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With the advent of Big Data coming out of the "Trough of Disillusionment", executives are searching for ways to use the plethora of information sources to help them make informed business decisions. To really understand information and especially Big Data, executives require multiple visualizations to gain an understanding of trends and to see "ah-ha" moments and the effects of events on their business. This is especially true in Retail.
This was nowhere more evident than at Sam's Club, a large retailer who was swimming in data but was challenged to find a method to make it both understandable, come from a trusted source and provide valuable visualizations that could enable the business.
I will be describing the development of a big data solution for Walmart Stores Inc. in which we brought together 12 billion rows of information and then presented using both data science toolsets and analytical visualizations allowing the management of the organization to "see" the business and understand the information.

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The Supreme court has announced the vacancies for the SCI law clerk recently. The candidates were required to apply on the website of supreme court if wanted to apply for the posts. The candidates were required to apply for the posts before the last date of applications which was 28/02/2019.
The candidates were required to have passed bachelor degree in Law, i.e. LLB in 3 years or 5 years to be eligible for the posts. The candidates were also required to have computer knowledge. The minimum age requirement for the posts is 18 years as on 28/02/2019. The maximum age limit of the candidate should be 27 years. The age relaxation has also been provided to the candidates as per the rules.
The candidates were required to pay the exam fee with the application form before its last date. The exam fee for General and OBC candidates was 200/-. For SC, ST and PH candidates too the fee was 200/-. The candidates were required to pay the fee online. The fee was to be made with net banking, debit card, or credit card only.
The candidates who have applied for the posts can check their admit cards on the official website https://www.sci.gov.in/recruitment. They would need to open the site in their browsers. As it gets open, they would have to login in it. To login, they can use the registration number and password. Date of birth can also be used in the website to login. After logging in, they would be able to view the admit card. Download the admit card using the link. Once downloaded it is required to take a print out of it.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Our ultimate goal is to understand the mode of action of pathways that integrate external factors in mammalian longevity. In extending our studies from worms to mammals, questions take on added dimensions due to the presence of tissue regeneration in mammals. In mammals, we are interested in two questions. First, do the mechanisms that regulate invertebrate aging also affect aging of higher species in an evolutionarily conserved manner? Second, do these mechanisms regulate changes in tissue regenerative capacity during aging, or the ability of stem cells to persist throughout life?
We have explored the importance of FOXO3 in mammalian regenerative cells, focusing on adult neural stem cells (NSCs). In the adult brain, NSCs can produce new neurons that are involved in certain forms of learning and memory and in repair after injury. However, NSC regenerative potential declines with age. We found that FOXO3 deficient mice displayed premature depletion of NSCs (Renault et al., 2009). Genome-wide identification of FOXO3 target genes in NSCs revealed that FOXO3 preserves NSCs by increasing cellular quality control and restraining premature neurogenesis (Renault et al., 2009; Webb et al., 2013). We have extended these studies to other FOXO family members and their regulators in the brain. By generating mice deficient for FOXO6, the FOXO isoform enriched in mature neurons, we found that FOXO6 deficiency results in defective retrieval of memories and altered expression of synaptic plasticity genes (Salih et al., 2012). We have also showed that SIRT1 – a FOXO (and other protein) deacetylase – is important for the generation of oligodendrocytes from NSCs (Rafalski et al., 2013). Together, these findings provide insights into how nutrient-sensing pathways impact adult stem cells and their progeny – a key step in harnessing the regenerative potential of stem cells and in preventing age-dependent decline in brain function.
We are interested in testing how chromatin modifiers that affect invertebrate lifespan act in mammalian adult stem cells. We have started to probe the importance of epigenetic modifications by conducting a meta-analysis of a large number (>200) of H3K4me3 genomic datasets in a range of cell and tissue types (Benayoun, Pollina, Ucar et al., 2014). We found that H3K4me3 is not just present at promoters, but can spread more broadly over genes. The broadest H3K4me3 domains in a particular cell type are associated with genes that are critical for that cell type, and we have indeed used broad H3K4me3 domains as a discovery tools to identify novel regulators of NSCs. Interestingly, broad H3K4me3 domains are associated with genes whose transcription is more consistent. Deficiency in H3K4me3 modifiers in NSCs leads to increased transcriptional variability. Thus, the breadth of H3K4me3 contains important information for transcriptional precision, which could have important consequences for cell function.
We are currently exploring whether aging is associated with remodeling of broad H3K4me3 domains. Given the link between H3K4me3 breadth and transcriptional consistency, we are particularly intrigued in studying transcriptional variability during aging. Importantly, we want to manipulate broad H3K4me3 domains at specific loci to assess the functional importance of transcriptional consistency during aging.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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This paper will critique the speech Questions of Culture delivered by a graduate of Richmond University in 1996. The speakers name is Sajjid Zahir Chinoy. This critique will focus on the organization, content and delivery of the speech.
theories or theories of industrial conflict, if any, can best explain the state of industrial conflict in Singapore?
A. Specific Purpose: To inform the class on the conflict we face between Culture and Manners.
B. Thesis Statement: Over time, the manners of American culture have diverted to fit the fast pace of today’s society, as in-home value continues to decrease in importance.
C. Attention Grabber: The value of family, at a time, was the cornerstone of how a man or woman carried themselves in the public eye.
In this assignment, you must write 300 to 450 words on conflict and conflict management. Record your answers in this worksheet.
Describe each of the five conflict types using paragraph form.
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Using four biographies, he illustrates the tensions and problems associated with finding one’s way through life in more or less successful narratives, each with its own merits and imperfections. The people described are more or less reflective in their decision making when confronted with the realities about themselves or their situations at different points in their lives. There is an emphasis on the social context of those lives, the goods available to them, along with the people, culture, and institutions with which they interact. All of these factors inform their decision making, which include trade-offs at various points in their lives. For better or worse, those interactions and relationships inform their preferences and how they rank those preferences, in ways that are intimately tied to their roles and identities.
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It is normal to disagree with one another from time to time. Intermittent conflict is part of family life . Family members can disagree when they have different beliefs or views that clash with the interests of others. However, family conflict can be stressful and damage the relationships among family members especially when the members are prone to misunderstanding one another and jumping to wrongly skewed conclusions. The result may be unresolved conflicts which manifest in continuous arguments and end in resentment. Intense family conflict can lead to break-ups and dissolution of marriages or separation of siblings and everlasting disunity even in important matters that affect the family members.
