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Archive for April, 2015
Anzacs behaving badly: Historically, McIntyre is not all that far off the mark
Posted by John, April 30th, 2015 - under Scott McIntyre.
Tags: ANZAC day, ANZACS
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Historically speaking then, McIntyre is not all that far off the mark, but he has been sacrificed on the altar of populist outrage. The response to McIntyre's tweets is a demonstration that the popular perception of Anzac is completely out of step with the historical reality – but his remarks are also timely. We should not forget that war is never a one-sided affair in which our boys are squeaky-clean heroes and their boys murdering, raping villains.
From detention centres to concentration camps
Posted by John, April 29th, 2015 - under Refugees.
Tags: Asylum seekers, Detention centres
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Australia's detention centres are concentration camps.
Baltimore rises up against deadly racism
Posted by John, April 29th, 2015 - under Racism, Resistance, United States.
Tags: Baltimore, Fighting back
Comments: 1
The anger provoked by Freddie Gray's death has been building for years – the result of entrenched racism and economic inequality, not to mention the long history of police brutality and killings, mainly of African American men.
Farewell Ray Jackson, tireless fighter for justice and Aboriginal rights
Posted by John, April 27th, 2015 - under Ray Jackson, Resistance.
Tags: Aborigines, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Comments: 1
Paddy Gibson writes: Uncle Ray was a key link binding together many groups and struggles here in Sydney, across Australia and indeed across the world. His compassion and patience welcomed many people into the struggle and ensured they had a meaningful role to play. His passing is a tragic blow. But he lives on in the struggle. Solidarity sends its condolences to all Ray's friends, family and comrades. Rest in Peace with your ancestors my dear Uncle, you have earned this rest more than anyone.
Evidently the ANZACs died for free speech, except for Aborigines
Posted by John, April 26th, 2015 - under Uncategorised.
Tags: Aborigines, ANZAC day
Comments: 1
We couldn't have Aboriginal people pointing out the truth about the Frontier Wars from 1778 to 1920 in which tens of thousands of Aboriginal warriors fell defending their land against the invaders could we? That would expose the reality of the essentially white character of the celebration of ANZAC Day and its reinforcement of white Australia. Stopping Aboriginal people marching in memory of their brothers and sisters who were killed during the Frontier Wars exposes that white Australia reality too.
Evidently the ANZACs died for free speech, except at SBS
Posted by John, April 26th, 2015 - under Imperialism, Malcolm Turnbull, SBS, Scott McIntyre, War, World War I.
Tags: Free speech, Freedom, Gallipoli
Comments: 3
McIntyre was telling his version of the truth, a version much closer to reality than the war porn about ANZAC Day the Australian ruling class has force fed us over the last week. Sacking McIntyre explodes the lies of the ruling class that our participation in this imperialist war was about defending freedom and democracy then and now.
ANZAC Day – less bread means more circuses
Posted by John, April 25th, 2015 - under Imperialism, War.
Tags: ANZAC day, Gallipoli
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As Tony Abbott prepares to spend $12 billion on useless fighter jets and up to $30 billion on submarines while at the same time he attacks Medicare, Universities, jobs, wages, unions, pensions, disability pensions, legal aid, Aboriginal communities, scientific research, and spending on social services, remember this. We are not all in this together. ANZAC Day is cover for these attacks on the poor and workers. It celebrates an imperialist war to divert attention away from the one sided class war the rich have waged against us for the last 32 years and to prepare us for future wars and justify our ruling class's imperialist expansion in the region. The less bread we get the more circuses they put on.
From Anzacs to opponents of war
Posted by John, April 24th, 2015 - under Solidarity magazine, War.
Tags: ANZACS
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Solidarity magazine writes:
' Mythology about the Anzacs and the First World War is still used to justify militarism today. But for a number of the Australian soldiers that fought, the experience turned them into socialists and opponents of war.'
To read more click here.
My 20 April interview with Sharon Firebrace on Razor Sharp
Posted by John, April 23rd, 2015 - under Razor Sharp, Sharon Firebrace.
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This is the link to my 32 minute interview on Monday 20 April with Sharon Firebrace on Razor Sharp. '2014 May Budget was a cruel budget attempted to be imposed on the Australian people against a backdrop of misinformation…..2015 Budget proceeds whereby "taxing the rich is off the table".' Plus much much more about the Government's […]
Lest we forget – Aboriginal resistance to genocide
Posted by John, April 22nd, 2015 - under Resistance.
Tags: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Genocide
Comments: 2
Let's unite and fight to stop the brutal war against Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders now. Let's start by stopping the genocidal closure of 150 Aboriginal communities in Western Australia. Let's resist.


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Last week, President Trump announced the US will pull out of the Paris climate agreement, saying the deal was unfair to American businesses. Trump's speech didn't mention his own thoughts on climate change, and White House officials refused to answer questions about his belief in the overwhelming evidence that humans are contributing to climate change.
Still, senior members of his administration — like EPA head Scott Pruitt — seem set to discredit evidence supporting climate change.
The deeply partisan divide on the issue of climate change has set public schools as a battleground in the fight. Seemingly innocuous standard-setting — which usually entails dryly-worded learning benchmarks for students — has become a political issue that plays out at the state level.
Public K-12 education standards are set at the state, and not federal level, which means there are normally 50 different sets of standards for learning in the 50 different states. However, a group of states has recently signed up to adopt the same learning goals: the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
This means that 19 states plus the District of Columbia now have the same standards for teaching the earth sciences and about climate change.
The NGSS unequivocally links human activities to climate change.
"Human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earth's mean surface temperature (global warming)," one of the disciplinary core ideas in the NGSS reads. "Reducing the level of climate change and reducing human vulnerability to whatever climate changes do occur depend on the understanding of climate science, engineering capabilities, and other kinds of knowledge, such as understanding of human behaviour and on applying that knowledge wisely in decisions and activities," it continues.
That concept, mandated to be taught in the NGSS, is controversial in the science standard-setting universe.
In science education, "the two topics that arouse the most discontent and controversy are climate change and evolution," Glenn Branch, deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, told Business Insider. The NGSS has emerged as the "gold standard" in science learning, according to Branch.
Some states that haven't adopted the NGSS still have strong science standards related to climate change, Branch said, pointing to Massachusetts as one example.
But for many others, the handling of climate change is much more nuanced. Some mention climate change but don't link human activities to its rise, others do not reference climate change at all, and still others may soon include language about climate change denial.
Texas, for example, introduced a bill referencing teachers' academic freedom in teaching science standards, which some experts say would allow for climate change denial and therefore undermine science education.
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What is the impact of The Americans with Disabilities Act on Higher Education of 1990?
The Americans with Disabilities Act on Higher Education of 1990 impacts the whole institution including activities, programs, and employment. In regards to academics, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on Higher Education 1990 required higher education institutions to provide reasonable accommodations for students.
Colleges and universities receiving federal financial assistance must not discriminate in the recruitment, admission, or treatment of students. Students with documented disabilities may request academic adjustments, including auxiliary aids which will enable them to participate in and benefit from all postsecondary educational programs and activities. Postsecondary institutions must make such adjustments to ensure that the academic program is accessible to the greatest extent possible by all students with disabilities.


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The quartz crystal cave is an unofficial name given to a dome-shaped cave that supposedly exists beneath Lumbridge, outside the borders of Dorgesh-Kaan. The cavern earns its name from the large quartz deposits present within it, giving it a distinctive appearance.
