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Terror on the tracks: hero engineer saves passengers from derailed train!
A crowded commuter train on the metro-north railroad was proceeding with its rush-hour service on February 4, 2015, when it struck a disabled vehicle on the tracks near Mount Pleasant, New York. The horrific incident claimed the lives of six people and wounded 12, but these grim totals could have been even higher without the courageous efforts of engineer Steve Smalls.
Moments before the collision, Smalls was working in the first car's engineering compartment and spotted the SUV blocking the tracks ahead. According to the New York Daily News, the Air Force veteran and father of two sounded the train's horn and pulled its emergency brake approximately five seconds before the collision.
Smalls narrowly avoided an 80-foot section of electrified third rail that crashed through his compartment and nearly impaled him. Intense flames and thick smoke followed, with the fire reaching temperatures hot enough to melt some of the train's windows. Despite these deadly circumstances, the engineer continued to help the train's shaken commuters escape from the wreck.
"He feels like he shouldn't be here, and he doesn't know how something so horrific could have happened," Smalls' sister, Latisha Davis, told the New York Daily News. "Right now, he's just trying to deal with everything emotionally. He said it still feels like a dream."
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Nine-mile swim: Former NFL player forced to swim 16 hours to shore!
Playing in the NFL is certainly tough on the body, but it was nothing compared to what former Miami Dolphins fullback Robert Konrad had to endure in early January of 2015.
Konrad's boat was on autopilot when he fell off into the water at 12:30 p.m. on a Wednesday. There was no one else on board and no other boats or vessels in sight, so he was forced to swim 9 miles to shore, much of which took place at night.
The 6-foot-3-inch, 255-pound Konrad not only had to battle the darkness, but frigid waters and wildlife in the ocean. He told multiple media outlets that a shark had circled him at one point and that he was stung by what he believes were jellyfish.
A search was launched for Konrad after he failed to return on time from his trip, however, Coast Guard helicopters did not spot him despite passing directly overhead at one point. Undeterred, Konrad kept his eyes on the shore and his family in mind. After 16 grueling hours in the water, Konrad reached land at 4:30 a.m on Thursday.
After reaching the shore, Konrad warmed up briefly before walking up to an oceanfront mansion and ringing the doorbell. He was treated for hypothermia once on land. While Konrad's swim measured 9 miles, the distance covered (including drift and other factors) actually totaled 27 miles. It may have been Konrad's football mentality of "never quit" that allowed him to reach shore.
"Happy to be here," Konrad told the Associated Press. "I shouldn't be here."
Texting saves hikers: 15 California hikers saved thanks to last-ditch text.
Miracles come in all different forms. For one Huntington Park, California, church group, a miracle came in the
form of a text message. A group of 15 church members were hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains, some 50 miles east of Los Angeles, when they became lost. Walking in drenched clothes, the group didn't have many options in the remote area.
One cell phone in the group had a single bar of reception, the Los Angeles Times reported. It was that phone that was used to send the text "help" to a family member with the hopes that it went through. It did. The text message was received by a relative who reported it to local authorities around 9:30 p.m. on a Sunday night.
Due to thick fog, search-and-rescue teams were constricted to the ground overnight, the LA Times reported. The church members were forced to make a fire to stay warm.
After no luck overnight, an aerial team in a helicopter located the group the next morning. They were airlifted out of the wooded area one by one. The LA Times reported that two members of the group were treated for hypothermia and two others for "minor leg injuries," but no one was seriously injured during the ordeal.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Johnie Jones said the fact that the group stayed in the same place while rescue units searched played a major role. "If you keep moving, it's almost impossible to find you," he told the LA Times.
Pacific Ocean rescue: Stranded kayaker rescued by Coast Guard!
A lone sailor attempting a voyage from California to Hawaii aboard his kayak ran into trouble after leaving his
Monterey port. The 57-year-old mariner was headed on a 2,400-mile voyage to Honolulu in his kayak when his solar panel malfunctioned about 60 miles southwest of Santa Barbara's Point Conception. At that point, he was already 11 days into his trans-Pacific journey.
The solar panel was being used to charge all of the sailor's navigational equipment, so its failure prevented the kayaker from finding his way. He sent a distress call while trying to get back to the California coast. A helicopter spotted him and directed a boat crew to the sailor's position, where he was picked up.
Lucky to be alive, the sailor was found to be in good health. He owes his rescue to some good planning prior to his trans-Pacific voyage, which is a dangerous journey for a solo kayaker.
Black Bear Attack: Man fends off 525-pound predator with hunting knife!
Hunting and tracking bears is nothing new to Brandon Johnson. He's been doing it for more than 25 years. And in that time, Johnson had never been attacked. That changed on September 27, 2014, in the woods of Minnesota, when Johnson had to fight for his life against a 525-pound black bear.
Johnson was helping a fellow hunter track the bear, which had been arrowed earlier. It was the bear, however, that found Johnson. The massive bear bit Johnson on the face and then clamped down on his left arm, instantly breaking it. Johnson managed to fight off the bear with a 5-inch knife that he had in his right hand, all while screaming as loud as he could.
The victory was short-lived, however, as the bear returned minutes later for a second strike. Johnson managed to fight it off again, continuing to scream for help to nearby friends.
The third time would be the last attack. Holding his knife, Johnson managed to push his right hand into the bear's mouth with a strong stab. After that, Johnson was finally left alone. Friends found Johnson and helped him walk to an ambulance. The bear was found dead the next day, 50 feet from where the battle with Johnson took place.
"Once I got to the point where I thought I was going to die, and I got myself to the point where I was ready to die, there was no more fear," Brandon Johnson told KARE 11, a local news station.
Surviving the fight, however, was only half of the battle for Johnson, who is looking to raise funds to cover his extensive medical bills as a result of the attack. Johnson and his friends and family have established a fundraising website, which can be found at youcaring.com.
12 Days at sea: Lone fisherman defies mother nature's wrath!
Ron Ingram, a 67-year-old, experienced fisherman, set sail in his 25-foot boat from Molokai, Hawaii, and headed to Lanai. At some point, Ingram's boat, named Malia, started to take on water. With both of his masts broken, Ingram navigated via a little auxiliary sail to try and make his way back to port.
Ingram sent a Mayday message, but a 12,000-square-mile search found nothing. His son, Zakary Ingram, of St. Joseph, Missouri, was contacted, and he pleaded with the Coast Guard to keep searching for his dad.
"When the commanding officer for the Coast Guard told me he was going to call off the search, I said, 'Man, I don't think you should call if off because I don't think he's gone," Zakary told Hawaii News Now.