Family conflicts arise for various reasons. Finance and jobs are the main causes of family conflicts. Failure to secure a good job that earns the breadwinner significant income to pay for bills, service mortgages or pay rent, buy food and fund recreation activities for the family members is the main cause of conflict between the spouses and by extension to the siblings. Most often, one of the spouses will tend to believe that the other spouse is spending the money elsewhere and is not caring for them and begin to quarrel. Also, where one of the spouses is engaged with a job that keeps him or her away from the other spouse and the children will feel neglected and incite conflict. Similarly, if the breadwinner loses the job, the family members are likely to be stressed and quarrel as their future financial situation becomes uncertain.
Apart from finances and jobs, family conflicts could arise from sibling rivalry. Siblings will naturally compete with one another for parental approval or attention. Such competition may involve causing harm to the others, teasing one another or tattling on. Either of such practices will eventually result in conflict among the siblings especially where the parent does not intervene and uphold equality among the siblings through showing equal love and acceptance for all.
In addition to finance, jobs and sibling rivalry, lack of patience and understanding among the family members is another cause of conflict. Sustainability of families requires patience from both members since there are events that occur along the way which could be unfavorable. For instance, at some point, a bread winner may lose his or her job. Family members ought to be patient and understand the situation as they await a resolution to the situation. Most often, the other spouse would be impatient and rush to conclude that the family has lost direction leading to quarrels and conflict in the family.
Since family conflicts are inevitable, there should be ways of resolving or avoiding the conflicts to avoid the adverse effects of these conflicts. One of the ways to resolving family conflicts is being patient and slow to quarrel. Holding the tongue for a few seconds can be a great step towards resolving a conflict. Spouses can calm down and think of better ways to respond to a situation or a developing conflict. With patience, a better thought solution can be offered to resolve a conflict then quickly rushing to fight with one another. Also, family members can avoid conflicts by getting hard on their problems and not just blaming one another. Avoiding blame game opens room for concessions and allows the family members to work together in finding solutions to their problems.
Overall, family conflicts can easily be predicted as they develop from obvious issues such as finance, jobs or sibling rivalry. As a family head, one ought to keep track of these issues and be in the leading line to offer solutions to such problems before the conflict arises. Patience and understanding are crucial for all family members if conflicts are to be avoided.
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Q: What does the registration cover? Why should I pay if I only plan on coming for one day?
A: Registration fees cover all costs associated with the reunion: Friday night reception, Sunday dinner, entertainment expenses (garage band equipment, dance band or DJ, pool or ping-pong tables...), registration staff, equipment and materials, goodie bags and other reunion memorabilia and give-aways. Why should you pay registration fees? About 75% of reunion registration fees cover food and beverage. In order to book a hotel with discounted room rates and sufficient, complimentary function space for these reunions, we must guarantee a minimum food and beverage spend. If we do not cover these guarantees, ABI (that's you, Brats!) will incur financial penalties, and we will not be able to continue throwing the best Brat party on Earth ever 2 years. And, honestly, the committee puts a lot of blood and sweat into packing as much value as possible into a pretty small fee for 4+ days of awesome fun!
Q: What is the difference between the membership fee and registration fee, and do I have to pay both to attend the reunion?
A: Membership fees (aka AdBak) helps offset ABI's non-reunion costs.
The reunion registration fees pay for just the reunion itself. Reunion costs include goodie bags and contents, Friday night reception, Sunday dinner, entertainment expenses and equipment, registration personnel, etc. The committee works VERY hard to squeeze as much value as possible into that fee. It's quite a bargain for 4+ days of fun!
You must pay both to attend the reunion. While most people tend to pay the two together, they are two separate costs and may be paid separately. You are able to pay your your "supporting" membership fee at any time, and it will be good until January 1, two years from date of payment.
Q: I can't register because I get an error saying I am restricted because of the event settings. What does this mean?
A: In order to register for the reunion, you must be either a supporting or sustaining member. Chances are, your account is set to the Free member level. Before you can register, you must upgrade your membership, by logging in to your account, and going to your profile page. There you will need to click "Change Membership Level" and select the appropriate level. Once you start that process, you may continue and register, then pay for both items together.
Q: Do I have to register my guests and children?
A: All Guests must register and pay the reunion fees. Children who will not be attending the Sunday banquet or Friday Welcome Reception, participating in any sporting event, and not wanting a t-shirt/goodie bag do not need to pay. They will be welcome to all other activities.
Q: Are there babysitting services available?
A: If you would like to bring your children to the reunion but not register them, you might consider hiring a baby sitter. The reunion committee can not arrange for sitters, but the hotel concierge might be able to help you with this. You might also be able to find a teenage brat offspring attending the reunion hoping to make a few riyals babysitting during the reunion weekend. Check out the Forum if you would like to hire, or are willing to offer services.
Q: What's the easiest way to get to the hotel?
A: Check out the Getting There page for driving directions, or instructions on transportation from the airport.
Q: It's past the March 31st deadline. Can I still register for the reunion? Can I wait and register at the reunion?
A: You are welcome to register any time between now and the time you arrive at the reunion. One potential problem with later registrations is that we will have already ordered the t-shirts and other registration goodies, and, even though we do order extras, there is a possibility that we could run out.
The other concern is that we would run out of room at the Sunday night banquet. Those that register after we run out of space for the banquet will not be charged for it.
So, the earlier the better, both for you and the committee, but we'll be happy to have you whenever you are able to register.
Q: What is the attire for the reunion activities?
A: The weekend- just like our childhood- is very casual. Anything from shorts and t-shirts to thobes to slacks is appropriate. The key is for you to make yourself comfortable.
Most folks bump it up a little for the Sunday banquet, but that still means a wide range of possibilities from slacks to suits. I would avoid bringing the tux as it would definitely stand out. Kilts are ok. Again, be comfortable in what you wear.
Above all, don't sweat what to bring. We want to see you, not your clothes. But do wear something. The hotel gets upset if you don't.
Q: What are the parking fees at the hotel?
A: There is no charge for parking.

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A parcel of land lying in the Northwest Quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 9 West, Calhoun County, Florida, and being more particularly described as follows: Commence at the Southwest Corner of lands described in Official Records Book 119, Page 213, in the Public Records of Calhoun County, Florida; thence go South 20 degrees 02 minutes 35 seconds West along to the Westerly right of way line of a proposed dirt road for a distance of 325.43 feet for the POINT OF BEGINNING. From said POINT OF BEGINNING continue South 20 degrees 02 minutes 35 seconds West for a distance of 54.25 feet; thence go South 87 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West for a distance of 336.8 feet, more or less, to the water’s edge of Chipola River, thence go Northwesterly along said water’s edge to a point which bears South 87 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West from the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence departing said water’s edge go north 87 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 388.3 feet, more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Said parcel of land having an area of 0.42 acres, more or less.
