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Category Archives: Nudges
Weekly Nudge – "You can help out by…"
Recently, at a fundraiser I was participating in, someone approached me and said "If you want to be helpful,…" and suggested something for me to do. Now, I might be more sensitive than most, but it irritated me because I wouldn't have been there unless I wanted to help. Continue reading
Weekly Nudge – Replace "We can't…" with "How can we…"
The next time you are having a conversation instead of telling people "We can't…" instead ask "How can we…" Continue reading
Weekly Nudge: What you don't know CAN hurt you and others. Practice creating a safe environment for people by doing this…
Weekly Nudge – Instead of this is "good" and this is "bad," say this instead…
When giving feedback say "Here's what is working…" and "What needs work…" instead of this is "good" and this is "bad." Continue reading
Grow Your People – Ladder of Leadership Series, Part 3 of 4
This is part 3 of 4 in our Grow Your People – Ladder of Leadership Series Continue reading
Ladder of Leadership – Grow Your People Series, Part 2 of 4
Weekly Nudge: When you recognize "tell me what to do" and have resistance to people telling you what they think, try breaking the problem up in to smaller parts and asking "What can you tell me …"
Now here's the important part – it doesn't matter if you think you know the answers to those questions. Continue reading
Weekly Nudge – Grow Your People, Ladder of Leadership Series: Part 1 of 4
Imagine you are a new Senior Vice President for Operations at the ABC widget Company. You took over from a very top-down boss and want to get your people to "level up" the ladder. Continue reading


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Report Roundup
"Is the Link Between Large High Schools and Student Victimization an Illusion?"
Contrary to teachers' and students' perceptions, bullying may not be any more commonplace in larger high schools than it is in smaller ones, a study suggests.
Researchers at the University of Virginia gathered data from nearly 10,000 students and teachers in 200 Virginia high schools. They found that, while teachers and students in larger schools perceived bullying and teasing to be frequent occurrences on their campuses, the data showed otherwise. Researchers found no correlations between school size and the rate at which students said that they themselves had been victimized by peers. Also, the rate—but not the overall number—of reported bullying incidents was lower in larger schools than in smaller ones.
The study was published last month in the Journal of Educational Psychology.
Vol. 30, Issue 14, Page 4Published in Print: December 8, 2010, as Bullying
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Running an online store? Bet you thought it would be easier than this! It's tough out there precisely because eCommerce is such a big deal. More people than ever are shopping online, and more online stores are opening to meet the demand.
There's a lot of money to be made if you get this right, but there's a real risk of failure. In fact, studies have shown that, while total online retail revenue is expected to surpass $4.058 trillion in 2020, 8 out of 10 eCommerce stores will fail. This means that most stores won't get a slice of that money pie.
Why? It all comes down to strategy - or lack thereof. Most people who open a new store do it blind. Any success they have is due to luck, timing and sheer enthusiasm, and that success is short-term at best.
The good news is that, despite such fierce competition from rival stores and foreboding odds, it's still possible to stand out from the crowd and take the lion's share of customers in your target market over the long-term. If you can put in place a well-thought out strategy that works, there's no reason why your store can't survive, thrive - and scale.
Let's take a look at 6 strategic ways to make your mark in the eCommerce world.
Add Customer Reviews
I can't overestimate the importance of this one. According to research, shoppers take online reviews to heart more than word of mouth these days. In fact, as many as 90% of us will be persuaded to buy something on the back of an online review.
What do online reviews do that's so important to customers? Online reviews give your store credibility and act as social proof. These are very powerful things in the digital world as they help to build a level of trust between you and shoppers that's missing.
Let's imagine that a shopper who's never heard of your store before sees it advertised on Facebook. A bit curious, they click a link and enter your store. They're miles away from the end of the buying process at this stage, however. Without any hint that anyone before them has bought from your store and been thoroughly satisfied with both the product and the customer service, they're likely not to buy from you.
Below you can see a list of reviews for a pair of shoes on NORDSTROM. The user can read through as many as they like until they reach their final decision.
There's actually another reason why you need to be leveraging customer reviews. Moz has done some research on this one and found that Google uses online reviews as a ranking factor. In other words, positive reviews help you climb the Google rankings, which in turn makes your site more visible to buyers. Traffic increases and, because you've got online reviews displayed on your site, so do your conversions!
"But what if no one leaves me a review?" you might ask.
Simple - ask. Send an email after each purchase that politely asks the buyer if they could kindly take a minute to leave a review. This can be a time consuming task, though. If there is a better area where you could be spending your time, it may be a good idea to seek out a review management software. One that has a plan that meets your needs.
Review management software can collect, integrate and distribute real customer reviews - making your life a whole lot easier. Trustpilot offers free and paid plans, which will work no matter your company's size or budget.
Perhaps your business requires more assistance. A ready-to-go solution that displays customer feedback on your website and much more. If this is the case, the more advanced plans may be better suited to help excel your growth.
Implement a Strong Content Marketing Campaign
One of the biggest shifts in consumer behaviour we've witnessed over the last few years is a desire to be marketed to - and a real aversion to be sold to.
Millennials dominate the economy and they've grown up in this digital world of ours that's rich with content. Millennials happen to like content (they create a lot of it themselves) and they want you to engage them with content, too.
Really not sure what an online store can stand to gain from producing content?
The stats speak for themselves on this one: With a content marketing strategy in place, the average eCommerce store can boost their conversion rate to 2.9%. Without a content marketing strategy in place? The conversion rate is dawdling down at 0.5%.
Why is this? What makes content marketing so effective?
It all comes down to trust once again. To get shoppers to buy from you in 2018, you have to build a relationship with them so that they trust you. And you can do this via content that educates, informs, engages and even entertains.
Content - be it video, blogs, podcasts and so on - breaks down barriers and opens up opportunities for dialogue and interaction.
Below you can see the Life section on Coggles website. It contains lots of editorial content that focuses on building a relationship with its readers, rather than constantly selling to them.
There's more. Content gets shared on social media. It can even go viral, and in the meantime create a real buzz about your store. Content reaches customers where they are.
The best thing? It doesn't even need to cost you much money at all.
Naturally, you don't need to use all platforms. The ones you should focus your efforts on are:
- Facebook - it's home over 2 billion users and still the number one place to reach your core audience with content that educates them on your company and products while spreading awareness of your brand.
- Instagram - it's a great place to build a buzz about your next product launch with visuals that catch the eye
- Twitter - if your customers want to reach you and ask a question, it's very likely that they'll do so on twitter
Here are some tips for your next content marketing campaign:
1) Create as much content as possible.
2) Share curated content (content not created by you) that's relevant to your store and its values.
3) Circulate - put your content out on the right channels.
4) Include powerful CTAs - content is your best chance to get people to take an action. Want them to visit your store? Engage and lead them with content, and end with the money shot.
Improve Customer Service
If your customer service is amazing, customers will come back. Even better, they'll probably tell their friends all about you. One-time customers will turn into loyal ones, and this is exactly what you want.
Top-notch customer service should be near the top of your list of priorities. But what do you need to do?
For one thing, it's time to add chatbots to your site if you haven't already done so. Chatbots do the things you can't - they respond to customer questions instantly, no matter what time of day it is, resolve problems and provide satisfactory answers. The best thing? Customers like them!
Don't forget to add an FAQ section to your website too, and be active on social media. As mentioned above, customers usually take to Twitter to ask questions, so you need to be active on that platform.
And when people leave those reviews we mentioned earlier? Always reply to them - even the negative ones.
Below you can see the website MightySkins provide a FAQ section on their website. In this page they also provide their email address to make it easier for customers to contact them:
Strengthen your Brand's Aesthetic with a Logo
Lastly, how many eCommerce stores do you see that have an official logo? Many sell just on Amazon and thus have no logo - and therefore no brand identity.
If you want to form a strong relationship with your customers, you need a brand that people recognize. A logo is the centrepiece of your brand.
Below you can see the fun and youthful design of Bliss' branding. This eCommerce store sells spa products and stays true to their product feel with their logo and also website design.
When designing your logo, make sure you keep it simple. Having to much going on with the design will distract your customer from the purpose of your website. In contrast, a stripped down format will make your logo easy to remember for your customers.
Your logo must also be optimized for mobile. Always keep in mind the scalability of your design when your customers will be reading it off a miniature screen from their tablet or phone. Top tip: If you choose to use images, keep them clean and ensure they have a minimalist design.
Not sure how to create one? Shopify has an amazing free logo maker tool that lets anyone create a cool logo in minutes! Conclusion
These are 4 strategic ways to make your mark in the eCommerce world. Remember that in 2018, it's all about trust and building better relationships between you and your customers. Get that right and you should be just fine.
Michelle is a content writer with a knack for storytelling. She writes content for Heroic Search, an SEO company based in Tulsa. When she is not writing she is catching up on reading her latest marketing book of choice.


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Posted By: Jason
The meteoric rise of the smartphone and other mobile devices, such as tablet computers, presents vast opportunities for companies to engage with wide audiences and gain new business. It's an altogether different digital environment than reaching out to people through a personal computer, whose sales have been dropping in recent years as more people become digitally mobile.
Now, rather than people occasionally sitting in front of a computer, they have theirs with them at all times, and are constantly reading news, checking messages and posting on social media, among other activities. This always-on access to potential consumers has therefore opened up a new wave of marketing opportunities, and it's no surprise that there's enormous interest in being part of this fast-paced mobile world.
That's why there has been an explosion in the development of mobile applications, as companies and organisations rush to place themselves on people's devices and interact with them. For firms that want to attract new business online, which is almost every firm in existence, solely having a website is no longer adequate: apps are where it's at.
