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- CliffordGuestNovember 8, 2018 at 2:50 pmPost count: 26179
So much in my 74 years on this planet leave me without explanation or reason. Sorry, but from experiences, anything mortal leaves me in doubt.
So many around me died in Vietnam, How, why did I come home? I sat among many dead, and there were no ghosts or spirits. Religion became a play on falsehoods. Nothing was my decision; others controlled my destiny somehow. For what end? What purpose?
Am I rationalizing or making false conclusions?
I could write a life story depicting outcomes. Is life only an illusion, but the pain is real. Satisfaction or Karma does not bring joy or happiness, only an unexpected outcome, and thinking back regrets were useless but the only directions. We cannot explain existence, dimension; I wish I had words to differ from those others have used.
To Read the Original Story Please Click Here - Synchronicity ForumsGerald GrushowGuestNovember 19, 2018 at 5:17 pmPost count: 26179
Your words are very sad for sure. Religion helps some, but they relate to the spiritual experiences of various prophets such as Moses and Jesus, and Isaiah. They do not make much sense to a lot of people.
Man exists in a universe without a creator God. All we have is the spiritual dimension which enables us to pass from one existence to another. What is the value of life to an individual? Very little. You saw some horrible things in Vietnam. You did not see any ghosts or spirits, but they exist in the spiritual dimension. The dead have gone on to new life. Hopefully a little happier than the life they left.
As you walk the land, you may encounter a child or man who you knew long ago. The spirit within them may recognize you for your spirit is visible to their spirit. Some may have gone on to a better Earth. Some were destroyed in a cleansing process.
So I ponder the universe and my interactions with the spirit within me. And I write books to explain to myself and others how the cosmic reincarnation process works.Bill GattenGuestNovember 20, 2018 at 11:36 amPost count: 26179
Clifford, I hear you.
I've always considered myself an Atheist, but In my own 79 years on the planet, I've gained some real insight into the most plausible reason for, and obligation of, humanity's plight on Earth.
I've come to believe (realize) that each of us is a physical, intact individual organism manifesting as a single component of the omniscient "collective intelligence" that is, and that created and propagates, all of material reality.
In other words, the tiny piece of the cosmic whole that you and I represent is complete within itself, as is the cosmic "force" that created, and which maintains the whole of reality. I.e., 'and which compels reality to continue unfolding, 'eventually to dissipate in another few billion years into the same vacuous space from which it and everything else originally came from some 14.5 billion years ago, when a new sector of the "Omniverse" exploded into being.
The tragedy in this puzzle we call "Life" is not that we are all going to die after experiencing it and looking back over the failures and disappointments having altered what it "could have been. I.e., what it could have been, had we but taken other paths along the way when the opportunities presented themselves.
The real tragedy of being a gracile homo sapiens-sapiens born within the past 45,000 years or so, is that due to our unique and undying spiritual anima we've inherited ('i.e.. our non-local aspect), we're not permitted to die. Surprise!
Instead, we will, upon our physical demise unknowingly awaken within a timeless instant, with a clean slate and a whole new life to mature within and be endured, and to (hopefully) better manage this time.
My strong belief is that in the distant history, other-worldly progenitors inadvertently engineered our most ancient ancestors to imbue them with a higher degree of intelligence to enable them to tend to societal tasks such as governance of cities, building construction, mining operations, and scientific endeavors.
There grave mistake after a few generations of the new humans was to (against the original directive) allow them to procreate among themselves,thus allowing their progeny to possess a non-physical (spiritual) essence that persists indefinitely following our bodies' physical demise. And, the only resolution of their grave mistake, once realized, was to effect a re-engineering of our chromosomal structure so that our spiritual aspect could persist following physical death…in successive reincarnations.
I.e., upon realizing our bodies would deteriorate in time, but that our newly inherited extra-local, non-physical aspect would not (could not?) die, the problem had to be solved.
This state of affairs, if left unchecked, would obviously cast the "new human" (us) into an unthinkable, virtually eternal hellish horror: 'i.e., sentient awareness without tactile involvement or stimulation ('like being buried awake and aware).
The solution, 'once our fate after death was proven to our progenitors to be factual (i.e., a human birth, death and resurrection of one of them), was to allow for successive reincarnations until our species would have either eliminated itself (via warfare or nuclear disaster) or have advanced toward worthiness of assimilation into the realm of our benefactors.
In my long-studied opinion, it is our moral duty to live on through each of our successive life-trials, despite the garbage that we have to contend with along the way.
Our ultimate reward ('so say the Hindi) is ultimately to be allowed a state of non-existence, i.e., 'true death…a complete and eternal absence of awareness, stress, duty, obligation, work, pain, strife, anguish, and sorrow: 'i.e., a perfect state of well-earned bliss ("Nirvana"). You and I Clifford will likely not reach that point for a very long time.
So, 'just let it all hang out and marvel at how realistic the grand hologram seems to be.
Einstein said: "The universe seems to be more a grand thought than a thing."LydiaGuestNovember 22, 2018 at 7:27 amPost count: 26179
Dear Clifford,
It takes experience and pain to come to the question essential of who am I and what is my purpose?
Even your pain is an illusion, and you can separate yourself from this too because there is in fact, a ghost, and the ghost is your memory and your pain.
I repeat a story I read about a young man he lived in a cave with other "people" his clan, there was a fire in the cave, and the fire through the shadows of all the occupants onto the cave wall. There was a passage, but nobody would risk taking to the passage because of fear. The young man wanted to know what was beyond the passage, so he decided to explore, he was determined, and so he need be because the passage was rocky and dark but eventually he saw a light at the far end of the passage which encouraged him to continue. He finally arrived at the end and found himself in a beautiful country full of light and peace. It was so wonderful that he wanted to share it with his clan, so he made his way back to tell them about it, but they only laughed at him, so he went back to his wonderful new country alone.