Said property being in the County of CALHOUN, STATE OF FLORIDA. Unless such certificate shall be redeemed according to law, the property described in such certificate shall be SOLD to the highest bidder at the Courthouse door on May 11, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. CST.
A parcel of land lying in the Northwest quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 9 West, Calhoun County, Florida and being described as follows: Commence at the Southeast corner of lands described in Official Records Book 119 at Page 213 of the Public Records of said county and run thence North 87 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East along the Southerly boundary of a graded road, a distance of 25.67 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. From said POINT OF BEGINNING, thence continue North 89 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East along said Southerly boundary, a distance of 30.00 feet to a concrete monument; thence South 01 degree 32 minutes 46 seconds East 350.27 feet; thence North 87 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East 105.00 feet; thence South 01 degree 32 minutes 46 seconds East 200.45 feet; thence South 87 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West 157.33 feet; thence North 01 degrees 23 minutes 43 seconds West 200.46 feet; thence South 87 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West 143.622 feet to a 1/2 inch iron road (LB 4889); thence North 20 degrees 03 minutes 05 seconds East 54.30 feet to a 1/2 iron rod (LD 4889); thence North 24 degrees 04 minutes 13 seconds East 336.30 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
A parcel of land lying in the Northwest Quarter of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 9 West, Calhoun County, Florida, and being more particularly described as follows: Commence at the Southeast Corner of lands described in Official Records Book 119, Page 213, in the Public Records of Calhoun County, Florida; thence go South 20 degrees 02 minutes 35 seconds West along the Westerly right of way line of proposed dirt road for a distance of 216.93 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. From said POINT OF BEGINNING, continue South 20 degrees 02 minutes 35 seconds West for a distance of 108.50 feet; thence go South 87 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West for a distance of 388.3 feet, more or less, to the water’s edge of the Chipola River; thence go Northerly along said water’s edge to a point which pears South 87 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West from the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence departing said water’s edge go North 87 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 436.9 feet, more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Said parcel of land having an area of 0.95 acres, more or less.

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We have reached the time and age in our society that we can almost communicate with anybody, anytime, and almost anywhere in the world.
With the internet and mobile phones, there is little to no excuse for not being able to contact a prospective client, supplier, partner, or personal connections. I am confident that anyone who is reading this has at least two phone numbers that can be used to reach them.
With all these options, it can be tough keeping track of what number you have given or which to use. For one, what number do you give a prospective client? How about suppliers or partners – do you give them your cell phone?
A straightforward and elegant solution has one universal number that you can give to everyone. The universal number MUST be able to connect to all the various devices that you are using.
Call me on my cell phone! Better yet, call me on my universal number – it can reach me wherever I am!
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The earliest historical reference to sunglasses dates back to ancient China and Rome. The Roman Emperor Nero watched gladiator fights through polished gems. In China, sunglasses were used in the twelfth century, or possibly earlier. These sunglasses were made using lenses that were flat panes of smoky quartz. They offered no corrective powers nor did they protect from harmful UV rays, but they did protect the eyes from glare.
In prehistoric and historic time, various Eskimo tribes wore flattened walrus ivory “glasses,” which meant looking through narrow slits to block harmful reflected rays of the sun.
Modern civilization began experimenting with tinted lenses in spectacles around 1752. It was believed that blue or green-tinted glass could potentially correct specific vision impairments. Protection from the sun’s rays was not a concern at this time. Glasses tinted with yellow-amber and brown were also commonly prescribed for people with syphilis in the nineteenth and early twentieth century because one of the symptoms of the disease was sensitivity to light.
In the early 1900s, sunglasses became more widespread, especially among movie stars. Famous actresses used shades to avoid recognition by fans and paparazzi, but also because they often had red eyes from the powerful arc lamps that were used with slow speed film stocks.
The cat eye style of sunglasses swept in during the 50s, with Marilyn Monroe notably rocking the look of the times. The trend made its way into Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1961, making Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly style icons for years to come.
The 1960s also brought about the big, bold look in sunglasses. Along with the decade’s tie-dye, flared jeans, and mod patterns came huge, bug-eyed sunglasses in both circle and square shapes. Former First Lady and fashion icon Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was known to rock these statement shades.
The “Flower Child” style of sunglasses emerged in the 1970s. The laid-back vibe of the 70s included all different kinds of sunglasses—big, plastic, wire, and even rimless frames were in style. Fading lenses also became fashionable, as worn by Diane Keaton in Annie Hall and Jane Fonda in Klute.
Perhaps one of the most fun decades of fashion, the 1980s, allowed women to get even louder with their glasses. Teased hair and leg warmers went with eccentric sunglasses in colorful, plastic frames. Princess Diana often opted for big, white sunglasses, while Molly Ringwald wore a bright red pair in Pretty in Pink. Then in the 1990s, tiny, wire frame sunglasses became popular, as worn by singer Britney Spears and the female stars of sitcoms such as Friends and Seinfeld.
Today, sunglasses remain an ever-changing, multimillion dollar industry. Including frames, sunglasses, and contact lenses, the total industry is worth roughly $90 billion, and it is projected to hit $140 billion by 2020. Of this market, sunglasses represent 40% of total purchases. For the sunglasses industry, branding has been critical for success. The ability of a company selling sunglasses to effectively market itself and articulate its value proposition to its prospective customers is critical for sales. Branding is often the determining factor, and it can make the difference between a company’s success or failure. Companies that brand effectively can achieve success and even dominance in the industry. While branding is important for public relations and marketing and sales for most companies, it can have a huge impact in the sunglasses industry.
In an age of growing technology, sunglass quality and innovation is becoming crucial for the industry. Branding is only valuable if it maintains the integrity of the company by only projecting true facts. Branding without quality might help you make initial sales, but when people realize your quality is low they will stop buying your products. Quality sunglasses need to be durable and promote healthy vision.
Branding is critical for sunglass companies. With so many companies providing a similar product and value proposition, often what distinguishes one from another is the ability to sell itself. One company dominates the industry and is able to charge ridiculous prices for sunglasses just because their product bears a sticker with their name. This company is a large part of why frames can cost upwards of $500, even though the product itself costs $25 to manufacture. How are they able to charge so much with such high margins? The answer is monopoly. Most sunglasses are manufactured by the same company: Luxottica. Headquartered in Italy, this company creates sunglasses and frames for Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Tiffany, Versace, Oakley, and a variety of other vendors.
Companies such as Oliver Peoples, Ray Ban, and Chanel are able to charge so much for a simple pair of sunglasses because people are buying the brand name. When people trust a brand and see it as valuable, they will desire products with that brand. By building a strong brand, Luxxottica has been able to expand out of the sunglasses industry and into technology. The company now makes Google Glass, which is expected to become increasingly popular in 2016. Currently, over 500 million people around the globe wear glasses made by Luxottica. Brand dominance has earned the company 80% control of major sunglasses brands, which is part of a total $28 billion eyeglasses industry. Needless to say, the company’s profits are tremendous. Because the company has control over so many different chains, it is able to set whatever price it wants.
