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About Maslow Wealth
Who are we
We are a boutique financial planning business in Sydney. We help clients connect money with life through comprehensive wealth management services. We do this by helping them prioritise what’s important to them, determine what they want their money to accomplish, and develop and execute a personalised plan to reach those goals.
People tend to lose sight of the big picture in the busyness of daily life. We get so bogged down grinding through meaningless activities that we don’t have time to think for ourselves what we really want to do with the time we have left.
At Maslow wealth, we tell people the truth about money and help them answer the most important questions about money.
Who is Min Wu
Min is passionate about helping people not just manage their wealth but also connect money with life. He takes a real interest in every client’s life story and help them use money to make a life instead of using life to make money. After all, life is not a rehearsal and we must do the things we really want to do in the time we have left through the best use of our resources.
Prior to having his own practice, Min worked in an accounting firm and later in a large financial institution, providing comprehensive wealth management services to both high-net-worth and mum-and-dad clients. Before moving into financial planning, Min was a management consultant for six years, advising corporate clients on how to improve their budgeting, planning and financial reporting processes.
Min was born in China and came to Australia when he was 16 after his father secured a teaching position in Western Sydney University. He studied Computer Engineering at University of New South Wales on a scholarship from BHP Billiton. He later completed a Master of Applied Finance and a Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning from Kaplan.
Min is happily married to Rose with 2 young children. He enjoys running, golf and reading. Min is a supporter of beyondblue and is committed to doing his part to help Australians achieve best possible mental health.
Min’s favourite quote is from the American psychologist Abraham Maslow – “What one can be, one must be”. Min believes in excellence and continual learning, and that we must not waste our precious life, we must be and do more than we have been and done in the past. We must expand our hearts out and benefit others as much as we can.
Who is our Licensee
Maslow Wealth is a Corporate Authorised Representative of Synchron which is Australia’s largest non-institutionally owned financial advice group. Since opening in 1989, Synchron has grown exponentially with now over 400 authorised representatives, located Australia wide.
Synchron is well respected in the Financial Services Industry and has a corporate philosophy to form associations with only the highest calibre of advisers. All Synchron advisers are registered with Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
Synchron is a Corporate Member of the Association of Financial Advisers.


Reports from Switzerland are suggesting that Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya could be forced out of his role as Team Principal, in the wake of continued financial troubles for the beer baron’s Kingfisher Airlines group.
An article by veteran Blick journalist Roger Benoit has suggested that the team’s co-owner, the Sahara Group, could soon take over the entire team. The Sahara group acquired a major stake in the Silverstone team two months ago.
Despite his feeble denials, Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines is in desperate strife, and there are rumours that its bank accounts have been frozen.
The airline has been forced to pay in cash for fuel and is in mountains of debt to its creditors. Of late, it has cancelled countless flights and up to one-third of its entire fleet has been grounded as the airline struggles to contain costs. One would think that the airline’s continued
debt shuffling sponsorship ‘investment’ in Force India would be on the chopping block.
These types of news stories do not bode well for the team’s chances of attracting sponsors outside of Mallya’s alcohol empire, and it could well be that the investors from Sahara may find Mallya’s presence as a black mark against the team itself.
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We published four new titles this year in both hardcover and tradepaper, plus a tradepaper edition of a previously published book. We got some great reviews and made a Best of 2014 list. Not bad for our first (almost full) year back from hiatus, I’d say.
Thank you to everyone who helped with these books — authors, editors, artists, designers, reviewers — and especially to our readers! Happy New Year and our sincerest hopes for a prosperous and joyful 2015!
VERDICT A picturesque tropical setting, a mature, intelligent heroine, and a whole lot of action help make this collaboration between Page (Eel River) and the late Lake (Green) a great success. Set in a remote corner of Lake’s Copper Downs world, this will appeal to fans of Lake’s other novels, or anyone who enjoys rich fantasy adventure.
— Library Journal ★ 12/01/2014
Secondly, Being Small got a glowing 5-star review. “The language is clear and simple, elegant like all of Chaz Brenchley’s work, but the impact of the writing will stay with me and I think most readers for a very long time. I whole-heartedly recommend it.”
And last but not least, Singularity also got an ebullient, 5-star review. “You can read the blurbs at any good book site, but they can’t tell you how DeSmedt skillfully lays out the threads to his tale then meticulously weaves them into a plausible, yet incredible, plot. He does.”
You can pick up any of these right now — in time for Christmas — if you order the ebook version.
Today we are proud to release a very special novel. It is possibly the last novel of our dear friend, Jay Lake, who died earlier this year. He and collaborator Shannon Page co-wrote the first drafts of Our Lady of the Islands before his death.
There is a lot of Jay in this book, and we’ve made an effort to honor his memory in everything from the beautiful cover art by Mark J. Ferrari to the exquisite interior design by Karawynn Long. Shannon’s fantastic revisions took the manuscript to the next level. Jay himself was too sick to help with the revisions, but we know he would be proud of the final outcome. The result is an epic fantasy novel that has been praised in Locus Magazine and honored by Publishers Weekly as one of their Best Books of 2014.

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Group travel industry gets new insurance partnership | Insurance Business Canada
People want to see the world and are willing to spend their money to do so, with annual tourism expenditure coming in at US$1.46 trillion, according to the latest numbers from the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Within the tourism industry, group travel is a popular way to see new and exotic locations. In fact, global travel market research firm Phocuswright estimated that in 2020, the global tours and activities market will reach US$183 billion.
“We’re definitely seeing growth in the tour operator segment and a lot of our partners are experiencing incredible growth,” said Kelly P. Sahner (pictured), chief commercial officer at Trip Mate, a subsidiary of Generali Global Assistance North America that offers insurance solutions to tour operators, retail travel organizations, travellers, and cruise lines.
Some of the trends within this space include companies that are providing affordable travel options for those who want to craft their own trip that’s off the beaten track. Other partners of Trip Mate are meanwhile seeing travellers get interested in trips that leave a smaller footprint, with popular tourist destinations like Barcelona and Venice lately feeling the negative impacts of too many tourists.
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At the same time, risks like the novel coronavirus have the potential to hamper tourism and leave travellers worried about whether their group trips are covered by insurance if say a country, like South Korea, restricts access due to the outbreak. Last year’s crisis involving Boeing’s 737 Max planes being grounded around the world likewise gave travellers something to worry about and underscored the importance of working with an experienced travel insurance provider.
“We work with our clients and say if there’s a delay or there’s a schedule change, [we let them know] how the plan protects that, but we also try to stay ahead of it and when an industry event starts to emerge, we work closely with our partners because we know they’re going to get calls into their call centres,” said Sahner. “We try to keep our ear to the ground and work in concert with those client partners to make sure that they understand the product they’re offering and that it’s meeting their [travellers’] needs.”
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Natural catastrophes can also put a damper on people’s travel plans, from the typhoons in Japan late last year, alongside other disasters, such as the earthquake in Nepal in 2015 or the slew of hurricanes in the southern US and Caribbean in 2017.