That is what life is; shadows on the wall; and those who want to believe in it are condemned to stay there.
I add con means with, and you know the meaning of damned.
I wish you love and happiness, do not doubt! You have lived what you have lived because of your own beliefs; the light is in your conscience go there.
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For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die — but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. – Romans 5:6-11 ESV
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This turned out to be a vent post, lol. Don't mind this one if you aren't really into reading people vent and all. I just needed to get this out, so here it is.
Today was the last day in college, and I didn't even get to act like it was the last day. Ever since I got placed and TCS gave me a different classroom to be in (long story short, TCS, the company that I had been recruited into has revised our college syllabus, and in the final semester, we had TCS-chosen subjects). So since I didn't really have a big gang of friends and all, I got to simply eat and leave with a friend, D.
Yeah, I will never be going back again. I sometimes don't even feel the pain of leaving college, which is sort of odd for a person like me. I cry a lot during farewells… I still remember the way I cried on the last day at tuition when we were in 10th grade. I even wept last year because my friends were leaving college… but here I am, all done with my course, and still as stone.
A few tears roll down my eyes whenever I think about leaving home, and with it, mom. But never for any particular friend in college. I guess I've gotten a bit cold as time flew by. Back in school, I got close with many… but now, I guess it's not really that way.
And it's all because of the way people looked at me back then, and the way people look at me now. Now that I think about this, I think I might've changed a bit over the years. I don't really consider myself close to even my closest friends now… I dunno how I even manage to do that.
Something tells me that I'll never find friendship at workplace. I mean… not the kind of friendship that I need, anyway. I really need a good friend to be by my side, to tell me everything's okay. To actually like me the way I am. And P's the one who LOVES me the way I am. She will never be forgotten, will always be missed.
I was so used to having summer holidays that since I realized I won't be having any from now on, I began hating my future life already. Alright, there will be more money after I join work; I can wear anything I want, buy any mobile I want, and do whatever I want. But will there really be any rest? Doubtful.
Anyway, life goes on, right? I just cannot sit in a corner and sulk over the fact that I'm all grown up.
Little things make my day – like feeding a stray dog a packet of biscuits, which I did yesterday and two days before, and today some guy at the canteen made my day. I was buying a token at the canteen, and a student was issuing the tokens (dunno why the people of the canteen abandon ship sometimes) and he said "Thank you ma. It's good to see a bright smiling face in the midst of all this." I really didn't realize I was smiling until he told me so. Anyway, by telling me so, he had made my day.
The point that I'm trying to arrive to is… things have taken such a strange turn in my life that I don't have any friends beside me anymore, thanks to this splitting of streams and all that TCS stuff. Strangers make my day now-a-days, even dogs do. I keep feeling I'm losing my friends gradually. It isn't visible, but it's happening. I've been distanced from the people I like to be with.
And many of them have moved to other places too… Now that I come to think of this, I never call them. I never have balance in my phone, and I keep telling everyone that as a reason. Maybe I wasn't much of a 'friend' person from the beginning, after all.
Now, I'll be thrown into some ocean in which I'll have to swim hard, and rough, and tough. I'll be well outside my comfy zone, and I will have not many friends. I will have no one to share my happiness with; I am not going to have anyone to help with my sorrows and my tales of utter woe.
I can be easily classified into the lonely sort, but something in me still craves for friends. I don't know why I sometimes don't want to be with friends… I feel alone even when there's a whole bunch of them with me, at times. I never feel at ease even with them; I don't understand why I even need them. Because I don't.
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) started a large-scale naval exercise on Wednesday in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.
Codenamed the Great Prophet 9, the drill features speedboats equipped with radars, advanced electronic communication systems, cruise missiles with a range of 25 kilometers, anti-ship medium-range missiles, medium- and large-caliber torpedoes, sea mines, heavy machine guns, rocket-launchers and shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles.
The first stage of the games witnessed the firing of 20 coast-to-sea and surface-to-surface missiles. In addition, speedboats fired 400 rockets targeting a life-size mock-up US aircraft carrier. For the first time in naval maneuvers, a precision-guided missile was successfully test-fired from a helicopter at the carrier. Fateh-110 and Zelzal missiles were also fired at ground targets on an uninhabited island.
Thirty vessels conducted a mine-planting operation, and shoulder-fired missiles and boat-mounted guns engaged drones.
High-ranking officials, including Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, IRGC Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Hossein Salami, Deputy Chairman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Gholamali Rashid, Commander of the IRGC Naval Force Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Division Lieutenant General Amirali Hajizadeh, attended a ceremony held to mark the major exercise.
"Considering the importance of the armed forces and (the increasing) naval might, and given the (current) regional conditions, it is essential that special attention be directed to military centers," Larijani told reporters on arrival in Larak Island where he reviewed naval forces on exercise, adding that the government has allocated adequate funds to boost the country's military capabilities.
The Strait of Hormuz, where the drill is taking place, is a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman, connecting the Persian Gulf with the Sea of Oman. It is the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the high seas and is one of the world's most strategically-important chokepoints, through which one fifth of the world's oil passes.


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Kulan Gath first appeared in Marvel's Conan the Barbarian series so I'm not sure if he's a Conan character or a Marvel character. He later went on to appear in Uncanny X-Men #189-191 (1985), Avengers #28-30 (2000) and Exiles #55-57 (2005), implying that he's a Marvel character. However, starting with 2006, Kulan Gath became part of Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja series, suggesting that Marvel either never had ownership of him or decided to give him up for some reason.
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Apple-earnings Thursday after-hours was quite exiting to watch. Earnings results and guidance weren't great at all and the stock lost about 5%. But it didn't take long for it to regain most of the losses.