While Luxottica owns a majority of the market, Safilo Group trails behind as a distant second. This company holds licenses for Fendi, Celine, Dior, and Marc Jacobs, and it earned $1.33 billion in revenue this past year, which is a mere fraction of Luxottica. On the tail end of the spectrum are De Rigo, Marchon Eyewear, and Marcolin, holding licenses with Calvin Klein, Chloe, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Valentino. However, all of the other eyewear producers combined don’t add up to the revenue that Luxuttica brings in annually.
For the sunglasses industry, fashion is huge. The appearance of sunglasses can greatly impact sales and revenue for the company. The style and look of the sunglasses play a large role in whether a customer will purchase them, but sunglasses are more than just decoration for your face. Buying proper sunglasses can mean protecting your eyes versus the risk of sun damage. In fact, sunglasses without proper protection can cause cataracts and skin cancer on the eyelids.
By maintaining high quality products and consistently standing behind their brand, companies are able to succeed in their related industries. Given the similarity in materials and the relative simplicity of the products, brand marketing has an enormous impact on consumer evaluation of the products. Learning from this, we must know how to emphasize our own company brands, in order to use them as tools to gain new clients.

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King Economics Group > Oil Industry > Are ConocoPhillips Profits Really Highest in Alaska?
On July 31st, 2018, ConocoPhillips released its second quarter 2018 10-Q, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A couple weeks later, the Legislative Research group released a table which showed the production levels and net income that the ConocoPhillips filing reported.
The table also included a statistic in which the total net income was divided by the barrels of oil equivalent from the reported regions. The result was a statistic that showed Alaska as having much higher net income per BOE than other regions around the world.
This table appears to be an update from a requested report that was published May 1, 2018.
Shortly after publishing, some people began citing this statistic as evidence that ConocoPhillips is making excessive profits in Alaska. Let’s take a closer look.
Before evaluating if the conclusion is supported by the data, let’s make sure the numbers are right. For brevity, I’ll only look at Alaska and the L48 numbers.
I am pretty sure the numbers are off because Leg Research used 90 days to calculate the total BOE. There are actually 91 days in the second quarter. An honest mistake, but it doesn’t really change the conclusion.
Alaska does yield the highest net income per barrel of oil equivalent in ConocoPhillips’ portfolio. But that is not the same thing as what people allege.
To ensure this measure is being correctly interpreted, we need to understand what it means. There are two parts to the metric that need clarification. First, we need to know what “net income” means. Second, we need to understand what “barrels of oil equivalent” are.
The term “net income” comes from accounting books. It is often confused with the terms “profits” and “positive cash flows.” This might sound like semantics to non-economists, but it has very real implications in business.
Let’s say you do buy a piece of machinery for $1,000 today. You rent this thing out at a rate of $50 per month. To keep this simple, assume you earn exactly $50 per month, on the first of every month. And let’s assume that it can only run for 2 years, then it breaks down beyond repair.
Notice that you lost money in 2018, as you paid for the machine. Next year you will make $600 in positive cash flow. But you probably realize that you haven’t earned enough to cover your initial investment yet.
That’s the difference between cash flows and profits. You won’t make a profit until 2020.
Net Income is a little different. It’s an accounting concept used to keep your books balanced and to pay your taxes.
Basically the concept is that the machine has resale value. But, as you use the machine, its resale value decreases. Let’s use a simple straight-line depreciation schedule here, over the 24 months of life.
From an accounting perspective, your cash outlay today is offset by the value of the asset you received in exchange.
So, even though you shelled out $1,000 in cash, your net income is zero this year. And every month in the future, your accounting ledger will show a $8.33 net income, even though your bank account will show $50 deposits.
It will never tell you if you’ve actually made a profit.
To understand what net income means in the context of ConocoPhillips, let’s look at how it is calculated. The quarterly SEC reports don’t break down the numbers, but the annual reports do. So let’s look at the 2017 filing.
Here is what I find for Alaska and the L48.
The biggest driver of the accounting loss in the L48 is depreciation and impairments (basically write-offs for projects that are abandoned).
Why are these categories so much higher in the L48? Because that is where the company has been spending its money. Depreciation in Alaska is lower because most of the assets are over 30 years old and fully depreciated.
If you don’t include the depreciation and impairments, the L48 starts looking a whole lot better.
Let’s convert these figures to BOE, just for fun. Then I’ll explain what that even means.
Note that the price per barrel is much higher in Alaska than in the L48. This is because ConocoPhillips doesn’t really have natural gas production in Alaska. Since the L48 production count includes a lower value product, it dilutes the value of the BOE.
Crude oil is a liquid. We talk about volumes of crude oil in 42 gallon increments, which we call a barrel.
Natural gas is, well, a gas. Because a gas can compress, we need to standardize what we are talking about. So we measure natural gas as the space it consumes at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and standard atmospheric pressure. We talk about volumes of natural gas in increments of thousand cubic feet.
As an energy company, it’s common to talk about all your production as a single number. That’s where the barrel of oil equivalent comes in.
In order to convert natural gas production into something we can combine with oil production numbers, we translate natural gas volumes by the equivalent amount of energy each contains.
When you do the math, it takes about six-thousand cubic feet of natural gas to equal the energy that exists in 42 gallons of crude oil.
ConocoPhillips reported earning $53.33 for a barrel of Alaska Crude, but they had to pay $10.63 to get it to market. This netted them $42.70 in oil revenue for each barrel of production.
In the L48, they reported earning $43.36 per barrel. And the production was already at the market.
In contrast, they report earning $2.73 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas. Since there are 6 thousand cubic feet in a barrel of oil equivalent, one BOE of natural gas is worth $16.38. In other words, oil production is nearly 3 times as valuable.
About 38% of ConocoPhillips’ production in the L48 was natural gas. Less than 1% of its Alaska production was. By combining the much lower value of the natural gas with the higher value crude oil, we end up with a number that doesn’t mean a whole lot.
BOE is a measure of energy equivalence. So, when we talk about things related to money in terms of BOE, it’s not a very useful statistic.
It is often tempting to compare things. But sometimes comparing apples and oranges isn’t really fair.
Think about the way Dollars/BOE is being used here. It would be a little like converting apples to orange equivalents based on juice content. Then comparing the price per orange equivalent. What would that even tell you? The price per juice content of fruit? Ok, thanks. If I want orange juice, I’m still buying oranges.
