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Chewbacca Abuses a Porg in New 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Teaser (Video)
9 hours ago
Somebody might want to call the Aspca: The new teaser for next month's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" reveals some definite Wookiee-on-porg violence. Porgs are wide-eyed seabirds from Ahch-To, the planet where Luke Skywalker has been living in exile. And one of them is swatted down by Chewbacca while freaking out aboard the Millennium Falcon in the new teaser, which also shows Luke himself (Mark Hamill) returning to the jalopy of a spaceship. Also Read: 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' on Track for Cosmic $200 Million-Plus Opening Weekend "So good to have you back," a female voice intones. »
- Thom Geier
Tommy Keene, Power Pop Musician, Dies at 59
10 hours ago
Tommy Keene, the power pop singer-songwriter best known for the 1984 hit "Places That Are Gone," died Wednesday at age 59, according to his official website. "Tommy passed unexpectedly and peacefully in his sleep," the website reported, offering no further details. The Maryland native first rose to attention in the '80s and associated himself with both the New Wave and power pop movements. Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2017 (Photos) Over the years, he released albums with Geffen Records and Matador as well as multiple smaller indie labels. In addition to solo work, he also collaborated with like-minded musicians ranging from Guided by. »
- Thom Geier
'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' Turns 30: 'Those Aren't Pillows' and 7 More Zingers (Photos)
10 hours ago
Steve Martin's Neal Page begins "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" an already perpetually irritated curmudgeon. And then he meets Del Griffith. As John Hughes's movie turns 25 this year, we look back on what makes Del one of the most annoying characters in movie history. "Del Griffith. American Light and Fixture, shower curtain ring division." As played by John Candy, a Canadian who had a gift for portraying wholesome and friendly Midwesterners with a surprising dark side, Del Griffith is the peak of frustratingly amicable movie figures. He's friendly, inviting and somehow gets by easy, despite having a job you thought could. »
- Brian Welk
Uma Thurman Posts #MeToo Message, Calls Out Harvey Weinstein: 'You Don't Deserve a Bullet'
13 hours ago
Uma Thurman took to Instagram on Thanksgiving to post a cryptic #MeToo message and called out Harvey Weinstein in the process. "I am grateful today, to be alive, for all those I love, and for all those who have the courage to stand up for others," the actress said in her message. "I said I was angry recently, and I have a few reasons, #metoo, in case you couldn't tell by the look on my face," she continued an apparent reference to her response to a question about sexual misconduct in a "Access Hollywood" interview two weeks ago. Also Read: Uma Thurman's Reaction. »
- Ashley Boucher
'Justice League' Do-Over? Petition for a Zack Snyder Cut Hits 100,000 Signatures
16 hours ago
Fans of "Justice League" are wishing they had a version of the film based on credited director Zack Snyder's vision, and a Change.org petition looking to fund such a cut of the film has now garnered 105,000 signatures. The petition is the work of a fan who was unhappy with Warner Bros.' theatrical release of the DC Films sequel, for which Joss Whedon oversaw reshoots and postproduction after Snyder stepped out last spring following the death of his daughter. "To the dismay of many, the film released by WB was Not the one fans were expecting," the petition says, »
- Ashley Boucher
Stephen Colbert Mocks Ivanka Trump's $3,000 Thanksgiving Clam Centerpiece (Video)
19 hours ago
If you have family coming over for Thanksgiving this year and your house isn't decorated yet, as Stephen Colbert says: "Don't worry, there's still time to worry." The "Late Show" host used his Thanksgiving Eve broadcast to highlight that Ivanka Trump's website has plenty of tips and tricks to help you prepare for the big turkey day — including a centerpiece made of a giant clam shell that costs as much as $3,000. Ivanka Trump's website claims the shells "are everywhere in home decor right now," Colbert noted. Also Read: Gayle King Says She 'Came This Close »
- Ashley Boucher
Sweet Mother-of-Pearl! 'SpongeBob Squarepants' Is a Broadway Musical but Twitter's Not Happy
19 hours ago
Broadway's new "SpongeBob Squarepants Musical" made a special appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, with a performance by SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy the Squirrel in human form — causing the internet to give one collective groan. The consensus on Twitter was not to mess with the Nickelodeon cartoon, but a lot of users also expressed relief for the reason the cartoon sponge was trending on the holiday. "After seeing Spongebob Squarepants is trending, I'm just happy he hasn't groped anyone. Thank goodness!!" one Twitter user said. Also Read: Thanksgiving Football Streaming Guide, From the Lions-Vikings NFL Matchup to the. »
- Ashley Boucher
Armando Iannucci's 'The Death of Stalin' Wins 3 British Independent Film Awards
23 hours ago
"The Death of Stalin," the satirical feature by "Veep" creator Armando Iannucci, picked up three British Independent Film Awards on Thursday. The film earned prizes for casting, production design and makeup and hair design. William Oldroyd's "Lady Macbeth" and Irish director Martin McDonagh's "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" collected two prizes each. Also Read: Netflix Won't Partner With The Weinstein Company on Upcoming Awards Parties The 20-year-old organization introduced the craft categories just this year and will hold its ceremony for the main categories on December 10. Vanessa Redgrave will receive this year's Richard Harris Award for Outstanding »
- Thom Geier
Ken Baker and E! News Part Ways, Say It's Unrelated to Harassment Investigation (Exclusive)
22 November 2017 7:34 PM, PST
E! News and its correspondent Ken Baker have decided to part ways, a decision they said was unrelated to a recent investigation into whether Baker sexually harassed two women at the network. Baker left E!'s airwaves last month after TheWrap reported that the two women had accused him of sexual misconduct. A third woman later said he had touched her inappropriately when they worked together at his previous job at Us Weekly. Baker joined E! News in 2008. "The investigation into the recent allegations relating to Ken Baker is still ongoing," an E! spokesperson said in a statement to TheWrap on. »
- Tim Molloy
Watch Trump Announce on 'The Apprentice' the SoHo Hotel His Company's Now Dumping (Video)
22 November 2017 5:58 PM, PST
11 years ago, on the fifth season of "The Apprentice, Donald Trump promised that his newest hotel in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood would be "an awe-inspiring masterpiece." Now, with Trump in the White House, his business is pulling out of the 46-story hotel. On Wednesday, The Trump Organization announced that it would be withdrawing from the Trump SoHo hotel by the end of 2017, joining a hotel in Toronto as the second establishment to erase Trump's name from the building. According to The New York Times, Trump SoHo has been forced to drop room rates and struggled to sell condos, and in. »
- Jeremy Fuster
Yes, Harvey Weinstein Scandal Has Already Inspired a 'Law & Order: Svu' Episode
22 November 2017 5:08 PM, PST
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is about to tackle the Harvey Weinstein scandal, because of course they are. Dick Wolf's crime procedural, known for using current headlines as inspiration for its disturbing tales, will be taking on the Weinstein drama, though they aren't gonna do it in the most obvious of ways. "We are hitting Harvey Weinstein head-on, but it's not in the realm of the entertainment business," executive producer Michael Chernuchin told Entertainment Weekly. "It's a real important episode about the rape culture in an industry, and we wanted to try stretch the law to criminalize that sort of. »
- Jennifer Maas
'Friday the 13th' Series Director Once Pitched 'Cheech and Chong Meets Jason'
22 November 2017 5:04 PM, PST
Stoner comedians Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are classic cut-ups — but imagine if they got cut up by that ultimate slasher villain Jason Voorhees. Tom McLoughlin, the writer-director of 1986's "Jason Lives: Friday the 13th VI," said he once pitched the idea of a mashup of the two big-screen franchises to "Friday the 13th" series producer Frank Mancuso Jr. "What if we do 'Cheech and Chong Meets Jason?'" McLoughlin recalled telling Mancuso on Wednesday's edition of horror filmmaker Mick Garris' Post Mortem podcast. "They're like camp counselors or something. It's like, 'Hey, man, I saw Jason out there. »
- Thom Geier
Peter Thiel Moves to Buy Gawker Assets – Does He Just Want to Delete Archive of Site He Killed?
