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At the Tokyo Motor Show, Kawasaki introduced its model Ninja 400. Although the name implies the possibility that it could be strengthened Kawasaki Ninja 300 which is intended for the European market, it is not anything else to weakened Kawasaki ER – 6f and this is confirmed by the design.
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Can someone walk me through how to actually sell a diaper? I can't seem to find any good directions on the diaperswappers group. How does a buyer pay you money through paypal?
How to sell a dipe?
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FTM lovin' on baby Jonas - born April 3, 2009 Due with baby Max Sept 3, 2012!
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Do you mean the diaperswapper site, or the group here on BBC.
Usually it's done through paypal. You have to make sure they send it to you and the money clears (if it's not a direct transfer). Then you send them out.
You basically do all the e-mail and address swaps through private messages - so it's not all out the public.


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Translation of blood in French:
- 1 (Biology, Physiology) to give blood the blood rushed to his cheeksil a rougithe blood rushed to my headle sang m'est monté au visagethe sound made my blood run coldle bruit m'a glacé le sangto kill somebody in cold bloodtuer quelqu'un de sang-froidto have somebody's blood on one's hands [figurative]avoir la mort de quelqu'un sur la conscienceto draw first bloodfaire couler le premier sangto do bloodsfaire des analyses de sang
- 2 (breeding) there is Danish blood on his mother's sideil y a du sang danois du côté de sa mèremusic is in her bloodelle a la musique dans le sanga prince of the bloodun prince de sangblood tells
- 3 (anger) his blood is upil est furieuxmy blood was boilingje bouillais de rageit makes my blood boil!ça me fait bouillir!
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blood is thicker than water
- la voix du sang est la plus forte
he's after my blood!
- [informal]il veut ma peau! [informal]
it's like getting blood out of a stone
- (making someone speak) autant essayer de faire parler un muet(making someone pay) autant faire pleurer les pierres, il/elle est tellement radin/-e ! [informal]
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IT STARTED as an elaborate proposal.
But now, Oxford Castle says its "buskers' quarter" on Saturday was so successful it wants to have one every month.
Francisco Jesus, 25, startled crowds at the afternoon fair when he joined a seemingly-impromptu dance crew performing to Bruno Mars' Marry Me, before asking for his girlfriend's hand in marriage.
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"It was a huge team effort, so we're glad she said 'yes' "This was the first proposal I have done and it was a big one.
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Mr Smith said he loved the idea but couldn't organise it on his own, so he contacted Miss Webb for some help.
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Juggler Oliver Cooper, from Reading, said it was the first time he had ever helped make the atmosphere for a proposal.
Mr Cooper, 18, said: "It was all very lovely."
- Francisco Jesus and his fiance Ana Cruz
The couple, both from Portugal, met in 2005 when they were working at a children's camp in the country, before settling in Oxford.
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Merchants National Bank, Third and Lafayette, Winona, 1959. Photographer: Eugene Debs Becker.
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This is strange...
Here's an image published by the Telegraph on an alleged hole in a ice-covered lake in Russia, made by a fallen meteorite...
Notice anything peculiar?
Like the SIZE of that hole? Wouldn't such a large meteorite (at least a few feet wide) would have generated more destruction of the ice?
Why aren't there signs of cracks or anything resulting from the extremely powerful shock of the impact through the ice... this is odd. I can only presume the image is probably unrelated nonsense, or fabrication. The edges of the hole really look like they were cut, not punched through.
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The Fourdrinier Family
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The Fourdrinier Family
attributed to John Downman
oil on copper, circa 1786
18 1/8 in. x 24 1/4 in. (460 mm x 615 mm)
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- John Downman (1750-1824). Artist associated with 34 portraits.
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- Charles Fourdrinier (1767-1841), Brother of Henry Fourdrinier. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Henry Fourdrinier (1730-1799), Paper maker; father of Henry Fourdrinier. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Henry Fourdrinier (1766-1854), Inventor. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Jemima Fourdrinier (1772-1836), Sister of Henry Fourdrinier and mother of John Henry Newman. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- John Rawson Fourdrinier (1770-circa 1836), Brother of Henry Fourdrinier. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Mary Fourdrinier (born 1728), Aunt of Henry Fourdrinier. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Sealy Fourdrinier (1774-1847), Paper manufacturer; brother of Henry Fourdrinier. Sitter in 1 portrait.
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A Huguenot entrepreneur, Henry Fourdrinier senior (1730-99) is shown seated in the middle of his family with his sons Henry junior (1766-1854), in red, and Sealy (1774-1847), standing, in green. The family are probably shown in their garden in Putney with a patriotic view of Windsor Castle added in the distance. The inscribed monumental urn commemorates their deceased wife and mother, Jemima (1730-81).