Mobile devices such as smartphones are nothing without their expansive ecosystem of apps, and nowadays users are doing more and more of their transacting with companies through them, whether mobile banking, booking airline tickets and hotels or the weekly supermarket shopping. Consumers now expect companies to have apps freely available through which they can order their products and services.
Developing mobile apps
For companies that are seeking to have their own app available to the range of mobile devices, but are not sure how to go about it, talking to us at Node.JS developers in London is a good way to get your app project off the ground.
Node.JS can advise how to best develop your app using the latest mobile technologies, and there are all sorts of beneficial features that can be built in, such as reminders to customers who have not completed an order, as well as various tracking options that allow you to see what parts of the app are being used and what areas are not that popular. This allows the app to be further refined and developed so it becomes efficient and an important driver of sales.
If you would like to know more about how you can benefit from the mobile world with an app of your own, contact Node.JS developers in London now.


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Geithner: Tax Deal 'Quite Likely'
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said it was "quite likely" Congress and the White House would reach a deal on tax policy for individuals. He spoke with Deputy Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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The title says it all.
Cause --> I don't know what's the cause,
But last year (2016), my father installed McAfee on my laptop last year, I didn't appreciate it, so I uninstalled It, but failed. So i figured out a way to remove McAfee completely by deleting it's Directory on Safe Mode.
I have some photos on what'll happen if i install ANY antiviruses on my Laptop:
Not only Antiviruses, this includes Malwarebytes as well. The most powerful Malware Removal that I ever know in my life.
Here's a photo --> http://imgur.com/a/FS7au
EVEN if I do install any of those on Safe Mode, it's IMPOSSIBLE to uninstall them.
I need help, because my laptop is prone to any Viruses, even if I had Windows Defender with me.
There are NO Virus involved here ( maybe? idk), it's something to-do to my System which IDK what to do.
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"I can't install any Antivirus on my Laptop"
It appears that both Malwarebytes & BitDefender are both OK.
Is that correct?
You don't really need BitDefender, I use Malwarebytes & Windows Defender.
BitDefender Uninstall Tool Download
Do you have any issues?
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This could be caused by Windows 10 system security.
Try right-clicking on the setup file, then left-click on "Run as administrator" in the pop-up context menu.
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I've done that before, but nothing happens.
It just gave me the same error.
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McAfee has a special removal tool that needs to be run. Do a google search for mcafee consumer product removal tool.
"my laptop is prone to any Viruses"
It's no more prone than any other computer. It's likely you're doing some "not so safe" things or visiting some "not so safe" sites.
I'll try that once i got McAfee running on my laptop again.
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Once you get it to uninstall, replace it with something that works & is free.
R. Barillos, don't reinstall McAfee again in an attempt to fix it. Run the removal tool.
Doing the best I can here... And remember, there's always more than one path to success. :)
Whenever i run the application, nothing happens. I checked on the Task Manager to see what's happening, and it seems that it only runs for a while, and shut down itself in less than a minute.
You mean the removal tool is not running?
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Sorry, but Tiny URL is blocked here in Saudi Arabia (i'm no arabian).
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"Tiny URL is blocked here in Saudi Arabia"
McAfee Consumer Products Removal tool
Read Comment #7
I tried to run this but NOTHING happens, it doesn't wanna run at all.
Can you try to run the following command from and elevated command-prompt?
sfc /scannow
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"here's a photo:"
Please download Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it onto your Desktop. If your default download location is not the Desktop, drag it out of it's location onto the Desktop.
If we have to run Farbar more than once, refer this SS.
Note: You need to run the version compatible with your system. If you are not sure which version applies to your system download both of them and try to run them. Only one of them will run on your system, that will be the right version.
Double-click to run it. When the tool opens click Yes to disclaimer.
Press Scan button.
It will make a log (FRST.txt) on the Desktop.
The first time the tool is run, it makes also another log (Addition.txt)
The logs are large, upload them using this. No account/registration needed. Give us the links please.
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"-Reply to Johnw"
Got them, give me about 20mins to go through them.
This is our first step.
Copy & Paste the text in Blue below & save it into Notepad on your Desktop & name it fixlist.txt
NOTE: It is important that Notepad is used. The fix will not work if Word or some other program is used.
NOTE: It is important that both files, FRST64 and fixlist.txt are in the same location or the fix will not work.
NOTICE: This script was written specifically for this user, for use on that particular machine. Running this on another machine may cause damage to your operating system.
CustomCLSID: HKU\S-1-5-21-3874203843-1072467902-301316182-1001_Classes\CLSID\{0E270DAA-1BE6-48F2-AC49-FC8D87F40781}\InprocServer32 -> %%systemroot%%\system32\shell32.dll => No File
Task: {FFE10DDA-0935-4DC8-8734-7DE029DB9504} - \OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTask -> No File <==== ATTENTION
Shortcut: C:\Users\CoolSteveMan5555\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\�'�š�¾�½Ñ'�°�ºÑ'�µ.lnk -> C:\Users\CoolSteveMan5555\AppData\Local\Amigo\Application\amigo.exe (No File) <===== Cyrillic
Shortcut: C:\Users\CoolSteveMan5555\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\�ž�´�½�¾�º�»�°Ñ�Ñ��½�¸�º�¸.lnk -> C:\Users\CoolSteveMan5555\AppData\Local\Amigo\Application\amigo.exe (No File) <===== Cyrillic
ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers: [ AccExtIco1] -> {AB9CF9F8-8A96-4F9D-BF21-CE85714C3A47} => -> No File
ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers: [ AccExtIco2] -> {853B7E05-C47D-4985-909A-D0DC5C6D7303} => -> No File
ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers: [ AccExtIco3] -> {42D38F2E-98E9-4382-B546-E24E4D6D04BB} => -> No File
ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers: [00asw] -> {472083B0-C522-11CF-8763-00608CC02F24} => -> No File
ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers: [00avast] -> {472083B0-C522-11CF-8763-00608CC02F24} => -> No File
GroupPolicy: Restriction - Chrome <======= ATTENTION
GroupPolicy\User: Restriction <======= ATTENTION
GroupPolicyScripts-x32: Restriction <======= ATTENTION
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL =
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =
SearchScopes: HKLM -> DefaultScope {0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A} URL =
SearchScopes: HKLM -> {33BB0A4E-99AF-4226-BDF6-49120163DE86} URL = hxxp://www.bing.com/search?q={searchTerms}&form=MSSEDF&pc=MSE1
SearchScopes: HKLM-x32 -> DefaultScope {0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A} URL =
SearchScopes: HKLM-x32 -> {33BB0A4E-99AF-4226-BDF6-49120163DE86} URL = hxxp://www.bing.com/search?q={searchTerms}&form=MSSEDF&pc=MSE1
SearchScopes: HKU\S-1-5-21-3874203843-1072467902-301316182-1001 -> DefaultScope {FFEBBF0A-C22C-4172-89FF-45215A135AC7} URL = hxxp://go.mail.ru/distib/ep/?q={SearchTerms}&product_id=%7B4533329A-D37E-4DD4-BC54-7915398FF6AB%7D&gp=811041
SearchScopes: HKU\S-1-5-21-3874203843-1072467902-301316182-1001 -> {33BB0A4E-99AF-4226-BDF6-49120163DE86} URL = hxxp://www.bing.com/search?q={searchTerms}&form=MSSEDF&pc=MSE1
SearchScopes: HKU\S-1-5-21-3874203843-1072467902-301316182-1001 -> {FFEBBF0A-C22C-4172-89FF-45215A135AC7} URL = hxxp://go.mail.ru/distib/ep/?q={SearchTerms}&product_id=%7B4533329A-D37E-4DD4-BC54-7915398FF6AB%7D&gp=811041
Handler: dssrequest - {5513F07E-936B-4E52-9B00-067394E91CC5} - No File
Handler: sacore - {5513F07E-936B-4E52-9B00-067394E91CC5} - No File
Filter: application/x-mfe-ipt - {3EF5086B-5478-4598-A054-786C45D75692} - No File
FF HKLM-x32\...\Firefox\Extensions: [{4ED1F68A-5463-4931-9384-8FFF5ED91D92}] - C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\saffplg.xpi => not found
FF Plugin-x32: @mcafee.com/MSC,version=10 -> c:\PROGRA~2\mcafee\msc\NPMCSN~1.DLL [No File]
FF Plugin-x32: adobe.com/AdobeAAMDetect -> C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud\Utils\npAdobeAAMDetect32.dll [No File]
CHR HKLM\...\Chrome\Extension: [fheoggkfdfchfphceeifdbepaooicaho] - C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\McChPlg.crx <not found>
CHR HKLM-x32\...\Chrome\Extension: [fheoggkfdfchfphceeifdbepaooicaho] - C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\McChPlg.crx <not found>
HKU\S-1-5-21-3874203843-1072467902-301316182-1001\...\StartMenuInternet\ChromeHTML: -> C:\Program Files (x86)\Lefttoe\Application\chrome.exe <==== ATTENTION
R2 ibtsiva; %SystemRoot%\system32\ibtsiva [X]
S3 DrvAgent64; \??\C:\WINDOWS\SysWoW64\Drivers\DrvAgent64.SYS [X]
S3 VMnetAdapter; \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\vmnetadapter.sys [X]
Open FRST64 and press the Fix button just once and wait.
If for some reason the tool needs a restart, please make sure you let the system restart normally. After that, let the tool complete its run.
When finished FRST will generate a log on the Desktop (Fixlog.txt). Please Copy & Paste the contents into your reply.
Refer these SS if needed.
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Next step. If unable to run it in Normal mode, try Safe mode.
Update & Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware ( MBAM ) Free Version. Use Quick scan ( now called Threat Scan )
When the scan is complete, click Apply Actions.
Wait for the prompt to restart the computer to appear, then click on Yes.
