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As Medicare reimbursement has declined for the home oxygen and
medical equipment industry every year since 2005, I had been
looking for a strategy to diversify and keep my company, Allstar
Oxygen Services, in the black. For over a year I collected articles
on retail HME because it seemed to have some possibilities and I
knew very little about it.
April, 2009 — I came home from Medtrade
Spring and after hearing numerous presentations on retail HME, I
was more convinced than ever that was the direction I needed to go
— and soon.
One of the articles I had saved was by industry consultant Jack
Evans with pictures of a store he designed that looked very
attractive and different than any medical equipment store I had
seen. So I contacted him and asked if he would help with my
project. He began by sending me a lot of good information.
For starters, I decided I didn't want to combine my new retail
business with my existing HME company's warehouse and delivery
operation (Allstar Oxygen Service in Concord, Calif.). First, there
was no space; and second, the location was excellent for a delivery
business — between two freeways — but not that
conducive to retail traffic. And after downsizing my customer
service staff in late 2008 to deal with the 36-month oxygen cap and
the 9.5 percent Medicare cut, I couldn't ask them to stretch any
more into a new venture.
So I decided to create a new company and find a storefront
location in a downtown retail area with 2,000 to 3,000 sq. ft. to
start fresh.
May — I began writing a business plan.
This prompted me to look closely at the local demographics (they
appeared excellent), take a good look at the competition (only a
couple of small, older, cluttered stores locally), consider all of
the products I would carry (numerous items I knew nothing about)
and develop a budget with three-year pro forma financials. I
projected break-even at about month 13; Jack said it would be more
likely around month 11.
I wanted to create an attractive store with an open floor plan,
well lit, with a lot of product selection and great customer
service. We would sell big items like motorized scooters, lift
chairs and electric beds, but also rollators, compression
stockings, orthopedic braces, bath safety items, a line of diabetic
shoes and the usual retail array of medical products.
I considered walk-in tubs but opted for stairlifts instead. And
I planned to add home modification services in conjunction with a
local contractor down the road. To be competitive, I would have to
be able to bill Medicare for the chair lift mechanisms and the
rollators, but everything else would be cash.
June — After finishing the business plan,
I went to the bank I had worked with for the 10 years since
starting Allstar Oxygen to look for financing. It turns out after
three mergers they were no longer the preferred SBA lender that
helped me start the first business, but they referred me to another
bank nearby. Without too much difficulty, I was able to get a
$300,000 SBA loan for low costs (part of the economic stimulus
plan) and a low interest rate, repayable over 10 years.
July — Now I needed to find a good
location. In my mind, the top three factors in a successful retail
business are location, location and location. Perhaps added to that
for seniors are easy access and parking. Fortunately, with the
economic downturn, there were quite a few empty storefronts
available, and the rents appeared to be favorable.
After looking at numerous spaces, I zeroed in on one with a
little more than 2,000 sq. ft. The location had decent parking on a
main street across from a busy Trader Joe's grocery and only a
half-block from a hospital. But after the owner handed me an
82-page lease, she appeared to be difficult. The last thing I
needed in starting a new business was an uncooperative landlord, so
I continued to look.
I finally settled on a 6,000-sq. ft. space (an out-of-business
Blockbuster Video) that had just become available in nearby Walnut
Creek — and that the landlord was willing to split in half
for me. Access and parking were excellent, and visibility was good
along a main street.
December — A few days before I signed the
lease, I got a call from the Yellow Pages informing me that the
deadline was approaching for display ads. Realizing this would be a
major part of my advertising, I needed to get an ad in the phone
book now or wait for another year. I hired a graphic designer to
create an ad, and we made the deadline. Knowing that I couldn't
turn back, I woke up a few nights in a sweat wondering what I had
gotten myself into, but I kept going. I sent the floor plans
outlining the new space to Jack, and he came back with a design
designating where each product category would go. Now the business
was beginning to become a reality. Here was the layout in my hand
with all of the products I would carry. I hired an architect to do
drawings to submit to the city. Once we had formal plans, I moved
forward getting bids and hired a contractor and an interior
January, 2010 — Once we dealt with the
city planning department, modifying the plans a couple of times and
finally receiving a building permit, construction on the space
began. We ran into a few problems creating a third space in a
building designed for two, but it was nothing a little additional
construction couldn't solve.
When I told people I was starting a new business, some were
surprised. They said at my age, most people were thinking about
cutting back or retiring. I was hesitant to tell them my new
business wasn't about my unbridled ambition but was more a
defensive move to keep my other business afloat.
Our Yellow Pages ad came out in the phone book. We were getting
two or three calls a day, so I had to get voicemail to let the
callers know we were not yet open. When one message said a customer
was unsuccessfully trying to find the store, I put a big sign in
the window to let everyone know we were coming.
February — I had a list of products to
consider in each general category and multiple vendors identified
for each group. I contacted numerous manufacturers and set up new
accounts to buy products for the store. Others had heard about my
venture and contacted me. For some of the bigger accounts, I was
able to negotiate 90-day terms. But without a credit history for
the new company, many of the smaller vendors required a credit card
or were only able to give me 30 days.
