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A Magical Christmas-Themed Bar Is Coming To Montreal This Winter
Whether you are ready for it or not, Christmas season is almost here, and it's almost time to start getting into the holiday spirit. This year, Montreal will be hosting a Christmas-themed bar that is sure to get you into that holiday mood. Offering a variety of Christmas themed drinks, these pop-up bars are something that you don't want to miss!
From November 25th to December 31st, Miracle and Sippin' Santa will be celebrating the holiday season by opening a variety of Christmas-themed bars across the nation, one of which will be in Montreal. With festive cocktails, vintage Christmas decorations, and 'Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties' these bars will transport you into the perfect drunken wonderland.
In a press release, Miracle announced that Canadians can expect to see the bar open up in Montreal at The Coldroom.
However, this won't be the first time the bar has made it's way to the city. The Christmas bar has been a huge success in the past, as it opened in Montreal last year.
This year, Miracle will also be hosting 'Ugly Sweater' parties at the location on December 2nd. The goal? Having the world's largest gathering of ugly sweaters that the globe has ever seen!
Guests will also be able to enjoy some new festive cocktails, all with amazing Christmas names. Some of the amazing drinks that you won't want to miss include the Run Run Rudolph which is prosecco, gin and mulled wine.
Some other ones include the Jingle Bells Nog, Gingerbread Flip, Bad Santa, and the Snowball Old Fashion.
If you're feeling more in the party mood, this Christmas bar will also be offering a nice and naughty shot, depending on which of Santa's lists you are on.
You will also be able to purchase some Christmas Cocktail Kingdom glassware, that will only be available at these pop-ups.
So, if you're ready to get into the Chrismas spirit, you can check out more details at Miracle's website.
There are stories everywhere. If you spot a newsworthy event in your city, send us a message, photo, or video @NarcityCanada on Twitter and Instagram.


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CONSUMER REPORTS: Examines Health Plan Quality
While "[a]ccess and price have dominated the health care debate," Consumer Reports warns that consumers continue to lack access to "good comparisons of health plans on measures like" correct doctor diagnoses, effective treatments and medical mistakes. Trudy Lieberman reports that the dilemma of when doctors must give care, as opposed to when they should give care, has spurred the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine to "cal[l] for a major national effort to rethink how health care is delivered and how quality is assessed and improved." William M. Mercer health care consultant Michael Millenson said, "The public thinks the key to high-quality care is quick access to a doctor. That's only half. The other half is what the doctor does. It's amazing how we've ignored that" (Lieberman, 10/98 issue).
Think Quality!
While managed care plans have received substantial negative media coverage for denying treatment coverage and underusing medical services, Consumer Reports found that traditional fee-for-service plans -- typically criticized for overuse -- also experience underuse problems. Furthermore, medication errors are one highly visible quality problem characteristic of both managed care and FFS systems (CR release, 9/16). Lieberman lists two additional problems that hinder high quality health care: "Purchasers of health care, primarily employers have yet to demand that their dollars buy good care," preferring instead to base decisions on price; and "[i]nformation systems are inadequate to give doctors easy access to all the information they need when treating patients." Consumer Reports also found continuing "shortcomings" with the National Association of Quality Assurance's key health plan quality measure: "Most of the data are still not audited and won't be until 1999; variations in data-collection methods are still permitted; and it's hard to interpret what the data mean when they are used to compare plans."
Head Of The Class
In an attempt to fill the quality assessment gap, Consumer Reports contacted Medicare managed care plans and questioned them on "quality improvement activities in five areas: underuse, overuse, misuse, how well seniors are functioning in daily life and the single quality improvement the plan was most proud of." The magazine used the results to compile a list of 16 "HMOs leading the way." In alphabetical order, plans making the list were:
- Aetna U.S. Healthcare
- Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Elderplan (NY)
- Fallon Community Health Plan (MA)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan (MA)
- HealthPlus of Michigan
- HIP Health Plan Of New York
- Independent Health (NY)
- Inter Valley Health Plan (CA)
- Keystone 65 (PA)
- PacifiCare of Arizona
- Peoples Health Network/Tenet Choices 65 (LA)
- Physicians Health Services (CT)
- Rochester Area HMO-Preferred Care (NY)
- SecureHorizons Tufts Health Plan for Seniors (MA)
- Security Blue (PA)
Help Yourself
Consumer Reports offers the following suggestions to help ensure that readers will obtain high quality health care from managed care plans:
- Get to know your primary care physician, "but don't trust the doctor so much that your judgement is clouded."
- Educate yourself about your health.
- Take advantage of preventative care services offered by health plans.
- Determine what HMO safeguards exist against dangerous drug interactions.
- "Don't hesitate to use" your plan's hot line for medical questions.
- Use quality report cards "as the bases for more questions," not "the end of your search."
- Although NCQA data are "imperfect ... they at least indicate that a plan has begun to measure certain health interventions." NCQA "[a]ccreditation does not guarantee great-quality care, but it shows a plan has put some processes in place to monitor quality."
- Readers are urged to quiz plans on "which quality-improvement activity they are most proud of. If plan representatives can't name one, go elsewhere if you have a choice."
- "Look for evidence the plan has investigated health problems, tried to fix them, and then remeasured to see if their interventions improved their members' health" (10/98 issue).
Note: Trudy Lieberman is Consumer Reports' Health Policy Editor. She also serves as an unpaid member of the NCQA board of directors. This is part of the California Healthline Daily Edition, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. Sign up for an email subscription.


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Quick Spa's MC² Quick Gyro X10 gyrostabilizers are made for 35- to 45-foot yachts. Quick makes two X10 models, for AC and DC systems. Both reportedly emit noise levels below 70 decibels and use natural heat-dissipation setups that eliminate the need for water-cooling pumps. The X10′s flywheels spin around horizontal axes, distributing weight evenly over the system's bearings. This design allows Quick to calibrate the flywheels at a higher weight, which results in faster spool-up times, fewer revolutions per minute, less heat accumulation and lower maintenance.
"The challenge was designing a gyrostabilizer more powerful than [our] X7 model [and] very compact," says Paolo Berni, Quick USA's managing director. "The engineering development started from a new engine capable of reaching even higher rpm—while keeping power absorption very low—and from new software [that brings its] torque release to an even higher level, more gradual and synchronized with the [boat's] roll [motion]."
The Finer Points
Quick makes two X10s: the MC² Quick Gyro DC, which is for 12-volt DC systems (130 amps), and the MC² Quick Gyro AC, which is for AC systems (8 amps). The X10s have a 19.5-by-23-inch footprint and weigh 664 pounds. Quick achieves the latter metric by using lightweight materials, including Ergal, an aluminum alloy with corrosion-resistant coatings. The X10s also have new anti-vibration mounts, which are smaller and quieter than their predecessors. Inside sections are treated with polymeric base materials to absorb noise and vibration.
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Panorama Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd is a certified repacker and distributor of electronic grade chemicals in Malaysia. The electronics manufacturing industry relies heavily on the grade of chemicals that is used. High quality chemicals not only yeilds better performance of the component, they're also a cost-effective solution in terms of efficiency. For the semiconductor manufacturing industry, they also have an extremely strict criteria that they need to follow for the chemicals used.
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If you hold me up in a meadow so that the sun shines on my blade, the whole meadow will be lit up by my rays, and the horses in the meadow will approach of their own free will.
I can cut through brass. I am no ordinary knife, not when I am in the hands of the fellow the princess has chosen to be king.


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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
tired monk shakes his head
to stir the first prayer
select beans are ground up right
water to coffee ratios seem sound
soon...french roast incense
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it is a time of quiet, attention and reflection, isn't it? and what better aroma?ReplyDelete
Lovely. Must go make mine.ReplyDelete
What better way to start the day :)ReplyDelete
French roast incense.....the best! Love this!ReplyDelete
I too love the "French roast incense". There is sometimes nothing quite so stirring of the spirit than an early morning cup of coffee. Almost sacramental :)ReplyDelete
What a fragrant scene. One i can go through here each morning in the same ways. ;)ReplyDelete
I'd love to be in this monastery for a retreat time, but I'd notdrink the coffee, I only like the aromaReplyDelete
The first line places me in a different time and place and the last brings me back to here and now... Thanks for the micro-journey, Ollie.ReplyDelete
Ah, that coffee smell is MY favorite 'incense' for sure!ReplyDelete
mmm a little french roast can def a spiritual experience to get those prayers flowing...smiles..ReplyDelete
This is a sensory delight:-))ReplyDelete
I love the picture you paint, and the economy with which you do so.ReplyDelete


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The Banality of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's LOL
The most ravenously picked apart teenage digital trail in the history of American terrorism got picked apart again Wednesday afternoon: If you unravel the criminal complaint against Tsarnaev's fellow 19-year-old friend, you'll find an instantly historic LOL. But LOL has lost its historical significance, and everybody needs to calm down with their investigative linguistics.
