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Vitamin E: The Real Danger - Better Nutrition

Vitamin E: The Real Danger

"I believe that past studies, which have alleged adverse consequences from vitamin E, have misinterpreted the data," says Maret Traber, PhD, one of the world's leading experts on the vitamin and professor at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. "Taking too much vitamin E is not the real concern," she says. "A much more important issue is that more than 90 percent of people in the U.S. have inadequate levels of vitamin E in their diet."

Traber began studying the nutrient in the early 1980s, after seeing seemingly healthy teenagers become wheelchair-bound with neurological conditions that defied medical diagnosis. A severe vitamin E deficiency, due to a genetic defect that blocked absorption of the nutrient, turned out to be the cause. Once the deficiency was corrected, the teens miraculously regained their health.

Integrative physicians often point to two other confounding facts about negative studies: Many use synthetic rather than natural vitamin E, yet the two forms are not identical. And, most studies have focused only on the alpha-tocopherol form of the nutrient, but in nature, vitamin E comes in multiple forms.

Although there's no doubt that the vitamin is essential, says Traber, we have yet to fully understand all its mechanisms and interplay with other nutrients. From what we do know, she suspects that apparent problems with vitamin E may stem from inadequate vitamin K. So she recommends getting the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of 22.4 IU of natural vitamin E in a multivitamin that also contains vitamin K.

How E Works

Imagine each cell in a human body being encased in a pouch, or membrane, which maintains its structure and integrity. A healthy membrane keeps invaders out but allows nutrients to enter and waste to exit.

"Every membrane in the body has to be protected, and if you don't have enough vitamin E, your cells don't repair properly, so they die," says Traber, "And what is aging, but cells dying?" There are no immediate symptoms of a vitamin E deficiency, but years of a shortfall can damage nerves, set the stage for neurological diseases, increase risk for diabetic complications, and increase risk of death from heart disease.

Newer Formulations

Vitamin E supplements have traditionally contained only the alpha tocopherol form of the nutrient, which naturally exists in eight forms: alpha, beta, gamma, and delta tocopherols and tocotrienols (four forms of each). Newer supplement formulations contain combinations of these.

Recent studies have found that there is a correlation between the vitamin E family and neurological health. For example, a Finnish study of seniors, published in Experimental Gerontology, found that memory deteriorated the least among those with the highest levels of gamma-tocopherol, beta-tocotrienol, and total tocotrienols.

Another study, published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, found that 200 mg, twice daily, of a patented formula of tocotrienols (Tocomin SupraBio) stopped growth of white matter lesions. Such lesions indicate some brain degeneration and may increase risk for stroke or other neurological conditions.

Can High Doses Be Toxic?

The government has set 1,500 IU as a safe upper limit for vitamin E, which is a fat-soluble nutrient. Excess amounts are believed to get stored in human tissues and potentially become toxic. However, one of Traber's studies, published in the Journal of Lipid Research, disproved this widely held idea. "Unlike some other fat-soluble vitamins, such as vitamins A and D, it's not possible for toxic levels of vitamin E to accumulate in the liver or other tissues," she says. Instead, excess amounts are excreted.

Vera Tweed has been writing about nutrition, fitness, and healthy living since 1997. She specializes in covering research and expert knowledge that empowers people to lead better lives. She is the author of numerous books, including Hormone Harmony and the User's Guide to Carnitine and Acetyl-L-Carnitine.

How to Get Enough Vitamin E

For general health: Look for at least 22 IU of natural vitamin E in a multivitamin that also contains vitamin K.

Greater needs: People who don't absorb nutrients well (those with celiac disease, for example), are under stress, are recovering from burns, are obese, or have diabetes or other health conditions may benefit from additional vitamin E. Integrative physicians often recommend 100-400 IU of a natural form, or a supplement with a combination of the vitamin E family of nutrients.

Caution: Vitamin E has a mild but beneficial blood-thinning effect and should be taken along with vitamin K, which regulates clotting.

Try E-rich snacks: 1 ounce of almonds or sunflower seeds delivers approximately 10 IU of vitamin E.

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7 Common Vitamin Deficiencies

Even if you eat a balanced, whole-foods diet, you may still be missing vital nutrients. And even low-level vitamin deficiencies can sap energy, diminish immune function, and lead to mood swings and brain fog. Here's a look at some of the most common deficiencies-and what you can do about them.


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Live longer, be a log: here’s how

Based on the ancient definition of meditation – “a meditator sits and like a log he does not think” – researchers surveyed 343 long-term Sahaja yoga meditation practitioners and compared their results to the general population.

“We found that the health and wellbeing profile of people who had meditated for at least two years was significantly higher in the majority of health and wellbeing categories when compared to the Australian population,” said research leader Dr Ramesh Manocha, from the university’s psychiatry discipline.

The study highlighted Sahaja yoga meditation because it focuses on achieving “mental silence”, the closest practice to the “log” definition which was found by the researchers in old texts.

via Live longer, be a log: here’s how.

About Dr Ramesh Manocha

Dr Ramesh Manocha MBBS BSc (med) PhD is a GP, educator and researcher. His PhD was completed at the Royal Hospital for Women and focused on the scientific evaluation of meditation and the mental silence experience. Ramesh is currently a senior lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry at Sydney University and is also the founder and convenor of Generation Next, a national circuit of professional development seminars for education, health and welfare professionals. View all posts by Dr Ramesh Manocha →
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Perfect for 21st birthday parties or corporate events where the big kids want to play!

With this package, you can choose 1 of our adult jumping castles, as well have freshly cooked popcorn and hotdogs to serve to all of your guests!

You can choose the rental options on this page, or contact us directly during business hours with any questions.

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Party Hire for Adult Events

Planning a magical and memorable birthday or event doesn’t need to cost a fortune.

Since opening in 2012, the B Happy N Jump team has attended thousands of birthday parties all across the Central Coast, Newcastle, and Hunter Valley areas.

Over the years we have seen trends on what is popular and what makes the events really exciting for all of the children and their parents attending.

The Gold Party Package is one of the most popular sets available, and it includes:

If you would like to include other items at your event, check out the Bronze, Silver or Gold Package for more options.

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Rental Times & Prices

All of the party package deals available are set to the full day period.

The team will be onsite early to have all the units setup and running before 9am and return at 4pm in the afternoon to start the cleaning and packing process.

If you would like to book this package for an overnight period, please contact us on 0422 594 335 during business hours to discuss the requirements and make your reservation.

9am to 4pm: $700

Customers are reminded to take a moment and review the delivery rates during the booking process.

B Happy N Jump offers party hire equipment and inflatables for rent to all suburbs in the Central Coast, Newcastle and Hunter Valley regions.

Delivery of the party packs is free within the Wyong Shire area.

If your event is in another location, delivery rates start from just $50.

Note: Packages do not include Mickey Mouse Inflatable Playground or water slide models.

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Space Requirements

Depending on which adult inflatable you decide to book with this package the area needed will vary slightly.

When inflated, the average combo measures 7m(L) x7(W) x 5m(H) overall.

Similar to our other rental products, it’s a requirement to keep at least 1m or more of clear space around the unit at all times.

For those considering renting this bounce house package, please make sure that the area where you plan for us to set up this unit is at least 10m x 10m and is flat, smooth surface.

The blower unit does require 240v power to run & the staff carry 20m extension cables with them at all times – if your event is in a community park or field with limited access to power, please let us know so a generator can be arranged.

The popcorn machine does not require a lot of space. Just a few meters of a clear area, and a table for this, as well as the hotdog machine, is all that is needed to be supplied on site.

In addition to having this machine under your control, to cook perfect hotdogs, you will need:

  • Frankfurts or hotdogs of your choice
  • Bread Rolls
  • Napkins
  • A range of sauces

The rental hot dog machine can cook up to 50 full size frankfurts at a time!

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Since opening in 2012, B Happy N Jump has become one of the top party hire rental companies in the Central Coast, Newcastle and Hunter Valley areas.

We didn’t get to this position doing things by halves and our 100% safety record speaks for itself.

As a family owned and operated business we are proud of our work and do our very best to make sure that your event goes off without a hitch!

The team will be onsite at the time agreed after booking to setup the inflatable and show you all of the safety instructions.

