❶The symbol most typically used for multiplication is an "x," although an asterisk can also be used. Beginning and Intermediate Algebra Miller, et al.
That total number or answer is referred to as the product. Factors, on the other hand , are the numbers multiplied to give you that product. The symbol most typically used for multiplication is an "x," although an asterisk can also be used. Similar to addition, multiplication is subject to the commutative property. This means that when two factors are multiplied together, the product is the same - regardless of the order of the multiplicands.
There are a variety of tricks one can use to memorize multiplication facts. Here are just a few you may wish to try. Division is often referred to as a "fair share. A ratio is another common term that refers to division. There are special names for the numbers involved in the process of division. The dividend is the quantity you begin with. The divisor is the number by which the dividend is to be divided.
The quotient is your end result. Division problems may be written using the division sign, a fraction bar, or the division box. Algebra 1 Carter, et al. Algebra 1 Holliday, et al. Algebra - Concepts and Applications Cummins, et al. Math Power 9 Knill, et al. Algebra 1 Burger, et al. Algebra 1 Larson, et al. Algebra 1 - Concepts and Skills Larson, et al. Algebra - Structure and Method Brown, et al.
Algebra 2 with Trigonometry Smith, et al. Algebra 2 Saxon Mathematics 10 Alexander, et al. College Pre-Algebra Bittinger, et al. College Pre-Algebra Lial, et al. College Pre-Algebra Martin-Gay Introductory Algebra Bittinger, et al. Equations and Inequalities Solving addition and subtraction equations Two-step equations and inequalities Equations and Inequalities Unit Quiz. Graphing Equations and Inequalities The coordinate plane Graphing Equations and Inequalities Unit Quiz.
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James Eagle Jr. Retires
UNC Adams School of Dentistry, Thursday, January 2nd, 2003
James Eagle Jr., clinical professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences and General Dentistry, retired on December 31, 2002 . A member of the UNC DDS Class of 1966, he set up practice in Spencer , NC where he worked until joining the School of Dentistry faculty in 1989.
At the School he served as director of Comprehensive Care and provided coverage in the Comprehensive Care and Urgent Care clinics. He was also an active participant in the Dental Faculty Practice. In addition to clinical teaching duties he was responsible for the 3rd and 4th year DDS practice management course.
Over the years, students have honored Eagle with back to back Richard F. Hunt Memorial Awards for Excellence in Teaching (1992 and 1993) and five certificates of appreciation. In 1998 he was the recipient of the School's Employee of the Year award and recognized by the American College of Dentists Carolina Chapter with an award for excellence in teaching.
Eagle and his wife, Pat, are building a new home and plan to be the site managers for the construction crews contracted to do the work. "Pat knows exactly how she wants things done and she [we] will be there every day to insure that the work is done to her specifications," Eagle said with a wry smile.
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I am so honoured and EXCITED to officially share with you all that I will be leading Well+Good's first ever Retreat this Spring 2018!
Myself, along with the amazing fitness/recovery guru Charlee Atkins, will be the two official hosts for W+G's debut of their Retreats program.
Retreats are "next-level wellness getaways curated and hosted by Well+Good—and led by the hottest fitness and wellness stars." These quarterly getaways will take place at the most insanely gorg destinations around the country. The weekend will offer world-class cooking workshops, werkouts and "high-vibe experiences" with the rockstars of fitness and wellness. Talk about #vacaygoals!
Mark your cals for March 25-28, 2018 at the amazing Avalon Palm Springs. At this inaugural retreat, I will be sharing ultra-exclusive, insider lessons from Kintsugi Wellness!
For more info on what I'll be sharing, check out's Fast Company's "Travelers Are Abandoning Spas To Join Fitfluencer Retreats" here and Well+Good's latest Retreats announcement here.
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Welcome to the High Country; a region filled with amazing alpine country, ski fields, warm welcomes, outdoor activities, cool-climate wineries, Ned Kelly history and great local produce. Take a drive through the region on the Great Alpine Road and taken in the stunning alpine scenery or stop off at one of the many heritage villages. Wander through eight distinct wine regions in the High Country and visit some of its friendly cellar doors. Drive or cycle the Muscat trail and pick up seasonal fruit and vegetables, meats, freshwater fish, wines and gourmet products such as chocolate, cheeses and olives. You can indulge your senses at either a farmgate, a farmers' market or at one of the many gourmet restaurants. If you're a foodie its also worth a stopover in one of the gourmet towns of Milawa and Beechworth to have a look.


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3,5-Dinitrosalicylic acid (DNS or DNSA, IUPAC name 2-hydroxy-3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid) is an aromatic compound that reacts with reducing sugars and other reducing molecules to form 3-amino-5-nitrosalicylic acid, which strongly absorbs light at 540 nm. It was first introduced as a method to detect reducing substances in urine by James B. Sumner and has since been widely used, for example, for quantifying carbohydrate levels in blood. It is mainly used in assay of alpha-amylase. However, enzymatic methods are usually preferred due to DNS lack of specificity.

Synthesis
3,5-Dinitrosalicylic acid can be prepared by the nitration of salicylic acid.

References

Dinitrophenols
Salicylic acids

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Aircraft eyes an older demo with new digital series
The prodco is looking to diversify and reach an 18-to-35-year-old audience with the release of the 1970s-set comedy Terrific Women.
By Jordan Pinto
With the release of the digital series Terrific Women, Aircraft Pictures, a traditionally kid and teen-focused prodco, is looking to tap an older audience.
Launched this week on CBC's digital platforms, the nine-part series – a 1970s-set comedy about two oft-intoxicated feminists who co-host a late-night cable TV show – targets an 18-to-35 year-old urban audience, Andrew Rosen, company co-principal told Playback Daily. However, with the show being set in the 1970s, he said the hope is that it will appeal to an even older demographic and tap into a certain nostalgia for that time period. "We definitely have an eye toward adult fare," he said of the company's direction moving forward.
Created by and starring Sara Hennessey and Stephanie Kaliner, the show was one of seven new digital originals unveiled during CBC's 2017 upfront, and the first Aircraft/CBC collaboration to go to camera. Hennessey and Kaliner first brought Terrific Women to Aircraft 18 months ago after CBC requested they partner with an experienced production company to steward the project.
Kaliner is a screenwriter whose credits include The Bagel and Becky Show (Teletoon) and Camp Lakebottom (Teletoon). She has also served as a story editor on Schitt's Creek (CBC). Hennessey meanwhile is a stand-up comic, with writing credits on The Stanley Dynamic (YTV), Sunnyside (City TV), and Spun Out (CTV).
Directed by Ally Pankiw, Terrific Women is produced by Rosen and Anthony Leo of Aircraft Pictures, alongside Mars Horodyski and JP Nynkowski of Toronto's Awkward Silence Productions.
Rosen said the creators have discussed potentially developing the series for a longer format, such as a Christmas special or a TV series, though this would depend on the traction gained by the series.
Aside from loving the project and the energy of the Hennessey/Kaliner duo, Rosen said that as the company looks to diversify its offerings, the opportunity to produce more work that caters to older-skewing audiences was also part of the attraction. Having a varied slate of projects is of huge importance to the company, said Rosen, as it looks to grow in both Canada and the U.S., where Aircraft also has an office. He added that, with the company having built a firm base in the kid and teen space with projects such as Raising Expectations (Family Channel) and its first feature film The Breadwinner, the time is right for Aircraft to explore new types of content.
Also on the development slate is Kimberly Jenkins Has a Problem, aimed at an 18-to-35 audience, with California-based Jumpwire Media coproducing.
Aircraft Pictures, Andrew Rosen, Anthony Leo, CBC, Sara Hennessey, Stephanie Kaliner, Terrific Women
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698 Ернестіна (698 Ernestina) — астероїд головного поясу, відкритий 5 березня 1910 року.

