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ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Chris Hemsworth has gone from superhero to shipwrecked.
The Thor actor posted a snapshot via Instagram Sunday, showing off his dramatic weight loss for the upcoming film In the Heart of the Sea, in which he plays a man stranded in the Pacific Ocean for 90 days.
"Just tried a new diet/training program called Lost At Sea" and "wouldn't recommend it…#IntheHeartoftheSea," the 32-year-old actor said.
The Australian hunk recently shared how he went on a strict diet in order to shed pounds for his role as Owen Chase, the first mate of the 1820s whaling ship Essex, which was taken down by a massive whale, stranding the crew for 90 days at sea.
"Throughout the shoot, each week or two we’d reduce the calories, down, down until, we were at about 500 or 600 calories a day for the last couple weeks," he told Nightline recently during a sit-down with the actor and the film's director, Ron Howard. "I can’t say that I want to do it again, I read things now and if it has any mention of being skinny, I’m like that’s a pass."
He continued, "Transforming physically had such an effect on us emotionally, which we were all going through. It kind of bonded us, in a way that I think we wouldn’t have gotten otherwise. You know, we felt like it was us against the world, or us against anyone who was well fed."
"I haven’t had a terrible reaction to it, so I’m very fortunate. I feel older, and I feel settled being older," the actress explained.
"I feel happy that I’ve grown up" and "I don’t want to be young again," she added.
Jolie Pitt turned 40 in June, just months after undergoing the preventative surgery, which was motivated by a family history of ovarian cancer. Both her mother and her maternal grandmother died from the disease.
In 2013, the actress underwent a double mastectomy because of an abnormal BRAC1 test result, a genetic mutation that elevates the risk for developing breast cancer.
"I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt. I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn’t live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren," she wrote in a New York Times op-ed in March after undergoing her second surgery.
Jolie Pitt’s rep has not responded to ABC News’ request for comment.
Jonathan Clay Harris/E!(CHICAGO) -- Kristin Cavallari is a mother of three.
The former reality TV star and her husband, NFL quarterback Jay Cutler, welcomed daughter Saylor James Cutler, the reality star announced Monday on Instagram.
"Saylor James Cutler was born today at 132pm!!" she posted.
Cavallari, 28, and Cutler, 32, are already parents to sons Camden, 3, and Jax, 18 months. Cavallari said earlier this year that she was looking forward to having another female in the house.
“She’s going to steal Jay’s heart, which will in turn melt mine!” she told American Baby magazine. “I’m excited for the boys to grow up with a sister. I think it will help them to better understand and respect women.”
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Chris Hemsworth is determined not to succumb to Hollywood’s mission to “turn you into a total narcissist,” so much so that he reveals in Vanity Fair's holiday edition that he moved his wife and three kids from Los Angeles to his native Australia.
The Avengers star says the pressure of driving past endless billboards for movies in L.A. made it too hard to stay grounded. “You just kind of lose touch with reality a bit here," he explains. "You drive down the street and you’re constantly reminded of everything you’re either involved in or not involved in. It’s exhausting.”
Another feature of living in Hollywood that turns off the 32-year-old actor is dealing with the paparazzi, for which he has little patience. He quotes another outspoken movie star who dislikes the shutterbugs. “What was it that Jennifer Lawrence said? ‘I know everyone says you’re not supposed to complain about the paparazzi. Well, I don’t give a s***. I’m f****** complaining!’ ”
“But she can get away with that,” Adds Hemsworth.
Hemsworth, who plays Thor in the Avengers series, insists there are risks that go along with starring in big-budget films. “When something costs $150 million and it doesn’t work, it’s your face, it’s your fault,” he says. “And the character has fans. Are they still a fan or did you just make them never want to read the comic again?”
The holiday issue of Vanity Fair is available in New York and Los Angeles, and on mobile devices, on Thursday, and nationally December 1.
Image Group LA/ABC; Jeff Daly/NBC(LOS ANGELES) -- Taylor Swift’s bestie, Gigi Hadid, split from Joe Jonas earlier this month and it seems she’s already moved on to another pop star. According to Us Weekly, the model is now dating former One Direction member Zayn Malik.
"It’s a very new thing. They're just seeing where it goes," a source tells the mag.
The two were spotted getting cozy together at a party Sunday following Gigi’s appearance at the American Music Awards.
"I wouldn't call them boyfriend and girlfriend," another source says. "But seeing each other? Definitely. He's chuffed."
It’s an interesting pairing, considering Gigi’s pal Taylor used to date Zayn’s former band mate Harry Styles.
Trae Patton/NBC(NEW YORK) -- The top 11 artists on The Voice returned Monday night, hoping to earn the viewers' votes with their singing ability.
Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams all had artists take the stage during the two-hour show.
Team Adam's Shelby Brown was the first artist to enter the spotlight. She belted out Lady Gaga's "You and I." Blake called it his favorite performance of hers this season, citing the range she showed. Gwen encouraged Shelby to save her growl for special occasions. Adam said he is so proud of Shelby.
Evan McKeel of Team Pharrell played the Nat King Cole classic "Smile" on the guitar. Gwen said he let his voice shine. Pharrell thought Evan did a great job.
Team Blake's Barrett Baber was next up with “Delta Dawn” by Tanya Tucker. Gwen was impressed with the way he commanded the stage. Blake said Barrett "took us all to church."
Korin Bukowski of Team Gwen tackled Mandy Moore's "Only Hope." Pharrell praised her for being herself. Gwen said she's so happy that Korin has this moment to shine. She added that it was great that Korin was able to sing a song that meant something to her.
Team Adam's Amy Vachal took some advice from her coach before putting a folksy spin on the Taylor Swift hit "Blank Space." Pharrell encouraged people to download the performance on iTunes. Adam said more than any other artist in the competition Amy has triumphed in taking her own approach to songs.
Zach Seabaugh of Team Blake entertained with Thompson Square’s “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not?” Adam said Zach has the "chops" and can sing. Blake said Zach's vocals were "spot-on."
Madi Davis of Team Pharrell brought her dad to tears after delivering a haunting performance of Jack White’s version of the U2 song “Love is Blindness.” Adam declared, "I had no idea you had that in you." Blake called it the performance of the night. Pharrell stood up and said it was unbelievable.
Team Gwen's Braiden Sunshine took on Spandau Ballet's "True" -- a song released well before the teen was born. Blake said it was an odd song choice, but it fit Braiden. Pharrell liked the little "runs" that Braiden had in his performance. Gwen said it was so good and Braiden is so cute.
Team Adam's Jordan Smith sang the Jessie J tune "Who You Are." Pharrell said he could feel Jordan's "intention." Adam said Jordan is one of the best performers he knows because he keeps the audience mesmerized.
Emily Ann Roberts, 17, played The Judds’ “Why Not Me” for Team Blake. Blake said she's going to stick around in the music biz for a long time.
Jeffery Austin of Team Gwen closed the night with his take on Robyn's “Dancing on My Own.” Adam noted that Jeffery has a unique quality in his voice. Gwen said she was moved to tears, and that Jeffery is so gifted.
Also during the broadcast, Pharrell performed his song "Freedom."
NBC will air a new results show Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Lucasfilm(NEW YORK) -- We are about three weeks away from the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and back to help lead the rebellion is General Leia, no longer a princess.
The actress who embodies Leia, Carrie Fisher, recently spoke to Time magazine about how the character has changed in the 32 years since we've seen her.
"Oh, my God, she got so much older. I tried to stop her, but apparently that includes death so that didn’t seem like a good solution," she told Time. "Along with aging comes life experience, so in every way that is consistent with even being human Leia has changed."
But Fisher, 59, added that she and her character wear less makeup now, and that's on purpose.
"I’ve seen pictures of myself with makeup on and I look like those women who look like they’re wearing makeup so they can look young, and I don’t think that’s good," she said. "They have all these products now called — wait, what’s it called, it’s my favorite — youth suppressant, or age go away, they don’t work.
