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![]() ![]() Shane’s books include Sociable! How Social Media is Turning Sales and Marketing Upside Down. Shane Gibson is #5 on the list of the Top 30 Social Sales People in the World. He has spoken to over 100,000 people on stages in North America, Southern Africa, India, Dubai, Malaysia and South America. Shane Gibson is an international speaker, sales trainer, and author on social media marketing, social selling and sales performance. Download his ebook, audio book and slides here. This sales hack is an excerpt from Shane Gibson's new ebook "12 Apps and Hacks for Sales and Social Selling". The other benefit is you never have to answer that question again – just send them the link. They can follow you step-by-step visually as you give them instructions. For any client question related to using your software or your site offer to record a quick video on how to do it and send through a link via email. If you work for a software company or have a complex website where you are often playing tech support with clients on the phone Screenflow and Camtasia can help save you hours and hours of time per week that you could use for selling. Using rich media and not depending on a 3 rd party person to present your proposal to their team greatly improves your chances of success. This has proven to be very useful when I found myself unable to present to key decision makers. You can also use a screencast/recording to do a page-by-page walk-through of a presentation, proposal or project plan. My clients love it because they can re-watch them as many times as they need to and share it with their team, and I love it because it saves me so much time on a weekly basis. Instead of sitting on the phone or even sending a response via text email to the same question I get all the time, I send the answer to many frequently asked questions via video. ![]() Many times multiple people will have the same questions over time, I can present the answer once in the form of a video tutorial recorded through Screenflow and then post it to my site and/or YouTube and Facebook video channels. I personally use Screenflow to record both client web meetings and webinars I deliver, these are archived, and I use them both as a client record and resource that I can share with clients, staff and partners. These tools can be used to build software demos, record a Power Point presentation or webinar and mix multiple video files and images together to produce a dynamic high-quality video presentation. They will capture anything that happens on screen as well as record video and audio from your computer. What is it? Camtasia (for PC’s) and Screenflow (for Mac) are both screen recording and editing software. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are extra costumes and other collectibles there for longevity, but only the scrolls serve a function beyond cosmetic bragging. Whilst somewhat brief, the length is appropriate as you can feel some repetition settling in by the last couple of levels. This is one of the best ninja games I have played in a very long time. Overall, they came close to creating a brilliant game, here. One particular aspect I do like is that a lot of areas allow you to choose your own way of navigation, however in some areas it soon becomes clear that certain routes just will not be worth the hassle, particularly when you can die in one hit, which is a concept that should really have been reserved for harder difficulties. The music is also quite subtle but appropriate and enjoyable. The story of Aragami develops as you play through the game, which is great as you are not subjected to numerous and endless cut-scenes. What is really good though is that respawning is almost instantaneous no prolonged loading screens adding to your frustration. This is infrequent, however with the number of enemies you are attempting to attack, this could cause you to get killed and have to respawn at the last save point, which could have been quite a few minutes ago. For the most part assassinations and shadow-travelling work very well and are very impressive, but occasionally the teleport function just won't work even though you've lined everything up right, or the assassinate command won't activate even though you are right behind an enemy. The controls are where this game is 75% fun but 25% frustration, and the main reason to give 4 stars and not 5. Still, these are not game-breaking issues. The downfall is that it can get glitchy, and the frame-rate can really drop to make the game jerky and choppy at times. First off, the graphics are nice the cell-shaded approach works well for the anime-like ninja context. I really like this game, and I would love it if not for some minor issues that accumulate to some moments of frustration and confusion. I recommend you buy it because it was worth it at full price, now it's down to bargain levels. If you hate stealth games and like to have an action option you're gonna have a bad time, but if you love stealth you will love this. Rumor has it the creator is considering Nintendo Switch port which seems an even better fit. I recommend it to any fan of this genre, and I am eagerly awaiting a sequel. Maybe 8.5 would have been a more fitting rating? Bottom Line: This absolutely blew me away. The steam version has a level editor, but not the PS4 version so that sucks. Online: The Coop is great if you can find someone to play with and makes the harsh difficulty easier. There is no customizable button layout, the save points can be a bit far between, and the characters are hardly people you will get attached to. Different play styles and items are unlockable for people used to a more modern complete stealth experience