The most ravenously picked apart teenage digital trail in the history of American terrorism got picked apart again Wednesday afternoon, as the world met three friends of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev when they were charged by the U.S. government for allegedly helping him hide evidence. If you unravel the main criminal complaint against the classmates from the Justice Department, you'll find an instantly historic LOL, which the government claims Tsarnaev texted to Dias Kadyrbayev, a fellow 19-year-old now in custody. To wit:
Much like a tweet in which Tsarnaev used the teenage lingo of LOL on the day of the Boston Marathon attack, many are already (over)reading into this text message as proof positive of the teenage bombing suspect's sadistic nature. Wired's Spencer Ackerman calls it "surreal." Others call it "eerie." But, really, it's just the type of banal teenage behavior we've seen from the young Tsarnaev brother already. Just because he used the acronym LOL in a text message and on Twitter doesn't make him evil; it makes him a young person who sends text messages and uses Twitter. He is evil because he allegedly helped bomb the Boston Marathon.
Tsarnaev's shorthand has people alarmed because he used it multiple times after the attacks — even if it was to cover his tracks. Because LOL originated as shorthand for "laugh out loud" or "lots of laughs," it looks like he's laughing at death and terror, or at least like he was trying to play it cool in public while he waited in plain site on campus and, apparently, tried to get his friends to ditch his backpack full of fireworks, vaseline, and homework. But since the inception of LOL — some time around 1989, according to the Oxford English Dictionary — the term has since lost its relationship to laughing. And then some.
"'LOL' has definitely been undergoing a semantic shift, with its original humorous connotations becoming toned down or even disappearing entirely," linguist Ben Zimmer told The Atlantic Wire Wednesday afternoon, after the criminal complaint surfaced. The Urban Dictionary definition suggests that LOL currently has just about zero meaning whatsoever:
Now, it is overused to the point where nobody laughs out loud when they say it. In fact, they probably don't even give a shit about what you just wrote. More accurately, the acronym "lol" should be redefined as "Lack of laughter."
The Urban Dictionary entry also calls LOL a "pointless acronym" that is used as "meaningless sentence-filler." Linguists call this phenomenon semantic bleaching. It happens with a lot of words, the meanings of which dilute or change over time. The slang, in its evolution from AOL Instant Messenger to texting and Twitter and beyond, has certainly been bleached out of usefulness. "'LOL' no longer 'means' anything," wrote linguist John McWhorter in a CNN column published Tuesday. (If anything, that is eerie, surreal timing.)
Not that the meaninglessness of LOL has stopped anyone from searching for hidden meaning in Tsarnaev's LOLs. Now, there are many varied usages of LOL, as linguist Anne Curzan explained in the Chronicle of Higher Education. "LOL is now a way to flag that a message is meant to be funny (similar to jk—'just kidding') or to signal irony," she writes. Buzzfeed also has a post on the various meanings of LOL, what with LOL being part of Buzzfeed's very branding. Most often, as you can see in the Buzzfeed listicle, LOL doesn't mean anything. Curzan continues: "LOL can also be a way to acknowledge that a writer has received a text—a written version of a nod of the head and a smile." McWhorter likens it to grammar more than vocabulary. "Rather, it 'does something' — conveying an attitude — just as the ending '-ed' doesn't 'mean' anything but conveys past tense," he writes.
Trying to do something about an out-of-date coinage that never meant much to begin with, well, that doesn't do anything of value at all.
(Click here for the latest on the Boston friend investigation, here for more on the friends by way of social media, here for a timeline from the criminal complaints, and here for why we should have seen this coming.)


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A new concept material was brought from England in 1977, a product now known as Glass Reinforced Gypsum (GRG). This includes gypsum plaster reinforced with glass fibres to produce thin, light weight yet strong material.
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Base Chakra Essence
The Base Chakra Essence
A fully functioning Base Chakra is a vital component in both a stable energetic system and physical wellbeing.
When to Use
Key Points
- Physical wellbeing & security
- Functionality in the everyday world
- Stable energetic foundations
- Grounding
If the Base chakra is not functioning fully we might experience fears and insecurities related to safety and survival, difficulties with grounding, staying present, disorientation, disorganization, indecision, and lack of vitality as well as difficulty dealing with the pressures of life or fully manifesting our creative ideas.
About the Base Chakra
Your Base Chakra is located at the base of the spine and together with the Feet chakras and the Earthstar chakra forms the basis for our energetic foundations. When it is functioning well there is a sense of being grounded, safe, secure, abundant and filled with vibrant well-being.
Relates to: Red, Earth, Etheric Patterning, Etheric Body, Musical note C.
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By Ritah Kemigisa.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has described the death of the former Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore as a great loss to the country since he played a big role in the formulation of Kenya's national development agenda 2030.
Collymore succumbed to caner this morning at his home aged 61.
Kenyatta says people should not only mourn but also celebrate his life because his legacy will forever remain in the hearts of Kenyans and the whole world.
Others have described him as a "legend" and having a "brilliant mind".
Collymore was the head of Safaricom since 2010 and his contract was extended by a year to compensate for the time he was away on medical leave.
Last year, Safaricom was named by Forbes magazine as the top employer on the continent.
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Höpfl, Harro (2011) 'Thomas Fitzherbert's reason of state.' History of European Ideas, 37 (2). pp. 94-101. ISSN 0191-6599Full text not available from this repository.
Thomas Fitzherbert's two-part Treatise concerning Policy and Religion (1606, 1610) was a rebuttal of unidentified Machiavellians, statists or politikes and their politics and policies. The work was apparently still well-regarded in the following century. Fitzherbert's objections to 'statism' were principally religious, and he himself thought the providentialist case against it unanswerable. But for those who did not share his convictions, he attempted to undermine Machiavellism on its own ground. Like both 'Machiavellians' and their opponents, he argued by inference from historical examples, but with a particularly copious knowledge of historians ancient, medieval and modern to draw on. Equally, however, he deployed the principles of speculative (principally Aristotelian) 'political science,' as well as theology and jurisprudence, to demonstrate that the kind of knowledge that Machiavellians required to guarantee the success of their 'reason of state' policies was simply unobtainable. A particularly striking strategy (perhaps modelled on that of his mentor and friend Robert Persons) was Fitzherbert's attempt to demonstrate, on the Machiavellians' own premises, that they advocated policies which were very likely to fail, and would be visited with divine punishments sooner as well as later, whereas policies that were compatible with faith and morals were also much more likely to succeed, even judged in purely human and 'statist' terms.
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Intuitive eating kind of fell by the wayside when I did the Engine 28 Day Challenge. Because I followed the menu mostly and I didn't really skip many meals: I kind of force-fed myself. I only skipped desserts honestly since I wasn't really into anything too sweet after eating so much.
Anyway, I've been in kind of eating limbo. Nothing is off-limits and I'm just going through the motions. I need to get back in touch with my body and what's going on. Eat when I'm hungry. Be mindful. Pay attention at meals. Don't over eat, don't eat when you aren't hungry. Eat when I want to eat, not what is convenient or in front of me.
I've been wanting cereal the past few days but for some reason at work we're pretty much out (we have a stocked kitchen). I brought cereal today and had some Shreddies with blueberries around 8:30am. I've been waiting to be hungry for lunch (Quinoa Kale & White Bean Stew) but I'm not hungry. I'm just hanging out at my desk but I'm focusing on "am I hungry yet?" every 5 minutes.
It's getting annoying. Intuitive eating is harder if you are thinking too much about intuitive eating.
I'm thinking too much because I've fallen into automatic eating and snacking and I want to be mindful. But at the beginning it's a mind game. Distractions are hard during lunch hours. I've been working on projects but people are eating around me and I feel like I should be eating even though I know that's not true. Hearing crunchy chips makes me think I want crunchy chips. Honestly I don't. I'm not hungry. Check again… no, still not hungry. Read a food blog… nope, still not hungry. Am I forcing it?
I'm stressed out and I emotional eat (kind of, honestly it's just stress eating which might be under emotional eating, I'm no expert) so my brain is telling me I can chill out if I just eat something. Anything. It's way too sunny today to just go on a walk and honestly I didn't schedule it so I actually have a lot to take care of before that can happen. The stress isn't going to go away for a while so I have to learn to balance it, work out more and get some damn sleep. Easier said than done but if I follow IE at least I won't be eating us out of house and home, no matter how healthy my choices.
Still not hungry. I guess I'll go to my next meeting.
[update] 3:20 and I was getting peckish. Had a clif bar to take care of the hunger since I didn't want a full meal. Looking forward to a stir fry tonight, I have lots of bok choy and broccoli to use up!


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Get Ready to Weave kraft-tex!
Posted by Gailen Runge on May 25th 2018
Excerpt from Charlie kraft•tex® Backpack Pattern by Gailen Runge
This pattern is all about the preparation, with much of the work done to individual components before final assembly. That makes this a great project to do in stages. (Of course, if you're impatient like me, you can stitch it all in one sitting.) Once you have the weaving finished, the pockets added to the lining and outside pieces, the straps sewn and trimmed, the buckles placed, and so forth, sewing the backpack together is amazingly quick!
Blue Iris and Blue Turquoise Charlie backpack has a lighterweight (seven-ounce) denim.
Radiant Orchid and Stone Charlie backpack uses suiting-weight fabric.
Greenery and White Charlie backpack has a heavy (eleven-ounce) denim for the other outer material.
If you are using quilting-weight cottons, I've included instructions for additional interfacing to stiffen things up. If you're using pleather (one of my favorite materials for bags of all kinds!),
I've given instructions that eliminate seam allowances on the straps and so forth.
