see your ads. We can help you narrow your audience to a few relevant categories.
Your customers are not always on Facebook. They also spend time on Instagram. Or Whatsapp. Or interacting with apps. Facebook's Audience Network allows you to reach custom audiences in all kinds of ad interfaces off of Facebook so that you never lose an opportunity to catch their attention.
These are in addition to community standards and pertain mostly technicalities: picture sizes, video formats, and resolution, amount of text allowed. Relatively easy things that make you want to smash your head against the keyboard when it's been two hours, and you don't still don't get them right!
Let the cobbler stick to his last. We have the best graphic designers, marketers, and copywriters. Persuasion is our second name.
Reach your audience where TV can't at a fraction of the price.
From installing the Facebook pixel and setting up conversions to reporting and recommendations.
Short and sweet or lengthy and precious? We come up with the right words to seduce your target audience. Read more about our copywriting services here.
Nothing arrests attention like the perfect image. Research suggests that users are most likely to interact with posts accompanied by pictures, and while people are most likely to interact with posts that arouse emotions such as anger and sadness, they are most likely to share those with images suggesting a positive emotion, such as excitement and joy. Getting the right image takes an artist, of course. Don't worry, we have a few on board.
Theory may suggest one thing, but reality can say another. We'll test variants of your target audience, ad copy, and images to maximize your ROI and make sure that your message is as persuasive as it can be!
Reach users who have previously engaged with your business page or social profiles. You can show them ads explicitly tailored to them based on their interests. Your ads will appear to them as they browse on other sites that are part of Facebook's Audience Network or as they search for terms related to your products on social media platforms. In our experience, ad remarketing is one of the best tools of Facebook Ads.
Why captions? Because we often interact with social media during situations where the sound is a no-no: while riding mass transit, at work, during that weekly meeting that always makes you doze off. Having captions increases the chances that users will watch your video in its entirety.
It is not what your product can do but how interacting with your product makes people feel. Check out our branding page to know more about our branding services.
Monitor the performance of your campaigns with thorough reports easy to understand.
A list of irrefutable facts based on hundreds of hours of research may sound like the best way to persuade your audience yet sometimes a catchy jingle can do a much better job. Or a story. It all depends on the stage where your audience is. We can help you decide the best route to persuasion.


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Efforts to combat hunger awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
SLU news
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for its efforts to combat hunger. The UN agency does an indispensable work with providing emergency food assistance to people in crisis situations, while at the same time working to ensure that all people have long-term access to food. At SLU we work with education, research and capacity development to contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) Zero Hunger.
According to the World Food Program, 135 million people currently suffer from acute hunger – largely due to conflicts, climate change and economic downturns. A profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourish the more than 690 million people who are hungry today – and the additional 2 billion people on the planet by 2050. Increasing agricultural productivity and sustainable food production is crucial in order to alleviate hunger.
- It is great news that WFP gets the prize - it is an increadibly important organisation, reaching out to the most vulnerable people under very difficult circumstances such as violent conflicts and extreme weather events. It is a hard and dangerous work, but they keep going day in and day out, in most cases with little attention and no media coverage, says Sara Gräslund, Head of SLU Global.
- Global challenges demand global solutions – and WFP is a great example of how international co-operation can make a difference. Like most organisations, they are not perfect, but overall they do a good job. They have also developed their work over their years. They used to focus heavily on handing out food parcels– a practice that often undermined local food producers and markets. But now they are more and more using cash transfers when the situation allows. That way people buy the food at local markets instead– and thereby the possibilities increase for local farmers and traders to keep their businesses going through the crisis, Sara continues.
Food and nutrition security are linked to quality and diversity of agricultural production, market access and functional supply chains. Reaching global food security in an era of climate change requires an intensification of agriculture while ensuring sustainability in all its dimensions.
At SLU we work with education, research and capacity development to contribute to SDG 2. SLU contributes to sustainable food production, both nationally and internationally, and since many decades, the university has extensive development research and collaborations that contribute to sustainable development also internationally.
Here are some examples of SLU's partnerships linked to SDG 2:
AgriFoSe2030 - linking science to policy and practice
AgriFoSe (Agriculture for Food Security) targets SDG2 in low-income countries by contributing to sustainable intensification of agriculture for increased food production on existing agricultural land. The aim is to do so by transforming practices toward more efficient use of human, financial and natural resources.
SLU Youth Institute
The SLU Youth Institute (SLU YI) aims to create interest among Swedish youth for global food security and to find sustainable solutions to the global challenges based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The SLU Youth Institute is a Swedish part of the many Youth Institutes coordinated by the World Food Prize Foundation.
Browse scientific publications by SDG
SLU researchers publish scholarly works related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). Click on the goal icon no 2 Zero hunger to see a publication list and visualisations for SLU research output for the goal.
#SLUFoodWeek #FoodHeroes #SDG2
SLU Future Food
SLU Water Forum
SLU Aquaculture
For more information, please contact SLU Global.
global@slu.se
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The distinct compact style of this Inner Planet Orrery does not prevent it from standing out.
