#e.g. using one kind of message to nip another one or other ones in the bud and get them to back off and drop it/stop using her name

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Understanding the way the British Speak English

Spoken English is in a constant state of change. For this reason, you may find that idioms you learned in class are no longer used by most Brits in their everyday conversations. If you use outdated idioms, it can have funny and embarrassing results as locals may find you’re English rather strange or eccentric.

Therefore, it is important to listen to as much modern English speech as possible and to get feedback from a British friend or teacher to find out what is “in” and what is “out”. Below are a couple of examples of traditional idioms and their modern conversational English equivalents:

A piece of cake – As this now sounds like an old-fashioned cliché, most Brits would use the expression

“No probs!” (No problem) instead. Note that the “-s” on the end must be used even though “No Problem!” uses the singular form of the noun.

Cost an arm and a leg – Brits are more likely to use colloquial equivalents like: “Cost a bomb” (a lot of Money, too much) or “Rip-off” (not worth the money paid, a cheat). E.g. “That old car cost a bomb!

What a rip-off!”

Brits still love to use expressions connected with the notion of “fairness”, which is an important part of the national mindset. E.g. “Fair’s fair”, “In all fairness (to him/her)”, “Fair enough”, etc.

Comparative expressions like “Sooner or later” and “More or less” also remain popular in English conversation.

The use of slang in conversational English

British slang is mostly region-specific, although there are terms that are in general use throughout much of the UK. If you spend long enough communicating with Brits from a certain area of the country, you will acquire local slang words and expressions as they are an unavoidable part of modern English Conversations. The way that slang is used (or avoided) is situation-specific, so if you do decide to learn it, you will also need to know when and where it is appropriate.

The problem of pronunciation and connected speech

Another major barrier to understanding English conversation is its delivery. Brits often speak quickly, use non-standard forms (see above) and are likely to have at least some regional features.

The strength of the person’s regional features usually depends on their social class; the stronger the accent/dialect, the lower the speaker’s social class status. Where accent relates to differences in pronunciation alone, dialect refers to both pronunciation and content (grammar, vocabulary, etc.). When Brits speak quickly, they use connected speech and short forms (contractions like “can’t”, etc.), which can also make it more difficult to understand conversational English.

Tips for improving your conversational English

The key to gain confidence in speaking   and being able to understand native conversation is regular practice and greater contact with the language. If you live in the UK, there are plenty of opportunities to go out and engage with the language spoken in your local area. However, if you are studying English in your home country, you are unlikely to have Brits queuing up on your doorstep for a chat! Where geography may be a barrier, the internet provides 24/7 access to all kinds of interesting native English material – from YouTube videos to podcasts, live radio and Google Hangouts. Watching video content on a regular basis can greatly improve your understanding of conversational English and expand your knowledge of popular vocabulary used in the language today. If you would like more structured training, then you could also look for online courses by natives   to provide weekly conversation practice and enhance your existing skills.

What makes native English conversation different?

When non-native speakers use English, they often sound overly formal in everyday conversation because of their tendency to use standard forms or “the language of textbooks”. In contrast, when Brits use their mother tongue, they bring together a combination of colloquial English, regional forms (including accent and dialect), slang, connected speech, knowledge of UK culture and other elements associated with their “native language instinct”. Trying to understand this type of conversational English, which is often delivered at speed and with frequent changes of topic, is no easy task if you are learning English as a second language. However, English conversation practice and regular exposure to real British speech can help you speak in a more natural way.

How to kick off a conversation in “real” English

Contrary to the popular classroom stereotype, when Brits meet each other, they don’t start the conversation with the phrase “How do you do?”. This is an outdated expression, which is now confined to formal business introductions and the English aristocracy. Moreover, the simple “Hello!” has been largely replaced by the friendlier and less formal, “Hi!” The vast majority of Brits now favor informal regional greetings over those you will know from your English textbooks.

Here are several examples of common British expressions used when meeting/greeting friends and starting conversations in the UK:

“Alright, mate!” – Common responses might be: “Alright!”, “Hiya!”, “(*Nod*) you good?”

“Hiya!” – A colloquial version of “Hi!”, perhaps more common among women than men

“How’s it going?” – Usually followed by a short answer like: “Yeah, good thanks. You?” or “Not bad, Cheers.”

“How goes (it)?” – A shorter form of the above. There are also funny forms like: “How’s tricks?”

“What (’ve) you been up to?” – An informal way of asking what someone has been doing since you last met. Common responses might be: “Oh, nothing much. You?” or “Had a couple (of pints) down the pub last night.”