As a bag maker, the single resource that improved my abilities and my final results more than anything else was reading Nicole Mallalieu's book The Better Bag Maker. What a revelation! I encourage you to check it out.


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Download WooCommerce Customer Relationship Manager
Customer Relationship Manager
WooCommerce Customer Relationship Manager is the ultimate tool to manage both your existing and potential customers. Designed and developed by Actuality Extensions, a development team which takes usage in actuality seriously. All the features presented below have been suggested and developed by real store users since this plugin released. Be a pro and join our community!
If you are looking for support, please click here.
Manage Your Customers
As your WooCommerce store grows, it is important to keep a track on who is spending the most and frequently. While it may be imperative to bring new orders in, it's just as important to make sure you keep your existing customers. With this plugin, you get all the basic tools needed to maintain your loyalty with your customers – enhancing the seller to customer relationship.
Using this plugin, you can give your shop manager and WooCommerce store many great advantages:
- View crucial customer indicators on the orders page.
- Send emails using the stores default WooCommerce template instantly.
- Include dynamic information in emails sent in bulk or to single recipient.
- Place phone calls and assign products to the call for follow ups
- Delegate agents to customers for personal management.
- Group customers dynamically or a fixed set of customers
- Capture vital business information for better prospect analysis.
- Assign accounts to customers to keep a track on business to business orders.
- Organise the Lead to Customer workflow using customer statuses.
- Expand on the available fields using the free Advanced Custom Fields.
Add New Customers
Maintaining familiarity, we've ensured using our Customer Relationship Manager is easy for the new users and existing users. Should the fields available not be sufficient for your stores industry, don't worry – we've got you covered. We have integrated with the free and popular Advanced Custom Fields.
Quick Actions
Closing a sale cannot be quicker with our quick actions. From our research and customers, we've realised that creating orders, viewing orders, sending an email should be done with one click (or tap).
Customer & Lead Statuses
The workflow for some Customer Relationship Managers can be a little bit daunting. We've made it easier and simpler using statuses. Maintaining familiarity with the WooCommerce ecosystem, we give our users the option to assign statuses to their customers in the same way you would for your orders.
Key Customer Indicators
Using this plugin, a new column will be introduced to the Orders page presenting shop managers with key customer indicators. Examples of this are: whether the customer is a repeat customer, flagged customer, favourite customer or a high spending customer.
Default Statuses
Currently, there are three ways a customer is added to your WooCommerce store: registration, manually and the checkout page. We allow you to control what status the customer is depending on how they registered.
Importing & Exporting
Giving you the freedom to take your data anywhere you want, we've provided you with the means to export your customers along with their relevant fields. Should you need to import customers, our import wizard will accept CSV files where you can map the columns to the appropriate field.
View Customers Profile
Expanding on the User Profile, we've created a customer profile with shop related metadata such as purchased products, customer notes, customer orders, emails, tasks and phone calls. You can view a customers information from any of their order details page.
Branded Emails
Using your stores email template, this plugin offers the functionality to send branded emails (similar to the order email they receive) straight from the WordPress admin. This is useful for when you want to quickly remind them of important information or if you want to market a new product. Short codes can also be used to include customer related information.
Phone Calls
Create and place telephone calls with your customers straight from the WordPress admin. Using the default "tel" application on your computer, you can start the phone call right away using Skype or FaceTime. While the call is taking place, you can also log important details, define its purpose, assign an order or an account, indicate whether it is inbound or outbound.
Customer Notes
Notes are useful for customers to keep a track on what is going on with their orders, accounts and other business related activity. With every note, you can define whether it is private, for the customer or for the agents managing their target goals.
Customer Groups
Group your special customers and manage them more efficiently using this plugin. You can group your customers dynamically or have a fixed set list with your chosen customers. Adding customers to this list can be done right form the Bulk Actions menu on the customers page.
Not sure whether to buy? Check out our demo today to learn more about how you can take advantage of these features.
General Settings
We have made this plugin flexible and the settings available are a testament to how configurable this can be for your store.
Username Format
Choose what the username format is when a new customer is created through the plugin. This could be their first and last name or their email address.
Enable a wide range of filters to be displayed on the customers page so you can narrow down a specific set of customers.
Search Parameters
Toggle which parameters to search for when looking up customers. You can allow the search to include all fields or just the ones you want.
Money Spent
As the number of statuses in the order workflow increase throughout your stores process, you can define at what stage is the order determined towards money being sent. For example, all orders with Completed status would be counted towards this value.
Customer Link
From the Orders, if you click on the Customer name, it will take you to their WordPress user profile. This plugin allows you to change this link to their Customers profile.
Automatic Emails
Send an email to the customer with their username and password when creating an account for them.
Google Map Address
Define which address out of the billing or shipping should be displayed in the Google Maps canvas.
Quick Actions Window Behaviour
Have the actions open in a new window (or tab) or in the existing window. Useful if you want to multitask between different tabs.
Fetch Customers
Decide using User Roles what customers are presented in the customers page.
Guest Customers
Include or exclude guest customers from the view.
Customer Name Format
Choose to display your customers names in different formats such as Jane Doe or Doe Jane.
Change Log
= 3.5.0 - 2018.07.23 = * Feature - customers can now upload documents for them to be verified and approved for customer management. * Feature - keeping an eye on customers can now be easily done using the pin customer feature. * Feature - editing fields of the customers from the My Account > Account Details page is now possible. = 188.8.131.52 - 2018.07.10 = * Fix - hardcoded table prefix was causing errors for some users. = 3.4.7 - 2018.07.09 = * Tweak - importer UI has been tweaked to match WooCommerce ecosystem. * Feature - agents receive email when customer is assigned to them. * Feature - Google Maps API key option to enable or disable integrated maps. * Fix - agents were not loading with certain user role plugins activated. * Fix - filters were not showing correct details. = 3.4.6 - 2018.05.12 = * Fix - error after saving a call was appearing. = 3.4.5 - 2018.04.04 = * Fix - export was not including email address for some users. = 3.4.4 - 2018.03.29 = * Fix - import was not importing the first and last names after 3.3. * Fix - export was not including ACF fields for some users. * Fix - notice on setup wizard. * Tweak - relocated customer location map to right. = 3.4.3 - 2018.03.20 = * Feature - ACF fields are not exportable. * Feature - ACF fields can now be set as filters. = 3.4.2 - 2018.03.15 = * Fix - tasks were not being assigned the right customer after saving. = 3.4.1 - 2018.03.06 = * Fix - orders were not being deleted when deleting customer. * Fix - indicators column were not loading correctly on first install. * Tweak - customers orders page and profile page. * Tweak - remove shipping column from customers page. * Tweak - agent column hidden by default. * Tweak - repeated user icon clickable to show orders by this customer. * Tweak - Google maps moved to header of customer profile page. * Tweak - filters have been tidied for layout and appearance. = 3.4.0 - 2018.02.24 = * Feature - customer indicators on orders page to show key information. * Feature - action button to send emails and create new order. * Tweaks - redesigned customer page and customer status badges. = 3.3.15 - 2018.02.15 = * Fix - buttons were not set correctly. * Tweak - calls page and tasks page more in line with WooCommerce 3.3. = 3.3.14 - 2018.01.07 = * Fix - new orders were not having customer assigned after latest WooCommerce update. * Fix - order statuses were being centred on orders page. = 3.3.13 - 2018.01.30 = * Fix - purchased products table were not displaying for some customers. * Tweak - customers page tweaked tables. * Tweak - calls fields order. = 3.3.12 - 2018.01.15 = * Fix - SQL logs appearing have been hidden. = 3.3.11 - 2018.01.10 = * Fix - select2 filter was not working on certain filters. = 3.3.10 - 2017.10.31 = * Fix - Customer group don't show any results fix. = 3.3.9 - 2017.12.08 = * Fix - dynamic groups were not loading correctly for some users. = 3.3.8 - 2017.10.26 = * Tweak - updater matching of new server. * Fix - products not appearing correctly on customers details page. * Fix - SQL on big selects are now working correctly. = 3.3.7 - 2017.10.28 = * Fix bug with tasks and email not assigning customers properly. = 3.3.6 - 2017.10.20 = * Fix bug with product filters on customers screen. = 3.3.5 - 2017.08.31 = * Fix bug with tasks not preserving old customers after latest update. = 3.3.4 - 2017.08.29 = * Fix bug with tasks not being assigned the right customer. * Fix bug with timer not stable when call is being made. * Fix bug with actions not showing on orders page. * Tweak to the account page, calls page and tasks page. = 3.3.3 - 2017.08.21 = * Fix bug with phone search not being searchable. * Tweak to orders page filters look. = 3.3.2 - 2017.05.22 = * Fix bug with