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Dr Sieglinde McGee on 16 Nov 2014
Brief breeding notes from this weekend's National Hunt graded events
Hurricane Fly records his 20th Grade 1 victory, Grade 2 success for Red Marauder relation, a juvenile Grade 2 scorer for Doyen, and other stories
Dr Sieglinde McGee
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Hurricane Fly (by Montjeu) has now won 20 Grade 1 contests. Photo: Healy Racing
Hurricane Fly: The 10-year-old notched up the 20th Grade 1 success of his career when beating the six times Grade 1 star Jezki by two and a quarter lengths in the stanjames.com Morgiana Hurdle over two miles at Punchestown on Sunday.
Trained by Willie Mullins, and bred by Agricola Del Parco, he is a son of the brilliant middle-distance horse and classic sire Montjeu (by Sadler's Wells), who died in 2012. His dam Scandisk (by Kenmare) won in Italy as a two-year-old, his half-sister Hunzy (by Desert King) was Listed placed in that same country, and his grandam Yankee Lady (by Lord Gayle) was a winning full-sister to the Group 2 scorers Lady Singer and Yankee Gold.
Chancol: The Noel Meade trained five-year-old made it two from two over fences with victory in the Grade 2 Madigans Bar Craddockstown Novice Chase over two miles at Punchestown on Sunday.
Bred by Andre Larrieu and Chantal Laval, the French-born gelding is by the Group 2 Prix d'Harcourt winner Vangelis (by Highest Honor) and out of the flat scorer Boreade (by Lost World). His dam's six blacktype-earning siblings include the Listed hurdle winners and talented chasers Takeroc (by Take Risks) and Rocketir (by Poliglote).
Shanahan's Turn: Made it two from two over fences with victory in the Grade 2 Dobbins Outdoor Catering Florida Pearl Novice Chase over two miles, six furlongs at Punchestown on Sunday. The Henry De Bromhead trained gelding was bred by Bluegate Stud.
A son of Indian Danehill (by Danehill), who moved back to France in 2012, he is out of Chanson Indienne (by Indian River), which makes him a half-brother to last month's Hexham novice chase scorer Wakanda (by Westerner).
His dam is a full-sister to the Listed hurdle winner Cheyne, his grandam won nine times under National Hunt rules in France, and that mare is related to the French Grade 1 winning hurdlers Grivette (by Antarctique), Royaleety (by Garde Royale), and Mesange Royale (by Garde Royale), in addition to the Grade 2 winning chaser Jim (by Glaieul), and the 1997 Group 1 Oaks runner-up Gazelle Royale (by Garde Royale).
Vyda Du Roc: Placed once from two starts in France, this five-year-old took his UK record to three wins from three starts with a narrow victory in the Grade 2 Sky Bet Supreme Trial Novices' Hurdle (registered as the Sharp Novices' Hurdle) over two miles, 110 yards at Cheltenham on Sunday.
Bred by Andre Le Gall, the son of Lion Noir (by Kenmare) is out of the multiple placed AQPS mare Dolce Vyta (by Grand Tresor), which makes him a half-brother to the Listed chase winner Manonito (by Nononito) and to the Listed placed multiple chase scorer Niolo (by Dear Doctor).
Dunraven Storm: The dual bumper and four times hurdles scorer took the Grade 2 Racing Post Arkle Trophy Trial Novices' Chase (registered as the November Novices' Chase) over two miles at Cheltenham on Sunday, and has now won both his starts over fences.
A new blacktype winner for Glenview Stud's multiple champion sire Presenting (by Mtoto), the Philip Hobbs trained nine-year-old was bred by Violet Sweeney, he is out of Foxfire (by Lord Americo), and is a half-brother to the dual chase and dual point-to-point scorer Lord Fox (by Alflora).
His grandam M I Babe (by Celtic Cone) was a triple hurdle and four times chase winner, and her long list of winning siblings include the Grade 2 winning chasers Red Striker (by Gunner B) and Red Marauder (by Gunner B), the latter famous as being the Grade 3 Grand National hero of 2001.
Garde La Victoire: The Philip Hobbs trained five-year-old took his record to five wins from nine starts over obstacles when winning the Grade 3 stanjames.com Greatwood Hurdle over two miles, 110 yards at Cheltenham on Sunday.
Bred, in France, by Laure Godet, he is a new blacktype scorer for Kapgarde (by Garde Royale), he is out of Next Victory (by Akarad), and he is a half-brother to the dual flat winner Next Lord (by Lord Of Men). His grandam Rrose Selavy (by Secreto) is a winner from the immediate family of several flat Listed scorers.
Caid Du Berlais: Winner of the Grade 3 Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase over two miles, four and a half furlongs at Cheltenham on Saturday, this Paul Nicholls trained five-year-old is a son of the Castle Hyde Stud stallion Westerner (by Danehill).
He was bred, in France, by Jean-Marc Lucas, he has several winning siblings, and his dam Kenza Du Berlais (by Kahyasi) is an unraced half-sister to three blacktype winners, including Isis Du Berlais (by Cadoudal).
That mare is the dual Listed hurdle winning dam of the Listed hurdle scorer Corleone (by Saint Preuil), and of the Grade 1 placed Ipsos du Berlais (by Poliglote), and she is the grandam of the Listed chase scorer Ivresse Du Berlais (by Poliglote).
Sam Winner: The Paul Nicholls trained seven-year-old was bred, in France, by Ecurie Winning, and he won the Grade 3 Murphy Group Handicap Chase over three miles, three and a half furlongs at Cheltenham on Saturday.
