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October 11, 2017 - CSR, Press Release
BNP Paribas takes further measures to accelerate its support of the energy transition
BNP Paribas takes further measures to accelerate its support of the energy transition The BNP Paribas Group will no longer do business with companies whose principal business activity is the exploration, production, distribution, marketing or trading of oil and gas…
December 15, 2016 - CSR
"Green bonds" claim their place on markets
Loans with an environmental focus Like all other bond types, green bonds are financial loans, issued on the market by a company, organization or government. They differ from other bonds because they only finance environmental projects: infrastructure projects that contribute…
November 24, 2016 - CSR, Finance, Press Release
BNP PARIBAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES INAUGURAL GREEN BOND
BNP Paribas today announced it has priced its inaugural EUR 500 million Green Bond. The transaction attracted strong demand from investors allowing a pricing inside of BNP Paribas ordinary senior debt curve. BNP Paribas has a long standing commitment to…
September 17, 2015 - CSR, Group
BNP Paribas is mobilized through the reception of refugees in Europe
The Executive Committee of BNP Paribas launches a support plan of € 5 million to accomodate refugees in Europe. This operation is divided into 3 parts: Triggering the Rescue & Recovery Fund of BNP Paribas to all employees worldwide and…
December 23, 2014 - CSR, Group
BNP Paribas Investment Partners launches VILLAGE
BNP Paribas Investment Partners is releasing a new publication in its CSR awareness series, VILLAGE (limited edition). In collaboration with Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Erik Orsenna's Good Planet Foundation, it highlights the opportunities that sustainable development offers investors. VILLAGE takes a…
March 4, 2009 - CSR, Press Release, Regional News
BNP Paribas Assurance expands gender equality initiatives in partnership with NGO "Aide et Action"
BNP Paribas Assurance has been formally committed to an active Corporate Social Responsibility policy since 2006. The company promotes diversity and places particular priority on fighting against all forms of discrimination and on promoting equal opportunity regardless of origins, age,…
February 18, 2009 - CSR
BNP Paribas Assurance acclaimed twice over
BNP Paribas Assurance received two awards in this first week of February 2009, in recognition of initiatives, conducted as part of its strategy on corporate social responsibility. In the context of the Tom Com Corporate Business awards given for image…
January 14, 2009 - Corporate Patronage, CSR, Press Release, Regional News
BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking joins forces with the Pasteur Institute in the global fight against infectious diseases
BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) has decided to help in the global fight against infectious diseases by joining forces with the Institut Pasteur, a long-time partner of the BNP Paribas Foundation. BNP Paribas CIB will offer financial aid…
October 27, 2008 - CSR, Group, Press Release, Regional News
NYSE Euronext and EasyETF launch European low-carbon index and ETF managed by BNP Paribas Asset Management, in partnership with AgriSud, GoodPlanet.org and WWF
Last Friday, at a conference in Paris, organised by BNP Paribas Investment Partners on "Finance and Environmental issues", NYSE Euronext announced the launch of a new carbon index identifying European companies with a low carbon footprint: the "Low Carbon 100…


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Use your voice intelligently (Opinion)
This year's presidential election was a big deal, pitting incumbent Donald Trump against Joe Biden. Although many students can not vote yet. they must take away the energy and feeling from this election....
Tourists: Stay Home (Opinion)
The airports in Hawaii are open since Covid-19 has not been so severe through the past couple of months and many people from the mainland are coming to Hawaii during the Covid-19 pandemic. When airports...
Abandon modern architecture (opinion)
Modern architecture in Hawaii includes the IBM building and Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort's Rainbow Tower, both of which opened in the 1960's They have a huge impact on citizens and...
Negative Marks for Reading Plus (Opinion)
McKinley Tigers have encountered many new experiences this year, and that includes the Reading Plus initiative. Students must complete six assignments per week. This reading program was used by a small...
Cons of online school (editorial)
Online schools are the only way students can learn safely due to the coronavirus. Online school has been both an okay for some people in schools around America. Online school requires a student's motivation...
COVID-19 is dangerous (editorial)
People think that COVID-19 is not dangerous but it is. The number of cases in Hawaii jumped into the triple digits. Despite this, some people are still refusing to wear masks that will keep the people...
Try 'Among Us' (editorial)
If you like the party game "Mafia," you might want to try out "Among Us." It's almost the same thing except it's on a spaceship and you're an astronaut. I've played tons of times with my...
Bring back the monarchy (editorial)
Throughout human history, people have formed societies as a better option than being alone. Plato explains the benefit of a society by pointing out that it takes advantage of each individual's productive...
You should watch anime (editorial)
Nowadays, people of many ages watch anime. There are many reasons watching anime is a good thing to do. There are lots of different types of anime you can watch such as Naruto, One Piece and Dragon...
Black lives matter (editorial)
We as a community should take a stand for black lives. Recently there have been many protests that supported Black Lives Matter. Numerous people had gathered together to get the message that black lives...
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Villagers protest loss of affordable housing to de Blasio 'ally'
August 25, 2016 | Filed under: News | Posted by: Sylvan Migdal
Protestors slammed Mayor Bill de Blasio for allowing a political donor to level five East Village apartment buildings. Photo by Tequila Minsky .
BY ALEX ELLEFSON | Preservationists and community advocates lambasted Mayor Bill de Blasio Monday for allowing a developer to demolish affordable housing in five historic East Village buildings to make way for a chic hotel.
Dozens of protestors rallied outside the property — waving signs that read "save our neighborhood" and "housing, not hotels" — to call attention to the mayor's cozy relationship with the developer who plans to level the row of pre-war buildings at 112-120 E. 11th St.
Preservationists want the city to designate the buildings as a historic district. Photo by Tequila Minsky.
"These buildings are being demolished to make way for [the mayor's] friend, his contributor, his ally's hotel development," said Andrew Berman, executive director for the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (G.V.S.H.P.).
Protestors cited revelations in the New York Post that David Lichtenstein, C.E.O. and founder of the Lightstone Group, contributed $50,000 to a key state senate race at the request of a top de Blasio fundraiser.
The Lightstone Group, which snapped up the property in April, is partnering with with Marriott International to bring one of the company's millennial-branded Moxy Hotels to the East Village block.
Demonstrators, some accusing the mayor of "graft" and "corruption," said tenants had been flushed out of the building's rent-regulated apartments.
"This demonstrates the disinterest of the mayor's promise for an equitable New York, as all of these affordable apartments will be lost, and its tenants injuriously removed with short notice," said Kelly Carroll, director of advocacy and community outreach for the Historic Districts Council.
It is unknown how or when the apartments were vacated. However, state Senator Brad Hoylman, the lone elected official at the rally, vowed to have the Department of Housing and Preservation look into what happened to the tenants.
"It raises red flags for those of us who care about affordable housing," he said.
State Senator Brad Hoylman vowed to look into what happened to the rent-regulated tenants. Photo by Alex Ellefson.
Hoylman also pointed out the mayor appointed Lichtenstein to the Economic Development Corporation's Board of Directors — which the senator said puts the developer in "a unique position to do the right thing."
Community groups tried to block the demolition by asking the Landmarks Preservation Commission (L.P.C.) to consider making the block a historic district.
A letter sent to the commission in June — signed by the G.V.S.H.P., the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, the East Village Community Coalition and the Historic Districts Council — noted the L.P.C. considered the buildings landmark-eligible after conducting a 2008 analysis for a city-approved rezoning.
However, the L.P.C. failed to calendar the request, which would have postponed the demolition of the 19th-century Beaux Arts structures.
"They did nothing. For two months, we waited for a response from the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The city's agency, the mayor's agency, charged with preserving our city, our history, our neighborhoods," Berman said.
Both the Mayor's Office and the L.P.C. did not respond to a request for comment about taking action to block the demolition.
The Lighstone Group wants to replace the Beaux Arts buildings with a trendy hotel. Photo by Tequila Minsky.
Berman said the only thing that has changed since the L.P.C. once considered the buildings landmark-eligible is the ownership of the property. He urged the demonstrators to send a message to the mayor asking for them to be preserved.
"You can send the mayor an email directly right now saying: I want you to preserve these buildings, stop being a hypocrite, live up to your promise, preserve our neighborhood, preserve our history," he said.


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Pioneer Teams With EPIC
Cindy Zimmerman April 25, 2007
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a subsidiary of DuPont, is teaming up with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) in an effort to educate consumers on the benefits of ethanol-enriched fuel. The effort includes funding for ethanol promotion and education programs.
According to Pioneer officials, the investment from Pioneer includes a sponsorship of Team Ethanol in the IndyCar® Series for the 2007 season.
"Ethanol is a factor in the effort to reduce our nation's reliance on petroleum," says Dean Oestreich, Pioneer president and DuPont vice president and general manager. "EPIC has already helped to significantly raise awareness about the benefits of biofuels, and we are proud to be joining forces with them to continue their efforts to promote ethanol.
"EPIC's efforts, combined with our commitment to develop traits and technologies that help increase harvestable yield and ethanol production per acre, are helping create a promising future for biofuels," says Oestreich.
EPIC, Ethanol, Indy Racing, News


Mr Parsloe says it was not a redundancy situation as the work was still there, but would be going to other vessels – none of which have any New Zealand crew members.
He says the crew want jobs for New Zealand seafarers on the trans-Tasman trade and were staging their action to get dialogue with the employer.
The vessel is currently owned by international shipping line Hapag Lloyd but since 1999, crew have been under Anglo-Eastern ship management.
Mr Parsloe says the situation is a shocking one, considering the importance of shipping to New Zealand as an economically and environmentally efficient transport mode.
New Zealand seafarers had worked on the Rotoiti since 1975.
He says that the national conference of the Maritime Union in October had committed to action on the issue.
The Maritime Union had been in contact with overseas maritime unions for assistance with the matter.
The Maritime Union has challenged all shipping companies to recognize their social responsibility towards New Zealand crews, and has determined to maintain New Zealand seafarers on vessels that carry cargo on the trans-Tasman and international trade.


