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How sensitive of you to speak for the countless women who walk into the arms of violence. And then leave, spirits broken and esteem taken.
Too many of us have experienced this damage, sometimes it take a lifetime to overcome.
We must not allow this abuse to continue. Tell someone! Teach our daughters, our sisters that they have value. We must believe it ourselves as well.
Thanks for your comment, Linda. I am so proud of Reva Seth and Lucy De Coutere for having the courage to come forward and share their story. I agree that we must believe we are worth it. No woman deserves to suffer violence at the hands of man – for any reason.
This is truly such an amazingly powerful piece. I honestly believe that you have put into words the embedded torment that so many have faced as a result of the evil of others. Truly amazing.
I agree with Linda and with you, Mary, wholeheartedly!


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They are starting to "Get" the power
The estimated number of companies currently on Twitter is in the thousands. The businesses are immensely diverse but their basic goals remain the same – to leverage the "Power" of social media for the betterment of their bottom line. While not every company on Twitter has found the magic formula that leaves that warm, fuzzy, "I've got to do business with this company" feeling with its followers, there are a few who either have gotten or are starting to "Get" the power the medium can hold. One such company that popped up less than two weeks ago in the Twittersphere is Maggiano's. A family-friendly chain restaurant whose apparent mission is to provide it's customers with bountiful, consistently good Italian food in a Little Italy style atmosphere.
The evidence that Maggiano's is learning to harness the power of Twitter is clearly illustrated in the story of my lunch last Saturday. Beth Harte, Li Evans, Mayra Ruiz and I had plans to meet at the Maggiano's in King of Prussia, PA. Mayra and her husband had driven up from West Virginia for the the day and we ladies were gathering to share, not only some food, but some sparkling discussion on the state of social media. Mayra was also interviewing Beth and Li about their upcoming Online Media Boot Camp. I was driving from my home in South Philly (Thanks Philly Car Share!) out to the 'burbs when almost to King of Prussia, I realize I could not remember which side of the mall Maggiano's is located on. So, Twitterholic that I am, I send out this tweet: @GloriaBell: Quick someone – Maggiano's in King of Prussia, which side of the mall is it on?
Before I received a response, I sighted the restaurant, parked and joined the ladies inside. We were seated and I, again Twitterholic that I am, stole a quick look at at my replies (so I could thank anyone who had sent me directions) prior to starting our conversation. Imagine my pleasant surprise to see this tweet:
@Maggianos: @gloriabell Enjoy your lunch at Maggiano's King of Prussia!
It had been posted less than ten minutes after my request for directions. The other ladies were just as pleasantly surprised so I sent out a "joint" reply: @Maggianos I am having a lovely lunch with some brilliant ladies @marketingmisfit @bethharte & @storyspinner
Within minutes we received @BethHarte @storyspinner @gloriabell @marketingmisfit Glad you're enjoying your lunch! Cheers!
Enthusiastic social media evangelists all, we waited a bit and checked our new followers. Sure enough, @Maggianos was now following all four of us. Curious about the man/woman behind the mask (ok, the avatar, but mask flows so much better), I asked @Maggianos to direct message me with his/her name.
After exchanging a few direct messages, I learned that the man behind our "conversation" was Michael from Maggiano's Marketing Department. They had only been on Twitter for approximately eight days and, to use his own words "We think it will be a great way to build a relationship with our Guests. Lots of potential uses, from informing them about Maggiano's news and special promotions, to checking in to ensure we're delivering a great experience."
Now there are many questions still to be asked of Michael/@Maggianos such as – Did they receive a recommendation from a PR or Marketing person or agency to establish a Twitter presence or was it an internal decision? How did he learn about managing/leveraging Maggiano's Twitter account? Was it from personal experience, for example did he have his own Twitter identity prior to establishing the Maggiano's account? However, even with these unanswered questions, a quick review of @Maggianos Twitter stream shows a sincere willingness on their part to utilize the "Power" of the Twitterverse to inform their customers, obtain feedback, as well as enhance the customer's experience with the Maggiano's brand. Maggiano's is demonstrating the understanding that, in today's ultra-competitive climate, businesses have to utilize all the tools available to generate that magic combination of customer service and brand recognition that ultimately generates our revenue. Maggiano's is far from being the only company that has recognized the inherent power of Twitter to help generate customer loyalty and business. What is impressive is their quick grasp of the "proper" use of the medium. Their use of the secret sauce of broadcast messages, monitoring traffic for their name and, most importantly, interaction/conversations with current and potential customers. Well done, Maggiano's! Thanks for not only a fantastic lunch, but a great lesson as well.
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When 2017 started off, I was in a rut. I parted ways with my then host family due to scheduling issues, I had just finished up my first semester at the Sorbonne which was highly stressful and in all honesty, I was pretty worn out by a lot of personal things in my life. Jump ahead a few months, and though I am still struggling some mental battles, there are a lot of things to be grateful for in my life at the moment.
I passed my first semester at the Sorbonne! I honestly was very nervous receiving the results, because some of the dissertations I wrote for the second semester finals didn't feel so good. But I always find it's a great feeling when we can surprise ourselves. Yes, I cried, and yes, I tweeted about it.
I PASSED MY FIRST SEMESTER AT THE SORBONNE. GUYS, I DID THIS ALL IN FRENCH. I CANT EVEN.
I am now moving on towards my second year, so I will almost be halfway done to graduation! I think something that really helps motivate me is the fact that I took some time off to figure out how I wanted to do my schooling. If you had told me on my graduation day from high school that I would be moving to France, speaking French and doing my studies at the Sorbonne, I would have laughed in your face. Me? Speak French? Go to school in France? That is the stuff from dreams, yet here I am today typing away in my little studio apartment in the center of Paris.
So far this year, I have traveled to a few places that have been on my bucket list for the longest time. Italy was one of them (forever one of my favorite countries and I am dying to go back), and I finally got to visit some close family friends in Germany (I have yet to write about it!). I still have a few places planned for this year, so as always, I will be updating the blog. One of my favorite experiences so far from my travels this year was when I saw the Pope riding in his car the day he was in Milan. It had not been planned to cross paths, but it made for a great memory.
As for traveling throughout France, I have done an abundance of that this year as well. This country is always showing me new things, new people and new food (très important). The weekend before I left for Italy, I went to Val de Loire, which is known for its Chateaux. There are many, and they are quite breathtaking. Something I love about living in Europe is that I feel like I am surrounded by history.
First day at Val de Loire. I'm grateful for many things right now in my life, but above all, I'm grateful for the love I am surrounded by, near and far.
Recently, I have started a new job which I love. Compared to nannying, it's something in which I feel like I am constantly learning (even though I just send a few emails and am supposed to be a "presence"). My colleagues are super interesting to work with, and having this job has helped me try to shape a path for my future that I am working on.
The relationships I have made this year have also been important for me. Something I have learned so far is to say "no" when I need to, and start making an effort with people who make an effort back. For me, the quality of a friendship is so much more important than the quantity. I like deep conversations about life, I like people who are motivated in their own life and like to take chances, and I like people who have an idea of what they want to do (even though we all end up lost at some point). My mom would always tell me when I was younger, "dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres". Translated: tell me who you hang out with and I will tell you who you are. The older I am, the more I listen to her advice. I find that the more I am with people who want to do something, the more motivated in my own life I am.