After the restart once you are back at your desktop, open MBAM once more.
Click on the History tab > Application Logs.
Double click on the scan log which shows the Date and time of the scan just performed.
Click 'Copy to Clipboard'
Paste the contents of the clipboard into your reply.
Or, you can do it before the reboot.
Copy and Paste the contents of the log, in your reply please.
Log locations
If potential threats are detected, ensure that Quarantine is selected as the Action for all the listed items, and click the Apply Actions button.
If your MBAM log indicates "No action taken". That's usually a result of NOT clicking the Apply Actions button after the scan. In most cases, a restart will be required.
I don't understand,
Quick Scan?
I recently installed MBAM but the only options there are:
-Threat Scan
-Custom Scan
-Hyper Scan
I'm on V3.0.6 & because you mentioned "Quick Scan (now called Threat Scan) i got confused on that
"I don't understand"
Run Threat Scan.
Download Security Check by screen317 from one of the following links and save it onto your Desktop. If your default download location is not the Desktop, drag it out of it's location onto the Desktop.
Please restart the computer before running this security check..
* Double click SecurityCheck.exe. If you run Windows Vista or 7/8, right click and choose 'Run as Administrator'.
o If you are asked by Windows to run this program or not, please click 'Yes' or 'Run'.
o When you see a console window, press any key to continue scanning.
o Wait while it scans.
o If your firewall alerts you of Security Check, please press 'Allow' or similar.
* A Notepad document should open automatically after scan is completed. It will be called checkup.txt; Please Copy and Paste the contents into your reply.
Note: If a security program requests permission from dig.exe to access the Internet, allow it to do so.
"I can't install any Antivirus on my Laptop"
It appears that both Malwarebytes & BitDefender are both OK.
Is that correct?
You don't really need BitDefender, I use Malwarebytes & Windows Defender.
BitDefender Uninstall Tool Download
Do you have any issues?
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I don't have Bitdefender, but I have Malwarebytes.
The reason i want to install other antivirus, is that imo WinDefender isn't gonna help a lot. It's pretty much a basic Antivirus.
Another thing about Windows Defender, is that, it can't detect most viruses that're in my Laptop, but other Antiviruses can. Last year, my laptop had a virus where my internet browser just brings me to other websites, I try to scan it with Windows Defender, and says in the end "No threats were detected". Because of that, i try to use Malwarebytes, and it detected that there's a virus in my laptop.
This is why i don't like to use Windows Defender as my default antivirus software, i usually use Avast as my Default browser.
"This is why i don't like to use Windows Defender"
Go to any malware forum & no matter what AV they have installed, they got infected.
It is up to the USER to be vigilant.
Good read here. I have been using MS AV's for as long as I can remember. Nice & simple, no need for so many bells & whistles.
Former Mozilla Engineer: Your Antivirus Is Poison, Remove It Now
"Specifically, O'Callahan points out that all antivirus solutions except for Microsoft's actually do more harm on a system, as they create additional security flaws that can be exploited by attackers. He says Windows Defender is a "competent" piece of software, emphasizing that third-party security vendors do not follow their standard security practices and in the end expose users and their data."
Also browser hijackers are not really virus strictly though they are malware. Scanning weekly with Malwarebytes certainly helps.
Personally I have been using Webroot Secure Anywhere for many years and I am happy with the results though I may be a bit more careful with my browsing.
No single program can protest against 100% of the nasties out there 100% of the time, it is not possible. You need protection plus auxiliary scanners for manual double checking.
You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.
Thanks for pointing that out Johnw & Fngers!
f you are unable to install an antivirus, antispyware, or antimalware program on your computer, perhaps you should try booting it into Safe Mode with Networking and then try to install the programs again.
You can boot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking by restarting your computer and then pressing the "F8" key while it's booting up, which should bring up the boot menu.
From there, you should use your computer's arrow keys to select the "Safe Mode with Networking" option and then press "Enter", in order to select and boot into this mode.
Once you've booted into Safe Mode with Networking, I'd suggest that you try to download an install an antivirus program, as well as an antispyware or antimalware program and then run them both, if you're able to.


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Netwin Netauth Directory Traversal Vulnerability
A remote user is capable of gaining read access to any known file residing on a host running Netwin Netauth through directory traversal. Appending a series of '../' and the desired file name to the 'page' variable at the end of a request to netauth.cgi will allow a remote user to walk the entire directory tree above the Netauth directory.
For example:
will display the contents of the specified directory.
Privacy Statement


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Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
David Gold graduated cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science, and graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 2011. While attending Brooklyn Law School, Mr. Gold was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society and the National Trial Advocacy Team and was inducted in to the prestigious National Order of Barristers for his advocacy skills.
Prior to joining Sokoloff Stern LLP, Mr. Gold worked as an intern with the New York State Attorney General's Office. He served as a judicial intern in both federal and state court, interning with the Honorable Judge Raymond J. Dearie, the former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and with the Honorable Gary Knobel in the Nassau County District Court.
In addition to defending municipalities, school districts, and police departments in civil rights and employment discrimination cases, Mr. Gold defends private companies and small businesses against wage and labor law claims. He also assists private clients with corporate formations and consults on corporate matters such as non-compete litigation.
Mr. Gold is admitted to practice law in the states of New York and New Jersey, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.


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Boys Varsity Baseball, Girls Varsity Softball · Schedule Changes
With the poor weather conditions this week, changes have been made to many events. Here are some updates: Houghton @ Calumet Baseball scheduled for Thursday has been cancelled and will not be made-up. Calumet @ L'Anse Baseball scheduled for Friday is moved to Saturday at 1pm and 3pm. L'Anse @ Calumet Softball scheduled for Thursday


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Written April 28, 2010
White Like Me – reflections on race from a privileged son
Tim Wise, Soft Skull Press, Brooklyn, 2008
Tim Wise is a dedicated campaigner against what he calls 'white supremacy'. He tours the country talking about it, and has written several books on the subject. This book is his personal story, how he came to be who he is now.
Wise makes three big mistakes:
1. He confuses CLASS and RACE
2. He confuses STATISTICS and STEREOTYPES
3. He ignores the Jewish question.
He interprets everything in terms of anti-racism. Remember the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995? The initial press reaction to this atrocity was to suggest the most likely suspects for terrorism would be Middle Eastern. Then Timothy McVeigh was arrested, and immediately, without waiting for evidence, the anti-racist left celebrated – he was white, right-wing, and had an Army haircut. It turns out that he and his fellow conspirator Terry Nichols were guilty, but the lefties didn't wait for the verdict before trumpeting their conclusion that the only reason the media thought it might be Middle Eastern terrorists is because the media are racist. So, after Oklahoma City, the press was concerned not to allege Muslims are the most likely people to commit terrorist attacks in America, that it is more likely to be home-grown white extremists.
If Oklahoma City seemed to confirm Wise's perspective, the much greater tragedy of September 11th did the opposite. It is testimony to the strength of his convictions that he doesn't notice this.
Wise makes much of ethnic or religious profiling since September 11th, failing to notice the effort airport security has made to avoid profiling – because it's illegal. Any white person made to walk through the 'sniffing' machine, as I have on more than one occasion, can testify to this effort. I, another white man, and a middle-aged white woman in a business suit, were the only ones singled out on one flight I particularly remember. Wise is mistaken – even 9/11 didn't provoke the West into ethnic profiling. Except Israel, but accusing Israel of profiling is like saying Roman Polanski has a penchant for young ladies. In the US, airport security is obliged to prove it is not profiling, just like mortgage lenders were forced to make unwise loans to prove they were not bigoted. Hence what the left calls the 'capitalist crisis'. But I digress…
Racism is often described as 'judging people by the color of their skin', after a simplistic homily by Saint Martin Luther King. In practice, it often just means making a statistical calculation. You might avoid a particular street, not because you think all black kids are muggers, but because you know there is a positive correlation between black kids and mugging. Moreover, there is the 'weighting' problem. The consequences of erring on the side of liberalism, and being wrong, may be greater than erring on the side of a more conservative standpoint, and being wrong. Many so-called 'racists' might just be good statisticians. 'Anti-racism' stops us thinking through these hard issues by numbing us and dumbing us down with schmaltzy moralism.
Profiling is a trade-off. We are prepared to tolerate considerable inconvenience to avoid airport security singling out Muslim-looking people. I agree with this approach. In the case of baby-sitters, we err in the opposite direction – you are allowed to advertise for a female child-minder, although this profiles against the majority of men, who are not a danger to children. I'm not complaining, though I lose out in both examples!
In the case of cops stopping people for 'driving while black', it's often simpler than Wise believes. If they are allowed to, the police will indeed discriminate against black people, because, statistically, they are more likely to be criminals, just as men are more likely to be child-molesters. However, if we decide to make the trade-off in the same direction as we do with airport security, the police will not be allowed to make such a statistical calculation, and the white majority will have to tolerate the inconvenience.
This is not to deny police racism exists. I was stopped by the Portland police for turning without a signal. The pig didn't even give me a ticket. James Perez, who was black, was not so lucky – they shot him dead for doing the same thing, though he was unarmed. Clearly, that was an example of racial discrimination. To address this problem, the cops could do one of two things
1. shoot less black people
2. shoot more white people
or, if they are really serious about eradicating racism, both. Wise's logic leads to this conclusion – he argues that, to the extent that black people are oppressed, white people are privileged. At this point, I could talk about how his argument is 'class-divisive', and show how it undermines the working class as much as white racism does, but I'm bored with that sort of thing, having tried to do it for thirty years. Karl Marx couldn't come up with a logically coherent, scientific version of this idea: I doubt if I can. Anyway, deconstructing critical race theory is more fun, and somehow, more anti-establishment.
