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What Do Men Really Want Analysis
Summary: According to What Do Men Really Want? written by Eric Jaffe, men are more complex than originally thought. Jaffe talks about how men perceive women's bodies, how attraction works, commitment, and the complexity of men. Most of the stereotypes people have predisposed toward men, backed by several researcher's surveys and experiments, are found only partially true. Jaffe states that men want women for sexual reasons. He then continues by contradicting that statement and giving examples of surveys and experiments on how they enforced and denounced the stereotype. Evolutionary psychologists say that there is a "universal male urge to reproduce" (Jaffe, 65). That statement is backed by research that shows men are more likely to think a woman is more physically attractive if they have an hourglass figure. However, studies done all over the world show that the norm for a woman's physical attractiveness of her body varies depending on the region they asked—men and women in the…show more content…
The four main topics he touched on were backed with a lot of research from several studies. By him doing so, it made the article more believable, and yet more shocking. The author did a very good job getting his point across by using the facts of several experiments to reinforce his thesis. The information was very clear, but a little opinionated in certain places in the article. Jaffe's work was well worded, and easy to follow. Most of the work was based on experiments and studies conducted by many universities, such as the work done by Swami and Ackerman. There were a few examples that he threw in there that were his own; he made the article read as if he were talking to you. There were also a few instances where he would talk to the reader—"I must stress here to my girlfriend and my mother that I do not do this to admire the view. All right, so partly I do this to admire the view." (Jaffe,
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Friday's Ice Report: Jagr remains on the Oilers radar
Around the Rink
*The Edmonton Oilers are showing a renewed interest in future Hall of Famer Jaromir Jagr, who is in Russia right now.
Oilers assistant coach Tom Renney told Newsday's Steve Zipay via twitter, "He's on our radar. He's got NHL years left in him. He can still play, no question."
Jagr has 11 goals and 5 assists in 19 games played for Omsk Avangard of the KHL.
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The New York Rangers are in the market for a top-2 line center and look for Rangers GM Glen Sather to make a play for Petr Forsberg. Sather told the New York Post yesterday, "Yes, we have interest in Forsberg. From the reports we've been getting, the foot is much better than it was a year ago."
The Globe and Mail reports Canucks GM Mike Gillis has confirmed that the Canucks are interested in the services of Forsberg. Colorado, Washington and Philadelphia have also expressed some interest.
Chelios highly sought?
The Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Chicago Blackhawks are among 5-6 teams exploring the idea of signing 47 year old defenseman Chris Chelios. Chelios is currently playing for the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League.

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ERRNinMI has 7 years experience and works as a Staff RN.
Hi! Looking to travel to AK for May-July. Looking for opinions, comments, suggestions, experiences and anything you'd like to share. Currently in CA and ready to see more of the world!
I have worked on contract in Anchorage Alaska. I have worked at the Native hospital, Providence medical center and I did a contract on Ft. Rich military base. I had very good experiences. I would not however work in any of the remote areas. Stick to Anchorage, Fairbanks, Junea, Sitka, Homer, Seward. Stay out of the villages, outsiders are not always welcome. All of my family also live in Alaska, so I often choose an assignment up there. Take care and I hope this helps.
Truckee has 12 years experience.
I am in Bethel AK (part of the YKHC system) right now. Started my 13 week assignment the last week of October, will finish my assignment Jan 26th and will extend another 6 weeks into March.
Bethel is one of the small hospitals and I have been able to talk to nurses who have been to all of the small hospitals from Kodiac to Barrow, and big city hospitals in Anchorage and Fairbanks; here is my take.
1. It is cold in the winter, be ready for it. Summer days are long and buggy.
2. Things are more expensive here than in the lower 48. $14 for 12 pack of soda. $7 for a gallon of milk (not quiet as bad in the bigger cities).
3. Most of the hospitals have travelers (read as A LOT) all of the time. You are pretty much one of the many who are there for the same reasons as everyone else. In Bethel almost all of the nurses have taken a travel assignment here before they signed on perm. When you read descriptions of hospitals that say "travel friendly", this is where that term came from.
4. Pay is pretty good. I would guess in the top 10-20% for regular travel jobs. What I found enticing is the possibility for OT. Work as much as you like (I don't know if this is true in the bigger hospitals).
5. I am VERY happy here in Bethel. Nothing pretty, nothing fancy, work is good and quite easy.
I would love to share more, I have a lot of info and it would be great if you had specific questions. I will continue to watch this post if you do reply.
blazbm has 3 years experience and works as a RN.
I'm also wanting to travel June-Sept in Alaska. Pass along any info :) Also, can anyone tell me how to PM? Bc I have been looking and am new to all nurses. Haha.. any help?
you have to have 15 posts before you can PM.
Alaska is great, jobs are plentiful and pay is good. To be quite honest there are jobs in the lower 48 that pay as well and maybe better with better locations but if you want to put a check mark in your book of places to work... come on up.
There was a post quiet a while back asking if there were $100,000 jobs out there, and I can tell you Alaska is one of them.
I will try to PM you.
Hello is Alaska a compact state?
nursinadream has 37 years experience and works as a Travel RN OR.
AK is not a compact state. Here is a link for that info, I refer to it often.
I'm on assignment now in Anchorage, just a little over half way through my 6 month contract. phew. Working at Providence in the OR. We are enjoying the city and the beautiful scenery. Anchorage has every amenity. Furnished housing is very suitable.
For those that have traveled to Anchorage, what apartment's were you put up in? Just trying to get an idea, of how nice they are, and areas located in.
I'm in Anchorage now with a contract at Providence Med Center. Cross Country is the vendor manager for Prov and I'm with NovaPro, part of CC. I am in company provided housing. It is a fully furnished apartment very close to hospital. It is very functional and comfortable for my non-working husband and me. Other travelers, my co-workers are in similar apartments nearby. Most of us are on 3-6 month winter contracts; there are over 20 of us in my department, the OR. Some have chosen their own housing they located on Craigslist. For example the stipend for this time of year in AK is around $1400 per month. A co-worker found a semi-furnished condo that she is sharing with another nurse (a local) and she is sharing the rent and is saving around $900 a month. This is a great scenario for my young single friend/coworker, but its not for me. We are all (?) satisfied with housing choices and options. I believe the winter contracts are higher than summer when tourist season is booming and housing is more expensive.


What do you know about the PC your currently sitting in front of, reading this on?
You probably know who built it, how many hard drives are in it, what it's general speed is, the usual stuff. If you're a bit more technical, you might know what type of CPU you have, or how many USB ports, but in most cases that would be about it.
It might surprise you, however, that there's a bewildering amount more to be found out than just those basic details.
The .NET framework has classes and namespaces available that can find out some very, very surprising things about your PC. From information such as which patches and hotfixes have been applied through to the manufacturer of your PC's BIOS, the amount of information you can find out should you want to is staggering.
In this post, we'll take a high level view of some of what's available, and make a small command line tool that can output various details both to the console and in a text file that you then can save.
There are two main places to find system information from on any Windows-based system. The first is System.Environment; the second is System.Managment.
Of the two. system.environment is the easier to use; it's a simple static collection of details that you can read any time you like. system.environment contains information about your operating system version, where your operating system is installed, number of CPUs, number of hard disk drives, and PC name.
system.managment, on the other hand, although reasonably easy to use, takes a little bit of getting used to, and generally requires you to do a lot of data processing to get at even just a handful of details. Where system.managment shines, however, is in the volume of information available.
First, however, let's take a look system.environment.
Fire up Visual Studio, and create yourself a simple command line program.
Normally, if I'm not using them, I remove the Args argument from main, but I have an idea for that, in this post, so I'm leaving it present for the moment.
Let's build out our code a little bit, and get our application to display more of our info.
Remember to change the namespace to fit your own project. Note also that we've added an overridden "ToString" method to format our object as a string. You'll see why in just a moment.
This code should give us the display we had previously.
Which, as you can see, is now formatted in an output suitable to be sent to a web page as Json Data ready for display.
If you now run this, you should get your first version of the output, but if you now run the program and specify "-j" after it, you'll get the Json output.
Now you could, in theory, simply just make the appropriate calls to read the data you want, directly in your web applications code using regular C#, and this would work great for something as simple (and more importantly as quick) as System.Environment, but once you start playing with System.Managment, you'll quickly see that in some cases it can easily take 5, 10, 15 seconds or longer to get some of the information back you request.
Now, doing this in real time in a web application is a big no, no because it'll severely delay your page response time. A better approach is, instead, to have a small command line application that is run on a regular schedule, say once every 12 hours, and produces this small Json file for your application to use.
There's simply not enough space in these posts to cover everything that the system.managment namespace can find out for you. Accessing it is not hard, but it's quite strange if you've not seen the way it's done before.
Before you start, however, you need to add a reference to "System.Managment" to your program by using an add reference from your References right-click menu.
Properties returned from the system.managment namespace are not returned in a nice, easy to remember class, with easy to remember property names.
The 'property' variable exposed in the inner loop will hold things like the property key name and an accessor for the value, and value type.
You could at this point use some reflection, or a mapper of some kind, to then hydrate your own concrete base classes. For purposes of demonstration, however, I'm just going to use a dictionary.
I'll leave turning the dictionary into a set of objects up to you.
Got a .NET itch you can't quite scratch? Gimme a shout; you usually can find me lurking around Twitter as @shawty_ds or just leave a comment below.