We strongly recommend that at least 1 adult remain at the unit whenever it’s inflated to supervise the children playing.

For those wanting to mingle and get some adult time, our staff are happy to remain onsite as a dedicated supervisor for the duration of the rental period.

This additional service is available from $35/hour.

For those having their event in a local park or community area, we can supply a copy of our $20,000,000 public liability policy via email or chat – please contact us directly if you need this.


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A prayer of David.

1 Hear me, LORD, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.

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Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
O LORD, hear my plea for justice. Listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, for it comes from honest lips.
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What the Bible says about Alertness
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Genesis 4:7

In all its forms, sin is marked as mankind's enemy. It must be defeated to God's satisfaction for Him to accept us. If not, our relationship with Him will not be continued for eternity.

Because sin is an ever-present reality of life, it is essential that we have sufficient knowledge to recognize it before its fiery darts strike us down. This requires consistent, thoughtful study of God's Word and effort to build an awareness of its presence, enabling us to beat it to the punch, so to speak.

Overcoming sin is indeed a formidable task, but not a hopeless one. One reason why it is not hopeless, when rightly thought through, is quite encouraging. Jesus teaches in Luke 12:48:

But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

We are admonished to be alert because our enemy is at the door (Genesis 4:7), stalking us as we make our way through life. However, we are also encouraged to understand that we are all judged individually. God judges everyone against the same standard, yet He judges individually according to our natural talents, gifts, dedication, faithfulness, discipline, time sacrificed, and energies exerted to overcome against what God knows we are capable of.

We stand alone, as it were, not measured against any other person. Though the ultimate standard is the holy, righteous character of the Father and Son, we are neither measured against their performance nor any other human's performance. We are not in competition against others.

Though not measured against the performance of the Father and Son, we are nonetheless urged to strive to be at one with them. They are in complete and total agreement with each other. It is to this oneness that God wants to bring us, not merely intellectually, but also in attitude and conduct. They do not sin, and imitating this sinlessness becomes our great challenge in life.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Sin, Christians, and the Fear of God

Matthew 24:32-44

There are quite a number of interesting things to consider in Jesus' instructions here. First, this is not instruction given generally to the public, but rather it was directly to His disciples. Second, He says that we should know from the signs given that His return is near. Our predictions may not be specifically accurate, but at least in the ballpark—near. Third, He emphasizes the element of surprise, even terrifying surprise. The impression is that the world will be taken completely by surprise. Fourth, the overall point of this instruction is that by being alert to the signs and taking advantage of them, we should be ready. The fifth is a final warning in verse 44, because He feared that even the attention, the alertness of His disciples, would be threatened: "Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes."

Are we getting anxious about Christ's return? I do not mean anxious in a sense of being fearful, but anxious in terms of seeing it come to pass. First, because things are getting so bad one wonders at times whether it can get much worse, and yet we know that it can. Second, as a result of the pressures of enduring life, there is some measure of concerned anxiety because the end seems to be taking so long to come to pass. We are undoubtedly in "the time of the end," but at the same time we feel that we have been on the gun lap a very long time.

Part of our anticipation exists because we have had it drilled in our minds to watch for certain events to happen. Sometimes it looks as though those events indeed are coming to pass, and right now some of the more important events we had drilled into our minds just are not happening in a clearly visible way. If they are, they are being worked out in a way that we are not prepared for, and therefore probably do not see.

Jesus meant this admonition in the sense of a soldier on guard duty, alert to what is going on around him, and so watch we do! But what if our point of view—the perspective we are looking from—is not correct? We might be alert, diligently and sincerely looking in that direction, but at best, we are only getting a part of the picture. We might be likened to a soldier on guard duty who is alert, but looking in the wrong direction, and so the enemy sneaks up from a blind spot and surprises him, despite him looking intensely in a particular direction.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Where Is the Beast? (Part One)

Matthew 24:45-47

Considering the context, this instruction tells us that it is the faithful Christian who will be ready for Christ's coming. He will be ever alert to the times in which he lives and will pattern his life accordingly, making effort to be found faithful. Verse 47 promises God will reward the faithful for these efforts.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness

Luke 12:35-38

"Watching" points directly to the necessity of being ready for Jesus Christ, the Son of Man (Luke 21:36). It also includes patiently waiting, as is seen in Matthew 25:1-13, where the virgins must wait for the bridegroom. If the master's return is late at night or very early in the morning, the alertness of the servants is even more commendable. Jesus teaches that His disciples should always be ready because He would come at a time when they would not be expecting Him. The parable pictures several servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet. They must remain constantly vigilant so that the master could enter the house immediately upon arriving at home. If they prove worthy by being watchful and ready, their master will care for them.

Martin G. Collins
Parable of the Faithful and Evil Servants

Luke 12:35-40

From this, we can see that expectant watchfulness is the normal posture of a Christian. Jesus wants us to be ready for His return at any time, and as servants, we are in no position to determine when to expect Him. He will come when He will come, and we must be prepared to welcome Him whenever that happens to be.

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Where Is the Promise of His Coming?

Luke 21:29-35

Christ relates the Parable of the Fig Tree (verses 29-33) to give instruction regarding His warnings in the previous verses. The "these things" in verse 31 refers to the question asked in verse 7 and Jesus' subsequent answer in verses 8-28. "These things" are the events foretold to happen as the end nears. In the parable, Christ provides the perspective we should have as we anticipate the unfolding of the previously described events.

What owner of a fig tree would spend hours each day scrutinizing his tree to see if it was budding? Would he make the fig tree the focal point of his day? Of course, no one would. An owner of a fig tree would be aware of its location, its level of health, and its progression through the annual cycle of growth, but these matters would not require his all-consuming effort.

The parable, then, shows us that we should be aware of prophecy, we should keep an eye on what is happening in the world, but it does not require—and we should not allow it to become—our primary focus. In the fig-tree analogy, Jesus illustrates for us the balanced view we should have toward prophecy. We must be aware of what is taking place, but we need not be over-attentive.

Some make the mistake—a spiritually dangerous mistake—of ignoring the lesson of this parable by making prophecy a major or even sole focus that distracts them from their primary spiritual responsibilities. It is easier to focus on prophecy and world events than it is to give the same scrutiny to the evils lurking in our corrupt human nature (Jeremiah 17:9). In Luke 21, Christ definitely does not overlook the latter, as we see in verses 34-35:

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

With the opening "But" in verse 34, Christ's message takes a definite turn. He is still talking about preparing us for the end of the age, but He shifts from the external events of verses 7-33 to the internal: "take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts. . . ." He is no longer talking about world events, the physical and external, but our "hearts," the spiritual and internal. He gives a warning to those who are not spiritually aware and focused—those who are distracted. They will be caught completely off guard—"that Day come[s on them] unexpectedly"—because their hearts are misdirected.

Verse 35 re-emphasizes that the end will be a surprise to some people, one that Christ compares to a bird snared or trapped. Why? Verse 34 supplies the reason: They are burdened by the "cares of this life," not focused on what counts. They are looking in the wrong direction, and the trap springs on them without warning. Rather than overcoming the world (I John 5:4), as Laodiceans, they are being absorbed by it (Revelation 3:14-22).

Between verses 8-33 and verses 34-35 of Luke 21, we can also see a contrast in the awareness levels we need to have regarding the physical versus the spiritual. For the physical, we are to be aware but not over-attentive. For the spiritual, however, Christ raises the level of vigilance: "Take heed to yourselves," or be on guard! He exhorts us to be in a high state of spiritual alertness.

Pat Higgins
Praying Always (Part One)

Luke 21:34-36

This chapter gives us an overview of the hair-raising, terrifying events leading to Christ's return. Despite all the evidence that will be available for us to witness and thus motivate us, He feels it is necessary to warn us to be alert.

It seems almost redundant. Why should we of all people need to be warned? Well, the general answer is because the Laodicean has trouble keeping his attention, his mind, focused. His mind is all over the place. At least in terms of spiritual things, the Laodicean, has a short attention span. He can go at it for spurts—maybe on the Sabbath for a couple of hours—but what happens during the week? Has his love of beauty—the beauty that this world is fully capable of producing to distract the senses—kept him occupied? Is he drawn to those things? If he is, what relationship will be abused? The answer to that is very clear: his relationship with God.