“I didn’t wear a lot of makeup to begin with and I was always -- you have to be very careful with that stuff. It really annoys me that I’m vain but, unfortunately, I haven’t been able to discard that tendency."
Fisher is also fine with Leia being the role for which she is remembered, and wasn't hesitant to come back to the Star Wars franchise.
"I’m a female and in Hollywood it’s difficult to get work after 30; maybe it’s getting to be 40 now. I long ago accepted that I am Princess Leia,” she added. “I have that as a large part of the association with my identity. There wasn’t a lot of hesitation.”
The Force Awakens will be released December 18 by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.
ABC/Adam Taylor(NEW YORK) -- Despite two consecutive weeks of earning perfect scores, Big Time Rush singer Carlos PenaVega was eliminated from ABC’s Dancing with the Stars Monday night during the first night of the season-21 grand finale, leaving conservationist Bindi Irwin, singer Nick Carter and U.S. National Army guardsman Alek Skarlatos to dance Tuesday for the Mirror Ball trophy.
The final four gave it their all during the first night of the two-part finale, performing two separate dances -- one of which was picked for them by the judges, and the other, the all-important freestyle.
PenaVega thanked his pro partner, Witney Carson, for helping him get this far in the competition.
“Well, first of all I thank God for this opportunity because it has been life-changing,” he told the show’s co-host, Tom Bergeron, when his fate was announced. “My marriage is so much stronger. I made some amazing friends....”
PenaVega also earned perfect scores after three rounds of dance in last week’s show.
Elimination is determined by judges’ votes combined with viewer scores based on the performance from the prior week’s performance.
The Mirror Ball winner will be announced Tuesday at the end of a two-hour show that starts at 9 p.m. ET.
Monday night’s show featured live performances by singers Meghan Trainor, Who Is Fancy and Ariana Grande.
Monday night’s top scorers: Bindi Irwin, Carlos PenaVega and Nick Carter each earned perfect scores for their two rounds of dance. PenaVega won kudos from the judges for having eliminated stars from this season – Paula Deen, Hayes Grier, and Alexa PenaVega (his wife) -- make cameos in his hip-hop-inspired freestyle. When Irwin finished her poignant contemporary freestyle that paid homage to her late father,Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin, there weren’t many dry eyes in the ballroom. And Nick Carter brought the audience on its feet and cheering with his group dance to “Larger Than Life,” his 1999 hit song with the Backstreet Boys.
Monday night’s standout moment: When Irwin’s freestyle ended, a photo of her with her father appeared on a large screen onstage. She appeared surprised and overcome, and she quickly hugged her pro partner, Derek Hough. Judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Julianne Hough (Derek’s sister) were both moved to tears by Irwin’s performance. Judge Bruno Tonioli told Irwin that she showed the power of dance. “You danced from the heart and you touched everybody’s souls...and that is a great achievement,” he said.
Peter Kramer/NBC(LOS ANGELES) -- Kim Kardashian isn't sure what to expect during her final month of pregnancy with her second child.
"I think the last month is just waiting," the reality star told E! News. "I didn't get to experience the last month last time. You know I delivered [North] almost six weeks early, so they say you gain your most weight at the end."
Having already gained 52 pounds, Kardashian said she can barely pick up North anymore. "She always wants me to pick her up and be with her and it's really hard to do a lot of the lifting and stuff like that, so that last month is not fun," Kardashian said.
And there's still plenty to do, like figure out a name for the son she is expecting with husband Kanye West.
"I don't have names, which is so crazy," she said. "We just started talking about it and that was the last thing for us last time. So I feel confident obviously that we'll figure it out."
Photo: Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO(NEW YORK) -- Spoiler Alert: So, HBO and Game of Thrones just trolled the entire Internet.
After last season's finale that appeared to show the death of Jon Snow, played by Kit Harington, there have been questions fielded by the medieval fantasy showrunners and actors alike about his status. Most have held steadfast that he is in fact dead.
But on Monday, Game of Thrones took off the gloves and put up a poster for season six, with guess who -- Jon Snow. No, this isn't a joke. "APRIL. #GoTSeason6 #GameofThrones," the caption on the official Facebook page read.
HBO had no further comment.
Well played by the network, but if it turns out, he is dead when April rolls around, there will be some angry Thrones fans.
ABC/Eric McCandless(NEW YORK) -- Modern Family actor Reid Ewing, 27, is opening up about his body dysmorphic disorder and the surgeries he's had in the past, which he said he now regrets.
In an op-ed for the Huffington Post, Ewing, who plays Dylan on the hit show, writes, "Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental illness in which a person obsesses over the way he or she looks. In my case, my looks were the only thing that mattered to me."
The actor made his first appointment with a plastic surgeon in 2008.
"I genuinely believed if I had one procedure I would suddenly look like Brad Pitt," he continued. "[The plastic surgeon] quickly determined that large cheek implants would address the issues I had with my face, and a few weeks later I was on the operating table. He spoke with me before I went under, but he wasn't the same empathetic person I met with during the consultation."
Ewing was 19 at the time of his first surgery. After the procedure, Ewing said he "woke up screaming my head off from pain" and had to wear a full facial mask.
"For the next two weeks, I stayed at a hotel doped up on hydrocodone. When the time came to take off the bandages, it was nothing like I had expected," he wrote. "My face was so impossibly swollen, there was no way I could make any excuse for it. After all the swelling finally went down, the results were horrendous. The lower half of my cheeks were as hollow as a corpse's, which, I know, is the opposite of what you'd expect, as they are called cheek implants."
With the doctor refusing to operate on Ewing again, the young actor stayed in isolation.
"When I went out, people on the street would stare at me, and when I visited my parents they thought I had contracted some illness," he added. "Unable to take this state of living, I began to seek out another doctor. The next one I found was even less qualified, but I didn't care; I just wanted out of my situation."
This doctor suggested a chin implant. "The same day he brought me into his back office and operated on me," he wrote.
But the surgeon had made a mistake and had to operate again to correct the implant.
"At this point I was 20 years old. For the next couple of years, I would get several more procedures with two other doctors. Each procedure would cause a new problem that I would have to fix with another procedure," he said. "At the beginning of 2012, all the isolation, secrecy, depression, and self-hate became too much to bear. I vowed I would never get cosmetic surgery again even though I was still deeply insecure about my looks."
Ewing said not one of the doctors he saw "had mental health screenings in place for their patients."
"My history with eating disorders and the cases of obsessive compulsive disorder in my family never came up. None of the doctors suggested I consult a psychologist for what was clearly a psychological issue rather than a cosmetic one," he wrote. "People with body dysmorphic disorder often become addicted to cosmetic surgery."
He said he wants to raise awareness of the disease so other people who are suffering can seek help.
"Before seeking to change your face, you should question whether it is your mind that needs fixing...I wish I could go back and undo all the surgeries. Now I can see that I was fine to begin with and didn't need the surgeries after all," he wrote.
Warner Bros.(NEW YORK) -- At 28 years old,Michael B. Jordan wasn’t even alive when the film Rocky took the box office by storm nearly four decades ago. But on Monday's Good Morning America, the actor said he binge-watched the original and the subsequent six films to prepare for his role in Creed, the seventh film in the series.
Jordan plays Adonis Creed, the boxer son of Apollo Creed -- the heavyweight boxing champion who was a rival, then friend, of Rocky Balboa in four Rocky films.
Jordan said thanks to his co-star, he didn't feel any pressure during the production of Creed. "I hadSylvester Stallone in my corner," said Jordan. "And he literally took the pressure off of me to not compete and not compare with anything that he did, you know, 40 years ago but to, you know, have your own legacy...and kind of do your own thing."
