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Let’s take a break from specific fandoms to talk about:

Platform Wars

In 2020, we’re all asking what’s next after Tumblr. This is nothing new. “Is thing X killing thing Y?” is a question fandom has been asking since long before Escapade. But these panels offer comfort and insight into our current fear of change.

They’re also fucking hilarious.

So, without further ado, here are some past Escapade panels on the subject of Change Is Scary:

1997 - Effects of the Internet on Fandom & Slash (On the upside: more fans, more conventions, more excitement and a 24-hour party. On the downside: are the connections more shallow? Are the changes made to "fandom as we knew it" change what we enjoy? Do print fans have something to fear? Or is this simple another wave?)

2000 - Less is More: Gluttony & the Decline of Quality in Fanfic

2004 - Amusing Ourselves to Death (Fannish Discourse in the the Age of the Internet By sheer quantity, has the quality of our conversation declined to predominantly static?)

2004 - LiveJournal, Boon or Bane? (Has the advent of LiveJournal brought about the demise of mailing lists? Has it splintered the venue for discussion to the point where it's impossible to have meaningful conversation? Is the LJ phenomenon just one big egotrip? Come join us to discuss these and other questions.)

2007 - Is F’locked the New Black (Is the flocked post the future of fan communication? Are we returning to the dark ages of closed lists, zines under the table, and "have to know someone"? More and more LJ posts are locked, communities are closed, and groups are invitation only. Is there a way to protect our RL selves (and our fannish selves), yet share our fannish commentary and fic? How does this all look to a newbie? Where is our new comfort zone? And how do we keep track of all of this?)

2008 - The Organization for Transformative Works (The Best Thing Since Ever, or the End Of Days? The OTW is an incorporated nonprofit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans in multiple ways, including by providing open-source archive software (and an archive), legal assistance, and various efforts to preserve the history of fanworks and fan culture.)

2011 - Delicious - Rumors of Death Greatly Exaggerated? (Delicious, fandom's favorite bookmarking site may be getting shut down (or at least sold out) by The Man. What to do?)

2016 - Fandom Is Fic: from BNF to TL;DR. (From paper through Usenet to Livejournal, text was king. On Tumblr, long text is an imposition—isn’t it? Has fic been dethroned from its place at the top of the heap and fic-writing BNFs along with it? Discuss the dirty little social dynamics of the shifting patterns of fannish value and how we define 'fandom' itself. And what of zines and zine eds?)

2017 - The Kids Are Not the Problem (In recent years, media fandom has grown enormously. It has also scattered, spreading out to new platforms and meeting spaces. You often hear talk about "the kids" vs. "the olds," Tumblr vs. LiveJournal, or the problem of recruiting and retaining new fans. In this panel, let’s try flipping that script. If kids are not the problem, how can we change and grow? What awesome things are other fans doing/trying that people at Escapade should know about? Most importantly, what strategies can we use to leave our fannish bubbles and more fully experience fandom in 2017?)

2019 - The fall of tumblr (Fans have always looked for a good place to build communities on line. Recent events with Tumblr and other platforms like Facebook are restricting our gathering places and even blocking and purging our self-made content. How are people dealing with this? Fandom will survive, but where? Come discuss the problems and options out there.)

And below the cut, a whole bunch more panels on platforms and change:

1991 - Quality Control in Zine Publication/Economics of Fandom (Who is making money in fandom? Should they be? How accountable are fans? Editors? Artists? Have you ever written an LOC?)

1993 - Supply and Demand in Fandom (Can we have too much of a good thing? How many cons or zine is too many? Are we glutting the market?)

1994 - Changing Nature of Fannish Communication (E-mail, and virtual zines, computer video editing and morphing -- all the new toys at our disposal...)

1996 - Internet—Will it eat your brain? Or take you to the poorhouse? (Nearly everyone has or can get access to a computer and thereby the Internet and the World Wide Web. What's out there for fans? What should you look for? What might you want to watch out for? How can you protect your pocketbook at the same time?)

1997 - Net Fiction & Print Fiction (Is the very existence of net fic changing the characteristics or reducing the quantity of print fic? Are there really stylistic and/or content differences? What makes some shows predominantly produce netfic, while others happily generate both? How do the barriers of access to each affect the fan community?)

1997 - History of Fan Socialization (Was fandom really different in the "old days"? Was there a feeling of community that we're missing now? Or is that just nostalgia clouding our memories? In today's net-connected fandom, what is (or should be) different? And what elements of the past should we try and retain?)

1998 - Professionals: Is the Circuit Dead? (Or has it just moved on-line? Is Pros fandom split on the subject of the internet? Many old circuit writers don't want anything to do with the new on-line library. They have objected to having their stories retyped an sent out, even on private e-mail. Has the paper circuit given way to the on-line library?)

1998 - Netfic Formatting A: How to Print It Prettily (An instructional panel, covering the basics of formatting, macros, and other time-saving tips to get the results you want.)

1998 - Privacy and Community: Pseudonyms, Screen Names and Face-to-Face Meetings (As more and more fandom is found online, how are we adapting to the anonymity that comes with it?)

1998 - Netfic Formatting B: From Word to Web, Making Shapely Net Slash (This panel is for everyone who wants to venture into the world of online slash, but gets nervous when faced with the myriad technical difficulties. Relax, it's easier than you think. We look at stylistic conventions, how to make your work newsgroup and e-mail friendly, and the dreaded subject header alphabet soup. We'll also cover some basic info on how to make a www archive site user friendly.)

1998 - Crossing the Line (An instructional panel on how to get what you want (more stories) in a world that may be unfamiliar to you (the web for print fans, and the insular world of zines for net fans).)

1999 - Does Print Fandom Have a Future? (In the age of instant, free net fic, is print fandom a dinosaur on its way to extinction, or a promise of reasonable quality in a sea of mediocrity? What are the key differences between zines and netfic, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Can the two coexist happily? )

2000 - Promoting Critique on Mailing Lists (How to promote critical discussion and attention to the mechanics of writing on email lists?)

2000 - Changing Power Dynamics in Fandom (With the decline of zine editors and growth of the Net, what's changed, and how does it affect us and our fanfic?)

2001 - Website Workshop 2 by the lady of shalott (Setting up and maintaining a fanfic archive, and in particular how to set up the Automated Archive software used by 852 Prospect and the Due South archives.) [NB: Yes, she went through a bunch of name versions before ‘astolat’.]

2002 - How to run a Fiction Archive (and Maintain Your Sanity)

2002 - Nobody Here But Us Sockpuppets (How multiple personality disorder takes on a whole new meaning in the world of mailing lists.)

2003 - Getting slash onto your PalmPilot for computer free reading

2003 - Recs Databases! Creation and Commiseration (Do you run a recs database and want to commiserate? Do you currently have a recs page and want to become database-driven? Want to talk about the relative merits of using PHP, MySQL, or Access to organize smut?)

2003 - How to Set Up and Maintain Fanfiction Archives (If you're thinking of running an archive, or already do and need some help, this is the panel for you. We'll cover everything from choosing a method of archiving, handling fandom growth, dealing with troublemakers, and just how much time, webspace and money are we talking, anyway? Come pick the archivists' brains.)

2003 - Has Escapade Run Its Course (Scuttlebut says: It's not like it used to be. My old friends don't come any more. My new friends can't get in. It's too big. It's too small. Oxnard, for god's sake? I'm getting sick and tired of the same shit year after year. Is Escapade old and tired? Does it need to be retired?)

2004 - HTML and Website Introduction (if you don't have a website and want to create one. where doyoustart'This will cover creating basic HTML pages and common webhosting options, as well as things to think about as you set iin vour first website.)

2005 - Where Have All The Good Conversations Gone? Rise & Fall of the Escapade Panel (Are people still interested in talking about the characters, plots, and themes of their shows? Has in-depth analysis of our fandoms been abandoned in favor of meta and fannish introspection? The forums for analytical discussion are disappearing as self-censorship and over-moderation increase. Can we change this? Do we want to?)

2005 - The Fannish Wiki (So we have the directorium, the directory of All Things Fannish. We visit it and it's just so cool, and we look for our fandom to see what it says... and it's not there! How to add it? What sort of info belongs there? How does a wiki work?)

2005 - I Was So Much Older Then, I'm Younger Than That Now (We've all heard about or lived through the tumultuous era when fandom moved online. But how has slash fandom, particularly slash fandom, changed since then? Are the changes the result of online fandom, or simply of a change in culture?)

2005 - Fanfic Archives (Setting up and administering fanfic archives: concepts, considerations, techniques.)

2006 - Putting your fic on the web (Basic skills for putting your fic on the web, including building your own very basic website, using LJ as a fic-site building tool, various options for labeling adult content, and using the standard upload interfaces for popular self-submit story archive software.)

2006 - Nifty Technology and the Future of Fandom (Fandom is quick to adapt to change and continues to bring fen together and to create fannish product. Fans have thrived regardless of how they communicate; via the post office, mailing lists, message boards, and Livejournal; they've pushed the frontiers of video and audio technology; and have managed to survive changes in copyright, pornography, and other laws. What are the upcoming trends and shiny new technologies on the horizon and how will fen use them to enhance fandom?)

2006 - Intermediate Webmastering (Designing your website for usability, options for restricting access to your website, making your stories easily accessed by mobile devices, and things to consider so fans can easily locale your site.)

2007 - Free Webtools and How to Take Fandom Advantage (Lots of free tools are available on the web to help the needy fan! Tools to edit pictures, make icons, write stories, share recommendations, share stories, and be fannish are becoming more available and more user friendly. Come chat about tools like del.icio.us, google docs, pxn8 audacity, itunes, the gimp, bittorrent, imeem, youtube and lll other things that you come and tell us about!)

2008 - E-book Readers (Sony PRS-505 or Amazon Kindle what's all the fuss about? Introduction to E-Ink and other mobile devices. What are the pros and cons of various devices? Where do you find e- books and fan fiction, and most importantly how do you get fan fiction formatted so you can read it on your ebook reader?)

2008 - If You Build It, Will They Come? (Roundtable on meta fannish infrastructure building strategies. bethbethbeth can talk about some of the specific challenges OTW is facing in its brave new fan territory, while oulangi can talk about why metafandom has flourished while very similar projects have failed, while we'll both discuss some of the challenges of the established meta/fannish structure of new communities, new fans, new technologies—and most of all, how do you keep the meta-fan conversation moving forward?)