The cavern is not featured in-game, but is a key location in the Lores and Histories story The Chasm of Lights. Zanik and Dorgan, two Dorgeshuun cave goblins, visited the cave while exploring the caves outside Dorgesh-Kaan.


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In this post I will build on previous blogs (here, here, here) about genetics for target ID and validation (TIDVAL). Here, I argue that new targets with unambiguous promotable advantage will emerge from studies that focus on genetic pathways rather than single genes.
This is not meant to contradict my previous post about the importance of genetic studies of single genes to identify new targets. However, there are important assumptions about the single gene "allelic series" approach that remain unknown, which ultimately may limit its application. In particular, how many genes exist in the human genome have a series of disease-associated alleles? There are enough examples today to keep biopharma busy. Moreover, I am quite confident that with deep sequencing in extremely large sample sizes (>100,000 patients) such genes will be discovered (see PNAS article by Eric Lander here). Given the explosion of efforts such as Genomics England, Sequencing Initiative Suomi (SISu) in Finland, Geisinger Health Systems, and Accelerating Medicines Partnership, I am sure that more detailed genotype-phenotype maps will be generated in the near future.
[Note: Sisu is a Finnish word meaning determination, bravery, and resilience; it is about taking action against the odds and displaying courage and resoluteness in the face of adversity. As such, it seems apropos to efforts in genetics and drug discovery!]
But a complementary approach is to model alleles associated with complex traits from GWAS or related approaches to define critical pathways. The foundation for this approach comes from the observation that complex traits such as risk of disease or response to therapy are highly polygenic (see here and here). That is, hundreds (if not thousands) of alleles at independent loci each have a subtle effect, which in aggregate influence complex traits.
I propose six steps to link genetics to pathways for drug discovery:
(1) Establish a relationship between clinical phenotype, human genetics and drug efficacy. As I have discussed previously, it is important to choose phenotypes that are appropriate surrogates for drug efficacy (see here).
(2) Identify alleles that are associated with phenotype of interest. GWAS is a powerful ally to find alleles that are associated with a human phenotype of interest. However, genetic studies of rare families segregating a highly penetrant phenotype in a Mendelian fashion are also quite powerful. In fact, the two strategies often complement each other, as is the case for the relationship between rare Mendelian forms of primary human immunodeficiency and genes implicated in RA and other autoimmune diseases. As one example, rare human mutations that completely knock-out the JAK3 gene cause primary immunodeficiency. The JAK-STAT-IL6 pathway is implicated in GWAS of RA (see here). The FDA recently approved a pan-JAK inhibitor, tofacitinib, for the treatment of RA. We also quantitatively demonstrated the relationship between genetics of RA and approved drugs for RA in our 2014 Nature paper (see here).
(3) Integrate human genetic data with 'omics and biological data to uncover relevant pathways. A wide-variety of inputs has been used – gene expression, epigenetic data, protein-protein interactions, annotated pathways…even free-text from PubMed abstracts (see full-text manuscripts here, here and here). Model organisms are also very important in deriving insights into fundamental biological pathways (for example, see Immunological Genome Project, or ImmGen).
The resolution of the underlying biology is dependent on the resolution of the data. For example, PubMed text provides a rich source of data to establish connection, but the biological interpretations that emerge from relationships across loci is somewhat limited. In contrast, cell-specific gene expression and epigenetic data (see here) are useful, but the power is dependent on the number of distinct cell types with available genome-wide data.
(4) Test the pathway in relevant tissue from patients with disease. While a correlation between GWAS hits and a biological pathway strongly implicates the pathway in disease, the connection is not perfect. In particular, it may not be obvious from genetic data alone whether the pathway is up- or down-regulated in disease states. To establish this relationship, it is necessary to test the biological pathway in the relevant tissue type in patients with disease, compared to those without the disease.
(5) Identify key nodes of the biological pathway. Once the pathway is identified, it is important to identify key nodes that can serve as the target of therapeutic modulation. To identify key nodes of pathways, animal models and other experimental data are required. These experiments might be hypothesis-driven, especially if there is a detailed understanding of the biochemical pathway (e.g., HMG CoA reductase in cholesterol biosynthesis – which led to the development of statins). If little is known about the pathway, then an unbiased approach is to use the pathway as a molecular readout, and then to perform systematic perturbation of the pathway using RNAi. Another strategy is to use phenotypic screens (see below).
(6) Develop drugs that target key nodes of the pathway. Once the nodes have been identified, drugs are developed that target those nodes. (Of course, this is easier said than done!)
An example of this approach in action is from a recent paper in Nature Medicine, which followed up on a GWAS for alopecia; this led to repurposing of a JAK-inhibitor (see here, here).
Before concluding, I want to briefly highlight the role of phenotypic screens, which serve as an alternative to steps #5 and #6 above. Recent data suggest that phenotypic screens are more likely to result in drugs with a novel mechanism of action (see here, here and here). An explanation for this observation is that phenotypic screens attempt to model the biological complexity that is the basis of most common diseases. Phenotypic screens don't assume that a single target perturbed in a very specific manner will lead to a safe and effective drug. Moreover, phenotypic screens allow for the possibility that a small molecule will perturb more than one target, or that target modulation will occur in a way that cannot be easily recapitulated in a simple biochemical assay.
I think that human genetics is an innovative approach to develop assays for phenotypic screens. One example is a study my former academic lab published in PLoS Genetics (see here).
This post concludes the four-part series on genetics for drug discovery. I have received many useful comments on my Twitter account (@rplenge) [e.g., important role of model organisms; complementary data from epigenetics; hype of genome sciences – "haven't we said we are at an inflection point before?"]. I hope that my blog posts continue the important conversation, as these are all ideas in progress. By way of review:
Part 1: The case for genetics in TIDVAL – the key is to find targets with novel MOA and an increased probability of success to differentiate in the clinic
Part 2: Phenotype matters – not all phenotypes are relevant for genetics and drug discovery…but which ones are?
Part 3: One gene, one target, one drug – human genetics can find genes with an allelic series to estimate dose-response curves at the time of target ID and validation
Part 4: Many genes to pathways to targets – a systems biology approach, anchored in human genetic, is a powerful complement to the one gene "allelic series" TIDVAL approach


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(Spiced, Deep Fried Unleavened Bread)
Makes – 8 pieces
Ingredients -
Whole-wheat flour – 2 cups
Oil / Ghee – 2 – 3 tsp.
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp.
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp.
Red chilli powder – ½ tsp.
Salt – to taste
Oil / Ghee – for frying
Method -
1.) In a paat, mix the whole-wheat flour with cumin seeds, red chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder and oil / ghee.
2.) Add enough water to this mixture to make a firm dough.
3.) Keep the dough covered with a damp cloth for ½ hour.
4.) Divide the dough into 8 equal portions.
5.) Flatten each portion and with a rolling pin, roll out each portion into a 4" diameter, using a little wheat flour to do so.
6.) Heat the oil / ghee for frying in a Kadai. When hot, reduce the flame to low and add the Masala Puris, one at a time. Let the Masala Puris fry well, turning it occasionally.
7.) Fry the Puris till they are golden brown in colour and crisp.
8.) Remove and drain out the excess oil.
To serve -
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Ian McKellen corrects Sam Smith, who still can't quite get Oscar stats right
Sir Ian McKellen heard Sam Smith's Oscars acceptance speech Sunday — and he'd like to clear something up.
