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Raiders Report Card: Grades on Offense, Defense in 34-3 Loss to Jets
By Scott Bair	• Published November 24, 2019 • Updated on November 30, 2019 at 4:19 pm
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – If you playback the Raiders' 34-3 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday, either on video or in your mind, your search for redeeming qualities will come up empty.
They're virtually impossible to find.
The Silver and Black got worked in every phase of the game. They were plain awful in a game they surely wanted to win, where a victory would've greatly benefitted playoff hopes.
This loss is a minor setback, nothing more if the Raiders can get right quick. If it bleeds into future performances, though, their postseason hopes are shot.
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Rebounding from such a disaster will be the primary focus now as they try to mitigate the side effects of this disaster.
Taken individually, this stands as the worst Raiders performance of the season. Yes, even worse than that Week 3 Vikings loss. Minnesota's a legitimate contender. The Jets hadn't beat anyone of substance in a long, long time.
Before y'all purge this out of the memory bank, let's grade the performance out in this week's report card:
Rushing offense
The Raiders looked forward to facing the Jets' top-ranked run defense all week. They wanted to pit strength against strength and prove the running operation could produce against anyone. That wasn't the case. The Raiders averaged just 3.1 yards per carry, with 68 yards on 28 rushes. Josh Jacobs was barely involved, totaling 34 yards on just 10 attempts before getting pulled in the fourth quarter to preserve health.
Fullback Alec Ingold couldn't convert a fourth-down-and-1. Little went right for the run game, which needs to improve down the stretch to get the offense going again.
Grade: F
Passing offense
Quarterback Derek Carr wasn't nearly as bad as his 52.5 passer rating suggests. His receivers struggled securing passes, with three bad drops and several plays left unmade.
Carr was under some pressure but had time to work, though the Jets' coverage was tough. His pick-six was defensed, the ball getting tipped into the air for an easy interception. The Raiders have to do better through the air, especially with the run game struggling. There will be games that must be won with Carr and a receiver corps that hasn't been dynamic or reliable. Tyrell Williams wasn't great, and Zay Jones was a non-factor on a bad day for the skill positions.
The Raiders' run defense has been steady most of the season and made life hard on Le'Veon Bell and the Jets' ground game. New York only averaged 2.9 yards per attempt, but still managed 88 yards on 30 attempts to keep the Jets offense balanced. It's hard to ask for more against a back like Bell, even with his recent run of inefficiency. Quarterback Sam Darnold proved problematic with his feet, especially on his touchdown run.
Grade: C-minus
Pass defense
Darnold picked the Raiders defense apart. He threw for 315 yards and two touchdowns and a whopping 10.5 yards per pass attempt.
The Jets owned the Raiders by working laterally and on slants and crossing routes to gain separation. Robby Anderson was problematic. Bell was a factor in the passing game as shorter passes were turned into chunk yardage gains.
The Raiders couldn't cover anyone in a three-touchdown, third-quarter barrage that put this game out of reach. This was a bad day for the secondary, with a ho-hum effort from the Raiders' pass rush. Clelin Ferrell didn't do much, and Dion Jordon couldn't bring Darnold down in end zone for a safety.
Daniel Carlson has missed four kicks in the past four games, including a field-goal attempt from 48 yards out Sunday that looked good off his foot and curved wide left.
The Raiders need more from their kicker, who hasn't been consistent enough despite setting the franchise record for field-goal percentage last season. The Raiders also gave up a 26-yard punt return, something else that can't happen in tight games or blowouts.
Grade: D-minus
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The Raiders were terrible in a game they were favored to win. They knew the stakes and simply didn't show up. They got beat in every phase. Now they have to hope another winning streak comes along. They certainly don't want to miss the postseason by one game and look back with disdain at this opportunity missed.


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@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextView *textView;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *tipLab;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIProgressView *progressView;

@end

@implementation DownloadFileViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    self.title = @"M3U8文件下载";

    // 测试链接
    self.textView.text = @"http://zy.kubozy-youku-163-aiqi.com/20190623/12433_f0ecd421/1000k/hls/index.m3u8";// @"https://dco4urblvsasc.cloudfront.net/811/81095_ywfZjAuP/game/1000kbps.m3u8";
}

// 下载m3u8文件
- (IBAction)clickDownload {
    if (!self.tipLab.text.length || ![self.textView.text containsString:@"http"]) {
        self.tipLab.text = @"链接不合法";
        return;
    }
    self.tipLab.text = @"下载m3u8文件";

    NSString *destinationPath = [self.documentPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:self.textView.text.lastPathComponent];

    __weak typeof(self)wkSelf = self;
    [self downloadURL:self.textView.text
      destinationPath:destinationPath
             progress:nil
           completion:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSURL *filePath, NSError *error) {
               if (!error) {
                   [wkSelf dealPlayList];
               } else {
                   wkSelf.tipLab.text = error.debugDescription;
               }
           }];
}

// 处理m3u8文件
- (void)dealPlayList {
    self.tipLab.text = @"处理m3u8文件";

    // 读取m3u8文件内容
    NSString *filePath = [self.documentPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:self.textView.text.lastPathComponent];
    NSString *content = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:filePath
                                                  encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding
                                                     error:nil];
    NSArray *array = [content componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"];

    // 筛选出 .ts 文件
    NSMutableArray *listArr = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:array.count];
    for (NSString *str in array) {
        if ([str containsString:@".ts"]) {
            [listArr addObject:str];
        }
    }

    NSString *firstStr = listArr.firstObject;
    NSString *videoName = [firstStr componentsSeparatedByString:@"."].firstObject;
    self.tipLab.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"共有 %ld 个视频", listArr.count];
    // 下载 ts 文件
    [self downloadVideoWithArr:listArr andIndex:0 videoName:videoName];
}

// 循环下载 ts 文件
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        self.tipLab.text = @"视频下载完成";
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        return;
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    self.tipLab.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"共有 %ld 个ts文件, 下载中:%.2f%%", listArr.count, (float)index/listArr.count * 100];
    self.progressView.progress = (float)index/listArr.count;