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Hi friends! My name is Grace. I'm a writer, a reader, a runner, a geek, a lover of Victoriana, and a proponent of the Oxford comma. Currently I reside in Boston, Massachusetts with two cats and too many books. she/her.
Most gracetopias on the internet are me (Twitter, Instagram) but there are a few outliers (anyone who has watched me try to craft something knows that any gracetopias on Etsy are NOT me). I used to blog a lot, with the vigor and opinions of Well-Intentioned Youth. Then I discovered Twitter. Now I tweet a lot, but the place is feeling pretty toxic, yanno? So I'm back here trying to create my own space.
And just to put it all on the table: I am a raging liberal/progressive pro-choice anti-Trump feminist social justice warrior and if that's not your style this probably isn't the place for you.
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Dutch MP to screen anti-Koran movie in the Lords
The Christian Messenger
http://www.legal-project.org/650/dutch-mp-to-screen-anti-koran-movie-in-the-lords
DUTCH MP Geert Wilders is due to screen his controversial anti-Koran movie in the House of Lords next month. Wilders has accepted an invitation from Lord Pearson of Rannoch to screen his film 'Fitna' on March 5.
'Fitna' is a 17-minute anti-Koran movie which features quotations from the Koran interspersed with footage of terrorist atrocities and speeches by Muslim preachers. This is the second time that the politician has been invited to the House of Lords to show the film.
Wilders was invited to screen Fitna in the House of Lords last February, but found himself at the centre of an international free speech row when he was held at London's Heathrow airport before being sent back to Holland.
The then Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, was accused of undermining free speech and of 'appeasing' religious extremists by blocking the Dutch politician's visit. But the ban on Wilders entering the UK was overturned on appeal last October by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
A British official said: "He's free to travel and the Border Agency will not be alerted."


People travelling around Sussex over the Easter break will find it far easier thanks to several miles of roadworks being lifted.
The Highways Agency – which from April 1 will become Highways England - aims to complete or lift 209 sets of roadworks by April 2 – leaving almost 97 per cent of its 9,534-mile network free of roadworks in time for the holidays.
A23 Handcross (near Crawley) - widening the carriageway - 7.81 miles of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.
A23 Handcross (near Crawley) - pavement Investigation - 0.7 mile of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.
A23 Hickstead (near Hickstead) - barrier Inspections - 5.5 miles of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.
A27 Emsworth (near Chichester) - licensee works - 0.31 mile of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.
A27 Fontwell (near Arundel) - lighting replacement work - 1.25 miles of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.
A27 Arundel (near Arundel) - drainage work - 0.75 mile of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.
A27 Offington Roundabout (near Chichester) - pavement Investigation - 1.06 miles of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.
A27 Old Shoreham Road (near Lancing) - cable Installation for lighting - 1.63 miles of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.
A27 Sussex Pad (near Worthing) - carriageway resurfacing - 1.13 miles of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.
M23 Horley (near Crawley) - carriageway resurfacing - 1.13 miles of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.
M23 junction 9 (near Crawley) - carriageway resurfacing - 0.75 miles of roadworks completed for Easter Bank Holiday.


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My Name is Rebecca RommRachel Admin2019-04-29T13:13:47-04:00
Named after My Mother's Mom
Rebecca Elizabeth Romm was named after her late grandmother Rebecca. She is annoyed when everyone compares her to her mother's mom, because all she wants is a name of her own. That changes when Rebecca's teacher assigns the class a research project on their names. Rebecca soon learns that most of her classmates were named after special people: some after family members like her, others after leaders, pioneers, musicians and even places. That night back at home, Rebecca asks her mother what made her grandmother so special. As she listens to her mother, Rebecca soon feels proud of her name and understands that being named after someone else might not be so bad after all. Moreover, she learns that she is still unique and like no one else. My Name is Rebecca Romm, Named after My Mother's Mom is a meaningful story about love, self-acceptance and family values. As parents read this book with their children, it will spark conversations about the names in their own families.
My grandma had freckles and blue sparkly eyes. Her smile was toothy. She never told lies. She liked to play tennis and sing in the shower. She could tell a story for over an hour. She was truly beloved and loved many others. And this is why you were names after her said my mother.
As I looked in the mirror that night before bed and saw all the freckles that live on my head. I felt proud of my name as mom kissed me goodnight. She gave me a hug when she squeezed me so tight. Rebecca she said you may have your grandmother's name but you are like no other. No one is ever the same. I soon went to bed with a smile spanning ear to ear. And thought of the people who brought us all here. My name is Rebecca Elizabeth Romm. I am the girl who was named after her mother's mom.


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Q: How do I query in natural=strait from OSM databse? I'm trying to query in straits, fjords, and bays from a PostGIS Openstreemap database. The straits I'm looking for are tagged natural=bay, natural=strait, and natural=fjord.
I used the following code:
(SELECT
        way, natural
      FROM planet_osm_line
      WHERE natural IN ('bay', 'strait', 'fjord')
    ) AS straits

But, it returns:
 Postgis Plugin: ERROR:  syntax error at or near "FROM"
LINE 3:           FROM planet_osm_line
                  ^

in executeQuery Full sql was: 'SELECT * FROM (SELECT
            way, natural
          FROM planet_osm_line
          WHERE natural IN ('bay', 'strait', 'fjord')
        ) AS straits LIMIT 0'

I am able to query docks / piers. And the SQL I used is very similar so I can't understand what I'm doing wrong.
This is what I used for docks and it works:
(SELECT
        way, man_made
      FROM planet_osm_line
      WHERE man_made IN ('pier')
    ) AS docks

A: Natural is a reserved keyword in PostgreSQL see full list and it has a special meaning in SQL JOIN

"a shorthand for a USING list that mentions all columns in the two
  tables that have the same names"

Write your query as

SELECT "natural" FROM ...

and it should work.

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Student file of Barbara Showarumy, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1884 and ultimately departed on April 21, 1892. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating Showarumy was a housewife living in Seama, New Mexico in 1910.


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Nasdaq Slammed As Japanese Media Signals North Korea "Preparing Toward Ballistic Missile Launch"
Update: While the initial reaction to the headlinews were muted, once the story hit Bloomberg wires, USDJPY snapped lower and gold jumped...
And as USDJPY fades, so stocks drop (S&P and Nasdaq now red)...
Earlier today, Russia's deputy foreign minister Igor Morgulov warned that while there is a latent danger of an "apocalyptic scenario of developments" on the Korean Peninsula, he brought attention to the apparent "denuclearization" of the Kim regime, pointing out that North Korea's last provocation was on Sept. 15, when it fired its second missile over Japan in as many months. The 73-day pause is the longest since a 116-day break between October 2016 and February.
That may soon be changing because according to a tweet from Michiyo Ishida, the Tokyo Bureau Chief for Channel News Asia, the Japanese government has deteced a "signal from #NorthKorea on preparation towards a ballistic missile launch according to local media"
Japanese government detecting signal from #NorthKorea on preparation towards a ballistic missile launch according to local media
— michiyo ishida (@MichiyoCNA) November 27, 2017
The news has yet to be caught by the major newswires, and as a result there has been no response in either the KRW or JPY crosses, however keep an eye on this story should there be confirmation over the course of the trading day. There is also the possibility that this is merely a trial balloon by Japan's press meant to incite a nationalist mood and push through Abe's militant agenda.