While accepting the award for Best Song, Smith referred to an interview McKellen recently did in which the elder actor said that no openly gay actor had won an Oscar. However, Smith mistook that to mean that no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar, which isn't the case at all.
McKellen tweeted about Smith's flub Monday, taking care to correct the young singer while also congratulating him on the win.
I'd said no openly gay actor had received #Oscars-that doesn't detract from @samsmithworld achievement. Congratulations to him & all others!
— Ian McKellen (@IanMcKellen) February 29, 2016
Smith was made aware of his mistake soon after he left the stage.
Sam Smith, just told that he is not, in fact, the first openly gay Oscar winner: "Shit! Fuck that!" (he was kidding, it was funny) #Oscars
— Josh Lincoln Dickey (@JLDlite) February 29, 2016
During an interview backstage, Smith was informed that he was not the first openly gay man to win an Oscar — or not even the first openly gay winner in his category. Openly gay Best Song recipients have included, among others, lyricist Howard Ashman, won two Best Song Oscars in 1989 and 1991 for his work on The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast.
A reporter cited Ashman's win to Smith. In response, Smith joked that he "should know" Ashman and that "we should date."
Ashman died in in 1991 from complications due to AIDS.
Smith's fumble also drew ire from openly gay screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar in 2009 for Milk.
Hey @SamSmithWorld, if you have no idea who I am, it may be time to stop texting my fiancé. Here's a start: https://t.co/8hGTRtIaMK
— Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) February 29, 2016
The more you know.
Well, except for the fact that Smith is apparently still talking about this — and getting the stats wrong.
Sam Smith speaking to Good Morning Britain: "No I am wrong I think I am the second openly gay man to win an Oscar." No Sam.
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) February 29, 2016
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Mobile web: Need for speed
The internet is going mobile and consumers worldwide are demanding a faster, richer online experience, so brands must adapt their websites quickly to suit the smallest screen.
Research from Google, published in July this year, shows that the UK is one of the most connected countries in the world. Tablet usage has tripled year on year, meaning 30 per cent of the population now use one, while smartphone usage is up to 62 per cent. Significantly, the report also highlights that two thirds of smartphone users expect websites to provide a user experience that matches the one on desktop computers.
Providing rich content quickly on the mobile web is now key to gaining conversions – in other words, getting consumers to perform actions of value to the brand. UK sex toy brand Lovehoney recently launched a responsive website that head of ecommerce Matt Curry says has "rejuvenated mobile" for the company. The move was prompted by mobile traffic to the site hitting 40 per cent of all visits.
"Our mobile conversion rate, despite being the industry norm of around one third of desktop rates, was nowhere near good enough considering this traffic volume. Our standalone mobile site, while functional, wasn't the full Lovehoney experience that we wanted visitors to have."
The main goal of the new site, he says, was to boost the mobile conversion rate to match – or even exceed – the company's desktop conversion rate as well as giving mobile users access to the community side of the site in order to increase engagement. The brand adopted a 'mobile first' approach, ensuring that content looked good on mobile before scaling it up to tablet and desktop sizes.
"This has helped us simplify, to a large extent, and remove extraneous content that we were deploying simply to fill up a space," Curry believes.
While he says the site isn't completely finished yet, Lovehoney has already seen a 60 per cent increase in conversions in August 2013, compared with the previous month; "It's not the 200 per cent increase we'd like, but once we finish [addressing] the niggles, we can start conversion optimisation on the site, targeting mobile devices specifically within our testing platform, to get this increase even higher".
Courier network CitySprint has seen access to its site via mobile grow from 11 per cent to 18 per cent within a year, a figure which "continues to increase on a month-by-month basis," says Sally-Anne Canning, head of marketing. In response, the company recently developed a free iOS and Android app, MyCourier, that allows customers to get a quote, book and track their deliveries in real time. The company also launched a responsive site at the end of August, allowing customers to access any of its services from any device.
In addition to aiming for a consistently good browsing experience across different devices, Canning says the new site will allow the company to tap into different markets – "particularly those looking to book a courier for an ad-hoc job via credit card, helping us to grow our business in other areas".
Consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has reacted to the shift in consumer behaviour towards mobile browsing by collaborating with Microsoft Advertising to devise the first UK cross-platform ad campaign for its Persil laundry brand, initiated in July 2013. To support the relaunch of its Small & Mighty product, Persil's 'Mighty Moments' campaign centres on four animated electronic story books. The brand used Microsoft's 'polymorphic' advertising technology, which automatically adapts ads to different screens on different devices.
According to Paul O'Grady, Unilever's senior communications planning manager for marketing services: "Our research showed our target consumers were increasingly using mobile and tablet devices to interact online. It was therefore key for us to make the 'Be Mighty' stories as accessible and as user-friendly as possible in order to maintain a high level of engagement with consumers. This meant that the story books had to be designed and built for both tablet and mobile using the native functionality for each, such as scrolling from right to left on a tablet and bottom to top on a mobile."
To accommodate numerous platforms, O'Grady acknowledges that there was an increase in the design and build time required as well as a longer quality control process, but he claims it ultimately improved consumer experience. "As part of the tablet build, we ensured the tablet version worked on desktop PCs, which meant that it could be 'iframed' [ie embedded] into Microsoft's MSN website. We also worked with Microsoft to create banner advertising around the site driving to the campaign page."
He adds that users will have the same visual experience whether accessing the story via the MSN hub or on the tablet via the Persil website, with just the layout changing to accommodate the portrait rather than landscape screen on a mobile device.
The opportunity that fashion retailer New Look has identified in the growth of mobile internet use is in the area of email marketing. Research produced by Nielsen in February 2013 shows that 68 per cent of UK smartphone owners use their device to check email within a 30-day period. Findings from MarketingSherpa's Email Benchmark Report this year also acknowledge this trend, showing that 58 per cent of marketers see smartphones and tablets affecting their email program in the next 12 months – up from 46 per cent a year ago. This changing behaviour of consumers prompted New Look to launch a cross-channel email campaign test.
"More and more emails are being opened by consumers on mobile devices as the number of smartphones and tablets grows, so it made sense to align our strategy with this shift in consumer behaviour and ensure that our emails displayed properly on smaller screens," says Danny Barrasso, head of multichannel digital marketing and innovation.
New Look's email campaign was designed to drive people to its m-commerce platform. "Mobile optimisation means creating desktop emails that can be scaled down to fit an iOS screen, and focusing all content into the top left [where the Android email app automatically focuses on non-optimised emails]. Without specific care, consumers can find the mobile email experience disappointing.
"Waiting for images to download, scrolling endlessly to read a sentence, or zooming in to click a link that leads to a website offering a similar poor user experience will all put shoppers off. Working with Responsys, we converted our HTML email campaign to optimise it on mobile devices, whilst ensuring that all of the key messages and calls to action remained."
Barrasso's point picks up on one of the main difficulties in developing web experiences that work across multiple devices – deciding what content and functionality to retain and what to strip out. In converting its message format from HTML to mobile, New Look reduced the number of main navigation tabs, selected a different header typeface and limited text copy to three key bullet points.
"For mobile shoppers who potentially don't have the time or patience to navigate through numerous filter options using 3G, a clear and concise email notification is important to ensure quick downloads and minimum scrolling," says Barrasso.