Twelve days after Ron Ingram went missing, he surfaced again with a distress call. This time it was picked up by the Coast Guard: "We got a Mayday here. Mayday. This is the Malia. Anybody pickng this up?"
The coordinates placed Ingram 64 miles south of Oahu and 3 miles from the Navy destroyer USS Paul Hamilton. It reached him and gave the stranded sailor aid. U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Scott Carr praised the "great job by the U.S. Coast Guard command center to hear the Mayday call and recognize it. There was great joy around the command center to know that Ingram was alive and he's going to be okay," Lt. Scott Carr added.
It is a mystery how Ingram was able to survive at sea. "Twelve days, man," Zakary Ingram noted. "He's a champ! He's tough."
Braving Alaska's Wilderness: Injured man survives sub-zero temperatures and a wolverine attack!
On December 15, 2014, Alaskan native Craig Johnson was subjected to the worst Alaska's wilderness has to offer and made it out alive. Johnson was traveling to visit family in Barrow when, 50 miles into the pitch-black trip, his snowmobile fell through the ice, taking Johnson with it. The trek from Wainright to Barrow is approximately 80 miles across Alaska's most northern wilderness, where temperatures drop well below zero.
Johnson was covered in freezing water and suffered a punctured lung. Still, the father of two pulled himself out of the water and continued his journey by foot. "I almost gave up…but I couldn't give up. I had to do it for my boys, my family," Johnson told ABC News. "I think it's a miracle that I'm alive."
With his family in mind, Johnson marched forward, but was confronted with something even worse than the sub-zero temperatures. He told ABC News that he could hear a wolverine stalking him from behind. He fired off multiple warning shots that failed to scare away the animal. He then reverted to using a stick to defend himself before finding a wooden box that he used as shelter.
That shelter would come in handy as Johnson struggled to survive for three days. Temperatures had dropped to 35 degrees below zero, ABC News reported, when Johnson's cousin approached the area where he sheltered.
The cousin was alerted to Johnson's position by yells coming from the shelter. Saved from the wilderness, Johnson was treated for frostbite at a local hospital and later returned to his family.
Saved from the wreckage: Driver survives massive tractor-trailer pileup!
Black ice is a serious hazard in the winter, especially for truck drivers. On a Saturday morning in January on Oregon's Interstate 84, a particularly icy stretch caused a massive pileup involving more than two-dozen cars. Kaleb Whitby was among those drivers involved in the pileup.
Coming around a curve on I-84, Whitby, in his own semi truck, saw that another tractor-trailer had jackknifed. He swerved to the best of his abilities, but Whitby still struck the back end of the jackknifed truck.
Whitby's passenger side was left exposed to oncoming traffic. He barely had time to recover from the first crash before he saw another tractor-trailer bearing down on him.
"I just braced and hoped that everything would be all right," the 27-year-old Whitby told The Oregonian. There was nothing to do but hope.
Whitby's truck was caught in between two semi trucks and glass shattered in every direction, but he knew he was still alive. While his entire truck was destroyed, save the driver's seat, miraculously enough Whitby only suffered a few scratches.
"I've got two Band-Aids on my right ring finger," Whitby told The Oregonian. "And a little bit of ice on my left eye."
Another tractor-trailer came down the same curve moments later and struck the guardrail after seeing the massive pileup. Had he continued on and hit the truck in front of him, it would have further sandwiched Whitby, likely with fatal results. Instead, professional driving and a little bit of luck allowed Whitby.
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The world lost "The Greatest of All Time," boxer Muhammad Ali, over the weekend due to complications associated with his 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease. Ali lived up to his famous self-appointed moniker in many ways – for his civil rights advocacy, his worldwide charitable and humanitarian efforts and, of course, his prowess as one of the greatest boxing champions of all time.
Perhaps one of the greatest – and most historic — of those bouts was the 1974 matchup between Ali and then world heavyweight champ George Foreman. Sports enthusiasts say that the Rumble In The Jungle, as it was billed, goes down in history as not only the most famous boxing match of all time, but the greatest sporting event of the 20th century.
For those of you who weren't even alive in 1974, this match was a pretty big deal for Ali for a couple of reasons.
Ali was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title in 1967 for nearly four years after he refused to honor the draft, join the Army and fight in the Vietnam War. In 1970, Ali got a license to fight again to regain the title he lost and took on then titleholder, Joe Frazier.
He lost.
Ali was faced with the harsh reality of having to fight his way back up the championship ladder.
The Rumble In The Jungle was promoted as Ali's big comeback after a pretty lackluster performance since he got his license back. It had all of the ingredients of a first-rate media spectacle: 60k in attendance, a global television audience and three days of buildup with concerts and other celebrity-studded festivities.
At the time, Foreman was lauded as the greatest and most powerful puncher ever to have taken to the center ring – and considered the hands on (ha ha) favorite given the brute force behind his powerful "haymakers."
Ali, on the other hand, was perfecting a different tactic.
His "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" approach was a combination of deft footwork, and technical maneuvers intended to catch his opponents off guard and wear them down before going in for the finishing blow.
One of those tactics, the "rope-a-dope," delivered the finishing blow to Foreman, quite literally, in the eighth round. After employing a number of moves earlier in the fight to disorient Foreman and force him to waste his power on punches that missed their mark, Ali lured Foreman into attacking him against the ropes so as to tire him out. It was then that Ali went on the offensive and punched back strong, scoring the knockout punch to reclaim his title. (And – little known fact: launch Don King's career; this was his first fight promotion.)
The Rumble In The Jungle was an epic rivalry between two powerful players.
A powerful incumbent champion who was strong and dominant for years.
Success and longevity for Foreman was a function of relying on what had always worked for him: strong punches that simply pummeled challengers and knocked them into oblivion. Challengers who trained so that they could deliver strong powerful punches were simply no match at beating the champion at a game that he simply owned.
A nimble challenger with a new game plan.
Ali knew he had to deliver a knockout punch in the end to win, but needed new techniques on the way there. Ali knew he couldn't match Foreman punch for punch, so he decided to take the fight to a new playing field: the ropes, instead of the center of the ring. Once on turf that Ali knew better, he could use new techniques to both disorient and then wear the champion down and, at that point, lure him to the center of the ring and deliver the finishing blow to a champ that never saw it coming.
The Rumble In The Big Retail Jungle
Last week, the biggest retailer in the world by revenue, Walmart, made an announcement that made it clear that it's really not that interested in ceding the title of world's biggest retailer to a younger, and nimble challenger named Amazon.