March — As construction was coming along
well, I figured it was time to hire the sales staff, a male to help
with delivering big items and a female who might have a softer
touch with seniors. I was flooded with resumes and was able to hire
an easygoing, personable guy with over 20 years' experience in the
DME industry, most recently as a logistics manager for one of
Allstar Oxygen's competitors. Then I hired a woman with a great
personality who had owned her own boutique and had lots of retail
experience to complement him.
April — Finally, after many delays and
finding creative ways to work around some of the city's stringent
building codes, construction was finished. The cost of the
improvements was about 30 percent over the initial bid because of
things I hadn't anticipated. But the place looked great, so it was
worth it.
We had problems getting our phone and computer lines installed,
and then the phone company changed the FAX number without telling
us. Since I had already had stationery and business cards printed,
AT&T agreed to pay for the reprinting and give me a free month
of service for the trouble.
Since this business was mainly going to be cash, I asked my
accountant to recommend a point-of-sale cash register system. I
purchased a state-of-the-art system with barcode scanners and
touchscreen monitors/computers with Internet access on top of cash
drawers. The nice thing is we can bookmark our manufacturers'
catalogs on the Internet and turn the screens around to show the
items to customers.
Then I realized that every single item we were going to stock
had to be entered into the back-end accounting system with all of
the order numbers, pricing info and barcode SKUs. I figured it
would be about 40 hours of work and began to panic. My wife
suggested hiring a college student to do the data entry. Why hadn't
I thought of that? The student I hired got data entered for about
600 items in a couple of days. Then on his own, he went into the
storeroom and put together all of the shelving and arranged the
overstock. Who says the younger generation doesn't have a good work
May — As we received inventory and began
unpacking boxes to stock the store, there was a fairly good flow of
customers who had seen our sign and were interested in purchasing
items. It was tough to turn them away and ask them to come back in
a couple of weeks. Some of the sales reps came in and helped us
unpack and stock their items. They also gave us in-services on
their products, teaching us how to use them and how to sell
On Monday, May 10, the store had a soft opening. We had a
Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting one evening, and more people
showed up than we planned.
On Saturday, May 22, Allstar Medical Supply had our grand
opening. It was publicized in a couple of the local newspapers, and
I took flyers to many of the senior retirement homes in the area.
One of the sales reps came and helped us demonstrate her products.
We served food, had raffles for the prizes our vendors had donated
and it was a big success.
I'm working every Saturday now since the store is open for four
hours, and I want to give my staff a break. In spite of that, it's
satisfying to see the business take off after all of the planning
and work. In my plan, I had projected $5,000 in sales for the first
month. In our first four weeks, we nearly quadrupled that. Now Jack
says we may hit break-even by month six.
July — The stress of managing this
project and running my other business almost did me in, and I'm
sure my wife was ready to strangle me by Friday nights when I would
come home and collapse. But looking at Medicare competitive
bidding, my retail store now looks like a genius move. Who would
have guessed 32 percent cuts?
After working as a hospital pharmacy manager and founding
two home infusion companies, Mike Kuller, RPh, became regional vice
president of Apria Healthcare before founding Allstar Oxygen
Services in 1999, and Allstar Medical Supply in 2010. Kuller
has served on the California State Board of Pharmacy Home Health
Care Committee and is a NIPCO Certified Respiratory Care
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SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and their fellow aging action heroes are back in fighting form for new movie "The Expendables 2," thrilling crowds at the giant Comic-Con pop culture event with footage from the upcoming film.
The new movie, a sequel to 2010's surprise hit about a group of rebel mercenaries out to kill a brutal military leader, appeared similar to the first one in film clips shown Thursday with an emphasis on old-school shoutouts over sci-fi fantasy.
"Rambo" and "Rocky" actor Stallone, 66, introduced Schwarzenegger, 64, the former governor of California and star of the "Terminator" movies, to the Comic-Con crowd as "one of my fellow brothers in the hard art business ... a true one-of-a-kind movie star, the likes of whom we'll never see again."
"The Expendables" hit theaters in August 2010 with a tale of aging mercenaries on a new assignment and was positioned as a return to classic 1980s action and adventure versus the Spider-Man and Batman film franchises that rule box offices today.
The film was loaded with older actions stars such as Bruce Willis and Jean-Claude Van Damme, and the formula worked well, as the movie blasted its way to nearly $275 million at worldwide box offices.
For the sequel, in theaters on August 17, Stallone and Schwarzenegger reunite with Willis, Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Jet-Li, Jason Statham and others.
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The problem is that politics, like all professions, isn't as easy as it looks. Palin's odds of emerging unscathed are slim. In fact, she's been all but set up for failure, which is yet another reason McCain's choice may prove to be irresponsible.
The McCain camp will have to either let her wing it based on a few briefing memos (highly risky) or prevent her from taking questions from reporters (a confession that she's unprepared). Either way, she's likely to belly-flop at a time when McCain can least afford it.
I imagine Alter might be sweating as he rereads this after her crowd-thrilling Wednesday night speech. They gave her perfect tens for nailing the dive.
It's also ridiculous that Alter, the champion of the "public character" of a certain sex-addicted, intern-canoodling president he called "our rogue prince of prosperity," would try to swoop on "what Alaskans call 'Troopergate.'"