Or maybe you decide that a motorcycle is superior to a car based on miles per gallon of fuel consumption. Sure, it is superior – but only on that basis. That comparison tells you nothing about safety, or the ability to transport children.
That’s the problem we have here. Yes, Alaska provides the best net income per barrel of oil equivalent. But what does that even mean?
Should ConocoPhillips abandon their low margin gas production in order to bump up its average net income per BOE? No. That would be foolish.
Should it stop investing in the L48 so that its depreciation stops dragging down the average value per BOE? Of course not.
It is true that Alaska generated the highest net income per barrel of oil equivalent during 2Q 2018. But that says nothing about how profitable Alaska is. And it says even less about whether or not the tax system needs to be changed.
But it does raise an interesting question. Are the companies making too much money in Alaska?
That’s something I can take an objective look at. My first analysis on the topic said, “probably not.” But I’ll take another look.
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In case you missed the news a while back, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (aka TEED) made his long-overdue return with Leave A Light On, a beautiful and unexpectedly subtle welcomed return from the now-LA-based musician who with the release, also announced his signing to I OH YOU in Australia. He's since followed it up with another beauty, Don't You Forget About Me, but his latest - the just-released Body Move - will remind you exactly why you fell in love with TEED in the first place. Following the two more stripped-back releases, Body Move sees TEED make his return to the thumping, more club-focused sounds of his debut album Trouble, uniting a thick bassline and swirling synth with small dazzles of vocals and samples that whisk together to form a magical six-minutes of club-house heaven. While his previous two singles have definitely been beautiful and some of my personal favourites of the year thus far, there's nothing better than TEED's infamous house pulse, and Body Move showcases that best.
While you may be familiar with her work with Haiku Hands and Kardajala Kirridarra, RBMA graduate Beatrice has just launched her own solo project, one that'll no doubt see her further diversify her sounds and mark her space as one of Australia's most talented producers. Grid is the first taste of the project and its forthcoming debut EP expected later this year and it's a warping electronic treat, with the Melbourne-based producer whipping up a hypnotic trance as she combines thick synth pulses with cleverly cut vocals that just add to the mystical sound of the debut single, which itself is reminiscent to names like Jon Hopkins. Catch her at BIGSOUND this week, or supporting Willaris. K at his shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this October.
After breaking out with their 2014 debut EP Realise, Carmada - the joint-project of L D R U and Yahtzel - have been pretty damn quiet. In 2017, they teamed up with NGHTMRE and Xavier Dunn for a heaving one-off collaboration Embrace, and this year, they marked their return with Ready For It, a tribes-featuring cut which paves the way for their latest, Lay It Down. Arriving ahead of a club tour over September/October, Lay It Down is a track that highlights Carmada's signature energy and dynamic, bringing together the catchy, indie-infused vocal of Georgi Kay with Carmada's blazing, bass-heavy production which certainly ups the liveliness of the track. There's a whole lot more on the way, and considering Lay It Down is just the start - or, the second from the start - we're damn excited to see what the all-star pair have in store for us over the rest of the year. Find their tour deets HERE.
In case you're yet to be acquainted, Brayden Sibbald is an emerging musician from the southern end of West Australia who is aiming on making a mark with his debut EP Float (out September 28). Following on from the release of his single Baby I Caught Myself Under a few months ago, Float is the second single to arrive from the EP of the same name and it's an absolute dreamer, with Sibbald whipping up a dreamy, indie-electronic sound on his most recent single which sort of feels reminiscent of act like Wolf Alice. Recorded with Matt Gio (Troye Sivan / Rudimental), Float is a real beauty of a single that really places Sibbald as one to watch both in Perth and nationally, and it comes with a pretty uplifting theme. "Float was the first song we worked on together, around mid last year," he says on the single. "It’s the title track of the EP, as it’s the most reflective of the central theme of the release – which is that if you are down, you can always get back up. It’s not too late to get help, or help yourself, no matter how hard things may seem."
While he hasn't quite broken out just yet, Australian musician Future Jr is one definitely on the verge of doing so. Over the past two years, the musician has released a wide range of singles that vary from catchy synth-pop brilliance to moments more stripped-back and tender, a winning run that continued in 2018 with his debut EP, Vacancy, and now, a pair of singles. Forget About Me is the most recent of the two and it's a nostalgic, 80s-esque synth pop epic, drawing on big synth lines, smashing percussion and his own bubbling vocals to craft a single that is both subdued and relaxed but also quite large and festival-ready. It's also a bit of a personal one, with the musician drawing on recent experiences of inner turmoil, which I think he explains best: "Life is about taking opportunities, stepping through doors and letting life take you on the wild wave it’s calling you on," he says on the single. "Life is what you make it, and there’s hope amongst tragedy. You’re not defined by your past, while it might hurt for a little bit, there’s always something better around the corner."
Introducing Sparrows, who just dropped a vibey-as-hell new single, Over & OutThe Sydney-based product's latest effort is a pure dancefloor dynamite.

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When I was a young Journalism major at Seattle University, I idolized Hunter S. Thompson. It wasn't that I ever read much of his work. But the concept of "Gonzo Journalism" truly seemed to have been invented for me. I hated the strict journalist principles that required you to be objective and distant from your stories. Hunter broke that rule big time and freed many of us from that blazingly boring way of writing.
And now he has gone and truly become not part of the story, but the story. Hunter S. Thompson is dead. He shot himself in the style of another much touted writer of our time -- Ernest Hemingway. Perhaps the message here is that, in the end, drugs, alcohol, violence and insanity didn't really work for Hunter or Hemingway.
I really can't tell you much about Hunter S. Thompson. There are fan sites out there if you want to know more about the minutiae of his life. Check out http://www.gonzo.org/. I do know that he brought a much needed sense of absurdity into world. I do know that the movie fashioned after his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is one of my favorites. Talk about absurdity. I will always appreciate that great scene where Johnny Depp (playing Hunter S. Thompson) wakes up in a flooded hotel room, a tape recorder strapped to his chest and giant lizard tail strapped to his rear. That's a classic.
My images of Hunter S. Thompson are just the bits and pieces that have cropped up in the press over the years...images of an unintelligible man standing outside his home in Colorado randomingly popping off rounds from what I believe was a .44 Magnum. I've seen the photos of him shooting a typewriter with a shotgun and read of his fondness for shooting random objects with his gun collection (I used to share this particular obsession years ago on trips into the desert outside Reno with my old friend Michael J, but that is another blog).
I don't know why Hunter killed himself. I've read the many dissections of life and death crafted by not-so-Gonzo journalists. There is much talk about him peaking creatively in the 70s and producing very little since. There is also much talk about him no being able to deal with becoming a living "cartoon" character, having served as the inspiration for a Doonsebury character.