The unique handle design lowers the crank to allow clearance from the Mars arm.
To allow adjustment to the worm wheel without disturbing the positioning of the handle a flanged connector similar to that of a steam engines crank shaft was used.
The solid brass base is diamond engraved with the weeks, months and zodiacs.


Two old side tables, a few bottles of chalk paint, and some white-stained paint brushes decorate our breakfast area right now. Country music blares through the house as my older sister Aimee transforms ugly furniture into gorgeous, rustic pieces to resell. Her first project was this little desk she repainted, distressed, and fixed up with cool hardware! The difference is amazing, and I can't wait to see what she revamps next!
Why am I writing a whole article about repainting ugly stuff? Because a lady bought that desk for $150, that's why! This is a perfect side business for teens!
You'll need a little bit of cash to invest. You can get this by doing odd jobs for relatives, sacrificing some allowance, or saving birthday money. Consider striking up a deal with your parents for a loan of $20 to obtain your project piece and supplies.
It's time to find a piece of furniture to refurbish! Make sure to get your piece inexpensively enough that you can make a great profit without being too pricey! Aimee found a nightstand for $4, a free sofa table, and the desk for $10. Practical storage items with drawers such as desks and nightstands tend to sell better than merely decorative furniture items. Hold out for pieces that don't need repairs and have good bones. Look past the 80's colors– a little bit of paint can work miracles!
Haul your project home and set up a workspace. Make sure to take a 'before' picture!
Collect the tools you'll need: an electric sander, dust mask, sandpaper, foam paint brushes, some sort of sealant/wax, and paint. Aimee uses "chalk paint" from Walmart; it's nice because it doesn't require primer.
You can get lots of inspiration from Pinterest too! Check out my board here and make your own!
Depending on the type of furniture you redo you may need to change out some ugly drawer handles or add a cute accent to finish it off. This is probably Aimee's favorite part judging by the number of hours we've spent picking out drawer pulls. Aimee finds a lot of her hardware at Hobby Lobby. It has a huge selection of cool, rustic stuff!
Remember to save whatever you remove for later use! When Aimee replaced the knobs on the red desk with distressed metal pulls she saved the black knobs and later repurposed them as feet for a tray she had already refurbished.
Now for the exciting part! It's finally time to sell it.
Aimee takes good quality pictures of her finished pieces then lists them on multiple social media sites.
When you set the price make sure to work in your costs and time spent. Some places to sell are: OfferUp, Facebook Marketplace, and Craigslist. You could even try placing items in a consignment shop. They'll probably take a 50% commission, but it will put your furniture in front of so many more people!
The $4 nightstand recently sold for $55!
The sofa table is currently waiting for a happy, color-loving customer!
The red desk sold for $150 and went to its new, loving home.
Revamping furniture is such a good way for teens to make extra money! You can even fit this business in around school! It's relatively easy, flexible, and teaches you great skills– not only how to revamp furniture but also the practical skill of how to sell a product.
What do you think? Are you ready to rescue ugly furniture and make some cash?
Sounds fun (I like refinishing furniture). Has she calculated the actual hourly return, looking at time and cost of supplies?
I don't know. I will ask her to respond here and let you know. Thanks!
Yes, it looks very fun!
This is a fantastic side hustle and your article is a great "how to" guide. I've just recently started looking through Facebook market ads in my area for cheap/free furniture and appliances I can refurbish and sell for profit.
Last month I scored a perfectly good working upright freezer with an ugly, rust-covered door. I took the door off the freezer, sanded it and sprayed several coats of white epoxy appliance paint. Looks good as new and I sold the freezer for $100 a couple days ago! $85 profit for a couple hours of work is not bad.
I know a couple of people who resell things they find on the side of the road or get from yard sales. You really can make a lot of money on the craziest things!
Oh wow, that is super great! I never thought of refurbishing appliances, but I'm sure they are even more guaranteed to sell! Nice job! Keep it up!
I love looking at refurbished furniture! When I have my own house I would love to do some refurbishing of my own. My dad has done refurbishing on so much furniture. He redid my sisters whole bedroom set to white.
I love looking at stuff like this and would like to give it a try but my schedule is super busy. During the summer time I commercial fish out in Alaska and that takes up most of my time and during the school year i'm to busy with school and hockey. By the time i get home it's usually 5-6 and i'm drained. But there is some cool stuff out in the old canaries that could be refurbished to maybe ill see if I can squeeze it into my off time next summer.
Commercial fishing? That sounds awesome! Thanks for stopping by!
Ooh you should try, I'm sure there are some amazing treasures for you to find and fix up! Hope you can find a little time. 😀 I'd love to hear if you refurbish something!


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Couple Arrested for Killing their 28 year Son. See Why
Couple who killed their 28 years old son and secretly buried him in a shallow grave was arrested today.
An indigen of Imo State, Mr. Lambert Ukachukwu, wife and daughter have been arrested by the Imo State police after they murdered a 28 year old man.
The deceased whose name is Mr. Chukwuemeka is the last born child to this family.
After much investigation, the police found out that the deceased was killed for being stubborn and giving the family bad names.
