Pros & Cons of the Gambling Scene
March 23, 2020
The online gambling industry is easily one of the fastest-growing industries in the modern world. There are new casinos and betting sites opening their virtual doors almost every day. With the iGaming sector being so lucrative and more and more players turning towards internet gambling, it is no surprise that many companies are fighting for their share of the pie.
From the players’ perspective, this rapid growth has many benefits, but there are also many dangers lurking in the background. When dealing with new online casinos, it’s not always easy to distinguish between the good ones and the ones looking for a quick hit and run.
What’s Great About Fresh Online Casinos?
One of the best things about having access to so many new no wager casinos is, beyond any doubt, welcome bonuses. Fresh sites want to attract players and the best and the most efficient way to do this is by offering them generous bonuses.
If you don’t know where to start, check out NewCasino.guru, a site devoted to reviewing new casinos. Here, you’ll find plenty of information about fresh operators and what kind of bonuses are up for grabs. This will save you a lot of time and help you quickly find a site that meets your expectations across the board.
In addition to bonuses, new casinos are often willing to take the risk and test some new technologies and approaches. Trying to offer a unique and memorable gaming experience, they’ll often take extra steps to make sure players have access to innovative VIP schemes, modern mobile gaming platforms, and much more.
So, there are many advantages to new casinos opening up. Their presence in the market also forces the existing operators to up their game and keep their existing player-base loyal. It’s a win-win situation for the user.
The Risk of Unknown
At the same time, new casinos represent a risk. With established operators, players have a lot of information available to them. They know how the casino handles player complaints, how good their withdrawal times are, and much more. All of these factors are unknown with a new gambling site.
The simple fact of the matter is that not all companies in the iGaming industry are real, serious companies wanting to build something that can stand the test of time. Some are just in for a quick cash grab, and it’s not uncommon for a certain number of players to get scammed in the process.
There is no bulletproof way to avoid these sites if you like playing at new casinos. However, doing some due diligence by checking out review sites and looking for real user reviews before putting your money on the line can help.
Don’t get fooled by promises of a big bonus. Take your time to check out a new casino, find out what company is behind it, and who their licensing body is. This will greatly reduce the risk of being taken advantage of by a shady operator looking for a quick hit and run.


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I think my favourite taco that I tried in ‘Mexico’s best taqueria’ was a mushroom and zucchini taco. The juicy mushrooms were something else. This recipe made enough for 6 tacos which would feed two.
Slice zucchini into thin strips, sprinkle with oregano and olive oil and bake in a pan with one spanish onion thickly sliced for about half an hour on about 200º.
Put whole small mushrooms in another baking tray with olive oil, oregano and half a cup of water and bake for half an hour also. Zucchini/onion may be ready before the mushrooms.
Mix together in a bowl.
While this is baking finely dice two small tomatoes, half a spanish onion and about half a long red pepper and pop in a bowl in the fridge with the juice of 1 lime.
Top with grated good quality white mozzeralla and some spicey sauce of your choice.

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POLITICO: “It’s a very scary moment,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said in the first major GOP response to the Senate’s tax bill.
The stakes are too high.”
The comments came just hours after the Senate voted 52-48 to advance the measure and follow the House’s rejection on a similar motion.
The Senate has yet to approve its own version of the bill.
And on Monday, Republican leaders unveiled a sweeping tax bill that would give businesses and individuals a $1,000 credit for state and local taxes paid, and $1 for federal taxes paid.
The bill would also extend the estate tax, cut taxes on dividends and capital gains and repeal a number of other provisions.
On Monday, Blumenthal, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement that he was “deeply concerned” by the “historic tax cuts and massive cuts in personal and corporate taxes.”
He said the legislation should not be considered in a vacuum and called on the White House to oppose it.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Senate Republicans, meanwhile, have signaled they are considering changes to the tax bill in a separate vote, and they are expected to offer their own version.
“I have concerns that it does not provide enough relief for the middle class,” Blumenthal said Monday, as he introduced the bill in the Senate.
“It does not address the needs of working families.”
On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) criticized Republicans for not offering an alternative to the legislation.
“The Republican plan doesn’t add any of the necessary reforms to ensure that our tax code is fair to working families, the middle-class, and small businesses,” Pelosi said in an emailed statement.
“Instead, this plan proposes massive tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations, and it would cut $4,500 from the Earned Income Tax Credit.
The Republicans’ tax plan also does not include a single major provision that would help working families and small business.
Instead, they would eliminate the child tax credit, the child care credit, and the earned-income tax credit.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the tax legislation will be introduced in the coming days. “
These tax cuts are not needed to solve our nation’s economic problems, and we must address them now,” Pelosi added.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the tax legislation will be introduced in the coming days.
“Our goal is to get it to the floor by Thanksgiving, and that’s what we’re doing today,” Ryan said.
“This is not about politics.
This is about helping Americans get back on their feet and grow our economy.”
And Sen. Ron Johnson (R), the chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, echoed the sentiment Monday.
“A bill that doesn’t solve the real problem is not a bill,” he said in statement.


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The Silk Road Economic Belt, sometimes referred to as the South Stream Economic Belt, is a proposed trade and political development project encompassing mostly southeastern European countries and parts of Asia. This area is becoming increasingly important as one of the major corridors of integration in terms of global trade. A strong and successful economic Belt would help boost the economies of its members, while also providing a much needed boost to the faltering global economy. This is because the success of the Belt will depend on the sustained and sustainable success of its countries in the areas of trade, finance, technology, agro-business, and human resources. This means that if all of its countries pull off this successful strategy, then the Belt can play a huge and decisive role in global economic governance.
The road is an old trading route dating back to the 7th century BC. At that time, ancient peoples across Asia settled in what are now western countries such as those of Central Europe, the Middle East, and Northern Africa. Silk Road Economic Belt countries (such as Georgia, Tajikistan, and Iran) aspire to join the European Union (EU), while others aspire to become members of the Asian Development Bank (ABA) and the World Trade Organization. The members of the Silk Road Economic Belt have traded with each other for centuries. In fact, trade was the original impetus behind the development of the road.
There has been a lot of criticism, however, about the size of the road and about the potential for flooding and over-farming of some of its countries. Critics also argue that the road will divert traffic onto lands which should be used for agricultural productivity. These worries have not gone away despite the growth of economic ties between the EU and the countries along its route. Many experts also fear that the slowing down of globalization will trigger a backlash against the Belt and will lead to more resistance to trade liberalization throughout the region Silk Road economic belt.
Despite these fears, there are some benefits for the countries along the Silk Road. For one, it boosts their image as potential exporters of goods ranging from consumer electronics to high-tech medicines. It also provides a much-needed boost to their agricultural production, something they have been reluctant to invest in the past. Most importantly, though, it boosts the global economy. Economists predict that it will increase global GDP by about 5 percent annually.
