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Ford Ranger and Mazda B-Series Owners Should Be Mindful of Recalls
The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is alarmed that certain higher-risk 2006 Ford Rangers and Mazda B-Series light pickup trucks with defective Takata airbags are not being repaired fast enough. NHTSA recently issued a "do not drive" warning on both vehicles, saying that the airbags must be replaced immediately. This "second public plea" implores owners to schedule a free repair ASAP for their own safety and to protect loved ones and friends who may drive or be passengers in these dangerous vehicles.
"NHTSA's number one priority is making sure that everyone is safe on our roads. I cannot stress strongly enough the urgency of this recall – these airbags are dangerous," said NHTSA Deputy Administrator Heidi King. "I cannot stress strongly enough the urgency of this recall. These air bags are dangerous. Every vehicle must be accounted for now," she adds.
NHTSA is executing a full-court media blitz calling safety advocates and the public to help spread this urgent safety message to ensure it reaches owners, particularly in Houston, Galveston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Austin.
According to the manufacturers, 49% of the 33,320 recalled Takata airbags in 2006 Ford Rangers have been repaired, and 58% of the 2,205 recalled Mazda B-Series trucks' airbags have been repaired. Both Ford and Mazda have authorized their dealers to tow these vehicles free of charge to accelerate the free repairs.
How Come it takes so Long to Finish a Recall?
Owners need to investigate whether their vehicles are under any recalls – especially used cars, because they fall under a different set of notification rules. It would be a mistake for any used car buyer to "assume" that their vehicle is safe and has no recalls against it. Even if your car is several years old, or you responded to a recall a few years back, that doesn't mean there's not another one that for some reason has slipped through the cracks.
The work-life balance of busy Americans is one reason many people are unaware of a recall on their vehicles and, even if they do know of it, have a problem getting it promptly fixed. According to Consumer's Union, light trucks and minivans are most likely to have unfixed recalls, which certainly can explain the NHTSA's reissue of recalls for the Ford Rangers and Mazda B-Series trucks.
Another reason is that when older vehicles are targeted for recalls, it can be harder to contact owners. These vehicles have more likely been sold – maybe more than once. So recall notices which are normally mailed out to the "owner of record" may fail to reach the current owner.
Another problem regarding used cars with unresolved defective recalls comes to mind. There are no state or federal laws requiring a dealer to fix a recalled used car before selling it. Nor are they obligated to even warn the buyer that it is on NHTA's recall list.
Consumers Union and the Consumers Federation of America are two of a growing number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which are petitioning the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require dealers who sell used cars to at least inform buyers of unrepaired recalled vehicles.
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Drafting Mirrodin Besieged Part 4: 5 More Cards Good in Metalcraft (Strategy & Tips) March 26, 2011Posted by James in : all, strategy, limited, draft , trackback
Update (4/24/11): I added Ichor Wellspring to the list.
I have already discussed my 10 favorite common & uncommon cards to draft from Mirrodin Besieged and 5 other common and uncommon cards good in both metalcraft and infect. I will now discuss five more common and uncommon cards that I would want if I wanted to try to commit to making a metalcraft deck. (Actually, a few of these cards are actually decent in any non-infect deck anyway.)
5. Master's Call
Master's Call makes two artifacts creatures. That gives you something for your equipment to make bigger or help you get metalcraft. Also makes good surprise blockers against little infect creatures.
4. Skinwing
Skinwing is a 2/2 flier, which is OK, but the fact that it can equip creatures after it dies is a good bonus.
3. Myr Sire
Myr Sire is a heck of an annoying card to play against. It helps you get metalcraft, it's good with equipment, and it's a great chump blocker.
2. Ichor Wellspring
Ichor Wellspring can be great in a red deck with some sacrifice outlets, but it can be worth playing just to help you get metalcraft.
1. Viridian Claw
Viridian Claw is a decent equipment, but it's actually quite good in infect as well as in metalcraft.
- 1. 神の一手 - March 27, 2011
If you are committed to metalcraft, Rusted Relic is your man.
You like the red 3/1 double strike more than the white 2/2? X/1 creatures die to everything. The 2/2 seems more stable while you build to metalcraft.
- 2. 神の一手 - March 27, 2011
And you forgot Myrsmith since that really floods the metalcraft gate.
- 3. James - March 27, 2011
This is about Mirrodin Besieged. I talked about Scars of Mirrodin metalcraft cards here: http://www.recoculous.com/2010/10/28/drafting-scars-of-alara-part-3-metalcraft-decks/
I don't necessarily agree with what I posted there anymore, but Myrsmith is there.
- 4. 神の一手 - March 28, 2011
I don't really understand the idea of the article then. If the order was SSM, then it would make sense to say the best metalcraft cards. But the draft order is MSS so you don't really want to commit yourself to metalcraft so early. I could see trying to go metalcraft if you ripped a Phyrexian Rebirth since that leaves an artifact creature.
I just don't think you want to go into the draft thinking "I am going to play metalcraft".
- 5. James - March 28, 2011
I think it can make a lot of sense to take some cards good in metalcraft early. Everything in this list is decent without metalcraft except Spiraling Dualist. Getting a metalcraft would be icing on the cake.
- 6. 神の一手 - March 30, 2011
The dualist is pretty much crap without enough artifacts.