width box of filters to match WordPress style. = 3.3.1 - 2017.04.25 = * Fix bug with products filter on customer page. * Fix bug with variations filter on customer page. = 3.3.0 - 2017.04.20 = * WooCommerce 3.0 compatibility. * Fix bug appearing on orders page from WC3 update. * Fix bug with select2 boxes on calls, tasks and customers. * Fix bug layout style of customers page. = 3.2.1 - 2017.03.31 = * Fix bug with screen options not being preserved on Customers page. * Fix bug with orders page being affected by customers page. * Fix bug with View Customer button not showing. * Tweak to notices appearing. = 3.2.0 - 2017.03.27 = * Tweak to add buttons for accounts, tasks and call. * Tweak to layout of the customers profile page. * Feature added to sort customers by agents assigned. * Feature added to sort customers by date of birth. * Feature added to sort customers by location. * Feature added to define the address of the Google Map. * Feature added to sort tasks by filter. * Feature added to sort calls by filter. * Feature added to automatically uppercase first letter of first and last name as well as copy into billing and shipping fields. * Feature added to include shortcodes in emails. * Fix bug of call icon not loading correctly on new call page. * Fix bug of call timer not staying straight when timing. * Fix bug of call actions on new call page. = 126.96.36.199 - 2017.03.03 = * Fix bug with Google API keys not working on SSL sites. = 220.127.116.11 - 2017.02.24 = * Tweak to language files. * Feature added to set search parameters. = 3.1.6 - 2017.01.15 = * Feature added where customer notes can be added and sent to the agent, customer or both. * Feature added where Agents can only see their assigned agents (user role added). * Tweak to exporting of large numbers. = 188.8.131.52 - 2016.12.24 = * Tweak to filter to filter agents. = 126.96.36.199 - 2016.12.19 = * Tweak to Setup Wizard CSS. = 220.127.116.11 - 2016.12.14 = * Fix bug with setup not initialising. * Fix bug with MailChimp. = 3.1.5 - 2016.11.10 = * Fix bug with customer filters not working with groups. = 220.127.116.11 - 2016.10.19 = * Fix bug with address not showing on Google Maps after API key is updated. * Fix bug with telephone not appearing in export. = 18.104.22.168 - 2016.10.14 = * Fix bug with import not working correctly. * Fix bug with Google Maps API not allowing to enter. You need to now enter your own API key under Settings page. = 22.214.171.124 - 2016.09.02 = * Fix bug with importing customers using CSV tool. * Fix bug with bulk emails not being sent properly. * Fix bug with the update customers function. * Feature request to set what is displayed instead of username. = 22.214.171.124 - 2016.07.28 = * Added Russian language. * Tweak to layout page. = 188.8.131.52 - 2016.07.13 = * Fix bug with support for WC2.5.x. = 22.214.171.124 - 2016.06.16 = * Fix bug with setup wizard not appearing after activation. * Fix bug with pre WC2.6 support. = 3.1.4 - 2016.06.15 = * Fix bug with WC 2.6 upon activation. * Tweak to customer status icons. = 184.108.40.206 - 2016.05.12 = * Fix bug with groups not working correctly. * Fix bug with activation on latest PHP. = 184.108.40.206 - 2016.04.21 = * Fix bug with font icons with Order Status & Actions manager. = 3.1.3 - 2016.04.20 = * Fix bug with tasks metabox not appearing on customers page. = 3.1.2 - 2016.04.18 = * Tweak to call timer when using call, time is displayed in admin bar. = 3.1.1 - 2016.04.16 = * Feature added to allow you to delete customers. Notification will appear with instructions on what to do with existing order and linked WP User profile. = 3.1.0 - 2016.04.11 = * Feature added where you can add tasks to customers. * Tweak to placing call page. * Tweak to loading customers in large sizes. = 3.0.5 - 2016.02.15 = * Fix bug with customer link on Orders page not going to customer. * Fix bug with activity page not being sortable. = 3.0.4 - 2016.02.02 = * Fix bug with customers not being added for some users. * Fix bug with customers not updating properly. = 3.0.3 - 2015.12.11 = * Fix bug with setup wizard not loading customers. * Fix bug with export not working correctly. = 3.0.2 - 2015.11.06 = * Fix bug with automatic emails being sent when they shouldn't upon customer creation. = 3.0.1 - 2015.09.23 = * Fix bug when sorting customers by value spent. * Fix bug for the Advanced Custom Fields integration. * Fix bug with the default status used for registration. * Tweak to documentation link and referral link. = 3.0 - 2015.09.15 = * Refactored entire plugin. * Feature ability to edit guest users. * Feature setup wizard for quick and easy installation. * Tweak to logging call page. * Tweak to logging email page. * Tweak to activity page. = 2.6.13 - 2015.08.17 = * Fix bug with payment method not being defined for customers. * WooCommerce 2.4 compatibility. * WooCommerce Subscriptions integration. * Groups for WooCommerce integration. * Fix bug with products purchased not correct. = 2.6.12 - 2015.07.13 = * Fix bug with order statuses not appearing properly within customer profile. * Fix bug with Google Maps not appearing on HTTPS sites. * Fix bug with billing/shipping address not appearing until clicking on the edit pencil. * Fix bug with categories of user not working correctly. * Fix bug with Guest values being the same. * Feature to assign agents to customers (work in progress). * Tweak to the import function, can now map fields from CRM to the imported CSV file. * Tweak to the notes page and tidying of CSS. = 2.6.11 - 2015.06.25 = * Fix bug with activation and customer groups error. * Fix bug with mailer not working properly. * Feature included NL language. * Tweak to documentation links now in plugin links. = 2.6.10 - 2015.06.17 = * Fix bug with customers not appearing. * Fix bug with emails not being sent. * Fix bug with syntax upon plugin deactivation. * Feature added to define default customer statuses. * Feature added with Products Purchased table showing more details on products purchased. * Tweak to searching by email. = 2.6.9 - 2015.06.09 = * Fix bug with emptying trash for activities after deleting them. * Fix bug with groups not being pulled correctly. * Fix bug with customers not showing for some users. * Fix bug with tables not being collated correctly. * Feature with new table on customers profile page called 'Products Purchased'. * Tweak to when not adding all items to the customer profile page. = 2.6.8 - 2015.05.20 = * Feature added to disable the automatic emails that are sent when adding a customer. = 2.6.7 - 2015.05.18 = * Fix bug with activity showing for all customers. * Feature added where you can define the from name and email address when sending an email. * Tweak to the customers page, email address field is required. * Fix bug with no customers showing for some users. = 2.6.6 - 2015.05.12 = * Fix bug with customers not adding/showing after recent update. * Feature of filtering customers based on their status. = 2.6.5 - 2015.04.05 = * Feature added to customer profile page; avatar, value and number of orders. * Feature added to customer profile page; more fields related to leads. * Fix bug with customer notes not saving. * Fix bug with customer groups not appearing. * Fix bug with new order not being pre-filled. * Fix bug with MailChimp checks. * Fix bug with admin menu editor conflict. * Fix bug with debugged log of formatted address. * Tweak to the address layout. * Fix bug with unique identifier issue. * Tweak to the customer table page. * Fix bug with related to window on create call page. * Fix bug with order statuses filter. * Tweak to the email, remove the blog name from email. * Tweak to the name format of the customer table. * Tweak to the icons on the actions panel. = 2.6.4 - 2015.04.24 = * WordPress 4.2 support. * Fix bug for XSS vulnerability. * Fix bug when sending emails. * Fix bug with registered customers not showing. * Tweak to customer and column pages. = 2.6.3 - 2015.03.27 = * Tweak to sales icon on the Customers page. * Fix header bug when making a call. * Added ability to add accounts for customers. * Move customer status to settings. * Remove date in groups, fixed groups. * Strict error bug. = 2.6.1 - 2015.03.12 = * Fixed Advanced Custom Fields bug with date picker and Google Maps. * Remove select2 filters from the customers page. = 2.6 - 2015.03.09 = * WooCommerce 2.3 compatibility. * Fix bug with order status not showing to some users. * Fix bug with guest customers not showing to some users. * Restored sorting of number of orders. * Fix issue with exporting customers. * MailChimp bug fixed. * Added ability to add customer to groups from Customer Details page. = 2.5.8 - 2015.02.05 = * Tweak texts around the plugin to give further clarification. * Fix bug with email not appearing (for some users). * Fix bug with MailChimp API. * Fix add customer error (for some users). * Fix last order date not showing upon installation and after. * Fix jQuery issue with chosen plugin. * Fix order status not showing on filters. * Fix bug with new order and customer information being passed on. = 2.5.7 - 2015.01.19 = * Fix conflict with WooCommerce Memberships plugin. = 2.5.6 - 2015.01.15 = * Fix fatal bug regarding user email not defined. * Fix bug with customer icon now showing. * Localisation support for DE. = 2.5.5 - 2015.01.13 = * Tweak SQL functions to allow more records to load, store and process. * Fix bug when editing email addresses. = 2.5.4 - 2014.12.29 = * Fix bug with Google maps not appearing. * Fix bug with WooSidebars compatibility. = 2.5.3 - 2014.12.23 = * Fix bug with importing customers. * Fix bug when ACF fields not appearing. * Fix bug with order notes. = 2.5.2 - 2014.11.21 = * Feature added in creating custom customer status. * Fix bug with exporting contacts. = 2.5.1 - 2014.11.18 = * Fix with ACF bugs, sorry about this. = 2.5 - 2014.11.17 = * Feature integration with Advanced Custom Fields now supported. * Feature importing customers is now possible. * Feature where you can set what the username will be when adding a customer. * Fix bugs when adding a new customer. = 2.4.6 - 2014.10.28 = * Feature added, multisite support. = 2.4.5 - 2014.10.27 = * Fix bug with automatic customer table update. * Fix bug when relating calls to orders/products. = 2.4.4 - 2014.10.24 = * Feature added localisation, sorry for the wait. * Tweak to 'Related Products' when making a call. * Fix database handling. = 2.4.3 - 2014.10.11 = * Feature added where you can now decide how customers are loaded in the customers table. * Tweak to the groups feature. = 2.4.2 - 2014.09.29 = * Feature added where you can view a Google map of the customers. * Tweak to the page title of when you view a customer. * Fix bug with the Orders