Today was almost a replica of that same trade. Apple losing ground, down 3% and making it all back an hour before the close. The bulls could have done without the last half hour of the session (for AAPL as well as equities in general). Bears took over and still no decent close for the bulls. Advantage: bears!
If bulls don't start pushing soon, we could easily lose another 3-5% on the indices.
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Almost no differences for any of these. Silver losing 0.15% was the biggest mover...
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I had passed Fins Drive-In many times before, always saying that I should go there, but it would be the day before I leave Eugene that I finally went. Fins is an old-school diner/drive-in situated on Springfield's (at times dodgy) Main Street, which has survived for decades.
M. went for a veggie burger basket with fries, while I went for the Double Fins Burger basket with onion rings. We also shared a small cherry shake. This together came to a total of $16.85; not cheap, but also not very expensive. Unfortunately, the burgers were not very good; the veggie burger was similar to the one at Safeway's, while the Double Fins tasted fairly similar to a Big Mac. The good thing was that both the crinkle-cut fries and the beer-battered onion rings were tasty )even though both were probably also not originally made). The cherry milkshake was creamy and sweet.
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The next few days were spent in visiting my relatives and other friends whom I really missed during my 6 month long training period at TCS. Meeting them all made me happy a lot!
27th December 2019:
As decided,Abhishek and I met at Adi's place at Thane from where on we would proceed to PVR,Mulund.
Abhi was in a jolly mood since his training ended the day before and I was happy since….you know the reason…. Don 3! The much awaited and anticipated installment for the Don franchise and SRK fans.
But, Adi was silent. Depressed by something or someone to be precise.
"So..your Mom called you again,asking you to come back?",I enquired,and my guess turned out to be correct. (like usual.)
"Umm…Yes bro.. you know what..she's so stressed out man..from the day I left my house,my Dad stopped talking with anyone..even Mom!
And that breaks her more. And that! That breaks me yaar!",Adi came and hugged me.
He couldn't convey his emotions via words anymore.
He cried.
He was under too much of stress.
And we couldn't stand seeing him so vulnerable.
"Some more hours of dedicated hard work and practice, and you'll be the main wicketkeeper. Your family will accept you back with that same old respect.",I tried motivating him.
"Everything will be fine Adi. We're here now. Tension not! ",Abhi joined in our "bro-hug".
That sort of relieved him.
"Chalo Chalo ab! 7 ka show hai.
We need to hurry up! You know the traffic nowadays. That too during peak hours. Too much!",I remind them.
"Good that it's Mulund. Not too far.",Abhi joined.
That changed Aditya's expression.
"But..but..!",he stopped short and threw a pillow at me.
"What man? It was decided right?
Don 3. 7pm. PBR Mulund! What's wrong in that now?",I acted confused, although I knew the reason behind his irritation.
"Haha..really Sooraj! You don't know the reason ha?",another pillow landed on my head.
"Err..no yaar! ",I say,my voice low.
"I had told you that day itself!
PBR Mulund was good during our college days. Not now. The management has changed now, and so is the level of maintenance and hygiene..the last time when.."
"..ya ya..you and your teammates went there, you had to battle a small squeaky rat and it swallowed you all,one by one. Right?",I mocked him.
"Poor rat!",Abhi made a sober face.
"Yeah! You guys still haven't left that roast-anyone-if-you-get-a-chance behaviour behind.",Adi waived his hands in despair.
We laughed sheepishly at his helpless condition.
"Come on now! We can't be late! Dekh! It's 6:40 already! If I miss his entry scene then remember Adi..I'll chop you to death!",I warn him.
"Whatever! I prefer Big Cinemas Bhandup over that rat ridden PBR!",Aditya smirked.
Seeing the unwanted tension build between me and Adi,that too over a venue, Abhi chipped in with a coin.
"Heads- PBR
Tails- Big Cinemas ",he declared.
"Ok fine.",we agreed.
Heads it was!
"Yes! I won!",I signalled him a thumbs down.
"Your wish anyways! Don't say later that the rats are disturbing you..or anything like that."
"Fine! Now hurry up! "
I thanked Abhi for his
both-side-heads coin that made me win.
06:55 pm
PBR Mulund:
We reached minutes before time.
Good that we booked our seats online days ago. Nowadays,rarely people stand in a queue for the tickets.
Excitement was clearly on everyone's face. The reviews- both critic as well as audience- were awesome. Adi took the corner seat and Abhishek sat between both of us. I hoped that a pretty girl occupies my adjacent seat,but those hopes were crushed as I saw a well built, bearded and capped Muslim guy in his late twenties sit besides me.
"Bad luck.",I thought to myself.
The movie started.
10minutes later:
SRK's over the top Don style entry also marked the beginning of few creepy noices below my seat.
I looked at Abhi.
He too gave me the same look.
We looked at Adi who was least interested in the movie, chatting on his
I phone 8s.
He signalled with his hands that he badly needed a smoke and went outside.
"I don't understand how it helps someone-for keeping down stress levels! ",I whisper in Abhi's ears.
He too nodded in approval.
Few minutes later, the guy besides me poked me.
"Excuse me..can you keep an eye on my bag here? Actually,I wanted to use the loo.."
"Umm..ya fine. I'll see."
He was interrupting an interesting fight scene!
Man! Stop talking to me and go fast!
"Thank you!"
For the next 5 minutes or so,we were presented an intense dual between Don and his lady love Roma. It was when the fight scene ended that I remembered about the guy and his bag.
"Can you just check the loo Abhishek? He has not returned yet..something's fishy.. "
"Ohk fine.."
When he was gone,I slowly opened the bag.
I was gifted the worst shock of my life.
A timer bomb!
What the..