22 November 2017 4:55 PM, PST
In what could enable him to delete the site's content once and for all, Peter Thiel has filed a motion challenging the sale of Gawker's assets, saying that the billionaire has been unfairly prevented from bidding for the website he played an instrumental role in bringing down. "In light of the Plan Administrator's refusal to allow Mr. Thiel to participate in the sale process, Mr. Thiel's counsel requested that the Plan Administrator agree to pause the ongoing sale process so that a sale of the assets is not consummated until the issues concerning the Plan Administrator's blockade of Mr. »
- Wrap Staff
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 8 Memorable Moments and Biggest Milestones (Photos)
22 November 2017 4:26 PM, PST
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a time-honored tradition, but the annual holiday spectacle has changed a lot over the years. In its 90-year history, the parade has gone from a regional attraction featuring live animals and Macy's employees to a time-honored tradition attended by 3.5 million people and watched by tens of millions more on TV and YouTube. 1924: The First Parade Macy's The annual holiday parade got its start in 1920, featuring Macy's employees in costume and animals from the Central Park Zoo. Animals were banned from participating in 1926, reportedly because they were frightening the children. »
- Reid Nakamura
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard Warn That 'Santa Is Coming' in Sia's New Christmas Song (Video)
22 November 2017 4:11 PM, PST
Santa's coming for us, you guys, but not in a creepy way. In a super-cute, deck-the-halls, 1950's, celebrity-studded way. Sia's first music video off her Christmas album, "Everyday Is Christmas," dropped Wednesday afternoon just in time for your post-Thanksgiving holiday decorating. In the video for the track "Santa Is Coming for Us," Kristen Bell stars as a 1950s-esque hostess for Christmas dinner. Her real-life husband, Dax Shepard, stars alongside her, with an epic cast to fill it out. Also Read: 'Coco' Film Review: Pixar's Journey Down Mexico Way Pays Colorful, Moving Tribute to Family Young stars Caleb McLaughlin, »
- Ashley Boucher
Jeffrey Tambor Accused of Sexual Harassment by Third Woman
22 November 2017 3:49 PM, PST
A third woman has come forward to accuse Jeffrey Tambor of sexual harassment. Tamara Delbridge, a celebrity makeup artist with no connection to his show, "Transparent," told Refinery29 that Tambor forcibly kissed her on the set of the 2001 film "Never Again." "It was really weird because I did not interact with him at all during filming," Delbridge said. "It wasn't like he and I had bantered back and forth or flirted. I'm very professional on set and was a really big deal for me. It was the first time that I'd worked with actors at that level. »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
How James Toback Accuser's Film About Her Encounter Flipped From Drama to Comedy
22 November 2017 3:37 PM, PST
When Dani Alvarado started making her short film, "Lost Beneath The Stars," she envisioned the film as a drama based on her rough start to find her start in showbiz, with her character's struggles beginning with a director who makes sexual advances towards her. But after finishing the film — and releasing it in an industry finally holding sexual abusers accountable — she says it has grown in ways she never imagined. In an exclusive interview with TheWrap published Tuesday, Alvarado revealed that the director scene was a near-word-for-word re-enactment of her own encounter with James Toback, who has been »
- Jeremy Fuster
7 Movies Guaranteed to Ruin Thanksgiving for the Trump Fans in Your Family (Photos)
22 November 2017 3:15 PM, PST
The holidays, particularly Thanksgiving and Christmas, are known for being volatile — you know all the jokes about the racist uncle who starts stuff at family gatherings. And with Donald Trump taking the presidential election, it's going to be worse than ever this year. You don't, however, have to let the racist uncle or your vocal Trump-supporter grandma dictate terms of engagement. Wielding the power of liberal cinema, you can start the argument party in a whole new way. "Southside with You" When someone inevitably whines about the very existence of a romantic drama about a young Barack and Michelle, »
- Phil Owen
Thanksgiving Football Streaming Guide, From the Lions-Vikings NFL Matchup to the Iron Bowl
22 November 2017 3:07 PM, PST
Vikings versus Lions. Ohio State versus Michigan. Alabama versus Auburn. It's Thanksgiving week football (college or pro) — and this year, you won't need a TV to watch almost all of it. There is an increasing number of cord cutters who love football, but don't love fat cable bills. That's taken a toll on pay-tv companies, and football ratings as a result. But more and more streaming services have come online in recent years and are winning over disenchanted subscribers – and sports leagues are noticing. The NFL has a deal with Amazon to stream several Thursday Night Football games, »
- Matt Pressberg
15 Best Thanksgiving TV Episodes and Specials Ever (Photos)
22 November 2017 3:00 PM, PST
"Friends" – "The One With All the Thanksgivings" The Friends gather in Monica's apartment to reminisce about their worst Thanksgiving memories, including the time Monica accidentally cutting off Chandler's toe and Joey getting his head stuck in a turkey. "Friends" – "The One With the Football" Ross and Monica's sibling rivalry comes out in full force when the Gellers go head-to-head in a touch football game that quickly grows heated. "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" – "The Gang Squashes Their Beefs" The "Always Sunny" gang attempts to make amends by meeting up with their many enemies to bury the hatchet so they can finally. »
- Reid Nakamura
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'Inside Out Dorset' Arts Celebrate Ridgeway
12:00am 21st September 2014
Ridgeway Responses, a free, family-friendly arts extravaganza, is centred around the village of Littlebredy, in West Dorset, this weekend Friday- Sunday (19-21 September).
Part of this month's Inside Out Dorset festival, it will feature the work of nine artists from around the UK which showcases the unique heritage and environment of the Ridgeway - part of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Available to see from 12noon to 6pm each day, the works offer a heady mixture of styles and ideas which explore different facets of the area.
Emma Williams will use costume and puppetry to illustrate butterflies which make their home there; Adrian Newton focuses on the life of an ash tree through sound and song, and Hazel Evans also looks at woodland life through a mixture of sculpture sound and movement.
The Gobbledegook Theatre will encourage people to hear 'sound under the ground' through a collection of ear trumpets, while 100 amber 'tear jars' will set the scene for the Lachrymae music event near Abbotsbury.
A Caravan Obscura viewing device will give people a whole new perspective on the area around the Hardy Monument, and a local hillside will be taken over by a giant white hare, created by Sarah Butterworth in the style of ancient chalk figures to celebrate the Ridgeways's Neolithic heritage.
There will also be a specially-created barrow to reflect the area's many historic mounds, and artist Bill Aitchison will also take visitors on a guided tour of the landscape at various times each day, starting at Littlebredy village green.
Ridgeway Responses has been organised by Activate, one of 14 partners in the South Dorset Ridgeway Landscape Partnership Scheme, which is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and led by the Dorset AONB team, based at Dorset County Council.
It aims to encourage local people to find out more about this special landscape, enjoy it and become more involved in looking after it.
More details about the weekend's events, and the wider Inside Out Dorset festival, can be found at www.insideoutdorset.co.uk
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We have begun inviting users to participate in our beta test. The rollout should complete over the next few weeks.
If you have already signed up for our beta but haven't received the invite yet, thank you for being patient, we will get to you shortly.
If you would like to participate in the beta of Savings 2 so you can help us define its features, please sign up for beta, we look forward to having you.
Savings 2 Delay
We are continuing to experience delay with the launch of Savings 2, in fact, we have yet to official put out the first beta.
Things are starting to fall in place though. Stay tuned.
Again, if you would like to paerticipate in beta, please sign up.
Thanks for your patience.
p.s. For people who are experiencing sync issue that cannot be resolved by our sync troubleshoot page, please sign up for the Savings 2 beta. We will not be fixing sync issue in Savings 1 because our resource is very limited.
Savings 2 is Coming
Savings 2 is coming. Yes, we know, our schedule has slipped a bit, but hey, this is software 😉.
What we won't compromise on though, is the quality. We are taking the time to get it right. For those of you who loved Savings 1, you will feel right at home on Savings 2, and will appreciate all the fit and finishes that is at a level above Savings 1.
Sign Up for Beta
We will soon be releasing Savings 2 for beta testers. If you are interested, please sign up to become a beta tester.
And as always, we love to hear from you if you have any questions.
In case you are wondering why Savings hasn't been updated for a while, there are two reasons. One, the team has had some internal changes lately, and that had an impact on our release schedule. Second, we are working on something very exciting that we plan to ship later this year. We can't talk about it yet, but if you want to be the first to know, be sure to sign up to our newsletter for announcement.
A Quick Update
Savings for Mac 1.8.2 has just been released on the Mac App Store. This is a quick update that addresses two issues that were introduced in version 1.8.1.
The first is a crash that sometimes occur when you are entering the payee of a transaction. The second is a crash that sometimes occur when you are importing transactions from bank.
Please update to this version of Savings if you are experiencing either of those issues.
Savings for Mac 1.8.1
In this update, I focused on improving small bits of the user experience in the Mac app. Things like payee and category autocomplete, increasing the size of the balance footer, and clearing new flag when editing multiple transactions. It is also easier now to delete accounts and budgets from the sidebar. Just press the delete key or use the contextual menu.
Sync is also improved for the Mac app. If you keep Savings running in the background, it will receive updates from iCloud. So whenever you activate Savings, you will see the latest data without waiting for refresh. This brings the immediacy of sync inline with the iPhone app.