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Perhaps a method to greatly reduce post wound scarring?
Gina Kolata has an interesting story in the Times – Imagine, Surgery Without a Scar. The researchers, in an article published in the April 23 Science, found that inhibiting Engrailed-1 activation in fibroblasts remarkably inhibits scarring after wounding in mice. If similar results are found in humans, this would be a great boon for many patients.
From the paper:
Wounds in adult mammals typically heal by forming fibrotic scars. Mascharak et al. found that a specific population of skin fibroblasts (Engrailed-1 lineage–negative fibroblasts) activate expression of Engrailed-1 and turn on profibrotic cellular programs in response to local tissue mechanics in wounds (see the Perspective by Konieczny and Naik). When mechanical signaling was inhibited in these cells (using either genetic deletion or small-molecule inhibition), skin wounds in mice no longer formed scars but instead healed by regeneration, restoring skin with normal hair follicles and glands, extracellular matrix, and mechanical strength.
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An important verdict
•George Floyd mattered. Let's hope the long awaited accountability provided by this verdict is a first of many steps toward restorative justice for all Americans.
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Well Said, Daring Fireball
John Gruber, posting in his Daring Fireball:
"So seven people get blood clots after getting the J&J vaccine and we pull it, but eight people get killed by a crazed gun owner and it's just another Friday in America. Makes sense."
What guns mean to Americans
Elizabeth Rosenthal has it right in her Washington Post commentary, I was a teenage gun owner, then an ER doctor. Assault-style weapons make me sick.:
"…the United States has undergone a cultural, definitional, practical shift on guns and what they are for.
Once mostly associated in the public mind with sport, guns in the United States are now widely regarded more as weapons to maim or kill — or to protect from the same. Guns used to be on a continuum with bows and arrows; now they seem better lumped in with grenades, mortars and bombs."
4/8/21 AMA statement on curbing gun violence
Some Perspective on COVID 19's Impact
Embedded in out historical mindset was the toll taken by the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. Estimates of the deaths caused by that pandemic hover around 50 million worldwide, and 675,00 in the US; it's too early to have really accurate data, but there are currently estimated to be about 3 million confirmed COVID deaths worldwide and some 560,000 in the U.S. The American population was lower in the 1918 pandemic, and there was a much higher mortality among infants and young adults than that seen with SARS-CoV-2. Fortunately, we have much better medical care today with the widespread availability of supplemental oxygen, therapeutic intubation, ventilators, ECMO, pressors, etc., not to mention the incredibly rapid development and manufacture of highly effective vaccines. One can only speculate what the mortality rate for COVID might be if supportive medical care had remained in its early 20th century state. Of course, the national approach to public health measures also matters a great deal, and it's evident that the U.S. could have done better.
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Vaccine Side Effects Primer
Tara Parker-Pope does a nice (and accurate) job of reviewing Covid-19 vaccine side effects and addressing related common questions in this NYT article.
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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
— Lao-Tzu


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Ireland is now the happiest place in the world to live, and France grumbles in 25th place. That is what a recent report surveying 111 countries from the Economist Intelligence Unit, part of the Economist group in London, says. Luckily, despite all that heady economic success, the Irish still have a grain of modesty to go with their humour, and the news was greeted with a chuckle. "A great place, but what about the traffic, the cost of living, the weather?" is how many folk reacted.
In France, there were the usual shrugs, but not much surprise, nor interest. They are used to being cut down to size in the Anglo-media, though on this occasion, the UK performed worse.
Ranking countries is fun, and a way for publishers to grab attention. But while the effort by such a serious thinktank to measure well-being beyond mere growth deserves applause, does this new life satisfaction survey really stand up?
The EIU identifies nine objective criteria to test satisfaction levels. Foremost is material well-being, and GDP per head is the indicator used. A simple, but flawed, choice in Ireland's case. At over €30K a year, Ireland's is one of the world's highest, but how many people actually earn that much? In 2001, according to the Dublin chamber of commerce, incomes in the capital averaged closer to €20K. Moreover, not all of that GDP belongs to Ireland, a relatively large chunk of it being foreign-owned profits. In the Paris region, taxable income hovered around €25K, about the same as national income per head. Also, profits going abroad balance more with French profits flowing in.
So why did Ireland do so well in the ranking? Clearly, wealth helps, but is not enough to bring bliss. The EIU identifies eight other factors, the most important being health, political stability and security; then family relations and community life; and finally, in order of importance, climate, job security, political freedom and gender equality.
But where Ireland wins hands down, the EIU says, is in the mix between its modern economy and the old virtues that keep families and communities strong. Families are solid because the divorce rate, though rising, remains low. Fine, though I wonder what single mothers would say.
For community life, the EIU uses just two objective indicators: union membership and, wait, church attendance. Mon dieu! This will satisfy religious crusaders, and quelle coïncidence, the US community score was as high as Ireland's! Surely, no amount of complicated maths can make such narrow judgements objective.
It certainly puts France with its progressive secularism at a disadvantage. Millions here go to church, even if just for the organ recitals. Who is to say that this is not community life? And what weight was given to traditional gatherings, like boules in the village square, or the Fête de la Musique, or the civic involvement of the 10,000 roller-bladers that fly round Paris together every weekend? And dare I mention the G and L words, though their "community" may not count in Jesusland.
Ireland also enjoys diverse forms of civic community, from the races to festivals, or hill walking, which is great, because church attendance is falling. Sadly, another community meeting place, Bewley's Oriental Café, may soon disappear from Dublin's streets. The global latte chains that helped drive out these convivial coffee houses may boost GDP, but I doubt if their efficient smile will ever warm up enough to replace them fully. What will that do to Ireland's quality of life?


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The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 has aroused great controversy by imposing a legal duty upon schools, universities, the NHS and other institutions to "have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism".
Last month, a new report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights called for an independent review of the controversial Prevent duty to assess what impact it is having on students and free speech, despite endorsing the programme's aims.
However, the campaign against the act and the Prevent duty in higher education rests largely upon myths. Here are six that are particularly prevalent.
In fact, the Prevent duty applies to all forms of terrorism and not just the jihadi variety which, in any case, is capable of being perpetrated by people of any race.
It is true that the vulnerability of most of those identified by Prevent is to Islamist terrorism. But, rather than indicating Islamophobia, this is simply an inescapable consequence of the fact that the most significant threat to the UK currently stems from this type.
It would be unlawful for the act to be used in a racist, Islamophobic or discriminatory manner and, if it were, this would be open to challenge in the courts. While some Muslims oppose Prevent, there is no evidence that the majority do. Indeed 50,000 individuals and nearly 400 mosques willingly and voluntarily cooperate with it.
The act does not criminalise anyone. On the contrary, it seeks to stop people from being drawn into terrorist crime.
It also operates entirely outside the criminal justice sphere and – because it applies to all forms of terrorism – it does not victimise any minority.
There is no reliable evidence that universities are even interested in gathering security-related intelligence about students, let alone engaging in it.
On the contrary, the norm throughout the sector is for the Prevent duty to be managed by student welfare services and for the risk of being drawn into terrorism to be treated as a vulnerability akin to others such as suicide.
The act legally requires universities to create and manage appropriate systems to safeguard students from being drawn into terrorism. But they cannot themselves refer anyone to a deradicalisation programme.
Local authority Prevent panels, to which students and others may be referred, can consider deradicalisation among a range of options. But this is rarely used. For example, only 381 out of a total of 7,631 Prevent referrals from all sources (5 per cent) received support for deradicalisation in 2015-16.
Nobody can lawfully be referred to a Prevent panel merely for the expression of radical or unorthodox views. There must also be evidence of a risk of harm.
Furthermore, those offered deradicalisation assistance must agree to receive it and it is not an offence to withhold consent. Nor, providing that appropriate welfare systems are in place, are there any legal consequences for universities that fail to refer a student who subsequently commits a terrorist offence.
There is no reliable evidence that this is happening. For example, in the more than two years that the act has been in force, not a single event is known to have been banned in an English university in the exercise of the Prevent duty.
Nor is this likely because, in higher education, the duty is balanced by several other statutory obligations.
These include having "particular regard" for freedom of speech and the importance of academic freedom, and not discriminating unlawfully against, harassing or victimising students, including on grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief.
There are very good grounds for believing that the CTSA complies with the European Convention on Human Rights, incorporated into UK law by the Human Rights Act.
And, as already indicated, concerns that a human right may have been violated by exercise of the Prevent duty would, in any case, be open to legal challenge where proportionality would be the key test.
In a judicial review application earlier this year, for example, the court uncompromisingly rejected a claim that being named with others in an official press release about tackling extremism in universities and colleges was unlawful and a breach of the claimant's human rights.
We conclude that, while the Prevent duty would certainly benefit from fine-tuning, especially as far as "non-violent extremism" is concerned, the CTSA is a democratically defensible and human rights-compliant response to palpable and urgent problems.
Author Bio: Steven Greer is professor of human rights and Lindsey Bell is lecturer in law at the University of Bristol Law School.