2008 - Livejournal: Should Fans Take Their Business Elsewhere? (A discussion of the pros and cons of fannish communication on the various blogging entities.)

2008 - How to Find and Use Free Stuff on the Web (All kinds of free webapps are available for fic, art, icons, communication, and all sort of other fannish stuff. Come share favorite sites—we can bookmark everything we talk about on del.icio.us in real time!)

2009 - The Organization for Transformative Works (Off the ground and starting to soar! Come here about the latest developments in the OTW's projects and discuss where you'd like to see it go next.)

2010 - Is Somebody Taking Notes On This?: A Discussion of the Role of Fannish History (In honor of Escapade's 20th anniversary, let's talk about recording fannish history. What are the challenges? Is it worth doing? Can it be done in a fair way? What are we afraid of happening if we try? Is Fanlore the right vehicle for the project?)

2010 - The OTW in Its Third Year led by Elke Tanzer and Shoshanna (Okay, sure, the Organization for Transformative Works bought its own goddamn servers and hosted an archive (that hosted Yuletide) and published a journal (with a special issue on Supernatural) and saved a bunch of Geocities sites and testified at the DMCA hearings (supporting the FFF's proposed exemptions for vidders and other remix artists) and made a bunch of lolcats—but what have they done for us lately? [5] What do you want them to do?)

2010 - We Are All Naked (On The Internet Now) led by treewishes (Social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter are conspiring with Google and your ISP to out your slash pseudonym to your RL friends, and to tell all your slash buddies your real name. Is there any way to stop the wave of facial recognition software or your oh-so-helpful friends who type your birthday into the cloud? Or is all this an inevitable consequence of evolving technology? Come on in and let's talk conspiracy theories!)

2011 - Fanlore: Are BNFs Writing Our History?, led by Sandy H (Fanlore has an official policy of 'plural points of view', but is that really happening? Have you ever looked up a kerfluffle you were involved in, and seen how your side of the battle was portrayed.' And on the other side, are we afraid of conflict, to the point that Fanlore is bland and safe?)

2011 - OTW/AO3 Wish List Conversation, led by Sandy H (Do you feel like you don't know how to get your A03 or OTW wishlist through the bureaucracy? A03 is getting better all the time, but there's a ways to go. Let's brainstorm and turn a list over at the end of the panel.)

2011 - The Reccing Crew (Recommending a fanwork is deeply woven into our culture. Are there new social mores at work when we make public recs? How has the move from letters to mailing lists to Livejournal and Delicious affected reccing? Delicious was conceived as a bookmarking site, but often operates as a recs and comments site. If it goes away, what would replace it?)

2012 - Tumblr, Twitter, and Pinboard, Oh My (and GetGlue, too!) (In the past year, the ongoing fannish diaspora has picked up speed, as more fannish activity has moved away from LiveJournal and Dreamwidth, and onto sites like Tumblr and Twitter. And then there was the Delicious implosion. Now there's GetGlue, a social network specifically for entertainment. Let's talk about navigating these sites—their strengths and weaknesses, and how to use them.)

2012 - The Kids These Days (Ever wanted to tell someone to get offa your lawn? Strangle the next person who said that? Revive a dead fandom? Joined a fandom you were 20 years "too old" (or young!) for? Did you go from Usenet to mailing lists? From zines to livejournal? Are you eyeing Tumblr and Twitter with alarm? Let's talk about weathering changes in fandom with grace—or at least a little humor.)

2013 - Privacy, Secrecy, and the Fourth Wall (The fourth wall between fans and The Powers That Be is shrinking day by day. Are the technologies we're using changing fannish etiquette {from invite-only mailing lists, to friends-locked journals, to all public all the time tumblr)? Should we run for the hills or embrace the change? Discuss!)

2013 - The What With the Where Now?! (Every time you turn around fandom is playing on a new site that has new functionality, new ways of interacting and new lingo. Join us in surveying places like tumblr, twitter and getglue.)

2014 - Tumblr: Missing Missing E (So you've just gotten the hang of Livejournal when all of a sudden fandom has jumped shipped to this new "microblogging" platform called Tumblr. What is "microblogging" anyway, and where do you even start? Join us in this tutorial/discussion on creating an account, deciphering the culture, finding fandom, and making Tumblr work for you.)

2014 - Out Of Step With the World (You have no current fandom. You can't even get Tumblr to load. What do you do when you're feeling disconnected and alienated, but you don't want to leave fandom for good? If this sounds like you, come join us to figure out some strategies for rekindling the love, making new friends, and finding your place.)

2014 - Real Fannish Community (Has AO3 ended the era of real fannish community or has it ushered in a new era of increased connectedness? Is Tumblr better or worse than the old days (and were the old days livejournal? yahoo groups? APA snail mail zine groups?)? I'm hoping for equal parts 'get off my lawn' and 'the future's so bright I gotta wear shades' debate here.)

2015 - Tumblr 102: Into Darkness. You’re here, now what? Here we talk about etiquette and xkit and making the most of your fannish tumblr experience.

2017 - Home on the Web (LJ's Russian overlords have removed HTTPS support and are moving the server activity to Russia; some say a shutdown of US services is on the horizon. Yahoo fails to make money with Tumblr. Dreamwidth is slow, and doesn't have media hosting. Email lists are a hassle. Imzy, a startup, places branding aesthetics over design usability. Where's the next place for fandom, or should we reclaim one or more of the platforms from the past?)

2018 - How to Tumblr (Like it or not (often, mostly not), tumblr is where fandom is most active right now. How do you find anything? How do you have conversations? How do you archive the bits you like best? The good news: the answers are not, "you don't; you don't; you don't." Bad news: Those aren't actually good questions for being fannish on tumblr.)

2019 - Social Network of Our Own (SNO3?) (Between FOSTA/SESTA, Article 13, Facebook's new "don't mention that sex exists" policy, and the Tumblrpocalypse, is it time for our own fannish social site? Or are Dreamwidth and Pillowfort enough?)

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4. eLearning and Revenues

As per a report named ‘The Ambient Insight 2012-2017 Worldwide Mobile Learning Market – Executive Report‘, 42% of the surveyed companies stated that game-based mLearning led to increased revenues. The same report also said that “Mobile is absolutely critical, if not ‘the’ growth driver for the industry for the next several years.”

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eLearning has proven that it promotes increased employee engagement. In a report published by Molly Fletcher Company, “organisations can achieve an 18% boost in employee engagement” after employing game-based online training.

7. Competitive Edge

CertifyMe.net came up with data on the effect of eLearning in corporate training platform. According to this report, 72% of the participating organisations stated that eLearning had aided them in increasing their competitive edge by offering them the option to adapt to a swiftly changing market landscape.

8. Turnover Costs

Did you know that employees usually leave their companies due to the lack of development opportunities? However, The Business Impact of Next-Generation eLearning reported that revenue generated per employee is 26% higher for companies that offer online training.

9. Savings

As mentioned in point 3, the company saved approximately $200 million after adopting eLearning in the report published by IBM. Since online sessions ditch all additional expenses related to travel, hotel rentals, equipment, and instructors, organisations report massive savings in resources.

10. eLearning Statistics in Terms of the Environment

It’s surprising, but eLearning also benefits the environment. A study carried out by Britain’s Open University’s reported that creating and distributing online courses consumes around 90% less energy and produces 85% fewer CO2 emissions per student than traditional training.

11. Motivation Factors

E learning management system motivators for employees are individual learning pace (95%) and no travelling (84%) — KPMG. Of course, we already know that modern learners prefer to consume information at their own pace and place. And eLearning offers them this opportunity.

12. Frequency of Virtual Classes

As reported by Computer Weekly, Shell, one of the largest oil companies in the world, has used e-learning to reduce the cost of their priciest training programs by 90%, deliver more than 12,000 virtual lessons, and save over $200 million.

13. Compliance Training

eLearning is exceptionally efficient when it comes to compliance training. 82% of organisations conduct some of their compliance training online. And 28% of organisations conduct absolutely all of their compliance training online — Training Magazine.

14. eLearning Statistics and Content Library

Airbus, the world’s largest airliner manufacturer as of 2019, employs 100,000 staff members across 35 countries. Airbus managed to cut down training costs by millions of dollars by establishing an e-learning library with more than 6,900 pieces of content. In addition to cost savings, the change had a positive effect on employee engagement and satisfaction levels — Computer Weekly.

15. eLearning Statistics and Employee Loyalty

94% of employees say that they would be more willing to stay in those corporations that prioritise and invest in employee career development — LinkedIn.

Conclusion

In the age of the internet, you cannot be left behind. If you want to maintain an edge over your competitors, you need to embrace online training as your go-to model. As these statistics make it very clear, implementing an effective eLearning program like PlayAblo can be a vital tool in generating more significant business revenues and performance outcomes in your company.

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7 Little Changes That'll Make a Big Difference With Your Private Tennis Lessons

With the distinction of measurements of a court of tennis, the surface of court of tennis can alter in the character. Numerous surfaces have numerous characteristics which affect the model of the play. Typical surface areas for the courses of tennis external include yard, red clay, clay green, and the courses hard. Additionally, the courses of tennis frequently have tough or artificial surface areas of interior, carpet-like surfaces.

Courses of lawn tennis are considered a fast surface due to the fact that the ball moves quickly by the court when it rebounds. Typically, the ball stays low and close to the ground. Since the speed of the court and unreliability of the rebound, historically the gamers making use of courses of yard tennis prefer to draw a flight the ball out of the air as much as possible.

Never ever be prevented at sluggish development. The technique over some stroke you have worked over for weeks unsuccessfully will suddenly come to you when least anticipated. Tennis players are the product of effort. Very few are born geniuses at the game.

Tennis is a video game that pays you dividends all your life. A tennis racquet is a letter of introduction in any town. The brotherhood of the video game is universal, for none but a great sportsman can succeed in the game for any lengthy duration. Tennis offers relaxation, excitement, workout, and pure pleasure to the man who is tied set to his company till late afternoon. Age is not a downside. The tennis players of the world wrote a stunning page in the history of the World War. No branch of sport sent more guys to the colours from every nation worldwide than tennis, and these guys returned with splendor or paid the supreme sacrifice on the field of honour.

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One of the last things that you need to consider is your own individual schedule. If you are preparing another household trip at the same time then perhaps avoiding the summer season tennis camp is a sensible idea. Spending time with the family is a lot more essential than getting a few extra hours of tennis practice operated in. Take the time as a family to escape whatever and after that enable your kid to choose back up on classes when you return.