To get the update, visit Savings on the App Store.
User Guide
I've been asked several times if there is a guide for newbies to learn everything they need to know about using Savings. That is, in fact, what I am working on these days. I expect to have it released within the next couple of weeks. So keep your eyes peeled on the website!
Happy New Year!
I'm happy to kick off the year with an update to both Savings for Mac and Savings for iPhone. There are many new features planned for 2016, so please stay tuned to this blog for future updates.
Passcode Lock
The main new feature Savings 1.8 (Mac) and Savings 1.3 (iPhone) is the ability to lock Savings with a password or passcode when you are not using it. This is a highly requested feature, and now, both apps have the ability to do so.
To activate password on the Mac, just go to the Securities tab under Preferences.
To activate passcode on the iPhone, just go to Settings > Passcode.
Push Sync
Push sync refers to the ability for a change to automatically be pushed to all your devices once it is made on one device. The end result is whenever you open the app on any device, the latest data is already there.
This functionality is now a part of the iPhone app, and will soon be brought over to the Mac app. Be sure to allow Savings to send you push notifications when you are prompted.
Savings also now shows you an activity indicator when its syncing data. Please note that on the Mac, you have to be running El Capitan to see this.
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We're all adults here, we know that at the end of the day; online marketing is about growing your business reach. We can dress it up as 'engaging with your customer' and 'being transparent' - and those sentiments are absolutely true but they're not the end goal, if we're going to be honest about it. The end goal is about improving your business, whether it be functionality, customer service or profit (let's hope it's all of those!) Why else would businesses invest in online marketing if it's not to further their business prospects?
That said, it can be all too easy to forget that online marketing should be a two way relationship. It's ok to send emails about your special offers, your news, your views but it's also imperative to break out of that sometimes with some humour. Name some of the most successful online campaigns. You can bet that at least some of them, if not all, contained humour. We need and yearn for some fun in our daily working grind. This isn't the 50s – souless advertising is just propaganda that intelligent people see right through. Business communications have evolved. Think back over the meetings and conferences you've attended over the years...which did you enjoy the most? The humdrum speaker that lacked humour and innovation, or the facilitator who shared invaluable knowledge, encouraged participation and had a comic kick in their stride?
It's Funny. Humour only becomes more important as time goes on – with more and more messages out there trying to capture your attention, go for humour. Humour captivates, humour joins us together, humour is VIRAL!
So why not take advantage of the upcoming season and send a Halloween email campaign that revives your email strategy and audience participation? Don't try to sell anything – just offer something of value. It might be a Halloween game or a silly video. The key is to warm the cockles of your audience's hearts so that they warm to your business and come back for more!


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Part I is a detailed look at the history and concepts underlying AppleScript. It looks at concepts such as compiling, the different forms AppleScripts can take, the dictionary concept, and oddly, an entire chapter devoted to detailing exactly how the author solved a particular problem in the software he was using to write the manuscript for this very book. He suggests that this chapter "doesn't actually teach any AppleScript", but that the "neophyte may benefit by witnessing [his procedures and thought processes]". While this may indeed be true, it's rather frustrating that he used such a specialist piece of software (Adobe FrameMaker) for his example, because it would have been nice to be able to learn from example by copying the example as he stepped through it. Although the accompanying explanations are worded in plain English, it becomes easy to wonder why "neophytes" would be interested in looking at such a detailed and complicated example when they haven't even started on the base concepts of the language yet. This chapter left me completely confused as to his aim for it. For the "neophyte", it's far too complicated. For veteran programmers looking to learn about a new language, well, they'd just skip this chapter entirely.
Another chapter in Part I looks at some basic concepts. Neuburg uses this chapter to give some in-depth examinations of Apple events. Unfortunately, he goes into great detail showing the logs of the event in the Console without actually explaining what all the mess of code returned is, which makes the inclusion of several of these logs somewhat useless and possibly confusing to the first-time programmer, for whom this whole section is recommended reading (as suggested in the Preface). While understanding how to use Apple events in programming is important, the extra stuff really isn't needed at the novice level.
To be honest, I wouldn't suggest Part I to novice programmers unless they were particularly technically minded and really interested in the underlying concepts of how AppleScript talks to the operating system and other applications. Part I may be of use if there is a particular concept that crops up that is not explained elsewhere, or for interest's sake, but it is not essential to learning the language itself. This isn't to say that there aren't some useful things in Part I, such as the information on compiling scripts, the basic overview of Apple events, and the first example of an AppleScript Studio interface (although this inexplicably uses RealBasic, which is not included with MacOS X, as part of its example, much to my irritation), but these are somewhat hidden amongst seemingly useless examples and information.
Part II actually gets into the meat of the language, so is an ideal place for novice and veteran programmers alike to begin. In Chapter 6, Neuburg has a difficult job, because it is tricky to explain how to return the result of an operation without going into a detailed critique of all the different ways that AppleScript can do this. The main thing that annoyed me in this chapter is that he uses comments in his example code before he explains what they are (a whole two sections later). Otherwise, it's a great introduction to AppleScript syntax. The next chapter is a solid chapter on variables, including an informative and detailed look at variable scope, and the chapters that follow are equally well written and explained. Although he goes into a lot of detail that may be daunting to the novice programmer, it's warranted here because, well, it is the definitive guide. Besides, it's quite informative and a good reference, so novices can easily skip over any bit they're not sure about until it comes back to haunt them later in their AppleScripting careers. Perhaps this chapter would have been better split into beginners and advanced chapters, but I actually think that, on the whole, it's good to have the references in one place, because it's often difficult to work out where beginners information ends and advanced begins.
Part III is a look at "AppleScript in Action". As you may have noticed, I have complained about the author's use of specialist software that isn't included by default with MacOS X. Here he continues this train, using BBEdit, Eudora, NoteTaker, and Fetch, along with many other pieces of software that I certainly don't have installed. Why he couldn't have used standard MacOS X software, or freely available software such as TextEdit, SubEthaEdit, Mail, Safari, iTunes, or any of the other myriad AppleScript-capable pieces of software available is beyond me. However, he uses these to illustrate some good examples, and goes on to deal with unscriptable applications, XML-RPC, interaction with Unix-based scripting, and, finally, writing GUI applications using AppleScript and Xcode.
Ultimately, I think the book is quite useful as a reference and more advanced programming guide, but novices should be aware that it is really not necessary to understand the complex nuances of the language or underlying technology that he describes to get your own simple AppleScript script up and running pretty quickly. The use of non-standard proprietary software in example code is a significant drawback to making this book widely useful, but as a reference for the AppleScript language, interoperation, and history, it is a reasonable investment.
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> The second edition just got released.
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the amazon did not have the second edition yet i am looking for it thanks for the info
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The second edition just got released. The updated oreilly url is:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/applescpttdg2/index.html (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/applescpttdg2/index.html).
Amazon's (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596005571/103-5241288-5535067?v=glance&n=283155) price is far better though. Make sure you're getting the second edition. The large print link says second edition but the standard edition doesn't. Weird!
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Published: Friday 24th April 2015 by The News Editor
Turkey's president has insisted his nation's ancestors never committed genocide, as people prepared to mark the centenary of the Ottoman massacres of Armenians.
Addressing a meeting billed as an international peace summit, Recep Tayyip Erdogan also accused the international community of indifference towards refugees and wanting migrants to drown at sea.
The Prince of Wales and the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand were among dignitaries attending the event, part of a series of ceremonies marking the centenary of the First World War Gallipoli campaign.
Hundreds of Mr Erdogan's supporters also attended, boisterously cheering and applauding his words and giving the event the feel of a campaign rally six weeks before Turkey's elections.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of the war, an event widely viewed by scholars as genocide.
Turkey, however, has insisted that the toll has been inflated and those killed were victims of civil war and unrest, not genocide.
Turkey has lobbied fiercely to prevent countries from recognising the massacres as genocide. It recalled its ambassador to the Vatican after Pope Francis used the term and its ambassador to Austria after MPs in Vienna did so too.
"The Armenian claims on the 1915 events, and especially the numbers put forward, are all baseless and groundless," Mr Erdogan said. "I say, we're ready to open our military archives. We have no fear, no worries on this subject. Our ancestors did not persecute."
US president Barack Obama pledged solidarity with Armenians but stopped short of calling what happened to them 100 years ago genocide.
"On this solemn centennial, we stand with the Armenian people in remembering that which was lost," he said. "We pledge that those who suffered will not be forgotten."
Mr Erdogan's comments came as European Union leaders convened in Brussels for an emergency summit after hundreds of migrants drowned in the Mediterranean in the space of a few days. Discussion included laying the ground for military action against traffickers.