Silverskin Armor is a nice metalcraft equipment since it gives +1/+1 and makes the equipped creature an artifact. 2 artifacts for the price of one.
It seems if you wanted metalcraft it would be more useful than the myr sire, a card I am not impressed with. Ichor Wellspring is more exciting. Especially if you can get some Glint Hawks.
- 7. James - March 30, 2011
Ichor Wellspring might belong on this list, but I like Myr Sire quite a bit. Silverskin Armor is weak and sometimes you won't have a creature to equip.
- 8. 神の一手 - April 2, 2011
any equipment has the "no creature to equip" problem. One advantage of the Silverskin Armor is that it is a scarf (protects from Go for the Throat).

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text: Matt 24 Posted August 11, 2002 I recently got Neverwinter Nights and wanted to know if anyone on here plays it. I'd love to be able to play a game with some of the people here. Also, feel free to post any other games that you play here. I might not play it, but someone else here might. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Hi Guys, I'm pretty new to the SAN fabric world, so please forgive me if I'm not clear on what I am trying to accomplish.
We have 4 DCX 8510.
2 dcx at primary site
2 dcx at secondary site
The previous SAN guy already configure the dwdm settings on the 4 of the ports, but only 2 of them are working correctly when I go plug int the fc cable.
For trouble shooting purpose, I swap out the fc cables on the ports and still only 1 path is working, the other port status shows in_sync but the health is offline and on the other end it shows no_light offline... so I hope you guys can help me, I tried goggling it but can't find anything on it.
Don't want to be rude but if you search the way you explain I'm not surprised you didn't find anything.
I mean
-no schematics
-no info on dwdm gear used (brandactive/passive)
-no info on which to cables you swapped between what actually?
-what SFP's
-ISL settings
Please provide a description of you issue with most detail you are allowed to do.
first at all, you should identify how the WDM are configures, SFP type, Speed Settings,...
if the WDM is correct configured, is probable on DCX side, you have wrong SFP or wrong Port Settings.
command sfpshow give the output SFP details, with portcfgshow you get detail son working and no-working port
Try please to collect more info and post here.
Thanks for your help, I will run the commands and post them..
Here is our 2 of our DR site brocade dcx settings:
DR SITE DCX Spiel> sfpshow 11/9
Identifier: 3 SFP
Connector: 7 LC
Transceiver: 540c404000000000 2,4,8_Gbps M5,M6 sw Short_dist
Encoding: 1 8B10B
Baud Rate: 85 (units 100 megabaud)
Length 9u: 0 (units km)
Length 9u: 0 (units 100 meters)
Length 50u: 5 (units 10 meters)
Length 62.5u:2 (units 10 meters)
Length Cu: 0 (units 1 meter)
Vendor Name: BROCADE
Vendor OUI: 00:05:1e
Vendor PN: 57-1000012-01
Vendor Rev: A
Wavelength: 850 (units nm)
Options: 003a Loss_of_Sig,Tx_Fault,Tx_Disable
BR Max: 0
BR Min: 0
Serial No: UAF1085200003K0
Date Code: 081221
DD Type: 0x68
Enh Options: 0xfa
Status/Ctrl: 0xb0
Alarm flags = 0x5, 0x0
Warn Flags = 0x5, 0x0
Alarm Warn
low high low high
Temperature: 47 Centigrade -10 90 -5 85
Current: 8.562 mAmps 1.000 17.000 2.000 14.000
Voltage: 3268.3 mVolts 2900.0 3700.0 3000.0 3600.0
RX Power: -1.7 dBm (672.3uW) 10.0 uW 1258.9 uW 15.8 uW 1000.0 uW
TX Power: -3.3 dBm (463.5 uW)125.9 uW 631.0 uW 158.5 uW 562.3 uW
State transitions: 12
portcfgshow 11/9
Area Number: 105
Speed Level: 8G
Fill Word(On Active) 3(A-A then SW I-A)
Fill Word(Current) 3(A-A then SW I-A)
AL_PA Offset 13: OFF
Trunk Port OFF
Long Distance LS
VC Link Init ON
Desired Distance 250 Km
Reserved Buffers 1006
Locked L_Port OFF
Locked G_Port OFF
Disabled E_Port OFF
Locked E_Port OFF
ISL R_RDY Mode ON
RSCN Suppressed OFF
Persistent Disable OFF
LOS TOV enable OFF
NPIV capability ON
QOS E_Port OFF
Port Auto Disable: OFF
Rate Limit OFF
EX Port ON
Mirror Port OFF
Credit Recovery OFF
F_Port Buffers OFF
Fault Delay: 0(R_A_TOV)
NPIV PP Limit: 126
CSCTL mode: OFF
sfpshow 11/33
Serial No: UAF108520000KBL
Date Code: 081226
Temperature: 46 Centigrade -10 90 -5 85
Current: 7.466 mAmps 1.000 17.000 2.000 14.000
Voltage: 3268.6 mVolts 2900.0 3700.0 3000.0 3600.0
RX Power: -2.2 dBm (596.1uW) 10.0 uW 1258.9 uW 15.8 uW 1000.0 uW
TX Power: -3.2 dBm (479.2 uW)125.9 uW 631.0 uW 158.5 uW 562.3 uW
portcfgshow 11/33
Area Number: 233
Desired Distance 200 Km
Reserved Buffers 806
Would you like me to post the same info for the other dcx at our primary site?
any idea on the WDM type, module types ? A picture perhaps?