Even so, that was hard to do in one regard, said Jordan. "Physically I felt the pressure because they did such a great job back in the day, Carl Weathers [who played Apollo Creed] and Sly, they were cut to a tee. So me and my trainer, we really wanted to set the bar pretty high."
Jordan’s physical training resulted in a sculpted body that earned him a cover onMen’s Fitness magazine. The actor said he was "super proud" of the cover and his physique, and noted that achieving it took an "extreme diet change." He added: "I stripped down my diet completely. Grilled chicken, brown rice, broccoli and a lot of water. I worked out two to two three times a day, six days a week. And...if you do that consistently for about 10 months your body will change."
Back on screen, Jordan said Stallone was essential in helping him play the role. "He knows movie boxing better than anybody else," Jordan said of Stallone. "So if you have to sell a punch or telegraph this or telegraph that. So he really connected the dots between real boxing and on-screen boxing for me."
Dana Edelson/NBC(LONDON) -- Adele does a great impression of Adele.
With the help of BBC host Graham Norton, the "Hello" singer pranked Adele impersonators at what they believed to be an audition. She disguised herself with a fake nose and chin, among other things, called herself "Jenny," and tried to pass herself off as an impersonator, too.
It didn't take long, however, for the other impersonators to realize they were witnessing the real deal as soon as Jenny took the stage and began singing. By the end of Adele's performance, the others were singing along, and were thrilled to meet their idol afterward.
The prank was staged for the BBC special Adele at the BBC, which aired in the U.K. last Friday, the same day Adele's new album, 25, was released worldwide.
Warner Bros.(LOS ANGELES) -- Sylvester Stallone reprises his beloved character, Rocky Balboa, in Creed, the seventh film in the Rocky film franchise. Although the veteran actor stars in the film series, he didn't write this installment -- a first, as he wrote every film in the series he created.
Stallone explained on Monday's The Ellen DeGeneres Show why he tapped Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington to pen Creed. "Forty years has passed and what worked in my generation doesn't exactly work in this generation. Everything has just changed," he said.
The Oscar-nominated actor explained what moviegoers can expect from Creed, which centers on Michael B. Jordan playing Adonis Creed, the boxer son of Apollo Creed -- the heavyweight boxing champion who was a rival, then friend, of Balboa in four Rocky films.
"Apollo Creed had an illegitimate son. This perfect guy didn't always walk the walk. And now this kid is born, Michael B. Jordan, and he just feels alienated," Stallone explained on Ellen. "There's something; there's a hole in his heart and he seeks out the one person, who knew his father best."
Stallone said initially when Rocky is approached by Adonis, the two don't get along because Rocky is done with boxing. "I've sort of checked out," he added. "Everyone in my life has moved on and I'm just waiting. I'm biding time. I'm not afraid to move on but I just don't want to have any more relationships."
Eventually, Stallone said Adonis changes Rocky. "He comes in and we start to develop this bond and I realize he's the one that's keeping me alive and I'm trying to show him that life is worth living," he said.
Creed, also starring Phylicia Rashad, is out Wednesday.
Lloyd Bishop/NBC(LOS ANGELES) -- Congratulations are in order for actor and Broadway star Nathan Lane, who tied the knot with his longtime partner last week.
ABC News confirmed that Lane married his partner of 18 years, Devlin Elliot, at New York City Hall on Tuesday.
Lane, 59, and Elliot recently appeared on The View to discuss their new children's book, Naughty Mabel, and though they were not married at the time of the interview, the couple revealed that they already had matching rings, and admitted that when they did tie the knot, they wanted it to be a small and simple affair.


The restaurant industry is buzzing about automation. With labor costs expected to double and consumer demand for a seamless checkout experience, many restaurants are looking at technologies that can automate tasks in the front-of-house. But there are back-of-house processes that have yet to be fully automated. While auto-counting your inventory may be a thing someday, it’s not here yet.
So if you can’t automate the inventory management process, you can at least use tools that automate its more cumbersome aspects. Maximum labor output, higher levels of accuracy, and better accountability are possible with a system that automates certain tasks and enable manager productivity for on-the-job success.
After reading this eBook, you’ll know:
• The many inefficiencies generated by manual, spreadsheet-based counting methods.
• The innovations being made to inventory management technology.
• How modern, mobile inventory management tools will help your managers reduce costs and increase product
The increasing number of endpoints and the growing complexity of IT landscape brings in the need of having a unified method of managing IT. Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) gives organizations a simple, flexible way to manage and secure endpoints from an all-in-one single platform. With capabilities such as centralized discovery and management, automation and remote control, UEM equips enterprises to address complex problems encountered by IT in the current landscape.
Download this ebook to learn how to enable your IT teams to eliminate roadblocks and increase productivity and move forward on their way to the digital transformation of the enterprise.
Few salient points:
-The challenges faced by modern IT teams
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-Kaseya’s approach to UEM
Published By: Marketo
Published Date: Feb 11, 2019
Beyond the time-saving and efficiency benefits, marketing automation enables business processes that are essential to any modern marketing department. For B2B companies, this includes lead nurturing, lead scoring, and lead lifecycle management. For B2C companies, it includes cross-sell, up-sell, and customer loyalty. And for all companies, it includes marketing ROI analytics.
Nurture relationships with leads that aren't ready to buy. On average, only 20% of leads are sales-ready when they first come in. This means you need a disciplined process – known as lead nurturing – to develop qualified leads until they are sales-ready. Done well, nurturing can result in 50% more sales leads at 33% lower cost per lead.
Retain and extend customer relationships. The marketer's job is far from finished once someone becomes a customer. For most industries, the real value comes from retaining and deepening the customer relationship over time. This includes selling more of the same product to the cus
Limiting access to confidential client files is vital. But choosing the wrong document security solution can overwhelm your staff (and your IT department) and leave your data vulnerable. Learn five important features a security solution should offer.
Printers, scanners, mobile devices… It’s hard to imagine running a law office without them, but you should know they can expose your client data to theft or misuse. Learn why your office technology may not be as secure as you think.
Effective workload automation that provides complete management level visibility into real-time events impacting the delivery of IT services is needed by the data center more than ever before. The traditional job scheduling approach, with an uncoordinated set of tools that often requires reactive manual intervention to minimize service disruptions, is failing more than ever due to todays complex world of IT with its multiple platforms, applications and virtualized resources.
A recent survey of CIOs found that over 75% want to develop an overall information strategy in the next three years, yet over 85% are not close to implementing an enterprise-wide content management strategy. Meanwhile, data runs rampant, slows systems, and impacts performance. Hard-copy documents multiply, become damaged, or simply disappear.
There are success stories of businesses that have implemented Business Service Management (BSM) with well-documented, bottom-line results. What do these organizations know that their discouraged counterparts don't?
Published By: Cisco EMEA
Published Date: Nov 13, 2017
Cisco has recently unveiled its new intent-based networking strategy, called "The Network. Intuitive." The goal of intent-based networking is to allow greater levels of automation, security integration, and centralized manageability within a software subscription orientation. Intent-based networking is underpinned by Software-Defined Access (SDA), Cisco's automation engine built upon the company's Digital Network Architecture (DNA), which automates network segmentation, policy enforcement, and troubleshooting. Other core components of the announcement include a refresh of Cisco Catalyst switches, a new licensing model for infrastructure, and an all-in-one management console called DNA Center.
Intel's factories rely on thousands of PCs for manufacturing automation; keeping these PCs up and running can prevent expensive downtime. To manage these systems, Intel IT is using the Intel vPro platform's hardware- based feature, Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT), to help reduce production downtime caused by PC incidents by 87.5 percent.