The murder took place on 17 September 2021.
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It was reported that he was hit with a wood, unconscious and left to die. The sad news is, he was buried half dead.
Luck ran out of the family when the community youths kept pressuring the parents to provide their son.
After much threatening, the deceased sister confess the whole incident to the public.
Updated: September 24, 2021 — 11:48 am


This "Micro Tip" version of Stila's original Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner shares the same great qualities—just with an even finer tip. Among the high notes, it's a cinch to create ultra-thin lines and the perfect cat eye, plus the liner stays in place all day just like the name implies.
The combination of the liquid formula and slim, felt-tip applicator results in saturated-black, fluid lines that stay solid morning to night (even on oily eyelids). The applicator is not only thinner, but also shorter than the original liner, allowing for even more precise control. As Stila puts it, "Micro Tip is perfect for filling in the spaces between lashes, quickly and easily making lashes appear fuller."
While precision is Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye – Micro Tip's forte, you can also easily build thicker lines without skipping, dragging, or tugging. The liner sets quickly, doesn't smudge or flake, and yes, it's even waterproof.
By the way, we should mention that while this performs similarly to the original All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner, the formulas are actually slightly different. This version contains alcohol as the fourth ingredient, and while we're often leery of such, in this type of formula it's not major cause for concern in regards to irritation (unless you have ultra-sensitive eyes).
The bottom line: This is an excellent liquid liner for anyone who likes an intricate cat eye or ultra-thin lines. Bravo, Stila!
Ultra-fine point works beautifully for intricate details and thin lines.
Holds up solidly morning to night, even on oily eyelids.
Doesn't flake, smudge, or fade; no skipping, dragging or tugging.
Offers saturated, rich black color.
This is Stila's number one-selling waterproof liquid eyeliner formula, now with an even finer, ultra-thin tip that lets you line and define with precise strokes. Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner - Micro Tip is perfect for filling in the spaces between lashes, quickly and easily making lashes appear fuller. The formula glides on with ease, dries quickly, and won't smudge or runfrom day into night.
Water, Ammonium Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Butylene Glycol, Alcohol, Beheneth-30, Acrylates/Octylacrylamide Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Polyglyceryl-3 Disiloxane Dimethicone, Propylparaben, Sodium Hydroxide, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Benzoate. May Contain: Black 2 (Ci 77266) (Nano).


Investing.com – Wall Street was flat on Wednesday despite higher-than-expected earnings from General Motors (NYSE:). GM outlined an upbeat 2019 outlook as its efforts to reshape itself have paid off.
The Detroit-based automaker jumped 3% after the morning bell.
The fell 1 point, or 0.07%, as of 9:32 AM ET (14:32 GMT), while the lost 27 points, or 0.11%, and the tech-heavy increased 4 points, or 0.07%.
Snap Inc (NYSE:) jumped 23% on news that its user base is stabilizing. Walt Disney (NYSE:) inched up 0.19% after its fourth-quarter earnings were higher than expected, with a welcome improvement in its broadcast TV division.
Tesla (NASDAQ:) inched up 0.6% amid news that it is lowering the price of its Model 3 for the second time this year.
Elsewhere, Spotify (NYSE:) fell 5% after reports that it is in talks to acquire Gimlet Media, which overshadowed news that it's fourth-quarter operating income, net income and free cash flow were positive for the first time in company history. Netflix (NASDAQ:) fell 0.5%, while Take-Two (NASDAQ:) slumped 12% after its revenue forecast for the next quarter was lower than expected.
Investors are also looking ahead to remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome after the central bank signaled it would pause its monetary policy over the next year.
In commodities, fell 0.14% to $1,317.35 a troy ounce while slipped 0.6% to $53.34 a barrel. The , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was up 0.12% to 95.933.


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Despite the market crash of 1987, the aftermath of the dot-com bubble in 2000-2002 and the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown of 2008, investors have enjoyed an exceptional bull market that has been running since 1985. But a report issued by McKinsey & Co., Diminishing Returns: Why Investors May Need to Lower Their Expectations, indicates that the next generation of investors cannot expect to enjoy the same tailwinds in the markets that previously existed. Financial advisors, therefore, need to be prepared to lower their clients' expectations concerning investment returns accordingly.
The study then reflects upon the fact that many of these trends have petered out and are starting to head in the other direction. Interest rates are starting to rise and inflation will most likely follow. The forecast for the U.S. GDP growth is also fairly weak, as our labor force is aging and has ceased to expand, and gains from new methods of production have leveled off. Another major factor that could slow market growth is the fact that the big conglomerates that grew the most during the past few decades are now facing stiff new competition in emerging markets in the form of companies willing to operate on slimmer margins and accept a lower level of profit.
When these factors are all combined, the study indicates that investment returns for equities may lag the returns posted in the previous three decades by anywhere from 1.5-4%, and bond performance may lag previous returns by as much as 3-5%.