"As you know, those who flee on boats in the Mediterranean, the Aegean – they drown in those seas. And what does (the international community) say? 'Let them drown. Let them die', Mr Erdogan said.
"Aren't they human beings? Where's the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?"
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Discussion in 'General Shotgun Discussion' started by Zamzow, Jan 17, 2013.
Which do u choose.
Get over it. The most over-asked question on all forums.
The one you can afford to get. I have both Mossberg and Rem shotguns. The action seems smoother from the rem. Other than that it's really as toss up.
But hows this for a wrench tosser.....? I have a Mossberg 835 set up as a house gun. Oh the humanity!!!!
Looking fir a good home protection shotgun that i can change barrel for hunting. Any recomendations? Thanks.
what will you do with it?
a) let it sit in the closet the rest of its life?
b) shoot it 500 rounds a month?
It will get used for deer, range and home protection. On average 50 shots a month prob
Neither one!!!!
Neither, l picked this one
Much superior shotgun and priced low.
Nice looking weatherby. Personally I think all guns r sexy in there own way. Weather old or new.
Inter change able barrels.
They both are good. I dropped my Mossberg out of a treestand, and it survived the fall, didn't go off. That is a huge plus in my mind...but I didn't want to try it with the 870...I try not to drop my guns 30 feet, if possible.
I have a Saiga 12, which took a lot of gunsmithing on my part to get it working 100%, but now that it does, it is my favorite gun.
I have 2 870's and a Mossberg 500, I enjoy shooting all of them, I also have some hr single shots and wife has a hr partner pump, I have a rifles barrel on my mossy and use it for deer, I have a cut down 870 for hd, and a 28" barrel 870 that I use for bird/ squirrel and rabbit hunting, I have things I like and dislike about all of them, the 870 does seem smoother but they all go bang when I pull the trigger and they all function properly.
I have a mossberg 500 in 12g. And a Remington 870 in 20 guage. Problem solved
The safety on the Mossberg is much better than the remmy
Neither of the above.
Who needs a safety anyway. Lol. The rack of a twelve gauge is safety enough. Lol.
Which do you choose? Chevy or Ford?
It's a question that really doesn't need to be asked.
I prefer the 870 but both are decent affordable shotguns the safety on the Mossberg is more convenient for a lefty.
Get a used Wingmaster that is at least 15 years old. That will be a great shotgun.
Both are good. Benelli Nova and Supernova shotguns are nice too.


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Project Management Series is a new initiative of LibraryLinkNJ, which will provide professional development opportunities for its member libraries' staff.
Project management has been identified as one of the most important skill sets, and is used increasingly by businesses of all sizes. Libraries are no exception. Project Management is becoming a vital skill for library professionals and paraprofessionals. Library organizations and leaders are acknowledging the important role of project management in library work. Despite the increasing need for this skillset, many libraries are not able to offer project management training to their staff. It is not easy for library staff to find opportunities to participate in training outside their on-going job responsibilities.
The purpose of the Project Management Series is to provide:
- A customized project management series with practical training and activities to our member libraries
- The participating libraries will implement an actual project at their library at the completion of the series.
Implementing project management techniques will help library staff keep pace with their communities' needs. Libraries will complete their projects on time and within budget, by using simple techniques to monitor and control processes and schedules.
Project management is becoming more critical, as today's libraries are asked to do even more with less, while remaining competitive and successful. This series will provide an opportunity to our member libraries and their staff to learn project management techniques and apply them to a library project.
- Expand project management skills across library staff in New Jersey
- Develop skills and confidence in staff to successfully manage projects
- Develop project management habits to ensure routine application of PM techniques
- Foster library practices in project management to improve libraries' day-to-day and long-term workflow
- Initiate a project in response to library community input to the Statewide Strategic Plan
- Provide a service to library professionals and paraprofessionals statewide to advance their professional development
- Develop an annual series of training workshops in project management skills to serve the New Jersey library community
Statewide Strategic Planning:
This series will also fulfill the following goals and objectives of the Statewide Strategic Plan for the Future of Libraries in New Jersey:
Goal 2: Leadership and Coordination
- Efficiency and effectiveness: Provide a service to undertake reviews of the efficiency and effectiveness of library service delivery to identify opportunities for improvement.
Goal 5: Cycles of Innovation:
- Guidelines and certification: Provide guidelines for libraries for appropriate technology, skills and services and to help late adopters to more quickly take up new models of service delivery.
Goal 6: Professional Development and Self Care
- Cross-training: Offer training in areas critical to success in the "new normal", including leadership, facilitation, project management, fundraising, business development, partnering and process design
- Collaborate with educational institutions: Ensure that librarians receive the training they need for high performance and career satisfaction in the future.
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Project Description
Members registering for the Project Management Series are committing to attending and participating in all of the following components:
Three Project Management Workshops
- Project Management Fundamentals (101) (half-day, in-person)
- Online Project Management Tools Tutorial (webinar)
- Managing A Library Project (full-day, in-person)
- Managing Your Own Library Project : March - November 2017
The series will be open to all LibraryLinkNJ member libraries. Participation will be limited to 30 people, with a limit of no more than two participants from one library organization. A Save-the-Date announcement is being shared with the member libraries in June 2016 to help library staff get approval for their participation from their directors and to prepare for registration, which will open in September 13, 2016. Please read the series details including eligibility, registration process and requirements if you are interested.
1. Project Management Workshops
This initiative will start with three workshops (two face-to-face, one delivered as a webinar) that will enable participants to understand the basics of project management and the dynamics of managing a project in a library setting. These workshops will help participants develop and implement a project of their own.
(1) Project Management Fundamentals (101)
- Presenter: Sam Sena, PMP, Global Technology Manager, Diligent Corporation
- Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016
- Time: 12:30pm - 4:00pm (Lunch at 12:00pm)
- Location: Monroe Township Library (Middlesex County)
- In-person half-day workshop
- Program Description and Details
(2) Asana and/or Teamwork Tutorial
- Lynda.com via LibraryLinkNJ's subscriptions.
(3) Managing A Library Project
- Presenter: Jennifer Vinopal, Head of Digital Scholarship Services, New York University
- Date: Friday, February 3, 2017 (Friday, Feb. 10 as a snow date)
- Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm (Refreshments at 9:30am & lunch break between 12:00-12:45)
- Location: Monroe Township Library (Middlesex County)
- In-Person full-day workshop
- Program Description & Details
2. Managing Your Own Library Project
The participants will develop an actual library project plan and implement it Spring through Fall 2017, which will give them flexibility with selecting project types and scheduling.
(1) Developing a project proposal:
- During the Project Management Fundamentals workshop, participants will learn how to write a simple project proposal, and they will be asked to develop an actual project idea and draft a proposal for a project before they return for the Managing A Library Project workshop.
- All proposal drafts will be shared with Jennifer Vinopal, the presenter for Managing A Library Project workshop and Mi-Sun Lyu, Project Manager. Jennifer will share her comments and help participants revise their project proposal during workshop. Mi-Sun will also assist participants to complete their proposals on time.
(2) Getting the Proposal Approved and Implementing A Project
- Participants will complete their proposal following the last workshop. They will submit it to LibraryLinkNJ and their library director. LibraryLinkNJ and the participants' library directors will give final approval on their project proposals by March 10, 2017.
- LibraryLinkNJ will subsidize up to $300 per participating library for each proposed project. (If a project proposal is budgeted over $300, administrative approval from the participant's library will be required.)
- In the case of participating libraries completing projects jointly, LibraryLinkNJ will fund up to $300 per participating library.
- Participants will manage their project as a project manager (or a leader if there are two participants from one library organization) at their library during the implementation period.
(3) Project Reports
- Participants will submit the final project report at the completion of their project or by Thursday, November 30, 2017.
- Participants will also attach all documents used for their project to their final report.
- Final reports and related documents will be submitted to the LibraryLinkNJ Executive Director and Board and will be also shared with the membership on the LibraryLinkNJ website.
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How to Participate
Eligibility: Any staff working at a LibraryLinkNJ member library/organization who wants to learn project management techniques and commits to manage a project at their library can participate.
Cost: $50/participant for the entire series that includes two in-person workshops, one or two webinar(s).
Please note: your registration is a commitment to attend all the workshops in the series. You are also committing to completing and managing a project. Check your calendar fully before registering!
- Registration and Waitlist is Filled.
- Participation will be limited to 30 people, with a limit of no more than two participants from one library organization.
- Library directors must complete an online agreement form for their staff after registration opens. The agreement form must be filled out by Friday, September 23, 2016.
