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Gustavo Ion will say goodbye to basketball at a match with his friends
Posted by: Oliver Walton
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The 2.08-meter-high hub, Gustavo Ion, became the third Mexican in the NBA in 2011 after Horacio Lamaz and Eduardo Najera, and now he's bidding farewell to basketball.
Mexican Center Gustavo Ionwinner of 12 titles with Real Madrid The Spaniard, will say goodbye to basketball, in a match in which a team of his friends will face a choice Mexico.
"It didn't take me long to make that decision. Throughout my career, I've learned to take care of my body, when I can do things well and when I can't. It took over 24 hours to recover after a game. I'm retiring fully and at a good level in basketball. '," the 37-year-old explained.
ion, who described Real Madrid As a legend and one of the greatest centers in its history, he will end more than 15 years of his career with a meeting in Guadalajarastate capital Jaliscowest of Mexico.
His friend's team list has not been revealed. The Mexican national team will be the same that will face from August 25 the fourth window of the qualifying rounds Americas to Philippines, Japan and Indonesia 2023 World Cup.
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Among those summoned Omar Quinterospecific MexicoIs also Francisco "Paco" Cruzwho plays for the Turkish team Tofas, and Jorge Gutiérrez, a former player in NBA This now belongs to the Mexican Astros.
with both, ion brought to Mexico To their last great success when the Spaniards brought it out Sergio ValdeulmilosI qualified for the first time world Cup in 40 years, Spain 2014.
ion He also helped win the championship title FIBA Americas in 2013 and gold at Centrobasket in 2014; In both competitions he won the best player award.
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His biggest success at club level was with Real Madrid, He played with them 340 matches between 2014 and 2019, in five campaigns in which he entered the history books of Meringue.
the total, ion conquered with Madrid Two European colleagues, one Intercontinental CupFour ACB Leagues, three King's Cups and two Super Cups.
ion He spent his last two seasons in Puerto Rico with the Capitanes de Arecibo, a quintet he won the Island League in 2021 and dropped to the semi-finals on August 1, 2022, his last game as a professional.
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The 2.08 meter high axis became in 2011 the third Mexican in NBA after, after Horace Flames s Eduardo Najera.
In the best basketball league in the world, the Tepic native participated in 135 games in which he averaged 4.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists.
The center belongs to NBA to me New Orleans HornetsThe Orlando MagicThe Milwaukee Bucks and the Atlanta HawksAnd the His last team in the 2013-2014 season.
There was another difference ion In his career they were Mexicans Khalaba's hawks and the Jalisco stars.
"I'm leaving in peace and calm because I gave basketball everything I could: passion, work and responsibility. Sunday will be a party for which I will be grateful to basketball," the former basketball player said. climax Russian.
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Q: Ruby Named Capture I have these fields in plain text file.
Style 130690 113
Price $335.00
Stock # 932811

How can I save the style number, price, and stock # in separate variables using regex and name capturing?
I have tried this, but it did not work.
fields = params[:plain].match(/"Price $"(?<price>)/)

A: style, price, stock = <<~_.scan(/^(?:Style |Price \$|Stock \# )(.+)/).flatten
Style 130690 113
Price $335.00
Stock # 932811
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# => "130690 113", "335.00", "932811"

A: I assume the order of the attributes of "style", "price" and "stock" and their associated values is not known. One may then initialise variables style, price and stock as follows.
str =<<END
Price $335.00
Style 130690 113
Stock # 932811
END
  #=> "Price $335.00\nStyle 130690 113\nStock # 932811\n"

style_r = /\bstyle +(?=(\d+))/i
str.match(style_r)
style = $1.to_i
  #=> 130690

price_r = /\bprice +\$(?=(\d+\.\d{2}))/i
str.match(price_r)
price = $1.to_f
  #=> 335.0

stock_r = /\bstock +# +(?=(\d+))/i
str.match(stock_r)
stock = $1.to_i
  #=> 932811

The regular expression for style, style_r can be written in "free spacing" mode, which makes it self-documenting:
/
\b       # match a word break
style    # match string
[ ]+     # match one or more spaces
(?=      # begin a positive lookahead
  (\d+)  # match one or more digits in capture group 1
)        # end the positive lookahead
/ix      # case-indifferent (i) and free-spacing modes

After the match on this regular expression the global variable $1 is assigned the value of capture group 1.
In free-spacing mode spaces are removed. One way of protecting them is to enclose them in a character class ([ ]), which is what I have done. The interpretation of price_r and stock_r is similar.
Initialising variables in this way is not normally done. It generally would be more useful to create a hash with keys :style, :stock and :price:
h = {}

str.match(style_r)
h[:style] = $1.to_i

str.match(price_r)
h[:price] = $1.to_f

str.match(stock_r)
h[:stock] = $1.to_i

h #=> {:style=>130690, :price=>335.0, :stock=>932811}

A: The condition of the question is that this is the content of the text file. Therefore, you can try like this.
ary = File.readlines(path_to_your_file, chomp: true)
style, price, stock = ary[0].sub(/Style /, ''), ary[1].sub(/Price \$/, ''), ary[2].sub(/Stock # /, '')
#=> "130690 113", "335.00", "932811"

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Q: OpenShift - Connecting to a scaled gear's MySQL cartridge from another gear I have a Node.js gear (not scaled) and a PHP gear (scaled) with a MySQL cartridge. I want to connect to the MySQL cartridge from the Node.js app.
The documentation for this is not concise and seems outdated, but from what I've gathered I need to forward my MySQL port to the Node.js app.
I created a public/private key pair on the MySQL gear using ssh-keygen -f $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/mykey. Next I added the contents of mykey.pub into my RedHat account's Settings > Public Keys section. Next I tried to copy the private key to the Node.js server using scp $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/mykey 59bc0f5c50014651f7020097@nodegear-mydomain.rhcloud.com:~/app-root/data/. but this gave me a permissions error, so next I tried scp -i $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/mykey $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/mykey 59bc0f5c50014651f7020097@nodegear-mydomain.rhcloud.com:~/app-root/data/. and I think that did what it needed to, but I'm not sure.
Does that seem right? From here what do I do? And is there an easier way to connect to a database cartridge on another gear?

A: Alright, well it seems most of the information I dug up about connecting to a database on another gear was wrong. You don't need to forward ports or anything like that. Just get the host, port, user, and password of your database cartridge (ssh into your gear with the db and run env | grep -i mysql) and use them for your db connection string.