The timer indicated that it will explode in 3 minutes flat.
I had two options:
One– Shout out loud so that maximum people get out.
Two– Silently keep the bag away from the crowd.
The first option would be easier,but that would only lead to a stampede.
Hence, I chose the latter.
I took the bag and went near the door. That's when Abhi returned,panting.
"No! He isn't there!"
"We won't let him go back without his Christmas present!"
"Give me that bag Sooraj. I'll try my best to keep this bag away in an isolated place. You guys find that cruel inhuman brat!",Abhi said in a voice full of confidence.
"..ohk fine..but remember! You just have 2 minutes now! Fast!"
I ran towards the mall gate and spot Adi at the small makeshift Cigar shop at front of the mall, smoking passively, looking the world go by. Dissolved in his thoughts.
"There's a bomb inside. The guy besides me planted it. Did you see a well built Muslim man in his late twenties going out from here?",I ask in a single breath.
"What!? A bomb?",he was shocked too.
"Tell me.."
"…ya..in that direction..run fast! We can surely catch him! "
We ran in the direction as said by him.
One minute more….
Our legs stopped when we reached a diversion.
Two paths.
"You sure he might have walked till here? He might have well escaped on his bike or something!",I spoke out finding it hard to breath.
"Still! There's a chance! You go left. I'll go right."
30 seconds….
I almost gave up on running when I spot that very guy at some distance.
I won't leave you alive!
Picking up a stone, I flinged it him.
15 seconds….
In extreme pain, he looked backward in anger.
Quickly, without wasting any time, I was gifted a killer punch!
I fell down.
My glasses crashed against my face.
He leaned over me and kept punching me hard when we heard a loud blast at a distance.


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2000, is the answer. It seems when it comes to footballers, we value attack over defence. But should we? When it comes to spotting talent, the adage, 'attack is the best form of defence' just won't cut it. There are a fair few traits to look out for when spotting talent, some obvious, some not so.
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A Strong Sense Of Accountability
When Virgil Van Dijk defends a corner, he marks the big opposition attacker in the middle and doesn't leave him. He is accountable for marking his man, for clearing the ball, for doing his job and for keeping the team in their winning form. You should look for the same quality.
Accountable employees become strong leaders. Most facets of leadership are learned, and thus the most efficient organizations want to mould progressive thinkers rather than have stagnant employees. They want each individual to have room to progress and, in time, be able to formulate their own winning teams. Hence, an action-oriented candidate will focus on execution to achieve specific goals. Look for someone who does, and has done, instead of someone who say's they will.
Cool Under Pressure And Robust Intuition
If you've ever played any team sport, you'll know that a sense of familiarity with your teammates is essential. The very best teams have an almost telepathic understanding of between their teammates and the ability to understand instructions, even if ambiguous. To ensure you're looking at a candidate who desires the very top of the leadership pile, look at how they handle pressure and unclear instruction.
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They See The Bigger Picture
When they are telling you what they can do for you in the interview instead of you drawing it out from them, that's when you know this person has not only done their homework but wants what you and the company projections want.
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I need hat puns
and I need them now.
Top Cap
That's a double pun so double payment please.
We need two things to start making puns.
Hats and place names?
Hats and sports stars?
Hats and animals?colon_closed_bracket, Raanraals, and japes this'd this
c'mon man I'm raring to go!!
There's no boundaries here
Just give me anything
Trilby laughing on the other side of your face
Hats entertainment
and other better ones that you come up with so I don't have to.
- japes this'd this
just hats.
Top, top hat puns.
Hats and bands
King Fedora
and to adopt Shrewbie's
Chuck Beret
that's a pun on the word bunnet and pun
Look, Balonz had 'Top Cap'
I thought no one was bothering.
Here is my hat joke:
"I'm in love with this girl I saw in a Sherlock Holmes hat"
"I would but I don't know where she lives"
Thus ends my hat joke.
baseball capoeira
that's a pun on a hat and a brazillian martial art
koi coonskin carp
that's a pun on a fish and a kind of hat
hats all folks
hats enough from you
you'll be bowled over with shite puns
my enthusiasm has fezzled out
that's a pun on a kind of weasel and a hat
Give me your hat
I need it to live
Technically you should have
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Mind the cap
Roger Fedora
Simon Cowl
*deercocker fungusombrero
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Majority of women feel 'judged' over breastfeeding choice: survey
Majority of women feel 'judged' over breastfeeding choice: survey
A 34-YEAR-OLD active duty air force airman nabbed an Ironman 70.3 personal record last month — and even found time to pump breast milk during the run portion of the race to feed her seven-month-old son.
Jaime Sloan, who gave birth to her second child in March, had initially planned to use her breast pump during a brief stop, but realised after completing the 90km cycling portion that she was pacing to achieve a personal best.
"By the time I got off the bike I knew I needed to pump," Sloan, who has also completed two 140.6 Ironman races, told Kennedy News & Media. "But I was also looking at a personal record because I had had a really awesome bike ride. I just thought, 'I'm going to do it on my run.'"
Sgt Sloan, who worked pumping into her training schedule, said she worried about potential disqualification due to Ironman's no nudity policy and was using a cloth over her top, but that she received positive reactions from other racers.
"For the most part I don't know if people even noticed. I did get some looks from women but they were just big smiles," the Tucson, Arizona resident told the news outlet. "There were actually two men who ran up to me and asked if I was OK. I think it was because I had a cloth over myself, and at first it might have looked like I was bleeding. But once they looked down and saw my pump they were like 'Oh, OK!'"
Sgt Sloan, who is also mum to daughter Henley, 2, completed the October 21 race in 6 hours, 12 minutes and 44 seconds. The accomplishment was even more meaningful because she had struggled with sciatica during her pregnancy.
