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If you are digital marketer aspiring to run your own agency one day, chances are that you will start out as a freelancer to get used to the idea of having ownership over increasing conversions for a business.
The following are strategies you can use to get business as a freelance digital marketer.
Build a following for your blog and LinkedIn at the same time.
This lays the groundwork when you start approaching clients as it gives you credibility for your work. Figure out where your audience is hanging out and constantly deliver value to them.
Here's how to start doing so with as little content as possible:
- Start a blog and use the Skyscraper Technique to write as best of a post you can on a weekly basis (if you want to write more, you can. But note that quality is highly prized)
- Create one simple graphic that you would use use as the feature photo and also as the thumbnail for your blog post when you share it on social media.
- Provide a content upgrade: a better designed pdf version of the long post will do.
- Offer the content upgrade at the bottom of the post in exchange for contact information (opt-in)
- Instead of just sharing your post on LinkedIn, write a status explaining that you created a pdf on so and so topic accompanied with the graphic earlier and ask your friends if they would want it – the call to action being them giving you a private messaging and giving you their email so you can send it over.
- From there, you have built an email list and an audience on LinkedIn. The more engaged your post on LinkedIn, the more likely your future posts will appear again on their news feeds.
Give unsolicited teardowns to heads of freshly funded companies
Here's how:
- Go to sites like Crunchbase and look at the people who have raised money and give them an unsolicited analysis on how to improve their site or their specific marketing channels.
- It is up to you to decide if you want to give them a screencast or step-by-step how to's on how to improve their site (it may lead to them just taking your advice and doing it themselves or it may lead to them wanting to hire you more).
- Personalize your outreach and write to them individually as you are serious to get their business.
You also go the extra mile and do a comparison of their site against their competitors and show which elements perform better.
Ask your competition for small projects
This may sound crazy but it's not. Big digital marketing agencies have too much work on their plate and would generally only consider bigger projects.
Some agencies might entertain your offer to take the smaller projects from them but in exchange of giving them a finder's fee of 15% or so.
Reach out to people who have a lot of portfolio companies
Approach investors if you can and persist until they show interest. Do teardowns of their portfolio companies' sites and send it to them.
If you persist long enough, you would get the job as they have a vested interest in making sure their companies succeed.
Guest post on sites like Entrepreneur and Forbes
Contributing to sites like these may be challenging but it's worth a try.
Due to their high Domain Authority, you can get ranked in the top 5 search results on Google for the keyword in your industry.
Build strong business relationships
Your business connections play a big role in the trajectory of your business. You can go to Meetup.com and register to go to small gatherings or go to networking events.
Paid conferences attract different players in the industry as they are there to connect and make new deals. When going to these sort of events, aim to build just 1 solid relationship.
Ask yourself if the person you are connecting with can be a potential business partner and if they can open doors for you in the future. Building a good future for yourself is important, that's why you always want to make smart moves so than later on the future when your business has success you can take that trip and rent that beautiful beach house from outer banks vacation rentals you have always wanted.
In conclusion, to get more business as a freelance digital marketer:
- Build a following for your blog and LinkedIn at the same time.
- Give unsolicited teardowns to heads of freshly funded companies.
- Ask your competition for small projects.
- Reach out to people who have a lot of portfolio companies.
- Guest post on sites like Entrepreneur and Forbes.
- Build strong business relationships.
Author Bio: This post was written by Ben Sim from iPrice group.


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All of the Kardashian/Jenner family baby names, ranked
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East Jefferson General Hospital's family medicine residency program is now affiliated with Tulane University School of Medicine.
The affiliation formalizes training and educational efforts that have taken place during the past several years between faculty of the hospital's residency program and Tulane's Department of Family and Community Medicine. The two facilities will further collaborate in staff development, training initiatives, academic programs, research, grant applications and fellowships.
As part of the agreement, East Jefferson family medicine residents will be able to participate in rotations at several Tulane facilities, such as the university's network of community health centers and Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine. Faculty in the program will also assist in family medicine training for Tulane students at the School of Medicine.
"East Jefferson General Hospital faculty will have increased involvement in teaching our students, and we will help to make educational resources available to their residents," said Dr. Richard Streiffer, professor and chairman of Family and Community Medicine at Tulane. "We will also look for opportunities to partner on new ventures in the future, such as new educational rotations, fellowships and research grants."
East Jefferson's family residency is a three-year program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The program, which is now called the East Jefferson General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, affiliated with Tulane's School of Medicine, accepts six residents per year for a total enrollment of 18.
Dr. David Euans, residency program director for East Jefferson, plans to expand the program to 21 residents during the next three years.
"We think an affiliation with Tulane University's School of Medicine, which has a national reputation for academic excellence, will strengthen our ability to recruit top residents from across the country," Euans said. "It will also give Tulane graduates looking to start in their careers in family medicine a local program that is affiliated with the university."•
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Plugin which sends emails to us from WordPress, for comments and new posts, except our own comments and posts. You can disable the option in your profile. At default, all user are receiving an email except the author.
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With version 0.0.5 the plugin got settings (Settings→Reading). The one new option allows you to send all emails with the Bcc-header to hide users email-addresses to all other recipients. This option is disabled by default. You have access to the default settings via the filter
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User settings handling
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- Send mails in smaller groups and schedule sending of groups
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Truffles may be a little high-end for an Easter basket, but you gotta train your kids young, or they'll never know what real quality tastes like. In these orange marmalade truffles, chocolate ganache is dotted with chewy bits of orange marmalade and rolled in cocoa powder. You can make these a couple days in advance, but unlike wine, cheese, soup, and salsa, the truffles don't get better with age. The orange marmalade loses a bit of flavor each day. If you're worried about the orange liqueur, you can substitute unsweetened orange juice concentrate, orange juice, or orange zest.