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Mokena has a population of more than 18,000 and is the fastest growing community in the region. Mokena owes its existence largely to the Rock Island Railroad. In 1851 the right-of-way for the railroad was surveyed through Mokena. Subsequently, the land along the north side of the Rock Island tracks along Front Street was subdivided and lots were sold for $100.00 each, thus forming the majority of the original village.
In our historic Downtown Mokena, we are working to restore the area to an early 1900's theme by encouraging the merchants to participate in a cooperative Façade and Signage grant program with the Village.
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We provide a tractable concept that can be used to study the influence of the degree of farsightedness on network stability. A set of networks GK is a level-K farsightedly stable set if three conditions are satisfied. First, external deviations should be deterred. Second, from any network outside of GK there is a sequence of farsighted improving paths of length smaller than or equal to K leading to some network in GK. Third, there is no proper subset of GK satisfying the first two conditions.We show that a level-K farsightedly stable set always exists and we provide a sufficient condition for the uniqueness of a level-K farsightedly stable set. There is a unique level-1 farsightedly stable set G1 consisting of all networks that belong to closed cycles. Level-K farsighted stability leads to a refinement of G1 for generic allocation rules. We then provide easy to verify conditions for a set to be level-K farsightedly stable and we consider the relationship between level-K farsighted stability and efficiency of networks. We show the tractability of the concept by applying it to a model of criminal networks.


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Art & PhotographyQ+A
3September 2018
TextShon Faye
Travis AlabanzaPhotography Elise Rose; Art Direction Vasilisa Forbes; Stylist Mia Maxwell; Make-up Umber Ghauri
Travis Alabanza is the unfiltered artist proving theatre isn't boring
The multi-hyphenate performance artist speaks to Shon Faye, Dazed's LGBTQ editor-at-large, about their new show BURGERZ
In a relatively short period of time, Travis Alabanza has become one of the most eminent young performance artists in the queer arts scene here in the UK and abroad. As the youngest ever leader of an Artist-in-Residence Workshop at the Tate, their career has been shaped both by an industrious attitude to touring – having performed at over 200 venues in Europe and the US – and by critically acclaimed performances in larger productions, such as Derek Jarman's Jubilee. A self-published book of poetry about their experiences, Before I step Outside (you love me), and a TED talk praised by Laverne Cox, have also made them a well known – if slightly reluctant – 'voice' on trans issues. Unsurprisingly, this is an arena which has also, at times, attracted brutal press attention.
Now, Alabanza is launching their first full-length show, BURGERZ, at Hackney Showroom. Travis spoke to Dazed about what to expect from the show, and their hopes for its impact in the ongoing conversation about gender and violence.
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Shon Faye: How would you describe BURGERZ?
Travis Alabanza: For me, BURGERZ is the first show of this scale. It has the same name as an earlier manifestation I performed two years ago, but it's very different. The show was called BURGERZ because in April 2016, someone threw a burger at me on Waterloo Bridge in broad daylight, and called me a tranny. Since then, I recorded myself in public for seven months. With my phone, with my diary, (I) videoed what was happening to me. Originally, I wanted to relay this to the audience. But since then, I've toured the world and performed, and I think I'm done with trauma. We only see trans people on stage relaying trauma, and it's always about the 'I'. So BURGERZ is now more about the 100 people who saw the burger being thrown at me doing nothing. What happens when you have 100 people in a theatre – what does it take for someone to do something in that room?
Shon Faye: Do I smell audience participation?
Travis Alabanza: Without any spoilers, we're definitely interested in flipping round the idea of who is performing in the show. And who is performing generally – because trans people are so often told we're just performing, as a way to invalidate us. In the past two years there's been a huge explosion in trans theatre, and I also think people have become desensitised to hearing about trans violence. So in this show I'm keen to not have it talked about as something 'going on over there' but for us to look at what's going on right now, in the room.
Shon Faye: There are studies into social justice issues and polarisation – especially online – that show there is in fact an empathy gap. The more people ask for empathy, sometimes the colder and more insensitive responses become. Do you hope live performance can bridge that?
Travis Alabanza: Well, compared to a few years ago, I now have done performances where I see journalists taking notes in the audience. I get stalked online by people looking for things to screenshot and repost (in transphobic posts). But I realised I'm already censoring myself in public, censoring myself online – do I censor myself in the one place I've always felt free: on stage? So I've gone the other way, and here's where I hope I can really push some buttons and go further than I can elsewhere. If we can't do it on stage, where can we?
Shon Faye: I've seen you grumble about being introduced as your Instagram handle at arts events.
Travis Alabanza: (Laughs) Yeah.
Shon Faye: I guess that's because you see it as cheap in some way? Because another thing we've seen the rise of in trans subcultures is the rise of what I call the 'Instagram Activist'.
Travis Alabanza: (Wincing and making dry retching noises) Okay. Sorry, I started complaining before you finished the question.
Shon Faye: Well, you kind of answered it. I was wondering how you feel being perceived as that? It's certainly something you do get perceived as – even if you want to be perceived purely as an artist, surely it's good for profile-raising?
Travis Alabanza: Well, my mum is pleased I'm doing something other than selfies! With this show, having the Instagram following – it's a tool to get the exact people in the room who wouldn't normally come to theatre. A lot of people in the art world have used my online platforms as a way to discredit the legitimacy of my work. So for a while, I was trying to distance myself – but now I'm like, 'Let's troll with this, let's use it'. And let's be real, the theatre world is dead! Lots of people see it as boring! It needs a relax in form.
Shon Faye: The US campus performance circuit tour is wild, right? It looks like the American colleges just have money to throw at getting in these speakers and performers – often from marginalised backgrounds or groups – but then they're performing in the most bourgeois and the whitest of contexts. How did you find that?
Travis Alabanza: Yeah, they call it 'the circuit'. And sometimes it does feel like people are primed to applaud me based on my identity and not actually listening to what I have to say. But that's, again, why I focus on the performance. It's easy to become inauthentic otherwise. I live with three trans people and they're a reminder to me about staying authentic.
"This is from a trans person, but this is about gender – something which is killing us all. It's beyond trans and cis. Everyone's implicated" – Travis Alabanza
Shon Faye: It's so true that right now – being trans – there is a market for it in the arts. You can sell your gender identity in many of those spaces. But I think all the time about how it won't last.
Travis Alabanza: I think about this too. In creating my new work I thought, 'Well, they're not going to care about us in two years.' All that will be left is the archive. They care about us only in very restrictive ways – if you show too much personality, any 'bash back', anything that goes beyond (being a) docile and grateful trans person, you're out. We can continue to balance on these lines of visibility, but they'll eventually crash and fall. I take it where it's helpful and ignore it most of the time.
Shon Faye: Yeah, and being transfeminine just fits into a wider issue with femininity and women in the media generally, in that it has an expiry date. I realise that I'm a 30-year-old trans woman; soon I'll be too old for a lot of these people.
Travis Alabanza: Your prime time is nearly gone!
Shon Faye: Thank you! Are you worried about being tagged as a 'trans artist'?
Travis Alabanza: I go back and forth. But with BURGERZ, this is from a trans person, but this is about gender – something which is killing us all. It's beyond trans and cis. Everyone's implicated. My daily life is so shaped by this, by the misunderstanding. To be non-conforming and trans and non-binary right now is to be misunderstood, and I will always make work which assists people to understand me. For me, this isn't about trans or cis – it's about failing. Failing at being a man or woman. Because that's a wider conversation – failing at gender because you're trans or because you're fatter or darker.
Shon Faye: Do you think it's more important to look at people with similar experiences of failure at gender than people with the same very narrow identity label as you?
Travis Alabanza: Yeah, sometimes I look at the women in my family and identify with the way they're being misgendered due to their darkness, and identify with them much more than the white trans woman who shares the trans label with me.
Shon Faye: You speak often about how gender is racialised. In the UK, compared to the US, our trans community is very white. Its leading figures are mostly white. I think the LGBTQ+ community has begun to talk about racism amongst white gay men, but do you think white trans people examine their own whiteness either?
Travis Alabanza: People will mention "trans women of colour" in a nod to history and Stonewall, but beyond that, there just isn't a consideration of people of colour's political needs. A lot of our politics around trans people of colour are imported from the US too, there's no UK specific context.
Shon Faye: Theatre audiences are notoriously white as well, so I assume you find yourself professionally in all white spaces a lot.
Travis Alabanza: Oh my God. All the time. The best thing about BURGERZ is people are coming for a gender show, and they'll realise these things can't be separated from race. I'm really enjoying, with the burger motif, that it includes mayonnaise – there's a lot of jokes about white people you can go with down that route! A huge bottle of Hellmans and a mainly white audience! Humour is really important in this show. I'm looking forward to turning that on some of the people who follow me online looking for a really body posi, Namaste evening – let's get harsh!
BURGERZ will run at Hackney Showroom from October 23 to November 3 – get tickets here
Art & PhotographyQ+AShon FayeTravis Alabanza