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My name is Ms Nabiye Tal, i'm from Nigeria- west Africa. I'm 28 years old, a graduate of B.Sc Physics, but i have a strong passion to join hands with others put an end to this ugly menace called gender violence. I'm geared towards preventing and eliminating gender violence in my community, i work with a team of volunteers and we comprise a team of young men and women working together to find solutions and answers to questions posed to us by women and children who have been violated in one way or the other. Bringing succor to those who are hurting. Sometimes i feel inadequate, especially when people who don't believe in my vision criticize me. Rallies, Advocacys, seminars, workshops and counselling.
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Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) - HBW 5, p. 210
French: Chevêchette perlée
German: Perlkauz
Spanish: Mochuelo Perlado
Other common names: Pearl-spotted Owl
Taxonomy: Strix perlata Vieillot, 1817, Senegal.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with G. passerinum, G. brodiei, G. californicum and G. gnoma (including recently separated G. cobanense and G. hoskinsii), but DNA evidence clearly shows that G. passerinum and G. californicum are not closely related. Population of E & NE Africa sometimes separated as kilimense, included in licua. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- perlatum (Vieillot, 1817) - Senegambia to W Sudan; possibly also Liberia.
- licua (Lichtenstein, 1842) - E Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda S to N & E South Africa, Angola and Namibia.
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A bird perched and looking at us. Locality Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp perlatum)
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A bird perched on a branch Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (ssp licua)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 11 years ago 18 sec 4.3
A bird perched in a tree Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (ssp licua)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 11 years ago 32 sec 4.3
Front and back view (near Satara) Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 19 October 2014 1 year ago 32 sec 4.3
Bird on branch looks around Locality Toshari Lodge, Outjo, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp licua)
Desmond Allen 5 September 2013 2 years ago 27 sec 4.3
Different views of a bird in a tree at daytime Locality Yundum, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp perlatum)
Eldert Groenewoud 26 October 2005 8 years ago 44 sec 4.3
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A perched bird
Locality Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia
Paul van Giersbergen 21 April 2014 26 weeks ago 5
An owlet being chased away by the Grey Woodpecker
Locality Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia
Paul van Giersbergen 21 April 2014 26 weeks ago 5
Sitting on ground eating Termites at noon
Locality Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
GunnarPettersson 9 December 2011 44 weeks ago 5
Bird perched.
Locality Botswana (ssp licua)
Bernard Axel 15 May 2013 1 year ago 4.7
Adult perched in full daylight
Locality Etosha National Park, Namibia
Marco Valentini 16 August 2013 2 years ago 4.6
bird perched in tree, near Satara
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp licua)
Tom Heijnen 11 August 2011 1 year ago 4.5
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Call. 7:17pm. Locality Etosha National Park, Namibia
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Recorded singing bird early in the morning. Locality Ndutu Lodge, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania
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"Turn to match the right color fitting into once circle. Each circle has four portions that you can move.
"Simply turn the circle, then you can exchange the portion with another circle in order to have one circle with the same color.
"A more complicate skill is to play it with numbers showing. Turn and match the correct numbers indicated."
See the third image for a little diagram of the numbering system. I have no idea if the numbers are printed on the back of the puzzle or not.
Image 4 "Rotary Circle":Courtesy, The Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana The first year of production is unknown but Jerry Slocum acquired the sample shown in image 4 in 1999.
Paul Bernard Sananes was granted a patent for such a design in 1981 under the number FR2516805. I doubt that this patent was used fo this puzzle.
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Globalization is one of the greatest strategic challenges for agricultural cooperatives. Globalization has increased significantly over the last decade, and despite financial crises and recession in many parts of the world globalization will likely continue — albeit with less force than before. Cooperatives have specific challenges of globalization. In some areas, cooperative challenges have been solved. Critical issues such as the use of foreign raw materials and production abroad are now a part of business development in several large cooperatives. Foreign members are also increasingly common, still not without challenges. In other areas, however, more structural and fundamental problems persist. Here major changes in the organization of cooperatives are required if all advantages of globalization are to be exploited. Danish agriculture has for decades been characterized by a high market share for cooperatives and a structure which to a high degree has been export and globally oriented, indicating no specific problem concerning globalization of cooperatives.
