Gone are the days of burglars, wearing stereotypical black masks and aiming to get in & out of a house undetected, pocket-full. The times have changed drastically, i.e. the new-age burglars know how to hack the modern systems; raising the concerns of homeowners significantly.
Is your home an ideal target for thieves? What is considered a perfect target? A house which indicates that no one is going to return soon is a target. Similarly, a house with no alarm systems or cameras is considered a target. So, it is clear that no burglar would want to break inside a house, which is equipped with alarms, cameras or filled with people, as it will hamper his/her chances of getting out with the loot.
Yes, you can install the latest alarm systems and security cameras in every nook and corner of the house; however, showboating is something you need to take care of. Boasting about your upcoming vacations or events will help the burglars know when you are going to leave and return to the house; giving them the window of opportunity.
Are you fond of bright lights, thick trees or shrubs that cover the entire landscape? Well, do you know that such elements offer the burglars places to hide? Houses, which provide adequate hiding places are the ones that are targeted first because the burglars get an option to stay hidden until it is the right time.
Yes, there is no harm in loving natural beauty or bright lights; however, it is advisable to keep the bushes trimmed and hang the lights carefully to make sure that they only enhance the aesthetic beauty of your home and not offer any valuable opportunities to burglars.
As already mentioned above, alarms and security cameras are essential to ensure the safety of your loved ones and valuables; however, burglars look for such installations and try to disconnect them before the break-in.
This does not mean that you should avoid the cameras or alarms; however, it is advisable to not put them out in the front, i.e. you should not install any security gadget where it is visible. Yes, hidden systems are more efficient, as no one could disarm them.
People try to outsmart the burglars by installing modern security systems; however, what they do not understand is the fact that even the burglars are proficient enough to hack those systems. Every lock has a key!
If you want to keep your home 100% secure, then it is advisable to invest in modern security systems along with the traditional way, i.e. security guards. There is no crack for security guards other than assaulting; however, no burglar tries to do that, as it elevates the situation significantly.
What do you do if a police officer or a government officer comes at your door for inspection or anything similar? Scouting is a common practice that determined burglars prefer if the payout is desirable. They disguise themselves as a policeman, cable installer or an expert handyman to get to know more about the neighborhood and the house. This allows them to plan their activities more efficiently.
What can you do if this happens? Firstly, it would help if you never allowed any stranger inside the house without verifying with the respective authorities and secondly, you should be alert about strangers in your neighborhood, especially the ones who look weirdly suspicious.
Security is a priority, and it needs to be valued to make sure you don't fall prey to any such situations. The value of burgled houses reduces drastically, i.e. low resale value. You need to keep in mind that the locks are well-designed, security systems are foolproof, security cameras are installed at the right places, and you inform your neighbors every time you plan a vacation to make sure someone is looking after the home in your absence.
Stay alert! Stay safe! Beware!