When we consider Revelation 3:14-18 carefully, we see that this is the problem. The Laodicean has compromised with his life in the use of his time. It is not that he is sinning all the time, but that he is not paying attention to the Bridegroom!

Ladies, how would you feel if the man you are to marry pays attention to everything but you? What would happen to the relationship? That is the problem with the Laodicean: His mind is drifting to take in all kinds of things except the One that he is going to marry—until the Sabbath comes along. He will appear in church, and everything looks fairly good, but all during the week he has been paying attention to everything except Christ.

Prayer becomes ineffective. He does not allow God to communicate with him through Bible study in the way that he should. There is very little meditation. He is not doing a great deal of thinking about the One to whom he is betrothed. We can begin to see that his love of beauty is taking him in the wrong direction, and the abuse falls on the relationship that he most needs to build and to protect.

John W. Ritenbaugh

Luke 21:34-36

According to Strong's Concordance, agrupneo, the Greek word translated as watch in verse 36 means "to be sleepless, i.e. keep awake." Frequently, when the Bible mentions being asleep or tells us to wake up, it refers to our spiritual state (Matthew 25:5; Romans 13:11; I Thessalonians 5:6-8). Instead of "watch," some Bible versions use words such as, "don't go to sleep at the switch" (The Message), "be always on the watch" (NIV), "be ready all the time" (New Century Version), "keep awake" (Amplified Bible), "keep on the alert" (NASB), "stay awake" (ESV), "keep a constant watch" (Living Bible), and "beware of slumbering" (The New Testament in Modern Speech). This is a call to the spiritual, not the physical.

Just over two decades ago, an elderly man named Herbert Armstrong cried out, "Wake up!" and he was not talking about any other waking up than a spiritual one. Because we did not heed his warning then, the church has experienced twenty years of apostasy and scattering. If we do not wake up eventually, God has a three-and-a-half-year plan guaranteed to get our attention.

In our former association, we obeyed the instructions in Luke 21:7-33 to watch world events, but we did not closely follow Christ's commands in Luke 21:34-36 to guard our spiritual condition, hence the scattering. Interestingly, the condition of the church at that time mirrors how Luke 21:36 was generally applied—physical rather than spiritual.

It is always a good practice to allow the Bible to interpret itself rather than adding extra-biblical interpretations (II Peter 1:20). Because the Bible uses sleep and waking from sleep as spiritual metaphors, why would we want to add another meaning to the "watch" of Luke 21:36? That would be walking on shaky ground (Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32), and we want to avoid repeating past error.

To emphasize that "watch" in Luke 21:36 is all about the spiritual and not about the physical, notice how agrupneo is used in its only other appearances in the New Testament:

Mark 13:33: "Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is." (This verse parallels Luke 21:36.)

Ephesians 6:18: ". . . praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints." (The context of this verse is putting on the whole armor of God—definitely a spiritual exercise.)

Hebrews 13:17: Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you. (The ministry's first priority is the spiritual health of called-out Christians.)

These facts lead to the conclusion that "watch" in Luke 21:36 has little, or perhaps even nothing, to do with watching world events. A careful reading shows that the "watch" of Luke 21:36 is only minimally directing us to watch world events. Overemphasizing that meaning of this verse has overshadowed its real message, perhaps the most important survival instructions Jesus gives to Christians living at the end.

Pat Higgins
Praying Always (Part One)

Luke 21:36

In our day, "watch" has lost much of its original power. Is there anything more passive than watching television? We live in a spectator nation. We watch movies, news, the markets, and sporting events. Watching has become an activity that puts us on the sidelines and not on the field of battle, an idea foreign to the original meaning of the word. At the time of the King James translators, "watch" emphasized the carefulness, attention, and vigilance in the way a soldier kept alert for any sign of enemy movement.

A concept that has more meaning to us today can be found in the word "overcome." This word implies that we watch ourselves to spot our problems, do battle with them, and conquer them. "Overcome" better communicates the battle we have joined (Romans 12:21; I John 5:4-5; Revelation 21:7).

If we watch ourselves spiritually, we are not just watching our human nature, but doing battle with it. We are not just watching the world and its influences as they bombard us, but fighting against them. We are not just watching Satan's devices as they toy with us, but defending ourselves against them. In other words, "watch" as originally intended covers the entire process of overcoming that is our calling. We are to be identifying the problems, engaging them, and putting them to flight (Revelation 3:2; 16:15; I Corinthians 16:13; I Thessalonians 5:6-8).

Therefore, "overcome," more clearly than "watch," communicates to someone living today what Luke 21:36 says we should be doing as we near the end of the age. The premier end-time book, Revelation, repeatedly emphasizes that overcoming is "job one" for us (Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 12:11; 21:7).

Luke 21:36 suggests that those who alertly overcome and pray always are those that may be counted worthy to escape and stand before Christ in God's Kingdom. In verse 36, Christ ties together all He has said throughout the chapter. If we do not neglect the spiritual (verses 34-35), and instead watch and pray always, we can "escape all these things" (verses 7-33) and enter God's Kingdom.

Luke 21 is a chapter about the end time, and in verse 36, we have spiritual instruction directly from Jesus to anyone living during that time. He is telling us how to escape the final effects of the turmoil that is ahead and to enter God's Kingdom. This, therefore, becomes an extremely powerful verse in helping us to understand exactly what we should be concentrating on at this time. It is a roadmap to safety and salvation.

What if someone told us where to find two tickets, which if purchased by us, would grant us escape from the end-time tumult and entrance into God's Kingdom? What price would we pay? Two such "tickets" exist, and we have the wherewithal to purchase them. Luke 21:36 shows us the two tickets. One is the "watch/overcome" ticket and the other is the "pray always" ticket. If we choose to be lackadaisical about overcoming or prayer, are missing either ticket, or have only a partial ticket, we will likely be required to "buy" those same two tickets at a very dear price in the Tribulation.

The Bible states quite a few "formulas" for producing certain things. We need to understand that none of these formulas stands on its own. They fit into a whole that includes other factors supplied from other instruction found elsewhere in Scripture. However, there are formulas, and then, there are formulas. Those that Jesus gives tend to be "trunk of the tree" formulas. They must be our base, and then we can stack other instruction on them.

These "trunk of the tree" formulas not only form a foundation that supports everything else, but they also give direction and boundaries for what and how we can add to them. Once a builder lays a foundation for a small, three-bedroom house, it automatically limits what he can and cannot construct on it. Consequently, we cannot build a beautiful spiritual temple on the wrong foundation. Luke 21:36 is an integral part of the right foundation for those of us living at the end.

As we have seen, in Luke 21:36, Christ reveals that the roles of watching—or paying careful attention to overcoming—and praying always are vital to our Christian lives at this time.

Pat Higgins
Praying Always (Part One)

Luke 21:36

The "praying always" that Jesus commands in Luke 21:36 affects every part of our Christian lives. It is the tool that God gives us to be in constant contact with Him so that we can truly bring every thought into captivity, under the control of God (II Corinthians 10:5). We are encouraged to make bold use of this tool for our every need (Hebrews 4:16). We need to explore some of the important implications that striving to pray always—praying at all times—has on this life to which God has called us.

In Luke 21:36, Christ also commands us to "watch." The underlying Greek word stresses the need to be alert or on guard. This fits with a major requirement of Christian life, that we examine ourselves. We are to be alert to those things about ourselves that will disqualify us from entering God's Kingdom so that we can change them.

Self-examination is such an important spiritual activity that God includes it as a major part of one of His seven festivals, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. II Corinthians 13:5 exhorts, "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified." Our ongoing efforts to submit to God's laws and standards are evidence that Christ and His faith are in us (James 2:18).

God always gives us choices (Deuteronomy 30:19). Consider the example of Jonah. He could have done exactly what God asked of him, but instead, he rebelled, having to suffer an intense trial to bring him to obedience to God's will. Notice, however, that God's purpose never changed. The only variable was how much pain and suffering Jonah chose to experience before he submitted to God's purpose. Initially, he chose rebellion and trials over submission to God.

