As the Scottsdale lifestyle evolves, residents demand a more urban lifestyle that combines the best of city living—easy access to bars, restaurants and shops—with Scottsdale's breathtaking views, refined luxury and sophistication. Today, there are more options than ever before. Here are some of the newest options for apartments, condominiums, townhomes and villas in Scottsdale.
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Oppo R11 is compatible with 3 HSDPA and 3 LTE.
If the above 3 Internet & MMS APN settings do not work on your R11, make below changes to 3 Internet & MMS APN settings to get 3 on your Oppo R11.
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Oppo R11 is compatible with below network frequencies of 3.
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Oppo R11 supports 3 3G on HSDPA 2100 MHz.
Oppo R11 supports 3 4G on LTE Band 3 1800 MHz.
Overall compatibililty of Oppo R11 with 3 is 100%. The compatibility of Oppo R11 with 3, or the 3 network support on Oppo R11 we have explained here is only a technical specification match between Oppo R11 and 3 network. Even Oppo R11 is listed as compatible here, 3 network can still disallow (sometimes) Oppo R11 in their network using IMEI ranges. Therefore, this only explains if 3 allows Oppo R11 in their network, whether Oppo R11 will work properly or not, in which bands Oppo R11 will work on 3 and the network performance between 3 and Oppo R11. To check if Oppo R11 is really allowed in 3 network please contact 3 support. Do not use this website to decide to buy Oppo R11 to use on 3.


Another cold day ... not as cold but still cold! March is in sight and spring fever is starting to cause an itch! A herd of Mule deer gather on the hilltop for an evening meal and I am just thankful the days are noticeably getting LONGER!
Thank you Sally! I love watching deer! They are always so graceful.
What a grand orange sky! I love the last shot where are the deer are in profile!
Yes, that orange sky actually makes one think it might be warm ... or that warmth is on the way!


Recently I spent some time with a long-time tenant. I had leased him a retail office space in 2010 and he happened to be on his way up to Napa for a wine-tasting. He reached out to me on Linkedin and we met up. My friend is a fantastic optometrist, charismatic, with a dry wit. His wife is one the smartest people I know — geneticist, PhD, author, etc. We went out to an upscale sushi restaurant in Walnut Creek. We talked about the state of his and her business, our families, our goals and rehashed experiences we had during our prior business dealings.
He was a crass negotiator and she played good cop. We had a fantastic time and as the night wound down, said our goodbyes and they were on their way to Wineland. I drove home thinking about the business relationships I have had over the years and was left wondering why we don't allow customers and clients become our friends.
WE EXPECT THEM TO BE DISSATISFIED — Our products, our promises and our guarantees; we expect them to not meet the expectations of our clients so we hide in dark corners avoiding scorn, or we reside on the web where people can only ruin our reputation with Yelp and Google reviews.
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM — We have no investment in them as people, their lives or their cause. We provide them with a service or product but that is the extent of our caring. Unless they can provide us more revenue or need more products and services, their value is none. We will build our product and service by what our developers and management team define, not what our clients want.
WE PLACE OURSELVES ABOVE OUR CLIENTS — Because they need something that we have, we look down on them and call them things like "consumers," "buyers," "target markets" and "segments."
WE CREATE "BUSINESS" BOUNDARIES — We have hired people that don't have life skills and are not equipped to manage expectations, relationships and stay within well defined boundaries. We are terrible at laying out boundaries with our clients. We fear that they will run away if tell them "no."
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS — The company we form and the people we hire are not capable of operating within boundaries that would keep us out of hot water. It is an "HR Time Bomb."
This sounds a bit like a bad marriage. Yet many businesses are disconnected from their clients, fearful of engagement and personal interaction. We have trained our clients and customers to expect zero personal interaction. We are all like the DMV: Take a number, wait a long time, get served and walk out $50 dollars poorer. We have trained our clients and consumers to expect to be disconnected and expect us to be disengaged.
On Facebook, we ask customers to be friends. We ask them for access to their lives, history and information. But we don't reciprocate.
The baker used to know the name of his clients, and the expectation they had of him were clear: Good, fresh bread to provide sustenance for their families. Then the baker started cutting corners using flour of poor quality. The bread got smaller and the price went up. The baker wanted to be more profitable. Soon, he brought in an assistant to manage his shop while he opened another bakery.
The first customers who bought his bread knew his name. He knew them and their families. He knew how much bread they needed each week, which meant steady revenue and a happy baker.
The baker and his customers had a mutual respect and shared stories and laughter from time to time. The baker was the friend of his clients. But eventually, the baker spread himself thin and lost his customer relationships. It became about the bread. And once the quality decreased, his former customers found alternatives.
I heard my sales director get into a heated discussion with a client. Most executives would freak out if they heard this, but the relationship between this client and our sales director is personal. They are committed to each other. They committed to pay and we committed to service.
When a customer tells the baker that the bread was too hard or too small, the baker has a decision to make: He can change his process to meet their needs or he can tell them "that no one else else complained about the bread".
Yes, our clients can sometimes have unrealistic expectations. It is our job to let them know, just like with friends, and set proper expectations. We can be friends with our clients by setting clear boundaries that define the terms of the relationship. Great client relationships are built on trust and meeting each other half-way.


