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Experts Speak: Samreedhi Goel

Nutritionist, personal trainer and fitness columnist, there’s no one better than Samreedhi Goel to advice you on healthy eating habits this summer. Here is her guide to eating right and keeping those pounds off!
Stay hydrated: Drink plenty of water or liquids like coconut water, nimbu paani or even chaas – salted buttermilk to maintain your fluid balance.

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BMW F34 Gran Turismo 335iX (306 Hp) 2013 -> 2016

100% Stainless steel "Cat.-back" system for the Stock rear muffler / M Performance
Full kit only

Changing the exhaust is a very good upgrade in a tuning program. It's one of the most important aftermarket parts, and if you're looking for a performance increase, with a power and torque gain, exhaust mods are always recommended.
FULL SYSTEM (single Ø80mm pipe)
The Supersprint sport exhaust for the BMW F34 335ix Gran Turismo (335xi GT) is composed by:

Turbo downpipe right after the turbocharger, with or without a HJS sport metallic cat 100 CPSI, available in two versions with different turbo outlet diameter (see stock part for compatibility).

Front pipe with flex joint.

Centre section ( available with or without a resonator )

Rear muffler, available with dual tips Ø100mm for the stock or Performance bumper, or with 4xØ80mm quad pipes, which requires trimming the valances toward the centre f the car, for a M3 look effect.

The stock catalytic converter, as in the Supersprint tradition, is replaced by a HJS metallic cat with 100 cells per square inch ( CPSI ). It's much more efficient and free-flowing but at the same time offers an optimal reduction of pollutant gas.
CAUTION: There is no issue connected to the pollutant gas and O2 sensors, but because of the improvement in flow the turbo overspins and the boost pressure goes above the pre-set range, resulting in a "boost too high" errors in the ECU and Check Engine Light ( CEL ).
To solve this issue is necessary to reprogram the ECU with a specific tune or fit an aftermarket piggyback module. Ask for information.
The decat / catless version is usually recommended for track use, it's lighter and it often requires a ECU tune / reprogramming.
The O2 sensor issue must be addressed, possibly with a sensor cheater / microcat.

If you're looking for a more involving and sportier exhaust tone and don't want to replace the downpipe, the "cat-back" setup is recommended. It's composed by front pipe (optional, but it avoids cutting the OEM system), centre pipe or exhaust, and rear silencer. We recommend the centre pipe for the best sound.

Following our very long tradition (est.1955), the main target of a Supersprint exhaust is not to change the nature of the car, loosing comfort in the process, but to make the engine note more pleasant and distinctive, without being excessive, but even more important, to increase the performance. We still offer a louder, more aggressive setup for enthusiasts.
The look is always the perfect match of sportiness and class, with rear exhausts fitted with dual tail pipes (100 mm) perfectly integrated in the bumper line, for a sporty but still elegant result, or quad pipes, which requires trimming.
On some model we offer the exhaust tips in different finish other than the usual chrome, like matt black or satin silver. Ask about it.

Developed for the enthusiast who wants the best for his car and plans to tune it to reach and surpass 400hp.

The system starts at Ø90mm, then splits in two Ø65mm lines, with the option of two 100 CPSI HJS metallic cats, which cross section is enough to guarantee optimal flow and reduce the pollutant gas, too.

The centre silencer has been developed to offer good comfort onboard.

The rear mufflers is available in both tailpipes styles as for the single pipe system, but with a more aggressive tone thanks to the different internal structure.

The best in terms of performance and sound!
With E.E.C. homologationWith E.E.C. homologation
Component E.E.C. homologation valid only when fitted to the specific Supersprint homologated rear exhaustComponent E.E.C. homologation valid only when fitted to the specific Supersprint homologated rear exhaust
Compatible with the OEM catalytic converterCompatible with the OEM catalytic converter
For racing use onlyFor racing use only
Discontinued Product. Available while stock lastsDiscontinued Product. Available while stock lasts
Threaded bung for oxygen sensor providedThreaded bung for oxygen sensor provided
Oval endpipeOval endpipe
Twin oval endpipeTwin oval endpipe
Flat oval endpipeFlat oval endpipe
With certificate of authenticity - Compliance to sound regulationsWith certificate of authenticity - Compliance to sound regulations
With certificate of conformity for classic exhaust designWith certificate of conformity for classic exhaust design - Internet Partner

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Sonance Speakers

Sonance Authorized Dealer

SoundVision is proud to be an authorized dealer of Sonance. For over 30 years Sonance has created precision audio products with top performing speakers combined with a beautiful design for little visual intrusion. Sonance was the creator of the in-wall speakers and ever since have been a leader in innovative speakers for your home

Sonance Speakers Options :

  • In-ceiling Speakers
  • In-wall Speakers
  • In-wall Subwoofers
  • Completely Invisible In-wall Speakers
  • Landscape Speakers
  • Outdoor Subwoofer
  • Rock Speakers
  • Patio Speakers

Designed specifically to:

  • Withstand the elements
  • High fidelity sound outdoors and indoors
  • Disappear into landscaping
  • Seamlessly blend into your home
  • Provide even & balanced coverage

Sonance. Committed to Sound Innovation.

Every Sonance speaker system SoundVision installs is backed by our low-price guarantee, lifetime guarantee on workmanship and our world-class service department. For more information on our home theater or audio solutions, go to the Home Theater page. To schedule an initial design consultation and find out more about integrating a Sonance speaker system into your media or home theater system, contact us today.

Check out the rest of our trusted brands!

SoundVision is available to install Sonance speakers in residential, corporate and commercial projects in the Northern Bay Area including, San Francisco, Marin, Sausalito, Tiburon, Belvedere, Mill Valley, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Larkspur, Ross, Kentfield, San Anselmo, Fairfax, San Rafael, Napa, Novato, Calistoga, Saint Helena, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Windsor, Cotati, Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Sonoma, Berkeley, Piedmont. Call us today at (415) 456-7000.

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Windows Server and Clients – Kernel Divergence

April 14, 2015   //   Microsoft System Center, , , ,

Much media focus has been given to the forthcoming Windows 10 client operating system currently in preview form with an expected release in Q3 2015. However, there has been a lot of less publicized yet quite interesting news on the server front as well. What is going on with the long-standing Windows Server 2003? Should my organization be moving to 2012 R2 if a new version is expected in 2016? What’s the future direction of Windows Server?

Windows Server 2003 is fast approaching its end-of-life date: July 14, 2015. As with its companion client Windows XP, which exited extended support one year ago, this means that no new security hotfixes or maintenance patches will be publically released. Aging operating systems are more vulnerable to zero-day attacks and ever-evolving security threats, which can rapidly emerge in the modern cloud-connected world. Thus, if your organization still has active Server 2003 systems, it’s time to begin migrating their workloads to newer platforms. For 64-bit versions of Server 2003, it is possible to perform an in-place upgrade to Server 2008 R2 if necessary. However, a much cleaner and safer approach is to do a side-by-side migration directly to Server 2012 R2.

Because Server 2012 R2 has been broadly adopted and well documented for over two years, it is the most logical step for migration. Moreover, there is no reason to wait because Microsoft recently announced that Windows Server 2016 will not release alongside Windows 10. This is a noteworthy coincidence, as it represents the first time that the client and server kernels have diverged since Windows 2003/XP. It was nice that Windows 7 and 2008 R2 shared the same internal code base because you could be assured of high interoperability with applications and a similar interface. But given the upcoming changes in both client and server paradigms, it makes sense to differentiate them going forward.

Windows 10 aims to be faster-paced in general, with the new end-user features delivered regularly, although IT organizations can instead align their strategy with the “long-term serviceability branch” and opt for consistency and stability as desired. In contrast, Windows Server 2016 aims to be an even more cloud-optimized system, drawing heavily on technology derived from Microsoft Azure. In particular, the so-called Nano Server feature will be one of its cornerstones, with refactored PowerShell CoreCLR as the primary management interface.