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Just as founder Henry Ford had a vision of "opening the highways to all mankind", US car maker Ford says it wants to open the skies.
Ford is the only automaker on the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) rule-making committee, and a proactive participant in the regulatory conversation around the integration of drones into civil aviation airspace.
Ford says it wants to unlock the full potential of drone-to-vehicle technology – to see the use of commercial drones as companion tools to vehicles, "enhancing the working lives of people across a myriad of industries".
Ford's drone-to-vehicle technology would allow drone operators the ability to launch, fly, and dock drones from their vehicles on a job site.
By accessing an app projected through Ford's integrated SYNC 3 communications and entertainment system, the vehicle would serve as a mobile base station, facilitating a real-time link between the vehicle, the drone, and the cloud, so data could be shared.
For quick and affordable inspection and monitoring, surveying and mapping, data collection and imaging, the scope for commercial applications of drone-to-vehicle technology is endless, believes Ford.
However, drone technology is facing a myriad of regulatory hurdles.
Up till now, there has not been a way to identify and track drones in flight, beyond visual line of sight.
Enter Ford colleagues John Luo and Adi Singh, emerging technology integration and wireless connectivity manager, and unmanned aerial vehicle systems principal scientist, respectively.
Luo and Singh made a recent proposal to the FAA, which Ford believes could become a game changer.
Every drone registered with the FAA is given a ten-digit number, which acts like a vehicle's licence plate.
Ford's patent-pending idea is to use the anti-collision lights on the drone to broadcast the drone's unique number, to be captured and interpreted by a camera-based app the company has developed.
The decoding algorithms can be run on a standard smartphone, which would enable anyone to identify and report a drone operating where it should not be, making it easier for aviation authorities to track rogue drones.
It remains to be seen whether the FAA will adopt Luo and Singh's recommendation. If they do, however, it could help lay the foundation for Ford realising its vision of making drone-to-vehicle technology available to the mainstream market.
In South Africa, the commercial drone industry is expanding across all industries, including agriculture and farming, mining, antipoaching and wildlife protection, architecture and construction, media productions, sports and entertainment, journalism, telecommunications, traffic management, emergency response, search and rescue, law enforcement, military and national intelligence and private security.
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) requires drone operators to be fully licensed before flying commercially.
A Remote Pilot's Licence from a fully accredited CAA training academy, an Air Service Licence from the Department of Transport, and a Remote Operator's Certificate (ROC) from the CAA itself, are all non-negotiables.
"While we do have comprehensive regulations regarding the use of commercial drones, they are considered highly restrictive, with only 22 ROCs issued by the CAA to date," says United Drone Holdings CEO Sean Reitz.
United Drone Holdings is a CAA-accredited training academy which educates and trains newcomers to the drone industry.


Humanity has never been better equipped to find life beyond Earth.
From highly trained scientists toiling away at research institutes to amateur enthusiasts gazing upward from their backyards, humanity boasts no shortage of people looking for life beyond Earth. Add to that the massive size of the universe — estimates range in the trillions of galaxies — and probability dictates that we should have already encountered another species by now.
And yet, we still have no evidence that we aren't alone in the universe.
While Impey is skeptical that intelligent life is within our sights, he does have a couple of suggestions as to where we should focus our search for extraterrestrial lifeforms, intelligent or not. The first is our own backyard, or, more accurately, our own solar system.
Of course, our solar system is just one very small corner of a very massive universe, so we'd be remiss if we didn't look beyond it for signs of life. To narrow down the scope of our search, Impey suggests targeting the many exo-Earths we've already uncovered. Instead of focusing on the planets' surfaces, though, we should research their atmospheres.
In the next few years, we'll be able to use the James Web Space Telescope and other detection devices to look for biomarkers such as oxygen and methane in the atmospheres of these Earth-like planets, says Impey. "This biomarker experiment…could find evidence of microbial life indirectly," he explains. The research should help us pinpoint the planets that are "the closest to Earth as possible, not in distance, but in character," he adds, and since Earth is the only place we know life exists, finding the most Earth-like planets is our best bet for finding life.
Even if Impey is right, and humanity is still decades away from finding intelligent alien life, the discovery of microbial life on Mars, Europa, or one of the thousands of exoplanets we've identified would still be a huge development. It would mean Earth isn't unique, that something else living is out there.
We could use the knowledge we glean from studying this microbial life to narrow down our hunt for other, more complex organisms. By providing valuable insights into how other living beings are able to survive on worlds far different from our own, this microbial life could help in our quest to become a multi-planetary species. Even the discovery of past microbial life would be helpful, as it could serve as something of a cautionary tale, providing us with the opportunity to learn and ensure we don't meet the same fate.


So it's day two of Ascilite 2009.
I walked slightly late into the opening session, which was a presentation from Blackboard (who are the Premier Sponsor of Ascilite 2009). Despite chuckling at a few things that the presenter said (there is no way whatsoever that Blackboard can be described as an open platform). There were some interesting developments from Blackboard on how they are integrating Web 2.0 services into Blackboard. Those of you who have read my recent posts on the VLE is Dead debate will know that I wrote then that the VLE can be a tool to enhance and enrich learning and be a portal to a world of Web 2.0 tools and services. Now when I wrote this I was in the main referring to Moodle, the open source VLE. It would appear that either customers have been asking, or that Blackboard is fearful of the open VLE or Web 2.0 and are now making their product more open to plugging in services and tools that are available on the Web.
After that we had the ever excellent Professor Gráinne Conole, who delivered her keynote, entitled: Pushing the boundaries into the unknown, trajectories of user behaviour in new frontiers.
I enjoyed her presentation, and I was also attempting to live blog her keynote on Cloudworks; not sure if I made a success of that. Live blogging is an art, and not one I think I have mastered yet. Maybe it's because I am more of a reflective person. This blog article for example is been written at 6.30pm, quite a few hours after Gráinne delivered her keynote.
Cloudworks is really starting to grow on me as a collective tool. The resources on the VLE is Dead debate for example have made it much easier to direct people to the superb collection of blog articles on the subject. Gráinne's overview of the site and the ways in which it can be used was very illuminating.
After Gráinne came Peter Mellow who very cleverly used the two projectors to deliver two linked presentations. Though first we were all made to stand up.
Over the rest of the day I attended a variety of sessions, some good, some excellent and some, well some not so good.
Tonight is the conference dinner in the SkyTower, should be fun and a great chance to discuss and continue the conversation.
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RSSM is currently involved in fulfilling the accounting function for many of our clients. These businesses have outsourced their entire accounting function to us, while maintaining full control over cash and financial information.
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We can coordinate a company's bookkeeping, payroll, billing, collection, budgeting, taxes and more. This costs far less than creating an in-house accounting department. You save money on office space, salaries, benefits, etc. and obtain the expertise of our trained CPAs and accounting personnel.
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This is a lesson plan that explores the operation and engineering of artificial heart valves, developed to help teachers integrate engineering practices in the secondary classroom. Students examine and operate both a ball valve and a gate valve, then they work as a team of "engineers" to develop and sketch enhancements to the mechanical heart valve. The driving question of the lesson: How do engineers design human/machine interface systems to meet human needs? See Related Materials for "Affairs of the Heart", a collection of labs and activities to explore the physics of fluid flowing in a vessel. Click "Watch Online" to view video clips of surgery to repair children's heart valves, robotic heart surgery, and the story of the 20-year effort to develop an artificial heart.