The retailer has also found that where a customer has a preference for using a mobile device to view the website, the average open rate of the mobile-optimised email is three times higher than the standard HTML version. In addition, mobile users click more than once on the email, with the total number of clicks per responder being 12 per cent higher than the non-optimised email.
Yet, while the presentation and usability of online content on mobile is clearly important, the most common gripe from consumers on the mobile web is their need for speed. A global study published in August by mobile web specialist Netbiscuits reveals that in eight out of the 10 countries surveyed, page loading speed is the most important factor for consumers in their mobile web experience. In the UK and Australia security comes ahead, while in the US faster downloads, an experience closer to desktop websites and ease of use head up the items that would improve mobile web experiences.
These are all points that have been recognised by Honda. With the help of agency DigitasLBi, the vehicle and power-tool manufacturer will be launching 95 new product category websites throughout Europe over the next six months, all using a new technology platform. The first one has already launched in Spain.
European digital marketing manager Jon Gibson says: "On the web, all users, especially those with mobile devices, appreciate simplicity and speed. They have a desired task in mind and get very frustrated if they can't complete this quickly and easily. Focusing on what works best for mobile brings these inherent benefits to all devices, and leads to a better user experience overall."
Honda's strategy is to focus on what it describes as "genuine user needs" by simplifying the online elements of the product research process. "Buying a car, motorcycle, or power equipment product can be a time-consuming process. It requires the user to digest of a lot of content, understand product logic, shortlist, compare, customise, find the right retailer and communicate with them effectively," says Gibson.
The company took a 'mobile first' approach with a responsive design that adapts to different browser windows, which Gibson says also "acts as a guard against the bloat typical of many website projects, as stakeholders attempt to cram more and more into each page." The approach allowed Honda's agency team to consider what was the most important content "rather than writing a long list of features and trying to squeeze everything in".
It is a conundrum Curry has addressed very carefully at Lovehoney, but he acknowledges that tensions between different business areas will always exist in this scenario. "There were plenty of agencies willing to take our product feed or 'scrape' our desktop site [for relevant content already published there] to create our mobile site, but the Lovehoney website is so much more than just a shop. We have extensive buyers' guides, video demonstrations and our busy community forums – not things that are generally anticipated in your typical mobile commerce site," he says.
While brands have to be able to deliver a high-quality browsing experience across multiple devices, it is still a learning curve, and one that has a sharp gradient, as Honda found out. "We bought a cupboard full of test devices at the start of the project and they are all now out of date," says Gibson. "Understanding the evolving device ecosystem can be quite intimidating, especially as each European market changes at a different pace. We learnt the hard way that thoroughly testing for the phones and computers everyone has back in the office is essential to prevent live demo embarrassments."
Andy Coulhurst
Managing director
We have seen a massive leap in the number of people visiting our website from a mobile device, growing from 14 per cent in 2012 to 35 per cent in July 2013. We anticipate mobile browsing could make up around half of all traffic to the site by the end of the year. Combine this with the launch of [web development languages] HTML5 and CSS3, as well as the growing proliferation of different types and screen size of mobile device, and it was logical that we look at a responsive web platform which will be able to adapt to future technology trends.
As with every industry, the automotive sector has seen a massive shift in the way in which people search for information. The phenomenal growth of mobile browsing has made a significant impact on the way in which people research, buy and sell used vehicles, especially while on the move.
While we were not losing business through our old website, there are numerous efficiencies and benefits to be gained through the new fully responsive design which now renders correctly on different desktop and mobile devices. Indeed, our beta testing has shown tangible increases in both page views and time spent on site as well as a reduction in the bounce rate.
Although we have streamlined the site in the sense that it is now much quicker and easier to use, there is actually more content being made available to consumers and advertisers. By stripping out some of the slower coding [from old versions of the site] and replacing it with more modern technology, we have been able to speed up browsing and load times.
The biggest challenge in our marketplace is that we have been the first to invest in a fully responsive platform. No one else in the automotive listings arena has, as yet, developed a responsive site which is as big and complex as the Motors.co.uk platform. As such, we have been challenged to set the standard and create the solution, while completing rigorous multi-variant testing throughout the whole process.
In the modern digital world, it could be said that we are constantly living in 'beta' – we are always working on the next marketing evolution. Indeed, we already have a number of developments in the pipeline for the next stage of our website growth. Our website is only one part of a significant multimillion-pound investment in consumer marketing, which will also include major national TV advertising.
Econsultancy best practice
Graham Charlton
Mobile commerce is growing rapidly, and there are two issues holding it back: speed and security. So how can brands and retailers provide a fast and secure experience across a range of different devices? Here are five tips:
Client-side adaptation
The easiest way to provide a fast and secure experience for mobile users is through an approach called client-side adaptation. This ensures that all transaction data, including credit card and customer details, are communicated directly between the visitor and a website's secure infrastructure. Since highly-sensitive customer data never passes through a third party, this process is just as secure as a desktop.
Reassure customers
If brands can make consumers confident of their user experience across different devices and platforms then they are less likely to worry about security. A site that loads slowly or produces errors will have a negative impact on customer confidence. A site that looks good, loads quickly and is intuitive to use will reassure any potential customers that their payment will be secure.
Provide alternative payment methods
While there is no reason to worry about the security of payments on mobile any more than the web in general, some customers will still be reluctant to submit their card details on mobile. Providing alternatives like PayPal is one way to assuage these concerns. As mobile checkouts can be a barrier to purchase, this has the added bonus of streamlining the checkout process.
Server-side strategies
The most important consideration to increase speed is to implement a server-side strategy for mobile, reducing the amount of data and work the consumer's device has to do. Executing the user's requests on the server rather than on the browser running on their phone enables faster page loading and better site performance.
Keeping page size down
As mentioned above, speed not only improves the user experience, but also increases consumer confidence in a site. Don't be swayed to include fancy graphics or pages that take a long time to download. Speed is absolutely vital on mobile.
Case study
Airport security firm Renful provides technology such as bag scanning and X-ray scanning equipment to airports worldwide, including Luton Airport. It recently worked with design agency JBi to develop a responsive website.
"Our old website was very dated and badly structured," says Renful general manager Moshe Cohen. "This meant the customer's online journey wasn't streamlined. Ultimately, every website should have an objective. In our case it was to showcase our security solutions in an appealing, easy-to-digest way and then to lead the potential client to contact us. The old website wasn't designed to do this.
"This was also true of the mobile experience – we know more and more people are accessing our site from their smartphone and doing so would likely have been a frustrating experience with the old site."
The original site was also difficult to update with new content, as the content management system was hard to manage for people without web development skills, says Cohen.
The biggest challenge when building the website was how Renful could arrange all of its different products and services in a way that would make it easy for users to find exactly what they wanted. "JBi guided us and suggested ways in which we could improve the user experience and drive more sales from the website," Cohen explains. "For example, they suggested a 'quick enquiry' contact form should be placed on many of the pages – including product pages – to help prompt potential customers to get in touch."
Just over a month after the launch of the new site, Renful has already seen an increase in website enquiries compared with the same period last year, with many of these extra leads coming from the quick enquiry contact form. "Looking at Google analytics, we can see a 40 per cent increase in the number of users accessing the site via their mobile," Cohen claims. "We have also seen an improvement in the number of pages and average visit duration of clients visiting the site."


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If you're ready to purchase your first home but you need a bit more money for the down payment, the Home Buyers' Plan (HBP) allows you to withdraw money from your RRSP to finance the purchase of your first home.
