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Preventive Dentistry in Kingsport, TN
Are you worried about your dental hygiene habits? Has it been a while since your last trip to the dentist? Do you want to give your family the best chance at a healthy smile? At Hagan Dentistry, our goal is to ensure that you and every member of your family enjoy the benefits of good oral health and learn techniques that will help protect your teeth for years to come.
We believe that the best approach to dental care is preventive care. We would so much rather you prevent dental problems before they ever begin than need to treat them after they have progressed. Our approach to preventive dentistry in Kingsport, TN is consistent, effective, and simple. We have seen the negative impact that ongoing dental problems have on patients' lives, so our goal is to minimize oral health conditions and vastly increase routine dental exams and cleanings. We encourage you to practice good dental health habits at home and also to stay regular on your dental exams and cleanings!
In addition to a thorough professional cleaning and teeth inspection, each preventive dental exam at our Kingsport, TN dental office includes an oral cancer screening so we can catch any potential problems early on. Our job is to reverse any trend of dental problems you may have in your health history so that you can enjoy life without worrying about your oral health. The more you stay current on your preventive dental appointments, the easier it will be for you to maintain the health of your smile.
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Prevention: The Key to a Healthy Smile
We love visiting with our patients, but the truth is, we would prefer to see you only twice a year for routine exams and cleanings. If we only see your family for regular check-ups every six months, we know everyone is working hard to protect their teeth and avoid permanent oral health complications. Because as complex as dental care might seem, there is only one direct route to excellent oral health, and that is prevention.
Preventive dentistry in Kingsport, TN is not complicated. When it comes down to it, there are really three basic steps you need to follow to enjoy the best possible oral health:
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- Maintain healthy dietary habits, including both food and drink.
If you follow these three steps, you significantly decrease your chances of developing serious oral health problems later in life. While nothing is certain, we know that preventive dentistry gives your smile the best odds for avoiding decay, infection, and gum disease. A mouth that is regularly cleaned and examined by professionals is a mouth that is far less likely to give you problems in the future.
Your preventive dentistry appointments are designed to leave you with cleaner teeth and the tools you need to keep your mouth healthy and strong. Our preventive dentistry appointments in Kingsport, TN are fairly straightforward. During your exam, Dr. Hagan will check the condition of your teeth, note any potential problems, and take digital and panoramic x-rays if necessary. He will include you in this process by using technology like intraoral cameras that let us view problems together. Of course, we care about your safety, so every exam also includes an oral cancer screening.
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As part of your professional cleaning, one of our skilled dental hygienists will check for signs of gum disease and, if necessary, recommend treatment to get your oral health back on track. Even if it has been a long time since your last preventive dental appointment, we still want to see you for your routine cleaning, exam, and dental x-rays! At Hagan Dentistry, we believe it's never too late to turn your oral hygiene habits around.
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Dr. Hagan believes strongly in patient education, which means you will always be aware of the ways in which you need to manage your oral health. Keeping your smile healthy is a shared responsibility between you as the patient and your treatment team. If you do your part and we do ours, together we can significantly reduce the risk of oral health problems.
When we begin treating a new dental patient, we approach their care as if we will be their dentist for the rest of their life. We believe in developing long-term relationships with all of our dental patients, and we are always available to help in any way we can. Your dental care is no exception! If you have questions about your preventive dentistry in Kingsport, TN, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We are here to be your partner in dental health for as long as we can!
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Our goal is to make your dental care affordable so you don't have to put off dental visits because of financial concerns. Many insurance companies cover 100 percent of the cost of preventive treatments like dental exams, cleanings, and oral cancer screenings.
We accept all major insurances aside from Medicaid (TennCare), and we are providers for Blue Cross, Delta, MetLife, and UnitedHealthcare. If you have questions about your particular dental insurance plan, please call our dental office. We will work with you as much as we can to answer your questions or address your insurance concerns.
Alternatively, if you don't have dental insurance, we offer the convenience of our in-house Hagan Dental Plan (HDP). With the Hagan Dental Plan, you pay an annual fee that covers 100 percent of the cost of cleanings, exams, x-rays, and fluoride varnish. The plan also provides discounts on nearly all the services we offer, including cosmetic dentistry. Our goal is to help every single one of our dental patients gain access to the care they need, regardless of their financial situation.
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by Félix Peña
May 2012
English translation: Isabel Romero Carranza
We are transitioning into a different world. This
transition will be characterized by a continuous dialectic tension between
the forces that drive towards convergence and those that lead to fragmentation
among and within nations. It is still not possible to forecast which forces
will finally prevail in each region. It is a world in which nations will
have to find their own direction and their own way of navigating if they
aspire not to become losers. Because, unquestionably, at the end of the
road there will be winners and losers.
The main reason behind this diagnostic is that in
today's world and in that of next years no nation would seem capable,
or even willing, to assume a collective leadership in an individual manner,
such as some nations did in the past. This is a world in which, additionally,
no club of nations (none of the"G"variations) would seem to
suffice in order to face with effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy
the most pressing issues of the global agenda -or even those of the multiple
regional or inter-regional agendas-.
The upcoming G20 Summit in Los Cabos faces precisely the challenge of
demonstrating that it can gather the political impetus needed to confront
the unbalances that have characterized world reality in recent years,
both in finances and in trade. The fact that the Doha Round is still paralyzed
after so many G20 Summits is quite significant.
More connectivity and diversity, more difficulties
in providing public goods that guarantee reasonable global and regional
governance guidelines, more involvement of non-state actors -for example,
citizens and urban middle-class consumers; transnational social and production
networks- will be other factors that will condition in the future the
global economic competition and, thus, the international trade of goods
and services.
Each one is on its own. This is a blunt way of describing the criteria
that seems to prevail in the new international economic reality. That
is to say, in the transition from a collapsing world order to one that
may still take a long time to finally emerge and, above all, to consolidate.
Quite soundly Ian Bremmer points out right from the title of his book
-listed as recommended reading of this Newsletter- this characteristic
of a world in which each country must find its own direction and its own
way of navigating it so as not to become a loser. Because, as also hinted
by the title of the book, there is no doubt that there will be winners
and losers at the end of the road. This is something that history has
taught us well enough.
The main reason for such diagnostic is that in today's world no nation
would be capable, or even willing for that matter, to exercise individually
a collective leadership such as some nations did in the past.
This is the case of the U.S., a country that has not ceased to be a great
power, indeed the main military power, and will probably continue to be
so for a while. However, it is very likely that a heavily indebted Washington
will have, for many years to come, an agenda dominated by local economic
issues with the inevitable social consequences, many of them with clear
implications in values and political behavior.
The same situation applies to Germany, France, the United Kingdom and
other countries of the European Union. Everything indicates that in the
next years their energies will be focused on preventing the collapse of
a European construction that is showing evident signs of weakness. Additionally,
it is a construction that has become vulnerable to the effects of disturbing
trends towards the radicalization of the internal political front of some
countries, which seem to be affected by an end of their illusions. The
case of Greece illustrates this point. However, it might not be the only
one and not even the most difficult to handle.
At the same time, as indicated by Bremmer, it is also possible that the
great emerging countries -or re-emerging ones such as China and India-
will be focused for a very long time on consolidating their own development
and modernization processes, which sometimes show signs of economic, social
and political weakness. It is very unlikely that these countries will
have any interest in wasting their energies in their respective international
fronts if there is no pressing need for it. Unless, as has happened before
in history, their respective leaderships eventually yield to the temptation
of seeking external factors that help them preserve -or so they imagine-
the necessary national cohesion.
The abovementioned confirms the diagnostic by Jean-Claude Guillebaud
in his book "Le Commencement d'un Monde" (Seuil, Paris 2008),
where he observes a metamorphosis towards a decentralized world and towards
what he calls a "crossbreed modernity", a world with all sorts
of mixing. This same subject is tackled in a book by Amin Maalouf, "El
desajuste del mundo. Cuando nuestras civilizaciones se agotan" (Alianza
Editorial, Madrid 2009), a necessary read in order to understand current
Precisely, the notion of a polycentric and interconnected world is one
of the main ideas of an in-depth report recently published by the European
Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) chaired by the prestigious
Portuguese intellectual Alvaro de Vasconcelos (see the reference in the
Recommended Reading section of this Newsletter). This report analyzes
in particular three main trends that are currently emerging and that would
contribute to shape the global system towards 2030. These are: the empowerment,
which contributes to the sense of belonging to a unique human community;
a greater tension in relation to the objective of sustainable development;
and the emergence of polycentrism characterized by shifts in power from
the national states to individuals and different types of transnational
networks and by growing governance gaps, in the measure that the institutional
frameworks of inter-state relations fail to answer appropriately to global
public demands.
Such governance gaps evoke the second part of the title of Ian Bremmer's
book which we mentioned before. It is precisely a reference to winners
and losers in a world he describes as "G-Zero". This would mean
a world where no club of nations (G7 or G20, but also G2 or other possible
combinations) can suffice to confront on its own, with effectiveness,
efficiency and legitimacy, the most pressing issues of the global agenda
-or of the multiple regional and inter-regional agendas-.
On this regard, the upcoming G20 Summit of Los Cabos (Mexico, June 2012)
faces a great challenge since it needs to prove that it can still gather
the necessary political impetus to deal with the unbalances that have
characterized the reality of recent years, both in finances and world
trade. The recent difficulties of the financial institutions of some of
the countries that will be represented at the Los Cabos Summit and the
fact that the Doha Round is still paralyzed after several G20 Summits
are not irrelevant matters.
Additionally, at the interregional level, Latin American countries will
have the opportunity to appreciate and demonstrate that the club's diplomacy
expressed through summits still has the necessary validity to produce
effective outcomes or, at the very least, media related ones. We are referring
to the upcoming summits of the Ibero-American interregional space in Cadiz
(Spain, November 2012) and the Euro-Latin American interregional space
in Santiago (Chile, January 2013). At the moment and due to different
reasons, certain skepticism seems to prevail regarding the outcome of
each one of these summits.
With his usual brilliance, Philip Stephens from the Financial Times (in
his article "The great middle class power grab" of April 26,
listed as recommended reading of this newsletter) and inspired by the
cited report conducted by Alvaro de Vasconcelos, approaches another of
the factors that are surfacing in the new international reality. We are
referring to the issue of the empowerment of individuals and, more specifically,
of the middle classes. Some of the data he underlines are of great significance.
From the 8 billion people that will inhabit the world in 2030 about 4.9
billion will be middle class in terms of economic income. In 2030, 74%
of China's consumers will be middle class and in 2040, 90% of Indian consumers
will be middle class as well. Two-thirds of Brazilians will be considered
to be middle class by the end of 2030.
Moreover, these people will be middle class consumers and citizens that
will live in cities and, in many cases, big cities of over one million
inhabitants. They will be increasingly more educated and interconnected,
even at a transnational scale. They will be completely aware of the power
that they hold -or can hold- and it is logical to imagine that they will
attempt to use it. With their actions and their demands they will sometimes
surpass the deeds of governments. In some cases, they could become disoriented
and "outraged" at the same time. This is why it can be considered
that we are entering a stage of international relations in which, increasingly,
the States could lose their role at least as the main actors.
South America as a region is no stranger to these trends. According to
data from the United Nations, by 2030 the region will have about fifty
cities with more than one million inhabitants and several cities with
more than ten million citizens and consumers with expectations and consumption
patters characteristic of the middle class. What is currently happening
in Brazil is illustrative of this point. A recent book by Marcelo Neri,
of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (see the reference listed under recommended
reading at the end of this Newsletter) offers an interesting and well
documented analysis of the trends towards a significant growth of the
middle class -measured by the level of income- in the main economy of
the region.
The EUISS-ESPAS report is bluntly clear as to what some of the mentioned
trends reveal. So is the book by Ian Bremmer, among others. We have entered
a phase of transition towards a different world that will be characterized
by a continuous dialectic tension between the forces that drive towards
convergence and, simultaneously, those that lead to fragmentation. It
is still not possible to forecast which forces will prevail in each of
the regions of the world. What is unforeseeable and unimaginable will
be present for a long time. This will be a world full of uncertainties.
It is necessary to keep in mind as well that these tensions will not exclude
certain forms of violence, even innovative ones given the technological
advances, enacted by very different protagonists and not necessarily by
More connectivity and diversity, more difficulties to provide public
goods that guarantee regional and global governance guidelines, more prominence
of non-state actors -middle class citizens and urban consumers; social
and production transnational networks- will be some of the other factors
that will condition global economic competition in the future and, as
a consequence, the international trade of goods and services.
Moreover, it will be a competition marked by the rising of a third industrial
revolution (on this regard refer to the report by The Economist listed
as recommended reading at the end of this Newsletter) that will have an
impact on new modalities of value chains of transnational scope. These
will result from the multiple impacts of all kinds of technological innovations
in the development of novel forms of orchestration of productive chains
that will seek to satisfy a growing demand for personalized products and
services -"made to order or to the consumer's taste" - (combining
resources, technologies, creativity and highly qualified labor) coming
especially from the urban middle-class consumers. The report by The Economist
mentions a modality to be taken into account which is reflected, for example,
on the Web page
http://www.mfg.com/sourcing-showcase. It is the case of an "online"
manufacturing community that, as per the report, could be the equivalent
of a virtual industrial cluster.
Within the newly emerging international context the quality of the strategy
for the insertion in the global economic competition of each country and
of its businesses will become increasingly important. This includes not
only the right objectives, policies, instruments and roadmaps to navigate
the world of the future but also the quality and the density of the connectivity
with other nations and of the coalitions and alliances that are made.
Such as has been pointed out repeatedly by Professor Dani Rodrik (http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/drodrik/)
the quality of the domestic front is a key variable if the aim is to stay
on the wining side in the world of the future.
Recommended Reading:
Félix Peña Director
of the Institute of International Trade at the ICBC Foundation. Director
of the Masters Degree in International Trade Relations at Tres de Febrero
National University (UNTREF). Member of the Executive Committee of the
Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI). Member of the Evian
Group Brains Trust. More
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Bring Hollywood Home
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TV: Panasonic TCP50ST30
This 50-inch plasma from Panasonic "is one of the best values for overall picture quality," says Moskovciak. Plasmas are known for displaying deeper blacks than LCDs—but only if you're sitting in the sweet spot right in front of the television. What sets the TCP50ST30 apart (and puts it on par with pricier models) is the ability to display those deep blacks at off angles, giving you the same picture quality from any seat in the room.
$1000, Panasonic.com
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Receiver: Onkyo TX-NR509
When you get right down to it, a receiver's primary job is to orchestrate the different A/V signals it receives. Everything else is just gravy—and the TX-NR509 has a lot of gravy. In addition to four advanced HDMI inputs that handle 3D video and an Audyssey 2 equalizer that automatically adjusts the system's sound to fit your room dimensions, the TX-NR509 offers a full suite of streaming radio (including Spotify, Rhapsody, and Pandora), and a UWF-1 wireless LAN adaptor for instant access to the Internet. It's not the only receiver to offer such options, but it's one of the few to offer them at this price point, says Moskovciak.
$400, Shoponkyo.com
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Speakers: Monoprice 8247
Along with your television, your speakers are what bring your entertainment system to life, which is why some audiophiles drop up to five figures on them. Fortunately, premium sound doesn't have to carry a premium price tag. Case in point: Monoprice's 8247 speaker package, which offers full 5.1-channel surround sound for just $84. "It's an incredible system for the ultra budget level," says Moskovciak. Ignore its minor shortcomings (yes, the cabinets are plastic, and its connectors are not banana plug compatible) and focus instead on its crisp audio quality, which gets a serious boost from a 60-watt subwoofer.
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HD-Video: LG BD 670
Although it has slower-than-average disc loading speeds, Samsung's entry-level Blu-Ray player still packs plenty of punch. Built-in Wi-Fi, a suite of streaming media services (including Netflix, Vudu, Napster, and Pandora), and 1080p resolution put it on par with sets at twice the price. The user-interface for its streaming media is also the most user friendly that we've seen.
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TV: Samsung PN51D7000
The sell here is simple: High-end picture quality for half the high-end price. The PN51D7000's vibrant 1080p resolution makes HD channels sparkle, and its sleek design adds a touch of class to any living room or man cave.
$1179, Samsung.com
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Receiver: Denon AVR-1912
This mid-range AV receiver's best feature—and there are many—is its built-in Apple AirPlay, which lets you stream audio wirelessly from any iOS device (a feature missing from most comparable receivers). "The ability to sit on your couch and play music from any app without dealing with wires or docks is brilliant," says Moskovciak. And forget about remotes: Once you download Denon's app, you can control all of the action right from your iPhone or iPad.
$550, Denon.com
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Speakers: Energy Take Classic 5.1
Energy's 6-piece package stands out for being remarkably compact—its satellites, for example, are just 4 inches wide—but don't let the tiny specs fool you: This system can get loud. And thanks to its ribbed elliptical surround woofers (a design that maximizes sound efficiency), you'll never again suffer the sound of distortion.
$400, Energy-speakers.com
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HD-Video: Panasonic DMP-BDT210
This standalone Blu-Ray player offers a solid suite of streaming media services such as Netflix, YouTube, and CinemaNow, and even comes with built-in Skype, but the DMP-BDT210 earns bonus points for its mega-fast load time (you'll be watching your movie less than a minute after popping it in). It's also not afraid to show off—wave your hand over the top of the player and the disc tray automatically opens. Necessary? No. Cool? You bet.
$178, Panasonic.com
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TV: LG Nano 3D LED TV
This mind-blowing passive 3-D (i.e., cheap glasses!) television is the first to receive a 3-D display certification from THX, the revered home-theater expert. It has a 480 Hz refresh rate and 3-D Light Boost technology that ensures a bright picture. Plus, you can see the 3-D action from almost any angle.
$3,800, LG.com
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Receiver: Marantz SR6006
The SR6006 satisfies nearly every need a videophile can imagine, including the ability to convert legacy video from a VCR or camcorder to HDMI. Indeed, its built-in analog-to-digital converter will give any image—from grainy home videos to the latest YouTube clips—a stunning, 1080p sheen. (A 192kHz/24-bit converter gives a similar upgrade to audio files.) Add to that seven HDMI inputs, including one for 3D video, and you have a receiver that more than lives up to its hefty price tag.
$1,200, Marantz.com
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Speakers: Aperion Intimus 4T Hybrid SD
In a marketplace of compromises, the Intimus 4T Hybrid SD suffers few. Four tower speakers, four bookshelf speakers, and four center channel speakers satisfy the left brain's aesthetic desires with clean lines and eye-catching wood or black gloss finishes. The 8-inch Bravus subwoofer, meanwhile, silences the right brain's demand for raw, floor-rumbling power. And don't worry about making room for it—the system's slim, compact design fits seamlessly into nearly any interior.
$1,300, Aperionaudio.com
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HD-Video: Sony PlayStation 3 Slim
Using a gaming console as a cornerstone of a state-of-the-art home theater system might sound like blasphemy. But when that console also offers stunning Blu-Ray playback, a slew of streaming media options (including Netflix, MLBTV, and Pandora), and a built-in Web browser, we say it sounds like a no-brainer. "Nothing else comes close in terms of absolute value," says Moskovciak.
$400, Sony.com
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TV: Sharp Elite Pro 60X5FD
Industry-leading picture quality with deep blacks and sharp contrast set this LED TV apart from its competition (and somewhat justifies its steep price tag). "It's truly the best looking TV you can buy," says Moskovciak, adding that the set has a virtually unlimited viewing angle. The result: You don't have to watch it head-on to enjoy all of the action.
$4,800, Sharpusa.com
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Receiver: Onkyo TX-NR5007
Don't let the generic black-box design fool you—the TXNR5007 is the new gold standard for receivers. Snack on these specs: 11 inputs for 9.2-channel surround sound (rated at 145-watts per channel), HQV Reon-XV chipset (which provides the same video processing power used by CNN, CBS, and most other major networks), and DTS-HD Audio, which delivers the sound quality equivalent of HD video. Add to that a built-in Ethernet port for streaming Internet music and radio and you have a product that leaves the competition in the dust.
$3000, Shoponkyo.com
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Speakers: GoldenEar SuperCinema 3
When we turned off these surrounds and fired up our set's own speakers, we thought the TV pipes were broken. That's how bad the sound was next to these gems. The SuperCinema system consists of a SuperSat 3C center speaker, a 1,000-watt ForceField 3 subwoofer, and four small satellite speakers. Each satellite has a "high-velocity folded ribbon" tweeter, which uses a pleated diaphragm to manipulate the sound for the best dynamic range and control. The result: Epic sound that won't embarrass you in front of your friends.
$1,750, Goldenear.com
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HD-Video: OPPO BDP 93
If there's a better Blu-Ray player on the market, we haven't found it. In addition to Netflix instant streaming, Blockbuster on Demand, Pandora Internet radio, and an unparalleled ability to convert standard DVD to high definition, the unit boasts Marvell's Kyoto-G2 video processor, which strips all content—Blu-ray, DVDs, streaming media—of unwanted noise and distortion for a crystal-clear presentation. It also handles both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, so audiophiles can jam out to their favorite tracks in the purest formats available.
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Pastor John Piper, my pastor, the champion of Christian Hedonism, has stated that the Bible is indiscriminate in the terms it uses for the positive feelings that a Christian experiences when he learns about, sees, knows and worships God. Those of us who consider ourselves serious Christians prefer the word 'Joy' and eschew the word 'Happy', but Pastor John points out that the Bible doesn't have such reservations.
The Christian who seeks after God is promised not only Joy, but happiness, and delight and blessedness, contentment, satisfaction and pleasure.
But . . . not fun. Fun is not in the Bible. And Pastor John does eschew this word, to wit:
Those who have seen and savored the holiness of God and justice and wrath and grace of God, can never again trivialize worship. It is so sad when someone hears a message like this and then comes up and says, "Don't you think we can have fun in worship?" What is sad about that response is that their heart is so small that the only alternative they can think of to fear is fun. I don't like to use the word "fun" for what we do in worship—or in ministry for that matter. It is a sad commentary on the superficial condition of our times that one of the most common things said about good experience in ministry and worship is that "we are having fun." John Piper – The Present Effects of Trembling at the Wrath of God – March 6, 2005 – Romans 12:19
Now keep in mind, one can barely find a Piper sermon that doesn't talk about the good emotional results of knowing God and his Son. So this dislike of a generally-considered positive word is somewhat striking. In any case, I thought it might be interesting to do a word search of the word 'Fun' in Pastor John's messages and sermons (easy to do over at desiringgod.org). This search yielded several passages from the last nearly thirty years . . .
Click here for more 'Piper on Fun'.