    // 拼接ts全路径,有的文件直接包含,不需要拼接
    NSString *downloadURL = [self.textView.text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:self.textView.text.lastPathComponent withString:listArr[index]];

    // 存储路径
    NSString *listName = listArr[index];
    NSString *fileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"video_%ld.%@",(long)index,listName.pathExtension];
    NSString *destinationPath = [self.videoPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
    if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:destinationPath]) {
        [self downloadVideoWithArr:listArr andIndex:index+1 videoName:videoName];
        return;
    }

    __weak typeof(self)wkSelf = self;
    [self downloadURL:downloadURL
      destinationPath:destinationPath
             progress:nil
           completion:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSURL *filePath, NSError *error) {
               if (!error) {
                   [wkSelf downloadVideoWithArr:listArr andIndex:index+1 videoName:videoName];
               }
           }];
}

// 合成为一个ts文件
- (void)combVideos {
    NSString *fileName = @"合成原文件.ts";
    NSString *filePath = [[self documentPath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
    NSFileManager *mgr = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
    if ([mgr fileExistsAtPath:filePath]) {
        self.tipLab.text = @"已合成视频";
        return;
    }

    NSArray *contentArr = [mgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:[self videoPath]
                                                   error:nil];
    NSMutableData *dataArr = [NSMutableData alloc];
    int videoCount = 0;
    for (NSString *str in contentArr) {
        // 按顺序拼接 TS 文件
        if ([str containsString:@"video_"]) {
            NSString *videoName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"video_%d.%@",videoCount, str.pathExtension];
            NSString *videoPath = [[self videoPath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:videoName];
            // 读出数据
            NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:videoPath];
            // 合并数据
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            videoCount++;
        }
    }

    [dataArr writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES];

    [self convert];
}

- (void)convert {
    NSString *docDir = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) firstObject];

    ConverFileViewController *vc = [ConverFileViewController new];
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    vc.outputPath = [docDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"转码后的的视频.mp4"];
    [self.navigationController pushViewController:vc animated:NO];
}

// 视频列表路径
- (NSString *)videoPath {
    NSString *vedioPath = [self.documentPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"VideoList"];
    NSFileManager *mgr = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
    if (![mgr fileExistsAtPath:vedioPath]) {
        [mgr createDirectoryAtPath:vedioPath
       withIntermediateDirectories:YES
                        attributes:nil
                             error:nil];
    }
    return vedioPath;
}

// 沙盒 document 路径
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    NSString *docDir = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) firstObject];
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}

// 下载方法
- (void)downloadURL:(NSString *)downloadURL
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                               }
                           }
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                            NSURL *filePathUrl = nil;
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                            }
                            if (filePathUrl) {
                                return filePathUrl;
                            }
                            NSString *caches = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) lastObject];
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                        }
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                      }
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    [downloadTask resume];
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Steve Jobs' Kate Winslet on why she was nervous to meet the real Joanna Hoffman
By Devan Coggan
Updated October 04, 2015 at 05:05 PM EDT
Credit: Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic
Kate Winslet stars in Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman, the Apple co-founder's right-hand woman who worked with Jobs from the launch of the original Macintosh to the end of his career. To play Jobs' "work wife," Winslet sat down with Hoffman several times to learn more her relationship with Jobs — although there was one thing that made Winslet nervous about their first meeting.
"It was amazing meeting Joanna, and it was everything meeting Joanna," Winslet told EW at the New York Film Festival premiere of Steve Jobs. "And I was very nervous about meeting her because I look nothing like her. I myself look absolutely nothing like Joanna Hoffman, and she looks nothing like me."
Even if Winslet doesn't bear much resemblance to the real Hoffman, she said her goal was to learn more about Hoffman's backstory than to master a perfect impression of her.
"I loved spending time with her because she shared stories with me about her time with Steve and her relationship with Steve that a lot of people just don't know anything about," Winslet said. "And I actually came to understand a much softer, gentler side of Steve Jobs, a side of Steve Jobs who I think was kept sort of hidden away and private to those people or to his family."
Aaron Sorkin has said that his goal with the Steve Jobs screenplay, which is based on Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, wasn't exact accuracy but rather the spirit of Jobs' story, and to capture that spirit, Winslet and other cast members met with the real-life Apple employees they'd be playing. Original Mac team member Andy Hertzfeld, who's played by Michael Stuhlbarg, met with Stuhlbarg and the rest of the cast and crew, as did former Apple employee Andy Cunningham, played by Sarah Snook. And Seth Rogen sat down with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to talk about his relationship with Jobs.
"He's an amazing guy, and you don't often get to meet the guy who invented personal computers," Rogen told EW. "I didn't know that he is literally the one who conceived of the notion that computers are something that a regular person could have. That was purely born out of his own selfish desire to own a computer for himself, but I didn't realize that's how it all came to be — just a nerd wanted a computer."
Steve Jobs hits theaters on Oct. 9.