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Before we get into the review I should give a little background to Soul Cafe. The location was home to Pea Green Kitchen a couple of years ago. It was known for its delicious vegan options but shuttered just before we started the blog. It was bought and completely changed inside and out to became the Soul Cafe. There was no vegan food. It didn't last long. Now the people behind Awesome Brownies (who sell Brownies at local markets) have taken over and vegan food is back on the menu. Phew. Backstory over.
The staff are really welcoming of vegans and will happily explain what you can have. We started with drinks. Two hot chocolates. It's basically chocolate in a glass. It's silky, rich and thick. It's just the right side of solid. Food wise I went for a burrito. It has vegan chilli, rice and more beans. To be honest I would have liked something crunchy in there or something creamy like avocado and cheese. It was nice though. Solid lunch option.
Obviously we had to order a brownie then. As they specialise in brownies they have a few options, even better at least three of those options were vegan. We went for the nutty one. It's huge. Giant. It's dense in the middle, a little dry around the outside and it is pretty awesome.
If you are in the area for lunch I recommend popping in, or going to one of their stalls in Totnes or Newton Abbot.
We have written before about our love for Bombay Express but recently they've had a change of menu. This week we were invited to come and try the new menu, on the house, in exchange for a review. As I've never passed up a chance to give my opinion, or eat Indian food, we sat down with a basket of poppadoms and the new menu to check out what vegan treats we could stuff our face with.
The menu has had a complete overhaul turning Bombay Express from classic curry house to what they call 'regional elevated cuisine.' Previously Bombay Express had become known for its awesome vegan options and thankfully there is still plenty to eat on the new menu. It's just a little more fancy.
To start with we ordered the Pav Bharjia. In its traditional form it's one of my favourite dishes and the Bombay Express version did not disappoint. The vegetable curry has a wonderful depth of flavour. I could have probably done with twice as much bread to scoop it up with though.
Our other starter was another street food inspired treat; gol guppa. This was the highlight of what ended up being a really good meal. It's a brilliant mix of tastes and textures and it's so much fun to eat. We loved it so much we urged the table next to us to order it too. If you ever end up at Bombay Express you have to order it too.
For the main I ordered Dal Makhan. It's choc-full of lentils and vegetables with a lovely smokiness. In there is aubergine, sweet potatoes, peppers and probably some things I didn't identify.
Kate went for the South Indian Vegetable Curry because she's obsessed with coconut milk. Although she was a fan of the sauce she did question the choice of vegetables. She said that rather than having peppers she would have enjoyed more potatoes. And that come to think of it, rather have potatoes than the cauliflower. I said she was coming across like someone obsessed with potatoes.
The curries were delicious but compared to the rest of the meal they weren't quite as show-stopping. But we can't talk about the mains without mentioning the naan bread. Yes, it's vegan! We went for the garlic naan this time and it's just gorgeous. I could happily eat basket upon basket of it should it be socially acceptable to eat nothing but naan bread.
Here we are, the end of the meal and what did we get? Chocolate samosas! Probably not one to eat on a first date, these tiny triangles of awesome are filled with delicious, delicious chocolate. You'll probably end up licking your fingers with these, maybe even moaning, They're incredible.
We really enjoyed trying the new menu. The food was creative, delicious and absolutely stunning. The gol guppa and chocolate samosas were particular highlights but the worst thing we could think to say about anything was 'not as special but still great.' We'll be going back and we'll continue to recommend Bombay Express as one of the vegan highlights in Torquay.
Once again, we were given a free meal in exchange for this review, but of course these are our honest opinions. You can find the Bombay Express menu here.
Sorry about the unscheduled break in posting. I was super sleepy. Anyway I'm back into the swing of things with a new week of themes. Today is Sunday Dinner. When I was younger we did have a regular Sunday dinner tradition but I don't want to talk about that today. I want to talk about a very special Sunday dinner that I only have once a year: takeaway that Kate doesn't like.
See when Kate goes away on her annual conference trip I do two things: 1) I fall asleep diagonally across the bed 2) I order something that Kate wouldn't eat. This year I ordered from my favourite burger place: Fat Cow. You can order from Fat Cow on Yeti Delivery so I got to eat it basking in the glow of my own Netflix account. I'm happy to report the burger is still an amazing mix of flavours, the fries are crisp and the bhaji is just perfect.
We've talked before about the pizza at Rock Garden but recently they've expanded their offerings towards breakfast so it's time to take another look. There are three vegan options on the menu, including avocado toast, each costing £5.95. I went for the vegan bap.
The bap was served with a couple of lukewarm, blonde hash browns and a puzzlingly large ramekin of baked beans. I can't say it looked great. In the bun we have some vegan bacon and sweet potato and butternut squash sausage. It didn't really work for me. The bacon was too sweet but otherwise tasteless, the bun didn't lack for sugar either. The sausages are okay but not quite good enough to make up for the rest of it. Honestly the best part of the plate was the ramekin of beans.
I was pretty disappointed by the meal. Maybe go for the pizza but my advice is to skip breakfast.
Kate and I have been together for ten years and as I was a) working that day and b) very tired this week we decided to stay in Torquay and find a menu we could both agree on. As has been the case for most of our marriage the only food we could agree on was that we both like eating pizza and in Torquay that means Pizza Express.
As its a national chain there isn't much of a surprise in the offerings. Having limited diets and anxiety problems they've saved us from hunger in many parts of the UK. The website brags that we can get a three course vegan meal. Lets be honest here though: Dough Balls without butter is just balls in oil. And tomatoes and olives don't really count as a starter. So we went straight on to pizza. Kate went for a Margarita, with vegan cheese obviously, and I had the Vegan Giardiniera.
I don't really have much to say about the pizza. It's not mind-blowing. Its good solid pizza, I wouldn't say no to it. The vegan cheese is one of my favourites, and they don't massively overdo it. It's just good solid pizza. And I like it. I like that I can order one in most large towns in the UK without much fuss.
Desert was sorbet, simple and rather typical but incredibly gorgeous. Vegans can choose from two whole flavours: coconut and raspberry. We took one of each and they were both lovely. Just sweet enough to stop your lips from puckering, smooth ice and tastes fab.
Last year the idea of getting three whole courses at a non-vegan restaurant was impressive, as was vegan pizza at a chain place but since then I've got spoiled. I'm used to vegan menus, having choices, and not having to customise things to make it vegan. I liked what I had but, well, cake would be amazing.


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passionate advocacy for their cause, but audiences often construe the behavior as rudeness.
or checking emails on your Blackberry. Maintain awareness of your nonverbal behaviors as well.
You need to project an impression of interest and active listening.
general, it's particularly apt in the context of presentations.
When you give a presentation, the verbal channel of communication refers to the words you use to communicate your message. We all hope our ideas "stick" with the audience. We want the audience to understand and act upon them. To make your language "stick", it needs to be not only clear, but powerful as well. Follow these guidelines to add clarity and force to your language.
time for tomorrow's training. He could have avoided confusion, and embarrassment, by simply telling them to get to the training room on time. For those particularly adept at language, please subordinate skillful and correct use of your vocabulary to audience understanding.
"Do" doesn't do anything specific. In fact, dictionaries list over 30 ways to use "do" as a verb.
you can eliminate it completely.What the new policy does is to increase interaction with clients.
The new policy increases client interaction. We need to do a thorough analysis of the situation.
We need to thoroughly analyze the situation. He did a review.
voice creates a more emphatic delivery.Passive: Some of the pieces of our new policy have already been put in place.
Active: We have already implemented pieces of our new policy.Passive: Three out of five top managers have been retained by the new CEO.
Active: The new CEO kept three out of five top managers.
Passive: The value of your money will be increased through wise investment.
Active: Wisely investing your money increases its value.
Parallel construction simply means you should express coordinate ideas with parallel structure.They didn't like how much the proposal was going to cost and our implementation of it.
They expressed dissatisfaction with the proposal's cost and implementation.We should be remembering the past, live in the present and be planning for the future.
We should remember the past, live in the present and plan for the future.
Accounting professionals are noted for accuracy, attention to detail and their honesty.
Accounting professionals are noted for their accuracy, their attention to detail and their honesty.
purpose. They help the audience visualize your ideas.
Some of these guidelines may be familiar, but we just haven't made adhering to them a habit.
clear and powerful expression will make our language more likely to stick.
alienated or patronized. Here are the three cardinal sins of audience interactivity.
audience. This technique becomes even more risky when speaking to multi-cultural audiences.
discomfort, but whose cumulative effect almost guarantees irritation with the presenter.
the ineffectiveness of the technique and highlights the audience's refusal to participate.
serve an instrumental goal, rather than become an end in itself.
Anytime you plan to role-play or have a dialogue with audience members, ask for volunteers.
audience members to supply their own stories and experiences to illustrate your points.
You'll find which techniques work best for you partly by research and partly by trial and error.
audience interaction have a point beyond the interaction itself.
In challenging economic times, buyers look for value. The more you provide, the more likely you are to become the provider of choice. Presentations offer you excellent opportunities to provide that value at different stages of the business development cycle. Here are five ways to create more value in your presentations.
a problem or remove some pain, you're positioned as a resource instead of a vendor.
face in their businesses? What are the top mistakes people in similar situations make?
checklists and tips booklets. These serve as resources the audience will use and keep.
an article on how to avoid the most common errors with PowerPoint presentations.
I've seen it in client's offices five years after they received it.
Get your presentation accredited to count for continuing education units.
several useful purposes. First, it's an added benefit from attending the presentation.
determine in that initial conversation whether you can work together productively.
will recognize your generosity and you'll build a relationship of trust.
desired outcomes and make sure the project is mutually beneficial.
on the message instead of the audience.
resources that would result throughout the organization.
suggestions that will help you make the sale by directing your energies toward the decisionmakers.
Have a clear objective. Know what you want to achieve by the end of the presentation.
them towards action and book the business?
desires of the prospect can you persuade them to take action.
neglect the "pain removal" approach.
providing a rationale for action that is audience-focused.
enjoy more success in your business development efforts.
presentations that neglect the fundamentals by focusing too much on the superfluous.
of producing effective presentations: Invention, Arrangement and Style.
you're going with no destination in mind.
information left out of the body because of time constraints or changing circumstances.
also involves finding your own voice and communicating in such a way so as to build trust.
change audience expectations and add influence to your expertise.
My own experience serving on selection committees has been that it's rare for people in the initial stages to actually look for whom they're going to choose; instead, they look for people to eliminate so they can narrow their choices to a "short list." At a recent workshop, I asked participants if they thought it was more important to build credibility with prospects or avoid losing it. Most admitted they hadn't given the latter much consideration. We then generated a list of "credibility killers" that we notice when we choose professional services. We agreed on three broad categories that put credibility at risk.
The first was illocutionary suicide—killing your chances of being believed by what you say. When you commit illocutionary suicide, people aren't looking for proof of what you say; they're looking for a way out of the conversation. Some examples included: "I probably shouldn't be telling you this" (I'm indiscreet) and "To be honest with you" (it's the exception instead of the rule). Before a communication workshop to a group of orthopedic surgeons last year, I sat in on some of their sessions, listening to the presentations. A doctor who had been very successful with a certain procedure began his presentation this way; "I don't know why they've asked me to speak to you" (I don't have anything valuable to say, so feel free to tune out).
The second credibility killer stemmed from the use of clichés and "business speak." We had all heard people who were short on expertise and long on vocabulary. "We'll need to revisit that offline in a face to face, so that we can ramp up the synergies that give us a strategic fit we can run up the flagpole. Because at the end of the day, we want cutting edge best practices that help us think outside the box. Then, we can bench mark our bottom-line. Now, let's put that to bed and get back to square one with our bread and butter core competencies." We also took aim at the expression "Core Competency." When I choose a professional, I don't want to hear that she's just competent. Competent means having just enough skill or knowing just enough to complete the assignment. That would be like going into a surgeon and asking how much do you know about surgery, and getting the response, "I know what tools make what cuts." Competent is just over the line from incompetent. Doesn't it make a better impression to talk about your expertise or your experience?
The third credibility killer, I argued, was the canned "sales close" technique. They are so well-known, they even have names: the assumed close, the pen close, the puppy dog close, the urgency close and the big ego close are just a few examples. My advice was contrary to much sales training. But, too many of these approaches operate on the premise that you're trying to trick someone. While they might work for telemarketers and transportation investment consultants (car salesman), they will be less effective with more sophisticated buyers who are in the market for professional services. A Roper Starch survey on how Americans communicate reported that only 18% felt comfortable communicating with someone who was trying to sell them something. A canned sales close follows a transaction model. In my experience, the most successful model isn't transactional; it's relational. People will be more comfortable communicating with you when you work at building a relationship instead of hoping for a stimulus-response.
We compete as much for the trust of our prospects as we do for their time. Avoiding credibility killers positions us much better to stand apart from the crowd.