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Title: Introduction to process calculi and related type systems
Lecturer: Ilaria Castellani, Rosario Pugliese
Period: 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17 december 2015, 14.30 -- 16.30
Place: Università di Firenze, Viale Morgagni, Aula Anfiteatro
This course aims at introducing, and motivating the use of, some basic formal methods from Concurrency Theory. It is split in two parts. Firstly, some well-known process calculi, e.g. CCS and pi-calculus, are presented together with the most commonly used techniques for defining their operational and observational semantics. Then, many type systems are presented for ensuring different properties of distributed and concurrent processes, such as e.g. correctness of interaction and security.
Lectures & topics:
1. CCS: syntax and operational semantics. Observational semantics. Trace equivalence.
2. Strong & weak bisimilarity. Axiomatic alternative characterisation. Reduction semantics & barbed bisimilarity. Coincidence result. Link mobility. Introduction to pi-calculus.
3. Pi-calculus: syntax and operational semantics. Reduction semantics. Polyadic variant and its encoding. Data encoding: boolean values and operators.
4. Early & late operational semantics. Observational semantics: late bisimilarity, early bisimilarity, barbed congruence. Coincidence result.
5. Introduction to type systems for the pi-calculus: Milner's sorting & I/O typing by Pierce and Sangiorgi.
6. An advanced type system: Kobayashi's usage types.
7. Binary session calculi and associated type systems.
8. Multiparty session calculi and associated type systems.
9. Type systems for security: the linear pi-calculus & enhanced session types.
10. Session calculi with monitoring and adaptation.