"About five months in I could barely even walk," she told Kennedy News & Media. "So right after I had him, I waited by six weeks and then was really excited when I got back running again."
She said it was important that her daughter Henley see her complete the race, and that her training helped her cope with post-partum anxiety.
"I hope that it can encourage other women and mothers and really anyone who has a lot going on in their lives," she said. "There's always a way that you can make it happen; you might have to get a little creative from time to time. No matter what, if someone believes they can do something, they can make it happen because it is possible."
This story originally appeared on Fox News and has been republished here with permission.


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Leave it to Diddy to flip the strip club game on it's head — causing chaos outside Magic City in Atlanta by pulling out a fat stack of cash, handing it to fans … and then bolting with Lori Harvey.
The wild scene went down Saturday night, when the mogul walked out of the club and started passing out money to people on the street. It's the kinda "making it rain" move we're used to seeing IN the club, but the crowd went nuts and clearly appreciated Diddy's generosity.
He was whisked into a waiting Bentley, but someone was missing … Lori!
Turns out, Diddy's GF was in the Rolls Royce following Diddy's car, but when his team realized .. they quickly reunited the couple. Can't leave ya girl behind!
Speaking of which … Diddy also didn't forget to shower the Magic City strippers with a mountain of cash, He spread it around, along with mega producer Jermaine Dupri, Mack Wilds and Jim Jones. Ballin'!
Diddy, Lori and co. hit up Magic City and had an interesting guest tagging along — Diddy's son Justin Combs.
Remember, Justin is rumored to have dated Steve Harvey's 22-year-old daughter before she started getting serious with Diddy. Hanging in the strip club together is just more proof things aren't the least bit awkward between son and Dad … and Lori.


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China and Turkey to extend their support to Pakistan over Kashmir issue: Minister
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Kashmir Affairs Chaudhry Barjees Tahir on Monday said China and Turkey have extended their full support to Pakistan on the Kashmir issue, which reflects the successful foreign policy of the government.
"Kashmir issue has come to forefront because of effective foreign policy of the incumbent government," he said while presiding over a meeting of the Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) cabinet, Parliamentary Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) central and district wings in Islamabad.
The AJK cabinet, Parliamentary Party and PML-N central and district wings on this occasion expressed full confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
It is pertinent here to mention that the Indian forces have been continuously committing human rights violations against the innocent citizens of held Kashmir.


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In post 54, roseheart wrote:Spoiler: 59I forgot to say this but you don't need to do anything I just wanted to tell you that you are out of mines now.
Actually I should tell you you don't need to charge your canon. But since you seem to want that I will factor it in I hadn't originally done that because it seems you wanted it cool down and reload. The reload is really just grabbing the special and the cool down takes place afterwards. But if you want it to work the way you're mentioning we can.
In post 58, roseheart wrote:Sir, half the controls have become unresponsive. Back up systems are crashing from the load.
Is this that radical group the White Dove?
No. I uh... dropped the device.
.... how soon till a replacement arrives...?
...it uh, could be awhile sir.
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About the Collection The UWM Book Arts Collection contains scanned images of selected artists' books from the UWM Special Collections-Book Arts Collection. The goal of the UWM Special Collections-Book Arts Collection has been to document and demonstrate the use of the book form as an art medium. The collection's main focus is on examples of artists' books from the late nineteenth century to the present. Largely represented are examples of American book arts, especially those of the Upper Midwest.
The items in this digital collection were selected from The George Hardie Aviation and Aerospace History Collection held in UWM Libraries' Special Collections. This digital collection consists of ten items, including selected pages from early aviation books, manuals, and catalogs, as well as a number of complete monographs. The items selected for digitization were chosen for their uniqueness and potential usefulness to aviation history researchers. We hope that casual browsers will also enjoy the materials found here. The George Hardie Aviation and Aerospace History Collection in Special Collections at UWM's Golda Meir Library documents the development of modern aviation and aircraft through primary printed sources published from the 1890s to the mid-1960s.
Scope of Digital Collection This digital collection consists of over 30 full-text, digitized children's books. The books were selected using the following criteria: publication date, rarity, uniqueness, size, and location of publication. All of the items in the digital collection were published before 1923, and are in the public domain. The oldest book in the digital collection, Dolly's ABC was published in 1854. Many of the items in the digital collection are quite rare, with only a few other holdings available. Each of the books selected represent a particular part of the Historical Collection.
About The Project The March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project supports understanding of the struggle for racial equality by helping users discover primary sources and other educational materials from the collections of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society. The digital collection includes the selected papers of individuals representing a variety of positions on the civil rights issue, photographs, unedited footage from the WTMJ-TV news film archives, and oral history interviews capturing the recollections and perspectives of individuals who participated in the movement.
About the Collection This digital collection presents over 90 photographs taken by Harrison Forman at the outbreak of World War II in Poland. The photographic collection is supplemented by a selection of newspaper clippings and an article "Filming the Blitzkrieg," published by Forman in Travel magazine in December 1939. The photographs, documenting the Nazi invasion of Poland in September of 1939, were recently discovered in the American Geographical Society Library at the UWM Libraries. The images are part of the extensive Harrison Forman Collection that was donated to the American Geographical Society Library in 1987. Harrison Forman (1904-1978), a Wisconsin native, was an adventurous journalist, photographer, and explorer.


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Girls' Generation's Yuri revealed some interesting selfies showing what she's been up to. She uploaded these interesting pictures through her SNS, which gained a lot of attention.
Through her Instagram, she uploaded several pictures and wrote, "Fun Sunday."
In the pictures that she uploaded, she is seen with her hair down with her eyes gazing at the camera. Also, her sexy charms were shown as she smiled for the camera with make-up that focused on her eyes.