like Splinter Cell Blacklist. Little Easter eggs to the creator's favorites like Ocarina of Time are sprinkled throughout which makes the story a bit more fun. It's not without glitches, but is very well designed. Light drains your magic, shadows restore it. You don't hide bodies, you send them through a shadow portal. There is no jump button instead you teleport. The shadow mechanic is very fun once you master it. They are packed with a myriad of branches and options you can use to approach the same goal. Honestly surpassed all my faves in the genre like Tenchu Z. The water, the fire, the night sky are all beautiful. The shadow system is pretty stylish as well. There is clear anime influence in the characters. Graphics: Artsy cell shading not quite as astounding as Journey or El Shaddai, but certainly well above Wind Waker the graphics are gorgeous and very well done. I was honestly keeping my hopes down and not expecting this much polish. I've bought or imported every single Tenchu or Shinobido ever made so when this game was being compared to a 3d Mark of the Ninja I couldn't resist. It is hard to find good Ninja stealth games. I've bought or imported Absolutely was not expecting this level of quality in an indie game. Absolutely was not expecting this level of quality in an indie game. ![]() ![]() ![]() Upon entering the room, Bellavia discovered it was filled with propane tanks and plastic explosives. He followed the wounded insurgent's bloody footprints to a room on the landing and threw in a fragmentation grenade. Bellavia chased the insurgent as he ran upstairs. The insurgent tripped and Bellavia wounded him. A fourth insurgent then emerged from a closet in the bedroom, yelling and firing his weapon as he leaped over a bed trying to reach Bellavia. When another insurgent began firing from a floor above, Bellavia returned fire and killed him. When he entered a bedroom, the wounded insurgent followed, forcing Bellavia to shoot him. A second insurgent fired at him, and Bellavia wounded him in the shoulder. ![]() Bellavia promptly shot him and charged into the house. During a lull in the fire, Bellavia approached the house again and observed an insurgent loading a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. While the Americans took fire from various vantage points inside the house, Bellavia called in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle to shell the houses. "A light switch went off."Īccording to his Silver Star citation, Bellavia, armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon gun, entered the room where the insurgents were holed up and sprayed it with gunfire, forcing the enemy to take cover and allowing the squad to move into the street. I wanted to be that leader that I promised I would be," he said. Bellavia seethed when he heard the anguished screams of his fellow Soldiers as they were wounded. The insurgents were entrenched in a makeshift pillbox under a set of stairs. "They just opened up on us with belt-fed machine guns," Bellavia said. The pair of hard-nosed contingents clashed immediately when the door of that 10th house opened. By the time they arrived on the city's outskirts, the 1st ID had been in Iraq for 10 months and had been involved in every major battle in the war up to that point. But Bellavia's unit was battle-hardened, too. They had interpreters, combat cameramen and were well-trained. The insurgents holding Fallujah were formidable. ![]() official told ABC News that catching Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was said to be operating in the city, was "the highest priority." The operation ended in late April with the formation of the Fallujah Brigade, a unit composed of Iraqis, which was charged with keeping insurgents out of the city. Marine forces launched Operation Vigilant Resolve to take the city back from insurgents. The impetus for the battle began in March when four American private military contractors from Blackwater USA were ambushed and killed in Fallujah. Marine Corps and was the bloodiest battle of the Iraq war. 7, 2004, and ended more than six weeks later on Dec. Also known as Operation Phantom Fury, the operation was a joint effort by American, Iraqi and British forces to drive out the Iraqi insurgency in the city. "I have had better birthdays, for sure," Bellavia told the Military Channel in 2009.īellavia's men were mired in the opening stages of the Second Battle of Fallujah. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The State Personnel Board is expected to review the contract, which the Attorney General must also approve, at its Aug. Mississippi Department of Human Services, the agency bringing the lawsuit, is prepared to hire Jackson-based law firm Jones Walker to replace Pigott on the case. Reeves confirmed as much, saying he believed Pigott, a semi-retired former President Bill Clinton appointee, was the one with a political agenda. Pigott, who had been on the civil case for a year and filed the suit in May, told Mississippi Today he believed his firing was political. State and federal authorities reached their plea deal with New days after Mississippi Today’s series finished publishing in April. Bryant’s involvement in the scandal and one of the defendants in both the civil and criminal cases, nonprofit founder Nancy New, alleged that Bryant directed her to pay Favre. Mississippi Today’s investigation “The Backchannel” provides evidence of former Gov. There are separate criminal cases against six defendants, four of whom have pleaded guilty and agreed to aid prosecutors in the ongoing state and federal criminal investigations. The suit is based on a forensic audit that found $77 million worth of fraud or misspending. The suit targets 38 individuals