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Estate Pascale [2016] NSWSC 443 The Supreme Court of NSW has recently handed down a judgment where it was required to consider a large number of competing claims, even though the estate had limited resources. 3 family provision applications were lodged against the estate, and the Court was required to balance 5 competing claims to the estate's resources. The net size of the estate was around $770,000.00. The deceased in his last will left $10,000.00 to his second last partner who was his defacto for over 10 years. He left the balance of his estate equally between his minor child that he had with his second last defacto, and his last wife whom he married in 2013. The deceased was survived by 4 children, 3 of whom were not named in the will. Only the minor child was left with any provision under the terms of the will. All 3 family provision claims were brought within the 12 month time limit from the date of the deceased's death. The eligibility of the persons making the applications was not also disputed. The former defacto partner satisfied the Court that she was a natural object of testamentary recognition and that there were factors warranting the making of the application given the nature of the relationship she had with the deceased. Under the provisions of the Succession Act, the children of the deceased were not required to prove there were factors warranting the making of their applications. The judge summarised part of the legislation upon which he was empowered and required to base his judgment: Sections 59(1)(c) and 59(2) both require the Court to make decisions based upon current circumstances. Section 59(1)(c) requires the Court to determine whether "adequate provision for the proper maintenance, education or advancement in life" of an applicant has not been made in the will of the deceased. Upon an assumption of a finding that "adequate provision" has not been made for an applicant, section 59(2) empowers the Court to make "such order for provision out of the estate of the deceased person as the Court thinks ought to be made for the maintenance, education or advancement in life" of the applicant. Section 60(2) contains a checklist of factors (including, for example, the existence, nature and duration of family relationships and the availability of resources) bearing upon, or likely to bear upon, decisions about the maintenance, education or advancement in life of an applicant. It was raised in the evidence that one of the adult children making a claim was estranged from his father, and that he declined an opportunity to visit the deceased when he was dying in hospital. The judge did not find this to be disentitling conduct, and commented that it was rather "a sad, not uncommon, incident of a fractured family relationship." As the estate was relatively modest, and there were more claims upon it than could be satisfied completely, the judge commented that "At each point the Court needs to remain mindful of competing claims on the bounty of a deceased person, and the limitations on available resources, as well as other factors enumerated in section 60(2)". He also stated that "In weighing the competing claims on the bounty of the deceased, it is not open to the Court to "rewrite" the deceased's will." It is not uncommon for people to think that family provision claims re-write a deceased's will. In reality though, and whilst orders can be made which affect how an estate will be administered and who may receive provision from it, the Court must resist the temptation to adjust the will beyond what is necessary to make adequate provision for an applicant. The judge ultimately determined that each of the applicants had been left with inadequate provision. The second last partner was provided with a legacy of $100,000.00 and the 2 children of the deceased received legacies of $60,000.00 each. The additional legacies were ordered to be paid from the residue or balance of the estate.
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News: This Summer Just Got Dangerous!
The Dangerous Summer Prepare Debut AlbumReach for the Sun In Stores May 5, 2009!
As the warmer months approach, Hopeless recording artists THE DANGEROUS SUMMER are gearing up to make the sunny season anything but safe. The first step is the release of their highly-anticipated (and largely autobiographical) debut album Reach for the Sun on May 5th, 2009. Recording in their hometown of Ellicott (a suburb of Baltimore), The Dangerous Summer put familiar face Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, Circa Survive, Dashboard Confessional) in the producer's chair (Paul had produced one of the band's earlier EPs). "We've worked with him since we were freshman in high school, and he really understood what we were going for when we came to him with this album," explains lead vocalist/guitarist AJ Perdomo.
The emotion and power behind this album are illustrated in the album's first track, "Where I Want to Be." "It explains a positive rush of energy into my life after the hard times I went through, being homeless, losing a lot of grip in my life," says AJ. The energy carries through straight to the album's first single, "Surfaced," laden with introspective lyrics like, "I'm not alone because I live inside a world that is my own." Coupled with aggressively melodic guitar fills and rudimentally-precise fills on the drums, the entire album provides a complete package of quality music and lyrics. Originally formed while all the band members were still in high school, The Dangerous Summer established a very fervent and credible buzz from the release of their debut EPs, There Is No Such Thing As Science and If You Could Only Keep Me Alive. In addition to getting the support of their hometown friends, All Time Low, they gained a devoted fanbase who relished their incredibly melodic indie rock and musical dexterity that belied their tender teenage years. Resulting tours with Cartel, Hit the Lights, and Valencia grew their fanbase exponentially. But as with most flames that burn brightly, their initial blaze was extinguished almost as quickly as it was ignited. Coincidentally the volatile and visceral internal band explosions mirrored the origin of the band's name: the title of Ernest Hemingway's final novel about the rivalry of bullfighters in the "dangerous summer" of 1959.
Two years later, with a great new outlook and a renewed sense of camaraderie among the original members, The Dangerous Summer are back with a fresh-faced vigor and a tighter control on songwriting. With positive reactions from fans and fellow musicians alike to the new songs posted on MySpace and played out live, these boys are more excited than ever about their new material and their upcoming tour with Sparks the Rescue through mid-April (dates below).
It's been a long journey for The Dangerous Summer and they show absolutely no signs of stopping. They're bound to bring excitement back to Summer. After all, isn't all great rock and roll dangerous?
The Dangerous Summer is AJ Perdomo (bass/vocals), Cody Payne (guitar/vocals), Tyler Minsberg (drums), Bryan Czap (guitar).
[w/ Sparks The Rescue, This Time Next Year]
4/09/09 Murray, UT – SHO
4/11/09 Omaha, NE – Roxbury
4/12/09 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
4/14/09 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
4/15/09 La Crosse, WI – The Warehouse
4/16/09 Tinley Park, IL – Mojoe's Rock House
4/17/09 Lansing, MI – Mac's
4/18/09 Romeo, MI - Static Age
4/19/09 Blairsville, PA – The Corner Pocket
[w/ This Time Next Year, The Morning Of]
4/25/09 Vineland, NJ – Hangar 84
[w/ Anarbor]
4/26/09 Newark, NJ – NJIT
[w/ The Color Fred]
4/27/09 Rockville Center, NY – Vibe Lounge
4/28/09 New York, NY – NYUrocian
5/02/09 Sterling, VA – Sterling Community Center


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We had lots of kangaroos in the garden, it was spectacular!
Lots of Kangaroos arround there, you can watch the even from your bed! Huge house well equipped with perfect location for hiking! THX a lot was an extremely nice stay!
Lodges are beautifully appointed, well looked after and have stunning views of the surrounding countryside and the locals (kangaroos!).
Alkina Lodge - Great Ocean Road This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
Located just a 20-minute drive from the Twelve Apostles, Alkina Lodge offers luxurious 4-bedroom lodge accommodations with ocean and forest views. All lodges are private and feature free WiFi, a fully equipped kitchen, BBQ facilities and a bath tub.
All 4 bedroom lodges have 2 bathrooms and a balcony, as well as a seating and dining area. Entertainment options include a satellite flat-screen TV, DVD player, Bose stereo and a tablet. The kitchen is equipped with an oven, dishwasher, microwave, Nespresso coffee machine and kettle. Free toiletries are provided. All bedrooms have the option of either a king bed or 2 king single beds.
The property also offers a range of meal options and plenty of free parking. Free bicycles are provided so you can explore the local area.
Alkina Lodge is set in Wattle Hill, 17 mi from Port Cambell. Apollo Bay is 39 mi away. You may even be lucky enough to spot a kangaroo around the property.
When would you like to stay at Alkina Lodge - Great Ocean Road?
This 4-bedroom, fully self-contained lodge includes north-facing windows, a stunning kitchen equipped with stain-less steal appliances, including a Nespresso coffee machine and a Gaggenau stove top and oven. It also features a bespoke wood fireplace, BOSE entertainment system, fine European furniture and a stunning Villeroy & Boch bathtub with views of the night sky.
Please note when booking for 2 guests, only one bedroom will be prepared. When booking for 3 or 4 guests, 2 bedrooms will be prepared. When booking 5 or 6 guests, 3 bedrooms will be prepared. When booking for 7 or 8 guests, all four bedrooms will be prepared.
Please note that each king bed can be split in to 2 single beds on request. Please ensure you advise the property of your specific bedding requirements at the time of booking, using the special request box.
Designed to create an exclusive and intimate experience, Alkina Lodge offers the discerning traveller private luxury accommodation on the Great Ocean Road. Located at Wattle Hill on the Great Ocean Road, just 20 minutes from the 12 Apostles, 30 minutes to Port Campbell and less than 3 hours from Melbourne, Alkina Lodge is close to other major attractions including the Great Ocean Walk, the Great Otway National Park, Wreck Beach, The Redwoods, Apollo Bay and Johanna Beach. You'll find Alkina Lodge the perfect base from which to explore the dramatic scenery, sweeping beaches and ancient rainforests the Great Ocean Road is renowned for. Enjoy stunning ocean views from the master bedroom of your lodge, wake up to the sight of kangaroos feeding just outside your bedroom window, and appreciate the abundance of native birdlife, from bold laughing Kookaburras and petit Blue Wrens, to Sulphur Crested Cockatoos and cheeky Magpies. On a clear night, our signature sky windows afford spectacular vision of the Milky Way; the celestial beauty is pristine as there is no ambient city light at Alkina Lodge. Our luxury accommodation on the Great Ocean Road is like no other.
House Rules Alkina Lodge - Great Ocean Road takes special requests – add in the next step!
Alkina Lodge - Great Ocean Road accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.
- When booking for 2 guests, only one bedroom will be prepared. When booking for 3 or 4 guests, 2 bedrooms will be prepared. When booking 5 or 6 guests, 3 bedrooms will be prepared. When booking for 7 or 8 guests, all four bedrooms will be prepared.
- Each king bed can be split in to 2 single beds on request. You can request your preferred bedding configuration in the Special Requests Box at the time of booking.
Please advise the property of the number of guests staying in each lodge. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property using the contact details found on the booking confirmation.
Please inform Alkina Lodge - Great Ocean Road of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.
Beds could use a heated blanket or a plug in heater in the room. Tv could be updated and increased to a 50"