Brits will not expect non-natives to know colloquial expressions like these, so you may raise a few eyebrows if you use them. If you spend time in the UK, you will hear greetings like these on a daily basis, everywhere you go.

The wider vocabulary of English conversation

Where written English tends to make use of standard forms, be well-structured and remain on topic, informal English conversation is the opposite – non-standard, spontaneous and chaotic. The speed at which spoken English is delivered can also cause problems for non-native speakers of the language, but perhaps one of the most important barriers to understanding is the vocabulary of conversational English, which often differs dramatically from that taught in English classrooms.

Colloquial expressions vs. standard forms

It is common in everyday English conversations for Brits to favor informal and colloquial language over their Standard English equivalents. Here are several examples of popular conversational words and expressions in British English:

Cheers – This word has multiple meanings, but most non-natives will only be familiar with one – i.e.

What Brits say when they drink alcohol (simple toast). In fact, this word is used more frequently in English conversation to mean: “thanks” or “goodbye”. E.g. when you get off the bus you can thank the driver by saying: “Cheers mate!”

Nice one! – Often used instead of “Well done!” to add more emphasis and emotion in conversational English. Other alternative expressions include: “Nice work!”, “You little blinder!”, “You’re a star!”. In American English, the equivalent would be: “Good job!”

Knackered – Another example of a word that adds greater emphasis when used in English conversation.

This word means “very tired” or “exhausted” and can be strengthened further, as in: “Totally knackered!” or “Completely knackered!”

Gutted – This common UK expression means “Extremely disappointed” and is often used by Brits when talking about football teams losing in important matches, failures at work, girlfriends going off with other guys, etc. E.g. “We lost 5-0 to Arsenal the other day. I was absolutely gutted, mate!”

Dodgy – If something or someone is described as “dodgy”, it means it is: faulty, wrong in some way, possibly illegal or suspicious, not “on the level”, unfair, false, etc. E.g. “Don’t trust John! He’s a bit of a dodgy bloke.” (suspicious/criminal), “Watch yourself in that pub, mate. It can be a dodgy on a Friday night.” (Meaning that you may get into trouble – beaten up, etc.), “My phone’s gone a bit dodgy. Can I borrow your old one?” (Faulty, not working properly, “on the blink”).

Bird/Bloke – These popular colloquial terms are used to mean “Woman/girl” and “Man/guy” respectively. “Bird” is similar to the American word “Chick” and would not be used in the presence of the woman being discussed. In contrast, the word “Bloke” is not perceived as rude.

Phrasal verbs vs. formal terms

Conversational English in the UK has a tendency to use phrasal verbs over their formal equivalents. This    often poses difficulties for non-native speakers as phrasal verbs are notoriously tricky to learn and are usually avoided as much as possible by those studying the language. Sounding natural in English conversation means getting to grips with phrasal verbs – both in terms of understanding and usage. Here are some examples of common phrasal verbs used in modern British speech:

Nip/pop out – This expression means “Go out for a short time”. E.g. “I’m just nipping out for 5 minutes.

Can you take a message if anyone calls?” or “I’m popping (out) to the shop. Do you need anything?”

Turn up – Often used instead of “Arrive” or “Appear expectedly”. E.g. “We hadn’t seen Emma all morning, but then she just turned up.” or “Don’t worry about your (lost) keys. They’ll turn up.”

Pick up – A phrasal verb meaning “Collect” (on foot/physically or in a vehicle). E.g. “Give me a shout (call) when you want me to pick you up from work.” An alternative would be: “Give somebody a lift” (in a car).

Run out (of) – A common expression used in English conversation to mean: not have any remaining/left, be out of something (a product), use up. E.g. “We’ve run out of milk, so you’ll have to have your coffee black. That ok?”

Head off (up/down) – Brits often use phrases like “I’m (going/heading) off down the pub” or “You off up to Scotland next week?” This can be confusing because there is not necessarily any slope or gradient involved in the perception of whether the destination is up or down in relation to the speaker. As a rule,

Brits say “up north” and “down south”, but when going to the pub it is more usual to say “down” than “up” (unless the pub is specifically located at the top of a hill).

Popular expressions vs. outdated idioms

Spoken English is in a constant state of change. For this reason, you may find that the idioms you learned in class are no longer used by most Brits in their everyday conversations. If you use outdated idioms, it can have funny and embarrassing results as locals may find you’re English rather strange or eccentric.  Therefore, it is important to listen to as much modern English speech as possible and to get feedback from a British friend or teacher to find out what is “in” and what is “out”. Below are a couple of examples of traditional idioms and their modern conversational English equivalents:

A piece of cake – As this now sounds like an old-fashioned cliché, most Brits would use the expression

“No probs!” (No problem) instead. Note that the “-s” on the end must be used even though “No problem!” uses the singular form of the noun.