Cheena Marie Lo is a poet based in Oakland, CA, where they co-founded the Manifest Reading and Workshop Series. They are the author of chapbooks NO FILTER (Aggregate Space 2014), Ephemera & Atmospheres (Belladonna* 2014). Their first book, A Series of Un/Natural/Disasters, is forthcoming from Commune Editions in 2016.
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She added: "Some of the more complex are the ones that seemed to surprise most people: deductions from pay (eg for meals, uniform and accommodation) can take someone's wage below NMW, not including additional hours worked in calculating pay (unpaid working time such as shutting up the office). Plus, there is a specific limit to what the employer can offset from pay against accommodation provided.
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It has been an interesting month. There was so much excitement, focus, fears and dreams leading into the Olympics. It had been a great season so far. I knew I was strong, but wasn't feeling like the rider I was at the end of last year. The Olympics came and my worries were confirmed, I wasn't where I wanted to be, my best. That being said I was still a top ten rider, possibly a top 5 rider, but the weight of my shock and disappointment drug me down despite my efforts to fight against it. I had only planned for success and not being successful made the Olympics feel like a bad break up. I had put so much time, energy and emotion into that one event, it didn't go well and now it was gone and those Olympics would never be back. I felt the loss, it was heartbreaking, but like all hearts they just need some time to heal and I am healing because I know I am more than a bike race and things could definitely be A LOT worse than only finishing top ten at the Olympics!
Healing came for me though some good time with friends and family, camping, and riding for fun and not always for improvement. Healing also came from all the letters and notes I got from all of you. That little girls are out riding their bikes up climbs now saying "I'm climbing like Catharine" or taking their tricycles off of little backyard jumps. I didn't reach my result goal at the Olympics, but through my success over the last few years I realized I was able to draw a lot of people in front of their TV's on August 11th to watch women's mtn bike racing. Many little girls, that felt a connection with Emily and I as Canadians, or Georgia, Katerina and I as Luna Chixs wanted to go for a bike ride that day and that is a pretty beautiful thing.
Prepping for worlds I wanted to rebuild my base, threshold and focus on my strengths to get good sensations and confidence back. A 20 min FTP test confirmed I had World class power, just not best in the World power, but still this gave me confidence. I had some rest and now some time to be ready for Worlds.
In the relay I had put out the 5th fastest women's time, not what I would normally do, but with a huge rainstorm that morning I was off on the slick trails. I knew that in the relay at least, I lost my time in the woods more than in fitness and I could ride much better technically by Sunny Saturday. I was still fighting some Olympic demons in my head, but going out and racing for my team, going hard and knowing I could climb with the top ladies helped me focus for what I would need Saturday. My team of Geoff Kabush, Mitch Bailey and Marc-Antoinne put out some killer laps to earn Canada 5th position, our best result since 2008.
My home for the week.
Although not perfect, my preparation was good and by race morning I was excited and confident to race. The beautiful surroundings and sunshine in Saalfelden, Austria and the fun course definitely helped! As reigning World Champion I had the honour of wearing the number one plate. I had a strong start and after the first corner onto the main road I went to the front and no one came around me! This worked against me as, so unusual and not trusting my form 100% I thought maybe I was going too hard, but as soon as I backed off 20 girls swarmed me and I couldn't repass them before the descent. Rule of thumb: If in doubt, just giver.
I finished the start loop just inside the top 20. By the end of lap one I caught several girls on the climb, but then lost a lot of spots with a crash and finished the lap only having moved to 15th. From there I went out and clocked the 4th fastest laps for 2 laps moving me into 5th. I could see bronze position at one point only 25 seconds ahead, but with 3 laps to go and a very tight race behind me I had to have something special and I had just used my special to get into 5th position. There were very fast women just 10 seconds back that were recovering from crashes or mechanicals. At the crest of the climb 4.5 laps in another rider scooped me before the descent and with no passing spots I had to ride my brakes down a long descent and all the women we had just climbed away from were on my wheel. That became my race, with slowing climbing legs I was getting passed at the top of climbs and then had to descend slowly to the next climb where they would further stretch their gap. I ended up losing over a minute on the last 2 laps, but 10 positions!
The plus side is wow, that's great depth. The down side is crap in a year I went from 1st to 15th at Worlds! But honestly I can just accept that race for what it was. I did my best to go into worlds ready to do well, but what I really need to do to get back to the top is take some time away from intense competition and play, dig in my garden, read some good books, listen to some music, in normal work terms, take a vacation. It has been an intensely wonderful process, becoming an Olympian. I learned some hard lessons about my own lack of invincibility, but these hard lessons are those that teach you how to find success in the future. It is okay to want something deeply and pour everything into it. Sometimes you will fail, but those times that you don't are so rewarding and wondrous that they are worth risking failure for the opportunity to do something special.
Congrats to Julie Bresette on an extraordinary season, Sabine Spitz who now holds an Olympic medal of every colour and to my Luna team mate Georgia Gould who claimed bronze in both the Olympic and Worlds Championship races. What seasons ladies!!!
Best crew of roommates I could have asked for.
I really appreciate your honesty and self-deconstruction so to speak. It's "easy" for the rest of us to sit around and wonder what happened, and while there may not be "one" thing that did or didn't happen, it's good I think that you can see the season for what it is/was, find some positives, and still be charged up for next season.
You'll always be an inspiration and I know I'll be rooting for you for the next four years.


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Shopping Empires Review (Karianne Gagnon Course)
Today, we'll be going through Karianne Gagnon's Shopping Empires. It's currently priced at $497, and its main focus revolves around WooCommerce, Shopify, and Google Ads Shopping.
As always, the sales page sells you wonders, and its design is very flashy and professional. It provides several comments and testimonials from both students and other gurus, which I've reviewed in the past, as backing for its claims.
However, as you probably know, that's a standard (in one way or another) among eCommerce courses, so it's not a selling point.
The content is, though, so let's get right into it.
One has to look thoroughly to find out who's Karianne. There's not much information available besides a software released back in 2016. She does, however, claim to own various 7-figure brands on Shopify and consistently making $1,000 every day.
She seems to be a former student from Franklin Hatchett's eCom Profit Masterclass, starring Richard Telfeja's mentorship. However, Franklin ended this partnership a while ago, but it's still a good sign.
Karianne is offering her own course, offering a break from Facebook Ads to focus on Google Shopping Ads, implementing it with a store on Shopify and WooCommerce.
Of course, the sales page has some warning signs. These include zero mentions on the actual profits she makes, and instead opts to talk solely about her revenue. Making millions in sales doesn't mean a lot since marketing and maintenance costs can be quite big.
There's also how she says you can make a living off dropshipping and Google Ads without investing any money. Even if you somehow get Google advertising for free, you still need to pay for hosting, domain, or a Shopify subscription besides a good internet connection and mobile data to always be on the lookout for news.
Of course, you also want to test the products before offering them, and that's an extra expense.
Reviewing Shopping Empires
It's confusing to figure out the actual content from just the course's sales page. Setting up a store on WooCommerce or Shopify and scaling it with Google Ads is something, but the sales page is quite hyped for it to be just that.
Besides, the price tag is a significant $497, and it's promised to raise all the way to $997, so it really contradicts the relative simplicity of this course. Given the imminent raise and the positive testimonials, buying it before it increased seemed like the right choice, so I decided to take a look.
The members' area was another section that seemed confusing, even for someone who's seen countless courses like me.
This course breaks down into a main section with 12 modules and 22 PDFs complementing them. Surprisingly, there aren't videos nor audio books on the course, which is admittedly rare in today's courses.
You just get a bunch of PDFs and feedback documents. Besides, the modules are fairly standard with today's courses.
They cover the preparations for your store: domain, hosting, planning, etc. It takes you into two modules after that: one on WooCommerce and another one on Shopify for setting up your store on one of the two platforms.
It then goes into website speed and tech stuff before going into product research. You have a module on data feed before the actual Google Shopping Ads module.
I want to make a pause here and state how disappointingly short the Google Ads section is. It's supposed to be one of the main selling points of this course, yet it provides basic content with a few good (but not enough) insights. It's fine to get you started, but it's not a masterclass like it was sold to be.
The rest is management stuff: testing, calculating your actual profits, and scaling your business by hiring virtual assistants.
The first and lass modules were exceptionally short, just a PDF with basic steps or information. It's really just content you can get for free on YouTube.
The first "bonus" is just access to the private Facebook group, which isn't really a bonus since it's offered in all courses, even the lower-end ones. You can also access a public group with over 200 members, and it's actually quite active and interesting at times.
However, there's a significant quantity of posts complaining about the reduced profits you get if you stick with Google Shopping and mess up your keywords. It's logical since Google Shopping is all about precision, and randomly choosing keywords will burn your budget.
The first actual bonus is a strategy for your email marketing and recovering up to 20% of the income you may have lost. Another bonus comes as a cashback tip for AliExpress, but it's mostly common knowledge. The third bonus is how you can prevent from getting on Google's Merchant Center's wrong side. The forth bonus is an extra module about Facebook retargeting, and the last one is access to Karianne's supplier.
As you can see, there's quantity but not enough quality. The Facebook group and extra module should be a given in every course. The AliExpress isn't groundbreaking, and the others are nice, but they don't offer enough impact to your success.
The course simply isn't worth spending $497 despite what the sales pages and testimonials on it may tell you. You can get a much better course for just $297 by heading over to eCom Elites (from her supposed mentor), and receive actual videos instead of PDFs, so that's another selling point for those who hate reading.
Once again, thanks for reading my Shopping Empires Review and I wish you the best of luck.
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TLC's Chilli says she hasn't acknowledged R. Kelly for years because he married a teenager in the '90s. Kelly married 15-year-old Aaliyah when he was 27. Chilli says that, among other things, was a warning to her.
"It didn't take me to see a documentary to know the truth," Chilli told TMZ. "[Kelly] was canceled years ago in my book, after marrying a 15-year-old child. And then on top of that, I saw the tape at the studio with a whole bunch of other people, and I was just like, 'He's going to jail.' I saw it, I was like, 'He's going to jail.' And then when I heard he was denied I was like 'What!' How can you deny that? That's just like me saying, 'Oh that's not me on that swing in the 'No Scrubs' video—it's not me.' I mean come on.
Lifetime's docu-series Surviving R. Kelly debuted in early January. The six-part show, which aired over three days, documents decades of alleged abusive behavior by the singer through dozens of interviews with survivors, siblings, associates, experts, and critics.