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The range is Dakota Rae Dust and it's handmade in Bristol by a designer called Bec (maybe another reason I love it!).
While the fixings, zips and tassels are new, the fabrics used are either vintage or secondhand which have been sourced in charity shops and jumble sales or from off cuts and textile left overs.
If you had told me this time last year that I would be running shopping tours of the charity shops I wouldn't have believed you. But it's very real and the word is getting out there fast. Even the BBC recently filmed a short piece on it as they were intrigued by the concept! So I just wanted to share some of the feedback from recent shoppers as it's such a good feeling to know that other women are now finding joy in pre-loved clothes.


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JOHN W. ANDERSON, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
John comes to Quantum Loophole with a wealth of experience in the data center, real estate and telecommunications sectors. He has served as managing attorney in private practice and as in-house counsel for technology companies. John's experience includes representing OEMs, SaaS and IaaS providers, content providers and technology infrastructure companies. In addition to his work as an attorney, John has held positions in operations and engineering departments where he was responsible for managing business relationships with some of the largest telecommunications companies in the world.
As a private attorney, John was entrusted with transformational corporate transactions that impacted the breadth and scope of his client's technology businesses. He also served as first-chair litigation counsel in obtaining favorable jury verdicts and negotiating complicated settlements in bet-the-company litigation.
John's tenure as in-house counsel encompassed both the dot-com bubble and the bust. He was the in-house lead attorney for a nationwide fiber-optics network, served as primary legal support for financial operations and served on several corporate transaction teams. As lead in-house bankruptcy counsel in the aftermath of the dot-com bust, John was responsible for managing claims and outside counsel, served on unsecured creditors' committees and found himself testifying in the WorldCom Bankruptcy.
John lives with his wife and two sons in Montana. He received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Beloit College, where he was captain of the men's basketball team, and received his law degree from the University of Montana.
Quantum Loophole is designing and delivering the first-of-its-kind gigawatt scale master plan data center city that will change the approach to large-scale deployments.
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The CSN Blooming in Blue Gala will help raise funds for the new health and science building at Henderson Campus.
LAS VEGAS – The College of Southern Nevada Foundation is proud to announce the return of its fundraising gala on April 7 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the honorees who will be celebrated.
The gala, the Foundation's first in four years, will help raise funds for the new health and science building proposed for construction at the CSN Henderson Campus. The facility, which CSN will share with Nevada State College, will allow both institutions to expand their nursing and other medical-related training programs to meet the growing demand in Southern Nevada for more healthcare professionals.
The theme of the event is 'Blooming in Blue' to convey Southern Nevada's expanding and enhanced progress in economic and community development, of which CSN's more than 60,000 students play a significant role each year.
The CSN Foundation has selected Rossi Ralenkotter to receive its Community Achievement Award to honor his continuous work in developing Southern Nevada's post-recession economy, strengthening our valley's international prowess in hospitality and customer service, building a market for medical tourism and more.
The CSN Foundation has selected Switch to receive its Community Education Award to honor the innovative company for its work to promote STEAM education in Southern Nevada. Officials throughout the company regularly engage with students at CSN and other Nevada education institutions to show how science, technology, engineering, arts and math can lead to exciting, high-demand and high-value careers.
The CSN Foundation has selected first responders to receive its Community Hero Award for the bravery and highly skilled response to crisis that these individuals have demonstrated. CSN will present a group of CSN alumni nurses, EMTs, police officers and firefighters that were involved in the Oct. 1 response with the Community Hero Award to honor all first-responders for their courage and commitment to the health, safety and wellness of this community.
The mission of the CSN Foundation is to support the strategic initiatives for the College of Southern Nevada by raising funds for facilities and capital improvements, scholarships, educational programs and faculty requirements.


Cardinal Points Radio, CPR, delivers the insights, analysis, and strategies needed to succeed in a time of unprecedented change. Discussions offer IT business leaders straight talk on how to transform their organizations while driving and sustaining profitable growth. With extensive experience in helping hundreds of technology firms and vendors worldwide, the team at Cardinal Points Group will shoot straight about the key challenges and explosive opportunities that exist in your business. Tune in and let Cardinal Points Radio inform your business growth.
Do you know how clients view your business? That might seem like a simple question, but on this week's episode, the Cardinal Points partners prove that brand image and brand stewardship might not be as straightforward as they seem. Host Bill Aylward and the partners, Warren Turner, Pete Elliott, and Kirk Hancock, discuss the surprising number of businesses who have muddled brand image, as well as considering the steps you can take to convey a streamlined and straightforward company brand.
Is a Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) really a "Holy Grail" for companies? That high praise might be an exaggeration, but having one or two MRR solutions can help your business. In this episode, Bill Aylward hosts the Cardinal Points partners, Warren Turner, Pete Elliott, and Kirk Hancock, in discussing this most timely and important of topics: Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR), focusing on Cardinal Points' tool that helps businesses find their perfect profitability using eight key pieces of data.
Is your bottom line red or black? In this episode of CPR, Warren Turner, Pete Elliott, and Kirk Hancock, the partners from Cardinal Points, are back with Bill Aylward to discuss that difficult middle ground of profitability: the black. While a red bottom line is certainly a crisis, a black bottom line is more ambiguous. The partners discuss the issues with this murky space and consider how to gauge your company's profit sustainability and health when you're in the black.
What is the secret sauce that differentiates you from your competitors? The secret sauce that sets most successful businesses apart is people. In this episode of Cardinal Points Radio, the team discusses key elements that high performing companies have in common and how a focus on your people can enable you to be responsive to market dynamics. After this episode download the "4 MUSTS of a Managed Service Business" for additional insight around building your Managed Service Business.
It is estimated that up to 30% of IT spending resides outside of IT departments. Solution Providers that are able to expand relationships beyond IT will gain a competitive advantage. Hear some ideas from the Cardinal Points team on how to align with the both the business decision makers and IT to be viewed as a trusted advisor. After this episode download Critical Thinking to Capture Line of Business for more ideas to fuel your sales efforts.
What are you doing today to attract new clients for tomorrow? In this episode of CPR, the Cardinal Points Team provides a few key steps to help firms develop a preferred customer profile and then create a process to convert a customer to a long term client. You can also download Defining Your Ideal Client – 21 questions you must answer before you go hunting.
Warren Turner, Pete Elliot and Kirk Hancock, from Cardinal Points Group, talk with host Bill Aylward about how they help clients in navigate the disruptive change taking place in the IT services channel. In this first episode, they introduce the process they use to help businesses leverage their unique DNA and develop an actionable plan to drive opportunity in a time of chaos.
It's no secret that growth is an essential ingredient in value creation, especially as IT firms cope with the disruptive changes in the industry. But the question is, how do you carefully manage transformational growth? In this episode the team from Cardinal Points group discusses how to create new growth opportunities and how the L6® Methodology can be used to develop a recipe for sustained growth.