This, of course, is Walmart's announcement of a new partnership with Uber and Lyft to leverage those ride-sharing platforms to deliver groceries in a two-hour window to Walmart customers. Walmart has been trialing this in a couple of markets with Deliv, and is now ready to expand its efforts on a national basis with partners that have a density of drivers to serve its hundred million consumers.
Walmart is already one of the biggest grocery stores in the country, accounting for 25 percent of all grocery sales; that's up from 7 percent in 2002. Under this new arrangement, payment is made via the Walmart.com app after customers make their selection online. Walmart employees do the shopping, load the Uber/Lyft car with said bags and then make the delivery. A delivery scheduled for two days post-order gets delivered at a cheaper price.
It's a pretty brilliant stroke, I think for Uber (and Lyft) and Walmart.
Walmart gets the benefit of a ready-made pool of drivers with critical mass in the areas that they need to serve. I don't know the details of the partnership, but certainly some of the costs are only incurred when service is performed. This keeps Walmart's economics in check – why build when you can rent the services of a complementary platform when needed?
For Uber and Lyft, this is pure profit to the bottom line that keeps drivers happy by giving them more work. Uber drivers complain in some cities that there is too much supply and not enough demand. Uber just created more demand – just like they have with UberEats, which also leverages Uber drivers for pickup and delivery.
Walmart's announcement comes on the heels of a number of other digital and in-store initiatives that it has launched over the last year.
An in-store system alerts Walmart associates when customers come into the store to pick up things ordered online. Shipping Pass allows consumers to pay $49 a year to have orders delivered in two days – no minimum purchase required. Walmart Pay is a mobile app that uses the Walmart.com app to enable in-store payment using any phone, and leveraging the user behavior of the 22 million consumers a month who comScore says visit the Walmart physical store and use their Walmart.com app while there to check prices, etc. Walmart Pay consolidates all relevant Walmart promotions, Savings Catcher balances, unused gift cards (among other things) and applies them at checkout.
This announcement also follows a very strong earnings report which even took a few analysts by surprise. It reflected five quarters of upward revenue growth and increased foot traffic – a big challenge for most physical retailers today. These results are driven partially by buy online pickup in-store initiatives that not only has consumers coming into the store, but according to CEO Doug McMillon, when that behavior is applied to grocery orders, sees consumers spending 50 percent more when they get there.
And don't forget that Walmart.com and now Walmart Pay allows consumers to buy online and pay in cash at the store for what they order online.
Walmart's stated mission is about making people's lives better by helping them save money. Sam Walton once said that there's only one boss – the customer – who can fire anyone in the company by simply spending her money somewhere else.
According to a survey done by Kantar of 4,000 consumers, that boss skews toward those who make $50k or less. Saving money is, therefore, mission critical to Walmart shoppers – and is their No. 1 priority.
Walmart delivers on that mission by operating a pretty sophisticated supply chain and distribution network that includes its 4,000+ physical store footprint stores which are within a 15-minute ride of 90 percent of all people living in the U.S. In addition, Walmart's 150+ distribution centers are strategically situated within 150 miles of a Walmart store. Walmart also operates a company-owned fleet of ~70k tractor/trailers and 7,800 drivers who deliver daily to those locations.
A Retailer On The Ropes?
Walmart's revenues of nearly half a trillion dollars ($485 billion in 2015) and 2.2 million employees – half of which are in the U.S. – makes it the largest retailer in the world in terms of revenue and number of employees. One hundred million people step foot in a Walmart store every week and $36 million dollars are spent in a Walmart store every hour. We estimate that eight cents of every dollar in the U.S. is spent at a Walmart.
There's no doubt about it, Walmart is a big and powerful incumbent that's historically delivered knockout punches to a host of challengers over the years. It's controversially driven many mom-and-pop shops in local communities out of business. Its annual revenues are nearly 7X that of its closest rival, Target. Its formats have evolved to serve a variety of customer needs, including membership clubs like Sam's Club and smaller format stores that hope to attract a new type of customer in a more urban location.
So why then do so many think that Walmart is on the ropes?
Well, here are two reasons. One could be worth breaking out the worry beads and one might not be.
The first is from Mary Meeker's hot-off-the presses 2016 Internet Trends report. This chart shows that while Walmart may have 4x the revenues of Amazon, the market seems to be betting that it's the younger, more nimble challenger who's best prepared to capitalize on the digital waves that are transforming retail and commerce more broadly.
How much of a worry depends on how much of that market cap reflects the value of non-retail efforts such as Amazon Web Services, its content production and streaming business.
Amazon reports a 17 percent margin on the service and an annual growth rate of 49 percent and is said to own roughly 30 percent of the cloud infrastructure market. Some analysts have ascribed a ~50 billion valuation on the service in 2015. Backing out that non-retail dimension of the business closes the market cap gap a bit.
But where the worry beads might need to come back out of the drawer is because of this next chart, which shows that the customer base that Walmart has locked and loaded today isn't that digital millennial native shopper who needs to be the Walmart customer tomorrow.
It's why when Walmart's eCommerce numbers dipped last earnings report, growing at only 10 percent, the headlines didn't tout how well it did in the physical channel, it slammed them for whiffing online. And whiffing after saying that they have sunk $1.5 billion into eCommerce efforts that, analysts said, have not borne much fruit to date.
In What Jungle Will We Rumble?
Amazon, over the last 20 years of its life, has taken the retail fight to a different part of the ring: online and mobile.
It started life as a digital retailer, selling things that appealed to all people: books. And in an environment that was unencumbered by the physical real estate that has become an albatross to many of its brick-and-mortar challengers.
We all know the rest of the story. Those book sales turned into a massive online store selling just about everything, and now everything delivered in two days (and even sooner) to Prime customers.
Amazon is a massive online marketplace with more than 480 million products listed on its U.S. website – and is said to add 485,000 new items each day. Fifty percent of those items are from marketplace sellers, and the rest from Amazon's traditional buy wholesale/sell retail business.
Amazon has cultivated three secret weapons in its quest to change the retail playing field. Its Prime customer base of which there is said to be ~54 million, who are not only brand loyal, but big spenders – outspending non-Prime customers by a factor of two to one. Amazon uses data on what its 304 million customers buy in order to personalize the shopping experience in a helpful, and not intrusive way. And they leverage the trust of its customers so that they buy even more things and, they hope, help it become the trusted digital credential that consumers take everywhere they go digitally to conduct commerce.
