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Maren Morris paid tribute to her late producer Busbee in her emotional CMA acceptance speech.
After winning Album of the Year, Morris, 29, thanked her manager, her parents, producer Greg Kurstin and her husband before addressing Busbee.
Songwriter and producer Busbee died in September. Though a cause of death was not reported, according to Variety, he was diagnosed with Glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, over the summer.
Busbee, 43, worked closely with Morris on her awarding-winning album "GIRL."
"I would be really remiss if I didn't mention a huge facet of why this album sounds the way it does, and we miss him so dearly," Morris said. "He texted me the morning that we got the nomination for Album of the Year this year, and we were so excited — that's our friend, Busbee."
Busbee produced 11 of the songs on "GIRL" and lent his musical talents to the album in the form of percussion, bass guitar and more.
"His wife, Jess, is here tonight and she looks so beautiful," continued Morris. "Thank you for sharing your husband with us once a month. My heart goes out to you and your beautiful daughters. I hope when they listen to this album… I hope they know how amazing their father was. Thank you country music, thank you to the fans, thank you."
Busbee also worked with Morris on her 2016 album "Hero," co-writing and producing the hits "80s Mercedes" and "My Church," for which he was nominated for a Grammy.
In October, Morris and her husband, fellow country singer Ryan Hurd, announced that they are expecting a baby boy.
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NotCompatible Mobile Malware Gets Badder
Nov 21, 2014 3:44 PM PT
A new version of the NotCompatible malware, which first appeared in 2012, is bigger, badder and pretty much indestructible, Lookout Security reported.
And it can compromise corporate networks, thanks to the BYOD trend.
The malware, called "NotCompatible C," focuses on Android devices.
"Given this is an Android Trojan and the app is not trusted by Google, it would need the 'Unknown Sources' special permissions [of the Android OS] to install," Armando Orozco, a senior malware intelligence analyst at Malwarebytes, told LinuxInsider. "So users just have to not install apps from untrusted sources."
What NotCompatible C Is and Does
The NotCompatible Trojan is used to spread spam campaigns on Yahoo, Comcast, AOL and Live; for bulk ticket purchases on Ticketmaster, Livenation, Eventshopper and Craigslist; for brute force attacks against WordPress; and for c99 shell control, where the attacker logs into OS shells and performs various actions.
NotCompatible C has a two-tiered server architecture, Lookout said.
The gateway command and control (C2) server uses load balancing -- it filters and segments infected devices from different IP address regions geographically. Only authenticated clients are allowed to connect to the server.
That provides network efficiency and makes it difficult for behavioral analysis systems and researchers to pick up on traffic.
Once a device has made contact with the operational C2, it downloads a list of other infected devices, or clients.
Clients can connect with each other and share intelligence, forming a peer-to-peer network. If the C2 server to which a device initially connects is taken down, it can find new C2s through its links to its peers.
Further, all communications between the clients and the C2s are encrypted, and NotCompatible C traffic appears as binary data streams, indistinguishable from legitimate encrypted traffic such as SSL, SSH or VPN.
How NotCompatible Spreads
NotCompatible C users rely on social engineering tactics such as spam campaigns and compromised websites harboring drive-by downloads to trick victims into installing the malware.
The operators apparently have made bulk purchases of compromised accounts and websites -- Lookout has observed spam campaigns tied to specific groups of compromised accounts.
Once an infected mobile device is brought into an organization, attackers can use NotCompatible C's proxy feature to scan the network for vulnerable hosts or to exploit vulnerabilities and search for exposed data, Lookout suggested.
It has observed "hundreds" of corporate networks with devices that have encountered the Trojan.
Who's Bad?
"Any P2P C2 infrastructure that also uses encryption is difficult to detect at the network level," Oliver Tavakoli, CTO of Vectra Networks, told LinuxInsider.
The IP addresses being communicated "are unpredictable and cannot reasonably be put on reputation lists because the infected hosts sit behind network address translation (NAT) devices," Tavakoli explained. "And the payload is typically unpredictable due to encryption and makes developing an IPS signature difficult."
However, the malware can be spotted because "the way in which it makes money for its owner -- spam, brute force and so on -- is detectable in the network," Tavakoli said.
Preventing NotCompatible C Infections
There are two ways to prevent NotCompatible C from attacking the enterprise, Patrick Murray, vice president of products at Zimperium, told LinuxInsider.
One is to install a product like Zimperium, which protects against spearphishing and browser-based attacks by looking at the behavior of the device when malware tries to run on it.
Another is to use a URL-filtering solution that detects known C2 devices used by botnets and blacklists them, but "this only works once the attack has compromised the device and begins to phone home," Murray said.
If traffic ran through WiFi or a company's virtual private network, then detection "could be added if the proper appliances were in place," Orozco suggested. Still, corporations should "educate their staff on the risks of installing unwanted apps and clicking or tapping on spam links."


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KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — Residents of Taman Eng Ann in Klang, Selangor need not panic and evacuate amid reports of chemical waste dumping contaminating a section of Sungai Klang in their neighbourhood.
Selangor Mentri Besar Amirudin Shari assured the locals that state agencies have started working to contain the contamination since last night, two hours after he was informed at 6pm of an oily substance at a pond that feeds off Sungai Klang.
"I advise residents around Taman Eng Ann to stay calm and not panic from this incident," he said in a statement.
"This morning, a contractor was appointed to begin the clean-up which is expected to take two days to complete," he added.
Amirudin said he has ordered state agencies, including the Selangor Disaster Unit, water company Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (LUAS), Klang City Council and the state Department of Environment to monitor the river and its surroundings to prevent the contamination from spreading.
Samples of the contaminant have been sent to a laboratory for analysis.
The mentri besar said a police report has been filed on the incident and promised that action will be taken against the polluters.
"Further investigations will be taken to identify the irresponsible people who dumped the chemical waste into this pond," he said.
A similar chemical waste contamination in a river at Pasir Gudang, Johor earlier this week has turned into a health hazard forcing 111 primary and secondary schools as well as 94 nurseries and preschools in the district to close.
Over 2,000 people in the district have been reported to seek medical treatment, even going to facilities in Johor Baru. Nine are reportedly critical.


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Flaws in the government's Health and Social Care Bill could threaten the confidentiality of patient records, doctors' leaders have warned.
The British Medical Association says there are "serious concerns" about clauses in the bill on information sharing in a reshaped NHS.
The BMA says it fails to guarantee patients' identities are kept secret.
But the government says the bill makes no changes to any of the existing legal safeguards on confidentiality.
The BMA, which fears that patients might withhold important information because of confidentiality issues, has written to Minister of State Simon Burns.