These truffles are refreshingly simple: Just melt chocolate with cream, stir in all things orangy, let the chocolate set up, and roll into petite bites. Serve them to your sweetie for brownie points, or as a stellar finishing touch at your next cocktail party.... Read More
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Tinea semifulvella is the most common species of the genus to be found in the UK
Although they have been recorded as feeding on rags they generally eat fibres that are found outdoors rather than inside. The larvae feed on sheeps' wool, but are sometimes found inside birds' nests where they feed on other fibres that have been used in nest construction.
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Unison sought help from CRS to assist operators develop a layout for their new control room and operators consoles.
The following information is feedback on Unison's control room upgrade by provided by Nigel Brown, Operations Manager at Unison Networks.
CRS: What was the problem you needed to solve?
Nigel: Unison Networks had a major planned project of implementing a new Advanced Distribution Management System and the current two control desks were fixed and not ergonomically designed. It was planned to introduce a third Operators console and the existing Control Room was not able to be physically changed so Unison sought help from CRS to assist our staff develop a layout for the room and operators consoles.
CRS: Why did you choose CRS?
Nigel: CRS had previously made themselves known to Unison and due to their ability and track record at the time Unison visited their Adelaide premises for a meeting.
CRS: How did we solve your problem?
Nigel: CRS were able to size the room, constraints and fixtures and "fit" the three consoles within the room, plus making the room feel larger than it actually was. Recommendations for wall coverings to reduce noise levels were also incorporated into the design.
CRS: How was our solution unique?
Nigel: Never before have we been able to walk around the proposed layout, change the orientation and 'try" various console layouts in the CADwalk environment. It was a unique and enlightening experience that existing staff were able to try and then ensure it would work before any fit out started.
CRS: What did you particularly like about our approach or delivery?
Nigel: CRS were able to provide a project and delivery plan that was adhered to and the changeover went smoothly and was completed on time.
CRS: How would you summarise the experience as a whole?
Nigel: Overall the acceptance of staff to the new operations environment and consoles was the the icing on the cake as they were impressed and gave them an impetus to reduce waste and paper from our existing processes.
CRS: Would you recommend CRS to others?
Nigel: Unison has no hesitation in recommending other electrical distributors to CRS as our experience has been rewarding. Other companies have made visits to our redeveloped control room and were impressed with the layout and control consoles. We definitely would use their services again.


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Mobile learning perspectivesMobile technologiesReasons for using mobile devicesMobile learning: definitionMobile learning is currently ill-defined.Some definitions focus on the mobility of the learner.
3Mobile learning perspectivesTechno-centric: M-learning is using a mobile device for learningRelationship to e-learning: Mobile-learning is part of e-learning.Augmenting formal learning: Formal learning is face-2-face learning.Learner-centered: Focus should be on the mobility of the learner and not the mobility of the device.Augment: to add some- thing to (something) in order to improve or complete it.Portable device: A portable device is any device that can easily be carried. Portable devices are becoming an increasingly important part of personal computing as the capabilities of devices like laptops, tablets and smartphones continue to improve.
A portable device may also be called a handheld device or mobile device.Wearable device: A wearable device is a digital device that is strapped to or carried on a user's body.4Mobile technologiesMobile technologies can be classified using two dimensions.Portable devicesShared devicesKiosksPersonal devicesStatic devicesVideo conferencingElectronic whiteboardsClassroom responsesystemsMobile phoneTabletPCLaptopsPDAs12345Mobile technologiesQuadrant 1: Contains portable devices. These devices can be taken from place to place.Quadrant 2: Contains Less portable devices. These devices can only be used in one location.Quadrant 3:Contains no physical moveable devices. The learner is mobile.Quadrant 4: Generally not classified as mobile technologies.
PDALaptopTabletElectronic response systemInteractive whiteboardReasons for using mobile devicesMobility: Learners can take part in class activities without the constraints of space and time.Versatility: Can be used for multi-tasking. Learning tools provide support to students in learning activities.Noise-free devices: Devices offer touch-screen options. The result is an environment which reduces noise.Interactivity: Devices help learners learn in an interactive way.Flexibility: Various apps allow students to learn in an adaptable environment.Social media networking: Allow students to interact with fellow students. Allow learners to instantly get feedback from teachers.


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These interactive tutorials are designed to complement text pages by allowing students to use a web browser to simulate configuration and operation of a microscope under darkfield illumination. Both the theory and practice of darkfield microscopy are addressed by the tutorials.
Specimen Illumination With Darkfield Condensers - This tutorial demonstrates how a specimen interacts with the hollow cone of light emitted by a darkfield condenser. By moving the specimen into and out of the light cone, the student can visualize how light is refracted, reflected, and diffracted into the microscope objective.
Darkfield Abbe Condensers - Explore how a hollow cone of light is produced using a simple Abbe condenser with opaque light stops placed at strategic locations within the condenser. The tutorials allow students to toggle between light stops of different diameters to modulate the size of the light cone.
Hollow Light Cone Numerical Aperture - High numerical aperture reflecting darkfield condensers produce hollow light cones having a broad range of numerical apertures. This tutorial allows the visitor to adjust the light cone numerical aperture in a virtual paraboloid condenser.
Darkfield Condenser Adjustment - Students can practice focusing a specimen and adjusting the opaque stop size and condenser position with this interactive tutorial. Sliders control focus, condenser translation both vertically and laterally, and light stop size, demonstrating the effect on image quality resulting from a wide range of configurations.
Catadioptric Darkfield Reflected Light Objectives - Discover how light that is diffracted, refracted, and reflected by a specimen enters the front lens of a darkfield objective in reflected light microscopy.