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June, 2015 | Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
It is encouraging to see such a show of support, no group should be discriminated in todays Global Community!
Now for a reality check!!
We have a Lesbian Premier whose Government has been discriminating against another Community, the Disabled!
What a difference five years makes. In September 2010, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced in an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that it would issue new regulations under Title III of the ADA to address the accessibility of public accommodations websites.
AODA Failures: Hay Fever or Summer Vacations?
Recently my columns have been more scathing than usual. The Ontario Government was ridiculing for hiring Uncle Scrooge as the reason it has not spent $60 million budgeted for access. $4 million touted for small businesses turned out to be loans, not grants. And $4 million offered to help high school students who have a disability more easily enter college? Is that enough to even pay for their text books?
There are 9 years, 27 weeks, 1 day till a fully Accessible Ontario! Will you be compliant?
A boy walks through the crowded halls of his school tethered to a dog who helps him remain calm in the crowd, find the correct classroom, and get settled in his seat before class starts.
accessibilityAt this point in time, after having seen the release of the Mayo Moran review of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act(AODA), it is important to center our focus on how accessibility is created within a market place.
The Toronto 2015 Smart Phone app for Apple devices like the iPhone was released with preventable barriers. These made key parts of the app inaccessible to blind or dyslexic people who use Apple's free VoiceOver screen-reader.
My throat was dry and the streets were wet. Toronto hadn't changed and neither had I: we were both nice on the outside but there was something nasty underneath. Mike Hammer's the name, solving mysteries is no game. This time it was no mystery at all but I'll give you the puzzler anyway. See if you can guess who the suspect is before the big reveal.


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Oct 23, 2015 Report
VW emission scandal file has gone 'missing'
A file in German prosecutors' case against Volkswagen has gone missing, but it might not have contained vital info for the investigation.
Chris Bruce
Oct 1, 2015 Report
Winterkorn not under official investigation in Germany
German prosecutors are stepping back from their initial investigation into Martin Winterkorn for alleged fraud in the emissions scandal. They say there's not yet enough evidence to focus on him in the case.
Ford, Renault, VW shareholder oppose French aid for PSA/Peugeot-Citroën
Pots and kettles, glass houses and stones – that's a little of what we appear to have going on in the European car market. New reports say that that three European automakers have registered their opposition to a loan deal that PSA/Peugeot-Citroën is working on with the French government. Peugeot's finance arm, Banque PSA Finance, is struggling with its debts and has been downgraded b
Germany in court again over "VW Law," could face fines of nearly $375,000/day
We haven't heard about the Volkswagen Law in a while, but that doesn't mean the EU Commission has forgotten about it. The law gives the state of Lower Saxony, with a 20.1-percent stake in VW, veto rights on a takeover deal, which means no one's ever going to take over VW because its home state won't allow it. The law came in handy when Porsche
Porsche-VW merger could take on new investors
Volkswagen's second-largest shareholder, the German state of Lower Saxony, has the final say on the proposed Porsche-Volkswagen merger, and according to a spokesperson for the state's prime minister, Christian Wulff, the new company birthed from the union should be open to outside investors.
Porsche plans to take absolute control of VW November 26
VW and Porsche can't get along, risk future tech and product plans
In the land of mergers and acquisitions, there are takeovers, there are hostile takeovers, and then there are I'm Gonna Git You Sucka No Matter What takeovers. Porsche's increasingly acrimonious battle to swallow VW is becoming that third option, and the brawl might threaten the short term plans of Porsche, VW and Audi. Porsche wants access to Audi engines and electronics, but VW, which owns more than 99-percent of Audi, won't allow it.
VW, Porsche talks stumbling over labor issues?
Porsche wants to purchase Volkswagen, this much we know. But before that happens, the huge labor union at VW needs to agree on terms with Porsche management. This, as you may imagine, is proving a bit more difficult than Porsche had hoped, prompting the automaker's senior labor leader Uwe Hueck to lash out at the heads at VW. Not surprisingly, his initial attack received Jeremy Korzeniewski
EU grants Porsche permission to purchase VW
Porsche is one step closer to its goal of purchasing Volkswagen. Back in April of last year, the German automaker passed the 30-percent mark, forcing it to make an outright offer for The Volkswagen Group in its entirety, which it did. Not too many VW shareholders sold their stake to Porsche, as the bid was for the bare minimum amount allowed by law. Still, the legal requirement had been met, allowing Porsche to con
Porsche gobbles up more of VW while takeover is delayed
A procedural glitch, as opposed to Berlin-based intrigue, has postponed Porsche's plan to take over Volkswagen. The EU Commission requires a company to have a controlling interest in a company, or at least an agreement for such, before it will consider a company's application for regulatory approval. To straighten things out, Porsche has raised its stake in VW from 30.6 percent to 35.5 percent, which effectively grants
The Volkswagen Law returns
The Volkswagen Law is doing its best impression of Lazarus -- or perhaps a better analogy would be whack-a-mole. The European Court and minority VW shareholder Porsche keep trying to kill it, but it keeps popping up. Now the German government has agreed on an altered VW law -- but
Porsche stake in VW unlikely to change soon; a new "VW law" could return
The so-called "VW law" was struck down by the European Court last October. Previous to that, the state of Lower Saxony was able to veto any Volkswagen shareholder action it didn't like. When the law was struck down it looked like the Lower Saxony had no choice but to watch Porsche, which had been circling shark-like around Volkswagen for a bit, decide on the day it chose to take maj
All reports point to Porsche gobbling up majority stake in VW
The ongoing saga, "As the VW Takeover Turns" received a new update via Germany's Der Spiegel news mag (think Time, Newsweek, etc.), where a report revealed that Porsche is aiming to raise its stake in Volkswagen to 51-percent.