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Socialism, Capitalism Seen in New Light by Younger Americans
Eli Stokols, Wall Street Journal
Surveys show a leftward tilt, and pessimism about the future, among millennials.
The Essence of Capitalism Is Mutual Consent
Gary M. Galles, FEE
Capitalism is a loaded word. Try "willing exchange" instead.
The #1 Principle in Helping the Poor: We Are Made in God's Image
Kathryn Feliciano, Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics
As image bearers of Christ, [humans] are something different.
Despite concerns about global democracy, nearly six-in-ten countries are now democratic
Drew Desilver, Pew Research
In spite of widespread concerns across the globe about the future of democracy, public support for it remains strong, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted earlier this year in 38 countries. And by one measure, the number of democratic nations around the world is at a postwar high.


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Uninformative Product Content Threatens E-Commerce
Considering the low prices some online retailers offer that their brick-and-mortar counterparts cannot easily match, one would think consumers might be willing to put up with inefficiencies elsewhere if it means saving some cash via an online a purchase. However, this does not appear to be the case, at least when it comes to getting the product information they need. According to new research from content management solutions provider Salsify, a whopping 94 percent of would-be purchasers are willing to abandon an e-commerce site or give up the purchase altogether if the site's product content is deficient and does not provide the information sought.
"In the distributed commerce world, they may still buy or pick it up in your store, but 90 percent of them are doing their shopping online," Josh Mendelsohn, Salsify's director of product marketing, tells Retail Leader. "For CPG retailers, this means that having accurate, complete, compelling product content on the web is critical. An investment in product content will deliver returns."
Nearly nine in 10 consumers believe product content is either very or extremely important to their purchase decision, suggesting that the right content will drive sales. In fact, Mendelsohn notes that, according to a recent blog post published by Google, appliance company Bosch and shower and bath products provider Speakman both experienced a 4 to 8 percent conversion lift at their retailers by uploading detailed product content to the Google Manufacturing Center. Although these two companies don't deal with consumer packaged goods (CPGs), Mendelsohn suggests that CPG manufacturers and retailers that do the same could experience similar returns.
"Devising the right process and technology around getting consistent, quality product content from brand manufacturers should be a priority for every retailer," Mendelsohn explains. "The consumer is in charge, and they may not always be searching on your site to find what they're looking for."
But what information are they looking for? According to the report, 66 percent want to see at least three images of a product while shopping, and 82 percent want to see at least three reviews when considering a purchase. Since they are not shopping in brick-and-mortar stores, consumers need to get as close as possible to touching and feeling a product in order to make an informed purchase decision. This means knowing what it will look like from every angle, and getting endorsements from other purchasers and users. Mendelsohn recommends investing in quality product imagery across product lines, and linking to such ratings and review sites as Bazaarvoice and PowerReviews, as being critical in driving sales.
"There is a real opportunity for retailers to boost their success online," Mendelsohn says. "Delivering quality product content can also change why the consumer chooses a retailer. Price becomes less important: Price ranked third with regards to impact on a consumer's decision to make a purchase, after detailed product descriptions, and ratings and reviews. Confidence that the product they are going to receive will meet their expectations will have an impact on consumer loyalty and retention."


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Job Description - IOS Developer
We are looking for highly motivated individuals with pleasant personalities and good organizational skills to work as an iPhone Application developer.
Must have at least 5 applications up and running in the AppStore on his/her portfolio.
Development of mobile iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad based apps.
Android based application development skill is an added Plus.
Co-operation with other development team members in the production of finished product.
Should be able to execute Unit Testing (Plan, Prepare & Execute).
Ability to work on project taking the initiative with this job is important.
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- Quick learner, Can withstand pressure, Strong Interpersonal skills, High Adaptability.
- The candidate must have experience in 2+ Years of Hands on experience in developing iPhone/iPod applications.
- Sound knowledge of Xcode, Interface Builder/Story Board, iPhone simulator, SQLite, Core Data, Core Graphics, Social Media, APNS, Local Notifications, UIKit, QuartzCore, MapKit.
- Working on Cocoa will be added advantage
- Experience in integrating iOS Apps with APIs and other web services via REST.


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Children's Ministry Volunteer Training – How to Prepare for Application Time
How to Prepare for Application Time
1. Pray
2. Choose a direction
3. Write good questions
4. Plan for prayer and response
Empowering children's ministry volunteers in small churches
How to Prepare for Application Time
1. Pray
2. Choose a direction
3. Write good questions
4. Plan for prayer and response
2 Types of Questions to Ask During Application Time
#1 Gauge Understanding – Ask questions that will help you figure out how much of the lesson the kids understood. Most importantly, did they get the main point?
#2 Apply Truth the Life – Ask questions that will help your students apply the truth taught to their daily lives. These questions are really practical. They should help the kids focus on Biblical answers to common issues.
9 Tips for Leading Application Time
Write good questions before class (Gauge Understanding Questions, Apply Truth to Life Questions, Teacher Instruction Sheet)
The application time is when the kids make the connection between God's Word and their own lives. Your job is to connect Bible truth to a child's life. Application time is for helping children to bridge the gap between Biblical knowledge and heart transformation.
During application time, the small group leader needs to first figure out if their students understood the main point of the lesson. They need to find out what the students heard and what they understand about what they heard. Next, the small group leader needs to help the students to apply truth to their lives. Ultimately, we want our students to respond to the truth taught.


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When you give to your parish, where does your money go?
Editor's note: This story appeared in 2014. The information it contains may be out of date.
Please see the updated story: Where does your parish offering go?
When you put your offering in the collection basket at Mass, make an electronic gift or give a special year-end donation to your parish, *92 cents of every dollar you give stays in your parish or supports initiatives as determined by your parish.
Your gift keeps the lights and heat on at your parish, maintains your church and other parish campus buildings, provides fair wages and benefits to parish staff, helps provide Catholic education at your parish school and through your parish faith formation program, supports music ministry and provides for other outreach ministry in your community. Your support allows your parish to share the Gospel message and the joy of knowing Jesus Christ.
For this budget year, of every dollar you give to your parish, 8 cents (9 cents if your parish doesn't directly support a Catholic school) go to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Of those 8 cents, over 7 and a half cents support archdiocesan operations and ministries (see graphic for details) throughout the 12-county archdiocese. This budget year, less than half a cent of every dollar you give to the parish goes to the archdiocese to pay expenses related to clergy sexual abuse and other clergy misconduct. Historically, archdiocesan reserves and insurance have paid for legal settlements and special issues expenses that are not anticipated to be ongoing in the long-term and are arising primarily from the lifting of Minnesota's civil statute of limitations on sexual abuse.
If you have questions about what ministries are supported at your parish, talk with your pastor or ask in your parish office. All donations to your parish are tax-deductible.
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How Often a Dog Should Be Walked
The question of how often a dog should be walked is a tricky one, since it depends largely on the breed and energy level of the dog. I will try to give you some advice here, so you'll know how often to walk your dog – or to recommend to your dog walking clients.
More energetic dogs, such as terriers or spaniels, need to be walked several times a day to release some of their energy. This is also true of larger breeds, like labs or golden retrievers. Walking is a great way to give your dog some exercise and stay fit and trim. Younger dogs will be less destructive at home (biting furniture, tearing things, barking, chewing…etc) if they are able to expend their energy outside.