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Texas Christian University, Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies
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Position: Associate Professor, Department Chair
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Research specialty within the broad field of U.S. Ethnic Studies is open, but we especially seek scholars who apply comparative or relational approaches to the study of race/ethnicity and/or scholars who meaningfully integrate the intersectional study of women, gender, and sexuality. All faculty in the department are expected to incorporate community-engaged pedagogy into their teaching and to take part in the wider Fort Worth and Texas communities as civic-minded scholars. The successful candidate should possess a strong background of service at the department or university level, a track record of administrative capabilities, and the ability to raise funds. We are interested in candidates who will provide programmatic leadership and direction for the burgeoning department, and who are committed to building and sustaining cross-disciplinary, cross-departmental connections to other programs on campus. Additionally, the department chair will serve as a campus leader in the development of CRES, the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, and larger university initiatives surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of an ambitious research agenda centered on race/ethnicity as well as prior experience in or potential for administrative leadership.
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3-on-3: The state of the Bruins, the next-worst NHL team, the NHL in Vegas
Justin Bourne
3-on-3 is one of hockey's most wide open, exciting personnel situations. It also provides a fitting title for our weekly series where three of theScore's NHL writers answer three hockey questions. Submit yours to Justin.Bourne@theScore.com.
What are your thoughts on the current state of the Boston Bruins?
Justin Bourne: I think salary cap issues have put them in a place where they really need some of their young prospects to be contributors, and while those prospects are coming along nicely (for guys who aren't top picks), that's not the same as having NHL-proven players throughout your lineup as they had a few years back.
They're fine, and they'll be better when they get Chara and Krejci back - they'll probably grab the last home ice spot in playoffs - but they're in a place where they need contributions from guys who haven't yet proven they can offer that consistently.
Thomas Drance: Pay no attention to the early season record - the Boston Bruins remain an elite club in the Eastern Conference, and are in my opinion, the second most likely team to come out of the East (behind only the Tampa Bay Lightning).
Obviously injuries to Zdeno Chara and David Krejci are hurting them at the moment, but this is still an elite club at five-on-five, their power-play remains very dangerous, and their short-handed play - which has been atrocious in the early going - is mostly sagging due to bad luck.
Chris Battaglia: Boston is a far cry from the team that won the Cup in 2011. Even the Bruins team that won the Eastern Conference two seasons ago has notable advantages over the current roster, like the leadership of a younger, healthier Zdeno Chara and scoring depth from players like Nathan Horton, Rich Peverley and Jaromir Jagr - not to mention Tyler Seguin prior to his acrimonious departure.
That said, the Bruins remain one of the top teams in the East. The preseason trade of Johnny Boychuk and Chara's knee injury created opportunities for young blue-liners Dougie Hamilton and Torey Krug, while 29-year-old center Carl Soderberg continues to improve in his second full NHL season. Add defending Vezina Trophy winner Tuukka Rask to that mix and it's clear Boston has a solid foundation for the future, while still being capable of winning now.
It doesn't make much sense to read anything into Boston's shaky start to the season. The Bruins might not win the Atlantic Division, but they will almost definitely make the playoffs. A savvy trade-deadline addition could be all they need to make it back to the Stanley Cup Final.
The Sabres are destined to finish 30th and draft one of Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel, but which club will reap the rewards of finishing 29th is still up for debate. The Canes are on a roll, Columbus is injured but won't be all year, the Avs and Oil aren't that bad ... who ya got?
JB: Carolina is likely the NHL's next-worst team, but they do have some top-end talent and they do play in the garbage Eastern Conference, so they can (unfortunately) avoid 29th.
You would think it would be a club who just takes a licking all year in the brutal West, and I think the Avs and Oilers both have more talent than the Jets (getting curiously good goaltending from a below average goalie) and the Flames (good luck riding out "plucky" for 82).
I'll take the 10-6-2 Calgary Flames and their positive goal differential. Bad possession numbers, easy schedule so far, getting a lot of luck, and a roster that doesn't pass the eye test. Sorry guys.
TD: I'll take the Avalanche for 500 here, Alex.
Colorado has an awesome stable of forward talent and can just crush teams vertically, but I can't think of another team in the past decade that exhibited such a poor understanding of what made them special, like the Avalanche did this summer.
This was a team with an overmatched but mobile blue-line, that did some really interesting stuff through the neutral zone. Sure they struggled to clear the puck on dump ins, or prevent entries against - but they were excellent at carrying the puck into the zone, in part because they had the personnel - Matt Duchene, Nathan MacKinnon and PA Parentheau in particular - to pull that off.
This summer though, the Avalanche made their forward group slower - the Parentheau for Daniel Briere trade was a massive loser, and Jarome Iginla was so, so obviously a poor fit - and they also added plodders like Brad Stuart on defense, when what they really needed was a guy who can skate - like a Matt Niskanen, a Christian Ehrhoff, or even an Andre Benoit. Playing Stuart with Nick Holden is just compounding things.
Basically I don't think the Avalanche have any understanding of what made them dangerous last year, and I don't think they're smart enough to figure out their issues now (though it's probably too late anyway).
This team is bad, and will add another bluechip forward this June. Then they'll fail to build around him.
CB: There are a few teams that should fall back to earth (and a lottery pick) as the season wears on: unsustainable goaltending is masking glaring scoring deficiencies for the Winnipeg Jets and the Florida Panthers, while puck luck will eventually run out for teams like the high-scoring Calgary Flames. But one team should slide underneath all the others and stand next to Buffalo for the McDavid/Eichel sweepstakes in June: the Arizona Coyotes.
Arizona's name change can't gloss over its lacking roster, where the highest-paid forward is a 38-year-old Shane Doan and the only other forward making more than $4 million is Martin Erat. Mikkel Boedker is the leading goal-scorer and no other Coyotes player has more than three goals at even-strength. The team has a strong group of prospects, especially on defense, but this roster has too many holes to win now, especially in the Western Conference.
Not even the systems of coach Dave Tippett will save the Coyotes, especially if starting goaltender Mike Smith continues to struggle. Arizona's scoring woes won't go away and it is one or two injuries away from a roster that would look more at home in the AHL. Here's hoping McDavid or Eichel like dry heat.
How would an expansion team in Vegas fare? Would you rather see a new team elsewhere?
JB: I was just a young pup when my Dad coached the Las Vegas Thunder out of the Thomas & Mack Center, but I remember thinking "Boy, this does not seem like a place for hockey." I think I thought that because boy, is Vegas not a place for hockey.
I even played there in the ECHL when the team needed the most bizarre promotions to get humans into the building. I think it'll be a sideshow full of cheap gimmicks and sparsely attended games and MAN do I want that to happen so I can have an excuse to go to Vegas and watch hockey.
TD: I think a Las Vegas-based NHL team has some potential, in that, at the very least the casinos will buy tickets and Canadian tourists will buy tickets. Obviously they'll win a tonne of games at home.
I'd rather see another team in the Toronto area and one in Quebec City though. Obviously those clubs would be higher revenue teams and would also add a couple of additional soft-skinned Canadian fanbases to mess with when I put together Power Rankings every week.
CB: It's impossible to tell how a Vegas team would fare as something beyond a novelty for tourists. Most residents work odd hours that would likely conflict with game times and Arizona is a perfect example of how hockey can be a tough sell in the desert. The novelty of a team could carry attendance for a couple seasons, but as anyone at a craps table will tell you, no one in Vegas sticks around to watch a loser.
Considering the risk involved, Vegas shouldn't be the NHL's top priority. Quebec City wants a team and will soon have the arena to house one, and that city's passion for hockey cannot be ignored from a business perspective. Another team in the populous hockey-mad region of southern Ontario would also make more economic sense than Vegas. Seattle seems like the best option for building the Western Conference, and didn't someone build an arena in Kansas City?
Putting a hockey team in Vegas would certainly grab headlines, but it doesn't make a lot of sense beyond that.