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I've been working as an insider in research and academic staff mentoring programmes for a while now, and I've tried to anchor my work in the idea that mentoring is for any and all people who see a benefit to being part of the programme. There are also people for whom mentoring is not the right approach right now: perhaps it's not the right time, maybe they haven't got enough time to dedicate to such an involved form of development, or maybe they need a more specialist conversation (e.g. specific funding expertise, english language support, software training, careers service consultation, disability services, counselling services, HR specialists, occupational health etc). It's my job to facilitate this understanding, and to signpost to alternative/complementary services.
Not signing up to the mentoring programme is therefore ok with me. Similarly I count it as a positive outcome if a potential mentee changes their mind after attending the induction session and decides that mentoring is just not what they thought, or not for them. Properly engaging people in their development is not about coercing them. No-one needs to be guilted into 3-6h critical career evaluation over a 6 month period.
So once we've got the people who want to be there engaged in the programme, it should be straightforward right? Hmmm, not so simple. Some thoughts on in-programme disengagement, learned the hard way through supporting mentees and supervising mentor practice. This is the unseen expertise involved in delivering mentoring programmes:
(1) My bad. I, as programme manager, matched the wrong two people together. Sometimes it happens. All I have to work with is what's been declared on the mentoring matching form. To help your participants:
(i) Treat your matching form as a guided reflection for your participants, rather than designing one that's 'easy to administrate'. Create a document that helps participants sort their thoughts, articulate their career aspirations, and prepare their mentoring objectives.
(ii) Don't chance it. First dibs on a match next time, is better than wasting time now with an inappropriate mentor.
(iii) Check your own assumptions. It's good to have a matching buddy to add perspective. Just because I personally thrive on challenge and stretch, it doesn't mean that that's what all the mentees need.
(iv) Manage wish lists. A mentee with a long list of criteria for their ideal mentor is never going to be matched satisfactorily. Get back to the mentee and help them prioritise what matters most.
(2) Radio silence. A mentee applies, is matched, receives the welcome pack, and… never makes contact with the mentor. To help your participants:
(i) Make it clear from the outset whose responsibility it is to make first contact. If you ask me it should always be the mentee's responsibility, it's their development after all.
(ii) Help them know what to say, "…now please get in touch with your mentor, who is waiting to help you. No need to explain too much, a simple 'hello, I'm your mentee, when are you free?' will do."
(iii) Make sure mentees understand that they don't need to impress their mentor and aren't waiting until after, for example, their research paper is submitted (or other meaningful career landmark).
(iv) Send emails e.g. at the 4 week point, reminding mentees they should have met by now. Time flies!
(v) Understand that meeting a mentor may for some people represent a very uncomfortable facing up to the reality of a situation, or a change or transition that brings an emotional reaction. For others it may be the first time they've talked about themselves with a colleague. Help mentees understand that managing that transition with a supportive person, is better than avoiding the issue.
(3) No Return. After one meeting the mentee never requests another. There's a simple answer to most 1-meeting wonders: the mentee got what they needed and moved forward. Don't worry about this it's a positive outcome! For others it may be more cryptic. To help your participants:
(i) Check in. Ask them if they got what they needed, help them optimise it if not by giving the mentor some guidance on what they want to work on next time.
(ii) Rematch them if it's an unworkable partnership, and help them manage the closedown of the old partnership. i.e. they email the mentor and copy you in "Dear mentor, just to say thank you for the meeting, X and Y was helpful to me, Z not so much, and I've got what I wanted and I'm moving on now, bye." By cc'ing you, they leave the door open for you to follow up with the mentor: "Dear mentor, I see this has ended, is there anything I can help you with?" Managed endings are important, especially if you want to retain your mentors!
(iii) Check their to do lists! Very commonly a mentee comes out of meeting one with a to do list that represents a 5-10 year career development plan. Remind them that they don't have to achieve all the actions before meeting again. In fact if they haven't been able to achieve any, it's the ideal time to check in and reevaluate/reinvigorate.
(4) Silent treatment. A mentee physically attends meetings but doesn't seem to be present. Maybe they don't know what they want to talk about, or perhaps there's long silences, or the mentee says "I don't know" a lot. Perhaps they keep changing the subject away from the difficult issue. Maybe you get feedback that they ran out of things to say to each other. To help your participants:
(i) Remind your mentors that silence is fine, it represents that the mentee is thinking. Allowing silence is a mentoring asset.
(ii) Mentoring-style conversations where one can be open and honest can represent a style some people aren't used to – as trust builds so will the depth of the conversation.
(iii) Remind your mentees what they can do to prepare for mentoring, offer self-analysis tools they can use. Share these with mentors to help them get a mentee thinking reflectively (e.g. values-base exercises, stress drivers questionnaires etc etc etc).
(iv) Get mentors to check their power-privilege. If I ask my mentee what they think the best way to do [the thing I'm an expert in] is, I'm setting up the assumption there's a right answer, and that I know it and would like them to guess it. Hence getting an embarrassed "I don't know". This is person-centred development, not Family Fortunes.
(v) The phrase "it looks like topic X is off limits for you, is that right?" can be useful in checking/acknowledging you've noticed deflection. Follow up with "So what would it be useful to focus on instead?"
Interested in attending or commissioning some short mentor skills development workshops that build practice in some of these areas? See here.
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Bring Out the Lawyers… Pansies
Yet another sports controversy, this time in California high school football; a high school football team is under fire for running the dreaded A-11 offense. Players wearing jerseys with numbers typical of running backs and wide receivers are eligible to receive a forward pass, and Piedmont High School became one of the few in the nation to begin putting most of their players in those threads. All players on the field with the exception of the quarterback would be eligible to run downfield in hopes of catching history, just as in sand lot rules. Now, the California High School Association wants this nonsense stopped, as they have petitioned that it be barred from competitive competition. DI asks the question, where has all of the competitive spirit gone?
What does this teach our youth? In the case of Jericho the Great, his fastball was just too dangerous to allow others to face him (yet he had total control of his pitches, and up to that point never hurt an opposing player), so they banned him from the taking the mound. Now, California high school defenses are having a tough time defending this offensive monster scheme, so its time to ban it. It may be just a slice of America, little league baseball and high school football, but the defense of a tough competitor is becoming more and more the same. The best defense in America is just to find a way to stop the competition, no matter what has to be done. Legal systems aside, this is one of the biggest problems America faces today, the lack of competitive nature.
This is what we are teaching our children, that when your back is against the wall, its time to bring in the legal system. Stop the offense, and you have won the game. Problem is America; this is not typical in society, so when our youth get to that certain working age and land that dream job of working in a steel factory, the pressure is on them to produce.
They work it out for a few months, but begin to fall behind to the Paleolithic man next to them that works like a mule, never takes breaks, and swallows his spit to curb his hunger until the final whistle blows calling it a day. The boss comes around more frequently now, checking on the limited production that our youth is giving the company. Meanwhile, mule man over in the corner is now not only producing more, but balancing accounting sheets after school because he has no home life. Our youth have the answer; they will confront the boss and ask that an injunction be placed on mule man limiting his daily production so that no one looks bad. They have been taught this from an early age, that when the going gets tough, its time to bring in the legal system. The issues are that in real life, things are not that easy. The old adage of "when the going gets tough, the tough get going" is not what we are teaching the youngsters of today. Unfortunately real life brings different results, and mule man is now bringing home a little extra money because he can do his job as well as our now unemployed youth. I know that this must sound like I have just lost my mind, but trust me; it's been lost for sometime now.
This is our fault, as America has lost her teaching ability. We teach our youth to find the easy way out, to take the road most traveled. We have done this to ourselves, as we have not instilled what is needed in the ones that will soon be our nation; pride, intestinal fortitude, strength, longevity, persistence, and fear. Working through problems, working to figure out how to defend that pesky offense, or how to figure out that tough tax problem for the company that pays our bills, that is what needs to be taught. The art of never giving up, never giving in, no matter what the odds, is exactly what our youth needs. Whether its cancer or a baseball game, learn to win with guts and determination, just as many before us have. Because without those characteristics in man, without the teachers that forced those qualities down the throats of so many, we would have never been able to enjoy a speech from Martin Luther King Jr., or had the privilege of watching Jim Thorpe and Jessie Owens run, or been able to enjoy movies such as Rudy and Rocky. Robert Frost said it best when he penned "I took the one (road) less traveled by". What he meant, if only in my mind, was that tough times demand tough people, and that we should never give up when we are faced with obstacles. We should gut it out and find a way to win, whether it's underneath the Friday night lights, or if its in a board room in San Francisco, or if its in a hospital in New Orleans. Never give up, never give in; it's in all of us.
The Blue Brothers
I ran across another article in regards to a Mary Jane
controversy rocking the Sumo world, this time involving a
soil born Japanese wrestler.
Desperately wanting to come up with yet another hilarious article, my mind
wandered for a few until it hit me, what the hell is Sumo wrestling actually?
I know, a bunch of big men rubbing
in a ring of fire,
but there had to be much more to it, so I began researching.
I immediately ran across the Dolgorsurengiin clan, a group of three
brothers kickin' ass and taking names across the entire
Eastern Asian region.
From the Blue Wolf to the Blue Dragon, DI will take you on a short journey
into the lives of the real life Blues Brothers.
Dolgorsurengiin Sumiyaabazar, Dolgorsurengiin Serjbudee, and Dolgorsurengiin
Dagvadorj, all Mongolian born and bread, have separately made the family
name a common household word, yet hard as hell to pronounce unless you
are of course Mongolian.
the oldest of the Dolgorsurengiin clan, is a high ranking skilled
Mongolian wrestler, proving his worth in the ring of death on several occasions.
Aptly named Blue Steel for this article alone (his other two brothers
use Blue in their nicknames, yet this man is bad enough to
walk around without one), Sum took the Mongolian
wrestling circuit by storm in 2006, snagging the title of Grand Champion from
a field of 1,024 wrestlers.
He had previously finished that tournament in second place four other
times, showing that he can handle himself with the likes of any other.
Mongolian wrestling matches, unlike Sumo, take place in an open field, and
puts sheer strength
to the test, as wrestlers must make their opponents upper body or
elbow come in contact with the ground.
Also, fortunately for my stomach, they do not use G-Strings, as they have
conformed to the much more conservative Speedo look.
Thumbing through pics of the sport, Mongolian wrestlers also differ from
their Japanese counterparts because they look like
Arnold Schwarzenegger on steroids (again).
the middle of the road brother, left the life of Mongolian wrestling to make
his professional wrestling debut in Japan in 2001, making him the first from
the Mongolian wrestling circuit to join New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Using the ring name Blue Wolf, Serj proved very early that he was a force
to be reckoned with.
With signature moves such as the Mongol Hammer & Mongol Slam, making even
Bill Goldberg wet his drawers.
Serj also dabbled in the world of Mixed Martial Arts,
making minced meat of Tom Howard in his May 2004 debut.
He has since slipped back into a quiet life, possibly in his home country of Mongolia.
the baby of the bunch and by far most successful, sports the competitive
name of Asashoryu in the Japanese Sumo wrestling world.
Haling from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, he is already arguably the greatest
Yokozuna ever, a title reserved for the best of the
best that the sport has to offer.
Only 68 other Sumo wrestlers have had the privilege of putting that title
anywhere around their name legally.
He became the first Mongolian to bestow the term Yokozuna in 2003.
At only 28 years of age, his accomplishments are phenomenal to say the least.
Asashoryu brings with him a 598-153-76 career record, 23 grand tournament
victories (five flawless tournament victories with a 15-0 record, two of
them consecutively) putting him on the all time wins list at fourth,
seven consecutive tournament wins, an impressive 84-6 bout record in one fiscal
year (man, if only our mortgage industry could do that), and the Tiger Woods
of Sumo accomplishment of the Grand Slam,
taking by force all six tournaments in one calendar year in 2005.
Tournament record of 15-3 (11-1 during the '04 & '05 campaigns) over the
course of a three year period from 2004-2006, bowing out of one of them due
to an injury, and since November of 2002, has an impressive record of 23-15 in
the grand tournaments, with two of the losses coming from a suspension,
and two others due to injuries.
Asashoryu, nicknamed the Blue Dragon, garnished outstanding performances
in the grand tournament three times along with three additional
fighting spirit sticks.
He won his first top division title in just 23 tournaments, matching the
fastest ever to win that title.
He began his career at a very light weight when it comes to the professional
world of men's thongs, making his career accomplishments even more impressive.
A family tradition that would even make Ghengis Khan
proud to be a Mongolian, these are the real life Blues Brothers that are the
Dolgorsurengiin clan.
So, get out and learn something new for yourself, there is so much
interesting dumb information in the world.
Turn off the T.V. and pick up a book,
or surf the internet using the unbelievable world of Wikipedia or
Dumb Information,
you just may be pleasantly surprised.