A son of Okawango (by Kingmambo), who was based in Turkey at the time of his premature death in 2012, he is out of the 10 and a half furlong French winner Noche (by Night Shift), and he is a half-brother to Petit Roque (by Hamas), a multiple winner from five and a half furlongs to a mile. His grandam Villa Blanca (by Rheffissimo) was a big-race winner on the flat in Spain.
Golden Doyen: The Philip Hobbs trained three-year-old has now won two of his three starts under National Hunt rules, including the Grade 2 JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial (registered as the Prestbuty Juvenile Hurdle) over two miles and 110 yards at Cheltenham on Saturday.
Bred by Wilhelm Lohmann, the German-born gelding is out of Goldsamt (by Rienzi), he is a half-brother to the Downpatrick bumper scorer Golden Desert (by Next Desert) and to a Listed chase winner in Italy, and he is a son of the Sunnyhill Stud stallion Doyen (by Sadler's Wells).
Dulce Leo: A son of the leading miler Priolo (by Sovereign Dancer), the Jean-Paul Gallorini trained eight-year-old won Sunday's Grade 2 Prix Leon Olry-Roederer over two miles, five and a half furlongs at Auteuil.
He was bred by Christian Wattinne, he is out of Danissima (by Fabulous Dancer), and his siblings include the four times scorer Dame d'Asie (by Kahyasi), whose three-year-old Kayf Tara (by Sadler's Wells) gelding made €65,000 at the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale in June.
His dam is a half-sister to the French Grade 2 hurdle winner Multipass (by Sillery), to the Grade 2 placed hurdler Dalina (by Trempolino), and to Dalamine (by Sillery), who is the winning dam of the Willie Mullins trained Grade 1 placed, Grade 3 winning hurdler Don Poli (by Poligote).
Rory O'Moore: Debbie O'Neill's homebred nine-year-old won the Grade C Ticket Sales Online Handicap Hurdle over two and a half miles at Cork on Sunday.
The Roland O'Neill trained bay is a son of the Whytemount Stud stallion Stowaway (by Slip Anchor), he is out of Champagne Lady (by Turtle Island), and he is a full-brother to the bumper, chase, and dual hurdles winner Aland Islands, and also to Champagne James, a Grade 2 placed bumper scorer who won over hurdles at Naas in February and was runner-up on his chasing debut at Punchestown on Saturday.
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Facebook admits it was ‘tricked’ into posting sick ‘malicious advert’ about suicide of Paul McCartney
Social network says it was hoodwinked by heartless scammers who wanted to earn a quick buck by spreading false rumour
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FACEBOOK has admitted it was tricked by a "malicious advertiser" into carrying a fake sponsored post claiming Sir Paul McCartney had committed suicide.
The shocking post appeared next to Facebook feeds across the world, stoking fears among fans of the British musical genius.
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This is one of the false notices which claimed the much-loved former Beatle had diedCredit: Deadline News
But shocked social media users who clicked on the post were taken to a phishing page which claimed their computer was infected and gave a freephone number to call.
The number took them through to "Microsoft technical support" but Microsoft confirmed today that the so-called experts on the other end of the line are scammers.
The fact that Facebook was tricked into carrying such a shocking fake ad will increase concern that the social media giant is not doing enough to police content on its site.
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It is already under fire over its alleged failure to act after inappropriate content - including material posted by terrorist sympathisers - is flagged up.
The post appears in the usual advertising slots at the side of the Facebook homepage with a picture of the star captioned "Sir Paul McCartney Suicides" followed by a link to the supposed article.
The "check-this-news.com" link takes users to a phishing page warning their computer has been blocked and providing an 0800 number.
The call is answered by scammers who then try to obtain personal information.
A Microsoft spokeswoman said: "That sounds like a scam to me as we would never contact our customers in that way. They are probably using the Microsoft name to lull people into a false sense of security but it definitely has nothing to do with our company."
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Microsoft declined to comment on whether they were concerned that Facebook had been duped into carrying the advert or whether they would be raising the issue with the firm.
Facebook said in a statement: “We take immediate action when we discover advertisers attempting to serve misleading links to people.
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Facebook announced last January that they would be policing fake news in order to "better identify and rank authentic content."
In 2016, the BBC launched an investigation that found that "paedophiles were using secret groups on Facebook to post and swap sexually suggestive images of children which led to one man receiving a four-year prison sentence".
One year later, the BBC decided to follow up their investigation and found 100 images of similar inappropriate content.
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There’s a lot of confusion surrounding the difference between web development and web design it’s true that there are some vast similarities between them and the two roles do go hand-in-hand. Still, they have different processes, use various tools and even have different salaries. A web designer is responsible for the aesthetic design of the web site as well as the experience of the web site for the user the way the web site looks and feels a website designer has the tricky task of integrating user experience into their design all the while keeping in mind the branding colour palettes, typography and readability of the website to ensure it’s both eye captions and usability. A web developer takes those designs and turns them into a live functioning and error-free web site, in other words, they build the actual interface through which users interact with the web site to ensure a website’s functionality.
What are the tools used by web designers and developers?
