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Abhina Aher is the national program manager with the India HIV/AIDS Alliance. She's an advocate for the rights of transgender people in India, and her work is internationally recognized. Aher presented a poster at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam called Hidden and Covered: Underreporting of Violence, a Transgender Women Project, Even After Empowerment Process, and discussed the poster and the issues that transgender women in India face with TheBody.
Terri Wilder: Can you tell me a little bit about your poster? If you'll just take me through the background methods, the results, and your conclusions?
Abhina Aher: Thank you, Terri, for giving this opportunity. We represent the India HIV/AIDS Alliance, and this poster is presented from the program called Wajood, which means empowerment.
Now, what you need to understand is that in India, when we talk about the transgender community, it's just not black and white. We have different identities that come under the larger umbrella of the transgender community.
We have been implementing the program with them for the last two-and-a-half years, and we found that the major barriers that transgender people are facing for service access are violence, service denial, stigma, discrimination, gender inequality, and lack of support from their own family members.
Terri, you have to understand, a lot of transgender women, especially at a young age when they come out to their families as transgender people, they've been kicked out, and they've been left to survive by themselves. They don't have any money. They don't have any legal documentation. They don't have any certificates. And they have to travel to other states and stay there in precarious conditions that are very vulnerable for them.
As a result, a huge amount of violence happens. We did a demographic [survey] of the people that we are working with, and we found out that the majority of people who are facing violence are between 18 and 35 years.
Now, this is also the sexually reproductive age, which means they are having a high number of sexual partners.
When we looked into the occupation of these people, we found out that the majority of them are relying on sex work. They have no other option than to do sex work. Which means, every day, they are vulnerable for violence, and stigma, and trauma.
Further, when we sought this data, Terri, we wanted to understand what kind of crisis these people are facing. And we found out it is just not physical violence which is affecting them, but the trauma of being transgender women is much more intense. So, if you are a transgender woman, and if you've been bashed or belittled every day, by the way you look, the way you behave, the way you are, you know, your aspirations to live a healthy life dies, and you want to commit suicide. You want to die; you become subject to substance abuse. And you start hating yourself, big time. And that trauma is a very, very serious trauma.
I'm part of a hijra community. Now, a hijra community is basically a socioeconomic identity, which means that we are close to the gods. We are god-women, because we castrate ourselves. We don't have a vagina or something like that. Because we don't have any organ on our body, which would present either male or female, that's the reason why we are considered to be pious and pure.
In India, there's a saying that whatever it is, it will come true. So, we have a particular way of behaving. Like, for example, there is a very famous hijra [hand] clap, if you look at it. This is a very specific clap that you cannot clap, but I can do that because this is part of the culture, of the community. We have a separate vocabulary, which has been developed in the community.
It's a community which has developed among them to create support for the transgender women. But since we consider ourselves as god-women, many times we don't want to access health care services. Because we see that nothing will happen to us. You know, we will be cured by the gods. We don't have to have any other medication for curing ourselves.
What we found out is, there's a lot of forced sex happening on [transgender women] -- forced sex, rapes, humiliation -- and the majority of this forced sex which was happening was from rowdy people, goondas, the people who are goons; and they are exploiting people, and they are hampering people, other related aspects.
Other than that, there are also family members of the goondas, the family members of transgender people are also doing forced rape, collective rapes on them, which is traumatizing. You can imagine, you are at the age of 12 and 13, when you are expressing yourself as a transgender woman, and your own uncles and your own cousins and brothers are raping you. That will force you to leave your house.
I am the survivor of rape. I remember when I was [school age], other children who were older than me actually raped me. There were 10 male children who raped me. And they beat me up; they tore my clothes apart. Because, for them, I was an unusual case. For them, I was an abnormal person. Many times, these physical injuries do not get medical treatment or do not get reported within the periphery of the legal paradigm.
Because I fear to go to a law enforcement agency, to the police, and say, "Listen, I've been harassed; I've been raped."