Continuing on, Yuri revealed pictures of herself inside a car. In the pictures, Yuri is seen with her hair tied up and wearing a suit. However, the mustache that was on her face was what gained a lot of attention as she posed with many facial expressions.


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Twitter user Mary Caldarella decided to play a prank on her ex-boyfriend, Matt, by texting him the words of the heartbreaking song "Hello" by Adele. Unfortunately he didn't quite understand what whas happening.
Mary posted screen shots of the exchange on Twitter where it has been shared over 30,000 times.


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Pere Pla Juncà was born in Banyoles in 1985. He graduated from the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers de Camins Canals i Ports de Barcelona (ETSECCPB) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in 2009, where he obtained the degree of Civil Engineer. He worked for PEDELTA S.L. in 2008 and 2009. PEDELTA S.L. is a company focused on the area of civil engineering and building and specialized in structures. He worked side by side with experienced professional engineers in bridge projects. In 2009, he was awarded a Balsells Fellowship to pursue graduate studies in structural engineering at the University of California, Irvine. His research interests are in performance – based design of bridges. He enjoys playing soccer and playing piano.
Miquel Izquierdo Ustrell was born in Sabadell (Barcelona) in 1983. In 2007, he graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries(ETSE) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona(UAB); and in 2009, he graduated in Computer Science from the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries also at UAB. During his senior college year (2008-2009), he was awarded a Mobilitat scholarship to study at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He has been working for more than three years in the Hardware-Software Prototypes and Solutions Lab (CEPHIS), in the microelectronics department at his home university (http://cephis.uab.es) programming and configuring embedded systems. In the summer of 2009, he was awarded a Balsells Fellowship to pursue graduate studies in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. His research interests are in embedded systems and WSN. He enjoys travelling, cinema and learning from other cultures from all over the world.
Miguel Anaya Santiago was born in Barcelona in 1985. He graduated from the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers Industrials de Barcelona (ETSEIB) in June 2009, where he obtained the degree of Chemical engineer. He spent his senior college year (2008-2009) at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada. He completed all the courses and pursued and undergraduate thesis on bioethanol production from wheat and corn fermentation. It was really interesting because of the implications that biofuels may have in the following years. In 2009, Miguel was awarded a Balsells fellowship for pursing a Master Science in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, at UC Irvine. His research interests are related to environmental areas, such as wastewater treatment plants, air pollution and recycling processes. He enjoys hanging out with his friends, meeting new people and living in an international environment, swimming and listening to music.
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Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded.
As Union soldiers went off to war, the national figure most often urging them on in political cartoons and political stump speeches wasn't Uncle Sam, but Columbia. Forgotten today even as her name adorns universities, rivers and cities across the country, Columbia was America's response to Britannia, a secular goddess who personified the national spirit. Both Britannia and Columbia were patterned after other goddess figures: Britannia copied Minerva's helmet, for example, and both symbols frequently identified themselves with the Goddess of Liberty by displaying or wearing the "liberty cap."
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America's first national figure, as depicted in political cartoons.
From these roots in classical symbolism, Columbia's identity gradually solidified during the first half of the 19th century. In these early days, Columbia, or her twin, the Goddess of Liberty, rivaled the American eagle in popularity as an emblem of public patriotic proclamation. While Columbia and Liberty remained more or less interchangeable, appearing on everything from weathervanes to tattoos, artists and writers intended Columbia to represent not just one virtue, liberty, but the entirety of American ideals.
Columbia particularly favored appearances in political cartoons, embodying the United States in commentators' portrayals of international and national conflict and accord; she frequently provided a foil, and a voice of rectitude, for American politicians and presidents. She often appeared with other evolving American national symbols: a number of cartoons in the 1850s and 1860s depict her with the short-lived "Brother Jonathan," an uncouth Yankee representative of the common people, whose attributes were later incorporated into our now-familiar symbol of federal government authority, Uncle Sam.
As the country hurtled toward conflict in 1860, Northern political cartoonists relied increasingly on Columbia as an artistic device to represent the United States. While Columbia had often been depicted as emotionally flat — smiling benignantly or weeping for a fallen hero — the prospect of war and the beginning of hostilities infused her with fire in defense of the Union. She increasingly appeared in cartoons as an active, powerful force, sometimes even as a warrior, embodying Northern hopes for victory.
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Since Columbia was inexorably tied to the United States but also sacred to the history of the Confederate states, Southerners had a conflicted relationship with the symbol. While visual depictions of Columbia became rare in the South, Southerners continued to embrace her in other ways. Take the now nearly forgotten patriotic song "Hail Columbia," the unofficial national anthem almost since its debut in 1796. While some Southerners publicly disowned the song — South Carolina banned both it and "Yankee Doodle" soon after secession — others declared "an equal right" to it. Confederate troops were heard playing the tune, perhaps with alternate lyrics, and responded with unexpected emotion to Northern renditions of it during quiet moments in camp. ("Hail Columbia" retains a tenuous foothold in modern times as the official song of the vice president.)
On the battlefield, too, the name Columbia was often found on soldiers' lips. Union and Confederate troops alike made a transparent attempt to soften their language with a euphemism that revealed their common ties. As they headed into battle, they roared to their compatriots: "Give 'em Hail Columbia!"
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Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will offer more details Monday on the ambush in Niger that left four U.S. service members dead.
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Just so you know, I am married to the best husband ever. Today is Labor Day. We had been pretty close to home all weekend, but today the weather was perfect and the chores were (mostly) caught up. He suggested that we ride to the mountains to check out a wonderful yarn shop there that is sadly closing. Yep, his idea. I said I didn't really need to buy yarn. And he responded, "But you can't ever have too much yarn, can you?" His words.