All web designers are the ones who maintain the web site’s design and visual appeal. They typically use graphic design software such as Photoshop Illustrator, Sigma and sketch tools which are significant in building proper wireframes and exact prototypes which are relevant in making the site’s layout. They also help in navigating a product and even web site analytics, we’ve already touched on the fact that web developers use programming languages to create the website’s code, but they also use different kinds of systems and languages to set up an email service which would run on several databases authenticated by some technical aspects of the sites, to do this, developers use software like text editors, a command-line interface and version control to build the features that will present the data now let’s take a look
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Both the two roles, web designers and web developers need a good portfolio to showcase their skills and experience for future employers and clients however web designers and web developers tend to use different services to create their collections, for example, a designer might use websites that offer the ability to showcase their expertise in colour schemes graphic design ability and creativity such a the hearts or dribble on the other hand. Web developers tend to rely on websites like GitHub that shows how the developer can rearrange the codes so that they can make an elegant coding apparatus which is readable to other web developers or cloud-based website hosting services like AWS and Heroku to display static websites and web applications that they might have created.
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TEL AVIV – President Obama's faith is taking center stage again after ABC's "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos grilled Donald Trump over the presidential candidate's lack of response to a question he received during a campaign event last week where a man claimed Obama was a Muslim.
"I take that point," stated Stephanopoulos, when Trump explained he is facing controversy for simply not responding to the issue of Obama's religion. "But you raised these questions so often in the past, why can't you say definitively yes or not? You raised it many times. And he's not a Muslim."
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"George, you have raised the question," replied Trump. "I haven't raised the question. I don't talk about it. But I don't talk other people's faith. Not appropriate for me to talk about somebody else's faith."
During a campaign rally in Rochester, New Hampshire on Friday, an audience member spoke to Trump saying "we have a Muslim problem in this country," and that Obama is both a Muslim and not an American. Trump did not address those claims in his response.
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In response to the controversy, the popular Drudge Report linked to a "flashback" 2008 interview with Stephanopoulos in which then-candidate Obama stated, "My Muslim faith."
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Obama was talking about what he described as "smears" that were claiming he was a Muslim when he maintains he is a practicing Christian.
"Let's not play games," Obama stated. "What I was suggesting – you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith. And you're absolutely right that that has not come."
Stephanopoulos immediately interrupted Obama, stating, "Christian faith."
"My Christian faith," Obama quickly said. "Well, what I'm saying is that he (McCain) hasn't suggested that I'm a Muslim. And I think that his campaign's upper echelons have not, either. What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith – something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time."
Obama was 'quite religious in Islam'
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Obama has long denied he was ever a Muslim. In 2008, his presidential campaign website stated: "Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised as a Muslim, and is a committed Christian."
But as WND reported, public records in Indonesia listed Obama as a Muslim during his early years, and a number of childhood friends claimed to the media Obama was once a mosque-attending Muslim.
Widely distributed reports have noted that in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro. He was listed as an Indonesian citizen whose stepfather, listed on school documents as "L Soetoro Ma," worked for the topography department of the Indonesian Army.
Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students but exempt them from studying religion. Obama's school documents, though, listed him as being Indonesian.
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After attending the Assisi Primary School, Obama was enrolled – also as a Muslim, according to documents – in the Besuki Primary School, a public school in Jakarta.
The Loatze blog, run by an American expatriate in Southeast Asia who visited the Besuki school, noted: "All Indonesian students are required to study religion at school, and a young 'Barry Soetoro,' being a Muslim, would have been required to study Islam daily in school. He would have been taught to read and write Arabic, to recite his prayers properly, to read and recite from the Quran and to study the laws of Islam."
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Indeed, in Obama's autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," he acknowledged studying the Quran and describes the public school as "a Muslim school."
"In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell mother I made faces during Quranic studies," wrote Obama.
In 2008, the Indonesian media provided accounts of Obama's childhood Islamic studies, some describing him as a religious Muslim.
Speaking to the country's Kaltim Post, Tine Hahiyary, who was principal of Obama's school while he was enrolled there, said she recalls he studied the Quran in Arabic.
"At that time, I was not Barry's teacher, but he is still in my memory" claimed Tine, who is 80 years old.
The Kaltim Post said Obama's teacher, named Hendri, died.
"I remember that he studied 'mengaji (recitation of the Quran)," Tine said, according to an English translation by Loatze.
Mengaji, or the act of reading the Quran with its correct Arabic punctuation, is usually taught to more religious pupils and is not known as a secular study.
Also, Loatze documented the Indonesian daily Banjarmasin Post interviewed Rony Amir, an Obama classmate and Muslim, who described Obama as "previously quite religious in Islam."
"We previously often asked him to the prayer room close to the house. If he was wearing a sarong (waist fabric worn for religious or casual occasions) he looked funny," Amir said.
The Los Angeles Times, which sent a reporter to Jakarta, quoted Zulfin Adi, who identified himself as among Obama's closest childhood friends, stating the presidential candidate prayed in a mosque, something Obama's campaign claimed he never did.
"We prayed, but not really seriously, just following actions done by older people in the mosque. But as kids, we loved to meet our friends and went to the mosque together and played," said Adi.
Friday prayers
Originally Obama's official campaign site in 2008 had a page titled "Obama has never been a Muslim, and is a committed Christian." The page stated, "Obama never prayed in a mosque. He has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ."
But the campaign changed its tune when it issued a "practicing Muslim" clarification to the Los Angeles Times.
An article in March by the Chicago Tribune apparently disputed Adi's statements to the L.A. paper. The Tribune caught up with Obama's declared childhood friend, who now describes himself as only knowing Obama for a few months in 1970 when his family moved to the neighborhood. Adi said he was unsure about his recollections of Obama.
But the Tribune found Obama did attend a mosque.
"Interviews with dozens of former classmates, teachers, neighbors and friends show that Obama was not a regular practicing Muslim when he was in Indonesia," stated the Tribune article.