McKinsey isn't alone in assuming that there is a period of muted returns to come. Elroy Dimson, a professor at the Cambridge and London Business Schools, co-authored an investment return study that covered 23 countries and utilized over 100 years of data contending that the future long-term real return on a balanced portfolio of bonds and equities will be 2-2.5%. Fund manager AQR came up with a similar figure — 2.4% — by assuming annual dividend and profit growth of 1.5% for a 60/40 equity/bond portfolio. Assuming an inflation rate of 2%, as AQR does, that 2.4% real return equates to a nominal one of 4-4.5%.
These depressing conclusions ultimately mean that a 30-year-old working today who saves the same amount for retirement as one from a generation ago will have to either work for another seven years or else begin saving almost twice as much. Many retirees may also have to plan on spending less in retirement and foregoing amenities that they were counting on. And while many experts feel that the millennial generation is up to the challenge, they will have a tougher toad to retirement than their parents and grandparents.
Of course, individuals are not the only ones who will feel this bite. Pension fund managers who are basing payouts on 6% to 8% returns in their portfolios will also be forced to make some unpleasant choices. They can increase the contribution levels (which will, of course, come with its own set of repercussions), reduce payouts, raise the retirement age or invest in offerings that carry a higher level of risk to achieve an acceptable rate of return. Portfolio managers may likewise be forced to turn to alternative investments such as private equity or derivatives as a means of boosting returns. Another possibility would be for them to eschew asset-based sectors and look to idea-driven sectors, such as pharmaceuticals, media companies, and the technology sector. There is a substantial gap between the leading companies in these sectors and their competition, which could allow managers who pick stocks to provide a greater level of value for investors by sticking to the winners.


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Q: Android run time permission for external storage I've been learning about the new permission model for Android Marshmallow however I have some confusion about the storage permissions.
android.permission-group.STORAGE is a dangerous permission which we must ask the user for.
In my use case, I am just writing to my app's private directory in the external storage.
I've read that for KitKat, we do not need to request these permissions if I am just storing data related to my app only.
I can just use Context.getExternalFilesDirs()
But this is for API 19 / 20
My app targets 16 so I'm assuming the above does not apply to me.
my main question is that I use the Glide library for image caching and the Android download manager to download a file which will be stored in my app's external directory so how do I handle the external storage permission for these components and do I need to if i am just using my app's private directory?

A: To write data to external storage that are app-private you need to use the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission on anything below API 19. Add this to your manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" android:maxSdkVersion="18" />

Since Android 4.4 (API 19) you don't need this but if your application supports lower APIs as you said, then you need the above. More on android storage options can be found here.

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We started our full day in Porto with a tour of the Casa da Musica. After the Casa da Musica we walked around the city for a little while.
The Leca Swimming Pools sit on the Atlantic Ocean and provide a safe place to swim in contrast to the wave-crashed beaches.
The Boa Nova Tea House is a small restaurant that sits on the Atlantic Ocean.
After getting settled into our hostel we headed in to meet in front of the Casa da Musica. From there we took a city bus way out to the outskirts of the city. After what was easily an hour bus ride we got off and walked a short distance to the Atlantic Ocean. This is the first time we saw the Atlantic and it was interesting because there were some people who had never seen an ocean before.


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Wasn't it just yesterday that you were changing their diapers? Remember when stomping off to time out and coaxing your little one into another bite of green beans seemed the hardest part of parenting? Welcome to the teen years. Perhaps made a bit easier by realizing you've survived the 'tween years! You'll need a few tips and 'big picture' parenting principles when it comes to surviving … no THRIVING in the teen years, and that's what you'll find here. Ideas for how to remain close to your teen even as he or she pushes away, ideas for conversation starters and when to worry. You'll find a 'broad, brush strokes' image of what you will one day remember as gently as you remember the diapers and the days of time out. Parenting, the hardest job with the highest stakes, and you can do it!


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'Insulting:' President Trump dodges question on whether he has worked for Russia
Posted 11:02 am, January 13, 2019, by AP Wire Service
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump avoided directly answering when asked whether he currently is or has ever worked for Russia after a published report said law enforcement officials, concerned about his behavior after he fired FBI Director James Comey in 2017, had begun investigating that possibility.
President Trump said it was the "most insulting" question he'd ever been asked.
The New York Times report Friday cited unnamed former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation.
President Trump responded to the story Saturday during a telephone interview broadcast on Fox News Channel after host Jeanine Pirro, a personal friend, asked the Russia question.
"I think it's the most insulting thing I've ever been asked," President Trump said. "I think it's the most insulting article I've ever had written, and if you read the article you'll see that they found absolutely nothing."
President Trump never answered Pirro directly, but went on to assert that no president has taken a harder stance against Russia than he has.
"If you ask the folks in Russia, I've been tougher on Russia than anybody else, any other … probably any other president, period, but certainly the last three or four presidents."
President Trump's claim was disputed by Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He said almost all the sanctions on Russia arose not in the White House but in Congress, due to concerns by members of both parties about Moscow's actions. Warner accused the White House of being very slow to put in place the penalties.
The Times reported that FBI agents and some top officials became suspicious of President Trump's ties to Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign but didn't open an investigation at that time because they weren't sure how to approach such a sensitive probe.