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Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Kevin Goes To Burberry #05
A little 'Orange' Distraction, Pet Packaging (OMG!) And My Lost Oyster Card...
Having just arrived at London...of course the best way to beat jetlag and tiresome UK immigration woes...is to shop!
A little 'ORANGE' colour never cease to bring on some sunshine smiles...Yay..my first official Hermès!
Selfdridges dressing room exposé, part deux as continued from last year...
Harrods sells pets and has a packaging specially for them...oh my...those poor animals! Is this good or bad? Livinf creatures treated like a lifeless commodity?
And lastly, what the heck came on to me that I lost my just acquired 'Oyster Card'?!?!?! I seriously have no idea how I lost it:-P Anyone in London reading this and found the card...give a shout out to me here! :-P
Posted by Kevin @ myMANybags at 9/22/2009
4 comments:
- oh fudge said...
you won't get your oyster card back. lol
- 22 September 2009 at 23:03
- Nico said...
How'd u lose it?
- 23 September 2009 at 10:05
i can't wait to see all your loot!
- 23 September 2009 at 23:45
- SE@N said...
your first Hermes ??? Hard to believe since you've got every brand already...
- 24 September 2009 at 06:57
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PENOSIL Premium SaunaProtect
- Absorbs well, has a faint smell.
- Can be tinted with water-based tinting pastes.
- Also suitable for applying on wood fibreboards and concrete.
Field of application
- Suitable for covering the wooden walls and ceilings of steam and dressing rooms in sauna and washing rooms, also fibreboards and concrete.
0,9L; 2,7L ja 9,0L containers.