Status and Product Category filter. = 2.4.1 - 2014.09.27 = * Feature added to assign what orders can be shown as Number of Orders and Total Value in customers table. = 2.4 - 2014.09.10 = * Feature compatibility for WooCommerce 2.2. * Tweak unused files have been removed. * Tweak to the customer status. * Tweak to the menu order. = 2.3.4 - 2014.07.29 = * Fix customers page showing added customers, customers with customer role and purchasing customers. * Tweak integration with POS plugin to show customers added through that plugin. * Tweak the follow up page after adding a customer. = 2.3.3 - 2014.07.15 = * Fix order of customers when sorting through them. * Feature added to set what page loads when clicking on customer name on Orders page. This can be configured via Customers > Settings > Orders Page. * Tweak to emailing page, when sending emails without subject, a warning message is displayed. * Tweak to activity email page, now shows what email address was sent from and what email addresses were sent to. * Fix customers appearing even though no orders and user profile. * Fix number of orders appearing for uncompleted orders. = 2.3.2 - 2014.07.14 = * Fix Total Value sales are showing completed orders only. * Feature added telephone number when placing a phone call. * Fix bug when filtering customers and going to next and previous pages. * Tweak to the orders page to view the customer directly. = 2.3.1 - 2014.07.10 = * Fix table displaying no customers. = 2.3 - 2014.07.09 = * Fix customers not showing bug. * Feature added more fields to set Brands (official WooThemes extension). * Feature added more fields to set Product Category. = 2.2.1 - 2014.07.07 = * Fix username formatting on customers page. * Fix searching customers on customers page. * Fix triple status icon issue. = 2.2 - 2014.07.04 = * Tweak with loading speed for 1000+ customers. * Fix bug with date sorting. = 2.1.2 - 2014.06.03 = * Fix bug with email being displayed when exporting customers. * Fix bug when emailing multiple customers. = 2.1.1 - 2014.05.25 = * Fix bug when customers status icon was not showing. * Fix bug when view icon was not showing. * Fix response time. * Fix blank screen issue. = 2.1 - 2014.05.20 = * Feature added where you can add groups static or dynamic. * Fix bug when new customer is added via shop, status is automatically "Customer". * Tweak filters to include "Customer Status" now. * Fix filter for searching for customers. * Tweak in the settings, moved into separate page. = 2.0.2 - 2014.05.13 = * Fix a few bugs related to viewing customer and editing their details. * Fix a few bugs related to customer status losing details. = 2.0.1 - 2014.05.13 = * Feature added where you can now add a customer and it appears in the customers table without order being made. * Fix a few bugs when WP_DEBUG mode was turned on. * Tweak when adding a customer, user created with default role as "Customer". = 2.0.0 - 2014.04.03 = * Feature added where you can now log a call. * Feature added where you can now log email. * Feature added where you can add customer. * Feature added where you can view customer activity i.e. call or email. * Feature added where you can choose what filters to have. * Feature added where you can set a customer status i.e. lead, blocked etc. * Feature added where you can add a customer note. * Fix a few bugs with emailing, logging calls and activity. = 1.4.1 - 2014.02.20 = * Feature added where you can filter between users and guests. * Feature added where you can filter for last 24 hours. * Tweak for font icons in action buttons. 2.0.x support has gone. * Fix bugs of adding notes 2.1 issue. * Fix bugs of linking variations 2.1 issue. * Feature email logs are now displayed. = 1.4 - 2014.02.12 = * Feature added where you can search customers by name, email address and phone number. * Fix for when sending emails, no longer breaking paragraphs. * Tweak to the email handling. = 1.3.5 - 2014.02.07 = * Tweak made to the menu, now a separate menu called Customers. * Tweak made to use latest font icons to match WordPress 3.8. = 1.3.4 - 2014.01.31 = * Fix the screen options number of customers to show on page. * Fix alignment for filters. = 1.3.3 - 2013.11.30 = * Feature implemented where you can now filter customer by States & Cities. * Feature implemented where you can enter your custom email address when you send an email. = 1.3.2 - 2013.11.15 = * When products are deleted, customers are still shown with their orders in place. This corrects the ?blank issue? issue on some WordPress installations. = 1.3.1 - 2013.10.19 = * MailChimp API class renamed to prevent collisions with certain themes or plugins. This corrects the "blank page" issue on some WordPress installations. = 1.3 - 2013.10.14 = * Filter by product feature added. * Listing now contains all values of ONLY complete orders, not ALL orders. = 1.2.2 - 2013.10.09 = * Listing now contains Total amount of ONLY complete orders, not ALL orders. = 1.2.1 - 2013.10.02 = * Quotes between terms added to CSV export file. * Minor code reformatting and adjustment, CSS fixes. = 1.2 - 2013.09.29 = * Added a new Action button allowing users to Call Customer using Skype etc. = 1.1 - 2013.09.25 = * Added possibility of exporting customers in CSV format. = 1.0.1 - 2013.09.20 = * Width for Actions column is now in PX instead of % to ensure all view frames can view actions. * Telephone column added. = 1.0 - 2013.09.09 = * Initial release!
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The use of special measures to stop the virus is necessary, even though this impinges on individual privacy rights, if the data is deleted after a short time.
The coronavirus crisis is putting the decision-making system at the national level to a tough test. Not only is this a severe crisis due to the loss of life that could be substantial if the wrong decisions are made, but the problem itself is not exactly well-defined, there have been no previous attempts at finding a solution, and it is extremely difficult to learn from the experiences of other countries due to varying circumstances.
Israel's situation is unique, because:
- Israeli demography is special. Different groups have difference attitudes towards the risks.
- Alongside its extremely high-quality medical care, Israel's nursing infrastructure is big enough to deal with the crisis.
- Israel's ability to fully control entry to and exit from the country differs from that of continental European countries.
- The export-based Israeli economy is robust, and must continue to face both the challenges presented by the corona crisis and its security challenges.
- Due to the security threats it faces, Israel has a unique set of tools and capabilities, in both intelligence and technology, some of which can be utilized in the mission to defeat the pandemic.
As part of the fight to curb the spread of the coronavirus, a debate has arisen over the use of surveillance technology to monitor the movements of those infected with the virus and anyone who came into contact with them. This issue illustrates the complexity of decision-making during such an extreme crisis.
This complexity stems from the unresolvable tension that exists between the extent to which civil rights and privacy can be compromised and the measures that need to be taken in order to improve the state's ability to attain the goal of "public health," in particular preventing numerous people from becoming infected. There is also reason to assume that success in this mission will contribute to a reduction in economic damage.
What does the technology offer? It helps to accurately detect where those people identified as having contracted the virus have been, and to locate anyone who was in their immediate vicinity during the time when they were potentially contagious. Isolating everyone who was around the infectious person leads to them, in turn, infecting less people, even if they themselves have caught the virus. This is what is referred to as "flattening the curve," or lowering the R0 – meaning that one sick person will infect less people than he or she would without any measures in place.
In terms of maintaining public health, this is a supremely important mission, because the less contagious and sick people there are, the better the health system can care for those who are ill. The flattening of the curve leads almost directly to fewer severely ill patients who require ventilators, and therefore also to fewer deaths ("almost" because elderly people and those with underlying health problems fall severely ill at higher rates, and the tracking mechanisms do not differentiate between the young and the old).
It is therefore clear why, for the healthcare system, which is responsible for this most important task, the ability to monitor movements is critical and essential to fulfilling its mission. It will save many lives.
But at the same time, there is no doubt that this involves an infringement on the privacy of these patients and the people who were unknowingly around them. Now, the "tracker" (the General Security Services and perhaps the Ministry of Health) will know where they were and when, though they have done nothing wrong nor broken any law. For some, this may be a serious violation, because for whatever reason they may not want anyone to know their whereabouts, and their only "sin" was being in the same vicinity as a person with corona.
Theoretically, the security and health authorities now have data from thousands of unwitting citizens, and those with access to this information will be able to misuse it for anything from commercial use to extortion.
The concern that has been expressed regarding the use of this data by political actors seems to me (based on my long experience) completely baseless given the reality in Israel. Politicians have no way of accessing this information, and no security official would cooperate with them in any such dark scenario. Very rarely, in the last forty years that I have been involved in one form or another with the security organizations with these tracking capabilities, have there been any leaks.
However, in order to keep any damage to a minimum, it is necessary to ensure that all of this data is erased after a period of time, say two to three weeks, after the time required to ascertain who is infected and who is not. It is also clear that any data that has been collected from the tracking mechanisms will be used only to locate these individuals in order to quarantine them, with none of the information gathered being transmitted to any government or private body, or even to family members. All communication based on the data collected will be carried out only with the owner of the telephone, and not with any other person.