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That's when my post for the Bridges 100 Words Project commemorating September 11th was posted. One minute to midnight. That where I feel I am with regard to conceiving a child with my own eggs. Will I conceive before the witching hour, when all I have are rotten eggs? When I wrote the last sentence of my post, 'I hope it helped him feel heard.', it hit me how that applies to sharing my thoughts here. It's hard to feel heard about TTC in real life, where bellies and strollers are everywhere. I feel so welcomed and heard in this community. Thank you all!
Back to the 100 Words Project, if you haven't read the wonderful posts, you must! I particularly identified with this one. The world was a different place for a while. New York was a very different place. We made eye contact … with tears in our eyes. Together, we looked up at the fighter planes overhead and shuddered. We comforted each other however we could.
So many memories from that time etched in my brain. I'll never forget the firefighter I wrote about. The exhaustion and sorrow in his face. How many of his friends were gone. Dust and fragments. OMG, the dust. It was everywhere and it was everything. I mean EVERYTHING. You know, people. Every time I looked at the dust on my shoes or clothes, or on the tissue I blew my nose with, I thought of all the people, reduced to dust. At one of the respite centers run by the Red Cross (at a St Johns University building) we had to hose off our shoes before entering. Still, enough was tracked in and ground into the terra cotta tiled main floor, that I was told they had to replace all the tile. I remember the nights in the beginning, when they had a dinner cruise ship docked nearby for the workers to take breaks to rest and eat. The galley was manned by chefs from local restaurants, volunteering their time. Chefs are known for their egos. They are not generally thought of as a cooperative bunch, but when I walked through the galley at 5:30am, they were all slicing up bagels. Something they would never do in their own restaurants.
There were those who wanted to talk about what they were experiencing, and those who just wanted a distraction for a little while. We got a good Scrabble game going one night. There were computers donated to distract the workers on break. I remember the female police officer I helped search ebay for wedding dresses. The other volunteers from NY and other parts of the country. I remember one woman telling me she was sorry about what happened to my city.
Then there was J. My boy. Yup, I fell in love at Ground Zero. With a Catholic, Republican, National Guardsman from Buffalo, 10 years my junior. He fell for a smart mouthed, Jewish, liberal Democrat, older, New Yawker. We weren't meant to be long term, but we loved each other with full hearts. If I close my eyes I can almost feel the texture of his uniform against my cheek. So surreal for this liberal pacifist with civil disobedience training. (Never had to use those skills, but I know how to safely go limp during a protest. You go limp so you can't be accused of resisting arrest.) We haven't been in touch in nearly 4 years, but of course I always think of him this time of year. I wonder if these last years of W's administration have changed his political thinking. The way this administration has treated our soldiers is such a disgrace. Military contractors are being paid extremely well, while families of our troops are on food stamps to survive. Soooooo wrong!
Don't really have a cohesive point to these memories, rants and ramblings, but here they are.
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Because he grew up in France, Matthieur Chamussy is accustomed to delicious food made from some of the freshest food products. He started as an apprentice with Pierre Toukane, learning the ropes and the methods that create the kind of pastries that people associate with France and are the epitome of delicious. He earned his BAC PRO patisserie and went out into the world to see what else he could learn.
Finding the Right Home
Entering a new food world, Chamussy headed to New York City. There he gained a wealth of experience in things that are unique to the city. After working with some of the big names in New York, he returned to France where he put what he learned to good use under Keiko Nagae at the Hotel in Paris. Then in 2007, he received an offer to work at a bakery in Santa Monica, California. Eager to try a part of the US known for healthy and fresh food, Chamussy returned to the US.
A Passion for Making Something New
One of the main reasons that Santa Monica has been able to keep Chamussy working at his best is because of just how much of an emphasisCalifornians put on farm to table. Having found the right place with the right approach to food, he needed only a place to really start to grow his wealth of experiences. After several positions with companies in the Santa Monica area, Chamussy was offered a chance to work as a staff member of the Chef Instructor for the Art Institutes of California. During this time he worked as a consultant for bakeries all across the US.
In 2015, he took on the position of Research and Development Pastry Chef, a position that provides constant inspiration in his chosen field. He thoroughly enjoys working within the very green culture of California as it provides much better ingredients than places that import large portions of their food. Working at a high volume bakery means coming up with not only the perfect pastries, but the right approach that is easy for other pastries chefs to reproduce.
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After using an induction stove during a time crunch, Chamussy has definitely decided that cooking with natural gas is the best way to make the food that inspires him to keep pushing hisinnovative ideas. The test kitchens give him a chance to really show off what he can do with a wide range of fresh and delicious looking fruits and pastries.


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You can connect your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth 4 viewing album art and info or via the dual band Wi-Fi connection for HD music quality. The Olive One will also connect wirelessly to your NAS or can have internal storage installed to those with limited storage.
Pandora is built-in, but you can also play Spotify and any other music services that you use on your smart phone. You can even queue music and videos from YouTube and stream music from your cloud service (iTunes Match, Amazon Locker and Google Play) and ONE is upgradeable through the internet, so future updates from new developers will be a breeze.