It is not working for only one who does not do it.
I was in a very lucky situation, that I could visit Turkey twice in a month. I was honored to be invited to a 3 day camp in Antalya, Turkey. The venue was fantastic and people were great and pretty excited about the event. The programme was very well organised and it was my privilege to be present. The organiser was one of my direct downlines in Turkey, Mr. Ercan Kaya. He is also one of the most successful DXN business builders in Turkey.
Besides Mr. Ercan Kaya and the great leaders of his team I was also given the opportunity to share my experience and thoughts on DXN business building. I covered the same topics like last week in Turkey, but every presentation is a little different and thanks to the enthusiasm of the audience I really felt great while sharing my opinion and experience about DXN.
I really hope I could have contributed to the efficiency of this event and that I could have given a motivational boost to Mr. Ercan Kaya's team.
I was happy to accept the invition from Mr. Izzet Tabakaydın to be one of the speakers on the three day camp he organised. The venue in Antalya was great and people were very enthusiastic about the program and the speakers, since all the great diamond leaders were speaking from Mr. Izzet's network. It is always a pleasure to share my experience and thoughts with people, who are serious about DXN and what could be a better proof for it, than that they spend a nice sunny weekend in a seminar room to learn and develop rather than having some leisure time activity outdoor somewhere else. This shows true commitment towards DXN and I am sure with this type of attitude they are sentenced to success.
My second presentation was a little bit longer, than the first. The title was: "What is my public presentation like in DXN business?". This is one of my most practical presentations. I shared concrete, particular techniques in connection with effective product and business presentation.
My last presentation was called "How to create a successful DXN business?". Closing my series of presentations I chose this topic to give a strategic view on DXN business and how a serious business should be treated. I shared the most important pieces of information about professional DXN business buliding.
I truly hope that I could contribute to the success of this event and that I was able to motivate and give a boost to the Turkish market.
After the camp I had the time and opportunity to visit the Turkish office, where since my last visit the whole staff is totally different and even better. It was my honour to meet Mr. Nuri and Mr. Mete the managers of DXN Turkey. We had great time together sharing our experience with each other and speaking about the future and the possibilites of DXN in Turkey. I am sure that they will make the Turkish market of DXN become one of the most successful markets.
Once again I had the chance to visit Malaysia, one of my favourite places, and as my wife usually calls it my second home. It is always good to visit the headquarters of DXN, since you expereince positive impacts all the time. Everytime I go there I see and hear about new developments and meet great people.
I was happy to meet my sponsor, Jane and his son William, in person again after a long time. Although we communicate regularly nothing can replace a personal meeting. A long time has passed since our last personal meeting. As always we had a great time and also we visited the farm together.
I never miss to spend some time at the farm and the cultivation. Usually I stay there for long hours just enjoy how fascinating it is. It is fantastic to see the Ganoderma plantation, the Spirulina cultivation and of course the Noni trees. The view of the professional cultivation and processing generates motivation automatically, although I am well aware of the stable background of DXN. New developments and evolution has always been a part of DXN. Knowing this it is clear why DXN is the largest ganoderma producing company in the world.
It was my privilege that the owner and CEO of DXN, Dato' Dr. Lim Siow Jin, had the time to meet me few times during my visit. Our discussions are always progressive and time flies everytime we have a chance to sit down and share our thoughts and visions with each other. One of the main topics is always the present and the future of DXN, especially DXN in Europe. One of the main reasons for me to join DXN, besides the stable background, the fantastic products and the marketing plan, was the vision of Dr. Lim, his directness and his commitment towards DXN and all of its leaders and members.
I was privileged to be among the great speakers of the 5th European Leadership Camp on 17th May 2017. I cover the following topic: How to build up a huge business with story telling?


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Guides - Guthixian Cache
Guthixian Cache
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Divination Guide
Guthixian Cache is a safe, Divination focused distraction & diversion which can be accessed at three hourly intervals from all wisp colonies on Gielinor, excluding the pale wisp colony in Draynor Village. To access the event players need to right-click the energy rift and select "enter cache" however the rifts are only active for 10 minutes before you can no longer enter them.
The aim of the D&D is to collect Guthix's memories and deposit them in the unstable crater at the centre of the room whilst avoiding the Automatons who will attempt to stop you from succeeding. Players may also subdue the Automatons for points and to make it easier for themselves and others to deposit the memories.
Unlike most D&Ds Guthixian Cache can be repeated as many times as you're able to during the day, however after obtaining a daily total of 200 points from it you will no longer get any rewards from it.
Requirements Start Location
Items None
Quests None
Items Both hands need to be free in order to collect memories.
Skills 45+
*This does not include the Pale wisp colony south of Draynor Village. The Vibrant wisp colony location is shown due to it being the closest to a teleport.
Guthixian Cache is a fairly straightforward D&D to play with players needing to get as many memories as they can from the shelves along the edge of the arena into the unstable crater at the heart of the arena. It sounds easy however there are a number of Automatons in the vicinity of the crater who will attempt to stop you. Get too close to one of the Automatons and they will knock the memory of out of your hands and you will have to go and retrieve another.
Left: Human Interface Right: Automaton Interface.
The interface that is present during the D&D allows players to see their total score, utilise abilities, keep a track of when they can touch the statue of Cres and keep track of how long they have left as an Automaton.
Collecting Memories
Around the arena there are 8 shelves which hold a few memories (tiny or raw) that can be picked up by players by clicking on the memory you want. The large memories are too big to be stored on the shelves and can usually be found on the floor nearby. If other players have been picking memories from the shelves recently you may find some of the memories missing. You may only carry one memory at a time.
After collecting a memory you need to make it to the unstable crater to desposit it without getting too close to an Automaton. There are three different types of memory which require different Divination levels and as a result give different amounts of points.
Pic Memory Points
Tiny 1 1
Raw 45 2
Large 85 3
Subduing Automatons
In addition to collecting the memories players can also gain the temporary ability to subdue the Automatons in the cache by touching one of the statues of Cres in any of the four corners of the room. Doing this transforms players into an Automaton for 60 seconds and allows them to subdue the Automatons just by clicking on them.
Left: A Statue of Cres. Right: A player who has been transformed into an Automaton.
The Cache interface will tell you how long you have remaining as an Automaton and you will receive a 10 second warning message too. After the transformation has worn off you will be unable to transform again for another 60 seconds. There are three different Automatons that can be subdued, each requiring a different Divination level and giving a different amount of points as a result.
Automaton Points
Ancient 1 1
Confused 45 2
Enraged 85 3
There are four abilities available to players, two whilst in human form and two in Automaton form which are designed to make point scoring easier. The abilities are as follows:
Double Points for Conversion - Every 5 memories converted - Doubles points for converting memories for 24 seconds after activating it.
Immunity - Every 10 memories converted - Grants 12 seconds of immunity against Automatons.
Double Points for Automatons - Every 10 Automatons subdued - Double points for subduing Automatons for 12 seconds after activation.
Subdue all Automatons - Every 20 Automatons subdued - Subdues every Automaton in the room.
After the 10 minutes are up you will be ejected from the Cache and given your rewards. Obtaining 200 points in one session is a challenge, even for players with 85+ Divination so you may need to play it several times to maximise your points.
The main rewards from Guthixian Cache are temporary boosts to your Divination training as well as some Divination XP based on your level and the amount of points scored during the game.
The boost you receive from completing the D&D is random and the duration is determined by the amount of points scored during the game (points/5) with a maximum duration of 20 minutes although be warned as the clock will continue to run down even if you log out. The duration of your boost is shown in the buff interface like so:
You may participate in this D&D as many times as you would like per day, however after gaining a total of 200 points no further rewards can be gained.
Pic Reward
Divination experience based on your Divination level and the amount of points gained participating in the D&D.
10% chance when siphoning from a divine location to get double loot at no extra cost to the player's gathering limit.
10% chance when using a sign of the porter that a charge will not be used.
10% chance when converting memories at any Divination crater that all the memories in the player's inventory will be converted in one go.
The Surge ability can be used to quickly move between the shelves and the crater, avoiding the Automatons.
Try to avoid turning into an Automaton if there are already several players doing so as you will struggle to find ones to subdue.
Safety in numbers! Automatons can only target one player at a time so sticking with other players can help keep you safe.
More than one player can pick up the same memory if they're both near it when they click on it.
Use your double points wisely, especially as an Automaton as there is no point in using it if most of the Automatons are subdued already.
Original Guide by: BloodAngel
Last updated by: BloodAngel
Last updated on: 04-Nov-2014