As soon as on the court you wish to hit the ball into your opponent's court till they can not return it (as you have actually probably guessed). Tennis Long Island Ny However to win a game you must score two points more. This makes for no such thing as a really close video game. Fortunately, picking up a racquet, a can of balls and a set of tennis shoes (those that don't leave marks on the concrete from the soles) are all you need to try it out.

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Numerous community apartment complexes set up tennis courts to draw in the ideal crowd. Any occupant that has the energy to play tennis will generally have a proactive lifestyle. Neighbors can spend lots of hours on the tennis court getting workout simply to keep fit. While they are busying themselves by finding out tennis, they will normally http://edition.cnn.com/search/?text=West Hamptoms Tennis Clinics stay out of difficulty and spread good cheer to name a few residents who live there.

Lastly, do not put excessive topspin on the ball when you play a ground stroke. If you can do all this then you will dramatically reduce your possibilities of a tennis elbow injury. For any of you who are considering taking up tennis, or are simply interested in the essentials of tennis, then you will find this an useful article.

There are numerous locations that are all readily available to play tennis and most cities have several choices that you can explore based upon your specific needs. Discovering an ideal place to play is frequently based upon where you live, the length of time you need to devote to playing and what kind of surface area you are looking for in terms of the court. There are lawn courts, clay, asphalt and even an indoor wood court. You need to decide which type you are most interested in before you clearly make a final decision, but having a number of options offered to you will make it a lot easier to discover a great tennis court that you can use.

Numerous country clubs offer several tennis courts for members. Golf and tennis in some cases work together and the majority of country clubs will offer numerous various tennis courts that you can utilize. One of the most significant benefits is this will enable you to play more often because you have a greater chance of finding an open court. However, the problem is that you typically will need to pay a subscription cost for the country club, which can run as much as numerous hundreds of dollars a month. Nonetheless, there is some good news, discovering a great and effective instructor at a country club is an almost warranty.

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Just how to Choose an Online Payment Solution

Exactly how to choose an Online Payment Service and also our choice

The payment supplier is selected based upon many different criteria. Several of these are the solution accessibility in the nation where your checking account is, prices of a purchase, monthly charges, the prices of integration, and whether it settles sales tax concerns or allows for integration with a few other popular payment solutions. A lot of these concerns should be responded to by You the customer. Stripe is our favored selection as it had exceptional API abilities. This article will certainly use Stripe as its payment cpu of selection. Alipay

Ideal Practices for payment suppliers

Retry if purchase did not been successful The transaction could fall short not just as a result of technological reasons yet in some cases inadequate funds might be the reason. You must retry processing the transaction between an hour to number of days later on.

Know when your CC will end Some of the card details will run out or their data will no longer stand for different reasons. When you do not have valid CC data charging the customer will not be feasible. The major card systems supply a service that allows you check if there are any kind of updates pending for the consumer information that you keep. Some of the on-line payment remedies will certainly also update card information for you. Red stripe will certainly do this for most of MasterCard, Discover, as well as Visa cards. Not just CC.

Be aware that in some parts of the world individuals are not willing to pay with their Charge card The most effective example of this is China when Alipay is the major payment resource. It is worth keeping in mind that not all customers more than happy handing out their card information so making use of a widely known payment approach assists to boost the completion price of potential deals. Red stripe also sustains Alipay for China as well as for Europe Giropay, iDEAL

We wish to have Alipay Often customers just want to use Alipay UK as they know with the brand name. Do not be stubborn - Stripe will certainly aid to optimize your revenue. Stripe and also Paypal are straight rivals there is no combination between them.

Best practices while utilizing the Red stripe payment procedure

PCI compliance with Stripe

Many users end up being PCI certified by filling out the Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) offered by the PCI Safety And Security Standards Council. The kind of SAQ depends upon how you collect card information. The easiest technique of PCI validation is SAQ A. The fastest means to end up being PCI compliant with Stripe is to see to it you get a prefilled SEQ A. If so Stripe will certainly load the SEQ A for you as well as will make it readily available for you to download to your account's conformity setups after the initial 20 or so purchases. The means to attain this is as adheres to:

- Utilize the Embedded form called Check out, Stripe.js as well as Aspects (it provides far better format modification then Check out). You can utilize react-stripe-elements which makes use of Stripe.js API or Stripe mobile SDK libraries. When you're using react-native select tipsi-stripe. ipsi-stripe bindings are not formally sustained by Stripe so assistance will not formally inform you that they get approved for prefilled SEQ-A compliance - but they do.

- If you are making use of web serve your settlements pages need to utilize HTTPS.

In all those instances information is firmly transmitted directly to Red stripe without it passing through your servers. When you choose the fastest means you will certainly not need to do anything more. It is as straightforward as this up until you reach 6 million transactions annually then you will have to fill up a Record on Compliance to verify your PCI conformity each year.

Plan for technological failing - Idempotency essential If you are utilizing API to take payments you should plan for a technical failing as all networks are unstable. If failing occurs wit is not constantly feasible to understand if a charge was made or otherwise. When it comes to a network failure you must retry the deal. The Idempotency secret is a prevention device against charging a customer two times. If somehow you sent the payment twice - which might take place due to retrying procedures after a failing. In Stripes node lib you just add it to alternatives specification while billing. Each Idempotency key will time out after 24 hours so afterwards time if you make a payment with the same Idempotency secret you will charge the client.

Stripe charges in cents not dollars On the internet payment options like PayPal charge in bucks as opposed to cents. However that in Stripes all charges are made in smallest currency system. This is not only the instance concerning bucks, Stripes does it for all currencies.

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Red stripe offers lots of card numbers for you to examine various circumstances on the frontend and also symbols so you can straight check your backend. For instance you can not only test Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club and also JCB Cards yet additionally worldwide cards and also 3D Secure Cards. Stripe additionally supplies you with tokens so you can evaluate failing circumstances like a cost being decreased, or a cost being obstructed due to the fact that its deceitful, an ended card, or a handling mistake. So you will be prepared for every little thing that can take place when you go live.

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Be descriptive as you can. Metadata is your good friend. You can improve your Red stripe purchase with custom-made information so you can after that see it in the dashboard. For example you can add points like consumer ID or the delivery ID in metadata so there is no reason to pollute your deal summary.

Should I accumulate extra information?

The bare minimum to gather from a CC is its number, CVV and also expiration day yet you can accumulate extra. You can additionally collect the postal code/ CC holder name/ address for Address Verification System (AVS). If you accumulate them it will raise Wechat Payment UK safety since the scams avoidance algorithms will certainly have much more information and will have the ability to react a lot more accurately. Nonetheless, from the individual point of view it's even more information to kind - which is not constantly excellent. Clients are just human and also occasionally make mistakes when going into data which can additionally cause some deals to be rejected. So you must select just how much data you need and also what will certainly function best for you and also your revenue. Similarly financial institutions will sometimes deny repayments with a 'do not recognize' standing and also you will certainly have to call your client so they can ask their financial institution regarding the reason (high level of current activity on a card, an absence of matching AVS info, a card being over its limit, or a variety of various other reasons which only the financial institution will certainly recognize).

If you are any kind of on-line supplier of service or products, a method for consumers to pay quickly and easily online is becoming increasingly more essential. Online payment options are abundantly offered, and offer consumers a far more streamlined as well as hassle-free internet purchasing experience. The complying with are several of the advantages to carrying out online payment remedies. These apply to small businesses and large ventures alike (though the substantial bulk of bigger companies do have on the internet payment services).

Reduce of Purchase

It only stands to factor: if a purchase is simpler as well as quicker to make, there is a greater possibility that a person will make it. When you contrast the amount of time and also problem it requires to write out a check, placed it in a stamped envelope, and send it with filling in a name as well as a couple of credit card digits and after that clicking submit, it is clear at to which the client will perceive as much easier. As well as, in fact they will certainly be right even in a measurable sense worrying the quantity of time invested. Hence from a standard sales standpoint, it makes sense to supply online payment alternatives UK.

Up-to-Date Appearance

Beyond the above, a site that uses on-line payment solutions shows up much more up-to-date and contemporary. Online payment is the standard now, the rule as opposed to the exemption. So it makes a site appear even more market mindful as well as technically updated. This can aid to strengthen the sight for the customer that the website is legit, present, and also customer-oriented.

Simpler to Track and Organize

It is less complicated to track as well as arrange sales that are made online. The software program that processes these payments may additionally include analysis and also organizational components that are very handy in both evaluation of the sales performance of the website and also publication maintaining. And also excellent analysis and organization of supplier information is constantly handy for optimizing as well as streamlining a business.

Conserves Time and also Resources

These online payment services UK conserve the moment and sources of a company. Some examples are their capability to immediately handle repeating payments, produce billings automatically, as well as act as user interfaces for customer questions and complaints. The sheer workforce conserved right here alone is factor to institute these services.

Movement

These repayments can be received anywhere internet gain access to is available. This significantly frees up time and also permits higher flexibility both of business employees and also customers. When a customer can buy anywhere they can utilize their laptop computer, and also a firm can similarly receive those repayments basically anywhere and also anytime, the window for making purchases is a lot higher. This is all thanks to the raised availability/mobility.

A relatively current growth in this area is what is known as mobile payment. This is a growing network that enables people to Wechat Pay for goods or solutions making use of just mobile phones. Once again, what is occurring here is that payment is ending up being also easier to make in a variety of different circumstances and areas.

As you can see, applying an on-line payment option E14 5NR for your organisation makes sense on various levels. If you anticipate to have any type of significant online sales presence, allowing customers to make on line settlements is basically a requirement. Discover a great solution that matches your company needs and also you'll be ready to go.

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Tips on How to Raise a Pig for Meat

By Todd Quinn – I never thought I would raise my own pig, but as Thomas Jefferson once said, “I am an old man, but a new gardener.” Well, I am only 35, but I am a new pig farmer. Here is what I learned about how to raise a pig for meat in the summer of 2001.

How to Raise a Pig for Meat

There are lots of reasons to raise a pig or two in your backyard. It seems like every day we hear stories in the news media about the potential health risks posed by the routine use of antibiotics in animal feeds. Diseases like “mad cow” and foot-and-mouth outbreaks raise further concerns about the safety of commercially raised meat, and prompt questions about the wisdom of large-scale livestock farm practices. By raising your own pig, you can decide how it is fed, what kind of drugs it is given (if any), and how the animal is slaughtered and butchered. Learn more about how to butcher a pig.