- School Librarians/Media Specialists are exempt from completing the Agreement Form. We will consider your registration for the series as a commitment to satisfy all requirements to participate in the Project Management Series.
Series Participants:
- Participants are responsible for securing approval from their library director to register for the series.
- Participants will commit to attend all workshops and take action as scheduled below:
|Workshop Name or Task to Complete
|Date or Due Date
|Workshop: Project Management Fundamentals (101)
|November 2, 2016
|Developing an Initial Project Proposal
|By January 13, 2017
|Webinar(s) on Project Management Online Tools
|Date TBA (January - February, 2017)
|Workshop: Managing A Library Project
|February 3, 2017 (Feb. 10 as a snow date)
|Completion of Project Proposal and Final Approval by LibraryLinkNJ and the Participating Library Directors
|By March 10, 2017
|Implementing Your Own Project
|March - October 2017
|Project Completion Report & Documentation Submission to LibraryLinkNJ
|At the completion of a project through November 30, 2017
- Participants will serve as a project manager (or a leader if there are two participants from one library organization) for their own project plan.
- Participants will save and share all documents used for their project with LibraryLinkNJ.
- Participants will write a final report and submit it to their director and LibraryLinkNJ.
Participating Libraries:
- Participating Libraries' Directors must complete an online agreement form to confirm their staff member's eligibility and registration for the series. The online form will be available from September 13 through 23, 2016. (Note: School Librarians/Media Specialists are exempt from completing the Agreement Form. We will consider your registration for the series as a commitment to satisfy all requirements to participate in the Project Management Series.)
- Participating Libraries' Directors are committing to send their staff to all three workshops and allow their staff time to develop a project plan, implement the project and submit a final report by all deadlines.
- If a project proposal is budgeted over the $300 subsidy from LibraryLinkNJ, administrative approval from the participant's library will be required.
If you have any questions, please contact Mi-Sun Lyu at email@example.com.
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Project Sponsor & Team
Project Sponsor: LibraryLinkNJ
- This project is a new initiative of LibraryLinkNJ, which will oversee and manage the whole project. LibraryLinkNJ has budgeted $13,500 for the Project Management series.
- LibraryLinkNJ will subsidize up to $300 per participating library for each proposed project. (If a project proposal is budgeted over $300, administrative approval from the participant's library will be required.)
- In the case of participating libraries completing projects jointly, LibraryLinkNJ will fund up to $300 per participating library.
Project Team:
- Project Manager: Mi-Sun Lyu, Online/IT Project Manager & Program Coordinator, LibraryLinkNJ
Project Team:
- LibraryLinkNJ CE Team: Joanne Roukens, Assistant Director & Sophie Brookover, Program Coordinator & Social Media Manager
- Project Management Task Force will be formed with two-three invited library staff from member libraries, who have project management knowledge and experiences. This will not prevent them from registering for the series.
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Abarth is working on a coupe version of the Fiat 500 that it says will be more exclusive and will be an even more extreme incarnation of the city car. This is a caricature-like impression made by its official artist.
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The hard-top version will feature the Zagato-signature double-bubble roof of the original. To feed the 750 T rear-mounted engine, it had huge scoops. We see hints of these from a new, enlarged tail spoiler. These models will be distinguishable due to their bigger wheels and numerous detail changes.
These cars will be the first modern Abarths with body styles that are limited only to the marque. Upgrades will be made on the interior too. The rear seats in some versions will be removed, commonly done on Italian coupe of the 1950s and 1960s.
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How to create a Niche website for making money online
Creating a niche website is very easy job with few very important steps. If you follow the steps correctly, you can get very good amount of traffic as well as earn money online easily. The most question asked for most of blogger is "how to create a niche website and make money easily". So i just though of sharing few of my experience about my niche website which helps me to make over 500 dollars each month.
What is a Niche website?
Niche website are websites or blog targeted to specific category only. There are number of topics on the web people are looking for help or any other support. You can choose any of these topic and start your website or blog. These specific category blogs are known as niche blogs. There are many such niche blogs available on the web. You can try to search any of these niche blogs. For example, mobiles and smartphone is one of these niche. there are many other similar ones like technology, gadgets, health and life, family, entertainment, movies, music, etc. If you want to dig more into the niche, you can further find micro niche blogs. These blogs would be more specific to sub topics within one category. For example, iphone 6 is micro niche topic in smartphone. There are people making thousands of dollar from such micro niche blogs and website. I remember one of my friend making approx. 1500$ monthly from iphone 6 micro niche blog.
How to choose a topic for a niche website or blog?
Here i would say, it all depends upon your knowledge base. Everyone is expert or atleast with some knowledge on some topic. Simple you can search for more on that specific topic. Explore for the scope in that particular topic. Pick the topic you find your self more comfortable with. I prefer such niche because we would be able to learn and write more easily on such topics. Don't think of topic which is more more frequently searched or used. For example technology blogs, this has become very common and every body is trying to target this niche. If you choose such topic, get on top of google search would be slightly difficult. So think of topic which is not so much common. I know one of my online friend blogging on topic – food for reptiles. This guys is making 100's of dollar daily with affiliate marketing though this website.
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Once you are done with the topic selection, find out the best keywords that will help you drive traffic to your website. Keywords are the building blocks for any website. If you have wrong building blocks, you will end up with just wastage of time. Based on your keywords, get the best domain name and hosting that suits your website. Try to get the domain name in such a way that it includes the keywords in it. This will help in SEO further.
Once you have the domain and hosting up for your website, get the list of keywords prepared using google adwords keyword tool. Try to find out 20-30 keywords that matches your niche market. If is always better to have keywords with low to medium competition and higher cost per click. Higher CPC means, there are advertisers who like to put ads on your niche topics. This helps if you plan to use Google Adsense on your niche site. It can fetch you really good income with higher cpc.
How to create article for niche website or blog?
This is the main part for niche blogging. You will have to create really interesting and quality articles with good SEO optimization. If the optimization is good, your 75% seo work is already completed. Lets start with the steps while creating the niche article.
Step 1: Create an interesting title for your articles with target keyword added in the title.
Step 2: The url of the page will have the target keyword in it
Step 3: Your article must be as lengthy as possible. I have seen people writing 2000+ words in most of their niche blogs. These blogs remain on the top of search engines for most of the time.
Step 4: Your article must have the main keyword and supporting keywords added in proper ratio. The main keyword must be around 1.4-3% of your words count.
Step 5: Add images with alt tag same as your keyword. This is very useful step as you might get good amount of traffic from image search as well.
Step 6: Add titles and sub title in the article with main keyword added in it.
If you follow the above steps, your SEO work will become very easily and traffic will start flowing automatically. I would suggest you to post atleast 20-30 articles to your niche site in first 10-15 days. This will really help to improve your website search ranking and traffic at very faster rate. Initially the rate of article posting must be more like 8-10 articles per week and later on it can be reduces to 2-3 per week. But main sure to keep your website live with fresh content regularly.
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How to do SEO for Niche website or blogs?
This step itself is a big topic. But what i would say is, once you follow the above steps you will not need to do more on SEO. Once your article is posted, try to share or get social signals to your site. Sharing on social bookmarking sites will help you a lot. This will further help in fast indexing of your articles.
Apart from the above step, there are many other ways of creating backlinks to your website and pages that will further help in increasing the traffic. try to get some do-follow backlinks through blog commenting and article marketing. This would be enough to get really good amount of traffic to your site. If you are able to get backlinks from website with similar topic as yours, this will give you very good amount of referral traffic and also give good SEO juice to your site through the backlink I have tried these steps and it really helps a lot.
Making money from Niche site
This article i have created by keeping google Adsense in mind. Adsense gives really fair amount of income from Niche blogs. With just 10K traffic monthly and 2-3% CTR, you can make around 400-500$ monthly with 0.15 to 0.5 CPC rate. For niche blogs, the cost per click is really good if you choose the right keywords with medium competition.
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In my next article i will try to write about niche blog for affiliate marketing. Niche blog with affiliate marketing can fetch your much more income than Adsense since you get good share of income from the sale.
I hope this article added some information to your brain database. You can work upon it and create an useful niche blog. If you have any query or suggestion, do mention in the comment section below.


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Indebted: Last week we noted that Wal-Mart subsidiary Jet.com had acquired ModCloth, an online retailer of vintage women's apparel. No financial terms were disclosed, but this didn't feel like a success for either ModCloth or the venture capitalists who had invested over $70 million into the business since its founding 15 years earlier. Here's what happened, per sources familiar with the situation:
- In 2013 ModCloth went out in search of Series C funding, but the process was felled by a back-to-back pair of lousy quarters. So instead it accepted $20 million in unsecured bank debt.