The police would say, "Huh? You've been raped? No, you must have gone by yourself." You know? Police will not understand that I could be a subject of a violence case, because for the police, also, I am an unwanted entity of society. They don't want to address that case.
What we are seeing is that forced crisis, forced rapes and other related aspects, affect the empowerment of transgender women. As a result of that, they fail to live their life with aspiration. They're always traumatized. They don't access help. And they always feel inferior in front of any other gender.
Unfortunately, Terri, the data are not recorded well enough for the transgender community. The data are only recorded in binary -- either male or female. And that is a larger issue.
So, I'm trapped in a vicious circle. People don't know my numbers. People don't know the intensity of trauma that I'm going through. There are no resources, and my community is dying on the roots.
TW: We're at an international HIV conference. So, when transgender women experience violence, as you said, they're going to be less likely to access any kind of health care. So, are there alternative ways for the transgender community to access health care, in terms of HIV testing? Is there a program that's just for transgender women that is trusted and safe so that the women, at a minimum, could get tested for HIV?
AA: In India, we are doing, Terri, a couple of things. One thing that we are doing is that we are sensitizing health care providers, with the help of transgenders. So, first, we are empowering transgenders. Then we are using them to empower health care providers -- where transgenders are openly talking about their physical issues with their health care providers. And that is helping.
The other thing is that we also have some community clinics where everybody from the community is providing services to the community. So, it's a community-led clinic. So, even a doctor's community, from a sexual minority region, a nurse's community, a counselor's community.
TW: When you say community, they are transgender?
AA: No, they are from sexual minority people. But some of them could be men having sex with men [MSM]. Some of them would be transgenders -- all the community.
They feel safe to come and access the services. We have almost tested around 10,000 people, who are from the MSM and transgender community. Out of them, around 4,000 transgender people have come forward and are getting tested and tested.
But the HIV prevalence rate among transgenders at the national level is 7.5% at this point in time. And some of the states, and some of the cities, could go to 40% and 50%. Because you see that 51% of the population is completely surviving on sex.
And the other people, who are also doing begging; they are also doing sex work, which is hidden in nature. So, I'm begging throughout the day, but in the night, I will stand for the sex work. You know? They don't have any other option besides that, because they are not only taking care of themselves; they are taking care of their families, also. A lot of them are actually giving money to their families for survival. And that's a larger issue that is at this point.
TW: So, if our readers wanted more information about your organization, is there a website they could go to?
AA: Yes, absolutely. My organization's name is India HIV/AIDS Alliance. And you can go to our website. It is called Alliance India.
TW: Perfect. Thank you so much.
AA: Thank you so much, Terri, for covering our news.
This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.


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Epcot is one of my favourite Disney parks, it has some amazing attractions (my favourite being Soarin', unbelievable!) and is fascinating to walk around. You get the chance to see lots of different countries from around the world, from beautifully designed buildings, to shops selling merchandise of that culture and staff who are from each of the countries working there, all adding to the around the world experience. Let's not forgot the Disney characters that spring up as you walk around, from meeting Mulan in China, to Mary Poppins in the United Kingdom, well and truly...magical.
We had already spent the day at Epcot so we just wanted the opportunity to have a nice stroll around at night and see the park lit up, luckily as you can see we chose an amazing night. After watching the sun go down, we found a spot to watch the spectacular fireworks IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth which was as breathtaking as ever, honestly it gets me every time.
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The following is a guest post by Angela Johnson, Worldwide Managing Director at Ogilvy & Mather:
There were many percentages thrown around at the 3% Conference held in NYC on Nov 3-4 this year—some small, some large, but all with one key theme: the issue of gender equality in advertising agencies. Sadly, advertising agencies, particularly in creative departments, still skew toward an overwhelmingly male workforce. This must change.
No matter what some high-profile members of the industry espoused earlier this year, the debate about equal representation of women in creative departments and as leaders in agencies is not over. The stats released in the 3% Conference's "The Elephant on Madison Avenue" report painted a very clear picture:
- 90% of women in advertising have heard demeaning comments from male colleagues, with 60% hearing them monthly.