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It may be a simple pattern, but I just love the pretty texture in this pot holder. This would make for a quick and easy house-warming gift.
Pattern is available in both UK and US crochet terms.
You will need a DK weight yarn in cotton and a 5.00mm and a 4.50mm crochet hook.
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Slenderman Re-Arrives In Slender: The Arrival
Hey everyone, Slenderman's back! Again. Also, he was never really away, seeing as he's always right behind you and – seriously – he never went anywhere. After redefining the phrase "anatomy of fear," Slender spawned roughly 300 (just kidding: actual number is one gazillion) imitators of varying quality and, er, existence. But now, original developer Parsec Productions is on the comeback trail – this time with a full commercial release. I have to wonder, though: How far can this go? I mean, Slenderman's overnight fame precedes him. At this point, what's left for him to kill aside from the element of surprise?
The new game is actually a joint production between Parsec and Blue Isle Studios, a small developer (and former StarCraft II total conversion mod team) that's also working on a mobile RTS codenamed "Project Warfare." Here's the skinny:
"Slender: The Arrival is the official re-imagining of the original release that will engage players with the same terrifying gameplay, while adding a complete gaming experience that the fans have been asking for. With more levels, improved visuals, and an engaging storyline, the commercial release takes Slender to all new heights."
It's slated to release "in the coming months." I'd guess Halloween or somewhere thereabouts if it didn't require such an insanely quick turnaround time.
I'm interested to see what a "complete gaming experience" entails, though. Will there be other enemies? NPCs? Weapons? Curse-laden co-op? Psychological hallucinatory tricks? Because I'm not sure how I'd feel about any of that. On one hand, Slender's hell-borne pony knows precisely one trick, but on the other, the purity and brevity of that scare is – in large part – why I think it works so well. Piling on other elements stands to bury the experience under fright-suffocating fluff. Obviously, it's quite a conundrum. But then, I suppose a hallmark of great horror is keeping people nauseatingly on edge consistently, so now it's Slender's turn to either enter horror canon or fade into obscurity.


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We haven't
talked much about Ryanair hijinks of late.
Things have been relatively quiet in the blue-and-yellow skies since the grown-up decision was made to put on a nicer face, embrace (or at least not publicly berate) customers and, just maybe, tone down bombastic founder Michael O'Leary's outrageous tongue.
After all, this ain't Spirit Airlines. This is Ryanair, which will carry 113 million pax this year. A little dignity is required, right?
Let's call it a work in progress. We noticed two stories this week which sound more like the FR of old.
The first involved a pax who was refused more beer on a short flight from Tenerife to the Spanish mainland. He responded by leaping from his seat and running down the aisle screaming: "There's a bomb! It's going to explode!" (As you do. If you're a moron.)
Pilots radioed ahead for help and a police reception was ready as the plane landed at Santiago de Compostela. Much delay resulted.
The other FR story concerned O'Leary's remarks at a Creative Minds conference in Dublin. The topic: a plan to extend bike paths and lanes in the city of Dublin.
As usual, the wonderfully offensive O'Leary pulled no punches.
"That's all we need in Dublin is more blooming bicycles. In a country where it rains about 250 days a year, the way forward for Dublin is, more bicycles," O'Leary said. "Let's just go back to walking all together. Soon we'll be living in caves designed by Dublin City Council. Traffic won't work, there's nowhere to park the cars and yet this is a smarter way forward."
The airline boss wasn't done. He still had the knockout punch. "We should take the cyclists out and shoot them."
Cyclists can rest easy though. For O'Leary, shooting people is a figure of speech. A couple of previous examples:
On travel agents: "Take the ******* out and shoot them. They are a waste of bloody time. What have they done for passengers over the years?"
On consultants: "Every idiot who gets fired in the industry shows up as a consultant somewhere. I would shoot any consultant who came through my door."


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Ode to the Binkie
Bed time when toddlers start to shout,
It is you, dear binkie, who knocks them out.
Those thumb suckers look so snide,
But haven't been without you on a long car ride.
None in the diaper bag, none in the crib?
Take one from our infant sib.
If you touch the ground, I'll give you a quick blow,
Back into the mouth you'll just go.
But now my child can run and jump with both feet off the ground,
Two to three word sentences she can sound.
If old enough to politely ask for you,
Then old enough to make permanent teeth go askew.
Oh dear binkie, you once had your place,
Now let's take the cork from the face.
Once you were our beloved binkie,
But right now… you are just stinky.
Whether you love or hate the pacifier, at some point, to avoid the possibility of dental and speech articulation impairment, your child needs to wean. Besides, it's nice to see your child's entire face. The easiest time to wean is usually around two to three years old. At that point, your child's dependence on sucking for self-comfort begins to lessen and he begins to want to dissociate himself from being a "baby."
Now that it's the New Year, here are some ways to say bye-bye to the binkie, if this is on your child's (or your) resolution list.
- Throw the pacifier across the room and entice your child to say with you, "Yucky, binkies are for babies."
- Restrict pacifiers to specific places such as your home, crib, or bed
- Take a "Binkie finding hunt" with your child and gather all the binkies into a basket. Have the binkie fairy come overnight, take the basket, and leave a present in the morning. Alternatively, one set of parents told me that they told their child that they were gathering binkies for babies who didn't have any.
- If giving your child a pacifier is part of your bedtime routine, start to introduce something else such as a special blanket or stuffed animal.
- Sometimes as parents, we are the ones who have to be weaned. When your child is upset, do not automatically pop a binkie into your child's mouth. Seek other ways to help your child calm himself
- Vow to yourself not to buy new pacifiers at the grocery store. Gradually the pacifiers left in the house will disappear or the mold on them will prompt you to throw them away.