Cost an arm and a leg – Brits are more likely to use colloquial equivalents like: “Cost a bomb” (a lot of money, too much) or “Rip-off” (not worth the money paid, a cheat). E.g. “That old car cost a bomb! What a rip-off!”

Brits still love to use expressions connected with the notion of “fairness”, which is an important part of the national mindset. E.g. “Fair’s fair”, “In all fairness (to him/her)”, “Fair enough”, “Fair play”, etc.

Comparative expressions like “Sooner or later” and “More or less” also remain popular in English conversation.

The use of slang in conversational English

British slang is mostly region-specific, although there are terms that are in general use throughout much of the UK. If you spend long enough communicating with Brits from a certain area of the country, you will acquire local slang words and expressions as they are an unavoidable part of modern English conversations. The way that slang is used (or avoided) is situation-specific, so if you do decide to learn it, you will also need to know when and where it is appropriate.

The problem of pronunciation and connected speech

Another major barrier to understanding English conversation is its delivery. Brits often speak quickly, use non-standard forms (see above) and are likely to have at least some regional accent and dialect features.

The strength of the person’s regional features usually depends on their social class; the stronger the accent/dialect, the lower the speaker’s social class status. Where accent relates to differences in pronunciation alone, dialect refers to both pronunciation and content (grammar, vocabulary, etc.). When Brits speak quickly, they use connected speech and short forms (contractions like “can’t”, etc.), which can also make it more difficult to understand conversational English.

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How hackers turned a Cape Cod fishing guide’s site into a host

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How hackers turned a Cape Cod fishing guide’s site into a host

Cape Cod fishing manual Eric Stapelfeld depended on me to look after his website the identical way that I believe him to find fish. Till some weeks in the past, I believed I had the less difficult part of the bargain. In any case, what’s difficult about preserving a simple WordPress website online with a smartphone range and lots of striped bass pics? As it seems, everything is hard, genuinely difficult, whilst hackers go to work on an inclined website — even an easy one. And no fish ever positioned up a combat just like the malware that took over Eric’s web page.hackers post ashley madison data

The tale commenced closing fall, while Eric called me in San Francisco to record that “some man” had known as to complain approximately fraud on his web page.

“Yeah, just like the man stated anyone is jogging a commercial enterprise within the website and ripped him off. stated he is aware of it’s no longer my fault but I must recognize it.”

Eric doesn’t sell something on his website. It consists of posts approximately fishing and a cell phone number to book trips. No hacker might bother with a site like that, right?

Hiya forgets about approximately it,” I instructed Eric. “

There’s no manner your web page may want to rip absolutely everyone off. I don’t have any idea what the man is speaking approximately.”

That turned into more actual than I realized. 3 months later, I was given another call from Eric. “Hey, Google is fucking with my website online,” he stated. “My pals are calling me and saying something is incorrect.”

As quickly as I typed in www.Hairballcharters.Com, Google dropped a screaming pink display screen warning that examines: “The site beforehand consists of malware. Attackers presently on www.Hairballcharters.Com may try to deploy a risky application to your Mac that thieve or delete facts (for example, six, passwords, messages, and credit cards).”

Is Your Money Really Yours? Hackers at Work!

Data is each stunning and lethal! These days, the online marketplace runs on analytics and information however within the wrong palms, it may turn into the worst of screw ups. In keeping with a new take a look at, cyber criminals are costing greater than $575 billion each year and this may encompass your economic facts! As the sector is rushing right into a global of the net and our destiny infrastructure depending on virtual intelligence, we’re greater in the threat of disclosing our personal Information.

Cyber terrorists and hacktivists have emerged as regular subjects of debate and the breaches they had been able to make are worth getting worried of. It’s now not simply that our bank bills are at danger however hackers may want to create a global disaster. We have already seen the electricity whilst hackers screen how all of Long island’s traffic indicators can be became inexperienced or a US army drone be rerouted for an unidentified goal!

Online, crimes are anticipated to be approximately zero.8% of the arena’s total GDP and this isn’t always a small range. In January 2016, hackers stole about $fifty four.5 million from FACC’s (US Aerospace manufacturer) accounts. Given that such a huge agency become compromised, you may never be sure enough if your bank account is safe sufficient. The disaster becomes extra serious when James Lewis from the CSIS says that “We do not seize maximum cyber criminals and we do not catch the maximum successful ones. So far, there has been impunity for these hackers”.