- 58% have felt excluded from important business meetings.
- 60% said they were less well compensated than their male peers.
- 54% have been subjected to unwanted sexual advances in the course of their careers.
The assertion that the gender debate is "over" clearly finds its roots in fiction, not fact. The 3% Conference's very name is a clear indicator: when founder Kat Gordon first started the conference five years ago, 3% was the proportion of women on average employed in leadership positions in creative departments of the ad industry.
Since the 3% Conference first made headlines, the statistic has moved up to 11%. This is good progress, but the flipside of this statistic is that 89% of all leadership positions in creative departments of the ad industry are still filled by men—a far cry from equality. Asking Kat if she thought if the issue could be solved in her lifetime, her response was emphatic: "If we act now, we can get to equality in five years."
Action undertaken in the name of achieving gender parity in creative departments must be carried out by three groups: women in creative roles, agency bosses who create the agency culture in which women can either thrive or perish, and men who work in the creative field.
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For women in creative roles: Do great work, then build relationships with sponsors.
First, build up your performance currency (which you get by doing good work). Then, build up your relationship currency with sponsors that know you and can speak up for you, those leaders who will be in the room when promotion/pay increase/opportunities are being discussed. No longer is it enough to do good work and hope that it will be noticed—it is vital for women to have sponsors who will go to bat for them when the big judgments are taking place.
For directors and bosses of women in creative roles: Build a culture that supports women.
Unconscious bias exists—directors and hiring managers must hold training to help everyone see their own bias and work to mitigate the effect of that bias in the workplace. For example, when hiring, these directors must request female candidates on the interview list. Additionally, don't perpetuate an office culture where people feel like they have to stay at the office late to move ahead in their career, but instead perpetuate a culture where strong work is strongly rewarded.
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- Have zero tolerance for sexual harassment: Don't produce advertising that objectivizes women, much less objectify women in the workplace.
- Adopt flexible working arrangements: Whether it's caring for elderly parents or children, it falls mainly on women to take the time off work and suffer the penalties.
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- Address the paternity rights for fathers: If fathers are prevented by policy from being equal caregivers for their children, it will perpetuate women being forced to play that role.
- Give the best maternity benefits possible: When one large creative tech company increased its maternity leave from 12 to 18 weeks, the rate at which new moms left the company fell by 50%.
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Talking about the issue of inequality in creative agencies is clearly no longer enough. Instead, we must act. Bosses must hire women on potential not just proof, and pointedly ask for women to be included.
Women creative must work up your relationship currency once you've achieved your performance currency, and get yourself a sponsor to represent you when the judgment calls are made. All of us—and our businesses—will be more successful for it.
Angela Johnson is Worldwide Managing Director at Ogilvy & Mather


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If you don't like your bags being out of your sight and it makes you uncomfortable to think that airline workers are rifling through your stuff, you can take advantage of the TSA's own security rules by—eek—packing a gun.
Most of the time, travelers are on the short-end of TSA regulations. In this instance, however, you can use travel rules to your advantage. If you're traveling with equipment you would prefer locked up and watched more closely than your run of the mill luggage, you can pack a firearm with the equipment or luggage. Whether or not you own an actual firearm isn't important—the TSA considers a starter pistol a firearm, and it must be checked in and secured properly. Bruce Shneier, on his security and privacy centered blog, highlights how some creative professional photographers have been using this rule to their advantage. One of the photographers writes:
A "weapons" is defined as a rifle, shotgun, pistol, airgun, and STARTER PISTOL. Yes, starter pistols - those little guns that fire blanks at track and swim meets - are considered weapons…and do NOT have to be registered in any state in the United States.
I have a starter pistol for all my cases. All I have to do upon check-in is tell the airline ticket agent that I have a weapon to declare…I'm given a little card to sign, the card is put in the case, the case is given to a TSA official who takes my key and locks the case, and gives my key back to me.