I don't even image that if I knew Hunter, I'd have been able to tell you why he killed himself. But I suppose if you have enough unexorcised demons fired up with mind altering substances and surrounded by a ready supply of guns, you will eventually use a bullet to rid yourself of them.
I do know that it saddens me that Hunter is dead. And I truly hope that he somehow finds peace.

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Both of my kids just finished up trips to California. They are 23 and 20 years old and these trips were completely orchestrated by them.
Sarah was out visiting her boyfriend's parents in Sacramento and managed to take a side trip to San Diego and Los Angeles. Ben was out for Spring break and managed to stay at a friend's uncle's place in Oceanside.
I'll admit it was weird knowing that they were both in the same state, over essentially the same period of time. It was also sort of comforting in a way, knowing that they were within a few hours drive of each other if anyone should have any issues.
It is well known that San Diego is maybe my favorite city in the US. So when Sarah mentioned she was going there, I wanted to tell her all the places to see. I might have mentioned a couple of things that I thought were important, but ultimately, these trips are up to them. She made it to the San Diego Zoo and saw the pandas. She also made it to Balboa Park for the cherry blossom festival, which was beautiful in its own right.
Ben made it to Oceanside and from there took an Uber to various locations nearby. Then, later in the week, he took the Greyhound, alone, to Los Angeles to visit a friend from high school. That little side trip almost put my wife into cardiac arrest. The thought of my son navigating the streets of L.A. on his own, makes me both proud and terrified. At least my daughter is with her boyfriend. ALONE! In LA!
Seriously though, it was great getting text messages from them about their travels and adventures as they were living them. We were able to relive part of our own youth as we read them.
If there is one take away from the week, it is this.
Our kids figure it out.
I did it when I was 23 too. It was a trip that is the basis for my chapbook, On a Road.
We've raised them with a suitcase in their hand for the most part. We've driven and flown thousands of miles with them in an effort to show them there is a big wide world out there.
They have come to an age where they are taking travel matters into their own hands.
And while it makes us happy and proud, there will always be a level of concern and worry that goes along with it.
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During my childhood I was quite overweight, which followed me through high school and into adulthood although very active, healthy and strong. Then in 2005 an SUV backed into me while I was sitting in a chair at a local coffee house.
I was diagnosed with the connective tissue cancer Stromal Sarcoma. After radical surgery to remove highly invasive malignant cells, I was prescribed chemotherapy to be taken daily for the rest of my life, treatment that eventually required 2 additional surgeries to mitigate the damage done to my eyes, thyroid, bladder and adrenal glands. And I still have one more surgery to go which I'll take care of in 2017.
From 2005 to 2010, I gained close to eighty pounds (the chemo is prescribed for stage 4 breast cancer patients when there is more fear of the patient dying from malnutrition than the cancer). Finally, I went to a nutritionist who prescribed about 4 pounds of nutritious food a day, mostly fish, greens, veggies, nuts, seeds, and a fresh green drink that started each day. I also took 14 different supplements costing over $300 per month).
Because of the weight, chronic fatigue and pain, I did my own research about cancer and the cutting edge alternative therapies available, which included state of the art supplementation. My goal was to get off chemo ASAP.
Following is my daily routine allowing for maximum flexibility within the clean Paleo diet I enjoy. What I learned from my pseudo Paleo Lifestyle is that it isn't the food that's hurting us, it's the processing and the toxins added to the otherwise healthy proteins, carbs and fats. Even the healthiest of foods can have toxic ingredients (organic almond, rice, coconut and soy milks for example mostly contain a known carcinogen called Carrageenan) These toxins create havoc in the body (treated as a foreign substance) and puts enormous stress on the immune system. The older we get the more this is an issue. We must be ever vigilant to read labels, research our food and drinks for purity and maximum nutrition.
All this for a fraction of the cost of those expensive supplements I used to take. Now off the chemo for 5 years, I'm an oh-so-healthy 80 pounds lighter, and the results of my lab tests are very encouraging.
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Agenda items include discussions of Canada’s proposed Recognition and Implementation of Indigenous Rights Framework, UBCIC’s submission to the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and protections for wild salmon. In addition, Grand Chief Phillip will be honoured for his 20th year as President of the organization.
UBCIC will host three special events in conjunction with the 50th AGA: a group photograph, an Indigenous Women in Leadership Dinner, and a banquet accompanied by a test screening of the upcoming UBCIC documentary Unceded Chiefs, directed by filmmaker Doreen Manuel. The founding members and homemakers will be honoured at this banquet, along with those who participated in the 1980-1981 Constitution Express movement.

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And there it was again. "We did not see what we were hoping to see." And so starting in a few weeks, I will begin five weeks of radiation five days a week, in conjunction with chemo. This will be followed by three months of Big Guns Chemo.
I feel like Pooh in the Pooh Corner flood, struggling to stay afloat. Just when I think I have found my balance and am staying upright, along comes the wind or a wave (or even a ripple on some days) and splash! there I am again grabbing for a floatation device of any description. Now for me the first and foremost source of rescue is found in God, and I am aware that I have yet to write about the foundations of faith on which my life has been and is being lived out. I think that is such a colossal topic and one that is still quite complicated for me in the midst of life with cancer that I just have not been ready to put it to paper. It will come. In the meanwhile, I have a myriad of photos that are records of the love being shown to me by family and friends; they have arrived as angels bringing light and beauty, counterbalancing the darkness and the ugliness of cancer. And lest any of you are thinking now that that all sounds so dramatic, perhaps even overly so, it is not. It is the reality of my experience these last seven weeks. The love, sacrificial giving, and kindness surrounding me has been astounding and humbling. It leaves me speechless. And so I will let the photos tell the story. And my apologies to those whom I was not able to capture on camera. These are indeed simply a sampling!
I am discovering there are innumerable facets to the cancer experience. Waiting is one of them and thus far (six weeks in), it seems to be a defining part of the experience, as well as inescapable.
Soon, my phone is going to ring and once again my world will shift. I will learn what the surgeon has learned about my cancer: if it has spread and to where, the treatments needed, the prognosis. I am impatient to hear the news. I wonder if there will be an audible sigh of relief as I learn that all signs of it have been eradicated by the surgery, or if there will be a silent internal moan of dismay as I am presented with distressing news that “further treatment” is needed. I have heard the words, “I am sorry; we did not get the results we hoped for” too many times for my liking.
I looked up quotes about waiting, in hopes of finding something wise or witty that would bring interest or a dash of pizazz to this post. All I found were saccharine sayings, predictable platitudes, tiresome twaddle, and endless gobbledygook. Maybe it was the mood I was in. But I wonder, are there any clever or sage or even humorous statements about waiting?