A compatibility mode will exist to support the current generation of server roles and applications in the marketplace, such as traditional RDS farms and IIS web services, plus improvements in virtualization and storage. Meanwhile, the micro-services layer will move towards being the future foundation of containerized Docker applications, Windows Fabric and PaaS. In short, this means it won’t always be necessary to run a full VM in order to achieve isolation of enterprise software applications, resulting in reduced overhead and increased ability to scale dynamically.

Management of this new technology will also fall under two comparable umbrellas. When the Windows 10 client OS launches later this year, an updated SCCM will release alongside it. The remainder of the System Center suite, which is more closely tied to the server release cycle, will come out in 2016.

Need help aligning Server 2012 R2 or SCCM with your business needs? Let SWC’s 35 years of experience implementing technology solutions go to work for you. Contact SWC today and tell us about your business. Don’t know where to start with your migration? Call 630-572-0240 and we will determine the best solution that works with your current on-premises environment and your cloud computing needs.

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Young Professional Event

Innovative Entrepreneurship in China

Event Details

Brownstone, Surpass Court
570 Yongjia Lu, near Yueyang Lu, Shanghai, Shanghai China

March 18, 2013 from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

In cooperation with Swiss Cham Shanghai, we invite you to this Young Professional Event on entrepreneurship and innovation.

Our guest speaker Olivier Glauser, the successful young entrepreneur and founder of Shankhai Sports will share his views on innovation in China as well as talk about his experience as a venture capitalist and now an entrepreneur.

Mr. Olivier Glauser, Entrepreneur, Investor

Now running Shankhai Sports Incorporated, which he founded, Olivier Glauser previously worked for Qualcomm Incorporated & Steamboat Ventures. Prior to moving to China, Olivier had co-founded Qualcomm Ventures in 2000. He led and managed many of Qualcomm’s successful venture investments in the United States: Airvana (NASDAQ: AIRV), Spatial Wireless (acquired by Alcatel), PayPal (acquired by eBay), M7 Networks (acquired by Motricity). Before starting his investment career, Olivier led a systems engineering team which pioneered and designed next generation wireless technologies (3G-CDMA2000 and WCDMA). He played a leading role in the first deployments of commercial wireless CDMA networks in the United States and Asia and is the author of several US patents. Earlier in his career, Olivier worked at the European Commission in Brussels, where he actively participated in the WTO negotiations on liberalization of telecommunication services.

Program Rundown

18:30 – 19:00           Registration

19:00 – 20:00           Presentation

20:00 – 21:30           Cocktails, Finger food & Casual Networking

Entrance fee

Young Professional Members:    150 RMB

Members:                                             180 RMB

Non Members:                                   300 RMB

Price includes a 3h free flow of soft drinks, beer (Corona, Heineken, Tsingtao, Stella), 2 additional drinks coupons for wine or house spirits as well as some tasty finger food!

RSVP by Monday March 18, 2013 to Mr. Nicolas Luginbuhl


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Fabric Sofa Beds

Sofa Beds and Futons

Space, comfort and style must never be compromised when it comes to choosing home furniture. Here at Sydney Sofa Beds, size is no object. Our fabric sofa bed and futon range are small enough to fit any area, yet can comfortably accommodate you, your family and guests.

Each sofa bed is defined by the highest quality material and craftsmanship, as expected from a reputable Sydney supplier. It’s one thing you’d not only want to sit on, but can’t help but admire from a distance!

Fabric sofa beds offer variety, functionality and affordability in an easy-to-maintain furniture. Whether working, lounging, bonding with loved ones or hosting special occasions, one perfect choice of sofa will serve you well.

We’ve made our futons and sofa beds readily available online for effortless shopping to your convenience! As you wish, get a close look at our collection by visiting our showroom in Homebush. For more information, give Lida a quick call at 0297462066.


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Remove Ads by CosstMinn (adware)

CosstMinn is a new adware program, and you might see it popping up in your browsers affected by it. This adware is able to convert regular words of a visited website into links. So, when you move the computer mouse towards such words, these CosstMinn Ads will pop up. Typically all such words converted into links will be also highlighted with some colour.

CosstMinn Ads will be displayed by this adware in various ways. One of them is through displaying various advertisement banners which will be integrated into visited websites. Another way they will be shown is in the form of some pop-up windows (as we’ve explained above).

CosstMinn adware

CosstMinn adware may reveal itself when user visit any websites, not necessarily the commercial ones. But most often they will appear when you go to Walmart, Amazon, Ebay, Bestbuy, etc. As a result of CosstMinn adware in your PC the browser affected by it will work extremely slow. Plus, you might as well experience the problem of persistent search engine redirection through random third-party websites, and facing a lot of strange pop-up windows offering you to download all kinds of other potentially unwanted or even malicious programs.

CosstMinn adware is actively spread today along with many other free applications. You need to be very careful when you deal with them. Do not allow any hidden installations to take place on your PC without your consent or approval. Always select the option of a custom installation, instead of the standard one. Please carefully read the End User’s License Agreements of all free programs you want to install. Doing so will help you to avoid all unwanted installations from being made on your computer. Please follow the guide below that will help you to get rid of CosstMinn adware from your system.

Software for CosstMinn adware automatic removal:

CosstMinn adware removal tool

Important steps for CosstMinn adware removal:

  1. Downloading and installing the program.
  2. Scanning of your PC with it.
  3. Removal of all infections detected by it (with full registered version).
  4. Resetting your browser with Plumbytes Anti-Malware.
  5. Restarting your computer.

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Adware detailed removal instructions

Step 1. Uninstalling this adware from the Control Panel of your computer.

Instructions for Windows XP, Vista and 7 operating systems:

  1. Make sure that all your browsers infected with CosstMinn adware are shut down (closed).
  2. Click “Start” and go to the “Control Panel“:
  3. Start - Control Panel

  4. In Windows XP click “Add or remove programs“:
  5. Add or remove programs in Windows XP

  6. In Windows Vista and 7 click “Uninstall a program“:
  7. Uninstall a program in Windows Vista and 7

  8. Uninstall CosstMinn adware. To do it, in Windows XP click “Remove” button related to it. In Windows Vista and 7 right-click this adware program with the PC mouse and click “Uninstall / Change“.

Instructions for Windows 8 operating system:

  1. Move the PC mouse towards the top right hot corner of Windows 8 screen, click “Search“:
  2. Windows 8 search

  3. Type “Uninstall a program“, then click “Settings“:
  4. Uninstall a program in Windows 8

  5. In the left menu that has come up select “Uninstall a program“:
  6. Uninstall a program in Win 8

  7. Uninstall this adware program. To do it, in Windows 8 right-click such adware program with the PC mouse and click “Uninstall / Change“.

Step 2. Removing adware from the list of add-ons and extensions of your browser.

In addition to removal of adware from the Control Panel of your PC as explained above, you also need to remove this adware from the add-ons or extensions of your browser. Please follow this guide for managing browser add-ons and extensions for more detailed information. Remove any items related to this adware and other unwanted applications installed on your PC.

Step 3. Scanning your computer with reliable and effective security software for removal of all adware remnants.

  1. Download Plumbytes Anti-Malware through the download button above.
  2. Install the program and scan your computer with it.
  3. At the end of scan click “Apply” to remove all infections associated with this adware.
  4. Important! It is also necessary that you reset your browsers with Plumbytes Anti-Malware after this particular adware removal. Shut down all your available browsers now.
  5. In Plumbytes Anti-Malware click “Tools” tab and select “Reset browser settings“:
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  7. Select which particular browsers you want to be reset and choose the reset options:
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  9. Click “Reset browser settings” button.
  10. You will receive the confirmation windows about browser settings reset successfully.
  11. Reboot your PC now.

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How to remove systembooster.info scam?

This guide will render you with adequate instructions to get rid of systembooster.info pop-ups from your computer. Please keep in mind that systembooster.info pop-ups are the consequence of some adware currently enabled and running in your system. It is quite likely that this adware was installed into your computer after […]


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Answers about Enterprise Bargaining

What is an Enterprise Agreement and where can I find the agreements?

An enterprise agreement is an agreement made between an employer and its employees that covers wages and conditions of employment. Enterprise agreements are negotiated in good faith through collective bargaining.

TAFE NSW currently has 4 Enterprise Agreements:

What is Enterprise Bargaining?