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The material that a safety net is made of is one of the biggest factors which determines it's strength and ability to perform it's task of catching falling objects. Different materials can be used for different purposes depending on what the net has been designed for.
What are our nets made of? The nets we supply are made of high tenacity polypropylene. Polypropylene, sometimes also called polypropene, is a type of thermoplastic polymer many different applications ranging from packaging and labeling, stationery, plastic parts and containers, lab equipment, loudspeakers, even polymer.
The benefit of polypropylene is that it is normally tough and flexible, especially when copolymerised with ethylene. This makes polypropylene a suitable engineering plastic and excellent alternative to materials such as ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene). It is also reasonably economical and can be made translucent when uncolored as well as opaque/coloured.
Sitenets were a pleasure to partner with to complete the construction work we were doing on a multi-story building. Their netting was by far the best I'd seen when creates a safe environment when you are working so high off the ground. It's nice to be confident in what should catch your fall!
Makes the job so easy when who you are working with know what they are doing, care about the job and do it right. Thanks Sitenets for a smooth experience, I hope to be working with you in the future!
It's so great to work with a company who are efficient and don't mess around. They were on time, told us of any difficulties and just go the job done. That's what we like!!
Sitenets were very easy to work with and a friendly bunch, made it a pleasure to be working along side them. Looking forward to the next job we do together.
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Have a look at the list below, choose one of the listed pairings or visit the website to check out more, then drop us a line with your selection Simon@serialtrainer7.com or Matt@serialtrainer7.com and we will be back in touch with you to discuss it further, tailor it to your business and get it booked.
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KICKSTARTER AND ALPHA NOW LIVE!!
You can download the Alpha from the above link and check out the Kickstarter too. We could do with any and all support you can offer, whether that be by funding us directly or sharing it absolutely everywhere, this games future rests in the hands of you!
Upon completing the Demo it will launch a feedback form, so if you could be kind enough to fill that out, It would REALLY HELP us understand our audience and target platforms alot more accurately.
Thank you all for your help and support!!
My friend and I are currently working on our first Indie title called Stowaway, Its set on a huge nuclear Ice breaker a drift in the Arctic Ocean. If you would be interested in learning more I will be posting more about the development and progress as the weeks go on.
Stowaway is an Indie Horror game built with Unreal Engine 4 currently about to reach its alpha stages just before the halloween season.
We are currently looking for people with a variety of rigs ( More power the better ) to sign up for a chance to play in the Alpha.
We plan to launch the kickstarter in the upcoming weeks as well, so we could do with any support you guys can offer.
If your not interested in horror that's fine, but your friends might be.
I've put a few screenshots down below that link back to the full gallery, as well as our old teaser trailer video.
just a slice of potential to show you what we can do in a short amoutn of time with a 2 man team.
If you leave comments on the website you will likely get a faster response as its easier to manage all queries from there.
We could really do with the support and feedback from fans of this genre and hopefully give you a chance to play.
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Regarding the kickstarter vote, I have voted for 'none'. The main reason why I have done so is due to the fact I don't have anything to spare, but I think this game would be fine @ $20 or 20 pounds retail.
Thats totally fine, Im glad to hear you would support, im sorry to hear your low on funds.
I myself have never support a Kickstarter for the same reason, I find it difficult to both design and play games as often as I used to.
The screenshots and trailer look promising.
I'll definitely check out the links and sign up.
It would really help us figure out our market and whether this project has a future.
It surely has a future, but you really have to market it right and have some PR people on it.
I said yes because the game looks nice overall. But I also said yes because of the IF, the if regarding whether I have money or not. Sadly, I don't.
I might overread it, but when are you shipping out the alpha version of the game to the people who have signed up for it? Would love to know as I am very eager to check all the hard work out. I love to follow games from the start/early state of development and see them turn into a fully fledged game.
I'll give you a little advice. No one will pay more than £10 for a game they've never heard of, from people they've never heard of. It's a simple fact.
I buy a lot of indie games and I always have to do a decent amount of research before I invest in it.
I really agree with Vics, people don't really know what to expect whether it's good or bad and don't want to risk a big amount of cash for it. Usually once the game and the team gets more popular, people would start to buy stuff more quickly.
Your advice makes a logical assumption, but based on our research of other Kickstarters, games with interesting mechanics but less than pleasing visuals often charge more if not the same and get a very positive response.
However I will bear your point in mind, but a great example of this would be "Among the Sleep" or "Grave" 2 games with interesting features but may of lacked in the art department a bit. Not that i'm saying graphics is everything, far from it but when creating a horror experience it can play a much larger role in immersion.
I can understand that, Its hard for people to trust in the project or the people behind it, the means for this poll is for us to decide what it is people are interested in and what they value the project at.
This gives us a chance to scope the size of it accordingly, e.g; £10 game will only last 4-5 hours MAX, especially if we see the minimum amount of backers, however if we find more backers we can extend the game with more complex and interesting mechanics, diverse areas etc.
A game at £15 means we get so much more time to work on the game which in turn relates to a better experience. We hear complaints often about short indie games but that is tied DIRECTLY to the sheer inexpensive cost of Indie games, its a one or the other scenario, unless we meet in the middle.
TLDR; If you want a cheaper game, don't expect a longer more diverse game, implementing a simple mechanic takes months so if you want more, we need more time in turn we need more money.
It really is great to hear from people INTERESTED in the project how they value it and what they want from it!
Well you could just create a smaller game and push out additional content as DLC. Which could solve the problem regarding time.
So im personally not a big fan of DLC I'd much rather provide free updates, or longer episodes, rather than attempt to tack on to the already finished story.
HAven't heard of this game before, will have to check it out.
It's not my job to pay for someone elses game that I will only play three times.
I don't understand this,can you elaborate?
Your not paying for someone else's game your paying for your copy of the game, A copy you will get cheaper on the Kickstarter than you will on release, Unless you mean you just don't want to play the game which is totally fine.
I am happy to to announce the Kickstarter and Alpha are finally LIVE!
This is our chance as new developers to try and make a project we would Enjoy and be proud to have completed.
If you would like to be part of that please support our Kickstarter!