- ModCloth effectively treated the debt like growth equity, rather than recognizing the time bomb it could become.
- When the debt first came due in April 2015, existing ModCloth investors pumped in new equity to, in part, kick repayment down the road for two years. This came amid amid four to five straight quarters of profitability, and just after the company brought in a former Urban Outfitters executive as CEO.
- Once the income statement returned to the red, ModCloth again tried raising equity ― but prospective investors cited the debt overhang as their reason for passing on a company whose unit economics were otherwise fundable. Insiders could have stepped up but didn't.
- Jet.com heard of ModCloth's debt coming due debt month, and pounced. We've been unable to learn the exact amount it paid, except that the amount left over for VCs after repaying the debt (and accounting for receivables) won't be nearly enough to make them whole.
- 2 takeaways: (1) Debt is not inherently troublesome for startups, particularly if it's supplementing equity as opposed to substituting for equity. But startups must recognize that not all cash is created equal. (2) ModCloth was founded in Pittsburgh, but later moved its HQ to San Francisco. It's impossible to know if things would have worked out differently had the company remained in the Steel City, but some of its quirky retail culture did seem to get commingled with the "grow grow" tech etho
• Never mind, it's rhetorical: For years, CEOs shouted "uncertainty" to explain away everything from their lack of investment in R&D to their inability to provide employee wage hikes. Today we're expecting massive changes to our federal tax, healthcare and regulatory regimes (let alone revived trade war concerns after last week's G20 meeting), but have virtually no certainty on the final details. Yet I haven't heard a single CEO complain about "uncertainty" in months...
• Spectacle: Snap finally got its first buy rating this morning, sending shares up in pre-market trading (albeit still not above the $20 per share mark).
• Kicking: MuleSoft shares popped more than 40% in their first day of trading on Friday, giving the SaaS integration company a market cap north of $3 billion. I spoke via phone with CEO Greg Schott about the IPO, M&A plans, immigration and his "stock price" message to employees. Read it read.
• Gametime: We're into the Sweet 16, and reader Danny Conway is leading our March Madness Extravaganza. His final game also remains intact, although he did have Villanova in his Final Four (which is better than me, who had Nova winning the whole thing). Continued good luck to all.
The BFD
Vodafone India has agreed to merge with fellow Indian mobile carrier Idea Cellular in a $23 billion transaction. Vodafone would hold a 45.1% stake in the combined company, while Idea's majority shareholder (Aditya Birla Group) would own a 26% stake. The remaining 28.9% position would he held by other Idea Cellular shareholders.
Why it's the BFD: This merger would create the largest telecom company (nearly 400 million customers) in the world's second largest mobile phone market (behind China). It also comes amid major turmoil in the Indian mobile market. Current leader Bharti Airtel last week canceled plans to sell a control stake in its mobile tower unit, largely because of a stock price plunge related to the Vodafone India/Idea Cellular merger talks. And all three companies have been under severe price pressure after India's richest man spent around $20 billion to build out a network that has been offering its consumer services for free.
Bottom line: "Since the merged entity will have more resources, the telecom price war is going to get messier. Idea-Vodafone merger may lead to more consolidation. Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices and Aircel are already in talks for merger. Airtel has bought India operations of Telenor. Reliance is surely going to face stiff fight from the new biggies. The consumer will be the king." Economic Times
Venture Capital Deals
• Chezhibao, a Chinese used car auction platform, has raised $100 million in Series C funding led by PAG. Existing shareholders include JD Capital, Gobi Partners and Addor Capital. http://bit.ly/2nH2FQo
• Cell Medica, a London-based cellular immunotherapy company, has raised £60 million in Series C funding from return backers Touchstone Innovations, Invesco Perpetual and Woodford Investment Management. http://bit.ly/2nSPaMs
• Moximed, a Hayward, Calif.-based developer of unicompartmental load absorber implants for patients with knee osteoarthritis, has raised $50 million in Series C funding. Backers include Advent Life Sciences, GBS Venture Partners, Future Fund, NEA, Morgenthaler Ventures and Vertex Healthcare. www.moximed.com
• Suzhou Ribo Life Science, a Chinese developer of small interfering RNA drugs, has raised $39 million in Series B funding. SDIC Fund Management led the round, and was joined by such firms as Legend Capital, GGV Capital and China Resources. http://bit.ly/2nH0lIR
• Before Brands, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based developer of nutritional products, has raised $35 million in Series B funding led by Gurnet Point Capital. www.beforebrands.com
• MedLumics, a Madrid-based developer of cardiac devices, has raised €34.4 million in Series B funding. Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners led the round, and was joined by Seroba Life Sciences, Innogest Capital and undisclosed strategic investor and return backers Ysios Capital Partners and Caixa Capital Risc. www.medlumics.com
• SolarisBank, a Berlin-based fintech services platform, has raised $28 million in new VC funding. Arvato Financial Solutions and SBI Group co-led the round, and were joined by seed backers FinLeap, Hegus and Yabeo Capital. http://bit.ly/2mn3Sez
• Newrank, a Shanghai-based social media content monitoring and ranking platform, has raised $26 million in Series B funding co-led by CMC Capital and HG Capital. http://bit.ly/2nB3LA3
• Advicenne, a French pediatric drug developer focused on orphan renal and neurological diseases, has raised €16 million in new VC funding from IRDI SORIDEC Gestion, Cemag Invest and MI Care, Bpifrance and IXO Private Equity. http://bit.ly/2nVntmj
• Aetion, a New York-based healthcare analytics platform, has raised $11.2 million in Series A funding. Flare Capital Partners led the round, and was joined by Lakestar. www.aeteon.com
• Nested, a UK-based residential home sale platform, has raised £8 million in new VC funding. Passion Capital led the round, and was joined by fellow return backers Balderton Capital and Global Founders Capital. http://tcrn.ch/2mL8Phy
• FarmLead, an Ottawa-based online grain marketplace, has raised US$6.5 million in Series A funding. Monsanto Growth Ventures led the round, and was joined by Avrio Ventures, the MaRS Innovation Accelerator Fund and Serra Ventures. www.farmlead.com
• MultiX, a French maker of X-ray imaging solutions for airports, has raised €3.5 million in new VC funding from Omnes Capital and H3C. http://bit.ly/2mJImke
Private Equity Deals
• Albertsons, the Cerberus-owned grocer that is in registration for an IPO, has held preliminary stalks to acquire Sprouts Farmers Market (Nasdaq: SFM), according to Bloomberg. Sprouts has a current market cap of around $3.2 billion. http://bloom.bg/2mKbLe1
• CloudCheckr, a Rochester, N.H.-based cloud management platform, has raised $50 million from Level Equity. www.cloudcheckr.com
• Crisis Prevention Institute, a Milwaukee-based crisis prevention and de-escalation training company owned by FFL Partners, has acquired Pivotal Education, a UK-based education consultancy and training company. No financial terms were disclosed. http://bit.ly/2nb9Hz2
• International Potash Corp., a fertilizer ingredient company that owns and operates the Ochoa Polyhalite Project in New Mexico, has raised an undisclosed amount of new equity funding from existing shareholder Cartesian Capital Group. www.cartesiangroup.com
• Littlejohn & Co. has acquired Tidel, a Carrollton, Texas-based provider of smart safe solutions to automate cash handling. No financial terms were disclosed, except that a joint venture between Antares and LStar Capital provided leveraged financing. www.tidel.com
• Unilver (LSE: ULVR) reportedly is prepping a £6 billion sale of its food "spreads" business, with both Bain Capital and Clayton Dubilier & Rice among those prepping bids. http://reut.rs/2mi08z1
Public Offerings
• Mavi Jeans, a Turkish jeans maker owned by Turkeven Private Equity and the Akarlilar family, has hired Goldman Sachs and BofA Merrill Lynch to work on an IPO that could value the company at around $800 million, according to Bloomberg. http://bloom.bg/2mFgnRV
• Netmarble, a South Korean maker of mobile and PC games, has filed paperwork for a Seoul IPO that could raise upwards of $2.35 billion. http://tcrn.ch/2mHmG7C
Liquidity Events
Aquiline Capital Partners has sold BI-SAM Technologies, a French provider of provider of portfolio performance and attribution software, to FactSet (NYSE: FDS) for $205.2 million.