Economists also foresee a significant influx of tourists to the region. This would boost the economies of the nearby countries like Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China, and Iran. The increase in tourism, coupled with improvements in infrastructure and higher living standards would, in turn, help bolster the national economy. A stronger economy would mean that businesses would be able to invest more in infrastructure, creating jobs and more income for ordinary citizens.
Although the countries along the Silk Road have a long history of diplomacy, they have recently started playing host to multinational corporations. This has created millionaires on a shoestring budget. Recently, Tajikistan signed an agreement with China to develop its natural gas resources. Both the UAE and Maldives have signed agreements with Brazil, South Korea, India, and Japan to build infrastructure projects.
The success of the Belt and Road Initiative in these countries is also being backed by the United States. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has been visiting China regularly as part of her efforts to strengthen the US-Chinese relationship. Her recent visit to Pakistan highlighted the fact that the two countries could work together to fight terrorism. They will also increase trade and commerce between the two countries.
The success of the initiative lies in the fact that it allows both sides to focus on the needs of their respective societies instead of seeing their interests diametrically opposed. That is why the people of each country are starting to realize that their country’s prosperity is directly tied to that of the other. More countries are choosing to join up, rather than stand alone. By working with the others, they can enhance trade, infrastructure, and promote greater diplomacy. If the US is able to pull off this successful scheme, it will prove that its traditional approach of nation-to-nation diplomacy doesn’t have to be rendered useless after all.

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New Music: Lloyd - 'Caramel'
Lloyd is back. The R&B heartthrob gears up for his upcoming album Tru with his new single “Caramel.”
The tender R&B jam finds Lloyd serenading his “Caramel” honey…and even thinking about putting a ring on it. “Caramel drippin’ in my bed / Yeah, you know what’s goin’ through my head,” he sings. “I’m thinkin’ ’bout leavin’ with you tonight / I’m thinkin’ ’bout wifin’ you up for life.”
Lloyd. Tru LP. 8/31. pic.twitter.com/ud5wLTB7G2
— EMPIRE (@EMPIRE) July 7, 2018
The song is the first release from Lloyd’s full-length album Tru, the follow-up to his 2016 EP of the same name, due Aug. 31. He also revealed the artwork for the project, which finds him naked in the woods except for a strategically placed guitar covering his manhood.
Listen to Lloyd’s sweet serenade below.

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I didn’t do it, nobody saw me do it, there’s no way you can prove anything! Bart Simpson
Spokesmen like Sykuta want to act like they are the experts and they know it all. So when they shovel a bunch of BS the public is supposed to go, “OH ok”. Accepting the BS as if it were the truth. Notice he is not talking about oil prices, he is talking about gasoline prices. The real shocker in this piece is how quickly tosses oil off.
** The biggest factor in gasoline prices, almost 58 percent, is the cost of crude oil. Crude oil prices are skyrocketing, but only recently at inflation adjusted highs. There are several reasons:
— Domestic demand, especially for diesel.
— Red-hot worldwide demand, especially in China and India.
— The historically low value of the U.S. dollar.
— Civil/political strife in major oil-producing countries such as Nigeria, Venezuela and Iran.
These factors have tightened worldwide supply significantly. Continued economic growth, which is directly tied to increased energy use, exerts further upward pressure on crude oil prices. Like it or not, local prices are directly tied to the world market and can’t be controlled by U.S. companies. Exxon controls a miniscule .62 percent of worldwide reserves, and BP accounts for only 3.42 percent of oil production.
So the first thing to say is he is going to make the falacious arguement that oil is only a small part of the gasoline prices, but then sites gasoline usage as a part of the problem…eg. increased domestic diesel usage what isn’t diesel gasoline? GOD
His second arguement is that The Petroleum Companies don’t own the oil we just buy it. Yah and you pay WHATEVER the sellers ask, no matter what and then pass the costs to us. What would happen to the oil market if one time just one time you guys said, “Thats too much. Sell it to someone else.” Instead they are clamboring for more 130$$ oil to be pumped into the ground in a salt dome in Louisiana (better know as the Strategic Reserve).
However his arguement essentially is if wasn’t for all the things that happen after we get a barrel of oil then prices would be cheaper. If you buy his original premise that oil is only 58% of the price of gas…then gas should go for under 2$$ a gallon. Think about how silly that is. Let’s see, when oil was 60$$ a barrel gas prices were 2$$ a gallon and now that oil is at 128$$ a barrel it’s 4$$. But the huge increase in oil prices which is largely due to speculaters in the Futures Market (or if you believe Peak Oil – because we are running out of oil) has nothing to do with it. Get real.
Ok, so what about increase in demand for domestic diesel. Everyone know that increases in price decreases consumption. This is true of truck drivers as well. They are slowing down and taking more direct routes. So we have to mark this one as UNTRUE.
The “red hot” India and China Markets? Look, when a 1/4 of the world’s oil is tied up in the futures market everyone is fighting over oil but it has no direct relationship to India’s or China’s increase in imports. Even the Saudia’s who are known liars have said repeatedly that there is enough oil on the market. That oil isn’t making being made into gasoline. Add to that the fact that the refineries are reportedly running at 85% capacity. So we mark this one as UNTRUE.
Next up the Weakened Dollar. Well well well, and who is responsible for that? Dare we say the Geniuses on Wall Street many of whom are oil company Executives. So much so that, again the Saudies and Dubai had to step in and supply billions of dollars in liquidity. And it still wasn’t enough. Top that off with the debt from a war started by an Oilman over Oil and what exactly do they expect? Mark this one as UNTRUE.
Finally there is the world famous “unstable producers”. Whose fault is that? Oil companies cut deals with Dictators to get oil and they are suprised when “instabilities” occur. NO WAY.

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by Matt Bauer
The Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival will be celebrating its re-birth as well as its 25th anniversary when the celebrated event returns to the Roc’s Frontier Field on August 27 and 28.
“We re-named the Rochester Music Festival The Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival for a reason,” explained promoter Varick Baiyina of Experience Events, LLC who is handling the event for the third consecutive year. “We wanted it to represent the soul of Rochester which is everyone, so as we evolve the event we want to bring in different audiences and multi-cultural acts. That’s our mission.”
With that objective, Baiyina acknowledged the universal appeal of headliners Boyz II Men as a major factor in their appearance on the Stone Soul Saturday Concert. “They’re a good cross over group that everyone can come out and enjoy and have a great time. We wanted someone that resonated with multiple generations and races, as well.”
The festival kicks off Friday, August 27, with the Roc Summer Soul Tailgate, in the Frontier Field VIP lot at 5 PM. Hosted by Ruff Ryders, it will be a tribute to DMX–who was to have hosted last year’s Tailgate before his untimely death.