If this is how the information is handled, and if it is destroyed immediately afterwards, any damage to people's privacy will be minimal, and the benefit of preventing infection may be significant. The benefit in this case, it seems to me, is worth the harm caused, but it is an illustration of a complex problem in which every decision made is difficult and imperfect.
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When you finish a chemotherapy treatment, you are fully happy because, finally, you have healed but the chemotherapy has been hard, very hard and your body is no longer what it was! I felt tired, or rather totally exhausted. There were even days that I doubted if one day I would really be well again! But, little by little the days go by and it seems that you are better, you cross your fingers and say go ahead! It was at that moment that I began to look for information on what I could do to find myself better physically. I was, before the disease, a moderately active person and wanted to do the things I did before cancer. This is how I discovered that returning to exercise gradually brought me back to my previous energy level and that, in addition, it was useful to prevent relapses! I thought: "I already have it!"
And it is that all the studies I have consulted confirm this: regular exercise is very positive in cancer patients. And what exactly do you recommend? Well, I exercise moderately every week, and when I say "every week" I want to say that. It is not worth exercising three days in a row and then being on the couch for fifteen days because you have invented any excuse;)
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For example, researchers at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in the United States studied the lack of physical activity in 5,807 cancer patients from 10 years before to one year after diagnosis. And what was your conclusion? Well, patients who exercised regularly, both before and after treatment, were 40% more likely to survive compared to those who were sedentary. In addition, this was true for different types of cancers, including breast cancer!
So DO EXERCISE MODERATE EXERCISE TWO TIMES PER WEEK. But, don't get obsessed: it doesn't need to be daily because the benefits are the same as if you do it at least two days a week.
And if you're not one of the people who exercised regularly before of the disease, it doesn't matter! According to this study, patients who had never exercised before and who began to do so after their diagnosis had also increased their survival by almost 30%.
So don't think about it again. This is one of the most important things you can do to feel better both physically and mentally. Regular exercise will make you feel that you are still facing the disease but, this time, in an active and very positive way!
More information at: Rikki A. Cannioto, Shruti Dighe, Karen Hulme, Alexandra Drake, Susan E. McCann, Christine B. Ambrosone: "The associations of habitual physical inactivity with cancer outcomes: Evidence from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Data Bank and BioRepository. " American Association for Cancer Research. 2018.
You can read the full information here: https://www.roswellpark.org/media/news/sedentary-lifestyle-drastically-increases-risk-dying-cancer


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Boston University Academy
Boston, Massachusetts
Job ID: 10407
Position/Title: School Counselor
Employer: Boston University Academy
Category: Administration
Type: Guidance Counselor/School Therapist
Status: FullTime
Employer Profile:
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Job Description/Responsibilities:
The School Counselor designs a proactive rather than reactive program to support the cognitive, psychosocial, and academic needs of all students at the Academy. The school counselor works with students in both individual and group settings to address a range of adolescent mental health and developmental issues, working closely with the Assistant Head of School. The school counselor has regular communication with parents as well as with community resources and programs.
Essential Functions:
– Collaborate with parents, faculty, and outside professions to support student success
– Provide one-on-one and group counseling for all students
– Oversee accommodations process for students with special needs
– Respond to crisis situations
– Implement ninth and tenth Grade Health and Sexuality Course
– Supervise Peer Advising program
Minimum Degree: Ed. M
Certification Required: No
Minimum Experience: 3-5 Years
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– Master's degree in School Psychology or School Counseling required. Advanced degree preferred
– 4 -5 years' experience at an independent school, professional licensure, and an advanced degree preferred
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It has been 20 months since the UK government has made cannabis legal for medicinal use. However, the experts have said that doctors are still skeptical about prescribing cannabis-based medicines to their patients. They have said that people need to change their attitude towards the legal use of cannabis-based drugs to help cut down patients' pain. Scientists have found that hundreds of thousands of people in the UK have been self-medicating themselves with illegal cannabis products. Doctors of such people have been hesitant in prescribing legal cannabis drugs to them. In November 2018, the UK the government has legalized the cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs). People have been in the notion that it will be available for use immediately, however, that has not happened yet. This study has been published in JAMA Open.
Since the legalization, almost no NHS prescription has been issued. Experts have reported that less than a hundred prescriptions have been issued only by the private healthcare providers at the cost of $ 1000 a month. Experts have revealed that people who have children with severe epilepsy go abroad to get the cannabis-based treatment for their children, which is the only effective treatment for such condition. A report says that around 1.4 million medical cannabis users access it from the black market. They deal with problems like illegality, unproven quality, origin, and content as well while sourcing it from the black market. The US National Academy of sciences has found out substantial evidence to prove the efficiency of cannabis use for medicinal purposes in many disorders.
Experts from Imperial College of London and the London School of Economic and Drug Sciences have tried to find out why the UK is left behind in medical use of cannabis-based products as compared to other countries, which have legalized medical cannabis. They have talked to parents, patients, and pharmacists to draw their conclusions. The UK government has considered cannabis-based medicine as a special product, which has set many challenges for the doctors, said the experts. Doctors have been focusing on the risk of cannabis use for the past 50 years. They have been claiming that it can lead to male sterility, lung cancer, and Schizophrenia. This has been another major reason for resistance over cannabis use across the UK. There is a perceived lack of scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of the treatment. However, experts have said that these concerns are misplaced. They have said that health professionals need to embrace the medicinal use of cannabis, which can prevent many deaths due to overdose or epilepsy as well.


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B. F. Jones Memorial Library has been Family Place Library for over a decade. This means that when you visit our Children's Department, you will be encouraged to discover and learn with your child. Our space is welcoming to families and encourages fun and engaging discovery. Programs at the library are free and open to the public. Parents and caregivers are always encouraged to join their children in our programs. Whether you're visiting the library to checkout materials or just to enjoy our space, we are glad to have you here!
Videos, projects, and books! Engage young girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) through this great resource.
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Ransomware has been a source of major problems for many organizations in recent years. Many of them, aware of this situation, attempt to concentrate their efforts on protecting themselves against this class of threats. This often means that they shift their budgets away from web security. Unfortunately for them, it means they are actually making their IT systems less secure against ransomware.
Here are 5 reasons why taking care of your web security is very important to avoid ransomware.
Reason 1. Ransomware is a result of attack escalation
Ransomware is not the attack itself, it is the result of the actual attack.
If we were to compare the effect of ransomware to an illness, ransomware software would represent a virus or bacteria. Once the virus or bacteria gets into the body of the host, it is able to multiply and infect the entire system, often with fatal results. It is the same with ransomware, once it enters the system, it may be impossible to stop.
However, just like a bacteria or a virus does not simply fly from one host to another on its own, neither does ransomware. It must somehow be introduced into the system. And the most effective measures of defense are at this stage – aimed to prevent ransomware from entering the system in the first place.
Just like bacteria and viruses, ransomware may be delivered using different paths. For example, a bacteria or a virus may spread by touch or by saliva droplets. Similarly, ransomware may just as easily be delivered by phishing and social engineering or by exploiting vulnerabilities in the system. And nowadays, most such vulnerabilities are web vulnerabilities (for an explanation of why – see Reason 3 below).
Conclusion: To protect from ransomware, you must focus on protecting yourself against the attacks that can be used to deliver ransomware to your systems. Once ransomware is in your system, it is too late.
Reason 2. Web attacks are used to spread ransomware
Phishing and social engineering are believed to be the most common way to deliver ransomware. However, phishing is often empowered by common web vulnerabilities such as cross-site scripting (XSS). Such vulnerabilities allow attackers to use renowned domain names, for example, your business name, to deliver attacks to your employees and others.
Just imagine that your web application has an XSS vulnerability. This allows the attacker to send your employees an URL with your domain name. However, upon visiting this domain, your employee would be automatically redirected to a malicious download location and download a ransomware installer. Do you think that your employees won't fall for such a trick? Think again.
Even worse, the attacker may use your vulnerable web application to attack your business partners, your customers, and even the general public, exposing your system's weakness and harming your reputation irreparably. If you want to avoid this, you must make sure that none of your systems that use your domain names have such XSS vulnerabilities.
Conclusion: Your web vulnerabilities may enable phishing attacks against your own organization, your partners, your clients, or even the general public. This may cause irreparable harm to your reputation.
Reason 3. Move to the cloud means that more criminals aim for the cloud
As mentioned in Reason 1, ransomware may be delivered to the target system using different methods, very often taking advantage of vulnerabilities. A while ago, most such vulnerabilities would exist in on-premises systems – these would be network vulnerabilities, for example, resulting from out-of-date software or misconfiguration of local networks. Now, when many businesses moved to remote work after the recent pandemic, on-premises networks are losing even more ground.
Such on-premises networks are being replaced by the cloud. And the cloud is based completely on web technologies. Therefore, the move to the cloud is associated with the growing importance of web vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities that used to, perhaps, affect just marketing websites now may affect business-critical systems and business-critical data.