or companies, including former NFL quarterback Brett Favre and three retired WWE wrestlers, in an attempt to claw back about $24 million in misspent funds from a federal block grant called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, which is supposed to serve the state’s poorest residents. “It is an abuse of power for Governor Reeves to direct litigation in which he is a necessary party defendant.” “It is an abuse of power for Governor Reeves to frustrate a state agency’s collecting monies owed it in order to protect his financial supporters,” wrote Waide, the Tupelo-based attorney representing Davis’ nephew Austin Smith, who received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the agency during his uncle’s administration. Reeves’ staff had already forced Pigott to remove the athletic foundation, whose board is made up of many Reeves supporters and campaign donors, from the suit before he filed it. Bryant oversaw the welfare department when the scandal occurred. Attorney Brad Pigott, after the attorney attempted to subpoena the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation for its communication with, among others, former Gov. The Reeves administration also recently fired the attorney bringing the welfare suit, former U.S. Tate Reeves inspired welfare payment targeted in civil suit, texts show ![]() Reeves’ wishes when he funneled over $1 million to Reeves’ fitness trainer, a defendant in the suit. The texts show former welfare director John Davis, who is facing criminal charges in the welfare scandal, said he was fulfilling then-Lt. Tate Reeves is controlling the case to protect himself and his supporters.Īfter Mississippi Today uncovered text messages Friday that connect the current governor to the funding of a defendant in the case, attorney Jim Waide argued Monday that Reeves should be a target of the lawsuit - not in charge of it. A defendant in Mississippi’s civil lawsuit to recoup millions in misspent welfare money is asking the court to examine whether Gov. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() The program does take up a lot of CPU resources while it runs, so it is recommended to on a fast processor. The program, although largely intuitive for graphic designers, and anyone who has already used a graphic design program, is not the best program for absolute beginners. Other programs like Corel Draw or Inkdesign, do not offer the flexibility, tools, or versatility compared to Illustrator, or even Photoshop. The Adobe Creative Cloud is a big boon for the program, which makes collaboration much easier. Photoshop is better at creating templates, while Illustrator is better to create scalable vector files. So, designs on AI do not lose sharpness at any scale, while Photoshop designs can pixellate at scales that are higher than the one the design has been created in, causing the image to look blurred. The main difference between AI and Photoshop is that AI designs with vectors, while Photoshop works on pixels. The most obvious alternatives to AI are Photoshop, Corel Draw, Inkscape, Inkdesign, Procreate, amongst other less popular graphic design programs. How does Adobe Illustrator compare to alternatives? On iPad too, the artworks can be stored on the Adobe Creative Cloud, be accessible from anywhere, and on any device. Using a number of design tools, freestyle hand-drawn illustrations can be converted into professional digital designs. Illustrations can be created using Apple Pencil, where illustrators can simply free-hand draw on the program. There is now an Illustrator for iPad, and there are some specific features for the device, designed specifically for the functionality of the iPad. This ensures quick turnaround times, and seamless shareability of the design work. ![]() Working in teams has also been made convenient with the integration of Adobe Creative Cloud where the AI files can be stored for collaborations. Using AI, you can create multi-dimensional designs, or work on multiple projects at once. The tools are intuitive and perfect to create a vector graphic. ![]() Using these tools, designers can create anything and everything. Some of these include Hand Lettering Design, Icon Design, Infographic Design, Banner Design, Chart Design, and more. For this specific function, one does not need to be a professional graphic designer, and watching a tutorial about Adobe Illustrator will let you create a simple, customized wallpaper design.Īdobe Illustrator offers a number of tools for designers to create something unique. The typography tool is great to incorporate into your wallpaper designs, and it is intuitive to build a wallpaper from scratch. Make graphics according to the dimensions of the desktop, create unique vector designs to make the image look more appealing, and choose the correct font to convey content effectively. With AI, easily incorporate pictures, images from the net, or scanned hand-drawn sketches, to create professional wallpaper designs. Some of the main features include tools for logo design, where designers can combine and manipulate shapes, start the logo design with a roadmap, easily scan hand-drawn 2D designs, choose from an exhaustive color palette, and pick the perfect font from 16,000 options. Various tools on AI facilitate the process of creating unique artwork. Design logos with easeĪdobe Illustrator is an easy-to-use software for graphic designers and is great for all kinds of vector graphics. The program can be used on desktops or tablets and is available on a subscription basis. Adobe Illustrator allows designers to create high quality, high definition illustrations that look professional. ![]() The product is a widely used program and a go-to software for designers and illustrators. Adobe Illustrator is a graphic design software, used for creating all kinds of design elements, logos, vectors, illustrations, and lots more. ![]() ![]() ![]() The other screws on the hinge allow you to adjust the cabinet door side to side and up a down a bit – use your adjustments to get your doors level.