Enterprise bargaining is the negotiation process by which TAFE NSW and its employees, and the unions representing them, negotiate wages and conditions of employment. Bargaining usually occurs during a series of meetings that are held to negotiate a new enterprise agreement, which is then put to vote by all employees covered by the particular agreement.

Enterprise bargaining usually starts where the employer agrees to, or initiates bargaining, when the current enterprise agreement is nearing, or past its nominal expiry date.

Who represents me in enterprise negotiations with TAFE NSW?

An important part of the enterprise bargaining process is your right to nominate a bargaining representative to participate in the negotiations on your behalf. There are three ways you can be represented during the negotiations:

  • your union can represent you - if you are a member of a union that is entitled to represent you (for example, the AEU or the CPSU), your union will automatically be your bargaining representative for the agreement, unless you appoint another person as your representative, or revoke the union's status as your representative; or
  • you can appoint a bargaining representative to represent you; or
  • you can appoint yourself as a bargaining representative.

How long will bargaining take?

There is no set time for bargaining to finish, although it is in everyone's interests to reach agreement in a time frame as efficiently as possible. We do not believe it is in anyone's interest to have a long term, extended bargaining time frame.

How will I stay up to date?

We will keep you up to date with regular updates to let you know how bargaining is progressing. Frequently asked questions can be found here or you can email the EB team your questions and we will respond to you within 2 business days

How can I have my say?

You can have your say by providing us with feedback. We are interested in what you have to say and will listen to your feedback and take it into account. You can also provide feedback to your manager who can also provide advice to the Bargaining Team.

Who can vote?

All employees who are covered by the current agreement and will be covered by the agreement can vote for it. You do not need to be a member of a union.

Do I have to vote for a new EA?

Every employee should have a say over their conditions and wages and the way you can do this is to stay informed and vote when the ballot is held. You aren't obliged to vote but we ask that you consider voting when the time comes to make sure your voice is heard.

When will I have to vote?

Voting for a new enterprise agreement will be managed by an independent ballot management service provider.

Seven days before voting for an agreement you will be given a copy of the agreement and any other materials to assist in explaining the terms of the agreement and to help you with the voting process. At this stage you will also be told when, where and how the voting will take place.

Where can I find out more about Enterprise Bargaining generally?

The Fair Work Ombudsman provides general information about enterprise agreements and enterprise bargaining

How is TAFE NSW managing the bargaining across the four Enterprise Agreements?

Pam Christie, Managing Director of TAFE NSW has appointed Kerry Penton, Institute Director, Riverina Institute, to the position of Director Workforce Engagement to conduct the negotiations on behalf of TAFE NSW. TAFE NSW's bargaining teams are made up from representatives from all ten Institutes. Membership of the teams can be found below.


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New Kajabi: Is it really that good?

Short answer. Yes.

But you need objective reasons so you can reach your own conclusion and make the best decision for you and your family.

Let's start with: Why are you researching New Kajabi?

If I had to guess - you're researching New Kajabi because you've decided that you want to run a portion or all of your business online. Very smart decision indeed! As part of a billion dollar industry, no matter what your current industry is, you're making a smart choice to investigate having part or all of your income-generating aspects of life online.

I made a workbook that you can use and easily record your answers as you do your research. The workbook can be saved to your computer, downloaded, and printed - have fun! It's also embedded at the bottom of this page.

Here's the link to a FAQ sheet about New Kajabi that also includes links to my own personal worksheets that I use when researching and comparing different purchases.

So, specifically, what are the goals you want to achieve with an online business?

Before you decide to run a portion or all of your business online, you must know what your goals are. WHY do you want to use a tool like New Kajabi?

Yes, there are many slick four-part video series telling you how you can become a multi-millionaire overnight simply doing what you love. You can and it is simple but it is not easy. Even with New Kajabi (what I personally use to run our entire business), I spend roughly ten hours each week developing our content and engaging with our customers. I love what I do and it's incredibly easy to take an idea add it into New Kajabi and distribute it but the action steps of doing that do not happen while I am sleeping.

Let Walt Disney help you design your goals.

Contrast Walt Disney's view with Kelvin Baily. Kelvin was the corporate pilot for Walt Disney Productions and remembers standing with Walt Disney surveying the forty-seven square miles of swampland Walt was thinking about buying. What in the world were they doing in the middle of mosquito-rich, alligator homeland, good-for-nothing Florida? Walt knew. He could see, what Kelvin couldn't, Main Street here, Frontier Land to the left, Tomorrow Land to the right. In Walt's mind, he had it all mapped out. He knew what he wanted to build and so he could evaluate the land far differently than the pilot.

We all have a Disney World in our minds, what is yours?

You do. I do. We all do. We all have dreams and ideas that if money and time were no objects we would put into play.

Now is your turn to take some time. It might take you thirty minutes or you might need a week or even a month but map out what you want in your business. Recently Chris and I released our book, Easy As PB&J, where we share some of the stories that make up our dream world - or ideal day as we like to call it. Whether you're a veteran in the online business or simply curious, Easy As PB&J is about a three-hour read and has received glowing feedback from readers.

Draw yourself a picture of what YOUR Disney World looks like.

Once you know what you want in life and business (they are both sides of the coin of your life) you need an action plan, a map to get you from where you are now to where you want to be.

I recommend using mind mapping. ( is my favorite go-to resource.)

If you've never seen what a mind map can do you are in for a treat. A mind map allows you to draw out your ideas and see how they each impact one another in different ways. How all your ideas for your life and business can be connected and ultimately hold in your hands the map you need for your Disney World. You'll hear me say it frequently - Easy As PB&J goes through all of this. It's why we wrote the book because we desperately wanted to hand deliver an accessible, understandable, and totally affordable option for anyone swimming in the online business world.

On the business front, since we are trying to figure out if New Kajabi is really that good, here are questions to think through and include your answers on your mind map.

Why do you want to create an online experience for your customers?

In most cases, the online experience will be some form of a learning experience (aka courses) but this billion dollar market is changing and people are growing weary of the whole webinar, four-part video series, signature course (one costing $$$$$). So you need to know your WHY. No my why. Not Jeff Walker or Marie Forleo or Amy Porterfield - your WHY. (These questions are provided in the workbook.)

  • Do you want to run one course on its own URL?
  • Do you want to run multiple courses on your brand's URL?
  • Do you want multiple streams of income or one?
  • Do you want a course that complements an aspect of your physical business?
  • Do you want to provide a monthly membership aspect?
  • Do you want to repurpose your content in multiple ways?
  • Do you want to quit your job and run online learning full-time?
  • Do you want to add income to what you're doing but keep doing what you're doing?

What are you already using?

Now if you're just starting to learn about the world of online learning, you likely aren't using anything and that is a beautiful place to be! You won't have to contemplate moving anything and can simply move into New Kajabi and never know all the tech migraines you've avoided. Speaking from my past five years of experiences - I wish I had been able to start my business with an amazing team and tool like New Kajabi.

But if you're already in the online learning space, then you are currently using tools. I was five years in and had a whole suite of tools that I was using to piece together a digital learning experience and none of them were the cheap versions of anything!

  • Where is your site hosted?
  • What email marketing system are you using?
  • What plugins are you using?
  • What are you using for your landing pages?

Pull out your master tool list (tax time always helps with this - you can see exactly what you're spending your money on!) because you're going to need that as you compare and contrast what you have with New Kajabi.)

But wait ... you still haven't told me anything about New Kajabi yet!

Nope. I haven't. That's because there's no point in telling you how great it is for me when ultimately you need to know if it's good for you and you can't figure that out until you have your information to work with.

Let me give you a quick backstory on who I am and why I'll be keeping my business on New Kajabi.

I'm a mom, wife, business owner, and attorney with an advanced degree in taxation who five years ago decided to forgo a traditional legal career so that I could squeeze every minute of my little boys' lives instead of arguing with corporate idiots over a fancy board room table. I'm married to a sixth-grade social studies teacher, Chris. So we're an ideal blend of online business, offline business, traditional, and non-traditional all wrapped into one fun little family.

My whole income comes from being online. Chris's is part online, part teaching gig.