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Theater Preview: 'Pie' serves as recipe about mothers, daughters
"Yes, we're cooking an apple pie right on stage," said Maria Gobetti, co-artistic director of the Victory Theatre Center. Make that two dozen apple pies — one pie will be baked from start to finish during each of the 24 performances of Lawrence Thelen's new comedy, "Pie in the Sky," premiering in the intimate Little Victory Theatre on Friday.
Thelen's two-character comedy takes place on an unexpected day in the lives of an elderly mother and her daughter, both widows, living together in an Abilene, Texas, mobile home.
As Mama and Dory (played by stage and screen veterans K Callan and Laurie O'Brien, respectively) work together to make an apple pie, their conversation shifts during all the peeling, measuring, crust-filling and baking between the task at hand and deeper issues, sparking certain revelations. When the pie (baked in a working oven on stage) is done, the play is over.
"I had this idea of two older women having a conversation, and over the course of this conversation, secrets would come out that would shake the perception of one of these women's lives," Thelen said. "We go through life and we think we know our history, then maybe somebody comes along, and all of a sudden those 'quote, unquote' facts aren't real any more. That intrigued me. What if what you thought was real and true all of a sudden didn't exist anymore? What happens if that is applied to a life?"
With that in mind, Thelen, a home cook and father of two, was baking an apple pie when it occurred to him that the process — assembling the ingredients, mixing them together, preparing the crust and baking the pie — could be an interesting structure for a play. And then he remembered an incident in the 1990s involving his mother and grandmother.
"Something happened, and my grandmother said [an expletive]," Thelen said.
It was so out of character, that his mother voiced shocked disapproval. "My grandmother looked at her, and, with all sincerity and seriousness, said, 'I am 80 years old. If I want to say [that expletive], I'll say it,'" he said. "We still laugh about that in the family. Here's this 80-year-old woman saying, 'who the hell am I trying to impress at this point in my life?' You had this moment of pure truth."
That family story inspired the first scene Thelen wrote as he began envisioning a conversation between an 85-year-old mother and her 65-year-old daughter.
"It all sort of clicked," he said. "Basically, I started writing two plays. How would they be putting the pie together, the process? What would come first, what would come second? I wrote several scenes dealing with that. Then I wrote the scenes dealing with these two women and their relationship and the secrets revealed."
The two plays became an hour and 20-minute conversation, done in real time, with no intermission. "It's fun to watch Mama and Dory make the pie," Thelen said, "but it's also fun, in a serious sort of way, to see how they deal with their world not being what they thought it would be when they woke up a couple hours ago."
"Mama is probably how I was raised to be," Callan said. "She's a very strong woman, and she's a woman who has lived her life kind of on her own terms. She's very forthright, and she is very maternal about her daughter, with a strong sense of family … a very strange family as it turns out."
For her part, O'Brien said she sees Dory as "sad and damaged, a bit confused. She's kind of gotten bashed about by life and lost track of herself. What she needs from her mother are answers and love. I think what Mama does give her, ultimately, are the tools to go out and find love [of her own]."
"It's such a sweet play, but it's got depth to it. It's got roots," O'Brien said. "And I'm having such a blast working with K."
Gobetti, who is directing the production, said that one thing that attracted her interest — having had a difficult relationship with her own mother — is the play's positive message about mothers and daughters.
"It was nice to read a play that is equally dramatic and comedic, where there was a mother figure who is tough but loving," she said.
Timing during the production is crucial, of course. There will be no back-up pies if the recipe goes wrong, so rehearsals were challenging, although "when you have to physically deal with stuff, it takes over," O'Brien said. "Making the pie, cleaning up after the pie or talking about the pie, I think it helps both us stay where we're supposed to be."
The finished pie (Thelen's recipe) will be served opening night, supplemented with purchased pastries; what to do with the pies after each performance during the play's run has yet to be decided, Gobetti said. Aware that the aroma of a fresh-baked pie will set some stomachs rumbling, "maybe we'll raffle them off."
Sadly, Callan said, neither she nor O'Brien can eat their culinary results. "Laurie is gluten intolerant, and I am currently off sugar," Callan said, "It's hard. It smells so good."
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White women certainly had more rights than black slaves, but I don't think women in general have ever been privileged. There are even some parallels between how women and enslaved people were treated. Both were expected to be passive, cooperative, and obedient to their master-husbands. Next to my wife Sharon, my favorite women are Sarah and Angelina Grimké, sisters from Charleston, South Carolina, who lived in the 18th century and deserve to be better known than they are. Their father, Judge John Grimké, was a strong advocate of slavery and of the subordination of women. He had hundreds of slaves, and served as chief judge of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Though raised with slaves, the Grimké sisters grew to despise slavery after witnessing its cruel effects at a young age.
In 1836 Angelina wrote her Appeal to the Christian Women of the South, imploring white southern women to embrace the antislavery cause. She said, "I know you do not make the laws, but I also know that you are the wives and mothers, the sisters and daughters of those who do; and if you really suppose you can do nothing to overthrow slavery, you are greatly mistaken." Her writing drew the ire of many southerners. By the late 1830s, Sarah and Angelina were known not only as abolitionists but also as proponents of women's rights.
The Grimké sisters left the South in the 1820s and moved to Philadelphia, where I was born, and became Quakers. At a time when it was not considered respectable (even in the North) for women to speak before mixed audiences of men and women, Sarah and Angelina boldly spoke out against slavery at public meetings. Some male abolitionists, like Frederick Douglass, supported the right of women to speak and participate equally with men in antislavery activities.
The Grimkés grew up in a Charleston house built in 1789, three blocks away from where I now live. In 2015, the Friends of the Library at the College of Charleston (where I was a math professor) unveiled a much-deserved historical marker outside the Grimké home.
The Grimké sisters were good friends with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an abolitionist and a leading figure of the early women's rights movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, parallels the American Declaration of Independence, but with women included. It asserts that both men and women are endowed with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It explains how women are oppressed by the government and a patriarchal society. Stanton calls for women's suffrage as well as participation and representation in the government. She also refers to women's lack of property rights, and inequality in divorce law, education, and employment opportunities. The document insists that women be full citizens, granted all the rights and privileges that are granted to men. The Seneca Falls Convention marked the start of the women's rights movement in the United States.
Suffragette Susan B. Anthony was a good friend and collaborator with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. However, even though Anthony was an agnostic, she didn't like Stanton's open criticism of religion because she feared it would lose supporters for the suffragette movement. In particular, Anthony was displeased with Stanton's publication of The Woman's Bible, which was justifiably critical of religion. Stanton said, "The Bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the emancipation of women," and "Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth." Stanton also said, 'I have endeavored to dissipate religious superstitions from the minds of women, and base their faith on science and reason, where I found for myself at last that peace and comfort I could never find in the Bible and the church."
After a 72-year battle for women 's suffrage, women finally got the vote in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Women fighting for equality during the early part of the twentieth century focused on political equality. Yet to come were issues like workplace inequality, gender pay gap, sexual harassment, violence against women, and #MeToo.
Wifehood and motherhood are no longer regarded as women's most significant professions. Women now have more educational opportunities than ever before. Nurse and teacher (and maybe Catholic nun, if you consider this a profession) used to be pretty much the only professional positions open to women. In 1900, women earned only19 percent of bachelor's degrees. Since 1980, women have surpassed men in the number of bachelor's degrees conferred annually in the United States.
Regarding the question of women's anger, women have been socialized to suppress anger and even question whether their anger is justified. A case can be made that getting angry might first be necessary before being motivated to work for change. People don't change the world by being apathetic; they do it by getting angry and refusing to take injustice any more. Anger can be used constructively by women (and men) to fight intolerance and discrimination. Recently, female anger at Donald Trump's 2016 presidential win spurred historic numbers of women to run for public office in 2018 and today.