Fuelled by the turbulence of world agricultural markets, the debate on relations among agriculture, food security, natural resources, population growth and economic development has been revamped over the last few years. how are growth prospects and the expected evolution of per capita income in the long term going to affect the agricultural and food economy? Are the natural resources available, such as land and water, sufficient to feed a growing population? What role can economic incentives and technical change play in shaping resource use and supply? What are the priority areas where investment and research should be directed? How may the use of agricultural products in biofuel production affect markets? And how can climate change affect production possibilities and markets? Around these questions, in 2009, FAO's Economic and Social Development Department organized a Forum and a High-Level Expert Meeting on How to Feed The World in 2050. This volume follows up on that initiative, by gathering updated versions of technical materials prepared for the occasion, along with further work. the book seeks to sustain the debate on the future of the global agricultural and food economy. Its contents were designed to interest both a technical audience and a wider range of professionals working around the world in areas related to agriculture, in both public and private institutions
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Between 1918 and 1920, the British Indian government dispatched political officer Capt. Rupert Hay to Iraqi Kurdistan which, with the World War I-occupation of Ottoman Mesopotamia, had suddenly become a British territory. Like many contemporary officers stationed on the frontiers of empire, Hay saw his mission as much an anthropological as a military undertaking. Hence, the first six chapters of Two Years in Kurdistan discuss everything from flora and fauna, to the structure of village life, the roles of women in society, tribes, agriculture, and trade. The next eight chapters are both diary and travelogue, as Hay travels to Altun Kepri, Erbil, Ranya, and Rawanduz, as well as smaller towns and districts.
Hay's mission was to establish civil administration as the British took control of Iraq from Ottoman authorities. Even though World War I was over, Ottoman authorities remained in control, if only on the local level, until Hay and his column relieved or co-opted them. Hay revitalized government, working to increase the influence of allies and decrease those of adversaries in society. He pensioned families of Turkish soldiers who had perished in the war, subsidized mullahs, appointed district governors, and played tribal politics. What took dozens of U.S. officials to carry out in 2003 and 2004, Hay did largely by himself eighty-five years before, meeting with tribal sheikhs and urban notables, entertaining, negotiating, and when necessary, commanding.
The final chapters of Two Years in Kurdistan chronicle a revolt among some Kurdish tribes against the order Hay constructed. The revolt pitted Kurd versus Kurd, and tribesman versus city-dweller. For Hay, though, there was a happy ending: Key tribal allies remained loyal, and the instigators failed to conquer Erbil.
Not only historians should value Hay's memoirs of his time in Kurdistan: The many Western policymakers and journalists who pass through Iraqi Kurdistan today see the region's progress but fail to understand its turbulent, pre-Saddam history. They may have heard of the 1994-97 civil war fought between forces loyal to Kurdish strongmen Masoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani but do not realize that such intra-Kurdish fighting is the norm rather than the exception in modern times. Indeed, this context makes it easier to understand the resentment so many Kurds feel toward Barzani and Talabani. Likewise, Hay's account reminds policymakers that Iraqi Kurdistan has always been a region in flux, that Kurds have not always dominated the city Kirkuk, and that blood feud rather than arbitrary alliance shapes Kurdish society.
The editor's introduction adds basic context but does not seek to dominate. His mission is to reassert Hay into the canon of Kurdish studies, and this he does masterfully.
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That's one way to raise her profile! Erin Wasson shows off her model figure as she arrives at MTV VMAs in totally sheer gown
Most models know that if you've got it, you flaunt it.
And that's just what Erin Wasson did at the MTV Video Music Awards in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday night.
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That's one way to get noticed! Actress and model Erin Wasson, 31, showed off her flawless figure in a sheer dress and black underwear at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sunday
For, although her frock was high-necked, long-sleeved and floor length, the black material was completely sheer.
Ruched along one side, the gathered material gave a striped effect, although that wasn't enough to hide the bare flesh beneath.
Luckily, Erin knew exactly what she was doing and didn't have any unsightly lumps or bumps that needed hiding.
The outfit was a creation of Alexandre Vauthier Couture Fall 2013, worn over a black cut-out one piece.
Sheer daring! A Texas native, Erin has modelled for big names such as Gucci, Cavalli and Karl Lagerfeld, and has appeared on various magazine covers, including French, Russian, Spanish and Australian Vogue.
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Some interesting points you have raised Lasheic...
We obviously are not innately skilled at learning written languages, so speaking to us via a book no matter what language is kinda pointless. What about speaking to us through the universe? Perhaps... but we're not very good at innately inferring reality for what it is either.
You are of course, correct. One of the most annoying problems with all languages is that they are subjective and as a result, ambiguous. Statements are open to interpretation and we generally jog along with an approximation of the meaning what has been said or written. When it comes to relaying an experience, we try to abstract it to convenient points of reference that we then try to convey via language which of course, is wholly unsatisfactory but is better than nothing.
Perhaps I know why God isn't speaking to anyone. Perhaps with all the other useful stuff he left out of us or slacked off on... he completely forgot to put a "soul" in us.
Maybe it is 'we' who have forgotten about the 'soul'!
Perhaps the question is not what language would god speak, but rather why would you want to talk to such a being after all that? See, this is why he used to smite people and demand fear. Kept us from realizing who he really is.