That's the procedure. The case is extra-tracked…TSA does not want to lose a weapons case. This reduces the chance of the case being lost to virtually zero.
It's a great way to travel with camera gear…I've been doing this since Dec 2001 and have had no problems whatsoever.
You can pick up a super basic starter pistol for around $16-20—really nice starter pistols can easily cost $100-200, but you're not concerned about the quality—a rather small sum to ensure that your case of photography equipment or personal effects will be watched more carefully and only opened in your presence.


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Thanksgiving in the United States is a great opportunity to reflect on what you are thankful for. At PipelineDeals, we are profoundly grateful for the team that we've built in the last seven years. From our humble roots in West Chester, PA, we've grown to become a bicoastal company with employees in Wayne (PA), Seattle, rural Ohio, and northeast Pennsylvania. As we've grown, we've worked hard to maintain the fast-paced, collaborative and customer-oriented culture that our founders created.
One way that PipelineDeals sustains our strong company culture is thru an annual team summit. Summit's are company-wide retreats that are designed to help build on our company culture and help our employees grow as a team.
Earlier this year, PipelineDeals hosted our summit in the coastal town of Tamarindo in Costa Rica. The retreat, nicknamed "Disrupt," was modeled after StartUp Weekend's "No Talk All Action" lightening quick app design. With the backdrop of rain forests and the beautiful Pacific Ocean, we split into three teams to brainstorm, survey and produce a new web-app in 54 hours.
Each team was a mixture of talent and locations that matched the diversity of our company: west coast & east coast; developers & customer care; long-term employees & new employees (one of our co-workers first day was down in Costa Rica). For two and a half days, our teams hacked exciting new web-apps to present to a panel of judges – our friends and local Costa Rican entrepreneurs Downtown E-Commerce Partners.
The final products our teams created were varied and customer-oriented, just like PipelineDeals. The new apps included:
- Illuminati – a business intelligence app that tracks and summarizes your competitors news, social media, and online web presence.
- LeadsNearMe – a map visualization app for the road warrior. Visualize your leads and dynamically find new leads in the field.
- Looking Glass – an internal tool for our Customer Care Ambassadors to help provide our customers with even better support.
While ultimately only one team could be declared the winner (congrats Team Illuminati), Disrupt built on and rejuvenated our high-energy culture. We emerged from Disrupt more excited and hungry to build and improve PipelineDeals so that our customers can win more business and be the masters of their sales universe.
As we continue to grow, events like Summit help keep our company culture strong. We have some exciting new features to announce in the coming weeks, and we're already hard at work on our development roadmap for 2014.
If you're interested in learning more about our team and think you'd like to work for PipelineDeals, visit our About Us page. Who knows – maybe you can join us as a team member for Summit 2014 as we re-connect, re-gear, and continue to make PipelineDeals even better.


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Discussion board where members can get started with QlikView.
I'm having one particular user that cannot sign on from a particular server. Only this user on this server. The screen prompts for the username and password. After entering both and continuing, it prompts for username and password again in a loop that doesn't seem to end. This happens on both Chrome and IE.
My environment is RDP on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. This user can sign on from his local computer, or another RDP server just fine. LDAP is used. When signed into the same server as me (Windows user), I can sign on to Qlik as him. So it points to his profile on the server.
What should I look for? Or do I just need to wipe his user folder from the server and start again?
Thanks in advance.
Any change you are using section access with NTSID, NTDOMAINSID? This could be one reason.
Yes, this dashboard has access controlled by DOMAIN\USERNAME
But why would it work in some places, but not this one? What are you suggesting I look at?
NTNAME will work from any place, but if any of either IDs are also used by themselves or in combination with NTNAME, it will also check where the user is accessing from, allowing to a more granular control of access.
If the prompt is not a Windows dialog but the Ajax screen, that means that, for some reason, the user is not recognized from that server. Clearing cache, if previously connected as someone else, could help.