You need to know who we are and why I say New Kajabi is great because who we are and what we want out of life is why I will always share about how New Kajabi has changed our lives.

Reason 1: Not limited to a single "signature" course anymore!

A "signature" course is typically known as a single, mega-huge digital product that is likely thousands of dollars. It is what you are known for and it lives on its own URL. For example,

With New Kajabi, if you want to have one signature course you most definitely can and you will have an amazing time creating it without the need to hire a support staff to help you. You will actually have fun simply being able to input your content.

But let's say within that signature course, you have ten areas of main content. What if you could with a click of a box also sell those ten pieces of main content separately for a far lower price point? What if you could sell two medium bundles of that content, say five and five? What if you could take those ten pieces and create a monthly (recurring!!!) income stream?

That is the beauty of New Kajabi and why it's so great! You can have your cake (signature course) and eat it too (selling any combination of that signature course and creating multiple income streams to appeal to a much wider aspect of your ideal paying customers).

Reason 2: No more self-hosting

What??? There's no way I'm giving up the control of my content!

Ok, don't.

I spent five years saying the same thing and for good reasons, I didn't trust the terms and conditions much less the people who were creating platforms to help me host my content. Now, if I can come around to the idea and embrace it then keep reading because you might just see the light like I did. As a lawyer, I naturally don't trust platforms and was a huge advocate of self-hosting with for many, many years. I read more terms and conditions of other platforms and was never comfortable giving up my hosting with BlueHost and my site (but I also spent 80% of my time dealing with tech malfunctions that are just part of the game when you're playing with WordPress!)

And then I watched, listened, and researched New Kajabi and the businesses and people behind it. Armed with my skeptic's glasses and using Chris as my backup opinion (he wasn't at all involved in the online world before we purchased New Kajabi) and I had already purchased well over $50,000 in tools that were going to make my life wonderful - none did!

Here are some of my conclusions for why I stopped self-hosting and chose New Kajabi.

If my little old WordPress site goes down it's all on me to fix it and deal with it. However, with New Kajabi, if the worst ever happens then guess what my little site is going down with Brendon Burchard, Chalene Johnson, James Wedmore, Grant Cardone, and over ten thousand others ... I'm fairly certain that I won't have to do anything because all the "stuff" that runs my little site also runs Brendon and Chalene's and they're going to be all over everyone involved to fix it ASAP! I'm more than ok with that!

I've read the terms and conditions and am totally ok with it.

Reason 3: I trust Kajabi.

How many times have you seen this sequence of communication from an online business?

  • "The cart is closing. You only have one more hour and then this amazing offer will be gone forever!!"
  • "Oh, wait just kidding - there was such a huge interest that I'm going to keep it open for 24 more hours."
  • "OK, now the cart is really closing."
  • "I mean it buy now this is your last chance."

Every time I see this play out my mama-brain kicks in and it drives me nuts! Seriously, if I pulled this on my kids: -goggles go on and if I acted like this as a parent - well let's just say my boys wouldn't be pleasant children to be around. Mom said stop. Period. The end.

"I'm serious this is the last time I'm going to say this."

"Ok, now I'm really serious."

"Ok, now I'm for real serious!"

Well, let's just say that my boys would be less than pleasant to be around and my life as a mom would be significantly harder because they wouldn't take me seriously. They know they can't trust what I say because my actions don't match my words.

Kajabi's actions match their words not just the words on a sales page or during a launch but all the time. When they opened their beta doors in November 2015 they said, "We'd love to have you join as a founding member. When we close the doors, we aren't opening them back again until much later and we don't know when that will be."

And you know what happened? They closed the doors and didn't open them again until March 2016. No one got in. There were even some founding members that left and then wanted back in. Kajabi politely told them, we'll let you know when we open the doors again.

What??? An online business that wasn't going to manipulate my purchases based on sales copy, psychology, and the latest sales funnel strategies - I was hooked!

When Kajabi says they're going to do something - they do it. They take care of their employees. They take care of their customers. It's a rare trait in business (and in life) to really trust someone. There are other reasons I trust Kajabi and all are based on the fact that they believe in me, in what I am trying to do for the freedom and wealth legacies of my family, and I can't imagine aligning my life and business with any other company.

Reason 4: No more digital duct tape.

For the complete rundown of all the pieces you're going to need to operate an online business, please feel free to click here and access one of the chapters that we included in Easy As PB&J.

If you enjoy building your car from the garage floor and want to choose each piece, install it, modify it, and then drive then New Kajabi is still the right platform for you. You can do all that customizing in the code all day every day if you want.

But for me, and thousands of other people, building from the garage floor is a living nightmare! I want to share what I know and make money doing it with as few hours behind my computer screen as possible! I want to be at the beach, not spending the better part of a week trying to make the latest and greatest email marketing system play nicely with my content delivery system - no thank you!

With New Kajabi, all the pieces that I need are in one place. They are beautiful. They work. They play nicely with each other and I haven't had a tech issue since I moved onto the platform.

Reason 5: Can't outgrow it.

As the mother of two little boys, we outgrow clothes, shoes, toys, and car seats all the time. I not only understand the concept of outgrowing, I live it on a daily basis! Now I could buy shoes five sizes too big so they wouldn't outgrow them as quickly but then they couldn't run and play right now because their shoes would be too big and clunky.

The beauty of New Kajabi is that no matter where you are it fits.

  • Maybe you've never made a digital product. It fits you right where you are. You can get started and achieve success in a matter of days.
  • Maybe you've been running a multi-million dollar business for years. It fits you too. Just ask Brendon or Chalene!

When I was learning about what New Kajabi was going to be able to do, Kajabi had released a series of videos with Kenny teaching new employees how it was designed. They've taken those videos down but it was in those videos where I could see the simple genius of the minds that designed and built Kajabi. As seamless as Apple is - that is what Kajabi delivers in its product.

I can't outgrow this thing! I can try every single day and guess what I won't outgrow it.

How do I know this? Well, I'm a few steps behind Brendon Burchard and Chalene Johnson and they haven't outgrown it.

Reason 6: Works out of the box.

New Kajabi is the first tool I've used that was easier than they advertised it to be. It just works and we're even teaching Kip (he's five) how to use it.

Reason 7: No need to hire virtual assistants or designers.

If you have a team of people supporting you great! You're going to get a whole lot more for your investment when they can invest time spent on fixing and hooking stuff up and instead help you maximize new ways to build relationships and connect with your audience - because that's where the magic happens!

If you don't have a team, you don't need one. Especially, if you decide to purchase New Kajabi and would like to use our affiliate discount coupon, you'll have access full access to us and all the resources that we've created not just for New Kajabi but also for easy course creation.

I'm all for outsourcing when you need to but I also know that far too many online business owners are outsourcing to people they didn't properly research and as a result end up in very expensive, stressful, and sometimes needing to take legal action. Why not minimize the need to hire? You can use that money and time to invest in other areas besides trying to figure out WordPress and plugins or another system that needs these tools to make it work ... no thank you!

Reason 8: Add your #feature requests anytime

Kajabi listens to its users and you can submit a #featurerequest at any time but what I seriously LOVE about them is they listen without reacting. They are similar to the wise parent who knows that what we think we might want, simply isn't what is right for us to have because they can see the bigger picture.

I want to build my freedom and wealth legacy with a company that listens but doesn't react to the whims of at times some seriously crazy users! They know what they're building and are doing so with an integrity and solidness that I have not seen any where else in the online business world.

Reason 9: Sky is the limit with Zapier

Wow! You're still here - awesome!

Ok, so maybe you want to do some seriously cool trick with your online learning experience - well, then use the Kajabi integration with Zapier. It's super easy and seriously I'd be shocked if you couldn't find exactly what you wanted.

Reason 10: Time

At the end of the day, where do you want to be?

I want to be at the beach with my boys playing and making memories. I don't want to research all the different options available to me. I don't want to create spreadsheets of feature comparisons. I don't want to hire people to hook it all up, communicate with them, and then monitor work progress.