It quotes the presidential candidate's former neighbors and third-grade teacher recalling Obama "occasionally followed his stepfather to the mosque for Friday prayers."
Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, noted the Tribune article – cited by liberal blogs as refuting claims Obama is Muslim – actually implies Obama was an irregularly practicing Muslim and twice confirms Obama attended mosque services.
In a free-ranging interview with the New York Times, Obama described the Muslim call to prayer as "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset."
The Times' Nicholos Kristof wrote Obama recited, "with a first-class [Arabic] accent," the opening lines of the Muslim call to prayer.
The first few lines of the call to prayer state:
Allah is Supreme!
Allah is Supreme!
Allah is Supreme! Allah is Supreme!
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that Muhammad is his prophet ...
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Woodstock's Gallery Cinemas was briefly open in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic – but the movie theatre has decided to temporarily close its doors once again, hoping to wait until people are more comfortable going out to see a movie.
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But on Sunday, the movie theatre said in a social media post it would be temporarily closing again after that evening’s show.
“Unfortunately, it became apparent during this reopening that many of our patrons were still not comfortable in returning to the cinema during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic,” the theatre said in a statement posted to Facebook.
The theatre said this closure is expected to be temporary. Although there isn’t a formal reopening date in mind yet, the cinema’s owners will keep an eye on attendance trends at movie theatres that are open, as well as new movies coming out, when making the decision to again reopen.
The theatre thanked patrons who had returned when they reopened, and said it looks forward to bringing people the “excitement and joy” of going to the movies again in the future.
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Natural Stone & Cast Stone Fittings to Adorn your Home
By Artisan Kraft
On 15 Jun., 2021
Stone and faux-stone or cast stone home fittings make some of the most elegant additions to the interior décor.
Stone and faux-stone or cast stone home fittings make some of the most elegant additions to the interior décor. Even with a contemporary setting, you can infuse a classic and regal touch to the living space by installing stone fabrications. Starting from fireplaces to kitchen hoods and bathroom fittings like stone tubs, you can jazz up your home with an eclectic assortment of stylish home fittings, made from natural stone and cast stone. Not sure where to start? Here are a few things that can add instant finesse to your living space.
Fireplace Mantels & Surrounds
A fireplace mantel is a hood, constructed over the fire grate to contain the smoke. A fireplace surround, on the other hand, is the complete assembly of the legs, mantel, etc. that gives structure to the hearth. In modern households, mantels are frequently used to display showpieces or picture frames and likewise.
Instead of going for something mundane, you can enhance the aesthetics of the room by installing a limestone mantelpiece or create a classy and elegant ambiance of the living room with a white or black marble fireplace surround. If you are a fan of contemporary designs then there are lots in the cast-stone section, typically made from precast mantels.
Bath Tubs
Bathtubs are made from metal, ceramic, and stone. However, nothing looks more regal than a beautiful marble stone tub. It not only elevates the look and feel of the bathroom but considering that marble is non-reactive to bath salts, unlike copper; it is the best material for bathtubs. With marble stone tubs at home, you can enjoy those leisurely and relaxing bubble baths any time.
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You can give your home the look of royalty by installing marble columns, especially on the front porch. This addition will make your house stand a class apart from the others in the neighbourhood. Columns are available in both cast stone and natural stone. If not on a tight budget, you can look for marble columns for sale, as those are quite exquisite to look at.
Range Hoods
Range hoods are a necessity for the kitchen to ventilate the smoke, as there are built-in mechanical fans inside the hoods that air out cooking space. While you can always go for the usual metal chimney hoods, the natural stone or cast stone range hoods are long-lasting and add sophistication to your kitchen space. There are various designs, styles, and patterns available in marble, limestone, or cast-stone for you to choose from.
In case you are seeking a supplier for natural stone and cast stone home fittings then we have just the one for you. Artisan Kraft Fireplaces is the leading manufacturer and supplier of cast stone and marble fireplaces, cast stone fireplace surrounds kitchen hoods, bathtubs, and likewise catering to the varied needs of homeowners for years with a unique vision backed by an exquisite collection of decorative pieces at affordable prices.


'For SMBs to come online everything has to be mobile-first and in easy, gamified steps': Shalini Girish, Google India
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For small and medium businesses (SMBs), keeping up with technology has always been a tough challenge. Besides the tech know-how, they are intimidated by the perceived high cost that digitisation may lead to.
Search giant Google has always been a default ‘discovery’ platform for consumers looking for products or information about businesses. Thus, it made sense when they started engaging with small and medium businesses in India to help them come online.
Now with the launch of its new, revamped app Google My Business (GMB), Google is enabling SMBs to manage their profiles on-the-go and boost customer engagement. The app is a simple and free tool for SMBs to start their digital journey through listings on Google and keep their business presence up-to-date on Google Search and Google Maps. The new app allows businesses to update their profile, converse with customers, and attract new ones in real-time, on-the-go.
So far, over 23 million Indian SMBs have leveraged Google Maps and GMB to come online.
Stating that the new GMB app deepens the company’s commitment to help businesses grow online, Shalini Girish, Director - Marketing Solutions, Google India, said, “The new app will encourage businesses to manage their presence on Google in real time, make their profiles more appealing and interact with customers.”
In an interview with SMBStory, Shalini Girish talks about the need for SMBs to go online and how Google India is facilitating that with easy tech solutions. Shalini has been with Google for over 13 years. She was earlier based out of Sao Paulo where she set up and led the Google Marketing Solutions team for Latin America. In 2013, Shalini moved back to India and took on the position of Director for the Global Customer Experience teams (India Operations) supporting several geographies, including North America, Australia, and New Zealand, among others.