Hand-built in the US with a $40 international shipping charge, this player, which is currently being crowdsourced on Indiegogo, starts at $399 with a July shipping date. These guys seriously have thought about the perfect network music player and have opened it up to the public to make it even better.
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Gillian Welch
Hard Times
Gillian Welch's most recent album is Boots No 1: The Official Revival Bootleg.
This song is the eight track on Gillian Welch's fifth album, The Harrow and the Harvest. The release of that album marked the end of an eight-year recording drought for Welch, which stretched back to her 2003 release of Soul Journey. Of this time, Welch said, 'The sad truth is we never liked anything enough to put it out, which is not a pleasant place to be... It's something that happens to writers. It's the deepest frustration we have come through, hence the album title.' The record was nominated for a Grammy for Best Folk Album.
There was a camp town man, used to plow and sing And he loved that mule and the mule loved him When the day got long as it does about now I'd hear him singing to his muley-cow Calling, "Come on my sweet old girl, and I'd bet the whole damn world That we're gonna make it yet to the end of the row" Singing "hard times ain't gonna rule my mind Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind, Bessie Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind no more" Said it's a mean old world, heavy in need. That big machine is just picking up speed They were supping on tears, they were supping on wine We all get to heaven in our own sweet time So come all you Asheville boys and turn up your old-time noise And kick 'til the dust comes up from the cracks in the floor Singing, hard times ain't gonna rule my mind, brother Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind no more But the camp town man, he doesn't plow no more I seen him walking down to the cigarette store Guess he lost that knack and he forgot that song Woke up one morning and the mule was gone So come on, you ragtime kings, and come on, you dogs, and sing And pick up the dusty old horn and give it a blow Playing, hard times ain't gonna rule my mind, honey Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind, sugar Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind no more


text: Journal ClubHearing in a Noisy World Problems and SolutionsTremblay, Kelly PhDAuthor Information Dr. Tremblay is a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has a 30-year history of serving and advocating for people with hearing loss. She studies the effects of hearing loss and hearing prosthesis on the brain, and the public health benefits of intervention for our aging society. The Hearing Journal: July 2017 - Volume 70 - Issue 7 - p 8,9 doi: 10.1097/01.HJ.0000521755.77871.f2 Free Metrics Figure.: iStock/Image SourceExcessive noise exposure is a topic to which everyone can relate. Whether it be an article in the popular press about loud restaurants or a passing reference to the inevitable hearing problems that millennials will experience because of excessive sound levels coming out of their ear buds, there is a plethora of opinions on the topic of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). There is also plenty of research.Figure.: Kelly Tremblay, PhDIn 2016 alone, over 200 manuscripts were published on the topic—more than double the number that appeared regularly in the mid-1990s. So how does the clinician condense all of this information in a way that can be digested by the public? And what do we do about it? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides three key points (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017;66:139 http://bit.ly/2lZxpNr; Vital Signs, 2017 https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/hearingloss): Noise exposure at home and in the community can permanently damage hearing. People with noise-induced auditory damage usually do not recognize it; one in four adults in the United States who reported excellent or good hearing had an audiometric notch. Noise exposure at younger ages needs particular attention, and early life interventions need to be developed. As hearing loss is not often realized until it is too late, there is a need to raise awareness of the consequences of excessive noise exposure, particularly among younger people. SOUND LEVEL APPS Some of the frequently cited preventive measures are not new, such as reducing listening time to music at high volumes; taking breaks from exposure; requesting lower volumes in public settings (restaurants, movie theaters); and using equipment that produce less noise (e.g., household appliances, power tools, recreational vehicles). New tools such as sound level meter (SLM) applications help increase a person's awareness of sound. For example, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) SLM app http://bit.ly/2qK3BbL was released in 2017 to enable people to measure the sound levels in their environment using a smartphone. Sound level apps are not new, but previous studies by scientists at the NIOSH did not find these tools sufficiently reliable and accurate (J Acoust Soc Am. 2014;135[4]: EL186 http://bit.ly/2qKbSMM;J Acoust Soc Am. 2016;140[4]:EL327 http://bit.ly/2qJZFrl). For this reason, the NIOSH SLM was built for IOS devices and can be downloaded for free. The app provides a means for accurately measuring noise levels and raising awareness of sound levels in one's everyday surroundings (J Occup Environ Hyg. 2016;13[11]:840 http://bit.ly/2qK4fpw); however, it does not replace the need for professional sound level meters or noise dosimeters when making decisions about occupational safety. CROWDSOURCING SOUND LEVELSFigure.Taking sound level measurement one step further, a new app helps people measure environmental sound levels so they can better choose to go to or avoid loud places. iHEARu http://ihearu.co/ allows people to report and share sound levels in various public settings. Users also earn HEAR-O points for each report. The free app makes use of the power of crowdsourcing to help people avoid the noisiest times at restaurants and other places.Figure.iHEARu's sound level measurement module was evaluated in collaboration with NIOSH researchers according to the methodology outlined by the NIOSH smartphone apps study (J Acoust Soc Am. 2014 http://bit.ly/2qKbSMM). Because sound levels can vary depending on the type of microphone in a phone, users can also provide their own subjective sound level rating as well as write comments and share photos. Through crowdsourcing, people can make choices to avoid the noisiest times at restaurants and other places. Users can note which places are more ear-friendly, if the business offers customers an option to be seated in a quieter area, or if the establishment is approachable about turning down the music. iHEARu recently launched the San Diego Sound Project, and many students volunteered to record sound levels at public establishments around town, including the lively Gaslamp Quarter. These and other efforts to increase the number of user-generated reviews on the iHEARu app will help everyone make sound decisions about where to meet others so they can hear and be heard. These tools can serve as educational and intervention tools for younger generations so they can be aware of the sound levels around them. This latter point is especially relevant in light of a recent survey commissioned by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), which found that 41 percent of adults age 18 and older were concerned that past noise exposure in loud leisure settings might have harmed their hearing (ASHA, 2017 http://bit.ly/2qK98yY). Slightly more than 50 percent of the people surveyed expressed concern that future exposure could be harmful. Together, these interactive solutions can empower people to understand more about noise levels of different environments and make "sound decisions."Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.View full article text


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Fear not death
when it comes for you.