  • I want an affordable solution.
  • I want an easy to use solution.
  • I want to know that the company believes in me as much as I do.
  • I want to create an experience for my treasured customers.
  • I want as little time as possible behind a computer.
  • New Kajabi was the first tool that I knew could handle the empire plans Chris and I have been planning for years.

You can read my story about why time is so incredibly important to me and why I fiercely protect it in Easy As PB&J. Time is the one thing that I can't get back and you can't either.

Still, have objections?

"Of course, you love Kajabi, you're an affiliate."

Yes, I am an affiliate. I was one when there wasn't a public affiliate program and my affiliate commission was 30%.

Recently Kajabi gave me the option to give you a 15% discount coupon and lose 15% of my affiliate commission and I couldn't have been happier. Ultimately I want for you and your family what I have for mine - an online platform that my five-year-old understands and is already learning how to use, freedom, and the ability to build whatever wealth legacy you want and I know that New Kajabi provides that.

"Well, what about ..."

Go ahead and list out all the other options you think you want and also see if I've answered them on this page.

Spend all the time you want comparing functions. Actually, don't spend all the time you want because that is a time you can't get back. Give yourself one week to decide. Write out what you think you want and find the person who loves that choice more than any other - talk to them.

One task I gave Chris when we were writing Easy As PB&J was to do a comparison of other options with New Kajabi and after five minutes we looked at each other and stopped the list. We knew our friends would read this book and there was no way we were going to recommend anything to them besides New Kajabi so we stopped giving up our time to create a list that we didn't believe in.

One week. Compare and contrast all you want. And then decide. Stick with your decision and get going.

"It's so expensive."

Seriously it's one of the most affordable options out there.

Let's take the basic monthly plan when you apply the 15% discount code you're at $109.65 USD/month. Using the list in Easy As PB&J (you can also click here to read that chapter) write down the prices for each tool you need and see what your monthly expenses are. Also, make sure to figure in your time because you will be spending far more time not using New Kajabi.

I've tried to make a list using the tools I had previously had and the closest I got was $150/month. If you do create a list that is less than $109.65/month please feel free to email it to me [email protected] and if it's a realistic list I am more than glad to link to it from this article. I want people to compare apples::apples.

"I just don't want all my content in one place."

That's a valid concern but one that I now know is unfounded when you're using Kajabi. When my site goes down (if it ever does - again worst-case scenario!) I basically want the best of the best to swoop in and help me clean everything up - without having to lift a finger or spend any money.

As a lawyer and for the first time ever I am 1000% comfortable having my business right alongside Brendon Burchard.

"I don't want to use SaaS."

If you know what SaaS is then you're miles ahead of where I was when I started in this fun little online learning world!

  • What are your specific hesitations about SaaS?

If you're worried about outgrowing New Kajabi, then you're probably already running a business larger than Brendon Burchard and if you are, then you're not likely reading this because you've custom built your solutions and aren't going to be researching New Kajabi. Unless of course, you're friends with Brendon, Chalene, or James and they've perked your curiosity!

"I don't think New Kajabi can do what I want."

Ok, what specifically do you want to do that you actually know New Kajabi can't do?

Take that list and send them an email. They will gladly answer a specific question.

But before you send the email take a look at all the integrations you can achieve using so if you want certificates, awards, some crazy sequence, etc. you can do all of that with Zapier.

And unlike having to hook up a learning management system to WordPress and deal with plugins, you'll have the powerhouse of New Kajabi running your business and then able to easily use Zapier to accomplish the specific, uniquely you aspects that you'd like to offer to your customers.

Ahh ... there is my best attempt to help you do your research and get beneath the sales copy to what is really available to you with New Kajabi. Chris and I want for you what we have with New Kajabi: freedom, support, encouragement, solid distribution channels, ease of creation, and most of all knowing that what we're building will be here for our boys long term.

We wish you the best of luck in your adventures! Please let us know if there's anyway that we can serve you!

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Top 6 Great Tips for Writing the Killer Blog Post

If you are surfing a lot, then always heard many time the phrase ” Content is King “ . A top and killer blog article is the main key to get more traffic on your blog that will be written so well, and it should also contain all the flavours that is compulsory by the whole and general visitors.
Top 6 Great Tips for Writing the Killer Blog Post

What is Meant by Killer Blog Article ?

In general, a killer blog article is not a simple article, basically it is a post that can be able to boost the traffic into your blog or website and it may bring lots of exposure / sources, like through many famous social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest , Digg etc. The killer post is not just a simple post with correct language grammer and a big article like lots of a words. The killer article has a unqiue style. It has a special post on any topic, which contains a lot of information related to that topic, having lots of links also, so readers who visit your post will be get some better and beneficial resources .

How You can Write Killer Blog Post ?

Well ” Content is King “ not just a single phrase but it is the main thing for boost your traffic to your blog. As much your content is good, you can get as much traffic also from all sources especially from search engines and as well as social media. Before starting the first paragraph of this article, a question is rised into your mind of “How to Write a Killer Blog Article”. Remember that, many bloggers have many different techniques and strategies of writing a SEO Friendly posts and also market them. But the top points which are necessary and also taken in mind while writing and promoting any your blog post.

Top 6 Tips for Bloggers of Writing Killer Posts

1 – Make a List of Resources

Resources basically are those, which are fully related to your blog post related. Means if you can write on SEO then find some SEO related resources, like forums, websites, blogs, videos etc . You should have a collection of huge amount of data and also proper linking technique so that you will be able to connect your older article with this article, this is the basic technique for boosting your blog posts.

2 – Content is King

As i’m many time says that ” Content is King “ . It is always the king because for boosting your blog, and get handsome amount of traffic, the main and first thing is that your content is so good, as much your content is good as much you get the audience attention. Remember that, that type of blog posts, which have alots of Grammer and Spelling Mistakes and also have too long meta description are never be boost abd don’t work any more.

Try to make all your points smartly. Write a such type of blog posts that can be stay in readers mind for long time. This would be happen only, when you link your old posts with this and also this article with newer ones. Always try to create a List Posts or How to Guide something like that. e.g :

Top 7 SEO Tips for Bloggers

these are some examples, and similarly , you can make any kind of post related to your blog topic.

3 – Title of the post

I’m always says that, if the Title of Post is Killer then your Post is Also Killer. for example, let a blog article which you want to publish into your blog on the topic of small business, then there are two main possible titles or headlines :

1 – Small Business Ideas
2 – Top 7 Amazing & Killer Small Business Ideas
So, tell which is the sound better? Obviously the second one is best, because it’s representation is so good and words used in it also dashing and killer which attracting more users. So always keep in mind that, first of all headline or title of blog post find smartly and then make you post body.

4 – Always Increase your List

Basically, any post which is related to list category, means top 7, best 10 like post, are always get more visitors as compared to other, but keep in mind that people can get more things and stuffs in these types of post. If you write Top 10 things list then increase it Top 20 list, so this is the best way to get more and more visitors to your post and blog as well.

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Linking your old article with newer one is also very useful technique in SEO. Basically it can also increases the chances of getting into the first page of search engine, linking can also a part of backlinking process. And this is also very beneficial for your old posts, which are previously down and not in ranking, but using this strategy you can also increase traffic for those posts which are not rank in previous time. So when visitors come to your newer post and click link on your old post, then your old posts also ranks .This will also make your post in authorized mode and this is good in SEO (Search Engine Optimization ).

6 – Socializing and Promotion

Socializing is very popular today because everyone use social networking sites especially like Facebook , Twitter , Google+, StumbleUpon etc. Whenever you published your new post, immediately, spread it on the social media sites, people can like it m rate it, directly comment it, and also share with their friends also. So this can also increases your visibility on internet and very beneficial for your blog to get more visitors. It can increases the populariy of your blog post and also you can get very high chances to get the high traffic from social media as well as search engines.

These are some tips of writing top and awesome killer blog post / article on any topic and get the huge benefit from it, get more visitors and also get many responses from directly social media sites. Hope you like it, if you’re, then please share it on your social profiles.


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Ultrabooks: A new era for PCs or Wintel innovation bankruptcy?

For the first time in years, PCs grabbed the spotlight at CES 2012. Ultrabooks were everywhere, but was it an innovation win or an innovation failure?