Excerpts from the conversation:
SMBStory: Having worked with SMBs in India for the past two years, what insights have you got about this segment?
Shalini Girish: We have been doubling down on our efforts to bring SMBs to come online in India. We first needed to understand what their barrier was. Why were SMBs not coming online? India has a large SMB base and the latest report puts the number at 58 million. We conducted research with KPMG a couple of years ago and found that nearly 70 percent of SMBs had no presence online. Not even an email id. That is a large number especially in a country like ours where the internet ecosystem is booming and consumers are all coming online.
We found there were two broad barriers. One, they felt it was an expensive affair and it was not something they wanted to spend money on. Two, they thought they had to be tech-savvy to get online.
SMBStory: How have you put that learning into practice?
SG: Another big barrier for SMBs is lack of time. Most of them are single-founder companies where the founder is doing most things themselves. We’ve found that most of them use our education app Primer once they are done with their day’s work. This company Tsar Watches from Indore, started by a single founder a couple of years ago, manufactures and retails wood watches in India. We asked the founder how he makes time to catch up with tech that can help him grow his business. He told us that he goes through a few lessons on Primer in the evenings and then builds a strategy to implement the next day.
We also found that for the SMBs, everything has to be mobile-first and in simple and easy (gamified) steps.
The other learning was that they all have the aspiration to reach other markets, especially the neighbourhood shops and mom and pop shops.
SMBStory: Can you give a few examples?
SG: So just like Tsar Watches, there’s a two-century-old sweet shop in Lucknow called Ram Asrey. They use GMB app that allows them to stay connected with the existing as well as a new audience. They are well known in the celeb circles with Bill Clinton and Amitabh Bachchan as their star clients. Two years ago, they were doing no ecommerce. Today, they are looking at scaling digitally.
It is interesting to see how these two businesses -- Tsar Watches and Ram Asrey -- have two different strategies to grow. Tsar Watches was born online and is now looking to scale offline by tying up with retail stores. Ram Asrey, a traditional storefront, is looking to grow digitally.
There’s also a father-son business, Raju’s Tea Stall in Bhopal, which uses GMB, and has about 17,000 reviews on it.
SMBStory: What were these initiatives that you had launched to help SMBs come online?
SG: Given that the tech ecosystem is so critical to our economy and India’s GDP, we said let’s see what we can do. And hence, we had put in place a few initiatives a couple of years ago like the free Google My Business that we recently relaunched. This takes out the expensive factor from the equation. The other initiative we launched was the Digital Unlocked that is designed to arm SMBs with digital skills via offline and online training module and over 360,000 small businesses have been trained in the past two years.
Primer is a free mobile app designed to teach digital marketing skills and has been downloaded over 6.2 million times. Also, websites with GMB enables SMBs to create a free, mobile optimised website instantly in 10 regional languages and over 800,000 Indian businesses are already using it.
SMBStory: Why was there a need to relaunch GMB?
SG: Once the businesses come online, it does not mean that they are active. To help them keep their presence alive online, we have redesigned the app so that businesses can stay updated on-the-go and in real time with their customers on the app. We also launched Smart Campaign (a paid service), where businesses can launch their advertisement in simple three steps.


Leo Anthony Gallagher, Jr. (born July 24, 1946), known as Gallagher, is an American comedian and prop comic, known for smashing watermelons as part of his act.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Conflict with brother's act
2.2 Comedy style
3 Legacy
4 Personal life
5 Filmography
5.1 Comedy specials
6 References
7 External links
Early life
Gallagher was born at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He grew up in Lorain, Ohio, until he was 9 years old. Because of his asthma he then moved to South Tampa, Florida, where he attended H.B. Plant High School. He graduated from the University of South Florida with a chemical engineering degree in 1970.[1] He also received a minor in English literature, which he uses often in his skits to mock the language.
Career
After college, Gallagher began working as comic/musician Jim Stafford's road manager. Stafford and Gallagher traveled to California in 1969, during which time Gallagher decided to perform himself. He began honing his own comedy act while frequenting both The Comedy Store and the Ice House. He was repeatedly denied appearance on The Tonight Show in the 1970s and 1980s, as Johnny Carson disliked prop comedy.[2] However, he was liked by some of the program's staff, and Gallagher eventually performed several times on the show when guest hosts were filling in for Carson.[2]
Gallagher was one of the most popular and recognizable American comedians during the 1980s. He performed 14 comedy specials for Showtime. These shows have been re-broadcast numerous times, notably on Comedy Central.