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Today is Monday, April 16, the 106th day of 2007. There are 259 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On April 16, 1947, the French ship Grandcamp blew up at the harbor in Texas City, Texas; another ship, the Highflyer, exploded the following day. The blasts and resulting fires killed 576 people.
On this date:
In 1789, President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Va., for his inauguration in New York.
In 1862, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia became law.
In 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
In 1917, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia after years of exile.
In 1935, the radio comedy program "Fibber McGee and Molly" premiered on the NBC Blue Network.
In 1945, in his first speech to Congress, President Truman pledged to carry out the war and peace policies of his late predecessor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1947, financier and presidential confidant Bernard M. Baruch said in a speech at the South Carolina statehouse: "Let us not be deceived — we are today in the midst of a cold war."
In 1972, Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.
In 1986, dispelling rumors he was dead, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appeared on television to condemn the U.S. raid on his country.
In 1996, Britain's Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced they were in the process of getting a divorce.
Ten years ago: Police in Israel recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for breach of trust in an influence-trading scandal. (However, prosecutors later decided against pursuing charges against Netanyahu, citing a lack of proof.)
Five years ago: The Supreme Court overturned two major provisions of the Child Pornography Prevention Act, saying the government went too far in trying to ban "virtual" child pornography. Actor Robert Urich died in Thousand Oaks, Calif., at age 55.
One year ago: In his first Easter message as pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI urged nations to use diplomacy to defuse nuclear crises and prayed that Palestinians would one day have their own state alongside Israel.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Barry Nelson is 87. Pope Benedict XVI is 80. Actor Peter Mark Richman is 80. Actress-singer Edie Adams is
78. Singer Bobby Vinton is 72. Denmark's Queen Margrethe II is 67. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 60. Singer Gerry Rafferty is 60. Actress Ellen Barkin is 53. Singer Jimmy Osmond is
44. Rock singer David Pirner (Soul Asylum) is 43. Actor-comedian Martin Lawrence is 42. Actor Jon Cryer is 42. Rock musician Dan Rieser is 41. Actor Peter Billingsley is 36. Actor Lukas Haas is 31.
Thought for Today: "The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved." — Russell Lynes, American author (1910-1991).