Amazon today accounts for 20 percent of online retail. One of comScore's senior executives told CNBC in November of 2015 that Amazon's share online is "higher than the next six retailers combined," and that "there no evidence that things are slowing down for them."
Like Walmart, Amazon is pouring gobs of money into logistics and distribution. Its deal with the U.S. Post Office enables cost-effective delivery using someone else's critical mass and capacity. Amazon's also bought a slew of tractor trailers to control its own delivery future and is investing in distribution centers like there's no tomorrow. Then there are the planes that it's leasing, the German airport it's rumored to be buying and the drones that it would like to see added to its delivery repertoire.
And, just like Walmart, Amazon's also left a lot of causalities in its wake.
Physical bookstores are a mere shadow of themselves – if you can even find one. Most big box retailers are taking their lumps either directly or indirectly thanks to Amazon. As Jeff Bezos famously said, "your margin in my gain," and that retail margin turned Amazon gain comes in the form of either lost sales or lost margin as the consumer's expectation of delivery from those stores has now become two days or less – or someone else (like Amazon).
Get Ready To Ruuuuuuuumble!
In one corner we have Amazon – that nimble challenger to retail that is today, a big fish in a small retail pond called online sales.
Census says that online sales are roughly 8 percent of all retail sales, Mary Meeker says it's 10 percent after backing autos and a few other things out. In either case, Amazon owns 20 percent of that 8 or 10 percent that's online sales today.
1.6-2% of all retail sales doesn't evoke images of either Ali or Foreman.
But, Amazon is skating to where the puck, and its mobile-toting, Alexa-passionate and Amazon-loving customers are going, and investing in even more things that will drive the commerce experience online in some way. Presumably that's why analysts perceive the long-term value of Amazon to trump Walmart.
Amazon's vision of the retail world has digital retail capturing more and more of the retail flag than its brick-and-mortar incumbents have today. It's investing in delivering that future — plowing billions into experiments that will get them there first and fastest, delivering the convenience of buying online and getting things delivered fast at the same time they keep prices low, leveraging their assets and customer base along the way.
Amazon's strategy is designed to keep its other online and physical retail challengers punching and punching and punching as it bobs and weaves, building out their digital assets and expanding their digital ecosystem. Then going in for the knockout blow when they believe that their physical retail competitors are most vulnerable after years of fighting back but losing ground during each round.
In the other corner we have the Walmart – the reigning heavyweight champion of the world in the big pond called physical retail – where 90 (or 92 depending on what source you believe) percent of physical retail still happens.
Its knockout punch over the years has been everyday low prices and physical distribution that makes it convenient for consumers to visit a store since 90 percent of consumers live within 15 minutes of one. And in key sectors, like groceries – the one thing that everyone needs to buy – it has a commanding share, allows consumers to place orders online and pay for those orders in cash if they want to, and has a massive business from consumers who use food stamps to buy their food. Four percent of Amazon's grocery business is from people using food stamps to make grocery purchases.
Amazon's share of grocery sales is reported to be .8 percent.
But the physical retail pond in which Walmart has been so dominant now has a powerful undercurrent called digital retail – and Amazon.
Consumers visit fewer stores – and less frequently. When they visit those stores, they go to buy, but the discovery part of their journey has happened well before they step foot in those stores. The consumer only goes to Walmart or any physical store if they have something that a consumer can't or doesn't want to easily buy somewhere else, including on Amazon.
Physical store convenience still matters, but only when consumers feel that the trip will be worthwhile.
And The Winner Is …
Who wins the rumble in the jungle remains to be seen and, as all of these things go, will be decided by the consumer who'll ultimately deliver the knockout punch.
For physical retail, that fight will be fought – and won — well before she ever gets to your physical front door.
That means that every single physical retailer better think about their business in the very same way that Jeff Bezos does: "We don't make money when we sell things. We make money when we help customers make purchase decisions."
Where those purchase decisions actually get bought – and from whom — will be the rumble in the big retail jungle that every retailer should now be training for.
It made me wonder whether the Walmart/Uber-Lyft partnership announcement is part of Walmart's training to rope-a-dope their digital challenger, Amazon.
Maybe Walmart is using its low prices, and massive delivery and distribution network to both juice its Walmart.com numbers and Walmart Pay user base, and hook more consumers into going to Walmart more often. Doesn't sound implausible to me.
Consumers don't buy all of their groceries online, but having them locked into Walmart for that one ubiquitous product category that every single person needs to buy (sound familiar?) could be a big first step into getting existing consumers to buy more — and for new consumers to give it a try.
Walmart is also leveraging a platform strategy that delivers reasonable economics for them and uses brands like Uber and Lyft that the digital natives they want to court also use and associate with hip and happening digital commerce innovation.
Could groceries be to Walmart what books were to Amazon – a product category that everyone needs to buy and Walmart can deliver cheaply and conveniently to get new consumers hooked?
Getting new consumers into the mix is mission critical for Walmart. So is plowing even more of its investments into product innovation and taking a good look at how its physical footprint needs to evolve to deliver the "omnicommerce" promise that these digital-savvy consumers demand.
Amazon, on the other hand, must be prepared to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee across the categories of physical retail that consumers want to buy online and in which the experience of doing so is better than what consumers can get from its physical retail counterparts.
If price and convenience are now table stakes, the experience must win the day.
Twenty years after the Rumble in the Jungle matchup, a 45-year-old George Foreman regained his heavyweight championship title by knocking out a 27-year-old challenger. Foreman's lifetime record of 76 wins and 5 losses includes 68 knockouts and the distinction of being the oldest heavyweight champion in history.
Ali's overall record was 56 wins and 5 losses and 37 knockouts.
One knockout punch, it seems, doesn't always mean that the fight has been lost forever – regardless of who threw it and when.
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Have you ever met a transgendered woman in your travels? You might one day be in a restaurant or theatre and spot what you might believe to be a "man" dressed as a woman; when in fact you are probably looking at a transgendered woman or transwoman. You're intrigued and want to approach her but what do you say? Well you can say "Hello, how are you today?" or "Nice weather we are having" or even "you look lovely today". There are many things you can say to her that would make her day. There are also things you should avoid saying, talking about or even referring too. For example, "What is your real name?" or "Did you get the surgery?" and please don't ask "Are you a tranny?"! These questions and a few others can completely insult her and put you in the dog house for life!
What is your real name?
This completely and utterly invalidates her Gender Identity, which is of course female, and you are implying that her name is somehow fake and unreal. The name she gave you is the name she has chosen and It's probably very important to her. It has taken her months, even years to pick her name and considers her old name to be a travesty and akin to a "slave name" She wont tell you anyway and besides that, would you ask a stranger right out of the blue if they had any aliases? I doubt it.