This IDC Vendor Profile describes FinancialForce.com, a cloud applications company with financial management, ordering and billing, human capital management (HCM), professional services
automation (PSA), and supply chain management (SCM)
solutions built on the Salesforce1 platform and a 36-year heritage of building financial management solutions at UNIT4 (the former Agresso and CODA products). FinancialForce.com's accounting solution, launched in 2008 as CODA 2go, was the
first on - demand financial system built entirely on the
Salesforce1 Platform. Backed by Technology Crossover Ventures, Advent International, Salesforce Ventures, and UNIT4, FinancialForce.com's applications continue to be the leading finance and professional services solutions available as native Salesforce1 applications on the AppExchange.
Agencies have long provided telecommunications companies with scalability for collections in a high-growth industry. Today, with markets and business models changing, your collections agencies have a growing impact — for good or ill — on your success.
Today’s businesses are rapidly transforming to prepare for the changes taking place in the global economy. Companies of all sizes can benefit from tools that automate the deployment and ongoing maintenance of server environments. Put another way, in today’s digital economy, where users need access to intelligible data faster, IT organizations must employ tools that automate the delivery of IT as a Service (ITaaS).
Dell EMC’s Intelligent Automation simplifies the management and maintenance of its PowerEdge server hardware. Designed to drive down the cost and resources associated with server lifecycle management, Intelligent Automation relies on integrated Dell Remote Access Controller(iDRAC) and OpenManage server management software to deliver reliable and efficient automation to PowerEdge Servers.
Intel Inside®. New Possibilities Outside.
With new technologies, new opportunities often emerge, especially in business. The advent of innovations, such as social media and mobile devices, is changing the ways businesses interact with customers and the ways in which customers desire to be engaged. Opportunities arising from the benefits of salesforce automation, business intelligence (BI), and customer relationship management (CRM) applications are providing new levels of insight, helping businesses acquire customers more efficiently and retain those customers longer. As a direct result, organizations that invest in better understanding potential customers are likely to see higher returns than those organizations that possess a more limited understanding of their customer base. Seeking the competitive advantage resulting from improved customer focus, IT organizations have increased investment in business intelligence and analytics and the underlying infrastructure to support those applications.
Published By: ServiceNow
Published Date: Oct 02, 2015
Since 2007, ServiceNow has continued to experience impressive growth, in terms of both its traction in the market and the functionality offered by its IT service automation solution. Firmly established as one of the leaders in the IT service management (ITSM) space, ServiceNow has introduced Express – a new ITSM offering aimed specifically at the small-to-medium enterprise (SME) and mid-market.
Modern Marketing is Powered by Marketing Automation
Join thousands of marketing professionals who have already secured executive buy-in and are benefiting from the power of marketing automation. This guide offers a look into the mind of an exec: what keeps them up at night, how do they view the marketing department, and how can marketing automation address their concerns.
Use this guide to get a better understanding of what is Revenue Performance Management and the Two questions keeping your CEO awake at night. Also included are conversation starters you can have with your CEO and separate ones for CFOs and CIOs.
Published By: ServiceNow
Published Date: Oct 18, 2013
Three IT transformations can help IT get its own house in order to
become the proactive partner of the business. By applying these
concepts, IT departments at major enterprises are changing the
way they engage with their business peers.
Published By: ServiceNow
Published Date: Oct 18, 2013
To reach the customers of IT services, you have to abandon long-entrenched models of IT thinking & replace them with a customer-focused model that focuses on value, experience & context. Join the webinar to understand the issues internal customers face with IT, & see how IT can evolve from being the department of no to the department of now.
See how IT professionals in your industry are leveraging automation in the next generation data center. Download The Storage Automation Report to find out:
- 300 IT professionals' drivers behind storage automation and the benefits they've realized
- How the rise of the DevOps approach has fueled the need for automation at the storage layer
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Published By: Riverbed
Published Date: Jul 17, 2013
Your business is complex. Big data promises to manage this to make better decisions. But the technology services that run your business are also complex. Many are too complex to manage easily, causing delays and downtime. Forrester predicts this will worsen. To combat this onslaught, you need machines to analyze conditions to invoke automated actions. To perform adaptive automation, you need IT analytics, a disruption to your monitoring and management strategy. This report helps leaders prepare for IT analytics that turn big data efforts inward to manage the technology services that run your business. Register to get the full report.
Have you started moving to the cloud? Nearly 70 percent of organizations have at least one application living in the cloud already, and cloud adoption is growing fast. That's because organizations recognize the cloud is a great way to make IT more agile and helpful to the business.
Download Cloud-Scale Automation with Puppet, and learn how you can ease the transition to cloud, gaining the agility your organization needs without adding hours of management time or unnecessary risk. You really can use cloud infrastructure as easily as you use on-prem, and keep it as secure as on-prem, too.
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Finally, YouTube now allows you to Limit Ads that you Don’t like, and to be frank, I really like this new feature. Google ran a quiet update for its sensitive ads categories, and now it includes dating, Pregnancy/parenting, and weight-loss topics on top of alcohol and gambling.
What this means for users is that they would be able to limit the exposure that they get from YouTube ads based on the following topics. The purpose of these controls is to offer people the chance to keep them safe from possibly traumatic subjects.
YouTube Ads Control
If you are interested in these controls and you wish to turn them on, they can be found at the bottom of your Google account’s ad settings. You should find a “See Fewer” button next to the topic. Clicking them would enable the feature to filter out most of the ads. You still get to see them, just less often.
You are to note that the filter is in beta, and exclusive to YouTube videos and targeted ads from google the Google Ads program. This would not filter out Google search results. Google’s Ads Help Support page further clarifies how this filter functions. It would stop advertisers from showing you personalized ads, but it would not stop anything tangentially related.
Let’s say, you might see an ad for a restaurant chain where it shows people drinking beer or a couple on a date. While that ad shows “sensitive topics”, they happen to not be the main focus, so you would see them.
When it comes to why these topics, Karin Hennessy, Google’s Group product manager for privacy and trust, gave information and reason whey in a Washington post.
Hennessy stated these five categories were selected due to user surveys that were carried out by the company. Alcohol and gambling came out as the major two and “the very next four categories include pregnancy, parenting, dating and weight loss.”
Back in late 2020, alcohol and gambling filters were introduced back in late 2020 and have remained in beta since then. Google has expressed interest when it comes to improving these controls. However, it is yet to be known if these filters would ever make their way to search results.
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Well, this still holds the question as to why Google took the decision to do this in the first place considering its penchant for pushing targeted ads in the past. Well, Google was aware of this criticism and even started its 2020 Ad settings post talking about the transparency and control of users.


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The design of the women’s exclusive silhouette began by prioritizing the last, working diligently to achieve a tapered (but democratic) toe-box. The result was a shoe with beautiful proportion — a nod to both craft and utility.
A deconstructed translucent Nexkin upper (a vessel to show personality through sock choice), low collar and big lift combine to complete the modern look. The four dots on the heel represent the four disciplines that brought the shoe to life — a reminder of the power of collaboration.
The tooling is perhaps the shoe's true signature feature. The Dia's elegant stack height is derived from the team's established goal for the shoe: to highlight the Air unit in the biggest way possible.
With that wish came a ton of questions, including things like what the heel would have to look like, where it would affect the shoe’s design and how to make it look beautiful rather than bulky. It also called for more foam, resulting in more comfort.
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Respect is key to world peace, pope tells U.N.
Pontiff decries 'crisis' in global cooperation
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NEW YORK -- Making a plea for human rights, Pope Benedict XVI warned diplomats at the United Nations on Friday that international cooperation needed to solve urgent problems is "in crisis" because decisions rest in the hands of a few powerful nations.
The U.N. speech highlighted another active day on Benedict's first papal trip to the United States, one that also included the first visit by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church to an American synagogue.
In his U.N. address, Benedict said that respect for human rights, not violence, was the key to solving many of the world's problems.
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While he didn't identify the countries that have a stranglehold on global power, the German pope -- just the third pontiff to address the U.N. General Assembly -- addressed long-standing Vatican concerns about the struggle to achieve world peace and the development of the poorest regions.