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Kevin Spidel, Political Director of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), reports from the Young Democrats of America convention in San Francisco that, at the urging of PDA, the Young Democrats have passed a resolution supporting H R 375, the Resolution of Inquiry into Bush Administration communications about Iraq in 2002, as well as passing a resolution calling for an end to the occupation of Iraq.
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Iowa is what blasts dems to pieces-- chooses lackluster candidates in the first round....
OK, I'm wrong.
Are all dems doormats and sissies? Are all Repugs worse? (Yesssss!)
Why all the fuss after the fact when almost 2000 soldiers have died? Where was the convincing resistance three years ago?
Repugs must be screaming in chickenhawk-ecstasy to know that the most criminal war since Hitlers invasion of Poland hasn't been met by anything serious by Dems. Just a few silly papers drafted by Chamberlains in the face of Hitler. Its new rules guys, wake up.
I love how you lefties love to make comaprisons that are so out of touch with reality that they boarder on insanity. Hitler's invasion of Poland and this war? Come on, let's be serious here. We are nothing like Nazi Germany but you idiot lefties will paint that picture in an attempt to make Bush look like Hitler? Holy $hit it is no wonder why you got lambasted in '04. 2006 is approaching, please keep up this BS and watch what happens again.
You really are sore losers...
No, YOU guys are sore winners and are blinded by your aggorance. You boast about how the last election was a large landslide and a mandate, and that the world is much safer because we went into Iraq. You guys care nothing for the facts, that Saddam did not attack us on 9/11, bin Laden did, that Saddam did not have any WMDs, and we were in no danger of an invasion from Iraq. It's funny how you say you guys will win again in 2006, when Bush's approval ratings on Iraq are down to 34%.
Go back to FreeRepublic and stay there. You will find a lot more biased reports there than you will find here. Or better yet, why not ask Fox News to employ you? They are always willing to accept brain-dead "Let's support our chickenhawk President no matter what" conservatives like you.
You talk about how you will win in the next race, boasting like your party will remain the majority forever. Well why the high disapproval ratings all of a sudden? Why do six in every ten Americans now oppose President Bush? Oh I hope you are around when 2006 comes, the GOP leadership will be roasted. And I'm going to be there Freeper, to enjoy every laughing minute of it.
I meant ARROGANCE. And believe me if arrogance were sand, you would be the Sahara Desert.
I will say one thing for George Bush though. He said in 2000 that he wanted to be a uniter, not a divider. It seems he's succeeding, he's uniting Americans against him.
yes...its not about a pile of dead soldiers...you figured it out its all about losing in 2004 YES!!
Its not about the downing street memo its about losing
When will ppl realize that wrong is wrong and the new repub party are nothing but cheerleaders stayin in lock step right off a cliff
something is really wrong when an entire party agrees all the time and disagreeing is considered "breaking ranks" i.e Bill Frist
You do not see the light , you are reminiscent of a 1930's German emblazoned with nationalism by the Third Reich. Hitler claimed to be Christian too, remember your history? Bush slaughtered 100,000 Iraquis for what ? WMD? Liberation? Oh please don't say the biggest lie of all >911??? Oh dear God , please open these folks eyes to the PEAK OIL that Bushco's PNAC thugs are robbing from the Iraqui people . The proposed pipeline is going through Afghanistan! Please WAKE UP!!! You are a loser to tyranny too, not just "certain" people. This PNAC cabal is making millions for their cronies in Halliburton and the other defense contractors in their pockets. What are YOU making out of Bushco oil pirating deals? Are you saving at the pump for all our dead soldiers? You lost some individual rights to the Patriot Act>>> how many MORE rights do you want to lose? WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE. How much a BushHitler do you want ? He'll be as Fascist as you let him be.
Leo Strauss and the American Right by Shadia B. Drury
Thom Hartmann's "Independent Thinker" Book of the Month Review
How is it, some have wondered, that the Republican Party has been taken over by a relatively small band of radical ideologues who don't believe in democracy or honesty or any specific religion, but relentlessly flog the language of "freedom," "honor," and Christianity? How is it that people who run the government into deficit can campaign on fiscal responsibility? Or that people who campaign on a "pro life" position can be responsible for lying us into a war that has killed well over 100,000 human beings, nakedly advocate torture, and openly promote the death penalty in American?
Most of it goes back to one man - Leo Strauss. To understand what has happened to America since the dawn of the "Reagan revolution," one must first understand Strauss and his disciples.
Several of my previous monthly book reviews for Buzzflash have been about books that provide insights into the history of modern American liberalism and its contrast with traditional European and American conservatism. But the folks who today call themselves "conservatives" - from Limbaugh to Gingrich to Kristol to the senior Bushies - are not conservatives in either the American or the classical European mold. They represent something entirely new in the experience of America, breathtaking in its sweep and horrifying in its reach and ambitions. They are the "new conservatives" or "neo-conservatives."
Arguably, the last two political philosophers who both influenced world events and shared many of the worldviews of today's neocons were the Nicolo Machiavelli (who published "The Prince" in Italy in 1515) and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (who inspired a young Adolf Hitler with his magazine "Ostara"). Following in their tradition - relatively obscure men who peddled cynicism and faux patriotism while deeply influencing some of the world's most powerful people - came Leo Strauss, a professor at the University of Chicago through the 1950s and 1960s. A Jewish émigré from Germany, Strauss was obsessed with the noble goal of figuring out how to prevent America from falling into the same trap of a decline into fascism that Germany had. Ironically, he himself fell into the trap of fascistic ends-justifies-the-means thinking, and has taken a large segment of the American conservative movement with him.