So, in what approaches can the hacker rob you?

The case of frequent flyer miles

In December 2015, more than 10,000 American customers had been hacked and cyber criminals had been able to book loose flights and other improvements using the stolen perks! The hackers accessed the login Records of customers (frequent flyers) and flew numerous miles for free. Even as those clients got again their free miles in due time, the occasion motives why we should be changing our login Data (passwords) greater frequently.

Even your medical health insurance!

Today, whilst clinical costs are on the upward push and we are relying on rapid meals for our day by day dwelling, It is medical health insurance it really is saved as a backup plan! But, you may be surprised that even this insurance can be hacked and you’re in reality paying the rates for someone else. those identification thieves will achieve all clinical benefits you have paid for and you may now not know until you’re honestly in want for emergency interest.

How Graphite Fishing Rod Blanks Are Made

Fishing rod blanks are fabricated from a carbon fibers composite or prepregs (= pre-impregnated) produced with the aid of the chemical enterprise with an extended and luxurious method. The massive majority of carbon composites aren’t used to make fishing rods, however, have limitless programs in larger sectors of the economic international like the car and aerospace industry.

Difference between onto and on to

A composite is basically a material product of two or more distinctive materials. In a carbon composite, the carbon fibers are bolstered in a polymer matrix (e.G. Polyester or epoxy).

however, to begin with, is the raw fabric made out of carbon or graphite? Are we able to say graphite or carbon blanks? Solution: in reality, we are able to say both. we will say carbon thinking of the atoms, the “fabric” at the base of the “stuff” we maintain in our arms, and we can say graphite as nicely deliberating the molecule and as a result the shape that the carbon atoms have.

So, in a carbon fiber composite, the raw material,

The “carbon” is in its graphite shape: hexagonal jewelry bond collectively in a ribbon shape (sure, not exactly in a plane like inside the graphite of a pencil). The structure is very flexible, immune to stretching, sturdy, and light. Best to make a fishing rod!

A fishing rod business enterprise which makes their personal banks have to realize which composite to order because the prepregs can differ in cause, composition or fiber kind, orientation, resin content material, and weight in line with the square meter.

Sometimes, alongside carbon fibers different fibers like glass fibers

Boron or ceramic are mixed together to form one-of-a-kind layers And a fishing rod clean producer can often use 3 or 4 special prepregs at the equal time, every for a specific phase of the rod.

Now, there are many forms of carbon fibers: IM6, M8, M55, M40, M40J, M46J, T300, HR40, and extra. every has their own homes: which are the modulus and the energy. Desirable fishing rods have generally spoken my a high modulus, an excessive strength, and intermediate percentage of fibers.

When to Look Into Professional Fraud Investigation Services

Every yr, heaps of agencies fall prey to bogus harm and infection claims, causing them to pay out excessive amounts of money. If you’re presently present process an investigation that you agree with to be unfounded or exaggerated for the complainant’s gain, you may want to seek advice from a professional fraud investigation group to prevent it going to court.

Disproving the validity of a fraudulent claim ought to prevent heaps in court docket charges and attorney costs.

This may basically let you nip the case in the bud earlier than it wastes any pointless time or resources. A professional personal investigator ought to deliver you with the whole thing you need to protect your commercial enterprise from the allegations you’ve got been presented with.

In years long past by means of, it would now not where feasible to provide the sort of evidence in court docket that we do now. Regularly, a contamination or injury declare would depend too closely on the individual’s account of a situation, leaving cases like those open to manipulation.

What’s greater, except you hire expert procedures, there is often a giant loss of records surrounding the case to returned up your attitude. Many people are stuck off-protect with these form of fraudulent claims – whereas the person seeking to prosecute has normally spent months collecting information they are able to use to their gain.

Fortunately, advancements in present day era now mean that we can attain irrefutable evidence that may be used to show or disprove a ramification of crimes. With expert asset and automobile tracking, highly skilled detectives are capable of adopting whole surveillance on their subjects the usage of the brand new technology.

Professional the detectives address masses of instances like this,

So will recognize exactly what to appearance out for. They’ll keep you within the loop via Every step of the operation, supplying you with regular updates within the shape of a detailed document. As soon as all of the proof has been acquired, and you are happy with the final results, it is able to then be utilized in a courtroom to guide your case.

Organizations like these will generally rent a crew of experienced operatives to take videos, pics and adopt different comprehensive, certain reporting to cover all data that can be applicable to your case. They have commonly been especially skilled if you want to operate inside the most discrete and expert way, leaving no hint in the back of.