Jessica and I have enjoyed browsing and shopping here many times. I hate to think today was my last trip. But I now have a stash of beautiful yarn. In the past I've tended to just buy something because maybe the color caught my fancy. This time, each set of yarn was bought with a specific project in mind. (I made a list. I'm learning.) Never mind that fact that it might take me five years to knit it all!
We enjoyed the ride in the mountains and found a new little bistro for lunch. It's nice to have another good choice. We spotted the Goodyear blimp floating over the interstate while we drove, probably the one that covered Saturday's football game we watched on TV. It's been a nice weekend.
Now, on to food. I don't think I've ever posted a recipe three times on this site. Until now. Why does this recipe rate a third post? It ranks high with me because it's so easy to make and extremely good. The last time I made it, I got home to find I had bought skinless chicken thighs WITH bones. I do know how to bone chicken pieces and I own a really sharp knife, so I did it myself. But if you can find them already boned, this becomes one of the easiest recipes ever.
I've played around very slightly with the original recipe, so the recipe below is the exact way I made it this weekend. I think I'm stopping with this version. I have found the way we like it. But you may want to tinker with it to suit your folks.
1 cup pineapple preserves
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
2 teaspoons minced garlic (from a jar)
1-1/2 teaspoons Tabasco
1 package boneless, skinless chicken thighs (6-8 thighs)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small saucepan, combine preserves, ketchup, soy sauce, garlic and Tabasco. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until preserves are melted.
Arrange thighs in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Pour sauce over chicken, turning each piece to coat with sauce. Bake, uncovered, for 30-35 minute or until done, spooning sauce over the chicken a time or two while baking. (I served this over brown rice.)
Glad I have a few quick recipes I can pull out when I'd rather be knitting than cooking. Just like this one. Do you have a favorite for days when you'd rather be doing something else? I'd love to have to add to my collection. Looks like I'm going to be knitting for a while.


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Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Mine was filled with lots of driving, snow, wind, sun, sweat, tears & a large rock pile by the name of Mount Washington.
So we planned this trip out to Mount Washington out in New Hampshire. We drove out there Friday right after work but first we had to drop off the little one at my parents house up in Columbus. By the time we really got started driving, it was already around 9:30 at night. Driving in shifts, we drove straight through and got to the Joe Dodge Lodge at Pinkham Notch at about noonish Eastern Standard Time as the Lionshead trailhead starts behind the lodge. We did get to see an awesome sunrise in New York though! The weather on the drive out there wasn't too bad at all.
I think Eric totally miscalculated the miles we drove because we definitely did not expect to get there that late at all. We were counting on getting there much earlier, say around 8am. Oh well, right? We quickly got geared up in the basement prep room at the lodge and signed in at the register.
As you can see from the trail/topo map on the right, the first half of the hike takes you uphill on the Tuckerman Ravine trail through the beautiful forest that surrounds the mountain. It was quite the slog, but the weather was fantastic! The sun was shining, but you could tell it was going to be windy up past the treeline because you could hear it blowing and gusting in the treetops. Then you come to a T-junction where the Tucks trail goes off to the left and the Lionshead trail starts on the right. That's where the fun steep bits begin. Pinkham is at about 2100 ft above sea level and the Lionshead is at 5083 ft above sea level.
Because I'm not a fast hiker to begin with, it took us about 2.5 hours to get to where the Lionshead trail splits off of the Tuckerman Ravine trail. Because of the late, late start (as Eric had said when we first pulled into the parking lot, 'The latest alpine start evar.') Eric said that our turn around time would be a 5pm.
I actually felt much better on this trip, as opposed to the last time I was there, on the first stretch of the hike since I had been running at home. Big thanks go to my hairy mountainman as he was the one who keep hounding me to go running. Thanks love!:)
I do have to say that when we got to the steep bits of the Lionshead trail, I was intimidated as all get out! You know, the 'Oh shit' factor ;) We got out our crampons and put them on, lashed my trekking poles to my pack and got out our mountaineering axes. And up we went!
There was alot of sidestepping using our axes as canes, hooking trees and roots, a little front pointing and some doing what it took to get ourselves up that steep section.
As we were getting higher and higher, the trees were getting shorter and shorter. The wind was definately picking up. Good thing we were layered up and warm & toasty with our hardshell coats on. We would occasionally stop and admire the views which were beautiful and breathtaking. You could see everything below. We definately lucked out a little on the weather out there. There was a storm a couple days before we got there and another was supposed to move in on Sunday when we would already be on the road back home. Towards the end of the treeline, we had stop and put on our windproof balaclavas as our skin would freeze in the cold wind.
By the time we got out of the treeline, it was close to 5pm and quite frankly I was more than a little scared. I think a lot of that had to do with the wind, being exposed, not wanting to descend in the dark, etc. You know all that mental stuff, but I was feeling good physically.
Looking back at it now, I should have just pushed through that fear and kept on going. Eric wanted to push on up and tag the rocks at Lionshead before turning around to descend, but he was not willing to leave me behind to do it. It was either we both do it or we both turn around right there.
We ended up turning around. If you're looking at the map, the red dot indicates where we turned around at, a little above the green shading where the trail kinks to the left. I do have to say that there was one point where I was totally and utterly scared out of my mind. But to get back to our car, I had to sack up and do it. I did it, but not without some tears. Gah. Glissading partway down the Lionshead trail shaved off some descent time. There was already a bobsled like channel down where others had slid down on their butts. We got back to the lodge at around 7pm.
All in all, it was an ok trip. Lots of mixed feelings and all. It was definately a soul searching trip. I honestly don't know if I'd do it again. I don't know if this mountaineering thing is for me. This whole suffering for pleasure thing is...well crazy. Although, when I was in the groove slogging away I was actually enjoying myself, the scenery, etc. It really was beautiful. You really do have to have the gumption, that desire, the willingness to dig deep. All the prep in the world isn't going to get you up a mountain if you can't handle it mentally or you flake out, like I did.