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Among the 30-foot displays of massive TVs and the now endless parade of new smartphones and tablets, it's easy to forget that CES is also the PC industry's biggest and most important event of the year and has been for over a decade since the demise of Comdex. At CES 2012, PCs grabbed more of the spotlight than they have for years by focusing all their energy around one new concept: Ultrabooks.

Intel, Microsoft, and all the major PC makers banged the drum, tons of new products were unveiled, and grandiose statements were unleashed about this being the beginning of something g new and revolutionary for the PC.

It's the biggest noise the PC industry has made at CES since the launch of the Tablet PC a decade ago. But, the big question is whether this is real innovation that will change the way people use technology or if it's just a bunch of trumped up marketing chatter to get people excited about buying laptops again (coming from a collection of companies whose PCs are desperately losing sales to tablets).

At Intel's CES press conference on January 9, the chipmaker lined up rows of Ultrabooks from hardware makers around the world and claimed that it is "leading the industry to re-invent the personal computing experience with the new category of Ultrabook devices. Shaped by extensive user research, Ultrabook devices will increasingly give people the most complete and satisfying, no-compromise and secure computing experience in one sleek and portable device."

Mooly Eden, vice president of Intel's PC division, poked fun at the audience and entertained them with his passionate pitch for Ultrabooks. But, it was pretty much the same Ultrabook stump speech that he's been giving since last fall at the Intel IDF event, where he said:

"Not since the introduction of Intel Centrino technology more than 8 years ago have we witnessed such a fundamental transformation of personal computing. Today's devices powered by our second generation Intel Core processors are giving people a personal computing experience that they've never had before and we won't stop there. We know people desire and demand more from their computers — to create, consume and share — which is why we have challenged ourselves and the industry to make Ultrabook the most adaptable, complete and satisfying device."

Fortunately, at CES, Intel did show off three new forward-looking advances that it's working on:

  1. A concept codenamed Nikiski that is a transparent glass palm rest that serves as touch-based interface where the entire palm rest of the Ultrabook becomes a touchpad that can distinguish between your palm brushing it and your finger touching it to interact with the screen; when the laptop is closed, the other side of the palm rest provides at-a-glance information to data in your laptop
  2. A gesture-based interface similar to Microsoft Kinect that will not only come to Ultrabooks but will be used on other types of PC products like public kiosks (that's going to get some funny looks)
  3. A voice recognition interface for Ultrabooks that is being developed in partnership with Dragon Naturally Speaking and will not require a headset

I have to applaud Intel's focus on user experience and I'm thrilled to see the company trying to innovate with different interface ideas. "We're getting close to enough compute power to enable this natural user interface," said Eden.

However, none of the innovative concepts that Intel showed off at CES 2012 were available in any of the Ultrabooks that were being unveiled or promoted at CES. As a result, most of what was being shown off at CES was just a bunch of thin laptops.

Even worse, the Ultrabooks from three of the world's top PC makers — Hewlett-Packard, Acer, and Dell — are shameless knock-offs of the MacBook Air, which first debuted four years ago this month.

I remember when the first MacBook Air came out and TechRepublic did its in-depth Cracking Open of the device. TechRepublic's Head Technology Editor Bill Detwiler and I looked at each other and both said, "This is the future of laptops." Neither of us wanted one at that point, because it was too expensive and too underpowered, but we saw the potential for an ultra-slim laptop that boots in seconds and instantly wakes from sleep. Once people saw this, it would be the kind of laptop everyone wanted.

The next generation MacBook Air models that came out in 2010 and 2011 had a lot more power, a refined design, and finally got the price down to where they started at $1000. As a result, they've become a huge hit. While the overall laptop market dropped by 8.7% in Q4 2011 (hurt by low supplies of disc drives but also people flocking to tablets), the MacBook Air sales were reportedly up by 20%.

This is why Intel, Microsoft, and the PC hardware companies are falling all over themselves to get Ultrabooks to market as quickly as possible. The problem is that nearly all of them look alike and, even worse, they look like bad copies of the MacBook Air. There are some exceptions, like the Samsung Series 9 and the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga, but those are few and far between. With all of the smart people there are at all of these companies, I find it impossible to believe that the best they can do is make bad knockoffs of the MacBook Air that aren't even much less expensive.

It's as if all the big computer companies have declared innovation bankruptcy.

While Intel's forward-looking ideas about bringing voice, multi-touch, and gesture controls to Ultrabooks have promise, the chipmaker is going to have to have to coordinate closely with Microsoft to nail the implementation so that it makes sense for users. The innovation Intel pushed the most at CES 2012 was Nikiski. While the full multitouch palmrest makes sense (as long as it truly ignores input from your palms when your typing), the other half of Nikiski, the mini touchscreen for checking emails and social updates, is what I call "demoware." It looks great in a demo or a slideshow but makes no sense in the real world. My favorite example of this was Google Wave. Most of the tech press went nuts over it when it was introduced. I put it on my list of the worst tech products of 2009 and asked, "Why on earth would anyone want to use that?" With Nikiski's mini touchscreen, I have the same question. If I want to get at data on my laptop, I'll flip open my laptop. If I want at-a-glance information on a smaller touchscreen then I'll just whip out my smartphone.

Of Nikiski, Eden said, "Don't even think about copying it because we already patented it." I don't think they're going to have to worry about that.

The bottom line is that Intel, Microsoft, and all of their hardware partners are going to have do better than this. They need to emerge from innovation bankruptcy and do a lot more than just rubber-stamping Apple's stuff. Otherwise, why should people buy a knockoff of the MacBook Air when they can get the real thing for about the same price? Other than for the dwindling population of people who are heavily invested in Windows desktop software, that's going to increasingly be a tough sell for the Wintel coalition.

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  1. I keep getting a BSOD that I need help with. Was getting BSOD so I upgraded the memory in the computer. Still does same thing. Thanks for the help
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    A system thread generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.

    There are numerous individual causes for this problem, including hardware incompatibility, a faulty device driver or system service, or some software issues. Check Event Viewer (EventVwr.msc) for additional information.

    Your DeBug log kept pointing memory corruption no less than 5 times. Even though you upgraded your memory I suggest you run MemTest on your RAM for a minimum of 7 passes. Also, run Event Viewer and if you can post the information do so.
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    From the minidump, I find one bit memory corruption and it is the symptom of faulty ram. Reseat the memory module to another memory slot and clean up the dust inside ram slot may resolve the blue screen problem.

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Ofcom presses on with Digital Economy Act crackdown on piracy

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  1. The British communications regulator, Ofcom, announced plans to press on with new measures under the Digital Economy Act today, warning broadband providers and their millions of customers it plans to crackdown on internet piracy as fast as possible following the……

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  2. ikesmasher

    ikesmasher TS Evangelist Posts: 2,996   +1,317

    well folks a uninfluenced internet was fun while it lasted.
    its bound to happen soon or later
  3. Tygerstrike

    Tygerstrike TS Enthusiast Posts: 827   +93

    All those ppl who sat there and downloaded material that they KNEW was pirated. THANK YOU!!! You are the direct cause of this. Because of your greed and laziness we are going to see this type of controls sweep across every country in one form or another. Do you feel better about yourself? And im not really impressed by whatever justifications that will follow. First the UK then the US then everyone else. Thanks alot you lazy sacks of crap.....
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    Darkshadoe TS Guru Posts: 571   +113

    I'm still waiting for someone to show me a few examples of a MAJOR Studios (music,software, movie, etc) that has been forced out of business SOLELY because of piracy. In fact, some of these businesses have been more profitable because of piracy.

    Piracy is only an excuse. Greed and control is the cause of actions like this. Media corporations have lost control of their monopolies on the products they provide. Governments want to censor the internet because it is now easier to get information to the masses that may put them in a bad light. Look at the patterns. SOPA, ACTA, etc. all with language included to censor something or gather information.

    Meh..oh well. Believe what you like. Really if you do not illegally download anything thing, you have nothing to worry about, right? I mean, everyone that has received a subpena suing them for copyright infringement has been the 100% guilty party... right?
  5. ikesmasher

    ikesmasher TS Evangelist Posts: 2,996   +1,317

    dont whine about them. maybe if the cooporations didnt werent so flipping greedy, they would actually start charging reasonable prices for media, and they wouldnt care so much about the (then decreased) piracy.