As Canadian (University of Calgary) political science professor Shadia B. Drury notes in her brilliant critique of Strauss, his work, and his students' influence:
"Strauss's students and their students have occupied important positions in the Reagan and Bush administrations and continue to play a significant role within the Republican party. Prominent figures on the American political scene include Reagan's ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Wolfowitz; Caspar Weinberger's former speechwriter, Seth Cropsey; National Endowment for the Humanities Deputy Chairman, John T. Agresto; National Security Council advisor Carnes Lord; Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Alan Keyes; legal scholar and judge Robert Bork...; Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court; former Secretary of Education William Bennett; former Education Department Chief of Staff, William Kristol (later former vice-president Dan Quayle's chief of staff and then the chief pundit and policy maker of the Republican party). Journalists have been fully cognizant of this influx of Straussians into Washington and of the power they have within the Republican party. So much so that the New York Times has dubbed Leo Strauss the godfather of the Republican party's 1994 Contract With America."
What's particularly useful and fascinating about Drury's book is that she not only lays out the core and evolution of Strauss's philosophy, but puts it into the context of the history of modern conservatism and modern liberal thought and history. (There are several other books on Strauss available and most fail to provide this useful historical context.)
Drury is an academic, and it shows in her writing style, which often lapses into textbook-ese. The information she's providing is so compelling, however, that this is merely a distraction and not a deterrence from reading this brilliant and deeply researched book. Drury also assumes her readers know the philosophies and histories of Max Weber, Martin Heiddeger, Carl Schmitt, and other Germans who influenced the Nazis (or became Nazis), and of other somewhat more obscure historical details such as the arguments Jefferson and Madison had with Plato's critiques of democracy. Some reviewers have said that because she assumes such depth of knowledge on the part of her readers, this book should be only for post-graduate students of history or philosophy. I disagree - her references to philosophers and philosophies (and histories) are sufficiently contextual that the reader can easily and readily infer who unfamiliar people may have been and what their positions were, and thus not only extract Strauss's philosophy and impact from the book, but get a running start on many others as well. (You'll become an armchair expert in famous philosophers in no time, and amaze your friends!)
About the neocon philosophy itself, Drury notes:
"The truth of the matter is that neoconservativism is not conservative, but radical and reactionary. Its radical nature is manifest in Kristol's refusal to accept the basic tenets of the American slate and start over. Neoconservatism is also reactionary in the technical sense of the term. Reactionaries are not interested in conserving the present as it is. On the contrary, it is the present that they find intolerable. ...Neoconservatives are repelled by the liberal present, and they hunger for radical change intended to restore a lost golden age."
Ironically, the "lost golden age" of the Neoconservatives never existed. The Founders and Framers of America were not, by and large, Bible thumpers, and the nation was founded on egalitarian - liberal - principles. The Enlightenment, which led directly to the American Revolution, was the dawning birth of modern liberalism. Thus, because history doesn't support their story line, the Neocons have actively set out to reconstruct America's history to their liking - producing a flood or phony history flooding America's airwaves, bookstores, churches, and schools.
They also determined that people must live in constant fear, and that a religion - any religion so long as it was monotheistic, patriarchal, hierarchical, and authoritarian - must be used to "opiate" (to paraphrase both Strauss and Marx) the people.
The cynical neocon manipulation of Americans was done for the very best of reasons. After all, the ends - in their minds - justified just about any means, including the death of hundreds of thousands of people. All this brought about the ultimate irony: Strauss's fear of Nazism - and his misunderstanding of Nazism - led him and his followers to repeat many of the philosophical and political errors of the Nazis.
To understand how America got here, read Shadia Drury's brilliant book, "Leo Strauss and the American Right." Once you have, the path back to democracy will become much more clear.
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Thom Hartmann (thom at thomhartmann.com) is a Project Censored Award-winning best-selling author, and host of a nationally syndicated daily progressive talk show and a morning progressive talk show on KPOJ in Portland, Oregon. www.thomhartmann.com His most recent books are "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight," "Unequal Protection," "We The People," "The Edison Gene", and "What Would Jefferson Do?"


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Michael Buble Cosmopolitan June 2013 Feature: I'm Attracted to Strong Women
Fresh off the release of his new album To Be Loved, Michael Buble scores a feature in the June 2013 issue Cosmopolitan magazine.
After showing off his good looks for the Warwick Saint-shot spread, the 37-year-old singer chatted about everything from his change in persona to what he loves about his wife, actress/model Liusana Lopilato.
Check out GossipCenter's recap of Mr. Buble's interview below. For more, be sure to visit Cosmopolitan!
On his first single "It's a Beautiful Day":
"I wanted to write a revenge song because I've been known for only these-I-haven't-met-you-yet-and-I'm-gonna-love-you-forever songs. I wrote this for the girl or guy whose boy-or girlfriend treats them like s***, and who is basically saying 'You dumped me, you broke my heart, and honestly life is awesome without you, you f****** you b****!' It's hilarious because I've heard all these girls saying 'That's my song! I was with this turd...'"