Imagine a white woman walking to Los Angeles Greyhound bus station at twilight. A shortcut would take her through an alley containing several young black men. If she avoids the alley, she may miss her bus. What should she do? In this case, I have no hesitation in advocating ethnic and gender profiling. I would advise her not to take the high road, and the dark alley. Many people I know are often faced with this kind of dilemma. I hope they listen to me rather than Tim Wise. Alert readers will ask: why did I say 'white woman' – why does her race matter? Because she might worry about being a racist. A young black woman wouldn't think twice about avoiding that alley. And why did I mention the ethnicity of the young men in the alley? Because it is useful to the woman in making her calculation.
That's statistics. I don't think most Muslims hijack planes, or most black men are muggers. But they are more likely to be these things than their demographic complements.
If it weren't for his Jewish background and the relatively benign attitude to Zionism, as opposed to white racism, of he and his 'anti-racist' comrades, I'd say Wise is a guilty white man. But its more than that. The American anti-racist industry is too close to Jewish power. It attacks critics of Zionism as 'anti-Semitic' in alliance with open Zionists. It uncritically copies disinformation from Zionist sources. It disrupts allegedly racist white speakers by cooperating with really racist rabbis. When 'calling people out' doesn't work, these children of Stalinism and Zionism use threats, violence and slander, justifying their tactics by thinking they're fighting the ultimate evil – white racism.
Wise's story contains traces of the use of 'feelings' politics, and how some people need a 'safe space' etc., politics which have been used to undermine radical groups. Some of us in Portland have been targeted by the safe-space soft-Stalinists lately. It's so vague, it's impossible to defend yourself. How can I counter the argument of a 'minority person' who says she needs a 'safe space' to avoid my 'racism sexism homophobia able-ism class-ism patriarchy heterosexism and male violence' (actual quote)?
Seriously, Wise believes in the technique known as 'calling out'. This is a way of saying "I disagree with you" without giving the other person the opportunity to reply, as we do in our Anglo-Saxon, liberal, scientific society. It's an attempt to use moral blackmail to delegitimize your opponent's view. But the universe was not socially constructed, and factual correctness is completely independent of political correctness.
Submission to this blackmail paralyzes thinking rationally about social problems. If I explained that I understand that the British working class has been, to some extent, its own worst enemy, nobody would 'call me out'. This class perpetuated alcoholism, domestic violence, and hedonism, hangovers from its miserable origins in the factories, mills and mines of the industrial revolution, long after its standard of living had improved. But if I said something similar about the black American proletariat, people like Wise would say I'm being racist. They would distort and simplify my words to make it sound like I'm saying that black people are entirely to blame for their problems. He really makes that dishonest simplification in the book. I used to think political correctness was a class strategy – a way of keeping the poor in their place by turning black people against their 'privileged' white working class neighbors. But that wouldn't explain that it is not universal – it is specific to the part of the left which intersects with the most powerful ethnic lobby in America.
The most influential American leftist is probably Noam Chomsky. He was a keen opponent of South African apartheid, but is much weaker on the Israel question. In particular, he's a 'Lobby Denier'. He tries to hold back the one understanding which is essential to save the Palestinians. Jews like Chomsky often try to prevent this insight by claiming that concern about the Lobby is 'racist'. Leftists will say that what I just said is racist too. The fact that I got my critique of Chomsky's blind spots from Jewish leftists Neumann and Blankfort proves nothing, of course: http://www.leftcurve.org/LC29WebPages/Chomsky.html.
Wise confuses cause and effect. Much is said about 'environmental racism'. For example, if the authorities build a new freeway through a city, they usually go through the most black area, dividing communities, cutting people off from their relatives, shops, hospitals, etc.. But this is not because the urban planners don't like black people, it's because it's cheaper to go through the poorest area, to compulsorily purchase the houses they are going to knock down. Police officers, if they are allowed to, will practice ethnic profiling. So would airport security. It's not necessarily because they are xenophobic, its just more efficient to use whatever statistical methods you can when you are allowed to. Policemen intercept gangs of boys more readily than gangs of girls, and for good reason.
Oxford Town, Oxford Town…
Wise's confusion of class and race is almost too obvious to point out. It used to be a commonplace in England that the police would treat students at prestigious Oxford university completely differently to the local working-class lads. The students in the old days were invariably well-off, and the police would let them get away with all manner of nocturnal pranks, but not the horny-handed sons of Oxford's auto workers. All – pigs, patricians and plebs – were white. The police knew their job – suck up to the rich, and oppress the poor. American cops, treating black kids differently, are partially exhibiting a class distinction, a result of their role, enforcing property relations in a capitalist society. In Oxford, England, class is clear, but in Oxford, Mississippi, people like Wise can claim that American society is based more on race than on class. If the rulers of the country really had made more money out of slavery than wage labor, it's surprising that they replaced the former with the latter.
He advises white people to "refuse to accept jobs that came your way thanks to personal connections, unless those same connections are also open to persons of color" – but – do I need to spell it out? – he doesn't appeal to Jews to make the same sacrifice. He doesn't need to – he can rely on paranoia about anti-Semitism to stop people from muttering about clannish behavior. He appeals to whites to make sacrifices (page 118) but says nothing about Jewish privilege; only about the history of the oppression of Jews. It would be difficult to discuss with Wise the issue of whether Jews have always been victims, a fair subject if you really want to oppose racism, especially Zionism.
But Western Civilization today generally errs on the side of political correctness. The major exception is Israel, the only overtly racist country in the Western world. The only country whose immigration controls are so ethnocentric, it won't even let the original inhabitants back in – but it would welcome Tim Wise with open arms. The only country which depends on white guilt, the ideology promoted by Tim Wise. German politicians are quite explicit about this guilt, but it is also a powerful force in the other Western countries, especially the USA.
In his chapter on what he calls 'White Denial', Wise describes a 'psychologist' from the 1850's who claimed that runaway slaves were suffering from a mental illness, which he called 'drapetomania' (page 63). Wise rightly condemns this self-serving nonsense. But more influential in psychology today is a book written a hundred years later by a group of Jewish-identified left-wing anti-racists, "The Authoritarian Personality". This work blatantly pathologizes normal white American families, which it claims suffer from 'ego-alien dependency syndrome' and all sorts of other things. Concern to marry within one's ethnic group is pathological in white Europeans, according to this work, but normal in Jews. Wanting to marry a girl who seems uninterested in sex – thus more likely to remain faithful – is not a manifestation of a man's genetic interest in certainty of paternity. No, it's the result of sexual repression. Especially if you're white. Gentile suspicion of Jews is a sign of mental instability, but not the other way round. And so on.
Wise only goes into his Jewish background twice, once at the beginning and once at the end. In both cases, it is in the context of the history of oppression against Jews. Despitebeing Jewish, he tells us, he has the 'privileges' of being white. The idea that Jews have specific privileges in Western societies today doesn't cross his mind. He is proud of his grandparents who were so much more liberal toward black people than most of Nashville's white people. Jews were way over-represented in the civil rights movement – they perceived it was in their interests.
White Europeans today are among the least xenophobic people who have ever lived. No other ethnic group has been recorded voluntarily relinquishing so much privilege. Look at the fate of apartheid South Africa compared to apartheid Israel. Wise does not notice this, for some reason. Obviously, this does not mean I am saying that white people should become racist. Naturally, leftists will claim that this is exactly what I am saying.
Like all left-wing 'anti-racists', Wise goes on about 'hate crimes' like burning crosses and swastikas without once mentioning that the majority of these crimes are committed by black, Jewish and white anti-racist activists. In the last year, at the time of writing (April 2010), there have been swastikas painted inside two colleges in Portland, UC Davis, and the University of Oregon. A 'minority student' confessed to hanging a noose and a white hood at UC San Diego. This is certainly a fake hate crime, and the others, probably. Universities are not full of Nazis.
He mentions college fraternities being hotbeds of racism without discussing the campaign against the white frat-boys at Duke University in 2006, carried out by black activists, feminists and guilty white liberals, banging pots outside their house, and calling for them to be castrated, for a crime they didn't commit. To not care about this terrible injustice, which happened in his neck of the woods, spurred on by the ideology he spends his life defending, Tim Wise must seethe with hate.
Wise isn't just Jewish, he's also descended from British white people. But when he describes the achievement of these ancestors, sailing from Britain to Bermuda and Virginia, it is only to put them down as racists – in noticeable contrast to his pride in his Russian Jewish forebears. He grudgingly admits that the British abolished slavery in 1833, but says nothing of the white men who died liberating the slaves in the war between the states, 1861-64. The only comparable conflict for American white working class men was World War Two, when again they fought and died fighting against a cause more racist than their own, at Omaha Beach and the Bulge, 1944. Admittedly, they didn't exactly volunteer for either of these crusades, but then, why should they, for a cause not theirs? This statement is true from both a class and a racial perspective – why assume the consequences of these approaches are mutually exclusive? Since then, white Americans have made many more concessions to other ethnic groups – but still Wise lashes them with guilt.
According to Wise, the authorities in Bermuda are racist because they import white guest workers to keep the island white. Brimming with chutzpah, he doesn't notice the supreme irony of this remark. He has to travel a thousand miles to find a place which imports whites, when there are already local black people able to do the jobs – everywhere else in the Western world, it's the opposite! When you have to go out of your way to clutch desperately at the one example which conforms to your hypothesis, it's time to try falsifying it. He wouldn't have to go far to do that.