The creators of ransomware also stay ahead of the times. They are aware that it is no longer enough for a malicious encryptor to crawl through a local network and infect local desktops and servers. They are aware that nowadays, more and more potential victims use thin clients (browsers) and access data that is being stored in the cloud. Therefore, they realize that they must take advantage of more and more web/cloud vulnerabilities to ensure their ransomware software is the most effective.
Conclusion: Most organizations either already use the cloud or are moving to it, making network security obsolete. Focusing on network security instead of web security in this day and age makes security efforts futile.
Reason 4. Organizations do not report attack details
It is very difficult to know how to defend your business against ransomware because other organizations that have fallen victim to ransomware most often do not share their experiences. They simply inform the public that they have been the victim of a ransomware attack – nothing more.
Such behavior is understandable. First of all, attacked organizations may be unable to fix their security weaknesses immediately. Second of all, organizations are afraid to share attack vector details so that they don't make themselves more open to other attacks. Third of all, many organizations wrongly believe that admitting their mistakes may hurt their reputation.
Unfortunately, this behavior slows down the development of efficient protection methods and has an overall negative impact on IT security worldwide. This situation could be compared to a country that was affected by a deadly virus and would not share any details about it for political reasons.
Conclusion: Not sharing the details of attack vectors used to deliver ransomware to victim systems makes it more difficult for other businesses to avoid ransomware.
Reason 5. Media focuses on the problem, not the solution
What makes the situation even worse is the fact that in those rare cases when attack details are known, most media decide not to mention any such details. This is true in the case of all security breaches. Instead, the media focus on popular topics such as the business impact of the ransomware attack. For example, to find out that the Capital One data breach from 2019 was caused by a server-side request forgery (SSRF), you would have to dig very deep in search engines. Most media sources did not bother to mention this crucial information.
In the light of media and business behavior that leads to ransomware being even more of a problem for businesses everywhere, it is a pleasant surprise to see that there are major enterprises that follow the best possible practices. There is probably no better example of this than Cloudflare. For example, when in 2019 Cloudflare experienced a major outage caused by human error and the use of a web application firewall (WAF), they described the entire incident using an impressive level of detail – and this is their regular practice.
Conclusion: We heartily recommend that the media share known attack details. If we share the information and learn about the first steps of a ransomware attack, we will all have a better chance to protect ourselves against such attacks in the future.
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High Court favours pub-owners in landmark FBD Insurance case
In a landmark decision in the High Court on Friday, 5 February 2021, Mr Justice Denis McDonald (McDonald J) of the Commercial Court ruled that four publicans are entitled to compensation from FBD Insurance Plc (FBD) for the disruption that their businesses suffered, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This decision is likely to result in FBD being liable to pay out on over 1,000 further claims made by restaurants and bars.
The test case was taken by four pubs in Dublin and Westmeath, trading under the names Sinnott's Bar, Leopardstown Inn, Lemon & Duke, and Sean's Bar. The pub owners claimed their insurance policies contained a clause that indemnified the pubs if their premises were closed by order of the local or government authority due to "outbreaks of contagious or infectious disease on the premises or within 25 miles of same".
FBD argued that the policy was never intended to provide pandemic cover. It claimed that its insurance policy had been designed and priced to cover "standard foreseeable risks and not those associated with extraordinary events" such as Covid-19. It stated that an imposed closure of pubs in response to local outbreaks of a disease (rather than global) would have been covered.
During the hearing in October 2020, over a period of three weeks the Court examined a number of issues including causation and the application of principles of quantum in cases of this nature. The Court further heard submissions in relation to the proper interpretation of 'trends clauses', which typically allow insurers to reduce the amounts payable under the policy where other wider factors have affected an insured's ability to trade.
McDonald J found that cover is not lost where the closure is prompted by nationwide outbreaks of disease, provided that there is an outbreak with a 25-mile radius and further provided that the outbreak is a cause of the closure. He found that the outbreak of Covid-19, which occurred within 25 miles of each of the plaintiff's premises, was a proximate cause of the imposed closure of pubs announced by the government on 15 March 2020.
However, the Court rejected the pubs' claim against FBD for the continued effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on their business after the period of imposed closure comes to an end. The Court did not make any findings on the issue of the quantification of losses, and this aspect of the matter will be dealt with on a later date. The proceedings are next before the Court on 17 February 2021.
The Court had regard to a recent decision of the Supreme Court in the UK, in a test case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), with the Irish Court delaying its judgment to allow further submissions from the parties following the impact of the Supreme Court FCA test case.
Implications of the decision
Since the judgment, twelve insurance companies have been put on notice that they face High Court actions from hundreds of bars and restaurants.
FBD has issued a public statement to the effect that the judgment provided clarity to all parties involved and that it will not appeal the decision. FBD indicated that it will make payments to relevant policyholders in the interim while waiting for clarity from the Court in respect of quantum.
The effects of this decision are yet to be seen, however as many businesses across different industries have policies with similar clauses, and as the costs will likely be passed onto businesses and consumers through higher insurance premiums, the implications are sure to be wide-reaching for insurance companies, business owners, and consumers alike. This is notwithstanding FBD's assertions that it had set aside €30 million in provisions to deal with potential liabilities arising from the Court's decision in these cases, as according to market analysis it is thought that the final cost for FBD may actually be in the region of €60 million.


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Part of the government's condition for the RM1.25 billion soft loan to Proton was for the national car maker to find a foreign strategic partner.
According to a report by New Straits Times, Proton chief executive officer Datuk Ahmad Fuaad Kenali has mentioned that three unnamed car makers are expected to make an offer for a strategic partnership as soon as next month.
"All the three shortlisted foreign car makers are currently doing their due diligence. We expect this to be completed this month. They are expected to come up with the binding offers next month," he said.
Proton's parent company, DRB Hicom was said to have initially received 15 offers, which they narrowed down to 8. Soon after, the list was trimmed down to five and further down to the current three.
The three foreign car makers is said to be Geely, PSA (Peugeot) and Renault. Proton's new foreign strategic partner is expected to help Proton in terms of advanced technology, global reach and economies of scale. Furthermore, the partner could potentially be given a stake in Proton.
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I'm Tired As Well, John Coffey
by Billy Beasley
It is early June as I write this column. Last month, I wrote, I Pull for America. I hoped. I prayed that I would be writing about more encouraging things, but our country remains in a form of lockdown—and then George Floyd was killed senselessly and the ugliness of racial division once again rears its ugly head.
Meanwhile, elected Republicans and Democrats alike, taunt each other like immature third graders as opposed to working beyond differences to find a common ground for the many problems that plague our country. And part of me thinks they laugh at you and I as they return to their mansions to eat $12 a pint ice cream and a President who thinks tweeting asinine comments is some kind of solution. And then Joe Biden, says something equally idiotic with his, "You ain't black" comment among his other ramblings.
I believe that of all the things that hurt our nation it is career politicians that inflict the most damage. I saw a few Facebook posts about here is the problem. And it listed several democrats and how many years they have served. A fair post would have mentioned those Democrats but it also would have added, the likes of republicans Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley. (39 years)
We have people on social media praising one side and condemning the other. If you are a proud defender of either party in this day and age you have lost me. I see nothing about Nancy Pelosi or Mitch McConnell or any of their constituents that is praiseworthy. I don't think that they care about you and me. If they did, they would try to work together to help us. It is not all the Republicans fault, or all the Democrats blame.
I also can't stand reading things on Facebook from the left and the right that in their race to make everything line up with your political views, they don't even verify whether the event or information actually occurred. Often, I hesitate over my keyboard, about to inform the poster that what they posted is not true, but it will open up doors and require energy that I can better spend elsewhere.
We have a senseless death caused by a police officer who was employed to serve and protect, while other officers watched. And now it seems okay to either praise the police regardless or condemn them all. Where is the middle ground where we can have a conversation?
The majority of the police that I know, serve, and protect and they don't care about the color of your skin or mine. They help people. They are kind and only tough when the job demands it and they are appalled by bad police officers.
I find no excuse for rioting, looting, or burning stores. That is not a protest. That is a crime. And while the white police officer that killed George Floyd deserves to go to prison, I don't believe that is a reason for social media comments like, "All white people." Lumping all together. How is that not responding to the very prejudice you resent with your own brand of discrimination? And to those that try to find some excuse for this officer's actions. Please stop. There is no excuse for placing your knee and a good part of your body weight on a man's neck for eight minutes and forty-six seconds. I don't think that they teach that in the police manual.
We live in a country where the extremes dictate everything when most of the people I know, regardless of race, live somewhere in the middle. We don't think everyone is racist. We don't believe all police officers are bad. We believe in peaceful protests. And we long for respectful conversation.
We live in a world where the end justifies the means. I hate that saying. If the means is dishonest it justifies nothing.
As I read political posts by Christians. I wonder about this.
Is it your Christianity that influences your politics or does your politics influence your Christianity?
Maybe we can't be colorblind but I am going to hold on to this. "Hearts have no color." That is how I will continue to live my life. One day at a time, one person at a time. And I don't have to prove that to anyone.
And I will go to my death knowing that my God looks upon the heart first and foremost. Shouldn't we follow his lead?
About the Author
Billy Beasley resides in Carolina Beach, NC with his wife Julie and their Australian Cattle Dog, Teke.