On dropping his heart breaker image:
"I'm just like every other guy. I'm not going to say I was some bad boy - I was never macho in that way - but I think I was quite reckless with hearts in the past. I did the 'love 'em and leave 'em' thing. I put out that karma, and one day, I got it all handed back - I got my heart broken when I was 29 or 30, and it served as a wake-up call. It gave me a chance to go to therapy and admit things to myself and stop glossing over them. The truth is, I didn't really like myself or respect myself that much for awhile, but I learned to accept that we can't change the past nor predict the future, so we need to live in the moment."
On what qualities he looks for in a woman:
"I'm attracted to strong women. I surround myself with them. I'm the opposite of the guy who's insecure around them - they make me feel more secure. Like my wife . Her job fulfills her and is important to her. And everywhere we go, people like her more than they like me. I love it."
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- 10 egg whites
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- In a bowl, beat egg whites until frothy; beat in cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Add the extracts. Gradually beat in sugar until stiff, scraping bowl occasionally. Sift flour over beaten whites; sprinkle with berries. Gently fold flour and raspberries into batter until well mixed. Pour into an ungreased 10-in. tube pan.
- Bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until lightly browned and entire top appears dry. Immediately invert the pan; cool completely, about 1 hour. Yield: 16 servings.
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Canh Van Nguyen, 48, of 1226 Fairlee St. in Lakeland and 69-year-old Lieng Su Pham, of 312 Lanceolate Drive in Winter Haven, were arrested in Okeechobee.
The FWC joined forces with the Florida State Attorney's Office in the 19th Judicial Circuit to charge Nguyen and Pham with two felonies and four misdemeanors, Morse said.
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Karen Thomas from the Thomas Fish Co. in Eagle Lake said her family's business made "a lot of money" selling turtles commercially before the ban.
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"I feel bad for them because it wasn't right for the government to take it away."
Morse said there are turtle farms in Florida that are licensed to breed turtles for the commercial market, and people can obtain a license to recreationally harvest one turtle per day.
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How To Hire A 14th-Level Half-Elf PM
Posted by Tom Grant on June 9, 2010
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Adding up the last two years of Forrester research into the product management/product marketing role in the tech industry, it's easy to see why it can be hard to hire a good PM. Many of the skills that define successful PMs aren't easy to detect in a few hours of interviews. Since these traits generally don't reveal themselves until the PM is on the job, perhaps you should simulate the job in the interview.
While many technology vendors have a muddled idea of what PM success looks like, they usually have some notion of the outcomes they don't want to see. Can't build good working relationships with Development? Black mark. Can't say no to a sales enablement request? Black mark. Can't manage competing inbound and outbound priorities? Black mark. Can't give a detailed description of the specific roles to which we're marketing and selling? Black mark.
And the list goes on. The candidate sitting on the other side of the desk might have done an outstanding job, as it says on the resume, launching products at various companies. But what does "launching products" mean, exactly? Did the candidate keep the project on track, or was he just someone in the congratulatory photo op at the end? When you're interviewing a developer or QA person, you have a pretty good idea what their contribution was. The exact contribution of PM can be a bit more obscure, though certainly no less important.
To make matters worse, what worked in one team might not work in another. In a previous job, a product marketer might have had a jolly time working with the corporate marketing people. In this job, where corporate marketing has a different corporate personality, and a different set of challenges, the product marketer in question might not have a clue.
Stock interview questions can go only so far. At a certain point in the interview process, it's time for a little role-playing.
I'm a big advocate of game-like activities in many business settings, and role-playing has direct relevance to this hiring conundrum. If you're concerned that the PM won't be able to manage a huge stream of sales enablement requests, create a 15-minute scenario in which the candidate has to tell a real salesperson (recruited for the interview) that it may not be a good investment of time to fly across the country for one customer meeting, no matter how strategic that customer is. Ditto for dealing with the development team: Give the candidate the task of dealing with an ornery engineer's complaint that the requirements documents are useless.
While the official point of this exercise is to test the candidate's mettle, there's also an unofficial objective: getting the people with whom the candidate will work to invest more in the success of anyone who takes that job. Role-playing exercises reveal a lot about everyone who participates, not just the test subject. For example, after one round of interviews, an ornery engineer with whom I worked admitted that he wasn't terribly clear what, for him, constituted "useful" requirements.
Role-playing takes more preparation than the typical interview session. Therefore, I would limit its use to the "short list" candidates whom you bring back for a second round of interviews. It's your choice whether to warn the candidate in advance. (Heh.)
Great post. I have been on
Comment from Geoffrey Anderson (not verified) on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 16:18
Great post. I have been on both sides of that equation often enough to have seen it all. Being on the interviewee side was not too much of a problem, but I love the concept of role play, as corny as it sounds, and your picking on the sales enablement requests as a major distraction to a good PM is spot on.
Too many people play PM as the catch-all organization, and other organizations in these situations are rewarded for abusing the PM role. Thus people who are strong players must learn the boundaries, and work hard to enforce them. Screening for these skills would help a mature organization find and hire quality personnel.