    3DCGMODELER TS Enthusiast Posts: 307   +18

    OK Music artist makes song, puts on CD, Sells in store makes money on CD.
    Music artist puts song on digital media web site for sale, makes money buy user buying digital media thru secure purchase... Ok now.. hes making money..
    Music Artist puts Music on Youtube, Big Mistake...

    If the People want to make money selling there murchandise you think you would use a secure way of doing it.. Thats the correct way of doing it..
    They are going about it all the wrong way..
    The corporations and media companies are the greedy ones, who do not know how to sell products the correct way..
    There is a right way and a wrong way, and they have been doing it the Wrong way for a very very long time...
    Ya Think...
  7. Shiney

    Shiney TS Booster Posts: 160

    Why are you so annoyed?
    Unless YOU download pirated software etc. How will it affect you?
  8. Yes that's it, blame the so called "pirates" instead of the corporations or the state...

    None of this is about piracy, it's about maximising the profits of big corporations and turning every web user into a ****ing brain dead consumer.
  9. the brits if anyone I would have thought would have pushed for a 'internet magna carta" to protect there citizens from corporate and unchecked government control of the internet. what a let down.

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Tesla’s Model 3: Are the Electric Vehicles soon to become Mainstream?

How would you think about the electric cars if they are meant to grab the lead market shares in the next few years? Is it too good to be true? Don’t you think that the increased pace of the technological advancement can make it happen any day? Well, the fact is, electric cars are soon to be mainstream and a slew of manufacturers are already making preparation for that.

As of now, the only manufacturer that has already unveiled their latest model is Tesla. It’s much-anticipated model 3 is soon to hit the market. According to Tesla, these range of cars are going to be quite affordable so that people of middle income groups can afford it. With a rapidly increasing transportation costs these days, the need for sustainable transport has become more important than ever.

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However, Tesla’s Model 3 is more than just an affordable car. According to Mr. Musk, their new model of electric car features refined technology that will surely transform the way motor industry used to think so far. While their earlier models have won rave reviews from the users and the drivers alike, Mr. Musk think that the new car will surely improve the attitude of the industry towards the electric cars.

Referring to their current loss, Mr. Musk said that it is indeed quite huge and even after doubling up the sales in 2015, the loss incurred so far could not be compensated. However, by introducing the latest model of electric cars, Tesla is already a step ahead than the competitors. And, it will also be beneficial in coping up with the current loss of the company.

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However, the question is whether Tesla’s gigantic effort in making sustainable electric cars will actually translate into something moneymaking? Probably the long serpentine queue outside Tesla’s showroom is a good sign in this connection. In fact, Mr. Musk has said that the number of preorders for Model 3 is much higher than the previous ones and this time, a significant number of average income group are in the list. But, still there are concerns looming the mass adoption of the car due to the car’s difficult charging infrastructure. Also, the on-road costing of the electric cars will be higher. May be, the cost of the car itself will be dramatically reduced from the ones run on petrol, but the maintenance charge will be a significant problem.

For the motor industry analyst Jay Nagley, Tesla’s Model 3 is a tipping point for the electric vehicles and this time, the progress will be much steadier than before. Chances are, in the next few years, electric cars will become a must-have in ever household.

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Let's suppose you've a cute picture of the family dog, for instance, and you'd like to grab it to decorate a family newsletter. You could just draw the smallest possible rectangle around the dog and use that, but you'll still have unwanted elements of the original background. What you really need is something that will extract the dog alone - and that's where Background Remover comes in.

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21st Office is packed with ideas that you can use at home and in the office top help reduce your impact on the environment. If you have an idea that you think would be of interest to others, you have the optin of sharing it through the app.

You can also browse a map to see how your environmental rating compares to other companies and individual nearby. 21st Office is a great idea that will help to bring likeminded people together to fight for a common cause.

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Telefónica shows its transformative 4th Platform project for the first time at the MWC

  • The application of cognitive capabilities to its platforms will allow Telefónica’s customers to know, manage, and control their digital lives with the company, and discover new customer propositions.
  • Facebook, Microsoft, and UNICEF participated in the presentation together with Telefónica’s Chairman and CEO, José María Álvarez-Pallete and Chema Alonso, the company’s Chief Data Officer who has shown also an example of implementation with ProFuturo.

Mobile World Congress (MWC), Barcelona, February 26, 2017.- Telefónica presented today its fourth platform that, thanks to the application of cognitive capabilities, will be the basis for a new relationship model with customers. AURA will enable users to manage their digital experiences with the company and control the data generated by using Telefónica’s products and services in a transparent and secure manner. Telefónica becomes the first company in the industry to provide its customers the possibility of managing their relationship with the company based on cognitive intelligence.

The process of transformation began several years ago with the complex task of simplification and end-to-end digitalization of the company in order to make the three platforms it already had intelligent.  Since 2012, Telefónica has invested approximately 48 billion Euro in this process both in the deployment of networks and other state of the art infrastructure, and in the integration of all its IT systems or the development of new digital products and services.

These platforms are building blocks that enabled Telefónica to develop a fourth, cognitive platform.  AURA redefines the interaction between Telefónica and its customers in a safe and simple environment, with transparency and control over personal information. AURA will facilitate the discovery of new value-added propositions based on the insights of their data and will be available through multiple channels and devices.

The fourth platform will make cognitive sense of this flow of data. Until now, this data was generated in an uninterrupted, although fragmented, manner by the networks and other physical assets of the company (1st platform, Telefónica’s core asset), its unified IT systems (2nd platform), as well as the products and services it offers to its users (3rd platform). These smart platforms will imply a major qualitative leap in the customers’ experience with the company.

“Cognitive intelligence will allow us to understand our customers better, so they can then relate to us in a more natural and easy way, and generate a new relationship of trust with them based on transparency and the control of their data”, said Telefónica Chairman and CEO, José María Álvarez-Pallete during the presentation event. “We are pioneers in this relationship model. Never before have the users of telecommunications services been able to talk with the networks in real time. We’re expanding the relationship with our customers, seeking to increase their satisfaction, and opening new possibilities for them so that they can enrich their digital lives with us”.

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Chema Alonso, Chief Data Officer of Telefónica, resorted to the latest technologies for the presentation of AURA. Using HoloLensMicrosoft’s augmented reality glasses, he described the path that data follows through the first three platforms, up to its transformation into something unique for each customer. As proof that AURA is not just a project but a nascent reality, Telefónica made several demonstrations through different channels, such as a mobile app and the integration of AURA with Amazon Echo.

For example, customers will be able to ask questions about the products and services they use; create and track a claim; manage and unblock device access to the Wi-Fi router provided by Telefónica; get information about their favourite shows and program their recording; or be alerted when their data consumption is greater than usual. Each user will have a “personal data space”, the memory which will store the digital trace they leave when using Telefónica products and services, and which will allow the customers, if they so desire, to personalize their experience. AURA will also be able to make recommendations about offers of products and services that best adapt to the needs of the user, the contents that adapt to their preferences, the installation of security, or the detection of fraudulent apps.

“With AURA we want to transform data into knowledge and place it into our customers’ hands so that they are able to know, decide, and act, and so that they can make the most of their relationship with Telefónica”, said Chema Alonso during the presentation.

Privacy and collaboration with different partners

Based on the principle of the customers’ privacy in their relationship with Telefónica, users will be provided with safety, transparency, and control over their data.  AURA will be easy to manage. An example of this simplicity is the Timeline feature, which will enable users to chronologically see the data they generate as they use the company’s products and services.

In this space of trust and understanding with the customer, AURA will allow users to decide whether or not to share part of the insights generated from their data with third parties and so enrich their digital experiences. Integration with other technologies and digital services will make AURA a powerful platform of innovation open to other partners and different technologies.