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The Immortal's Salvation
(Bloodwite #2)
By Cecelia Mecca
Publication date: February 21st 2019
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Even cursed blood can fall prey to love's bite.
Lawrence Derrickson never wanted to be a chief, let alone a vampire, but fate has always been a fickle beast…callous to the inner-workings of a man's heart.
Seven hundred years after he was turned, he's still chief of Clan Karyn, although his clan now consists of only his three siblings. With no more castle to protect and defend, they are dedicated to only one cause—protecting the Cheld—their superhuman descendants.
Lawrence longs for a different life—a life of his own passions, desires, and dreams—but duty drives him further from that with each passing century of protecting the Cheld. Until their mission brings him to Stone Haven. In saving a fledgling Cheld, Alessandra Fiore, he meets her best friend, Toni O'Neill, a human woman who seems to understand him better than anyone has in over ten lifetimes. Too bad she's already taken.
Lawrence Derrickson is off limits. Or so Toni has been telling herself ever since the first time she saw him. Sure, Lawrence is a devastatingly handsome vampire, but she has a boyfriend—one who's safe and comfortable, if not exciting or reliable or trustworthy. Besides, what would someone like Lawrence want with her? Toni's fast approaching thirty, and she still doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up. But her heart urges her to take a chance and leave her predicable life behind her to explore the inner-workings of Lawrence's heart.
Lawrence feels he's finally found a home, and the love of his long life in Toni, but trouble soon finds him in Stone Haven, forcing him to decide what matters most—desire or duty. Family or his own heart.
Fate can be a fickle, callous, evil tormentor…
Stone Haven, Pennsylvania
Weddings sucked.
Scratch that.
Attending a wedding solo sucked. Toni actually liked them otherwise, mostly because they were an excuse to dance. And in the itty-bitty town of Stone Haven, Pennsylvania, the only place to dance was the Jazz Hall, but good dance music was not regularly on their schedule. Although her kitchen made a perfect dance floor, it lacked a certain something in the ambiance department.
As she waited for the best man to finish his toast, which had turned into a rambling story about his drunken escapades with the groom, Toni spun her wine glass around and around by its stem. Finally, someone had the sense to take the microphone away from him, and the emcee announced the couple's first dance. Toni snuck a glance across the table at Birdie and Uncle Jim, who were watching the bride make her way to the stage with a good deal more interest than she felt. Birdie's smile was so genuine, Toni vowed to at least pretend to enjoy herself. The mother of the bride, an old friend of her aunt's, cried as the couple began swaying to a top ten pop song.
A cute couple. And a fine venue for a wedding. The Lakehouse was a highly rated restaurant along the second-largest man-made lake in the state. Decked out in white fairy lights, inside and out, the restaurant looked especially charming that evening. How much must it have cost to rent the place for a night?
Likely more than she made at the shop in a year. But whose fault was it that, even working two jobs, she likely couldn't afford a wedding here?
No one's but hers.
"I'm grabbing a drink," she whispered to her aunt. "Want anything?"
Birdie shook her head, still enthralled by the dance. Her uncle's drink, a soda, sat full in front of him. Might as well make use of the designated driver. Toni stood, pulling down the black and gold lace dress that had ridden up her legs, and downed the last of her wine.
The indoor bar was closer, but she found herself walking toward the pop-up one on the deck. Toni pushed open the door and breathed in the fresh mountain air. She really should get away from town more often. While The Lakehouse was only twenty minutes away, it was nestled between the State Game Lands on one side and residences on the other, providing an ideal view. During the day. The same mountain range that graced the outskirts of Main Street back home rose high into the night sky, though only shadows were visible in the dark.
"Pinot Noir, please."
While the bartender refilled her glass, Toni looked down to the docks below and watched the pontoons and speeders sway each time a wave made its way toward shore. Despite the hour, boats continued to roam the lake. During the summer months, Stone Haven and the surrounding areas were popular with tourists, something townspeople bemoaned but were secretly proud of.
"Thank you," she said, taking her newly filled glass.
"You work at Ye Old Curiosities," said a woman next to her.
Toni tried to place her.
Remembering people was not one of her finest qualities.
"I do," she said, her tone polite. "I'm assuming you've been there before?"
"Once. It's a cute shop."
"Thanks," she said, accepting the compliment on behalf of her aunt and uncle. Although she'd worked at the shop for years, she was only an employee. Birdie and Uncle Jim were the ones who'd made it their life's work, selling everything from antiquities to novelties, the more eccentric the better.
"You can practically believe vampires are real when you go in there," the woman added with a smile.
Toni couldn't help but smile back. Part of her wanted to shock the woman by revealing the truth—vampires werereal, and two of the originals had just moved to Stone Haven.
"Nice wedding," she commented instead.
"Extremely," the woman said as she waited for her companion to get his drink. "Do you know the bride or groom?"
Neither, actually.
"My aunt is good friends with the bride's mom."
Toni knew the mother well enough, but the daughter had been sent away to boarding school as a young girl. She'd only come home for holidays and summer vacations, so their paths hadn't crossed often.
An odd thing, sending your kid away. Her parents had both been career-driven and ambitious, but they never would have considered such a thing. Shaking away the thought, she smiled at the quirky woman and stepped away.
Toni sipped her wine, not a bad Pinot Noir for a wedding, and watched as white dots bobbed and weaved in the distance, the water below nothing more than a mass of black from this distance. Mesmerizing. Even though she couldn't see the water, just knowing it was there brought her a sense of peace as it always did.
In a former life, Toni must have been a mermaid. Or a pirate. Or something having to do with the water. Did everyone love it as much as she?
Her train of thought was broken by a prickling awareness. Someone was watching her.
She didn't have a sixth sense like her best friend, Alessandra, did. She wasn't one of the Cheld—a line of superhuman beings created to counterbalance vampires. She wasn't the one who'd led the vampires to Stone Haven, and yet she could tell one of them was currently watching her.
Toni turned to look at him, her heart lurching as it did every damn time he was near.
What in blazes was Lawrence Derrickson doing at her wedding?
Well, not precisely her wedding, but she hadn't seen him at the ceremony earlier or any time before now. She was pretty sure she would have noticed. When it came to Lawrence, she couldn't help but notice. He was a six-foot-plus, sandy-haired, green-eyed vampire, for heaven's sake. And sure, it turned out vampires weren't the gothic, garlic- and daylight-phobic creatures popular culture set them out to be, but they were still practically demigods. They were immortal, and they drank blood, for God's sake.
Pretending she hadn't seen him wasn't an option. There were no more than ten people out here on the deck, the bartender included, and Lawrence was staring straight at her. She couldn't see his eyes from here, but Toni knew their piercing green color. He was Alessandra's friend and trainer, an ever-present part of their circle. Avoiding him was difficult, but that hadn't stopped her from trying. She'd gotten quite good at it in the past two months.
Breathe, Toni, breathe. He's just a man.
Well, not quite a man, actually. He was so much more.
But it couldn't matter. Even if Tyler wasn't the best boyfriend in the world, he was hers. And at least she was committed to something in her life. Being with him felt safe, a word she'd never use to describe how she felt with Lawrence.
The thought of Tyler made it easier to ignore Lawrence and the sidelong glances he always gave her. It made it easier to pretend she didn't wish there was some admiration or affection in his eyes. Truth was, Alessandra's friend looked at her as if she'd just stolen a treat from his dog. No, not that. It was like he could see something in her she didn't even know was there. Like a bit of icing on her nose. If she hadn't been thinking about that three-tier wedding cake all night, she'd probably have been able to think of a more profound comparison.