He grew up in the South in the seventies. It was racist, he says. If there's one thing we already know, that's it. The dominant culture sneers at white Southerners. Even Zionist comedian Sacha Baron-Cohen's movies spend more time parodying white people than Muslims. It's not just humor. It's not just lightweight popular culture. It has a message. Wise claims there are no negative stereotypes about white people's intelligence, only black people's. In fact, Hollywood is a production-line of prejudice against Christian white people, especially Germans. The media attacks the Pope but make excuses for Roman Polanski, who was convicted of what the His Holiness is merely alleged to have covered up. They had a field day with George W Bush's Texan accent and verbal ineptitude. This Jewish anti-white prejudice is openly discussed by honest Jewish writers like Philip Roth, whose upbringing treated white gentiles as being intellectually inferior to Jews. Wise illustrates what he writes about – the blindness of privilege – but he suffers from 'denial'.
The South was racist. Compared to today. That means it got better. Compared to today, Lincoln was a racist. So what do we call the people who died fighting for his cause? It is ahistorical to say "this is racist, that's racist". In what direction has the USA and the rest of Western Society evolved over the last 150 years? With fits and starts, it has traveled in a progressive direction. Actually, there is one exception, and it's not Bermuda. The West is unique in this respect. Chinese people don't have a problem being xenophobic (travel to Western China if you want to find out). Neither do the inhabitants of the Amazon jungle. Nor Jews. Wise thinks his contempt for Minnesotans is pro-black, but in fact, it's pro-Jewish.
Wiesel Words
Instead of going round the country honestly promoting his ethnic agenda like a Zionist, or discussing his theory with its critics in accord with the Western academic tradition, it's all about 'educating' and 'doing anti-racist work'. This sounds reasonable enough, but look more closely: it assumes he is right. True researchers defending a theory don't say they are educating people. They invite others to attack the theory as hard as possible. That's the scientific approach. In contrast, Wise wants to be a guru. Ever so nicely, he's telling you he's right, and you'd better agree, otherwise you are 'in white denial'. It's an approach favored by cults like psychoanalysis or the Communist Party. It's alien to our open, Anglo-Saxon culture, and we should be aware of this.
He complains that for most white folks, resisting white supremacy is probably the last thing on their minds. It's true that they find it hard to resist – they already abolished it! Now we need to get to work on Jewish power, the one remaining racialist force in the Western world.
If Wise really were a self-identified white European as he claims, he would have a lot of problems. In a way, I prefer that he is a Jew defending his ethnic interests by deception (which includes self-deception) – at least there is a Darwinian explanation – it's healthy. It's also healthy for the rest of us to oppose it.
Otherwise, it would be nauseating, rather than amusing, to read his painstaking account of how parents ought to teach children to deconstruct Disney movies: "Pocahontas… appeals to European standards of beauty and to remain acceptable to a mostly white viewing audience. And of course, she shows a lot of leg… It is a stunning lesson in the way white supremacy works".
Some of Disney's movies are deeper than crude leftists like Wise, always on the lookout for stereotypes, realize. Armed with a more sophisticated approach, based on the work of Marxist anthropologist Chris Knight, I was able to enjoy "Beauty and the Beast" and relate it to Levi-Strauss's story of the origins of mythology.
Wise supports affirmative action to promote black people and Latinos into places which might otherwise go to white people, but he does not advocate the same to raise white people into positions held, unfairly, if we apply his criteria consistenly, by Jews. These include a disproportionate number of college places and professorships, legal positions, Hollywood owners and directors, and newspaper and TV executives. Why not advocate affirmative action to address this imbalance?
Naturally, this argument will be called 'anti-Semitic'. But that only proves my point. Applying exactly the same principles Wise applies to one privileged group, we are not allowed to apply to another. Jews are more privileged, because, in addition to the usual privileges, they have the privilege that no-one dare call them privileged.
"White Like Me" is a painful book. It says a lot about Wise's family background in Tennessee, how he is raising his children to be aware, etc.. He doesn't subscribe to the view that parents are entitled to be less progressive raising their children than they are in society in general. For example, I would argue that a white couple should feel no guilt about sending their children across town to avoid a largely black school. This would be the exact opposite of the 'busing' disaster of the seventies and eighties, which promoted racism by forcing middle-class white children to be exposed to bad black ghetto kids. Sorry for the bluntness, but that's what happened. The reason I defend retrogressive parents is that genes are reactionary. What you want for your own children is the best, and your liberal principles can take a rain check. I'd go so far as to say I would try to maneuver a daughter into meeting nice white boys to avoid the potential damage of interracial marriage, though I have no objection to race-mixing in principle. This society demonizes attitudes in white people which it allows in Jews. The Los Angeles Times reports calmly that a Jewish newspaper publishes letters criticizing interracial marriage between Jews and blacks, but the Times would not publish a letter criticizing white/black hookups. So much for 'institutionalized white racism'. So much for Wise's hypocritical theory.
His analysis of the tendency of young teenage black kids to gang up misses a lot. It assumes they are reacting to real racism, disregarding the fact that this behavior is hardly less prominent than it was when white society was more ethnocentric. This behavior was as pronounced in London in the nineties as it was in Nashville in the seventies (I base this on my experience as well as Wise's). He makes no allowance for the idea that kids can be manipulative, but their crude attempts to manipulate guilt are easier to see through than some of their adult counterparts, like Willie Brown, mayor of San Francisco, who was always ready to play the race card at the drop of a hat, knowing the city was populated mostly with white liberals raised on the educational efforts of people like Wise. Furthermore, Wise's story doesn't raise the notion that there might be a Darwinian basis to ethnic identity. Those black kids might be expressing their genes. Such behavior might have been adaptive during our evolution. Perhaps it wasn't the Garden of Eden after all.
Wise was a campaigner against white apartheid in South Africa, but he only pays token attention to apartheid in Israel. He boasts of a communication from Desmond Tutu. Is he aware that Tutu said Israel is worse than apartheid? Recently, the leader of South Africa's Afrikaaner movement, Eugene Terre`Blanche, was murdered. He was the most extreme white leader in South Africa. He advocated a two-state solution; a small white state next to a large black one. South Africa chose a one-state solution, in which each citizen is theoretically equal. An Israeli equivalent of Terre`Blanche would be considered a progressive – apartheid Israel resists a two-state solution, in which the Jews would get the lion's share. Even that is too radical for them. A far-right white Afrikaaner is the equivalent of a progressive Israeli Jew. You won't hear that from the likes of Wise. In fact he would condemn me as bigoted for saying this, and some of his followers would threaten me. So much for 'white supremacy'. So much for Wise's dishonest theory.
"By 1985, the divestment movement, as it came to be known, was in full swing on dozens of college and university campuses across the country" (page 137)
Twenty-five years later, it is hard to get a similar divestment movement against Jewish apartheid, because rich right-wing Jews like Alan Dershowitz sue any college which even thinks about it, and left-wing Jews like Wise confuse the issue by telling us to worry about 'anti-Semites in our midst', though they were not concerned about 'anti-whites' during the struggle against white apartheid.
When he tells how a black student asks 'what are you doing about apartheid in Nashville?', he admits that he and his white comrades concentrated on apartheid in South Africa, forgetting to lobby for affirmative action and the creation of an African American studies center at the university – not because the first was infinitely more significant than the other two, but because, he claims, it was 'easier'. Easier still is his privileging of the fight against white apartheid over the much more difficult task of the defeat of Jewish apartheid. The first of these only required persuading the US government to ditch an important ally; the second involves confronting the Lobby. It also involves criticizing the current version of anti-racism. It's oddly counter-intuitive and un-Marxist, the way capitalism works.
Wise responded to the black student's pointed remark by linking the battle against apartheid to the struggle against racism in the USA by means of advocating the intensification of affirmative action. Imagine campaigning for the equivalent, linking Israeli apartheid to Jewish ethnic power in the USA by advocating affirmative action against Jews. Affirmativeaction is always against someone to exactly the same degree it is for someone else. Suppose I showed up at one of his talks and said 'what are you doing about Jewish power'? Do you think he'd listen respectfully?
He criticizes 'white leftists' for "marching against a war on the other side of the world" and refusing to draw the connection between this war and "racism at home". But when we talk about the connection between the war in Iraq and the Jewish neo-conservative movement, these same white leftists defend the status quo by calling us 'anti-Semitic'.
By the way, I am not complaining about Jewish success on behalf of white Europeans. That's not my style, not my schtick, though I know that is exactly what I will be accused of. I just don't like chutzpah, that's all. Some of the far right say, in effect, "The Jews have apartheid, so why shouldn't we?". I say "We don't have apartheid, so why should the Jews?". The conclusion is the opposite, but the positions have in common the call for consistency. When critics amalgamate my arguments with those of the far right, they are saying, in effect "how dare you call for consistency?"! As if logic is inherently racist. The lack of consistency with regard to Jewish racism is why the American left is ineffective on the Israel question, when it was effective in campaigning for a boycott of South Africa.
So what does my review of Wise's book have to offer to African-Americans? Not much, really. Sorry about that. If black people can get out of the trap of self-pity created by people like Wise, so much the better. But I know what I am saying to the white majority: the ethnic interests of white Europeans lead to opposing Zionism. Since I oppose Zionism for moral reasons, and happen to be white, why should I even try to resist this heady cocktail of self-interest and self-righteousness? Isn't it funny how the one thing which happens to be both good and in your interests is the hardest thing to do?
On page 148, he asks why privileged white people would want to join 'the struggle'. This is a difficult question, and he tackles it boldly. How can he appeal to people he doesn't like to abandon their interests? He uses a tried and tested technique, transforming the concept of 'privilege' into its opposite with convoluted mumbo jumbo about alienation and so on which reads like 'Freud and Marx for dummies'. White people are 'damaged' by their own success. This is nonsense – either something benefits you or it doesn't. On the other hand, persuading America's white majority to cut off support for Israeli war crimes should be easy – these crimes are a. wrong, and b. against our interests. Surely Wise would do more by campaigning like this? He would achieve more for Palestinians than he can for the inhabitants of Darfur, but in doing so, he would undermine his own ethnic interests. I said Freud and Marx FOR dummies – that doesn't mean believes, in relation to Jews, the pseudo-scientific psychobabble he preaches to white people.