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Category: PUBG GUIDE
It's hard to deny the legions spirit that spreading through those 2 years with millions of dedicated fans throwing themselves in battles in PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds.
PUBG has built its firm stand to be one of the most talked-about games online. Yet it provides a playground for gamers to come and perfect their skills.
But how about newcomers? No worries, we've got something called the PUBG Survivor's Guide to brush up your foundations in the game and get you acquainted in no time.
Introducing the Survivor's Guide
The guide will walk you through a series of introduction to the Gameplay, Control, Map, and Weapons. Each section provides a few episodes to guide in live motion.
Play section
You'll get to know what is PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds, its story, general rules, and an overall view around the landscape.
The Play has more to offer. You can choose up to 4 maps to thrive in. You can also decide to play solo, in duo, or squad team.
There are options that allow you to play from a third-person perspective or a first-person perspective.
The starting phase will take you to a parachute moment where you can decide where you can land on.
After that, you'll use your time to open the map. If you play in a team, plan a landing strategy so that the members know where the others are.
Control section
PUBG lets players control their game from 3 different devices. You can fight on a PUBG PC, an Xbox One, or PS4 with a full guide to map out button here. Choose anything you have in hand and are familiar with.
Map section
Discover the 4 maps provided here. You will have a bird view over the whole area with lines of borders and names of locations.
The Erangel is an island with open grasslands and mountains blended with small towns.
Miramar mimics the desert theme with rough terrains that offer more difficulty for snipers to hide.
Sanhok brings in a green land of hills and water. It triggers a more hectic and fast-paced battle than any PUBG map.
Vikendi introduces the chill surrounded by frozen bodies of water and snow cover the land. Layers of snow will turn the whole battle into a hunt on footprints.
Weapon section
This is probably the most attractive part where you can explore a myriad of fire guns, their information giving the most realistic shooting matching experience.
Get yourself indulge in the game; there is a whole new world waiting with virtual wonders and of course, threats beyond the hills.
Introducing PUBG
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XL Launches Industry-First Plug-in Hybrid Electric Ford F-250 Pickup
Vehicle debuts at the NTEA Work Truck Show, and is scheduled for full production by Q4 2019.
XL, the leader in connected vehicle electrification solutions for commercial, utility and municipal fleets, has unveiled the first plug-in hybrid electric Ford Super Duty F-250 pickup truck at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis. XL's newest product expands its successful plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) product family, which also includes the XLP Ford F-150.
According to XL's initial assessment, the XLP F-250 truck will provide up to a 50 percent improvement in miles driven per gallon (MPG) over conventional factory units, while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 33 percent during normal operation. These numbers are consistent with what the PHEV F-150 has been proven to achieve at EPA-certified testing facilities.
The XLP F-250 features a high voltage 15 kWh lithium-ion battery pack that is compatible with Level 1 and Level 2 charging stations using an industry-standard J1772 plug interface. The battery is also charged by regenerative braking during driving, which captures and stores energy while slowing the vehicle. The entire system weighs 750 pounds and is professionally mounted onto existing factory components. The XLP F-250 has no effect on Ford factory warranties, and requires no special maintenance procedures or charging infrastructure enhancements.
"The XLP F-250 is an important addition to the fleet industry, providing the legendary performance of a Ford Super Duty truck with the proven sustainability and fuel economy enhancements of an XL electrification system," says Tod Hynes, founder and CEO of XL. "The fleet industry is looking for ways to electrify their trucks now, without adding significant infrastructure costs or range concerns for their drivers. This vehicle gives them that power."
The product is scheduled to begin shipping to customers before the end of 2019.
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Solitude was one of only five science fiction audiobooks nominated for the 2017 title. The awards ceremony takes place November 5 at The Lincoln Center in New York, so it looks like Donna and I will be doing some traveling this fall.
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Plausible Alien First Contact (Part I)
Backstory For My Award-Winning Sector 64 Series
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For the backstory of my SECTOR 64 series, I put forth an alien first-contact scenario that my readers find very plausible, some even wondering aloud if this could be our current reality.
Let's imagine that elsewhere in the galaxy a species elevated itself from the primordial soup a million years ahead of us. Making the most of that thousand-millennia head start, they master physics, achieve faster than light (FTL) travel, and populate thousands of star systems.
Always looking for burgeoning technological societies to bring into the galactic government, they populate the galaxy with a network of detectors designed to watch for certain markers thought to be key indicators, i.e.: unnaturally organized radio waves or light waves (laser beams) and unnatural fission reactions (nuclear detonations). Some, like radio waves, would probably just be annotated for future research. Others, like nuclear detonations, would require a more urgent investigation.
While they've mastered FTL travel and communications, their sensors are still limited to detecting occurrences at the speed of light. In other words, if a burgeoning society starts blasting radio waves or nuclear electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) across the cosmos, our curious aliens wouldn't detect it until the wave traveled at the speed of light to the nearest sensor. Then it could use their FTL sub-space communication network to pass on the news.
To comprehend the logistics involved, we must have a full appreciation of the galaxy's size. It's a BIG galaxy. If our curious aliens only wanted to deploy ten million sensors, they would have to disperse them throughout the galaxy on a grid with one-hundred light-year spacing. The Milky Way is 100,000 light-years across and one thousand light-years thick. That means if you could travel across the entire width of the galaxy at the speed of light, the Earth would circle the Sun 100,000 times during your trek. (Note: these are external observations. The hypothetical FTL traveler would experience this time quite differently, but that's a subject for a future blog.) Even if you could travel at an incredible 100,000 times the speed of light, an Earth year would pass in the time it took you to traverse the galaxy.
When it comes to jaunting about the Milky Way, your FTL travel would have to be SIGNIFICANTLY faster than the speed of light to be of any appreciable use. Scientist and sci-fi writers often employ wormholes due to their hypothetical ability to fold space. Joining two points of space-time, like folding a paper in half, brings two remote locations together, rendering interstellar travel as simple as stepping through a door.
Back to our first contact scenario. Because of the aforementioned galactic scale, our fictional aliens have quite a few (read: ten million) sensors spread throughout the Milky Way. One day, they receive a signal indicating that a nuclear device detonated on a planet in the remote portion of the galaxy identified as SECTOR 64. They discover the signal originated from a medium-sized rocky planet in a solar system only two light-years from the sensor. (That would be very fortuitous, remember our one-hundred light-year spacing.)
So our curious aliens fold space-time and dispatch a scout ship to SECTOR 64. Arriving only a few days after their sensor detected the first nuclear blast, they get to the planet the locals (humans) call Earth in a year the humans have designated as one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven or 1947. Because of the sensor's two light-year distance from the planet, two Earth years have passed since their original nuclear detonations in 1945.
Our curious alien scouts travel to the only place on the planet where they detect nuclear weapons. It happens to be relatively close to where the first nuclear detonation occurred. The humans call the region New Mexico.
In 1947 only one nuclear-armed bomber squadron existed, the 509th Bomber Group based at an Army Air Corp Base known as Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF).
Yep, you guessed it. That's near an infamous small town named Roswell, New Mexico.
In a tragic accident, the scout ship is knocked down by a surprisingly powerful thunderstorm.
After a series of nearly calamitous events, the aliens do make first-contact with world leaders of the day.
Click or tap here to read PartII of my Plausible Alien First Contact Scenario, and find out about the decades-long program that our hypothetical galactic government would use to integrate us knuckle draggers into their society. Discover why it would be a secret program, even today, almost seventy years later.
Sound like an interesting backstory for a series?
Now for free, get the prequel novella, Sector 64: First Contact, that kicks off my award-winning apocalyptic series. Available as both a free ebook and a free audiobook (narrated by R.C. Bray—The Martian).
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Plausible Alien First Contact (Part II)
How We'd Integrate Into a Hypothetical Galactic Government.
In Part I, I laid out the plausible alien first contact scenario that forms the backstory of my novel, SECTOR 64: Ambush. As promised at the end of that post, I'm back to postulate how things would pan out post-contact.
Given the premise that this alien species/society is extremely advanced and has been at the business of heading the galactic government for unknown millennia, we have to assume that this isn't their first rodeo. They've initiated first contact with hundreds if not thousands of burgeoning societies across the galaxy. Through trial and error, they've perfected this process.
So when they stumbled into another race in a backwoods portion of the galaxy, galactic sector number 64, they made first contact. Once the contactees adjusted to the news, the galactic ambassadors briefed them on the two underlying facts of the galactic integration program:
It is a decades-long program designed to streamline your society, governments, and economy for galactic integration.
Secrecy is paramount. Why? The galactic government refined the process through thousands of iterations. During previous transitions, the political, economic, and social implications of premature disclosure regularly created unacceptable hardships on the integrating populations. If everybody knows of the transition, then all the time and energy invested in softening the socio/economic blow will be for naught. In short, disclosure defeats the purpose of a phased integration.
Here are the stipulations the ambassadors named for galactic integration:
The world's governments must conform to galactic standards. In my fictional book, this ties into the gradual worldwide shifts toward an economic and cultural center. Examples include the collapse of the Soviet Union and subsequent Capitalization/Democratization of its member nations, the gradual transition of China away from strict communism, and the social reforms of the West.
The phased shift of economies away from a fossil fuel energy base. Our continued and growing fossil fuel dependence highlights the fictional nature of my scenario. Our economy is getting more, not less intertwined in them. In my fictional scenario, the galactic powers instruct Earth governments to push a phased introduction of alternate energy solutions.
Wait, are we talking fiction or reality?
This alien first contact scenario is merely the premise or backstory of my novel; it is not the meat and potatoes of the story.
Click here to read more about SECTOR 64: Ambush.
Reptilian Aliens? Why Wouldn't They Be?
People ask why writers often depict reptilian aliens, sometimes referring to it as cliché. While humans seem predisposed to fear reptiles and regularly equate them with evil (see: Garden of Eden), I think there is a fundamental and practical reason for casting reptiles as a viable intelligent alien species.
The vast majority of Earth's vertebrate animals sport scales.
The one example we have of life's diversity—the biosphere we call Earth—demonstrates that hair follicles are the anomaly, not scales. Of all the classes of animal that constitute this planet's vast wealth of life, only mammals have hair follicles. Species falling within the mammalian class only constitute 5400 of Earth's 60,000 vertebrates. That's less than 10%. The percentage falls to 00.3% when you include all 1.5 million known animals.
What if no Earth-changing calamity took out the dinosaurs?
If not for a big ass rock knocking down their evolutionary tree 65 million years ago, dinosaurs would likely still rule this biosphere. Considering we mammals managed to progress from rodents to spacefaring homo sapiens in the intervening 65 million years, it's interesting to imagine what the dinosaurs might have evolved into had said 'big ass rock' not ended their reign.
Now for the fun part, the part where I go off into one of my thought experiments, the part where I ask: 'What if?' (And, you probably respond: Well, IF my Aunt had testicles, she'd be my Uncle.)
Thousands of millennia ago, Velociraptors were already hunting in organized parties, a level of intelligence far ahead of the tiny mammals scurrying about their feet.
Imagine those Velociraptors continued to develop and evolve. Hell, I'll even diminish (but not eliminate) their huge head start over mammals. Let's suppose it takes this advanced dinosaur species 64 million years to do what base mammals did in 65 million years: produce a spacefaring species.
In other words, what if during the first 64 million of the intervening 65 million years, Velociraptors developed into an intelligent earth-conquering species. Through utilization of superior intellect, opposable thumbs, and tools, they render the planet safe; free of the bigger more threatening species like T-Rex. Who knows, maybe they hunted them into extinction (as we likely did to the wooly mammoth). At the end of those 64 million years, they conquered gravity and put the first dino in space; one even famously referring to their astronauts as 'Spam in a can.' (A reference to a popular mammalian meat product.)
Now you say: "Dean, you're missing a million years. The dinosaur's evolutionary tree toppled 65 million years ago."
You're right. In my hypothetical scenario, our slow-to-develop Velociraptors conquered space a MILLION years ago. I think that is a conservative number. If we instead suppose they maintained their massive evolutionary head start, they might have conquered space tens of millions of years ago.
Where will humans be in a million years?
Back to the real world. If we don't kill ourselves (and somehow survive Ebola), where will humans be in a million years? Perhaps the reptiles populating a nearby solar system will look up and see scale-free aliens descending on their world. After seeing our hairy heads, they will turn to their science fiction writers and apologize for calling their depictions of hairy aliens cliché.
Enjoyed my writing? Be sure to check out my new novel, SECTOR 64: Ambush.
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Click the red play button at the top left corner to hear nationally recognized voice artist, Mike Ortego, read scene 1 of my novel, SECTOR 64: Ambush. You'll recognize his voice from documentaries and commercials for Coke-Zero, Kingsford Charcoal, and more.
He's currently producing and narrating the audiobook for my new novel. It sounds great; he really brings the dialogue to life. The ebook and paperback versions of SECTOR 64: Ambush are available now. The finished audiobook should be available on iTunes, Amazon, and Audible by Halloween.
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Today we have four coloring sheets for you in our continued series- know your sharks! So head on over to the craft cabin and grab something to color with and get to know your sharks!
Pocket Sharks have two pouches or pockets, one on each side of their body in front of their fins. Scientists are unsure of their purpose.
Bamboo Sharks are mostly nocturnal and only grow up to 37 inches long.
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Rodopi (bulgarisch: Родопи) ist eine Gemeinde in der Oblast Plowdiw in Zentralbulgarien. Verwaltungssitz der Gemeinde ist Plowdiw, das aber nicht zur Gemeinde Rodopi gehört.