- Cut a small hole in the tip of the nipple- the binkie will not "be the same." Tell your child that the binkie is broken and throw it away.
- Vacations disrupt schedules. Therefor, sometimes in an unfamiliar bed, children wean habits. Conveniently forget the binkie while going on vacation and do not introduce it on return home.
- By age three, most kids appreciate the value of a good bribe. Offer them a reward for going a whole week (or at least 3 days) without the binkie. One night doesn't count because often the second night is more difficult for the child than the first when he is giving up the binkie. Once you have gone a week, the child will have no desire to go back. Just make sure you have disposed of every last binkie in your home so they will not have reminders of the "good old days."
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Forest fairies cannot wait for you to discover new mosaic pictures with even more colors than before. Use your logic skills to solve puzzles and you will reveal the mystical creatures, animals and magic items that inhabit the forest. Travel through eight forest locations with fairies where they are always happy to help you when you get into trouble. If you love puzzles, then put your skills to the test and solve all 160 of them!
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[dropcap font="0″]I[/dropcap]N my previous article, which appeared in the 15 August issue of GNLM, I had discussed how deforestations triggered the flooding. However, the adverse effects of the deforestation do not end there. They are one of the driving forces that causes global warming and climate changes that are threatening the whole world without exception for super rich and advanced countries. In fact the most modernized and industrialized nations are the worst hit.
Because of the extensive industrializations, increase in number of vehicles and modern ways of living consuming large amount of electricity, the use of the fossil fuel have drastically increased, leading to excessive carbon emissions in the world today. This in turn led to the Ozone depletion, creating black holes in our atmosphere. The carbon emissions also give rise to the green house effects. The green house effect, which combined with the Ozone depletion causes the global warming resulting in climate change. We had been witnessing the climate change getting more and more worse. The temperatures soared, unprecedented snowfalls, severe droughts in some places while some other places are reeling under heavy downpours resulting in unprecedented flooding and the tropical storms are getting more frequent and stronger, causing havocs in their paths. The weather patterns had drastically changed over the decades and getting more difficult to predict unless equipped with advanced and sophisticated equipment and instruments.
Now, let us see where the role of the deforestation fits-in, in that process of climate change. The function the trees played is to help reduce the level of carbon present in the atmosphere by absorbing them. Due to the depletion of trees, or in other words the deforestation, the carbon level cannot be put under control and thus the chain reactions that lead to the climate change is set in motion.
Various measures are being used today, to curb the carbon emissions, However, I will not be stressing on each and every one of those measures as the objective of this article is to promote awareness of the importance of the trees and hence, the forest. Thus, I would be discussing the reforestation methods that are simple, easy, inexpensive, viable and are proven to be successful. Before proceeding further, I think it would be necessary to know what cause the deforestations.
What Cause the Deforestation?
There are various causes that lead to deforestation. For the purpose of clarification, I will classify them into two categories:-
1. Natural Disaster
2. Man-made Disaster
Natural Disaster. Destruction of the forest by the forces of natural can be deemed as being caused by natural disasters. However, taking into consideration the human involvement in the causing of the global warming and the climate change, some disasters that are deemed as naturally inflicted are not what they seemed to be. For instance, the flooding is said to be caused by natural forces. However, if observed with an open mind and rational outlook, one is bound to see the human involvement. Likewise all the other natural disasters too have the human actions, either directly or indirectly, involved. However, if I choose to discuss along that trend, there would be controversies, and as this article is not about deforestation but reforestation, I will accept, as universally accepted, that the natural disaster that could destroy a forest constitute wild fires or forest fires caused by natural forces. Due to the global warming causing the temperatures to rise or for other biological reasons, some trees died and turned into tinders waiting to be ignited. The most common cause of ignition is by sparks from trees rubbing vigorously against one another under strong windy conditions. The sparks can also be produced by falling boulders striking one another. Thunder strikes are also sources of ignition and on rare occasions by falling meteorites falling from outer space.
Man-made Disaster. These could be caused by numerous means. The most common and most devastating is by excessive timber extraction, legally or illegally. Slash and burn farming, which originated in the Stone Age and still being practiced by 200-300 million people worldwide, also add to the deforestation. Mining, industrialization, construction of dams, highways and fuel pipelines of large scales involve clearing of large areas of lush green forest. Environmentalist used to say that modernization and industrialization come at a cost—the destruction of the forest and hence the ecosystem too. Thus it is advisable that Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) should be systematically carried out by competent independent organization and the authorities should pay heed to its findings and recommendations before giving green light to implement large scale projects. Wild fires caused by negligence or arson also contribute to the process of deforestation.
As it is not a scientific paper, but written to instigate awareness, it may not be comprehensive and lacks scientific authenticity.
Reforestation the Easy Way
Here, I will attempt to describe two very simple and inexpensive reforestation techniques. The first is to plant a few saplings atop the barren hills or mountain range during the tree growing season. The saplings are spaced strategically so that when they had grown to maturity and started to shed seeds, they are scattered down the slope evenly and densely to a lower level. These seeds will sprout and grow in the natural way and thus the propagation follows the natural process. These second generation trees will, in turn, scatter their seeds to another lower level and thus the natural process of the propagation continues down the slopes. The tree line gradually crept lower year after year and eventually the whole mountain is reforested again. It is a very clever idea that is copied from the nature. This technique is being applied very successfully in Thailand. It is one of the innovations of His Majesty the King of Thailand. The King had made many useful innovations that benefit the people and the country. His innovations are recognized internationally and some are being awarded patent rights by foreign patent registration offices.