Comment from Dan Flanigan (not verified) on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 06:46
Instead of role play, we force our finalist candidates to do a presentation on a topic such as "what is the market for mobile applications in enterprise software". This shows their ability to research, put together a critical argument, state opinions and back them up, and present in front of an audience. It truly separates the best candidates and is a great indicator of future success. We need folks that can stand up and defend decisions in front of an executive audience. This shows us who is ready to do that.
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Principles of Moral Thought and Action
Written by: Arlene Sanchez WalshOne area where Pentecostals share much ground with their evangelical colleagues is the emphasis both put on piety. For Pentecostals, the principle of moral thought with the most theological weight is that which focuses solely on piety or holiness. What defines moral thought for Pentecostals emanates from the Bible, specifically the work of the apostle Paul-Pentecostals are very Pauline in their outlook on what is moral. The focus on the role of the Holy Spirit's immediate inspiration is also key to Pentecostal ethics. Pentecostals tend to believe that a Spirit-filled person will have the Holy Spirit as his or her internal moral compass for making sound moral and ethical decisions. This has been one reason for the numerous ethical scandals that have plagued Pentecostalism.
Early histories of most Pentecostal denominations show sympathy to pacifist causes. Frank Bartleman (1871-1935), a promoter of the Azusa Street revival, was a pacifist and fierce critic of capitalist excess, viewing the exploitation of workers and excessive materialism as a sin awaiting the wrath of God. Bartleman never developed a moral theology to accommodate his politics; he is, in this regard, emblematic of many early Pentecostal ministers whose quasi-populist sentiments found no theological home in early Pentecostalism. Without theological support for political positions, both the theology and the political positions have changed to suit the circumstances.
Early leaders of the Assemblies of God were deeply conflicted over whether to remain pacifist during World War II, though the denomination was officially pacifist during World War I and many remained pacifist until the Korean War. As the Assemblies began to move toward a deeper eschatological view of current events, some believed that events such as the Russian Revolution (1917) and the Dust Bowl (1930s) signaled the end of the world. The Assemblies of God magazine, the Pentecostal Evangel, began running a column around 1916 called the "Passing and the Permanent" that addressed the events of the time within the schema of biblical prophecy. This reading of history as a spiritual gauge of proximity to the second coming of Jesus did more to alter Pentecostal principles of moral thought and action that any theological instruction.
The piety that has always guided Pentecostal moral theology has not changed over time. Early Pentecostals remained very closely allied with their Holiness counterparts in being suspicious of anything that smacked of worldliness. Looking again at the Pentecostal Evangel, it seems that Pentecostals were very much like many of their Protestant kin who abhorred the wide availability of alcohol during Prohibition, and seemed generally troubled by what they saw as the U.S. capitulating to "worldly" temptations. Throughout the magazine's early run, from 1914-1940, there are countless testimonials of people being healed from drinking and from drug abuse (morphine and other opiates), and generally being delivered from morally vacuous behavior such as too much worldly dancing and other amusements.
Principles of moral thought and action for Pentecostals have broadened out beyond those that offend their sense of piety, though piety is still the moral agent with the most value. While some Pentecostals and other evangelicals saw the slow steady accommodation their churches made to popular culture as scandalous (allowing their people to attend movies, sporting events, watching TV, dancing, listening to non-Christian music), nearly all denominations accepted that accommodation as the price of "doing business" with an American culture enthralled with entertainment.
Broadening the idea of moral thought or theology beyond piety has been a difficult thing to accomplish. Unless there is a specific biblical example demonstrating that the action is acceptable, such as helping widows and orphans, Pentecostals for the most part have not seen the need to expand their moral universe beyond the internal world of people's thoughts and their socially inappropriate behavior. Of course there are examples of Pentecostal churches that undertake acts of community service, and there are numerous churches that work with parachurch organizations like Habitat for Humanity, raise funds for AIDS awareness, and have thriving outreach works to dispossessed peoples in their communities. These examples, though, often are individually driven, and have not been a part of the larger denomination's vision of moral theology. Because this has been the case, Pentecostalism, at least in the American context, has not found wide acceptance for stretching morality beyond the borders of perceived sinful behavior.
One of the most significant shifts in Pentecostalism's character since its inception has been its attitude toward money and possessions. For much of the 20th century Pentecostals considered "conspicuous consumption" a sin. Sometime in the 1970s things changed. Now most Pentecostals think of financial prosperity as God's blessing. Along with that has come a definite dampening of revival fires among Pentecostals and especially singing and preaching about heaven.


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im currently in the marked\t for a cheap semi pistol. been looking in to the hi point c-9 as a local gun store has one for 189 but im not about it because ive heard alot of bad things about it. my max price range is about 289 with fees and taxes.
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im currently in the marked\t for a cheap semi pistol. been looking in to the hi point c-9 as a local gun store has one for 189 but im not about it because ive heard alot of bad things about it. my max price range is about 289 with fees and taxes.
Buy a gently used pistol.
A gun doesn't have to be new, to be completely reliable.
Good used guns give you the most, um, bang for the buck.
BTW: What's a "semi pistol"?
Do you mean, perhaps, half of a pistol?
If so, which half?
According to comments read on this forum, Hi-Point pistols are made of pot metal, are buck-tooth-ugly, and weigh too much, but they seem to always work.