• PBM Capital Group has sold a majority stake in Breas Medical Group, a Charlottesville, Va.-based maker of homecare ventilation and sleep apnea devices, to Fosun Pharma. No financial terms were disclosed. www.breas.com
• Renovo Capital has sold Andronico's, a specialty grocer in the Bay Area, to Safeway (NYSE: SWY) for an undisclosed amount. http://bayareane.ws/2nB0ReT
More M&A
• Atos of France denied a report that its payment terminals unit (Worldline) is prepping a takeover offer for Ingenico that could have been worth upwards of €8 billion. http://reut.rs/2nrfaSI
• Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) is seeking a buyer for half of its 2,500 fuel stations in Italy for upwards of 500 million, according to Reuters. http://reut.rs/2nCtN63
• The Washington Companies has offered to acquire Canada's Dominion Diamond Corp. (NYSE: DDC) for approximately US$1.1 billion, or $13.50 per share (36% premium to Friday's closing price). http://bloom.bg/2n4X7AV
• Aflac Corp. (NYSE: AFLC) has launched a corporate VC arm to invest in early-stage companies relevant to the insurer's core business. It will be led by existing Aflac exec Nadeem Khan, who has served as SVP of corporate development.
• Source Code Capital, a Sequoia Capital affiliate in China, is raising upwards of $260 million for its third VC fund, per an SEC filing. www.sourcecodecap.com
It's Personnel
• Rob Collins has joined 3i as managing partner of a new North American infrastructure platform. He previously led investments in North America and Europe for Hastings Funds Management. www.3i.com
• James Holley has joined UK-based private equity firm Bridgepoint to head of ESG efforts, per Dow Jones. He previously led UK responsible investment for KPMG. http://bit.ly/2mHu0jz
• Tony Olivo has joined PEF Services, a fund administrator for alternative investment managers, as director of business development. He previously was with Phoenix American Financial Services.


text: Hey guys, I'm looking for the toughest grass seed around for my back yard and for clients that want a durable yard, I was thinking K-31, Turf type-Tall Fescue and Perennial Rye. Now this is not for the best looks, but for over all durability. Thank you for any replys.


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Complaint Review: Ben Gordon
- Ben Gordon
- Phone:
- Web: http://www.warriorforum.com/members...
- Category: Internet Marketing Companies
Ben Gordon Ben Gordon - Warrior Forum Canada Internet
Ben Gordon was selling the following on the warrior forum:
[DONE FOR YOU] Complete Custom Sales Funnel (I've made millions, here's your turn)
24th January - Product launched
30th January - Ben Gordon Added 'No refunds' to his second post
5th February - I made contact with Ben Gordon.
11th February - I purchase the product. Spoke at length at what product would be and what would be involved.
My personal view is that adding 'no refunds' days after you have launched a product and not even including it as part of the original sales post is dishonest, but then again, deleting the entire thread to prevent someone from posting their honest review is also dishonest!
Ben advised me on the 4th March that he had completed the product and handed it over on the 7th March during the consultation call. [continued below]....
On the 5th April I advised Ben that no one seemed interested in partnering for the product, he advised me to keep looking around.
On 24th April I still hadn't made a single sale and no one was interested in a JV on it, the people who could be bothered to respond made negative comments about both the quality and content of the product. This reinforced my view on the product was right and so I made my first request for a refund. After lengthy discussions Ben claimed that he had 12 other customers who were making lots of money from the products he made for them. Now if I was one of them I would jump at the chance to buy another, I suggested he offer it to them, but he refused.
I continued to try and get my money back because regardless of adding 'no refunds' to his second post, he hasn't delivered what was promised in his sales page! When he knows he can't win an argument he says he will no longer discuss anything on Skype and that I should E-Mail any further questions. The last time I contacted him, he offered to drive traffic to prove it worked, of course he would alter all links to his own so he wouldn't lose any money he had spent on the purchases. Obviously I declined his pointless offer.
The bottom line here is, to date Ben's 'High converting copy' has failed to make a single sale or attract a single JV partner. The 'Stunning graphic design' is actually just text! (LITERALLY just text!) The 'Custom product design and research' is nothing like we discussed. I would not be surprised if this was a product intended for someone else who didn't want it either.
If anyone would like to discuss anything I have written or see the 'product' he delivered, please do get in touch, I am more than happy to go into more detail. I am also happy to provide the links to the product so you can see how poor it is. If you are unable to PM, leave a message here and I will PM my E-Mail address or Skype ID so we can communicate.
Needless to say, I will be steering well clear of Ben Gordon and his 'products' in future! He has proved to me he doesn't have the expertise or knowledge to deliver what he promises.
I would also encourage others to post their reviews, especially if they are in the same situation! Similarly, if you are thinking of purchasing something from Ben Gordon, but have had your eyes opened with this review then please make a post on that thread and refer to this review, stating this is why you have chosen not to buy, hopefully it will show Ben that making false promises and producing low quality products that fail to live up to his promises will affect his bottom line!
It should be noted, I advised Ben that I intended to post a review and he deleted the thread. I contacted The Warrior Forum and they were good enough to reinstate this thread, unfortunately they are unable to take any action against him as he added 'no refunds, so if anyone has 'no refunds' anywhere on their thread then buyer beware! The WF will be unable to help you get a refund.
For someone who claims to have made 'millions', surely agreeing to process a refund for £997 when you have failed to deliver on your promises is worth more than a bad reputation?
If you want to see what he is like, check out post #6 in the following thread :
[Personal 1 On 1 Coaching] GUARANTEED LIST OF 3,000 SUBSCRIBERS!!
"Just from what you said I can tell how ignorant and clueless you are to the MMO marketplace."
Instead of bringing his thinking round and trying to make a sale out of it, he chooses to insult a potential customer!
If anyone knows exactly where Ben Gordon is located please get in touch. Would be nice to pay him a visit!
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Good food, good tunes and good people, New Orleans is the soulful heart of the US where old-world builds and modern bohemian style meet in the middle. Beyond the amazing architecture, this city wears its less-than-amazing history on its sleeve too. And, what has emerged from the controversy is a wonderfully unique street culture where bigger is always better. While culture and the arts are a standout, the food here is truly legendary. Rich Cajun and Creole offerings and tongue-in-cheek (but actually heavenly) dishes like alligator sausage cheesecake are worth worshipping here. Just like the great grub, jingles are also a non-negotiable. Live music erupts from every street corner and bar each day in this Southern city. The birthplace of jazz knows how to get down. Can you keep up?
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text: The influential American alto saxophonist Steve Coleman has a reputation for the arcane (his works simmer with polyrhythmic innovations, lunar-calendar calculations and inscrutable spiritual references), but these pieces inspired by the human heartbeat represent his most open invitation in years. He's joined by fine trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, bass guitarist Anthony Tidd and drummer Sean Rickman; and in guitarist Miles Okazaki he has a multi-talented newcomer who looks to be as much of an innovative thinker. While some of the ascetically curt melodies, edgily avant-funky grooves and impassively entwined counterpoint are familiar Coleman traits, the music is several degrees warmer: full of sparky ensemble writing, varied percussion sounds and vivacious grooves. Finlayson's crisp precision and Coleman's slurred phrasing sharply contrast on the brightly twisting Sinews; Limbic Cry is an Ornette-like dirge; Cerebellum Lean swings infectiously over its repeated four-note motif and Tidd's grunting bass; Lymph Swag sounds like Henry Threadgill (partly thanks to Okazaki's guitar); and on Snap-Sis the two horns run around each other like children playing. Listeners previously irritated by Coleman's musical conundrums should consider one more try.


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Michael Stead's Hilltop Ford Sales Reviews
- 3280 Auto Plz
- Richmond, CA 94806 (map)
- Chat with Dealer
[violative content deleted]!Written by saucypuck on 08/05/09 12:00:00 AM PDT Go back to Sales reviews
Recommend this dealer? No Purchased a vehicle from this dealer? No
So I almost bought an escape yesterday. I really don't like being bullied. I also don't like having people imply that I'm stupid. I'm not sure who these tactics work on, but I can't imagine it's a pleasant experience for anyone. Well, I certainly won't be going back to Hilltop Ford. I'm still in a bad mood from it. I had 3 full-grown men standing up in my face in a full-fledged argument, based on the fact that I was ready to walk away from MSRP. Oh, and did I mention that they lied to my face and told me the special offer was expiring that night? Well, my business will probably be going to [another dealership]. I'll probably write a review of them or whoever I end up going too once I've got the car I want.


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Researching the national history of a stateless people always necessitates collecting disparate documents from a wide range of archives. For the past two years I have been researching my PhD thesis on the history of the Palestinian refugee camps and the organisation responsible for them, UNRWA (the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees).
In the absence of a Palestinian national archive, the relevant records are dispersed across the world, and it is left to the researcher to pull them together and examine the collective evidence. The relevant archives can be found not only in the Middle Eastern countries where the camps are located, but also in the Western states that have played such a key role in regional politics, particularly the US and UK.