Pat Higgins
Praying Always (Part Five)

1 Thessalonians 5:6

The advice given to the Christian is to watch. While asleep, one cannot watch. The Greek word for "watch" can be better translated "alert," and the word for "sober" is more correctly "self-controlled." So Paul advises, "Let us be alert and self-controlled." In other words, while all of the distractions of this world spin dizzyingly around us, we have to be alert to their appeal and controlled enough to discipline ourselves to prioritize in the right way.

Though such a task is not easy, we must forcibly set our wills to pay attention to those eternal things that are more important. If we fail in this task, we may begin conducting our lives in darkness, and living in darkness leads eventually to spiritual blindness. It is vital to our spiritual health to remain alert and self-controlled!

John W. Ritenbaugh
The World, the Church, and Laodiceanism

Hebrews 2:1

They were slipping away, and God was putting them through a discipline to get their attention so that they would use their free moral agency to turn themselves away from whatever it was that they were doing.

John W. Ritenbaugh
What Is the Work of God Now? (Part Two)

Hebrews 2:1-3

Because God has spoken to us by His Son, and because His Son is so great and so glorious, and because the subject which is addressed is of such infinite importance to us and to our welfare, He says we ought to give the more earnest heed to it.

Earnest is an important word. It means "abundantly," "more exceedingly," "much more frequently," or "more super-abundant" heed. Paul is saying to pay attention intensely to what God is doing in our lives!

We should pray and study with great care and concern lest we should let God's Word slip, which means to "let it [God's Word] run out"—to leak out like a barrel with a cracked plug. The barrel is full, and it very slowly starts to leak.

Another analogy would be to "drift away." Envision a rowboat tied to a pier, but the rope loosens and falls into the water. Someone on hand could reach down, grab the rope, and retie it. But if this simple task is neglected, then the boat, which had been floating right next to the piling, slowly drifts away. Soon it will be ten feet away, then fifty feet, and in time it is on the horizon where the water is rough. Paul instructs us not to let that happen. Do not let it drift away! Pay attention! If we become superficial in our prayer and study, then our once keen vision of God will begin to blur.

If those without God's Spirit who heard God's Word died in the wilderness as punishment for disobeying God, how much greater will be our punishment for drifting away? To us, God says, "Pay attention!" Our chance for salvation is now! If we are not successful, then our hope is lost! Paul advises us to see the scope of what God is doing in our lives. We must constantly remind ourselves of His purpose for our calling. We must pray and study with that purpose at the forefront of our minds.

John O. Reid (1930-2016)
Don't Take God for Granted

Revelation 3:1-3

After essentially calling the members of the church in Sardis the "church of the mostly dead," Jesus Christ instructs them to "be watchful." He complements this with, "strengthen the things which remain," which qualifies the meaning of "watch." There is still a glimmer of life within this church, but the letter gives the impression that they have relaxed in their spiritual responsibilities so much that they are nearly comatose. They have not been vigilant in their core responsibilities or on guard against deception, apathy, or neglect. They have not had sleepless nights over their standing with God.

Interestingly, in the Bible's first mention of the Day of the Lord (Isaiah 2:12), it says that it "shall come upon everything proud and lofty, upon everything lifted up—and it shall be brought low." The primary target is the proud—the self-assured. The ironic thing is that this state of spiritual near-death could easily come about even while they are avidly watching world events. They could be quite adept at following the news reports and may know better than anyone what is really going on in the world and how it fits with prophecy.

But that does not fulfill Christ's and the apostle's commands to watch! It is not that it is wrong to keep tabs on world news, but watching world news is chiefly about observing. True watching emphasizes diligence; it is being alert to spiritual dangers more than physical ones. It is about faithfully carrying out our God-given responsibilities, like a servant in the Master's house. None of that results from simply being a news- or prophecy-addict.

In verse 3, He tells them to call to mind the previous lessons and instructions they have heard. He tells them to repent and to guard and maintain their position so they backslide no further. As before, His description gives little indication of spiritual vibrancy or zeal. There probably is a great deal of activity, since He says that they have a name—or reputation—for being alive. Yet, in the areas that truly matter—like growth, faith, seeking God, and overcoming—not much is happening.

He also warns them that, if they will not watch themselves and their covenant responsibilities to their Master, He will come upon them like a thief. He implies that they will not be counted worthy to escape. They may not be appointed to wrath as the world is, but they certainly are not immune to it. In fact, they stand a good chance of experiencing some of it, having not been vigilant and alert in watching over the things that God has given them.

Plainly, Christ will return when we do not expect Him. We may be able to observe some general indicators when key prophecies are fulfilled, but the overall timing will be a mystery. His coming will be like a thief in the night, purposefully hidden from all. Rather than trying to discern the timing, we are instructed to "watch"—not world events, but to watch over all that God has given to us, so that when that Day arrives, we are ready. He knows that if we are faithful in little—in the mundane, the monotonous, the unexciting—we will also be faithful in the truly great things that lie ahead.

David C. Grabbe
'As a Thief in the Night'

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Make Me Cry: The Story Behind Wrigley Gum & Haley Reinhart's Unforgettable 'Sarah & Juan' Ad

Wrigley's "Extra Gum: The Story of Sarah & Juan" commercial.
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Wrigley's "Extra Gum: The Story of Sarah & Juan" commercial.

By now, you’ve probably seen the Wrigley’s Extra gum commercial that shows the love story of Sara and Juan. Set to a hauntingly beautiful cover of "Can’t Help Falling In Love" by American Idol alum Haley Reinhart, it earned over seven million YouTube views and more than 78 million Facebook views (with over 1.1 million shares) within a week of its Oct. 8 digital release. The song alone sold 19,000 downloads in that time, debuting at No. 48 on Billboard’s Digital Songs chart. And that was before it hit primetime television Oct. 19.

“In 20 years in marketing, I’ve never seen the consumer reaction I’ve seen this early with any piece of advertising I’ve been affiliated with,” said John Starkey, Wrigley’s vp of gums and mints.

"We had the perfect song, the perfect voice and the perfect story," said Andrés Ordoñez, the evp and executive creative director of Energy BBDO, the Chicago-based advertising agency behind the campaign.

The story of “Sarah and Juan” goes back to 2013, when Energy BBDO came up with a campaign titled “Origami” for Wrigley’s "Give extra, get extra" campaign for Extra gum, whose brand strategy is about making meaningful connections. The one-minute spot featuring a father and daughter bonding over the years through little origami figures made with gum wrappers was a huge success. Wrigley asked BBDO for a follow-up.

Ordonez and his team came up with the love story of Sarah, an American girl, and Juan, a Spaniard, a bicultural couple who reflected the reality of the marketplace.

Starkey fell in love with the concept. But BBDO also wanted to attach it to a song, as opposed to using generic background music like “Origami” had.

The Energy BBDO music team, led by Daniel Kuypers, sorted through some 120 songs before settling on "Can't Help Falling In Love." They listened to “all three zillion covers and the original,” says Kuypers, but wanted something more contemporary and tailored to the spot. After listening to 35-40 artists, they commissioned demos from a handful.

“My instructions were, ‘make me cry,'” says Kuypers.

One of those artists was Reinhart.

Executives at BBDO knew her, not just because she’d ended third in the tenth season of American Idol back in 2011, but also because they’d heard her sing with Postmodern Jukebox and thought her voice was perfect for the emotion the spot wanted to convey.

The fact that Reinhart was a developing act was also appealing. “We’re really trying to make strides in the music space, and this is one of the ways we can do that,” says Kuypers. “We’re very cognizant of using someone who is in their career arc and if we can be a pivotal moment for them, we want to do that.”

Haley Reinhart Delivers Jazzy 'Seven Nation Army' Cover

As it had happened, Reinhart was now signed to a publishing and recording deal with ole Media Management, who’d been actively pitching her to BBDO. Over lunch in Nashville with Randall Foster, ole’s senior director of creative licensing, Kuypers asked if Reinhart would be interested.

By the following day, she delivered a demo with longtime collaborator Casey Abrams at the piano. BBDO loved it. They put the music to the storyboard and took it to Starkey.

“Andres played the song and we said, 'That's it,'" Starkey recalls.

Up until then, Foster thought he had simply struck a good synch deal.