I wouldn't carry one, because of the bulk-and-size issue, but if that's all I could afford, I'd buy one for keeping at home.
well i need a good reliable semi automatic to carry. im going to get my concealed carry license so im looking for some thing compact
Check out a Bersa...they are solid, reliable and inexpensive.... small concealed carry in both .380 and 9mm.......JJ
The smaller the gun, the harder it will be, to shoot it accurately and well.
Maybe starting out with that Hi-Point is a good idea: It's cheap; and it's big and heavy, so it won't hurt your hand with its recoil. That means that you'll be able to do a lot of accurate, effective shooting practice.
Learn to shoot with a large, heavy pistol. Then, once you've gotten pretty good at hitting where you're aiming, you can switch to something compact.
My suggestion, would be to wait a bit longer, so you can add some$ to that $289, and not be so limited in the amount of firearms that you could purchase. While you're saving, you can do some investigating, and maybe try out a few firearms, so you don't end up with something that you're not happy or comfortable with. I don't know whether it's possible for you, but when I was younger(whew) I used to go to a range about 20 miles from my place.......I just stood around and watched people shooting, and believe it or not, I got to shoot some very fine, and very interesting firearms. Like anything else, you meet some schmucks in the industry, but you also meet some very nice people, and if you're lucky, you get to shoot firearms for free..........and they are happy to let you.


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Re: Laplace Transform
Thank your for the replies. Generating conditions indeed helps.
What I still don't understand is the following. I can generate
conditions in three ways which I think are equivalent:
LaplaceTransform[Sin[a t], t, s, GenerateConditions ->
Assumptions -> NotElement[a, Reals]]
LaplaceTransform[Sin[a t], t, s, GenerateConditions ->
Assumptions -> Element[a, Complexes]]
LaplaceTransform[Sin[a*t], t, s, GenerateConditions -> True,
Assumptions -> Im[a] > 0]
The second one doesn't work (this was what I was doing before
already). Can anyone tell me what the difference is? And why do
I have to generate these conditions, shouldn't mathematica
anyway assume that a is complex? Or should I always put in these
assumtpiosn when I do a laplace transform.
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Halle Berry will sleep a little easier tonight. The star won a critical court battle today against her ex Gabriel Aubry regarding custody of their daughter, Nahla. TMZ reports that the former lovers faced off in court today on an issue in their signed custody agreement that has to do with how much time each of them gets to spend with Nahla when Halle is shooting a movie.
Details of the dispute are unclear, but we do know the judge sided with Halle's interpretation of the "movie clause," which means Aubry won't get to spend as much time with Nahla as he wanted.
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Montclair State University is home to eight of the "Divine Nine", historically African-American Greek Lettered Organizations. This sub-council's goal is to unite as a single body under the ideals of sisterhood, brotherhood, scholarship and giving back to the community by providing service and educational and social programs to the Montclair campus.
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Teacher Union Membership Continues to Slide
posted at 6:00 pm on October 21, 2013 by Mike Antonucci
The National Education Association lost an additional 61,000 active K-12 members during the 2012-13 school year, bringing the union's cumulative losses to almost 300,000 working public education employees since 2008-09.
The NEA student program also took a beating, losing almost 11 percent of its members in a single year.
The loss of members will leave NEA with about $10.2 million less than it otherwise would have had, though it appears the union's 2013-14 budget anticipated the shortfall.
I have no data on which states suffered what losses, but membership losses impact NEA state affiliate activities much more than those at the national level. State affiliates are likely to lean heavily on NEA funding for ballot initiative and legislative battles in the coming year. NEA national expects to have $38 million available to distribute for those purposes in 2014.


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Tim Tebow's career with the New England Patriots has ended after 2 1/2 months, with the quarterback failing to show the Patriots enough to warrant carrying three QBs on their roster.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that Tebow had been released, with teams facing a 6 p.m. deadline for reducing rosters to 53 men. Now the question, as it was when the Patriots were the only takers for his talents in June, is whether the former Heisman Trophy winner's NFL career is over as well.
Related: Tebow vows "relentless pursuit of … lifelong dream of being an NFL quarterback"
After he was cut by the New York Jets in late April, New England signed Tebow, 26, to a two-year contract with no guarantees and, in three preseason games, he completed 11-of-30 passes for 145 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. That wasn't enough to convince Bill Belichick to carry a third quarterback, behind Tom Brady and Ryan Mallett, on the roster. As for the theory when Tebow signed that Belichick was planning to use him on gadget offense, that never materialized.
Tebow led the Patriots to a come-from-behind win Thursday night in the final preseason game, but he acknowledged that he wasn't sure it was enough to justify getting a roster spot. Not surprisingly, he said he was relying on his faith in the face of his career uncertainty.
"I'm blessed, because of my faith, that I don't have to worry about the future because I know who holds my future," Tebow told reporters Thursday night. "It's something I try to live by. It really gives you a lot of peace in whatever circumstance I'm in."
With Tim Tebow getting cut today, 4 of the past 7 Heisman winning QBs (not including Manziel) are out of the NFL.
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In the past year, busy terminals and traffic on roads connecting to the ports have left truck drivers waiting in hours-long lines to drop off and/or pick up a single load at Miami's three container terminals.