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India's Strict Rules For Online Intermediaries Undermine Freedom of Expression
By Katitza Rodriguez, Sasha Mathew, and Christoph Schmon
India has introduced draconian changes to its rules for online intermediaries, tightening government control over the information ecosystem and what can be said online. It has created rules that seek to restrict social media companies and other content hosts from coming up with their own moderation policies, including those framed to comply with international human rights obligations. The new "Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code" (2021 Rules) have already been used in an attempt to censor speech about the government. Within days of being published, the rules were used by a state in which the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is in power to issue a legal notice to an online news platform that has been critical of the government. The legal notice was withdrawn almost immediately after public outcry, but served as a warning of how the rules can be used.
The 2021 Rules, ostensibly created to combat misinformation and illegal content, substantially revise India's intermediary liability scheme. They were notified as rules under the Information Technology Act 2000, replacing the 2011 Intermediary Rules.
New Categories of Intermediaries
The 2021 Rules create two new subsets of intermediaries: "social media intermediaries" and "significant social media intermediaries," the latter of which are subject to more onerous regulations. The due diligence requirements for these companies include having proactive speech monitoring, compliance personnel who reside in India, and the ability to trace and identify the originator of a post or message.
"Social media intermediaries" are defined broadly, as entities which primarily or solely "enable online interaction between two or more users and allow them to create, upload, share, disseminate, modify or access information using its services." Obvious examples include Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, but the definition could also include search engines and cloud service providers, which are not social media in a strict sense.
"Significant social media intermediaries" are those with registered users in India above a 5 million threshold. But the 2021 Rules also allow the government to deem any "intermediary" - including telecom and internet service providers, web-hosting services, and payment gateways - a 'significant' social media intermediary if it creates a "material risk of harm" to the sovereignty, integrity, and security of the state, friendly relations with Foreign States, or public order. For example, a private messaging app can be deemed "significant" if the government decides that the app allows the "transmission of information" in a way that could create a "material risk of harm." The power to deem ordinary intermediaries as significant also encompasses 'parts' of services, which are "in the nature of an intermediary" - like Microsoft Teams and other messaging applications.
New 'Due Diligence' Obligations
The 2021 Rules, like their predecessor 2011 Rules, enact a conditional immunity standard. They lay out an expanded list of due diligence obligations that intermediaries must comply with in order to avoid being held liable for content hosted on their platforms.
Intermediaries are required to incorporate content rules—designed by the Indian government itself—into their policies, terms of service, and user agreements. The 2011 Rules contained eight categories of speech that intermediaries must notify their users not to "host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share." These include content that violates Indian law, but also many vague categories that could lead to censorship of legitimate user speech. By complying with government-imposed restrictions, companies cannot live up to their responsibility to respect international human rights, in particular freedom of expression, in their daily business conduct.
Strict Turnaround for Content Removal
The 2021 Rules require all intermediaries to remove restricted content within 36 hours of obtaining actual knowledge of its existence, taken to mean a court order or notification from a government agency. The law gives non-judicial government bodies great authority to compel intermediaries to take down restricted content. Platforms that disagree with or challenge government orders face penal consequences under the Information Technology Act and criminal law if they fail to comply.
The Rules impose strict turnaround timelines for responding to government orders and requests for data. Intermediaries must provide information within their control or possession, or 'assistance,' within 72 hours to government agencies for a broad range of purposes: verification of identity, or the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of offenses or for cybersecurity incidents. In addition, intermediaries are required to remove or disable, within 24 hours of receiving a complaint, non-consensual sexually explicit material or material in the "nature of impersonation in an electronic form, including artificially morphed images of such individuals." The deadlines do not provide sufficient time to assess complaints or government orders. To meet them, platforms will be compelled to use automated filter systems to identify and remove content. These error-prone systems can filter out legitimate speech and are a threat to users' rights to free speech and expression.
Failure to comply with these rules could lead to severe penalties, such as a jail term of up to seven years. In the past, the Indian government has threatened company executives with prosecution - as, for instance, when they served a legal notice on Twitter, asking the company to explain why recent territorial changes in the state of Kashmir were not reflected accurately on the platform's services. The notice threatened to block Twitter or imprison its executives if a "satisfactory" explanation was not furnished. Similarly, the government threatened Twitter executives with imprisonment when they reinstated content about farmer protests that the government had ordered them to take down.
Additional Obligations for Significant Social Media Intermediaries
On a positive note, the Rules require significant social media intermediaries to have transparency and due process rules in place for content takedowns. Companies must notify users when their content is removed, explain why it was taken down, and provide an appeals process.
On the other hand, the 2021 Rules compel providers to appoint an Indian resident "Chief Compliance Officer," who will be held personally liable in any proceedings relating to non-compliance with the rules, and a "Resident Grievance Officer" responsible for responding to users' complaints and government and court orders. Companies must also appoint a resident employee to serve as a contact person for coordination with law enforcement agencies. With more executives residing in India, where they could face prosecution, intermediaries may find it difficult to challenge or resist arbitrary and disproportionate government orders.
Significant social media intermediaries are called on to "endeavour to deploy technology-based measures," including automated tools or other mechanisms, to proactively identify certain types of content. This includes information depicting rape or child sexual abuse and content that has previously been removed for violating rules. The stringent provisions in Rule 2021 already encourage over-removal of content; requiring intermediaries to deploy automated filters will likely result in more takedowns.
Encryption and Traceability Requirements
The Indian government has been wrangling with messaging app companies—most famously WhatsApp—for several years now, demanding "traceability" of the originators of forwarded messages. The demand first emerged in the context of a series of mob lynchings in India, triggered by rumors that went viral on WhatsApp. Subsequently, petitions were filed in Indian courts seeking to link social networking accounts with the users' biometric identity (Aadhar) numbers. Although the court ruled against the proposal, expert opinions supplied by a member of the Prime Minister's scientific advisory committee suggested technical measures to enable traceability on end-to-end encrypted platforms.
Because of their privacy and security features, some messaging systems don't learn or record the history of who first created particular content that was then forwarded by others, a state of affairs that the Indian government and others have found objectionable. The 2021 Rules represent a further escalation of this conflict, requiring private messaging intermediaries to "enable the identification of the first originator of the information" upon a court order or a decryption request issued under the 2009 Decryption Rules. (The Decryption Rules allow authorities to request the interception or monitoring of decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received ,or stored in any computer resource). If the first originator of a message is located outside the territory of India, the private messaging app will be compelled to identify the first originator of that information within India.
The 2021 Rules place various limitations on these court orders, namely they can only be issued for serious crimes. However, limitations will not solve the core problem with this proposal: A technical mandate for companies to reengineer or re-design messaging services to comply with the government's demand to identify the originator of a message.
The 2021 Rules were fast-tracked without public consultation or a pre-legislative consultation, where the government seeks recommendations from stakeholders in a transparent process. They will have profound implications for the privacy and freedom of expression of Indian users. They restrict companies' discretion in moderating their own platforms and create new possibilities for government surveillance of citizens. These rules threaten the idea of a free and open internet built on a bedrock of international human rights standards.
San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of civil society organizations and academics today released the second edition of the Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability In Content Moderation, adding standards directed at government and state actors to beef up due process and expanding guidelines for...
Deeplinks Blog by Meri Baghdasaryan, Karen Gullo | November 23, 2021
UN Human Rights Committee Criticizes Germany's NetzDG for Letting Social Media Platforms Police Online Speech
A UN human rights committee examining the status of civil and political rights in Germany took aim at the country's Network Enforcement Act, or NetzDG, criticizing the hate speech law in a recent report for enlisting social media companies to carry out government censorship, with no judicial oversight of content...
Deeplinks Blog by Christoph Schmon, Karen Gullo | September 28, 2021
EFF, Access Now, and Partners to European Parliament: Free Speech, Privacy and Other Fundamental Rights Should Not be Up for Negotiation in the Digital Services Act
The European Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the proposals discussed here on Sept. 30 by a vote of 15+/9-. The proposals now go to the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), which will develop a position with a vote scheduled for November 8. European Union (EU) civil...
Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, Katitza Rodriguez | August 10, 2021
O (No!) Canada: Fast-Moving Proposal Creates Filtering, Blocking and Reporting Rules—and Speech Police to Enforce Them
Policymakers around the world are contemplating a wide variety of proposals to address "harmful" online expression. Many of these proposals are dangerously misguided and will inevitably result in the censorship of all kinds of lawful and valuable expression. And one of the most dangerous proposals may be adopted in Canada....
UK's Draft Online Safety Bill Raises Serious Concerns Around Freedom of Expression
On May 12, the UK government published a draft of its Online Safety Bill, which attempts to tackle illegal and otherwise harmful content online by placing a duty of care on online platforms to protect their users from such content. The move came as no surprise: over the past...
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Activists Mobilize to Fight Censorship and Save Open Science
Major publishers want to censor research-sharing resource Sci-Hub from the internet, but archivists quickly respond to make that impossible. More than half of academic publishing is controlled by major publishers using burdensome paywalls. One project in particular, Sci-Hub, has threatened to break down this barrier by sharing articles without restriction...
Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, David Greene | May 5, 2021
Facebook Oversight Board Affirms Trump Suspension -- For Now
Today's decision from the Facebook Oversight Board regarding the suspension of President Trump's account — to extend the suspension for six months and require Facebook to reevaluate in light of the platform's stated policies — may be frustrating to those who had hoped for a definitive ruling. But it...
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Canada's Attempt to Regulate Sexual Content Online Ignores Technical and Historical Realities
Canadian Senate Bill S-203, AKA the "Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act," is another woefully misguided proposal aimed at regulating sexual content online. To say the least, this bill fails to understand how the internet functions and would be seriously damaging to online expression and privacy. It's...
Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York, Christoph Schmon | April 7, 2021
The EU Online Terrorism Regulation: a Bad Deal
On 12 September 2018, the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online—dubbed the Terrorism Regulation, or TERREG for short—that contained some alarming ideas. In particular, the proposal included an obligation for platforms to remove potentially terrorist content within one hour,...