Did you get the surgery?
Are you Kidding with this one? Would you ask a total stranger about his her genitalia at all? So how come its OK suddenly to ask a transwoman? I wonder because they often get asked this question by people they have just met and its very inappropriate. Could you imagine "Hey there how are you, nice to meet you, sooo how big is your penis? Do you hang to the left or the right?"
Are you a tranny?
It should be obvious that you should not ask this question yet somehow it always gets asked. People do not realize that calling a Transwoman a "tranny" is equivalent to calling out any of the other racial, gender or sexual orientation slanders and slurs our society so readily provides us with. It's one of the most insulting things you can call her .You just met a Caucasian male and you immediately ask "Are you a honkey?"; somehow I doubt it.
Ask about her sex life?
Do not approach a transwoman, or any woman, and ask her about her sex life. "Hi my name if Frank, how do you have sex?" Would you ask your mother this? Yours sister? Daughter? Use some common sense and realize that certain topics are off limits to anyone besides those in an intimate relationship. Just because someone is transgendered does not give you the excuse to ask any question that you can imagine. Respect, a simple notion.
Say "I think of you as a woman"
What you are saying when you say something like this is "I don't think of you as a woman" Its a quick and surefire way to shut down a conversation and have her politely excuse herself. She would rather smack you upside the head, but she is a woman and wont give you the sound drubbing you so obviously deserve. Try saying something like "Your a very stunning lady", remember honey will get you more flies than vinegar.
Can I see an old picture of you?
Why would someone ask this question? Well it gets asked a lot and I often wonder why if not for the purposes of seeing what you "really" look like. What she really looks like is the person that stands before you. transwomen go through a lot of time, trouble and pain to get where they are; so please give the benefit of your acceptance, if even just for the moment. "Would you show me a picture of you at your worst please? How about one where you have the flu? Or after you just got fired?" I know you carry pictures like that in your wallet at the ready...not.
You can see there are at least 6 things you don't want to say to a transwoman. There mostly common sense if you think about it. So when your intrigued and want to approach a transwoman, say "Hi, my name is Bob, how are you today?" She is a woman and worked very hard to get there and would really appreciate your respect. And for God sake don't ever refer to her as a "Dude"!
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Turning a challenge into an opportunity: Belgian tax adviser launches Transfer Pricing Services Group
Transfer pricing group set up to position Alliott Group as an alternative for international companies looking to source advice from outside of the Big Four firms.
A big opportunity for the group
"Many international groups' use of transfer pricing can be unsophisticated - that creates risk. As a international alliance of accountants and tax advisers with big firm experience, we have a real opportunity to win work from companies positioned below the very large international corporations." Marie-Lise Swinne, Partner, Tax Consult
If you haven't already noticed, the Base Erosion & Profit Shifting project (BEPS) is in full flow– the OECD/G20 led project is the biggest change to the basis of corporate taxation in a generation. With actions 8 and 11 of the BEPS Action Plan focused specifically on the use of transfer pricing, many multinationals and their advisers are on the back foot. However, in the opinion of Marie-Lise Swinne, a Corporate Tax Partner at Tax Consult in Brussels, the transfer pricing challenges should be seen by professional advisers as a huge opportunity. Therefore, Ms. Swinne has initiated Alliott Group's Transfer Pricing Services Group to position the alliance as the natural partner to mid-market international companies needing multi-jurisdictional support.
In recent months, Alliott Group's umbrella International Tax Services Group has evolved to include a VAT/Indirect Tax Services Group and now a Transfer Pricing Services Group. Key players across the international alliance will be working together under Marie-Lise's leadership to develop a global transfer pricing offering. Marie-Lise comments:
"BEPS has created increasing demand from international midmarket companies for transfer pricing advice and documentation support. Many international groups' use of transfer pricing can be unsophisticated - that creates risk. As an international alliance of accountants and tax advisers with big firm experience, we have a real opportunity to win work from companies positioned below the very large international corporations. Many buyers of tax services want to procure advice from outside the Big Four, but they are afraid of the risks. Our combined portfolio of international clients shows that we have the expertise to help these companies– we must now build the Alliott Group name to make sure we are seen as a real alternative."
There is a strong nucleus of transfer pricing expertise (e.g. benchmarking studies, transfer pricing documentation and Country by Country Reporting) within the global membership- the creation of the Transfer Pricing Services Group ensures that this knowledge can now be shared more effectively so that member firms can extend the services available to their clients.
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We don't know much about the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 patch, but based on previous statements made by Treyarch Game Design Director David Vonderhaar, there's a chance it may include a brand new game mode along with other big changes, as well as… dinosaurs.
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Tucked at the end of Adam Nagourney's piece previewing how the Republican attack machine will run against Obama if he wins the Democratic nomination, Mark Penn offers this rationale for why Hillary Clinton would be a better competitor against John McCain:
[Obama] regularly goes out there and says he's the person who can beat John McCain," said Mark Penn, Mrs. Clinton's chief strategist. "But the truth is, if he is ever in a general election, a lot of positions he took in 2003 and 2004 will come back to haunt him in a big way and a lot of the vetting that didn't happen will happen. The independent and Republican support that he has had will evaporate really quickly.
Discounting the fact Obama has already been vetted, Penn's argument implicitly suggests that the Democrats need a candidate who is McCain-lite to compete against the real thing. Obama's positions on immigration, Israel and guns would open him up to attack, Penn's logic goes. By positioning Clinton as the centrist, Establishment candidate, Clinton's still faces the intractable problem that is her Iraq War vote. Clinton closed the debate in Cleveland with her strongest words yet repudiating the 2002 vote. Is Penn now suggesting here that even Hillary's pro-war vote could be an asset in the general if she gets the Democratic nomination? By painting Obama as outside the mainstream, Penn is trying to position Hillary as closer to the Republicans, and therefore, more electable. He's not the first person to suggest that Hillary and McCain are "very close."
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Just over half an hour of music. But if one measures a release by the intensity that it conveys – which, in this circumstance, can literally be cut with a knife – Percussion / Voice is the equivalent of a protracted excruciating effort. And – as they say in the trade – it's not something for the faint-hearted, or for less than centered listeners.
Those who have been exhausted by this scribe's awkward rants and grunts since the beginnings know that both artists enjoy a high degree of esteem on these shores. Either in solitary undertakings or in collaborative outings, Wolfarth and Kahn have demonstrated a willingness to overcome the instrumental limits time and again. This recording is emblematic in that regard, comprising forms of expression that burn inside for real.