“Until I saw the mock up of the commercial,” says Foster, who was sitting in his car in rush hour traffic when the link came in and he watched it on his phone. “My eyes welled up,” he says. “If a grown man watches a commercial and it drives me to tears, I knew it would connect.”

At that point, what was simply a cover for a commercial became a single.

Reinhart, who hadn’t seen the campaign up until that point, went back to the studio to re-record the track, to give it the intimacy the spot called for. ole pushed production, mixing and mastering and then pulled all its strings to get the single onto iTunes the same day the campaign launched on YouTube.

Now, BBDO and Wrigley are waiting for reaction to the one-minute, 30-second and 15-second television spots, which launched Oct. 19. A 15-second spot is airing on Spanish-language networks.

As for Reinhart, this could be the charm. After her American Idol stint in 2011, she was signed by Interscope, then dropped after one album when they label let go of more than 50 acts in late 2012.

Now, through ole, she’s slated to release her next EP of original material. “Falling In Love” may provide the perfect launching pad for the album, says Foster.

“It’s taken off like nothing I’ve ever been a part of,” he says. “The EP was almost done and we were trying to figure out the best time to release it. This created a catalyst.”

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Charity Bingo Review

Bingo and its connection with charity can be traced back to its very origins. In countries like US, bingo was used to raise funds for churches and charitable organizations, so it isn’t a surprise that bingo sites with a charitable objective has sprung up. Charity Bingo was launched in October 2012 and runs on Jumpman Gaming software. The site is associated with British Heart Foundation, Whizz Kids and Scope, which ensures that the profits are put to good use.

Charity Bingo Bonus Details

Even though the site is a charitable site, it offers huge bonuses compared to other bingo sites in the industry. Players receive a £20 bonus on making a first deposit of £10. Players are also given a free spin which can win them up to £2500. That’s a lot of bonuses which can be used across the various bingo rooms that the site offers.

Charity Bingo Games Details

Similar to other sites using Jumpman Gaming software, the site has the standard 90 ball and 75 ball games. The site offers various guaranteed and fixed jackpots up to the amount £1,000 in its bingo rooms. There are 5 weekly jackpot games through out the week so make sure to buy enough tickets to take a crack at winning the jackpots. The site has incorporated the pre-buy option, so players need not be around when the game takes place.

Charity Bingo Promotions

Charity Bingo has a range of promotions for both bingo and slot lovers. Currently most of the sites promotions gives out tickets and vouchers rather than cash or bonuses. The ‘Dad’s Day Off’ promo gives the winner a pass to a beer and wine tasting session and runners up are given Love2shop vouchers. Players can win cash prizes in ‘Slot of the Week’ promo, by wagering and collecting points. The top 10 player with most points win cash prizes.


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Evaluation of dual-essential oil-incorporated nanofiber mats for antibacterial wound dressings

Supervisors: Irem Uenalan, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini

Essential oils have been used for hundreds of years in many different countries to treat injuries and illnesses. Their ability to work as an antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agent is well known and described [1]. They are promising as a potential alternative for antibiotics as well. The aim of this thesis is to fabricate nanofiber mats, made of polycaprolactone by electrospinning, which incorporate two essential oils to achieve antibacterial properties, following a technology recently developed in the Erlangen Institute of Biomaterials [2]. The morphology, mechanical properties, wettability, and antibacterial properties of the new fibres will be characterized.

[1] Sharifi-Rad, J., et al. Biological Activities of Essential Oils: From Plant Chemoecology to Traditional Healing Systems. In: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 22 (2017). DOI: 10.3390/molecules22010070.

[2] I. Unalan, et al., Physical and Antibacterial Properties of Peppermint Essential Oil Loaded Poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL) Electrospun Fiber Mats for Wound Healing, Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 7 (2019) 346.

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How to Get Rid of Blue Herons

Blue Heron Control

Keep Blue Herons from eating your expensive Koi fish. Try Bird B Gone’s Blue Heron deterrents and pond defenders; easy to install, affordable and effective.

Blue Herons can be found throughout North America. While graceful to watch and interesting to observe how they hunt for fish, they can pose major problems to pond owners and become a very costly nuisance to aquaculture production. The birds are protected by the United States Migratory Bird Treaty Act, so humane methods of deterrence must be observed.

About Blue Herons

Blue Herons spend nearly 90 percent of their time stalking for food. Usually seen along coastlines, in marshes, or near the shores of ponds or streams, blue herons are remarkably adaptable. They are expert fishers, snaring their prey by walking slowly, or patiently standing still for long periods. The birds have five times the density of rods in their eyes as a human retina, which make them excellent night hunters. They will eat shrimp, crabs, small mammals, amphibians, small birds, rodents and insects. Blue Herons can weight up to 8 pounds, stand 38-54 inches tall and have a six-foot wingspan. They usually breed in colonies ranging in size from 5-500 nests.

Why Blue Heron Control?

Blue Herons can pose a costly threat to aquaculture production areas, consuming many types of fish, crustaceans, amphibians, and other small vertebrates. They have also been known to eat expensive fish found in private ponds. Heron droppings can create ongoing cleanup problems. The semi-liquid, mostly white droppings can contaminate man-made ponds. Concentrated heron droppings can destroy lawns, plants and sometimes kill the trees.

How to Get Rid of Herons

There are several humane options for deterring Blue Herons from landing or nesting on your property. It’s important to thoroughly clean up any bird droppings or nesting materials before any deterrent products are installed (herons are attracted to the scent of their droppings and nests). Here are a few steps you can take to get rid of blue herons:

  • Make Koi ponds and docks less hospitable by employing motion-activated sprinklers to drive them away.
  • Install physical bird deterrents such as Bird Spikes or a Bird Spiders to prevent herons from perching on rooftops or fence lines.
  • Install a wire grid or Bird Netting above koi ponds to physically keep herons out.

Remove Food Sources

  • Koi ponds provide Blue Herons with a plentiful (and expensive) food source. Protect your investment by using wire grid or Bird Netting to keep herons away from your Koi.
  • Provide hiding places for your fish in the pond.
  • Tightly close all trash containers.

Scare Tactics

Blue Herons are alert to any perceived threats, so scare tactics can be highly effective.

  • The Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler is ideal for keeping herons away from ponds. The unit sprays a stream of water every time motion is sensed.
  • Create a visual distraction zone by hanging Visual Deterrents, such as the Flash Tape, Predator Eye Balloon and Reflective Eye Diverters.

Humane Removal/Professional Installer

If you don’t have the time, resources or expertise to solve your Blue Heron problem, several wildlife and pest control companies offer bird control as a service. These professionals can install bird control products and offer other services such as clean-up and humane trap and Blue Heron removal.

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One effective and convenient way for Bishop Kelley supporters to help the school grow its endowment is through planned gifts. To help increase our planned giving expertise, Bishop Kelley has partnered with the Tulsa Community Foundation. Tulsa Community Foundation has been a significant partner in providing us with the resources to be able to raise close to $1M through a planned giving challenge grant program.  We have since raised an additional $1M. These gifts will greatly benefit future Bishop Kelley students.

The need to grow our endowment through planned giving is continual. Each year, Bishop Kelley and nearly 60 other Tulsa-area non-profit agencies secure the services of The Advancement Group. Mark Loeber and Chris Miller are outstanding professionals who specialize in helping donors establish wills and trusts to benefit family members, charities, and other entities. As an extension of Bishop Kelley, The Advancement Group offers gift-planning services, which are free to you if you decide to leave a portion of your estate to Bishop Kelley.

By leaving a legacy gift, you are helping Bishop Kelley build its endowment for today’s students and tomorrow’s leaders. The endowment provides us with significant interest income that currently funds over one-third of our annual tuition assistance dollars.

If you already have an estate plan in place, it may be of interest to you to have another look so that you are assured that your current plan is offering you a gift strategy that helps increase the financial benefits to your family and to the charities you are most passionate about. The review may decrease taxes that you owe as well.

Each meeting is confidential, and customized to your family and financial goals. When a gift is made, you have the opportunity to disclose as much or as little regarding the gift amount and other information shared.