As it was, cake seemed as good an excuse as any to dart inside. Avoiding Lawrence. And maybe herself a bit too.
"Hi, I'm Kat."
Attractive. Same age he'd been before the change, just over thirty. No ring.
Alas, she lacked long red hair and amber eyes that shot arrows through his soul.
"Pleasure to meet you, Kat," Lawrence said, watching Toni retreat back into the restaurant. His feet itched to follow her. Instead, he smiled at the pretty blonde guest and took his drink from the bartender.
"When I first moved to Pennsylvania," he told Kat, "I couldn't get away from this stuff." He lifted his Yuengling, remembering. He'd asked for a lager, and the bartender had handed him one of these—a beer with a label he couldn't even pronounce.
He'd lived in nearly every country around the world, had been alive for over seven hundred years, and still there was so much to discover. A beautiful side to the curse that had created so much ugliness. Despite that, he was more than ready to stay in one place for the foreseeable future. Lawrence was ready to settle down.
"So," she said, her honeyed tone leaving no doubt as to her intentions. "Do you know the bride or groom?"
Actually, he had become close to the bride's father, Stone Haven's mayor, over a business deal, but telling her that would prolong a conversation that he was ready to end.
The floor-to-ceiling windows that gave guests a view of the dark lake behind him also gave him a clear view of Toni. She stood alone, her profile effortlessly elegant, her gold and black gown eye-catching. "Pardon me," he said to the woman at the bar. "I just got here and want to greet the new couple."
Lawrence itched to go to Toni, to take her shoulders in his hands, but she wouldn't welcome it. He forced himself to make a wide berth around her. Trying to distract himself, he found the bride's father at the table closest to the dance floor. Murmuring apologies for his late arrival, he made up for his tardiness by fawning over the couple as if he were a subject in their court, a role he'd played more than once before over several hundred years.
In England. In France. Though not in his homeland. He'd not seen Scotland for centuries, and though he still dreamed of his homeland, he knew he could never return.
Later, as he made his way to the inner bar, Lawrence's eyes found Toni once again. He allowed himself to study her for a second—the strands of hair that had escaped her updo, the curve of her neck. What was she doing here? And where was Tyler?
As if you give a shit about that condescending asshole.
"Caught you!"
Lawrence turned to face his admirer from the deck bar. The time for subtlety had passed.
"You did indeed," he said. "But you should know, before we take this any farther, I haven't eaten in nearly two weeks."
"Oh." She frowned in confusion. "Are you on some kind of a cleanse? There's plenty of food here—"
He leaned down, her perfume as overpowering as her personality, and said, "I don't mean food. Men like me, we need something very different to sustain us. But do not fear. It won't hurt . . . too much."
Poor Kat, properly appalled by his innuendo, could only stare. Good. One time he'd used this same trick to ill effect—the woman had smiled coquettishly and put her hand somewhere it didn't belong.
His sister didn't like it when he hinted at his true nature. Few knew of their existence, and the only unwritten code of their community demanded it stay that way. All well and good, but they were cursed for eternity. Surely they deserved a bit of fun.
"Hurt?" she muttered. "Uh, yeah. It was nice to meet you."
She fled without offering a proper excuse for doing so. A pang of guilt nearly made him regret his methods, but the blonde woman immediately sidled up to another man at the bar. A slight grin lifted his lips. No damage done.
He would finish his drink and then leave. At least he'd stayed long enough to pay his respects to the mayor of Stone Haven. If he were to stay in the area, and Lawrence had every intention of settling in the quaint Pennsylvania town for as long as a man who didn't age could, he would weave himself into the fabric of the place as necessary.
Staring at the bottle of half-drunk lager in his hand, Lawrence heard the music change to a song with a faster beat. Most of the guests would be dancing, he guessed, although he couldn't bear to turn around and look for her. At least her foolish boyfriend didn't appear to be in attendance. It killed him to see a woman so beautiful and intelligent waste her time with a man so unworthy of her. A man who disrespected her with his roving eye. But it was her choice, and it didn't matter in the least to him.
A bald-faced lie.
Toni tugged at him. She always had, right from the first time he'd seen her at Murphy's Pub, her hair swept up in an effortless bun, her amber eyes sparkling with life. That passion she felt for life, for her friends, and for everything she loved was infectious. It made him feel almost human again. Like he was the man he'd been before his brother died.
The way he felt about her was dangerous. For him and for her.
He drank the remainder of his beer in one long, deep swallow.
"You're unusually broody this evening."
He'd sensed her coming. Although she wasn't a Cheld like Alessandra, Toni had an almost supernatural draw. Maybe it was her perfume, part coconut and part amber and spice. A scent that reminded him of the sun-kissed beaches of Brazil, combined with the sophistication of a Parisian boutique. Though not nearly as pretentious.
This interaction diverted from their usual pattern. Toni typically avoided him—rather, they typically avoided each other.
He turned slowly, careful not to lean too close or appear otherwise interested.
"And you are unusually . . ."
Sexy. Radiant. Desirable.
"Talkative."
"What are you doing here?" she asked, cocking her head.
"I could ask you the same."
Toni took a bold step toward him, the proximity making his skin prickle with awareness, and leaned over the bar.
"I'm here," she announced, "for another drink." The raven-haired bartender, who was mixing a drink at the other end of the bar, ignored her. Had a man been tending bar, he would have immediately abandoned his other customers to serve her.
"I see," Lawrence said, leaning back and crossing his arms. He did not respond to the obvious dismissal.
She refused to look at him. He refused to move. One minute passed. Two. Finally, he made eye contact with the bartender, who had been eyeing him as if he were a dessert martini that she intended to drink rather than make. The young woman smiled and glided toward him.
"What can I get you?"
He lifted his bottle in response and added, "And a Pinot Noir for . . ." Struggling, he landed on, ". . . the young lady."
He'd said it on purpose, knowing it bothered Toni that she was approaching thirty. Though the milestone was still a year off, she'd told Alessandra it made her uneasy.
She gave him a look that said, Go to hell, even as she smiled.
A grin twitched on his mouth. He should back off. Stop provoking her. And he definitely should not say what he was thinking at this moment.
But Lawrence Derrickson had never been a cautious man.
Cecelia Mecca is the author of steamy historical and paranormal romance that transports readers to another time and place.
Every heroine, from Lady Sara in the Border Series to Alessandra Fiore in Bloodwite, is your best friend-- the one who kicks ass and takes names. When these ladies meet alpha-males who try to take control, sparks fly until the very last page.
Cecelia writes the Amazon bestselling Border Series which takes readers to an admittedly romanticized time of knights and castles in 13th century Northumbria along the Anglo-Scottish border. In 2019 she's bring a new type of bad boy to readers-- sexy, wealthy, swoon-worthy vampires.
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JFF expresses condolences at Maradona's passing
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) says it is saddened by the death of the legendary Diego Armando Maradona.
"He was an extraordinary player and an inspiration to individuals in every corner of the world, including Jamaica. We watched him with awe throughout his glorious career and remember him in a good way," JFF president Michael Ricketts said in a letter to Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentinian Football Association
"His performances for Argentina, especially those at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, are etched indelibly in our subconscious. Many of [our]
countrymen became supporters of your team because of his incredible exploits."
The JFF says it extends condolences to the Argentina Football Federation and the people of Argentina, "who have lost a true football icon".