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Setting a romantic mood for Valentine's Day is a sure way to create memorable moments. The right ambiance includes the perfect setting, delightful music and enticing aromas. Don't leave all these details to chance! It is well known that smells can affect our emotions in a very primal way. Our nasal passages are connected to two brain areas strongly implicated in emotion and memory: the amygdala and hippocampus. But we don't need science to tell us that smells can both make or break a mood. Make your perfect mood using essential oils, one of the most amazing tools available to round off the perfect evening.
First you need to pick out the right scent. While a pleasant scent may be in the nose of the beholder, NOW® has created the "Love at First Scent" kit which includes four popular romantic essences to promote love anytime, anywhere. The first bottle is a combination called, "Naturally Lovable Essential Oil Blend", with Lemon Oil, Orange Oil, Sandalwood Blend, Jasmine Absolute Blend and Ylang Ylang Oil. It also includes a bottle of warm and spicy Cinnamon oil, romantic Rose Absolute oil and a sweet, fruity Bergamot oil.
There are so many fun and creative ways in which you can entice your partner with lovely aromas. You can keep it simple by using a diffuser to release a delightful mist into the room. Make your partner a spa like bubble bath; dilute a few drops of essential oils into a tablespoon of sweet almond oil or any oil of your choice and add this combination to the bath.
Fill a 5mL atomizer or 10mL roll-on glass bottle with Jojoba oil and top it off with 10 drops of Jasmine Absolute Blend.
These natural do-it-yourself bath bombs make any bath a lavish and relaxing spa experience. They're perfect for Valentine's Day, or as a handmade gift for any occasion.
1. In bowl, stir together dry ingredients: cornstarch, baking soda, citric acid, (and dried flowers or herbs if using) breaking up lumps.
2. Separately, mix together the wet ingredients: liquid coconut oil, water and essential oils.
4. If using dried flowers or herbs, place some in the bottom of each mold.
5. Fill each mold with the damp powder mixture, pressing everything in the mixture down firmly.
6. Allow the molds to sit overnight to dry and harden before removing from the molds.
7. For a fragrant and calming spa experience, add one bath bomb to your bath – or give away as memorable gifts!
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Enjoy Valentine's Day and may it be a memorable one!


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Galaxy Digital plans to open a San Francisco office
by Steven Zheng
Galaxy Digital plans to open a new office in San Francisco, founder and CEO Mike Novogratz told The Block in a recent episode of The Scoop. The cryptocurrency firm is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, Vancouver, and New Jersey, but it has yet to open a California branch.
When asked how Galaxy Digital plans to compete for deals in the blockchain ecosystem, Novogratz said "the locus of a lot of the space has moved back to San Francisco" and that he wants to start an office in the Golden Gate City.
"We're still getting good deal flow now...but I think being in San Francisco will help as well," Novogratz said. "If you're a merchant bank and you want to provide service to customers, being close to your customer helps. I want to do the trading for Pantera and Polychain and the rest of the guys."


Finding your purpose in life is the key to unlocking a world of happiness and meaning.
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I would like to share with you 4 skills that every successful entrepreneur MUST master. In order to succeed in today's ever-changing and ultra-competitive business world, you need to possess a unique mix of competencies to help tackle the myriad of challenges that arise.
I would like to respond to a question that I received on Snapchat from one of my follower's by the name of Noah, who asked me to reflect on how to find meaning in life. This topic brings into question the myriad of limiting beliefs that people have about themselves and the world.


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In February 2012, KSB Malaysia moved to its current premise. This includes a warehouse facility which stocks valves and stock CK pumps for distribution to both domestic and export markets. Repair workshop and on-site repairs are also one of the core businesses of KSB Malaysia.
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KSB Malaysia has currently 30 employees and with its expected increase in business activities, additional manpower will be added and bigger office/warehouse premise is being sought.


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In the past 12 years, there has emerged a series of excellent, rigorous books on Cuba and U.S.-Cuban relations. I suspect it's the change on either side of the Florida Straits that shook Cuban studies out of its torpor to produce ground-breaking research on economics on the island, the birth and growth of entrepreneurship in Cuba, and the openings and possibilities for policy change within the U.S. embargo law.
Richard Feinberg's Open for Business: Building the New Cuban Economy is another addition to this welcome and growing body of literature. It's made all the better because it distills and sandwiches between two covers the research and analysis that Feinberg has been producing for the Brookings Institution as non-resident senior fellow in a semi-regular monograph series that has covered everything from joint ventures to settling property claims. Those pieces—by my count, four total—helped set the intellectual momentum and roadmap for a number of the recent changes, certainly on the U.S. side of the straits and, I suspect, on the Cuban side as well, though more indirectly and, quite likely, surreptitiously.
The book opens up with a victory lap, of sorts, detailing reactions of Cubans on the island—where Feinberg was at the time—to the December 17, 2014, announcement by Cuban President Raúl Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama. On that day, both presidents announced in rather dramatic fashion that the two countries had agreed to restore diplomatic relations and that Obama would exercise his executive authority to loosen the embargo. It was a change the author and many others had been advocating for—myself included—for years. In telescopic fashion, Feinberg then describes the fast-paced changes that followed leading up to Obama's March 2016 historic visit to the island—arguably one of the most important diplomatic initiatives of the past 30 years.
But Feinberg is no starry-eyed idealist or ideologue when it comes to the economic dysfunction on the island and the very real challenges ahead for an economy waking up after a half century of a smothering Castro-style, personalistic socialism. Nor is he a business hustler trying to score a commission by making unrealistic claims about the potential of the Cuban economy to prospective investors. He's too much of an economist for that, and he applies his economic chops to objectively detail the state of the Cuban economy and different paths and pitfalls for its future.
In the first set of chapters, Feinberg lays out in detail the very serious challenges the Cuban economy faces and the reforms it must undertake if it is to provide for its own people in the global economy. It's a daunting set of reforms, all with institutional, political and even ideological implications for the socialist country: unifying the country's dual currency system; freeing prices to reflect supply and demand; establishing wage policies that reflect productivity; and integrating the country into global capital markets, to name just a few.
To complicate matters, as Feinberg describes, the regime of laws and practice for attracting and governing foreign direct investment needs a dramatic overhaul. The book highlights the challenges for current and future investors by summarizing the history of other countries and their companies in the closed economy. As he explains, many of those problems remain, even under the much-anticipated 2014 foreign direct investment law. Original, detailed case studies of foreign investors in joint ventures with the government also give texture and balance to our understanding of the business climate in Cuba even when the government is supposedly on-board with the project. On balance, despite several real opportunities—in everything from organic farming to biomedical products to tourism—the story is not encouraging. A top-down opaque process for decision-making, a repressive and heavy labor contracting and tax system (in which investors pay the state for its employees and the state pays the workers a small fraction—around 10 percent—of what it received) and inconsistent application of laws (especially regarding state anti-corruption campaigns), even for joint ventures, mean that the Cuban market still has some severe disadvantages in attracting much-needed hard-currency foreign investment.
Many of these numbers are well-known and have been discussed elsewhere. What makes Feinberg's contribution to the discussion—here and in his earlier work on the topic—are the conversations with individual entrepreneurs. The personal histories and backgrounds both give an inspiring perspective on this phenomenon and provide information that allows the author to make important inductive conclusions about the sector, including categorizing the types of activities the cuentapropistas are engaged in, their sources of inputs and capital, and the obstacles to their growth. They are illustrated with what I suspect are (amateur photographer) Feinberg's travel pictures.
The book ends on two new—to my knowledge—contributions from Feinberg. The first is a chapter on Cuban youth, titled "Millennial Voices: Ambitions and Voices;" and the second is a set of scenarios for how things could play out in Cuba. Given Cuba's demographics, heavily skewed to an aging population due to the massive outflow of younger Cubans to the exterior and a population growth rate of -0.15, what Cuban youth want and expect is an essential question. How active, empowered, optimistic, and vested is the next generation of entrepreneurs, politicians, technocrats, and general citizens in Cuba's post-Castro future? Those answers will be key in determining which of the scenarios that Feinberg lays out in the following chapter is most likely.
While by no means a statistically valid sample, the chapter on millennials could have used some tying together at the end. In this case Feinberg has identified one of the most important—and unknown—variables for what will happen to Cuba in the next generation. More could have been done to attempt to generalize some of these conversations, supplemented with other data on attitudes. Granted both of these are difficult given the small personalized nature of Feinberg's sample of 12 and the limitations of polling on the island (the only survey to be done has been by Bendixen and Armandi International, though how accurate remains unclear). But other options could have been explored for data, along with a stronger effort to draw some tentative conclusions, to fill out what remains a critical piece of Cuba's puzzle.
In the final chapter, Feinberg thoroughly (and bravely) lays out what he believes are three scenarios for Cuba's future, "inertia and exit," "botched transition and decay" and "the soft landing." The author is understandably tentative in predicting any particular scenario or even weighting one over the other as more likely. What makes the scenarios compelling and important, though, is Feinberg's consistent look across all through the same variables—giving both him and the reader the ability to compare across the scenarios and making it easier to track events and changes over time. If Cuba ends up following a different path than the ones detailed by Feinberg—which is possible—the author has done us a service in laying out the different factors at play.
My only quibble on this last point is that not included in this book is Feinberg's most recent Brookings monograph on the $2 billion in pending U.S. property claims. As a result, one other central issue remains unanswered, and oddly it's one that Feinberg has already analyzed extensively. I suspect it's because the book was in its final throes when the monograph came out in late 2015. Or perhaps he's holding it for the first chapter of his next book: Open for Business II: The Sequel. Or at least I hope so.