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When we decided to learn how to raise a pig for meat on our New Hampshire homestead, we had never raised any kind of animals for food before. Inspired by a neighbor who purchased two piglets, I furiously read and researched all the information I could find on small-scale swine farming. It was a steep learning curve, but within a couple of weeks, we were raising a pig of our own. We were fortunate that our local public library had a copy of COUNTRYSIDE‘S own Jerome Belanger’s excellent book, Raising the Homestead Hog. (Ed. note: This book is out of print; however you may find a copy at used book stores or online auction sites.) It was an indispensable resource, and I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy before you take the plunge.

Can You Do the Big “S”?

If you are new to raising animals for food, like we were, the first big question you should answer is whether you can bring yourself to go through with the slaughter. Do not tell yourself that you think you can do it, or even that you will be able to talk yourself into doing it. From the outset, you must regard the pig and the entire enterprise for what it is, a food-growing operation.

Believe me, raising pigs is fun, and they are intelligent and entertaining – but your animal is not a pet. It is easy to get attached to it when it is a cute little piglet. You and your family may even be attached to the animal when it weighs 200 pounds. But remember, you are raising pigs for meat. No one will be happy if you do not slaughter your pig when it is time, letting it grow to weigh 500 pounds or more and becoming a major consumer of your cash and time. An animal that large is also that much harder to contain, and could pose a safety risk to your family and others. And, by the time your pig gets to that size, it is of no real value to you or anyone else as a food source. The optimum slaughter weight for your pig is 200 to 250 pounds. Anything more than that, and you are putting too much money and too much feed into adding fat, not meat. Remember, one of the reasons you may have decided to raise a pig was to save money and grow healthier food!

I cannot count the number of times people told me that I would never be able to slaughter the pig. For every person who told me that, another would tell me about how their family once raised and slaughtered a pig, only to discover that no one could eat the pig when it ended up on the plate. But my wife and I had no doubts in our mind that we had no interest in caring for a 500-pound pet! We knew that it would not be easy to slaughter the pig, but keeping it would not be an option. Come fall, the pig would be going to the freezer.

I do not want to belabor the point, but it is important. To all those who asked how we could kill an animal that we raised and obviously cared for, I would usually ask whether they were vegetarians. If not, I pointed out to them that one way or the other, they were causing the same thing to happen to animals every time they purchased meat. Then the question I would pose to them would be this: wouldn’t you rather know how your meat is raised, what kind of conditions the animal lived in, what it ate, and whether it was slaughtered in a humane fashion, without suffering? Buying meat in a store may be easier because you can pretend not to know what really happens on factory farms and in commercial slaughterhouses, but it sure isn’t easier on the animal. My wife and I know that for the time our pig was on the earth, it lived in a veritable pig paradise, especially compared to the animals raised on factory farms. Think about that the next time you have a piece of bacon, or buy ham from the deli.

One, Two, Three…?

How many piglets should you buy? This is an important consideration when contemplating how to raise a pig for meat. If it is your first try, I would not buy more than two. Despite what everyone will tell you (even people who know no more about raising pigs than you do), you can raise just one pig. It is better to raise one pig well than to try and fail to raise two. It stands to reason that two pigs will take more time, money, and effort on your part. However, if you do raise only one, do not leave it isolated from people and other animals. I think the reason that our pig never seemed lonely was that we spent a great deal of time in our backyard, playing with our son, working in the garden, and just enjoying the outdoors. After she got used to us, our pig was always happy to see us and happily accepted pats on the head and treats.

Another issue that should guide your choice of how many animals to raise is the manure. It is an obvious point, but it must be said: two pigs produce twice as much manure as one pig. However, many animals you buy, you need to have a plan to deal with the waste. One consolation: pigs really are naturally clean animals. Our pig would defecate and urinate in only one place in the pen. Because we had just one pig, it was a quick job for me to scoop the manure each day and put it in a large compost bin. Occasionally, I would really muck out the pen and put in fresh soil. That greatly reduced the problem of manure odors, except in the hottest of weather and only in close proximity to the pen.

Where you find a piglet or two will depend on where you live. In New Hampshire, the state Department of Agriculture publishes a weekly market bulletin that contains free classified ads listing all things agricultural for sale, including livestock. Another idea is to check with your state department of agriculture, county extension office, and farm supply stores for information on farms and breeders in your area. Also, check to see if your state has a pork producers association; if so, you should have no trouble finding a breeder eager to sell you as many animals as you need.

Although I had read up on the various breeds of swine, and their various advantages and disadvantages, I just wanted a good pig. And as luck would have it, that is what we found. As near as I could tell, our pig was a Tamworth cross. It cost $65 and was six weeks old to the day when I picked it up. Since I did not have a large pet carrier or a cage to put the pig in, I simply spread a tarp in the back of our SUV and put the pig inside. It worked out okay for me, but you might want to take into consideration other possible ways to transport your animal.

Containment

Success or failure in your new pig-raising enterprise may hinge on one of your earliest decisions, about where and how to contain your pig. My advice is this: build the pen strong, and build it as if it needed to keep a mouse contained. Piglets are escape artists (as I learned), and you will not enjoy pig raising if you are constantly having to catch escaped animals. So do it right the first time. Read all you can about pens and fencing in books and on the internet. Again, your choices have to factor in how much fencing will cost. But a shoddy fence could end up costing you a piglet or two, with nothing to show for it.

I have to admit, my first foray into building a pig pen turned out to be a learning experience. That is a nice way of saying the piglet got out! Not once, but twice on the day, we brought it home. But after two frantic pig chases through the underbrush and not a few scrapes and scratches, I had learned what I did wrong.

Initially, I built a pen out of posts and rails from small trees that I cut down on our property. It was woefully piglet-porous. I had planned to copy a neighbor’s example and use an electric fence as a cost effective way to fence in a large area for our pig. But with a toddler in the household, I wanted to have at least part of the area surrounded by a conventional fence. So I constructed a pen near our garden and compost pile, of approximately 8′ x 12′. The location made it relatively unobtrusive, and there was plenty of shade, a necessity for pigs especially during the hot summer months. On three sides, the pen was made of rough posts and rails. The back wall was open to a wooded area surrounded by electric fence.

No sooner had I placed the pig in the pen than she made a beeline for the woods. When she reached the wire, almost without pausing she scooted under the bottom strand and out into the great beyond! After about a half hour, with the help of my wife, I managed to catch the piglet and put her back in the SUV’s cargo area. Then I quickly improvised a fence from posts and welded wire fencing to enclose the open side of the pen.

Once again, I placed the piglet in the pen. She headed right for her earlier exit, and after about a minute’s investigation and probing, she managed to root under the fence wire and make another run for it. After another chase and more reinforcing, I set out for the nearest home supply store (a half hour away). Returning at dusk with a roll of welded wire fence, I worked furiously by the dying light of a flashlight to fashion a stronger pen, one that proved to be enough to hold our pig. But I would say that the wire fence alone would not have been enough, without the rigid post-and-rail fence that I had originally constructed to support it.

After about a month, when our pig was very tame and welcomed our company (not to mention a good ear scratching, yogurt, and other treats), I re-strung the electric fence wire, adding another strand as close to the ground as possible below the two other strands that I had already strung. Then I reopened the back of the pen and held my breath. For the first week, the pig never left the original pen area! Free to explore a much wider zone, she chose to stay in the secure environment of her pen. When she did eventually venture out into the wooded area, it only took a couple of shocks from the fence for her to learn the new boundaries of her home. Each time she received a shock, she would run back to the smaller pen. That told me that even if she did manage to escape, she would not go far. She would eventually escape one more time, when I mistakenly left the electric fence off (on September 11 of all days), but a neighbor and a passing motorist managed to lead her back to the pen.

If you have enough space, you might also want to look into the benefit of raising pigs on pasture.

Shelter

What kind of shelter will you provide? If you get your pig in the spring and slaughter it in the fall, you probably do not need an elaborate shelter. In the early months, our piglet found shelter in a heavy-duty plastic doghouse, extra-large size. Why a doghouse? Because we had one already, and it did not cost us anything to let the pig use it for a while.

Later, when it outgrew the doghouse, the pig took shelter in a simple lean-to which I constructed out of scrap lumber and a heavy duty plastic tarp. Make sure that it is sturdy, though, because pigs love to rub against anything that can be used as a scratching post, including shelters and fence posts. But when it comes to shelters for your pig, you have many options, and you can find an endless number of designs for shelters and sheds in books and on the Internet. Just remember that the more elaborate the shelter, the greater the cost. That cuts into your bottom line if part of your motivation for raising a pig is to save money on food.

Pigs need shelter from the sun and relief from the heat. Even in New Hampshire, the summer months can get very hot. The design of our pen area, with most of it in the woods, ensured that our pig could find refuge during the sunniest hours of the day. We would also wet an area of the pen using the garden hose, providing a mud wallow for the pig, something she clearly appreciated.

Daily Needs

Pigs need lots of clean, fresh water. As we discovered, pigs will step in buckets and troughs, with the mud and manure on their hooves soiling the water. Following their rooting instincts, they will get their noses under a newly-filled pail or trough and up-end it in seconds. It can be frustrating, but you need to keep the water source filled. Some people use nipple waterers, but that requires piping or hosing; that might be more elaborate than what you really need. We found that a heavy-duty, flat-backed water bucket with mounting brackets (purchased at a local feed store) worked well, and could be easily attached to the side of the pen to cut down on spillage.

The basic food for pigs is grain. In some areas, it may be more cost effective to provide corn (as opposed to other grains) as the dietary staple. But I found that I had less waste with grain and that our pig preferred grain to corn.

In choosing grain for your pig, you have two basic choices: pellets or mash. I preferred pellets, again because I found less waste and that our pig seemed to prefer the pellets. No matter what you settle on, many people raising their own pig will be doing so because they want healthy, naturally-raised meat. That was our primary reason for venturing into pig farming. We wanted to raise our own meat, ensuring humane treatment for the animal and food reasonably free from antibiotics, pesticides, and genetic engineering.

If that is important to you, you may wish to consider raising your pig on organic feed. We decided not to go that route, mainly because of the cost factor involved. In our area, we found that the cost of organic grain was approximately twice that of non-organic feed. We did manage to find, without any difficulty, swine feed that was produced without added hormones, antibiotics, or animal products. For us, that was a good alternative to organic feed.