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The SonicWall Capture Labs Threat Research Team, recently discovered the "ORCA" remote access Trojan. ORCA, allows an attacker to manipulate various processes and services from the command line. The attacker can execute arbitrary commands allowing the capability to upload and download files along with various other tasks involving the file system.
The following IP addresses and DNS information are seen after the Trojan executes itself.
The "OrcaKiller" Trojan calls the Windows Crypto API to generate a pseudo random number of around 6 bytes.
This random generated number concatenates itself to the string "OrcaKiller". We now have "[6 bytes]OrcaKiller".
With both parts of the generated string known. The Trojan now uses this information to encrypt other pieces of information.
The Trojan looks for specific sets of HTML tags. The first set can be seen in the image below as "P" and the terminating tag "/P". Once the Trojan has found the correct tags it drops in to the first command and control function. It then extracts the payload text between the HTML tags and runs it through the decryption routine. The same encryption key used above is used to decrypt the text. Once the payload text has been decrypted the Trojan treats this as a binary executable file, which is then written to the disk and executed.


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The new Royal Women?s Hospital facility will be one of the southern hemisphere's leading women's hospitals, demonstrating the State's commitment to the health of Victorian women and their babies.
The Project will be delivered under the Partnerships Victoria policy, using the skills and abilities of the private sector whilst remaining a public hospital, with all clinical services continuing to be the responsibility of the Government. Royal Women?s Health Partnership Pty Ltd will be responsible for the design, construction, financing and maintenance (including the provision of non-core services) of the new $250 million (capital cost) facility for a period of 25 years following the finalisation of construction.
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7 Reasons People {Secretly} Think You Are WEIRD!
Do you know someone that is kind of weird? I am not referring to 'quirky cool' –I am talking about the weird who won't get the same opportunities for a career and spicy senorita weird.
A man with these characteristics is viewed as peculiar and strange
Dark sense of humor — he finds humor in taboo subjects and things that people don't like to talk about. He, instead, needs to be able to read people and know what's socially acceptable.
Lack of emotional intelligence — he needs to be able to read someone's feelings and empathize/connect.
Weak or submissive body language — he has a floppy handshake, does not look people in the eye, hides his hands, and crosses his arms.
Funky scent — he has foul breath, body odor, and wears overpowering fragrances. Smell good with Pete & Pedro colognes, powders, and more.
Close talker — don't invade people's personal space bubbles (basically an arm's length).
Style and grooming sucks — sloppy and quirky styles are not good. Dress with purpose, not with wrinkled or baggy clothing. Also, don't have a whacked grooming game (teeth, nostrils, nails, lips). Keep your grooming game in check with Pete & Pedro grooming tools.
Introverted — being shy in today's social media world of posting every fart may be viewed as odd. Get out of introversion by taking strides to connect with people.
Not a sheep — he doesn't believe what everybody else believes. I say, believe what you want after doing your own research.
Why the Average Man Is DOOMED!
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WHAT THE PUCK: A week later, offer for Aho looks like a big mistake
Brendan Kelly, Montreal Gazette, Postmedia News (bkelly@montrealgazette.com)
Canadiens owner/president Geoff Molson (left) and general manager Marc Bergevin take a break during second day of NHL Draft in Vancouver on June 22, 2019.
On Monday morning, Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin officially conceded defeat in l'Affaire Aho.
"In tendering an offer sheet to Sebastian Aho on July 1, our objective was to add a talented young forward entering the prime of his career. With Carolina matching our offer, we wish Sebastian and the Hurricanes all the best," said Bergevin, in a prepared statement.
As they say in politics, what a difference a week makes. Last Monday, the same Marc Bergevin was full of big talk about how Sebastian Aho really wanted to be part of the Montreal Canadiens and how Bergevin and his ace negotiating team had come up with a front-loaded offer that simply couldn't be matched by the Carolina Hurricanes.
"The first 12 months is the key," Bergevin said at the time.
That's because the five-year contract for Aho included an $11.3-million signing bonus at the start and a total of $21 million to pay in the first year. Bergevin made it sound like he had a cash-strapped team like the Hurricanes snookered because they would have to shell out so much dough in the first 12 months. But the reality is that in 2019, it isn't that hard for an NHL team, even a poorer one, to find 20 million bucks. There are these things called banks that are quite happy to lend corporations that money. Oh, and did I mention that the 'Canes owner Tom Dundon has a net worth of $1.1 billion? Yeah, he might be known as a cheapskate, but he can find $21 million pretty quickly.
In short, a week later this whole thing looks like a gigantic miscalculation on the part of owner Geoff Molson and Bergevin. Or was it? I am not Bergevin's biggest fan — surprised you, eh? — but he has been around the NHL block a few times and is no dunce. So I have to think he knew that in all likelihood the offer would be matched. In other words, there's more to this story than meets the eye.
In the end, there are only two options. Either they thought Carolina would crumble under the weight of this offer, in which case the Habs managers are out of it. Or they orchestrated the whole ploy as a distraction. Neither scenario is particularly encouraging.
Molson promised, after 2018's disastrous season, to be more transparent with the media and fans, and that's a commendable project. So why not bring out Bergevin to give his side of the Aho story instead of tossing out a canned press release? Have him answer the tough questions.
The best line I heard all week was from a guy calling in to French-language sports station 91.9 FM. He quipped: "It's an offer made by a chihuahua. I would've preferred an offer from a pit bull." Ba-da-boom!
And here's a thought. What happens when Max Domi becomes a restricted free agent next summer? If I'm Hurricanes GM Don Waddell, I might just be thinking I'd like to make a crazy offer for Domi come July 1, 2020. Why not? If Bergevin matches, it messes up his salary structure. If he doesn't, the Canes end up with a pretty great young player.
So what do the Habs do now? The other difference that week made is there are now no interesting free agents left on the market. The Habs tried to get two centres, Aho and free agent Matt Duchene, and came up empty-handed in both cases. They still need that A-list centre the team has been trying to get ever since Réjean Houle dealt away Pierre Turgeon in the fall of 1996 in one of the more disastrous trades in the modern history of the Canadiens. (Turgeon notched 38 goals and 96 points in 80 games the season before for Montreal and ended up posting excellent numbers during the following five years for the St. Loauis Blues.)
They need help in their Top Six and they didn't get it. They also need a partner for Shea Weber on the No. 1 D pairing and they also don't have that, given that free-agent pickup Ben Chiarot is either a No. 2 or a No. 3 pairing guy.
The only option is a big trade, but I can't really see who Bergevin is willing to deal. Instead, I'm pretty sure the Canadiens brass will once again talk about all the exciting prospects coming down the pipeline and, in private, they'll keep praying that Jesperi Kotkaniemi is that No. 1 centre the team has been desperately seeking in the 23 years since Peanut let Turgeon slip through his hands.
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NIV, The Books of the Bible presents the books of the Bible in a fresh yet ancient arrangement that helps you see the unfolding drama of Scripture more easily. Many distractions have also been eliminated so readers can experience Scripture the way its original authors intended. There are no chapter and verse numbers, no study notes, no cross references or footnotes, and no red letters.
Join pastor Jeff Manion and teacher John Walton as they look at the context and purpose for each book of the Bible in this educational and insightful The Books of the Bible Video Study. Each of the 32 sessions will focus on one week of Bible reading from the NIV, The Books of the Bible series (made up of four volumes: Covenant History, The Writings, The Prophets, and the New Testament). Each of the 32 sessions is approximately 10 minutes long and will help you understand the context, setting, and purpose for each section from NIV, The Books of the Bible series.
The Books of the Bible Study Journal is sold separately but designed to accompany the educational and insightful The Books of the Bible Video Study (see above). The Books of the Bible Study Journal provides discussion questions and space for notes and reflections on all 32 weeks of video sessions from the The Books of the Bible Video Study. The Books of the Bible Study Journal is also used to supplement Scripture reading from the four volumes of NIV, The Books of the Bible (also sold separately).
Help kids of all ages (preschool, early elementary, later elementary) experience 32 weeks from NIrV, The Books of the Bible for Kids series comprised of Covenant History, The Writings, The Prophets, and The New Testament! Based on NIrV, The Books of the Bible for Kids, these 32 engaging lessons are formatted around relatable Scripture references, memory verses, and Bible themes.
This DVD-ROM-based curriculum has everything you need for 32 complete lessons for preschool, early elementary, and later elementary classes to use during the Community Bible Experience campaign.
Encourage your children to color their way through God's Word! As they illustrate these 32 stories, they'll meet biblical characters including Noah, Daniel, Mary, and Jesus. Uses the NIrV. 144 pages, softcover.