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Exhibitionism: 'They Never Die They Just Go to Sleep One Day'
Scott Eastwood's exhibit juxtaposes life and death, offering a noteworthy glimpse into memorials of the future
Reviewed by Caitlin Greenwood, Fri., Feb. 15, 2013
'They Never Die They Just Go to Sleep One Day'MASS Gallery, 507 Calles #108
Through Feb. 23
"They Never Die They Just Go to Sleep One Day," showcasing Austin artist Scott Eastwood's latest series of illustrations and sculpture, is a study in mirrored imagery. Life and death are juxtaposed in a series of ink-on-paper drawings and culminate in a poignant installation that stands as the focal point for the exhibition.
Eastwood's pieces are large, and much of their strength comes from their size. His illustrations show complex images woven together: A bloody hand juts over a skateboard with a Lone Star can in the bottom right corner in Big Wheel, while the reverse image, Negative Big Wheel, maps out the original image's negative space in an intricate webbed fashion. The diptych Big Eye on Big Apple reflects both an eyeball and an apple juxtaposed against various ephemera, including natural elements and an inane clutter of materialism. Without the benefit of their size, these components would become lost amidst all the details. However, the illustrations are more engrossing in concept than in realization. While the nuanced minutiae are interesting to try and capture, it feels almost like a game of Where's Waldo? as you search through periphery doodles to undertake the entirety of the piece.
Eastwood's Time Machine is the most noteworthy component of the exhibition. Audiences are invited to peer into the darkness of Forever Mountain and are confronted with a rotating, glowing casket. Time Machine smoothly turns, flashing primary colors and emitting a low hum with its movement. The installation contains no pomp that would indicate enriched significance for the mausoleum. The facade of Forever Mountain is a smattering of gray, black, and white paint on cardboard and wood that render it somewhat unremarkable on first glance. It's only when you look inside that you see Time Machine, beautifully constructed and eerily soothing in its repetitive movement. The installation offers a glimpse of memorials of the future. In all its current grandeur, it could easily become commonplace as a means of burial. It is in this conceptual reconciliation that Eastwood succeeds: for what we revere in the moment quickly becomes the norm.
Eastwood aspires to synchronize life and death but seems to be caught up in the details of both, instead of creating an overarching concept about the transition from one to the other. While Time Machine and Forever Mountain stand as remarkable renderings of this ideology, Eastwood's illustrations feel oversaturated. The exhibition as a whole was a risky endeavor, and it will be interesting to see if Eastwood's work is able to garner attention for its content outside of the enthusiasm for MASS Gallery's newly established brick-and-mortar.


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IBM and Georgia Tech have successfully pushed a cryogenically cooled transistor to 500 GHz, the two organizations announced on Tuesday.
After cooling down a silicon-germanium chip to approximately 451 degrees Fahrenheit below 0, or 4.5 kelvin, Georgia Tech was able to clock the transistor at 500-GHz, versus a speed of about 350-GHz at room temperature.
A Georgia Tech professor who led the project said that both IBM and the university would now try and discover what, if any, molecular effects took place at the extremely cold temperatures that might affect future experiments.
"It was a record performance at low, low temperatures," said John D. Cressler, Byers Professor in Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a researcher in the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) at Georgia Tech, in an interview. "It was not really what we anticipated."
The transistor used was made of silicon germanium, a material typically used for communications chips, such as those used for celllular phones. IBM began producing chips used in high volume using the technology in 1998. A piece of a 200-mm silicon germanium wafer was cryogenically frozen using special equipment at the Georgia Tech lab.
Normally, SiGe chips run at about 2-GHz.
A paper describing the results of the experiment will be published in an IEEE journal later this month, Cressler said.


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The Fountain Valley Community Foundation in collaboration with the City of Fountain Valley, is excited to host the 2018 FV Fit Body Bootcamp 5K Fun Run on Saturday, February 3, 2018.
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"Mom, can we pleeeeeeease have a sleepover tonight?" Peter begged.
"No, honey, not tonight," was my tired reply.
"But Mooooooommmmmmm yesterday when I asked you, you said 'maybe tomorrow'. When a grown-up says 'maybe tomorrow' that always means yes!" he continued to beg.
I guess we have a communication problem because when I say 'maybe tomorrow' what I really mean is 'maybe you will have forgotten about it by tomorrow'.


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Study in USA
George Mason University
Named after George Mason, George Mason University is on its growth stage, which in a short term has emerged as an impressive institute, in terms of the structure size and the influence made on public.GMU today is Virginia's major public research university, which is keen to set up a benchmark for an educational program that comes out to be progressive and bold that further serves the needs of communities and the students. For proper implementation of this purpose, the university has 12 colleges and schools, which provide programs in different academic areas.
Why Study in George Mason University?
1.Success of Students – The university is well known to have best schools and thus, provides assurance to the students to successfully reach their goals, no matter through graduate school or a career placement.
2.The Location
- The Campus – GMU has a secure and gorgeous residential campus, which provides an amazing atmosphere for academic, along with the social engagement.
- The Connections – The University's D.C. area ensures its students to be placed with best internships and grants selected faculty and speakers that are incomparable.
- The Transit – No matter it is from train, car, bus or any other mass transit from D.C. area, the university is not hard to reach. Just moments away from the campus are highways 66 and 95, which mean you can visit anytime.
3.They Provide the Extras! – Name it from NCAA basketball or Division I athletics, to performing at the Center of the Arts at the Patriot Canter of mason's campus, the university provide it all.
4.High Quality Academics – Mason has always encouraged thinking, learning, and then succeeding. However, the emphasis comes majorly 'to Think', in the matter of fact that the university's mission is to look far beyond career training.
5.Flexibility in Choosing Programs- At the University, a student is free to choose his/her area of interest and thus, can consider any stream of undergraduate, graduate or Diploma programs.


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Sometimes a thing exists that is so bizarre you just have to shrug and say, "Sure, why not?" In the tradition of slow cinema, the folks behind meditation app Calm have commissioned an eight-hour long film of sheep grazing in a meadow. Brilliantly titled "Baa Baa Land," the movie's tag line: is: "The dullest movie ever made? We think so. We hope you do too."
"'Baa Baa Land' is the first screen epic entirely starring sheep," says the trailer in voiceover. "In a world of constant stress and information overload, of anxious days and restless nights, comes the chance at last to pause, to breathe, to calm our racing minds and fretful souls, to sit and stare — at sheep.
At the film's recent premiere in London's West End, Ram Gosling and Emmmmaaaaa Stone can be seen stepping their hooves into cement for their star moments. A host informs us that Ewe Grant and BaaBaa Streisand were also in attendance. "It's better than any sleeping pill — the ultimate insomnia cure," said producer Alex Tew. "We're hoping it will be a sleeper hit."
All jokes aside, slow cinema, sometimes called "contemplative cinema," is an avant-garde film movement characterized by long takes that is often minimalist, observational, and with little to no narrative. Andy Warhol's 1964 film "Empire" is an example, and filmmakers such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Ingmar Bergman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Béla Tarr, and Chantal Akerman have all experimented with the form.
Watch the trailer below:
And here's a clip from the actual film:
"Baa Baa Land" is available online at Calm.
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First if you don't get the cultural ref. in the title line – get with it!
OK – two things in the past few days set off the Trashy-o-what-the-hell?????? meter.
First, it seems as though there a lot more creationists co-existing with the ol' Trashmo here in the Great White North than I had thought. In fact ONLY 56% firmly believe in evolution. Whereas there are 32% that For Some Unbeknownst Distorted Sense of Illogic believe a big omnipresent and omniscient god-like figure may have thought up the whole shooting' match.
This is what freaked me out the very most.
We are ONLY a few percent behind the Yanks!
(for the statisticians reading this, 12% had no opinion)
We are in the 21st century so can we not move away from this? Please?
Second thing:
The kid who was expelled from school in Saskatchewan for talking about some legitimate research he had done on the relative negative health impacts of marijuana versus booze and smokes… remember him? Kieran King?
Well, the Wawota Parkland School that suspended him in the first place has gone back and said "yeah, about the whole losing your marks thing cuz we wouldn't let you write your final exams… well, uh, fah-get about it… you can keep your honour roll status."
Great – but kinda hollow, don't you think? I mean, the principal called in the freakin' Mounties and put the school in lock-down mode – not to mention the embarrassment caused by this over reaction to the kid, his family and the town of Wawota! This kid is no dealer or user. He's a good student who was doing some legitimate research and reached some conclusions that were not in line with the thinking of the principal or – one would assume – the Board.
My advice to King's parents is that they should sue the ass off the principal and school board. And at the very least, the school board should reimburse the Mounties for the time they spent on this silly matter – time that has cost the Canadian taxpayer money!