President Trump's behavior in the days around Comey's May 2017 firing helped trigger the counterintelligence part of the probe, according to the newspaper.
In the inquiry, counterintelligence investigators sought to evaluate whether President Trump was a potential threat to national security. They also sought to determine whether President Trump was deliberately working for Russia or had unintentionally been influenced by Moscow.
President Trump tweeted early Saturday that the report showed that the FBI leadership "opened up an investigation on me, for no reason & with no proof" after he had fired Comey.
Robert Mueller took over the investigation when he was appointed special counsel soon after Comey's firing. The overall investigation is looking into Russian election interference and whether President Trump's campaign coordinated with the Russians, as well as possible obstruction of justice by President Trump. The Times says it's unclear whether Mueller is still pursuing the counterintelligence angle.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said the report "may well suggest what it was that helped start this investigation in the first place." He and other Democratic senators said this report and others within the past week questioning President Trump's behavior toward Russia give new urgency to the need for the Mueller investigation to be allowed to run its course.
President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani told the Times he had no knowledge of the inquiry but said that since it was opened a year and a half ago and they hadn't heard anything, apparently "they found nothing."
President Trump has also repeatedly and vociferously denied collusion with the Russians.
Warner spoke on CNN's "State of the Union" and Coons on "Fox News Sunday."
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Jerald Cavanagh: Impact Evaluation of Information Literacy initiatives: Case study of EU Erasmus+ projects in the Western Balkans.
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Charlie Mayor, 2012: The classification of gene products in the molecular biology domain: realism, objectivity and the limitations of the Gene Ontology.
Elizabeth Poirier, 2012: Slow information in theory and practice: a qualitative exploration into the implications of a Slow perspective of human information behaviour.
Ludi Price, 2017: Serious Leisure: Information behaviour in fan communities.
Andrew Robson, 2013: Models of communication for pharmaceutical information.
Katharine Schopflin, 2013: The encyclopaedia as a form of the book.
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← JUDE 22-25 ACTS OF THE APOSTATES – PART VI
REVELATION 8 -9 – AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS – THE JUSTICE AND NECESSITY OF GOD'S WRATH →
THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
OVERCOMING HOPELESSNESS, FUTILITY, DEATH AND HELL
In 1 Corinthians 15 Paul deals with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though there are many questions he answers and explanations he gives, I want to focus on four key blessings of the truth of the resurrection for us as believers and to encourage those who have yet to receive Jesus to put their trust in Him as Savior, Lord and soon coming King. Let's look at how the resurrection of our Lord overcomes hopelessness, futility, death and hell.
HOPELESSNESS – "But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel." (Luke 24:21) These men had lost hope because Jesus had been crucified and though the risen Lord was with them they did not recognize Him. Like many of us, their dreams had been shattered. What are you hoping for and who are you hoping in? "Some people have no hope because they believe that life is meaningless. Others have an illegitimate hope, trusting in the promises (lies) of this world. They are "circumstantially" happy but blind to ultimate reality – death and judgment. (Hebrews 9:27; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15) Some Christians have a divided hope (double-minded), believing in heaven but not truly believing and obeying Jesus' Words on how to live now in this life. (e.g., Luke 14:33) Others have a legitimate and Biblical hope as they live each day in light of eternity and the promises of eternal blessings and rewards for sacrificial obedience in this life. (Hebrews 11:24-26)" (From Walt Henrichson's Diary of a Desperate Man) "Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen (honored), precious chief Cornerstone, and he who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] shall never be disappointed or put to shame." (1 Peter 2:6) God, through His Word, promises us that hoping in Jesus will ultimately not disappoint us. Yes, we will have disappointments in this life but if we hold on to our hope in the recompense of the Lord for faithfully loving and obeying Him we will never regret it. Even in facing the death of our saved loved ones we can have hope because we know we will see them again and be with them forever in heaven. "And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died. Then we will be with the Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words." (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14; 17-18)
FUTILITY/VANITY – "The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity. "What advantage does man have in all his work which he does under the sun? 'I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind. (Ecclesiastes 1:1-2; 14) The saved but backslidden Solomon had lost his eternal perspective and realized that everything "under the sun" (a temporal, worldly mindset) was meaningless and vain. Yet, contrast this to the sense of meaning and purpose we hear in God's Word for those who believe in the resurrection: "Therefore (i.e., because the resurrection is true), my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord." Everything we do for the Lord and His glory will be rewarded for all eternity.