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An anion-dependent switch in selectivity results from a change of C-H activation mechanism in the reaction of an imidazolium salt with IrH5(PPh3)(2)
Changing the counteranion along the series Br, BF4, PF6, SbF6 in their ion-paired 2-pyridylmethyl imidazolium salts causes the kinetic reaction products with IrH5(PPh3)(2) to switch from chelating N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) having normal C2 (N path) to abnormal C5 binding (AN path). Computational work (DFT) suggests that the AN path involves C-H oxidative addition to Ir-III to give Ir-V with little anion dependence. The N path, in contrast, goes by heterolytic C-H activation with proton transfer to the adjacent hydride. The proton that is transferred is accompanied by the counteranion in an anion-coupled proton transfer, leading to an anion dependence of the N path, and therefore of the N/AN selectivity. The N path goes via Ir-III, not Ir-V, because the normal NHC is a much less strong donor ligand than the abnormal NHC. PGSE NMR experiments support the formation of ion-pair in both the reactants and the products. F-19,H-1-HOESY NMR experiments indicate an ion-pair structure for the products that is consistent with the computational prediction (ONIOM(B3PW91/UFF)).
An anion-dependent switch in selectivity results from a change of C-H activation mechanism in the reaction of an imidazolium salt with IrH5(PPh3)(2) / L. N. Appelhans;D. Zuccaccia;A. Kovacevic;A. R. Chianese;J. R. Miecznikowski;A. Macchioni;E. Clot;O. Eisenstein;R. H. Crabtree. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0002-7863. - STAMPA. - 127(2005), pp. 16299-16311.
Titolo: An anion-dependent switch in selectivity results from a change of C-H activation mechanism in the reaction of an imidazolium salt with IrH5(PPh3)(2)
L. N. Appelhans
ZUCCACCIA, Daniele
A. Kovacevic
A. R. Chianese
J. R. Miecznikowski
A. Macchioni
E. Clot
O. Eisenstein
R. H. Crabtree
Citazione: An anion-dependent switch in selectivity results from a change of C-H activation mechanism in the reaction of an imidazolium salt with IrH5(PPh3)(2) / L. N. Appelhans;D. Zuccaccia;A. Kovacevic;A. R. Chianese;J. R. Miecznikowski;A. Macchioni;E. Clot;O. Eisenstein;R. H. Crabtree. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0002-7863. - STAMPA. - 127(2005), pp. 16299-16311.
Abstract: Changing the counteranion along the series Br, BF4, PF6, SbF6 in their ion-paired 2-pyridylmethyl imidazolium salts causes the kinetic reaction products with IrH5(PPh3)(2) to switch from chelating N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) having normal C2 (N path) to abnormal C5 binding (AN path). Computational work (DFT) suggests that the AN path involves C-H oxidative addition to Ir-III to give Ir-V with little anion dependence. The N path, in contrast, goes by heterolytic C-H activation with proton transfer to the adjacent hydride. The proton that is transferred is accompanied by the counteranion in an anion-coupled proton transfer, leading to an anion dependence of the N path, and therefore of the N/AN selectivity. The N path goes via Ir-III, not Ir-V, because the normal NHC is a much less strong donor ligand than the abnormal NHC. PGSE NMR experiments support the formation of ion-pair in both the reactants and the products. F-19,H-1-HOESY NMR experiments indicate an ion-pair structure for the products that is consistent with the computational prediction (ONIOM(B3PW91/UFF)).