Part of the experience of raising a pig for the first time is watching and learning. With no previous experience, I had to learn on the job. So each day, I would observe and track how much our pig ate, and how much was left uneaten. Then I adjusted the amount of grain I fed the pig. If the pig ran out of food at any time during the day, I would give it more grain. My goal was to ensure that our pig always had grain available when it wanted it, but not so much that grain was spilled, fouled, or spoiled by rain. After I got a feel for the optimum amount of daily feed, waste of grain was virtually eliminated. Obviously, the amount of feed is never static, since it will always increase as your pig grows. But your goal should be to feed the right amount and no more. Again, as with your waterer, the food trough should be secured in such a way that the pig will not be able to tip it over.

You might be asking yourself: What can pigs eat? When it comes to feeding your pig, be creative. In addition to the staple feed of grain, our pig had a wide range of food on a daily basis. After a few weeks, when we released our pig into a larger area surrounded by electric fence, she was able to root and forage. Providing enough space so that your pig can do what it does best – root for food – will help ensure the animal’s health and happiness.

We also fed our pig our vegetable table scraps, garden scraps, lawn trimmings and nontoxic weeds and grasses. A favorite treat was apples, old bananas, and generally any kind of fruit. We did not feed our pig any meat products, although she did enjoy egg shells, cheese, and her most favorite food of all – yogurt!

Yes, yogurt. And this is where creativity can really pay off in raising the backyard pig. We are fortunate to live near a major yogurt manufacturer, one that also happens to produce organic and all-natural varieties. Not long after we purchased our pig, I happened to read in our state market bulletin that the plant gives away buckets of yogurt byproduct for animal feed. This product is not intended for human consumption, but by all appearances, it is indistinguishable from yogurt, at least to a layman like myself. Once a month, my wife would stop by the yogurt factory and pick up sixty one-quart containers of yogurt, which would go into our chest freezer.

Then, every few days, I would thaw out 10 to 12 quarts in our refrigerator. The pig would get two quarts of yogurt each day, one in the morning and one at night. It was such a favorite of our pig that she would begin squealing and grunting loudly whenever I appeared in the backyard at feeding time, and believe me, a quart would disappear in about three minutes flat!

Once upon a time, pigs roamed free and were allowed to forage for food on their own. Acorns, beechnuts and other kinds of “mast” were a major food source. Fortuitously, friends of ours have a yard ringed with beautiful oak trees. In fall, those oaks drop thousands of acorns on their driveway, patio, and lawn. They were more than happy to fill a shopping bag for us on a regular basis, and these went to the pig – who delighted in eating them by the handful!

Another idea is to pursue networking opportunities, especially for cooperative purchasing. It was not until after we had slaughtered our pig that I learned that one of the local feed companies offers a bulk discount on feed, giving 100 pounds of grain free for every 500 pounds purchased.

While that is quite a bit to have on hand for one or even two pigs, especially early on in the growing season, you might be able to take advantage of the opportunity by pooling with other pig farmers.

I would stay away from feeding your pig restaurant waste or garbage, especially since it is likely to contain meat products that could pose health risks to your animal and your family. Your state probably has strict rules about how such matter must be treated before it can be fed to animals, for very good reasons. One of the leading theories about how the recent foot and mouth epidemic in Britain started is that pigs may have contracted the disease from eating garbage from a restaurant that contained illegally imported, infected pork.

Slaughtering

One mistake that I made was that I did not have a clear plan in mind for how we would slaughter our pig. As the summer wore on, I kept telling myself that I had to find someone soon. Finally, I started asking around at feed stores. I found people who do the meat cutting but could not find anyone who actually slaughters animals. I did find that I could send our pig to the one USDA-certified slaughterhouse in our state for a reasonable price, but I hedged on that one. I wanted to find another option.

After discussing the problem with my pig-raising neighbor, I learned the name and address of a fellow in the next town who does meat cutting, mainly for hunters. My neighbor also told me that he was planning to slaughter his two pigs himself, and offered to give me a hand with mine. Understanding that it probably would not be a very pleasant experience for me, I also realized that slaughtering the pig at home would be more humane for the pig. So I took my neighbor up on his offer. We would slaughter the pig at home.

If you transport the pig to a slaughterhouse, then you can have your pig slaughtered any time. But if you want to do it yourself, at home, you need to do the deed when the weather is cool. The optimal temperature is around 40 to 50 degrees – cold, but not so cold that the meat will freeze, because you will need to hang the carcass for at least twenty-four hours, to ensure that all residual body heat has dissipated.

After making arrangements with the meat cutter, we set the date for slaughter. On an afternoon in early October, my neighbor and I slaughtered our pig. The actual killing was quick and humane, and the pig met its end on the land on which it was raised. Within the space of two hours, the pig was skinned, gutted, and cut in half. After hanging the two sides in our shed overnight, I was off to the meat cutter. The hams, bacon, and shoulders went to a nearby smokehouse and were ready in about 10 days.

But How Does It Taste?

The meat from our pig is wonderful. Before we learned how to raise a pig for meat, we tended to eat beef and chicken. But our own pork is better than any meat, of any kind, that we have ever eaten. Even though our pig was a little larger than the optimal weight, the meat tends to be on the lean side. The range of cuts-ham, tenderloin, chops, roasts, and bacon -ensures that we do not get tired of eating pork. I would say that we are actually eating less meat since we have virtually stopped buying chicken and beef from the store. The versatility of pork also ensures that there are almost countless ways to prepare it.

We have also enjoyed sharing meat from our pig with family and friends. Some of the people who thought we were crazy for raising our own pig have been the most enthusiastic about the meat that we have given to them. One friend even wants me to raise a pig for him next year!

So, looking back I can say without reservation that raising a pig in our backyard was a great experience. It went remarkably well, and we were tremendously satisfied with the end product. I have spent the cold winter months dreaming about my plans for next summer. Give it a few thoughts yourself, and you might find that raising a backyard pig is the right choice for you, too.

Originally published in Countryside May / June 2002 and regularly vetted for accuracy.

Tips on How to Raise a Pig for Meat was originally posted by All About Chickens

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Relax! 6 Ways to Stay Calm While Waiting for STD Results

Congrats! You took steps to taking control of your sexual health! You’ve knocked out one of the main steps but now face a secondary, often forgotten step… the wait.

Depending on the complexity of your test, you may get your results back as soon as 24-48 hours. If you make it to day three and still haven’t heard anything, bare in mind that things happen and this doesn’t always relate to your test results.

Reasons why it might be taking longer than expected for STDcheck.com to return results

Some tests take longer. If you ordered the full panel, there may be partial results but the panel is incomplete.

There may be delays at the lab.

Possible weather issues. For example, Hurricane Harvey had an impactful delay on labs in Houston, TX.

Technology is a great thing, but machines might go down and force a technician to start the test over.

There may be an overload of samples.

In the case of an initial positive, they run a retest (a differential) assuring false-positives aren’t sent out.

A delay in chlamydia and gonorrhea tests could be due to a lack of materials to sample.

Some require the sample to get sent out to a second lab with more specialized equipment.

Anxiety, restlessness, stress…

These emotions, as you might know, have a direct link to executing daily tasks. Lorie Eber, a trained Wellness Coach, summarized a Yale research study “which found that prolonged stress causes degeneration in the area of the brain responsible for self-control.” Too much stress makes it difficult to get all the things you need to get done completed.

Now, a little stress isn’t bad. In fact, it’s normal, and we perform wonderfully under the right amount of it. It’s when it’s over the top that causes damage to our minds and bodies, causing symptoms similar to those of HIV and other health issues.

Luckily, you can relax!

Stay calm and be brave! Start by accepting that you’re worried and that it’s normal. It’s a survival mechanism, but sometimes we blow the possibilities way out of proportion when things take a little longer than expected.

The following six tips are here to help! Since everyone is unique, I recommend trying a few of these activities to help find what suits you best.

Ways to Stay Calm

#1. Exercise to Ease Restlessness in Your Brain

When stress attacks, our brain fires excitatory neurons that indicate this anxious emotion. In order for this feeling to go away, it needs the neurotransmitter GABA to essentially “hush” these excited neurons.

Dr. Gould, director of the Gould Lab at Princeton, researched the difference in the brains of running mice vs. sedentary mice. Gould concluded that the hippocampus of runners were vastly different from that of the sedentary mice.

Both experienced stress but the runners relaxed and recuperated faster due to the increased release of GABA.

Gould notes it was with consistent exercise that the active mice experienced higher levels of GABA in response to the stress.

…it’s not a huge stretch,” she concludes, “to suggest that the hippocampi of active people might be less susceptible to certain undesirable aspects of stress than those of sedentary people.” -The Journal of Neuroscience

It is clear then that when your body feels better, so does your mind. Whether you’re a regular gym goer or not, exercise can benefit you now! Make time to focus on your body’s health and keep your mind off of your test results.

Tips

If you don’t typically work out, a walk can also help clear your mind. Psychologists have found that a ten-minute walk is as effective as a 45-minute workout when it comes to combating anxiety and depression.

Take advantage of the restlessness you may be feeling and get on the elliptical or treadmill.

While exercising, think about all the things that are going right and visualize yourself still doing great years from now.

Yoga is famous for helping center you and calm the mind.

After you exercise, utilize breathing techniques to slow your heart rate helping those excited neurons in your brain relax.

#2 Friends – Your Immediate Support System

The problem in being alone between taking the test and getting the results is there’s only “me, myself, and I” in the room. Right now, all three personas are deeply invested in figuring out the results but have no choice other than to wait.

While working out will help for some time, and it’s great for general health, what happens after the gym? You can’t spend all 24-48 hours wasting away on the bicycle.

This is where you call on your friends for help!

A study by researchers Adams, Santo, and Bukowski has shown that after a negative experience, children who had their best friends present had lower levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, than those who were without their best friends.

Friends are a support system. Surround yourself with the best ones you have and stay away from the toxic ones. Find ones you’re comfortable sharing your situation with and surround yourself with them as you wait. Other people usually can see a positive that you don’t because they aren’t as emotionally invested as you are.

On top of helping you see the silver lining, they’ll make you laugh. How many times has laughing made you feel more stressed out? It would be counter-intuitive, right? Grenville Kleiser, a notable inspirational book author, has written on the benefits of laughter:

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.” – Kleiser

Tips

Let your friend treat you to a surprise day where they decide all the activities. They know what makes you tick sometimes more than you do.

Do something you know you love doing with that friend. If you guys like to occasionally paint absolutely nothing award-winning in the comfort of your apartment, do that!

Do something with your friends that you guys have been saying you will try “one day”… today is that day! Usually trying new things keeps your focus more since you’re trying to grasp the new concept.