The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan is also enjoying the success of this technique. The young King of that country is a great admirer of the Thai Monarch since he was a Crown Prince. He used to attend the Thai Monarch's birthday ceremonies every year and on such occasions he visited the various Royal Projects in Thailand. He requested permission from the Thai Monarch to implement some of the techniques in his country and to my knowledge the natural propagation of the forest is one of them and is flourishing.
The second method is very interesting too. I am not sure whether it is one of the Thai Monarch's invention. There are many national parks in Thailand. The Thais are found of visiting those parks and go on trekking tours on holidays to avoid the hustles and bustles of the city life. In some parks one might come across a strange sight. Giant slingshots or catapults are fixed in the ground. The visitors can enjoy shooting at nearby steep slopes, using large seeds piled at the ready, by the forest department employees. It is another clever idea. The visitors, old or young, male or female do not need urging to try their hands at shooting the seeds onto the nearby steep slopes. These slingshots are very popular attractions. They served many purposes—entertain the visitors and at the same time the seeds are scattered onto the barren slopes without any labour cost and also instill awareness to the public, the importance of the trees.
We should try out the first method. I do not know whether that is patented or not. Even if it is patented I hope the Thai King would not mind using his technique. As for the second method, I am not sure whether our National Parks could attract much visitors and whether there are trekking trails for the trekking enthusiasts and ready for such arrangements.
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[dropcap font="0″]I[/dropcap]N my previous article, which appeared in the 15 August issue of GNLM, I had discussed how deforestations triggered the flooding. However, the adverse effects of the deforestation do not end there. They are one of the driving forces that causes global warming and climate changes that are threatening the whole world without exception for super rich and advanced countries. In fact the most modernized and industrialized nations are the worst hit.


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Maybe Nena's "99 Red Balloons" would sound sweeter on that final romp through the world sound system than "Political Science" as our skin is rotting before our eyes when doomsday arrives for our planet. Indeed, today's nuclear insanity coming from the White House and North Korea means that the world is closer to mass destruction than we've been in sixty years.
My friend Scott at the library was asking me if I remembered the song at the end of the '60s movie Dr. Strangelove, an apocalyptic thing. "I wasn't allowed to see James Bond movies when I was ten, even though all my friends did," I told him. "My father thought there was too much sexuality in them."
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The Cyberpunk MediumPosted by Sinnyo
Sep 5
Whilst nobody would have cause (or would wish to) write cyberpunk's obituary just yet, it's clear that the theme has diversified, and its ideals have been adopted by many more media, since the 1980s. Lawrence Person wrote to Slashdot about the modern-day iteration of this theme, labelling them 'post-cyberpunk'. Our own Psychochild has speculated upon the post-cyberpunk future too.
Cyberpunk works have taken a different tone, partly because writers today grew up with this science fiction sub-genre. The content has arguably changed because its once-radical themes have become passé, just as space travel once held a much larger sway in science-fiction. We see cyberpunk everywhere from games to comics and blockbuster films, and not just in our cult bookshelves. Does this dampen the message, or does it actually lend it strength? Are we losing sight of the way cyberpunk is delivered?
Tron and Tron: Legacy may prove a good example of this evolution from cyberpunk to post-cyberpunk. Kevin Flynn was very much the typical cyberpunk 'hero' in Tron. He was a gifted programmer, determined to deal his own justice upon the corporation which had robbed him. Although his son (the sequel's protagonist) is described as 'rebellious', it is clear that Legacy does not share the original's anti-establishment theme. Instead we find a cyberpunk aesthetic and world derived from an 'authentic' template, delivered in a different way. The hero is one we all recognise and the enemy is an individual, not the centre of a massive corporate empire.
One could argue that this is good – most cyberpunk films have been cult hits, picked up after the masses have passed them over for the blockbusters. Being in the mainstream allows a film to make money of course, but it allows wider audiences to enjoy its content. It's not very "-punk" though, which raises a point for discussion – at what point does the cyberpunk theme give rise to cyber-punk media? We should bear in mind the fact Tron:Legacy was marketed through viral media.
Blogs, indie video games, small-scale films.. almost anything bootstrapped or run on a shoestring budget stands good chance of being recognised as unequivocally cyberpunk, because in this modern age it is actually possible to do what those 1980s stories foretold. Blockbusters have taken note too, and many films which deal with shadowy corporations or an online conspiracy will have planted their campaigns long before any formal marketing is released. There surely aren't many other themes which could do this: deliver cyberpunk content to our own cyberpunk world.
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KLAW by Brian Kalin O'Connell
Brian Kalin O'Connell
Original illustration by Mike Zeck and Joe Rubinstein
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LOVE this, is there anywhere to see a larger version of the bottom panel?ReplyDelete
I THINK you can see the original at higher res via this link: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i8Ln_QNiI4U/UOx1I5CF-cI/AAAAAAAAIhU/yGPPUVC2xls/s1600/klaw+01.jpgReplyDelete
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Wow! Thanks for the feedback! I will post a bigger version of the bottom panel if you would like on my blog later todayReplyDelete
Nice sonic effect, very appropriate!ReplyDelete
yowza, that inset panel is absolutely stunning at full size, great work man!ReplyDelete
thank you very much. It was super fun to get to draw this guyReplyDelete
Wow wow wow...this is fantastic! I'd start Reading FF again if this what the art looked like:)ReplyDelete
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A genomic sequencing protocol that yields a positive display of 5-methylcytosine residues in individual DNA strands.