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Then I began sponging on a shimmery deep teal from Forever 21, Love & Beauty - Green.
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Tada! I sponged on some glitter, Nails Inc. - Fitzroy Square from the Special Effects 3D Glitter line. Amazing teal glitter! My mom picked up that one for me in Vegas at Sephora!
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UPDATE: Shooter identified as 16-year-old boy
By NEWS 10 |
Posted: Wed 6:22 AM, Nov 20, 2019 |
Updated: Thu 2:07 PM, Nov 21, 2019
DELHI TOWNSHIP , MI (WILX) -- The Ingham County Sheriff's Office has identified the shooter as a 16-year-old male in a shooting that happened outside a gas station sending a woman to the hospital.
Police respond to shooting outside Lansing gas station on Wednesday, Nov. 20 (WILX)
The teen was a passenger in the vehicle where the incident occurred and the shooting is believed to be accidental.
He has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm causing injury and is lodged at the Ingham County Youth Center.
The teen's name will not be released.
The shooting happened at the Speedway on Jolly Road and Dunckel Road in Delhi Township around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Sheriff's deputies arrived to the scene and located blood outside of the store, but the victim and shooter had left already the area.
A short time later deputies were called to a local hospital where a victim reported being shot.
The 24-year-old female from Lansing was shot in her arm. The wound was non-life threatening.
According to Ingham County Sheriff's Office, the woman was the driver of the vehicle at Speedway, and her three passengers have been identified and have given statements.
According to Ingham County Sheriff's Office, the shooting appears to have occurred inside the victim's vehicle and was not random.
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Not-so-happy meal: McDonald's satisfaction lags
For the 20th year in a row, McDonald's ranks dead last in customer satisfaction in a national survey of patrons of 12 major fast-food chains by the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
Papa John's and Pizza Hut tied for first place — where Papa John's has ranked for three consecutive years. Two other pizza chains, Domino's and Little Caesars, tied for third place.
But after three years of better numbers, McDonald's customer satisfaction fell 2.7% from a year ago. The good news: McDonald's satisfaction is up nearly 13% from when the annual survey began 20 years ago.
"McDonald's has gone from being way lower than the nearest competitor to within striking distance of the rest of the industry," says Forrest Morgeson, director of research at ACSI. "The bottom is not where you want to be, but at least they're getting closer to the thick of things."
The survey of 4,572 customers, chosen at random and contacted via phone and e-mail, was done Jan. 13 to March 11.
McDonald's says it takes the results seriously. "We always listen to our customers and appreciate hearing feedback from them ... as it helps us improve and evolve," said spokeswoman Lisa McComb in a statement.
Why can't McDonald's break out? "With size comes a much more diverse group of customers," says Morgeson. "As your customers get more diverse, it gets more difficult to satisfy them all."
Another reason: McDonald's biggest fans typically are kids, not the adults ages 18 and up in the survey, notes Morgeson. "Remember, it's often the kids who insist on going to McDonald's."
Several other familiar chains took hits in the survey:
• Subway. Satisfaction rankings slipped 6% to tie for fifth place with Wendy's. Consumers showed concern about pricing, says Morgeson. Subway declined to comment.
• Starbucks. Satisfaction rankings fell 5% to a tie for seventh with Burger King. Customers are pleased with Starbucks' quality, but concerned about pricing, says Morgeson. "Serving our customers is our top priority, and we are always striving to exceed their expectations," said spokeswoman Linda Mills in a statement.
• KFC. It took the biggest year-over-year fall in the 2014 survey — down 8.6%. Customers are disappointed in both quality and pricing. "When you drop that much, you have to pay attention," says Morgeson. KFC says it is. In April, it rolled out a new customer-service platform to gather more "meaningful and actionable feedback," said Jason Marker, general manager of KFC U.S., in a statement.


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Added to these beautiful little spuds is loads of fresh watercress, a little tarragon and lovely fresh peas, tossed together with a warm garlicky vinaigrette. There it is, the twist of all twists – fresh greens with warm vinaigrette. Ta Da! Okay, now that I've typed it, it doesn't sound so twisty but you'll love it all the same, I promise.
Honestly, this is one of the loveliest potato salads you'll ever eat. The peppery watercress coupled with the light aniseed of the tarragon and fresh peas makes a perfect backdrop for the potatoes. I've used a garlicky vinaigrette which just seems to finish it all off nicely (it is French after all) but feel free to leave out the garlic if you're not a fan. I serve this salad warm or cold – it's gorgeous no matter how you want to serve it.
So why did this salad make the 12 Days of Christmas?
It's as easy as ripping the wrapping off those pressies.
It's made with lovely new season potatoes. What better way to show off fresh produce?
It's lovely and light and fresh and yummilicious. We all need that on Christmas Day, yes?
It's bright and beautiful and a little bit special. Just perfect for the 25th.
Like everything else in the Moodie 12 Days of Christmas, it compliments everything (fyi, fantastic in a sandwich the next day when you've indulged just a little too much and need a double carb hit).
Are you all carbed out yet? Tomorrow it's onto mains, starting with one of my personal faves, Roast Lamb with Pomegranate Molasses served with Pomegranate and Cherry Salsa. My knees go weak…..


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At least 45 people have been killed in storms that have lashed parts of Spain, Portugal and France, officials say. Forty of the victims died in western France, where many drowned or were hit by parts of buildings or falling trees.
The windstorm system, named Xynthia, has put five of the 95 French departments on red alert – only the second such warning since the new emergency system was introduced in 2001. Here, the storm can be seen over northern France. Upon opening the full image, Spain and Portugal are visible to the south, and Norway can be seen to the north.
Winds of up to 140km/h (87mph) caused chaos as they moved from Portugal up through the Bay of Biscay. Upon reaching Paris, wind speeds hitting 175km/h at the top of the Eiffel Tower, were reported. The storm system is moving north-eastwards and was expected to reach Denmark by the evening of the 28th, French meteorological authorities said.
Worst affected are the Vendee and Charente-Maritime regions on the western coast of France. Huge waves and strong gusts battered many coastal towns, spreading floods inland and destroying buildings. Residents took to their roofs in the Vendee region and police helicopters were in action attempting to locate and rescue them.
At least a dozen people are said to be missing in France and 59 others injured. In Germany, a man was killed and his wife injured when a tree fell on their car in the Black Forest region. Earlier on Sunday a falling tree killed two Spanish men in a car near Burgos. A Spanish woman was killed by a falling wall in Galicia, and a Portuguese boy was killed by a tree in Paredes.
More than a million homes in France have lost electricity. Rail services were severely affected in northern Spain and a number of trains in western France were delayed because of flooded tracks. Air France said 70 of its flights had been cancelled from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Spain's Canary Islands, particularly La Palma, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, were also hit by the storm, although there was no great damage.