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Exciting news! The newly redesigned SLC entrance doors are now operational and ready to welcome the community.
With your needs in mind, this project was undertaken to ensure that the SLC is always improving to create a positive experience for all who come through its doors.
Thanks to your feedback, the new doors will:
- Be lighter, making them easier to operate
- Moderate airflow, enhancing temperature control in the SLC
- Be more sustainable, adapting to the SLC's high use frequency
Thank you for your patience and continuous feedback. Throughout the next few weeks, we will continue to make small improvements to our front entrance to keep our building world-class.
At the SLC, we measure our success by actively listening to the Ryerson Community. We pride ourselves on being nimble and absorb your input to ensure the SLC reflects all those who use it as a space to collaborate, innovate and learn.
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- About the artists
Marie Topp is choreographer and performer based in Denmark and Sweden. She is educated in 2009 from The National School of Performing Arts in Denmark. Her works include: The Everyday Practice of Resistance (2012), Forerunning (2014), The Visible Effects of Force (2015) as well as the collective work In Between Concrete (2016) by the Copenhagen-based collective RISK. Currently she also works with Icelandic choreographer Margret Sara Gudjonsdottir. Marie Topp is currently a part of The Artistic Council at Dansehallerne, Copenhagen and member of the board of the organisation Uafhængige Scenekunstnere (Independent Performing Artists). Since 2017 she is curating the professional training at Dansehallerne. She has been invited to teach at DOCH University of Dance and Circus, Sweden, Dansalliansen Sweden and AFUK Akademiet For Utæmmet Kreativitet, Denmark. Marietopp.wordpress.com & risk.nu
Julia Giertz: In her current work Giertz is mapping bodily and structural responses to vibration, by drawing on music, physics and our perception of sound – a practice called Sound as Touch.
At present Giertz is collaborating with Marie Topp (DK), Sindri Runudde (SE), Lisa Nyberg (SE), Tyler Mathew Oyer (USA), Fullmånen från Helvetet (SE) amongst others. Recently her work has been presented at the Venice Biennale, Audiorama, Norberg Festival and Charlottenborg Kunsthal.
The continuation of tonight's piece is the work SHRILL, for Notam, Oslo 2018.
Giertz is also working with Popkollo and "Vem Kan Bli Producent", a program for music-producers and sound engineers identifying as non-binary or/and female.


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Vintage Fonts #1
It's amazing to think I've been doing this blog for three years and haven't had a 70s font post. This topic was long overdue. Just like the clothes, hair and decor, the seventies had a very distinctive lettering style. I can spot a 70s font a mile away. I'm not so sure the 2010s have a unique flair to decorative text, only time will tell. One thing that is inarguable, however, is that the seventies was a time unto itself in every detail - down to the very letters on a page.
Of course, the same could be said of the sixties and eighties, but I'm particularly fond of the seventies brand to putting down a word. I can't describe what it is - it would be too simplistic to say it was bold and off-the-wall. It was more than that - it was ubiquitous. Unlike the sixties, where wild examples of text were usually confined to concert posters and other forms of pop art, off-beat lettering was on everything from grocery store ads to high school textbooks.
So, let's check out some seventies lettering. Enjoy.
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Yeah, what took you so long? I love fonts, and even with conservative academic books I can name the decade from the cover, spine, or the title page/verso. I thought it was a sickness of mine as a result of being a librarian.ReplyDelete
Angels: Hard as the Come looks rather 60s to me. Not saying it wasn't 70s, just seems a bit of hangover if it is.
What a fantastic collection! Your eye for typography serves you well.ReplyDelete
The only thing that seems to be missing here is a typeface well known to any SF genre fan, the MICR-inspired Data 70 font used whenever a graphic designer needed to convey the idea of "computer" text.
And of course the evergreen Countdown, which should put your readers in mind of either Moonbase Alpha or British weekly comics.
In fact, only last week I saw a font I recognised as Data 70 used for a Beatles promotion; I commented at the time that I had assumed it had been the ultimate 70s font, not one that was already in use in 1965.ReplyDelete


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Everyone loses. A well-known high school orchestra who has for years performed an annual Christmas concert that raised more than $200,000 annually for the poor in Africa has canceled their holiday performance four days short of its scheduled date because of a group protesting the involvement of a church that handles ticket sales for the event.
What makes this especially stupid is the argument from Mitch Kahle, founder of the Hawaii Citizens for the Separation of State and Church, who in the local media says: ""The issue here is an entanglement between a public school and a Christian church. And one of the things about the constitution is that it prohibits the involvement of public schools and churches."
The Constitution, of course, says no such thing.


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Through the use of fun stories, original songs, animation and live action, children learn about the worlds animals and the environment, plus the importance of reading, tolerance, friendship, love and understanding.
In this show, Miss Danni Donkey, our Teacher host, and the kids travel to the far north of Canada to meet with her friend, Clyde the Polar Bear, to learn about different bears around the globe. We meet, a Sun Bear in Thailand, a surfing California Bear in California, an opera-singing European bear in Italy, a tai-chi Panda in Japan and a sumo-wrestling Asiatic Black bear in Japan.
Lots & Lots of® Animal Stories for Kids is truly an entertaining and educational adventure that children love to watch!
Lots & Lots of Animal Stories for Kids: Vol. 1, Bears 3 1/2 Stars out of 4! Video Librarian. This fast-paced, colorful children s series featuring effervescent host Miss Danni Donkey mixes live-action and animation. After gathering kids together, Danni begins by interviewing a cartoon polar bear who shares information about these magnificent animals. This introduction quickly segues into what will be the basic format for each tale: a handful of facts, followed by whimsical remarks ( Did you know polar bears like to dance when people aren t watching? ) that lead into dance/activity songs (the first is called the Polar Bear Dance ). The bear curriculum continues with other North American species, and travels to the Far East, where Japanese Asiatic bears are featured as alter egos to sumo wrestlers (and perform a cartoon sumo dance), pandas serve as tai chi experts (leading to a tai chi activity featuring the kids), and more. Danni is a peppy, upbeat, and personality-loaded guide (she comes across a bit like a female Pee-wee Herman, minus the irony). Other volumes in the series will include Whales, Birdies, Froggies, Donkeys & Mules, and Foxes. Highly recommended. –Video Librarian Magazine November – December 2017 (Volume 32, Issue 6)
My sons have been fond of learning about animals for as long as I can remember, but what is interesting is now they want to learn the specifics about animals. Lots & Lots of Animal Stories for Kids DVDs from Marshall Publishing & Promotions, Inc. has done a phenomenal job of answering these specific questions, while also keeping it fun for them. The set of five DVDs includes learning about bears, whales, birdies, froggies and donkeys. Each DVD is about 30 minutes long and introduces your child to a fun and energetic host named Miss Danni Donkey. Miss Danni Donkey has an adventure in each DVD with her fellow kid helpers, who range in age from about four years old to about ten years old. I thought this was a great idea because it gave such a broad range for children. I think preschool aged children through elementary would enjoy these DVDs. The DVDs include a mix of animation and live action that help children learn about the animal s geographic region and environment, what they eat, and how they interact. This is done through the use of stories, singing, and dancing while the kid helpers ask questions or Miss Danni Donkey asks a question, and an animated animal answers it. My sons are six and eight years old, and they had such a good time listening to the stories, and also singing along and dancing along with the kid helpers in the DVD. Lots & Lots of Animal Stories for Kids also did a wonderful job of teaching about friendship and relationships. There are so many shows on television today that teach disrespect towards others. It was refreshing to be able to put in a DVD that taught wholesome, family and friend core values that reinforce what is taught at home. My sons got to laugh along with silly characters, but also were learning at the same time. They were able to remember facts they learned on the DVDs days later. Both my boys enjoyed the songs and dances, and also continued those throughout the week after watching the DVDs. I think this would make an amazing gift for any child who loves animals. It would also be a good supplement to learning about a specific animal group. It is family friendly and entertaining, and something you can enjoy watching with your child again and again. My family and I really enjoyed learning new facts about the animals, and we now have some amazing DVDs to add to our family DVD collection. –Kelly LaFollette, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, LLC, February, 2018