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Primi anni di vita in anticipo
Il principe Bandar è nato nel 1965  ed era il figlio primogenito del principe Khalid bin Faysal. Suoi fratelli eranii principi Sultan e Sa'ud. La loro madre è Al Anoud bint Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud.

Nel 1988 si è laureato in informatica all'Università del Petrolio e dei Minerali Re Fahd di Dhahran. Ha poi proseguito gli studi fino a conseguire un Master of Arts in gestione aziendale internazionale presso la Scuola Fletcher della Tufts University nel 2005. Ha inoltre frequentato diversi corsi nel campo della gestione esecutiva e ha all'attivo più di mille ore di volo.

Carriera
Il principe Bandar è stato un imprenditore e deteneva posizioni in diverse organizzazioni. La più nota delle sue attività professionali è stata il quotidiano progressista Al Watan di cui è stato editore e presidente. Bandar è stato presidente del consiglio di amministrazione della Fondazione Assir per l'editoria e la stampa. Ha Presieduto anche la Investments Enterprises, una holding con partecipazioni in molti settori.

È stato co-fondatore e membro del consiglio di amministrazione della Fondazione Pensiero Arabo, che lavora per promuovere una migliore comprensione tra gli arabi e il mondo occidentale. È anche stato vice direttore generale della Fondazione Re Faysal, un'organizzazione di beneficenza attiva a livello internazionale che sostiene la ricerca, l'istruzione e il benessere sociale. È anche stato fondatore e presidente del consiglio di amministrazione della Alttmir Company Ltd. dal 1995. Un'altra delle sue attività professionale è stata la compagnia low-cost Sama Airlines, di cui è stato fondatore e presidente. Fa parte del consiglio di amministrazione della Arab House per la stampa e l'editoria. Inoltre, è un aviatore e membro del consiglio di amministrazione del Club saudita di aviazione.

Nel 2010 è stato nominato vicepresidente dell'associazione Painting and Patronage. Bandar è stato amministratore delegato dell'Università Alfaisal e ha fatto parte del consiglio dell'Università Effat. È anche stato presidente generale degli affari della Grande Moschea de La Mecca.

Vita personale
Il principe era sposato con Nouf bint Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Sa'ud con la quale ha avuto quattro figli, due maschi e due femmine.

Premi
Nel 2005 è stato selezionato come uno dei 238 Young Global Leaders tra 8000 candidati. Gli Young Global Leaders si sono incontrati per un vertice inaugurale a Zermatt nel giugno dello stesso anno per discutere dello sviluppo di strategie globali e azioni concrete "per avanzare verso un mondo migliore per l'anno 2020".