The evening will also be dedicated to Rochester’s finest DJ’s, with a reward in store for the top seven. Saturday opens with a free community block party at 10 AM, featuring exclusively local talent before the gates open for the Saturday concert at 4 PM. Besides the multi-Grammy Award wining Boyz II Men, the stellar line-up also includes Rochester’s own Tweet, Go-Go legends Sugar Bear & EU and The Hip Hop Alumni featuring Chubb Rock, Monie Love, Dana Dane, Kwame, Special Ed, Carpe Diem, and Danell Daymon among other surprise performers.
While the pandemic initially made the prospect of this year’s festival shaky, Baiyina said he was grateful for the many sponsors who’ve stepped up. “We didn’t know
if we’d have enough people to sustain the event and make it profitable but we’re going to be able to put on a great show.”
Go to rocsummersoulfest.com for tickets and show info

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When it is too hot to cook inside, keep the house cool by preparing your entire meal on the grill. Serve with a leafy green salad for a delicious summer supper.
|1-1/2 lb||trimmed, 1-inch (5 cm) thick, top sirloin steaks, about 2||750 g|
|1/4 cup||honey mustard||50 mL|
|3||cloves garlic, minced||3|
|1 tbsp||dried oregano||15 mL|
|1 tsp||each paprika, salt and pepper||5 mL|
|4 tsp||hot pepper sauce (to taste)||20 mL|
|3 tbsp||canola oil (divided)||45 mL|
|1 cup||each chopped onion, green pepper and celery||250 mL|
|1 cup||Tex Farm long grain white rice
or Tex Farm long grain brown rice
|1-1/2 cups||each chicken broth and seeded, diced tomato||375 mL|
|1/2 cup||white wine||125 mL|
|1/2 cup||chopped green onion||125 mL|
|2 tbsp||finely chopped green olives (optional)||30 mL|
Steak: Place steak on a plate. In a small bowl, blend honey mustard with garlic, oregano, paprika, salt and pepper. Divide mustard mixture in half. Stir the hot pepper sauce and 1 tbsp (15 mL) of the oil into one portion; rub evenly over the steak. Reserve steak at room temperature for 15 minutes.
Turn one burner on the grill to medium-high, one to medium setting*. Place a foil lasagna pan over the medium burner. Add remaining oil, onion, green pepper and celery to the foil pan. Cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes. Add rice and remaining mustard mixture; stir to coat each grain of rice.
Stir in chicken broth, tomato, white wine and bay leaves. Cover pan with a baking sheet (to act as a lid). Close BBQ lid and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove pan from the grill and let rest for 5 minutes. Stir in the green onion and olives (if using). Discard bay leaves. Fluff rice with a fork and season with additional hot sauce to taste.
Meanwhile, grill steak over the medium-high burner for 6 to 8 minutes per side or until cooked to preferred doneness. Rest for 5 minutes. Slice steak thinly across the grain. Arrange the steak decoratively over the rice. Serve with lemon wedges.
Makes 6 servings.
*Note: If your barbecue cannot accommodate grilling both the rice and steak at the same time, prepare the rice first and let it rest while the steak cooks.
Tip:Prepare the rice indoors by proceeding as directed in a large skillet set over medium heat instead of the foil lasagna pan. Use a heavy skillet or grill pan to cook the steak over medium-high heat.
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The management secrets behind one of the most profitable technology companies in the world today
● How to manage and grow a world-class high-tech company.
● Provides a fascinating analysis of Huawei’s business management and its culture of ‘customers first’.
● Author had unprecedented access to Huawei and the major players within it.
● A timely and important book in the context of China’s increasing influence over the world economy.
Weiwei Huang is a professor of business at Renmin University of China. He has served as senior consultant to the Huaweiboard and Huawei’s founder Mr. Zhengfei Ren since 1996. He is currently Chief Management Scientist at Huawei.
In fast-paced turbulent business markets, company boards need greater agility and will find it necessary to be conscious of innovation and technological progress. They ought to encourage companies to explore and value creativity at all levels, to remove red tape from the company's culture and to stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit.
This book addresses the most pressing changes companies will undergo over the next five years. It illustrates the way directors should behave and how company boards should approach certain issues. The 2020 Board explains that the boards of directors are key to the leadership of a business and in making sure that everything is done ethically and legally in all markets where the company operates.
Author: Pedro Nueno
: LID Publishing
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Number of pages
: 192 pp
|In the last century, changes in technology have driven massive developments in the social economy. The Fourth Industrial Revolution demands new approaches to organizational structures and teams. A paradigm shift is emerging, putting engagement, relations, inclusion and freedom at the centre. We need small self-managed teams, in a team-of-teams structure to be relevant to employees and customers, and in order to adapt to a changing world.
In his second book, Erik Korsvik Østergaard draws on the workings of Frederic Laloux, and his 2014 title Reiventing Organisations. Laloux discusses the five organizational stages to the modern workforce; the Red, Amber, Orange, Green and Teal stages. And with these writings,Østergaard presents arguments towards how the classical corporate structure at the Orange stage, has experienced a rise in teal dots, or rather, neo-modernist forms of team-oriented organisms, which express a reorganisation for the future workforce.
Author: Erik Korsvik Østergaard
We are witnessing the new age of empowered customers, armed with online reviews, five-star ratings and social media, never has it been more important to manage your reputation and referrals.This book is for anyone who wants to systematically build their reputation and increase their referral sales whilst delivering a consistent and continually improving customer experience. Put together in a simple, clear, no nonsense way, with step by step instructions on what to do along the journey. The information is based on over 10 years coaching, advisory and training experience in the area of feedback, customer experience and referrals, and all the advice is underpinned by real life experience and examples ...and continued doses of common sense!
Author: Guy Arnold & Russell Wood
Publisher: LID Publishing
Number of pages: 128 pp
Author: Jamie Cid & Laurie Baum
India is the fastest-growing trillion dollar economy in the world and poised to be the sixth largest economy in the world, overtaking the UK in 2019. As such, more and more businesses world-wide are looking to do business in this market. However, India’s unique business environment, culture and traditions make it a challenging market for most foreigners.
Doing Business in Indiais designed to make anyone exploring, starting or already doing business in India better aware of the cultural and business etiquette’s necessary to succeed in this market. This concise and attractive book is a one-stop guide that aims to shed light on the intricacies and complexities of doing business in India.
Employees around the world are deprived of honest objective feedback, and the higher you go in the organisation, the less feedback you are going to get. Researchers confirmed that the less facetime employees have with their managers, the more impact seeking and receiving feedback will have on their performance.
Gorbatov and Lane propose a simple, systematic approach to giving fair and honest feedback, in ways that improve performance and prove that, if done properly, feedback simultaneously improves performance while engaging and developing employees.
Author: Sergey Gorbatov & Angela Lane
Number of pages: 240
Are you open to change? Are you aware of how much change your organisation is facing in the future? The simple truth is that business environments are under constant change, becoming more complex, volatile, and unpredictable day-by-day. Having the ability to prepare and plan for change and not just adapt to it is the only way one can survive in both business and in life. Yet countless studies tell us how difficult it is for individuals and organizations to change. Why? Because change creates an identity crisis which threatens our self-esteem, our sense of financial security and our belief systems.