Smaller or older, less active breeds do not need to be walked quite so frequently. They can often play indoors and still get the exercise they need. However, a general rule for walking your dog is to take him or her out at least two times a day, regardless of breed, energy level, or size. This gives the dog a chance to exercise, play, and take care of business while outside.
In many ways, dogs are just like people in the sense that if they do not get the exercise they need, they are less healthy and have less energy overall. Every dog needs to be walked on a regular basis in order to ensure optimal health and happiness for your furry friend.
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Inspiring & thought provoking speaker
Dean is an incredibly engaging, inspiring and thought provoking speaker with a modest approach that leaves the whole room reflecting on their own capability and opportunity to do great things and take action. Many speakers tell a story but Dean inspires action and helps to break down the barriers of our own perceptions and self-belief. I have spent time with Dean in both corporate speaking environments and hosted dinners, both different in approach but equally compelling, thought provoking and fun to be a part of – Fantastic feedback received from all of our guests. I would recommend Dean for Corporate events, Dinner speaking and Team Building opportunities! A true inspiration and genuinely top bloke.
Sam Fitzgibbon Dip PFS,
Senior Partnership Development Manager,
St James's Place
Dean captivated the whole audience
I had the pleasure of hearing Dean speak about his PAH challenge in a packed room full of recreational cyclists. In his professional presentation, Dean captivated the whole audience with his passionate account of succeeding against the odds, recounting a heady mix of the trials and tribulations he faced down before and during his gruelling 99 day challenge. I looking forward to the next instalment in the life of this phenomenal adventurer!
Kate Roberts,
Senior Solicitor,
St James's Place
Dean has a fascinating and entertaining story
The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence is a strapline that resonated for obvious reasons and whatever field you happen to be in, that should be the goal for any business. Dean has a fascinating and entertaining story that has some very simple and clear messages about how to plan and execute an objective and exceed one's expectations. I'd recommend anyone to listen to his story and am sure it will entertain and inform everyone, irrespective of gender, ethnicity and disability.
Simon Hopes,
Coutts Bank
His story is extraordinary
Listening to Dean makes you realise the potential within us all. His story is extraordinary - and he tells it brilliantly. But he's also a record-breaker, athlete and warrior with a sense of humour. And a humility that sends you away wondering just what you could achieve too. I wish I could have a talk from Dean every day when I wake up.
Joe Fattorini,
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Parts of northern and central Montana have seen more rain in the past two weeks than in a normal year, leading the Chippewa Cree Tribe to declare a disaster on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation swamped by widespread flooding.
The tribal business committee made the declaration that will allow it to apply for state and federal assistance, spokesman Tony Woods said.
Six roads on the reservation have been closed, while 18 homes have flooded basements and 38 more sustained roof damage, he said.
Some families have been displaced by the flooding or cut off from their homes, while four or five families were stranded in their homes with no way to get out. People on all-terrain vehicles were bringing them water and supplies, Woods said.
It was not immediately clear how many people have been forced from their homes. The tribe has made a deal with a Havre hotel for reduced rates for displaced families, but the families must pay for the lodging themselves because the tribe lacks the money to pay for them, Woods said.
A shelter was being prepared on the reservation, he said. The tribe also was setting up potable water stations and conducting an initial assessment of the damage.
More than a foot of rain has fallen in the Bears Paw Mountains near the reservation south of Havre in the past two weeks. The city averages just 11.6 inches of rain a year.
Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said the park has received 13 1/2 inches of rain since May 16.
Joe Parenteau, Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services coordinator, told the Havre Daily News that Hill County commissioners also were considering an emergency declaration.
Northern Montana communities also declared flood disasters in 2010 and 2011. Spring flooding on the Rocky Boy's reservation in 2010 caused at least $32 million in damage, flooded 250 homes and washed out roads and water lines.
Woods said this year's flooding is not nearly as bad as that, but several roads that were repaired from the earlier flooding have again been damaged.
Two storms have stalled over eastern Montana over the past two weeks. The National Weather Service recorded 16.4 inches of precipitation in the Big Snowy Mountains south of Lewistown in May.
The five-week total rainfall for the mountains is at least 19.4 inches, which is nearly an inch and a half more than Lewistown sees in a typical year.
The weather service predicted drier conditions for the rest of the week, with the possibility of scattered showers toward the weekend.
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Recently, while in Grand Rapids, I had the occasion to meet Judy Wicks, the founder of the White Dog Cafe in Philadelphia, and the woman who, ten years ago, brought the Business Alliance for Living Local Economies (BALLE) into being. Since the meeting, we've been chatting by way of email… Here's the interview. MARK: Having […]
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BALLE founder Judy Wicks on the origins of Urban Outfitters, the birth of the Localist movement, and the necessity of local ownership
By Mark | June 23, 2012
Posted in Economics, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Sustainability | Also tagged 1983, American Sustainable Business Council, Amy Goodman, ASBC, BALLE, Ben and Jerry's, Ben Cohen, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, buy local, Chelsea Green, Chiapas, corporatocracy, democracy, Eskimo, factory farming, Fair Food, fair trade, fast food, Free People's Store, George McGovern, Going Local, Good Morning Beautiful Business, Guy Bazzanni, Helen Caldicott, Honest Tea, human scale, Jim Hightower, Jim Slama, Joel Soloman, Judy Wicks, Lester Brown, local economy, local food, local food production, Localist, Michael Shuman, national chains, Odawalla Juice, ownership, Philadelphia, re-localization, Richard Hayne, sense of place, single-payer system, social change, Social Venture Network, socially responsible business, Starbucks, Stoneyfield Farms, Ted Rouse, The Body Shop, Tom's of Maine, universal health care, Urban Outfitters, White Dog Cafe, Wicky Wacky Woods, Zapatistas | 13 Comments
Move to Amend chapter to open in Ypsi/Arbor, challenge concept of corporate personhood
By Mark | August 3, 2011
Some local folks are starting an Ypsi/Arbor chapter of a national organization dedicated to the elimination of so-called "corporate personhood." Their names are Reagan M. Sova and Joel Skene, and I thought that I'd take the opportunity to ask them some questions. Following is our brief, but dense conversation. MARK: So, I hear that you're […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 14th amendment, abuse of power, Adam Smith, are corporations people, Article V, Brown v. Board of Education, Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Constitutional amendments, constitutionalists, corporate fascism, corporate personhood, corporate speech, corporate takeover of politics, corporations are not people, Fire Rick Snyder, First Amendment, fourteenth amendment, Fourth Amendment, Free Speech, Frenchie's, Glenn Greenwald, graduated income tax, grassroots organizations, Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court 1865-1903, J.C. Bancroft Davis, Jean Baudrillard, Joel Skene, Julian Assange, Laurence Goldstone, legal precedent, masters of mankind, Michele Bachmann, money as free speech, Move to Amend, Nancy Reagan, National Lawyers Guild, New York Railway, Noam Chomsky, organic institutions, Reagan M. Sova, Reagan Sova, recall, reconstruction, Rick Snyder, Ronald Reagan, Santa Clara Blues: Corporate Personhood and Democracy, Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, Sheila Tate, slavery, Supreme Court, the rule of law, threats to Democracy, William Meyer | 26 Comments
Corporations given the green light to buy elections
By Mark | January 21, 2010
Last night, I posted a video here by Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig about the importance of getting corporate money out of politics. At the time, I agreed with the professor that corporations had way too much influence over American politics. Since I posted it, however, things have gotten considerably worse. This morning, the U.S. Supreme […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Free Speech, Observations, Politics | Also tagged Afghanistan, Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, banking reform, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, Chuck Schumer, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Constitutional amendments, corporations are not people, corporations are people too, defense contractors, election finance reform, Free Speech, get the money out of Washington, John Roberts, Lawrence Lessig, lobbying, McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, money in politics, Obama, personhood, public funding of elections, Supreme Court, the surge | 13 Comments


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But will anyone be punished? Of course not. Instead, as is the norm for the government today, the people higher up will be awarded bonuses and moved on and up. Then eventually being retired on the taxpayers dollar. And nobody. Not a soul will ever take responsibility. Sound familiar? Time after time, this present administration, it's employees in the federal departments, continue to act shameful. Nobody ever gets fired. They just close their eyes, ignore the story, the mainstream media does not care. Nobody cares.