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Google AdWords is one of the most crucial tools for small business owners to optimize their digital marketing. However, many entrepreneurs jump into using it without a full understanding of what they're doing.
Google AdWords, when used strategically and correctly, can be an outstanding tool in your arsenal to help draw more attention to your website and generate new sales. Best of all, it's a rather inexpensive digital marketing option, and you can get it set up quickly and easily.
Over the next several weeks, we're going to highlight some of the most common Google AdWords mistakes (a couple per week) and how you can avoid them. Today, we focus on using the right keyword groups and matches. In addition, a great article for you to read in conjunction with this one is "Long Tail Keywords: From what to why".
The mistake: not properly grouping keywords
One of the key functions in AdWords is the ability to create ad groups by campaign, so you can manage different types of digital marketing campaigns all at once. For example, a campaign geared toward a specific product would likely have different keywords than a campaign geared toward long-running content. You are allowed to break down ads and keywords into specific groups within each of the campaigns you've created.
You'd be amazed at how many entrepreneurs do not use these ad groups at all. It's an easy tool that helps you keep your campaigns organized, yet so many business owners either do not realize it's there, or do not realize its benefits. Instead of putting their ads into groups based on keywords, they'll instead just put all of their keywords into the same group and display the same ad to everyone.
The problem here is that the ad being shown may not actually match the keywords the users have put into their search. The ad copy displayed should always closely match the keywords being implemented, because that will make people more likely to want to click on the ad.
So if, for example, you have a home renovation company that offers bathroom remodeling, kitchen remodeling, home additions and landscaping, you want to have keywords for each of these service areas separated into different ad groups. Otherwise, people who search for your company using a landscaping keyword you've targeted could see an ad for bathroom remodeling services. While your company is still perhaps getting visibility out of the search, you're certainly not going to be getting a click from that user, as the ad does not at all match up with what they're looking for.
As a general rule of thumb, you should try to limit your ad groups to a maximum of 20 keywords each, with fewer than that being preferable. The more focused each of your ad groups are, the more effective your advertising will ultimately be.
The mistake: using incorrect keyword matches
Through AdWords, you can add keywords to your campaign through broad match, exact match or phrase match methods.
A broad match keyword will display your ads if the keywords are displayed anywhere in the copy, even if they are out of order. So if your broad match keyword was "Kentucky bathroom remodeling," your ad would still be displayed even if the person searched for "remodeling my bathroom in Kentucky." As long as the keywords are present in some form, your ad will be displayed.
Phrase match keywords are more specific, and require the phrase to show up exactly as it is. Using the same example, a person would have to use the exact phrase "Kentucky bathroom remodeling" to get your keyword to show up. This means the previous example of "remodeling my bathroom in Kentucky" would not be displayed.
Finally, exact match keywords are the most specific yet. The term in the search must exactly match your AdWords keyword. If your keyword is "Kentucky bathroom remodeling," your search will not even show up if someone searches "Kentucky bathroom remodeling at an affordable price." While this might seem a little too specific, it can be useful in certain situations if you are looking for ultra-precise keyword targeting.
The type of keyword matching you use will have a big impact on the success of your ads. A broad match can be useful in some situations, and will get you more impressions, but it's not going to be as effective. Meanwhile, if your company is in an industry in which you are going to have a lot of people searching for your type of product or service, broad match keywords may "flood your system" a bit, which means you may need to implement exact or phrase match keywords to make your results a bit more precise.
Generally it's better to err on the side of precision, and move to broad keywords if you aren't getting enough traffic coming through. It can take a little bit of trial and error to determine exactly what types of keyword matching is the best for your campaign, so you should feel free to be flexible.
Contact us at Viral Solutions for more information about the best practices of using Google AdWords. We'll be back next week with more tips.
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by Jordan Thomas | Chief of Doubling your Small Business
We help overwhelmed small business owners duplicate themselves – so business can be fun again.
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In the contracting industry, you use the latest tools to make your efforts the most effective. It's all about taking advantage of the best technology. Why should marketing your company be any different? The basic principles of marketing may remain constant but the platforms we use change over time, and sometimes rapidly. It wasn't all that many years ago, that Internet advertising seemed like a wild new frontier. Many folks in our industry questioned this weird, far out "World wide web," saying that they would stick with the old tried and true methods like newspaper advertising in the Yellow Pages. Nowadays, what contractor working today doesn't have a website, and how many established contracting businesses only spend their advertising budget online?
We're in the same kind of evolutionary period right now with another cutting-edge technology- texting. That's right, the same text messaging you use to send notes to friends and family from your phone can be used to significantly improve your contracting business!
The first thing you need to know about text messaging (technically known as SMS) communication is that you need to make sure that those receiving your messages have subscribed to your marketing list. They need to have "opted in". Don't just blast text messages to any and everybody because besides being highly frowned upon, there are actually laws against this.
To start building your text message marketing list, include a brief opt-in code, or "Text 'Start' to this number" on all your existing marketing and customer communications- flyers, print ads, business cards, invoices, receipts, coupons, in-house signage, vehicle signage, website, emails, social media, etc. Continue reading "How to Use Texting to Grow Your Contracting Business"


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Tuesday 24th November 2015 - 11:00 to 12:30
INI Seminar Room 2
The talk is devoted to two different approaches to model and simulate processes occurring during cell migration. Firstly, a discrete computational model in 3D is presented to simulate the formation of cell-matrix adhesions on a single 3D matrix fibre. This model allows to analyse the importance of the alignment between the matrix fibre and the cell protrusion on the size of the focal adhesions. Secondly, a 1D multi-physics model of fluid-structure interaction to simulate the behaviour of a cell confined in a complex microfluidics device is introduced. Cells are modelled as a poroelastic material following recent experimental evidences whereas the fluid is modelled by using the Poiseuille equation, considering it as a laminar incompressible Newtonian fluid.