Running for Governor (as an independent) in the 2003 California recall election, Gallagher finished 16th out of 135 candidates with 5,466 votes.[3]
Conflict with brother's act
In the early 1990s, Gallagher's younger brother, Ron Gallagher, asked him for permission to perform shows using Gallagher's trademark Sledge-O-Matic routine. Gallagher granted his permission on the condition that Ron and his manager made it clear in promotional materials that it was Ron Gallagher, not Leo Gallagher, who was performing. After several years, Ron began promoting his act as Gallagher Too or Gallagher Two. In some instances, Ron's act was promoted in a way that provided no clue to prospective attendees that they were not seeing the original Gallagher.[4][5]
Gallagher initially attempted to stop his brother from performing these activities by requesting that he not use the Sledge-O-Matic routine. These efforts proved futile, as Ron kept touring as Gallagher Too and using the Sledge-O-Matic routine. In August 2000, Gallagher sued his brother for trademark violations and false advertising.[4] The courts ultimately sided with Leo Gallagher, and an injunction was granted prohibiting Ron from performing any act that impersonates his brother in small clubs and venues. This injunction also prohibited Ron from intentionally bearing likeness to his brother.[5]
Comedy style
Gallagher's signature sketch is a pitch for the "Sledge-O-Matic," a large wooden mallet that he uses to smash a variety of food items and other objects, culminating with a watermelon. In addition to the Sledge-O-Matic, Gallagher's act features a variety of props, including a large trampoline designed to look like a couch.[6]
While the Sledge-O-Matic act is an example of physical prop comedy, the act itself (and even its name) is a parody of ads for the Ronco Veg-O-Matic, a kitchen appliance that was heavily advertised on American television from the mid-1960s through the 1970s. Gallagher also uses wordplay in his act, pointing out the eccentricities of the English language.
In the 2010s, Gallagher's act evolved to include jokes widely considered to be racist, homophobic, and xenophobic.[7][8][9] In January, 2011, Gallagher walked out of comedian Marc Maron's WTF podcast when Maron continued to ask Gallagher about the allegations, with Gallagher responding that it was five jokes that he had heard on the street out of a 2–3 hour show. Gallagher accused Maron of "taking the other side of everything" he said in the interview.[2][10]
In July 2012, Gallagher was featured in a television commercial for GEICO insurance, repeating his Sledge-O-Matic bit.[11]
Legacy
In 2004, Comedy Central rated Gallagher the 100th best stand-up comedian of all time.[12] Gallagher was displeased with being ranked so low, and he told The Oregonian, "I looked at the other people and I was trying to find anyone I ever heard of. How could I be behind people I never heard of? ... I made 13 one-hour shows for Showtime, which are available on videotape. I invented the one-man show on cable."
Personal life
Gallagher reportedly lost nearly the entirety of his fortune in stock market speculation gone wrong, and jokes that he is currently 'broke'. However, his longtime manager disputes this as a bit of comedic exaggeration, adding "We all need to be as broke as Leo".[13]
During a performance on March 10, 2011, in Rochester, Minnesota, Gallagher collapsed on stage, gripping his chest. He was rushed to Saint Marys Hospital, where it was determined that he had suffered a minor heart attack.[14]
A year later, on March 14, 2012, just before a performance in Lewisville, Texas, Gallagher began to experience intense chest pains. Gallagher's manager said the comic suffered a "mild to serious" heart attack and was placed in the hospital in a medically induced coma while doctors tried to determine what was wrong with his heart.[15][16] After replacing two coronary stents, doctors slowly brought him out of the coma on March 18, 2012. He quickly recovered and started talking to his family. His manager, Christine Sherrer, stated that he was breathing on his own, moving, and telling jokes.[17]
Filmography
Comedy specials
An Uncensored Evening (1980)
Mad as Hell/Two Real (1981)
Totally New (1982)
Stuck in the Sixties (1983)
The Maddest (1983)
Melon Crazy (1984)
Over Your Head (1984)
The Bookkeeper (1985)
The Messiest (1986) – contains clips from previous specials
Overboard (1987)
We Need a Hero (1992)
Smashing Cheeseheads (1997)
Messin' Up Texas (1998)
Sledge-O-Matic.com (2000)
Tropic of Gallagher (2007)[18]
The Book of Daniel (2013)
Live in Chelsea (working title) (2014)[needs update] recorded on October 9 at the Gotham Club in Chelsea, Manhattan
References
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↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Episode 145 – Gallagher, WTF with Marc Maron, wtfpod.com
↑ California Secretary of State, October 7, 2003 Special Statewide Election - Statement of Vote (retrieved on April 30th, 2013).
↑ 4.0 4.1 Alex Tresniowski. "Tears of a Clone". Retrieved 16 March 2012. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
↑ 5.0 5.1 Witney Seibold. "The Hoax Report: Gallagher Too". Retrieved 16 March 2012. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
↑ Gallagher: Stuck in the '60s
↑ "Gallagher Is a Paranoid, Right-Wing, Watermelon-Smashing Maniac", article in The Stranger.
↑ TDB article: "Gallagher bringing homophobic watermelon-smashing comedy to Arlington?."
↑ Salon article: "This Week in Crazy: Gallagher".
↑ Southern California Public Radio article: "Comedian Gallagher (yes, that Gallagher) walks out on popular comedy podcast WTF with Marc Maron".
↑ Gallagher Broke, Living In Hotels, Lost Drivers License After Heart Attack: 'I Died In March'
↑ http://www.listology.com/list/comedy-central-100-greatest-standups-all-time
↑ "Gallagher Broke, Living In Hotels"
↑ "Gallagher Collapses on Stage"
↑ March 14th, 2012 Heart Attack (TMZ)
↑ "Comedian Gallagher placed in medically induced coma after heart attack". Fox news. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
↑ "Comic Gallagher is out of coma, telling jokes". MSN.com. March 18, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2012. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
↑ "Tropic of Gallagher (Video 2007) IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved December 5, 2011. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>


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What Is the Difference Between a Fixed Annuity and a Variable Annuity?
An annuity is a contract with an insurance company in which you make one or more payments in exchange for a future income stream in retirement. The funds in an annuity accumulate tax deferred, regardless of which type you select. Because you do not have to pay taxes on any growth in your annuity until it is withdrawn, this financial vehicle has become an attractive way to accumulate funds for retirement.