In the comments, send any along that you like. If they are from you all (my friends and readers) , I am certain to like them.
This is my third attempt at writing a first sentence. Even as I write it, I recognize that I could delete it a myriad of times, rewrite it innumerable more times, and still question whether or not it was the right way to begin this narrative. Interesting thought, “the right way to begin this narrative.” As though there is one. I think journal entries of one’s cancer journey (why do people call it that?) should probably not be written, scrutinized, re-written, and edited, as would a manuscript for submission to a publisher.
Writing a journal/blog is new to me; I usually write for young children. I seem to be able to parse meaning from life more effectively if I do it from the viewpoint of a six year-old. I think I need to keep that in mind as I move forward. I should also remember that in its broadest sense, what I am now going through is a part of the human experience; at its heart it is not unique at all. Although not as the result of any scientific methodologies or statistically-based studies, I can be certain that 100% of the significant aspects of my present situation have been or are being experienced by others at one time or another: ill health, fatigue, shock, fear, anger, disbelief, pain, emotional and spiritual wobbliness, and so forth and so on.
Enough procrastinating. It is time to type the words. Maybe reading them will make this rather surreal feeling I have dissipate and make it more real. (In retrospect, perhaps this should have been the opening sentence.) I have cancer. There it is. Wait. In all caps; it feels that big. Also, it deserves a line of its own. It has earned center page alignment; for the last week, it has become the center of each moment of each day.
It is my hope that by beginning this journal, I can shrink it down to a manageable size, and get it to live alongside all the other parts of my life instead of being my life. Of course, what I really want is to delete it altogether, but I have no cancer-delete key. I have professionals working on it (a team of 3 oncologists), but whether they will be successful remains to be seen. Ah. There is part of the heart of the matter for this moment at least. "...but whether they will be successful remains to be seen.” Indeed, the "remains to be seen” part. The waiting. But that is another blog post. You will have to wait.


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I will answer these and other questions in my review.
Pros: Free trial, easy to get started, free migration for one website, good support 24/7, fast reliable servers, pay as you go, easy to scale.
My opinion: An impressive hosting platform that gives customers a service that most seem to love. The support is very much appreciated by most of their customers and the majority of the complaints I found were about the sign-up process which involves having to start a chat – a little strange but worth going through if you want to try the free trial. If you come from shared hosting you will be amazed by the speed of your website. Recommended.
Cloudways was set up in 2011 by Aaqib Gadit, Pere Hospital, Uzair Gadit, and Umair Gadit with the aim of making cloud hosting easy for everyone. After growing over the years they now have more than 50 employees. They are based in Malta and also have offices in Spain and Dubai.
The initial vision for Cloudways was to help small and medium-sized businesses move to cloud hosting. They started by helping individual businesses solve their problems. This was a good learning ground to understand the problems small businesses were having but difficult to scale.
The scaling came with the automation of what could be automated, training (with a good knowledge/help section, Q & A, community) and customer satisfaction.
Cloud web hosting is hosting that uses several individual servers that work together to make sure your website is always available. Your website uses the resources of these servers to achieve high standards in reliability and all aspects of performance.
Cloud hosting provides a level of scalability that traditional hosting can’t match. With a traditional shared server, you pay for a set amount of storage space and bandwidth. Cloud hosting allows you to pay as you go increasing or decreasing disk space or memory to adjust to traffic spikes.
Another advantage is that you only pay for the services that you use. If you have a website affected by seasonal spikes or you have a post that goes viral you can increase and decrease the bandwidth as needed.
With traditional hosting, your website will become unavailable and then you will have to upgrade your hosting plan even though you only use the additional resources a few weeks of the year. This can make cloud hosting cheaper!
When setting up your server you just need to decide on the location and the capacity of the server. The hosting company takes care of all the other complicated settings.
They optimize the security settings, create automatic backups and allow you to create a new website with just a few clicks. In other words, they deal with all the maintenance, giving you more time to build your site.
Before starting, one point to note – Cloudways doesn’t offer a service to buy a domain name. You will have to buy a domain at Namecheap or GoDaddy among others. Then use your domain registrars name servers and their DNS facility to point your domain to your Cloudways server.
Although this may sound a little complicated if you’re just starting, don’t worry it’s not! Cloudways has a guide on how to do this.
Sign up for Cloudways by clicking the Start Free button. Enter your email and password. Click the Start Free Trial button.
To complete the sign-up process you have to start a chat which I found a little strange and for some, this seems to be a problem.
Some reviews complain of waiting hours for a reply or even getting no reply at all. I wonder why Cloudways have this additional step in the sign-up process, as it is probably costing them customers.
After the live chat, you will receive an email with an activation link, click the link to get going.
1. After clicking the activation link you are directed to a page to set up your server. Here there are a few choices to make.
Firstly you have to choose the content management system (CMS) or e-commerce builder you want to use. In our case, we will choose WordPress. However, there are many others you could select – Drupal, Joomla, Magneto or Prestashop to name just a few. There are certainly lots of choices here!
2. The next step is to choose the service you want to use for your server. There is a choice of Digital Ocean, Vultr, Linode, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform Live.
We’ll select Digital Ocean (as it’s the cheapest) and move the server size to the lowest setting. Although you may think this setting is low it’s much more than you would get with some of the popular hosts such as Bluehost or Hostgator. You can add more resources to your server later as and when needed.
You may wonder why we’re using Cloudways, as a middleman and not going directly to the cloud hosting platforms. Dealing directly with the hosting platforms would be cheaper but you would need a lot of time and an enormous amount of technical know-how to set up your server.
Cloudways takes care of the technical side and allows you to set up your server with just a few clicks.
3. The last step is to choose the server location. Select the location nearest to your target audience.
Then click the Launch Server button in the bottom right of the page.
Cloudways then creates the server and installs WordPress which takes about 7 minutes.
You now have your server set up and a basic WordPress site that you can start editing. To see your application or website move the orange circle from server to application. You can see how your website looks by clicking the little arrow next to the website name or next to Application URL.
To access the WordPress editor click the little arrow next to the URL in the admin panel.
If you prefer video, the video below explains everything.
If you’re not a developer or if migrating your website to another host is something that worries you, Cloudways have the solution. They will help you migrate one website to your new server for free.
Or if you would rather do it yourself Cloudways have migration plugin and a tutorial you can follow.
Here are some of the features that make Cloudways an interesting solution for hosting and they are always working on improvements and new features.
You can have migrations from other hosting platforms to Cloudways done for you. Every account has one free migration. If you need more there is a paid option or you can do it yourself using the Cloudways migration plugin.