In this book, author Lior Arussy explores the reasons why we resist change and how to develop a new competence; change resilience. The book provides a step-by-step guide to help us approach change from a point of strength. Through vivid examples involving organizations ranging from Mercedes-Benz, Disney, Kia, Kennedy Center, Zappos, and other Fortune 500 companies, Arussy presents his proven methodology to improve `change resilience' and help leaders and their employees embrace change with passion and excitement for business success.
Author: Lior Arussy
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The world is exhibiting the urgent need for sustainable change. In his first book, Curt Blattner introduces a new approach fit for the modern workforce which encourages sustainable interactive leadership – placing the dialogue between leaders and teams at the centre of development. Based on his experiences in leading positions of the international retail giant, Nestlé, Blattner shares his stories and the model used to support the globally successful coffee retailer. Blattner draws influence from the Swiss direct democratic governance and non-hierarchical politics and applies them to leadership to sustainably create high-performing teams for the future.
The Heartbeat of Excellence offers a detailed alternative to changing culture for anybody to understand and follow fostering a human process with Emerging Change, creating high performing human relations, and consequently installing change sustainably, the Swiss Way.
Author: Curt Blattner
Today, we live and do business in a world where society gathers knowledge faster than it gathers wisdom. It is a world of continuous revolution and change. Those who manage to find, structure and exploit the power of "Wild Knowledge" - ie, the untamed data, learnings and experiences that flourish in our lives and minds - will come out the winners. In combination, we need to develop our ability to understand and judge which aspects of that knowledge are applicable to business and life in general. This is the so-called "Vicious Wisdom" which will force you to unlearn, to choose an approach of unthinking, in order to reach a deeper understanding, meaning and reason in your quest to find new and different solutions. This book, written by a leading futurist/philosopher, presents a powerful and radical approach to thinking about and solving our future lives and businesses.
Author: Anders Indset
Publisher: LID Publishing
FORMAT: 178 x 111mm
Number of pages: 224pp
Vision, value, growth, and well-branded acumen have, according to Ole Bentzen, never been more important than now, where digitalization sets the agenda in the world of business.
Nine Squares is a guidebook for leaders who wish to invest in their people as well as their customers. In order to succeed as a leader, creating calmness, having a sense of direction, communicating clearly, and getting the right results is the key to your energy. The combination of these four strengths make the core message of this guidebook. This model may be able to assist managers and businesses in getting back on track, remain on track, or get ahead as a unique and innovative business with well-defined targets, vision, and brand.
Author: Ole Bentzen
Number of pages: 128
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One of the other popular trends that has come back is the off-the-shoulder look. This cut is fabulous for showing off your décolletage without revealing too much skin. It can easily be paired with shorter, tea-length cuts or a more traditional ball gown shape. For a more modern touch, brides love adding beading details or lace accents to the neckline. But, brides who want that the classic look will usually focus on satin to seek for a princess feeling.
From the Simply Val Stefani collection you can choose a tiered ball gown skirt in cascading layers of organza or opt for a more simplified silhouette crafted from lightweight tulle. These separate skirts can be paired with lace tops in short sleeve, halter, or camisole fits, or they can be teamed with embroidered net or strapless lace sheath bridal tops to create a look that’s fitted on top and voluminous on the bottom. From the Val Stefani bridal collection you can select a vintage-inspired gown with sleeves and intricate beadwork or a classic lace look in a strapless silhouette with a sweeping cathedral length train. Whether you prefer a one-piece design or enjoy the idea of mixing and matching separate pieces, it’s easy to find a look and fit that suits your vision for your wedding day.
Even if you're the initial type of new bride, getting the dress is such a meaningful choice that you run a risk of coming under that wallet-skinning group referred to as the Two-Dress Bride. Here are some suggestions for selecting the best gown as well as preventing that dreadful fate.
But, of course we can’t talk about vintage wedding gowns without talking about lace. All-over vintage lace wedding dresses were a popular staple in the 20th century, and modern designers like Azazie are embracing this fabulous trend by using thicker lace or more geometric patterns. Azazie loves to showcase the beauty of lace by adding extra accents through the skirts, sleeves and bodices of our gowns. We also have fun lace accents that feature sequin detailing that is a little more modern and gives it some additional sparkle. Whether you choose just one of these classic details or decide to put them all together, vintage styles are always a favorite because they are timeless looks that make brides shine. Let us help you discover your dream gowns for weddings in our ever-changing collections. Also, give yourself a chance to be the focus of all at the important moment.
If a full-on lace gown isn’t your thing, you can still choose a dress with lace highlights. You will look just as dream-like to your partner walking down the aisle in a non-lace wedding dress that has a lace neckline, lace panels, or lace embellishments. And, of course, there are always traditional lace veils – which can be worn no matter what material your actual wedding dress is made from.
If you’re a fan of clean lines, modest dresses will give you a chic minimalist style that you’ll love. The straight cut adds even more length to your figure. If you’re looking to highlight your hips, there are two fabulous cuts you should try: the trumpet style, which is fitted below the knee, and drop waist style dresses, which shows off your waist and hip area.

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Bob Holt is in his fourth decade as a Razorbacks beat reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He began at the Arkansas Democrat in 1981.
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Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano, pictured in this Dec. 29, 2013 file photo, was on-hand for Arkansas' practice Tuesday. Schiano will speak at the Northwest Arkansas Touchdown Club today. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)
Former Rutgers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano, who is now with the NFL Network, spent time with the Razorbacks staff Tuesday in advance of his speaking engagement today with the NWA Touchdown Club.
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This sequel to "Not Without My Daughter" takes up the story at the American Embassy in Turkey. Mahmoody describes the readjustment to America, her constant fear of her husband's lethal revenge and her ultimate frustration with the American legal system's inability, or unwillingness, to offer her and her daughter protection. This book is not Betty's story alone. Since arriving in America she has met countless mothers with similarly harrowing experiences and has fought their cause as well.