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Kremsmünster is een gemeente in de Oostenrijkse deelstaat Opper-Oostenrijk, gelegen in het district Kirchdorf an der Krems (KI). De gemeente heeft ongeveer 6500 inwoners (in 2001).

Het Benedictijner klooster Stift Kremsmünster was er gevestigd in het Schloss Kremsegg. Nadat het eigendom door de eeuwen geregeld wisselde, was er sinds een voertuigenmuseum gevestigd en sinds 1996 het Musikinstrumentenmuseum Schloss Kremsegg

Geografie
Kremsmünster heeft een oppervlakte van 42 km². Het ligt in het zuiden van de deelstaat Opper-Oostenrijk, ten zuiden van de stad Wels. Kremsmünster ligt op 384 m hoogte aan de Krems.

Geschiedenis
Op 8 mei 1945 tekende de regering van de Eerste Slowaakse Republiek hier de capitulatie voor generaal Walton Walker van het XX US-Corps.

Stift Kremsmünster
De Abdij van Kremsmünster werd in 777 gesticht door hertog Tassilo III van Beieren en is een van de oudste abdijen in Centraal-Europa. Het maakt deel uit van de Oostenrijkse Benedictijnercongregatie, een onderdeel van de Orde der Benedictijnen.

Externe links
 Website van de abdij

Gemeente in Opper-Oostenrijk

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The Colombian Justice System or Lack of it!
There are times when I really despair, I have now lived under three justice systems, obviously the UK, where I worked in it for thirty years, Spain, where I had property for many years, and Colombia.
Yes, all the systems have their faults.
The UK was suffering from cost cutting, and fast track policing, which in my view helps no one, Police Officers need to gain experience on the streets, and to create systems where people jump the Rank queue, just creates resentment, and blocks those with experience from advancing, giving them little option, either stick with it for the pension, or bail out.
Likewise Government cost cutting, ends up taking the Police Force back years, and in my view, is a short sighted method of reining in the Governments budget. It will now take many years to bring the UK Police back to a standard fit for purpose, through no fault of the rank and file Officers trying to stop the place falling apart.
Spain on the other hand came on in leaps an bounds as far as the Police were concerned, the Guardia Civil during my time in Spain, went from being an oppressive Force, that was as far from the people as it could get, to making a conscious effort to close that gap, which was hard considering there military type make up, but I found them to be really approachable by the time I left Spain in 2012, and they were all having to learn English as a second language, and doing well at that as well.
Now we come to the Policía Nacional de Colombia, to call them a Police Force is pretty much a joke, many of them are no better than the criminals they are supposed to catch. Don't get me wrong, there are good guys, but from my experience, they are few and far between.
Unfortunately the Policía are built on a Military basis, much like the Guardia Civil in Spain, but they also have conscription, which is no motivation for any organisation, lads that just want to do their time and get out. Corruption and abuse is rife, and little is done to try and stop it.
Colombia has a huge Police Force when you look at it's population a ratio of 360 Officers per 100,000 of population, compare that with the UK which has 210 Officers per 100,000 of population, and yet which would I rather put my trust in? the UK Police every time.
Early last year, whilst we were having problems (which are still ongoing) with the Authorities controlling the Fincas de Recreo, these are farms or large houses altered to accommodate large groups of people of families for a few days at a time, these people bring their own sound systems, and have little or no regard for the people who live permanently in the areas, there have been times when we have gone five days with little or no sleep.
Some Municipalities control these places, but others including mine, Copacabana, Antioquia, fail to do so, and in fact refuse to do so, making out that they have the problem in hand, but doing nothing.
So as I was saying, last year, I was out walking the dogs, at 6am one morning, when I saw our local Police Patrol at one of these Fincas, having a jolly time with the inhabitants, instead of controlling them, so I took video footage of them, unfortunately I was seen, I walked off, knowing full well what would happen next, and sure enough, a couple of minutes later, the double manned motorcycle patrol pulled up alongside me,, and immediately got in my face, demanding to know what I was doing.
They asked to see my Cedula, which bearing in mind the time in the morning, and the fact I was in the middle of nowhere, I didn't have with me, and at that time, there was no obligation for me to carry it, especially as I was in the vicinity of my home. They threatened to call for the van to take me to the Police Station, until my identity was confirmed, at which I pointed out that they knew where I lived as they had come to an accident immediately outside my property shortly before, I faced them out, and said that if they wanted to take me, then do so, but be prepared for the consequences, at which they made off, knowing that intimidation had not worked. As a result my Wife rang the police station, and within 24 hours spoke with the Officers, where she received an apology. They were totally out of order.
Again, early in the New Year, I was going from home to Copacabana, with my Father-in-law, when I saw two suspicious looking lads trying to stop cars, I tried to phone the police station, but no answer, I tried again once I had parked in Copacabana, and they said they could not hear me, and to call in to the Police Station, which I did, but they showed no interest whatsoever, so on my return home, Marcela rang the station to find out what action if any they had taken...reply, "we were on our lunch", absolutely useless!
Two weeks ago, a report was made to the Copacabana Police, regarding a burglary in the area, the Police arrested two suspects,took them to the Police Station, and when they were released, it is alleged that the Officers gave the suspects details of the informant, word of this spread across the district like wildfire, people were not happy, and were frightened at the same time, we all know how easy it is to get hold of firearms and knives here, it is easy to be murdered by thieves and burglars.
As a result, last week, there were a number of street robberies on our mountain road, between 4am and 7am, the times people walk down the mountain to catch the bus on the Autopista (laughingly called a Motorway), they were detained at knife point and robbed. As a result the local Police Commander, had patrols in the area, and one of the victims pointed out two of the suspects, who were from Medellin, they were detained and taken before the Judge, a second victim was found, and both were asked to go before the Judge and identify the offenders, but they failed to turn up, and the Suspects were released.
Do I blame the victims for the suspects being released? no, as much as I would like to, I can't, if the justice system wont protect the victims, and in fact goes as far as to collude with the Offenders, by passing informant information to them, then what hope is there? Yes, ideally the Victims should stand and be counted, but most have families, who can blame them for being frightened of what will happen to them.
Until the Policía Nacional de Colombia sorts out it's own internal mess, and proves that it can be trusted, then nothing is going to change, it is a sad state of affairs.
Labels: Copacabana, corruption, Guardía Civil, Policía Nacional de Colombia, The Colombian Justice System, UK Police


An elderly woman found trapped beneath her bed in Florida is recovering after she miraculously survived nearly a week without food or water.
A close friend of 89-year-old Violeta Pilgrim called Miami Beach police after he hadn't heard from her in more than five days, WSVN reports.
Officers knocked on Pilgrim's front door, but received no answer and decided to let themselves in through a window.
That's when they found Pilgrim pinned under her mattress, where she'd been for days.
"She was trapped in her mattress. She did not move from that position for six days," said Miami Beach Police Officer Pablo Gonzalez. "It is a miracle that she is alive."
Bodycam footage released by police shows how urgently Gonzalez, along with Officer Whismick Charles, worked to help Pilgrim.
According to police, the officers dragged a piece of concrete to prop themselves into the unit. As an officer raised the bed frame, he was able to pull Pilgrim out.
Pilgrim is now recovering. The officers who saved her have been commended for their actions.