DEATH – "There is a preacher of the old school, but he speaks as boldly as ever. He is not popular, though the world is his parish and he travels every part of the globe and speaks in every language. He visits the poor, calls upon the rich, preaches to people of every religion and no religion and the subject of his sermon is always the same. He is an eloquent preacher, often stirring feelings which no other preacher could in bringing tears to eyes that never weep. His arguments none are able to refute nor is there any heart that has remained unmoved by the force of his appeals. He shatters life with his message. Most people hate him, everyone fears him, his name? Death. Every tombstone is his pulpit. Every newspaper prints his text and some day everyone of you will be his sermon." (Thomas Gray, 18th century English dramatist, poet) Contrast this to God's "poem" on death for all believers in Christ: "Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep (die), but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory. O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1Corinthians 15:51-57) "Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies." (John 11:25) ["You know frankly, for the Christian in the truest sense when death plunged its stinger into Christ at the cross, it left it's stinger there. And Christ bore the whole sting of death for us, so death for us has no sting. It's still an enemy, it still buzzes around and makes you dodge a lot, but it can't sting any more. It left its stinger in Jesus Christ and its been flopping around in the throws of death ever since. "The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law." What do you mean, Paul, "The sting of death is sin?" Listen, I'll tell you what he means. It's not death that harms. Death doesn't harm us. Really, it invades our world and we have to dodge it a little bit. We have to recover from what it does, but it doesn't ever really harm us unless there is sin there. The sting of death is sin. Now what that means is wherever there is sin, death can give a fatal blow, but wherever sin has been paid for, forgiven, and removed death has no sting. And so we say on the behalf of a believer there is no sting in death, because the sting of death is sin and sin in the case of a Christian has been removed. Is that true? It's forgiven. So all death can do is buzz around and annoy you a little. It can't sting. The sting of death is sin. And if you're a Christian, Jesus bore all your sin. He already took the sting. If you're a Christian He forgave it all. If you're a Christian there's not one sin imputed against you. If you're a Christian, the Bible says " Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies." The Bible says "there is no condemnation to them who are in Christ." There is no sin against your account. God has forgotten it. He's buried it in the seas, removed it as far as the east is from the west." John MacArthur]
HELL – "But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep (died) in Christ have perished (in hell)" But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep (who have died). For since by a man (Adam) came death, by a man (Jesus) also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die (physically and spiritually -hell), so also in Christ all will be made alive (resurrected to heaven)." (1 Corinthians 15:13-18; 20-21) "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish (in hell) but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) "And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses) eternal life. But whoever disobeys (is unbelieving toward, refuses to trust in, disregards, is not subject to) the Son will never see (experience) life (eternal life), but [instead] the wrath of God abides on him. [God's displeasure remains on him; His indignation hangs over him continually.]" (John 3:36) "For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23) "For the wages of sin is death" (spiritual and eternal death/hell – Romans 6:23a). God is perfect love and perfect justice (and perfect in all of His many other attributes) and never does one attribute minimize the others. Jesus Christ, the most loving and perfect human being that ever walked the earth (God and Man), spoke more about hell than He did about heaven and spoke more about hell than any other person in the Bible. Why? Because He wants no one to go there so much that He voluntarily suffered God's wrath on the cross in our place so whosoever will call upon the Lord will be saved (from hell – Romans 10:13). God's justice demands a hell. Not all evil is justly punished in this life. Hitler's physical death alone is certainly not just punishment for a man who murdered six million Jews and others. Even God's love demands a hell. A God of love does not force people to love Him against their will. Love cannot act coercively, only persuasively. As C.S. Lewis says: "He cannot ravish, He can only woo." In Scripture we see that God wants all men to be saved not wanting any to perish (1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9) but "you were not willing". (Matthew 23:37) Those who do not wish to be with God for all eternity in heaven will be allowed to be separated from Him for all eternity in hell. God's sovereignty demands a hell. God is greater than evil and will triumph over it. Further, hell is only for the unrepentant. Even the man in torment in Luke 16 did not repent. As C.S. Lewis says in The Great Divorce, his book about heaven and hell, some people had rather have their own way in hell than to love and submit to God in heaven. If there is no hell, the cross is a sham, Christ's painful and humiliating death is robbed of its eternal significance, and the jugular vein of the Great Commission is cut. Why go into all the world and preach the gospel if everyone is going to heaven? Life is not a game. Our eternal destiny and all of mankind's is at stake – heaven or hell. And you can know for certain that you have eternal life and are going to heaven when you die. (1 John 5:11-13; Romans 8:16) This is not presuming at all on our goodness but trusting totally in God's grace as revealed in His Word. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8; See Titus 3:4-5)
"What must I do to inherit eternal life?" (Mark 10:17)
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God." (John 3:3) "The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" (2 Corinthians 5:17) This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. How do we do we become a new person? By believing the gospel, the good news:
God's Position – God is perfect in love and in justice. Perfect love: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) Perfect justice: " And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses) eternal life. But whoever disobeys (is unbelieving toward, refuses to trust in, disregards, is not subject to) the Son will never see (experience) life, but [instead] the wrath of God abides on him. [God's displeasure remains on him; His indignation hangs over him continually.]" (John 3:36)