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Mahmoody's latest is part autobiographical sequel to her bestselling Not Without My Daughter (1987), part collection of stories of other parents who have suffered the international abduction of their children, and part survey of the laws currently affecting these parents and children. Mahmoody illuminates the horror of the crime of international child abduction and the often hopeless complexity and expense of combatting it. After her own harrowing escape with her six-year-old daughter, Mahtob, from her abusive husband in Iran, Mahmoody returned to America, wrote her bestselling book, witnessed its transformation into a hit movie, and became an active lecturer and frequent talk-show guest. But none of these activities distracted her from the main focus of her life--her daughter, for whose presence Mahmoody daily gave thanks and for whose safety she constantly feared, always expecting her ex-husband to show up to take his revenge. The author's celebrity attracted many heartbroken parents to her, men and women who had had their children abducted abroad by foreign-born mates (Muslim cultures are heavily represented among the abductors). From these stories, Mahmoody distills some cautionary advice for anyone contemplating intercultural marriage. As the world grows smaller, marriages between people of vastly different cultures will become more common, she points out, and while this can be a source of great richness, it can also hold unsuspected perils--especially when children arrive and different cultures clash. Mahmoody describes the shocking powerlessness of government to act against the resultant crimes, and describes changes in international law that her and others' efforts have brought about in recent years. A dramatic story of personal courage combined with an eloquent plea for greater protection of the rights of the world's most vulnerable citizens. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.From Library Journal:
Those who empathized with Mahmoody's thrilling account of her harrowing escape from Iran, where her marriage deprived her of the protection of U.S. law ( Not Without My Daughter , LJ 11/1/87), will want to read this sequel. After returning to the United States, Mahmoody found that her experience was far from unique--that a multitude of foreign spouses have spirited away their children and virtually held them prisoner. Her new book is a compilation of such cases. Most are not as lucky as Mahmoody, and she devotes much time informing people about international parental abductions and the lack of laws to cover them. Although some international conventions have been signed, they lack adequate means of enforcement, and the right of children to remain in the place they call home is not always respected. Congress has yet to act at all. An excellent purchase for public libraries. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/15/92.
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Case in point: when Apple get five tech writers in a room and get as close they ever do to apologising. The $3,999 Mac Pro will have eight CPU cores instead of six, and dual D800 GPUS instead of dual D500 GPUs.
At the moment, Apple has only words to reassure pro users, since the executives said that a completely redesigned Mac Pro and pro display are coming, but they won't arrive this year. They also noted that the new computer wouldn't be here until at least 2018.
Schiller admitted that they had previously designed their way into a corner in efforts to be bold and different at the time.
When Apple launched the Mac Pro in 2013, it was largely received positive reviews from press. Because of this, the internal cooling of the Mac Pro does not work well in this arrangement and long story short, they have to scrap the design. The Mac Pro is third on that list and only accounts for a single-digit percent of all Mac sales.More news: Heat wave sweeps 10 states; Delhi touches 38 degrees C
As part of these plans, Apple is working on new version of the Mac Pro, its most powerful desktop computer.
After endless campaigns by the likes of influencers like MKNHD and the entire Apple fan-base collective, there is finally some good news for those who have been waiting for an upgrade to the Mac Pro - it is happening. The company now needs to balance development of the new range with releasing it before customers look elsewhere.
And it represents the sort of influential, creative, technical users that Apple should want to impress and delight - and use as ambassadors for the rest of its products.
"Since the Mac Pro is a modular system, we are also doing a pro display", Schiller added.
"If we've had a pause in upgrades and updates, we're sorry for that - what happened with the Mac Pro - and we're going to come out with something great to replace it", Schiller said at an event attended by Buzzfeed. Although the new model will take a bit longer to complete, Schiller said, it will apparently be accompanied by an Apple-branded external display of an untold size and resolution - likely similar to the company's since discontinued Thunderbolt display, although more than likely more advanced in terms of specifications. The refreshes released today don't do anything to move the needle-seriously, where's USB-C?-but maybe someday Apple will release the machine of our dreams, with enough expansion slots and I/O ports to handle everything we throw at it. "The current Mac Pro, as we've said a few times, was constrained thermally and it restricted our ability to upgrade it".


Despite the frequent controversy surrounding Airbnb guests discovering cameras in their accommodations, Airbnb continues to allow the use of cameras inside vacation rentals. As a middleman between hosts and guests, Airbnb has to balance guests’ rights to privacy with hosts’ rights to keep their rentals secure.
However, its current guidelines for the use of cameras in vacation rentals leave a lot of room for error and a gray area that many aren’t comfortable with.
How Do Guests Feel About Airbnb Cameras?
In a survey that aimed to find out whether or not Airbnb guests trusted their hosts, only 24% were OK with cameras in common areas, and 58% said they were worried about hidden cameras, which is an entirely different issue on its own.
What Is Airbnb’s Policy Regarding Cameras?
Airbnb allows for the use of cameras in vacation rentals as long as it is disclosed in the listing. There are guidelines for hosts to follow that outline what is acceptable and what is not. Here are a few things that are never permitted, according to Airbnb:
- Hosts cannot intentionally conceal cameras, which is never permitted, regardless of location.
- Cameras cannot be placed in private areas such as bathrooms, bedrooms, and sleeping areas.
- Hosts must disclose the presence of all cameras, or other recording devices like an Alexa, even if they are not powered on.
- Hosts cannot actively record without letting guests know.
Too Much Room For Error
Guests staying at an Airbnb do so for a more personalized experience, and a certain level of privacy is expected. Unfortunately, there is a lot of gray area for camera use.
For instance, cameras are allowed in common areas like kitchens and living rooms. But what’s to keep that camera from pointing toward a more private location like a bedroom or bathroom?
Further, how can a guest know whether or not an active recording occurs if a host withholds that information? While that would violate Airbnb’s policy, is there any real way to know whether you are being recorded?
There is no reason they should have to fear their conversations or actions being listened to or recorded. Some argue that if you do nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about. Consider this, many people use Airbnb for remote working locations. They wouldn’t want sensitive work information to fall on the wrong ears, and it could violate company policy.
Current policies leave a lot of room for error. Guests who aren’t comfortable with cameras inside their Airbnb should know where to look to see if their property will include them. However, as discussed below, camera disclosures can often be vague and unhelpful.
How Can You Find Out If Your Airbnb Has Cameras?
Airbnb’s policy states that hosts must disclose whether or not their property has security cameras. If it does, they have to put it on the listing and include a description of each device, its location, and whether or not it will be powered on or off when guests check in.
For travelers wondering where to find this on listings, it will be listed under the “What This Place Offers” section under ‘amenities’. Digging in further will give more detail, though not much more in many cases. We have included screenshots of various properties in Los Angeles for reference. Our quick searching showed that many hosts don’t follow Airbnb’s disclosure policy very well, if at all.
While some properties do a great job of disclosing the type of device, its location, and whether it will be powered on, many do not. For instance, “we have camera outside” doesn’t tell us much at all about that camera. Where outside? Will it be powered on?
Even worse, some properties simply say, “security cameras on property.” This doesn’t even come close to following Airbnb’s policy, yet many of these properties have hundreds of reviews. A gray area indeed.
Are Listings Reliable?
Another thing to consider is that the people creating Airbnb listings aren't Airbnb employees; they are just people who have a space they want to rent out on Airbnb's platform. As such, taking the listing at its word isn't always going to guarantee there aren't cameras on the property. In a Reddit post by u/wolfstore, this very situation is outlined.
Though this post was from a year ago, the issue remains. What's to stop a host from simply refraining to disclose cameras? Worse still, u/wolfstore goes on to say the host contacted them about too many cars in the driveway, outright admitting that they were watching the camera feed.