On the one hand, he said, collective action by the international community is needed to solve the planet's greatest challenges. On the other, "we experience the obvious paradox of a multilateral consensus that continues to be in crisis because it is still subordinated to the decisions of a few."
The pope made no mention of the United States in his speech, though the Vatican did not support the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, which occurred despite the Bush administration's failure to gain Security Council approval for it. At other moments on his trip, Benedict has been overtly critical of the U.S., noting how opportunity and hope have not always been available to minorities.
The pope said questions of security, development and protection of the environment require international leaders to work together in good faith, particularly when dealing with Africa and other underdeveloped areas facing "the negative effects of globalization."
Benedict also insisted that the way to peace was by ensuring respect for the dignity of human beings. The pope said recognition of human rights favors "conversion of heart, which then leads to a commitment to resist violence, terrorism and war."
While Benedict, a former university professor and theologian, has spoken out less on global conflicts than his predecessor, John Paul II, he, too, lived through the Second World War. He was drafted into the German army at the war's end and later deserted.
After three days in Washington, the pope took an early morning flight to New York City.
His late-afternoon stop at the Park East Synagogue, a modern Orthodox congregation, was mostly symbolic -- a quick visit to offer greetings as Passover approaches, exchange gifts and signal the increasingly warm relations between Catholicism and Judaism.
The pope later delivered a speech to other Christian leaders during which he advocated holding the line on orthodoxy within denominations. Allowing individual congregations to interpret the Gospel undermines evangelism, he said.

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Hello everybody!! The Kickstarter for Uncanny Magazine Year 6: Raise the Roof, Raise the Rates! is now up and running and delighted to be hosting a guest post from incoming Managing Editor Chimedum Ohaegbu telling her story of being an Uncanny reader as a teen, then becoming an Intern, and then being mentored and becoming Managing Editor. Read the post, get your awwwws running then go support them because they are awesome!
If I’m remembering right, the first Uncanny original story I encountered was Brooke Bolander’s “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies”, which opens with:
“This is not the story of how he killed me, thank fuck.”
And with that I was off to the races because how could I not be, sprinting through that story and the rest of Issue 13. Then I delved back in at a walking pace, the better to savour the issue’s anger and determination. I needed both more than ever: in November 2016 I was eighteen, and a world which I’d known as unfair had become caperingly blatant about it. Issue 13 was my lucky one.
So that was the beginning.
I’m big on binge-watching, much prefer it to a weekly format. (Seven days is really long! This is why God rested after the 6th. That waiting exhausts you, that time crawls.)
Likewise with podcasts. I take breaks to let episodes pile until I can listen for hours. This was how I nearly missed the deadline for Uncanny’s editorial internship. I was rejoining the Uncanny podcast when I heard the announcement that it was the last day to apply.
Ah, I thought, so neat that I am my downfall!
After finishing my shift I calmly tore out of the library, applied all breathless, and luckily landed the job. Life lesson: stay caught up.
Some other things I learned initially:
- how to make a newsletter
- how to make a newsletter fun
- that seeing all the inner workings of your favourite magazine will only make it even more your favourite oh no how much of your heart will they lay claim to
- Twitter’s usefulness
- …for procrastination
- how to cheerlead online
The last’s important because as an (ex-?)shy person I’m a habitual lurker. With Uncanny, though, the pride the team took in what we published galvanized me into saying what I was thinking. This let me shine a spotlight on good work, inclusive work—strange things, quiet things, scary things, stories that finally loved me back—while hopefully bringing these tales to the attention of those who they’d also nourish. This was and is especially exciting to do with emerging writers.
The internship was meant to last until December of last year, and by summer I was brainstorming ways to get Uncanny to let me stay. (Brownies? I was pretty sure editorial types were into brownies. Youtube would explain the baking.) But in September thoughts of bribery were laid to rest by my promotion to assistant editor.
I’ve wanted to be an editor since I was sixteen, even though I still felt shaken by witnessing Gamergate and the Sad/Rabid Puppies—I was Black, female, in my mid-teens when it happened, and my name and culture marked me as Not the Kind of Black Person You See On North American TV even if I was a Black person in North America.
But I still wanted to edit speculative fiction. I liked the idea of helping authors push their work to dazzling heights. I liked the idea of sprinting (but, y’know, slowly) through a text and fine-tuning it to make the next reader want to run where I had, or walk here, or wheel there, or simply sit in the prose to know it. I liked, despite my fear, the idea of some neckbeard irritated by my power, and I loved, despite my fear, the idea of delighting someone like me by saying of their work: hey, this matters.
And all our publications matter so much to me—from heartrending essays like Dimas Ilaw’s “The Shape of the Darkness As It Overtakes Us”, to the environmental “Packing” by T. Kingfisher and Arkady Martine’s “Everyone’s World Is Ending All the Time”, to N.K. Jemisin’s time-bending “Henosis”, to multilayered prose poems like “Blue Flowers: Fragments” by Sofia Samatar, or the hopeful “drop some amens” by Brandon O’Brien.
Uncanny has let me apply my passion for these and many other works to my day-to-day life as its incoming Year 6 Managing Editor, alongside amazing previous/current teammates Caroline M. Yoachim, Steven Schapansky, and Erika Ensign, and new ones of astounding skill like incoming Assistant Editor Angel Cruz, Nonfiction Editor Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, and podcast reader Joy Piedmont, as well as our submissions editors. I’m thankful for the guidance I’ve received so far from the team, especially Co-Publishers & Co-Editors-in-Chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas and current Managing/Nonfiction Editor Michi Trota; appreciative of the community-built success of our Kickstarter so far and excited for its continued growth (still lots of time to support it!); and determined to do a lot of good and keep learning. High school me, only a few years removed from 21-year-old me, would be thrilled to bits—something she’d express shyly, sure, but with feeling.
Chimedum Ohaegbu attends the University of British Columbia in pursuit of hummingbirds and a dual degree in English literature and creative writing. She’s a recipient of both the full 2017 Tan Seagull Scholarship for Young Writers and a 2018 Katherine Brearley Arts Scholarship. She loves tisanes, insect facts but not insects, every single bird and magpies especially, and video game music. Her fondness of bad puns has miraculously not prevented her work from being published or forthcoming in Strange Horizons, The /t?mz/ Review, and The Capilano Review, among others. Find her on Twitter @chimedumohaegbu.
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French Interaction Designer Gael Jaffrezic
Gael Jaffrezic is a French Interaction Designer working for Yves Behar’s studio, fuseproject, in San Francisco. Jaffrezic works specifically on Tangible Interfaces, Industrial Design interactions and experiences — and is currently exploring Virtual and Mixed Reality. Gael has an Interaction Design bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from L’École de Design Nantes Atlantique, France. We sat down with Gael to discuss current trends in UX, and his experience working on the award-winning user experience of The Frame — the new lifestyle television display for Samsung.
What trends are you seeing in design/UX?
Interaction Design and UX are the fastest evolving practices in the design industry as they are mostly tied to the evolution of technology itself. I see two major trends in our industry that will generate many business opportunities in the next few years. First, Artificial intelligence: we can still design the path we want to take and how we want to use it in our daily work, and I see it as tool that can help us in technical aspect of our design process. I believe it will be the designer’s role to define how businesses will utilize AI to create human experiences. I also think that virtual, augmented and mixed reality will play a key role in our daily life and work.
What about your specific background helped inform your approach?
I was exposed to design early with my grandparents working in the field of art in Switzerland. During my childhood, I loved to mingle and participate in one way or another in exhibitions set by my grandfather, who was an art curator. Later I spent months every year in Switzerland painting and reading Swiss graphic design books, learning over time about the Bauhaus and Swiss design movements of the 20th century. I continue to draw inspiration from those memories, as you can see in my work for Samsung on The Frame.
My Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Interaction Design at L’École de Design de Nantes also helped me widen my vision as I worked for diverse companies In Paris, London, and now San Francisco.
What about your approach to design/UX is unique?
I try to prototype my ideas as early as possible in order to validate my concepts, and I continue to iterate ideas throughout the project. I think prototyping is a key part of bringing a meaningful product to market as the design itself will be forced to evolve through client feedback and consumer testing.
Additionally, in the field of Interaction and Experience Design, staying up to date with new tools is critical, and so I take time every month to learn new tools. The opportunity to design in new ways is inherently beneficial, and that’s not just limited to Interaction Design: I’m really interested in 3D modelisation and animation, and learning to create Virtual Reality experiences.
I also believe it is important to find inspirations outside of the design world; biomimicry is a key element for me, as nature holds so many patterns, colors and shapes that we can take advantage of.
The Frame is a new kind of display for the home — what was your process in defining this display and how people will experience it?
For The Frame, our approach at fuseproject was to explore the details of how people experience art both at home and in major museums and galleries. I also learned from local framing experts the proper way of defining the right medium and material to showcase art on the wall.
After outlining precise rules as to how we would display art on the TV, we worked with Samsung engineers to develop the right technology and form our defined user experience for The Frame’s ‘Art Mode.’
We tried to keep The Frame experience the closest to a physical frame you will have in your living room, using motion and light sensors to make the display react to user presence and automatically adjust its light levels/brightness. The ‘Art Mode’ interface is an important piece of the puzzle, as it recreates the feeling of viewing art displayed in a museum with its clean, white, gallery-like space.
What is exciting to you about The Frame?
The Frame was a real challenge because we were defining a completely new television experience.
I love that, at first, the concept seems so simple…but it is actually a complex puzzle with lots of details, from its physical form and how you mount it, to the user experience, and of course, the amazing artwork that brings it all to life.
I’m also excited that this is the first TV with sensors, both to adjust the backlighting, and motion sensors to turn the display off entirely when no one is present. It truly shows that technology in Interaction design practices can benefit greater product experience if used wisely.
What is your dream project and why?
I believe that our design capabilities as an industry, merged with smart usage of new technologies, can truly change our environment and make a positive impact on the future of our planet. Growing up on the west coast of France and spending years sailing and surfing, I feel a strong connection to the ocean and would love to find ways to help protect it. Yves Behar, the founder and Principle Designer of fuseproject, recently launched a sustainable bag made of recycled sails, used neoprene and climbing ropes; I see this as a great example of how we can design with our environmental impact in mind. I also admire Parley for the Ocean work and their growing partnership with Adidas in collecting and re-using ocean plastic for lifestyle products.
On the technology side, I’m currently exploring augmenting reality, virtual reality and mixed reality media, and how it can benefit our design process and create opportunities for designers. As I’m always looking for new technologies, I’m particularly looking forward to two major launches next year: Oculus Santa Cruz that will democratize 6DOF (Degree of Freedom) virtual reality experiences, and Magic Leap’s product that will bring mixed reality to the market.


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Since classes have been moved online and the whole world seems to have gone under lockdown, seniors have had to face the newfound reality of a virtual graduation. There will be no group pictures on Commencement Day; no personal handshake from University President Bollinger, Barnard President Sian Beilock, or college deans; and no last hugs with the people who defined your college experience.
But while there may be missed traditions, there are also so many ways you can spice up your big day at home. To get you started with your virtual graduation party planning, Spectrum has some ideas for you.
Make some Columbia-themed decorations
It’s time to put on your Pinterest cap and get creative. Set the mood for the big day by decorating your living space with some Columbia blue-colored balloons and banners. Alternatively, if you don’t have any blue-colored paper, you can make a banner out of any worksheets, old problem sets, tests, or blue books that you’ve kept throughout the years and have yet to throw out. We’re telling you: tearing those apart for your decorations is the right way to get closure.
If you can’t make some life-sized cardboard cutouts or masks of your school’s presidents and deans, then we recommend printing out their portraits and sticking them on some helium balloons because that’s the closest you’ll get to any of them while they make their speeches over livestream.
One last art and crafts activity you can try out is cap decorating. You can make it a contest between friends to see who can make the prettiest or funniest cap. Nothing says graduating college like a good crafting session full of glitter and sequins.
Celebrate with family (if you can) with a graduation parade
If you’re back home and have family members in town, you can organize a graduation car “parade.” Not only does that ensure you’re respecting any lockdown orders, but you also get to see family in real life instead of on a screen. Your neighbors might hate you for the honking and the screaming, but it’s a good way to simulate what would have been a larger audience on your Class Day. Make it even more realistic by blasting some classic graduation music from car speakers and walking along your grass, shaking your parents’ hands (or your favorite pet’s paw).
Get emotional on Zoom
Before tuning into Class Day, host a pregame on Zoom with all your friends. Make it as sentimental and mushy as possible because what’s a better day than graduation to reminisce about the last four years? Make sure you guys all change your Zoom backgrounds to your favorite place on campus or your favorite picture of you and your friends.
After taking your last final, you probably swore to yourself that you wouldn’t be writing any more essays or working on any presentations for the time being, but you can make your Zoom graduation pregame extra emotional by telling all your friends to prepare PowerPoint presentations of your highlights as a group throughout the years. You can have your own ceremony by handing out superlatives and awards to your friends.
Make your own virtual graduation drinking game
One advantage of a virtual graduation is that you could be doing whatever you want throughout the ceremony. Instead of having to sit still in your chair, trying not to move too much so you don’t crease any of your formal clothing, you can literally graduate in your pajamas with an abundance of alcohol to get you through it.
If you’re looking to make the ceremony a little more fun, create your own drinking game with your friends. We all know Commencement speakers can be a little cliché sometimes, so you can easily find some classic phrases that are bound to be in speeches and take a swig every time you hear them. Some good ones to be on the lookout for are the “unprecedented times” we are facing, the “brilliant youth” graduating today, or the “uncertain but bright future” you graduates are facing. If you want to be extra adventurous, take a shot whenever there’s a technical difficulty or glitch.
Spectrum hopes that whatever you decide to do, your graduation day is one you’ll remember and enjoy, despite the less-than-ideal circumstances. We congratulate all of you and will miss the class of 2020 on campus next year.


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Hi, how long does it take to line up and pass through the security screening before entering the Independence Hall? can I bring food and plastic water bottle inside the backpack? (( won't eat them during the tour, but want to know if we can bring food and water ), thanks.
We arrived right at 10:00. There was no line. Later in the day, the line was longer and appeared to be longer than 15 minutes. We carried water bottles in with us. I assume food in backpack would also be okay.
Where is the closest parking to independence hall?
Robert gave you the straight stuff. There are several close. I personally used the Autopark at Olde City garage. Do not believe you will find any free parking close by. However there is a SEPTA station close if you park elsewhere and come in by public transportation. Also, city tour buses (double decker commercial), start and stop at Independence NHP, so if you want to see more of the city with a "hop on, hop off" tour, you can include your visit in that.
Can you go into Independence Hall to see the Liberty Bell without participating in the tour? A couple of us just want to see the bell without doing the tour because our son has autism and it's too hard for him to go on a tour. Thanks!
Yes the Liberty Bell isn't inside Independence Hall; it's in a separate building across the street that doesn't cost or require tickets. The tour is of Independence Hall only.
Map is showing wrong location on the map, I am not allowed to post links but it's pointing to Coatesville, PA
Thanks, it's right in the city but if you see the map on the side, it shows Coatesville, PA if you browse the "browse nearby" when you are visiting Coatesville or the area. If you filter by attraction, it shows Liberty Bell in wrong location. How do we report this to TripAdvisor?
Reserved tickets online are sold out for the days I would like to visit. I see the Hall is open until 7, but tickets the last tickets are for 4pm. Do you need a ticket to tour after 4?