In particular – and this should not come as a surprise – Kahn's use of the voice's rawest, "from-the-gut" constituents strikes a nerve. Having momentarily left behind his investigations of percussion and electronics, he opts for an extremely physical phonemic method that still demands the performer's separation from the fleshly container. A combination of tangible abstraction, shamanic connection with antithetic dimensions, and primeval aliveness; at times we're reminded of a newborn child crying his heart out, perhaps aware of what is going to hurt him later on in life.
On the other side, Wolfarth represents an ideal complement to Kahn's instinctive withdrawal from rationality. The skilled dissemination of percussive hues and unplanned patterns across the environment delineated by individual receptiveness is a primary reason of our appreciation of this man's work. Incisive signals deriving from the handling of skins and the bowed cymbals – as distant from a bodily emission as they can be – shape up a magnificent counterpoint, escorting the voice one moment, enhancing its harmonics with their own the next. When the respective focuses reach a "loss of consciousness" joint apex, the result is chilling in its brutal directness.


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Finally, the lame "scandalized yet?" tone of CBS's sitcom sex jokes gets a send-up from the Upright Citizens Brigade's Leila Cohan-Miccio and Brandon Lisy. Because when you think "CBS," you definitely think, "intercourse!" CBS ain't no virgin T.V. network. From Two and a Half Men to 2 Broke Girls, that's like four and a half fictional characters who know exactly what sex is and aren't afraid to talk about it. Only on CBS. The sexy network. CBS is so naughty.
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Show Notes:
If you work in a male-dominated industry, and you've ever felt undermined or overlooked at work, this episode is for you. There is a worldwide shortage of graduates in the STEM sector (this includes Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). Women, black and ethnic minorities are under-represented, under-recruited and under-promoted in STEM roles. The reasons for this are both obvious and complex. Organisations like Equate Scotland, have a mandate to redress this balance and they are doing incredible work.
Allison Johnstone leads Equate Scotland's learning and development programme. Allison began her career as an engineer in the oil and gas industry and has master's degrees in chemical engineering, environmental management and leadership. Allison has given evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee on the theme of Women and Work. She talks candidly and openly about women's experience in STEM, whats changing and why the issues are so much bigger than our self-doubt.
Topics discussed:
- The role of Equate Scotland.
- Gender and STEM and issues of social justice and occupational segregation.
- Unconscious bias – why it matters and how it works.
- How organisational culture perpetuates Imposter Syndrome.
- Micro-aggressions are real and insidious.
- Why there are many reasons to be hopeful.
- Mentoring, leadership and girls in science.
Additional Resources:
- Equate Scotland
- On Twitter: @equatescotland
- Ada Lovelace Day is the 10th of October – loads of events are planned!
- International Women in Engineering Day is 23rd of June
- Women in Science being awesome:
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Lessons will run weekday afternoon for two weeks.
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We offer lessons at various waterfront locations in Ramara Township throughout the months of July and August. The waterfront programs are a great way for swimmers to practice and improve their skills while enhancing their capabilities in and around the water in an outdoor environment. Swim Patrol, Bronze Star, Bronze Medallion and Bronze Cross classes will be available as well. We offer afternoon programs at Brechin Beach and in Atherley. Call us at 705-325-3695 for more information.
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Wieneke became a first-time father in early May. He also was working as a substitute teacher in Minnesota until COVID-19 shut classrooms.
Als' Wieneke has fatherhood to distract him from CFL uncertainty
There's no certainty Jake Wieneke and the Alouettes will play this season due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the 25-year-old receiver isn't spending endless hours contemplating what might be.
Wieneke became a first-time father in early May. That alone is a full-time job. He also was working as a substitute physical education teacher in Minnesota until COVID-19 shut classroom doors.
Adding intrigue to the story is the fact Wieneke lives in the Minneapolis suburb of Maple Grove, not far from where George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed on May 25 while in police custody — former officer Derek Chauvin applying his knee to the back of Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes.
Wieneke is married to a black woman.
"It's heartbreaking what happened," Wieneke said Friday during a video conference call. "It was a crazy couple of weeks (here). Initially, that first week there was a lot of looting. It was crazy and lawless.
"But there has been a lot of good that came from it," he added. "Obviously, there was a lot of division initially, (but) people are starting to come together. A lot of people were trying to bring about change, doing it peacefully. A lot of that didn't get reported."
Both Wieneke and quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. had sons born in May. Adams's wife gave birth on the same day Floyd was murdered.
"Both our sons are going to grow up as black men in this society. Just to realize that could (have been) our kids," Wieneke said. "It makes it more personal."
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound Wieneke had a standout rookie season for the Als in 2019, catching 41 passes for 569 yards while scoring eight touchdowns. He was the East Division's nominee as outstanding freshman.
But he's uncertain whether he'll be able to build on that or whether the Als, who finished with a 10-8 record and made the playoffs for the first time since 2014, can reproduce that magic. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie has stated no games will be played before September, the season clearly in jeopardy.
"Nothing concrete's in place. That can be frustrating," Wieneke admitted. "We want to play and we love playing. It seems like it's been a long off-season. It's easier to prepare when you know you're having a season. That uncertainty can get tough and frustrating.
"Hopefully we'll have a season. The plans are more concrete in the NFL, but I think we'll get there in the CFL."


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I'm not sure if it's cold in your neck of the woods, but winter has FINALLY arrived where I live (and we're ready for it to pack up and be on it's day OUTTA HERE!)
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When you enter a room and turn on the light, To help you see in the dark of night, Do you ever stop to think and ponder, What will happen if we continue to squander?
Not all our energy is the renewable kind, So ways to save it, you must keep in mind, For if we don't, one day there will be, No energy left for you or for me!
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Trump mocks 'Green New Deal,' boasts almost blocking ANWR
President Trump this weekend mocked the "Green New Deal" during a rambling speech that included comments about almost blocking drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The president spoke Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C., for nearly two hours.
"You know I'm totally off script right now. And this is how I got elected, by being off script," the president said. "And if we don't go off script, our country is in big trouble."
Trump once again took aim at the progressive resolution aimed at addressing the threat of climate change and reforming the U.S. economy.
"I think the New Green Deal or whatever the hell they call it, the 'Green New Deal,' I encourage it," Trump said. "I think it's really something they should promote."
The president and his supporters have reacted to the "Green New Deal" with glee, using it as a way to paint Democrats as having gone too far left.