Security vs. Privacy
Airbnb allows hosts to place recording devices inside vacation rentals as long as they are appropriately disclosed. The current camera policies leave much room for error, and many travelers aren’t comfortable with the practice. The company aims to find a delicate balance between hosts' security concerns and guests' privacy concerns. However, many wonder if the scale is properly calibrated.
If you want to know whether or not your Airbnb will have cameras, check under the ‘amenities’ section and hope that the host followed Airbnb’s policy when disclosing their cameras.
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DJ Koze's new album 'Knock Knock' came out last week and he threw a party at Printworks London on May 5 to celebrate.
Promoted by The Hydra, Koze's launch party saw him joined by Motor City Drum Ensemble, Mano Le Tough, Nathan Fake, Chloé and Dolan Bergin in the Press Halls. The Charge Bay had Auntie Flo, Lawrence, Scott Grooves and DJ Slyngshot playing in, too.
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I mostly only play the basic map, but recently have been spending some time on the others. Things like Factory and Ruins were pretty easy to suss out, but the Courtyard is pretty tough.
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I recently learned that things like marble, rose gold, pale wood textures, etc are apparently HUGE cliches in terms of blog layouts, and the tastes of bloggers in general. I am no exception.
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I’m currently working on figuring out how to get the side/widget text more readable, but for now, I’m enjoying having a blog that looks a little bit… quirky… until I can really get better at html, formatting, graphic design, and all of that kind of stuff.
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First there was the Human Genome Project, which began in 1990 and finally ended 11 years later. Now, scientists believe there is another project afoot — one that is perhaps even more important — known, fittingly, as the human “proteome.”
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangalore, India, have published a new study outlining their initial catalog of all the proteins in the human body. Intriguingly, the team uncovered 193 proteins that the genome was never believed to encode, suggesting that even after more than a decade of research, there are still mysteries left to be solved.
Founder and director of the Institute of Bioinformatics, Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, remarked that each protein can be thought of as a book in the library of your body. "The difficulty,” Pandey said in a statement, “is that we don't have a comprehensive catalog that gives us the titles of the available books and where to find them. We think we now have a good first draft of that comprehensive catalog."
To identify the various proteins, the team drew samples from 30 tissues and “cut out” each protein using enzymes as a kind of molecular scissors. These “scissors” broke down each protein into individual peptides, which they could then run through a special machine that names each protein and judges its relative abundance in the body.
Unlike genes, which can be easily accessed in the DNA of each cell, proteins aren’t uniform in all parts of the body. Liver proteins, for example, are secreted into the body and help stop bleeding when it occurs. Other proteins, such as immune system proteins, contribute to killing dangerous antibodies that may lead to illness. Dozens others find themselves in various extremities around the body, each performing a unique function.
As Pandey notes, locating these proteins may actually be more useful than cataloging the entire genome. Genes play a vital role in determining many of the characteristics of an organism, but it’s the proteins — the workhorses of the cell — that eventually get the instructions to build tissues and organs. The combination of these two factors — unspecific location and vital importance — give researchers a complex task in compiling the proteome, Pandey says.
With the team’s current research, it will hopefully be easier for future scientists to do empirical and diagnostic work. "We believe our data will become the gold standard in the field,” Pandey said, “especially because they were all generated using uniform methods and analysis, and state-of-the-art machines."
The new catalog will give scientists easy access to a list of proteins that can be readily indexed, rather than crudely searched for on an individual basis. It’s also particularly helpful because, of the proteins encoded by 17,294 genes, or roughly 84 percent of all of the genes in the human genome thought to encode proteins, 193 proteins came from cells that weren’t supposed to code for them.
"This was the most exciting part of this study, finding further complexities in the genome," said Pandey, conceding also that the human proteome will likely never be finished due to its staggering complexity. A more reasonable goal, he finds, is future scientists building upon the team’s existing work and refining it over time. Ultimately, a clearer picture of the human proteome will emerge — a working catalog that can stand up to scientific rigor but always open to edits.
Source: Kim M, Pinto S, Getnet D, et al. A draft map of the human proteome. Nature. 2014.


Addressing a virtual event organised by industry body CII, Gadkari also exhorted corporates to vaccinate their employees, saying it is their social responsibility.
"Under the leadership of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we have been strong, resilient and have fought together to combat the Covid pandemic.
The road transport and highways minister further said the government's aim is to reduce the import expenses on diesel and prevent hazardous air pollution.
"The cost of diesel is almost Rs 100 per litre today, which is burden on contractors and developers," he said.
The minister pointed out that in India, the road sector accounts for about 45 per cent of construction equipment demand.
He noted that the government is very much open, flexible and supportive for the construction equipment industry to work together upon the prescribed roadmap with a specific focus on alternative fuels.
Gadkari also pointed out that India is power surplus nation and solar generated electricity can further ensure zero carbon emissions and huge savings in construction activities.
"We can generate 81 per cent value of lithium-ion batteries for electrical vehicles in India.
"Further, I am pursuing research for its substitute such as Aluminum-ion, Zinc-ion, Sodium-ion batteries. BharatBenz has already launched electric trucks in India," he said.
"The economics is so good that the cost of conversion is Rs 10 Lakh, which can be recovered in 295 days, with average of 5 km per hour," he said.
Gadkari urged manufacturers to innovate and design construction equipment vehicles which can run on LNG.
"This is the fuel for future...We can also convert LNG by compressing it into CNG, which is suitable and economically viable for a driving range of 200 to 250 kms, while LNG is good for 1,000 km driving range," he said.
Gadkari said the government is investing $1.4 trillion, that is Rs 111 lakh crore, on world-class infrastructure development through the National Infrastructure Pipeline.
"We have set a target to build roads worth Rs 15 lakh crore over 2 years," he said.
Gadkari also said the government was working towards strengthening MSMEs to help develop in-house ancillary industry and reduce import dependence.
He expressed confidence that digitalisation and automation in construction equipment sector would increase its efficiency.
Stating that he was aware of the industry's concerns about increasing key raw material prices, Gadkari said the rollout of the vehicle scrappage policy will make available huge amount of scrap for use by companies.
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Alluding to the significant requirement of skilled workforce to operate advanced construction equipment and machineries, the minister offered the industry support in designing a structure for skill-based training for the industry, as this sector offers a huge employment potential.


WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA is opening a counterproliferation center to combat the spread of dangerous weapons and technology, a move that comes as Iran is on the verge of fueling up a new nuclear power plant.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA is opening a counterproliferation center to combat the spread of dangerous weapons and technology, a move that comes as Iran is on the verge of fueling up a new nuclear power plant.
CIA Director Leon Panetta said yesterday that the new unit would place CIA operators side by side with the agency’s analysts to brainstorm plans to “confront the threat of weapons of mass destruction — nuclear, chemical and biological.”
The center would formalize the collaboration between the agency’s analysts and operators, a close working relationship that CIA spokesman George Little said already has yielded intelligence successes.
Little cited their work in last year’s revelation of the “discovery of the Syrian covert nuclear reactor and Iran’s undeclared uranium enrichment facility near Qom.”