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About » Maps & Directions » Visiting Pitzer College
If you're thinking about applying to Pitzer, you may want to consider arranging a campus tour, interview or overnight visit with the Office of Admission.
Pitzer College is located in the city of Claremont, a Southern California community of 35,000 noted for its tree-lined streets and many parks. Situated at the southern base of the San Gabriel Mountains—with Mt. Baldy rising above it—Claremont is about an hour's drive to downtown Los Angeles, the Pacific Coast beaches, the desert highlands and snow-capped mountain ranges.
Driving to Pitzer
From Ontario International Airport:
Travel west on I-10 (towards Los Angeles). Exit on Indian Hill Boulevard and go north for about 2 miles. Turn right onto Foothill Boulevard. Turn right onto Claremont Boulevard, which is the third stoplight. Turn right onto Ninth Street. The East Mesa parking lot will be directly on your right.
From Los Angeles International Airport:
Take the CA-1 south/Sepulveda Boulevard towards I-105. Take the I-105 east (Imperial Highway). Take I-605 north. Take I-10 east towards San Bernardino. Exit on Indian Hill Boulevard and go north (towards the mountains) for about 2 miles. Turn right onto Foothill Boulevard. Turn right onto Claremont Boulevard, which is the third stoplight. Turn right onto Ninth Street. The East Mesa parking lot will be directly on your right.
From San Diego:
Take I-15 north. Take I-10 west towards Los Angeles. Exit on Indian Hill Boulevard and go north for about 2 miles. Turn right onto Foothill Boulevard. Turn right onto Claremont Boulevard, which is the third stoplight. Turn right onto Ninth Street. The East Mesa parking lot will be directly on your right.
From Orange County:
Take the CA-57 freeway north towards Pomona. Take I-10 east. Exit on Indian Hill Boulevard and go north for about 2 miles. Turn right onto Foothill Boulevard. Turn right onto Claremont Boulevard, which is the third stoplight. Turn right onto Ninth Street. The East Mesa parking lot will be directly on your right.
From Pasadena and the San Fernando Valley:
Take I-210 east to Towne Exit. Turn right (south) to Foothill Boulevard. Turn left onto Foothill Boulevard. Turn right onto Claremont Boulevard. Turn right onto Ninth Street. The East Mesa parking lot will be directly on your right.
From I-10 (San Bernardino Freeway):
Exit on Indian Hill Boulevard going north (towards the mountains) for about 2 miles. Turn right onto Foothill Boulevard. Turn right onto Claremont Boulevard, which is the third stoplight. Turn right onto Ninth Street. The East Mesa parking lot will be directly on your right.
From I-210 east (Foothill Freeway):
Take I-210 east to Towne exit. Turn right (south) to Foothill Boulevard. Turn left onto Foothill Boulevard. Turn right onto Claremont Boulevard, which is the third stop light after Indian Hill. Turn right onto Ninth Street. The East Mesa parking lot will be directly on your right. You can also exit on Baseline (exit after Towne). Turn left on Baseline, then left on Monte Vista Avenue. Take the second right onto N. Claremont Boulevard, then right onto 9th Street. The East Mesa parking lot will be directly on your right.
Parking for Admission
Parking for the Office of Admission is in the East Mesa parking lot. The Office of Admission is located on the first floor of Pitzer Hall, the building closest to the parking lot. The Office of Admission will issue you a parking permit.
Ontario International Airport is located 20 minutes from campus. Many major airlines service Ontario. Commercial shuttle service to campus is available.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is located about one hour and 15 minutes from campus (assuming minimal traffic). Most major airlines service LAX. Commercial shuttle service to campus is available.
John Wayne International Airport (Orange County) is located in Newport Beach, just off the 405 freeway, about 30 miles south of Claremont. Estimated travel time is approximately one hour.
If you plan to rent a car for the duration of your stay, below are a few competitively priced agencies in the Los Angeles area.
Enterprise: 800-325-8007
Thrifty: 800-367-2277
Airport shuttle services are available to The Claremont Colleges and nearby hotels. The cost is approximately $25 between ONT and Pitzer College; $60-100 between LAX and Pitzer College.
Express Shuttle: 800-427-7483
Supershuttle: 909-467-9600 or 800-BLUE-VAN
Rail and Public Transit
Claremont has a Transit Center with commuter rail service (Monday – Saturday) and bus service to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and many other Southern California destinations. The transit center is located on First Street between Yale and College Avenues, about 12 blocks from campus.
For details and schedules, visit:
Foothill Transit
Omnitrans
Inter-City
The nearest Amtrak station is located on Garey Avenue in Pomona, about three miles from campus. Service is provided daily.
Greyhound Bus Lines
The closest Greyhound depot is located on Indian Hill Boulevard, just south of the I-10 freeway.