Can this can see the account in the AccessPoint top right the same as from any other computer (by name, email or any attribute set up in the DSC configuration) or rather a different attribute (e.g.: correct access = Full name, this server = email address)?
If credentials are used with QlikView Desktop > Open In Server does it make any difference or is the user not allowed either?
So trying to get to the dashboard 2 ways, here are some images. Again, I'm certain it's something to do with the Windows user, as it behaves the same with his username or mine.
Yes, looks like it. That prompt means the user cannot access the computer by that name or by the port. I see it's using HTTPS, so perhaps the certificates need to be configured for that user.
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Rakhi To India
Rakhi: India's one of the most important festival to explain the importance of love with duty
In the world of today each and every person is running after earning money and wealth and for that he can not spare time for family members, but the sad thing is that he is always telling that I am doing all these things for my family only. For that reason there are many festivals in the Culture of India. On these festivals all the family members, relatives and friends get together and enjoy the festivals with each other. Rakhi is one those festivals. Though it festival for brother and sister, but it symbolizes the importance of love with duty towards each other.In this festival sister ties a Rakhi to his brother on the 15th day (purnima) of Shravan month according to Hindu calendar. At this moment sister prays to GOD to save her brother from any problems in his life with love and faith, while brother promises his sister for protection for her life at any time and situation at any cost with his divine duty. Here main thing to explain is that they both do not expect any thing from each other, but whatever do they for each other is just love and duty towards each other. So, we can proudly say 'It is possible in India only'.


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Goldman Sachs Reinstates GM Coverage With "Buy" Rating
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Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs has reinstated coverage on General Motors stock, presenting a "Buy" rating and setting a $35 per share price target — roughly 28 percent higher than the current share price. However, the rating only takes effect once GM completes its repurchase of 200 million shares owned by the U.S. Treasury, a process that is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.
Sachs expects a 17 percent Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation & Amortization (EBITDA) from GM in 2013 that will be driven by an increase of margins in North America to the level of Ford, as well as an improvement of profitability in Brazil. In addition, Sachs also cites GM's major product offensive, sales volume improvements, as well as small improvements in input costs in 2013.
Following GM's share buyback, Goldman raises earnings per share estimates by 11 and 10 percent for 2013 and 2014 to $4.49 and $5.36, respectively. The forecast is above the Wall Street consensus of $3.82 and $4.81 per share for 2013 and 2014, respectively.
GM stock closed Monday at $27.66, a 0.34 point/1.24% rise.


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10 inch pothole outside 34 Cricket Lawns, Oakham, Rutland, LE15
Reported in the Roads and Highways category anonymously at 19:15, Tue 5 March 2019
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A pothole has occurred. Remedial work will ensure it doesn't get larger
Thank you for your report. We will investigate this and respond to you within 10 working days. Updates will be posted on https://rutland.fixmystreet.com/ IMPORTANT: To report anything dangerous, please call us on: 01572 722577
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Posted by Rutland County Council at 19:20, Tue 5 March 2019
Thank you for your report. Works to rectify this defect have now commenced.
Posted by Rutland County Council at 14:10, Fri 15 March 2019
Thank you for your report. Works to rectify this defect have now been completed.
State changed to: Fixed
Posted by Rutland County Council at 14:55, Fri 15 March 2019
These pictures were taken of the bays outside my house, 13 Cricket Lawns, and the opposite bay outside 30 Cricket Lawns. These bays have been in this deplorable condition for many years, in fact, before the pavements were resurfaced some years ago. They are a blotch on the landscape and need to be remedied. Any chance of that before the financial year's end ?
Posted anonymously at 15:03, Mon 18 March 2019
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Does Chinese aid make Australians more generous?
China is changing the way Australia's political elites think about aid. Chinese aid to the Pacific isn't new, but in recent years, "China the aid donor" has become an unavoidable presence. In response, the Australian government is increasing the Pacific focus of its aid programs. It has also


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The Oculus Rift Compatibility Tool checks your computer to see if it meets the Oculus Rift's recommended system specifications.