Geografie

Lage
Die Gemeinde Rodopi liegt im südwestlichen Bereich der Oblast Plowdiw, zum größten Teil südwestlich der Stadt Plowdiw. Sie liegt in der Thrakischen Ebene an der Mariza am Fuß der Rhodopen.

Gemeindegliederung
Die Gemeinde Rodopi (bulg. Община Родопи) mit 33.111 Einwohnern (2006) auf einer Fläche von 668 km² besteht nur aus 21 Dörfern.

Zur Gemeinde gehören folgende Orte:
 Belaschtiza
 Bojkowo
 Branipole
 Brestnik
 Brestowiza (Oblast Plowdiw)
 Chrabrino
 Dedowo
 Izwor (Oblast Plowdiw)
 Jagodowo (Oblast Plowdiw)
 Kadiewo
 Krumowo (Oblast Plowdiw)
 Lilkowo
 Markowo (Oblast Plowdiw)
 Orisari (Oblast Plowdiw)
 Parwenez (Oblast Plowdiw)
 Sitowo (Oblast Plowdiw)
 Skobelewo (Oblast Plowdiw)
 Slatitrap
 Tschuren
 Ustina
 Zalapiza

Nachbargemeinden
Nachbargemeinden innerhalb der Oblast Plowdiw sind – von Norden aus im Uhrzeigersinn – Plowdiw, Mariza, Sadowo, Kuklen, Assenowgrad, Kritschim, Peruschtiza, Stambolijski und Saedinenie.

Söhne und Töchter der Gemeinde
 Magdalena Georgiewa (* 1962), Ruderin, geboren in Bestowiza
 Emilija Dschingarowa (* 1978), Schachspielerin, geboren in Bestowiza

Weblinks
 Gemeinde Rodopi (bulgarisch)
 Municipality Rodopi (englisch)

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    CCStoreInfo *CCStoreInfo::sharedStoreInfo() {
        return s_SharedStoreInfo;
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    void CCStoreInfo::createShared(CCIStoreAssets *storeAssets) {
        CCStoreInfo *ret = new CCStoreInfo();
        if (ret->init(storeAssets)) {
            s_SharedStoreInfo = ret;
        } else {
            delete ret;
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        if (!soomlaError) {
            SAFE_CREATE(CCPurchasableVirtualItem *, ret, retParams);
            return ret;
        } else {
            return NULL;
        }
    }

    CCVirtualCategory *CCStoreInfo::getCategoryForVirtualGood(char const *goodItemId, CCSoomlaError **soomlaError) {
        __Dictionary *params = __Dictionary::create();
        params->setObject(__String::create("CCStoreInfo::getCategoryForVirtualGood"), "method");
        params->setObject(__String::create(goodItemId), "goodItemId");
        __Dictionary *retParams = (__Dictionary *) CCSoomlaNdkBridge::callNative(params, soomlaError);
        if (!soomlaError) {
            SAFE_CREATE(CCVirtualCategory *, ret, retParams);
            return ret;
        } else {
            return NULL;
        }
    }

    CCUpgradeVG *CCStoreInfo::getFirstUpgradeForVirtualGood(char const *goodItemId) {
        __Dictionary *params = __Dictionary::create();
        params->setObject(__String::create("CCStoreInfo::getFirstUpgradeForVirtualGood"), "method");
        params->setObject(__String::create(goodItemId), "goodItemId");
        __Dictionary *retParams = (__Dictionary *) CCSoomlaNdkBridge::callNative(params, NULL);
        SAFE_CREATE(CCUpgradeVG *, ret, retParams);
        return ret;
    }