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Turn heads with this self-balancing scooter that boasts some serious wheels — Future Blink
Who needs a car to turn heads?
Who needs a car to turn heads?
This water vehicle is all-electric.
Let's hope this one is an 'Autobot.'
Finally a way to get the cat off your furniture.
Those poor, unfortunate tourists.
Dogs enjoying the snow make us very, very happy.


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All women parliamentarians have staged a massive walk out from parliament in solidarity with Wajir Women Rep Fatuma Gedi as the Treasury CS Henry Rotich was giving country's budget speech.Ms Gedi was assaulted at the parliament's parking lot by Wajir East MP Rashid Kassim.
Gedi was left with a bloody mouth after the morning incident in Parliament precincts in a reportedly unprovoked attack by Kassim.Witnesses said Kassim accused Gedi – who sits in the Budget Committee – of failing to allocate money for his constituency.
A brief argument ensued resulting in Kassim punching Gedi, according to sources who spoke to Ms. Gedi at Parliament Police Station where she recorded the statement.Ms Gedi accused him of leaving his constituency out of the budgetary allocation.
"I was just walking with my colleague Ms Wanga when he accosted me and started calling me stupid and within minutes he punched me on the cheek," Ms Gedi said.
According to a Senator who witnessed the assault, Ms. Gedi explained that during a recent Budget Committee visit to Wajir County, there was public participation.She noted that priorities were factored in to determine how funds would be allocated.
"I told him that Wajir county was only allocated Ksh.100million and we had to allocate money to only areas of priority to the region like water and roads but he told me that is nonsense," Ms Gedi added.


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"Advicer, she is somebody's wife and she is a lady too. We didn't say it was her hand or leg that was cut. She got cut on the part that can not mentioned in public or shown to the public. She was sitting so it was at her back area down to her buttocks and if she were your wife I don't think you will be happy to show that part of her body to the public." Sammyflex, as Sammy Baah is popularly known, recounted on Happy FM.
On whether nobody at the event noticed what happened, Sammyflex said " it was in the tent so it was only Stonebwoy's team and the Zylofon girls who were serving them and the security who were around. Nobody else was there and nobody will get pictures and I don't know why people will expect Stonebwoy to take such pictures of his precious wife just because they need evidence."
However he indicated that her condition was under control and she had been to the hospital and is recuperating.
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Kays Creek Irrigation Board Meeting
Layton City Building (Engineering Board Room)
Agenda Items:
Bart Hyde is now on Davis-Weber Water, which is more expensive than Kays Creek. Kays Creek has agreed to pay the difference between his one share and cost of Davis and Weber water. We will bill him $35 which will cover the cost difference.
Bubblers will be installed at Andy Adams this month. Wade Green and Robert Sanchez will build a shed with a concrete floor to house the compressors. The bubblers will be 5 feet off the bottom of the pond. The grant we received will cover the cost of the bubblers. We will need to bore an electrical conduit in order to get enough power for the compressors. The bore will be a few homes away from the reservoir. The Davis Country Sheriff's Rescue Dive team will help us set the stands for free and the Fish and Game will bring their large boat to help us set the bubblers for free.
Gary Crane: An agreement has been drafted between KCIC and Layton City patterned after the City's agreement with Weber Basin, but with specific changes. While water is a valuable commodity, the real value is in the capture and delivery systems.
• Layton would be responsible for the entire pressurized system that is not Ag use. Kays Creek would take care of any open ditch and all pressurized Ag.
• Kays Creek would maintain the dams.
• Water control rights remain with Kays Creek.
• Layton City would be responsible for enforcement, billing, repairs (no cap), Capital Improvements ($6 million for improvements over 10 years needed), Blue Staking, Engineering and Construction reviews, GIS, meters (State of Utah is moving toward requiring meters), and insurance.
Problems: In the proposed agreement, Kays Creek Irrigation is the beneficiary while Layton City has more to lose. With a private board in place, how does the City ensure source and ensure a close relationship with the board that recognizes the need for aligning interests? When it comes to the pressurized irrigation system, the City needs to have a stronger voice to ensure continued water delivery. The rights of the water owners need to be honored as well. There needs to be a good balance.
Clark: The fear of shareholders is losing control and losing their voice. They need to know that their rights are protected.
Stephen: We want to be able to run the secondary water system to the standard of quality that the City expects. Layton City runs a professional system, one of the best in the state, and wants that to be the standard across all their utilities. That requires funding. No one likes to hear of prices going up, but what people may not be taking into account is the deferred cost of maintaining the system. That would only become apparent if there was a disaster or a break that would stop the delivery of water.
Jon: Davis Weber water rates went from $70 to $250 because of a canal breach.
Gary: The point of raising rates is not to make money that would be funneled into the City's General Fund, it is to maintain the lines and the delivery system. The costs need to be tied to what it costs to run the system and to maintain it.
Scott: The cost of the water we buy from Weber Basin is going up every year to pay for their Capital Improvements. In 2017, Kays Creek Irrigation paid $42,153.95. 2018 will be $45,165.35; 2019 will be $52,547.50, 2020 will be $61,698.75, 2021 will be $72,173.75, and the water rates for 2022 will be $85,238.75.
Scott: Part of maintaining the system is having good people in place who know the lines and the locations of the valves. We can't keep good people if we don't pay them enough to take care of their families, especially as daily living costs are increasing. I can't train new people every summer, I need people I can rely on.
Jon: Motion for a pay increase of $5/hour for Wade Green, Robert Sanchez, and Joanna Stowell. Scott Green will not get a raise.
Seconded by Steve Jackson and Clark Hirschi
Steve: Motion to raise rates to 33% increase for 2018. $200 for residential customers $40 for additional thirds, $200 for ag users for the first share, $53 for each additional third.
Seconded by Jon Green and Clark Hirschi
Motion to adjourn: Steve Jackson.
Seconded by Jon Green.
Meeting adjourned at 5:13pm


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I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the wintering Short-eared Owls back to Suffolk, there were several of them turned up locally, Shingle Street and Gedgrave.
But I fear that the will not stay for long as there is a shortage of voles.
My first sighting this Autumn was at East Lane
on 22nd of October
(I have a feeling this one has been in the area all summer)
( as I spotted him in the same place in July)
Then Veronica and I gave Shingle Street a look and we were very lucky to spot one and it landed on the salting so we managed to get a quick photo
I went back the next day waited for 2 hours with no luck, but was just about to get into my car as the light was fading and the sun was setting, when one appeared I managed to get some distant photos with the setting sun.
Went back with Veronica the next day but no joy, but got this photo of Veronica with the setting sun behind her
On the way home over Upper Hollesley Common snapped this scene
Then Veronica and I decided to give Gedgrave a check for the Short-eared Owls, were we lucky found one which was very elusive it hid up behind some reeds Veronica went one side and me the other side, unfortunately for Veronica it was my side
where is it ??
Another visit was more productive found three hunting at Gedgrave, the only was it was very misty
This fella came of worst when three of them had a battle, he damaged to his left eye.
Next day went back and one showed very briefly but this time some sun
That was on 3rd Nov and I have had distant views since but only once in several visits to Gedgrave and sadly this week Veronica found one dead at Orford, so lets keep our fingers crossed and hope when this wind stops blowing they will show again.