Man's Condition – sinful and thus separated from God –"For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23) "For the wages of sin is death" (spiritual and eternal death/hell – Romans 6:23a) "But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear." (Isaiah 59:2)
God's Provision – To restore us to His love and to satisfy His justice God provided the cross of Christ; "For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; (1 Peter 3.18) "In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (satisfactory payment) for our sins." (1 John 4:10) "If justification (righteousness, acquittal from guilt) comes through [observing the ritual of] the Law, then Christ (the Messiah) died groundlessly and to no purpose and in vain. [His death was then wholly superfluous.]" (Gal. 2:21) If there are many ways to God/heaven then God Almighty allowed (and ordained) His only begotten Son to be tortured and murdered needlessly. Jesus, God the Son, is the only way to heaven. "Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." (John 14:6)
Man's Decision – "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23); Accept the free gift of pardon paid for by Jesus on the cross "But as many as received Him (Jesus), to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name." (John 1:12) We must do it now before we die: "It is appointed for [all] men once to die, and after that the [certain] judgment." (Hebrews 9:27) "Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION." (2 Corinthians 6:2) Don't presume on the future, thinking, some day I will do that. "Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away." (James 4:13-14)
Be His Witness – "Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy." (Psalm 107:2) Be baptized publicly as your testimony to your new life in Christ. "Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life." (Romans 6:4) And be His witness. "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." (Acts 1:8)
*HISTORICAL FACTS REGARDING THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
We will list eight of these facts. The first three relate to pre-resurrection events:
(1) Jesus suffered death by crucifixion. He endured six trials (three religious and three civil) that stretched through the night and into the morning. As a result, men cruelly beat Him about the face and body, plucked out His beard, jammed a crown of thorns into His scalp, and scourged Him by many lashes from the mutilating Roman whips. After His tormentors forced Jesus to carry the heavy crossbar for His crucifixion on His bleeding back, they drove iron nails through His hands and feet to secure Him to the cross. After His death, one of the executioners thrust a spear into His side, and "blood and water" immediately issued forth. Then the centurion pronounced Jesus dead (Mark 15:44-45). (See photo from the Passion of the Christ).
(2) Friends placed Jesus' body in a securely guarded tomb. Joseph of Arimathea's tomb was hewn out of solid rock and had a single entrance that was closed off by rolling an "extremely large" (Mark 16:4) stone in front of it. The stone fit into a groove and would have to be rolled up an incline by several men in order to gain access to the tomb. Friends bound Jesus' body in linen wrappings along with about 100 pounds of spices (John 20:39-40), and Pilate ordered a guard of soldiers (probably Roman) stationed in front of the tomb when the stone was put in place (Matt. 27:65-66). A Roman seal on the stone certified that the body was inside and that no one had tampered with the tomb.
(3) The disciples were clearly discouraged because of the Crucifixion and entertained no hope that Jesus would rise from the dead. In spite of Jesus' repeated predictions of His resurrection, none of His followers expected His resurrection (see Luke 24).
The remaining five historical facts relate to post-resurrection events:
(4) Jesus' friend Mary Magdalene and other followers found the tomb empty on the third day. This fact was disputed in the past, but recent studies even by critical theologians have led to a growing scholarly consensus that the tomb was indeed empty. This was clearly admitted even by Jesus' enemies, because the chief priests and elders bribed the guard to say that the body was stolen by His disciples (Matt. 28:11-15). Certainly if the tomb were still occupied when the word about His resurrection began to spread, the authorities would have exhumed the body and put it on public display to quell the insidious rumors. But no body was ever produced and the empty tomb was never denied.
(5) The Roman seal was broken and the large stone was moved away from the sepulcher.
(6) The guard left the empty tomb and reported what had happened to the chief priests. They were given a large bribe and promised protection from punishment by Pilate who could have had them executed for their failure.
(7) The graveclothes of Jesus were found empty yet undisturbed (John 20:3-8).
(8) The followers of Jesus reported that Jesus appeared to them in bodily form on several occasions. These were eyewitness accounts, and they involved a variety of circumstances (e.g., indoors and outdoors) and people. On one occasion, Jesus appeared to more than 500 people at once (1 Cor. 15:6). In these appearances, Christ stressed that He was in a real body and offered ample demonstration of this truth. The first witnesses were women, and it is unlikely that a fabricated account would have included this since the Jewish courts regarded the testimony of women as unreliable. Jesus also appeared to His brother James and later to Paul. In every case, the lives of these witnesses were radically transformed, and this is especially difficult to explain in the case of Paul apart from the Resurrection.
These facts cannot be ignored by historians and theologians, but they can and have been interpreted in various ways to avoid the conclusion that Jesus rose from the dead. Several naturalistic theories regarding the tomb and the appearances have been proposed, but all of these fail to explain the historical data. Furthermore, there is a quantity of circumstantial evidence that supplements this data and makes the case for the Resurrection even stronger.
*Circumstantial Evidence
(1) Christ predicted His own resurrection on the third day and announced that this would be the most significant sign for the affirmation of His truth claims. The Lord demonstrated His foreknowledge of this crucial event several times (e.g., Matt. 12:38-40; Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:33-34; John 2:18-22).
(2) The silence of the Jewish leaders about the Resurrection eloquently testified that they knew these things were undeniable. They certainly would have offered a refutation of this Christian claim if there had been any basis for doing so.