    CCUpgradeVG *CCStoreInfo::getLastUpgradeForVirtualGood(char const *goodItemId) {
        __Dictionary *params = __Dictionary::create();
        params->setObject(__String::create("CCStoreInfo::getLastUpgradeForVirtualGood"), "method");
        params->setObject(__String::create(goodItemId), "goodItemId");
        __Dictionary *retParams = (__Dictionary *) CCSoomlaNdkBridge::callNative(params, NULL);
        SAFE_CREATE(CCUpgradeVG *, ret, retParams);
        return ret;
    }

    __Array *CCStoreInfo::getUpgradesForVirtualGood(char const *goodItemId) {
        __Dictionary *params = __Dictionary::create();
        params->setObject(__String::create("CCStoreInfo::getUpgradesForVirtualGood"), "method");
        params->setObject(__String::create(goodItemId), "goodItemId");
		__Dictionary *retParams = (__Dictionary *) CCSoomlaNdkBridge::callNative(params, NULL);
		__Array *retArray = (__Array *)retParams->objectForKey("return");

        __Array *ret = __Array::create();
        Ref *obj;
        CCARRAY_FOREACH(retArray, obj) {
			__Dictionary *dict = dynamic_cast<__Dictionary *>(obj);
			CC_ASSERT(dict);

			__Dictionary *container = __Dictionary::create();
			container->setObject(dict, "return");
			SAFE_CREATE(CCUpgradeVG *, item, container);
			ret->addObject(item);
		}
        return ret;
    }

    __Array *CCStoreInfo::getVirtualCurrencies() {
        __Dictionary *params = __Dictionary::create();
        params->setObject(__String::create("CCStoreInfo::getVirtualCurrencies"), "method");
		__Dictionary *retParams = (__Dictionary *) CCSoomlaNdkBridge::callNative(params, NULL);
		__Array *retArray = (__Array *)retParams->objectForKey("return");

        __Array *ret = __Array::create();
        Ref *obj;
        CCARRAY_FOREACH(retArray, obj) {
			__Dictionary *dict = dynamic_cast<__Dictionary *>(obj);
			CC_ASSERT(dict);

			__Dictionary *container = __Dictionary::create();
			container->setObject(dict, "return");
			SAFE_CREATE(CCVirtualCurrency *, item, container);
			ret->addObject(item);
		}
        return ret;
    }

    __Array *CCStoreInfo::getVirtualGoods() {
        __Dictionary *params = __Dictionary::create();
        params->setObject(__String::create("CCStoreInfo::getVirtualGoods"), "method");
		__Dictionary *retParams = (__Dictionary *) CCSoomlaNdkBridge::callNative(params, NULL);
		__Array *retArray = (__Array *)retParams->objectForKey("return");

        __Array *ret = __Array::create();
        Ref *obj;
        CCARRAY_FOREACH(retArray, obj) {
			__Dictionary *dict = dynamic_cast<__Dictionary *>(obj);
			CC_ASSERT(dict);

			__Dictionary *container = __Dictionary::create();
			container->setObject(dict, "return");
			SAFE_CREATE(CCVirtualGood *, item, container);
			ret->addObject(item);
		}
        return ret;
    }

    __Array *CCStoreInfo::getVirtualCurrencyPacks() {
        __Dictionary *params = __Dictionary::create();
        params->setObject(__String::create("CCStoreInfo::getVirtualCurrencyPacks"), "method");
        __Dictionary *retParams = (__Dictionary *) CCSoomlaNdkBridge::callNative(params, NULL);
		__Array *retArray = (__Array *)retParams->objectForKey("return");

        __Array *ret = __Array::create();
        Ref *obj;
        CCARRAY_FOREACH(retArray, obj) {
			__Dictionary *dict = dynamic_cast<__Dictionary *>(obj);
			CC_ASSERT(dict);

			__Dictionary *container = __Dictionary::create();
			container->setObject(dict, "return");
			SAFE_CREATE(CCVirtualCurrencyPack *, item, container);
			ret->addObject(item);
		}
        return ret;
    }

    __Array *CCStoreInfo::getNonConsumableItems() {
        __Dictionary *params = __Dictionary::create();
        params->setObject(__String::create("CCStoreInfo::getNonConsumableItems"), "method");
		__Dictionary *retParams = (__Dictionary *) CCSoomlaNdkBridge::callNative(params, NULL);
		__Array *retArray = (__Array *)retParams->objectForKey("return");

		__Array *ret = __Array::create();
		Ref *obj;
		CCARRAY_FOREACH(retArray, obj) {
			__Dictionary *dict = dynamic_cast<__Dictionary *>(obj);
			CC_ASSERT(dict);

			__Dictionary *container = __Dictionary::create();
			container->setObject(dict, "return");
			SAFE_CREATE(CCNonConsumableItem *, item, container);
			ret->addObject(item);
		}
		return ret;
    }

    __Array *CCStoreInfo::getVirtualCategories() {
        __Dictionary *params = __Dictionary::create();
        params->setObject(__String::create("CCStoreInfo::getVirtualCategories"), "method");
		__Dictionary *retParams = (__Dictionary *) CCSoomlaNdkBridge::callNative(params, NULL);
		__Array *retArray = (__Array *)retParams->objectForKey("return");

		__Array *ret = __Array::create();
		Ref *obj;
		CCARRAY_FOREACH(retArray, obj) {
			__Dictionary *dict = dynamic_cast<__Dictionary *>(obj);
			CC_ASSERT(dict);

			__Dictionary *container = __Dictionary::create();
			container->setObject(dict, "return");
			SAFE_CREATE(CCVirtualCategory *, item, container);
			ret->addObject(item);
		}
		return ret;
    }

    Ref *CCStoreInfo::createWithRetParams(__Dictionary *retParams) {
        __Dictionary *retValue = dynamic_cast<__Dictionary *>(retParams->objectForKey("return"));
        CC_ASSERT(retValue);
        __String *className = dynamic_cast<__String *>(retValue->objectForKey("className"));
		__Dictionary *item = dynamic_cast<__Dictionary *>(retValue->objectForKey("item"));
        CC_ASSERT(item);

        if (className->compare("VirtualItem") == 0) {
            return CCVirtualItem::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("MarketItem") == 0) {
            return CCMarketItem::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("NonConsumableItem") == 0) {
            return CCNonConsumableItem::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("PurchasableVirtualItem") == 0) {
            return CCPurchasableVirtualItem::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("VirtualCategory") == 0) {
            return CCVirtualCategory::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("VirtualCurrency") == 0) {
            return CCVirtualCurrency::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("VirtualCurrencyPack") == 0) {
            return CCVirtualCurrencyPack::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("EquippableVG") == 0) {
            return CCEquippableVG::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("LifetimeVG") == 0) {
            return CCLifetimeVG::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("SingleUsePackVG") == 0) {
            return CCSingleUsePackVG::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("SingleUseVG") == 0) {
            return CCSingleUseVG::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("UpgradeVG") == 0) {
            return CCUpgradeVG::createWithDictionary(item);
        }
        else if (className->compare("VirtualGood") == 0) {
            return CCVirtualGood::createWithDictionary(item);
        } else {
            CC_ASSERT(false);
            return NULL;
        }
    }

#undef SAFE_CREATE

}

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A simple space shooter in which you take command spaceship and repel the attack one enemy after another. The game has two modes: Endless and Waves. During Infinite mode, the enemy will attack you as long as the ship is destroyed. During wave mode, the enemy attacks in waves, each wave stronger than the previous one. Ends with a boss battle wave. In the game with six game missions, after they run out, the player loses.


Photo by Ruslan Merzlyakov. Visit him on Facebook.
Jennifer Khordi captured this aurora over the Catskills of New York. Visit Jennifer Khordi on Facebook.
Mike Taylor in Maine caught this photo in September 2014. More about Mike and this photo.
View larger. | Aurora borealis over Norway's Steinvikholmen Castle by Hallvor Hobbyfotograf Lillebo.
View larger. | Aurora over Mt. Hood in Oregon as captured by Ben Coffman Photography. Visit Ben on Facebook.
View larger. | Aurora seen by Colin Chatfield in Saskatchewan, Canada.
View larger. | Spectacular aurora, or northern lights, seen by Colin Chatfield in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Bottom line: When charged particles from the sun strike atoms in Earth's atmosphere, they cause electrons in the atoms to move to a higher-energy state. When the electrons drop back to a lower energy state, they release a photon: light. This process creates the beautiful aurora, or northern lights.