#3 Stop Looking Up Information on “what if” Inclinations

Unfortunately, if you can’t get friends over due to busy schedules, you’re left alone. While normally this would be fine, most likely you’re having a million questions and doubts running through your mind, leaving you no choice but to turn to the internet for answers.

Who isn’t guilty of resorting to that panicked research and research loop until you’ve found enough sources that either confirm your suspicions or worsen the most worst case of worst case scenarios? While knowledge is power, this isn’t what I recommend doing.

You’re going to find answers to one part of your question but it’ll end up planting a million other tiny seeds in your brain. Those seeds are going to grow into suspicions that’ll nag and nag until they have you on the internet once again.

Some of these seeds might whisper things like, what if they get it wrong, what if I’m positive, what if I got something from that time I touched that gross part of the gas station toilet, etc.

Those sneaky “what if’s” can run through your mind for hours on end. That’s okay if it happens here and there, but if you continue to entertain the negative ideas they’ll only put a damper on your day.

Tips

Pretend you’re an internet addict for a bit and limit your usage as if you’re in rehab.

Spend time in a computer-less room, or hide your laptop in a drawer.

Every time you can’t resist the urge to search, search, search, set a timer to 5 minutes and keep yourself to it!

If you have to gather information for work or school, go to the library and use books or magazines for research. The presence of other people at the library can distract your brain from creating more terrifying “what if” scenarios.

These rules apply for the internet on your phone too! Turning off the data on your phone might help deter your impulses to look stuff up.

#4 Add Gratitude to that Attitude

Let’s say you’ve hit the gym, your friends are busy, you’ve banned yourself from the internet, and yet the test is still in the forefront of your brain. Here’s another tip for you:

Sit down and write about what has gone right in your life and how that helped you get to a good place, whether in your job, college career, relationship, etc.; it’ll help reframe your perspective.

Eber also states that writing down things you’re grateful for,

isn’t merely the “right” thing to do. It also improves your mood, because it reduces the stress hormone cortisol by 23%. Research conducted at the University of California, found that people who worked daily to cultivate an attitude of gratitude experienced improved mood, energy, and physical well-being.”

The re-framed perspective can shed light on a possible future you hadn’t imagined. Remember the last time you were this anxious and things weren’t the greatest, but you figured it out!

While writing about things you’re grateful for won’t make you grateful, it’s a good start.

It’s good to acknowledge you’re bummed out! You shouldn’t be fake-happy but, by hitting your struggle with the backdrop of gratitude, you may realize life isn’t so bleak.

Tips

Find authentic things that you’re grateful for. Your new job. It’s your favorite season right now. Having a loving and supportive family.

Even day-to-day things will help you remember that joyous events happen all the time. That funny dog video you saw on Facebook made you laugh, your food was delivered a lot faster than you expected, etc.

Squash negative self-talk! It helps to write what you perceive as imperfections down but don’t stop there! Shred them, ball them up, burn them, throw them away, whatever is most satisfying to you!

#5 Lower Your Caffeine Intake

Caffeine alone probably won’t make you too nervous or anxious, but because you’re waiting for your results it poses a risk of increasing your anxiety. The increased heart rate coupled with your racing thoughts won’t do you any good.

You don’t have quit caffeine for the two – three days you wait for your results, but lowering your intake wouldn’t hurt.

Tips

If you’re a coffee drinker, either try decaf coffee or black tea with a low caffeine level.

If you’re a soda drinker, try a decaffeinated version of your favorite soft drink.

#6 [How to] Sleep While You Wait

Despite your best efforts, you might not be able to control your thoughts and get them to leave you alone.

An obvious solution is to “shut off your brain and relax”, however, the road to a good night’s rest starts earlier than you might think.

Tips

Stop caffeine intake by noon. It can stay in your system 8-14 hours after consumption, depending on your metabolism, and therefore affect your sleep on top of stress.

Try getting to bed around 1-2 hours earlier to give your body more time to de-stress.

About 30-minutes before you brush your teeth and prep for bed, try drinking a caffeine-free tea like chamomile, sleepytime, or passionflower.

Light some candles with relaxing scents such as lavender, chamomile, or sandalwood.

Try taking a melatonin or two.

Take a relaxing bath with Epsom salts that have eucalyptus or lavender scents to help induce sleep.

Read a chapter or until you’re exhausted.

Remove TVs from the bedroom. The University of Michigan conducted a study investigating the effects of binge viewing on sleep. They concluded that due to the media exposure there is increased cognitive arousal and therefore results in poorer sleep quality, increased fatigue and more symptoms of insomnia. Taking the television of the bedroom will help lower this exposure.

Put the phone on the other side of the room to keep you from late night researching or burdening your eyes with that tiny screen in the dark.

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WebbyVid Review – Recycle Old Contents into High-Converting Videos

WebbyVid Review - Why you need it?

Contents are one of the main aspects of online marketing that require the most investment from marketers. You need to spend a lot of money, time, and effort to find suitable and interesting contents for your websites in order to attract adequate numbers of visitors. However, you will find out that your hard-earned contents will soon stop generating traffic or sales, and just lie there uselessly.

The reason is that new information is produced every day and people are always fond of new things, so your contents quickly become obsolete just shortly after you made them. Therefore, you, as well as most other marketers, will likely have to constantly create or buy new articles, videos, etc. for your businesses. This way is not always affordable, though.

Have you ever wondered how to reuse old contents? Fortunately, you can do it now because a new platform named WebbyVid can create high-converting videos, the most consumed form of media, from old contents in less than 1 minute. So, if you want to enjoy additional profits with minimum investments, you should continue with my WebbyVid Review!

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WebbyVid Review – Overview

Vendor: Radu Hahainanu

Product: WebbyVid

Sales Page: http://raduh.com/webbyvid-enterprise/

Launch Date: 2017-Oct-21

Launch Time: 11:00 EDT

Front-End Price: $23

Bonus: YES

Refund: 30 Day Money-Back Guarantee

Recommend: Strongly Recommend

What is WebbyVid?

WebbyVid is a cloud-based platform that allows you to recycle old, irrelevant contents to reduce the operating costs of your business while giving you sales videos. It works by getting old webpages, articles, or posts from your links; then it turns these contents into stunning slides that are able not only to increase your traffic but also to convert visitors to actual buyers.

Aside from the innovative concept, the application is designed so that everyone can use it effortlessly with the autopilot feature. All you need to do is to paste some links in it, and choose some pictures from the library of Pixabay; then, you hit one button and your videos are ready to use.

One more plus point is that whole editing and rendering process will be conducted in the cloud, so you can make videos with any computer you have, even if it is outdated.

About the Authors

Radu Hahaianu is an infamous name in the online marketing field. He has gotten several successful launches for himself with the products such as VidConnect, Article Rewriter, etc. The other author of WebbyVid is Aaron Sustar, who has teamed up with Radu several times to release high-quality applications such as UltraVid, VideoSync Elite. That’s why you can expect the best from a product backed by their names.

What are the Features of WebbyVid?

Turning Old Contents into High-converting Videos

Videos can generate a lot of sales and traffic no matter which niches you are investing in. However, you will face two problems when making marketing videos: the technical difficulties and the creation of contents in your videos.

WebbyVid creatively solves both issues at once since it allows a user with no technical skills to make a video in under 60 seconds., while the contents come from old webpages to reduce your investments and workload. As a result, you are now having useful promotional tools from articles or posts that stop bringing you profits long time ago.

100% Cloud-based

You don’t need to conduct any installations on any devices of yours to use WebbyVid. The software is completely cloud-based, and the modern servers will handle every step of the video-making process, from importing videos, customizing elements, or rendering your videos. You can literally work anywhere with an adequate Internet connection without worrying about the computational power of your pc.

Working with Any URLs

This platform can create interesting slide videos with any webpages, in any niches. You only need to get the links from the source websites, paste them in the box of the software, and the rest is done for you.

Done-for-You Templates

The reason why making videos with WebbyVid is so easy is that there are several well-designed video templates available in the library of it. Therefore, you don’t need to design to edit many things in your videos. You just need to choose one of those templates and create your videos based upon it.

Those templates are designed by pro designers and tested in real-life promotional campaigns, so you can be assured about their effectiveness regarding raising traffic and conversion rates.

Fully Customization with Pixabay Integration

The application allows its users to change any elements of their videos. The audio should be upload from your devices, and the images can be added directly from the inventory of Pixabay, which is convenient. You can also reorder the slides at will.

Available Upgrades

If you are satisfy with the front-end version, you can consider some updates to boost the power of the software. Available additional features include monthly, prepared videos, articles, graphics, and a more powerful editor so that you have more options for your video creation.

How to Use It?

The software is simple to use, a step-by-step guide like this is enough for you to use it:

Step#1: Log in your account

Step#2: Get the source link and paste it in the platform

Step#3: Choose a template from the library and upload your audio file

Step#4: Add relevant pictures and hit the rendering button

If you are keen to know more, watch this demo video:

https://youtu.be/InFe5itDjWU

Why Should You Buy It?

Your Old Contents Will Start Generating Profits Again

Contents like posts, articles, or websites take a lot of time, money, and effort to create them. That’s why you should exploit them and get profits as much as possible. You may find troubles doing that in the past, but the situation has changed now with the help from WebbyVid.

By simple adding a link to the software and make some adjustment, a sales video will be ready for your campaigns within 60 seconds. Now, you can earn money again with recycled contents and minimum investment, instead of working long hours and huge sum of money to achieve the same result.

You can Make Promotional Videos with Ease

Videos are one of the best tools to increase traffic, leads, and sales for a marketer since people love watching them. Using videos is one of the trick that has been used by all of large sites across any niches, but low-budget, beginner marketers can afford to do it continuously since video contents and creation cost a lot.

Now, all of these concerns are gone with the new cloud-based tool. It can make videos with any links, and you can easily adjust different elements of your videos like pictures, templates, audio, etc. without any requirements or skills.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Recycle old articles, posts, webpages

Newbie-friendly

Cloud-based

Stunning DFY templates

Integration with Pixabay

Easy to customize your videos

Quick results

Cons

Its weak point is that you will need to familiarize yourself with the software. And you need to use your creativity in it to create great videos

My Experience

The platform surprised me because it provides a completely new method to reuse my old contents which I thought could not make more benefits for me before. Now, these old contents turn into catchy, informative videos that can generate a lot of sales, leads, and traffic. On top of that, I don’t have to work or invest much to improve my business.