The Advancement Group is Bishop Kelley’s charitable, financial and estate planning office-offering services to those connected with Bishop Kelley. If you would like to consider a planned gift, please contact The Advancement Group at 918-491-0079 or connect with Doug Thomas, Director of Philanthropy, at 918-609-7115 or email Doug at dthomas@bishopkelley.org.

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70 farmers killed in 2016 – attacks more sophisticated

With food prices becoming increasingly onerous for many if not most South Africans, the latest report on farm murders by the Transvaal Agricultural Union and AfriForum makes for disturbing reading – although there are a few positive trends being noted. According to a 2015 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) study 95 percent of the country’s formal sector food is produced by just 3% of the country’s farmers and the government’s antipathy to white farmers and its proposed policies are driving an increasing number of them to leave the country. Thousands of farms are up for sale. Vast swathes of once productive farm land now lie fallow as a result of the ANC’s failed land reform policies and Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti candidly acknowledges that the billions of rands spent in the past two decades have reduced food security because 90% of the farms re-distributed to black farmers are no longer productive. While the ANC constantly berates the white farming community, its own representatives are hardly the ideal role models in this regard.Ed Herbst

Since the beginning of the year 70 people have been murdered in 345 farm attacks and those attacks are becoming ever more sophisticated, military-style raids.

This the highest death toll since 2008 when 79 people were murdered in such attacks and, the number of attacks for the year now totals 16 more than last year.

General Chris van Zyl, Ernst Roets and Lorraine Claassen during the conference in Centurion

This information was released at joint media conference held by the Transvaal Agricultural Union and AfriForum in Centurion on 7 December.

The Transvaal Agricultural Union has tracked farm murders since 1990 and, during this time, 1848 people have been murdered in farm attacks. According to TAU statistics this number included 1187 farmers, 490 members of their families, 147 farm employees and 24 visitors to these farms who found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The average age of the murder victims was 56 years.

The highest death toll in a single attack in the past year was six people.

The provincial breakdown of farm attacks as tracked by the TAU from June to December this year is:

Gauteng – 37

OFS – 31

Northwest – 16

KZN – 9

Eastern Cape – 3

Western Cape – 1

Lorraine Claassen of AfriForum’s research unit says most attacks on farms and smallholdings happen between 20:00 and 03:00 and many of the victims were attacked while asleep.

“In 18% of the attacks where injuries were inflicted, firearms were used and in 78% of the investigated cases  where injuries were suffered a variety of weapons was used,” Claassen said, adding that while the incidence of torture of farm attack victims seem to have declined somewhat, some of the attacks were excessively cruel.

She said that in 6% of the attacks, farm employees were also targeted.

Speaking at the media conference, Chris van Zyl, assistant general manager of the TAU, said the use by gangs of increasingly sophisticated weaponry and communication technology in farm attacks was disturbing.

He cited an attack in Sannieshof by three assailants whose modus operandi was captured on CCTV cameras. They used two-way radios and had the means to disarm burglar alarms.

In another attack near Stoffberg in Limpopo, 13 robbers used three vehicles in their attack on a farm

Van Zyl said he was troubled by his perception that the SAPS crime intelligence unit played no significant role in curbing farm attacks.

Read also: Herbst: ANC & Western Cape farmers – an affair set to spark food riots

What was also troubling, he said, was that the poisoning of stock and threats of illegal farm occupations were increasing.

What was encouraging, van Zyl said, was that a significant number of farm attacks were being thwarted by the vigilance of the farming community and the use of WhatsApp by these communities to rapidly communicate the news of attacks.

Farm watch groups were proving very effective and in areas where farmers had become police reservists, the situation had improved, van Zyl said.

In 2014 AfriForum made a submission to the South African Human Rights Commission at National hearing relating to safety and security in farming communities.

At the media conference, Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum, said that in the past year the SAPS had been far more accessible and cooperative when it came to farm attacks and he attributed this to the attitude of Acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane who regards farm attacks as a priority crime.

Roets said one could not generalise about farm attacks. Interviews with prisoners who had been found guilty of farm attacks indicated that, in 90% of the cases, access to money, firearms and household goods was the motive rather than ethnic hatred.

For further information on farm murders from a media perspective, see my article, Place of Sorrow, on the Media Online website.

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Data exfiltration, data loss or data leakage is essentially the theft or removal of information or data from an electronic device, typically a computer, mobile phone or other Internet connected device. This typically includes valuable personal or corporate information that can be sold or used to extort individuals and business for monetary gain. It is big business for cybercriminals and a nightmare for the organizations that find themselves victim.

Exfiltration is very difficult to detect because it happens silently in the background, with the victim not even realizing it has occurred, leaving organizations and individuals highly vulnerable.  With cyberattacks growing in both volume and sophistication, it is inevitable that malware will find its way onto a device. Such malware often remains latent to avoid detection and only activates when the machine has been idle for a certain period of time. People are often surprised how much data their mobile device consumes overnight when they haven’t even been using their device. This is commonly data being exfiltrated from the device.

In this blog we’ll answer some of the most common questions around data exfiltration and explain how BlackFog can prevent your organization from becoming the next victim.

What is data exfiltration?

Data exfiltration is the unauthorized copying, transfer or retrieval of data from a computer or server. It occurs when malware and/or a malicious actor carries out an unauthorized data transfer from a computer. Data exfiltration is also considered to be a form of data theft.

How does data exfiltration occur?

Data exfiltration can be divided into two categories, outsiders trying to infiltrate the network to steal valuable corporate data, and people on the inside willing to share it. Whilst often malicious in nature data exfiltration can also be the result of insider carelessness, sending confidential documents to personal email accounts and / or cloud servers.

In an outsider threat scenario, a cybercriminal will insert malware onto a network-based device, such as a computer or mobile phone. The malware will crawl other network devices in search of valuable information and attempt to exfiltrate it. Once compromised the malware orchestrating the attack may lay dormant until the point of data exfiltration or, to avoid detection, subversively collect information over time and gradually exfiltrate the data.

Is data exfiltration easy to detect?

Data exfiltration can be very difficult to detect. As data routinely moves in and out of an organization, data exfiltration can closely resemble normal network traffic, meaning that data loss incidents often go unnoticed by IT staff until the damage has been done.

What are some common techniques that cybercriminals are using to steal data?

Data exfiltration can be achieved using various techniques, but it’s most commonly performed by cybercriminals over the internet or a network. These attacks are typically targeted, with the primary intent being to gain access to a network or machine to locate and copy specific data.

Common techniques involve anonymizing connections to third party servers to protect the identity of the attacker. This can include using the Dark Web, direct IP addresses, tunneling over HTTP or HTTPS and Fileless attacks, where attackers can use remote code execution.

Where is the majority of exfiltrated data going?

According to BlackFog’s Q2 internal research, around 19% of all traffic is being exfiltrated to Russia and 2.65% is going to China. Data exfiltration to the Dark Web represented 5.67% of all traffic.

Is there increased risk of data exfiltration from a smartphone?

Yes, particularly with Android devices where malware can often be preinstalled.  Earlier this year Google researchers identified preinstalled malware on more than 7.4 million Android devices. The malware had the ability to take over the device and download apps in the background.

Are Antivirus and Malware solutions enough to prevent data exfiltration?

Companies rely on a combination of technology, training, policies and trust to cope with data exfiltration. Intrusion detection systems such as Firewalls and Anti-Virus solutions that remove known infections are not enough to prevent attackers from infiltrating the company network. It is inevitable that attackers will find a way in, the key is to prevent the activation and removal of information using modern cyber security techniques. Organizations need to deploy a solution that prevents the exfiltration of data from every device on the network.

How can data exfiltration be prevented?

The inherent mobility of today’s workforce makes it difficult for companies to keep track of what’s happening on every device in the network.  With a significant proportion of network transactions taking place in the background, without consent, it is important that organizations and individuals are closely monitoring this activity. Preventing the transmission of sensitive data to unidentified servers in regions where high levels of cyberattacks originate is paramount to protecting all network infrastructure. Modern attacks are predicated on the ability to communicate with third party servers to steal data. It is crucial that any cybersecurity solution is able to monitor, detect and prevent the unauthorized transmission of such data in real time.

How does BlackFog prevent data exfiltration?