Death is not a monster,
not even a master, but
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than you have in the going.
And if you are defiant,
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'By my hand, not yours
I will set my fate!',
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It has never given me
a moment's pleasure--
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was to open a door.
But know, proud human
(the only animal who
dares dispute my work),
when YOU turn the knob,
yes, to eternity's door--
it may not lead you
to the same place
as when I open it....'
I knew his meaning,
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I will not resist
your silent coming.
I know who issues
your deadly orders.
Forgive us humans
for our denial, for
we keep forgetting
that we exist always,
and this this life is
but a scratch in time.'
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Struggling to develop new business and match your previous sales performances? There may be several reasons why you're not on your A-game anymore.
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Jim Young: Hi, and welcome to the Purposeful Banker. The podcast brought to you by PrecisionLender. Where we discuss the big topics on the minds of today's best bankers. I'm your host Jim Young, director of communications at PrecisionLender. My guest today is Ned Miller, senior vice president at MZ Bierly Consulting. Which works with commercial banks to improve their sales processes and performance. I'm a sucker for a good headline, which is why I was immediately interested in one of Ned's recent articles, when my colleague Maria Abby sent it my way. It was titled, "Will This Experienced Banker be on a Performance Plan Next Year?"
That piece is going to be the focus of our conversation today. But first, Ned, tell us a little bit more about your company.
Ned Miller: MZ Bierly Consulting was founded in 1989. It was from the get go, focusing on helping bankers build relationships with business owners and professionals, with the added try to increase top line revenue. We work with bank teams, bank sales leaders, and their bankers to improve their overall results. With the sales leaders, the focus is on improving the consistency of the messaging that they deliver, the coaching that they give their teams, and help them think through organizational and infrastructure issues that impact bankers performance.
I got into this after having been a banker. I started my banking career with City Bank, and then I moved to the Philadelphia National Bank where I was involved really for the first time, managing sales teams. I left banking after a decade, and got into consulting. Then spent almost another 10 years working for the Risk Management Association, RMA where I was involved in developing conferences, and training programs on a variety of topics, including small business, and real estate, and private banking, and the like. I've been doing this with MZ Bierly Consulting since 2001. On any given day I'm standing in front of either commercial lenders, small business bankers, occasionally branch managers who are involved with small business efforts, or their managers talking about what I think are real issues.
Jim Young: Okay, great. That is a ... I'm glad I asked you because you did MZ Bierly much more justice than I did in my description on that. Well let's go back to the article. I'm curious what inspired you to write it?
Ned Miller: Well, I think like a lot of things that I write, it was prompted by a real person. I masked the name, and I hoped that nobody who sees the picture that I've used in the blog post comes forward at some point and accuses me of hijacking his identity. It was not the person that I was looking for. I was looking to try to tell a story, which I thought was representative of what I see a lot of bankers dealing with.
Now, the particular individual I was writing about had actually been somebody that I was coaching. He talked to me about where he was at a certain point in time in the not too distant past. This is a guy who's been very successful in his role, middle market, CNI banker in a metro market working, it's a competitive environment. He had always done well, and he was struggling, and he was looking into his future pipeline and he wasn't seeing some of the opportunities that he used to see.
I think there are some reasons for it, but he was struggling generating new business. Like a lot of people I talk to, particularly the CNI side, winning over new prospects is difficult. It's difficult for reasons that go back years and years, and it's difficult for some new reasons. One of the big issues for this particular individual was he had a big portfolio, and managing a complex portfolio, a lot of accredited administration, took a lot of time. A second issue I think for him is that he had grown up in an environment where he latched himself to some businesses as they were growing, who were borrowing a fair amount of money. The network he developed among accountants for example in the community was people that were starting to age a little bit. Age in the sense that they weren't necessarily as business owners, borrowing as much money as their businesses matured. The CPA's as an example weren't necessarily counseling a lot of new companies that were in startup mode. That was an issue that forced him to think about who he was targeting.
I think the other thing that was interesting about this particular individual is that he is kind of reflective. He's introspective. He was trying to figure out what he needed to do to change the results he was getting. This is, in my mind Jim, a characteristic of top performers in all fields. They're trying to figure out if somethings not quite right, what they have to do to right themself.