'We are but private parts of the Gods, they play with us at their will'... You use a human reaction, of the listener, to judge the actions of an omnipotent being. Can a cockroach consider the actions of a pest exterminator and hope to understand?
God may speak the language of creation, but I don't presume to think that it's a message meant for us.
On this point I am in total agreement. For too long 'we' have considered ourselves the object of 'the Great Work' rather than simply a facet.


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UFO crash landing... somewhere in russian snow forst...
4 and half hours speed painting
4 and half hours speed painting
Dragon Ball Z
failed landing...
reminds me on tunguska event
'The Thing'?
In fact, enough of a UFO crashes in the U.S.! It's time they land in Russia ...
I knew it.
Hi, I am writing a series of stories on UFOs, I was wondering if I might use this picture?
is sooo good man you rock!!!!
Why do you all paint only russian winter? We have Summer too o_O
Love it! though I think this doesn't count as a UFO. It could be a UCLO- Unidentified Crash-Landed Object.
The scenery is beautiful, it took me a good minute of staring to even notice the two guys in the corner.
Not bad at all...In fact it's damn near perfect.
"Echo 3 to Echo 2; Han old buddy, do you copy?"
You did this in 4.5 hours??? How are you so fast?? How are you so freaking talented!! Your artwork is AMAZING!!!
The mountains are just gorgeous!
Wow, amazing! Do you use a tablet? And, againg, stunning detail.
Just like a normal landscape but with aliens, awesome.
please check my gallery thanks
please check my gallery thanks
Very cool, but if I saw something like that in real life I'd be booking it.
Reminds me of DBZ.
I half-expect a Saiyan to be inside.
great snow bro !
This is so beautiful, great concept. Wow, you are so talented.
cmon, man... quick painting??? it's a very flashing painting, bro,your speed is fabulous!!!
mand thats reaaly aswome... O-O ..wow.. just for 4 hours lol
he could i do a request??:3
he could i do a request??:3
very good job
It makes me feel that atmosphere
Very nice speedpainting I'm amazed by the amount of details you were able to draw within so little time! Great job
Hey Randis, with your permission I'd like to use this for my table top RPG. You'd get full credit, of course. I ask because one of the primary elements concerns a "pod" of which the main character(s) emerge from, and this design is perfect!


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I was given a sample of this product by my vet for my cat with bad teeth, but my cat wouldn't let me use it. I had a tiny little toothbrush that's fits on your finger, that also didn't work. I don't blame the toothpaste but my cat who is a nervous type. This is probably a good product but I wasn't able to use it.
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I brush both of my cat's teeth with this and they tolerate it pretty well. I used the rubber soft brush until they got used to the feeling of having their teeth brushed. Now I use the regular toothbrush.
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My cats love the flavor of this (a lot more than the brushing action), but they've gotten use to it with a lot of time and patience and their teeth look great!
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As most of you know, Walt Disney World Resort turns 40 soon. And it's no coincidence I'm celebrating my 40th anniversary with Disney as well, along with nearly 100 other cast members who opened Walt Disney World Resort in 1971, and continue to work for the company today.
I still remember my first interview, standing in the heat, in a queue that went on for what seemed like forever. I listened as the people in front of me and behind me talked about how they just came off the Apollo program in Cape Canaveral. So there I was, fresh out of high school with my diploma and those around me had just sent men to the moon! I thought I didn't stand a chance!
As luck would have it, I did get the job and was hired as a busboy at Disney's Contemporary Resort. Two days before opening day, I took my mother to a cast open house where the first attraction we rode was 'it's a small world' and I remember thinking how amazing it was. It's still one of my favorites today.
I've had countless memories and incredible experiences over the last 40 years including opening Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, working at Magic Kingdom Park for the Bicentennial celebration and at Disneyland Paris for its 15th anniversary, as well as being part of the openings of Epcot and Disney California Adventure. The same excitement I felt on my first day has continued to grow and has carried with me through the many years and experiences but I'll never forget where my journey began. I'm proud to still keep in touch with some of those first cast members I worked with at the Contemporary Resort.
As I reflect on my career and those of many colleagues I've grown with in this organization, I can say with certainty the reason so many have stayed through the years is due to the values we share with the company and one another – two things you simply cannot duplicate. I can't imagine having spent the last 40 years anywhere else – and I look forward to our road ahead.
Congratulations on 40 years, Walt Disney World Resort!
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Bruce from MD on September 30th, 2011 at 11:04 am
40 years my how time flies by. Wish we we there but will be soon.
Joy on September 30th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Congratulations on your 40th anniversary!
Brian from IN on September 30th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Congratulations on your anniversary, George! °o°
Friend on September 30th, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Congratulations and hang in there George! Just think of all that has been accomplished in those 40 years with Disney and what's ahead.