It is important to run the Compatibility Tool on the computer(s) you plan to use the Oculus Rift on.
How does the Oculus Rift Compatibility Tool work?
The Oculus Rift Compatibility Tool is an executable file that is downloaded to your computer. This file will perform all the necessary checks and let you know if your computer meets the recommended system specifications and suggest potential upgrades, if needed.
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- Download the file.
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- Select Start to run the Oculus Rift Compatibility Tool.
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Like cats and dogs
Amanda Jones lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA. She has been a photographer since 1992, when she graduated from Ithaca College, in New York with a degree in Cinema ans Photography, her specialty took two years to be discovered. It all happened when her best friend brought her Ruby, a Labrador Retriever pup. The little puppy was her first model and it was love at first click. From then on, Amanda has not stopped, travelling around the country taking incredible photographs of cats and dogs, much to their owners delight.
Amanda's job, even today, with digital cameras, is definately not for everyone. Photos of animals, especially pets, that are naturally restless, playful and don't like to wander out of their routine, demand a lot of patience and, of course, talent. Capturing unique moments with these loveable creatures forever is an art for few. It's not a coincidence that Amanda's work can be seen in countles postcards, books, posters, calendars, among other materials.
The angles, the lighting and the perfect timing allow her to capture the 'personality', the look, the best expressions, the movements and each little detail of the small kittens and puppies. A wonderful exercise in photography and a priceless memento for those who love their pets.


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This January, the NWA World Heavyweight Title turns 65. When Orville Brown defeated Sonny Myers to win the belt for its initial run, it's hard to believe that the men involved would have thought the belt they were dueling over would go on to to have an almost uninterrupted lineage (and none at all until 1994, more on that in a second) and become arguably the most important title in the history of the sport.
My how times have changed.
The NWA Title is all but dead, the concept all but buried. Only in the world of professional wrestling–where basic economic principles are seemingly turned on their heads–could this have possibly happened. In theory, the NWA title should at least be competing for the honor of being the World's second most important title–behind the WWE and possibly NJPW titles–and should be lending itself a group of increasingly strong promotions, not increasingly fractured ones.
Here's what I mean: Purely in theory, the NWA title should be getting stronger and more valuable given the current climate in the broader wrestling world. Revenues are down; interest is harder to drum up; top level talent is as concentrated as ever. Shared, national level titles like the NWA title and its historic cousins should be more valuable to promotions both as a way of effectively sharing talent, and increasing the profitability of promotions.
Modern transportation makes moving major title holders easily, eliminating the need to try to run multiple, conflicting angles across the country. Shared cost would help ease the financial burden smaller promotions often face. Moreover, these other things should be leading into other promotions competing to join the NWA. But none of this is happening. None of it. Now hold all that in your brain for a second, while I throw a stark picture at you.
The following is a decade by decade breakdown of NWA Champions:
1948-58: Brown, Thesz, Watson, Hutton.
1958-68: Hutton (continued from previous decade), O'Connor, Rodgers, (Brazil, unofficially), Thesz, Kiniski
1968-78: Kiniski (continued), Funk (Dory), Bricso, Baba, Race
1978-88: Race (continued), Rhodes, Baba, Rich, Flair, Race, Von Erich (Kerry), Garvin
1988-98: Flair, Steamboat, Sting, Fujinami, Chono, Muta, Windham, Douglas, Candido, Severn
1998-2008: Severn (continued), Ogawa, Steele, Rapada, Sabu, Corino, Hashimoto, Shamrock, Killings, Jarrett, Styles, Raven, Rhino, Sting, Cage, Abyss, Pearce
2008-present: Pearce (continued), Albright, Blue Demon Jr., Cabana, Sheik, Kahagas.
Yes that's right. Kahagas. A man who once wrestled Scotty Too Hotty (recently I might add).
Besides the stark drop in quality of champion, what should stand out is this: At some point, men stopped getting the title because they were stars, and started getting it because enough people wanted them to be a star.