The modulation of DNA-protein interactions by methylation of protein-binding sites in DNA and the occurrence in genomic imprinting, X chromosome inactivation, and fragile X syndrome of different methylation patterns in DNA of different chromosomal origin have underlined the need to establish methylation patterns in individual strands of particular genomic sequences. We report a genomic sequencing method that provides positive identification of 5-methylcytosine residues and yields strand-specific sequences of individual molecules in genomic DNA. The method utilizes bisulfite-induced modification of genomic DNA, under conditions whereby cytosine is converted to uracil, but 5-methylcytosine remains nonreactive. The sequence under investigation is then amplified by PCR with two sets of strand-specific primers to yield a pair of fragments, one from each strand, in which all uracil and thymine residues have been amplified as thymine and only 5-methylcytosine residues have been amplified as cytosine. The PCR products can be sequenced directly to provide a strand-specific average sequence for the population of molecules or can be cloned and sequenced to provide methylation maps of single DNA molecules. We tested the method by defining the methylation status within single DNA strands of two closely spaced CpG dinucleotides in the promoter of the human kininogen gene. During the analysis, we encountered in sperm DNA an unusual methylation pattern, which suggests that the high methylation level of single-copy sequences in sperm may be locally modulated by binding of protein factors in germ-line cells.


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SPE's ACCE 2010 preview
Charting a composites course through the auto industry's "perfect storm."
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For the 10th time in as many years, the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) will hold its Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) at the MSU Management Education Center in suburban Detroit, Mich., Sept. 15-16. After a record-breaking two-year global automotive downturn, the organizers — the Society's Automotive and Composites Divisions — are upbeat about the event. The hope is that composites will finally get the attention and significant programs they deserve from automakers now desperate to shed mass, improve fuel economy and manage cost at much lower production volumes, yet still meet consumer demands for quality, connectivity and luxury in all vehicle segments.
The conference has a history of taking place during interesting times. It made its début just days after the post-9/11 travel ban was lifted over U.S. airspace, permitting speakers, attendees and exhibitors to fly or drive in for an event show organizers weren't sure was going to happen. The 2008 show — then at its largest in terms of number of days (three), exhibit space, speakers and attendees — opened just as the U.S. economy went into its recent tailspin, taking a significant chunk of the world's economies with it. A somber and smaller 2009 event still managed a respectable showing and a determined demeanor, despite catastrophic local job cuts, abundant bankruptcy filings among automakers and their suppliers, and global losses in the industry that has traditionally base-loaded production plants among the world's resin suppliers. The question, of course, is What will the 2010 show be like?
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Unsure if the economy would pick up or continue to be slow, conference planners played it safe and limited the show to two days again this year, rather than returning to the three-day format that was introduced in 2005. They have, however, assembled a strong technical program centered on the theme "Composites: Shaping New Vehicles." In addition, sponsorships are slowly returning to previous levels, and the event's usual abundance of high-profile keynote speakers are well in evidence.
Leading off an international slate of keynoters (six, so far) is Mike Jackson, director – North American Vehicle Forecasts for CSM Worldwide (Northville, Mich.), who will open the conference with "Trends in North American Vehicle Builds." He will be followed by Luciano DeOto, division chief of the Advanced Composites Development Center at Automobili Lamborghini SpA (Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy), and Paolo Feraboli, assistant professor – Aerospace Structures & Materials, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington (Seattle, Wash.), who will copresent a talk on "Carbon Fiber Composites Research & Development at Automobili Lamborghini." The iconic automaker has promised to bring one of its carbon composites-intensive vehicles to the show. Wednesday's luncheon speaker, Antony Dodworth, R&D manager, Bentley Motors Ltd. (Crewe, U.K.), will discuss next-generation vehicle work in "Birth of the T35 Sports Car: Releasing the Familiar & Secure to Embrace the New." On Thursday morning, Roger Assaker, owner and CEO of e-Xstream Engineering SA (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), whose software is widely used in the auto industry, will discuss "Predictive Modeling of Reinforced Plastic Materials & Parts: State-of-the-Art and Future Challenges." Thursday's lunch speaker, McLaren Automotive Ltd.'s (Guildford, U.K.) function group manager – Body Structures, Claudio Santoni, will discuss project, "The CFRP MP4-12C Monocell." The closing keynote will be given by Rani Richardson, CATIA composites product specialist at Dassault Systèmes (Vélizy-Villacoublay Cedex, France). She will discuss technology transfer in "Flying Off the Line: How Aerospace Knowledge Can Accelerate the Use of Composites in Mass Produced Autos."
The conference's technical program offers an equally diverse look at composite materials and processes (for details, dates and times, see SPE's full preliminary ACCE program, as of July 10, in the last two images at right). Traditional sessions include Advances in Thermoplastic Composites (with updates on long-fiber thermoplastics — LFT and direct-LFT — as well as nylon in oil pans and engine mounts); Advances in Thermoset Composites (with updates on sheet-molding compound, polyurethanes and epoxies); Bio- & Natural Fiber Composites (featuring a variety of natural fiber reinforcements in thermoset and thermoplastic matrices); Nanocomposites (including graphite nanoplatelets and a new mesoporous silicate particle); and Virtual Prototyping & Testing of Composites (with papers on predicting fiber orientation, strength and creep, as well as scaling-down methodology and constitutive-property estimation). Of special note this year is the Enabling Technologies session, spotlighting a number of presentations on processing breakthroughs: A low-cost/low-pressure variant of compression molding; a new palletized-LFT process that reportedly achieves the design complexity of which injection molding is capable but with the fiber lengths of compression molded direct-LFT or GMT (glass mat thermoplastic); production of thermoplastic prepregs for use in thermosetting vacuum bag, VARTM and infusion processes; progressive forming of thermoplastic composites; high-volume carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) stamping processes; and an advanced composite molding process with a 10-minute cycle time.