Jeff from OH on September 30th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Congratulations to both you and Walt Disney World for 40 years!
Gabriella from BC on September 30th, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Happy 40th George and Walt Disney World!! Wish I could be there celebrating with you!!
Zachary on October 1st, 2011 at 7:20 am
Can't wait to be there for the anniversary!
Paul on October 1st, 2011 at 10:20 am
Congrats on 40 years, George, and thanks for doing an awesome job at the DLR!
Rory on October 1st, 2011 at 11:25 pm
George – Thanks so much for all you've done and in keeping Walt's (and Roy's) spirit alive. We look forward to a renewed pride in the original Magic Kingdom under your leadership.Thanks again…
TRACEY from TX on October 2nd, 2011 at 11:39 am
40 something is the magic number these days! Sadly we did not get to attend WDW's 40th but next weekend will be at Disneyland Sat Oct 8th for my wife's 45th bday! Woot!


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The Customer Is Always Digital—So Make the Experience Right
Change Management,
PM & the Economy,
PM Think About It,
Categories: Change Management, Complexity, Innovation, Innovation, IT, Leadership, PM & the Economy, PM Think About It, PMI, Strategy
By Peter Tarhanidis
New and proliferating digital technologies are giving rise to new competitive businesses while transforming legacy organizations. It's no longer just about the Internet, but increasingly tech-savvy users and inexpensive smartphones and tablets.
From an organizational perspective, it's not just a matter of grappling with new technical platforms: The relationship between organizations and their customers is being transformed.
Before, the cornerstone of customer service was the golden rule: treat your customers the way you want to be treated. Customer relationships were facilitated and managed within just a few departments.
Disruptive technologies have enabled a shift to a new paradigm: customer empowerment. This ushered in the new platinum rule: treat your customers the way they want to be treated. Disruptive technologies integrate organizations to their digital customer experience and are simultaneously influenced by social, consumer and professional media portals like Facebook, Yelp, NetPromoter Scores, and LinkedIn.
Now, much of the work and measurement of this activity is shared across the entire supply chain of the customer journey, which requires more cross-team collaboration to report on the customer experience.
So the importation question has become: How can we make the digital customer experience flawless? This is the new competitive differentiator for companies. Those that stand apart in this respect build market leverage.
Project managers are one asset organizations have at their disposal to ensure success with this new digital customer experience dynamic. Here's a four-stop roadmap for optimizing your organization for the brave new digital world we all live in.
How is your organization adapting to the new realities of our digital customer age? Please take a moment and share your thoughts.
Don't Fall in Love With Your Plan
Best Practices,
PM Think About It,
project management,
Project Planning
Categories: Best Practices, execution, PM Think About It, project management, Project Planning
Witnessing so many unsuccessful projects these days, I keep asking myself why execution continues to fall through the cracks while organizations apparently grow in project management maturity.
If organizations are more mature in project planning, why aren't we reaping better results? It's easy to see we have an execution gap.
I think this is because some project managers are so immersed in the minutia of best practices that they don't understand the big picture.
They don't understand that project management processes, tools and techniques are only a means to an end. The final goal of every project is to jointly create value by engaging stakeholders to build a unique result under constraints (scope, time, cost and more). In other words, a successful project delivers benefits and satisfies stakeholders.
Execution demands proactivity. Project managers should embrace change, keeping their eyes wide open to take their project plans out of the paper. Making things happen is easier when you have a good plan, but it still demands a lot of energy and motivation.
Practitioners sometimes put their well-crafted, detailed plans on a pedestal as trophies of great project management. In fact, planning is only half, or less, of the way to the finish line.
To paraphrase the boxer Mike Tyson, "everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face." The real world is volatile and complex; missing and incomplete information is the norm. Will your plan survive the challenge? It depends on how well you execute. As many in the military learn, strategic, tactical and operational plans need to be executed with maximum agility. Adjustments, adaptations and unexpected decisions must be made along the road to project completion.
To execute well, you need clear goals, resilience, flexibility and a high degree of "alertness." The OODA loop, created by John Boyd, revolutionizes goal-centered execution by adding flexibility and velocity in the decision-making process. Here are the four steps.
Figure 1- OODA loop (Source: Defense and the National Interest)
Next time you start execution on your project, put the OODA loop to work for you. It will guide you through the project plan as a series of linked decisions to help you make sense of the environment, update the plan and observe results.
If you have any comments—or perhaps a negative or positive story about execution—please share below. Thanks!