People benefit from racial discrimination. That's why they do it. There is no 'structure' of 'racism' – there is ethnic interest, which persuades people to discriminate. Ethnic conflict happens, just as there is class struggle and the war of the sexes. Races exist, and their interests conflict. True, their boundaries are vague, but so are families, and nobody expects people to stop defending their relatives. This may sound pessimistic, but avoiding conflict requires honesty.
What is Racism?
In contrast, Wise claims "Racism… allows you to think things and feel things that make you less than you were meant to be" on page 159 of his treatise. How does he know what we were 'meant to be'? He assumes "racism" is something imposed on us from the outside. We are "conditioned" to be "alienated", and this is bad. This approach is unscientific. How do you know what you 'really' are? Why is only white racism bad? Wise should answer these questions, but he won't, so I've done it for him.
It is true that elites in the South conned whites into fighting and dying for a cause not theirs, as Wise points out on page 150. But this is equally true of elites in the North. Wise only brings in the concept of class interest when it enables him to attack white identity. If southern whites could have been persuaded to desert by calling for class solidarity, then northern whites could have been persuaded to desert by appealing to their ethnic identity. Racism can lead to war. But so can anti-racism.
He also worked for "the anti sweatshop movement, the justice for Darfur movement, and the anti-war movement" (page 145). And one more: the Palestine Solidarity Movement. I'm kidding – it was the 'Stop David Duke' campaign. Duke is an advocate for white rights, to put it mildly. I don't think I would like him. I don't expect Wise to like him either. But he doesn't have to lie about him. Duke wouldn't call Wise a Zionist. Why does Wise call Duke a Nazi? Because, in this culture of white guilt, he can get away with it. He claims that Duke's problem was that he didn't like black people. But that is not true. He is braver than that – he is a critic of Jewish privilege. But not a Nazi. The left will say I'm defending him. In fact, I'm defending the truth. Whatever I think of Duke and co., I will not lie about them.
Wise tries to deconstruct crime statistics in an anti-racist way. Sure, there are more homicides by black men, but more white serial killers, he says. It's all about control, apparently. What about interracial rape? Of course, he doesn't go there. But you have to be consistent. If you are going on about the relationship between ethnicity and horrible crimes to prove your hypothesis, you have to try to find counter-evidence. Science is not there to give us a warm fuzzy feeling, to quote James Watson, the greatest living biologist, fired as a result of the mob mentality stirred up by activists like Wise.
He mentions the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan several times. He claims that "white privilege" is what is causing 'our' soldiers to die. There are other explanations. The oil industry, for example. What did you think I was going to say?
Wise finally gets round to defining 'racism', the concept on which his thesis depends, on page 169. Racism is a "socially constructed power imbalance at the institutional level, which then tends to foster individual-level biases and racism".
Let's charitably ignore the circularity of this definition, and say it's just plain wrong. Whiteness is not a social construct. It is easy to demonstrate, using Hamilton's rule for calculating the circumstances under which it benefits a gene to promote altruism, that ethnic identity is adaptive. Far from being socially generated, then 'fostering' its individual expression, it's just the reverse. Individual expression of ethnic identity, a result of genes following the laws of mathematics, constructs its social manifestation. Which is not to say its a good thing. Heterosexuality is even more adaptive, but one doesn't have to 'privilege' it. One needn't discriminate against homosexuality because it is maladaptive. But neither should you discriminate against heterosexuality. Or ethnic identity. And you certainly should not discriminate against the ethnic identity of one group in particular by calling it 'racism' and promoting violence and state repression against those who feel this genetic urge strongly, and happen to have white skin.
To conclude: "ethnic identity is adaptive according to Hamilton's rule". These eight words summarize my thinking on the question of race. If anyone wishes to explain why I am wrong, they are welcome to… post comments under this article.


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The moviegoing experience—and even how we discover films to watch—has been undergoing a steady change. Studios have turned their attention to blockbusters, and so too have multiplexes, with smaller independent films or arthouse efforts often arriving on VOD first before getting a cursory, limited run. But even the presentation of movies has changed, with digital now the favored format, even at film festivals, while seeing a print on the big screen is becoming a rarer experience, usually one relegated to specialty houses. It's hard to find the right analogy for this evolution, and change in values on how we experience cinema, but Christopher Nolan puts it thusly: "The theatrical window is to the movie business what live concerts are to the music business—and no one goes to a concert to be played an MP3 on a bare stage."
The director has taken time out of finishing his forthcoming "Interstellar" to write a column for The Wall Street Journal about the "bleak future" of film. In short, Nolan puts studios on blast for their short term endgame of attempting to position films as "content" or products that can fill a variety of outlets, like toothpaste or toilet paper.
"…[content] pretends to elevate the creative, but actually trivializes differences of form that have been important to creators and audiences alike. 'Content' can be ported across phones, watches, gas-station pumps or any other screen, and the idea would be that movie theaters should acknowledge their place as just another of these 'platforms,' albeit with bigger screens and cupholders," Nolan writes. And in a bit of irony, it should be noted that AMC announced yesterday they were spending $600 million dollars to install bigger, reclining chairs in their theaters.
And taking the thread of "content" and digital presentations a bit further, Nolan sees a future where movies are essentially channels on a dial, where the ones with the biggest "ratings" will earn more screenings, and ones that don't sell out as quickly will be scuttled from the theater sooner. "The distributor or theater owner (depending on the vital question of who controls the remote) would be able to change the content being played, instantly. A movie's Friday matinees would determine whether it even gets an evening screening, or whether the projector switches back to last week's blockbuster. This process could even be automated based on ticket sales in the interests of 'fairness,' " Nolan imagines. "Instant reactivity always favors the familiar. New approaches need time to gather support from audiences. Smaller, more unusual films would be shut out. Innovation would shift entirely to home-based entertainment, with the remaining theaters serving exclusively as gathering places for fan-based or branded-event titles."
And while Nolan is ringing the "cinema is dead" bell, he does see hope on the horizon, at least when "studios relearn the tremendous economic value of the staggered release of their products."
"Once movies can no longer be defined by technology, you unmask powerful fundamentals—the timelessness, the otherworldliness, the shared experience of these narratives," he writes, adding: "The audience experience is distinct from home entertainment, but not so much that people seek it out for its own sake. The experience must distinguish itself in other ways. And it will. The public will lay down their money to those studios, theaters and filmmakers who value the theatrical experience and create a new distinction from home entertainment that will enthrall—just as movies fought back with widescreen and multitrack sound when television first nipped at its heels."
"The theaters of the future will be bigger and more beautiful than ever before. They will employ expensive presentation formats that cannot be accessed or reproduced in the home (such as, ironically, film prints). And they will still enjoy exclusivity, as studios relearn the tremendous economic value of the staggered release of their products," Nolan continues. "The projects that most obviously lend themselves to such distinctions are spectacles. But if history is any guide, all genres, all budgets will follow."
It's an eloquent observation on the state of cinema from one of the most successful filmmakers at the moment. But do you agree with Nolan's assessment? Where do you see the future of movies going? Let us know below.
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Mobile computing, the cloud, bring-your-own-device and the Internet of things are trends that are changing the way computing is being done, and forcing businesses big and small to rethink what security needs to look like in order to protect the growing numbers of user devices and data.
At a recent panel discussion in Boston, Dell officials and customers, as well as analysts and journalists, discussed the security challenges that these trends bring with them, the issues facing enterprises and small and midsize businesses, and what security measures will be needed in a world where workers are more mobile and armed with more smartphones and tablets, data is stored in the cloud and information is constantly flowing across networks to and from a multitude of systems, machines and devices.
The July 24 event was the first of what Dell officials are calling their 1-5-10 Series, where company experts and others will tackle a range of issues facing the IT industry and what can be done to address them in the present, near-term (five years) and future (10 years).
The series comes at a time when the newly private Dell is continuing to evolve beyond its PC-making roots and into a provider of enterprise IT solutions and services, an effort that has been ongoing for several years and in which Dell has spent billions of dollars buying companies to grow its capabilities in such areas as networking, storage, software and the cloud. Also at the forefront has been security, through such acquisitions as SecureWorks in 2011 and SonicWall, AppAssure and Quest in 2012.
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The wide-ranging discussion at the Boston event touched on a range of issues, from the rapidly growing number and sophistication of threats and the particular challenges facing SMBs to the problem of human error, the need for security to become more proactive than reactive and the way security will need to evolve to address the changing IT environment.
It eventually comes down to people: those who are the threats—both inside and outside a company—those who are putting the products together and developing the software, those who are deciding on features for their offerings, and those who are making the decisions about security for their businesses.
"The human is still the weakest link in security," said Tim Brown, Dell fellow and executive director of security for Dell's Software Group. "But humans are also the greatest enablers of security."
For many SMBs, they don't have money to pay a staff of such enablers, which is a key problem for them, according to Laurie McCabe, an analyst with the firm SMB Group. SMBs are overwhelmed by what they're doing just to stay in business, McCabe said. Having to keep up with the mounting security threats is almost impossible.
"They can barely keep up with the day-to-day stuff," she said.
Don Ferguson, Dell senior fellow, vice president and CTO of Dell's Software Group, said the amount of security threats—and their complexities—are things that all businesses struggle with. The sheer number of threats is massive, Ferguson said.
"It's huge," he said. "I think people have reached a cognitive saturation just thinking about the known [threats]."
And it's not just the threats themselves that are inundating businesses, panel member said. It's also the number of devices and the mobility of both the workers and the data. Organizations can no longer count on workers being in the office, using corporate-issued computers. Now they're more mobile, using an array of devices both corporate-owned and personal, and demanding access to company data from anywhere and on any device.