"They should stay with that argument. Never change," Trump said of Democrats.
Indeed, during remarks this weekend launching his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders promised to focus on "environmental justice."
Addressing the president, Sanders said that "climate change is not a hoax," but rather "an existential threat to our country and the entire planet, and we intend to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel and into energy efficiency and sustainable energy. And when we do that, we're going to create millions of good-paying jobs."
The president, during his speech, criticized the "Green New Deal" for pushing for a dramatic increase in renewable energy, including wind, one of his top targets.
"When the wind stops blowing, that's the end of your electric," Trump said. Imagining a conversation between a couple, he said, "Darling, is the wind blowing today? I'd like to watch television, darling."
At one point, the president talked up American energy growth, saying, "We need pipeline approval." Then he went back to misleading statements about the "Green New Deal."
"They want you to have one car, and it should be electric," he said. "New York City would have to rip down buildings and rebuild them again. I don't think so."
And he described "Green New Deal" booster Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) as "ranting and raving like a lunatic."
When it comes to opening a section of ANWR to drilling, an issue addressed as part of the GOP tax overhaul, the president said he had thought about opposing it.
"I got it approved! And I didn't want to get it approved for a certain reason, 'cause I think someone treated me very badly. Very badly," he said.
Observers thought he was talking about Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who has not been afraid to be critical of the president and voted against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, known as "Obamacare."
"Then I get a call from a friend of mine," said the president, someone who convinced him to support the pro-ANWR drilling provision.
Trump focused significant portions of his remarks on trade and tariffs, and his 2016 election victory.
But he also went after California Democrats again over high-speed rail and wildfires. "It's one of the problems they have," said the president.
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Hayley has a house full of boys. It's probably because of that very reason she likes to look cute and feminine. However, equally important, her routine must be simple and accommodating to her life as a mom of three little men.
Because of her desires and her constraints, she has developed a way of living that maximizes her time and energy for passion and ruthlessly eliminates unwanted fuss.
Follow along and engage at Tiny Twig Goes Out on a Limb, her blog which inspires women to create lives with more passion and less fuss. You can also catch her daily tweets, about creativity, life management, motherhood, and faith at @thetinytwig.
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Georgia music and Macon, Ga. are intertwined with lots of history. That makes Macon, Ga. an awesome place to compose an album – and here, we show you a bit of what it's like!
The process for an album is a long one. Sure, there's the recording and post-production work; but between composing, working with other Macon, Ga. musicians' schedules, and working within the context of other Georgia music, there are a lot of things to balance. And that doesn't even take into account the full-time job, family, and church needs that pull at one's time!
Check out some of the content below. You may be amazed to see just how much work goes into each individual song – especially when trying to create the next great Georgia music album!
Note: Press play, then allow the video to fully buffer – it'll begin playing automatically!
Here, we have a collection of photos taken during the recording of the CHRISTmas album at Shadowsound Studio in Macon, GA. This phenomenal facility boasts an excellent engineer and equipment that makes it a joy to record! That's why many Georgia music artists bring their talents here.
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As we enter the last week of our 40 day vigil here in downtown Pittsburgh, my thoughts (and sidewalk discussions) are looking down the road to the 41st annual March for Life in January and , of course, our Lenten 40 days Vigil in March. We would love to hear some comments about what your group's plans are for January 22nd. You are sure to see a lot our 40 Days Pittsburgh family down in DC for what has annually been the media's most ignored event of hundreds of thousands of people standing up for life. Let us know!
Cil reports in from the 11-1 shift:
A cold but sunny Monday in Pittsburgh this afternoon. I was so thankful to have 3 of my St Joes church friends join me on my final Monday shift, Provie, Patti & Joyce. When we arrived, SM Bill greeted us along with Dan, from Mother of Sorrows representing Catholic Men's Fellowship. We were so blessed to have Dan stay with us through my shift and into the following.
We were surprised when, halfway through my shift, our own Fr Mark from St Joes showed up to stand with us for an hour. He found he could squeeze in a short amount of time prior to a meeting and wanted to be with us. We were so thankful for his witness to life and the blessing he gave us before leaving!
Here is a picture of us all, from St Joes, holding the pro-life signs that our MS Edge kids made Sunday night. The Edge kids also helped us by filling in the "contact" info on the 40 Days bookmarks that I was able to hand out to those passing by today.
Maria, from Assumption, came later in the shift to help brighten the city sidewalk.
We were blessed to have Diane, from Good Samaritan, make a visit with us. She had not planned to stay long but then did end up staying into the next shift. Diane is active in witnessing at the East Liberty clinic. She came by hoping to speak with Nikki. I gave her a bookmark with the contact info and she will be in touch. She was glad to learn about Abby Johnson's ATTWN ministry. We thank Diane and all who witness at the East Liberty abortion clinic too!
During my shift we had several who stopped to talk. I will mention a few…
Just after arriving, I saw a girl walk out PP doors and stand there looking around. I asked if we could help her. She came over and I told her about the material that we had. She said that she could use "abortion healing'. So I gave her the packet I had on that and spoke with her some about Rachel's Vineyard. Tears came to her eyes and we offered her a flower. We also said that we would pray for her. She gave us her name but we will call her "B". She then asked if she could make a call on my phone. Soon after dialing the number, she saw her boyfriend (?) coming down the street. Unfortunately the two of them went back inside the doors of PP, talked there a short while, then she used his phone to apparently call her mother. He then came out and left, she came back out and said that she was waiting for her mother. She stayed in the circle and didn't seem to want to talk any more. She no longer had the flower and we're not sure what happened to the material she took from me. Please keep "B" in prayer as I believe she is in need of healing (physical, emotional, spiritual) from a recent abortion.
We had two other beautiful ladies stop to speak with us after receiving the pro-life handouts.
Lori says she has a long story to share and did, in fact, share it at a pro-life event one time. She found herself pregnant when she was young and was directed to a crisis pregnancy center I think in Monroeville. The man she was to marry "heard in a dream" that he was not to marry her and that her child was not his. So he fought 4 paternity tests only to find that the child was indeed his. Lori is willing to share more of her story with us and gave us her phone number and email address. She said that her daughter, Shanna (sp?) is 18 and she "needs something to do". She really likes babies and so she wants to encourage her to come and join with us.