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Altri progetti

Dinastia saudita
Pronipoti di Abd al-Aziz dell'Arabia Saudita

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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India is on the way to conduct the first test of its newly developed interceptor missile from a defence base off the Odisha coast in January 2014. The missile, dubbed as Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV), has the potential to destroy enemy missile with a strike range of around 2,500 km outside the earth's atmosphere (at an altitude of over 150 km).
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, November 28, 2013, Russia would deploy three new regiments equipped with S-400 surface-to-air missile systems next year, with more advanced radar stations to be launched.
In November 2013, Ukraine's state-controlled arms exporter, Ukrspecexport SC, has begun delivering the upgraded T-72 main battle tanks and related parts to the Ethiopian military. The delivery is a contract signed in 2011 between Ethiopia's defence ministry and the Ukrainian arms firm to purchase 200 T-72 tanks for an amount of $100 million.
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zackspeed1
so my original 6 plus had a defective earpiece, so apple has mailed me a new one as a replacement.
i know it's probably way too soon for refurbished 6 plus units to exist, but is there any way to know for sure?
also...my serial number begins with FK1. Does anyone know which factory this code represents?
Originally Posted by zackspeed1
There's no way of knowing...nor does it matter at all. The refurbished units apparently go through better QC than the original units for the specific reason that they are most likely replacing a faulty unit. There are no longer any ways of identifying refurbs by any numbers related to the phone. If having a non-refurbished device makes you sleep better at night, then that's the story you should go with.
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Ah don't even sweat it. Apple refurb process is not the same as other manufacturers. If anything I would take a refurb over new. The QC process it goes thru is enough to make it better. Enjoy your plus .
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You got the Chinese knockoff that runs Android with the iOS skin. lmao
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Agree with above posters. Apple refurbs have to meet way high standards. You shouldn't need to worry. But seeing as the phone just came out a few weeks ago, I'd guess it's probably not a refurb.
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You got a refurbished phone.
Mine came from FK also.
Question: is your phone's screen have a blue tint to it and super bright?
Chief G-Hawk
Factory: FK (China, Zhengzhou - Foxconn). Mine also starts with FK
All service unit (replacement unit) model number will start with N. It shouldn't matter anyways because whether you get a refurbished unit or not, there is no way to tell whether it's new or not. I would not go as far as calling it a refurbished, but it's more of a service unit (that's what Genius calls it). Pretty much it's a new casing, new battery and new screen and goes through testings then a brand new one (hit or miss).
For me I prefer the service unit any day. But of course they can always have problems too.
If you run the serial number on the chipmunk site it will tell you what week it was made and from there you can decide for yourself when it was made.
Last time I had to get my 6 Plus replaced, I got a week 37 unit. Therefore it's still brand new. They just have a separately line just for the replacement units.
Originally Posted by WhiteiPadMini
This is simply not true. When the iPhone 5 was released, about half way through the production line, serial numbers with "N" began to roll out, creating the theory that those were the serial #'s of the refurbished units...except people who were buying brand new iPhone 5's from the store were also getting these "N" serial numbered devices. Turns out, the new serial number prefix was simply a reflection of a mid model change over to accommodate Tmobile service (as reported by Apple themselves that year)...and since then, serial numbers have been eliminated as ways to define whether a device is a new one or a refurb.
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Um. No. Because when I had my 6 Plus replaced back in September. I have received service unit with a model number that started with N. So I'm assuming all replacement units from the start does start with N. I have never seen a retailed box unit that started with N. I've looked online and there is no indication of retailed box that started with N.
According to this site: iPhone 6 Models (A1549, A1586, A1589, A1522, A1524 and A1593) Differences
It lists you all the model number possible and I don't see anywhere that start with N. Unless you know a site that does.
IIRC back in the 4 and prior, any serial number marked with 5K meant it was a refurbished unit. I don't know if that is the case with 4S and up.
You are absolutely and 100% wrong. There are no serial number indicators to identify refurbished models.
How about just ask them if it's refurbished? lol
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Yep, and a whole new case would have to be made with that new serial number printed on it. They don't scratch off serial numbers and put new ones on there when it's a replacement.
Originally Posted by Heisenberg
Hey, we could ask!
plantemichel
Refurbished are has new
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I picked up my brand new iPhone 6 Plus on October 21st. It would not log in to iCloud, and when it finally did, iMessage and FaceTime wouldn't activate. I went to the Apple Store and they tried to help me when I didn't even have an appointment. When that didn't work, they set me up an appointment and said see if iMessage would finally activate the next morning. Well, it didn't. So I showed up to the appointment, and after discussing it with the Genius, she checked stock, and found 1 left in stock. Model # starts with N, but I know it's a brand new unit. And yes, once I set it up, iMessage activated without a problem!
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I hope your day is absolutely great, and the rest of this trip around Sol is just as good. We're all lucky to have had the pleasure to know you here at Brighthand, thanks!
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Happy birthday, lelisa! Hope you have a great day with your loved ones!
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My first experience of watching a football game on TV was not a happy one. It was the FA Cup Final in 1956, when Birmingham City was beaten by Manchester City. I'd seen Birmingham City lose before, of course, but it felt totally different and much worse than watching a defeat as part of a crowd. We didn't have a TV at home so we watched it at Grandma's house and that didn't help. At home I could have moaned but that wouldn't have seemed polite at her house. I had to put on a happy face and thank her for letting us come and watch our hopes being demolished. Watching the TV coverage of the World Cup in 1966 was a much happier experience. But I have always preferred being in the crowd to watching on TV.
I won't be watching all the World Cup games on TV this month but will probably watch more than I first planned. One goal was enough to make me revise those plans. I switched on the TV just before half time in the Spain versus Netherlands game on Friday and was just in time to see Robin van Persie's headed goal, truly a thing of beauty. That was enough to make me watch the rest of the game and so I saw all of the amazing second half.
It was an illustration of how one incident can change everything. The game would have been entirely different if van Persie had just failed to score instead of succeeding in such a spectacular fashion. One wonderful goal inspired a whole team to believe that they could win and a tight game turned into a 5-1 rout. Spain's defeat didn't mean that they are a bad team or that their manager is an idiot. It's just one of those things that sometimes happens and it can happen to world champions. I'm going to try to remember that the next time Birmingham City gets badly beaten.
The skill of top footballers, when they are playing with confidence, is astounding. I can understand why supporters that watch a lot of Premier League football on TV find games at St Andrew's so exasperating. So I'm also going to try to be a bit less judgemental about the Blues fans that go to games and moan about the players or just give up going to games. I suspect that the more you know about the game the more painful it might be to watch players making mistakes. I probably suffer less because I understand less; I can see when the team is playing badly but can't analyse why. They all play better than I ever could; I was useless at all the games we played at school. And in the bleak midwinter, any player that walks out with bare knees is doing more than I could and deserves my support!
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Indeed, a very inciteful piece. You are right about things that happen sometimes in football. On any given Saturday if all the half chances that a team creates actually goes in and all the little dribbles and nicks come off even a normally good side can find itself on the wrong end of a right pasting. Like you I try not to read too much into bizarre heavy scorelines because the next time around it can be so different. That needs to be remembered when one's team wins heavily just as much as loses by a big score. That's the beauty of football; it is unpredictable and more often than not defies logic!
I too remember the 1956 Cup Final, we'd just got our first television, I think Dad got it because of the match. Anyway I started watching it but when Manchester City scored their first goal, I couldn't look anymore, it hurt too much. I remember I went up the back garden and played with my Dinky cars, with Mom coming out every now and then with updates, mainly bad news. That was the first time, though certainly not the last, that they broke my heart. I still love them though.


