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Split city: Some B.C. voters don't feel represented as urban centres carved into sprawling, rural ridings | CBC News
2025-05-13 08:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
When Paul Sanborn started researching the upcoming federal election, he was dismayed to learn he had been moved into a new electoral riding to which he feels very little connection and which he worries will fail to represent his views.The Prince George, B.C. resident had previously been on the northern edge of Cariboo-Prince George, which extends roughly 300 kilometres south to just past the community of 100 Mile House.But as part of a redistribution process, he had now been moved into the southwest cornerof the Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies riding, which extends roughly 250 kilometers southeast to the Alberta border and more than 600 kilometers north up to the Yukon and Northwest Territories, passing through the communities of Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Fort Nelson."Maybe I was just being a bit grumpy but, you know, it just seems odd that we [the city of Prince George] keep getting sliced and diced in a different way every few years," he said, adding that he'd like...
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Smarter apps, powered by user intent
2025-05-12 21:45:02| Spiritual Career Counseling
In this weeks Business of Apps podcast episode, we sat down with Dieter Rappold, CEO and co-founder of ContextSDK, to explore a powerful shift in how mobile apps are built and optimized. Instead of relying solely on what users have done in the past, Dieter and his team are helping app developers focus on what users want right nowtheir real-time intent. In this article, we unpack the core ideas from that conversation and explore how intent-based personalization, powered by on-device AI, is setting a new standard for engagement, retention, and monetizationwithout compromising on privacy. From personalization to contextualization For years, app personalization has been based on historical datademographics, segments, and past behavior. But that approach is static. ContextSDK makes a compelling case that user needs shift from moment to moment, and apps should adapt accordingly. As Dieter explained, Its great to know a lot about past behavior, but past behavior is looking into the past...
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Ballet Helped This Mother and Daughter Bond and Bring Strength to Others Who Needed It: 'The Profound Impact Is Unbelievable'
2025-05-12 19:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
It was in early 2018 when Elizabeth Jacobson started noticing her decline in mobility after she injured her ankle during vacation. Simple tasks like walking across her home or balancing on one foot had become increasingly difficult, and she feared falling with each step. Her foot ached so intensely that standing for even a few minutes became nearly impossible.Jacobson was in her 70s and sure her bones were not as strong as they had been when she was 25, but as someone who had been practicing Pilates for over 25 years, the decline she experienced felt drastic. By the time I got back [from vacation], it was really damaged, she says. I had an X-ray and they said, You've really got to do exercises to strengthen it up.Instead of heading to a physical trainer, Jacobson called her daughter, Susan, a ballerina and ballet teacher with decades of experience. For the next two years, Susan instructed her to do pliés and sautés and other ballet exercises. Slowly, her mothers feetand her whole...
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