Jim Young: Gotcha. What I'm curious about though is this type, or this person, the hypothetical Dave in this situation as he's called in the story. Would this person have existed in banking 10 years ago? In other words, is this experienced banker existential crisis? Is this what every experienced banker goes through when they're around 55, and their relationships, as you mentioned, matured to the point where they're not necessarily as fruitful? Or is this a product of being an experienced banker in 2017?
Ned Miller: That's a really good question. I think one, it's not a question of age. In fact, I was called to the carpet by a few people who read the article who thought I was slamming 55 year old males, and being accused of some sort of ageist conspiracy. I don't think it's as much about that as getting into a routine that isn't working. When it comes to the prospecting environment, surely there actually are some interesting parallels between what was going on in the banking industry 10 years ago, and what's going on today.
I think it's different in the sense that, for example, this particular individual was thinking that he needed to develop greater expertise in certain industries in order to be credible. It wasn't good enough to be a generalist. He was thinking that part of his plan had to be to get a little more focus, a little more targeted. I'm not sure people thought as much about that 10 years ago, particularly as a prospecting strategy. I think we're seeing more of it. We certainly encourage bankers who are so inclined to begin to target certain niches where they think they can begin to differentiate themselves based on their insights, their expertise in a particular area.
Jim Young: Okay, what about, and this may have been the way I was sort of thinly veiling it. To what extent is technology the issue for this type, for this Dave character?
Ned Miller: You know, in this guys case it wasn't that big a deal. He was perfectly comfortable with some of the technology that the bank was making available to him. I think it can be an issue for others, but he was a pretty comfortable using some of the tools that the bank provided. Now, these are tools like CRM systems, databases that he could use to tap into industry information. He was somebody that recognized the value in that. For some 50 somethings and older, that could be challenging. But that wasn't a big issue for him.
I think more of the issue was that as he looked at what he was doing, it wasn't clicking the way it used to. That if you stepped back and you'd look at how, for example, community bankers have historically tried to position themselves in the marketplace. A lot of them emphasize their community engagement.
Jim Young: Okay.
Ned Miller: Being involved in local boards, and things like that. It is a ... It's something that can work, but it doesn't always work when it comes to generating new business. Getting close to CPA's is something that's not just a community bank strategy, but is certainly something that a lot of bankers try to do. If you don't continue to build out your network of CPA's, again, you sort of run the risk that you're ... Particularly if you're looking for opportunities to finance growing companies, you may not be talking to somebody that's actually adding to that, to his mix, or her mix of those companies. Thinking about those things, thinking about ... Even an approach that is pretty common, or historically have been common, focusing on the credit.
There are a lot of bankers who say that in essence because business owners are credit driven, they don't lead with credit. Well, a lot of the best businesses in a marketplace may not be looking to borrow money at this stage. Prospectors who lead with loans may find themselves in more difficult positions than their colleagues who are looking broadly at where they might make an impact. It may be more desirable in some respects for a banker to look at a cash rich mature business and say, "Wow, there's a lot of opportunities on the treasury management side." Or, "We could be doing something to help the owner on the wealth side."
Jim Young: Gotcha.
Ned Miller: All these things that, again, you have to revisit your principles, and try to make some sense out of what's working.
Jim Young: Okay, and now you go in this article, you go through some of the potential reasons for why this experienced banker could be in trouble in a general sense, not necessarily the Dave person, but just in a general sense. One of the ones you mentioned was suspicious of the sales process. It probably, coming from where I come from, I interpreted some of that as suspicious of sales technology. Are these two different things, are they intertwined?
Ned Miller: Well certainly technology is part of most banks sales procesees. I think it's more about something that's not unique to banking. There are studies that have been conducted by people like Berry Trailer of CSO Insights that cut across industries. The studies say something very similar, that the magic pill that people are always looking for, what differentiates high performing organizations from the rest, often times based on research that people like CSO Insights has done, is more about having a sales process and adhering to it.
Historically in a lot of community banks, if people were making their numbers, whether the bank had a process or not, was irrelevant. People sort of gave them a pass on following the process that the bank had outlined. There's some organizations who don't allow a lot of deviation. I tend to think that those are ones who have figured out that if there is a path that has proven to work, it's probably something that people need to pay attention to. An experienced lender like Dave, particularly if he's struggling, has to look and see is he using the tools that the bank is providing? Is he following the recommendations that the bank has regarding things like preparation? Preparation for calls.
We think that high performers tend to do things in a somewhat predictable way. They're thinking about how they provide value. They're thinking about trying to understand sort of the strategic direction of a customer or prospects business as opposed to going in there and pushing products. There are certain things that, again, are built into most banks procesees. At least the ones we work with, that are there for a reason. Teamwork, I made the comment earlier that sometimes it's not all about using the lending skills that a seasoned banker like Dave might have, it's more about trying to bring in your wealth management partner to talk about long term personal financial needs.
Jim Young: Yeah, that's interesting. It felt like, and I think you mentioned this in the article that you were describing in some ways, guys that have spent a lot of their career acting in the lone wolf sort of persona, that CBE and their challenger sell mentions. That sort of person, which is, again, it's one of the things you say. It's great, it works until it doesn't I guess. Then when it doesn't you've got to, like you said, pull out and maybe swallow a little bit of pride and take a look at the sales process that's in place, and that it's in place for a reason.