Conclusion

Don’t let your contents become wasted, especially when you spent enormous effort, money, and long interval of time for them. It is so ideal if you can make static, boring webpages into intuitive, high-converting sales videos. As you can see, you are now capable of doing it.

There is no requirement or training needed for you to use WebbyVid. Also, there is no reason for you to hesitate from trying it, especially when the price of the front-end version is just $23, and you can get your refund within 30 days. But I bet you will consider upgrade to the enterprise version once you have used it.

My WebbyVid Review is completed! Hope you enjoy it, bye!

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ceaselessly-into-the-past · 7 years ago

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dorm elf

I can’t stand disarray.

Everything needs to have its place or grouping with which it belongs. Utensils, notebooks, garbage, computer files, underwear, vacation photos. Everything needs to be neatly in order and not separate from everything else or else it gloats in my periphery like a comic-book villain taunting me.

I could easily say that I have OCD, but that would be ingenuous and statistically unlikely, not to mention a total dick move. Another thing I can’t stand is people claiming to have mental illnesses without clinical diagnosis. What do they know? They read a hack article on the first site that came up in their Google search for ‘do I have depression?’ and they think they know everything there is to know about it. I try to not be a party to that.

It is tempting, though. To see those oversimplified lists of symptoms for Disorder X and say, ‘hey, that sounds an awful lot like me’. It’s tempting to want to label yourself as one thing or another, even if that thing could plunge you into an irreversible social stigma that follows you like a shadow, almost as haunting as the illness itself. It’s tempting to think that you can declare, ‘I am _____’. And have people recognize it. To give in to that temptation, though, would be a dick move.

But I digress.

One of the great things about moving into a dorm is that now that my mother can’t complain about my seeming anal-retentivity, I’ve been able to organize my things exactly as I please. My coffee-making station is lined up under the right side of the foot of my bed - water boiler closest to the leg, then the tin box containing filters, the container of coffee grounds, two cups, and the two small-sized jars I use to store my coffee for cooling in the refrigerator, all set on an old cutting board to lift it up off the ground as a way to isolate it as its own unit. To the left of it are small, identical cardboard boxes I made out of what I used to bring my things in during move-in, the first holding eating utensils (chopsticks, two red plastic spoons and one small clear plastic spoon), the second holding spare items from Bed Bath & Beyond (wall hooks, felt pads, mess-free sticky putty for mounting pictures and posters on the wall).

On the other end of the underside of my bed is the five magazine stands that hold my sheet music, organized by significance: technical studies and etudes, pieces I’m currently working on, pieces I want to work on in the near future, pieces I’ve worked on recently and might need to play at any time, and strange, miscellaneous pieces I pick up from library sales and the internet that I might get to someday. Rather than lining them up perpendicularly, I angled the stands approximately 45 degrees to the left so that the covers of the first book in each stand can be seen from the front, and thus I can tell from a glance what category of music is stored in that stand.

The refrigerator is completely organized according to economy of space and ease of access. All similar items are grouped together: my CalorieMate jelly pouches come in packaging that allows one to save the bottom third of the box, providing a way to store the pouches together and without them freely sliding around on the shelves. The tiny 80-calories-a-pop jello containers are grouped by flavor and set up in rows in the lid of a cardboard box from move-in. Coffee jars on the left side of the top rack on the door, and to the right a box containing four pens of my HGH medication that according to my doctor has no effect on me now that I’ve stopped growing, but my mom is making me take nightly anyway because she’s stupid and stubborn. Below that is the slot that holds my filtered water pitcher.

Yesterday I forfeited practice time to do some efficiency-maximizing DIY projects for my room. The first were a few cardboard containers. One was a pencil stand designed to always keep the contents angled away from me so that it’s easy to see them and identify where each writing utensil is, rather than having them roll around and point in all different directions and thus reduce visibility. The other is a three-walled, one-bottomed box (essentially two-thirds of a rectangular prism) set on a stand that angles it about 25 degrees back that holds my X-Acto knife, glue stick, tweezers, spare staple box, and tape measure. The lack of a fourth wall on the front allows for the user to reach directly at the container to pull out the contents laterally rather than reaching from above and downward to retrieve them. This allows for ease of access to items like the staple box and tape measure and also eliminates the risk of reaching downwards and sticking my hand on the prongs of the tweezers or a possibly unretracted X-Acto blade. Next to it is a rubber band holder consisting of the composite cardboard cylinder that was used to ship my Ghostbusters poster and a square cardboard base - rubber bands are wound around the cylinder and can be pulled off simply by unwinding them.

The next project was a system by which when I open my door with enough force, my closet door automatically opens to allow me to put away my shoes or hang up my jacket when I come in, or put them on when I go out. The way that the doors are set close together at a 90 degree angle, by tying one end of a sturdy string around the top hinge of the bifold closet door and tying the other to a wall hook mounted on the top corner of the entrance door, the action of the entrance door opening pulls on the hinge of the bifold door, making it fold and open. I was particularly proud of that one.

I sat in the suite lounge and had lunch afterwards. My room was far from being completely in order, but I had made some good steps towards that.

It was then that I noticed that I had been completely alone the entire time. Everybody had gone out to hang out with their friends.

And so, on a dime, I decided to do some work around the suite area as well.

The first issue to address was the sound that the main door made when it closed - it was unusually loud and incredibly disruptive, especially late at night when people came in past midnight while others slept. Free from the worry of being annoying, I tested the door, opening it and closing it, slowly and quickly, looking like a completely deranged idiot until I found the source of the distinct banging: the door closer, which consisted of a jointed arm and a box that contained the spring and pneumatic air cylinder and such. The housing of that box, which was mounted on the top the door, had come loose, and every time the door closed it would slam against the surface of the door, creating noise in addition to the door slamming into the door frame.

So I headed out to the nearby Bed Bath & Beyond, bought some felt pads, came back, and stuck them to the door to cushion the impact of the door closer housing striking the surface. I also wet some paper towels in the sink and wiped off some leakage from the door closer that had left grey trails on the door.

While I was at Bed Bath & Beyond I also bought a bath mat for one of the suite’s three bathrooms, and on the way back I opened eBay on my phone and found an offer for an HP three-in one printer/copier/scanner going for $110 and in working condition - perfect for the suite common area.

By sone instinct, I had fallen into a role that I realized closely resembled the house elves of the Harry Potter books - small creatures that anonymously tidied and organized while no one was looking. Except in this case, I’d be a dorm elf.

‘Hermione – open your ears,’ said Ron loudly. ‘They. Like. It. They like being enslaved!’

It would be inaccurate to say that I liked what I found myself naturally doing, or that I was enslaved by anyone if not myself.But throughout the day I kept doing house-elfish things in my spare time: reordering the trash cans in the corridor so that there was more space for people to pass; re-ordering the furniture in the 11th floor lounge; cleaning up the kitchen area. All while no one was around.

Today the furniture for our floor’s suites had come in, and the protective plastic covers and padding and cardboard bracing had been left strewn about in the elevator corridor. I walked past it a few times during the day, as did everyone else.

I went down to the lounge at 10:30 pm with coffee and my computer to relax for an hour and a half and watch It Follows. I came back afterwards, passed by the trash in the hall, left my computer and bag in my room, then came back out into the elevator corridor.

I set to work.

There were four types of trash that had been produced by the new furniture: large plastic covers, for the sofas; smaller plastic covers, for the armchairs; the sheets of bubblewrap padding that was taped on the covers; and long cardstock protectors that covered all along the four corners of each piece of furniture. The plastic covers were essentially large bags, so I set aside one large and one small: the first would be for the bubble wrap and corner protectors, and the second would be for the plastic covers. I attacked the four distinct piles of trash, all the different pieces mixed together, and separated each part and organized them into smaller piles. The plastic covers I scooped up in my arms and gathered and rolled into a compressed ball, then stuffed inside the large bag; I balled up the bubble wrap and taped them closed with their own tape, and stacked up the corner protectors. All in all, it took about fifteen minutes to reduce the corridor-wide mess into the two bags, which I tied off with three of my rubber bands: one for the small bag and two for the larger one, since the opening was so wide that all four corners couldn’t be gathered together.

This time, though, I wasn’t always alone. The RA of our floor, Hayworth, passed by three times - to come up the elevator, to come down, and then to come up again. Each time he said something different to me.

The first time, I had just started separating the trash into each individual type.

‘You looking for something?’

‘No, just cleaning this up.’

‘Huh. Okay.’

The second time, I had started rolling up the bubblewrap into balls and putting them in the first bag.

‘Hey, you don’t have to do this, you know.’

‘It’s fine.’

‘You want to? Okay, then.’

I was just finishing up by the third time, when he came back up for the night.

‘Whoa. Thanks man, seriously.’

‘No problem.’

I left sticky notes with smiley faces on the two bags.

I guess I’m the weird kid that cleans everything up now, but that’s fine by me. At least for now, I have an identity.

Dorm elf.

Wonderful.

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WiFi? More like WhereFi?

It has been a while since my last post/stream: sadly after returning home for the summer, The home wifi was not just too slow to stream, but also completely broken for a week.

As a consequence of this, we are getting fibre soon, and therefore should be back up and running soon. Meanwhile, two new routers have both completely failed to work, two engineer visits and many exasperated phonecalls have not solved the problems that I’ve been putting up with for years.

Around 5-10 times per 24 hours, the wifi simply cuts out for around 5 minutes unpredictably, and seemingly with no way to fix it. These dropouts also cause the internet service provider to throttle the speeds - I’m currently working with 6Mbps Download speed for example, with even worse upload speed.

Hopefully I’ll be able to stream soon, until then I will be trying to play laggy MTGO. I’ve done a handful of cube drafts, where the droputs have lost me multiple picks, and caused me to almost timeout in another match. I’m planning on returning to Pauper now that cube season is over, but once the internet is stable, do a few Hour of Devastation Drafts.

Last Stream:

On my stream (now 2 weeks ago), Adam and I took UR delver for a spin. We didn’t end up with the best results sadly. R1 and R2 we faced “Kuldotha Boros”, which due to a combination of blockers and card advantage was able to overpower us. The clogging of the ground really reduces the main source of card advantage (Ninja of the Deep Hours) from making any attacks, and therefore, we ran out of gas faster than their infinite prophetic prisms and Palace Sentinels.

In the second match, we were almost able to Burn them out thanks to a fast delver draw, backed up by a handful of Bolts and Smash to Smithereens, but unfortunately, we were 3 points of damage short.