“Some of our plans provide coverage under non-medical emergency evacuation or natural disaster incidents,” explained Sahner, adding that it’s important to keep insureds aware of the various risks their travel plans might face. “People are calling our flying partners because they want to travel, they want to go see the world, and they want to expose themselves to something neat, or it’s a family vacation that they’ve saved for all year. We recognize this is the third or fourth largest expense they’re going to have, this wonderful trip that they’ve been working with their tour operator on to plan and piece together, but we also just want to make sure they’re aware that, unfortunately, things happen.”
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In January, Trip Mate announced that it was partnering with GroupCollect, which would allow GroupCollect – a company that helps trip leaders collect passenger information and passenger payments – and Trip Mate offer tour operators a streamlined service for processing group tour registration along with travel insurance add-ons that help keep group travellers safe and increase tour operator revenue. This will be especially beneficial for student group tour operators, which is a segment that GroupCollect is well-versed in.
“It’s certainly an emerging market, but it’s one that you really have to know what’s happening because you’re sending your kids away to gosh knows where with a tour operator that you hope knows what they’re doing,” said Sahner. “We worked in collaboration with folks in GroupCollect and [Travmark Insurance] to think about what kind of product makes sense – what would I need to have in this product so that I feel good in case the unlikely happens and I either have to bring [my child] home because we’ve had a death in the family or something happens to them, like they get sick.”
Educating partners that offer travel insurance to the end customer is another important part of the equation when delivering this type of product to this booming marketplace.
“Insurance is funny – you don’t buy it because you don’t think you need it, but then when you need it, you wish you bought it,” said Sahner. “You’ve got to walk that fine line of how does Trip Mate as a partner to our clients educate people that call into our call centre and want to understand the benefits of travel insurance as well as educate our folks who are offering our plan.”


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Pence 'maintaining distance' from Trump 'for the immediate future'
Pence is "maintaining distance for the immediate future" from President Donald Trump after consulting with the White House medical unit, a senior administration official said. It is not yet clear exactly how long Pence will stay away from Trump.
Pence's office did not respond to a CNN request for comment.
Trump said Monday that he has not seen Pence since Miller tested positive on Friday, a fact that was underscored by the vice president's absence from Trump's news conference Monday. Trump said he could confer with the Pence by telephone.
Pence said during a call with governors on Monday that he was taking extra precautions, noting that he was "in a separate room on my own" during a videoconference while Dr. Deborah Birx was "in a situation room with some staff," according to audio of the call obtained by CNN's Betsy Klein.
But in an awkward balancing act between taking necessary precautions and trying to avoid undercutting Trump's back-to-business messaging, Pence is merely taking half-measures that fall short of the administration's own guidelines.
Pence has shown up at the White House without a mask. And his very presence there -- even if he is staying away from Trump -- contravenes guidelines issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which advise those who have had "close contact" (within six feet of someone for a prolonged period of time) with someone who has tested positive to stay home for 14 days after their last interaction.
Officials have said the President and others inside the White House remain sensitive to taking steps that might undercut their message that the virus is waning and the country is ready to reopen.
While some advisers raised the prospect of separating Trump and Pence long before White House staffers tested positive, the option was not taken seriously until this week.
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â€œRealizing that music had a special power to make people feel seen and emotionally comforted really inspired me,â€ said Nivi Ravi ’21, a musician and singer who used her time on campus to fuse classical music with his love of neuroscience and education, Ravi is currently touring for a new opera titled “Iphigenia”.
Ravi was born and raised in the Chicago area before moving to New York City for high school. Her path to music began at the age of four when she became determined to play the violin.
â€œI think my initial interest in classical music, playing the violin for so long, really drew me into classical voice and opera,â€ Ravi said. However, the transition to singing was also fortuitous. A music teacher pulled Ravi and his mother aside and told him to take singing lessons. “She saw something in me, potential, and I think that’s what prompted me and my family to consider taking singing lessons.” It was in these middle school classes that Ravi’s love for singing began.
At Harvard, Ravi combined his musical prowess with his other academic interests through a joint concentration in neuroscience and music, as well as a high school in educational studies. Ravi had been intrigued by the healing potential of music before entering college, performing at monthly concerts at a local nursing home. Ravi wanted to learn more through his undergraduate studies. â€œWhat is the connection between music and memory? How can we process music cognitively, process music emotionally? “
Ravi continued his research during his time on campus, working with the Gaab Lab, a group that studies cognitive neuroscience of development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to examine the relationship between exposure to music on development brain structure and learning in young children.
Ravi was even more deeply involved in the arts when she was on campus and still springs from her experiences today. Throughout her undergraduate career, she played the violin with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and sang with the Harvard College Opera and the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum. Additionally, Ravi has played a pivotal role in student leadership, becoming President of the Collegium in her final year. She even organized recitals with the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies. â€œI still consider this to be the center of my undergraduate artistic experience,â€ she said. Ravi also received the Louise Donovan Prize, which rewards â€œunsung heroesâ€ who direct artistic productions to success.
Serving as the president of the Collegium, noted Ravi, was the highlight of his artistic career at the university. â€œIt was the most demanding and rewarding experience of my undergraduate career,â€ she said. “It’s difficult to be president of a 501 (c) (3) in any given year, but especially during a pandemic year for a choral organization.” Ravi had to adapt to the pandemic, orchestrating remote choral practices and handling thousands of audio recordings to produce virtual performances.
Ravi praised her many mentors who helped her in her musical journey in college, with whom she is still in close contact. In particular, she noted the support of Andrew G. Clark, director of choral activities and lecturer in music at Harvard University and conductor of the Collegium. â€œI think I wouldn’t be the artist and leader that I am today without Andy,â€ she said. Ravi also praised Carolyn Abbate, a music professor at Harvard. “I have never felt so perceived by a teacher in terms of academic performance in music, and he is someone who inspires me on a daily basis,” said Ravi. “I think she really inspired my pursuit of musicology and my understanding of music beyond what’s written on the page, the role of music and a cultural context and what it means to play music. music beyond sound. “
But Esperanza Spalding, a Harvard professor of music practice and singer-songwriter whom NPR called “the jazz genius of the 21st century,” was perhaps the most important figure in Ravi’s trajectory after earning his diploma.
â€œShe has opened so many doors for me, but she has been such an encouraging, almost motherly figure in my life,â€ Ravi said.
When Spalding coincidentally attended a Morris Robinson Master Class that Ravi was performing at, she approached Ravi and asked him to help her develop a new opera house. This opera, “Iphigenia” premiered on November 12 at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston. Ravi is currently on tour as a member of the cast. She plays IphigÃ©nie the Younger, one of the character’s six manifestations in the opera.
â€œIt was really just a special experience to share a whole new opera with the world with my family and friends, an opera that tells the story of a female sacrifice who feels alive and present today,â€ said Delighted.
Ravi’s performance in “Iphigenia” is a continuation of his previous passions and his work on campus. After touring with “Iphigenia”, Ravi plans to explore opera productions from around the world through his Booth Fellowship. “My spring is going to travel the world to study opera from a musicological and performance perspective.”