Lots of cybersecurity firms can tell you when a breach or attack has taken place. BlackFog stops it from happening in the first place by focusing on preventing data loss, data profiling, and data collection. BlackFog protects from today’s modern threats by filling the gap between security solutions that focus on preventing access through intrusion detection systems, such as Firewalls and AV / Malware solutions that remove known infections after they have been discovered.

Through a layered approach, BlackFog spots, in real-time, when an attacker is trying to remove unauthorized data from a device or network and shuts them down before they get the chance to.

Why is BlackFog Different?

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5 Best Cheap Alternatives To ClickMagick 2020 {200% ROI}

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      Ad Tracking tools are certainly one of the best Internet marketing tools at the present time and no doubt, you would need it at some point.

      If you are running some ads and it doesn’t bring the quality ads, then certainly it is of no use to run these ads. For this business, ClickMagick is one of the best tracking tools that I have seen so far and no doubt it excels our needs.

      I shared a review of ClickMagick a few days back about why it is the best in the business. Let me give a brief about the ClickMagick Ad tracker. If you a detailed review on it, you can read that on my other blog post.

      Features of ClickMagick:

      • Batch Editor: If you are using the rotator or just the link menu, you can simply edit, reset or delete the rotators if it is not performing. You can also change the rotator URLs fro batch editor without much delay.
      • IP Manager: Set the IP range or enter IP addresses manually to filter or block them.
      • IP Lookup: You can also keep track of a particular IP and filter its activity. With this tool, you can look up for the op-ins, sales for all events on this IP address. Thus, you can identify and filter the suspicious clicks too.
      • Data Importer or Exporter: If you want to sell the data o for any purpose, you can export the rotator data, link data or the rotator URLs to any party and the same way you can import that too.
      • Content Locking: Include the sharing and the like option on all your content.
      • Compatible with Google Analytics: It integrates successfully with Facebook as well as the Google Analytics so that you can keep track of your visitor’s activity.
      • Solo Seller system: If you are willing to sell solo ads, you can set up a business of your own using this tool and everything else will be done by your link tracking software.
      • Creates the affiliate link: Set up the affiliate link and you will be able to earn the cash by directing them wherever you want them to go

      ClickMagick Review- Track And Optimize All Your Marketing

      Some features like the link cloaking, link rotators which send the single traffic to different destinations can sometimes be dangerous to use. And some ad networks might not like that.

      Everything has got the cons that you may not like and may want to switch to look for a better alternative. I will share the alternatives to ClickMagick ad tracking tool and what makes it different from the ClikcMagick.

      Best ClickMagick Alternatives: The Right Visitor Tracking & Analytics Tool 2020

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      1. ClickMeterCheck It Out Now
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      3. VoluumCheck It Out Now
      4. LinkTrackrCheck It Out Now
      5. ImprovelyCheck It Out Now

      I have shared the five best ClickMagick alternatives with you and what makes it different from then ClickMagick. Here’s the list:

      1.     ClickMeter

      Best Clickmagick alternatives-clickmeterClickMeter, as said is one of the best alternatives for the ClickMagick. The perks of having the ClickMeter are that it sends the traffic to targeted landing pages. You can actually figure out that how many people visited a certain page on your site.

      Within a single dashboard, you can check for the broken links, click fraud, blacklists and the high latency. You can also download the reports to send it your client or the team whenever needed.

      As said, the ClickMeter has got 100s of features with almost a number of features of the same kind. You can target the audience as according to the country, language, device type and various kinds of filters that create the better choice for the audience.

      Let’s have a quick look at the features of the ClickMeter:

      Clickmeter alternative to clickmagick

      • The user-friendly dashboard makes it quite easy for the users to track and optimize the ads. No codes or technical knowledge is required for this purpose. Thus, you can easily set up the marketing campaigns and proceed without many efforts into it.
      •  The campaign monitoring makes it easy for the affiliates and publishers to decide which campaign is useful and is able to bring the better conversion to you. This way, you can focus only the campaigns that are bringing the conversions and are good for your business.
      • The click fraud feature just like the ClickMagick ensures that only legal clicks are monitored and tracked. No fraudulent clicks are counted in the tracking.
      • Link Cloaking is done within the URL encryption and using the customized page titles.
      • ClickMeter also offers the integration system with various tools to make the tracking easier. It does so by using the developer tools like API. This way, you can connect the platforms or any apps to ClickMeter. The API system integrates with the tools like Adwords, UTM tracking code, Chrome, Shopify, Magento, WordPress and also FireFox.
      • Track the entire funnel using the product IDs. You can track and convert the ads using the product IDs, conversion values, SSL.
      • The platform also promises the 99.999% Uptime with multiple global data centres. The data centres are hosted on Amazon Web Services to keep up the tracking and ensure 99.99% uptime.
      What is ClickMeter

      Here are some reasons to use ClickMeter:

      • Track views, clicks, and conversions in one place
      • Attract visitors for massive conversions
      • See all your broken links
      • You have access to fraudulent clicks.
      • See all your latencies and blacklists

      Though the plans are cheaper and reasonable, they do have certain limits as compared to the other trackers. So, if you are looking for something big or on a large-scale, then you have to either opt for a better plan or the other link tracker.

      The three plans are divided as:

      Medium: $29/month

           Large: $99/month

      • 200,000 events/month
      • 20,000 Data points
      • Affiliate Marketing Tools
      • 2 years data storage
      • A/B Test rotator

      X-Large: $349/month

      • 2,000,000 events/month
      • 200,000 Data points
      • Affiliate Marketing Tools
      • 3 years data storage
      • A/B Test rotator

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      2.     Adsbridge

      AdsBridge Review- landing page builderAdsBridge is an intelligent ad tracking platform and traffic distribution system.  It can actually do a huge range of other things that will help to keep all your decision-making information together in one place. Along with the basic tracking features, AdsBridge provides advanced functionality like auto-optimization, multi-access option, LP builder and more that can boost your campaign performance and make tracking effective.

      The system’s key benefits are:

      – totally cloud-hosted solution

      – tracking & advanced TDS

      – dedicated support team

      – affordable pricing plans

      – works best for scaling

      Along with its vast options and nicely designed interface, you will definitely appreciate the easy process of setting that saves time and turns your day-to-day work into a piece of cake. No matter if you are a newbie in the business or an experienced affiliate marketer, AdsBridge is a tracking platform that will come in handy!

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      These are some of the reasons for using Adsbridge:

      • You can easily track all your sales funnels, be it PPC or affiliate promotions
      • Allows geographic targeting
      • Allows you to perform a mobile optimization
      • You can easily add a retargeting to any link.
      • Protection against fraud 24/7
      • Monitor links 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to monitor and monitor the performance of your link.
      • Excellent speed and precision for delivering relevant data

      You need to register at AdsBridge, then go to User Menu – Subscriptions – Change plan (upgrade)

      Under each UPGRADE button you’ll see the little blue text Use promo code. Also pay attention that you can choose what exact plan you’d like to purchase, Monthly or Annual.

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      Choose your plan according to your need:

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      You will see the discount appear for the first month of upgrading Adsbridge:

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      After registration, each user gets a 14-day free trial and 50,000 visits with no over limit. Plus, you can test a landing page editor and create 3 landing pages for your campaigns. Once your Basic plan runs out, you can choose a suitable subscription for your business. And if you feel like this platform meets your entire requirement, you can subscribe to an annual plan which eventually will save you 15% in a year and leave you out of the worries about auto renewal or prolongation.

      3.     Voluum

      Voluum tracking tool-alternative to clickmagick

      Voluum is much like the ClickMagick as both of them are the cloud-based apps. It tracks every link passing through. This tracker has got certain unique features that can prove to be great for you.

      There’s no doubt that Voluum is a serious player when it comes to tracking the performance of advertising campaigns. Its users generate over $1.5 billion of revenue annually, which pretty much speaks for itself.

      Smoothly working granular reports, post-install analytics, and flexible campaign setup makes A/B testing and optimizing media buying for a lifetime value just a matter of a few minutes of work.

      The platform works in a SaaS model, which is a strong advantage over using your own tracking solutions. You can work on your campaigns on the go, as the data is stored in the cloud and can be reached via an app hosted both on the App Store and the Google Play Store. Plus, you can always scale up or scale down, depending on your performance. There are plenty of pricing plans to suit your exact needs.