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In the past few weeks, well-known US restaurant chains have been hit by highly publicized data breaches:
- Noodles & Company – Unusual activity on its computer systems was detected this past May , which indicated the potential compromise of diners' debit and credit card data in locations across 27 states.
- Wendy's – The hamburger chain announced last week that hackers stole customers' credit and debit card information at 1,025 of its US restaurants, obtaining card numbers, names, expiration dates, and card codes in late fall 2015.
Weak POS systems
The 2016 Trustwave Global Security Report found food and beverage sectors to be one of the top four industries most frequently targeted by cyber criminals.
And while any organization that deals with large amounts of sensitive data is vulnerable to repeated attacks by cyber criminals, restaurants are uniquely vulnerable because of their high reliance on point-of-sale (POS) terminals.
Restaurants have become easy targets for cyber thieves because it is easy for criminals to rack up large amounts of data, which can be extraordinarily difficult to spot.
Cyber insurance: read the small print
While it's important for organizations using POS systems to regularly conduct penetration tests to spot any potential vulnerabilities, many are choosing cyber insurance cover as a backup. But it's important to really read the fine print of your policy. Chang's China Bistro learned the hard way…
Chang's restaurant bought a cyber risk insurance policy from Federal Insurance Company to cover itself from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2015. The Policy was sold as a "flexible insurance solution designed by cyber risk experts to address the full breadth of risks associated with doing business in today's technology dependent world".
But in June 2014, hackers obtained 60,000 credit card numbers belonging to Chang's customers and posted them online. Although the insurance policy paid out $1.7 million for losses associated with the data breach, it disclaimed coverage for approximately $2 million in fees and assessments imposed by MasterCard. Chang took its insurers to court, but its argument was rejected.
There are around 70 different insurers selling cyber insurance in the US, and nearly all of those policies are issued on a surplus lines basis. The wording used in each policy obviously varies, and the differences from one policy to the next can be significant.
Take payments electronically? You must comply with the PCI DSS
Any organization that stores, transmits, or processes cardholder data must comply with the PCI DSS, or risk paying 'non-compliance' or 'data compromise' fines. Merchants and member service providers (MSPs) are required to:
- Build and maintain a secure IT network
- Protect cardholder data
- Maintain a vulnerability management program
- Implement strong access control measures
- Regularly monitor and test networks
- Maintain an information security policy
To help you achieve and maintain compliance with the PCI DSS, we have a number of resources:
- Information: Read guidance from practicing experts on the PCI DSS; perfect for those new to the subject or looking for more information on implementing it in their organization. Find out more >>
- Pre-written, PCI-compliant documentation: Up-to-date with the PCI DSS v3.2, the PCI DSS Documentation Toolkit contains easy-to-use, fully customizable templates to help you produce compliant documentation. Find out more >>
- Penetration Testing: Identify, fix, and prevent vulnerabilities within your systems with CREST-accredited testing services from IT Governance. Find out more >>


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Prince Harry Tuesday confirmed US actress Meghan Markle is his girlfriend but lashed out at the media for subjecting her to a "wave of abuse and harassment". In a terse statement, the Kensington Palace said the couple were "a few months into a relationship" and it was "not right" that Ms Markle should be subjected to such treatment.
It said the prince rarely took formal action over "fictional stories".
"But the past week has seen a line crossed," it added.
Harry's Communications Secretary Jason Knauf outlined the difficulties Markle had experienced since news of their relationship broke.
"The past week has seen a line crossed. His girlfriend, Meghan Markle, has been subject to a wave of abuse and harassment. Prince Harry is worried about Ms Markle's safety and is deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect her," Knauf said.
Harry, 35, has objected to "outright racism and sexism" on social media against the 35-year-old actress. It is the first official confirmation from Kensington Palace that the pair are dating.
Markle is best known for her role in popular US legal television drama "Suits".
Harry, a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, is fifth-in-line to the throne behind his father Prince Charles, brother Prince William, and William's children Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
Harry has long had an uneasy relationship with the press, having grown up aware of the impact that intense media intrusion had on the life of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, the BBC noted.
When he was 20, he was caught up in a scuffle with a paparazzi photographer outside a London nightclub.
In 2012, naked photographs of him in a Las Vegas hotel room were published online and on newspaper front pages, prompting a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission, the report said.
But he has also attracted positive coverage of his charitable interests and military service, it added.


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How To Build A Great Brand Without Spending Much Money
So, you've started your own thing. You're now in debt (congratulations!) or partnered to an investor that's expecting strong returns. But now that you're the architect of your future and your career, you'll need to be the architect of your brand as well. Whether it's a funded startup, a bootstrapped company or your side hustle, you want to make a memorable impact. When it comes to your business, that's what your brand can do.
Creating an impactful brand, though, is both easier and harder than it sounds. Leverage these tips to get going and get growing.
Start with the right foundation
Everything you do from day one on is going to become a building block for your business. And it's not just about a catchy logo and colours.
While a visual identity is important, you'll also need to:
- Understand your audiences and what matters to them
- Create a unique value proposition to stand out in the crowd
- Define the things you'll need to deliver on your key value
- Construct a voice and writing style that represents you and makes you memorable
- Put together key messages that position your offering in the right way
To get started on building your brand, consider taking these actions:
Tip: Reach out to your potential customers with a survey that will gather key insights into who they are and what they're looking for related to your company and/or product.
Tip: Build a volunteer brand and marketing advisory board from your network and contacts. Many professionals are looking for opportunities to share their expertise or get involved with a fresh new company outside of their 9 to 5.
Tip: Engage an outside strategist to work with you on a blueprint for your brand. They can help you see beyond the creative elements to create an intriguing positioning for your brand.
Pay attention to the competition.
An important thing to remember is that you're not only competing with other start-ups or small businesses, you're entering into a marketplace that may have competitors of all shapes and sizes. In response, your brand has to be able to stand up to the best at something, even if you can't yet compete on everything.
Creativity is a way to counter-program against larger organizations with larger budgets—if you can disrupt the marketing "best practices" you're seeing from the bigger players, you have the opportunity to stand out. Don't underestimate the ability of humour, frankness or simplicity to help you make an impact and a lasting impression (as long as it's genuine to your brand and what you offer)
Tip: Identify up to 10 of your top competitors and map their brand elements (creative, voice, etc.) against each other. This comparative view will help you find holes and opportunities in the marketplace for your brand.
Tip: Do some online research of other new players outside of your industry to see what they're creatively doing to build brand and attract customers—check out award websites, they often highlight new players with creative marketing ideas.
Tip: Follow all of your competitors on social media and pay attention! Knowing what they're doing will allow you to stay different and carve out your own unique place in the market.
Be consistent. And, be consistent.
Consistency will give you a solid image and voice in the marketplace. It doesn't take huge budgets to do the same thing over and over across all of your platforms, whether that be media, in-person, or other advertising and customer communication.
What consistency does take is the understanding that just as you're getting sick of your creative and messaging, customers and prospects are just starting to notice you. With the milliseconds you have to get people's attention, letting your brand become familiar to them is your greatest asset.
Tip: Come up with a strong colour palette, visual brand language and key messages. Then reform them into a range of solutions for all of your postings and media. Let the power of consistency help build your brand impact. Freshen as necessary, but always stick to your core elements.
Tip: Write a bunch of headlines that touch on all of your key messages and value points. Make them your library and use them consistently, in ads, presentations, emails, etc. Not only will it save you time, it will ensure that you're on point in every brand interaction.
Choose your directions wisely
Don't spend a fortune out of the gate on every element of brand. Choose a strong foundation over multiple elements (you can always build those later). If possible, tie-in influencers, relationships, client/customer testimonials and other third-party acknowledgements.
Get to a great brand foundation by looking at all of your competition and finding an area (brand image, brand voice, brand positioning, etc.) that you can own and be best at. If you're a disruptor, build a brand that reflects that—look for ways to stand out by standing away from everyone else.
Tip: With all of your knowledge from following competitors, don't post the same way they do. Look to other industries that might be completely different than yours and map the ideas they're using. Then, adapt the same ideas to your audiences.
Tip: Build a deck with no more that 15 slides and answer three questions: Why are you in business?, How do you make your customer's life/business better? and What makes you different and more effective? One more rule: no more than four points per slide.
Tip: Leverage templates in the beginning, especially for your website. There are so many good options out there and they are easy and inexpensive to use. But make sure you stay on brand! You'll be able to get more custom as your business grows and evolves.
Examples of how to stand out
Dollar Shave Club
The original shave subscription company, Dollar Shave Club (DSC) disrupted a billion-dollar industry with simple and bright branding, great storytelling and a clear value proposition. While the big players were dominating the industry—and setting high prices with huge margins—they came along and offered the same quality at a much lower price.
And, they enabled their pricing to stand out by putting it right in their name.
DSC also told stories of how consumers were being taken advantage of and how they brought something new and different to the market, a key element to both sales and customer success. To wrap it all up in a great brand, they made it a subscription service—to help consumers save and create very strong loyalty.
It's a great brand foundation that has been copied multiple times across various industries, which is a strong ode to their vision.
Website: dollarshaveclub.com.
A clothing brand breaking targeted to business women, Hangar9 competes with big players including department stores and boutiques. Their goal is to bring a different story to working women: "We'll help you curate the right look for you and turn 9 basic pieces into 36+ outfits".
For a set appointment, women come into the store and are taken to a private area where they work with a stylist and personal shopper to create their look. Then, they can add closet editing, ongoing consultation and a pictorial outfit guide if they like. The goal is to offer personalization, curation and fashion insight focused on the needs of today's female executives.
Compared to boutiques and department stores that only offer personal shopping to wealthy clients, it's a strong brand foundation and a different approach to what other retailers are doing.
Website: Hangar9.ca.
They came to a market where traditional branding and marketing reigns supreme (think of the five big Canadian banks!). They built a strong focus on real people and "straight talk" about investing. This sits in contrast to the approach of other financial services behemoths.
By counter-programming their brand and messaging, they're building a focus on simplicity, ease and support with everything done online. Although Wealthsimple doesn't have the resources or established brand that these larger companies do, they offer an alternative that is very attractive to many who are weary of the bigger brands.
They've also had this positioning since day one, building their brand on it right from the beginning (a great example of consistency working for you over time).
Website: Wealthsimple.com.
The bottom line
Branding not just about big marketing, big agencies and big brand bucks; it's about finding your voice, leveraging your difference, and being as creative as hell.
You can build a brand that gets noticed if you're willing to think differently, make an investment, and put your passion for the business on display. Authenticity, transparency and "realness" are highly valued from today's consumers, so continue to evaluate your positioning to stay on track. Then stand back and let your brand do some of the work.
More great stories from PulseBlueprint
- The best marketing books you should be reading
- Marketing tips to learn from Taylor Swift
- How to make your product positioning stand out
Brad Breininger is the Co-Founder and Lead Strategist at branding agency Zync
Images courtesy Hangar9 and Zync