Other item that you had put on there was this experienced banker that's struggling thinks social media is for kids. I'm not surprised that you don't find many bankers active on, say Twitter. It's not necessarily a conducive ... It's a media news hub, that sort of thing. But I have been struck by how often I find bankers either without a LinkedIn profile, or with one that's got just the silhouette, and it's clearly someones executive assistant setup, and never went anywhere. Why do you think that is? That something that can be as fertile for prospecting as LinkedIn is still not, in some bankers, utilized?
Ned Miller: I ask myself that Jim. I think part of it is that they haven't really been shown how this ties into their real world. I think part of that is because at least from some of the banks I've worked with, the marketing department ... I'm not trying to say bad things about my friend marketing. But the marketing department has tended to take this on. There's a difference between how marketers are using LinkedIn, and how first line sales people are using it. I think some of it has been that. I think they just need a little more coaching and guidance, and maybe some direction on some very basic things.
I don't know that most of the bankers I deal with have thought about how they use it. There are obviously tremendous capabilities to explore a lot of information about both individuals that you may be targeting, that the people in their organizations that LinkedIn enables you to do. As a research tool, it's phenomenal. I just don't know that people have been given the direct kind of coaching in how to do that.
I'm going to put a plug in for a friend who I think has done an excellent job of writing about this, if people are looking for a guru on LinkedIn they ought to check out Brynne Tillman, who's written a couple of very practical, tactical guides to using LinkedIn. Brynne Tillman to me, if you look her up on LinkedIn, is trying to demystify for sales people what some of the things are that LinkedIn offers. Part of it is that it does require some work. One of the people I know that has spoken at your conferences, Jack Hubbard, has stated, and I believe this to be directionally true if not totally accurate. That the average banker spends about 17 minutes a month using LinkedIn, where if you're a professional sales person in any other organization, you probably will be spending upwards of 90 minutes a day as part of your routine. Both researching, and communicating using the tool.
I guess long winded answer, I don't think people have been given enough direction on it.
Jim Young: Okay, all right. There are several other really good, I don't want to give away your entire piece because I encourage people to go and read it at MZBierlyConsulting.com. We've gone through a few of these, and there's other challenges you list. I'm curious then, you lay these challenges out. If you're Dave's sales manager, what do you do to help him out?
Ned Miller: Well a couple things. This is, in this spirit of trying to help somebody who may not be as successful as Dave.
Jim Young: Right.
Ned Miller: In terms of being introspective, and maybe being sort of process oriented. A good sales manager has to make sure that his team is targeting the right industries and the companies within those industries. It's surprising to me when I'm in front of a group of bankers. I'll say, "Do you think you have a good prospect list? Give me a show of hands." And a lot of people don't. I think that's something that is more an indictment of management. Management needs to give people direction about what the sweet spot is in a particular line of business, as well as make available some tools that will help them come up with a good list. It's not a foreground conclusion that people know who to target, so that's number one.
Number two, I think they have to coach people to build a long term plan with most prospects. There's no question about the fact that in the middle market as an example, or in the business banking space, the mere fact that somebody shows up doesn't mean they're going to get the business. You have to think about, in essence, a long term kind of campaign. We tell our clients, "Hey, you gotta think about six to eight touches over the course of a period of time." Sometimes just to get into the initial meeting, sometimes if you're trying to get a real good chance of the business, they may be five or six face to face meetings splayed out over 18 to 24 months. Long term perspective on this.
The third thing I would highlight is that you need to help people stand out. Standing out is more than just being persistent, it's having something of value. You have written and had some discussions with people about what a good value proposition is. I think part of it is crafting with each and every banker, the right approach. It starts with how are you going to position yourself really from the very first contact with a business customer, all the way through how do you keep the conversation going. Assuming that it's going to take multiple visits.
Those three things, Jim. Make sure people are focused on the right people. Coach a long term process. Then really help people come up with something that's going to help them differentiate themselves. Those to me are the things that good sales managers do, and those are the things that people really need.
Jim Young: That's great information Ned, and I'm actually going to backtrack just a second because one of the things, when we were talking about that process thing. It was ... I'm curious, if you run across this, which is ... You know, CRM's, when they first came out and were supposed to be the be all end all were actually kind of a royal pain for a lot of people, and caused some scar tissue there. I can sometimes understand why people are suspicious the next time someone rolls out the latest, greatest technology that's going to help you with your sales process.
Do you ever run across that? Kind of telling people, "Hey look, I know you've been burned before, but you gotta still be open to some of this new stuff."
Ned Miller: Yes. I do think that there's some skepticism about some things that are new. That may explain why some people aren't as excited about LinkedIn as a tool as I am.
Jim Young: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Ned Miller: Or don't see the benefit of some of the things that really have improved the ability of bankers to help their customers. I think the tools that you guys are developing to help people come up with better options when they're negotiating, with borrowers, are very valuable. It doesn't replace the fundamental issue of how do you communicate with people. Technology doesn't solve that, but it can help you reach a different level. I do think that some of the resistance is stuff that any vendor has to be ready for, but I think when you demonstrate how this can be applied in real situations, it can lead to some light bulbs going off in peoples minds.