      Quick Features:

      • Instant reports are generated within the seconds irrespective of the traffic volume.
      • SSL support for the custom domains is available in the Voluum. You can buy the certificate from the company. Also, in case of the server timeout in one location, the server may redirect you to the other server location within the real-time.

      Clickmagick Alternative Voluum

      • Create your own templates to track the link. There are different styles of the templates for different types of links so that you can build the links manually.
      • This tracking tool has great API that allows the data to pull even faster.
      • They have more than 20 different native ad exchanges integrated. It saves time, for one thing, and for another, your reach can be increased big time without much effort.
      • It has limited link cloaking when compared to the ClickMagick but yes the split testing is more useful in the case of Voluum.
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      These are some of the reasons why you should use Voluum:

      • Excellent reporting tools, regardless of the type of traffic your site generates
      • It gives you up to 30 data points for better tracking
      • Supports cost models for CPC, CPM, CPA, and RevShare.
      • It gives you SSL access for better security

      While ClickMagick allows the use of cloaking and link rotators to a greater extent, the vacuum is more limited. You can implement split tests, but they are much more limited than the Full Rotation scripts used by ClickMagick. On the other hand, Voluum has a free API that controls it through third-party scripts and extensions.

      If you do not want something to happen, you can write a script for it. They even have an “automatic learning algorithm” that lets you automatically optimize your ads, though I’m skeptical of who made such claims lately. Machine learning is still in its infancy, so it’s hard to trust too much.

      When it comes to the pricing, I must say that Voluum is too high in pricing plan and if you have got a better pocket, then certainly it is the best.

      Basic: $299 per month

      • 2,000,000 events per month
      • $0.005/ 1000 events
      • No additional users
      • 1 custom domains
      • 1 Dedicated Domain

      Advanced: $599 per month

      • 10,000,000 events per month
      • $0.045/ 1000 events
      • 2 additional users
      • 3 custom domains
      • 1 Dedicated Domain

      Premium: $1499 per month

      • 30,000,000 events per month
      • $0.04/ 1000 events
      • 5 additional users
      • 5 custom domains
      • 1 Dedicated Domain

      Read the full pricing plan here.

      4.     LinkTrackr

      LinkTrackr alternative to clickmagick

      When I hear LinkTrackr, the first word that comes to my mind is the link cloaking. LinkTrackr is the best link cloaking and tracking tools if counted in combination.

      Its amazing split features help to share the traffic between two pages by splitting the links. This way, you can figure out that which part of the link brings more traffic to you.

      • You can add your own customized domain which looks better and professional.
      • Create ads and track your links in the banner, ads, emails, ad swaps, blog posts. You can insert these links almost anywhere.
      • Tracks the ads with the PPC system as well as the other advertising systems. Also, you can centralize the tracking for the Facebook Ads
      • It also keeps track the multiple sales and leads through entire funnel even if you have got the multiple domains.
      • Just like the ClickMagick, it installs the pixel tracking code on your site so that you can track the conversions from your blog, affiliate networks and anywhere.
      • Lastly, it gives the Postback tracking which means the server-less as well as the cookieless tracking.
      • The tool also cloaks the links for your WordPress site.

      clickmagick replacement- LinkTrackrHere are some reasons to use LinkTrack:

      • You can track an unlimited number of clicks and links for all premium accounts
      • You can track all types of links, including tracking ads, clicks, and impressions.
      • You can use your own domain name to easily follow the links.
      • Real-time access to reports that give you real-time tracking information

      For additional features, the $ 19 package offers 500 links, 50,000 clicks, and the same features as the previous package. It also benefits from conversion tracking, which is essential to most of you. In addition, the monthly fee of $ 39 with 1,000 links and 100,000 clicks per month as well as split-testing as a feature. The first-level plan costs € 69 a month and requires you to reach 5,000 links and half a million clicks.

      It’s interesting to know that LinkTrackr (and in this case ClickMagick) does not allow traffic from automated browsing, wholesale sites, banner exchanges, mass transit sites like AdFly and other sources of mass traffic.

      Attempting to analyze traffic from these sites generally results in poor performance. Traffic is usually garbage and monitoring costs a lot of server resources. If you trust these traffic sources, start with better sources. Second, you have to use a different follow-up.

      LinkTrackr also gives a 30-day free trial and you can, later on, upgrade and downgrade the plans anytime you want.

      Basic: $9 per month

      • 100 Tracking links
      • 10,000 Clicks/month
      • Advanced Cloaking

      Pro: $19 per month

      • 500 Tracking links
      • 50,000 Clicks/month
      • Advanced Cloaking

      Hyper: $39 per month

      • 1000 Tracking links
      • 100,000 Clicks/month
      • Advanced Cloaking

      Extreme: $69 per month

      • 5000 Tracking links
      • 500,000 Clicks/month
      • Advanced Cloaking

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      5.     Improvely

      Clickmagick alternative improvely

      Improvely is in the market since 2009 and has been used by major companies. It is a perfect combination of the click fraud monitoring and the conversion tracking software. Now, it is basically the white hat version of all of the above-listed tracking tools.

      • It can easily integrate and work with major networks such as Adwords, Facebook, Twitter, Taboola and various others.
      • The unique feature is that it creates the customer’s profile and can tell you how many times he actually visited or clicked the ad or your site.
      • Similarly, you can test the traffic for the Landing pages by dividing the links. Test each part of the landing page and see what brings more traffic.
      • Get the reports ready at one place- be it the SEO, social media, paid campaigns, keywords or any.

      Besides this, it has different functions to do:

      • Conversion Tracking

      conversion tracking in Improvely

      • Click Fraud Monitoring

      Improvely features

      • Affiliate Marketing

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      • White Label

      Improvely link trackerHere are some of the reasons to use Improvely:

      • You can better integrate the tracking software into any website or shopping cart and easily track all your clicks.
      • You can also track sales in different currencies and recalculate in a given currency.
      • It also provides fraud protection to protect your website and affiliate campaigns from fraudulent transactions.

      Improvely offers a 14-day free trial which is fair enough to check the conversions.

      The four plans for the Improvely are:

      Freelancer: $29/month

      Startup: $79/month

      Small Agency: $149/month

      Large Agency: $299/month

      Best alternative to clickmagick- Improvely

      • You earn a lot of money and sales if you know how your audience or your visitors behave. The only way to find this out is to follow the links to see the number of clicks generated and the number of conversions in progress.
      • You can easily increase website conversion rates by following each link you use (whether for social media campaigns, SEO or PPC campaigns).
      • The following links give you an idea of what type of content is best for you.
      • The following links give you an overview of what really works and what does not, so you can make the appropriate changes.

      • You lose lots of useful information if you do not follow their links, be it for affiliate campaigns, sponsored links, etc.
      • You’ll never learn about conversion tracking, detailed impression statistics, clicks, click through rates, user behavior and more. If you do not follow your links.

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      The Verdict: Which is the best alternative to ClickMagick?  List of 5 Best Cheap Alternatives To ClickMagick  [200% ROI]

      Frankly, it is too hard to decide the best ClickMagick alternative out of these 5 listed above. Probably, it depends on your needs and the budget.

      If you have got a large budget and need robust features, Voluum has no competitor in the industry. But, if you want to go for the low budgeted tracking tools with more features, I would go with the Improvely or LinkTrckr.

      Improvely isn’t a bad choice too if you need the white label versions of these tools and if you want to concentrate more on click frauds.

      To conclude, I would say that you should always look for the tools that give the free version. Throwing away your money on a paid and unknown tool is foolishness. This was my list of 5 great alternatives to ClickMagick Link tracker.

      I hope you have liked the list. If you have used them at any, please share with us in the comments box and help us decide the best!!

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Grandparents in New Jersey have rights. The law allows them to petition for visitation and contact with a grandchild if that would be in the child’s best interests. The lawyer at our northern New Jersey law office, Jeffrey M. Bloom, represents grandparents in such proceedings. We have also acted for parents trying to block a grandparent’s access to his or her grandchildren. In either case, we offer honest advice about the possibility of success. To learn more about grandparents’ rights, contact our West New York and Hackensack attorney at the Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Bloom.

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