ADOTAS – Back in 2011, The Digital Lifestyle survey by Magnify.net reported consumers and web surfers faced a torrent of data growing faster than ever before. 78% of respondents were technologists, journalists, entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals, with 48.5% saying that they where connected to the web "from the moment I wake up until the moment I go to bed." And a 2014 survey by Accenture indicates the pace of information acquisition has not slowed. In fact, they report the more than half of all "digital consumers" plan on purchasing a replacement or an additional digital device through which they can consume more information.
Information has the power to hook consumers and keep them coming back for more. People are missing important news, information, and appointments; friendships and family suffer, says the report.
•76.7% read email and respond evenings and weekends.
•43.2% answer texts or emails on date/social occasion.
•57.4% never turn off phone.
•33.0% check email middle of the night.
•35.2% answer work emails while with children.
•46.9% unable to answer all email.
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Automatic restraint and visual detection of fatigue crack growth by applying an alumina paste
I. Takahashi, M. Ushijima, C. Takahashi, S. Uematsu, N. Kotani
A paste comprising fine alumina particles was applied on surfaces of steel plate specimens and a welded joint specimen, and the effects of the paste on restraint and visual detection of fatigue crack growth were experimentally investigated by performing fatigue tests with in situ observations by a charge coupled device (CCD) microscope and through various kinds of fractographic observations and elemental analyses using an scanning electron microscope (SEM) and an electron probe microanalyser (EPMA). As a result, the crack growth rate in the plate specimen was drastically retarded by the wedge effect of the alumina particles, and a 311% increase in failure life was produced on an average. The restraint of crack opening displacement (COD) value by the wedge materials was estimated by elastic finite element (FE) analyses, and the results were compared with the experimental data. Similar crack growth restraint effects were also observed on the welded joint specimen, producing a 117% increase in failure life. In the fatigue tests of the specimens on which the alumina paste was applied, a remarkable black colour developed in the white alumina paste along the paths of crack propagation, facilitating the visual detection of the cracks. An analysis using an X-ray diffractometer showed that the black matter in the paste consists of fine debris derived from the base metal.
Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures
Published - 2007 Aug 1
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Takahashi, I., Ushijima, M., Takahashi, C., Uematsu, S., & Kotani, N. (2007). Automatic restraint and visual detection of fatigue crack growth by applying an alumina paste. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 30(9), 832-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2695.2007.01156.x
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In: Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 30, No. 9, 01.08.2007, p. 832-843.
Takahashi, I, Ushijima, M, Takahashi, C, Uematsu, S & Kotani, N 2007, 'Automatic restraint and visual detection of fatigue crack growth by applying an alumina paste', Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 832-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2695.2007.01156.x
Takahashi I, Ushijima M, Takahashi C, Uematsu S, Kotani N. Automatic restraint and visual detection of fatigue crack growth by applying an alumina paste. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures. 2007 Aug 1;30(9):832-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2695.2007.01156.x
Takahashi, I. ; Ushijima, M. ; Takahashi, C. ; Uematsu, S. ; Kotani, N. / Automatic restraint and visual detection of fatigue crack growth by applying an alumina paste. In: Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures. 2007 ; Vol. 30, No. 9. pp. 832-843.
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Obamacare not only went in the wrong direction in its failed quest to improve the health care system, but did so in dramatic, and in some cases tragic, fashion.
So now the question is, is the proposed replacement, currently before Congress, an acceptable solution?
The plan presented by President Trump and the Congressional majority comes in three phases: the first is the current bill, the "American Healthcare Act" (AHCA); the second will involve Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, and will seek to undo some of the key provisions of Obamacare; and the third and final phase will purport to introduce some conservative, free market healthcare reforms.
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The second issue is the institution of tax credits to finance the purchase of health insurance on the individual market. It strikes us as rather odd that we would be courting discussion of expansion of tax credits at a time when we are also preparing to seriously examine the prospect of comprehensive tax reform – a key component of which presumably will be elimination of most tax credits, deductions, and other sleights-of-hand designed over the years to turn the tax code into a tool for social manipulation. Nevertheless, that is a core part of the plan Congress is considering.
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The Pardee House at Heritage Junction is planned to serve as a new museum of local history. Photo courtesy of the SCV Historical Society.
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Put the reciprocal link to the builder on an out-of-the way page so that it can be found, but is not going to act as a catalyst for people leaving your site as fast as you bring them in.
This is a no-brainer that is sometimes overlooked. Make sure that all reprints of cards, stationery, brochures, and literature contain your company's URL including your fax header.
Don't discontinue methods that you've found effective, however ensure you have included your URL in any display or classified ads you purchase in trade journals, newspapers, yellow pages or leaflets.
If you work on the basis that you grab the readers attention with an offer on a leaflet or poster then refer them to a URL where they can obtain more information to qualify the offer and perhaps place an order.
Add a "Signature" to Outlook, Outlook Express or your adopted E-Mail programme.
It may sound obvious, but if you don't have your website address and a one liner describing your services at the bottom of your email you could be missing out.
Most e-mail programmes allow you to designate a "signature" to appear at the end of each message you send. Don't go mad and write an essay, keep it simple: company name, address, phone number, URL, e-mail address, and a one-phrase description of your unique business offering or USP.
It's time consuming, but publishing a monthly e-mail newsletter is one of the very best ways to keep in touch with your prospects, generate trust, develop brand awareness, and build future business. It also helps you to collect e-mail addresses from your website visitors.