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An unfortunate factor in these times is that unlawful acts of discrimination and offensive behaviours will occur.
It is our role to ensure that people are informed of their rights and responsibilities under Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination laws. It is also important that people can seek a resolution in a timely and efficient manner.
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Equal Opportunity Tasmania has recently prepared a fact sheet on COVID-19 and discrimination law. The fact sheet provides information about your rights during the pandemic.
June 2020 - COVID-19 and discrimination law fact sheet (PDF, 247.0 KB)
Tasmania's Elder Abuse Prevention Strategy 2019-2022
The Tasmanian Government has recently released the Respect and Protect Older Tasmanians: Tasmania's Elder Abuse Prevention Strategy 2019-2022. The strategy aims to ensure that the Tasmanian community understands and recognises elder abuse and, as a community, is committed to responding to and preventing the abuse of older Tasmanians.
Respect and Protect Older Tasmanians: Tasmania's Elder Abuse Prevention Strategy 2019-2022
NAIDOC Week - July 2019
NAIDOC week is celebrated across Australian states during the month of July celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
NAIDOC week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Find out more on the NAIDOC Week website.
The Link Youth Health Service Outreach Program
Equal Opportunity Tasmania has partnered with The Link Youth Health Service (The Link) to help young people aged 12 to 25 identify and deal with discrimination experienced in Tasmania. Staff from Equal Opportunity Tasmania visit The Link to provide information about individuals rights and responsibilities under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas).
The outreach sessions are currently suspended.
Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania Outreach Program
Equal Opportunity Tasmania has partnered with the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania (MRC Tas) to help their clients deal with discrimination and racism experienced in Tasmania. Staff from Equal Opportunity Tasmania visit MRC Tas to give their clients information about their rights and responsibilities under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas).
The outreach sessions are currently suspended.
Educational adjustments - Stakeholder forums
The Department of Education have announced recently that from 2020 there will be a new approach to assisting students with disability to access, participate and engage in learning. Educational Adjustments seeks to better align school supports and educational adjustments to the needs of students.
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For more information, contact Inclusion and Diversity Services, Department of Education email@example.com or you can Register to attend a Parent and family forum in your local area.
The forums will be held across the state and via an online forum in Term 2 and will run for one hour.
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Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
The Australian Government announced the start of a public consultations on the draft terms of reference for a Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
It will focus on what governments, institutions and the community should do to prevent, and respond to, violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability.
A Royal Commission may cover all forms of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability, in all settings. However, the exact scope of a Royal Commission will be determined by its Terms of Reference.
Have your say on what you think should be included in the Terms of Reference for this Royal Commission. For more information on how to do this, go to the Australian Government, Department of Social Services website.
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was established on 8 October 2018 by the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd).
Public submissions are now open for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The Commission issued a call for public submissions in December and will accept submissions until at least the middle of 2019. A date for the closing of submission will be announced in the second half this year.
Submissions can be made, by the following ways:
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20th Anniversary of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998
2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 20th anniversary of the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act 1998. On 11 December 2018, as part of Human Rights Week, Equal Opportunity Tasmania and invited guests celebrated these milestones and thanked those helping to drive such important legislation. Terese Henning (Associate Professor in Law at UTas and the Director of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute) delivered the keynote speech.
December 2018 - Keynote speech delivered by Terese Henning (PDF, 627.2 KB)
Let's make Tasmania the kind state
The Kindness Rally, held as part of Human Rights Week on Friday 7 December was a heartening, inspiring and encouraging event with so many Tasmanian's turning out to support making Tasmania the kind state.
The event celebrated and recognised those who contribute daily to making Tasmania a kinder place to live, by working to combat homelessness, gender-based violence, elder abuse and neglect, child abuse and neglect, illiteracy, modern-day slavery, exploitation, discrimination, harassment and offshore detention.
Many making a pledge on the day to continue our journey towards making Tasmania the kind state and spreading the message of kindness to everyone.
2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 30th anniversary of the Tasmanian Human Rights Week Organising Committee and the 20th anniversary of the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act 1998.
National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
On 20 June 2018, Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, announced a National Inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces.
The Commission wants to hear from as many people as they can in conducting the National Inquiry. To facilitate this, the National Inquiry will involve a submission process, as well as public consultations held in all Australian capital cities and a number of regional cities later in 2018.
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The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month. Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." ...
"If you happen to come upon a bird's nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young; you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. Bible Scripture Gifts
2 Chronicles 2:14 ESV The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and to do all sorts of engraving and execute any design that may be assigned him, with your craftsmen, the craftsmen of my lord, David your father.
It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces, a man's face toward the palm tree on one side and a young lion's face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were carved on all the house all around. From the ground to above the entrance cherubim and palm trees were carved, as well as on the wall of the nave. The doorposts of the nave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. The altar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood And he said to me, "This is the table that is before the LORD." The nave and the sanctuary each had a double door. Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. Also there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside. There were latticed windows and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the porch; thus were the side chambers of the house and the thresholds. Scripture Verse Gifts
I've been working on expanding my printables library and I've added some scripture and hymn wall art! These Bible verses (and one hymn) to print are simple and are available in download for an 8×10 or 5×7 frame. My original intent was that they be Bible verse decor for walls, but as I developed them I couldn't help thinking that they would also look great on a desk or on top of a mantel – so download and use them wherever you think best! Scripture Verse Art
Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great. Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers' houses. And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness, was there. (But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.) Moreover, the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly sought it out. ... Scripture Verse Gifts
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you: Christian Canvas Art
He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold. There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive woodread more.
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Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Christian Canvas Art
For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive woodread more. Scripture Verse Art