It also appeared that the Kuldotha Boros deck is moving away from the quick Rally the Peasants kill traditionally deployed in favour of a more card advantage based game plan.

In R3, we played against Bogles, which crushed us round 1, and then disconected g2 after a draw with no hexproof creature. Not much we can learn here, but if the deck gains in popularity, maybe annuls in the sideboard would be useful.

R4 we won the mirror in a reasonably close 3 games, and R5, we timed out against UB control (Gurmag Angler/Forbidden Alchemy version).

UR Delver:

I was somewhat disappointed by Brainstorm when playing the matches - it rarely felt as powerful as I was expecting, and often would have just preferred a ponder/preordain. However I have also wondered that if the deck was being forced into a racing situation more often, then perhaps thunderous wrath would be more effective than skred (and would nessecitate brainstorms to return them to the top of the library).

UR delver has also fallen in metagame share, with MTGGoldfish reporting that It has fallen to 3rd most successful deck behind Affinity and Stompy. I would expect the metagame to adapt to Affinity’s success - it is particularly vulnerable to sideboard cards, and will just ebb and flow with the metagame.

Other Pauper observations:

On top of the usual ebb and flow of the metagame, two observations can be made. Firstly UW Tireless tribe combo has been putting up more results, and secondly, Hour of Devastation may introduce a new combo deck to the format.

Tireless Tribe, Inside Out and an unblockable effect (Slip through Space, Shadow Rift) can allow for a one shot kill, stiched together with the usual cantrips and Augur of Bolas expected from a blue pauper deck. The spice comes in the addition of Circular Logic as an additional, potentially one mana counterspell.

Freed from the Real and Oasis Ritualist combine for a 2 card infinite mana combo, from which the world is your oyster (or Rolling Thunder if you want to actually win the game).

Life Goes on also seems likely to be included in sideboards, as gaining 8 life for one mana seems more reliable than feed the clan, which already sees play in sideboards.

As usual, Hour doesn’t seem to add too much to the format, but what with two masters sets (Iconic in November and 25 next year), we can be sure Pauper will be evolving for a good while yet.

Hopefully I’ll have more to talk about soon, and more to Internet to stream with *fingers crossed*.

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Samsung's Smartcam HD Plus resembles a Nest Cam that is not shackled to the cloud Survey: $190 camera stores video locally and gives you a chance to speak with your home.

When you think "Samsung," you consider cell phones, TVs, and perhaps brilliant kitchen apparatuses in case you're a foodie. Notwithstanding, it's not the main organization to ring a bell when you think "home security." Samsung has a scope of Wi-Fi associated home surveillance cameras, however, and the latest expansion to the family is the Smartcam HD Plus. With 1080p video recording, movement and sound discovery, two-way sound, and adaptable activity zones, this camera needs to take the prevalent Nest Cam head on.

The Smartcam incorporates a portion of the best elements of other home surveillance cameras we've attempted. There's a considerable measure you can do with it, and on the off chance that you can move beyond the irritating application encounter, you can transform it into a savvy guard dog for your home.Design: This looks well-known...

To state that the Smartcam HD Plus appears to be like the Nest Cam would be putting it mildly. The little, reflexive dark gadget looks about indistinguishable to Nest's attentive gaze, highlighting a bulbous head where the focal point lies and a restricted neck that connects to the base. The Smartcam HD Plus' base is greater than Nest's, be that as it may, and the camera can be tilted forward and backward effectively. To turn the head from side to side, you have to extricate the screws at the base of the neck—which is badly designed without a doubt.

The microUSB control port is on the base of the camera's edge with the opening confronting the base. The Nest Cam had its energy source contribution here also, and it was a bit of disappointing to associate appropriately. The Smartcam HD Plus' base has open space for you to string the line through so it will stand up level when it's associated, which is a brilliant plan include. On the back of the camera's head is the Wi-Fi catch, utilized amid setup, and the modest reset catch. The microSD card sits on its side, and it's about imperceptible as the little space mixes in with the all-dark body of the gadget.

Setting up the Smartcam HD Plus didn't take too long. When I made a record in the Smartcam application, I set up the camera utilizing the Wi-Fi choice (the application records an "associated Internet" yet the Smartcam HD Plus does not have an Ethernet port like some other Samsung Smartcams). I needed to go into my Wi-Fi settings on my iPhone 6 and select a Wi-Fi organize that finished in the last four digits of my camera's serial number instead of my very own system.

When I did this and put in the bland watchword (gave by the application), I backpedaled into the Smartcam application, and it conveyed me to another page where I could choose an alternate Wi-Fi arrange. This is the point at which I could pick my flat's system, sign in with the secret word, and finish the setup. It's not as dreary as other home surveillance camera introductory setups, however it was confounding at first.Image quality: As great as you need it to be

The Smartcam HD Plus records video at up to 1080p determination, and you can change the video quality from inside the live stream see in the application. There are low, medium, and brilliant settings, and the contrasts between them are very perceptible. The most reduced quality was super grainy with little meaning of almost negligible differences in household items or stylistic layout in my flat. The most astounding quality was super fresh all around. Shading exactness and lavishness remained the same all through, however, and the lighting was consistent with life.

Mid-range quality is not too bad in the event that you need to record a great deal of video all the time on the SD card and would prefer not to take up excessively space, however I kept mine on the most astounding quality setting. To place it in context, I recorded three 10-second recordings of development in my flat amid the day, one each at low, medium, and high resolutions. The recordings took up 8.2MB, 14.5MB, and 23.4MB, separately, on the SD card.

Highlights: All the basics, and a ton of voice choices

The Smartcam HD Plus recognizes movement and sound in your home, filling you in as to whether there's an aggravation in the constrain. Be that as it may, what's more amazing is the quantity of components you can access from the live video bolster inside the application. The menu bar at the base of the video sustain demonstrates to all of you your choices, the first gives you a chance to pick on the off chance that you need to record a video clasp to your cell phone or to the camera's memory card. There's a camera symbol for you to take a preview of what's occurring right then and there, and that picture is spared to your telephone's photograph library.

Like the Nest Cam, the Smartcam HD Plus has two-way sound, so you can advise your children to prevent sneaking sweet from the kitchen or reprimand your pooch for biting up your most loved easy chair. Tapping on the double delegate symbol raises an amplifier symbol at the base of the video sustain—make certain to press and hold that symbol before talking, generally your voice won't bring through the camera's speaker. You can likewise record messages to the application and play them over the camera—suppose you're in a meeting and can't talk into your telephone to advise your feline to get off the mantle. Rather, you can choose and play a recorded message like "Down, Chester!" and that sound will get through the camera. (Simply remember that a bodiless voice may panic your pets and relatives at first.)

The camera has you secured with all the more debilitating sound tracks, as well. The music symbol in the menu bar raises a determination of caution sounds: a police siren, an alert siren, or the sound of a yapping puppy. This will prove to be useful in the event that somebody obscure is attacking your home's security and you need to endeavor to frighten them away, yet simply keep your fingers crossed that gatecrashers are in reality perplexed of the immaterial bark of a threatening canine. In general, I cherish the quantity of sound choices the Smartcam HD Plus gives you, since having an approach to speak with your home when you're away gives you more control over what occurs within it.

You can oversee particular movement discovery zones from the toolbar also. Utilizing your finger, you can draw boxes around specific territories of your home—possibly a window or the front entryway—where you need the camera to give careful consideration to. On the off chance that any movement is recognized in these zones, you'll get an alarm to your cell phone. This component is about indistinguishable to the Nest Cam's movement zones, be that as it may you needn't bother with a membership plan to exploit it on the Smartcam HD Plus.Speaking of membership arranges: the Smartcam HD Plus doesn't have one. Your lone alternatives to spare video are either on the microSD card (to which movement and sound-initiated occasions are spared naturally) or on your cell phone. When you record a bit of live video from your cell phone, it must be up to 30 seconds in length and it's spared locally to the application—it won't show up in your camera move until you go into the application and download that particular clasp. You can physically record video and spare it to the microSD card, as well, and it will show up in the "physically recorded" area of the application when you glance back at past video cuts.

Samsung couldn't give me a gauge with respect to how much video the microSD card could store, saying it relies on upon numerous things, including the determination at which the video was recorded, the lighting in the room, and in the event that it was day or night at the season of recording. Be that as it may, not at all like the Ezviz Mini, where the microSD card just goes about as a host for encoded video playback on your cell phone, you can evacuate the Smartcam HD Plus' microSD card, embed it into your PC, and view recorded clasps on your desktop. Ezviz's framework is ostensibly better for security (a hoodlum can't simply leave your home with hours of recorded video), yet Samsung's is more easy to understand.

To the extent movement and sound location go, the camera is precise, and you can change the affectability to both inside its settings. Each time I moved around my flat or hacked excessively uproarious, I'd get a caution to my cell phone. There's none of that 30-minute slack between warnings like there is in the Nest Cam either. From the camera's settings, you can kill cautions, movement identification, or sound discovery on the off chance that you wish, giving you better control over what you need the camera to record and what you need it to disregard. I telecommute more often than not, so I killed occasion cautions however kept movement recognition on. That way, the Smartcam HD Plus would record any movement in my front room, yet it wouldn't shell my cell phone with warnings about it. When I exited to run errands or go to a meeting, I would walk out on and empower movement and sound discovery.

One thing the Nest Cam has that the Smartcam HD Plus doesn't is shrewd home capacities. Settle Cam can go about as a center for other "works with Nest" items, including keen entryway locks, indoor regulators, and that's only the tip of the iceberg. Samsung purchased the Internet-of-Things organization SmartThings as of late, and its more seasoned Smartcam HD Pro can work with SmartThings center points (Z-Wave-and Zigbee-good), however this component isn't exactly prepared yet for the Smartcam HD Plus. There's no time assess yet for the integration.Smartcam application: Lots to burrow through

Samsung's Smartcam application for Android and iOS isn't the prettiest application to take a gander at. Much like the Ezviz Min's partner application, it watches straight out of 2010 with thick catches, primitive symbols, and a tasteless grayscale and blue shading plan. When you sign in, it conveys you to the landing page which demonstrates to you a rundown of all your associated cameras. On the base, you can explore to Setup to achieve the brisk settings that you modified amid the underlying setup of your camera and About to see application information.The irritating thing about getting to your camera is that, as a matter of course, you should include its particular camera secret key unfailingly. This is the situation in the event that you simply tap on the camera's name to achieve the live video stream or on the off chance that you tap its menu symbol to one side of its name to go to its settings.

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