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The value of your current injuries should only be affected if you sustained some of them in a previous accident or illness. Consider an example where you have a health condition characterized by back pain. If you sustain further back injuries in a car crash, then it may be difficult to know the extent of your back injury to attribute to the crash.
Contrast this with a situation where you have head injuries from a previous fall accident. If, in a current accident, you do not sustain any injuries to the limbs, then the head injury shouldn't affect your claim.
Proving the injuries as independent of each other should help you get the maximum settlement due to the current injuries. Comparing your previous treatment record and your current one should help you disapprove any link between the injuries.
If the respondent is using your medical history against you, then it's best to refute the claim using expert testimony. This is especially necessary if you are dealing with complicated injuries that are difficult for an average person to understand. The medical expert needs to convince the court that your current injuries are purely due to the current accident, and you couldn't have sustained them without the liable party's negligence.
Your previous injuries shouldn't affect your current ones only if the two are independent of each other. However, if the current accident has worsened the previous ones, then you deserve compensation for the complication. This is known as the "eggshell skull" doctrine. This doctrine acknowledges that an existing injury makes you fragile (hence the eggshell link), but this doesn't limit the respondent's liability if his or her negligence worsens the injury. In essence, the respondent should take you as you are, even if your fragility wasn't foreseeable to him or her.
Consider a situation where you have a limb fracture that has almost healed, and you get involved in an accident that worsens the injury, delays its healing or extends the fracture. In such a case, the "eggshell skull" doctrine demands that the liable party should compensate you for the additional injuries even if another person without a limb fracture wouldn't have sustained them.
For a personal injury attorney in your area, contact a law firm such as Stillman & Stillman P.C.