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Once again, for my next NaNoDrawMo sketch, I've returned to Michigan. This is based from my own photo of an old style movie theater. It is in Lapeer, Michigan. It's a small town that is the county seat in the area in which I grew up. I saw Gone with the Wind here when it was re-released to theaters (probably the 1967 one).
Stillman & Birn Zeta (6×8 spiral)
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In the direct vicinity of the Nitrophoska fertilizer grains, a dense network of roots develops, which can absorb all nutrients in balanced quantities. The young plants are optimally supplied and their root growth stimulated. The simultaneous availability of all nutrients has a positive effect on plant development and supports the nitrogen effect. This explains the enormously positive yield effect of using Nitrophoska fertilizers.
The nutrients in Nitrophoska
Nitrogen is present 30% to 50% as nitrate nitrogen and approx. 50% to 70% as ammonium nitrogen, and the case is similar with calcium ammonium nitrate. That is why Nitrophoska works quickly and persistently. Ammonia volatilisation losses, which occur, for example, in the case of urea, are largely prevented.
Phosphate is completely plant available and present 60% to 80% in water-soluble form. This part ensures that young plants have a head-start when it comes to spring growth. The remainder of the phosphate is soluble in ammonium citrate and is available during later growth periods.
Potash is present in a water-soluble chloride and / or sulphate form that is available to plants. The potash supply ensured by applying nitrogen and phosphate in early spring improves the N-saturation.
Magnesium is present 80% in water-soluble form. This ensures that the plant's current needs are met and, if the soil is well supplied with magnesium, makes a contribution to maintenance application.
Sulphur is present in a moderately soluble sulphate form that is therefore quickly available to the plant. The current sulphur requirement is covered and N-saturation is improved.


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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday said its Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed some vehicles and neutralized some Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) at a suspected vehicle workshop in Sambisa Forest, Borno State.
The spokesman of the NAF, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said the operation was conducted on 24 April 2019, after a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform on a routine mission observed significant activities as well as some serviceable vehicles.
Accordingly, the ATF scrambled an Alpha Jet to attack the location.
"Overhead the target area, some of the BHT fighters were seen attempting to flee the location but were taken out by the Alpha Jet's successful strikes, which also caused the destruction of two vehicles and other equipment at the workshop," he said.
The spokesman said the NAF, operating in concert with surface forces would sustain its operations to completely degrade the terrorists in the North-East.
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If I am in a PeopleCode action of an Application Engine (say MAIN.Step01.OnExecute), is there some system variable or means to find out that I am in fact in MAIN.Step01?
I was trying to come up with a generic error handler that would be able to determine the current "context".
I was thinking of something like the %ContentID system variable, but that doesn't work.
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How Technology can help You Motivate Your Employees
As a leader it is very important for you to constantly motivate your employees to work better. And, it isn't an easy job to come up with new, creative strategies all the time. Some things do work – like free lunches, unlimited paid leaves, or exciting company parties. But, to make sure your employees are forever engaged in the workplace, during the work hours, you need to come up with something less conventional. As the technological world is taking a toll, why don't you introduce some technology in the workplace to keep your employees motivated? Here are some ways you could make use of technology in order to create a motivated environment in your workplace:
(1) Introduce cloud-based sharing tools – Dropbox and Google Drive. Now, such tools help release your employees from stressful, irritating tasks of searching for files from a common shared drive, which is usually very much disorganized. It also makes it easier for your employees to share and upload files, with their respective teams, keeping a track on who is working on which project. It improves collaboration amongst workers. In fact, these cloud tools can also be accessed on mobiles, making their work easier.
(2) We all want to have a proper track of the performances of all our employees, but it is easier said than done. Here comes the talent management software that will help you get a proper view of your employees' performances. It gives managers a wider perceptive of how work is being done in the company. When the employer is able to see more, he/she will be able to do more for the team. It will allow you to understand individual competence, and strategize plans for individuality development. Viewing and reviewing performances becomes so much easier.
(3) Even though every company is equipped with a performance review, that comes out every 4 months or 6 months or in some cases every 12 months. But, feedback is something that should be on-going. So, instead of waiting for the HR department to handover the performance evaluation sheets to you, you could automate the entire process, such that employees receive real time feedbacks for their work.
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Here I just wanted to show you how Chrysoexorista spp. loose their colour almost over night. This first photos show how the Chrysoexorista looked a few hours after it had been removed from the malaise trap alcohol and the last 3 show how it looks now:
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Hi Chris,
This is interresting. If you rehydrate this specimen, how are its colours? Are they restored as metalic green?


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The dockside in Caledon Cay was abuzz with chatter and speculation as a crowd gathered for the better part of the day, pushing and shoving to get a good view of the mystery. Scientists, citizens, gawkers and fanatics all stared and whispered and wondered..and barraged the locals with questions.
All of the old salts who normally lounged about the Cay begging the odd Linden and harassing schoolgirls were drinking up the attention like warm gin and wormwood. They were agreed it was just about the biggest thing to happen in those parts in quite some time, and were saying so at great length to anyone with the price of a drink. Old Josiah Drywall contended for a bit that it wasn't as big as the time Countess Primbroke got her skirt caught in a carriage door as it drove off, or the time Lester Bryce-Farthing swallowed a dolphin….but even he admitted it was close.
None of them could ever remember when a volcano had suddenly emerged from the sea off the Cay, let alone a giant, smoke-wreathed erupting volcano.


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University of Cincinnati Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Kristi A. Nelson has named Verna L. Williams dean of the College of Law. Williams, who has been serving as interim dean and Nippert Professor of Law since May of 2017, will begin April 1, pending approval by the UC Board of Trustees.
Williams will be the first African American to lead UC's historic College of Law. The college, established in 1833, is the fourth oldest continuously operating law school in the country.
"I am confident Verna's strong leadership and progressive vision for the college coupled with her legal practice in both the public and private sectors will continue to propel the College of Law forward as we create our Next-minded future," says Nelson.
The university is implementing a new strategic direction - Next Lives Here - to propel the university through the next 10 years and lead urban public universities into a new era of innovation and impact.
"I'm thrilled and honored to be asked to continue the College of Law's positive trajectory," says Williams. "I look forward to working with the university and our regional community to teach and graduate future legal innovators."
Williams joined the university as an assistant professor in 2001. She was named professor in 2006 and served as Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law from 2013-2017. Williams co-founded and co-directed UC's Center for Race, Gender and Social Justice and co-directed the university's joint-degree program in Law and Women's Studies. Her teaching is focused in the areas of family law, gender discrimination, and constitutional law. In 2004 and 2011, she received the Goldman Prize for Teaching Excellence.
Prior to joining the UC faculty, Williams practiced law at the Department of Justice and served as vice president and director of educational opportunities at the National Women's Law Center, where she focused on issues of gender equity in education. In that role, Williams served as lead counsel and successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States. She has also served as a consultant for the Ford Foundation.
Williams' research examines the intersection of race, gender, and class in education law and policy. She has presented papers at numerous conferences, including meetings of the American Association of Law Schools, the Association of Law, Culture and the Humanities, and the Latina/o Critical Race Theory Conference. Williams earned her undergraduate degree in Spanish from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and J.D. from Harvard Law School.
As the fourth oldest continuously operating law school in the country and a top 35 public law school as ranked by US News & World Report, UC's College of Law has a rich history. Its distinguished alumni include a U.S. president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and six governors. The college cultivates an intimate learning experience with a 9:1 student to faculty ratio and offers a wealth of resources, such as more than 40 student organizations, five journals and six centers and institutes.
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Dr. Chris Lewis has had a unique perspective of UC's preparation for fall classes as related to COVID-19. Learn more how to stay safe on campus.
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Ohio Senate committee considers a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. Chris Lewis, MD, vice provost of academic affairs at the University of Cincinnati and associate professor of family medicine, discusses social determinants of health and the impact racial inequalities have on public health.
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UC's Canopy portal for faculty and staff was sunset along with Blackboard on Tuesday, June 30. Faculty and staff can now access all Canopy tools--including Canvas, UC's Learning Management System--by using Bearcats Landing at my.uc.edu.