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CHIPS Articles: Q&A with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis
Q&A with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command
By CHIPS Magazine - July-September 2009
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command Gen. James Mattis gave military, government and industry leaders his view of the future joint warfighting force and the challenges they will face at a major defense conference in Virginia Beach, Va., in May.
Mattis discussed current and future threats to national security and stressed the importance of a joint force able to conduct conventional warfare, as well as hybrid warfare, which could be a mix of peer-to-peer conflict, terrorism, criminal activity and cyber warfare.
The general said the U.S. armed forces needed to avoid the historic experience of one of our allies, using as an example Great Britain, which kept a watch on the cliffs of Dover for Napoleon 120 years after he was dead.
"We need to stop looking for Napoleon and start looking for current threats," Mattis said.
USJFCOM produced a document called the Joint Operating Environment (JOE) which examines trends and disruptions in the geopolitical and military landscape, such as: shifting demographics; globalization; economics; energy; food; water; climate change and natural disasters; pandemics; cyber; and space. These trends form the framework for exploring the following types of scenarios: competition and cooperation among conventional powers; potential challenges and threats; weak and failing states; the threats of unconventional power; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; technology; the battle of narratives; and urbanization.
The JOE is meant to be read in conjunction with the Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO), which was signed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Navy Adm. Mike Mullen Jan. 22, and developed with assistance by USJFCOM. Representatives from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, as well as U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Strategic Command, also assisted in the JOE and CCJO development.
The JOE, currently under revision for 2009, "has influenced our Quadrennial Defense Review inputs, it has helped frame scenarios we are putting forward for what we may have to face in the future, it has helped reduce ambiguity so we have the fewest regrets … we can not get it perfect, but we can certainly reduce the scope of regrets we have," Mattis said.
After his opening address at the Joint Warfighting Conference, cosponsored by USJFCOM, the U.S. Naval Institute and AFCEA International, Gen. Mattis spoke with the media.
Q: From a military standpoint, what should the elements of [national] strategy be?
Mattis: We had a grand strategy during the Cold War against communism, called containment. We need a grand strategy today. Since the Berlin Wall came down we have gone into a very complex world, but the new administration is putting together their grand strategy, as I believe they must. We will nest the U.S. military strategy appropriately within that, and then I will know what kind of forces to deliver.
In the interim, we will keep modifying the military force to make sure it meets the grand strategy, the political strategy.
Q: You talked about military history and mentioned lessons learned from past conflicts, and you said there are things that we never should have forgotten. Were you referring to counterinsurgency doctrine that we used in Vietnam?
Mattis: Yes, but that doesn't mean it would have been adequate on its own. We have to adapt because each war has its own character. Certainly, there are timeless things that we should have carried forward. Part of the cost of Vietnam and the country's dismay was that we just wanted to leave all of it behind, not just by years, but also intellectually.
Unfortunately, an enemy will spot our weakness and work against us in that manner.
Q: You think lessons were discarded by military leadership after the Vietnam War because it didn't end as well as we would have liked?
Mattis: The reality is that Soldiers get condemned sometimes for fighting their last war. We were more focused on the future rather than bringing forward the lessons of counterinsurgency.
Q: If you don't want to fight a past war then do you have to plan for any possible contingency?
Mattis: We have to look at what is most likely. In recent conflicts, like Georgia, Russia, the 2006 Lebanon War, Chechnya, Iraq and Afghanistan, we can see how the enemy is adapting. Plus, the enemy often writes what they are going to do. I like to look at jihadist Web sites. They tell what they are going to do. They are going to make sure that no girls go to school. They are going to kill Americans. They are going to have sleeper cells. They tell all of their plans.
Q: You said something in your remarks about how the technology the troops are carrying right now makes them more vulnerable on the battlefield. What do you mean by that?
Mattis: I was talking about the radios. We have gotten so used to robust command and control networks that we think at higher headquarters that we can know all, see all. And, in fact, we have every reason to expect that in the future those networks will be broken down.
We have seen the enemy penetrating our networks, whether it be banking or stealing identities, and we have had Defense Department networks under attack. We know they can get inside, and we should anticipate that they will take these down.
I suggest we had better be ready to operate with degraded and, at times, no communications so that we don't have people waiting for orders. That's why I used the example of Admiral Nelson [before the Battle of Trafalgar] hoisting the flag and saying, England expects that every man will do his duty, because troops will have to take the lead sometimes.
Q: Has technology helped in the current fight?
Mattis: Absolutely, the technology has been an enormous help for us. We can pass information quickly and a lot faster than the enemy can. It has been a wonderful help, but we must not allow it to become our key vulnerability, which it could, if we overly rely on it and don't educate the troops to operate on their own initiative when, not if, those systems go down.
I know those systems are going to go down, so when they do, I want to have the troops say I know exactly what to do because I know what my commander wants done.
There will be opportunities on the battlefield that even today they can take advantage of much faster than technology can give them authority to do so. We are talking about unleashing initiatives, trust, harmony and those kinds of things more than pure technology as command and control.
Command and control is how do I make decisions as a commander and get troops to act on it with everybody working together. We have started believing that it is the number of data bits that we can put over a certain electronic pipe, that's not it. We are talking about unleashing command and feedback, not command and control.
Q: Could you connect the dots between the NATO Multiple Futures Project and the JOE?
Mattis: The JOE and the CCJO are focused on the operational level of war — how we mix Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and civilians. When we get a national strategy, we will have to adapt operationally to that national strategy.
In my NATO hat, the Multiple Futures Project harvested good ideas from across Europe and America, the French White Paper [on defense and national security strategy], and from think tanks. We held roundtables in Berlin, Geneva and London. The Swiss military brought in nongovernmental organizations like the Red Cross and United Nations. We got these ideas together to help inform the strategic dialogue.
The JOE was an effort at the operational level, and the strategic dialogue is where I focus the Multiple Futures and NATO. The Secretary General of NATO has invited me to speak as he starts the strategic concept dialogue in July in Europe.
Q: Will these documents have an impact on the European Union?
Mattis: The EU and NATO draw from almost the same forces. I am a NATO officer, but in many, many, many cases, it is in NATO's best interest to work with the tightest possible collaboration with the EU. It will certainly reverberate there and since we drew ideas from the same nations that are part of the EU, I think that you will find a lot of commonality.
Q: You are linking up squads for joint ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) but then also taking command and control and breaking it down and giving commanders on the ground more control. Is there tension between squads being given more comms gear and then having it taken away?
Mattis: There could be, but I don't think so. They carry the gear now. It is just a matter of translating and having the 'interware' that will allow the software to come down.
Once the Air Force came up with ROVER (Remote Operated Video Enhanced Receiver), suddenly every service could pull down every other services' UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) feeds. There are ways to do this. This is technology and where technology works, it really works.
In the future, a troop will be able to switch from his satellite phone to his FM phone, to his AM phone. He can talk to an airplane, he can talk to his squad mates, or his commander, and when the whole thing goes down he will have other ways to communicate. They may be old-fashioned ways with colored air panels on the ground.
Because we know we are going to run into a challenge does not mean we are going to surrender the technological fight. We still fight it, but we are very cautious about relying on something we know that the enemy will eventually, just like we will, exploit.
Q: What makes this conference important to you and what do you hope to achieve here?
Mattis: We have to figure out what problems have to be solved and get the right people to try to solve them. The military can't solve them on their own. Industry can't, neither can universities and academia. Americans can't do it alone.
You will notice the number of foreign officers here. We get everyone in the room and there are all sorts of discussion and understanding and cross-fertilization on problem solving. This is very useful for us.
Q: Are you training commanders to accept [decision making at the troop level]? Is it difficult?
Mattis: I am responsible to train all one-star and three-star admirals and generals and new ones in the military when they come through. The primary message is that we bring their operation to the speed of trust.
We decentralize command and control and push it down. We train to this. It is happening across the military. Some services have cultures that permit it and accept it already, and others are going to have to adapt.
They can use the models from some of the other services. This is one of the values of having different service cultures. As technologies and the characters of wars change, then a different service's command and control that might not have looked right 20 years ago may be the one that we all gravitate to.
That is why I don't want a joint culture that subsumes the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. I want them each to have their own and for us to harvest the good out of all of them.
Q: But the responsibility that goes with command and control can't be delegated?
Mattis: No, it cannot. At the same time, understand that you can't regulate everything in war. War rubs the veneer of civilization off you and leaves bare the character underneath. Bad things happen sometimes in war. The enemy gets lucky sometimes. Young guys make mistakes. The fear can be paralyzing at times.
When you hold people accountable, I would just ask that before you judge somebody walk a mile in his moccasins. I would especially encourage members of the media to walk a mile in somebody else's moccasins before you condemn them.
The pressures on young commanders, whether it is a squad leader that is 20 years old with eight guys around him, with him as the oldest guy there, or a general in combat, understand that they are all trying to do their best, and we're not perfect.
Q: You have people that have been in war eight years making decisions; they come back into organizations with the normal chain of command. How do you improve training so they don't get bored?
Mattis: We have two services that take most of the casualties — the Army and Marines. They both have the highest reenlistment rates in their history right now so clearly something is resonating with them, and it is not just the economy because this was true three years ago as well.
You institutionalize what you have learned in these wars. By institutionalizing it, in the future, instead of the decision being made by a colonel, you will leave that to the captain or to the sergeant. There are ways you can build it into your daily routine. It is already happening in many of the services. Some of the services never had trouble with this. They have always sent captains off to sea.
The commander of the British forces going to Korea in 1950 to join the U.N. forces under U.S. command and control was given one order, 'Do what is in the best interest of the queen.' That was it. Then they sent him to do it. That's trust.
The reenlistment rate shows that they are not being turned off by it. They may complain about it at times. I complain too when I have too much command and control over me. Even four-star generals complain about that.
Q: Your memo on [the flawed nature] of Effects Based Operations last summer created a bit of controversy. It seemed to be welcomed by people with ground force experience in Iraq and Afghanistan but generally rejected by air power. Are you still getting push back?
Mattis: In my experience at Maxwell (Air Force Base), where I spoke with lieutenant colonels and majors, I did not get push back at all. I have had officers from various services say they support it 100 percent, but they wouldn't say so in public because it would ruin their careers.
… It's been overwhelmingly well received, and I was surprised by how little push back it got. I was shocked. The only thing harder than getting a bad idea out is getting a good idea in.
Q: How flexible are decision makers to change the players in the [acquisition] programs as well as the equipment that is being used?
Mattis: I think we are pretty good at it. If you look at a U.S. Soldier today, and a U.S. Soldier from six years ago, his combat gear doesn't even look like the same Army. There is nothing on him that is the same. His rifle is shorter; it has sensors that allow him to spot the enemy. They have different uniforms and different radios. The Personal Role Radio, the little radio in the ear, comes from a British company and was bought on short notice when we went into the fight in Iraq.
We have British airplanes and Harrier jets. If it is a good idea, I can just about guarantee you we are interested in exploring it. People are making MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) trucks for us today that had never built one military vehicle.
Q: What steps are you taking to institutionalize knowledge gained?
Mattis: On the joint level, I look at what the joint needs are. If the Army is running a good course on ground advisers in Afghanistan, that includes how to get joint ISR, I endorse them and make sure that Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines all get to have that course.
We are opportunistic. Where it needs to be joint, it's joint. We are gathering this all up in a couple of places. We have a Joint Center for Operational Analysis. We also link with NATO Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Center – JALLC, so NATO troops can get the advantage of the American lessons learned.
We have a tight bond between the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines lessons learned people who pass it around inside their own network, and it gets out rapidly to the pre-deployment training sites.
There are a number of things the services have put out — Small Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency and the Army/ Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual. It is all out there; it is just a matter of if you have time to read it all.
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Gen. James N. Mattis
Gen. James N. Mattis talking to members of the media at the Joint Warfighting Conference May 12, 2009, at the Virginia Beach Convention Center.
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This Berlin art gallery, Sammlung Hoffman, is one of the many hidden surprises to be found behind Berlin's many courtyards. Gunda Förster's neon-light installation bathes this particular courtyard in lurid yellows, blues and reds. Once a sewing machine factory and manufacturer of medical equipment, the complex is now home to the Sammlung Hoffman – a private collection of contemporary art. Owner Erika Hoffmann and her late husband have been collecting art for 40 years. She opens her house to the public by appointment on Saturdays (felt slippers are provided). Actual displays are changed by the collector every year in July.