I prefer cold coffe in especially in summer. Normally hot coffee is good to go.
To be honest, I like both hot and cold.
I always prefer very hot coffee.
People also argue that drinking coffee is not good for health. Well, never mind, just take what you like. I don't think it matters. You could drink hot coffee in winter and cold in summer. Perfect!
yes, its depend on the weather, what you choose for the better health.


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Q: How to generate a tree for MLM ( Multi-Level Marketing ) in JavaScript for either JSON / XML data I have some data like this :
(AT sql sERVER)
MemberID,ParemtID,Amt,OtherInfo
1,       NULL,    200,dfdsf
2,       1,       300,DFDF
3,       1,       400,DFS
4,       3,       75,NULL

Now I want build Tree like this :

Only using JS.
Above data can be passed in JSON / XML / CSV / Formatted Text
How can i generate such dynamic tree in JS only ?
Please don't suggest PHP / .NET solutions.
I would prefer a JQuery.

A: And, here you go:
http://jsfiddle.net/vVmcC/
http://jsfiddle.net/vVmcC/4/
You'll want to style it up yourself, obviously. But this should get you started:
var members = [
    {memberId : 1, parentId:null, amount:200, otherInfo:"blah"},
    {memberId : 2, parentId:1, amount:300, otherInfo:"blah1"},
    {memberId : 3, parentId:1, amount:400, otherInfo:"blah2"},
    {memberId : 4, parentId:3, amount:500, otherInfo:"blah3"},
    {memberId : 6, parentId:1, amount:600, otherInfo:"blah4"},
    {memberId : 9, parentId:4, amount:700, otherInfo:"blah5"},
    {memberId : 12, parentId:2, amount:800, otherInfo:"blah6"},
    {memberId : 5, parentId:2, amount:900, otherInfo:"blah7"},
    {memberId : 13, parentId:2, amount:0, otherInfo:"blah8"},
    {memberId : 14, parentId:2, amount:800, otherInfo:"blah9"},
    {memberId : 55, parentId:2, amount:250, otherInfo:"blah10"},
    {memberId : 56, parentId:3, amount:10, otherInfo:"blah11"},
    {memberId : 57, parentId:3, amount:990, otherInfo:"blah12"},
    {memberId : 58, parentId:3, amount:400, otherInfo:"blah13"},
    {memberId : 59, parentId:6, amount:123, otherInfo:"blah14"},
    {memberId : 54, parentId:6, amount:321, otherInfo:"blah15"},
    {memberId : 53, parentId:56, amount:10000, otherInfo:"blah7"},
    {memberId : 52, parentId:2, amount:47, otherInfo:"blah17"},
    {memberId : 51, parentId:6, amount:534, otherInfo:"blah18"},
    {memberId : 50, parentId:9, amount:55943, otherInfo:"blah19"},
    {memberId : 22, parentId:9, amount:2, otherInfo:"blah27"},
    {memberId : 33, parentId:12, amount:-10, otherInfo:"blah677"}

];
var testImgSrc = "http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/06005cd2700c136d09e71838645d36ff?s=69&d=wavatar";
(function heya( parentId ){
    // This is slow and iterates over each object everytime.
    // Removing each item from the array before re-iterating
    // may be faster for large datasets.
    for(var i = 0; i < members.length; i++){
        var member = members[i];
        if(member.parentId === parentId){
            var parent = parentId ? $("#containerFor" + parentId) : $("#mainContainer"),
                memberId = member.memberId,
                    metaInfo = "" + member.otherInfo + " ($" + member.amount + ")";
            parent.append("

" + memberId + "
" + metaInfo + "

");
            heya(memberId);
        }
    }
 }( null ));

// makes it pretty:
// recursivley resizes all children to fit within the parent.
var pretty = function(){
    var self = $(this),
        children = self.children(".container"),
        // subtract 4% for margin/padding/borders.
        width = (100/children.length) - 2;
    children
        .css("width", width + "%")
        .each(pretty);

};
$("#mainContainer").each(pretty);

It is by no means an optimal solution. The first loop will become a nightmare for performance the more data you begin loading.