Before the introduction of printing to die-cast toys and models, the signs, emblems and adverts more often than not took the form of decals or waterslide transfers.
When restoring a die-cast model to its former glory, surely one must be as accurate as possible; so if the original model had decals then the restoration, if possible should also.
The reproduction decals on offer from model suppliers such as Steve Flowers are excellent and well priced, but for those who have an artistic streak it is remarkably easy to reproduce your own replacements. Alternatively, you can create your own individual model, like my MODEL COLLECTOR Routemaster pictured above.
I am adding decals to an old Corgi open top bus that I found in my dad's strange collection. I have no idea why it was 'sans decals' but it was and just meant I had a blank canvas to work with!
Two types of paper are available, clear and white. Clear decal paper leaves all uncoloured areas transparent. This paper is excellent, although it cannot produce designs with white in the colour scheme. However, there is also a white decal paper that leaves all uncoloured areas white. For this step-by-step I will be using the white decal paper, as I require a white background for some of my designs.
As with the labels produced in the first part of this article it is paramount that the size of the decals is worked out precisely before they are applied. Firstly, design the decals in any presentation or art package (as shown in the January 2002 issue of MODEL COLLECTOR) and print out test sheets that can be cut out and checked against the model.
My test sheet was made up of the MODEL COLLECTOR logo already used on the Model A van and a long banner for the side of the bus stating the obvious: Britain's BIGGEST Selling Diecast Magazine'!
The banner was a simple dark blue-bordered rectangle surrounding a Lucida Casual text with a slight shadow. The designs were produced in various sizes and printed out on an A4 test sheet. When sizes were finalized we printed the designs onto the white decal paper, making sure we set all print options to print at best quality. Then the decals were left to dry for about ten minutes and cut into more manageable sheets with a couple of extra designs printed out just in case!
Produce a vanish-like layer that will stick to the design and act as a carrier film for the ink.
The spray I used came with the decal papers from McGonigal Paper & Graphics as part of a DIY Decals set.
It is important when spraying the decals that you create a balanced, thin and thorough coating to the surface.
Short sprays an a steady hand best produce this cover with the can held 8 inches away from the paper and moving in a slow side-to-side motion. Make sure that the room where you spray is very well ventilated and try not to get any of the spray on your hands. When all relevant decals have been covered, leave them to dry for 10 hours or as paper decal paper instructions.
For best results keep the decals at room temperature.
Our kit suggested a drying time of between 2 and 12 hours but use your own judgment.
Basically the decals will not suffer by being left to dry for too long, better to be safe than sorry!
When the decals have completely dried they can be cut and soaked. As for COLLECTOR emblems and side banners, the best way of cutting them out is to use an artist's scalpel or knife, metal ruler and cutting board.
This method, if your knife is sharp, should produce a much straighter cut than scissors and there should be minimum finger- printing! With the benefit of hindsight, the knack of cutting these decals is to not leave any outline to the decal at all, an unwanted outline may distort the overall appearance and give an effect that looks a bit like the white border bleeding into the colour.
The cut decals must then be soaked to allow separation of the carrier film and backing. Before soaking starts make sure that you have the model, some tissue and an old, soft paintbrush handy, ready for the application.
The decals need to be fully immersed in a bowl of slightly warm water. It is my opinion that using tweezers eliminates the struggle of removing the decal from the water and thus helps to eliminate any separation before final application.
Depending on the paper you use, the soaking should only last a matter of seconds. My decals needed to be soaked for approximately 15 to 20 seconds. A good way to check if the decal is ready for application is to simply remove the decal after the allotted time and very gently rub between your fingers to see if backing and film are separating.
When the decal is ready, quickly yet carefully transfer it to the model. (My first decal was for the front of the bus, as shown.) Upon application, it is important to keep the decal relatively wet so that it can be moved.
Use a slightly damp, soft, old paintbrush, this will work as a moisturizer and will help to move the decal into position. With the damp paintbrush in hand, gently pry the backing away from the carrier film.
Once the decal is in a satisfactory position, lightly dab it with a small piece of tissue as this will help the decal to dry. Leave the positioned decal for a couple of minutes to allow the adhesion to become secure, and then apply a layer of Decal Coat which is a solution that improves adhesion between the decal and the surface, it also helps eliminate the decal shine and improve any visible decal outline.
My MODEL COLLECTOR bus has a smaller emblem on the back and one on each of the sides, along with an advertising banner. These are applied in just the same way and fixed in position using Decal Coat as well.
The Coat should be applied all over the decal in a thin layer, continuing the application to about 1 mm past each edge, thus providing a 'Coat border'. This application process can be repeated for as many decals as your model requires.