The National Archives was the first collection I looked at for this project. My decision to start here was taken largely for logistical reasons; commitments kept me in London during the first few months of my PhD. I had expected to find a small amount of useful supplementary evidence in Kew, rather than anything crucial or revelatory. Initially, my fairly mundane days in the archive bore this out. I found useful but dry UNRWA records from the Agency's early days, and letters between British and American diplomats about the political impact of the refugee crisis. The documents were informative, important, and expected.
Yet among them were some unexpected gems. I was particularly struck by a letter to the Prime Minister from Ali Ahmed El-Abed, a Palestinian pleading for the UK to enforce the refugees' right to return to Palestine. He had written:
'We were under the protection of the British crown for thirty years, but the result is that we are scattered away, far from our homes, our country and our people… Our situation goes from bad to worse so that Death is nearer to us than Life. We still consider ourselves under British protection and carry passports with the British crown on. Use your powers to send us back to our country.'
I had not expected to find much in the way of refugee voices in the state archives of the former Mandate power, and letters such as this added unanticipated personal notes to the dry diplomacy. Continue reading »


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13 August 2012
Some important visitors came to Yangarra to pick the organic brains of viticulturer and vineyards manager Michael Lane: above, in the High Sands 1946 Grenache Vineyard: left, Andrew Carrick (Manager, Collections and Horticulture, Botanic Gardens of Adelaide), Michael Lane, Stephen Forbes (Director, Botanic Gardens of Adelaide) and Alexander Rix (General Manager, Planning and Property Services, Urban Renewal Authority). I love the body ling in these snaps: the sceptical scientist, the director, and the government bloke. I learned a lot in this interchange. Below: Rix, Lane, Carrick and Forbes discussing the science of growing grapes without herbicides and other common farming petrochems. During the winter, when forage growth is normally prolific, these vineyards are now sensibly weeded by cattle and sheep, whose only residue is fertiliser ... photos Philip White ... Speaking of the Botanic Gardens, you have til 4PM this Wednesday, August 15th, to catch Banks' Florilegium: a very special exhibition of illustrations from Captain James Cook's First Voyage 1768 – 1771, from Sir Joseph Banks' specimens and Sydney Parkinson's illustrations of Australian flora. The à la poupée printing technique involved uses up to ten colours simultaneously on one copper plate. It's in the beautifully-restored Santos Museum Of Economic Botany in the centre of the Botanic Garden on North Terrace. One of this State's best treasures.
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Reading the arrest logs day after day, I sometimes wonder if the public realizes the number of people who are arrested for sex crimes in Pierce County.
We don't write about child molestation and rape very often. Not unless there's something excessive or violent about the case. There are a number of reasons for that – among them the sheer number of the cases and the small amount we can say about the crimes without getting too graphic or revealing too much about the victims and violating them further.
But I still read the affidavits to make sure we don't miss any important stories. Some of them are absolutely awful. Many of them contain details too grisly to put in the paper. One that I read today was especially bad.
Those of us who cover crime – myself, Adam, Stacey, Sean – deal quite often with the bad stuff that happens to people. Not as much as the men and women who investigate these crimes, prosecute them or respond to render medical aid — but still a lot. We carry those stories around with us. And while we go out and report objectively as we can, talk to people, verify information, scrutinize and weigh facts and conflicting statements, make sure everyone gets a fair shake, we're also human.
So, today I came across a woman who was arrested Friday on a charge of raping her son. Even though it's unusual to see a woman charged with that crime, it's not really something we'd write about for the paper.
The accusations in this case are especially ugly. The 27-year-old woman is accused of letting her boyfriend tie her and her 6-year-old son together and then performing sex acts with her child. She allegedly told a neighbor she did it because she was scared of the boyfriend, who ordered her to do it.
So, even though it's not "news" per se, I'm sharing it here for cathartic reasons, if nothing else.


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Hi Everyone,
I got bored and decided to make a cheat mod for Game Dev Tycoon.Using the mod to cheat will prevent your savegame from getting corrupt.
0.1.1- Add Money- Add Research Points- Add Fans- Add Dream Team ( Fill your team with Expert Teammembers) 0.1.2:- Move To Final level ( Hardware and RnD lab included) 0.1.3:- Ability to add AAA research 0.1.4- Move in Time function, you can now goto any date in the game. 0.1.6- Money can now be added By 1M, 10M, 20M- Staff members don't need Vacation. 0.1.8 - Hype can now be added by 100 points. - Always perfect games mode added. 0.1.9 - Added A No Bugs Mode (No bugs during game creation) - Unlock All Topics (Research All Topics)0.2.0 - Fixed a problem with the No Bugs Mode - Added Fast Research/Training Mode (Research/Training is almost instant)0.2.1 - Female staff members added tot 1337 dreamTeam.0.2.2 - Fixed bug in Fast Reseach Mode, Training staff now works again. - Added Feature to give yourself Pro developing skills. - Added Feature to create Random strong trends! - Random 11 out of 10 scores now possible in "Always perfect games mode". - Add hype by 10 , 50 and 100 - Add Fans by 1M , 10M and 100M0.2.3 - Fixed bug in Add DreamTeam ( sometimes in lvl 4 it would only add 4 staff members).0.3.0 - Added Feature ,Users can now add Tech levels ( For example Graphics V3 lvl 15 ..) - Added Feature to allow users to add Design & Tech points to a game during game development1.0.0 - Added Feature To Add Sequel games - Added Feature To allow users to add Design & Tech points by 10 or 100 - Added Feature To allow players to easily add ResearchPoints by a + button. - Added Boost L2 for DreamTeam - Added Feature To add a B-Team: stats are at 700 instead of 1000.1.0.1 - Added Feature To Add 1B Money1.0.2 - Added Feature To Show/Unlock All Hints (Topic Genre Combo,Training, Platforms Genre & Audience, Topic Audience)1.0.3 - Fixed bug with Unlock All hints1.0.4 - Unlock Casual games & Sequels when starting new games1.0.5 - Added simple way to set money and fans for mod testing.
Remark: Hints will not be saved, need to activate this function every time you restart the game!
Download:GONE: download workshop edition (there are some fakes out there make sure i'm the poster of the mod!)http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=296866860
Greetz Kristof
nice one! I think you are the first to add some custom UI too
Just a couple of comments. As mentioned here please don't distribute the gdt-modAPI with your own mod. We really need to create a modding template so that ppl. don't clone the gdt-modAPI to start their own mod...
And please fill out the package.json with your own values (url points to our mod).
and you should add a dependency to gdt-modAPI as shown here.
one last suggestion. I'm just working on some slight UI improvements for the Mods window and in the next version we will show the version number of mods and the url as well so it's better if you don't include the version number in the name.
Thx patrick! It was fun creating it!
I'll take care of it first thing tomorrow!Should I take the download down for now?
Kind regards Kristof
no, you can leave it up but thanks for applying the changes in the next update
The mod is great, but one bug I found was that it always give 1M fans no matter what I click. I don't know if it is just mine that acting funny, but I you can fix it that would be awesome.
Thank you for the mod.
Thank you!
I was so sleepy I made a little bug it's fixed now
Here is the new version:https://github.com/kristof1104/CheatMod
For those who already installed cheatmod, you'll get an error when you replace it with the latest version. (because I changed the ID of the mod)To Fix this just ignore the error and open the main menu and reactivate Cheatmod in the mods panel.After that restart GDT and you're set.
So Enjoy!
@PatrickKlug thanks for the feedback, I applied all the changes you asked
Just included your mod into my index! Good job man!
Thank you!
Is the Mods menu from your mod or is it in the game now?
The Mods menu is in the actual beta version now. It got updated yesterday.
never mind found it
Works great
I have request to add on
Perfect reviews always get 10
What Romire says I want to be able to make AAA games.
There is a bug where your Character is the only one putting effort into the game and not your staff.
Thanks for the feedback!
@Romire could you elborate a bit? Would you like every game to be a 10?
@Tyler_MooreDid you give your new staff the welcome training? this is mandatoryAnd can you elaborate a bit about the AAA games? you want a button that makes the AAA research available?
The mod is showing on the mod menu but it's red and I can't select it. Any ideas?
@LshadowsDo you have the official gdt-modAPI in the mods folder? Cheatmod(and all other mods) depend on it.If you don't have it you can download it at: https://github.com/greenheartgames/gdt-modAPI
Thank you! It works perfectly.
New version added!
Added feature:- Ability to move straight to the Last level of Game Dev Tycoon ( Hardware and RnD-lab included ).
Enjoy,As always I would love some feedback, or requests!Kristof