Īnd wa-lah, new kitchen cabinet hinges. Now attach your new kitchen cabinet hinge with a few screws, and screw the hinge back to the frame of the cabinets. It saves the paint from getting too messed up, you will make a mess with wood shavings though, so have your shop vac handy. I laid the newly painted cabinets on a blanket to do this drilling. And if your existing holes are in a place that may mess up your new holes, fill them! I didn’t and paid for it later. This is the exact size for the hinge to fit in.īe as precise as possible here. Align the jig to the edge of the door, mark the center and drill your hole to the depth of the bit. Next, you’ll need one of these clever little jigs that come with the a large drill bit. Take down the cabinets and remove all existing hardware. I also learned they make overlay hinges that are adjustable – spend the extra money and get the adjustable ones – you’ll need that feature, trust me!īack to the cabinets. Clearly that’s why the ½” overlay hinges did not work. My opening was 21”w my cabinets were 21.5”w so my overlay was ¼”. Measure your overlay like this: measure the width of your cabinet door, and subtract the width of the cabinet opening. I assumed cabinets were pretty standard, well I was wrong. Here’s what I didn’t do – and what you should. When they arrived, I realized I had the wrong ones…. I ordered a set in the most common dimension ½” overlay and waited for them to come. They are very reasonable compared to big box stores (BUT be sure you order the right thing because returns are a bit more difficult). The best deal I found on the hinges were from my favorite hardware source,. How to Install Overlay Kitchen Cabinet Hinges Any affiliate income from the blog goes to support more awesome projects. This post contains some affiliate links to help you find the products I’m talking about. So to tie it all together and give it a cohesive and more modern look we bought concealed hinges, also called overlay hinges, also called European hinges (why all the different names for the same thing?). Here’s what they looked like:Īs part of the renovation, we also added a few new cabinets and those came with the concealed hinges already installed. But they really bothered him, so they were on the list of things to re-do. The hinges? I can’t say I ever thought a day about our kitchen cabinet hinges. So he conceded but said he really hated the hinges. I talked him out of it because the ones we have are functional, solid wood and really just needed refreshing (not to mention new cabinets are very expensive!). When we started the kitchen remodel, my husband really wanted to do all new cabinets. But without hinges, your cabinets wouldn’t work at all, so they are essential. There is a before and after but it’s not all that exciting (until we get to the kitchen reveal). But did you know changing your hinges can make your kitchen cabinets take on a whole new look? Honestly, neither did I. I bet that’s not a phrase that you think of very much. ![]() ![]() ![]() A game that launched on mobile last year and was only recently ported to Steam and consoles, Inmost is a game that deserves more credit for what it gets right and I’m really pleased to see it break into a more mainstream market because it deserves to be played by more people. One was The Last of Us Part II and the second one, which caught me completely by surprise, was Inmost. So far, there have been two games that have managed to pull off such a feat. For me, and I’m sure a great many other folks out there, the juice in the emotional fuel tank has been running low for some time now, so if I’m dedicating my time to an experience that I know is going to crush me and pull on the ol’ heartstrings, it better damn well be worth it. After this, he goes back to sleep.Maybe it’s just a factor of the kind of year that it has been, but I feel like I’ve been playing more “feel good” games than usual lately. then a giant spider swoops down and attacks Sunny. He goes up the stairs, completely surrounded by spiders, on the last steps is something, it turns into mari. ![]() Sunny sleeps a bit, sweeps the floor, sunny passes out and wakes up in a house full of spiders. If the player chooses to ignore Kel, the Hikikomori route begins, and the Sunny route becomes inaccessible. The game's route diverges from here depending on whether or not Sunny answers Kel. Sunny wakes up to Kel knocking on his door. Basil disappears, Sunny wakes up and eats something, overcomes fear of heights, visits otherworld, gets woken up. Here, his friends Aubrey, Kel, and Hero greet him and invite him to meet Mari and Basil at the playground. Omori walks through the white door into Neighbor's Room, the first room in Headspace. ![]() The player can explore White Space, but can only enter Headspace once Omori has his Knife. Afterwards, Omori is introduced in White Space. The player can only enter headspace once Omori has his Knife.Īt the beginning of the game, the player is shown a short cutscene. The game begins at the Prologue, introducing Omori in White Space. The game is divided into four main parts. The game is paced by a day and night system, taking place over the course of three days. When Sunny wakes up in the morning, the game follows him instead in Faraway Town. OMORI follows Omori, the alter ego of Sunny, and his friends through a vast dream world on a quest to find their friend Basil, who has gone missing. In tandem with both the night and day segments, the player must find out what has happened to Sunny, his older sister, and his friends. Kel, one of his former friends, reached out to him and spends his last few days in Faraway Town with him. Aubrey then introduces Basil to the group.