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class FSEvent::FileEvent < FSEvent
  def self.filters #:nodoc:
    @filters ||= []
  end

  # call-seq:
  #   filter { |path| block }
  #
  # Adds a condition that each path must pass before it's passed to #on_file_change
  def self.filter(&block)
    filters << block
  end

  def initialize(paths, options = {}, &on_file_change_block)
    super(*paths, &nil)
    self.latency          = options[:latency] if options[:latency]
    extensions            = options.values_at(:extension, :extensions).flatten.compact
    options[:glob]      ||= "*.{#{extensions.join(",")}}" unless extensions.empty?
    @watched_paths_glob   = options[:glob]
    @directory_states     = {}
    return unless on_file_change_block
    singleton_class.send(:define_method, :on_file_change, &on_file_change_block)
  end

  # call-seq:
  #   on_file_change(path)
  #   on_file_change(*paths)
  #
  # Override this in your subclass to handle file change notifications.
  #
  # Two forms are accepted:
  #
  # * with a single _path_ argument, in which case the method will be called
  #   repeatedly, once for each file path that changed;
  #
  # * with a splat *_paths_ argument, in which case the method will be only
  #   called once, with all paths passed as arguments.
  def on_file_change(*paths)
    raise NotImplementedError, "Subclasses of FSEvent::FileEvent must implement on_file_change(*paths) or on_file_change(path)"
  end

  # You should call touch on paths that you modify during #on_file_change.
  #
  # See FSEvent::FileEvent::DirectoryState#touch for more.
  def touch(file_path)
    file_path = File.expand_path(file_path)
    directory_state_for_path(File.dirname(file_path)).touch(file_path)
  end

  def start #:nodoc:
    super
    @run_loop.thread.abort_on_exception = true
  end

  private

  def on_change(paths) #:nodoc:
    file_paths = changed_file_paths_from_changed_directory_paths(paths)
    case method(:on_file_change).arity
    when -1 then on_file_change(*file_paths)
    when  1 then file_paths.each { |path| on_file_change path }
    else raise ArgumentError, "on_file_change takes either one path argument or one splat *paths argument."
    end
  end

  def changed_file_paths_from_changed_directory_paths(dir_paths) #:nodoc:
    dir_paths.uniq\
      .map    { |dir_path | hot_files_for_directory_path(dir_path) }.flatten\
      .select { |file_path| self.class.filters.all? { |f| f[file_path] } }
  end

  def hot_files_for_directory_path(dir_path) #:nodoc:
    directory_state_for_path(dir_path).refresh!.hot_paths
  end

  def directory_state_for_path(dir_path) #:nodoc:
    dir_path = File.expand_path(dir_path)
    @directory_states[dir_path] ||= FSEvent::FileEvent::DirectoryState.new(dir_path, @watched_paths_glob)
  end

end

require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'directory_state')


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import java.util.Comparator;

public class Point implements Comparable<Point> {
    private final int x;
    private final int y;

    public Point(int x, int y) {
        this.x = x;
        this.y = y;
    }

    public void draw() {
        StdDraw.point(x, y);
    }

    public void drawTo(Point that) {
        StdDraw.line(this.x, this.y, that.x, that.y);
    }

    public String toString() {
        return "(" + x + ", " + y + ")";
    }

    // user code begin
    public double slopeTo(Point that) {
        if (that == null) throw new NullPointerException();
        if (this.x == that.x) return this.y == that.y ? Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY : Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
        if (this.y == that.y) return +0.0;
        return (double)(that.y - this.y) / (double)(that.x - this.x);
    }

    public int compareTo(Point that) {
        if (this.y < that.y) return -1;
        if (this.y == that.y) {
            if (this.x < that.x) return -1;
            if (this.x == that.x) return 0;
        }
        return 1;
    }

    public final Comparator<Point> SLOPE_ORDER = new Comparator<Point>() {
        public int compare(Point a, Point b) {
            double aSlope = slopeTo(a);
            double bSlope = slopeTo(b);
            if (aSlope == bSlope) return 0;
            return aSlope < bSlope ? -1 : 1;
        }
    };

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Point p = new Point(260, 17);
        Point q = new Point(260, 242);
        StdOut.println(p.slopeTo(q));
    }
}


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Q: Not able to get the correct rows returned with datediff I have 2 tables:

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*pictures: picture_id, picture_date

*picture_user: pictured_id, user_id (user who posted the picture)