“Artificial Intelligence is poised to be the transformative technology of our time, and at Microsoft we aim to bring the benefits of AI to every person and organization on the planet,” said Peggy Johnson, Executive Vice President of Business Development at Microsoft during the presentation. Telefónica is collaborating with Microsoft in its fourth platform project. “We have made deep investments in AI, machine learning, and an industry-leading cloud infrastructure to set a new bar for intelligent services like speech and image recognition. We’re thrilled to collaborate with Telefónica to bring these next generation experiences to their customers.”

UNICEF also participated in the presentation with another example that demonstrates the great social potential contained in data. Users will have the possibility of altruistically sharing anonymized data regarding their mobility or use of mobile services. In this way, the United Nations agency will be able to improve the quality of its predictive models, improving its response to children in cases of natural disasters or health emergencies.

"As UNICEF continues to innovate in an increasingly complex world, we need to agree with new partners and use new technologies to solve the biggest challenges facing children.  In crises like natural disasters, diseases, and the ongoing movement of millions of children because of war and violence, UNICEF knows that partners and technologies are key to our ability to understand the world and act quickly.  We are excited to work with Telefonica, and our other major technology partners, to build solutions to the most pressing issues of our time”, added Christopher Fabian, Co-Founder of UNICEF Innovation.

Along the same line, another use case is being developed in collaboration with ProFuturo, the social and educational initiative promoted by Fundación Telefónica and Fundación Bancaria “la Caixa”, so that customers can anonymously and voluntarily give their data and ProFuturo can combine it with its own and obtain useful insights for the implementation of its social initiatives. In this way, customers of Telefónica can help governments and humanitarian agencies to achieve the educational challenges identified by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals Fund.

Javier Oliván, Vice-president of Growth at Facebook, presented an interesting example of the potential of new collaboration proposals. This use case demonstrates an improvement of Facebook’s Safety Check service for Telefónica customers that have also registered with the service, enhancing accuracy of notifications. In case of an emergency, when Safety Check is activated, Facebook will have the capability of notifying Telefónica customers who are in the area, prompting them with a notification so they can verify if they are alright. In this collaboration, the client’s personal information is not shared with Facebook. “We are excited to partner with Telefónica to improve experiences like Safety Check, so members of our community can let friends and family know they're safe if they happen to be near a disaster area”, said Mark Zuckerberg, Founder, Chairman and CEO from Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park.

The use cases of AURA shown during the presentation, as well as the great possibilities opened up with this new model of relationship with its clients, can be seen at the Telefónica stand at the Barcelona MWC (Hall 3 - 3K 21), where the company proposes a unique journey through its four platforms.

About Telefónica

Telefónica is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world by market capitalization and number of customers with a comprehensive offering and quality of connectivity that is delivered over world class fixed, mobile and broadband networks. As a growing company it prides itself on providing a differential experience based both on its corporate values and a public position that defends customer interests.

The company has a significant presence in 21 countries and 350 million accesses around the world. Telefónica has a strong presence in Spain, Europe and Latin America, where the company focuses an important part of its growth strategy.

Telefónica is a 100% listed company, with more than 1.5 million direct shareholders. Its share capital currently comprises 5,037,804,990 ordinary shares traded on the Spanish Stock Market and on those in London, New York, Lima, and Buenos Aires.

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our loved one.

Leo was born in Zenon Park, Saskatchewan and passed away peacefully in Mills Memorial Hospital, Terrace, B.C. with his family beside him.

A memorial service was held at the Royal Canadian Legion on Tuesday, August 17, 2010.

A beloved husband and best friend, father and grandfather, he was very dear to all who knew him. Leo is survived by his wife Anna, their children Joanne, Jeanne, Diane, Fern and adopted son Danny. Blessed with nine grandchildren – Kasandra, Kristen, Michael, Jessica, Olivia, Craig, Stephanie, Erin and Leo.

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Academy plan heralds rise of the machines

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Chain's online learning `cost efficiencies' could mean fewer staff

A controversial approach to education, which aims to cut costs by using online learning as a partial substitute for teachers, is about to cross the Atlantic and enter mainstream UK schools, TES can reveal.

One of England's biggest academy chains, Ark Schools, is setting up a new all-through school based on the "blended learning" model - which is likely to result in pupils spending a significant percentage of their school day being taught by computer software packages.

Ark wants to use the approach in part to "improve cost efficiency through both staffing and school design efficiencies". It has taken inspiration from Rocketship Education, a US charter school operator which uses blended learning to cut teacher numbers but reinvests the savings in higher teacher salaries.

The move could represent a major change in the use of technology in schools, which has so far focused on enhancing the traditional class teaching model. Ark hopes that blended learning will make better use of teacher time, further personalise learning and "increase the reach of great teachers".

But the suggestion that children should use computers to undertake more self-directed learning is already prompting concerns about teachers' jobs and the need for fundamental reforms to the school day.

Ark's blended learning school is to be known as the Ark Pioneer Academy. It is due to open in London from September 2016 as part of the government's free schools scheme.

This week, Ark said it was not in a position to talk about its plans, but it has supplied TES with documents setting out its approach to blended learning and the findings of the preparatory research it conducted in the US.

These reveal that Ark sees blended learning as "an opportunity for revised teacher roles". The chain notes that other schools using the system have introduced roles that include "master teachers" responsible for "leading full-class or small group instruction".

There have also been "teachers responsible for leading small group instruction and guiding self-paced work" and "teaching assistants who are responsible for helping out with tutoring.and supervision of online learning".

One document reveals that Ark looked at Rocketship as a major part of its research. The not-for-profit charter school chain has pioneered the model in the US and now operates nine schools in Milwaukee and San Jose, teaching 5,000 pupils who spend a quarter of their school day online.

Interviewed on British radio earlier this year, Rocketship chief executive Preston Smith said that computers had allowed his organisation to "really rethink the school day". He was initially evasive about what that meant for staff numbers but eventually admitted: "We have fewer teachers than a traditional school serving the same number of students."

He said that online sessions at Rocketship were facilitated by "noncredentialed staff", while qualified teachers were used to teach higher-order and critical thinking skills.

"We are paying around 30 to 50 per cent more than the surrounding districts, per teacher," Mr Smith added. "If your kids are performing incredibly well, and you have eliminated the achievement gap in your classroom, and your kids are on a par with the most affluent kids in the country, we should be paying you incredibly well because you are doing amazing work. We want to help you realise six figures, if not more, as quickly as possible."

Rocketship's approach initially led to impressive test results, but these have declined as the chain has expanded, leading the charity to rethink its approach to blended learning.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the NUT, said: "The use of the word `efficiencies' is all very nice but what it really means is cuts. If we have got circumstances where we have got children ostensibly being taught, but actually sitting in front of computers for a significant amount of time and not having routine access to a teacher for every lesson, then that would be a completely wrong departure.

"We would be concerned about the loss of teaching jobs and about the loss of proper good quality education for all children and young people."

Dr Gwyneth Hughes, from the University of London's Institute of Education, has researched the use of blended learning in higher education and found that its success depended on how the system was designed.

"The common pitfalls tend to be either creating too much student dependency on the online moderator, or the other extreme when the tutor is virtually absent and the students are left to their own devices," she said. "But some students have been quite surprised by the depth of engagement they can have with their peers online, because they expected it to be quite poor compared with face-to-face."

An ARK spokesperson said: "Our plans are at a very early stage, but it is worth reflecting that our blended learning pilot at King Solomon Academy did not mean fewer teachers or bigger classes, but ensuring that pupils have access to the latest in educational technology and techniques."

What's in the mix?

Blended learning is usually seen as a technology-based mix of computer learning and teacher-delivered lessons. It has already made inroads into higher education, with some suggesting that big university lectures could become a thing of the past.

Blended learning is designed to be more engaging than traditional teaching, allowing students to work at their own pace and be more involved in their assessment. It is also meant to make teaching more efficient.

At school level the approach is still being worked out. US pioneer Rocketship Education began with a "lab rotation" or "station rotation" model, with online learning in separate computer or learning labs.

But after concerns were raised that this was too factory-like, Rocketship introduced a "classroom rotation" model. This allows small groups of pupils to rotate between online learning, project work and direct instruction within the same room.

This approach has been trialled at one of Ark's existing schools, King Solomon Academy in London.

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