Īt the start of the game, one of his former friends Basil, goes missing in Head Space and so Omori, an alter ego of Sunny of some sorts, and his former, now imaginary friends, Kel, Hero and Aubrey, go out to find him.Įvery night ends with Omori being forcefully thrown into White Space by Something, the major antagonistic force in the game.Īt day, Sunny moves around in Faraway Town.Īt the beginning of the game it is revealed that he will move in about 4 days. The four of them meet Aubrey on the side of the road after she loses her shoe. Prior to the events of the game, Sunny and Mari grew up in Faraway Town with their next door neighbors, Kel and Hero. When Sunny is asleep, he takes the form of Omori, an alter ago of Sunny. OMORI is a psychological horror RPG about a boy named Sunny who overcomes the death (and his involvement in it) of his older sister, Mari.Īt night, Sunny enters Headspace, a fantasy like dream world that was created to repress the death of his sister as much as possible. ![]() ![]() ![]() Police officers have simply opted to arrest individuals previously considered insulting as ‘abusive’, which remains a criminal offence.Editor’s note: On May 22, USA Today published an opinion piece from Alliance Defending Freedom client Chelsea Mitchell ( Soule v. Yet, despite Parliament’s clear intention against the criminalization of insulting speech, arrests on these grounds have continued. T he ban on “insulting” speech, which allowed for subjective interpretations, was removed from the law 8 years ago, but a person is still guilty of an offence if he or she “uses threatening or abusive words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour”. However, the Act is now more often used to arrest people for legitimate speech. How have we got here? The part of the Act (section 5) relating to the criminalization of abuse likely to cause harassment alarm and distress were largely introduced to give police powers to tackle violent football hooliganism and riots. It’s his basis for the belief that marriage is between one man and one woman – a view held by about 1 in 5 Brits. “ I was only saying what the Bible says – I wasn’t wanting to hurt anyone or cause offence,” refuted Sherwood. But in May 2020, local authorities censored him for the apparent use of “abusive words” likely to cause “harassment, alarm or distress”. As part of his Christian calling, he preaches in the open air. Why isn’t the current law protecting free speech in the public square?ħ1-year-old John Sherwood has been a Pastor in North London for 35 years. Isabel is the Director of the UK March for Life and has volunteered for many years in support of women in crisis pregnancies. She has tirelessly served her community by providing charitable assistance to vulnerable women and children, and yet, she is being treated no better than a violent criminal because of her private thoughts. ![]() Isabel is currently out on bail, with police-imposed restrictions including engaging in public prayer, even beyond the PSPO area, stating that this is necessary to prevent further offences. If Isabel had stood in the same place thinking about another topic, she would not have been arrested. Isabel’s physical presence in the public space protection order (PSPO) area wasn’t a crime in itself it was the contents of her private thoughts that were prohibited. While harassment is already illegal, the censorship zone measure introduced by Birmingham authorities criminalises individuals perceived to be “engaging in any act of approval or disapproval or attempted act of approval or disapproval” in relation to abortion, including through “verbal or written means, prayer or counselling…” She was completely silent, until approached by officers who had received complaints that she may be praying silently in her mind. She wasn’t carrying a sign or engaging with anyone. In November 2022, Police approached Isabel Vaughan-Spruce standing near the BPAS Robert Clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham. Meet the charity worker arrested and charged on four counts for silent prayer “thought crime” near an abortion facility. If committed civil servants like Päivi Räsänen are criminally charged for voicing their deeply held beliefs, it creates a chilling effect for everyone’s right to speak freely, ”said Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International and author of “ Censored“. Räsänen creates a culture of fear and censorship. The Finnish Prosecutor General’s decision to bring these charges against Dr. ![]() “Freedom of speech is one of the cornerstones of democracy. She is a medical doctor, mother of five children, and has seven grandchildren. Päivi Räsänen has served as a member of the Finnish Parliament since 1995, and was Minister of the Interior from 2011-2015. That decision was made in April 2021 and ADF International will continue supporting Räsänen’s defense and the right for everyone to freely share their beliefs. Räsänen has already attended several lengthy police interviews about her views and had to wait over a year for the General Prosecutor to decide whether to continue with the prosecution. As an active member of the Finnish Lutheran church, she addressed the leadership of her church and questioned its official sponsorship of the LGBT event ‘Pride 2019’, accompanied by an image of a Bible text. Police investigations against Räsänen started in June 2019. ![]() |
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