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Watch Members Of The Black Dahlia Murder, Mutoid Man, & Khemmis Cover King Diamond's "Halloween" On Christmas
For nearly two endless pandemic years, Jordan Olds' great video series Two Minutes To Late Night has been providing brief and necessary jolts of fun, rounding up heavy-music heavyweights to pay tribute to the songs of the past. Where 2M2LN was once a weekly deal, it's more of a special-occasions deal these days. On Black Friday, for instance, the series saluted Metallica's "Blackened." And two days ago, on Christmas, Jordan Olds naturally posted a video of himself singing King Diamond's "Halloween."
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Watch Living Colour's Vernon Reid Join Members Of The Sword, Red Fang, Others For Metal Cover Of Funkadelic's "Hit It And Quit It"
Jordan Olds' great video series Two Minutes To Late Night is still full of surprises. In past weeks, Olds has rounded up all-star bands of punk, metal, and hardcore musicians to cover bands like Mountain, Ink & Dagger, and Metallica. (Olds also did a John Carpenter tribute all on his own.) And today, Two Minutes To Late Night has given us Vernon Reid shredding all over a Funkadelic classic.
Watch Members Of Mastodon, Carcass, Spirit Adrift, & Others Play A Wild Cover Of Metallica's "Blackened"
Jordan Olds' great Two Minutes To Late Night video series has brought together a whole lot of heavy musicians to play all-star covers of classic songs, both of the heavy and non-heavy variety. Since the series started in the early pandemic era, most of those Two Minutes To Late Night covers have shown up on Monday mornings. But in recent months, the covers have been a little more conceptual. On Halloween, for instance, Olds played all the instruments in a solo salute to the film scores of John Carpenter. And a few days ago, on Black Friday, Two Minutes To Late Night celebrated the occasion with a new version of Metallica's "Blackened."
Watch The Two Minutes To Late Night Metal Salute To John Carpenter
The New York comedian Jordan Olds is the man behind the video series Two Minutes To Late Night, and he plays the show's corpse-painted host Gwarsenio Hall. During the pandemic, Olds has taken part in dozens of remotely-recorded all-star cover versions; in the past few weeks, he's given us awesome tributes to Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Mountain, and Ink & Dagger, roping in some of today's finest punk and metal musicians in the process. But yesterday, for Halloween, Olds offered up a special treat. Olds gave his own salute to John Carpenter, and he did it on his own.
Watch Members Of Nothing, Gouge Away, & More Cover Ink & Dagger's "Road To Hell"
You crazy for this one, Two Minutes To Late Night! For the entire pandemic era, the comedian Jordan Olds has been recruiting people from punk and metal bands to cover classic songs. Two weeks ago, for instance, it was members of Mastodon, High On Fire, and Yob doing Mountain's "Never In My Life." In the series' latest Halloween-special edition, Two Minutes To Late Night digs deep and takes on Philadelphia hardcore cult heroes Ink & Dagger.
Watch Members Of Mastodon, High On Fire, & Yob Cover Mountain's "Never In My Life"
Jordan Olds' great video series Two Minutes To Late Night no longer drops a new all-star cover every week, the way it did in the early months of the pandemic. But the series is still going, and whenever it puts together one of those ad hoc remote-supergroup covers, it still absolutely rules. Two weeks ago, for instance, the series paid tribute to Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' version of "Stagger Lee." Today, Two Minutes To Late Night salutes the great '70s proto-metal hard rockers Mountain.
Watch Members Of Young Widows, Mutoid Man, Filth Is Eternal, More Play Metal Cover Of Nick Cave's "Stagger Lee"
Nick Cave's version of "Stagger Lee" was already a kind of cover. On their 1996 album Murder Ballads, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds released a version of "Stagger Lee," an old blues traditional about a murderous pimp. But Nick Cave did significantly Nick Cave-ify "Stagger Lee," giving the song a whole new level of extremity. In Cave's hands, for instance, Stagger Lee becomes the kind of person who says, "I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you know, and I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get to one fat boy's asshole!"
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Erendira Ibarra Bio, Net worth, Wiki, Age, Height, Husband, Family
Erendira Ibarra is a popular Mexican actress and producer known for her work in The Matix, Resurrections and Ingobernable, Sense8, among others. She is also an activist and feminist, active in human rights and women's empowerment.
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Erendira Ibarra was born on September 25, 1985 in Mexico City, Mexico to her parents Epigmenio Ibarra and Wanda Klor. Her father worked as a producer in the Spanish film industry. Erendira grew up in a Christian family along with her two siblings, Natassja Ibarra and Camila Ibarra.
She grew up in San Jose, California and has lived most of her life in different cities across the state. Erendira is believed to have completed her high school education at a local school in San Jose, California and is also known to have trained the art studio at Casa Azul. Other than that, she hasn't revealed any details about her qualifications, nor is it known that she attended college.
Erindira followed in her father's footsteps and decided to pursue her career in the entertainment industry. She started acting in 2006 and got her very first role in the movie Sexo, Amor y Otras Perversions 2 as Mary. As of 2008, she landed many different roles both in films and on television. She was cast in the 2008 film Casi Divas as Sandra and in the same year in the show Deseo Prohibito as Rebeca.
Additionally, she joined the cast of the show Capadocia as Sofia Lopez and continued to appear on the show for the next several years. Currently she has several movies and TV shows to her credit including Entre Lineas 2009, Juegos Inocentes 2009, Double Tap 2011, Las Aparicio 2010, Beinbenida realidad 2011, Amor del bueno 2012, Las aparicio 2015, Infames 2012, Senorita Polvora 2015 and many other .
She got more recognition in the industry and in 2015 landed a major role on the show Sense8 as Daniela Velazquez. Her performance on the show earned her a lot of praise and respect and she continued to appear on the show until 2018.
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Meanwhile, she was also cast in the Netflix original series Ingobernable in 2017, starring Ana Vargas West. In recent years she has appeared in leading roles on the show Sitiados Mexico as Ines and on the Amazon Prime original show El Candidato as Isabel Alfaro.
She also landed the lead role of Lexy in the 2021 film The Matrix Resurrections. She was the first Latina actress to land a role in the Lana Wachowski sci-fi film series.
Erendira currently has 481,000 followers on her Instagram account and 120.5,000 followers on her Twitter account which she joined in 2008. Apart from that, she is not available on any social media platform like Facebook, Snapchat or Tik-tok etc.
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mother Wanda Klor
sister Natassja Ybarra, Camila Ibarra
school Catholic high school
Is Erendira Ibarra's lesbian? Yes
Who is Erendira Ibarra's husband? Fredd Londono
children Rocco Londoño Ibarra
Erendira is currently married to Venezuelan model Fred Londono. She married in 2010 and is the mother of four-year-old son Rocco Londono Ibarra. She has openly come out as bisexual and actively supports the LGBTQ community.
Erendira Ibarra has been working as an actress for more than a decade and has earned a lot of recognition, popularity and wealth over the years. She has derived her net worth mostly through her acting career and her net worth as of 2022 is estimated to be around $3 million.
Erendira is currently signed to Colourscmx Management Company.
She was featured on the cover of Glamor magazine in the December 2021 issue.
Her first English-language role was on the Netflix original sci-fi show Sense8.
Her work in Matrix Resurrections is her second role with Lana Wachowski.
She is also a producer and casting director in the Spanish film industry.
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More than anything, establishing trust is the key to getting hired. But how do you persuade clients to trust you?
When I bought the house I currently live in, I had a problem. It was next to a post office and I was worried about the noise early in the morning. The owner showed me around and had been honest with me. He'd even pointed out some issues with the house I had missed. So when he told me that although the post office is noisy, you learn to tune it out, I believed him. I trusted him and decided to buy the house.
That is the power of trust. It can make or break a sale. If you don't trust the person you are buying from, then you will not buy. It doesn't matter how good the price is, or how impressive their offering.
Also, if you have more than one supplier providing a similar service for a similar price, you will go with the person you trust the most. In fact, people will pay a premium to go with the supplier they trust.
Trust is the single most powerful sales tool in your arsenal. So the question becomes, how do you get clients to trust you?
Why did I trust that homeowner? Because he wasn't afraid to point out the problems with the house. He was honest with me.
Too often, we tell clients what we think they want to hear. This is especially true in the sales process. We over promise in what we can deliver within their budget, and agree to deadlines that seem too tight.
It's not that we're lying. We're just being optimistic. We convince ourselves that we can deliver, when in truth we know we cannot.
But it's not just about what we tell our clients. It's what we fail to tell them as well. How many times have you read a brief that you know is asking for the wrong thing? A brief asking you to deliver a solution that is just not right for the circumstances.
Yet often we fail to challenge the client over this. We just give them what they ask for. This isn't dishonest. But it is letting the client down. If we sell based on our expertise, then failing to share that expertise when the client needs it most is a kind of dishonesty.
But honesty is crucial, even after we win a project. If you want ongoing work with a client, you need to establish a good working relationship. That involves being honest with them, especially if we think we might fail to deliver on time.
Once again, we're not being intentionally dishonest. We convince ourselves that if we work weekends and evenings we can deliver. We don't want to let the client down.
But we are better being upfront with the client about the potential problem. This means you can only exceed expectations when you work weekends, and manage to deliver.
When it comes to sales, honesty is the best policy. That's because honesty helps build a relationship with the client.
You might also like: 4 Quick Ways to Build Trust With a New Client.
People trust those that they like. They like those who are honest with them. But liking somebody isn't just about honesty. At the least, it's about having contact with them!
It's amazing how many agencies and freelancers fail to connect with prospective clients. So much of the correspondence happens via email. You are never going to build a relationship that way.
If you want people to trust you enough to buy from you, then you need to be speaking to them. In an ideal world, you would meet them face-to-face, at least a couple of times.
Always call a new prospect when they first contact you. Ask some questions, and get a bit of background. Most of all, take the opportunity to build a connection. I don't mean you have to be friends. But at least empathize with the process they are going through and the challenges they face. It will go a long way.
Of course, building a relationship is no good if you can't deliver. That is why we also need to prove your track record.
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This is why some clients still ask for speculative work. They want to see that you can deliver.
You shouldn't be doing unpaid work. But you can show them the work you have done for others, using things like case studies. Don't just show them the pretty pictures, make sure you talk through the project and how it went. Put particular emphasis on the working relationship with the client. Include some testimonials if you can.
Some clients will ask for references and that's fine. Be sure to be extremely forthcoming in this area. Rather than pushing one or two tame clients, ask the prospect if they would like to talk to any particular client. This shows them that you are confident enough to allow them to talk to anybody.
Finally, when it comes to demonstrating your track record, try and tie some hard numbers to the projects you do. It's not always possible, but being able to say you caused a 20 per cent increase in conversion always builds confidence. Confidence will lead to trust in your ability to deliver.
Another thing that will build a client's confidence in you is if you have a solid process for working.
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Clients find a clearly articulated process reassuring. It says that you have done this before and that you are an expert. It reassures them that you are not making this up as you go along!
But it also lets them know what's going to happen. For many clients, the web design process is an unknown. People fear what they don't understand, and building a website can feel like walking into the dark. By outlining your process, they can see the way forward, which calms their fears, and builds trust.
Few problems have a magic bullet solution. But I believe building trust can be a magic bullet for sales. If you get it right, the chances of winning work skyrocket.
That said, building trust is not easy. But if you build an honest, open relationship with clients, it will go along way. Back it up with a solid process and a proven track record, and you will be in a strong position.