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In 2008, Zeng Guang Lin, a 26-year-old Chinese immigrant, fell 20 feet from the roof of a building. Employed by Hutch Realty Partners, a property management company based in the Bronx, Lin suffered severe head trauma. The accident left him with debilitating brain injuries. Hutch had not provided him with a safety harness, in clear violation of both Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and New York's own "Scaffold" labor law.
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, a jury in Queens awarded Lin a total of $62 million for his damages. It's a staggering amount to any imagination, and according to the New York Post a record: "the largest lawsuit verdict for a single plaintiff in Queens" history.
Pain & Suffering Damages: What & Why
But the most surprising fact in the case may be what the jury awarded Lin for. Those millions were not meant to compensate Lin for medical expenses, lost wages or any of the other common, "economic" losses associated with a personal injury lawsuit.
Instead, the court saw fit to award Lin $20 million for past pain and suffering, and $42 million for any pain and suffering incurred in the future. A relatively paltry $60,086.27 was awarded for Lin's past medical costs.
So what is pain and suffering? How is it calculated? And are these damages always extended to accident victims?
Economic vs. Non-Economic Damages
Most personal injury victims seek "economic" damages in a lawsuit. Medical expenses, lost wages, and lost earning potential; these amounts can be easily calculated. Add up all your medical bills and ask the court to award you that much. Take the amount of time you were unable to work, multiply it by a portion of your wage, and ask for that. Predict how long you'll be out of work, factor in how much you make, and ask for that. If your car was damaged in an accident, ask for the amount it will cost to repair.
These damages are simple to calculate, and with bills piling up, it's easy to prove that you've had to pay them. But a significant problem arises. Most economic damages don't actually go to victims. For example, awards for medical expenses are paid directly to doctors.
Pain & Suffering Is Complicated…
"Pain and suffering" falls into a different category: non-economic damages. It's as obvious, and as complicated, as it sounds. You were injured, and it hurt. That pain is tangible; you feel it actively, and most reasonable people can imagine how it feels. We all agree that your pain is real. We also agree that you should be compensated in some way just for that. Beyond the medical bills you need to pay for the treatment of your injury, it's terrible to feel pain because of that injury. And you should probably be awarded some money to make up for that terrible feeling, because it can ruin a life. Pain makes everything harder; you should be compensated for that hardship.
But how do you put "pain and suffering" into financial terms? How much is one minute of a sharp, stabbing pain worth? How much does it detract from your happiness, and how much is the loss of that happiness in dollars? And we haven't even covered the psychological trauma of an injury, like the embarrassment and humiliation many victims experience after being scarred.
How Are Non-Economic Damages Calculated?
As you'd expect, there are no hard and fast rules that can translate pain and suffering into financial terms. It's largely a matter of the judge or jury's own discretion: opinions, beliefs and prejudices, along with the messy political issues that are always lurking in the shadows.
Insurance companies, which sometimes pay out compensation for pain and suffering, have one widely-accepted methods for determining the amount. This technique takes the actual, economic damages, like medical bills, and then multiplies that number by a "multiplier." The multiplier is usually between 1 and 5; the more severe your injuries, the higher your multiplier.
Attorneys, on the other hand, often use a per diem approach. Settle on a reasonable amount for one day's worth of pain and then multiply that amount by the number of days between your accident and when you recovered fully.
But in most cases, it's still a matter of demanding a certain amount and seeing whether or not the jury agrees. Non-economic damages are actually very controversial. Several states have even placed caps on them, limits over which a jury cannot go:
- In Maryland, pain and suffering tops out at $350,000
- In Michigan, it's $280,000
- West Virginia caps at $500,000
Many of these caps were put in place for a very specific reason: to limit the amount of medical malpractice lawsuits clogging State Courts. Medical malpractice cases are extremely common, and costly malpractice insurance policies are often cited as a leading cause for increased health care costs overall. The logic was simple: put a cap on how much plaintiff's can demand, and many won't pursue a lawsuit at all. Decreased exposure to liability will lower everyone's healthcare premiums. But that might not be true. According to the National Institutes of Health, "the only study of whether consumers benefit from lower health insurance premiums as a result of damages caps found no impact."
Types Of Non-Economic Damages
A scholar once said: "when in doubt, make distinctions." As we've seen, the realm of non-economic damages is particularly foggy; there's a lot of doubt. So you can expect the category of "pain and suffering" to be broken down into many subsidiary buckets:
- Physical pain
- Emotional suffering
- Embarrassment
- Humiliation
- Disfigurement
- Damage to reputation
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of consortium – awarded usually to spouses or other family members for damage caused to familial relationships
Relevant Research: Duke University Crunches The Numbers
So how common are non-economic damages? Can you expect an award for pain and suffering if you have a valid case?
Pretty common, as it turns out. Out of 200 civil lawsuits, researchers from Duke University found that 91% of plaintiffs were awarded "non-economic damages." Further, the majority of cases cited "pain and suffering" as the primary type of non-economic damage. Only 4% cited "emotional distress," 2% "loss of consortium," and 7% "loss of society." Damages for "loss of a normal life," on the other hand, were fairly regular, awarded in 48% of cases.
Investigating statistics for the Bureau of Justice, the academics found that juries were less likely to award high value pain and suffering damages as economic awards increased. Generally, the higher your medical expenses and lost wages, the less likely you are to receive millions in pain and suffering. This may explain the record amount awarded to Lin, the construction worker in the Bronx. Because his medical expenses were relatively low, the jury may have felt that an award of only $60,000 was insufficient to compensate him. Of course, this doesn't quite account for a $62 million award, but taking Lin's permanent disability into consideration might.