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What is BITES Shop?
BITES Shop is your high quality grocery shopping experience. Shop for fresh produce and variety of essentials for your everyday kitchen and find the best healthy and fresh items at our online store. We bring to you products from your favourite Village Grocers & Ben's Independent Grocer (B.I.G.) stores all around Klang Valley. Shopping at BITES Shop made easy!
How do I shop at BITES Shop?
Just follow these simple steps:
1) Create an account at www.bites.com.my
2) Key in your postcode to check which is the nearest store for you to browse and shop
3) Add item(s) to your cart
4) Click "Self Pickup" or "Delivery"
5) Set your preferred date & time
6) Checkout, Pay & you're Done!
Is there any physical store(s)?
BITES Shop strives to give you the best produces from our physical store, offering a full and varied selection of items at a range of prices from affordable to high end groceries. Please note that BITES Shop is the new online shopping platform that caters to a selected Village Grocer & B.I.G. stores which are located at M City, KL Gateway, Subang Parade, Atria Mall, Mont Kiara, Tamarind Square, Cyberjaya, Central i-City, Publika, & The LINC KL. (Note: We will include more stores near you soon.)
Orders & Packaging
Can I order from multiple stores within one order?
Currently, shopping for groceries from more than one store within one order is not supported.
How do I check the status of my order?
You will be notified in real-time when your order is packed and ready for pickup/delivery. Our fulfilment team will notify you via email. You can also go to "My Order Status" to check on the status of your order.
Can I schedule my order(s) in advance?
Yes you may, provided that it does not exceed 4 days from the date of the order is created to the date of delivery/self pickup.
How can I edit or cancel my order?
Unfortunately you may not have the option to cancel your order. However, when something is out of stock at the store, we do our best to replace it with a similar item. During checkout, you can choose to let your shopper pick the replacements themselves by stating in your note section to have them call or message you with suggestions or ask that no replacements be provided at all.
What is your cancellation policy?
Once your order is placed & our shopper has started picking the items; for technical reasons, you cannot cancel your order. However, you have the option to check all your items before accepting them at the door. BITES Shop reserve the right to cancel any Order for such reasons involving quality control, wrong pricing, insufficient and/or damaged stock as well as the right to suspend, deactivate or terminate your BITES Shop account in its sole discretion if it reasonably suspects or detects fraudulent behaviour or activity associated with your BITES Shop account and/or with your Order. For further info, check our Terms of Use.
What happens if something is out of stock?
When something is out of stock at the store, we do our best to replace it with a similar item. During checkout, you can choose to let your shopper pick the replacements themselves by stating in your note section to have them call or message you with suggestions or ask that no replacements be provided at all.
How are my orders getting packed?
You may select a packaging option from a selection of reusable or chiller bags during the checkout process. For purchases without any bag selection, goods will automatically be placed in plastic bags.
Who will be handling my order for pickup/delivery?
Your grocery will be selected by specially screened and professionally trained Personal Shoppers and they will have them ready by the collection time you have set online when you confirm the purchase.
Can I add special notes for my groceries (e.g. cut the chicken, clean fish) to the products I ordered?
Yes, you can see a section named "Add notes for shopper" below every item you have placed inside your cart. Tap and type your request! Our Personal Shoppers will try to fulfill your requirements. Regulations of supermarkets apply.
How do you treat items that are non-Halal?
Non-halal items are separated from any halal items in the stores and even during packing and self-pickup. Our personal shoppers will ensure these items are handled carefully to avoid any contact with each other.
Delivery & Pickup
Is there a minimum spend?
We offer a minimum spend of RM40 for Store Pickup and there is no minimum spend for Home Delivery.
How much are the delivery fees?
The delivery fee starts from RM 8 onward depends on the mass weight or volumetric weight of the product(s) whichever is higher. Get FREE delivery when you spend above RM 250 in a single checkout.
What are the delivery hours?
Our delivery hours are between 11 AM and 7 PM, Monday to Sunday (including Public Holidays).
What are the pick-up hours?
Our self pickup hours are between 11 AM and 6 PM, Monday to Sunday (including Public Holidays). Payment for your purchase must be made before 9AM for the earliest pickup time and before 4PM for the latest pickup time for same day pickup. We have a 2 hour order process time.
How fast is the delivery?
We can deliver to you in the next 2 hours onward. E.g : If you create an order at 1 PM, please estimate that the delivery to be received as earliest as 3 to 4 PM.
Which area do we cover?
As of now we do cover a selected Village Grocer & B.I.G. stores which are located at M City, KL Gateway, Subang Parade, Atria Mall, Mont Kiara, Tamarind Square, Cyberjaya, Central i-City, Publika, & The LINC KL. (Note: We will include more stores near you soon.)
How can I check if you deliver to my area?
You will be prompted to key in your postcode once you have entered our website to see if your area is covered within our selected stores for delivery. Once your area is covered by us, you will be re-directed to the nearest store and you can continue to shop there.
Payment, Return & Refund
What are the payment options?
As of now, we are accepting Credit Card & Debit Card (Visa & MasterCard), FPX, Maybank2u, CIMBClicks, eWallets and more. Kindly check at the payment page for the payment options before completing your order.
Is online payment here safe?
We are using Razer Pay Service (formerly known as MolPay), a reputable and leading in regional Payment Gateway Provider. The company is notified under Malaysia's Payment System Act and also PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance which is the highest standard in the payment industry to ensure all transactions are safeguarded. For more info about PCI DSS, please click here. The information exchanged during checkout is encrypted using this SSL protocol to ensure that businesses follow the best practices for protecting our customers' payment card information. As a fraud-preventive measure, we will send you a confirmation email once your order is confirmed. If you receive an email confirmation for a transaction you did not approve, please contact your bank directly to raise this issue and they will liaise with us on your behalf.
How do I review my receipt?
You will receive your receipt via email after you have collected your purchase and confirmation receipt after you have made your purchase.
How do I report a problem with my order?
If you have any problems with your order, please tell us! You can call us at +6011 1106 8681 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Please note that complaints or requests requiring refunds/exchanges must be made within three (3) days after your order has been collected/received.
Please note that refunds for perishable and/or semi-perishable goods (example fish, vegetables, dairy products, fruits, bread, onion, potato, pies, cake etc) will only be considered if these items are rejected at the time of collection/delivery.
Refunds will not be provided if you do not reach out to us regarding your desired refund within the aforementioned time frames. Please refer to our Return & Refund policy.
How do I return items?
Should you find that any items you receive are incorrect or not up to your satisfaction, you can reject it on the spot by letting our Support Staff know at collection or call our Customer Service immediately upon receive. We will only charge you for items which you accept.
Once you have confirmed the items you have received and accepted them, the transaction is considered finalized and any further returns will be up to management discretion. If you believe you have a valid reason or complaint, please ensure to contact our customer service via +6011 1106 8681 or email email@example.com. within 72 hours together with photographic evidence (where relevant). For more info on returns, visit our Return & Refund policy page.
What is the payment process?
If you've paid using credit or debit card, a notification will be prompt as a confirmation of the payment to be made. Once you have receive the goods with the receipt attached, the payment then will be charged based on the amount in the receipt given. Any extra charges from the receipt will be refunded back to your payment card within 72 hours.
Why is the total amount different in my order and receipt?
Any request for replacement item(s) made within the checkout and delivery period, the total charge will be as shown in printed receipt and handling fee (if any). Any deduction will be made from the initial payment after order is placed.
Is there any loyalty programme for the Bites Shop?
We offer the same loyalty programme as the Bites (Rewards). If you are not a Bites member yet, you can download the BITES Card app for points collection. Please enter your Member ID (88xxxxxx) in the notes section upon checkout. We will arrange for the points to be credited within 7 – 14 days upon completion of the transaction.
At the moment, the Bites All-Stars promotion points are not eligible for online purchase.
Is your question not in the list? Worry not! Contact our customer support available to you at +6 011 1106 8681 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Out On Screen is proud to present the 30th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) this summer from Thursday, August 9th to Sunday, August 19th. Welcoming its 30th anniversary presenting sponsor, RBC, this year's Festival will take place at various theatres, including the Vancouver Playhouse, Cineplex Odeon International Village, SFU's Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, VIFF Vancity Theatre, and the York Theatre. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, VQFF is pleased to announce a birthday party for the community on June 2nd at the Imperial along with its Festival theme "To the moon and back, 30 years of uplifting queer stories".
"The value of queer film as a transformational art medium is just as critical today as it was 30 years ago," says Executive Director Stephanie Goodwin. "The Festival is a place for the LGBT2Q+ community to call home as well as an important platform for films that queer the narrative, that illuminate and celebrate LGBT2Q+ lives in all their dimensions and complexity."
Out On Screen turns 30 and is celebrating with a community birthday party, sponsored by Vancity, on Saturday, June 2nd at the Imperial at 8:00pm. A party for the LGBT2Q+ community and allies at the Imperial on Main Street will pay tribute to the last three decades of uplifting queer stories at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. The Festival gets nostalgic and will be turning back time to dance the night away to hits from the 80's, 90's and 2000's, and enjoy performances inspired by each decade from talented local artists Maiden China, Shay Dior, and Indigenous burlesque troupe Virago Nation.
"2018 has proven to be an incredible year for queer cinema, breaking out of familiar stories and into mainstream box office success," adds Co-Artistic Director Anoushka Ratnarajah. "We are seeing queer filmmakers taking aesthetic and narrative risks, creating art that pushes boundaries, and takes audiences into new queer territories. I feel very fortunate to be witnessing the artistry, intelligence, and courage of queer film today."
Celebrating the best in independent queer cinema, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival is Vancouver's second largest film festival and the largest queer arts event in Western Canada. More than just film, the Festival also hosts performances, workshops, panel discussions, parties and more, creating a unique community space for eleven days each August. This year's Festival will feature four film spotlights: Youth, Trans Women in Film, Indigenous Cinema, and a Spotlight on the Artist.
VQFF 2018 opens at the Vancouver Playhouse with the Canadian premiere of Yen Tan's 1985, a critically-observed period piece brought to life by an acclaimed cast including Cory Michael Smith, Michael Chiklis, Virginia Madsen, and Jamie Chung. Adrian, a closeted young man, returns to his small Texas hometown to spend Christmas with his working-class Christian family. Under Tan's emotional and poignant direction, 1985's characters bring tension and a strained tenderness into every scene, creating a haunting elegy for a generation of gay men. Yen Tan will be joining the Festival to attend the Opening Gala and introduce his film.
The Festival's Centrepiece Gala Film is the dramatic comedy White Rabbit co-written by and starring comedian Vivian Bang, who takes us on the often awkward and hilarious journey of a queer Korean American performance artist struggling to be heard and seen in modern Los Angeles.
The Vancouver Queer Film Festival celebrates B.C.'s most standout emerging and established filmmakers with Festival favourite The Coast is Queer – an evening dedicated to local talent. In addition, the Festival will be hosting its Troublemakers program again, which is an intergenerational filmmaking project that centers the stories of local queer elders and fosters the filmmaking talents of local queer youth.
Full details for the 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival will be made available soon.
For more information, please visit the following platforms:
Website: www.queerfilmfestival.ca
Facebook: www.facebook.com/VancouverQFF
Twitter: www.twitter.com/queerfilmfest (#VQFF2018)
About Out On Screen:
Out On Screen is a charitable organization that illuminates, celebrates and advances queer lives through film, education and dialogue. The Vancouver Queer Film Festival creates a dynamic platform for queer cinema that reflects a diversity of experiences while connecting and strengthening our communities. The award-winning Out In Schools anti-bullying program brings age-appropriate queer cinema into secondary school classrooms to combat homophobia and transphobia. Out On Screen is proud to be among the leaders in Canada working to create an equitable society where sexual and gender diversity are embraced. www.outonscreen.com