We couldn't get tickets for the tour either but we were still able to go round some of the premises and museum freely, this was late afternoon but i cannot recall the exact time - good luck
we are going on Sat April 14 to eastern state penitentiary than may swing by interdependence hall. would we be able to get tickets at that time? if no tickets what can ne done around there without tickets. How is parking?
To Eastern Penitentiary, you can by tickets there without problem and parking stays at the left side.(Adult tickets $16 and parking $8 per 2 Hours) Regarding Independence Hall, the tickets are free and distributed at visitor center on the opposite side of independence hall, however, it is distributed for specific time ahead. There is also public parking available.
Is reading terminal market within walking distance of independence hall?
Its a long walk. Subway or Uber is a better option. Parking near the Terminal Market is tight. At Terminal Market try the Bassetts Ice Cream-oldest ice cream stand in America and its really good.
How long might you spend here?
Between an one hour and two hours,Tours are shorter during the busy season it seems and they seem to spend a little longer with you during the off season .Dont forget there are some other buildings in the same complex to tour. One of the buildings is a self guided tour.Please dont forget Liberty Bell is right there to but the line to see it is quite long sometimes.Please don't forget to reserve your tickets online early ( 1.50 fee) they are free otherwise.
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So there was no landslide victory for Joe Biden after all. Once again, liberal media are in for a catharsis. The results are becoming a neck-and-neck race and mail-in ballots may even become the decisive factor. It’s the best and worst possible outcome for any democracy. The outcome of the 2020 US presidential election shows a deeply divided country.
A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows how a majority of Democrats and of Republican view each other: closed-minded, unpatriotic, and immoral. A minority also added: lazy and unintelligent. Several articles summarized these findings and claimed that both parties view each other as traitors (eg, the Conversation, Psychology Today).
During the 19th and 20th century, countries with a bipartisan political model outperformed countries with a multi-party system. Latter system is built on consensus decision-making, which will always slow down developments. However, a “winner takes all” model will create polarization and – at times – a tyranny of the majority (eg, court-packing).
The 21st century is showing a reversal of fortunes: the bipartisanship model results in a gridlock, while the multi-party system shows few signs of fatigue. My concept of Needs, Wants & Beliefs may be at the heart of this. Europe and USA are both in the (collective) Beliefs development stage of societies.
By definition, a consensus decision-making model requires a moderation of (ideological) Beliefs, while moderation in bipartisanship is viewed as a weakness. Hence, bipartisan Beliefs are bound to become more and more extreme, until they can no longer be bridged. Hence, my blog title: no matter who wins, America has already lost.
The failure of Politics as a Belief system will accelerate the changes in the (American) Power domain of the 7 Belief systems (2019) from its 2016 version. Hence, Politics and Religion are out, and Data-Info and Technology are new entries. The Belief system Money always chooses the Winner’s side in the Power domain of the 7 Belief systems.
These changes will not happen overnight but may take years or even decades. Nevertheless, America will probably be the first western nation that will start mirroring China’s Power domain: one-party dominance, Big Data, and Big Tech.
The Winner Takes It All (1980) by ABBA
The winner takes it all
The loser is standing small
Beside the victory
That’s her destiny
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The majority of commercial lavender farmers in the state of Michigan plant young propagules during the last week of May or the first two weeks of June, depending on the temperature and precipitation levels. Plants of lavender are typically spaced between 24 and 36 inches apart to ensure that there is sufficient circulation of air.
Is lavender perennial in Michigan?
Climates that are hot and dry, like those found in the Mediterranean, are where lavender’s natural habitat resides. But despite the difficult growth circumstances in the Midwest, this resilient little shrub is able to thrive there as well. Including this perennial flower in your garden will be easier with the aid of these recommendations.
Does lavender come back every year?
One of the Easiest-Care Perennials to Grow is Lavender It is an excellent investment since this lovely plant will continue to return to your garden on an annual basis for about three to five years.What is this, exactly?However, before you go out and buy any plants, I want to make sure you remember that you should always pick plants that are suited to the plant hardiness zone where you live.
What is the secret to growing lavender?
The Cultivation and Gathering of Lavender After it has become established, lavender thrives when it is neglected. If you plant your lavender in a sunny location with soil that drains well and is somewhat alkaline, make sure to prune it often to encourage ventilation and avoid overwatering it. Your lavender ought to develop into a lovely plant.
Where does lavender grow best?
It is recommended that lavenders be grown as annuals or in containers in the South due to the fact that they do not fare well in regions with excessive humidity.The West is ideal for growing lavenders (with the exception of Lavandula dentata and L.stoechas).
The majority are hardy in Zones 5 to 9, with the exception of Spanish Lavender (L.stoechas), which can only survive in Zones 7 to 9.
What do you do with lavender in the winter?
It is important to maintain a dry environment for the plant containers during the winter. This may be done by placing them in a cold greenhouse or in the rain shadow at the foot of a wall. This will help the plants become more tolerant of the cold weather.
Can I leave lavender outside in winter?
Because they are resistant to the cold, English lavenders may be left outside all winter long.Non-English lavenders will only make out through the winter in very warm locations; otherwise, they will need to be moved into containers and brought within for the season.To get your lavender ready for the colder months, prune it into a form that will better withstand the elements and remove any dead or diseased leaves.
How do you cover lavender for winter?
If you don’t get a good, reliable snow cover, cover the plant bases with a mulch that drains well, such as pea gravel, and/or cover the plant itself with a breathable fabric cover (like burlap or gardening blanket fabric), so that it is protected from wind and freezing temperatures. This will help the plant survive the winter.
What happens if you don’t prune lavender?
Lavender (Lavandula spp. and hybrids) plants that are grown for their longevity should have a yearly trimming performed on them. Without it, they develop a huge, lanky, woody base that is prone to splitting apart, which not only makes the plant look ugly but also shortens its lifespan.
Is lavender difficult to grow?
Growing lavender is a pleasurable hobby that requires little effort. Lavender may be planted on garden beds or in pots. In order to have optimal growth, lavender need soil that drains properly and lots of light. Lavender is most commonly planted as an annual plant in humid areas, despite the fact that it thrives as a perennial in dry climes.
Should lavender be cut back?
Each year, lavender bushes need to have their growth trimmed to prevent them from getting out of hand and taking over the entire garden.″Pruning lavender keeps it looking full, encourages new growth and flowering, and gives you lots of fresh tips to harvest throughout the season,″ says Amy Fedele, a home gardening expert and blogger at Pretty Purple Door.″Pruning lavender keeps it looking full, encourages new growth and flowering, and gives you lots of fresh tips to harvest throughout the season.″
How often should lavender be watered?
Instructions on How to Care for Lavender After planting, wait until the plants are established before watering more frequently than once or twice a week. The mature plants should be watered once or twice per week until the formation of buds, and thereafter once or twice per week until harvest. (Overwatering is typically indicated by leaves turning a yellowish color.)
Is lavender toxic to dogs?
Key Takeaways. There is a trace quantity of linalool in lavender, which is a substance that is harmful to both cats and dogs. Exposure to lavender in low doses is typically safe and may be beneficial for those suffering from anxiety, depression, and stress. It is possible to become poisoned by lavender, which might result in nausea, a loss of appetite, and other symptoms.
What month does lavender bloom?
Lavender Blooming Guides Flowering generally begins as early as May (in regions with moderate summers and winters), with another flush of blossoms in June followed by another flush of color in late summer or fall. Flowering normally continues until the end of the growing season.
Can lavender survive winter in pots?
While French and Spanish lavenders will not survive the winter outside in areas that suffer frost and will need to be taken within for protection during this time of year, English lavenders may be grown through the winter in containers and will withstand frost and cold weather.

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Pre-purchase question, if you only have three or four menu items or pages how will it line up three in the first column or one in each?
Thanks for your interest!