Ashley stopped by later and told us the story of her sister's son, Joshua, who was born prematurely (at 26 weeks I think?) because her sister later found she has an "incompetent cervix". Joshua was only 1# 9 oz and 13 ½" long and his future was not so bright. She showed us pictures of him. But we also saw a picture of him now, as a 9 year old boy who is just as health as anyone. She said that she is so much for life esp seeing how he was born so early yet, legally, could have been aborted. She said that they could not even touch him at first because his skin was so sensitive with the nerve endings so close to the skin surface. That made us think of those poor babies who suffer so much in the womb at the hands of the abortionists. Her sister, Amy, is again pregnant and is at 29 weeks. Please keep her & the baby in prayer that she can carry this one longer in the womb.
Between these conversations and others, our prayer warriors were able to work in a rosary, divine mercy chaplet and sing songs of praise. Thanks to all for your prayers and witness to life!
Beth reports in from the sidewalk with this story:
Maria, Dan and Diane stayed a while after the one o'clock shift, keeping my sister Rose and I company until almost two o'clock. We had some time for prayer and soon after, D. stopped to talk. I offered her some literature after she indicated that she supported our cause. And then the story came out.
D. said that when she was younger she went to Women's Health Center where the abortionist perforated her uterus causing severe hemorrhaging and an emergency trip to Magee where, 17 pints of blood later, she found herself, sterile, incontinent and with gastrointestinal and heart problems that still plague her today. It was especially painful because she couldn't tell her parents or her church the cause. Later, she tracked down the abortionist who was then working for Planned Parenthood, filed a per se lawsuit because she couldn't find any lawyer who would take the case. The court awarded her…..nothing.
Stunned, I told her that there were pro-life lawyers practicing at that time. And she said that she just didn't know.
D. reluctantly took the blue sheet with post abortion information. Pray that she is given the courage to tell her story to help others who need to know.
Later, when Ann, Mary Catherine and Evelyn came to pray the 3-4 p.m. time, Evelyn said her husband, a lawyer, would have taken the case. And Mary Catherine summed it up: "we have to get the word out." Amen to that.
Francis had the 5-7 shift and writes:
This is the Motte family. Mrs. Motte works at Hillcrest Christian Academy. They are a very lovely family. We even prayed the rosary together when Minnie came at about 6:55. It was a fast rosary, but we got it done. Lindsay Hayes also came. She's new, although her mother has come before. She belongs to St. Bernard Parish in Mt. Lebanon.
Jeff wrote in the email for today:
"It has always seemed strange to me… the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And, while men admire the quality of the first, they love the produce of the second."
–John Steinbeck, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning American author
(Concomitant – adjective; naturally accompanying or associated.)
"…are the concomitants of failure in our system." Failure in whose system? God's world or our egocentric secular world? And what is success in God's world? Achievements, accomplishments, an end to abortion at all costs?
Jesus said to be child-like if we want to see the Kingdom of God. Be kind, generous, open, honest, understanding, feeling, and let's throw obedient in, too.
Let God be the judge of our success!


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It never ends, does it? Fear, control, oppression and "ownership"!!
The FBI Director of Puerto Rico, Douglas Leff, is preparing his agents for an attack from ISIS terrorists. "The Islamic terrorists can attack here, and they will," said Leff during a radio interview with NotiUno 630.
This is the latest in a series of FBI alerts, regarding potential violence on the island of Puerto Rico…
Director Leff expressed concern that ISIS terrorists could "enter the US through Puerto Rico," and then "have access to the rest of the United States."
That does not make any sense.
The US-Mexico border is 1,989 miles long, and the US-Canada border is 1,538 miles long. Together, they amount to over 3,500 miles of permeable border.
An ISIS terrorist can simply walk into the U.S. from either border…whereas in Puerto Rico, the terrorist would still have to get on a plane, show a passport and pass through TSA airport security…
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Risk management in using VMI system : Comparative and explorative study of Chinese and Swedish household appliance companies
Abstract: Authors: Zhang Yaru & Tian Li Tutor: Petra Andersson Title: Risk management in using VMI system ----- Researching between Chinese and Swedish household appliance companies Background & problem discussion: Due to potential of supply chain management is enormous to improve productivity, customer service and cost reduction, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is one of the supply chain management strategies, by improving the effectively of supply chain to get the competitive advantage for companies. In the Swedish and Chinese household appliance companies have a common agreement about using VMI system in order to reduce operating costs. Some articles believe VMI system has strong potential to be extended to the upstream nodes of the supply chain. However, in using VMI process, there are some risks such as capacity shortages, quality problems, breakdowns, ect. This thesis will be identified the risk of using VMI system in upstream of household appliance company and mitigate their risk problems. Research question: What are the differences of risk managing in using VMI system between Chinese and Swedish household appliance companies? RQ1: Which are the risk factors in Chinese and Swedish household appliance companies when using VMI system? RQ2: How do Swedish and Chinese household appliance companies manage the risk in using VMI? Purpose: The goal of this paper is to find out the risks of using VMI system and analyze the risk managing approaches that are utilized in Chinese and Swedish household appliance companies. By illustrating theoretical data about VMI system and supply chain risk management and empirical data of three Chinese and one Swedish household appliance companies, author would like to develop an analysis model from four dimensions of VMI system and basically supply chain risk management model to identify risk factors in using VMI system and figure out the difference of risk managing method between Chinese and Swedish household appliance companies when they use VMI system. Method: This thesis adopted the positivism perspective and the qualitative research. The survey was used in this thesis and focused on based on empirical data such as interviews to answer an open-ended "How" issues. In addition, the analysis is based on primary data from interview Swedish company as well as secondary data from books, articles and internet such as the Chinese company's website. Conclusions: The results of the study show that risk management in using VMI system in three Chinese household appliance companies (Haier Logistics Co., Ltd, Hisense Electric Co. and Midea Air-conditioning) and one Swedish household appliance company (Electrolux Laundry System Sweden AB) as well as based on theoretical and empirical data to create an analysis model, which is the integration between four dimensions of VMI system and the basic supply chain risk management model, to assist the analysis of research questions. Through analysis, authors identify seven risk factors: 1. Uncertain production lead time; 2. Long delivery lead time; 3. Confidence crisis; 4. Forecasting level is not high; 5. Less control the decision making; 6. Low information technology system and cooperation; 7. Lack of safety stock. Authors also illustrate the method of managing risk in using VMI system from four dimensions in Chinese and Swedish household appliance case companies.
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Yale University Art Gallery: Transfer from Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University; 2001.87.6604
Obverse: The coin depicts a portrait of the Emperor Hadrian facing right, wearing laurels and a full beard. A border of small circles is still visible around portions of the coin.
Legend: HADRIANUS AVG COS III PP, Hadrianus Augustus, Consul for the third time, Pater Patriae (father of his country).
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