Annuities can be immediate or deferred, and they can provide fixed returns or variable returns.
Fixed annuity
A fixed annuity is an insurance-based contract that can be funded either with a lump sum or regular payments over time. In exchange, the insurance company will pay an income that can last for a specific period of time or for life.
Fixed annuity contracts are issued with guaranteed minimum interest rates. Although the rate may be adjusted, it should never fall below a guaranteed minimum rate specified in the contract. This guaranteed rate acts as a “floor” to potentially protect a contract owner from periods of low interest rates.
Fixed annuities provide an option for an income stream that could last a lifetime. The guarantees of fixed annuity contracts are contingent on the financial strength and claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company.
Immediate fixed annuity
Typically, an immediate annuity is funded with a lump-sum premium to the insurance company, and payments begin within 30 days or can be deferred up to 12 months. Payments can be paid monthly, quarterly, annually, or semi-annually for a guaranteed period of time or for life, whichever is specified in the contract. Only the interest portion of each payment is considered taxable income. The rest is considered a return of principal and is free of income taxes.
Deferred fixed annuity
With a deferred annuity, you make regular premium payments to an insurance company over a period of time and allow the funds to build and earn interest during the accumulation phase. By postponing taxes while your funds accumulate, you keep more of your money working and growing for you instead of paying current taxes. This means an annuity may help you accumulate more over the long term than a taxable investment. Any earnings are not taxed until they are withdrawn, at which time they are considered ordinary income.
Deferred variable annuity
A variable annuity is a contract that provides fluctuating (variable) rather than fixed returns. The key feature of a variable annuity is that you can control how your premiums are invested by the insurance company. Thus, you decide how much risk you want to take and you also bear the investment risk.
Most variable annuity contracts offer a variety of professionally managed portfolios called subaccounts (or investment options) that invest in stocks, bonds, and money market instruments, as well as balanced investments. Some of your contributions can be placed in an account that offers a fixed rate of return. Your premiums will be allocated among the subaccounts that you select.
Unlike a fixed annuity, which pays a fixed rate of return, the value of a variable annuity contract is based on the performance of the investment subaccounts that you select. These subaccounts fluctuate in value with market conditions, and the principal may be worth more or less than the original cost when surrendered.
Variable annuities provide the dual advantages of investment flexibility and the potential for tax deferral. The taxes on all interest, dividends, and capital gains are deferred until withdrawals are made.
When you decide to receive income from your annuity, you can choose a lump sum, a fixed payout, or a variable payout. The earnings portion of the annuity will be subject to ordinary income taxes when you begin receiving income. Annuity withdrawals are taxed as ordinary income and may be subject to surrender charges plus a 10% federal income tax penalty if made prior to age 59½. Surrender charges may also apply during the contract’s early years.
Annuities have contract limitations, fees, and charges, which can include mortality and expense risk charges, sales and surrender charges, investment management fees, administrative fees, and charges for optional benefits. Annuities are not guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency; they are not deposits of, nor are they guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank or savings association. Any guarantees are contingent on the financial strength and claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company.
Variable annuities are sold by prospectus. Please consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus, which contains this and other information about the variable annuity contract and the underlying investment options, can be obtained from your financial professional. Be sure to read the prospectus carefully before deciding whether to invest.
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A continuation of the Forsyte Chronicles, I think I liked this one a little bit less than The Man of Property, but it was still enjoyable. I missed some of the characters from the previous book, but there was still plenty of drama to keep things interesting. I do wish there were more of Irene’s perspective, rather than treating her as a thing of beauty and not a whole person (which I think was one of Virginia Woolf’s criticisms of these books).
This series continues to be a bit of a guilty pleasure, as it’s a rather richly done — and engrossing — soap opera. The historical tidbits interspersed throughout make it more interesting and help make the time period more vivid.
Article: Can Book Awards Poison Reader Reviews?
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Can Book Awards Poison Reader Reviews?
(From Pacific Standard, February 19, 2014)
“Two business researchers, Balázs Kovács and Amanda J. Sharkey, at the Universities of Lugano and Chicago, respectively, analyzed thousands of reader reviews on Goodreads of 64 English-language books that either won or were short-listed for top book awards — including the National Book Award, the Man Booker Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award — between 2007 and 2011. To their surprise, while sales of the books that won awards skyrocketed following recognition, the online ratings of these same books plummeted.”
The article goes on to explain that this may be due to having a wider audience — people with more varied tastes in books — reading a book, simply due to the award it received, rather than due to it fitting their own interests.
That seems to make sense, and I’ve definitely experienced this myself. I’ve read books based on an award they won, rather than just being interested in them, and I rarely ended up actually enjoying them. Though I think I have often attributed it more to judges awarding books for being edgy or show, rather than actually good. ;)
I’m a little skeptical of the researchers only having looked at Goodreads, since I’ve seen variations between reviews there and on other book community or bookselling sites. They did mention that Goodreads users are fairly representative of fiction readers in general, but the researchers also weeded out the ratings without a comment, and extrapolated other data that wasn’t explicit, so that can skew things even more. So take that for what it is.
Article: Do We Really Need Negative Reviews?
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Do We Really Need Negative Reviews?
(From New York Times, February 16, 2014)
From The New York Times, a written debate between Francine Prose and Zoë Heller about whether (professional) book reviewers should write negative reviews.
Having only positive book reviews seems rather silly to me. I think a negative review, written constructively, can be a good thing, both for writers and readers. Just because a book was actually published doesn’t guarantee that it’s well-written or even worth reading.