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10 Wacky, Must-watch Stories from Batman '66
Batman '66 is a divisive phenomenon. Die hard Bat-Fans tend to either embrace it as an alternative, quaint and comical adaptation, or lambaste it as the damaging of an Icon's reputation. If you've never seen it before, here's 10 of the most absurd stories to check out with the series' first ever home release next week.
This is how much better Batman '66 looks on Blu-Ray
The classic Batman TV show is heading to Blu-Ray and DVD for the first time next week, and to…
10. Black Widow Strikes Again/Caught in the the Spider's Den
Batman '66 didn't just rely on the Caped crusader's huge roster of Comic book villains, but took to creating its own from time to time, and Tallulah Bankhead's Black Widow (not to be confused with Marvel's hero, introduced two years before Batman aired) an interesting one considering the fact that she's both a female villain, but an older woman too. Her two episodes are a camp take on the usual Bank Heist format, involving some Brain washing shenanigans that lead to Batman momentarily turning into a bad guy against his will.
It also features an amazing scene where Batman and Robin are paralysed and accosted by some practically-lifeless fake spiders. Batman silliness at some of its kitschy finest.
9. The Joker's Flying Saucer
Now, most of the episodes on this list are here because they're a camp delight, or because they feature an interesting moment for the villain of the piece, but The Joker's Flying Saucer is here mainly as it's an interesting look at how farcically poor the show had gotten as it progressed into its third season. Batman '66 always trod a fine line between fun and overt farce, but The Joker building a UFO to terrorise Gotham is most definitely not the series' brightest moment.
It does however, feature Joker blurting this line out to Batgirl, after strapping her to a Rocket:
I've thrilled many a woman, Batgirl, but I've never sent one completely into orbit before!
Which... take from that what you will.
8. Death In Slow Motion/The Riddler's False Notion
Frank Gorshin's final appearance as The Riddler in the show's first season (the character wouldn't return until the third season, as Gorshin wanted a raise) is easily his best one. While most of the show's villains were maniacally unhinged, Gorshin's Riddler was the only one that ever came close to getting across a sense of threat and darkness that made him one of Batman's best opponents.
This weird tale sees the Riddler and a crew of nefarious filmmakers use the front of filming silent films to initiate a series of robberies (including a particularly grand Chaplin homage), and also includes the infamous scene of Robin tied up and about to be cut in half by a buzzsaw, surprisingly one of the most threatening moments in the show. It's balanced out by a bust up at a Temperance party serving spiked lemonade, because why not?
7. An Egg Grows in Gotham/The Yegg Foes in Gotham
Another made-for villain, the Egghead might just be the best original creation from the show - and that's largely down to the legendarily hammy performance from Vincent Price, as the bald, egg-pun-fascinated villain.
His introductory story certainly has some dodgy tones in it, watching it today - it revolves around Gotham being built on the land of some American Natives, who are willing to give up the rights to it for, err, 9 raccoon pelts - but it's worth watching solely to see Price vamp it up big time. You can tell he's having a lot of fun doing it, and he's a lot of fun to watch.
6. The Joker is Wild/Batman is Riled
Cesar Romero, alongside Burgess Meredith as Penguin, was one of Batman's most frequent villains, but as with more on this list, his first is definitely one of his finest. Like many Joker stories over the 75 years of Bat-shenanigans we've seen, it revolves around the Joker attempting to unmask Batman and Robin, but its humorous tone went on to define the nature of the rest of the series to the point it's almost the most iconic episode of the series, perfectly encapsulating what so many people like about Batman '66.
Also, to blow your mind a bit, at one point Joker is disguised as a Clown during a performance of Pagliacci, and if you've seen The Dark Knight, it might look a little familiar.
5. The Purr-fect Crime/Better Luck Next Time
Ah, the Julie Newmar Catwoman. Although the character was played by three different actresses, Newmar's first take on the character is considered the best of the three, and she hits the ground running in her first story. Batman '66's complete disregard for subtlety is rampant with the insane costumes for Catwoman's henchmen, leopard-print jackets and cat ears abound as she goes on a Cat-themed robbing spree. Robbery is basically the default plot for Batman '66.
This episode is also infamous for a scene where Batman fights (well, let's use the term 'fights' loosely) a Tiger. What more do you want?
4. The Zodiac Crime/The Joker's Hard Times/The Penguin Declines
As I mentioned earlier, Joker and the Penguin were Batman '66's most prominent villains - so when the two of them team up for a spree of crimes themed around Zodiac signs, it's actually a real treat. The story wasn't just the first three-parter the show did, but one of the first to offer a villain team like this. Batman and Robin aren't even the parts to enjoy from it, it's the Penguin and Joker trading barbs at each other, and it's such a joy to watch Meredith and Romero playing off each other.
Also, one of their planned crimes is to pollute Gotham's water supply... by turning it into Strawberry Jelly. This is the exact sort of ridiculousness that sits at the heart of the show.
3. Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin
Batman was on the way out heading into it's third season, but it's attempts to shore up ratings did give us our first on-screen Batgirl in Yvonne Craig. It's a welcome presence for a female hero on the show - especially after plenty of female villains - and although it's not a particularly heroic outing for Barbara Gordon (she gets kidnapped by the Penguin pretty much instantly), it's great to see Barbara finally turning up.
2. The Penguin Goes Straight/Not Yet He Ain't
It's a classic plot - Villain purportedly turns good, Heroes framed for crime - and surprisingly clever for Batman '66 (and shades of which will feature in Burton's Batman Returns, oddly enough). It's Burgess Meredith's finest appearance as The Penguin, and actually features one of the show's most sinister cliffhangers, which considering the sometimes absurd nature of the show, is a rarity, as Batman and Robin are left hanging behind a shooting gallery about to be shot by Chief O'hara and Commissioner Gordon. Even with that though, there's still some of that good ol' fashioned goofiness in there too.
1. Batman: The Movie
Okay, so I'm slightly cheating with this one as it's not from the TV show, but Batman: The Movie is pretty much the microcosm of what everyone either loves or hates about Batman '66 - it's the ultimate thing to watch if you want to dip your toes into some Batusi-fuelled madness. With the show's best villains coming together for one big caper against Batman and Robin, it was designed as a sort of extended advert for the series to international viewers (it didn't need it, the show was an instant success and sparked a wave of Bat-Mania. Between Beatlemania and Dalek Mania, what the hell was it with the 60's and pop culture manias?). It's also perhaps the part of the show most people are familiar with, mainly because unlike the rest of the series, it's been available on Home release for a while - Which means it's best gags are the ones that you've seen on the internet everywhere, from Bat-Shark Repellent (and the infamous 'Batman fighting a shark' scene that's spawned countless in-jokes), to yes, the fantastic and ridiculous Bomb disposal scene:
Classic. If you watch anything from this list, it should be this. It's everything about Batman '66 distilled into 100 minutes of camp delight.
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Kotick: Maybe Record Labels Should Pay Us To License Songs
September 26, 2008 | By Eric Caoili
More: Console/PC
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick wants music companies to take note of how video games help digital song downloads, instead of demanding an increase in licensed song royalties from game companies.
Kotick, whose long-term outlook for Activision depends to a considerable extent on the Guitar Hero franchise, even goes so far as to suggest record labels should actually pay game publishers, rather than the other way around.
Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman recently described the amount of money video game companies pay to the music industry for licensed songs as "far too small," considering that rhythm titles are "entirely dependent" on content controlled and provided by record labels.
"There's a misunderstanding of the value we bring to the catalog," Kotick says, discussing the issue with the Wall Street Journal.
"When you look at the impact it can have on an Aerosmith, Van Halen or Metallica, it's really significant, so much so that you sort of question whether or not, in the case of those kinds of products, you should be paying any money at all and whether it should be the reverse."
Kotick has responded to Bronfman's comments in the past, describing them as "one-sided and not "respectful of how much we've done to bring new audiences into the market."
To support his position, he has also noted that Activision's Guitar Hero: Aerosmith generated more revenue for the band than any individual Aerosmith album.
Universal Music Group president Zach Horowitz says that songs included in Guitar Hero sell two to three times more, and in some cases, the influence is much greater -- Weezer's "My Name is Jonas," originally from the group's 1994 debut album and featured in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, saw a tenfold increase.
But is it the songs themselves that sell Guitar Hero and other rhythm titles? Says Kotick, "We have lots of music to choose from, lots of artists to choose from. A 12-year-old kid has no idea who Steven Tyler is or who Aerosmith is. The bulk of our consumers will tell you they're not purchasing the products based on the songs that are included. They're purchasing based on how fun the songs are to play when they're playing them."
Activision recently announced that it intends to triple the amount of its total released Guitar Hero games and content by 2010, and that it has no fewer than seven studios working on the franchise.
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ATesh Games is an indie game studio founded and run by Anthony Tesija.
I got started making games as a kid by drawing levels for my favorite games using paper and pencil. My group of friends would all make similar drawings and we'd share them imagining what it would be like to play these levels. This quickly moved into making levels with games like Starcraft and Left 4 Dead. Luckily those games didn't just have map editors, they had a simplified way to write scripts with endless possibilities. AI, stories, and game modes were all at my fingertips with simple if / else blocks and trigger zones. As I got older I moved away from making maps and into art.
Throughout high school I explored many physical mediums and fell in love with acrylic paint and inks. For a while I even designed and sold my own t-shirts. There was this creative side to me that always had to be making something.
In college I finally got a chance to take a programming course and learned C++. Right away I started working on a text adventure since I had no idea how to interface with external libraries or graphics. Once I had more experience I started working with SDL which gave me control over input and graphics. My first three games came out of that and I was hooked. After trying C# and loving it I quickly moved to XNA and made a few games using it. Rewriting a base engine for each of my games became tiresome and instead of making my own I switched to working in Unity and have used it ever since.
ATesh Games LLC gives legal permission to monetize videos of any of my games and prototypes. There are no limits on this permission. If you are asked for proof please link to these last few sentences (http://ATeshGames.com/press.html#permission).
I do ask that you provide a link to the main page or download for the game in your description as well as a link to my twitter twitter.com/AntonTesh. Thanks!