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Summit middle-schooler brings nonprofit to Breck
October 6, 2011
Summit County eighth-grader Heather Johnston has taken on quite the project: She's organized a free screening of "Tony," a documentary about a boy growing up in war-torn Africa, for Oct. 13 at the Breckenridge Riverwalk Center.
The movie is being shown by an organization called Invisible Children, which uses film, creativity and social action to end the use of child soldiers and restore central African communities to peace and prosperity. The showing is part of the nonprofit's Frontline Tour, in which individuals all over the country are organizing screenings in their hometowns.
About six months ago, Johnston saw a profile about the organization on the news.
"They were asking for micro-donations of $25. They said if just 1 percent of the people watching the program donated the $25, they would be able to turn the tables on the war," she said.
So Johnston donated and signed up for the nonprofits email list. She later received a mass message asking people to book a screening. "I decided I wanted one here so I booked one," she said.
Johnston secured the Riverwalk Center for the event; Slifer, Smith and Frampton Real Estate paid the $500 booking fee. The middle-schooler also presented her efforts to the Breckenridge Town Council members on Sept. 27, and they were all very supportive.
"I'm really trying to just raise awareness in the general public. The organization is called Invisible Children because these wars have been invisible for so long, and people aren't realizing the wars are happening and especially that they're affecting these children and orphans," Johnston said.
This is the first time Johnston has been involved with a nonprofit. "My friends have all been really eager to help out – my parents have been too… they're happy I'm doing it."
Representatives from the organization are running next week's screening, but Johnston will be on the sidelines. There will also be a speaker from Uganda.
While the event is free to the public, the organization will be selling various items and accepting donations in cash, check and credit to help out with its cause. There will be light refreshments, door prizes – including gift certificates from local businesses – and, childcare for children younger than 10.


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HELP: Festival/Camping Curly Afro Styles
Hello everyone!
As the summer months approach, I'll soon be facing festival season. I was wondering if anyone has ideas for a 3c/4a curly afro to stay moisturized and beautiful over the course of 4 festival days without much chance of washing it or bringing along loads of products, etc. Styling ideas anyone? Spritz that will keep it healthy in the sun? How can I maintain my giant halo of curliness outdoors?
Thanks so much! :toothy4:
Hmm 4 days, well how about doing a wash and go with Eco Styler (or other extreme hard hold gel). Thr first day let it be crunchy then pineapple at night which should get the crunchiness out and repeat for the next 2 days. You can throw it into a high ponytail or bun if it gets out of hand.
I just started using Eco Styler like this and can finally get good 2nd and 3rd day hair. I actually like day 2 & 3 better than 1. Eco Styler also has UV protection. It does have glycerin so it maybe not be the best choice if you're gonna be in the desert or super humid area.
You can also use regular water to spritz and re wet your hair to re activate your gel.
Thank you. :D I don't tend to put much product in my hair is the things....I weirdly steer clear of it...I 'm really wondering about styles I think.
i normally just have my hair put in two-strand twists for festival concerts. seems to be the lowest maintenance for me.
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Ouch. I sort of know the feeling. I broke my right wrist a while back playing keeper for my soccer team, though this was before I owned a gun. However, it still carries a lesson and as such, I regularly practice shooting right-handed with one and two hands, and the same left-handed.
I can't shoot as well with just my left hand as I can with my right and a good two-handed stance, but I can do it well enough that I'm comfortable.
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Seven Ivy League field hockey teams earned National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFCA) National Academic Team Awards for the 2010 season, the NFHCA announced Tuesday. The seven teams to earn the award were Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale.
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Question: Enclosed is a postcard dated August 9, 1915, sent to my great-grandmother by my great-grandfather soon after their engagement. The picture, titled "The Wedding," is signed "G.G. Drayton." "Reinthal & Newman, Pubs. N.Y." appears at the card's bottom. I would like information about the artist, publisher and possible value of the postcard. - E.M., Rio Grande
Answer: G.G. Drayton is the signature of illustrator Grace Drayton (1877-1936) one of the first female cartoonists and creator of Dolly Dimples comics, Dolly Dingle paper dolls and the Campbell Soup Kids. Viola Grace Gebbie was born and raised in Philadel-phia. In 1911, she divorced her first husband and began using the surname of her second husband, W. Drayton.
Initially a portraitist of beautiful Edwardian women, Drayton quickly realized the charming, chubby-cheeked children she enjoyed sketching were leading her to fame and fortune. From 1904 until her death, Drayton's jolly, round-faced boys and girls were featured in ads, magazines, children's books, cut-outs and comics, as well as on holiday themed and drop-a-line postcards. Throughout the years, their wide eyes, rosy cheeks and bobbed hair have appeared on thousands of collectible items including dolls, banks, doorstops, tableware, games, lunchboxes, clothing, jewelry and even cigarette lighters.
Published by the New York firm of Reinthal & Newman from 1914 to 1918, your lithographed "The Wedding" postcard is part of Drayton's popular "The Stages of a Woman's Life" series that begins with "Love at First Sight," includes "Engagement," "Trousseau," "Honeymoon" and ends with "Their New Love," depicting the happy couple cuddling their firstborn.
Because original art created to decorate postcards frequently was not signed, examples such as yours are prized by collectors who presently pay $15 to $20 for a signed Drayton series piece without creases, corner chips, tears, foxing or fading.
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