Book Review: Anna Édes by Dezső Kosztolányi
June 25, 2013 Reviews No comments
An interesting enough look at a slice of Hungarian life after the first World War, focusing on the effects of the class system on how people treat one another. The writing was a bit plodding and heavy-handed at times, and there were a number of mistakes missed in editing this translation. The major event late in the book was a total surprise to me. I expected something to happen, based on how the story was building, but this went well beyond what I imagined.


Almost a year ago I became the proud adoptive parent of a large-and-in-charge orange tabby cat. He is big and loud. Mouthy, really. He pretty much demanded I become his new Mom.
Why I needed another loud and mouthy presence in my life I do not know, (ahem) Mark (ahem)!
This called for an uber special name. After not a lot of deliberation I decided to call him Julius, both for his orangeness and his regal-ness. Then my friend Jessica came up with my cat's official Title:
Sir Julius the Orange from the Land of Purr
Captain of the Army of Snuggles
and
Speaker of the House of Meww
Since the day after I brought him home I have been wanting to share Julius' "morning report" with you all, but every time I try to take a little video of him meowing his fat little ass off, he clams up.
That's a cat for ya.
So you're just going to have to take my word for it, he meows and meows at me EVERY morning from the second I descend the last step from my bedroom.
"Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow!"
I imagine it's translatable to something like...
"Mom! Hi mom. OMG you're up! Good morning! Wow, all night I waited and waited for you to emerge. Well, I slept too, but really only because you weren't here, I swear. And wow, I really need fresh water. Oh and I'd LOVE to play with your yarn and if you'd hold me up high on your shoulder like a human baby I'd be so happy and oh don't forget to scratch my face. Oh oh, yes, that's it, that's the spot. If I could tell you what the kids were doing before you got up they'd be in so much trouble. Oh mom, I'm so happy you're up! ....But I'd be fine if you weren't."
The day I brought him home.
You get a gold star if you can tell me what movie this line is from.
And that, my friends, is a day in the life of my cat. Don't you just want to to pet and scratch and squish him? No? Just me? Well OK, but I promise if you ever visit, he'll make you love him!
Posted by Jennifer Hall
Labels: cats, humor, julius, mama kats writers workshop, pets
10 comments:
Unknown November 5, 2011 at 7:51 AM
Love the name! Very creative.
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Unknown November 5, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Those pictures made me laugh hard, cats are great! (I think they are almost worse than husbands)
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Alyssa November 5, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Ok, as I said on Twitter...Ice Age!! Except I know the line is older than that because these photos have reminded me that I, too, had a cat once who wasn't fat but poofy. When I was a kid. And I'm, ahem, slightly older than Ice Age. The movie!! I'm older than the movie. And i always said that about my cat. Actually I said she's not fat, she's FLUFFY. So either that line in some form existed prior to Manny and Sid, or the makers of Ice Age totally stole it from me.
Either way, great post. :) I'm a dog person, myself. I did have that childhood cat but I never quite recovered from litter box duty enough to want another.
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Laura@Catharsis November 5, 2011 at 3:10 PM
That cat is eNORmous! I am so sad that we can never have cats because my husband is allergic. I would so love to have that big ball of fur to cuddle with. Like the pics :)
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Amy November 5, 2011 at 3:35 PM
Hi! I landed here from NaBloPoMo on Blogher. Love the name. And wow, what a big cat. Pretty sure he could eat my dog for breakfast.
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Mom November 6, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Meow! Give Julius a special scratch and kiss from me and tell him I miss him.
I, too, miss having cats...really really love cuddly and playing... had one (orange tabby, too), named Rose, for 18 years. But after that, tried to have a few others... but the coyotes are too numerous and they don't last long :( Even dogs and small children need to be leashed!!
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Aimee November 6, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I LOVE his dialogue! Poofy and Possessive. :)
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THE SARCASM GODDESS November 7, 2011 at 8:27 PM
Eeee! He is so cute! I love kitties!
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Order Pills Antibacterial January 3, 2012 at 6:16 AM
I will be your frequent visitor, that's for sure.
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kitty August 2, 2012 at 1:44 AM
So fluffy and cute! Nice to know you're one crazy cat lady too. Like me! :)
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During the summer of 1999 Dan Scot Taylor, after completing his new submarine 'Nessa', will return to Loch Ness in hope of finishing what he began 30 years earlier. The project began in 1969 when Dan arrived at Loch Ness with his submarine 'Viperfish' in search of the Loch Ness Monster. Due to circumstances Dan was unable to complete his search.
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Now that we know about the inequity of increased black labor in “essential” front line worker positions, let’s examine why African Americans disproportionately hold higher positions in this labor market. Unfortunately, the reason is quite simple: systemic racism. For decades, African Americans have faced unfair discrimination and have been historically disadvantaged in many sectors such as housing, employment, education, healthcare, and leadership opportunities. The consequences of persistent discrimination dating back decades has resulted in higher prevalence of African American deaths due to COVID-19 in the this pandemic.
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COVID-19 has hit the African American community hard with higher death tolls, less COVID-19 testing in predominately communities of color in comparison with predominately White affluent neighborhoods, and increased risk of exposure due to higher rates of “essential” front-line African American workers. In order to move forward, we need to protect African Americans with policies and policy enforcement, ensuring equity with their White counterparts across all sectors.
References:
1. https://www.epi.org/publication/black-workers-covid/
2. https://www.brookings.edu/research/black-essential-workers-lives-matter-they-deserve-real-change-not-just-lip-service/