Pinturillo is a very fun, online, skill based word guessing game that is played with a group of people. One player must draw the word that they see and the remaining players must then guess what the word is. The artist must follow a set of rules and, if enough time passes, one letter of the word is given. If you guess the word correctly, you gain points and rise through the ranks until, eventually, a winner is called! Show everyone your word and drawing skills and dominate in Pinturillo!
Pinturillo is an amusing skill game. Play it on CrazyGames.com directly in your browser, for free. This game has received 171,981 plays and has been rated 8.5 / 10 with 852 votes. The game is made with Flash technology to run without trouble in all modern browsers. In addition to playing Pinturillo in your browser, you can also install the Pinturillo app on your Android and iOS devices. Did you like playing this skill game? Then check out our other skill games or to Krunker.io and Crazy Roll 3D.


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Theater owner Hanney plants his flag on The Cape
Bill Hanney, the producer of the new Cape Cod Live Concert Series, at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center. Photo: Steve Heaslip/Cape Cod Times
HYANNIS — One of the busiest men in the theater business has decided to add another hat.
Bill Hanney, the award-winning owner-producer of the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly and Theatre by the Sea in Matunuck, RI, will launch a five-show series this summer called Bill Hanney's Cape Live Concert Series at the 1400-seat Barnstable Performing Arts Center.
"I guess I was getting a little bored," laughed Hanney during a recent phone interview.
Hanney said he has been trying to get a foothold on Cape Cod in the summer for about 12 years, but negotiations didn't work out until recently. Now he has such a foothold, and if this summer's test run is a success, he expects it to pave the way for bringing in full stage shows from his Theatre by the Sea next summer.
He said the Arts Center at 744 West Main St. in Hyannis is a comfortable air-conditioned venue, large enough that it allows him to keep prices reasonable.
"There's one million people on Cape Cod in the summer and this just makes sense," he said.
The summer schedule includes:
July 13 Broadway Spotlight. a new concert event created exclusively for this BPAC show Produced and hosted by New York Casting Director Stephen DeAngelis, five of Broadway's finest vocalists will recreate some of their most memorable and favorite musical moments as they celebrate the spectrum from classic to contemporary Broadway.
July 20 Harvey Robbins will present his Royalty of Doo-Wopp Concert. Experience classic hits of the '50s, '60s, and '70s: Starring Shirley Reeves, original lead singer of The Shirelles; The Marcels; The Jackie Wilson Show with international star and son, Bobby Brooks Wilson; and Tony Funches, former long-time lead of Herb Reed's Platters.
July 27 Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show! They were style with substance, swing with swagger, and everyone wanted a piece of their non-stop party. Experience the timeless charm of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Joey Bishop in Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show, the most successful live theatrical production of its kind. Priding itself on its uniqueness and originality, this show makes you laugh, cry, and leaves you wanting more!
August 3 Dance To The Movies starring celebrity guest, Lesley Ann Warren, from the beloved 1965 TV movie Cinderella! Miss Warren will be joined by Dancing with the Stars Celebrity Pros including Anna Trebunskaya and Tristan MacManus performing with finalists from So You Think You Can Dance, and American Idol's Von Smith! It's Hollywood's best musical moments – celebrated and reinvented live, on stage with dances from movies like West Side Story, Grease, Chicago, and Moulin Rouge and with new, stunning dances to scores from such movies as Singin' In The Rain, Titanic, The Matrix and Willy Wonka.
August 10 Bill Hanney's Cape Live Concert Series closes out with An Evening with The Celebrity Housewives! Are you ready for the ultimate ladies' night out? Enjoy this intimate, fun-filled evening with some of your favorite Television Housewives from New York and New Jersey — onstage live in person! The night will feature three dazzling Housewives – Teresa Giudice, Margaret Josephs, and Sonja Morgan, with special guest host, Tricia Leigh Fisher, talking all about their sensational personal lives, cherished families, amazing businesses, and how fame has changed their lives forever.
"We're excited by this," said Hanney. "We've begun a big advertising campaign and I see this as my future."
Bill Hanney, left and Harvey Robbins, right, will team up to present The Royalty of Doo-Wopp Concert as part of the Cape Cod Live Concert Series. Photo: Steve Richard
Robbins' Doo-Wopp Concert is one of many the promoter has put together through the years. He was a singer himself in the talent shows at the former Roxbury Memorial High and has been known to still take the stage today and even bust a dance move or two. Robbins long ago decided to add an extra "p" to the name of the musical genre so it wouldn't coincide with an ethnic slur.
The former sportswriter worked with retired Celtic legend Dave Cowens, a close friend, to help save the Prowse Farm in Canton – he is still involved with the farm — and later got involved in promoting fund-raising concerts for the New England Sports Museum, which Cowens was also involved with. Robbins came up with a show featuring Hall of Famers Roy Orbison and Bo Diddley that sold out Symphony Hall in 1984.
Later, after Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme pulled out of a gig at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, Robbins was asked if he could come up with a replacement show, and in four weeks time he came up with a Doo-wopp show that sold 1500 seats in August of 1985. He was off and running.
Many of Robbins' concerts have been held in Symphony Hall but now his venue of choice is Hanney's North Shore Music Theater, where he'll have his Doo-Wopp Hall of Fame Concert and Induction Ceremony on Oct. 13. He held the first Hall of Fame concert at Symphony Hall in 2000.
"They're very humble and down-to-earth people," said Robbins about the stars of the 50s, 60s and 70s he works with. "They're grateful and very emotional at being able to perform for their audiences again."
He's been around long enough he's now working with the sons of legends, such as Bobby Brooks Wilson, son of Jackie Wilson, and Ron McPhatter, son of the legendary Clyde McPhatter.
He created the Doo-Wopp Hall of Fame of America in 2001 to give some additional recognition to the legends he grew up with.
Robbins is also promoting the Sept. 8 Superstars of Vegas at NSMT on Sept. 8 featuring tributes to such stars as Liberace, Sammy Davis Jr,. Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin.
Barnstable Performing Arts Center (BPAC) is located at 744 West Main Street in Hyannis, MA. BPAC is air conditioned and has plenty of free parking on site. For more information and tickets, please visit www.capeliveshows.com, or, call 855-577-LIVE.
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OneWeb's first six global internet satellites are safely in orbit
Update: Launch and deployment successful!
After four years and more than $2 billion in funding, OneWeb is ready to launch the first six satellites out of a planned constellation of 650 with which it plans to blanket the world in broadband. The Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket will take off at 1:37 Pacific time from Guiana Space Center. You can watch it live at OneWeb's site here.
OneWeb is one of several companies that aims to connect the world with a few hundred or thousand satellites, and certainly the most well-funded — SoftBank is the biggest investor, but Virgin Group, Coca-Cola, Bharti Group, Qualcomm and Airbus have all chipped in.
The company's plan is to launch a total of 900 (650 at first) satellites to about a 1,100-kilometer low Earth orbit, from which it says it will be able to provide broadband to practically anywhere on Earth — anywhere you can put a base station, anyway. Much cheaper and better than existing satellite connectivity, which is expensive and slow.
Sound familiar? Of course, SpaceX's side project, Starlink, has similar ambitions, with an even greater number of satellites planned, and Swarm is aiming for a smaller constellation of smaller satellites for low-cost access. And Ubiquitilink just announced this week that its unique technology will remove the need for base stations and beam satellite connections directly to ordinary phones. And they've all launched satellites already!
The launch vehicle fueling today at GSC.
OneWeb has faced numerous delays; the whole constellation was originally planned to be in place by the end of 2019, which is impossible at this point. But delays are the name of the game in ambitious space-based businesses, and OneWeb hasn't been just procrastinating — it has been girding itself for mass production, raising funds to set up launch contracts and improving the satellites themselves. Its updated schedule, as it states in the mission summary: "OneWeb will begin customer demos in 2020 and provide global, 24-hour coverage to customers in 2021."
At a reported cost of about a million dollars per satellite — twice the projected cost in 2015 — just building and testing the constellation will likely rub up against a billion dollars, and that's not counting launch costs. But no one ever said it would be cheap. In fact, they probably said it would be unbelievably expensive. That's why SoftBank and the other investors are "committing to a lot more capital," as CEO Adrián Steckel told the Financial times last month.