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Tribal, Cardroom and PokerStars Coalition Launch Campaign to Engage Californians to Pass Online Poker Bill in California
Ad campaign, grassroots advocacy website and poker celebrity tour announced.
SACRAMENTO – A coalition of groups in support of authorizing and regulating online poker in California announced today a statewide program to engage California citizens, businesses and others in a grassroots campaign to pass an online poker bill in California.
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California's three largest card clubs – Commerce Casino, Hawaiian Gardens Casino and Bicycle Casino – and Amaya Inc. (TSX; AYA; Nasdaq: AYA), owner of PokerStars, today began airing 60 second radio ads and online advertising asking people to contact legislators and to urge them to protect consumers by authorizing and regulating online poker in California.
In addition to the ad campaign, the coalition launched a new advocacy website, www.Californians4iPoker.com, which will serve as a portal for citizens, businesses, and poker players to engage in the conversation to authorize iPoker and connect with legislators to voice their support.
Later this summer the "Let California Play!" PokerStars Pro Tour will launch, bringing PokerStars celebrity poker pros to cardrooms throughout California as a means of educating citizens and engaging the thousands of California live poker players in the iPoker conversation.
"We intend to push online poker over the finish line," said San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Chairwoman Lynn Valbuena. "Authorizing online poker by creating a strictly regulated marketplace in California is the right thing to do for consumers, and it's the right thing to do for the state."
"We believe strongly that regulating iPoker is good for consumers, and we will not stand by and let a few entrenched interests derail this important consumer issue," said Morongo Band of Mission Indians Chairman Robert Martin. "Our campaign is about offering Californians choice and much needed consumer protections, and is intended to engage poker players and others who support state regulation of iPoker."
"This year we've seen a lot of positive momentum and that has obviously scared those who want to derail online poker forever," said Keith Sharp of Falk & Sharp, representing the three cardrooms. "By taking our effort directly to consumers and getting legislators' constituents engaged, we think we can disrupt the logjam."
"As a global home of innovation, technology and consumer rights, it's time California updated its old laws and regulated online poker to protect consumers, and bring new revenue to California," said Eric Hollreiser, Head of Corporate Communications, Amaya Inc. and PokerStars.
The Californians for Responsible iPoker website will be the hub for all legislative advocacy efforts going forward, allowing people to sign up, join the coalition and receive regular updates, and ultimately will allow constituents to directly connect with their legislators. The website also lists Top 10 Reasons to Authorize and Regulate Online Poker in California as well as the coalition's guiding Principles for Establishing Online Poker in California.
The "Let California Play!" PokerStars Pro Tour is a collaboration between PokerStars and cardrooms that support authorizing online poker in California. More details will be forthcoming about the Pro Tour which hits the road this summer.