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Build a QT/11 application for beagleboard black by cross compiling from ubuntu
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Hi everyone,
I'm a little confused about how proceed to create QT/X11 applications for beaglebone black.
First of all i have succesfully developed, deployed and executed a first simple GUI QT/embedded application
following this tutorials http://www.cloud-rocket.com/2013/07/building-qt-for-beaglebone/
and now i'd like to build a similar application for X11.
Particularly, i don't understand how to perform configure to build right libraries to copy to BBB.
Please help me, unfortunately i spent days in useless attemps to build QT/X11 for BBB that didn't work.
Thanks a lot.


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Celebrating 25 Years of Empowering Maine Girls to Thrive!
Founder and former Director Mary Orear helping Carol pack up all things Mainely Girls for The County! 2015
Our Herstory:
For 25 years, Mainely Girls, a 501c3 nonproit organization, has offered transformational programming throughout the state. In 1996, Founder Mary Orear spearheaded efforts in Midcoast Maine with a needs assessment that lead to forming a Girls Student Executive Board and Board of Directors that went on to offer transformational programing for Girls statewide.
In Our Early Years, there were Annual Girls' Conferences, Mentoring Programs, a Photography Club, Girls' Night Out, the Girls' Point of View Book Clubs, Diabetes and Depression pilot programs, and the designing of the Transition Safety Program / a pilot program for ME College-Bound Women.
In 2015, Mary handed the reins to Carol Ayoob who brought Mainely Girls to Aroostook County. Carol offered countless theater and art based opportunities for Girls to express themselves, build confidence and create positive mentorships. Now located on the University of Maine Presque Ilse Campus, Mainely Girls focuses on nurturing confident, resilient, creative and connected girls through diverse programming to lead us forward.
This year, 2020, Mainely Girls is amidst great transformation. We would like to hire Holli Nicknair, a Houlton Native, to lead the organization into it's next new phase. Yet, with the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic, our resources are the lowest they have ever been. With your help, Mainely Girls will embark on creating even more strength based & connective programing via online and outdoor opportunities to empower our Girls to move beyond surviving and Thrive!
Please Celebrate Our 25th Anniversary by helping us reach our fundraising goal of $25,000!
Your Generous Donation will provide essential programing for our Girls to Thrive!
Thank You So Much For Your Ongoing Support!


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"I accidentally deleted some photos and family videos on my Mac. Is there any way to recover files from trash on Mac? Oh, forget to say, I have emptied the trash bin and found there isn't file exist."
A survey shows that deleting is one of the main reasons to result in data loss. You can easily delete photos, videos, documents or other files from Mac hard disk or removable devices. So, in order to avoid mistakenly delete the files or folders that result in complete loss of them. The Mac trash will temporarily save these files. As long as you don't empty it, you can put back deleted files from trash on Mac very simply. If you realized that you have deleted files on Mac and you need to restore from trash on Mac, then you need to take action as soon as possible. Otherwise, you'll fail to find them. Here in the following, I'll introduce you to how to recover emptied trash in Mac and how to restore files from trash on Mac, hoping it will be helpful for you.
The way many people use to delete files on Mac is dragging and dropping them to the trash bin directly. If you accidentally deleted files in this way, then you can simple to recover deleted files from trash on Mac. Click on the trash bin, then select the files you want to restore. Next, right-click on it and select "Put Back". That's it. All the restored files will be put back to their original folders or directories.
It is quite easy to recover files from trash on Mac if they are still there. The hard part is that you want to Mac restore trash after you emptied it. Luckily, there is still a workaround. Let's learn how to restore item from trash on Mac after emptying it.
All the files you deleted from the Mac trash bin are still in the Capsule on your Mac but been marked as deleted files and invisible. Space they once occupied is marked as space available for new data. Once the new data is generated, the deleted files will be overwritten, disappeared permanently. In this case, to Mac restore from trash, the reasonable action is to stop your Mac and prepare for the data recovery. The sooner the better. Otherwise, there is little chance to put back deleted files from the trash in Mac.
At this point, you need a tool to help you because you can't see them. Here, I recommend iBeesoft Data Recovery for Mac, a professional restore trash Mac software. It has powerful file recovery technology that can deep scan your trash to letting you preview and recover files from trash on Mac. For sure, there are some other such kinds of Mac trash recovery programs on the internet, but this one is stable, reliable and easy-to-use. Before you do anything, you can download the free trial version to scan and recover files from emptied trash, checking out they are still there or not.
Click the download button to get the Mac Macintosh HD recovery software and installation it on your Mac. Install it to your Mac as you do for other utilities. It is virus-free, so feel free to install it. It is fully compatible with almost all the commonly Mac OS X.
In the main window, all the supported file types are listed. You only need to check the ones you want to recover from the trash in Mac and uncheck the unwanted ones. To save your time, it is the smart way because it will shorten the scanning process. Next, click "Start".
In the next window, you're supposed to choose the hard disk of your Mac to scan for the deleted files. Please select the right one from where you have lost your files. And then, click the "Scan" button to let the software scan and retrieve files from trash on Mac.
It will take you a few minute for the scanning. After the process, all the found files are displayed in the result window. You need to unfold the directory in the left side to preview the files under it. When you see the files you want to recover, click "Recover" to save the selected files on your Mac.
What to do if you haven't seen the trash bin deleted files? Try the "Deep Scan" feature in the result page. this restore trash Mac program will scan your computer deeper for the deleted files.