The company also announced its first big deal with a telecom; Talia, which provides connectivity in Africa and the Middle East, signed on to use OneWeb's services starting in 2021.
Soyuz launches could carry more than 30 of these satellites each, meaning it would take at least 20 to put the whole constellation in orbit. This first launch, however, only has six aboard; the other spots on board the mass launch system have dummy payloads to simulate how it should be going forward.
A OneWeb representative told me that this launch is meant to "verify the satellite design and validate the end to end system," which is probably a good idea before sending up 600 more. That means OneWeb will be testing and tracking these six birds for the next few months and making sure the connection with ground stations and other aspects of the whole system are functioning properly.
Full payloads will start in the fall, after OneWeb opens its (much-delayed) production facility just outside Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
You can watch the launch at OneWeb's site here.
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Central Park on Christmas Day 2010
Of all the days to fly out of New York, we chose the day of the fifth worst blizzard in the city's storied history.
Thus, our one day tour of New York City turned into three.
This was supposed to be my Christmas present to Lisa – a day in New York City. Christmas morning we boarded the Boltbus, which for $11 drove passengers from Philadelphia to New York City in two hours. It was one heck of a deal.
Christmas Day in New York City was a treat. I would recommend it to anyone. After checking into the Times Square Holiday Inn Express, we strolled through Times Square and Central Park. The day was brisk, but the sun was out, as were the tourists. There were droves of children and adults waiting in line to skate on the Central Park ice rink.
The path in Central Park was scenic, with barren trees towered over by the skyscrapers of downtown New
Lisa and Nick in Central Park
York. After grabbing lunch at a Korean restaurant, we took the subway to Rockefeller Center. This is where the famous New York City Christmas tree is lit and decorated.
The crowd at Rockefeller Center was even more congested than Central Park. It was elbow to elbow, and it seemed every tourist was from a foreign country, with families and couples speaking various languages jockeying for position to take a picture in front of the tree.
Every step we took, we interfered with someone's family portrait. Of course Lisa and I had our picture taken in front of the tree, with several tourists walking in the middle of our photo shoot.
It took forever to shuffle around the tree to the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, adorned with the famous statue of Prometheus. It seems everyone in New York City was trying to ice skate on Christmas Day.
Rockefeller Center on Christmas Day 2010.
Our next stop was the TKTS booth on Broadway. On the day of a Broadway show, you can go to the TKTS booth and buy tickets for half price. It seems that everyone who wasn't ice skating in New York was waiting in line at the TKTS booth. The line wound back and forth down the sidewalk of Broadway, like a line for a roller coaster at Six Flags.
Lisa and I patiently waited for an hour to purchase our tickets. Since I spent Christmas Eve watching Sex and the City 2 with Lisa, she let me choose which Broadway play we would go see.
My choice: The Pee Wee Herman Show.
Paul Reubens, AKA the notorious Pee Wee Herman, recreated his children's show from the 80s, Pee Wee's Playhouse, for the Broadway stage. The show was slightly updated and had a few adult-oriented jokes, but otherwise it was identical to the TV show, with all of the same characters including Cowboy Curtis, Miss Yvonne, Jomby and Chairy.
It was hilarious. Even Lisa, who had no idea who Pee Wee Herman was, enjoyed the show.
Mr. Pee Wee Herman
After the show, Lisa checked her iPhone and learned that her flight scheduled for the next day had been canceled.
Lisa was flying to India for a school trip. I was scheduled to fly to Iowa.
When I returned to the hotel room and checked my computer, I learned that my flight had also been cancelled.
Over the course of the next three days, several more flights would be cancelled, delayed, re-routed, you name it.
Because on Dec. 26, New York City was dumped with 20 inches of snow.
Luckily, Lisa and I had a hotel room. There were hundreds, probably thousands, of other travelers who weren't so lucky.
That Sunday we didn't leave the hotel. The snow wasn't light and fluffy, it was wet and icy. The wind was
Lisa in Times Square the day after the blizzard.
gusting up to 50 miles per hour and there was even thunder and lightning. We were not going outside for anything.
The next day, Monday, Dec. 27, the sun was shining, but there was still nearly two feet of snow on the ground, and it was higher because of drifting and plowing. Even though the blizzard was over, there was still no buses, trains or planes leaving New York City.
Suffering from severe cabin fever, Lisa and I spent one more day of sight-seeing. We took the subway to the Soho district, which is a famous for its fashion stores and trendy art museums. We spent many hours meandering through each. There was one art gallery we visited I did enjoy. The walls were filled with modern pop art, and I was able to recognize some of the depictions.
Someone needs a shovel.
Lastly, we stopped by the Eastern Mountain Sports store and I was able to spend an hour perusing through the latest camping gear. By the time we left I had my next camping trip planned out.
I was able to schedule a flight out the next day, Tuesday, Dec. 28. However, it wasn't out of JFK as originally planned. If I wanted to fly out of JFK, I wasn't leaving until the 29th, or later. Instead, I found a flight out of Philadelphia. So I hopped back on the boltbus and returned to Philly.
In the meantime, Lisa scheduled a flight to Amsterdam, where she was to make a connection to Mumbai.
My trip to Iowa started out hairy. My bus left at 6:30 a.m. and was supposed to arrive at the Philadelphia train station by 8:30 a.m. It got there at 9. I then took the train to the airport. The train was running 20 minutes late.
I arrived at the airport an hour and 15 minutes before my flight left. If your baggage wasn't checked 45 minutes prior to your flight, they weren't going to let you on.
So I promptly got in the wrong line. The electronic ticket kiosk wouldn't let me redeem my ticket, and told me I had to speak with an attendant. Instead of getting in the ticket line, I waited in the baggage claim line. They promptly redirected me to the right person, and I was able to get my ticket and check my luggage right at the 45 minute mark.
The security line moved surprisingly fast and the new security measures didn't bother me in the least. Of course, my sense of decency is lacking than most.
From there, Delta took good care of me. They sat me in first class, which was a first. I highly recommend it. While the chumps in economy class are trying to cram their luggage in the overhead compartment, the stewardess was serving us juice and fluffing our pillows.
Anyhow, my schedule was to fly from Philadelphia to Memphis, where I had a four hour layover. I was then supposed to fly to Minneapolis, and then after another layover fly to Cedar Rapids where my arrival time was 9 p.m.
When I got to Memphis, I noticed there was a direct flight to Des Moines. My grandparents lived in Des Moines, and they had my car, since that was my original destination before everything got screwy.
I asked the gate attendant if there were any open seats. She said there were six available. There are always seats available on planes flying to Iowa.
In short, I was able to fly to Des Moines, pick up my car and drive to my parents' house in Cedar Falls, four hours earlier than I anticipated.
If my travel experience was cake and ice cream, Lisa's experience was liver and onions.
She was able to fly to Amsterdam, except her flight out of JFK was delayed three hours. Her layover in Amsterdam was three hours, and she missed her flight to Mumbai. The airline comped her a hotel stay in Amsterdam.
She was re-routed to fly to Paris the next day, and make a connection to Mumbai there. Her flight out of Amsterdam was delayed, and she missed her connection in Paris by 10 minutes. The airline comped her hotel stay in Paris.
She could have flown to Mumbai the next day, but then she would be a day behind her tour group, who by that time had moved on to Goa. So Lisa would have had to spend a night in Mumbai by herself, then make a connection to Goa, missing one full week of her two week trip.
She decided instead to get her full refund and return to Philadelphia.
Her luggage, by the way, made it to Mumbai. For all we know, it is still there.
Due to three day flight delay, I wasn't able to make all of my planned visits in Iowa. I wasn't able to stop by
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Marengo, which I deeply regret. I was truly hoping to visit with many of my co-workers and friends.
Since my stay in Iowa was only four days, I spent my time with my family, and mostly with my nephew Rohan who is now 10 months old. Somebody has to teach him bad habits.
In the end, the important thing is I was able to spend the holidays with my family, and return to Philadelphia safe, where Lisa also made it safely.
And next time I vow to make it to Iowa County.
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marlys kinzler—williamsburg, ia. says:
I'm following your adventures very closely, Nick,,,,you should make a book of these
and I would buy it….i"m enjoying it very much…thanks for sharing!!