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Tech innovations play a tremendous role in helping the food system get ahead of (or overcome) changing consumer demands, developing regulatory tensions and environmental challenges. In fact, the biggest environmental concerns refer to air and water pollution. Unfortunately, one of the causes of pollution is food waste. In the Netherlands, the amount of good food that is wasted adds up to billions of euros per year. In this article, we will show how blockchain can be the savior of our food system by looking at three causes food waste.
Blockchain technology started to gain worldwide popularity because of its implications in cryptocurrencies. As well of its promises to bring more efficiency, traceability and security to businesses. You can understand that these promises can also work for our food system.
Let’s dive into some issues that impact our global food waste.
Problem #1: inaccurate forecasting
It’s a difficult task for retailers: determine the ‘right’ product levels for each product category in their store. When forecasting, they must consider numerous factors, like consumer demands, fluctuations in seasonal demands, storage conditions and weather conditions. Inaccuracies in environmental data, lacking real-time data about changes in consumer demands as well as errors during delivery, often result in overoptimistic inventory forecasts. At the same time, retailers want their shelves to be full in order to prevent their consumers to go to the competitor. This leads to over-forecasting, and as a result, food is thrown away.
Blockchain technology can provide manufacturers, retailers and everyone else in the supply chain a secure digital ‘register’. All participants can input data which is visible to everyone in the chain – in real-time. For example, a store manager can inform the manufacturer a construction near the store can result in a decrease of customers. By sharing this information with block chain, inventory forecasting can be adjusted immediately.
Problem #2: improper storage conditions
Inadequate packaging and bad storage conditions have a big impact on food waste. Up to 25 percent of residential food waste is due to improper packaging, for example, food spoiling due to lack of packaging or products sticking to it. This mainly effects fresh products like meat and dairy, because they need to meet strict temperature and packaging requirements. Global sourcing adds a lot of complexity to logistics and transporting food products to the whole supply chain.
Not only blockchain has the potential to alleviate this issue. It’s possible to attach IoT devices on transport vehicles, in storage rooms and loads to track the product conditions along the way. In addition, blockchain technology can provide a safe digital platform on which these sensors can communicate and share information directly.
Problem #3: lack of communication in supply chain
The journey a product takes from farm to fork is complex one, with many parties involved in the supply chain – from sourcing, to processing and from storing to delivering. These parties need to communicate with each other in order to deliver a good product. When an integrated real-time communication platform is missing, these parties cannot share up-to-date information. The result: they receive outdated or inaccurate data. In the end, stores may end up with too much or too little inventory. In that case, retailers might overestimate their forecast (see problem #1) and food has to be thrown away.
Blockchain can provide a digital and secure communication platform where all parties in the supply chain can contribute information regarding a product. This communication-sharing can even be automated by integrating AI and IoT.


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Super Nova Petroleum Corp. [VANCOUVER, BC] (CSE: SNP) announced that Andrea Yuan has been appointed CFO for the company. Ms. Yuan started her career as an internal auditor and then as team head of the internal audit department at the Bank of China’s Shanghai Pudong branch in China from 1994 through to 1999. Ms. Yuan moved to Davidson and Company LLP, Chartered Accountants, in 2004 where she worked in the firm’s audit group. From November 2006 until 2009, Ms. Yuan was employed as an audit manager at Davidson. From 2009 until October 2011, Ms. Yuan was employed as an audit principal at Davidson. Currently, Ms. Yuan acts as Chief Financial Officer or financial consultant for several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, Canadian Securities Exchange and OTC Markets.

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“How can such small instruments possibly play so loud?” That’s what a member of the audience asked to BKO Quintet after their Huddersfield gig a few days ago. However, when the ‘small’ instruments are an amplified djeli n’goni and a donso n’goni, played by the educated fingertips of Abdoulaye Koné and Adama Coulibaly, the answer is straightforward because “that’s inevitable”.
In fact, BKO represents a new perspective over Malian tradition and its music instruments. Since 2012, the quintet from Bamako has brought some noise and rock attitude to West African music. They play loud, electrified, and were the first and still are the only band to dare to mix the music of two centuries-old castes: griot (storytellers and musicians) and donso (hunters).
The band is currently touring Europe, so we reached Aymeric Krol, founder member of BKO and percussionist of the band together with Ibrahim Sarr, during the UK leg of the tour, and investigate about the uniqueness of his project.
“I come from France, I’m French, but it’s almost 15 years since I’ve lived between Mali and France. I met Ibrahim 15 years ago, when I’d been for my first time in Mali. He’s a really great master in percussions. Actually he is one of the most popular djembe players in Bamako. He already toured for five or six years with Oumou Sangaré, who is Mali’s great diva. Then, four years ago we decided to form this band called BKO.
The initial idea was to bring together two traditional Malian string instruments deriving from two distant universes: the donso ngoni (played by Adama Koulibaly) and the djeli n’goni. The first one is a pentatonic lute, traditionally played by hunters, while the djeli n’goni, which is the same instrument played by Bassekou Kouyaté and is quite popular outside Africa, too, is from the griot tradition. So, it is the first time that someone decided to bring together these instruments. In addition, another peculiarity of this project is that we are an electrified project. Of course we use acoustic instruments, but we amplify them. We are almost like a rock ’n ’roll band playing traditional instruments.”
We asked Aymeric about the unconventional and intriguing idea to have two types of n’goni and two traditions playing together.
“Hunters and griot are two very different castes in Mali. Also, the tunes they play are distinct. For example, griots sing about the name of their family, while hunters are not involved in this kind of thing. Then, there’s also the fact that hunters are usually Animists, so they can eat pork, for example; while many griots are Muslims. Anyway, before this project, I’ve never seen those two n’goni playing together. Actually, in Malian tradition, they don’t need to play together. As a matter of fact, traditional music has a well-defined function within the Malian society, so they never put those two strings side-by-side.
We also wanted to know how the idea developed.
“The musicians [Adama and Abdoulaye] were looking forward to this kind of collaboration. They just needed someone up for organising the project and to make arrangements for that. So I did all the arrangements to let them play together. It constantly was a work in progress, because we didn’t know how all this could sound and never listened to anything similar. We started to work together in Bamako, trying things out and doing rehearsals all together for one week. We needed to modify the sound of the donso n’goni a bit, because it is tuned too high. So we had to adapt its sound to the one of the djeli n’goni, which is considerably lower. After some modifications and adjustments, we finally sorted out our sound.”
Bamako is a constant with the project. Not only is the band named after the Malian capital, but as Aymeric revealed, BKO could only take shape there.
“BKO means Bamako. I’ll also cut the quintet from the name from our next album because we want to make it clearer. We called ourselves in this way because we want to share the Malian sound with the world. Mali is at the basis of blues, and Bamako is a city at the crossroad between seven countries. So there are people coming from all the nearby countries and bringing their traditions to Bamako. They bring their culture, stories, music, so we wanted to show this unicity and to open a window on Malian culture. We don’t want to make music only for entertainment, but we also want to show the richness of the Malian music scene.”
After a few terrible years, Mali is slowly recovering. Despite that the situation in the north of the country is still critical, the South looks forward to going back to normality, getting back its freedom and peace. We asked Aymeric about his feeling about the current situation of the West African country.