Perhaps this time is will be different. We hope so. The cries from both sides of the aisle on this shameful treatment of veterans will be brought to the forefront. And the director of this hospital should be fired, fined, and charged with a crime. Falsified data. Lying. Cheating. All in hopes of getting a bonus. If that's not a crime, what is? How can you falsify government records, then lie, not be a crime?
The director, Sharon Helman, reportedly received over $9,000 in bonus pay. What a sham. Just goes to show you that no matter how lousy of a job you do, the federal government has low standards. Most of the administration at this Phoenix VA hospital, made hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
But you watch. They will plead ignorant. The White House will once again say, "What scandal?" And any hopes of justice will melt away, while Eric Holder is busy with commuting the prison sentences of potheads.
The VA lied. People died.
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Bitcoin just hit the $420 mark and it doesn't look like it's stoppingNovember 3, 2015 10:26 pm 2 Comments
The last time we saw Bitcoin around these levels was exactly one year ago in November 2014. We were just coming down from a down trend correction that peaked at $667,530 on the 25th of May as people were desperately trying to get rid of their remaining coins and we had no idea where it would stop. Then, less than a month later we finally hit the bottom at $200 where the price remained solid for almost a year, continuously dancing between $260 and $198.
Strong news to back it up
The first thing that comes to mind when you look at such a chart is obviously that someone's trying extra hard to manipulate the prices for their own evil profit. I thought so too until I read the following news:
Bitcoin to become the 6th largest global reserve currency by 2030
The above article talks about how global banks are super hyped about the Blockchain technology that Bitcoin is running on and how they have already invested billions of dollars into it. They are finally taking this new technology seriously enough and who can really blame them? It's a lot more secure and simply a better way to transfer funds than the traditional system we currently have. The article fails to show the relevance of Bitcoin in all this, because as you know, Blockchain is *not* Bitcoin, but there is more!
Chinese Yuan 15-20% devaluation by 2016
Since China is a global giant such news are definitely going to change a lot. The article talks about how China already devaluated their currency in order to help exporters and more devaluation is imminent. The current price rise of Bitcoin is almost entirely made up of money flowing into Bitcoin from China so people are already getting ready for a serious meltdown by the looks of it. This reminds me how Kim DotCom tweeted in August suggesting people to buy Bitcoins now and thank him later.
Regulated Bitcoin exchange, Gemini, set to launch
Gemini is the world's first legal and regulated Bitcoin exchange with its headquarters located in New York, USA.
"Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, famous for their legal spat with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, launched bitcoin exchange Gemini on Thursday. While the currency has received criticism for its role in exchanges such as online black market Silk Road, the brothers contend they have established sufficient safeguards to unlock its potential. "
Bitcoin now treated legally the same way as money
"Bitcoin can now legally be treated the same way as real money after a court ruling on Thursday which stated that Bitcoin transactions are exempt from VAT (value-added tax). That alone is enough to raise the price of Bitcoin considerably for obvious reasons. Even the oldschool investors who didn't care about Bitcoin before are now looking into this tax-free investment."
Panic buyers fueling the price further
Given all the positive media fuss around Bitcoin lately and seeing the price skyrocketing in a matter of days has got a lot of people standing on their toes right now. The value of Bitcoin rose from $328 up to $420+ in a single day today as more buyers are jumping on the train, thus fueling the rally even further.
$500-$600 a very real possibility
In one of my previous posts I was quite skeptical about the price moving anywhere above the $450 area and even though I still believe we are going to see some resistance at the $454 area, it looks like Bitcoin is just getting started and we have only seen the tip of the iceberg right now. Basically any correction, especially the one that should happen around $454, will be a good entry point for a LONG position from now on.
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Córdoba & Morales will be adding to its Clave Cubana Etiqueta Blanca line at the upcoming IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, as the company will debut the Clave Cubana Etiqueta Blanca Short Robusto BP.
If the name sounds familiar, in 2014 the company added the Etiquette Blanca, a release of three vitolas that uses a five-year-old Mexican San Andrés wrapper over Nicaraguan tobacco with a binder from Jalapa and fillers from Estelí (ligero), Jalapa (seco) and Ometepe (viso). The line debuted in three sizes, Robusto Extra (5 1/2 x 52, $9.80), Toro (6 x 54, $10.50) and Toro Grande (6 x 60, $11.20), with 1,000 20-count boxes produced and split up amongst the three vitolas.
The Clave Cubana Etiqueta Blanca Short Robusto BP measures 4 1⁄2 x 52 cigar and uses the same blend as the original release. It will come in 21-count boxes, with MSRPs of $9 per cigar and $189 per box.
The new size is a regular production addition to the company's portfolio, and while the company has not yet confirmed the factory that is making the cigar, the original sizes were made at American Caribbean Tobacco S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.
Córdoba & Morales will also be unveiling the Platino Sumatra: Reposado en Cedro Toro at the show, while showing off Finca Santa Fe, which shipped in May.


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I was delighted to learn that my sister who is an avid script writer apart from being an acting coach and an actress herself – both on TV and stage plays is interested in submitting her original masterpieces to Carelinkwebpr for everyone to enjoy or learn from. We will be posting her scripts one by one in a regular basis. So, for dramatic enthusiasts out there – we will be happy to hear from you after reading her work. Should you need to share or re-publish any script, just do the necessary attributions. We will also appreciate it if you can allocate donations to our site – so that we can continue to help develop God-given talents through our blogs. Here are some tips on how to script for life as explained by our resident script writer, Geraldine Flores recently:
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Hi Noam, Remy pointed out to me previously that RH9 uses a new form of threading and based on this we have done some investigation. RH9 uses NTPL (Native POSIX Thread Library) http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/release-notes/x86/ It is possible to revert to the older form of threading, "LinuxThreads", by setting an environment variable, namely: LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=<kernel-version> - 2.4.1 - Linuxthreads with floating stacks - 2.2.5 - Linuxthreads without floating stacks This does not revert back to an older kernel, it just changes the GNU C library used http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtc/ We will be testing with these settings starting today and, if we continue to have problems, we will be trying another distro. Ryan More NTPL info http://www.redhat.com/partners/pdf/POSIX_Linux_Threading.pdf -----Original Message----- From: Noam Camiel [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: 04 April 2003 18:36 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: tomcat jitters, then hangs - please help On Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:11 PM "Ryan Lissack" <email@example.com> wrote: > Hi Noam, > > We have experienced similar problems. You will notice in the thread dump > that there is no thread from the connectors thread pool waiting on an > accept I see your what you mean, I compared the thread dump to a "good" dump when the server is operational and there indeed I found a thread from the connectors thread pool waiting on accept: 3XMTHREADINFO "http80-Processor24" (TID:0x100688E0, sys_thread_t:0x87810C0, state:R, native ID:0x41CCCF40) prio=5 4XESTACKTRACE at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketAccept(Native Method) This does not appear to exist in the "bad" dump. > What OS are you on, RH9?? Yes, Im on RH9. Any ideas why this could happen? could it be some system resource limit? Is your application an intensive app? My application is not an intensive one and the hangs occur hours after i start the server (usually a day later). Thanks for the info, i'd be happy to hear any suggestions. Noam --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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Exterior remodeling raise property value, safety and functionality
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Paulo Stanga, Jose Sahel, Saddek Mohand-Said, Lyndon daCruz, Avi Caspi, Francesco Merlini, Robert Greenberg, Argus II Study Group; Face Detection using the Argus® II Retinal Prosthesis System. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):1766.