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MAGICK ORCHIDS
Listen to Magick Orchids perform live on "The Garden Hour" THIS Weds (8/15) @ 8pm! If your curious what these electronic alchemists sound like; there's a FREE download of their 2012 release "Orgins of Grinding"http://magickorchids.bandcamp.com/album/origins-of-grinding.  You can catch them playing at the So Many Wizards "Warm Nothing" LP release party this Saturday Aug. 18th at The Smell.
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M. GEDDES GENGRAS
M. Geddes Gengras will perform a live set on the Synthdactyl Program (www.facebook.com/SynthdactylProgram and http://synthdactyl.tumblr.com/) at 9pm on Friday, August 17th. M. Geddes Gengras (http://mgeddesgengras1.bandcamp.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/pages/M-Geddes-Gengras/198838556803764 and http://soundcloud.com/green-machines/) is a Los Angeles electronic artist that has a diverse solo career along with being part of bands such as LA Vampires, Pocahaunted and Voder Deth Squad, just to name a few. He will be going on a US tour (http://peccanttapes.blogspot.com/) in September with LAUREL HALO, ITAL and MAGIC TOUCH and will also be playing at Human Resources in LA on Saturday August 18th with Mark Mcguire, Sean McCann, Matthew Sullivan & Jeff Witscher and Infinite Body (https://www.facebook.com/events/170822936386227/). M. Geddes Gengras recently released in 3-set cassette called "Systems 1" and a collaborative electronic/reggae release with Sun Araw and The Congos called "Icon Give Thank."
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How do you build a great product? How do you ensure that your users love what you build and are willing to spend money on it and even act as your virtual sales force and spread the word? How do you ensure that you stay one step ahead of competition? The answer is simple: innovation and execution.
And I don't mean you need to come up with breakthrough technology or something no one has ever thought of before. You just need to make sure you don't get too comfortable with where you are today. Once you fall into "let's just continue to do what we do today" trap, chances are that the performance will slowly degrade, motivation of the team evaporate, and before you know it you have a crappy products that not only your customers but also your team doesn't care about.
Great way to build a culture of innovation and strong execution is to work with limited resources. And that starts with time. To build the sense of urgency you need to set really tough deadlines and explain why it is critical to be so aggressive. You can see this in almost every start up that has limited budget. If you don't ship first version of the product before the money runs out you will never ship it and will have to start looking for a new job.
When the companies get bigger it is far too easy to ask for more time or more money to get your product off the ground. If you argue well enough your case you may get couple of weeks, months, even quarters of extension. The consequence? You will not try hard enough when it comes to tough choices and prioritization. Because you know that you can have more time, you try to pack the product with features that might be cool but are not necessary. Or you may over engineer the technology so it is "future-proof" (assuming such a thing exists) but takes twice as much long to build and brings zero value to customer.
Having to work within a limited timeframe forces your team to think about faster ways how to get the same job done. It sparks innovation.
Pouring tons of money on a problem doesn't necessarily mean that you get it solved. Chances are that eventually with enough money spend and given enough time you will reach the results you want but is it really the most effective way? The best ideas very often come not from well-funded research but rather from a starving student or entrepreneur who is passionate about some topic and because of lack of money comes up with innovative way how to solve the problem. Just look at most of the technology start-ups.
The same goes to big organizations. If you want your team to be innovative and build a new product or service it doesn't necessarily mean you need a big budget to do so. It just needs a bunch of enthusiastic guys within the organization who go out and build a small prototype of the idea often without any need of financing. Or even things like various team building and social events to get the team together are often much better when being subjected to low budget rule.
Yes, you can spend tens of thousands dollars to lease a fancy hotel, hire a professional rock band for a weekend and the team will have a good time. But at the same time giving them just hundred dollars may spark a level of creativity that will lead for the team not just to enjoy the actual event but all of them participate even in preparation and organization of the event which leads to even higher level of team building.
Small, agile, and laser focused teams often outperform big organizations. The trick here is that you need to have the right set of people on the problem, give them the right tools and freedom to get the job done the way that is most effective. That is why hiring the right people to the company is such a critical process that needs every leader's attention and why interviewing is such a critical skill to learn.
So if you are leading a product development effort and the product manager comes back to you and asks for more people so he can deliver more features start asking very hard questions and even propose that you are actually thinking about taking some people away from his team. Do whatever you can to force everyone on the team to take a hard look at how things are done today, what features are really important for the customers, what the MVP (minimum viable product) looks like, and what innovative way of work will allow the team to reach the goal without adding more manpower.
How do you spark innovation in your company? What tricks do you use to allow your team to be creative? How do you ensure that what you build really brings value to your customers?