Seattle's Troubled Tunnel: 3 Communications Tips for Regaining the Public's Trust
Best Practices,
Change Management,
Generational PM,
Human Aspects of PM,
Lessons Learned,
PM & the Economy,
PM Think About It,
Program Management,
Project Delivery,
Project Failure,
Project Planning,
Social Responsibility,
Categories: Best Practices, Change Management, Communication, Complexity, Ethics, Generational PM, Government, Human Aspects of PM, Leadership, Lessons Learned, PM & the Economy, PM Think About It, Program Management, Project Delivery, Project Failure, Project Planning, Social Responsibility, Stakeholder, Strategy, Teams
One of the biggest public works projects in the United States right now has some major problems. It's a more than $3 billion effort in Seattle, Washington to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, an aging elevated highway on the city's waterfront, with a 2-mile-long tunnel. If you've been keeping an eye on the project, you know that the tunnel-boring machine (dubbed "Bertha") broke down more than a year ago, creating various challenges and overruns. Public outcry is mounting.
Now, if you're like me and believe in the power of communication to ensure that projects run more smoothly, the tunnel project has highlighted the need for more openness, better stakeholder management and speaking to your audience in understandable ways, instead of falling into buzzwords or corporate speak.
If I were working on the project right now, here are three things I would look at to regain the public's trust and help everyone in Seattle and the state of Washington understand exactly where the project is.
1. Be willing to convey incomplete information. The project's big challenge is that the machine built specifically for drilling the tunnel encountered a setback when it struck a metal pipe during the excavation process. Unfortunately, it took project leaders over a week to convey the extent of Bertha's problem, the course of action and any sort of timeline to get things back on track. Since Bertha stopped working in December 2013, information has trickled out to stakeholders.
The project's leaders could have set a much different tone early on by stating what they know and what it means to the project—along with an acknowledgement that they really aren't 100 percent sure what the solution is, and a clear statement that they will work to provide status updates to all stakeholders as often as possible.
Instead, it's been "hard to get straight answers," as the Seattle radio station KUOW put it.
2. Be honest. This really goes hand in hand with the first point about having the confidence to convey information that is accurate, even if it is incomplete. The public has begun to doubt that project leaders are being honest about the tunnel's current status and future. This is partly because when the city's department of transportation (DOT) or the state government has updated the community about the project, they have given information that seems farfetched and is tough to believe in light of Bertha's lack of progress.
Case in point: A DOT official recently toldSeattle's City Council that the project was "70-percent complete." That claim was met with a great deal of skepticism by journalists and members of the community.
The lesson for project managers is: Don't fudge information to avoid blowback. In the long run, you are putting your project at a strategic disadvantage because you may lose funding or you may come under heavier oversight…or worse. So just explain things in an honest and forthcoming manner.
3. Be consistent in the delivery of information. A lack of consistent communications has been one of the big failings for the Seattle project team. And when there's an information void, it will usually be filled by something you aren't going to like. In this instance, the lack of communications has led to a real breakdown of trust.
That's why you need to make a plan for communicating consistently with stakeholders. It should include the best ways to communicate with specific stakeholder groups, and a plan for gathering accurate, up-to-date information from the project team. To ensure timely gathering, build the consistent delivery of information into day-to-day project activities. Set a schedule of when you want your team members to communicate information to you, and hold them accountable.
In turn, you need to inform key stakeholders of when and how you'll communicate information to them, and then stick to that plan.
In most cases, communications comes down to recognizing the importance of clarity in effective project leadership. In Seattle, you can see what a lack of a clear process can do to the trust between stakeholders and the project team. I'm confident that most unsuccessful projects began to unravel when communications stopped being clear and consistent.
What do you think?
2025 Vision: The Future of PMOs
PM Think About It,
Portfolio Management,
Program Management,
Project Delivery,
Categories: Innovation, PM Think About It, PMOs, Portfolio Management, Program Management, Project Delivery, Strategy
By Kevin Korterud
To mark the new year, I decided to make a rather ambitious resolution: envision the future of project management offices (PMOs). Specifically, what PMOs will be like in the year 2025.
In retrospect, a New Year's resolution to exercise more or take up a new hobby might have been easier. But here goes.
In 2015, PMOs of all types face a growing number of challenges. These include larger and more complex programs, workforces spread across different locations, time zones and cultures, integration needs and a shortage of skilled technologists. All of these trends will likely intensify in the next 10 years.
While there have been significant advances in the area of program delivery with agile methods, work planning tools and other enhancements, we need to rethink the function of the PMO with regard to its readiness to deal with a constantly changing and challenging business environment.
Here's how I think PMOs could — and should — be functioning in 2025:
1. Mega PMO. Today all sorts of PMOs are spread across an organization: enterprise, business, program and transformation PMOs. Organizationally, these PMOs are typically fragmented across multiple business functions and governance structures. In addition, each PMO can operate independently of each other.