Two new sessions have been added. The first is a series of six papers on a collaborative effort by members of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR, Southfield, Mich.) under the session head Design & Development of a Structural Composite Underbody. The second session, called Composites: Business Trends & Technologies, features broadly focused topics: "Technology Development for Automotive Composite Part Production – New Materials & Processes" (Frank Henning, deputy director, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT), Pfinztal, Germany); "Tap Into Government: How to Leverage Government Money to Drive Innovation for Materials Development" (Susan Ward, CEO, ITECS-Innovative Consulting, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.); and "Plastics/Composites for Automotive Applications — Defending the Product Performance in Insurance Claims and Litigation Situations" (Jackie Rehkopf, senior engineer, Exponent Inc., Menlo Park, Calif.).
The auto industry's trend toward eco-awareness will be much in evidence. Papers distributed across multiple sessions will cover a variety of green topics, including a new zero-VOC thermoset, thermoplastic additives that reduce VOC emissions at the source, and a method for recycling automotive headliners that are otherwise headed for the landfill.
The show's annual and ever-lively panel discussion is also planned for the end of the first day, although the specific topic had not been announced at press time. The panel, which provides the opportunity for audience participation, will be followed by a networking reception sponsored by the SPE Thermoset Division.
"Our industry is in the middle of a tremendous shift toward a new generation of vehicles," says 2010 SPE ACCE conference chair Cedric Ball, who recently took over as global marketing director at Bulk Molding Compounds Inc. (West Chicago, Ill.). Ball sees this year's ACCE as a showcase for the shift: "We're clearly seeing greater interest in — and the business case being made for — using composite materials. With tremendous pressures to improve fuel economy and lower production costs, we're really in the midst of a 'perfect storm' of market pressures and industry trends that make composites more attractive for automakers than ever before."
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Once you wake up, you are free to move around, and will be given a quick overview of the controls as needed to go through the rubble.
There is only one path through the cave, which requires crouching under obstacles, jumping into a vent, and going prone to crawl under a beam. Eventually, you should reach a ladder that you will climb up.
When you see a short cutscene, this is the first point where you can get injured. While you can run past the enemy, the best method is to throw a rock through the upper cave hole to distract the guard, then run past. When you reach the doorway, the cavern behind you collapses; continue until you reach and open a door.
The radio you collect there puts you in contact with Doyle, who will assist you by describing what you will need to do next. After his introduction, pickup the pistol and ammo (on the crate and shelves), the grenade, and the body armor (at the back exit).
Huts[edit | edit source]
The huts will have a few items, and will be your first encounter with mercenaries. The first hut will contain a machete, which can be used for a silent kill. The second hut contains a medikit, and the third contains an M4 assault rifle.
When you clear the huts, you will be alerted to an objective on the compass to the left. This leads you to binoculars, which can be used to see for a far distance, amplify sounds, and to "tag" enemies to make them appear on the radar.
Enemy camp[edit | edit source]
After the binoculars, you will be directed to an enemy camp to the west, and will need to steal a vehicle. You can choose for an aggressive or stealthy approach, but in either case, a mercenary will try to sound an alarm if you get spotted. There is also a helicopter that may detect you, causing mercenaries to become alert as well.
If you want, you can open the explosives section by collecting a keycard in the headquarters (located on the right), and going into the other building.
The buggy is located at the back of the base, behind the headquarters. There is also extra body armor and binoculars. Ride the jeep and take a left turn to follow the path, and shoreline. If you have to abandon the buggy, there are extra vehicles that you can use or obtain simply by killing the soldiers using or guarding them.
When you reach the large sandy section, you will encounter two vehicles. Quickly drive past them to avoid being damaged by a rocket attack. Continue left and past the crashed plane until you see the carrier.
Carrier[edit | edit source]
The carrierhas guards on the front, as well as a few partol boats nearby. Enemies can still attack and injure you while underwater, although swimming may make you harder to see. Approach the carrier's bow to reach a hole that will take you to the next level.


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C4C Mechanic Bryonna Baines was a QBP 2017 Women's Bicycle Mechanic Scholarship recipient. Here, she reflects on her experience at United Bicycle Institute.
What was the application process like?
I applied a couple times before and didn't get it, but thought about applying this year and the application was really easy. It wasn't essay form, which made it so that there wasn't too much content. But it was hard to answer questions in under 125 words. I ended up typing huge 500-word answers and then had to take it all out. I would work on it and walk away from it and I typed up the whole thing and I removed myself from my computer for like a day and when I came back it was all gone. So I had to make the choice to retype everything or just not submit it. I was typing it up in Google Docs, so I hit the undo button a million times until I had the paragraph I wrote for one question, and then did over and over for each question until I had everything back. I CTRL-Z'ed hard. And then I submitted it and didn't think I would get it because I hadn't gotten it before. They never said why I didn't get it in previous years. I think the difference this time was I did it less like a resume and more about who I am. It was less about what I've done but more about what I am about–about underrepresented people in the cycling community, because I am one of those people. I talked about how it was rare that I had the opportunity to race, wrench, and all that kind of stuff. And I got the scholarship.
Give me a snapshot of the two week training.
It was January 30-February 10, 2017 in Ashland, OR at United Bicycle Institute (UBI).
There were 16 total mechanics including me. All WTF mechanics from across the country. Majority of people were POC, one was transitioning and identified as he/him. This year they were going for POC. Previous years weren't as POC. But it could have just been who applied in each year.
We'd go to class 8am-5pm and had a huge UBI student's handbook that we went through. It was similar to the Park Tool book I've used. We'd go through a chapter or two a day, depending on how thorough each chapter was. For example, the wheel building chapter was a day's worth of content plus actually doing wheel building. Most days we would learn about a subject and then work on the subject hands-on. One or two subjects a day, depending on how dense they were.
What subjects did you cover?
Wheel building, derailleurs, tires, frame building, bearings, headset adjustment, crank set adjustment, hydraulic disk brake bleeds (fluid system instead of a mechanical system), and suspension fork overhaul.