(3) Before the Resurrection, the disciples were fearful men whose faith was weak and all abandoned Jesus after His arrest. But by the Day of Pentecost seven weeks later, they were boldly proclaiming Christ to the multitudes in Jerusalem. This transformation was complete, permanent, and unanimous. All of them suffered for the sake of the message of the resurrected Lord, and almost all died as martyrs. It is clear that they were totally convinced of the truth of the Resurrection, and they were certainly in a position to know whether the Resurrection had indeed taken place.
(4) The success of the early Christian church in spite of fierce opposition is another evidence for the Resurrection. The church began right in Jerusalem, the city of the empty tomb, and the apostles' preaching centered on the resurrected Savior. Without the Resurrection, the church would not have come into existence.
(5) The shift from Saturday to Sunday as the day of worship for the early Jewish Christians (cf. Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1-2) was a radical act that would never have taken place if Christ had not been raised on the first day of the week (Matt. 28:1; Luke 24:1).
(6) The sacraments of baptism and Communion are both related to the Resurrection, and would have been senseless in the early church apart from the historical reality of the Resurrection.
(7) The complete disregard for the tomb of Jesus by the first-century church also illustrates that these Christians knew they were serving the resurrected Lord.
(8) The conversions of James and Paul offer significant circumstantial evidence for the Resurrection. James was opposed to the claims of his half-brother Jesus (John 7:5), but a transformation took place after the risen Jesus appeared to him (1 Cor. 15:7). He became the leader of the Jerusalem church and called himself a "bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" (James 1:1). The incredible change in the zealous young Pharisee, Saul, is also inexplicable apart from the Resurrection. Saul, the fierce persecutor of Christians, suddenly became Paul, the persecuted Christian. He was never the same after he beheld the glory of Christ on the road to Damascus.
All the attempts to find naturalistic explanations for the historical facts related to the Resurrection have failed. The direct evidence concerning the tomb and the appearances combined with the circumstantial evidences establishes beyond a reasonable doubt the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. He conquered the grave, and He offers resurrection life to those who place their trust in Him. *Taken from I'm Glad You Asked, by Kenneth Boa and Larry Moody.
"Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though he die." (John 11:25)


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American Agricultural Exports Shattered Records in 2021
February 8, 2022 | News Release | USDA 0041.22
USDA Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2022 – The American agricultural industry posted its highest annual export levels ever recorded in 2021, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today. The final 2021 trade data published by the Department of Commerce this morning shows that exports of U.S. farm and food products to the world totaled $177 billion, topping the 2020 total by 18 percent and eclipsing the previous record, set in 2014, by 14.6 percent.
"These record-breaking trade numbers demonstrate that U.S. agriculture is incredibly resilient as it continues to provide high-quality, cost-competitive farm and food products to customers around the globe and that the Biden-Harris Administration's agenda is working for American farmers and producers," Vilsack said. "This is a major boost for the economy as a whole, and particularly for our rural communities, with agricultural exports stimulating local economic activity, helping maintain our competitive edge globally, supporting producers' bottom lines, and supporting more than 1.3 million jobs on the farm and in related industries such as food processing and transportation."
The United States' top 10 export markets all saw gains in 2021, with six of the 10 – China, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, the Philippines and Colombia – setting new records. Worldwide exports of many U.S. products, including soybeans, corn, beef, pork, dairy, distillers grains and pet food, also reached all-time highs. China remained the top export destination, with a record $33 billion in purchases, up 25 percent from 2020, while Mexico inched ahead of Canada to capture the number two position with a record $25.5 billion, up 39 percent from last year.
"It's clear that our international trading partners are responding favorably to a return to certainty from the United States," Vilsack said. "We owe our thanks to America's agricultural producers who always work hard to be reliable global suppliers and the Biden-Harris Administration and USDA are fighting hard on their behalf to keep our home-grown products moving around the world. We're strengthening relationships with our trading partners and holding those partners accountable for their commitments. We're addressing transportation and infrastructure challenges through the work of the Administration's Supply Chain Task Force and calling out ocean carriers that are putting profits above their responsibility to serve both importers and exporters. And we're expanding opportunities for agricultural exports by knocking down trade barriers and partnering with industry on marketing and promotion efforts worldwide."
For a detailed summary of 2021 U.S. agricultural exports by market, click here.
For a detailed summary of 2021 U.S. agricultural exports by product, click here.
Canada, China, Colombia, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea
Biofuels, Grains, Feeds and Fodders, Corn, Oilseeds, Soybeans, Processed Food Products
2021 Highlights: Expanding Opportunities, Tackling Challenges for U.S. Agriculture
Throughout 2021, FAS was proud to support USDA's efforts to create more and better markets for U.S. agriculture, to address the climate crisis, and to promote nutrition and food security.
Secretary Vilsack Highlights Key Work in 2021 to Create More and Better Markets
Secretary Vilsack highlights key USDA accomplishments – including FAS's global leadership – to create more and better markets for U.S. agriculture in 2021.
USDA Forecasts Record Farm Exports for FY 2021 & 2022
The USDA quarterly trade forecast released August 26 projects FY 2021 and 2022 U.S. farm exports at record levels.


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