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Publimetro is a free newspaper that arrived in Mexico in 2006, the second Latin American country to distribute it after Chile. Today, this daily newspaper has presence in Mexico City, city of Monterrey, city of Guadalajara and in the State of Quintana Roo. Since it entered the Mexican market, Publimetro has expanded its offer with various additions such as sports, entertainment, tourism, cars and finance.
Data Publicly Available
ownership data is easily available from other sources, e. g. public registries etc.
Publicaciones Metropolitanas S.A. de C.V.
Publimetro is being distributed by a Mexican company called Publicaciones Metropolitanas S.A. de C.V., which was booked as subsidiary of Metro International to be in charge of the publication since 2010. The information about the owners of the Mexican version of the newspaper are publicly unknown. Pelle Anderson is the owner of Metro International.
Octavio Rivas Garza
Jan Stenbeck - Swedish businessman, founder of the conglomerate Investment AB Kinnevik, which has businesses in different sectors such as telecommunications, entertainement, content production and communication media. In 1994, Jan Stenbeck starts purchasing journals, business which years later will become Metro International - a conglomerate of free newspapers in 25 countries and with a global coverage of 17.6 millions of readers daily.
Octavio Rivas - Before becoming a Director in Publimetro, he was the Commercial Director of El Universal and Commercial Director of El Economista (2009-2010).
José Lebeña - He is working 20 years as journalist in different media in Spain, Puerto Rico, Chile and Mexico. He was in charge of the editoral work in Metro International in Puerto Rico (2012) and editorialist in Televisa (2012-2017).
Address: Avenida Insurgentes Sur 716, Piso 10, Colonia Del Valle, C.P. 03100, México D.F.
Publimetro libera sus contenidos en internet con creative commons (2007), Consultado 01 de diciembre de 2017
Facts & Figures (sin fecha) Consultado el 01 de diciembre de 2017
Linkedin, Perfil profesional de Octavio Rivas Garza (sin fecha) Accessed on December, 01, 2017
Linkedin, Perfil profesional de Anel Vázquez Franchini (sin fecha) Accessed on December, 01, 2017
https://www.publimetro.com.mx/mx/page/directorio.shtml
Metro International. Fact Figures (2015) Consultado el 18 de diciembre de 2017
Perfil profesional de Octavio Rivas Garza en Linkedin (2017) Consultado el 18 de diciembre de 2017
Perfil profesional de Anel Vazquez Franchini en Linkedin (2017) Consultado el 18 de diciembre de 2017
Directorio de medios del IEDF (sin fecha) Consultado el 18 de diciembre de 2017
Catálogo Nacional de Medios Impresos e Internet 2016.


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Working closely with the river edge topography the building softly touches the ground prioritising the experience of entry and linkages with the River beyond.
Designed for the owner-occupier market, the tower has a maximum of two units per level. The high-end apartments incorporate interior design strategies that allow for flowing shapes and soft tones emulating the distinctive characteristics of the building exteriors.
A landmark building from the river and approaching streets, Macquarie Street maintains prominence yet blends seamlessly into its context to deliver a high-quality series of residences.


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Shari Vandermolen & SWINGLINE: Saturday, March 24
Published February 2nd, 2015 in Concerts, Events | Comments Off on Shari Vandermolen & SWINGLINE: Saturday, March 24
Shari Vandermolen & SWINGLINE: Saturday, March 24. Doors: 7:30pm. Show: 8:00pm. $20 / $15 students/seniors/un(der)waged. SwingLine is a 10-piece jazz combo of talented and seasoned musicians who pack a powerhouse big-band sound. Their featured vocalist, Shari Vandermolen, is an award-winning performer who has been performing in and around the city for over 15 years.
You can look forward to a swinging evening exploring songs from the Great American Songbook and other favourites.
SwingLine includes; Darren Blundell (alto), Lindsay Paul (tenor), Pat Lundy (bari), Don Templeton (trombone), Ray Chantler (trumpet), Urmas Soomet (bass), Barry Smallbone (guitar), Frank Cammisuli (piano), Vincent Waters (drums), and Shari Vandermolen (vocals)
"[Shari Vandermolen] takes a song and gives it emotional depth and edge. She not only sings it magnificently she acts the heart and soul out of it… When she tackles such hurting songs and raw pain surges from her throat, that pain finds you in the dark and makes you shiver with pleasure." – The Hamilton Spectator
Don't miss out on this one – make your plans now to join us March 24th! https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/20656
Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy: Saturday, March 31
Published February 2nd, 2015 in Concerts, Events, Fundraiser | Comments Off on Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy: Saturday, March 31
Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy: Saturday, March 31, 2018. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show: 8 p.m., Admission: $30 Nortesur Artistic Productions & The Pearl Company present SEEDS OF HOPE Fundraiser concert in benefit of the Technical Institute John Paul II of Nicaragua. Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy is one of Latin America's great troubadours. His music and song have deep roots in the Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean traditions of Nicaragua. His art gives voice to the struggles for human rights, equity, and justice.
The Technical Institute John Paul II of Nicaragua www.itejp.org was founded in 1996. The Institute provides a pathway to a future of economic and social participation through opportunities for young people from low income families to learn skilled trades.
Special guest performance: Mischa Aravena
Tickets available at the door; by phone; or online: https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/20578/
Sisyphus: The Myth Re-Imagined. March 1–3, 7–10, 14–17
Published February 2nd, 2015 in Events, Theatre | Comments Off on Sisyphus: The Myth Re-Imagined. March 1–3, 7–10, 14–17
Sisyphus: The Myth Re-Imagined. March 1 – 3, 7 – 10, 14 – 17; Doors: 7:30pm. Show: 8:00pm. $20 / $15 students/seniors/wage-challenged. Based on the writings of Albert Camus and other French existentialists. A journey of self discovery through the ages, from Greek Mythology to Modern Times.
"I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the very ideas and illusions that give them a reason for living. I therefore conclude that the meaning of life is the most urgent of questions." Albert Camus
Written & Directed by Gary Santucci: The Myth is the third part of his trilogy, Theatre of the Awakening Mind; 'Democracy is Dead', and 'Train of Thought' were parts 1 & 2. Sisyphus: The Myth Re-Imagined opens March 1 and runs to March 17. Cast: Tara Smith, Diane Hines, Jay Shand, Rod McTaggart, Gary Santucci.


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Johnny Abrahams
x, y, zero
April 23 – May 24, 2015
Installation view of x, y, zero
59 x 47.25 inches
Jack Hanley Gallery is pleased to present new works on canvas by New York-based painter Johnny Abrahams. In this new series, the artist traces the sweep of a technological evolution that began with silks and fiber arts and ends with today's computers. The show itself echoes the progression—from the artist's moiré paintings to a series of loom-inspired binary punch card pieces, and finally to works that address digital platforms as today's image-making tools.
The initial motivations for the imagery arose from the artist's interest in Ray Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns. The visual language of the works in this show references a contemporary example of Kurzweil's theory, which is founded on the principle that technological change is exponential. In 1801 Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a loom that used replaceable punch cards to control a sequence of operations. The ability to change the pattern of the loom's weave by simply changing cards was an important conceptual precursor to the development of computer programming. In the late 19th century, Herman Hollerith took the idea of using punched cards to store information a step further when he created a punched card tabulating machine which he used to input data for the 1890 U.S. Census. By 1959, IBM had invented the first fully transistorized computer, which received its input program instructions from a punch card reader capable of reading 800 punched cards per minute.
The content in these paintings take their visual languages from that arc of technological evolution by referencing patterns found in the fiber arts, specifically in watered silks, and moving on to the representation of information through binary languages. Each piece begins by dividing space into increasingly intricate geometries to form a progressively finer pattern. That pattern is then replicated and overlaid just out of phase with the initial language, generating a composition of artifacts and secondary images that become the subject of the painting.
Johnny Abrahams (b. 1979 Tacoma, Washington) lives and works in New York. Recent exhibitions include "Human Interface" at Hus Gallery, (London), "Subject to the Abstract" at Galerie van der Mieden (Brussels), "All Of Us Together" at Guerrero Gallery (San Francisco, CA), "Warp and Woof" at The Hole (New York, NY), "NOW-ISM: Abstraction Today" at Pizzuti Collection (Columbus, OH).


ColdFire MCF532x and MCF537x 32-bit microprocessors support human machine interfaces (HMIs) having flexible connection options and target embedded factory automation, health-care monitoring, and retail point-of-sale scanner applications.
The units deliver up to 211 Mips at 240 MHz and feature a built-in controller-area-network module and Fast Ethernet Controller for on-chip network connectivity. They also sport an on-chip hardware accelerator that handle leading encryption algorithms and protocols. The MCF532x has an on-chip LCD controller for HMIs using LCDs.