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1)To investigate whether Argus II subjects can locate human faces with their systems using a facial detection algorithm and 2) whether detection speed improves when field of view that is mapped onto the Argus II implant is changed (i.e. demagnified).
To date, more than 50 patients blinded by outer retinal dystrophies received an Argus epi-retinal prosthesis (Second Sight, Sylmar, CA). In normal use, a tiny video camera mounted on a pair of glasses gathers visual information. The video is subsampled to match the field of view of the implanted array and processed into 60 pixels that characterize the average brightness of the scene at each electrode location. In the current study, the image of the scene acquired by the video camera was processed using a face detection algorithm, resulting in a visual percept only where a human face was detected by the processor. A printed image of a face at normal size was place at random location on a wall at a distance of 3 meters. A distractor image with equivalent size and brightness was also placed on the wall at the same height. The subject was required to search for the face. In some trials, the image processing algorithm captured a field-of-view that matched the field-of-view of the implanted array (20 degrees diagonally) while in some trials the entire field-of-view of the camera (53 degrees) was captured and "zoomed out" to fit the array. In a second experiment the blind subject was engaged in a conversation with a sighted person, who either faced the subject or turned away at some point during the conversation. The blind subject reported whenever he was unable to detect the location of the face.
Five patients implanted with the Argus II System were able to find the face 100% of the time with both magnifications. The time to find the target was significantly shorter when using the wider field-of-view. In the "real conversation" task, the blind subject was able to recognize within a few seconds when the other person turned away.
Face detection in real world, i.e. at 2-3 m distance is a challenging task with a retinal implant. Using a device that takes advantage of external image processing, we can provide face detection functionality to blind patients. This feasibility study demonstrated that image processing algorithms can enable patients to perform daily tasks that are not limited by the resolution or the sensitivity of the array.
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Two hundred more tracks imported
I've just imported over two hundred tracks more into the database. 1912 tracks remaining. This is really pretty fun! If I import a couple of albums every day we should have all tracks in there ready for rating quite soon!
Khazar-khum 23 February, 2010 at 02:33 0
Will it be possible to rate things when they *aren't* playing? I have many favorites but they don't play every day.
Lord Elrond 23 February, 2010 at 08:09 0
You can of course rate everything, you just need to click that item, uhm, but that is hard since it's not really possible yet to search for albums, artists and songs. You can however easily reach everything that's on the "Last Played" list, just click and rate :-)
Everstar 25 February, 2010 at 02:38 0
You have been busy! Kudos!
Khazar-Khum 26 February, 2010 at 10:32 0
Another silly question--how do you leave comments when rating? I'm sure it's simple, but for the life of me I can't figure it out.
Lord Elrond 27 February, 2010 at 11:15 0
Aaah, yes. You cannot comment yet, it's only old comments that are displayed. New commenting function will follow :)


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This is an unofficial site of Mobile Computing Laboratory (MCL), Dept of Computer Engineering, Chosun University, South Korea.
This site is intended to be an online documentation for all lab members so that all the knowledge gathered from courses, research projects, and tutorials is not vanished with time but well-preserved.
We made this wiki with the spirit of sharing knowledge so that anybody who are interested in the topics can understand and reproduce what have been done before by simply following this wiki.
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Joe Perez's writings concerning his spiritual journey, begun in Soulfully Gay, continue in Rising Up, a book compiled from Joe's columns and short writings in 2005 and 2006. Joe's emerging sensibility for cultural and social criticism is on display in twelve chapters on such diverse subjects as sex, HIV/AIDS, popular culture, business, politics, religion, and alternative spirituality. The goal of criticism, according to Joe, is to situate the object of criticism into its most appropriate locations in a more comprehensive worldview than is given by the object itself. Joe accomplishes this by situating his own thought in the context of Integral discourse, in particular a theory of everything pioneered by Ken Wilber, Don Beck, and Jim Marion, among others. There are few examples of writers attempting an Integral social criticism, and this book showcases a direct and sometimes strident and personal style. (248 pages)
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Message from Tervy in /csg/ #shit-about-asia
because i love it
he's channeling his inner kaetaa
@Tervy the trick is to make a chinatown in the middle of the finnish wilderness
Then they will just go there an never leave until thier trip is over
I'm curious. As a Japanese who travels occasionally (I went to New Zealand last February), how do Europeans view us?
Are we just "Chinese tourists" like all the rest?
[I try to be polite, attentive to cultural practice, and prepared but that's just me. idk even what regular Japanese are like.]
for me you all look the same <:downs:355737951918882846>
but its down to how you act
For me, it's really easy to spot the difference between Chinese and fjapanese when travelling
If they are being loud, obnoxious, and doing semi poor looking behavior it's generally Chinese
If you can't even notice they are there, and get actually excited at things, it's Japanese
If they are being loud, obnoxious, and doing semi poor looking behavior it's generally Chinese
When I was a kid, I used to live in a small town that was really popular to Japanese tourists for a reason that I've never understood. Japanese tourists were cool, just taking an incredible amount of pictures and spending a lot of money in restaurants / hotels / souvenir shops etc
Now after a few decades, the Japanese are gone and the Chinese came. The Chinese destroy everything. They let children shit in our lake, shout at each other all night etc
I'd take Japanese tourists over Chinese tourists any day
I think Japanese are the best kind of tourists
The bottom is made by the Chinese, the British and the American tourists
agree entirely
tfw worst of both
chinese and britbong
My last experience with jap tourist was 2 old ladies in Amsterdam, we guided them to Van Gogh musem or something like that
They were funny
If they are being loud, obnoxious, and doing semi poor looking behavior it's generally Chinese " indeed whatvkseetaa saids
Japs are easybto spot due mannerism
After looking at Japs for a while you can spot then by their clothing choices too
I'm not so good at it yet but my gf often knows Japs by their clothes and the way they walk
Trying to write in hurry ∆ abomination
The japs I met were good buds to drink with
The japs I see usually behave so it's ok.
Chinks are infamous and fairly easy to spot beside the language so they usually don't get approached by Germans unless heavy yellow fever.
Japs are very socially aware
It's part of how they grew as a society
They've always had hierarchies to respond to and it still shows nowadays
it doesnt really help that chinks had their social norms and individuality essentially wiped out by the ccp
Yes, Japs have always been taught to obey, chinks on the other hand have had the NSDAP treatment
Or, well, NSDAP + CPSU treatment, I guess
@plasticsword I can see this going real well
this is how you start a war on drugs
@plasticsword in a literal sense of the word