Just a quick note on how to get the Logitech M720 detected and paired under Debian Stretch.
According to Logitech specs, this mouse uses "smart bluetooth", meaning it's a low enery device.
As the mouse was not detected via blueman graphical interface, some steps were neccessary to get the mouse discovered.
First make sure your bluetooth adapter is running properly.
Then install blueman package via apt.


Digital Marketing is a new fast evolving profession, it requires marketers to be an expert in a range of things. After working as a specialist for several years, here're the 6 struggles I'd would like to share with you.
Let me guess, you're reading this because you're working with digital marketers, or interested in becoming one of us. Well, you've come to the right place.
First of all, digital marketing - what is it?
According to SAS, digital marketing is the promotion of products or brands via one or more forms of electronic media. Digital Marketing is a new profession. Our job is to generate leads and to help businesses to grow via online channels.
Google Paid Ads (SEM), Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Social Media Marketing.
A good digital marketer is required to understand the Pros and Cons of each channel, and create mixed strategies among those channels relevant to the product offering.
For example, for an Online Fashion retailer, I would be using SEM and Social Media strategies to boost online sales as most of the purchases are low impact & impulsive.
On the other hand, I would recommend using SEM & SEO for a homebuilding company as buying a house is a high impact purchase decision. Decision periods are therefore much longer than the purchase of a garment online, and the decision is made based on a lot of reliable research. SEM can drive potential clients to look at our product offering immediately, whereas SEO can assist the said customers to read information over a period of time before making a final purchase decision.
Unlike the traditional professional titles such as doctors, lawyers and accountants, it could be quite challenging when it comes to the explaining what it is that I do for a living.
2. What does working for an Agency mean?
In the agency biz, we split the marketing industry into Client and Agency sides. Client side is those who are solely working for one brand. For example, the Digital Marketing Manager at a bank.
"Agency side" is those who are working for multiple brands/clients at the same time in a digital agency environment. For example, myself at Klyp.
I am a digital marketer working on the Agency side, looking after the interests of multiple clients across relevant digital channels.
Unfortunately that means that my job is a little more complicated to explain as outline above, I work for lots of brands, promoting them online across different channels as an expert. This means that I have to be on top of trends in technology, marketing and all the emerging platforms – and in exchange our "Client Side" counterparts get a group of industry expert on their team.
For some reason, we think saving that little bit of typing time by abbreviating absolutely everything is cool. But when I think about all the extra time I spend to translate the same conversation back into plain English, not so cool.
How many of those abbrev. can you recognise*?
A good digital marketer is not only required to have a creative brain but also needs to be data driven. Data is our BFF. We must admit, we can't do our job properly without the help of several marketing tools for data analysis.
Google Analytics is free & powerful, yet, for us to stay on top of our competition, GA is simply not enough.
We have SEMRush to track competitors' activities, Crazyegg for heat mapping, Unbounce for testing landing pages,Hubspot for marketing automation, Buzzsumo for content ideas. There is a tool for everything. And these tools are not cheap, either.
Part of our job is to identify which tools we need and be able to sell it to our bosses or clients (as they're paying) to purchase for us. It is particularly hard to sell when the tools could potentially drive better ROI, but the customer is reluctant to invest. To overcome that, we need to make sure that extra investment is adding lots of value to our marketing campaigns and drive higher ROI as a result. Nope, no pressure. Not at all.
First of all, we have to stay on top of the very frequent 'Google Penguin' updates.
Have you noticed that you are no longer required to type "NIKE Runners" in the search bar, but instead, typing "Ni" would do the job? Very smart, Google. How did you know that?
Google placed great emphasis to marketers in creating micro-moments. To achieve that, Google is continuously improving User Experience in the search. Good for the end users, but it means endless rounds of updates and new Google Algorithm rules for the marketers to obey. Each update is significant - it changes the way we do SEO, to existing site even how we build our websites.
For example, 5+ years ago you can "buy links" to trick Google into thinking that your site is "highly relevant" hence, giving you a higher organic position in the SERP. With the Google update back in 2012, no one is allowed to do that anymore. Also, you might see an increased number of mobile responsive websites recently; that was also part of the results of a Google update.
In this industry, if you snooze you lose.
Now, that's just Google. Then we have Bing, Facebook, Instagram and so on.
Every update means new opportunities for our clients. It is the marketers' job to stay on top of the update game and be able to interpret quickly what the update means for our customers. And most importantly, carry on the momentum by executing a campaign perfectly.
For example, as soon as Instagram Ads became available in the Australian market, while others were figuring out how to set up an Instagram campaign, we launched a brilliant Instagram campaign for our fitness client within the month! Our other customers saw what we did and requested for us to do the same for them. It sounds simple, but technology updates don't come with instruction manuals. It's about understanding every digital channel available as fast as we can, and executing the right strategy for the right product at the right time.
We need other disciples to make sure that we can get the most out of our efforts.
Now you have all the tools you needed in the world to create a perfect marketing campaign for your client. But how do you know if the campaign is working?
To track conversions, you'll need API Integration, pixel installation, bootstraps & possibly more – in other words a developer. These all need to be installed in the backend of your website. If you have a coding background, then you'll be okay. If not, don't DIY. The last thing you want is to crash your client's website. Leave the dirty work to the web developers.
You have successfully driven tones of traffic from Google to a landing page, but you noticed that conversion is not improving, and, to make it worse, the exit rate (bounce rate) is has gone through the roof. This is when a UX designercomes to the rescue. Our job is to go through all the data collected from tools like Google Analytics and heat maps and work with the designers to improve the user experience of the landing page.
It could mean moving that phone number to the top right-hand corner, or changing the call-to-action button. Every change should be based on data collected, and it is crucial for us to interpret the meaning of data, and communicate with the designers to complete landing page optimisation.
There is no black and white in our field. You have to breathe 'Google', and live 'Social'. So throw textbook marketing theories out the window. You must be creative, able to keep up with technology pick it up quickly, having some marketing background, good at selling products on your client's behalf, as well as selling your ideas to your customers – no pressure.
I totally agree Winnie! These pain points are true. Most of my friends say digital is vague, and they don't really know what I'm doing unless they are a digital marketer too. Another pain point is when you're in client side and trying to get management buy in, or educating the need of digital marketing.
Winnie is Klyp's resident Marketing Specialist based Melbourne. She is a search enthusiast (ie. Profesional Stalker) and speaks fluent Emoji. You can follow of her marketing insights on Twitter, or connect via Linkedin!