A: I am unsure whether this code will run or not, I a just typing in here, without testing. And I hope this is what you are looking for. (BTW, I have conventional style for-loops for array-search. Its been long since I last used javascript. So kinda I need to refer to w3schools for the array functions. :-P)
var str = [
{memberID : 1, parentId:null, amount:200, otherInfo:"blah"},
{memberID : 2, parentId:1, amount:300, otherInfo:"blah1"},
{memberID : 3, parentId:1, amount:400, otherInfo:"blah2"},
{memberID : 4, parentId:3, amount:500, otherInfo:"blah3"}
];
(function fromArray(arr){
 var getElemByParent = function(parent){
  var elems = [];
  for (var i=0; i<arr.length; i++){
   if (arr[i].parentId == parent)
    elems.push(arr[i]);
  }
  return elems;
 }
 var finalObj;
 var enumFunction = function(node){
  node.siblings = getElemByParent(node.memberID);
  for (var i=0;i<node.siblings.length; i++)
   enumFunction(node.siblings[i]);
 }
 finalObj = getElemByParent(null);
 enumFunction(finalObj);
 console.log(finalObj);
 return finalObj;
})(str);

PS: You will have to take care of many other situations as well. Like, what if the data is not consistent etc. I have avoided most(rather, all) of them in the code above.

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Jimmy Small Named Iowa Speedway President
Iowa Speedway today introduced Jimmy Small as its new track president. Small's appointment at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines comes on the heels of NASCAR's announcement two weeks ago that it had purchased the Speedway.
Several of the sport's top executives along with state and local dignitaries were present for the announcement.
"Jimmy's tireless dedication, energy and experience make him the ideal candidate for leading Iowa Speedway into this new era," said Eric Nyquist, NASCAR vice president, strategic development. "He has a strong background in identifying and creating fan experience improvements and defining best practices designed to help strengthen sponsor relations and ticket sales. In addition, he will have a great support structure at the Speedway and NASCAR."
Small, 28, joins the Speedway after six years with NASCAR in various business-building capacities. Most recently, he served as senior manager for team marketing services within the NASCAR Industry Services department out of the Charlotte, N.C., office. In that role, he was the business and marketing liaison with teams and drivers in all three national series.
Additionally, he helped manage the implementation of the NASCAR Industry Action Plan, including several key initiatives targeting Event Management and Entertainment, Youth & Gen-Y Marketing and Driver Star Power.
When Small started in the sport in 2008, he worked out of NASCAR's Daytona Beach, Fla., headquarters coordinating event weekends with tracks, television partners and teams.
"I'm honored to be presented with this opportunity to help guide Iowa Speedway in the next chapter of its life," Small said. "We will continue fanning the intense passion for motorsports that is prevalent here, and do our best to showcase Iowa Speedway's fast, exciting short-track racing in creative, fan-friendly ways."
Small is a Detroit native and graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He was named as a member of Sports Pro Magazine's The 10 NEXT Class of 2012, an honor recognizing 10 sports executives under the age of 30.
The track currently is gearing up for its slate of three NASCAR race weekends during the 2014 season. The Speedway's season opens May 17-18, with the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East versus West Challenge on Saturday night followed by a 250-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Sunday. The weekend of July 11-12, Iowa Speedway will host a Friday night NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event and an IndyCar Series race on Saturday. A second NASCAR K&N Pro Series East versus West Challenge race is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 1 followed by another 250-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series event Saturday night.
Season ticket holders may renew their tickets for the 2014 season, and will have an exclusive right to secure their current seats until Sunday, Jan. 5. All season tickets, with prices starting at $95, will include a guaranteed seat location, complimentary Casey's Fan Walk pass and an opportunity to participate in pre-race ceremonies. Season tickets, parking passes and onsite camping options are available online at www.iowaspeedway.com, or by calling the toll-free ticketing hotline, 866-RUSTY-GO (787-8946). Single-event tickets and weekend packages will become available on Monday, Jan. 6.
Iowa Speedway's ticketing office, located at 3333 Rusty Wallace Drive in Newton, also will be open to assist customers from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, holidays excepted.
Dave, was there any explanation as to why purchase was by the France-family-owned sanctioning body NASCAR bought Iowa Speedway rather than the International Speed Corporation, the France-family-controlled but publicly traded corporation that owns and operates over a dozen tracks? I don't recall seeing any discussion of this in any of the purchase articles, though I would think that reporters must have asked about it. Legal reasons, perhaps? Restrictions on who may own Iowa Speedway?
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