In order to keep up with the latest trends in connectivity and technology we often place ourselves at trade shows, small and large. We want to not only provide stellar products but also grasp every opportunity to learn about the latest technologies in our engineering world.
So next week we'll be exhibiting at the Del Mar Electronics and Design Show (DMEDS) on April 30th and May 1st. The show takes place at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego, California. L-com will be at Booth 747 displaying our latest wired and wireless connectivity products.
DMEDS is a low cost, high value design and manufacturing show for the electronics, medical and biotech industries. DMEDS focuses on IC products and services, electronic components, instrumentation equipment, fabrication products and services, engineering software and services, manufacturing products and services, contract manufacturing services and much more.
In addition to innovative new products, DMEDS also offers free industry programs and high tech presentations by leading edge companies.
This year it's expected that about 440 exhibitors and over 4,000 industry professionals will be in attendance. That's a big opportunity for networking. Here's a list of some companies that attended last year-- take a look to see if you should join in!
At L-com, we pride ourselves on the professionalism and commitment to customer service. Our goal is to deliver the best connectivity solutions possible for the organizations we serve and support.
To that extent, we're always dismayed when we hear of an organization compromising quality. But as discovered in recent Facebook updates, some organizations take the compromise way too far when it comes to their cabling infrastructure.
We decided to take a deeper look across the web for more examples and we were surprised and often shocked at what we found. Here's our list of the worst cabling disasters we could find online. We hope you enjoy and hope this isn't a facility you've experienced in your own work environment!
Now where was that Ethernet cable really supposed to go again?
Think your home entertainment system gets messy with wires?
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Let's first take a look at how these ratings work. Ingress Protection (IP) numbers are used to define a products resistance to moisture and fine particulates.
The first number after IP (shown in the left hand column below) denotes a products protection against solid objects like dust and sand. This number can range from 0, meaning no protection against dust and sand, to 6, meaning 100% protection against dust and sand.
The second number after IP denotes the part's protection against liquids. It ranges from 0 to 8, from protection against direct liquid sprays to protection against long periods of immersion under pressure.
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My oldest son is an Army Officer in the Infantry. As an Infantry Officer, he has the opportunity to attend Ranger school which is one of the toughest programs the military offers. Within the first couple of hours of arriving to Camp Rogers, ranger students begin a 61 day journey where they suffer through hunger, extreme physical pain and emotional/mental stress. All of this is an attempt to bring out the very best in themselves in pursuit of leading the men and women who protect our country. It's humbling and remarkable.
Recently I got the opportunity to spend a few hours with our son during an 8 hour pass between Ranger school sessions. He allowed me the opportunity to peek inside a waterproof notebook he keeps on his person at all times throughout Ranger school. He and many others try to capture notes, tips, training aids and the like throughout the experience. There may be something an instructor says, while you are huddled together in the pouring rain at 2AM, that you want to make sure you capture. Importance is everything when everything is important to your success.
There is a saying among Rangers: Rangers lead the way. Launchers like you, full of purpose, direction and motivation, are ready to tackle whatever comes in front of you. You are on your way to making a difference. Each of you are leading start-ups, business units, and ideas.
Inspired by my son's notepad, I wanted to touch on five principles I believe truly translate to launchers and how we can be better at leading the way.
Jeff Henderson introduced me to a great question that is perfect to use with any individual or team. What is it like to be on the other side of me? Are you the type of leader others enjoy following? Are you being a leader people like to be around? Work should be fun and if it's not, you aren't doing it right.
Every individual on your team is wired differently. Do you know their strengths and weaknesses, their likes and dislikes? Knowing your team is the fastest way to leveraging the best parts of each individual for the sake of the whole. There are some terrific resources out there to assist in helping.
Have you created a culture where mistakes and failures are encouraged? Take the opportunity to share with your team one of your greatest failures. As much as you can, admit when you are struggling with an answer or solution. You are the culture bearer on any team you lead. Does your team know that trial and error are encouraged?
I asked a friend of mine, who was a former Army Ranger, for some advice for my son as he began his journey. His advice was simple and succinct: If you feel like quitting, and you will, DON'T. That's all he said. Just don't quit. How many times as launchers do you go through the self-doubt, the questioning of your why, the questioning of your ability and the question of quitting? Don't. Often times the best step is the one you take not to quit.
Professional soldiers and professional launchers have something in common, they both know how important it is to get it right. Practicing the skills necessary to lead people is important. Whether that is on the battlefield or in the boardroom, being a leader is important and it is something you have been called to do, so let's work hard at getting it right. The world will be a better place when we do.
Have you ever had that feeling, as a customer, that the establishment, business, person or product just didn't understand you?
For whatever reason they simply forgot to ask your opinion and if they had, you're confident you would have had a much better experience. Most of the time, these problems can be obvious, but without asking the right questions we will never truly understand what our customer needs.
A really good example of this is what Disney did in creating the FASTPASS system in 1999.
Prior to 1999, myself and many other parents stood in two hour long lines, in the blazing hot sun, with sweaty and irritable kids waiting for a magical ride that would whisk us away to neverland for a whopping two minutes. Afterwards it was back in line for the next magical moment. You get the idea, not so magical right? So why did it take from 1955, when Disney World opened, to 1999 to figure out that people didn't like waiting in line? Good question.
Most of the time, the problem is right in front of us, we simply have to ask our customers the right questions. Now, let's be clear, the answer isn't always obvious or easy. The solution to a problem or opportunity can take time to develop, prototype, test, validate and launch. However a problem well defined is half solved.
As launchers, we need to constantly invest time in understanding what our customer wants and needs. A great way to do this is to build a character for your customer, often called a persona. Building a character helps to better define who they are, what they do, why they buy, when they buy and how they buy. Using this simple methodology of Who, What, Why, When and How can help you better understand your customer.
For example, let's call our customer Brooke the Busy Balancer.
Brooke is married, mother of two kids, ages 4 and 6, and employed full-time. Brooke is what we call a multi-tasker and really good at it. She manages the household schedule for after school pickups, swim practice and work. She enjoys making dinner for the family but finds she is usually hustling to do so. It is important to Brooke that the family has time together and meal time is a place to create those moments. Brooke finds herself buying more and more things online to save time. Lately, she has found a grocery store in town that allows customers to order groceries online and pick them up at a defined time. Brooke doesn't mind spending money on things that add value for her family. Vacation for Brooke is a chance to relax and most importantly create experiences for the family.
Now if you were Disney, how might you design your theme park? Specifically, how would you design the experiences around Brooke? When it comes to waiting in line what would Brooke want that experience to look like. You now know Brooke, so what is important to her?
For your business or product: Who is your customer? What do they do? Why do they buy the things they buy? How and when do they most often buy?
Answering these questions and developing a character that you can begin to model your product or service around will have you well on your way to better understanding what your customer needs.
This has always been an interesting question to me, and at 48-years-old my perspective around this question has changed over the years.
If you're finding yourself in a season or moment of asking yourself if you're ready for leadership, I challenge you to this: What is the root of this question?
Perhaps, you feel you've led projects, initiatives and business objectives and feel a leadership role would be the logical next step. Perhaps, you are simply knocking it out of the park and would enjoy the recognition and financial rewards that could come from perhaps getting a leadership role. Whatever the reason, for you, it is legitimate.
Early in my career, I asked this very question. Maybe fortunately or unfortunately, I asked the president of our company. Have you ever been in an environment when someone said, "ask me anything you would like to" AND you actually did? Maybe like me, right after you asked the question, you said to yourself "why did I just do that" That was me, however, once the question was asked, our president had a very succinct answer.
3. Never ask about your next promotion.
Imagine how I felt right after I asked the question? However, it turns out, this may have been one of the better questions I have asked, because it began to shape a different perspective about how to get promoted into leadership. The ability to put yourself in a position to be a leader is truly tied to your ability to be successful in the current role you have. Perhaps a twist on this is in the following observation.
Success is all about succession.
Success in any role is best defined by a leaders ability to replace his or herself in one's current role.
Perhaps in your current role looking at this question from a different point of view would be helpful. When you turn this question into how you might be helping the person under you or beside you get their next opportunity, it actually has the effect of getting you to where you want to be much faster than often expected.
What if your focus became developing your successor? What if you spent more time developing, teaching, and training those around you. You can start by simply asking those you work with a very simple question, "how can I help you get where you want to be?" You will be amazed at the conversations that will come from this simple question. Some of the responses you will hear, will be as simple as, "I don't know how to balance this spreadsheet" to "I need help figuring out to move my project up through the chain of decision making". Use your experience to help those around you will ultimate help you.
By helping people around you get what they want and I am confident you will be on your way to getting closer to what you want…..your opportunity to LEAD!
1. Assess your personal brand.
The assessment may be similar to a scouting report for an athlete. What are you known for? What are your strengths and weaknesses? Do you have a reputation for managing projects well, for leading teams well, or for having deep subject matter expertise? Is your personal brand strong enough to merit a change at this time? If not, your focus needs to be on strengthening your brand first.
2. What is your genius (the intersection of your strengths and passions)?
This is where you will likely experience the most success and find yourself most fulfilled. Don't just change roles simply to change. Make sure you are pursuing a role where you are likely to thrive.
3. What is your motivation for making a shift?
Is the potential move driven by a healthy motive, such as a development challenge or a better use of your strengths and passion? If you motivation is suspect, the idea of a move may reflect poorly on you.
4. Are you performing at a high level in your current role?
People are often counseled to find a new job before terminating their current job. A parallel adage for an internal move may be to make sure you are performing well in your current role before pursuing a new role. To do otherwise may suggest that you are looking for an easy way out of an assignment you could not handle.
5. Have you groomed a successor for your current role?
Your supervisors, in all likelihood, has to replace you. Put yourself in her shoes. Does she have good options? Can you help her develop good options?
6. What does your organization need, that you can offer, that will create significant value?
Remember that this change in role needs to make sense not just for you, but also for your organization. Your stock is highest when you are known for creating value.
7. Can you make a compelling case for the new role in one page or less?
By providing a clear and objective case for the move (addressing not just the benefits, but also potential drawbacks), you have more credibility when pitching key decision makers on the idea.
8. Who is the best person to share your interest with?
This might be your supervisor, a talent representative within your Human Resources group, or a mentor. You want to be thoughtful and wise (in the context of your organization's culture) as you move forward. Remember, how you approach this reveals much about your character. Make sure you maintain the utmost integrity throughout the decision process. Your reputation is more valuable than a role change.


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House Republicans are at risk of losing 68 seats in November in a potential bloodbath that could mirror their own wave in the 2010 midterms, according to political analyst Scott Rasmussen.Democrats need to flip just 23 seats to regain the majority in the House.
28 Republican seats are at a high level of risk.
14 are "moderately competitive" and lean Republican.
26 others could be at risk depending on the "political environment" in the fall.
"Given that midterm election dynamics typically favor the party out of power, all 20 GOP seats rated as toss-ups or tilting in the Democratic direction could easily flip from R to D in November. Adding to the challenge for Republicans is that there are very few opportunities for GOP gains. Only two Democratic seats are rated as toss-ups," Rasmussen writes.
Rasmussen's assessment confirms reporting by John Gizzi, chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax, in the wake of Conor Lamb's victory in western Pennsylvania that Republicans could be staring down a loss of 60 seats in the House.
However, Rasmussen says that Republicans' tax cuts and the civil war raging within the Democratic party could stem the blue wave this November, noting that a "good night" means losing 15-20 seats but maintaining a slight majority.
"On the other hand, there's a lot of potential upside for the Democrats. With 68 Republican seats at risk, Nancy Pelosi's team can dream of a victory as big as the Republican gains in 2010," Rasmussen writes.