Eric says that he felt that I could have gone all the way up to the summit. Physically, yeah I could have done it as I was feeling really good. Mentally, the trip was done as the mountain had already effed with my mind and that was really bad, disappointing. Really, really disappointing actually. Maybe I just needed to kick my fear in the balls and push through it.
He says that we're not going back until I'm ready again and we will go back and summit.
She'll be there. Waiting...
Monday, February 23, 2009
Weekend in New Hampshire!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
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- Angela - Upon Request said...
I think you are much braver than I am to even do this kind of hiking in Winter (but then again I'm a So Cal wimp!)
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MoDOT plans informational meetings on Missouri River bridge project
COLUMBIA — Drivers who use the I-70 bridge over the Missouri River near Rocheport will have three opportunities to ask questions and discuss their concerns about an upcoming rehabilitation project.
The Missouri Department of Transportation is holding informational meetings at three different locations throughout July.
- July 18, 4-6 p.m. at Les Bourgeois Blufftop Bistro, 14020 West Route BB, Rocheport, MO 65279
- July 24, 4-6 p.m. at Boone County Goverment Center, 801 E. Walnut St., Columbia, MO 65201
- July 30, 4-6 p.m. at Boonville High School, 1690 W. Ashley Road, Boonville, MO 65233.
The current bridge is now over 50 years old, and is rated in poor condition, according to a press release from MoDOT. The rehabilitation project will include driving surface sealing, partial painting and steel structure repairs.
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Ideas are all around us, all the time, and yet so often we only hear of them over an informal conversation about 'what ifs' and 'a few years back I had this idea'. Ideas are often fiercely protected, too precious to unleash into the world for feedback or input. This is usually due to a fear of criticism or even theft. In many cases, ideas grow only within the minds of those who originally developed them – and perhaps one or two extremely trusted (often subjective) companions.
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Without objective input or criticism, many good ideas don't ever develop into great ideas. Good ideas end up in an inward vortex, orbiting the same brain cells and with each orbit, the chances of an incredible breakthrough diminishes… until eventually the orbiting idea crashes, never to be seen again (also known as giving up or moving on). These ideas are then left in the graveyard of brilliance, destined to be talked about as 'what ifs' in later years.
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Being able to recognise that most of your ideas will most likely be partially formed, takes quite a bit of humbling. Take musician Nick Cave's approach to songwriting: "To take an idea that is partially blind and unformed and that has been hatched largely in solitude and allow these collaborator creatures to morph it into something else. Something better – well that's really something to see."
Understanding that sharing your idea with others is likely to make it even better (even if you are a lauded creative) is not easy. Feedback could be negative and perhaps a little hurtful. So, the key here is how you use the feedback to build on the idea and grow it just like a
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No president runs a country without advisors and we too should ensure we have submitted our 'brilliance' to the consultation table without fear of input or change. Accepting that others could make us even more brilliant is an interesting process.
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Choosing the correct collaborator creatures is paramount. Too much feedback can lead to a confusing, endless entropy that will increase the speed of the orbiting idea and eventually send it plummeting.
Having the right collaborators – not necessarily ones you know will agree with you – who will ensure small course corrections is key to layering and developing an idea. Time is also needed at the table to explain the concept in detail and open your heart and mind to builds as opposed to criticisms.
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The term 'collaboration' often gets thrown around between creative, PR, BTL and media like a hot and confusing potato, and it shouldn't be. A media concept can be greatly enhanced with creative input and an incredible creative idea can be honed to perfection by a media agency, and there are plenty of cases to prove this.
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Brand activism is considered the next step of corporate social responsibility. It involves various corporations using social initiatives as part of their larger marketing campaigns.
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It is expected that 40% of large businesses have or will adopt it by the end of 2019.
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In addition live streaming combined with influencer marketing is gaining a lot of traction among social media influencers and celebrities.
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According to Google, 60% of voice search queries are delivered in an everyday conversational manner. For instance, instead of asking "Digital Marketing Institute online" they are asking "Which is the best digital marketing institute online"? Voice search keywords and queries differ from traditional text searches. Hence, the keywords for a particular content should be chosen wisely.
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Since people are spending more of their time online, it makes sense to market your company's services where your potential customers are. They allow personalization and add value to the users' experience by interacting with them directly. With the ever-increasing popularity of facebook, instagram, etc, it is necessary for the organizations to make proper use of these platforms.
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Even after implementing various digital marketing
7. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
AI analyses consumer behavior and search patterns, utilizing data from social media platforms and blog posts to help businesses understand how users and customers find their products and services. While artificial intelligence (AI) imitates human behavior, machine learning trains a machine how to learn.
8. Visual Search
With visual search, users can upload an image to conduct a search to get more specified results. It saves a lot of time-saving than a text search and tends to save a lot of effort too. Websites and apps are now incorporating built-in visual search function in their platforms.
For instance Pinterest Lens, Google lens and Bing's visual search are some of the initiatives of leading search engines.
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It is an immense volume of data, both unstructured and structured, collected from a number of sources including emails, mobile devices, applications, databases, servers and other means. This data, when
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E-mails are getting heavily personalized for personal, commercial, and academic purposes, with each passing day. In other words, generalised e-mails just don't cut it anymore. Every user wants to feel special ,and personalization gives them just that. With the right blend of automation and personalization ,combined with remarketing techniques, it can become one of the most important digital trends in 2019. In short, email marketing is here to stay.
Now that you have an idea of the latest digital marketing trends in 2019, why not adjust your digital strategies to work around them. Try to reach the maximum number of consumers by implementing these.