I want to get the users who have posted a picture in less than a year. I am getting the three columns (pid, userid, p_date) but some rows that have their p_date greater than 1 year are also returned.
SELECT p_picuser.pid,p_date,userid from p_pictures, p_picuser
where p_pictures.pid=p_picuser.pid
    AND (datediff(STR_TO_DATE(p_date, '%Y-%m-%d'),CURDATE())<365)

A: MySQL documentation states that datediff is date1 - date2.
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_datediff
If you are comparing now to dates in the past (trying to find out how old something is), you need to subtract those dates from curdate() -- not the other way around.
See these examples from the documentation:
mysql> SELECT DATEDIFF('2007-12-31 23:59:59','2007-12-30');
        -> 1
mysql> SELECT DATEDIFF('2010-11-30 23:59:59','2010-12-31');
        -> -31


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HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE GEORGIA MEDICAL SOCIETY [MGMS]
Founded in Macon, Georgia in 1893 as the Macon Academy of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy.
Produced a National Medical Association [NMA] President, R. Stillman Smith, in 1958.
The Macon Academy of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy reorganized as the Middle Georgia Medical Society [MGMS] on September 9, 1993. George Johnston, Jr., M.D. elected President.
MGMS inducted as a component society of the Georgia State Medical Association [GSMA] on November 14, 1993.
MGMS applied for membership as a component society of the NMA on November 15, 1993.
MGMS incorporated on November 23, 1994 in the state of Georgia.
The Middle Georgia Medical Society officially approved as a component society of the National Medical Association [NMA] on April 30, 1995.
MGMS obtained its 501 © (6) tax-exempt status on June 29, 1995, Tax ID # 58-2163008.
MGMS had 53 paid members at the local level for 2000.
MGMS received the NMA Local Society of the Year, Small Society Award in 2000 at the NMA Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. for its efforts in 1999 under the leadership of MGMS President Warren S. Hutchings, M.D.
Warren S. Hutchings, M.D., founder and CEO of the MGMS, served as the MGMS Vice President from 1993-1996, and its President from 1997- 2000.
MGMS Member Joseph K.M. Butler, M.D. appointed to the Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners, which license physicians in Georgia, on April 2, 1998.
MGMS members Warren S. Hutchings, M.D. and George A. Johnston, Jr., M.D. elected to serve on the GSMA Board for 1999-present. The opholieus Worrell, M.D. is also a GSMA Board Member.
Warren S. Hutchings, M.D. elected to Georgia Physicians Association's [GPA's] Board of Directors in 1997. GPA is the political action committee associated with the Georgia State Medical Association.
Ralph Austin Jr., M.D. elected Vice Chair Georgia Board for Physician Workforce for
The Middle Georgia Medical Society Foundation, a 501 © 3 charity, was established on July 18, 1999.
Theopholieus Worrell, M.D. elected the third President of the MGMS 2000-2001.
Conrad N. Miller Jr., M.D. elected fourth MGMS President 2001-2010 and served as a nonvoting member of the NMA Board of Trustees as NMA Region III Chair.
Warren S. Hutchings, M.D. elected NMA Region III Chair 2002-2004.
Michael W. Early Sr., M.D. received the NMA 2007 Practitioner of the Year Award at the 2007 NMA Annual Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Julian M. Earls Jr., M.D. elected fifth MGMS President for 2010 to present.
Warren S. Hutchings, M.D. will be installed as President of GSMA on June 10, 2010 and will serve from 2010 to 2012.
The Middle Georgia Medical Society Foundation at the National Heritage Foundation, a 501© 3 operating charity and community foundation, was established on November 4, 2000, tax ID #58-2085326. Julian Earls, M.D., 1999; Theopholieus Worrell, M.D., 2000; Conrad Miller, M.D., 2001; Angela Hale, M.D., 2002.
Warren S. Hutchings, M.D., sponsored by Representative Nikki Randall, served as Doctor of the Day during the Special Session of the 2001 Georgia General Assembly by medically assisting legislators who became ill on August 27, 2001.
Olin T. Wiley, CLU, CPhD, of Wiley and Associates, has been Marketing Director for the Middle Georgia Medical Society (MGMS), the MGMS Foundation, and the MGMS Group Trust since 1994.
Warren S. Hutchings, M.D. elected Secretary, GSMA on June 14, 2002 and elected Chair, National Medical Association Region III on June 16, 2002, to serve 2002-2004. As Regional Chair, Dr. Hutchings serves as a nonvoting member of the NMA Board of Trustees.


American Idol finalist, Antonella Barba from Point Pleasant , N.J. is far from innocent. She may have made it through the first rounds of cuts, but Fox and the creator of American Idol may decide to throw Barba off the show before next week's cuts. Antonella obviously has some enemies because someone she knows leaked very scandalous photos of her.
FOX studios has declined to comment on the matter and were unaware of the photos, but did state that, "we have really good background checks on everybody, and we deal with that every season," he said. "It's sad, isn't it, that your best friends are the ones that come forward with information that will go to Smoking Gun or put your photographs on the Web?


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Q: What is the group of isometries of the plane preserving this frieze? Consider the following frieze:

How would you find the group isometries of the plane preserving this frieze?
I'm not really sure how to do this, but I assume that it would help to start by ladling the triangles and adding coordinates, as follows:

Here, to get from triangle A to triangle B, a rotation $R_{n}$ of $\pi$ rads about the point $(1,0)$ would be required, so I suppose this would be one isomorphism.
Furthermore, getting from triangle A to triangle C would require a translation $T_{n}$ of 2 units in the $x$ direction, which could be expressed as $T_{n}(x,y)=(x+2, y)$.
How would you express the rotation in the form $R_{n}(x,y)=(f(x), f(y))$?
Are there any other isometries that I've missed?


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The 2017 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 60th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 68th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished the season in 3rd place in the East Division with a 6–12 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2012. After a loss to the Calgary Stampeders on October 13, 2017, followed by an Ottawa Redblacks win later that night, the Tiger-Cats were eliminated from post-season contention.

This was the second season under general manager Eric Tillman and fifth under head coach Kent Austin. After starting the season 0–8, Austin resigned from the head coach position on August 24, giving the post to June Jones, whom Austin had hired initially as assistant head coach three weeks prior. Jones then hired Art Briles as his assistant head coach; within hours, the CFL's league office blocked the hire over Briles' alleged involvement in the Baylor University sexual assault scandal. Jones would finish the season 6–4 and remain head coach for the 2018 season.