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What Africans are "Fleeing": Their Self-Created Disasters
Posted on October 30, 2018 by Curator Bot
Click here to view original web page at dailyarchives.org
The "poverty" which Africans are "fleeing" during their ongoing invasion of Europe is not something which just "happens" by itself, but is a self-inflicted disaster caused specifically by a combination of low IQ and overpopulation - and they are bringing this devil's brew of disaster with them to white countries.
Just how bad Africa really is, was recently inadvertently revealed in a Canadian CBC report on a Nigerian who had tried to invade Europe via Libya and the Mediterranean.
The African, a 34-year-old named Oluwaseun Femi Ijitola, worked as a taxi driver in his native country, and decided to try his luck in invading Europe "in search of a better life."
His plans however, came to naught when he has captured by Arab thugs and held hostage. The CBC article attempts to paint Ijitola's invasion and subsequent detention in a sympathetic light, but it is the description of what he was fleeing from which provides the dramatic insight into the self-inflicted conditions in Africa.
The article describes Ijitola's home town as follows:
"The ground is thick with mud and sewage. Wooden planks and tires scatter the slum, making a precarious pathway.
"We have to walk," says Oluwaseun Femi Ijitola, a 34-year-old taxi driver known as Seun. "No vehicle can pass through."
There is a look of shame in his eyes as he surveys this forgotten corner of Lagos.
On the water's edge of Nigeria's largest city, in the neighbourhood of Oworonshoki, people live in dire poverty with no sanitation, electricity or any other facilities, in ramshackle shanties covered with dirty tarpaulin and cardboard that barely keeps out the seasonal rains.
Chickens, goats and dog scavenge on mounds of garbage. Empty plastic bottles float on the tide of the Lagos Lagoon.
This is what Ijitola risked his life to escape when he became one of the hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants attempting to cross the Sahara desert to get to Europe and the hope of a better life.
"I have a dream of schooling abroad, and that is why I went to Libya," he says.
Ijitola says the area is "very, very rough and tough" and unlocks a tiny padlock to his wooden shack. His wife and five-year-old daughter aren't here.
"I sent them to be with the mother-in-law," he says. "I cannot feed them."
Local "area boys" — as the criminal gangs that extort money and mete out casual violence are known — loiter outside, smoking marijuana and drinking beer."
The CBC article does not dare point out why so much of Africa is a degrading slum: namely the fact that the average IQ on that continent varies between 60 and 80—and that people with such low intelligences are utterly incapable of creating or maintaining a white, western-style society.
Ijitola's "home" is therefore typical what Africans are "fleeing from"—and what they will bring to Europe once they overrun it completely.
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The finest words put well together by the wisest bards.
And my leg it bit one day.
He may take my life away.
On your road with calamities lined.
Children strain to grow and reach the sky.
Is not the cold damp earth to enclose my clay when it dies?
Өлсем орным қара жер сыз болма ма?
Когда умру, не стану ль я землей?
Will not my fearless tongue become like a timid maid?
On the water the moonbeams quiver.
I hoped—the leaves of hope are shed.
I dreamed—my dreams were all deceit.
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Parlez-nous à boire est une chanson cadienne écrite par Dewey Balfa et interprétée par son groupe Les Frères Balfa dans les années 1970.

Thématique

Cette chanson se présente comme la complainte d'un homme qui demande à ce qu'on lui parle plutôt de boire et fêter que de mariage (dont on devine que c'est un sujet qui le tracasse) mais qui, ce faisant, ne fait que parler de cela en énumérant les différents cas de mariage avec des filles qui pourraient mal finir. La chanson est accompagnée par un violon, instrument traditionnel de la musique cadienne.

Paroles
Les paroles de la chanson sont en français cadien et présentent des différences certaines avec le français de France ou même avec le français québécois ou celui d'Acadie (dont le français cadien est dérivé). Ainsi, le subjonctif n'est pratiquement plus utilisé en cadien, la phrase faudra tu fais ta vie avec présente un indicatif et on remarque également la disparition de la conjonction que (il faudra que tu fasses...). Le vocabulaire présente également des différences, ainsi le mot danger qui revient au second verset de chaque couplet n'a pas le sens de péril qu'on lui connaît habituellement mais plutôt de tracas.

Le refrain est le suivant, chanté entre chaque couplet et à la fin de la chanson :
Oh parlez-nous à boire,
Non pas du mariage !
Toujours en regrettant
Nos jolis temps passés !

Les couplets sont les suivants :
Si que tu te maries
Avec une jolie fille,
T'es dans les grands dangers
Ça va te la voler !

Si que tu te maries
Avec une vilaine fille,
T'es dans les grands dangers
Faudra tu fais ta vie avec !

Si que tu te maries
Avec une fille bien pauvre,
T'es dans les grands dangers
Faudra travailler tout la vie !