I was familiar with every subject because I've been doing this for 7 years. But every subject had some interesting history behind it that I wasn't aware of or names to the stuff I'd been seeing and had been just broadly categorizing. It created more dialogue to add to my work. Before, it was like "bearings are like this and work like that," but we would just dive so deep into it. Before I could talk about bearings for like 15 seconds but now I feel like I could write a book about it.
Were the other mechanics there doing similar work as you?
In the broad sense of the type of people I met, there were just a bunch of cool, POC women for the most part that we're doing hard, breakthrough work in the cycling industry. Most of these people were working or running their own nonprofit or shop in areas where there was a large concentration of low-income people or marginalized people or underrepresented cyclists. For example there was a black chick from Brooklyn working at a high-end shop in Portland in a very white area. They were all doing cool stuff like that, breaking the mold.
Every night after class, we would have some beers and talk about the industry and we'd swap stories about what it's like working in a male-dominated industry and what it's like to work in each city. I was really interested in the fact that there were a lot of people doing similar work to C4C, having a retail shop and doing a lot of programming. So it was interesting to hear from people doing the same things in different cities and struggling in the same way or succeeding in it. So I got to ask questions about why they think what they're doing is working so well or not working so well. Sarah, who worked at a shop in Denver, said that the reason she thinks her retail shop is generating revenue and subsidizing all the programming was for two reasons: 1. They were known as the quality mechanics and shop operators in town, so people were willing to pay a little more and know they were getting quality service. They had a higher quality product that you could trust. 2. They were in a location in Denver where there were a lot of cyclists who could afford to spend a little more for higher quality service.
Tell me all about the mountain bike ride.
I was super stoked about the mountain bike ride. They offered different outings for the Saturday we were not in class: road race, hiking, or mountain biking. A lot of people were interested in mountain biking but there was a $75 charge for rental, which was normal but were broke, so a lot of people were on the fence about going. The day before the ride, QBP (Quality Bicycle Parts, who sponsored the scholarships) said they would cover the cost of the ride, so everybody decided they wanted to go. We were going with Nathan, one of our instructors, but he was a professional enduro rider. We watched his Youtube videos of him shredding hard and fast. So we were all intimidated by this guy and there were a mix of people there who either lived where there was mountain biking or people who grew up in the city and have never seen a mountain bike trail in their life.
They gave us just the nicest mountain bikes–full suspension, dropper seat posts. They paid for it all. They shuttled us up this mountain–two vans with a huge trailer of bikes. We went up this dirt road on a mountain only wide enough to fit one car. And I was scared to shuttle up it. There was someone going down the mountain with a horse and we had to stop the van and proceed with cautious and suddenly the horse freaked out but we bypassed that. When we got to the top of the mountain, we had to do a good amount of climbing on our bikes, which is something I'm not used to in Minnesota. But then Nathan took us on these trails that were pretty easy and incredibly beautiful. We got to one point that was a beautiful overlook, surrounded by all these beautiful mountain in Ashland and the sky is completely clear of clouds but there's a mist coming down. I learned it was called the "Ashland Sunshine." We could see the mountains in the distance that had snow at the top–someone was skiing up there on snow-capped mountains while we were biking down here.
But then it was time to shred. It was just the best mountain biking ever, ever, ever. I mountain bike here in Minnesota and it's alright. I've gone to Moab and it was pretty insane. But this was just the best. And we had the best bikes. It was sick. And there was a photographer from QBP posted up at a good vantage point and we'd be going around a berm and he'd snap a picture. And so I was just in heaven, absolutely, just loving it, making a lot of noise. It was a very long descent but very beautiful and perfect trail conditions. A couple others and I just followed Nathan, and I'm sure he toned it down a bit, but we were shreddin' it. Me and a chick from Virginia who had mountains in her area and another from Hawaii who also had mountains. And I'm from Minnesota and we don't have any mountains and I'm just loving it and they're like, "How do you know how to do this?" So we were the shredder crew, and man, we'd hit these jumps and super tight switchbacks. And every now and then we'd have to wait for the rest of the ladies to catch up (every one but one person from class went on this ride).
When we were done with the gnarly rad mountain bike ride and were riding on the road back to the school, we were going pretty fast down the road and it was fairly steep and we were up in elevation. We were a big cluster riding together and we went around this turn and someone fell hard. She had looked back and looked ahead and grabbed a handful of brakes and these hydraulic brakes are incredibly powerful so she went overhead. She was unconscious and immobile. We got someone to give her a ride and she could barely get up and get into the car. She punctured her liver and bruised her pancreas and was in the hospital for 3-4 days and had to Google Chat into class. It was insane because we just had the gnarliest mountain bike ride on these mountains but she fell on the road. The ride's not over til it's over.
What is one major takeaway from your time at UBI?
I think the coolest thing was that there was this lady named Laura from Sram (a really big bike component company). She was a really good role model, so she taught a class, and just talked to us during an open discussion about how she came to be and made a career out of cycling as a woman. So that was inspiring. She just kept saying, "Keep doing what you're doing and just power through all the bullshit." I'd say the biggest thing was how not only Laura was inspiring but the other people that were there were doing really important things in the industry and they are the underdogs. Just by watching my instructors teach classes, I learned a lot about that teaching, specifically better ways to teach in Grease Rag and better ways to explain things. It wasn't so much the content that I took away, but the way they taught the content.


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For something like two hundred and fifty years Earth had been dominated by humanoid aliens from the star world of Alishang. But man's spirit refused to be conquered. There was a world-wide underground planning for the day of final liberation. And there were four leaders who knew the secret that would guarantee victory - the secret of ZI.
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