The CIA’s new center goes into effect just as Iran’s
Bushehr power plant gets stocked with fuel rods provided by Russia. Uranium fuel will be loaded into the reactor on Saturday, beginning a process that will end with the reactor sending electricity to Iranian cities, Russian and Iranian officials said.
Brannan said the Bushehr site is not a proliferation threat since Iran does not have the ability to reprocess the spent fuel into weapons-grade nuclear material.
But that site will be watched closely by the CIA and other elements of the intelligence community.


While strolling along Sir John Rogerson’s Quay you are unlikely to hear the Pink Floyd album of 20 years ago of the same name but you may well be charmed by the glowing re-emergence of an original Diving Bell, which has recently been restored by Dublin Port Company.
In its glowing orange and amber tones, reflecting the sweet Liffey light, you will be treated to a taller structure from its previous, terrestrial incarnation, as it has been placed higher on foundations so that a visitor may enter its belly without worry about subaquatic monsters of the deep.
Wandering closer you will hear the tantalising trickle of a stream underfoot paying tribute to its thalassic history as you garner a glimpse of the tightest exhibition space ever created since the Dawson Lounge.
When in use, men would have been submerged inside its torso to a submarine workplace as they built what are now the walls and structures of the Liffey and Dublin Port walls.
Its method of operation entailed lowering it into position on the riverbed, while the crew entered through an access funnel from the surface. Compressed air was fed in from an adjacent barge. The men inside the bell worked on the river bed exposed at their feet, excavating the site where a massive concrete block would later go. All the excavated soil was stashed in trays hanging inside the bell, and brought up when the bell was lifted.
One of these men, Dermot Heron, pictured above, was at the recent opening with Minister for Transport Paschal O’Donoghue and Betty Ashe from St Andrew’s Resource Centre. Heron is the last person remaining who has worked inside the Diving Bell.
NewsFour also came across young Sofia and Micheál Kelleher, whose father Jim was project manager of the restoration. Sofia, beaming with pride about her father, informed us it was her third visit to the exhibition since opening.
Eamonn O’Reilly, Chief Executive of Dublin Port Company said: “Dublin Port Company is proud to bring the Diving Bell to life for Dubliners and visitors to the city. Our restoration project pays tribute to Bindon Blood Stoney, who built the deep water quays in Dublin in the Victorian era. It also commemorates the generations of port employees who worked in the bell. It invites the city’s visitors and inhabitants, new and old, to better understand Dublin as a port city with a wealth of industrial heritage to uncover.” He also added that “the Diving Bell is the first of a series of important industrial heritage exhibits we plan to create in the years ahead.”
The project was designed with the expertise of a range of people including the architect Sean O’Laoire, the sculptor Vivienne Roche, Tom Cosgrave (professor of engineering at the University of Limerick) and the late Mary Mulvihill of Ingenious Ireland.
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One year ago – almost to the day – I was interviewed on CNN Business and made a bold prediction. I said the S&P 500 would be up 25% in 2019.
It was especially bold coming out of the tough correction from October into December that dropped stocks nearly 20% from their highs. The CNN reporter interviewing me, Richard Quest, was skeptical. In fact, he bet me dinner on it.
Free dinners taste the best. The S&P 500 did gain 25%. It actually performed even better than that.
So guess what I did last week?
No, I didn't get my dinner. I'm still waiting for that. But I was interviewed once again on CNN Business... and I said the same thing as last year – that the S&P 500 will be up as much as 25% at some point this year.
I plan to collect on last year's wager, and we upped the ante for this year's bet to a steak dinner and a bottle of expensive wine. I plan to collect this time, too – because I'm that confident in my prediction for 2020.
Let me tell you why... and where to find the best opportunities of this bull market.
I'm bullish for a lot of reasons. Interest rates are low... Inflation is low... Corporate earnings are growing... And stocks are not overvalued based on forward price-to-earnings projections.
But the main reason I see such big upside potential is that so many different technological breakthroughs are coming together at the same time...
- The rollout of 5G wireless networking will begin this year and unleash a series of new mega-trends that will hit the mainstream.
- The Internet of Things (IoT) will continue to expand. Estimates say that by 2025, a trillion devices will be connected to the Internet.
- Artificial intelligence ("AI") will move from behind the scenes to where we cannot live without it.
- New medical breakthroughs will be powered by AI and genetic data, along with new biotechnology research. In fact, the first drug developed entirely by AI has just now started clinical trials.
- Transportation will be transformed in ways not seen in decades, if ever. In fact, at the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month, my team and I were able to sit in the flying cars of the future!
I told Richard Quest how these technological innovations will create trillions of dollars in economic value over the coming years.
I also told him how much this year resembles 1990. Stocks were enjoying an eight-year bull market when the 1990s began, and a lot of folks said it was about to end. They couldn't have been more wrong. That decade ended up being the best 10 years in stock market history.
I get angry when I think about all the profits people missed out on because they were afraid to buy after the strong run.
And that's my message to you today, tomorrow, next week, and next year. As we enter 2020, you must be in stocks if you want to grow your wealth.
There will be dips and even full-blown corrections along the way, but the long-term trend is relentlessly higher. There is no better way to grow your wealth, achieve your financial goals, and live the life you want than to invest in stocks.
So, how do you take advantage of it?
The best way to make big money in the coming years is to invest in smaller companies... especially the best microcap stocks in the market.
Because small companies have such great potential to grow wealth, I believe everyone should have a portion of their portfolio in small stocks before they grow large.
The best-performing stock of the 1990s was a small, little-known computer company at the beginning of the decade... but it grew larger over the next 10 years. By the end of 1999, Dell Computer was worth nearly $100 billion, and the stock gained 91,863% during the 1990s. That turns an investment of $5,000 into $4.5 million.
I can also tell you that microcap stocks are where I've found the best trades of my career. After accompanying a friend into an Ulta Beauty (ULTA) store when that company was only valued at $1 billion, I researched the business and loved what I saw. My Ulta recommendation soared 2,043%.
Last week, I joined my friend Steve Sjuggerud to talk about the markets, and I shared one of my latest recommendations on air. It's a company that uses AI to develop new drugs. The future of drug discovery will rely on AI technology... And this company is at the forefront.
It currently has a robust pipeline of drugs, two of which are in Phase III clinical trials with potential approval this year. In fact, the company's market cap expected to rise well into the billions in the next few years – a monumental milestone, considering that it currently sits at $700 million.
Because this company is small, it will only take one or two approvals for the stock to become a 10-bagger and the next household biotech name.
That's the kind of scenario that moves stocks. And small tech companies with big growth potential are the kinds of stocks you want to own right now.
Editor's note: During our Melt Up event last week, Matt sat down with Steve and gave away the name and ticker of his AI recommendation... which he believes could ultimately return 10 times your money. But if you missed it, you can still watch a replay to learn the name of this stock – along with Steve's latest bull market prediction. Watch the video here before it goes offline.