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Q: Download a youtube video file in node js using ytdl I want to make user able to download a youtube video using node-ytdl.
For example when client side make a GET request for certain route the video should be downloaded in response.
  var ytdl = require('ytdl-core');
  var express= require('express');

   //Init App Instance
    var app=express();

 app.get('/video',function(req,res){

 var ytstream=ytdl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgvuvdyzYFc");

ytstream.on('data',function(data){
   res.write(data);
})

ytstream.on('end',function(data){
    res.send();
})

})

Above is my nodejs code. Even though in network it seems to download the response it does not make user download as a file.I don't want to store any file on server.It would be great if someone could help me how to solve the issue.

A: Ok, so make a string var, then add data to it on the data event. On end, send everything. Here is an example:
const ytdl = require("ytdl-core"),
      app = require("express")();

app.get("/video", (req, res) => {
  let data = "", vid = ytdl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgvuvdyzYFc");
  vid.on("data", d => data += d);
  vid.on("end", () => res.send(data));
  res.header("Content-Disposition", 'attachment; filename="Video.mp4');
});

A: res object is a writable stream so you can directly pipe the output of ytdl to res object like this -
    ytdl("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzjxhskd")
      .on("response", response => {
        // If you want to set size of file in header
        res.setHeader("content-length", response.headers["content-length"]);
      })
      .pipe(res);

A: You have to also pass the headers. Try it:
app.get('/video', (req, res) => {
    var url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgvuvdyzYFc";
    res.header("Content-Disposition", 'attachment; filename="Video.mp4');
    ytdl(url, {format: 'mp4'}).pipe(res);
});

If someone is still getting an error just update the package to latest version by running:
npm i ytdl-core@latest

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It's time to sell remaining money-market positions and to build your exposure to small-cap growth stocks.
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Q: Using cgroup match in PREROUTING chain in iptables I already use net_cls (network classifier) cgroup from /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls in POSTROUTING chain. When I try to use it from PREROUTING, I get the following errror:
[2514253.432875] x_tables: ip_tables: cgroup match: used from hooks REROUTING, but only valid from INPUT/OUTPUT/POSTROUTING

Do you know why we cannot use cgroup match for PREROUTING? Is there any workaround?

A: All incoming packets from external network interfaces go through the PREROUTING chain before they are associated with any process (after all, they might just get forwarded, and never touch any process). So you can't associate any cgroup information with those packets.
Only when a packet goes through the INPUT chain (will be read by some process), or the OUTPUT chain (was written by some process), or the POSTROUTING chain after coming from the OUTPUT chain it's possible to associate any cgroup information with it.
As you didn't include any information about the actual problem you are trying to solve (which suggests this is an XY-Problem), I can't suggest any workaround (or proper solution).


We interact with countless objects in our daily lives that require electricity. The lights and appliances in your camper are no exception.
Since you want to avoid putting more holes in your roof, you will want to find a roof rack to secure the Boulder 90 Solar Panels to your roof.
Personally, I picked up an old Hummer cargo rack and some cargo bars off of Craigslist. My dad did excellent job altering the cargo bars to fit the roof and bolted the Hummer rack to those. Sturdy as a rock.
This huge aluminum rack was haggled down to a very reasonable $200. A total steal if you ask me.
A custom fabrication job was necessary to make sure everything fit well together.
Your Boulder 90 Solar Panels should come with their own mounting hardware and instructions. Follow them and you shouldn't have any problems.
Installation of the solar panels is straightforward and relatively painless.
Drill a hole below the roof's rain gutter. Run the solar panel wiring inside and caulk around the hole to create a watertight seal.
Make sure you leave ample wiring on both sides to allow some flexibility.
While the lights are not up yet, you can still get the wiring in place. You'll need to drill holes in the back of you kitchen unit to where the dimmer is located.
The dimmer is located in a convenient location between the bed and kitchen.
The wiring for the fan and lights should meet to where you can heat shrink them together forming what looks like a single cable. The fridge will require you to drill another hole in the wall between your fridge and solar generator. I used these 12v quick connects to make it easy to connect into the Goal Zero Yeti inputs. The fridge connects using a 12v car port adapter.
The hole hidden behind the fridge that runs to the solar generator next door.
These quick connects were added to allow additional things to be powered in the future.


A man was robbed at gunpoint on Halsted Street as bar hoppers enjoyed Friday night's final hour of bar service.
Officers responded to 3349 N. Halsted, the location of Boystown's legendary video bar, Sidetrack at 1:25 this morning.
There, a victim reported that two males, black, one armed with a black handgun, took his cell phone and wallet. Both offenders wore black jeans and gray jackets. They were last seen headed southbound on Halsted Street.
This robbery is in addition to three other gunpoint robberies that took place in nearby Wrigleyville and the Southport corridor overnight.
Had enough? Be heard. Start by signing the Citizens For A Safer Lakeview's online petition.


Many hunting and fishing offenses are honest errors. But ignorance of the law is not an excuse if you are accused of poaching or other violations of Utah wildlife regulations. With the potential for harsh penalties, including jail, confiscation of firearms, and loss of hunting privileges, you need experienced legal representation.
The fish and game law firm of Greg S. Law,, handles all violations prosecuted by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in Weber County and surrounding communities. Our mission is to uphold your rights and exhaust your defenses to limit any adverse consequences of the charges against you.
If you are accused of poaching or other hunting offenses in the state of Utah, contact our Salt Lake City attorneys for a knowledgeable and vigorous defense. We can represent residents of other states charged with crimes in Utah.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is aggressive and sometimes overzealous in its efforts to stop poaching of big game, upland game, waterfowl and fish. Unfortunately, that means that many hunters and anglers who are innocent or who unknowingly violated the law are prosecuted as poachers.