Teeth are important. We need them to eat, bite, chew, drink, talk, sing and smile.
Dental decay (caries) is still a serious problem in young children, and taking Central Lancashire as a whole, over half of 5 year olds have missing, filled or decayed teeth. Dental decay is caused by the action of plaque and sugar reacting to form acid, which de-mineralises the tooth.
Plaque is made up of bacteria which are normally present in the mouth, and are continuously deposited on the tooth surface to form a sticky layer. Plaque bacteria feed on sugar taken into the mouth, and produce acid as an excretory product.
Acid dissolves the enamel of the tooth, creating a microscopic hole. If this happens frequently, a cavity is formed, and decay is established.
Always read labels on food and drink carefully.
Nursing caries (sometimes referred to as 'bottle caries'). This is caused by prolonged and frequent consumption of sweetened drinks given in a feeding bottle. Feeder cups with lids on, if used in this way, can give a similar effect. Sweetened drinks cause most damage when drunk over long periods. For example, in a pushchair or last thing at night.
Never put juice or anything sweet (not even honey) in a bottle. Encourage drinking from a cup at 6 months. By 12 months use only feeder cups no bottles.
You can help to protect small children's teeth from decay by limiting the amount of sugary foods and drinks they eat. Sugary foods and drinks are best eaten at mealtimes only.
It's also important to make sure that children never have sugary foods and drinks at bedtime or after they have brushed their teeth at the end of the day. A sugary drink last thing at night will make tooth decay much more likely.
Introduce tooth friendly snacks between meals: Peeled and chopped fruit and veg, plain yoghurt, crumpets, toast and cheese spread, homemade plain popcorn, chapatti, pitta bread or rice cakes.
Mouth or Oral Cancer is a serious disease. It includes cancers of the lip, tongue and mouth. In the UK each year 2000 people get mouth cancer, of which about 900 will die. This form of cancer is very common amongst people from Bangladesh, India, Sri-Lanka and Pakistan.
Why do people get mouth cancer?
Chewing paan with added ingredients such as tobacco (shada pata, zarda), areca nuts (goa/supari), Lime (chun), etc as a quid or masala.
By finding out about the harmful effects of chewing paan and tobacco from your doctor, dentist or other health professional.
By encouraging young children not to take up the habit.
By making regular visits to the dentist for mouth checks.
Healthy gums are firm and have a stippled 'orange peel' effect. The edges cannot normally be separated from the teeth. Gums should not bleed when gums are brushed properly.
Plaque is a film of bacteria which is constantly forming on the teeth. Plaque is a soft, colourless substance which is difficult to see until it gets quite thick and becomes a white layer. It collects on the surfaces of teeth mainly next to the gums and between the teeth.
Red swollen gums which bleed on brushing is often the first sign of gum disease.
Teeth affected by gum disease can be treated fairly easily. Your dentist or hygienist will ensure your teeth are free from tartar (hardened plaque) and show you how to clean them properly.
Thorough cleaning twice a day will makes gums firm and healthy.
Your hygienist or dentist will advise you on the best way for you to brush your teeth, which will be tailor-made to your specific requirements. There are many toothbrushes available but not all are as effective at removing plaque. Choose a toothbrush with a small head and medium to soft bristles. Change your toothbrush regularly.