"The early days of any technological revolution are full of change," Matt writes. History shows that the next generation of technology juggernauts will change the world – with big profits along the way... Read more here: Why 5G Will Unleash the Market's Next Trillion-Dollar Winners.
The technology sector was the poster child of the dot-com Melt Up. And we're seeing a similar trend this time around. But surprisingly, the biggest winners of the last great bull market weren't typical tech stocks... Get the full story here.
Innovative tech companies can lead to big gains for investors. And this medical firm's latest technology is changing its industry for the better...
BIG GAINS ARE ROLLING IN FROM THE SMARTPHONE-PAYMENT WAVE
Today's company is riding the wave of the cashless revolution...
Regular readers know that more and more folks are using alternative methods to pay for everyday items, like paying online or with their smartphones. In fact, we believe that no one will carry a wallet in the near future. And today's company is helping to make that prediction become a reality...
PayPal (PYPL) is a $145 billion giant in electronic payments. It has 305 million active account holders that can make payments either online, on their phones, through its app, or even face-to-face. And it owns popular app Venmo and money-transfer service Xoom. As more and more folks leave their wallets at home, PayPal's revenue is increasing – and it's rewarding shareholders, too. Last year, PayPal returned $1.4 billion to shareholders through buybacks... while revenue grew 15% to $17.8 billion.
As you can see, PYPL shares are in a long-term uptrend. They're up roughly 250% since PayPal spun off from online-bidding company eBay (EBAY) in mid-2015. And as folks switch to making online and mobile payments, this trend should continue...


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According to a survey, 17 Indians die every hour in road accidents. There are about 53 road crashes every hour, and this raises a serious question on safety while driving roads. Though 2020 has seen a steep 26.48 percent reduction in road accidents and a 22 percent drop in deaths against the stats in 2019, and ironically coronavirus had a big hand. But as Indians are getting back to their prompt life, do we need to worry about our safety?
Well, yes, and in contrast to various answers to our Universe and big bang theory, this one is pretty simple and is right in front of our nose. Road safety rules and traffic signs are the mandatory rules, laid down by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for the safety of every commuter. While the majority of drivers are known for different traffic and safety rules, traffic signs are often neglected.
Traffic signs are silent conductors of certain safety norms. As the term ‘sign’ signifies language using visual images, these aids in communicating without words or sounds. But to follow these safety norms, one must be familiar with all the types of traffic signs/symbols for Indian roads, know their meaning, and other important aspects of safety. So, if you are new to traffic signs and their meaning, this article will aid and abet you to all of them.
Right before jumping into the types and categories of road signs, some prerequisites can help the drivers remember the signs and their meaning in a systematic and organized manner. If you’d have noticed, the various traffic signs that we observe daily, are represented in different shapes and colors.
The two major factors that play a vital role while communicating these road signs, as mentioned before, are shape and colors. The Indian road signs are often symbolized in four different shapes and colors, and a brief analysis is as follows:
There are numerous different traffic signs and symbols for Indian roads, but these have been divided into three different categories. These are:
Mandatory/Regulatory signs: As the name hints, these signs are mandatory and also the ones that regulate and ensure the smooth flow of traffic and avoid accidents. These traffic signs make sure that the drivers follow the instructions on them and violations of these traffic signs are punishable as per the Roadways and Traffic department. For easy identification, the majority of these signs feature red borders with a black symbol inside, along with a white background. Some are depicted in a blue background, with white symbols within.
Cautionary signs: The Roadways and Traffic Department have added a total of 40 cautionary traffic signs. These oblige to warn the driver of any potential hazard on the road ahead so that the driver can pay more attention and prepare for the situation. These are often the ones depicted with a red triangle border and a small black symbol within it. These signs give prior warning to the road users about potential dangers like turn and curve warnings, lane transition warnings, pedestrian cross warnings, and more. Though violations of these traffic signs are not subjected to any regulation or penalty, these crucial signs majorities concern the safety of both drivers and the people around the vehicle’s surroundings.
Informatory signs: While the above two signs are the most important and the most prevalent ones, the informatory signs have their significance. And that is, to inform the drivers and road users about destinations, distance, fuel stations, and other locations. These are often depicted with square borders and blue backgrounds with white symbols within them. These often benefit the road users and drivers, while some inform the drivers about schools, colleges, workplaces, clubs, public places, and restaurants, to inform and warn the driver.
These three types of road signs should be memorized by heart and should be prioritized and followed to avoid road accidents. But these aren’t the only traffic signs or crucial facts. Further, we will discuss some more traffic signs that perturb towards kids/students and also the significance of traffic signs in daily life.
Just as the safety norms apply to adults, there are various traffic signs that concern kids, to safeguard them and educate them about traffic rules and safety. Here are some traffic signs for kids/students in India:
The rules and regulations are laid out for the voyage and welfare of the common. Similarly, the traffic rules and signs regulate the safety and smooth flow of traffic on the crowded roads of India. The road signs are an important aspect of road safety as:
The traffic norms are the regulated rules put in black and white, for the safety of the commuters and other people surrounding them. Hence the traffic sign also poses high importance in daily life. Without traffic signs, the roads will be chaos, with people crashing into each other, raging, abusing, and even getting physically violent. In a world without these norms, it would be hard to feel safe while traveling or even crossing the roads.
Besides traffic rules and signs, there is more to rules and regulations on Indian roads. Another aspect of traffic rules is the traffic police hand signals, which are the hand gestures made by the traffic policeman indicating various coded information. These are important to grasp for both the policeman and the Indian drivers and road users, to encrypt them, and follow the rules efficiently. Here are some hand signals by a policeman along with their elucidation.
Similar to the hand signals by the traffic policeman, there are certain preset hand signals that the drivers can use. These not only save energy but alert the traffic if the driver is intending to take a turn, slow down or stop.
When you get down to the roads, you might have observed the various road markings. Some of them are continuous while others are broken lines, but all of these marking signs have a definition. Here is the meaning to the road markings or pavement marking signs on the Indian roads:
Road rage is the most common threat to safety on Indian roads. Besides the threats of accidents/crashes, road rages also cost hundreds of lives. If you look up in the dictionary, road rage refers to violent incidents caused on the roads and streets, especially by an aggressive driver or motorist. The most common road rages come uninvited in the clumsiest and irritating times, and scenarios like heavy traffic jams or even grid-locks for hours. Most people lose their calms and become aggressive, using swear words or impolite behavior. Also, at times, drunk people can be the reason for road rage. It has been observed that road rage can be the result of various activities like speeding, aggressive driving, consistently honking, rude gestures, and various other reasons.
It’s not just India, road rage is life-threatening in many countries like the US, Canada, Australia, England, and Japan. It’s best to avoid these violent incidents by keeping themselves away from any sort of confrontation. Also one should avoid being the reason, and menace behind road rage, by remaining calm.