Si que tu te maries
Avec une fille qu'a de quoi,
T'es dans les grands dangers
Tu vas attraper des grandes reproches !

Le couplet de fin rompt la suite des précédents qui énuméraient des cas de filles avec lesquelles le mariage serait difficile, mais il se présente cependant comme la suite logique du couplet précédent puisque l'auteur imagine les grandes reproches (le mot reproche est ici féminin) qui pourraient lui être fait(e)s par la fille qu'a de quoi :
Fameux, toi grand vaurien,
Qu'a tout gaspillé mon bien !
Fameux, toi grand vaurien,
Qu'a tout gaspillé mon bien !

Puis le refrain est chanté une ou deux fois.

Reprises et interprétations
 Dans le film Sans retour de 1981, un groupe composé de Marc Savoy, Frank Savoy, Dewey Balfa et John Stelly interprète la chanson lors de la scène de la fête au village.
 Kate et Anna McGarrigle ont interprété la chanson en juin 1984 lors d'un concert enregistré et diffusé à la télévision au Red Creek Inn de Rochester.
 Michael Doucet et le groupe BeauSoleil reprirent la chanson en 1990 dans leur album Parlez-Nous À Boire & More.
 Le groupe Sweet Crude a repris la chanson dans son EP Super Vilaine en 2013.
 Les artistes néo-orléanais Alexis Marceaux et Sam Craft du groupe The Samurai ont repris la chanson en 2011 lors de concerts.
 L'artiste écossaise Jennifer Ewan et son groupe ont repris la chanson en 2017 avec des paroles adaptées, filles a été remplacé par garçons à chaque fois et le texte modifié en conséquence.

Notes et références

Musique cadienne


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Q: Using Update statement to replace blanks I am using the below SQL update statement to replace all blank values with "Signature not required", but when I run it, I have the same amount of blanks as when I started. What am I doing wrong?
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
UPDATE
    shipments
SET
    signature_required = REPLACE(signature_required,'','Signature not required')
WHERE
    signature_required = ''
Commit Transaction;

A: Simplify the set statement by removing the 'Replace' function.  The values that are blank are located using the WHERE clause.
UPDATE
shipments
SET
signature_required = 'Signature not required'
WHERE
signature_required = ''

This will only work if the values are actually stored as an empty string.

A: you have to put a space
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
UPDATE
    shipments
SET
    signature_required = REPLACE(signature_required,' ','Signature not required')
WHERE
    signature_required = ' '
Commit Transaction;

or
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
UPDATE
    shipments
SET
    signature_required = REPLACE(isnull(Signature_required,' '),' ','Signature not required')
WHERE
    ISNULL(signature_required,' ') = ' '
Commit Transaction;

A: If 'blank' means an empty string or null then using coalesce() to return an empty string for the comparison would work:
update shipments
set signature_required = 'signature not required'
where coalesce(signature_required,'') = '';

or using or
update shipments
set signature_required = 'signature not required'
where signature_required = ''
   or signature_required is null

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Category: Apple|Mar 11, 2020 | Author: Admin
iPhone 9, iPad Pro 4 and Apple TV revealed in iOS 14
AirTag also confirmed
A more affordable iPhone (iPhone 9), new iPad Pro 4 generation with three cameras and new Apple TV with new remote are confirmed in iOS 14 test code 9to5Mac has accessed.
This does not come as a shock just as reports have surfaced for months that this is exactly what Apple plans to upgrade this year, but it is nevertheless nice to have it confirmed.
First up is the iPad Pro which gets three cameras (telephoto, wide angle and ultra wide angle), including a ToF (Time of Flight) sensor that makes the AR experience better and that can sink in more information about the outside world.
iPhone 9 is equipped with TouchID and Express Transit for easy payment for public transport where supported.
The new and less expensive iPhone model is expected this spring with iOS 13.4 inboard and will be able to upgrade to iOS 14 during the fall.
It's been a while since Apple launched Apple TV 4K, the fifth generation with the Apple A10X Fusion, was actually announced in September 2017.
The box is ok it, but many complain about the remote control so small it disappears in his hand - fortunately it was hinted at a new one in the code.
Another news is that Apple will provide a training app. Users will be able to download training programs and be coached with Apple TV. The sessions are also synced to Apple Watch and Apple Music will be responsible for the music if you wish.
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The latest iPhone models will be able to find their devices with AR, which is unique.


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The U.S. Military Should Worry: Russia Just Tested A New ICBM
Peter Suciu
Topol ICBM. Image: Creative Commons.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology – or MIT – is a center of higher learning that has churned out its share of "rocket scientists," but lesser-known to many Americans is the Russian MITT, which is even more devoted to the study and innovation of rocket science.
The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT), which is now run by the state-owned Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, was founded in May 1946 and was originally focused on the development of ballistic missiles and rockets to increase the Soviet Union's strategic deterrent capability.
Today it is involved in civilian projects, including launch vehicles for satellites, but it has also continued with its military roots and this month conducted a test of Russia's latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The missile was successfully test-launched from the Russian Defense Ministry's first state testing spaceport, a source in the domestic defense industry told Tass on Monday.
"In mid-June, the latest unique ballistic missile developed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology was successfully test-launched from the Plesetsk spaceport," the source was quoted as saying.
The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology has officially commented, but the institute had been reported to have begun the development of its sophisticated Kedr silo-based and mobile ICBM modifications as part of the effort of upgrading Russia's strategic armaments. According to Tass, the research and development (R&D) work on the latest ICBM will begin at the turn of 2023-2024.
The Kedr is a solid-fueled ICBM system that, which much like its Yars predecessor, will come in both mobile and silo-based variants. The mobile-road ICBM systems could enjoy several advantages over their silo counterparts; in particular, they are harder to locate, track, target, and destroy, making them potentially more survivable. The solid-fuel Kedr ICBMs are expected to eventually replace the current Yars systems by the early 2030s.
The Kremlin had previously set a goal to replace all Topol systems – a 1980s Soviet ICBM that occupied the foundation of Russia's mobile ICBM forces in the years following the Soviet collapse – with the Topol-M by the early 2020s; a fairly realistic goal assuming that Russia is able to sustain its current modernization pace. The Topol-M missiles have a lifetime between fifteen and twenty years – and as those systems reach their end of life, the Kedr should be ready.
As previously reported, the Kedr system is the latest milestone in the Kremlin's far-reaching program to procure a modernized ICBM force. According to a widely cited 2020 estimate, Russia's Armed Forces are believed to possess forty-six upgraded R-36M2 (SS-18) missiles, forty-five Topol (SS-25) road-mobile missile systems, sixty Topol-M (SS-27) silo systems, eighteen Topol-M mobile units, 135 mobile Yars mobile systems, and another fourteen silo-based Yars units. The Yars ICBM is slated to eventually phase out all remaining Topol-M units; similarly, the new Kedr system is intended to replace all existing and planned Yars units in the coming decades.
MITT had developed Russia's Topol, Topol-M, Yars and Bulava ICBMs. On May 13, the Institute led by Chief Designer Yuri Solomonov celebrated its 75th anniversary.
Peter Suciu is a Michigan-based writer who has contributed to more than four dozen magazines, newspapers and websites. He regularly writes about military small arms, and is the author of several books on military headgear including A Gallery of Military Headdress, which is available on Amazon.com.
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Expert Biography: A Senior Editor for 1945, Peter Suciu is a Michigan-based writer who has contributed to more than four dozen magazines, newspapers, and websites with over 3,000 published pieces over a twenty-year career in journalism. He regularly writes about military hardware, firearms history, cybersecurity, and international affairs. Peter is also a Contributing Writer for Forbes. You can follow him on Twitter: @PeterSuciu.
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