The Russian UR-100N / SS-19 Stiletto is a Soviet-made two-stage, liquid-propelled ICBM. Deployed beginning in 1975 to partially replace the SS-11 ICBM force,  the SS-19 is similar in design to the SS-11 Sego but with increased size and accuracy. The SS-19 is also similar to the Russian SS-18 Satan, as they use the same guidance and control systems, which permit remote monitoring and in-flight control of the missile.  The ignition system of the SS-19 is hot launched, meaning ignition of the main engine occurs while the missile is still in the silo.
During the Cold War, the SS-19 Stiletto was a primary component of the Soviet Unions nuclear forces. Originally being deployed in 1975, it represented another threat to the United States and to its allies. By the mid 1980's, over 300 SS-19 Stilettos were deployed and ready to be launched. In 1993, the START II treaty between the US and Russia required the number of SS-19 Stilettos to be reduced to 100 however following the US withdrawal from the ABM Treaty, Russia withdrew from START II leaving the number of SS-19 Stilettos still at Cold War levels. However, a small number of Stilettos had been dismantled by Ukraine following the collapse of the Soviet Union. In 2008, Russia tested the SS-19 to test the weapons reliability and determine if the weapon could remain a member of Russia's nuclear arsenal. The SS-19 performed capably and it was determined that the missile could remain operational at least until the year 2031.
 "UR-100N / SS-19 STILLETO." Federation of American Scientists. Last updated July 29, 2000. http://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/ur-100n.htm.
 "RS-18 MOD 1/-MOD 2 (SS-19)." Missile Threat. Last updated December 5, 2012. http://missilethreat.com/missiles/rs-18-mod-1-mod-2-ss-19/.


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Most of us movie lovers surely have, in one way or another, have heard the Wilhelm Scream. The Wilhelm Scream is a pre-recorded sound effect or stock sound effect made with the intention of using it as a default scream in case nothing else has been prepared for the movie.
This sound effect is intended to be used in scenes for example, when someone is being shot, thrown when there is an explosion or falling off a cliff or a building. In short, it is usually accompanied with scenes of killing, death, destruction, bombing, or explosion. Not a good sight really.
Its first known use is in Distant Drums, a 1951 movie starring Gary Cooper, produced by Milton Sperling, directed by Raoul Walsh and distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. Sheb Wooley is the actor responsible for the sound effect. Ben Burtt, a motion picture sound designer came up with the name in honor of a character in the movie, The Charge at Feather River in 1953, to a certain Private Wilhelm who was shot with an arrow.
Compiled herein are movies where the Wilhelm Scream can be heard.
Today many major motion pictures, as well as video games and cartoon films use this particular sound effect. Many famous Hollywood directors with the likes of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Peter Jackson and Quentin Tarantino use the Wilhelm Scream in their production.


Because mixing politics and religion is always a tricky game.
It's springtime at the Kremlin, Russia's center of government. The who's who of Moscow are gathered in a huge ballroom, shuffling around in their gold-plated chairs, waiting for President Vladimir Putin to take the podium, where he will announce the annexation of Crimea. The room is a sea of dark suits, blue ties and gray hair. Except for one man, who sports a big furry hat with a golden spike. Below it: small glasses, a foot-long beard and a smile.
He's Berel Lazar, Russia's Chief Rabbi and one of Putin's most trusted confidants.
If the phoenix is rising, it's from a mountain of painful, troubled ashes: Historically, Jews have not been treated particularly well behind the Iron Curtain. In the 14th century, Russian Jews were accused of causing the Black Plague by poisoning wells. Some 500 years later, Czar Nicholas I tried to conscript 12-year-old Jewish children into his military. Pogroms, in which Jews were killed or expellled from their homes, were frequent. And in the Communist 20th century, Jewish schools and synagogues were shut down. Oh, and a disproportionate percentage of the victims of Stalin's purges were Jewish.
"Of course one would call this progress," says David Shneer, chair in Jewish history and Jewish studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. "How often has a Russian leader had a so-called 'court Jew' so public and visible?" And indeed, today's Russia sees religion in the open more and more, from Muslims celebrating holidays publicly to Buddhist lamas visiting the country.
The tale of the modern Jewish diaspora spans continents and encompasses the migratory patterns of millions — Jews rushing to Israel from Ethiopia, the U.S. and even India; American Jews developing their own particular form of the faith, emphasizing bar and bat mitzvahs for teenagers and Hanukkah. Amid that story, though, the Russian Jews are mostly forgotten, says Shneer. Despite this, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee estimates there are around 600,000 Jews in Russia and as many as half a million in Ukraine.
The once-underground rabbi met our shirtless friend when he was elected Chief Rabbi; years into the relationship, Lazar recalls a story Putin once told him. (The president's office did not return requests for comment.) According to the rabbi, Putin was often left home alone while his impoverished parents rushed around trying to make ends meet. His neighbors, Lazar tells, were kind Hasidic Jews who ensured little Vladimir had a hot meal and a place to rest.
Not everyone believes that Lazar's is a heroic tale of anti-anti-Semitism. For one, Putin's name is not always synonymous with religious freedom, to say the least; he's been plagued by accusations of continued oppression and of favoring the Russian Orthodox Church over all other denominations. The Pew Research Center ranks Russia as "very high" among nations with "social hostilities" regarding religion. Which might suggest that Putin has some more prosaic, even Machiavellian, reasons for courting Lazar. Take Putin's speech during International Holocaust Memorial Day at Moscow's Jewish museum — to which Lazar invited him — which he used to insinuate that Ukrainian nationalists were anti-Semitic by calling them "Banderites," a reference to the Ukrainian Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera. In a clean feint, he cited said anti-Semitism as a thoroughly hearty justification for Russia's annexation of Crimea.
This coziness of Lazar and Putin's relationship angers many Jews. "It is a mistake for a rabbi to become a tool or a puppet of secular powers," Yoffie says. "Rabbi Lazar owes allegiance to God, not to Mr. Putin." To this, Lazar tells us he meets with Putin "as a matter of duty." And that the Jewish faith mandates faith to God — but to community and nation as well.


Copaxone is very similar to the protein called myelin, which covers the nerve cells in your brain and spinal cord. This drug helps block certain white blood cells called T cells that can damage the myelin on your nerve cells.
Copaxone is also a man-made protein, and your body can react to the drug. That can cause different side effects.
Copaxone is injected subcutaneously, which means under your skin. The dosage is either 20 milligrams (mg) per day or 40 mg three times per week. The drug comes packaged in prefilled syringes to make it easier to use. You should have your first injection of this drug in your doctor's office or with a visiting nurse.
Copaxone changes the immune response that affects multiple sclerosis (MS). That means it could possibly affect your immune response to other invaders or diseases. This has not been well studied.
Copaxone is antigenic, which means that your body can make antibodies to the drug. This can cause you to have a reaction to the drug itself, like wheezing, hives, or anaphylaxis.
Some people experience damage to the fatty tissue under your skin when taking Copaxone. This is called lipoatrophy. Rarely, the skin in the injection area can die. The damage to the tissue under your skin can make a dent that may not go away.
In the warnings and precautions section of the FDA label, people who injected the high dose of Copaxone three times per week had a lower rate of these side effects compared to those who injected the smaller dose every day.
You may also experience redness in your cheeks of other parts of your body. This could be a sign of a serious reaction to Copaxone. Call your doctor or 911 right away if you experience this side effect.
Another serious side effect that may indicate an allergic reaction is swelling, rash, or hives. Call your doctor right away if this happens suddenly.
Some people also have back pain or muscle pain while taking Copaxone.
Pain in your chest, especially if it's sudden, could be a serious reaction. Chest pain can last a few minutes and often happens about a month after you start using Copaxone. You could experience chest pain with the other side effects or by itself. Call your doctor right away if this happens to you.
You may also experience a rapid heartbeat. If your heart rate goes up after your injection, call your doctor immediately.
Nausea and vomiting are among the more common side effects of Copaxone.
Copaxone has been known to cause breathing problems or tightness in your throat. Trouble breathing or feeling like your throat is closing up is a medical emergency. Call your doctor or 911 immediately if you have trouble breathing or if you feel like your throat is closing up.
If you're pregnant or plan to become pregnant, talk to your doctor before using Copaxone. It's not known if it could affect your unborn child or if it's passed through breastfeeding.
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