“When we decided to start the band, Mali was in a state of emergency. Weddings and traditional parties were forbidden, so we did a lot of rehearsals because I also planned a tour in Europe at that time. Then, we left Mali and what was going on there for a while in 2013. Today, the situation is strange. There’s no place for terrorists in Bamako, but there’re still some problems. You can feel that the situation is not 100 percent safe. However, Bamako and the south are safer than the north, and for musicians it’s no more problematic like before. I remember that in 2012, we weren’t even allowed to play our music.”
As much as BKO music is well-rooted in Malian tradition, the musicians are also adapting it to appeal to a global audience. Their approach to the West African music is, as Aymeric told us, “traditional and innovative at the same time”. If the quintet perform all over the world, the reason has to be sought in their sound, which constantly attracts a new audience.
“When we play outside Mali, people hardly understand the lyrics we sing, but they get the feeling of them through our sound. For example, I really liked our UK tour, because people understood our music and message. As I said before, we’re a kind of rock ’n’ roll band in the end: we use saturation and distortions. Then, the djeli n’goni and donso n’goni have something noisy in their nature. I tell you something happened yesterday, after we performed here in Huddersfield. There was a guy who saw the strings and came to us saying: ‘how was it possible to play so loud with so small guitars?’.”
Their 2014 debut album, titled Bamako Today and released by Buda Music, put BKO’s name on the African music scene map; a world tour and some illustrious collaborations did the rest, and today BKO are one of the most up-and-coming acts coming from Mali. So we close our interview with Aymeric investigating on the future plans of the band
“We have already recorded our second album. We did it between our tours and we’re going to release it next year, but we still need to find a label. I can say that it is more rock than the first one. First, because we’ve added the drum, while the first album was more about percussions. Then, we have also recorded it live, so the sound will be really intense. Finally, we have properly developed the sound of our band. So yes, I definitely think that our next album will be better than the first, because when we released the Bamako Today, BKO was still a young band.
“Then we’re also touring. We have some gigs in Germany, then Switzerland and we will close our winter tour in France. But we’re planning to come back to Europe in April next year, and then to play in the US. I’ve also some options in South Africa… But we also hope to come back to Europe for some festivals.”
If 2016 let you discover BKO Quintet, 2017 will allow you to listen to and learn more about their music and intriguing project to connect two far-apart traditions.
Modern five-piece BKO return with their second album Mali Foli Coura released on Buda Musique records. Hailing from Mali, BKO combines fresh and zesty experimental sounds while remaining faithful to their African heritage, creating a unique, eclectic, electric, and danceable sound. After exhaustive tours stretching across Europe, China, and Africa,…
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A Complete Cloudways Review – is this cloud hosting service worth your time and money? Cloudways Vs Pressable
Today, in this Cloudways Evaluation, we will certainly reveal you exactly how choosing the right cloud hosting system can make an actual impact on your service. When you’ve got a business to run, you truly do not need to worry about the what, exactly how and where to manage cloud hosting. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
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Let’s have a look at whether Cloudways is an excellent selection as a host solution.
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Exactly how to Decide What Cloud Hosting Is Best for Your Needs
A web hosting system is a net solution that enables people and also companies to introduce their sites on-line simply and also promptly. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
Making a perfect selection of hosting solution can be rather tough, especially when you have a lot of choice. It’s generally a concern of balancing functions and also performance versus price.
The exact same chooses picking the best cloud hosting platform. Besides looking into any other web hosting testimonials, several of which you can discover in the host area, you ought to check out all of the attributes on your own, via a trial. This allows you to comprehend whether the system fits your own particular needs.
IT Organizations have invested ostensibly in giving cloud solutions to individual website building contractors worldwide; each appealing 99% uptime, unrestricted sources, and exceptional assistance. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
The genuine obstacle hinges on puncturing the lingo and picking the most effective one to satisfy your needs, right?
Just how do we decide whether a cloud hosting platform is really great?
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Identify your hosting demands
In order to select the best hosting platform for releasing your online presence, you need to first recognize your hosting needs. Specific factors such as host integrity, uptime, upgrades and also hosting attributes including attachments are a must.
Prices can vary depending on the top quality of service as well as security of the item on the marketplace. An excellent selection would certainly be neither too pricey that it comes to be a monthly burden or accountancy frustration nor also economical that the solution comes to be even more of a struggle to maintain functioning properly. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
Today we’re executing a complete Cloudways review and whether it makes sense to use as your system. Is everything you require to establish an excellent hosting environment? Cloudways Vs Pressable.
What Cloudways supplies is different than various other cloud hosting systems online because of its best software pile named ThunderStack. We will examine all the essential functions in this web hosting evaluation of the Cloudways platform.
The Cloudways pile is a mix of Nginx, Varnish, Apache, FPM (FastCGI Refine Supervisor), Memcached, Redis, and MySQL. Today we are mosting likely to review Cloudways and just how Cloudways has relieved the hosting frustrations of thousands of customers online.
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Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform. It offers consumers with a solution to launch web applications on different cloud servers. Pricing depends on the company you select with DigitalOcean starting at $10 per month. Cloudways’ web servers are extremely tuned for performance and also reliability as well as you’ll have support experts ready to assist.
There are 5 cloud provider that Cloudways offers now:
- DigitalOcean (3-day free trial).
- Vultr (3-day cost-free test).
- Linode (3-day complimentary trial).
- Amazon Internet Solution AWS (3-day totally free trial).
- Google Compute Engine GCE or Google Cloud (3-day free trial).
We would advise checking some of the above cloud web hosting as well as web server reviews to see which one would certainly function best for your certain requirements. No charge card is needed to do a Cloudways test. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
Bear in mind that with handled hosting, you’ll get help with whatever system you select.
Before you start launching a web server, you will certainly need to select a web application. An internet application enables you to produce a web site based on your organization’s needs. From WordPress to Joomla as well as Drupal, Magento to Prestashop, PHP to CRM, you can quickly release any type of type of internet site that satisfies your hosting solution needs. Cloudways supplies consumers a large range of web applications to pick from.
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This Cloudways testimonial will proceed with some information about the actual Cloudways system.
In order to introduce your extremely own account, adhere to these really basic steps:.
- Sign-Up using your required qualifications.
- When you are made with signing up, you will be motivated for confirmation. Verify your account to enter into Cloudways.
- Visit to the Cloudways Console, it will guide you to a Release page. Hit the Launch switch to start a brand-new server.
- Configuration your web server and app details. Cloudways makes WordPress Hosting simple. In the meantime, we will pick WordPress. You will certainly have to additional supply a name for your application, web server, and project.
It is great to keep in mind once more, that if you are just running a test, you don’t need to supply your charge card details.
Action # 1: Create an Account on Cloudways
Initially, you need to establish an account with Cloudways. Go to their Join web page and also enter your information. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
After you have produced an account, log in.
The first thing you’ll notice that this is not a CPanel based cloud system. Cloudways have developed their own custom-made control panel to permit you to manage the complicated performance available, without necessarily including too much complexity to the customer experience.