Jim Young: Well great. Again, I encourage you to check out some of the stuff that Ned is writing over on the Bank Sales Corner Blog over at MZBierlyConsulting.com. That'll do it for today, thanks for listening. If you'd like to learn more, visit our resource page PrecisionLender.com. If you like what you've been hearing, make sure to subscribe to the feed on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. We love to get ratings and feedback on any of those platforms. Thanks for listening. Until next time, this has been Jim Young with Ned Miller, and you've been listening to the Purposeful Banker.
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We are pleased to announce a US based project, led by Nadya Tannous: the Khaled Bakrawi Center. The PYM, Palestinian Youth Movement, has partnered with Islah to open its first community center in the US. The Khaled Bakrawi Center, in San Diego, CA, is a space for Arab immigrant and refugee youth.
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I don't know if you've heard by now but Missy Robertson from Duck Dynasty has a clothing line and I love it! At first, I was skeptical on how the merchandise would look but they are worth your while to window shop or buy. Her line is decently priced and has pretty cute outfits for us southern gals out there. One of my favorite shows is DD so how could I not check out her stuff?!
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
The Aftermath of a Sleepover
Anyone who has a tween has had to deal with the dreaded sleepover. There is no way to avoid them. I held off as long as I could, but by the time the my oldest was 10 I had to give in. She's fairly seasoned at this point and so are we. We know she will go and have a great time. It's the next day that makes us all sorry.
Last night she stayed over at one of her good friend's houses. It was a sleepover party and there were 5 tween girls. This is all good. These girls get along great and they barely ever fight. How can this be you may ask? No, clue but at least that's one thing I didn't have to worry about.
My main concern is if sleep is going to be involved in the sleepover. Well my daughter was the last to fall asleep at the lovely time of 2:00am and was awoken by the child who fell asleep at 11:00pm very early. So early in fact my daughter was grumbling about it.
I arrived to get her at 11:00am and I could tell it was going to be a long rest of the day. She looked exhausted, but had a great time. This is the way it goes. There is no way this day was going to turn out any different.
My youngest daughter gets the brunt of it. There was a lot of slamming of doors and yelling at each other before my youngest decided she would head outside and play with the neighbors. She knows a no win situation when she sees one. That leaves me and my husband to watch the implosion. She has stubbed her toe and scratched her own face. Not really sure how she did that. I convinced her to take a shower and we think she just went upstairs to have a rest. I won't call it a nap, but I'm hoping she falls a sleep for at least an hour. She needs to sleep. We all need for her to sleep.
Posted by JAS at 3:35 PM
3 comments:
- Blia said...
Hahaha...I know how you feel; been there with my daughter. The only problem is, now that she's 13, it seems like she needs sleep everyday. I keep telling myself, "It can only get better."
- November 30, 2009 at 1:25 AM
- aldon @ orient lodge said...
I must admit, we took a slightly different course. We encouraged our daughters to go to sleepovers from a very early age.
By the time they reached their turbulent tween years, they knew they needed their sleep and would willingly take naps on days after sleepovers.
- November 30, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- Jeff Aspacio said...
I like sleepovers. But when I was a teen, I never saw it from the perspective of my parents. Now that I am a parent, I am starting to look at things differently. Thanks for sharing this post.
- December 1, 2009 at 9:27 PM
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As I'm writing this blog post, I'm also keeping an eye on email, proofreading a document, and drinking a cup of coffee. Nah, just kidding. But for the vast majority of us in the business world, this scenario likely feels familiar. We're challenged every day to keep multiple plates spinning, shifting our attention from one matter to the next – all read more >
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Is It Useful To Drink Coffee
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Drink Coffee. An invigorating morning drink, his delightful smell captivates and turns his head… Who does not want to pamper yourself with a cup of coffee after dinner or for breakfast? We are all his fans, but certainly you have doubts about whether this drink is useful and how many cups of coffee you can drink per day. We will be happy to tell you about all this!
5 Benefits of Coffee
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Probably, this statement will seem to you courageous. However, according to studies by the University of Seoul, the use of coffee affects the level of proteins in the brain, which contributes to the fight against stress. But be careful: it's about one to two cups a day. If you drink more, the effect will be the opposite.
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How many cups of coffee can I drink daily?
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This past weekend was Chris' birthday. Happy Birthday Chris! The very first cake I ever made for Chris was a Maraschino Cherry Chocolate cake, that he loved, it's not the same as this one because the cherries are baked inside of that one but it is still delicious and I will have to make it again one day to post!
As usual, for his birthday I made him his favourite cake! It is a faux Black Forest Cake. I also made another version of it to take to his family birthday get together. I called this one a White Forest Cake because I made it with a white cake instead of the chocolate. It too received good reviews! When I finished icing and decorating the cake for Chris, I texted him a picture because he was in the garage. I got back "Holy #*(^%(&, that is freaking awesome" lol! Yes, it is his favourite!!!
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The Canada-India Centre for Excellence, in partnership with the High Commission of India and various Ottawa-based Indo-Canadian community organizations, organized an event to mark the the 141st Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on November 4th, 2016.
India's Acting High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr. Arun Kumar Sahu, delivered the inaugural remarks and highlighted Sardar Patel's contribution to the foundation of modern India. On behalf of Carleton University, Dr. Pauline Rankin, Associate Vice-President (Research and International), welcomed the dignitaries and participants. In her address, Dr. Rankin also briefly highlighted Mr. Patel's role in unifying the Indian union and noted that his teachings still bear resonance in the 21st century.
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