Each column will display three menu items so, in case you have four, the theme will display two columns having three and one menu items respectively.
is there custom css to change the grey border frame around the main content? to either remove it completely or use a different colour instead of grey.
background: rgb(158, 158, 158);
background: rgba(158, 158, 158, .12);
Just change the RGB value to another color.
In case you would like to customize other CSS, I would recommend using “Developer Tools” on Chrome or “Firebug” on Firefox to inspect the element on a page. Then you could see which CSS selector to adjust.
hi and thank you for your response.
Does this theme support RTL for Language like Hebrew?
Hi, thanks for your interest but, unfortunately, I have never tried with RTL language so I honestly have no idea on that.
What a great looking theme.. thanks to you and your team for this; it is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I am about to buy the theme but there is one thing holding me back.
In the Portfolio section, I really like how you can sort by type of photo (All/Fashion/Landscape/Portrait/Wedding). However, when you click on an image it goes to a separate page to display the images. Is it possible in Portfolio for you to click on an image and it responds just like in the Gallery section?
What I mean is, you click on an image in Portfolio (4 columns for example) and it opens the image right away in lightbox for the viewer and you can then scroll through the images that way on the portfolio page.
Or, vice versa, if you could have the sort by section at the top of Gallery, this would work as well!
Please let me know if this is possible and how easy it would be. I appreciate your time and look forward to downloading and playing around with this theme!
Thanks for your suggestion, Sean! I currently have no plan on this unfortunately but I would consider adding the feature in the future updates. At the moment, you would need to manually customize the theme code for that.
Thank you very much for the quick response! I’ve downloaded the theme now and am ready to start customizing it all.
Maybe when I get more into it and modifying the code to do what I mentioned I could send a support ticket for some help?
Keep up the great work!
Sure, I am always willing to help but, please also note that normally the support only covers the issue and/or the features of the default theme package. So I could only provide the guideline at some point for the customization case, not every detail.
Lastly, thanks so much for the purchase! Hope you like the theme!
Does the menu and headlines support danish letters Æ, Ø, and Å (æøå)
Thanks for your interest and yes, it does support the letters.
Is there a possibility to display the search box on other pages, too?
Yes, you can either add the “Search Box” element into pages or use the custom sidebar with search widget for the pages.
Many Thanks, Steve
You can find the portfolio slug in the ”/includes/post-types.php” file of the “UXbarn Portfolio” plugin. Please open the file and find this code:
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => __( 'portfolio', 'uxb_port' ), 'with_front' => false )
The same applies to the team slug (UXbarn Team plugin).
Thanks, that’s a great help.
You’re welcome! Glad I could help!
Hi, I really don’t get how to create the menù! Please, can someone tell me? Thanks
Please follow the installation steps provided in the documentation. You will get most posts/pages including the steps to create the menu.
For the gallery section, can I do a slider for my images?
Thanks for your interest but unfortunately there is no option for that. You would have to find and use the plugin for the gallery slider.
So I bought a slider plug in but I’m having a hard time using it on the theme. How would I go about using “RoyalSlider – Touch Content Slider for WordPress” as my gallery viewing, for the gallery pages? I’m a wedding photographer so I would need these galleries: Weddings, Engagement & Portraits. Thumbnail option doesn’t work for the way I like to display my photos. =)
Thanks for the purchase! Anyway, for how to use the plugin and the plugin support, you would have to contact the plugin author of RoyalSlider directly. You can find their page > here <.
You have used gorgeous fonts, they fit design well. Do chosen fonts support cyrillic characters?
Thanks! Personally, I have never used cyrillic characters but as I have tried putting the characters on the page, they are displaying well. Please see this screenshot: http://d.pr/i/kXic
So it should be fine with that.
So, It doesn’t support. JOSEFIN SLAB: Supported char. sets is only Latin On the screen title is Serif, not a JOSEFIN SLAB font…
Ah I see what you mean. That would be depending on the font itself really.
Hi mate, thanks for the cool theme.
The only thing I don’t like is that the site itself as a frame around it. Is there an option to make it full width without frame nor whitespace around it?
You would need to use custom CSS to remove the frame. Please try using this:
It will remove the frame and subtle shadow out of the area.
In case you would like to use custom CSS for other elements, I would recommend “Developer Tools” on Chrome or “Firebug” on Firefox to inspect the elements on the page. Then you can know which CSS selector to adjust.
Hi also have a pre purchase question.
Can I change so that the pictures in the portfolio has the same size?
Yes, you would just have to use the featured images that have the same proportion so the thumbnails will be displaying in the same size.
I’m looking into purchasing the Fineliner theme to create a portfolio. It looks really nice and doesn’t distract from the actual content. Does the template include a thumbnail slide?. In my case every project involves several slides, so when clicking it would be nice if all the images within the project are shown. Also, is there a maximum amount of images per gallery? Thanks in advance!
Did you mean the main portfolio slider that has the thumbnails below it? If so, the theme does not have the option for that unfortunately. The default one is what you see on the demo site.
Thank you for your response.
I think you understood right. A thumbnail slider below or beside the main slider, showing the images within the specific gallery. In that way a user is able to see what is coming next and can click to a specific slide/image within the gallery.
I was just wondering if it is an option that is available but not showing within the example.
Kind regards, LA
There is no thumbnail for the main portfolio slider but once you click on any of the slider image, you will see the lightbox mode with thumbnails right below it. Just to let you know but not sure whether this would possibly be what you want in your case.
HI, just bought the theme, like it a lot. However, could you please advise how to integrate the woocommerce plugin? I would appreciate if you could post a copy of the loop portion which should be replaced if this is the right way to do.
I would suggest to see WooCommerce documentation for the details on the integration: http://docs.woothemes.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/
Anyway, just to let you know that I am also developing WooCommerce support for the theme which will be included in the upcoming version.
Hi, just to let you know that the theme v1.1.0 now supports WooCommerce!
What is the font of the logo ?
The font is “Dancing Script”.
Hi there, this is a very nice theme:) Is there an option to have sidebars on the inside pages?
Let me clarify… what I meant to ask, is there a way to have a side navigational bar/sidebar menu? On the website I am planning, some of the pages need to have unique sidebar menus.
Sure, you can use the custom sidebar with the page and use “Custom Menu” widget to display the menu.
Hello, first of all congratulations for this theme.
I would like the menu tabs to the horizontal what should I do?
Did you mean the main menu in the header? If so, there is no option for that unfortunately. It would require custom coding and CSS adjustment.
Hey, just to let you know that the horizontal menu option is available in the latest version. After updating the theme, you can find the option in “Theme Options > General > Header Style”.
Just bought the theme…how can i make my pages like the demo…also can i edit the demos if there are any or do i have to create it from scratch?
sorry also i cant seem to see any posts/pages am i doing something wrong?
Hi, already responded to your ticket at http://uxbarn.ticksy.com/
I really like this theme, and i think it is perfect for my client.
The only problem is that the Layer Slider is too advanced for my client. He is not good at english, so he’ll find it to difficult to use.
Is it possible to change the Layer Slider to a more simple image slider?
Thanks for your interest. Actually the theme comes with both Default Slider and LayerSlider. The default one is simple to use. You can just add the slide, upload an image, enter some caption and done.
How do I change the height of the Home Slider?
Thanks for the purchase!
Please try using smaller height image then the slider should have the height as same as its contained images.
I’m working with your template for a friend. ( I can mail you his username / license code if you want too ).
I was wondering how to add meta info fields to a portfolio item. Currently there is Date, client categories and website. Can I add a new one. I already managed to do it in front-end. But cant seem to figure out where to do it for the back-end.
Thanks a lot. Cant wait for the WooCommerce version of the theme.
Never mind. Already found it.
To get more admin meta fields on portfolio, I edited /wp-content/plugins/uxbarn-portfolio/includes/meta-boxes by adding more options into the ‘function uxb_port_create_meta_info()’
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