Having claimed this, those acquainted with Cpanel could discover the experience of using a custom-made control panel frustrating, at the very least up until you get used to it. Whenever if you feel stuck just get in touch with the Cloudways customer assistance team who will gladly assist you out.
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Action # 2: Launch Web server
Allow’s currently introduce the server from the Control board. After you click ‘Release’, you require to make a few options.
For the objectives of this workout, we have picked the following:.
- WordPress 4.9.8 as application.
- ‘ Examining for CollectiveRay’ as the name of our application and web server.
- Linode as the cloud system carrier.
- 1 GB as web server dimension.
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At the bottom, click ‘Introduce Currently’ switch.
In simply an issue of mins, your web server will be provisioned and also released. You can then see your web server specs and also information by clicking on your web server.
The Cloudways Web Server Management Stack
Web server administration is among one of the most vital attributes of this Cloudways hosting service. It supplies the individual with web server gain access to qualifications, monitoring attributes, service administration, protection choices as well as much more.
Below are some of the attributes Cloudways uses. We’ve considered them thoroughly in order to so that you can underset the comprehensive function established that the Cloudways Web server Administration has readily available.
Arrangement as well as accessibility your Master Credentials
First up is Master Credentials.
It includes your server’s public IP, Username and also Password. You can upload numerous SSH Public Keys to your server to accessibility it without password motivates. You can likewise do it manually by choosing SSH Public Keys switch as well as set label and also public tricks. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
Alternatively, you can establish it immediately for your web sites by just launching SSH Terminal on your browser by selecting Launch SSH Terminal.
Keeping track of the performance of your internet application
Another aspect of the Control Panel is the Monitoring attribute that makes it possible for customers to monitor their particular server and also application performance.
This Cloudways function supplies 15 different real-time alternatives to monitor your server. You can establish your timescale to as low as every hour. Regarding the application surveillance is concerned, Cloudways has partnered with New Relic to give this feature to the individuals.
In order to gain access to it, you have to allow New Relic from your Manage Services option.
This is something that really few providers provide you.
We organize this site on InMotion hosting, as well as you will not discover accessibility to such capability, even if we do believe they are one of the finest web hosting solutions you can choose for.
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Use Manage Solutions to allow different server sources
Mentioning Manage Services, this function enables individuals to take care of variable solutions on their server. These services consist of Apache, Memcached, MySQL, New Antique, Nginx, PHP FPM and also Varnish. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
There specify control alternatives available for every solution.
Making use of these control panel alternatives, you can allow as well as disable your web server resources as per your requirements. As for Varnish, it comes with an additional purge option which permits you to remove your cache with simply a solitary click.
Take care when tweaking these settings. If you understand what you’re doing, you WILL CERTAINLY draw out the very best of the resources, but if you’re unsure, you may damage your arrangement!
Establish your Web server plan information by means of Settings & Packages
The Settings & Bundles choice lets you set the information of your web server packages and setups to your web site requirements. Cloudways gives you the alternative to either accessibility the fundamental web server utility or the sophisticated web server energy to establish your preferences.
You can likewise turn on Cloudflare, HTTP/2, Redis, and ElasticSearch from the Bundles choice in the very same section. Prior to deploying any type of certain plan, please make sure that your applications and its plugins or expansions work. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
One requires to keep in mind that given that the nature of the platform, Cloudways does not give origin accessibility to its web servers. This is because, with origin accessibility, one might perhaps break the underlying server facilities, creating a less trusted platform for both yourself and various other customers.
Most settings that generally need origin, can still be managed through the wealth of Cloudways settings available. We don’t feel that this is a negative aspect due to the fact that, in reality, you don’t need it.
Personalize your application’s Protection
This attribute that Cloudways supplies allows you to whitelist your IP addresses in order to safely access your web server over SFTP and SSH.
With this function, you can even more examine whether your details IP address is open or blocked. Once you are done with including IP addresses to whitelist you can merely strike ‘Conserve Changes’ in order to use them.
On-demand resources with Upright Scaling
Cloudways’ vertical scaling, is designed such that you can conveniently boost your web server dimension via the Control board with no headache – it’s dead simple.
DigitalOcean and Vultr only offer server upgrades of server dimension while Amazon.com and Google Compute Engine allow you to downsize them too (this would certainly be terrific if you intend to handle website traffic spikes such as holiday). Cloudways Vs Pressable.
As you scale your server, other features of your web server such as RAM, SSD Disk and also Core Cpus are boosted as necessary.
Maintain your website safe with Backups
The Backup attribute that Cloudways offers helps you backup your web server and also application data at secure information facilities so you in case of failings, you do not experience any type of major data loss.
You can automate your backup regularity up to as reduced as an hour. You can enable/disable your regional backup. At any kind of instance, if you believe that you need to support your data instantly, you get the extra alternative of Take Server Back-up Currently.
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Cloudways offers consumers 2 web server add-ons:.
- The SMTP Addon as well as.
- Elastic email Addon.
You will first require to Activate/Subscribe the Add-on from Attachments Tab to set up Add-on for your web server in order to access them. You can make use of the Elastic Email add-on for transactional email shipment as well as administration solution.
The activation of Customized SMTP Add-on will enable the individual to configure an external SMTP solution for transactional email delivery as well as monitoring service.
Cloudways’ Application Administration permits customers to handle application queries on your web server.
Access Details offers you with details related to different ways in which you can engage with your internet application.
There are three areas within the Access Information control board;
- Application URL,
- Admin Panel and
- MySQL Gain access to.
By simply clicking the link under the admin panel will certainly lead you to your internet application (WordPress) login page. The username as well as password are readily available so you can store all the qualifications right here.
Allow your own domain name with Domain Management
Domain monitoring enables you to direct your domain name to Cloudways hosting system.
Domain pointing will connect your domain with the web application that you have introduced. You can include a main domain name and also more add added subdomains relying on the number of web sites you desire to link to your web application.
Automate jobs with Cron Job Administration
Cron Work tool is a job scheduler that can utilized to perform certain periodic jobs.
It enables people to set up tasks that can take place on your site. In order to use a cron task for your website, you have to add new cron work to the Cloudways hosting system. Setups for Cron Work are categorized as complying with; Standard and Development. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
Relying on the style of your site, you can set qualities for both as necessary.
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Mount an SSL Certificate to make it possible for safe and secure transmission
SSL certification supplies safe transmission of data to and also from your website.
Cloudways has allowed the free SSL service provider Allowed’s Encrypt SSL Accreditation. You can switch between making use of the pre-default SSL Qualification offered at Cloudways or a personalized SSL certificate of your option. You can utilize the personalized SSL tool on the platform to install as well as configure your cost-free SSL certifications.
All the different cloud hosting provider Cloudways incorporate with offer the option of complimentary SSL certifications.
Recover your web site backup
Recover choice permits you to restore your web app from offered back-ups.
If automated back-ups are up and running on your web server, you will certainly have numerous restore points to go back to. When you have actually efficiently chosen the restore factor you want to change to, simply pick Restore Application Currently. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
Release your application through Git
One more wonderful attribute that Cloudways supplies is the capability to release changes on your website through Git. Your Git database must sustain Git over SSH. SSH Keys determine your server without the requirement of passwords. You will certainly first need to produce as well as download SSH Keys. It’s very simple. In order to do so, you just need to click the button Produce SSH Keys.