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Decried as Muslim ban, will Trump decree pass legal muster?
The American Civil Liberties Union and others are already lining up to challenge President Donald Trump's revised ban on refugees and travellers from six mainly Muslim countries. But can they succeed in overturning a measure that was deliberately crafted to remove the red flags raised by US courts? That may be more difficult.
This time there is unlikely to be a backdrop of airport chaos and mass detentions to help lawyers make the case that people's rights are being trampled. The White House has rolled out a process that aims to avoid a repeat of the confusion caused by its first travel ban, which was imposed with no notice and little preparation one week into Trump's presidency. The new order issued on Monday suspends US entry for all refugees for 120 days, and the issuing of new visas for nationals of Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and Sudan for 90 days.
Although similar to the first travel ban, it has been changed in significant ways to pass muster with the courts. For one, the new restrictions do not go into effect until March 16, giving travellers 10 days to prepare for the changes. Crucially, the new order exempts permanent US residents and visa holders, and allows for waivers on a case-by-case basis. It also drops Iraq from the list of countries targeted by the visa ban.
The administration's strategy appears designed to address the kind of situations that ignited public outrage and made the travel ban politically radioactive.
There was the case of an Iranian baby who could not travel for specialised medical treatment in the United States. That could now be dealt with using a waiver. Foreign students and Silicon Valley executives were stranded abroad, and entire families were detained at airports. As long as they have visas, they should no longer face that risk under the new rules.
Lawyers for the state of Hawaii on Tuesday informed courts there of their plan to file a challenge to the revised ban on Wednesday. If filed on Wednesday, it likely will be the first challenge to the tweaked ban.
The federal judge who blocked the first ban was persuaded by the argument of two state attorneys general that it was causing "irreparable harm." It is less clear those arguments would prevail the next time around.
"We are carefully reviewing the new executive order to determine its impacts on Washington state and our next legal steps," Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on Monday. He said he was still concerned, but needed two or three days to decide on next steps.
Camille Mackler, director of legal initiatives at the New York Immigration Coalition, called Trump's new order a "backdoor Muslim ban."
"We still think it's as problematic as the first travel ban," she said. "It didn't happen in a vacuum, it happened within the context of the comments that have been made before and since the election, this sort of broader war on immigrants that the Trump administration is fighting."
The next wave of legal challenges will have to directly confront the question of whether the immigration order constitutes a Muslim ban, an issue that the courts have so far set aside.
"While the White House may have made changes to the ban, the intent to discriminate against Muslims remains," said New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU's Immigrant Rights Project, said Trump "has recommitted himself to religious discrimination, and he can expect continued disapproval from both the courts and the people."
The administration has tried to make it harder to prove religious discrimination by stripping out language that would have given preference to religious minorities once refugees are allowed in again. Critics had said the preference benefitting Christians underscored that the ban was directed at Muslims.
"I believe the new order will withstand legal challenges as it's drafted in a fashion as to not be a religious ban, but a ban on individuals coming from compromised governments and failed states," said Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican who often criticises the White House.
The Trump administration considers three of the nations targeted – Iran, Sudan and Syria – as state sponsors of terrorism, and the other three as "safe havens" for terror operatives. Its critics question the composition of the list, which includes countries whose citizens have never been involved in terror attacks in the United States. And they point to Trump's own past campaign statements promising to bar entry to Muslims as evidence of animus that will be difficult to shake.
"The clear intent is to convince the courts that the ban is the result of careful deliberation rather than religious animus," said Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program. "But the tactical tweaks in this latest edition cannot rescue the order's constitutionality," she said. "Underneath the softened rhetoric and other adjustments lies the same poisonous policy: an effort to restrict Muslims' entry into the US." (AFP)
Trump's Islamophobia: Lighting the touch paper