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(Pocket-lint) - The PMP-120 (or 'Pimp Daddy', as we know it in the office) really does the business. Why? Because unlike other portable media players we've been lucky enough to get our mitts on, the PMP has both the memory and battery life needed to power movies on the move.
Without enough onboard memory, the whole point breaks down. A media player that lacks the battery life to run a whole movie makes the rip, burn and transfer not worth the effort. When all you are left with is a glorified MP3 player, you might as well find something in that category. It's a tricky one to pull off, as the convergence of portable media comes at a high price tag and the option to buy a budget portable DVD and a flash stick MP3 is altogether tempting.
So, with plenty of memory and battery life, what else is there to discuss? Well, the battery life may be slightly less than the 5 hours video playback stated. We found it was more like 3 hours. MP3 wise, expect more like the majority of the 10-hour run, roughly the same for the built-in radio.
The 3.5" screen is nice and clear, if a little difficult to use outdoors, but bear in mind even the best backlight screens suffer here.
Another nice feature is the prop round the back- handy for train journeys, skiving at one's desk or even watching movies in the bathtub. However therein lies another problem here. Because the prop isn't adjustable, you have to find a spot and stick to it to see the screen. Good job then that the simple shape of the PMP makes it comfortable to hold. The horizontal grasp is sensible, with ergonomic slots on the back. The buttons are easy to reach to, with a navi-key and buttons on the left and more buttons to the right. The whole thing reminds us of the Lynx handheld games console from back in the day.
The sound is good, both via the included headphones and the speaker. The sound levels are ok too, partly because although ripping and burning takes more time, the end result is a better quality .avi file. Other file types supported are ASF, MP4, MPG and DivX.Windows Media Player is built in for the sound files and the transfer via USB 2.0 is helped by backward compatibility to function with USB 1.1 devices. Happily, the PMP series all work as plug and play devices on both XP PC and Mac. CD is included for Win SE/98/ME.
While the buttons are easy to reach, the response time can be a little sluggish. The PMP features on board help, to save hitting the manual (doesn't read that well) but as operations are fairly straightforward, dive right in and you'll get the gist. The navigation is fairly easy to pick up. There are settings and record hotkeys, with most functionality accessed through the one button. Some features trigger a pop-up window, but the on screen displays don't marry up too well with the buttons, in the way a mobile phone OSD does. Also, the lag time on response to clicks can cause confusion, especially a problem with video playback, where the delay seems all the more evident. Furthermore, with no chapter skip, the fast forwarding can be problematic and in some instances, lead to a loss of synchronisation between sound and vision. Bear in mind that the use of video on a portable media device treads along a fine line with regard to piracy. While the alternatives from Archos will record direct from a playing DVD, the PMP accepts ripped files only. This not only means breaking copyright, but also the physical hassle of breaking down to DivX or AVI. That said, the bi-directional USB 2.0 transfer is the simple. Twin sockets and plug 'n' play make the PMP very easy to use, once the source material is in place. For basic audio file transfer, there is direct input available too. If you need to view your content on the big screen, plugging into a TV is easy using the included cable.
Video has got to be the selling point here. Quite how often you'd need to display digital camera images on this device via USB id debateable, although the voice recorder functionality is pretty much an exclusive to iRiver. And with regard to size, shape and weight, we prefer this to the Archos equivalents. Transfer is simpler with their models, but the quality not so. Creative's portable media player weighs in at the same level in terms of price, looks and capability, with efforts from Mustek and DM-Tech lagging behind.
The best personal media player we have reviewed so far. A shame about the battery life, which was a little shorter than quoted in the spec, but don't be put off- this is the best device for movies on the go I've seen yet.
It's movies that will really shift this unit, but don't forget the MP3, FM radio and picture aspect too. Also, iRiver doesn't cut any corners on the bundle. USB, converter, leads and hard case are all included. When popped in the hard case, it should take a few knocks and there is a handy screen wipe too.
If you favour the direct transfer of DVD from your computer (there are obvious legal issues to be tackled here), than you might favour the Archos Gmini400 or AV320/340/360, but you would do well to consider the weight issue. These are big beasts and a little ugly in our view. The PMP-120 isn't as graceful as an iPod, but it doesn't weight much more either. Price wise, its not cheap, but nor is the competition. At least here you needn't fuss about with extra memory. Well done iRiver. This should give Creative's offering a run for its money. The PMP 140 features 40 GB, if you need more.


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So I'm returning to multiboxing after taking a break after doing 5 aff locks in legion. I'm trying 5 druids now but every time I get a team up to level 90 I just dread it because the Garrison stuff is all instanced and I have to do it separately on each character. The legion artifact stuff is gonna be a pain too.
The other issue is that azeroth auto pilot, while amazing, wasn't really made for multiboxing so it recommends doing those Garrison quests.
So do you guys have any alternatives to leveling a team from 90-100 and then from 100-110 (can I skip artifacts?)


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This past week was SUCH an exciting time in Miami learning about all of our company's technological updates & advances. If you don't follow me on instagram, you can check out a snippet of the Miami adventures there, and I'd love to connect with you!
I operate an Online Shopping Franchise called Shop.com and every year I fly from the frozen tundra of Wisconsin down to Miami (I know, so torturous). Tens of thousands of business owners travel from all over the globe to our annual World Conference held there. You may have heard of a hype-up rah rah rah rah rah inspirational convention before, but that's not what this is. Even though it's beyond thrilling to see thousands of average people having created 6 & 7 figure residual incomes, it's very learning-based/educational. Below I've included my biggest, most exciting take-aways from this year's conference:
(quick background) We were recently named the 43rd Largest Online Marketplace Worldwide. We are partnered with over 3,500 name-brand stores and we pay cash back for shopping at each one of them. In addition to our partner stores, we have hundreds of exclusive (super awesome) products and services. The beauty of this platform is that it's practical and makes sense for everyone to utilize or own.
–Shop.com has a new global partnership with Shopify! Shopify is an eCommerce website that allows merchants to design, develop, market, and sell any type of goods to consumers around the world. There are over 500,000 merchants on Shopify in 175 countries.
–Shop.com offers a ton of new gift cards that all offer cash back.
—Shop Buddy is the bomb.com and I don't even care if that saying is out-dated. Every year Shop Buddy gets better and better at helping our customers never miss a deal or coupon code. If you're shopping on Amazon or Ebay, he may even pop up with where to find the same product elsewhere for a lesser cost. He's free to download to your browser, so be sure to do that!
–Market America/Shop.com was awarded the 2013 Torch Award for Business Ethics by the Better Business Bureau and we've won it again for 2018. We are the only company to have been awarded this twice and it means a lot to be recognized as an ethical online company.
–For the Shop.com business owner, countless tools were created to run our businesses easier…from tax applications, to updated marketing tools such as videos & pdfs, updated web designs, to making-more-money tips… you name it.
–Shop.com has a new & improved travel program. We've partnered with Hotwire, Expedia, Travelocity, Enterprise, IHG, Hotels.com etc! Now customers are able to earn cash back on all of their spending associated with travel.
I'd like to end with a major disclaimer: This is me just scratching the surface with what we have to offer. I'm certain it'll help you save & make money, so be sure to check out the site, subscribe to my blog, or contact me 🙂


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5 Best Eyeglass Cleaner Reviews In [2020-2021] Ultimate Buyer's Guide
In this article we'll talk about some of the best eyeglass cleaner of 2020.
Today we have a wide range of eyeglasses for different uses. But cleaning an eyeglass is not so easy job.
You have to spend a lot of time and effort to keep them spotless. You should use a soft cotton cloth to clean your glasses.
Some eyeglasses have a reflective protective layer which makes it more difficult to clean. We select some eyeglass cleaner, test them and made this eyeglass cleaner reviews.
- 1 Best Eyeglass Cleaner Comparison Table Name 4 Pack Zeiss Lens Cleaner Care Touch Lens Better Seeing Glass Image Rating - - - Price $24.99 $9.99 Price not available Weight 2.4 Pound 1.4 Pound 4 Ounces Check Latest Price Check Latest Price Check Latest Price Check Latest Price Name 4 Pack Zeiss Lens Cleaner Image Rating - Price $24.99 Weight 2.4 Pound Check Latest Price Check Latest Price Name Care Touch Lens Image Rating - Price $9.99 Weight 1.4 Pound Check Latest Price Check Latest Price Name Better Seeing Glass Image Rating - Price Price not available Weight 4 Ounces Check Latest Price Check Latest Price
- 2 Here Are Top 5-Eyeglasses Cleaner Reviews For 2020.
- 3 How do we pick eyeglass cleaner spray?
- 4 How do we test the best eyeglass cleaner?
- 5 Some care tips for eyeglass:-
- 6 What is eyeglass?
Best Eyeglass Cleaner Comparison Table
Name4 Pack Zeiss Lens CleanerCare Touch LensBetter Seeing Glass Image Rating Price$24.99$9.99Price not available Weight2.4 Pound1.4 Pound4 Ounces Check Latest Price Name4 Pack Zeiss Lens Cleaner Image Rating Price$24.99 Weight2.4 Pound Check Latest Price NameCare Touch Lens Image Rating Price$9.99 Weight1.4 Pound Check Latest Price NameBetter Seeing Glass Image Rating PricePrice not available Weight4 Ounces Check Latest Price
Here Are Top 5-Eyeglasses Cleaner Reviews For 2020.
- 1Zeiss Lens Cleaner Spray.
- 2Care Touch Lens Cleaner.
- 3Better Seeing Glasses Cleaner Spray.
- 4Koala Kleaner Lens Cleaner Spray.
- 5Ultra Clarity Lens Cleaner.