Configure your applications via Application Setups
With the Application settings alternative, you can set up settings in accordance with your choice. You can set up as many applications as you like with defined setups. Application Setups is available in two various classifications at Cloudways; General and PHP settings.
You can also enable/disable Varnish for your internet application and also reset it.
Move Internet Site Making Use Of the Migrator Tool
Cloudways also comes with an integrated device for Moving WordPress sites to its hosting platform called the WordPress Migrator.
It is offered in the Application Management Tab as well as you can make use of to migrate data from your WordPress Control panel to the one that you have released.
Use CloudwaysCDN for Boosted Internet Site Performance
CloudwaysCDN is a material distribution network created by the Cloudways group to enhance an internet site’s efficiency for a bigger target market. It is a geographically distributed web server system that stores duplicates of fixed possessions of the web site. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
This suggests that it is able to decrease website traffic tons and also web page lots times of sites.
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Enable extra Application Attachments
Cloudways additionally supplies a number of Application add-ons for your web application. You can go to the ‘Add-Ons’ section from the dropdown menu at the top.
Right here are the 6 add-ons that Cloudways offers:
- DNS Made Easy,
- Rackspace Email,
- Elastic Email,
- Application Movement,
- Application Upgrade, and also
Cloudways has actually just recently incorporated a new attribute to its system, CloudwaysBot.
CloudwaysBot is your very own personal web server aide that helps you to optimize your web server and also application settings at Cloudways. It is wisely made to monitor your web server and application sending any alerts about security, setups, invoicings, and upgrades.
It also watches out on the general performance of your account. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
Cloudways is regularly developing and also enhancing the CloudwaysBot to make it as user-friendly as feasible.
It will additionally send tips as well as tricks on just how one can improve their Cloudways web server performance. You can better set Channels on which you want your CloudwaysBot to send out notifications. You can send notifications to individual social platforms such as HipChat, Slack or simply, your email address.
Deal with Teams & Projects
At Cloudways, you can now create Groups and do Projects with them. The system provides you both options. You can designate employee, share project information with them therefore far more. Sign up with people functioning independently under a solitary system and also collaborate. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
Assistance and Documents
Client support can be found in different forms but comes largely via the Assistance dropdown where you’ll find accessibility to the Knowledge Base, the Neighborhood Discussion forum, the blog site, and also the Get in touch with United States web page.
The sales and invoicings groups can be called via the query form, or using telephone.
For regular customer support, you can log in to the platform, which will instantly raise the CloudwaysBot live chat. When you send in your question a number of short articles will get displayed to try to answer your inquiry right away, or else, the live chat will certainly obtain designated to a client assistance agent, that will settle your question. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
We really did not have a lot of problems ourselves, however we did test out the support conversation in general. You’ll find that they have a terrific consumer support team that will make every effort to ensure your query is solved in a timely fashion.
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Prices/ Voucher Code
When it concerns pricing, our team believe that given the adaptability, the solution is very well valued. Starting at $10 per month for 1GB (on DigitalOcean) as well as 1 core and going up to an extremely fair $22 each month for 2GB, we believe the pricing is wonderful and also available to anyone who is running a site which is generated income from or core service procedure. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
You can see some more information concerning their rates intends below.
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Managed Hosting Operatings Systems
Cloudways is basically a platform that enables you to plugin to a variety of cloud hosting supplier services. As at the time of writing this short article, their primary carriers are the following:
- Digital Ocean – among the pioneers and among the most popular service providers. The most affordable plan is priced at $10 monthly.
- Linode – this carrier is recognized for its high executing servers at very good rates. Costs begin at $12 monthly. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
- Vultr – an additional prominent carrier, with plans beginning at $11 each month.
- AWS – Amazon.com Internet Solutions – this is definitely the most preferred cloud framework supplier, however generally, they are much more expensive than other suppliers. The lowest plan begins at $36.51 each month and bandwidth is restricted compared to the various other companies above.
- Google Cloud – another incredibly popular service provider for taken care of hosting. Once more, they are not specifically inexpensive. Once more, the rate begins at $33.30 monthly with transmission capacity restricted to 2GB.
As a whole, if you’re trying to find good performance and also excellent sources, yet do not require too much transmission capacity, go for AWS or Google Cloud. If transmission capacity and rate is a concern, go for the DigitalOcean, Linode or Vultr.
One requires to note that the above are some of the best host services readily available out there. Any type of hosting strategy you choose will definitely provide you excellent results, such is the nature of the Cloudways system.
It is very important to note and comprehend the distinction of Cloudways hosting solution from shared hosting. When you use with Cloudways as well as among the service providers, the plan you select will give you devoted sources to your very own application or site.
If you choose for a DigitalOcean $42 per month plan, your internet site will certainly have 2 devoted CPU cores, 4GB of devoted RAM, 80GB of storage space and 4TB of data transfer. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
With shared hosting services, you’ll find that each web server could be shown anything from 500 to a 1000 other websites, which will definitely kill the efficiency. This is a vital distinction in why websites on taken care of hosting carry out a lot far better.
One likewise requires to recognize that usually managed WordPress hosting beginnings at a much greater pricing than the above. Kinsta and also WPEngine, two various other solutions which we’ve reviewed here and here begin at a rate point which is a number of multiples higher.
The strategies above appropriate for small company sites, where you can begin with the reduced tier plans and then scale up as your service expands without needing to go through a migration.
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While we have actually done comprehensive test ourselves and found this host more than ideal, we’re going to show to you several of the other Cloudways assesses we have actually seen and what they think.
Adam from WPCrafter believes the web servers are insanely fast and after that states the following:
PCMag, a really reputable resource for Cloudways evaluations and also software in general thinks this is an outstanding system:
On Capterra, you’ll locate that out of 25 Cloudways testimonials, they have a typical 5/5 celebrity score, which is a fantastic testimonial to the quality of this company.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cloudways?
Cloudways is a system that supplies taken care of cloud hosting via a variety of various suppliers. Basically, you can choose from a large selection of different cloud hosting solutions such as Digital Ocean, Linode, Vultr, AWS or Google Cloud to host your own solution. Cloudways essences the complexity of going directly to these services as well as makes it easy to use these cloud services to hold your sites and also application facilities.
Where is Cloudways based?
Cloudways is based out of the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta. It is incidental that CollectiveRay.com is also based upon this island! In regards to the real hosting facilities, you can pick from a substantial variety of information facilities all over the world. You can pick the data facility area that is most practical for you and that supplies the most effective performance for your consumers. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
Exactly how does Cloudways work?
The way Cloudways functions is by developing a platform whereby you can utilize from several of one of the most preferred cloud hosting infrastructure companies. The advantage of using the platform is that Cloudways has implemented a number of optimizations on top of these systems, such as very easy accessibility to most recent PHP versions, backups, caching, application tracking, managed protection and much more.
Is Cloudways worth it?