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Daily News! Pokemon Go Water Festival, Talent not Included coming to XBONE, and Crime and Punishment now out on Consoles!!
by Joe Gribble | Mar 22, 2017 | Games, News, Nintendo, PC, Playstation, Xbox | 0 comments
Welcome to the Daily News!
In the press today…
Pokémon Go Makes a Splash with Global Water Festival In-Game Event
Niantic, Inc. and The Pokémon Company International today revealed Pokémon GO's next in-game celebration, the Pokémon GO Water Festival. From March 22 at 1:00 P.M. PST until March 29 at 1:00 P.M. PST, Trainers will be more likely to encounter Water-type Pokémon like Magikarp, Squirtle, Totodile and their evolutions around the world. Trainers will also have a greater chance of encountering Water-type Pokémon originally discovered in the Johto region, which recently began appearing in the game, when exploring areas where Water-type Pokémon more commonly appear.
To coincide with the festivities, beginning today Trainers will also have access to a new avatar wardrobe item, the Magikarp Hat.
To learn more about the Pokémon GO Water Festival, please visit the official Pokémon GO blog at:
PokemonGOLive.com
Trainers can also stay up to date on Pokémon GO announcements by following the game on Twitter or liking on Facebook.
HEAR YE, HEAR YE! TALENT NOT INCLUDED SETS THE STAGE FOR ITS XBOX ONE DEBUT
Places, please! Frima, independent Canadian game developer, has announced today that Talent Not Included, their theatrical drama-filled action/combat platformer, will be released on Xbox One on April 5th. After launching to critical acclaim on PC via Steam last August, Frima's creative team is delighted to invite Xbox One fans to the Talent Not Included stage for the performance of a lifetime, this April… Ready? Action!
Feast your eyes upon the Talent Not Included Xbox One launch trailer, here: https://youtu.be/5rmJ51cM_6k
WHAT'S THIS GAME ABOUT
Talent Not Included is an action/combat platformer where mechanical soldiers, animals, hard-headed monsters, and rotating cylinders will challenge you in one of the most demanding plays to ever hit the stage! Set in the fantasy land of Notthatmuchfurther, the game tells the story of three monsters: Zordok, Derp, and Kevin, all three huge fans of slaughter, bloodbaths, and Shakespeare.
One night, as they were bored out of their minds, they decided to put on their own play. Unfortunately, nothing went as planned…That's mostly because Zot, a demonic critic hired for the occasion, chose three mediocre actors with strong personalities, hoping to sow hell on stage for the public and his own amusement. Break a leg! As you will be playing these actors in hopes of making a nice profit out of your marvelous performance! Come on! Show's this way!
REASONS TO PERFORM
Cylinder-based platforms
Combat galore
Absurd humor
Local co-op
Talent Not Included brings a whole new platformer gameplay experience, with its cylinder-based action machinery! This exciting mechanic is suited for casual and hardcore gamers alike, as it introduces a completely innovative and never-seen-before kind of game. If you're the kind of player that likes to go co-op, this game has it all! Go head-to-head with your girl/boy/undetermined/other friend(s) and show them the lovely paper craft-inspired art style that will have everyone talking. Seriously though, everyone!
When life just gets dull, let Talent Not Included be the change you need, a change that will have you pinned to your couch in hopes of beating a game that keeps on delivering! BE WARNED: This is a fun game for fun people only. If you feel like you meet these qualifications, gear up and bring on the talent, for Talent Not Included is about to give you the time of your life, or your money not back (nice try, though).
Brace yourselves, for the play won't exactly be a walk in the park.
Crime and Punishment – This is the Police out now on consoles
Finally, owning a console pays off… This Is the Police is now available for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One in retail stores and as a digital download! Grab your controller and help Jack Boyd, Chief of Police, Freeburg PD, to fight crime, annoy the Mayor, the Mafia, the Labor Union and everyone else… but, more importantly, make a f****** fortune!
Watch the launch trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAVtVCBvzFI&feature=youtu.be
About This is the Police:
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiralling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken … or worse?
Your mission is clear: make $500,000 in 180 days, before Jack Boyd reaches retirement. How? That's up to you!
Decisions, decisions! This Is the Police is all about a dark story and how you react to it. Whatever you decide, your choices will influence the game – and the fate of Jack Boyd.
The Good, the Bad, and… the Ugly? The Chief of Freeburg's Police Department deals with all kind of people. It is up to you to find the bad guys, and decide how to deal with them.
Carry out your duties. As head of Freeburg PD, Jack deals with all sorts of challenges every day: responding to emergencies, managing his officers, defending the department against City Hall and a corrupt mayor, and much more.
Solve Investigations and gather evidence against the criminal gangs of Freeburg.
Deal with the competing powers of the city. Everyone offers you favors, and each one comes at a price.
Rich and fully voiced story: Jack Boyd is portrayed by Jon St. John, the voice of Duke Nukem.
This is the Police is available now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac and Linux as digital download and at physical retail, retailing for €19.99 / UK £15.99.
GOG Galaxy – Biggest Update Yet Marks the End of Beta
GOG Galaxy, the gamer-friendly client, is coming out of beta with a major new update. Designed for convenient purchasing, playing and updating games, as well as online play between gaming platforms, GOG Galaxy is also built with optionality in mind, and a belief that you should own the games you buy.
The highlight of GOG Galaxy Update 1.2 is Universal Cloud Saves. This new feature makes it possible to add cloud saving functionality not only to new games, but also to titles that never offered cloud saving before. Thanks to this, excellent titles like Planescape: Torment, Dragon Age Origins, Heroes of Might & Magic III, Vampire: the Masquerade Bloodlines will gain benefits of saves syncing and cloud backup for the first time ever. Additionally, because GOG.com is all about giving freedom of choice to users, cloud saves are not locked behind the gaming platform – at any moment users can download backup of their saves data and use it as they see fit.
"Losing your save files can be really frustrating. And a big part of gaming legacy, including many of the greatest games, was missing cloud saves – until now." explains Piotr Karwowski, Managing Director at GOG.com. "Thanks to the Universal Cloud Saves feature of GOG Galaxy, not only new games, but also the all-time classics and titles which development has been finished years ago, will be upgraded with saves syncing and cloud backup."
GOG Galaxy Update 1.2 also introduces an option to customize the Client to users' needs by selecting features they want to use, for a personalized experience and no feature-creep. In addition, the brand new hibernate mode cuts on Client CPU usage when playing a game, and saves resources and battery life when idling in the background. Update 1.2 also packs many of community's most-desired requests, including bandwidth limiting and scheduling, FPS counter, screenshot capturing, in-game overlay, achievement rarity, desktop and in-game notifications system, new chat and more.
GOG Galaxy Update 1.2 is available today to users who opted to test upcoming updates, and will be rolling out to everyone in April. To download GOG Galaxy or see what's new and improved visit GOG.com/Galaxy.
LEVEL-5's YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble Coming Soon to Android & iOS
 LEVEL-5 Inc. and NHN PlayArt are proud to announce that the world of YO-KAI WATCH will be soon be wobbling its way onto mobile and tablet screens across Europe and Russia. After unprecedented success in Japan, North America, Canada, and Australia – garnering over 10M downloads to date – YO-KAI WATCH™ Wibble Wobble – a skillful blend of puzzle gameplay and RPG mechanics is coming to Europe and Russia on Android and iOS on 30th March 2017. Inspired by the popular TV series, the game has players fight alongside Jibanyan, Komasan, and other bite-sized fan favorites to defeat – and befriend! – dozens of Yo-kai in the world of Springdale.
"We're super excited to bring this fully localized version of YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble to Europe and Russia – and to be able to share the Yo-kai story with the world at large," says Yukari Hayakawa, COO of LEVEL-5 abby. "2017 is set to be a great year for YO-KAI WATCH for Europe and Russia, as we look forward to the launch of YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble, as well as as well as YO-KAI WATCH 2: Bony Spirits and YO-KAI WATCH 2: Fleshy Souls for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems on April 7th. The app has already been rated 4.5 out of 5 stars in Japan, and has amassed more than 10 million players worldwide to date. With such fun characters and entertaining gameplay, we're confident that the localized European version will be a big hit as well."
The World of YO-KAI WATCH
One day, while searching for bugs in the woods, an average boy named Nate comes across a peculiar capsule machine. He opens one of the capsules and brings forth Whisper, the Yo-kai butler who gives Nate a device known as the Yo-kai Watch. Using this device, only Nate is able to identify and see various Yo-kai that are hanging around town causing mischief. Yo-kai are invisible beings and the cause of your everyday annoyances: Have you ever felt the sudden need to run to the restroom? Do your socks go missing in the dryer? How about the uncontrollable urge to reveal secrets? Chances are, a Yo-kai did it!
Joined by Jibanyan, a lazy but cute cat Yo-kai, Nate and Whisper start befriending all sorts of Yo-kai. Each time Nate befriends a Yo-kai, he receives a Yo-kai Medal as a sign of friendship. Using the medals, Nate can summon his Yo-kai friends to help him solve problems around his town of Springdale.
Gameplay at-a-glance
YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble is easy to learn and hard to master. In each battle, players must swipe to connect one Wib Wob to one of the same kind, forming an even larger Wib Wob. Quick fingers are a must: connect small Wib Wob and tap on the large ones to deal damage to enemy Yo-kai (who usually attack in approximately five second intervals). The larger the player's Wib Wob, the more damage it can deal against enemy Yo-kai. The more Wib Wob you connect, the faster the Fever Gauge will be filled . . . which kicks off Fever Mode, rendering players invincible for a brief period of time.
Occasionally, when players pop a large Wib Wob, a Bonus Ball will appear. By popping a Bonus Ball, surrounding Wib Wob will grow even larger for extra damage! Pop enough of a specific Wib Wob to fill up its Soul Meter and ready a Soultimate Move, which ranges from damage to restoring HP. Once the meter is full, players can tap on a particular Yo-kai to perform its Soultimate Move!
But defeating Yo-kai is just half the fun. After each battle, players may befriend enemy Yo-kai they have defeated. Players can even increase their chances of befriending enemy Yo-kai by giving them snacks just before battle. If players befriend multiples of the same Yo-kai, they will then earn valuable skill points. Once players have collected a select number of Yo-kai, they can summon forth an extremely powerful and useful Legendary Yo-kai!
All befriended Yo-kai can be viewed in the Yo-kai Wib Wob section of the menu, where players can arrange and strategically pick the best ones for their roster. If arranged properly, players can be awarded extra bonuses for a competitive edge. Yo-kai stats, character descriptions, and Soultimate Moves are also viewable in the Yo-kai Medallium.
Players can participate in daily, normal, and event missions for Y-Money rewards. Y-Money comes in handy in the Yo-kai Watch world and can be used to buy items, coins, and even food to treat potential Yo-kai friends. Before jumping into battle, players must spend Spirit, which regenerates over time as well. Players who want extra Y-Money and Spirit may purchase them in-game or earn them by progressing through the campaign.
Players may share their unique profile code and add friends who they can send Spirit to daily. It's also possible to challenge friends for the top spot in the YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble leaderboards.
Another unique feature to YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble is that players can save up to 3 different profiles onto one device. This means that families sharing a single device can still have separate save files for multiple YO-KAI WATCH fans. This way Mom, Dad, and a little one can play through the game at their own pace without missing out on anything, and compete with each other for high scores!
Tech-Noir Tactics Game All Walls Must Fall Goes Live on Kickstarter
Independent developer, inbetweengames, today announced that the Kickstarter campaign for its tech-noir tactics game – All Walls Must Fall – has gone live, with the campaign set to run until Wednesday, 19th April. Scheduled for launch on PC, Mac and Linux, All Walls Must Fall combines classic turn based gameplay with a heavy emphasis on music, inspired by the likes of X-Com, Syndicate and Rez. With a sleek cyberpunk aesthetic and pulsating electronic soundtrack, inbetweengames have turned to Kickstarter in order to realise their dream. Check out the All Walls Must Fall Kickstarter Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inbetweengames/all-walls-must-fall-a-tech-noir-tactics-game
The initial funding goal of €15,000 will allow the team to run a closed alpha on itch.io for Kickstarter backers, followed by an Early Access release on Steam. The team will also add additional stretch goals, allowing them to deliver additional features and content to All Walls Must Fall once the original crowdfunding target has been met. These range from improved combat, diverse environments and intricate dialogue options, to a larger range of weapons. Acts 2 and 3 will also be included as additional stretch goals and will bring further content to expand the story, introducing a new playable character in each Act.
"We're hugely excited to share our Kickstarter campaign with the public. While our time working on AAA titles at Yager was a wonderful experience in terms of lessons learnt and friends met, we decided it was time for us to do away with compromise and make the game we've always wanted to," said Jan David Hassel, Designer of inbetweengames. "Drawing on our combined love of cyber-punk and film noir, as well as classic tactics and music games, All Walls Must Fall is a unique reinterpretation of those influences tied together by a healthy dose of style. We can't wait to embark on this journey with backers to make All Walls Must Fall the best game it possibly can be."
In the world of All Walls Must Fall, the Cold War never ended. For 150 years, both sides have used time manipulation technology to observe and counter each other's every move. Now this fragile state of affairs is approaching breaking point, as a rogue nuclear strike has been ordered that will send the world into turmoil. Both sides have scrambled to send agents back in time to find the person behind the order in the hope they might prevent it. If they fail, the whole world will turn to ash, forever.
All Walls Must Fall is an isometric tactics game where action happens to the pulsing beat of the music. You control time travelling secret agents as they jump and loop through a single night in the city of Berlin. Using a pausable real-time system, carefully plan your decisions and use powerful time manipulation abilities to your advantage, as you carry out your mission in the shadows or in plain sight. Levels are procedurally recombined using a bespoke system developed by inbetweengames, giving All Walls Must Fall a highly replayable campaign structure, while still offering individually crafted components and set-pieces.
View the All Wall Must Fall Kickstarter trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEUCG_aX-wg
For more information please visit the All Walls Must Fall website:
http://www.allwallsmustfall.com/
That's all for news today!
~Ciao!


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import com.suscipio_solutions.consecro_mud.Items.interfaces.Weapon;
import com.suscipio_solutions.consecro_mud.core.CMLib;

public class Specialization_Sword extends Specialization_Weapon
{
	@Override public String ID() { return "Specialization_Sword"; }
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	{
		super();
		weaponClass=Weapon.CLASS_SWORD;
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In welcoming its freshman class to campus last fall, the University of Michigan did something that it has been incapable of achieving over the past decade.
It increased the minority students in its 2015 freshman class by almost 20% — its highest since 2005, The New York Times reported.
After 2005, there was a steep decline in minority students following a ban on affirmative action that Michigan voters passed into law in 2006. Since then, the percentage of minority students has been languishing.