With 60 data centers around the world, you can choose the data center nearest to your target audience. This ensures fast load times.
There is a server monitoring service that allows you to follow variables like the percentage of idle CPU (not used CPU), free disk space or incoming traffic. These metrics can help you determine if you need to scale up your server.
The Cloudways Bot sends you notifications about your server, websites, security, billing, and overall performance. The bot will also send you recommendations about how to improve the performance of your server.
Having partnered with some of the top cloud providers Cloudways provides very reliable hosting with an uptime of 99.9%.
One thing I really liked about Cloudways is that they give you a free trial (no credit card needed). However, I feel that the 3 days trial they give you is a little short. In the past, they offered longer free trials 30 days then 14 days but now only 3 days!
They offer some relatively cheap plans starting at $10 per month. This plan would enable you to have one website having up to 50,000 page views per month or 3 or 4 websites having the same total of page views per month. This is largely sufficient if you’re just starting a website.
Another positive point is you only pay for what you use. You pay monthly in arrears when Cloudways knows what resources you have used for the previous month. If you decide to delete your servers you will only be charged for the number of days in the month you used the servers.
Below you can see the different plans for the DigtalOcean service.
If you compare these prices with shared hosting, which can be anything from $5 to $10 per month, you will see Cloudways is slightly more expensive.
For the extra money, you will have a website that is much faster and page speed is a ranking factor. You will only pay for the resources you use every month which can either be increased or decreased very easily. Whereas to get the best prices for shared hosting often you will have to pay, one, two or three years in advance.
Not everything is included in the Cloudways plans and pricing. Here are some of the add-ons that are necessary or very useful.
Elastic Email for an email delivery service for a high volume of emails. The amount you pay will depend on the number of emails you intend sending during a month.
SMTP add-on. This is a free add-on that allows you to configure an external mail SMTP service such as Sendgrid, Mailgun, Mandrill or Gmail. Your SMTP service is used as a gateway to deliver emails from your server. You can use the service to receive queries from your site via the contact form.
To protect your website you are recommended to install the Sucuri firewall and antivirus. Cloudways has some good security measures to protect your server but it’s still recommended to install a security plugin to protect your website. There is a free version of Sucuri or Cloudways have negotiated a special price of $149.99 per year. Most hosting isn’t as well protected as Cloudways and a security plugin is a necessity.
Cloudways CDN – an easy to install add-on that will ensure your website loads faster. Considering that load time is a Google ranking factor this is now essential. The Cloudways CDN comes at a small cost of $1 for 25GB per website and for additional consumption, you pay $0.04 per GB.
Help Center with 4 different ways to get support.
The community – you can ask questions, you will get replies from other Cloudways users and engineers.
The Cloudways support seems to be loved by the vast majority of customers, of course, there are some that don’t get their problems solved.
Most Cloudways customers seem to be happy, there aren’t many negative reviews left by customers.
You can read some reviews on the Cloudways website from agencies to individuals here.
Or here are the 3 last reviews posted on Cloudways Facebook page.
Not all the reviews are this good, there are some people that haven’t been happy with their experience at Cloudways. Even with the negative reviews, Cloudways ask for details to find out what went wrong, to improve the experience for future customers.
If you are just starting a website then I think starting with shared hosting from one of the many providers like Bluehost or Siteground is probably a good idea.
Shared hosting is a little cheaper than cloud hosting but has some disadvantages.
If your site is successful you could run into problems scaling for your extra traffic.
When choosing your hosting solution, make sure that you choose a host that will be able to handle your current and projected traffic without reducing the quality of user experience.
If you already have shared hosting and you don’t exceed your hosting limits, you’re happy with the speed and uptime of your website then stay where you are.
On the other hand, if you receive a high volume of traffic or you have seasonal spikes, you want a host that is secure, rapid, flexible with a pricing structure that lets you pay for additional resources when you need them then Cloud Hosting could be a great choice.
I was impressed with the Cloudways platform. Setting up a server and a website with WordPress installed was very easy and rapid.
If you are moving from shared hosting I’m sure you will be amazed by the speed you get with Cloudways.
The sign-up procedure, having to start a chat, is a little strange and is probably costing Cloudways some customers. Several of the negative reviews I read were in relation to this “chat” procedure.
It’s great to have a free trial but it would be nice if it was a little longer, I found 3-days a little short!
At the moment I’m happy with my current hosting but having now discovered Cloudways I know where to go if I have any problems in the future and have no hesitation in recommending this service. Most customers love the hosting and the support!
Have you tried Cloudways or cloud hosting? Do you still have doubts about what hosting you should choose? Lets us know in the comments section below.


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The Promise wastes an outstanding cast and powerful real-life story on a love triangle that frustratingly fails to engage.
Empires fall, love survives. When Michael (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant medical student, meets Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana's boyfriend Chris (Christian Bale), a famous American photojournalist dedicated to exposing political truth. As the Ottoman Empire crumbles into war-torn chaos, their conflicting passions must be deferred while they join forces to get their people to safety and survive themselves. The Promise is directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Terry George.
Terry George ... proved with Hotel Rwanda that he can tackle the wrenching subject of genocide with thrilling cinematic results. A wonderful cast adds no-fail polish.
It's a handsome film and George manages to keep the genocide in focus with shots of the Turks herding long lines of refugees across the desert expanses. But the full horror is kept at one remove.
The sets look phoney. The relentlessly sun-dappled skies are naff. The "action" lacks momentum and Tom Hollander's eyeliner is mad.
A terrible event very few are taught about, absorbingly retold.
A sprawling, '60s-style epic with just enough political intrigue to prop up the occasionally wobbly romantic triangle formed by Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, and an uncharacteristically ill-fitting Christian Bale.
An impressive amount of access - and diligence - sets this true crime documentary apart from others.
While quite epic in scope, The Promise never reaches such lofty heights, faltering between a passionate love story, which often fails to engage on an emotional level, and a historical narrative.
The Promise doesn't quite reach the heights to which it aspires. That said, it's still a good and extremely well-intentioned film, one whose message is resonant and well worth being heard despite a few imperfections in the delivery.
It pays lip service to actual suffering and clearly displays the jagged editing scars of something much more uncompromising. But. But. I still admired it.
Its lack of focus and momentum is detrimental to the pacing, tone, and to the emotional connection with the characters.
It never quite makes clear to what promise they're referring, but the flaws can be forgiven for the ambition of the story.
"The Promise" tells an important story. The acting and costumes are reasonably good, but it seems as if it might have been a bit watered-down -- almost like a Hallmark presentation of the Armenian genocide. It's good, but it could have been a lot better.