Given the complexity and scale of contemporary programs, this scenario has inherent risk from a delivery integration and coordination standpoint. For effective and safe delivery in the future, all PMOs need to be brought into a single organization and centralized command structure responsible for the oversight of all delivery programs.
This "Mega PMO" would go beyond the strategic roles played by Enterprise PMOs (EPMOs)—like portfolio management and benefits realization—to encompass tactical and operational services as well.
The level of integration on today's delivery programs compels a move to this new PMO operating model.
2. Mega-PMO Partitioning. We must also address the strategic, tactical and operational needs of contemporary program delivery. This can come about by structuring the PMO of the future into functions that provide services and direction at all three of these levels.
For example, portfolio management, benefits realization and strategic planning would reside in a function that is staffed with highly skilled resources. Administrative and operational activities such as work plan updates, status report production and financial tracking would be in a service center function using resources with matching skills.
3. Unified Program Managers. It's common today to have program managers embedded in various parts of an organization. While this results in program manager specialization, it does little to harmonize program management approaches and activities.
Just as program oversight would be brought into a single organization, so should the program managers overseeing program delivery. This would ensure both existing and new program managers collaborate and execute in a coordinated manner.
In addition, the centralization of program managers would also enable the development of program managers' skills in ways that typically wouldn't happen while embedded in a business function.
4. A Master Control Room. In a prior article, I mentioned the need for and benefits of a program control room. The creation of a single PMO compels the need for a centralized control venue to enable effective delivery oversight.
To manage the quantity, complexity and scale of future programs, this PMO master control room would need to resemble a control room in a manufacturing environment. This would include display screens, consistent representation of status, incident resolution rooms and other enabling technologies that drive effective program delivery.
This vision of the future aligns with the trends and trajectories of delivery programs. Not unlike how manufacturing, supply chain and other core business processes moved from craft to industrialized systems, the design and operation of PMOs need to change to support the delivery programs of tomorrow.
What do you think the future will hold for PMOs? I welcome your reactions!
End a Business Relationship and Keep Your Cred
As much as we wish these things didn't occur, we sometimes find ourselves having to leave a project early or terminate a business engagement. This is always difficult to do, and how you do it can help you maintain your integrity and credibility throughout the transition.
Recently, I had to terminate a business relationship myself. Here are a few lessons that I learned that you can apply the next time you are in a similar situation.
1. Place the blame on yourself. I know you wouldn't be leaving a project or quitting a business relationship if it were all your fault, but the key thing here is that you need to buck up and take responsibility for the business arrangement ending. There are several ways you can frame it to take the emphasis for the decision away from the other party. For example: "I'm sorry, but I just don't have the ability to deliver the work to you in a manner that you have grown accustomed to" or "I find myself at a point where I don't feel my presence best serves the project, and I think a new set of eyes is going to be helpful to getting things back on track." Or, you can come up with your own. The point is that you take a little of the emphasis off the party that you are ending the relationship with and place it on yourself. This will lessen any bad blood or negativity from the decision. It is important to note that you must cast the decision in terms of your inability to continue to serve the client in a manner that he or she deserves.
2. If possible, present options for replacements.If you find yourself at a point of no return and need out of a business relationship, you can soften the blow even more if you provide alternatives. The question you are probably asking yourself is, "If I can't work with this person or on this project, why would I refer them to someone else?" But the truth is, we are all in different businesses and at different stages of our career — and while your threshold for some clients may be zero, someone just starting out or looking to find a different focus may be more than willing to accept a challenge that you consider unnecessary. This goes back to the first point: If you can't serve the client in the way that he or she deserves, you are doing the client a favor by removing yourself from the project and helping him or her find someone who can do better.
3. Be prepared for blowback.Even when these things go great, there will be some sort of blowback or negative impact. You might have spelled everything out with as much tact as a veteran diplomat, but you are still leaving the business relationship with a jilted partner who may lash out to other members of your organization or other potential business partners. In this instance, you can try to contain any negative feedback or impact on you and your career by preparing a standard statement that you give to everyone that explains your role in the dissolution of the relationship. It should cast a bad situation in the most favorable light for you. One I have used is: "I am sorry the project didn't work out, but I made a series of unwise choices that made my effectiveness impossible, and to best serve the project, I felt it was best for me to step away." That's it — it isn't perfect, but neither is the situation you find yourself in.
How have you found success in ending business relationships?
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Behind the headline of a massive victory for the Liberal Democratic Party projected in Sunday's election, there's another more sobering fact: Much of the electorate may not have bothered to vote.
Japan's internal affairs ministry, which tracks election results, said its count Sunday night showed turnout by around 45% of voters. Early votes, absentee votes and ballots cast overseas are expected to add another 10 percentage points, and the final tally – to be released Monday morning – is likely to show a small increase as well.