Yes, we do think that Cloudways deserves it. While the price of going straight to the cloud service providers might be “less costly”, you are not obtaining the same degree of features readily available quickly at your fingertips. The advantage of using Cloudways is that most sysadmin jobs are provided for you, so you get all the advantages of hosting with a costs company, without the challenging technical things that you would usually need to manage.
Final thought – is it worth the money?
Is the Cloudways platform the best-managed cloud hosting carrier? We have not checked all of them, yet we have actually collaborated with many and also this is a whole different ball game. If it’s not the best, it’s certainly a competitor.
One can locate a variety of hosting platforms online, nevertheless, some are lacking when it comes to customer service, some have an insufficient feature collection, some have high pricing while others are so reduced that they put high quality in danger.
Our Cloudways review shows how it is a complete solitary click solution, offering you a complete attribute set at excellent rates. The consumer assistance is fantastic. The easy to use user interface makes it a wind to deal with, unlike CPanel powered hosts.
That are we to make the decision for you. Try Cloudways on your own today and see whether this is the appropriate hosting service for you. Cloudways Vs Pressable.
Launch your very own Managed Cloud Web server as well as host a web application and see exactly how it functions. Whether it be a style of a blog site, a service website, an on the internet web shop or a social forum, Cloudways make hosting as simple as it gets. Cloudways Vs Pressable.


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We all deserve good things in our life and I am here to do just that, by helping you document these grand moments in your life! Those important moments that only happen once in a lifetime should be captured by muah, your professional photographer! We start with making you feel at ease during our initial consultation where we get to know each other but most importantly you get to tell me how I can make your vision come to life. Once the creative fee has been received we go to work in creating the scene for you upcoming photo-session, to making myself available in assisting with wardrobe selections leading to the big day, to of course, photoshoot day where I will be guiding you every step of the way to render the most wonderful moments captured by me. After our session we get to re-live all those moments as we see the images we captured and where you get to select only the ones you can't see yourself living without. Then the best part; will be when you get to see all those memories throughout your home!
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Our consultation time to capture your vision and make it come to life
My creative time as I style/design for your your session
Access to beautiful maternity gowns
All quality props used for newborn & birthday sessions provided for the session
My time during the session as I document your grand moment
My post-production editing time dedicated to your images
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Friends of the Earth Adelaide are happy to support the Wilderness Society in their campaign to protect wilderness and farmland from gas fracking, and to stop oil drilling from happening in the Great Australian Bight.
1. Stand up at Santos AGM
Join us from 8:30-10:30am outside the Santos AGM at the western end of the Convention Centre on North Terrace to highlight to shareholders the dangers of gas fracking.
Facebook event here
It’s time for South Australians to support our NSW cousins. Our common asset – Australia’s largest underground water resource, the Great Artesian Basin – is under serious threat from Santos’ plans for an 850 well coal seam gasfield in the Pilliga forest.
Farmers and traditional owners of the Pilliga area in North West NSW will travel over 1,400km to have their voices heard by the Santos board and shareholders.
We need South Australians to turn up in support and show Santos some home-grown opposition to its risky plans.
Recently NSW has seen many people-powered victories against CSG. Now, Santos’ Narrabri Gas Project in the Pilliga is the last CSG proposal in the state and the NSW Gasfield Free movement is focused on this final front.
The Pilliga forest is the largest woodland left in Eastern Australia and a critical recharge zone for the Great Artesian Basin.
We must make sure that Santos’ new CEO, its board and shareholders know without a doubt that it’s not just NSW people determined to stop CSG in the Pilliga but that South Australians are also aware and opposed to these risky plans.
2. Hands Across the Sand ADELAIDE EVENT – Facebook information here
Saturday 21st May 2016, 11:00am at Glenelg Beach Foreshore, near the jetty.
It is time again to join hands at Glenelg Beach and say NO to risky deepsea drilling in our Great Australian Bight and YES to clean energy and a low carbon economy.… Read more >>


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Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), is generally considered to be Denmark’s greatest composer, with six symphonies, two operas, and many instrumental and choral works to his credit. This year, in 2015, the anniversary of his birth is being celebrated in Denmark and around the world with a number of concerts and other events.
Carl Nielsen was born on the island of Fyn to a poor but musical family. With help from patrons in Odense, including Emilie Demant Hatt’s aunt and uncle, Marie and Jens Nielsen, and her uncle Hans Demant, Carl Nielsen was able to attend the Royal Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen. He joined the Royal Theater as a second violinist in 1889. He was already a composer, with the memorable Suite for Strings performed on September 8, 1888.
Carl Nielsen and Emilie Demant Hatt first met the summer of 1887, when she was fourteen and he was twenty-two, and he made a visit to Selde with her Aunt Marie. The two began a romantic relationship, one that was not known to Nielsen’s biographers until 2000. That year a memoir by Emilie Demant Hatt about her youthful connection with Nielsen was found in the Royal Library in Nielsen’s papers by John Fellow, editor of Nielsen’s Collected Letters. Titled Foraarsbølger [Spring Waves], it was originally written by Demant Hatt in the 1940s. It was published in 2002, with an introduction by Fellow.
English sources on Carl Nielsen are abundant, beginning with the English translation of his charming memoir, My Childhood, still in print. There are several books about Nielsen’s music and life as a musician in English—Carl Nielsen by Jack Lawson and Carl Nielsen, Symphonist, by Robert Simpson—both of which lack information about Emilie and her family but give a good overview of Nielsen’s musical achievements. The website of the Carl Nielsen Society in Denmark is also an excellent source, with a discography and photographs.
There is also a comprehensive website in English, with music and video, created to commemorate Carl Nielsen’s life and work.


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Liquefactive necrosis Symptoms:1. Changes in mental status
- Decreasing responsiveness.
- Eventual coma.
- Slow thought processes.
Signs:The affected area is soft with liquefied centre containing necrotic debris. Later, a cyst wall is formed. Microscopically, the cystic space contains necrotic cell debris and macrophages filled with phagocytosed material. The cyst wall is formed by proliferating capillaries, inflammatory cells, and gliosis (proliferating glial cells) in the case of brain and proliferating fibroblasts in the case of abscess cavity.
Diagnosis:A brain and nervous system (neurological) exam will usually show increased intracranial pressure and problems with brain function.Tests to diagnose a liquefactive necrosis may include:
- Head CT scan.
- Electroencephalogram (EEG).
- MRI of head.
- Blood cultures.
- Complete blood count (CBC).
- Testing for the presence of antibodies to organisms such as Toxoplasma gondii and Taenia solium.
Treatment:Treatment of liquefactive necrosis typically involves two distinct processes. Usually, the underlying cause of the necrosis must be treated before the dead tissue itself can be dealt with. Even after the initial cause of the necrosis has been halted, the necrotic tissue will remain in the body. The body's immune response to apoptosis, the automatic breaking down and recycling of the cell material, is not triggered by necrotic cell death.Antibiotics will be prescribed. Antibiotics that work against a number of different bacteria (broad spectrum antibiotics) are most commonly used. You may be prescribed several different types of antibiotics to make sure treatment works.Antifungal medications may also be prescribed if the infection is likely caused by a fungus.The standard therapy of liquefactive necrosis is surgical removal of necrotic tissue. Depending on the severity of the necrosis, this may range from removal of small patches of skin, to complete amputation of affected limbs or organs. Chemical removal, via an enzymatic debriding agent, is another option. In select cases, special maggot therapy has been utilized with good results.NOTE: The above information is for processing purpose. The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition.DISCLAIMER: This information should not substitute for seeking responsible, professional medical care.