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Can the Heroes and Heroines of Game of Thrones Offer Lessons to Business Leaders?
By Pamela Hackett
Any Game of Thrones fan knows the intense level of chaos in every scene of each episode that has played out over eight seasons which culminated in this weeks finale. Spoiler alert … heroes were lost, heroines were made, hearts and minds constantly changed, allegiances became interwoven, leadership styles were tested and individual stories of sacrifice and bravery played out before us.
What seemed like reasonable leadership decisions at first, often resulted in betrayal, lost kingdoms and public execution. We witnessed the consequences of these wrong decisions and their devastating impact. If only Daenerys had listened to the leadership advice Jon Snow gave her long before the Battle of Winterfell. He cautioned her not to be the same as those that came before her – only to result in her reacting in the heat of the moment, burning down a city and destroying lives.
Fortunately, the days of literal executions are in the past, but still, the premise remains unchanged: at every leadership level in business, leaders must make decisions with wrenching tensions and unpredictable outcomes. Projects and whole businesses can falter and the fortunes of our people, their families, communities, and broader economies are at stake.
It turns out, there may not be a great difference between the world of Game of Thrones and the business world we live in today. Decisions are taken, changes come to bear, results happen – intended and unintended consequences ensue.
Like the rulers of the kingdoms in the Game of Thrones, business leaders need to have their heads up at all times – be aware of your surroundings, your team dynamic and the context in which you are operating. At all times, one foot needs to be in the present and one foot in the future.
While no leader was perfect, here are 7 key leadership styles presented in the Game of Thrones that modern leaders can take inspiration from:
1. Lead with values like Ned Stark
Ned is driven by values. His untimely death was attributed to a reliance on emotional instinct guided by his personal values. He's oblivious to the impact of a lack of alignment of values and even if people did share his values, his blindsided to the different agendas people held.
Values-based leaders are much needed today. They bring empathy and integrity to their teams and drive engagement and commitment. But values can also lead to blind spots and cause us to drive counterproductive outcomes. As a leader, the more we seek to have clarity on the values of others (or other personal dynamics), the more effectively we can lead. It enables us to foresee potential unintended consequences and make more effective decisions.
2. Lead with knowledge and empathy like Jon Snow
Jon often makes decisions that have no easy solution. He leads from the head and the heart with a balance of strategy and persuasion; an operational tactician. These are skills leaders develop with each new experience. Jon not only sees strategy but he has a vision of how to move that strategy forward and implement it. He knows there is strength in transparency and rallies his people with strong messaging which helps him to act.
Similar to Ned Stark, Jon Snow repeatedly displays empathy and integrity, but he adds important other 'HeadsUp' leadership qualities. This includes an ability to understand the actions of others allowing him to place himself in their shoes. This is seen when he bounces back from adversity with ease, and in his acceptance to bend-the-knee to create alliances when needed. Jon assesses situations and people and draws conclusions to enable his decisions.
3. Lead with confidence like Daenerys, the Mother of Dragons
Daenerys knows exactly what she thinks she deserves and what she's dreamed of. Despite the struggles she has overcome, Daenerys never underestimated herself. She has no training in commanding an army, but she gained confidence and strength to lead the Dothraki people simply by knowing her worth.
HeadsUp leaders know it is critical to build confidence and remove doubt both within their teams and across their business – doubt can cause instability. Daenerys success demonstrates this. Her success was driven by her ability to see the future and then confidently command her troops to mobilize. She asserts what she is capable of, her people do not question her commitment, and she makes it clear what she will do to achieve a result. She is not afraid to take prisoners and lives.
Her weakness comes through much later when she is forced to choose between what is right for the greater good and what is right for her own good. This fulfilled Jon Snow's fear that she will be feared like those who came before her, rather than fearless.
4. Lead with Emotional Intelligence and influence like Tyrion Lannister
Don't let size fool you. Tyrion Lannister leads from behind via observation and careful processing of facts and data. He listens, he thinks, he absorbs, he concludes. Tyrion offers both perspective and calm calculated judgement. He analyses things through different lenses. He uses information in context. He asks questions. He presents scenarios. He engages in debate. And then, he presents the decisions he would make.
The successful modern leader exemplifies high emotional intelligence which allows him to see people from multiple perspectives and forge critical alliances. But he is also vulnerable and real. He questions himself, and this creates an impact. The downside is influence may not be accepted and course corrections are needed.
5. Lead with Dominance, like Tywin Lannister
The strategist and stoic commander, Tywin Lannister like many HeadsUp leaders, urges you to stand firm in your convictions. He is known for his unfettered and domineering attitude and military prowess which ensures the Lannister legacy lives on. But his blind spot was inflexibility and the inability to appreciate the brilliance of his youngest son, Tyrion Lannister. Consumed by Tyrion's dwarfism, he discounted his talent. This meant he was incapable of playing to people's strengths, only wishing they were something else.
He also suffers the tyranny of blame. Tywin and Westeros may have been at their strongest when Tyrion was the acting hand of the king, but he never saw past circumstance. He sees failure in others as a character flaw and failure in himself as circumstance, blaming his youngest son for that which could not be controlled and telling himself it is his son who is the issue.
6. Lead with Knowledge like Cersei Lannister
Cersei claims to her father, the King, that she has more to contribute than her brothers. Tywin ultimately responds, "I don't distrust you because you're a woman. I distrust you because you're not as smart as you think you are". As Tywin tells Tommen in the fourth season, "A wise king knows what he knows and what he doesn't." Cersei never learns this.
The HeadsUp leader knows the weakness of others but the downfall of Cersei is she uses those weaknesses to manipulate to her advantage. She leads with fear because she fears those that she leads and uses her resources as pawns in a game with no regard outside her own satisfaction. With no empathy or integrity, she sees an iron fist as the route to the iron throne.
7. Lead with Support like Lady Lyanne Mormont
Lady Lyanne's support of Jon Snow was unwavering. She knew when it was time to fall on her own sword in the interests of the greater good. She knew when leaders must be first among equals and when she must support other leaders for the even greater good. She also knew when to roll up her sleeves and get in the game. The courage Lady Lyanne demonstrated across the seasons led her to fight for what she believed in, regardless of experience, and this prevailed to the very end. Her team became Jon's team. Her leadership supported him.
Leadership is never a one-size-fits-all matter. We learn from our experiences, our peers, our colleagues, our role models, as well as from our circumstances. If there was a lesson learned for me personally from this box office entertainment hit, it is the need to truly practice modern leadership – Heads Up leadership.
What do I mean by this?
Just imagine you are one of the GOT leaders – make sure you know your own kingdom and use that know-how to forge forward as you look beyond the wall. With one foot in the present and one foot in the future, constantly engage in dialogue with those around you, process what you acquire and learn to lead better each day.
Leadership needs to be active – not reactive. To keep agile and adjust to a constantly changing world it requires changes in your own behaviour as well as changes in others behaviour, both in-the-field and in real-time.
Could different decisions or different leadership styles have changed the outcomes in the Games of Thrones? We'll never know. The season may be over but may the legacy of the seven leaders within the fictitious seven kingdoms, live on as business leaders learn from them.
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Pamela Hackett
Pamela Hackett is a dynamic global business leader who isn't afraid to challenge the status quo. She's a change maker and always ahead of the curve when it comes to business. With more than 30 years of management consulting experience under her belt, Pam is a world-class leader who has worked in all corners of the globe - from Asia to the US, to Europe, South Africa and Australia. In her management consulting career, Pamela has partnered with more than 150 leading organizations spanning most major industries (mining, insurance, manufacturing, financial services, retail, oil & gas, etc) and across more than 35 countries. For most of her working life, Pamela has worked for management consultancy, Proudfoot - one of the world's oldest and most celebrated consulting companies. She has worked in all areas of the business – from change management to leading business units, to country management positions and more recently as global CEO. Appointed in 2017 as CEO, Pamela was the natural choice as the next global leader for the company for her unrivalled passion and dedication to the company's heritage, its values, true belief in the value it delivers companies worldwide, and the important role the company plays in the future of business. As part of this and as a visionary, Pamela has developed a clear future direction and pathway for the company that builds on its history, but with the digital future in mind - and people are at the very core of this. Pamela is a people practitioner and change management expert who is extremely passionate about the power of people and the role people play in any organisation. She is enthusiastic about ongoing learning, growth and development and is a regular contributor and thought leader in areas including change management, leadership, transformation, cultural change, people management, productivity, innovation and global business.
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Mazzoni Center is pleased to welcome Shanin Gross, DO, to our clinical team at our family and community medical practice at 809 Locust Street. Her official title will be Assistant Medical Director. In addition to providing direct care for patients Dr. Gross will be engaged in teaching and pursuing research opportunities relating to the specific health concerns and experiences of LGBTQ populations we serve.