The Preacher's Letter is his second traditionally published work of fiction.
Billy's shares two simple beliefs with his favorite character in his first novel, The River Hideaway—Faith in God and a conviction that 'Hearts have no color'. His third novel, The Girl in the River, releases summer, 2020.
You can connect with Billy on Facebook, Twitter, and his blog.
You can read his "Sunday Inspiration" column on the 2nd Sunday each month here at Mustard Seed Sentinel.
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Beware of Hermeneutical Priestcraft
Does God intend the Scripture to be understandable and accessible only to seasoned, sophisticated theologians? Or did God intend to communicate in such a way that the average Corinthian, Ephesian, Belgian or Appalachian would readily be able to understand his meaning?
Now, is there greater theological depth than is readily understood by the average or untaught reader? Unquestionably. Augustine's hoary old chestnut about wading children and swimming elephants comes to mind. But the ever-present danger for the trained theologian is to make the interpretation of Scripture—especially when it comes to repeated statements and promises addressed to the unsophisticated, average majority—so specialized and so elite that only the expert interpreter can really understand and interpret God's words correctly.
Biblical truth is far more complex and multilayered than it may appear on the surface. But if we take seriously the Reformation rediscovery of the perspicuity of Scripture—breaking the Romanist monopoly as its only authorized interpreter—the idea that repeated, inspired language would create in the unconditioned reader the exact opposite impression from the "actual" meaning seems difficult to defend. Our interpretations can err in two directions: (1) oversimplification fails to take careful notice of content or context; (2) oversophistication is so technically nuanced that no one would ever have figured it out without us.
Vern Poythress argues in a similar vein:
God uses ordinary human language rather than a technically precise jargon…. By doing so, he speaks clearly to ordinary people, not merely to scholars with advanced technical knowledge…. Hence, the ordinary, humble readers of the Bible do all right. Paradoxically, scholars and would-be scholars can easily get into trouble by overestimating the degree of technical or pedantic precision in the Bible. They will then fall into mistakes that an ordinary reader of the Bible would not make (Symphonic Theology, 69-70).
The revelation of the infinite God deserves the highest level of scholarship we can possibly bring to the task of understanding it; and in the end, it will outstrip even that. But biblical scholarship, as essential and valuable as it is, may be infected with an exclusive elitism that shuts out the kind of "average" readers to whom Mark and Paul and Peter and John first addressed the given revelation of an infinite God. And it should be axiomatic that an infinite God has no difficulty uncovering his mind and purposes to the average, the unconditioned, and the uninitiated through the language he has chosen to use.
The greatest tools for interpretation and understanding are (1) an observant, contextual reading of Scripture, and (2) simple faith in its content and expression (what God says and how he chose to say it). The simplest reader may possess these, and the most sophisticated biblical scholar may misplace them—or worse, come to disdain them—among all the other specialized interpretational instruments at his disposal.
Theologians are not the superiors and overlords of the ignorant masses of average readers, with unbridled academic liberty. As Spirit-gifted (1 Cor 12:8) and Christ-given (Eph 4:11) teachers of God's truth, we are above all servants of the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:7; Eph 4:12-13). Consequently, our positions, how we express them, and their ramifications, matter to the health of the body of Christ and, therefore, to its Head to whom we are ultimately accountable.
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I feel like that about my home and about my studio, where I work alongside Alessandra and my other collaborators!!
If I think how I have come to "feel at home" in my Studio, I have a sudden flashback as though I've been carried back in time. All the way back to 1988, when a major company decided to invest in my brand, in a collection with my name, Stefano Chiassai, on it.
I was proposing a total look finished off with leather and fabric accessories and leather and knit jackets. Five companies were already distributing my brand and I was pleased with how things were going. Turnover was growing steadily but the need for a single structure to coordinate the business and distribution had arisen.
Everything was ready - the contract, premises in Milan, the family was ready to move, the advertising campaign was already out with the Via San Gregorio address and telephone number. An appointment with the MILANESELAWYER had already been made for the beginning of the year.
All that was needed was for me and my wife Alex to sign the MULTIMILLIONDOLLARCONTRACT. This was a major turning-point that would have totally changed our lives. At the time, we were in Paris on business for fashion week. My collection was being exhibited at SEM in the space reserved for young UPCOMINGDESIGNERS. The word SEM won't mean much to most people now, but in the Eighties it was the most important fashion EVENT, where the world's biggest INTERNATIONALBRANDS showed their collections. It was the French version of PITTIUOMO.
It was a fashion week like any other. The Paris dates and appointments are still the same and we were also SHOWING at Pitti Uomo! We were split between SEM, Pitti Uomo, buyers and the press. SEM no longer exists but NOTHING else has changed!
That said, the Paris week was one of ANXIOUSREFLECTION and in the end Alessandra and I decided not to sign the MULTIMILLIONDOLLARCONTRACT.
Milan was not OURHOME and a lot of stories circulating around my name had nothing to do with me and this was not the life I wanted for myself or my family.
It was a tough decision that put everything at risk, but at that moment Alex and I were thinking about our FUTURELIFE, not about SUCCESS. We thought about it long and hard, weighing up the pros and cons, and in the end we asked ourselves the same question over and over. Have we made the right decision? Will we be able to continue working from the place where we have decided to live?
Now I can say with certainty that not signing that contract was the best decision I could make at the time. I haven't had any second thoughts and I am proud of making that LIFECHOICE.
I must admit it took guts. I worried about MONEY and people kept on telling me that we would never be able to do our job so far away from the cities and people that mattered in the fashion world, i.e. Milan, Paris and London.
This experience led me to draw a conclusion: it doesn't matter where you are or whether you are based in the centre of the world; what really counts is Passion, dedication, determination, Professionalism, Sacrifice, being comfortable with yourself and with others.
This is the best contract you can sign: striving towards your Dream wherever in the "WORLD" you are.
We understood that to do our job well we needed to be far away from the anxious and NEUROTICSYSTEM of the city. We needed a quiet place to set up our studio, a WORKSPACE that could speak for us, tell our story and convey the feeling that we put into our profession.
I like to think that whoever comes into this CREATIVEHOME can make it their own. They can see the objects within it and identify with this expressive chaos, sensing the story behind it, the emotions that have been expressed, and discover a unique, original MODUSOPERANDI, where the Energy they feel gives an immediate sense of Positivity and VISUALPOWER.
This is my STUDIO and our space, but above all it is a universe where Creativity is experienced in its pure state, where a WORLDOPENSUP.
A LIFESTUDIO containing work, routine, a big Archive and lots of Trips. Lots of CONTINUOUSRESEARCH around the world like a merchant going off in search of inspiration, new ideas, new vocabulary, new energies, new trends, before bringing them back, studying and sharing them in the place I feel "ATHOME" and where I continue to work towards our Dream… SCS STEFANO CHIASSAI STUDIO.


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Paper mail, do you love it, like it, or hate it? A new survey conducted for digital document storage platform Inlet Digital asked more than 1,500 U.S. online consumers about their online habits. When asked what they would be willing to give up for one month to stop receiving all paper mail forever, chocolate and drinking alcohol were the two most popular choices among those who would deprive themselves.
People often talk a stronger technology game than they play. In this case, the discrepancy indicates that conversion to solely digital documents has a place of mind not yet reflected in real-world behavior. More than half of the respondents, 51.6 percent, said they were "somewhat" to "very comfortable" storing copies of important documents in the cloud.
However, when they were asked about the types of documents they were likely to store online, 62 percent said photos, but only 3.1 percent picked financial statements like bills and 1 percent chose Social Security card or birth certificate. We'll grant that photos are important, but so far it appears few actually store important documents other than photos in the cloud, based on the survey findings.
The latest survey for the Unites States Postal Service, published in 2015 based on 2014 data, showed a similar discrepancy. While only 37 percent said they paid their bills by mail, 91 percent still wanted to receive paper bills in the mail. The desire for paper bills among online bill payers likely indicates wanting the security of backup documentation.
Artificial Intelligence-enabled voice assistants also showed up as a technology in transition in Inlet's survey. The results could be interpreted in several ways. The question asked how likely the survey participants would be to trust Alexa, Siri, or another assistant to pay bills on their behalf.
Most people were not on board with using voice assistants to pay their bills; 48.2 percent said "never" and 36.1 percent selected "somewhat unlikely."
Given the novelty and still-early market penetration of voice assistants, the fact that 12.1 percent said they were likely and 3.6 percent checked "very likely" is a surprisingly positive response that correlates closely with another recent study by Parks. A recent Parks Associates report stated that 12 percent of homes with broadband service had smart speakers with voice assistants in the last quarter of 2016.
For the question about giving up something for a month in order to stop getting all paper mail, the choices in decreasing order of selection were: "I wouldn't give up any of these things," 62.1 percent; chocolate, 11.1 percent; drinking (alcohol), 10.8 percent; Facebook, 8.3 percent; Netflix, 4.8 percent; smartphone, 2 percent; and Wi-Fi 1 percent. So even though chocolate and alcohol were the most popular abstentions, the greatest majority wouldn't deny themselves any of the choices.
Shift Communications conducted the survey exclusively for Inlet in late March. The 1,514 survey participants were weighted in proportion to the latest U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey for age, gender, and region.
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