Still, the grand total is expected to be well below the 69% of the electorate who voted in 2009 to throw out the LDP and usher in a new government by the Democratic Party of Japan.
Japanese news agency Kyodo was projecting Sunday evening that total turnout would be 59.7%. Although that's not that different than the turnout estimated in the latest U.S. election, it's bad for Japan. Kyodo reports Sunday's turnout nearly equals the post-World War II low of 59.6% seen in 1996.
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Promising Mobile Internet Devices
At the fringe of the CeBIT fair which came to an end last week, Gigabyte gave visitors some insights into the next generation of mobile devices.
A new class of devices introduced by processor manufacturer Intel, and known as MIDs, or Mobile Internet Devices, aims to close the gap between smart phones and subnotebooks.
Gigabyte had four identical MIDs in the colors black and white on show at the fair, and although developers on-site pointed out that the devices were prototypes, they were fine for a first impression.
The "M528", Gigabyte's first MID raise around 300 grams. According to the datasheet, the device is equipped with an Intel Menlow running at 800 MHz. A quick glance at the console reveals that the CPU fitted here achieved a speed of 1.33 GHz. The display measures 4.8 inches and also serves as the input device. It is very precise, although difficult to read from the side and suffering from nasty reflections in bright light. A full fledged QWERTY keyboard slides out from under the case. Solid state disks with four to eight GB capacity are used for data storage, and the machine has 512 MB RAM. Communications with the outside world rely on WLAN and an integrated HSDPA module. HSDPA means High Speed Downlink Packet Access and is and ongoing development based on UMTS. The technology gives users the ability to download data at speeds of up to 7.2 Mbs and upload at speeds of up to 1.2 Mbps by mobile wireless networks. The device includes two cameras. The battery has a capacity of 3.06 Ah, although Gigabyte is not saying anything about battery life. We wanted to run "lspci" at the console to find out what else was hiding under the hood, but the kernel returned a message with a whole bunch of unknown devices including the graphics chip, USB controller and audio device.
The datasheet specifies an Intel Menlow with a clock speed of 800 MHz, but the console shows that the internal processor is actually running at 1.33 GHz
The operating system installed on the device was Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon with a special interface customized to support the touchscreen. Applications installed included a Web browser, of the software and more on. Users can launch therefore favourite applications by pressing a smart key next to the display. Below the GUI the operating System rounds to customized 2.6.22-14 kernel. The GNU Cross Compiler version 4.2.1 is also included.
The MID relies on a modified version of Ubuntu.
Our first viewing of the devices and their consoles was really exciting. The MIDs fit snugly into hands and are easy and intuitive to use. Although the manufacturer has not yet completed a full feature set, the devices are very fast. Far lighter than the current crop of tiny subnotebooks, and much bigger and heavier than a smart phone, working with these MIDs is real fun. And if the battery lifetime is far superior to the devices currently on the market, they will be well worth the advertised price of around 500 EUR. Gigabyte has promised Linux Magazine that initial devices will be available at the end of April.
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Non-Linux FOSS: Let's Make Music Together
Just because you're not on Linux doesn't mean you can't have awesome open-source tools. I was having a conversation with a friend and reader (Don Crowder: @eldergeek) on Twitter the other day about music theory. Yes, I'm not just a computer nerd, but a music/math nerd too. Anyway after our conversation, I started looking for an open-source program for creating sheet music. Not only was I able to find one, but it happens to work for those folks on Windows as well as Linux.
Mind you, I'm a neophyte when it comes to music theory, but thankfully, MuseScore is useful for experts and n00bs alike. Not only can you create sheet music, but you also can download thousands of pieces others have created and shared on the Web site.
If you're a Windows user who wants to dabble in sheet music, but can't afford something like "Finale", MuseScore is right up your alley. If you're a musician who wants to give back, please join the community of users and contribute some of your music. To see how MuseScore is helping blind musicians, check out Katherine Druckman's article.
If you want to download MuseScore for yourself, you can download it from your repositories if you're on Linux, or download the installer from the Web site for Windows or OS X: http://www.musescore.com.
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Lilypond is a very mature package which produces beautiful scores. It's pretty easy to use as well.
Lilypond is a good score layout engine
but MuseScore plays the music and reads/writes MIDI and MusicXML and even abc on a good day. It makes Lilypond redundant in the sense you dont need to read music to learn to play.
Oh and you can output Musecore for Lilypond should you so desire. But Musescore to Lilypond is the computer to the printing press.
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Mods by Brother Laz
Unique items
- Corrected Cryo Beam oskill on Deathforce.
- Corrected Cryo Beam proc on Flying Saucer and Vizjun's Scitek.
- Reanimated Warlocks now have a magic damage attack instead of burn damage.
Details can be found on the ModDB page or on the official website. Enjoy!