01. Zeiss Lens Cleaner Spray.
Ammonia is harmful to your lens. This lens cleaner from Zeiss is ammonia free and has a high-tech formula to deal with the most fragile coating.
02. Care Touch Lens Cleaner.
If you have a lot of screens and lens to clean, this lens cleaner from Care Touch is perfect for you. This lens cleaner has a complete cleaning set.
03. Better Seeing Glasses Cleaner Spray.
This glasses cleaner from Better Seeing is ideal for you if you're leading a busy life. This set includes 2-bottles of cleaner so that you can always carry one bottle with you.
04. Koala Kleaner Lens Cleaner Spray.
This lens cleaner from Koala Kleaner is ideal for you if your concern about halal. Because this lens cleaner formulated without alcohol and ammonia. The convenient 8 Oz spray bottle in the perfect and dispense right amount with each pump.
05. Ultra Clarity Lens Cleaner.
If you're looking for an effective and safe lens cleaner for your anti-reflective or mirror coating lens, this will be the perfect lens cleaner for you.
How do we pick eyeglass cleaner spray?
Formula:- The formula of lens cleaner is very important because a lens cleaner with the wrong formula will ruin your coated lens. To protect your lens from harmful chemical, we pick the eyeglass cloth with the best formula.
Spray bottle:- It is inconvenient to apply lens cleaner from a normal bottle. You have to use the cleaning cloth to dispense the cleaner from the bottle. Sometimes you missed it and pour a lot of cleaner solution from the bottle. Without a spray bottle, you completely depend on your steady hands. We picked the eyeglass lens cleaner with a convenient spray bottle to save you from the hustle.
How do we test the best eyeglass cleaner?
Easy use:- As we picked the lens cleaner with a spray bottle to make it easy for you, we also test the bottle for easy applying. First, we select some eyeglass cleaner cloth, test them and pick the best for you.
Safe for the reflective lens:- Most often, you use the anti-reflective lens. You should use this kind of lens if you are a regular driver. The light comes from the opposite direction will make it difficult for you to drive. But cleaning an anti-reflective glass is a tricky job. In this review, the eyeglass cleaners are safe to use on an anti-reflective lens. We test them and make sure it is safe for the reflective lens.
Some care tips for eyeglass:-
What is eyeglass?
Eyeglass or commonly known as glasses are device consisting of hard plastic or glass lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of the person's eye. Basically using a bridge over the nose and arms which rest over the ears.
Eyeglasses or glasses are typically used for vision correction. It is used as a reading glass or glass for shortsightedness. There is a version of glasses called safety glasses that can protect the eye of a worker from flying debris.
It is largely used by construction workers or lab technicians. Some safety glasses are used for the protection against visible or near-visible light or radiation. There are some glasses for sports such as ice-skating or squash.
Glass wearer may use a safety strap to prevent the glasses from falling off during movement or sport. Sunglasses provide better vision in bright daylight. It also helps the user to protect their eyes against a high level of ultraviolet ray. Vision aid devices are used from Greek and Roman times.
Claudius Ptolemy, a Greco-Roman mathematician described the detail idea of enlarged or magnified image in his book "optics". This book was commented upon and improved by Ibn Sahl in the 10th century. So we can say that eyeglasses are a very ancient device with a constant development.
How to clean eyeglasses scratches?
Let's not talk like those websites where they lay a 1000 words tutorial to show that glasses can be washed by rinsing them with 'clean' water. They might even teach you (with pictures) how to operate a sink while at it, like people are trying to learn how to clean an eyeglass right after they were rescued from Amazon where they spent their whole life up until this point.
There are certain household products that can easily be used as a top class scratch remover and baking soda tops the list. You can find it at any superstore if you don't have it in your house. Just take a little bit of soda and apply it to your glasses and wash away with 'clean' water.
Toothpaste is another effective item that can help you with your scratches. However, you need to make sure that your toothpaste is not abrasive which is measured by Radioactive Dentin Abrasiveness or RDA.
If your toothpaste has a low RDA (lower than 85) it is good to go. You can find the rate on the back of the pack or you might need to google it.
Most of the common toothpaste usually are non-abrasive. You can also use dish washing powder or gel, nail polish remover and even car wax.
When to Have Your Glasses Cleaned Professionally.
Well, nothing lasts forever and your specs are bound to become unusable sooner or later. If you think you have an irritating 'permanent looking' smudge on the glass or the frame is slipping off your nose maybe it is time for a visit to the professionals.
Professionals use ultrasonic cleaning devices and high-quality cleaning liquids to clean glasses. If you want one of those for yourself a decent ultra-sonic devises will cost you only $25/$40 and you can get a liquid cleaner for $10.
Can you use rubbing alcohol to clean your glasses?
Yes, and no. Rubbing Alcohol is a great cleaning substance, however, applying it directly is not recommended. Tell you what, you can actually make yourself a decent glass cleaner if you just follow a simple recipe.
All you need do is, 1) Take a small empty spray bottle and fill its three-fourth with rubbing alcohol 2) put 2/3 drops of mild dish washing gel or soap 3) fill the rest of it with water 4) Shake
There you have it, a bottle of nice decent glass cleaner.
Frequently asked questions(FAQ)
Q.Is vinegar good for cleaning spectacles?
A.Eyeglasses are different than other kinds of glasses. Even though vinegar is good for another kind of glasses, using it on eyeglasses is not recommended.
Q.Can ordinary soap harm specs?
A.It might not be the most efficient cleaner but it isn't harmful either.
Q.Should I use bleach?
A.No. Just like vinegar, bleach is not good for eyeglasses as well.
Q.Is Colgate plus nonabrasive?
A.Yes. So is Sensory and most of the usual brands?
Q.Is it okay if I use hot water?
A.No. Hot water has this tendency to harm the lances. Very hot water may cause them to even crack.
Final Verdict:- In this review, you can find the eyeglass cleaner for coated lens. We tried our best to bring these eyeglass cleaners for you.


text: |When Sheryl graduated from Northeastern University in 2000 and went to work for BAE Systems, she did not pay much attention to the monthly payroll deduction for social security. It was a "necessary evil" that may be ful in retirement years. However, this was so far in the future that she fully expected this government retirement benefit system to be broke and gone by the time she could reap any benefits from her years of contributions. This year, Sheryl and Brad, another engineer at BAE, got married. Recently, they both received notices from the Social Security Administration of their potential retirement amounts, were they to retire and start social security benefits at preset ages. Since both of them hope to retire a few years early, they decided to pay closer attention to the predicted amount of retirement benefits and to do some analysis on the numbers. They found that their projected benefits are substantially the same, which makes sense since their salaries are very close to each other. Although the numbers were slightly different in their two mailings, the similar messages to Brad and Sheryl can be summarized as follows: If you stop working and start receiving benefits . . . At age 62, your payment would be about …… $1400 per month At you full retirement age (67 years), your payment would be about ……………. $2000 per month At age 70, your payment would be about …… $2480 per month These numbers represent a reduction of 30% for early retirement (age 62) and an increase of 24% for delayed retirement (age 70). This couple also learned that it is possible for a spouse to take spousal benefits at the time that one of them is at full retirement age. In other words, if Sheryl starts her $2000 benefit at age 67, Brad can receive a benefit equal to 50% of hers. Then, when Brad reaches 70 years of age, he can discontinue spousal benefits and start his own. In the meantime, his benefits will have increased by 24%. Of course, this strategy could be switched with Brad taking his benefits and Sheryl receiving spousal benefits until age 70. All these options led them to define four alternative plans. A: Each takes early benefits at age 62 with a 30% reduction to $1400 per month. B: Each takes full benefits at full retirement age of 67 and receives $2000 per month. C: Each delays benefits until age 70 with a 24% increase to $2480 per month. D: One person takes full benefits of $2000 per month at age 67, and the other person receives spousal benefits ($1000 per month at age 67) and switches to delayed benefits of $2480 at age 70. They realize, of course, that the numbers will change over time, based on their respective salaries and number of years of contribution to the social security system by them and by their employers. Brad and Sheryl are the same age. Brad determined that most of their investments make an average of 6% per year. With this as the interest rate, the analysis for the four alternatives is possible. Sheryl and Brad plan to answer the following questions, but don't have time this week. Can you them? (Do the analysis for one person at a time, not the couple, and stop at the age of 85.) 1. How much in total (without the time value of money considered) will each plan A through D pay through age 85? 2. What is the future worth at 6% per year of each plan at age 85? 3. Plot the future worth values for all four plans on one spreadsheet graph. 4. Economically, what is the best combination of plans for Brad and Sheryl, assuming they both live to be 85 years old?


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The Fox network was restored to 3 million Cablevision homes late Saturday more than two weeks after the channel was blacked out.
The two companies said they were able to come to an agreement for a new distribution agreement "in principle," according to a joint statement provided to The New York Times.
Fox pulls signal on Cablevision customers as negotiations "remain far apart"
Fox channels were pulled from Cablevision homes in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Oct. 16 because Fox and the cable operator failed to reach a new agreement over broadcast fees. Cablevision customers lost Fox 5 in New York and My9 in New York, Fox29 in Philadelphia and cable channels like Fox Business Network and National Geographic Channel.
The move comes just in time for Game 3 of the World Series, which is carried exclusively on Fox. However, Cablevision customers missed the first two games of the series, as well as the entire National League Championship and many other Fox prime-time programs.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
This was Cablevision's third programming blackout so far this year. The cable company lost Food Network and HGTV for three weeks in January over a contract dispute. Walt Disney Company pulled ABC from Cablevision homes in March, causing customers to miss the first 15 minutes of the Academy Awards telecast.
Fox reached a separate deal on Friday with Dish Network for Fox, FX and other channels after a three-week blackout.