Offseason

Negotiation List
On March 31, 2017 the Tiger-Cats announced they would be the first CFL team in history to publicly announce the players on their negotiation list. Three players will be announced in each segment of Ticats All Access (a free subscription program); among the first three revealed was former Heisman-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel, who did not sign with the team in 2017 but would join the team in 2018.

CFL draft
The 2017 CFL Draft took place on May 7, 2017. The Tiger-Cats had seven selections in the eight-round draft after trading their fourth round pick and two players for Justin Capicciotti and Xavier Fulton.

Preseason

Regular season

Season Standings

Season Schedule

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

Hamilton Tiger-Cats seasons
2017 Canadian Football League season by team
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How Putin's brand inspires Trump
Content Marketing Public Relations	Posted on September 16, 2016 —by Jay Gronlund 245 0
Donald Trump recently praised President Putin of Russia with full admiration as "a leader far more than our leader" and that he "has very strong control" over Russia. As a forceful, deal-making businessman, Trump can relate to Putin's leadership style. Both are authoritative kindred spirits. But will Putin's authoritative brand image have any impact on Trump's political behavior? And if so, what could we expect from a Trump presidency? In any case, this comparison also provides a case study of how similar leadership brands may not generate the same results because of a different context and target audience.
As for any brand, perceptions are critical. The West views Putin as a classic bully, unpredictable and a source of deep and sustained corruption. He has built a loyal cult around his strongman personality, as a tough, can-do warrior, and even a benevolent father of his people. His actions during the past few years reinforce this authoritative image – e.g. annexing Crimea, arming the rebellion in Eastern Ukraine, turning a vibrant news media into an echo chamber for the Kremlin, minimizing and even eliminating journalists who oppose him, and inserting peacemaking and even military initiatives into regional conflicts like Syria and Israel-Palestine.
While this brand image is very disconcerting in the West, at home he is perceived as a savior, with popularity ratings as high as 82% (albeit via suspicious polling). His main goal is to restore Russia's status as a global power not to be ignored, somewhat similar to Trump's "make America great again". By controlling the media, Putin has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to project a brand image of towering strength to the Russian people, demonstrated by his military interventions, blaming their economic woes on Western imposed sanctions (its economy declined by 3.7% last year and is down 1% so far this year), and his threats to "save" Russians living in neighboring countries such as the Ukraine and the Baltic nations.
To fully understand this image contradiction, it is helpful to remember the history, culture and values of the Russian populous. I have worked in Russia and was both surprised and impressed from research with how passionately patriotic the common Russian people are. They have always lived under authoritarian rule, and so the Putin dictatorial practices are accepted today by most Russians. Putin's popularity is based on a combination of fear, love and submissions. He is perceived as a strong yet caring leader, who is committed to restoring the pride they felt under Soviet rule. Corruption and secrecy have always been prevalent, and while not liked, it is broadly tolerated by these stoic people as part of their culture. In short, there is a surprisingly high level of trust and credibility for Putin, key emotional components for successful branding and developing a bond with a target audience.
Meanwhile there are many similarities in leadership style between Trump and Putin. Trump has positioned his political brand as an outsider to government, a tough businessman who has accomplished a lot by force and daring. Just as Putin has disposed of most of the rich oligarchs he could not control and replaced them with loyal business moguls who won't challenge him, Trump has surrounded himself with loyal family members to run his businesses and campaign (Donald, Ivanka, Eric and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law). There are other important values and practices which they share:
They both have huge egos, and are obsessed with adulation, not ethics or rectitude.
They are fixated with poll numbers to reinforce and rationalize their acceptance – ratings which certainly helped propel Trump in the primaries
Both will tell an audience whatever they want to hear in any situation, and are not embarrassed about lies and inconsistencies when making grandiose, if not unrealistic promises.
They both judge people based on their actions in terms of benefits to them, including fellow Republicans who have not praised Trump.
Notwithstanding the similarities in both leadership brands and actions, the biggest difference lies with the heart of successful branding: resonating to the market or audience you're trying to win over. Whereas Putin leads an authoritative state and has a broad, captive audience, Trump operates in a democracy with a fragmented audience. His success in the primaries was achieved mainly from a core voter segment of less educated, lower income white Republicans who were sick of typical politicians and distrusted government. As a result they yearned for a more decisive leader, despite Trump's outrageous behavior and unconventional brand promises that lacked details and were often full of lies.
While Trump aspires to become a controlling leader like Putin, the presidential election will require a leadership brand that ideally can appeal to a significantly broader audience. The lesson for successful branding is clear. Although Trump has positioned his political brand as a government outsider, which admittedly does hold gravity with many, his Putin-like leadership qualities and style will probably alienate too many to ensure victory in November. As a democracy, the U.S. is a different market from Russia. The voter/customer and their desires should always be the primary engine that shapes a brand.
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Jay Gronlund
Jay Gronlund is an experienced business development and branding professional with a successful track record introducing new products and services, expanding into foreign markets, re-positioning products, and facilitating ideation sessions. Jay has effectively applied proven marketing and branding principles from his background in the consumer goods industry to other industry sectors, including B2B situations. Jay's career began in consumer packaged goods and then expanded into household products, beverages and publishing. His first company was Richardson-Vicks (now part of Proctor & Gamble), where he held new product positions in New York and in London. He continued his new product responsibilities for Arm & Hammer products at Church & Dwight (Arm & Hammer), then VP Marketing of the wine/champagne division of Seagram, and finally VP, Director of Marketing at Newsweek. Gronlund started The Pathfinder Group in New York in 1990, an international business development and brand consulting firm. Related to this, much of his work today involves re-positioning brands, ideation sessions and marketing workshops, with a primary focus on emotional branding, especially building brand trust for clients. Jay has also been teaching a marketing course at NYU since 1999, "Positioning and Brand Development". Jay recently wrote a new book, "Basics of Branding," reflecting his NYU branding course and professional experience. He has also published several articles on diverse marketing topics: "5 Steps to a Successful Ideation Session," "What B2B Marketers can Learn from B2C," "Employer Branding," "Customized Marketing for Tomorrow's Leaders," "Sharing and Implementing New Ideas Across Borders," and "Working with the New Russians", "Word-of-Mouth Marketing for B2B Situations," "The Future of m-Health" and "How to Build 'Value' for Healthcare Brands in Emerging Markets." Jay Gronlund is a graduate of Colby College and has an MBA from Tuck at Dartmouth College.
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