The Original Current Program of Marco the Magi's Production of "Le Grand David and His Own Spectacular Magic Company"
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Sage, the market leader in cloud business management solutions today released research titled, 'Why your workforce isn't working'. The research reveals that while many companies invest in quirky benefits to keep staff happy, employees aren't impressed.
Commissioned by Sage People, the study spoke to 3,500 global workers to uncover what people across the US, UK and Canada really want from their employers.
The findings show the disconnect between the benefits employers provide and what employees want. This failure to listen is costing businesses in the form of reduced productivity levels and a disengaged workforce.
Are ping-pong tables really the answer?
There is a growing trend for organizations to offer quirky benefits in an effort to attract and retain staff. But this study revealed the value employees actually place on these isn't there in return.
Less than 9% believe company outings are a valuable benefit, and even fewer were favorable on office games such as ping-pong – with only 5% saying they value it as part of the work experience.
In fact, in some cases, people felt these were doing more harm than good, with over half (53%) saying that they are distracting and decrease productivity.
Productivity is a major issue for businesses – the IMF estimates that productivity growth has slowed so much since 2008 that GDP in advanced economies should be five per cent higher today. 'Why your workforce isn't working' showed that more than a third (37%) of respondents say they're productive in their role for less than 30 hours per week.
Distractions like ping-pong tables and company outings could therefore be adding to the productivity issue businesses are facing rather than solving it.
Crucially, those surveyed stated they wanted their opinions on workforce experiences heard in the workplace, yet many organizations don't proactively consult their employees on how to improve their everyday experiences.
Almost half of workers (47%) have never been asked by their employer what will improve their experiences and impact their productivity and only 12% are asked on a regular basis.
Developing and managing workforce experiences has the power to drastically improve recruitment, staff retention and productivity, but many companies are floundering in outdated HR management practices.
Frequently, HR tries to get employee feedback through tools such as annual engagement surveys, but this alone isn't enough and is far from effective, with only 21% of respondents seeing annual employee satisfaction surveys as very important to their workplace experiences.
22% also see filling out employee satisfaction surveys as a distraction, decreasing productivity in the workplace. And this is crucial, given it's currently an employee's market – of those surveyed, 63% of Senior Managers and above claim to be regularly approached by recruiters.
"Attracting and retaining talent is not a new challenge given the global skills crisis, but there are few signs of companies solving the issue. There is a clear disconnect between the employee and the employer in what constitutes a valued and productive workforce experience," says Paul Burrin, VP at Sage People.
When looking to discover how to improve and personalize employee experiences, companies should take their cue from their people. Over a third feel that the HR or People team could increase the value it provides to employees by improving wellness at work (39%).
A similar number (34%) also felt that organizations could increase its value by using data and have access to actionable insights to inform people decisions, rather than relying on gut instinct.
HR and People technology can be used to gather immediate feedback around key events in the employee journey.
And for those businesses willing to take feedback from their people and embrace new ideas, new technology can provide businesses with the means and flexibility to design, implement and measure workforce experiences that make a tangible difference to employee acquisition, retention, and productivity.
The 'Why your workforce isn't working' eBook includes practical steps to becoming a high performing People Company. Download it today to get started.