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Hotels helping first responders, healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic
By: Zak Dahlheimer
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Hotels in Hampton Roads are opening their doors to help first responders and healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Norwood Burdett is a volunteer EMT with the Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad.
"I really like helping people," Burdett said. "It's a very unique opportunity that we have. We're volunteers. We're not doing this for a paycheck."
He told News 3 the pandemic has been stressful.
"You're always wondering, 'Am I going to get sick?'" he said.
His family is top of mind.
"My parents are a little older, so they're more at risk if they were to be exposed," he said. "I was really worried about bringing anything home to them."
For about a month, his home has been Diamond Resorts properties around Virginia Beach.
From March through May 1, their properties offered free rooms to first responders and front line healthcare workers during the pandemic.
"There's no one in the world, other than these healthcare workers and first responders, that deserve an opportunity to have a safe place to stay," Diamond Resorts CEO Mike Flaskey said.
Flaskey told News 3 Diamond Resorts will continue supporting first responders and healthcare workers by offering discounted rates at properties throughout the pandemic.
Diamond Resorts officials said they're working directly with individuals to set up accommodations that meet their needs.
Related: Local bed and breakfast inns try to keep beds filled while pandemic forces many hotels to close
Volunteer EMT Thomas Gross also stayed at one of their properties.
"It gives people a break," Gross said. "Some people, they work 12 on, 12 off, five and six days a week. Those people were probably burnt out, so something like this is actually pretty good to do."
For Burdett, he's thankful for support while continuing to fight on the front lines.
"We're immensely thankful," Burdett said. "It shows that they really actually care about their community."
Diamond Resorts officials said first responders and medical personnel are encouraged to reach out to groups@diamondresorts.com or call 800-438-2929.
Click here for full coronavirus coverage.


While Dawn was growing up in a rural Nova Scotia, her family did not make her feel as if education was something especially important. Her father was a golf pro and her mother was an artist; neither had gone to university and neither ever made Dawn think that she should make a point to earn a degree.
After high school, then, she did not bother applying to any universities, and instead moved to Edmonton. She did not know anyone there, but she thought of Alberta as a place that had a lot of opportunities.
At first, Dawn worked as a bartender at a golf course, but her career took a sharp turn after getting to know a regular customer. This man worked as a welder and, while talking about his job one day, he bet Dawn that she couldn't hack it in welding. Always up for a challenge, she took his bet and accepted a job at Strike Energy.
Dawn did not take up welding just to win a bet. She considers herself a very hands-on person who likes work that blends problem-solving with manual labour. In many ways, then, welding seemed like it might make for a perfect profession for her.
She started this job when she was 18 and enjoyed working with her hands and traveling around Alberta and British Columbia on various assignments. The man who had bet her was impressed by her and became a mentor.
But he was also the person who eventually encouraged Dawn to leave welding. He had been warning Dawn for some time that the work is very hard on the body over the long run. When she became a single mother at 21, Dawn ultimately left welding and switched her career track by earning a certificate from a community college. From there, she worked as an educational assistant, helping learners with special needs.
Outside of work, Dawn's life also continued to change, as she got married and started to move around the country with her husband, who is in the Air Force. Eventually, Dawn needed to go back to Nova Scotia to care for her mother after she suffered a severe stroke.
When Dawn thinks back to this period in her life, she sees the seeds of her interest in medicine being planted. Caring for her mother made her realize how fulfilling the work can be, but she also had two other meaningful experiences that made her consider pursuing medicine.
First, Dawn had agreed to become a surrogate mother for a couple wanting to have a child. One of the men was a family physician, and she found it reassuring to be able to talk to him throughout the experience.
This experience taught Dawn just how meaningful doctors can be in people's lives. She learned that healthcare providers do so much more than make diagnoses and prescriptions: they give peace of mind to those in their care. Dawn wanted to be a source of support for others in the way that this physician was for her.
Secondly, she had started an undergraduate degree program at Acadia University and found herself particularly invested in her biology coursework. For the first time, this made her think that she had a strong interest in science. While pursuing her three-year degree, she had two children, one being the surrogate baby. By the time she graduated she and her husband had three children.
To her pleasant surprise Queen's was more than accommodating. She was able to schedule her interview to after she gave birth, and was assured that every possible arrangement would be made to guarantee her comfort. Two weeks after giving birth Dawn traveled to Kingston to interview at Queen's. When she was offered a seat in the class of 2022 a few weeks later, she had no trouble choosing to accept.
Dawn is well on her way to meeting many of her goals. She has now completed her first semester of medical school, and is completing a few research projects. She aims to be a dermatologist and knows Queen's will prepare her well for this specialty.
Dawn's ability to be a mother and a medical student at the same time is impressive. When asked how she finds the energy for school, she says that she has the energy because she loves it. In some ways, she sees her classes as a nice reprieve from parenting. "School is my break," she says with a smile.
What I love about Dawn's story is the way that it overturns so many stereotypes about who can and cannot go to medical school. We usually don't think of people who didn't go straight to university after high school as going on to medical school. Or people who were young mothers, or people in their 30s, or people who have four children. But all of these things apply to Dawn, and she is thriving at the Queen's School of Medicine.


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NHS Cancer Patients Gain Access to Four New Therapies
NICE has issued final recommendations endorsing NHS use of new therapies for ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma and prostate cancer, although they have rejected one for gastric cancer.
AstraZeneca's Lynparza has won backing as a maintenance treatment for patients with relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer.
The drug targets cancers in adults testing positive for the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, and whose disease has responded to platinum-based chemotherapy.
NICE has stipulated that Lynparza should be available for people only if they have had three or more courses of platinum-based chemotherapy, and that its cost for those who remain on treatment after 15 months is met by the company.
The Institute also recommended Bayer's Xofigo as an option for treating adults with hormone relapsed prostate cancer, but only in those who have previously received docetaxel treatment, are experiencing symptoms from the disease spreading to their bones and have no signs of cancer in any other organ.
The drug is a radiopharmaceutical agent that delivers alpha-radiation to cancer that has spread to the bone without affecting the patient's healthy bone marrow. Its recommendation is also dependent on the patient access scheme discount (PAS) agreed as part of the appraisal.
Bayer previously noted that, if the therapy is removed from England's Cancer Drugs Fund, Scotland will remain the only country in which NHS patients can access Xofigo before they have been treated with chemotherapy.
Sticking with prostate cancer, Astella's Xtandi was also green-lit for NHS use to treat metastatic hormone-relapsed forms of the disease in patients who have no or mild symptoms after androgen deprivation treatment has stopped working, and before chemotherapy is needed.
NICE described the drug as "a well-tolerated treatment that delays chemotherapy (which it recognised as being valuable to patients) and improves survival", found to be cost-effective when provided through the agreed PAS.
Also, Novartis' Farydak can be routinely prescribed as a possible treatment for people with multiple myeloma, if they have had at least two prior therapies (including bortezomib and an immunomodulatory agent).
The decision, which marks a u-turn from an original rejection that was overturned after the consultation process, is conditional on the continued provision of the agreed PAS.
Farydak is the first cancer medicine to target enzymes known as histone deacetylases, offering a novel mechanism of action different from other MM treatments on the market, and showed in trials to boost progression-free survival by around 7.8 months versus treatment with Velcade/dexamethasone alone.
On the downside, the cost watchdog issued a final 'no' for Lilly's Cyramza as a treatment for patients with metastatic stomach cancer.
The independent appraisal committee concluded that the drug does not provide enough benefit to patients to justify its high cost and nor did it qualify for end of life considerations.
The most plausible incremental cost effectiveness ratio for Cyramza compared with best standard care was calculated to be £188,100 per QALY gained, so far above normal value for money benchmarks.
News, Industry News
Tags: Cancer, NICE, Healthcare, NHS


You own a yacht, and it's been quite a few years since you updated her. The engines probably need to be rebuilt or maybe even replaced. After significant due diligence, you discover that much has happened in the engine world since you last overhauled your engines. Innovative technology has opened new opportunities for substantially improved fuel mileage, quieter running engines and a digital dashboard allowing for constant analysis of all mechanical components. While you're thrilled with the innovation, you're also concerned about what it is going to cost. What's a captain to do? There is only one answer — order the new engines. Yes, it is large expense, but your investment in the vessel is larger, and you must protect that value.
The market is awakening in today's real estate development world. Many companies who put marketing on the back burner in 2006 are preparing to return to a market where much has changed. Where they once saw an expense, they now recognize a sales opportunity. Now is the time to take a closer look at their marketing programs. It takes little due diligence to recognize that nearly everything has changed over the last 7 years…social media, tablets, smart phones and endless upgrades to software and hardware. In fact, the iPhone was introduced in June 2007–it hardly seems possible. So what's a developer to do? Make the decision to transition your analog program and take full advantage of digital strategies. Getting started will require an initial investment, but over the long rum, your program will be more efficient, more targeted and will provide accurate reporting and data base management to ensure you are exceeding your sales objectives. One thing is certain, once you set your digital marketing engine in motion, you'll never look back!


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Norway Turn Back Nigeria 3-0
Norway lashed African champions Nigeria 3-0 in both team's opening match of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in Reims on Saturday.
Guro Reiten scored in the 17th minute as the Super Falcons failed to deal with a corner kick, and Lisa-Marie Utland made it two 17 minutes later when she flashed a fierce shot past goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi from close range.
The African champions were overwhelmed in the encounter and this showed as defender Osinachi Ohale put the ball into her own net in an attempt to steer the ball away as the Scandinavians again threatened from the left side of the Nigerian defence.
Head Coach Thomas Dennerby introduced Chinaza Uchendu, Chidinma Okeke and Uchenna Kanu in the second half, and although there appeared to be some aspiration in the forwardline, the Falcons could not put their passes together with conviction to trouble the Norwegians.
Nigeria will now move to Grenoble, where they take on Korea Republic on 12th June. The Koreans lost 0-4 to host nation France in the championship opening match in Paris on Friday.
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