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Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth Could Team Up for 'Stoker'
Chan Wook-Park is collecting the best for his first English-language movie "Stoker". After casting Mia Wasikowska as a lead star, the "Oldboy" and "Thirst" helmer is about to get Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth to take roles in the upcoming project.
According to Los Angeles Times, Kidman would portray Wasikowska's India Stoker's mother. Firth, meanwhile, is offered a role of India's mysterious uncle who returns to the family after the death of the girl's father. Both actors reportedly have met with Park this week "to discuss the nuances of their roles."
A family mystery-drama, "Stoker" is written by "Prison Break" actor Wentworth Miller. Jodie Foster was once attached to play the girl's mother, but later she dropped out. Production is scheduled to start in late spring and thus it is likely to be Firth's first film after shooting "The King's Speech".
Both Kidman and Firth are nominated in the upcoming Academy Awards; the former is for her role in "Rabbit Hole" while the latter is for his portrayal of King George VI in "The King's Speech". Kidman can next be seen in hostage drama "Trespass" which also stars Nicolas Cage, and Firth is set to star in "Gambit" remake which would probably be filmed after "Stoker".
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soldiers and police in Mexico seized an industrial-scale meth and fentanyl lab that was so big it startled investigators, federal prosecutors announced Sunday.
The lab had chemical preparation vats about two stories tall that could process 11,000 pounds (5,000 kilograms) of raw material at a time, said Felipe de Jesus Gallo of the federal Attorney General’s Office.
“In the Attorney General’s Office, we have no record of any seizure of equipment of this size before,” Gallo said.
The mega-lab was uncovered this past week in a storefront advertising industrial cleaning products on the outskirts of Mexico City.
Behind the storefront was a warehouse, with tall stacks of drums and 265-gallon (1,000 liter) tanks holding precursor chemicals, which Gallo said could be used to produce methamphetamines and the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Code-named “Blue,” the coordinated series of raids also hit other properties in the northern state of Durango, Mexico City and the surrounding State of Mexico.
At one property in Mexico City, authorities arrested an engineer who allegedly built and ran labs for an organized crime group. A drum of what appeared to be a precursor of fentanyl was found as well as written instructions on how to process it.
Authorities also found 290 kilograms of meth “with a high level of purity” at a lab raided in the northern state of Sonora. Gallo said some of the drugs were destined for the United States.
Tying together the raids was evidence that the whole operation was being run by people tied to a group in Sinaloa, home to the drug cartel of the same name.
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Reminder of the link between neglect and Gambling
Nia Glassie a reminder of the link between neglect and Gambling
Nia Glassie's mother Lisa Kuka was found guilty of manslaughter in the High Court in Rotorua.
During the trial the Rotorua High Court jury hearing the case of Nia was told that Nia's mother was seen at the pokie machines past 1 am, a couple of nights every week.
"Pokie machines certainly were a factor in Nia's neglect and they appear to be playing a significant role in adding to our tragic child abuse history in addition to our overall crime statistics" says Graeme Ramsey, CEO of the Problem Gambling Foundation.
A British research journal has reported that children of problem gamblers were reported to be two to three times more likely to be abused by both the gambler and his or her spouse than by their peers.
This follows closely a report by the Northern Advocate in early October where a Whangarei mother had been charged after allegedly leaving her baby boy alone in a car while she played pokie machines in a hotel bar.
In a recent report from the Department of Internal Affairs, poor parenting and family violence are cited as harmful side effects from problem gambling. The sections of the community most at risk are people living in high deprivation areas.
"Our commitment as a community must be to eradicate child abuse in New Zealand. What is clear is that reducing the impact of pokie machines on New Zealand families will make a significant contribution in doing this".

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Flickering screen, Fujitsu Siemens XA Laptop
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
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System Model AMILO Notebook Xa 3530
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Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4,00 GB
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Driver Version 8.632.1.2000
My screen starts to flicker,
- I turn on the computer, flickers through the start up, usually ends 3-5 seconds before the desktop
- When I turn on a game, lasts for 10-20 seconds
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- In device manager "scan for hardware changes" and "update driver software"
I will attach a screenshot which provides a picture over my device manager which shows an (!) icon on my display adapter, and when I choose properties "Device status" I get the following message:
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As any founder knows, the only sure thing about running a growing company is change, and the thing that will change most often will always be your business plan. However, be it for raising finance, understanding the underlying processes of the business or planning your budget ahead, a good business plan still has to be prepared (and updated).
Different companies require different types of business plan, depending on your financial model, your revenue structure and many other factors, but there are 5 elements of a business plan that are indisputably important and should be well thought-through in any case.
1. Executive Summary
This represents the first impression that the reader will get from your plan. It should include key facts about your business (business concept, financial requirements, current positioning, major achievements…) but most importantly it should contain the key message for the reader (i.e. what you want from them).
2. Business Overview
After the executive summary, a business plan usually starts with a description of the industry where your business fits in. This includes its present outlook and its future direction, data on similar products in the market in order to provide the reader with in-depth understanding of the industry, with reliable sources and references.
When describing your business, make sure that its structure is clear. Explain who are your customers, what are your distribution channels, what problem are you solving and what systems you are putting in place to support your operations.
Finally, use this section to give the reader some details about your core products or services. Obviously, as in the whole plan, keep it as short as possible. But still make sure that there is enough information to understand where your competitive edge lies. Possibly, explicitly specify how your product is different from the existing ones, and how it could be more successful.
3. Sales & Marketing Strategy
This section requires a deep understanding of your market space and of the position of your business within its niche. The strategy should include a definition of your overall market and your projected market share, a description and profile of your customers, a detailed positioning and pricing strategy, an overview of your distribution and promotion infrastructure, sales forecast and competition analysis.
4. Operations & Management
By planning how to run the day-to-day tasks involved with your business, you should encompass two main sections:
Organisational structure: this is an overview of all the people involved in your business and their position in relation to each other. It is also often used to predict salary costs, which are usually the highest operating expense of a business, so be careful when estimating how much staff you will need in your company.
Capital and expense requirements: this is a summary of all the expenses for big purchases and day-to-day running costs, which should give the reader an idea of how much will it cost to run your business.
5. Financial Information
Including a detailed overview and forecasts, usually obtained through financial modelling, will help you communicate to your investors that the management team has a clear vision and full control on the business, and that it is prepared to face different scenarios.
Remember, these are just tips to adjust the form of your plan, but you can never do without a good product, an efficient business model, and maybe most importantly, the flexibility and adaptability to change. You can be sure that something will come up at some point that you did not include in your business plan, and being able to respond to such change is key to running a successful business.