Cabana and Pearce did a lot to bring back some value to the belt. But men like them were short term solutions for a long term problem anyway. What the NWA needs is to grow and properly expose star names, and then capitalize by putting national level titles on those names.
Now put both halves of this column together, and you'll see what the NWA needs to do.
Grow strong, united regional promotions with their own localized pools of talent. Find the regional stars, and then elevate them from there. Make the product available as much as possible in every region possible. And let the talent find itself, don't force development, and grow steadily enough that other promotions want to join you, instead of finding it more beneficial to bolt or not ever sign all together.
That's a pretty daunting hill to climb. Thankfully, the title has 64 years of experience.
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This past week, my buddy and former Baltimore-Sun Wrestling blogger Adam Testa opined the following on Twitter: "Think about the fact that Raw each week is longer than the monthly pay-per-view. This is part of the problem."
He's right. Once the show does its overrun, you've invested more time in a Raw than you have in a PPV. Aside from how ridiculous of an expectation that is for your fans, this should raise two questions:
1. What could the excuse possibly be for the stalled midcard and lower-card development?
2. If Raw is the most bang for our buck–and we're to believe that unfathomably stupid line about "reigns don't matter, moments do"–why should anybody care about your monthy PPVs?
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NATO's jihadist darlings
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> Jose Maria Aznar is totally correct about the heightened threat of Islamic Jihadism to Nato, and every nation in the future.<
How so ? First , NATO creates the jihadist states of Bosnia and Kosovo on European soil and then it warns about the heighened threat of Islamic Jihadism to NATO ? Poor NATO ! Its jihadist darlings have no respect for their godfather of yesterday !
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When you think of paperless Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, you may automatically picture a huge organization with crazy amounts of paper and information. While this scenario is true and ECM solutions do handle those big paper problems well, there also are powerful solutions for small to medium businesses (SMB).
The thought of going paperless can seem like an overwhelming task for the SMB sector. You may think that you don't have enough paper documents or information to need an ECM solution. Or, you may struggle with information overload and massive amounts of paper. Small to mid-size businesses have their challenges, too, when it comes to managing their business information.
It's all about setting your business up for success and enabling future growth. Setting the infrastructure in place while your business is smaller will increase the workflow and efficiency of how it operates and will end up lowering your costs and improving your bottom line.
3 benefits of an ECM solution:
- Lower Costs – The bottom line is the focal point of every business. You want to have low costs and high profits. For smaller businesses, paper, ink, storage, filing, printing, and other similar costs all can add up quickly and be a major factor in your operating costs. With a paperless ECM solution, these costs will drastically decrease and, in some cases, disappear while saving you time and headaches.
- Increase Productivity – The more paper in your processes, the slower and more error-prone your processes are. The issue with paper is that it has to be handled physically and moved around. This takes time, human interaction, and costs your business more money. You need to introduce workflows into your processes that replace the manual paper shuffling and filing in order to increase your productivity. You will be able to do more with a lot fewer resources. Free up your employees to spend their time on more value-added tasks and on customer service.
- Enable Growth – The amazing thing about a paperless solution like ECM is that is has a very high ROI. Most businesses realize their ECM investment within the first 12-18 months and, after that, it's all cost savings. The money you will be saving can be put into other areas of your business that will help you improve and grow. Provide your customers with the best possible product or service that you can, isn't that the whole point of your business?
Additional Benefits of going paperless with ECM:
- Eliminate paper-based filing systems
- Streamline business processes
- Automate document routing and notifications
- Increase document security and compliance
- Easily share and collaborate on documents
For document-intensive companies looking to challenge the definition of business efficiency, Konica Minolta's ECM solutions can provide the unique tools that greatly enhance business process performance. These solutions offer a comprehensive feature set that includes every capability that companies are likely to need, along with customizable options for organizations with specialized requirements.
The world that our businesses operate in is ever changing and we need to make sure that we set ourselves up for success. No longer cost prohibitive, today's ECM solutions are lighter, more agile and flexible so organizations can tune these solutions to target specific business operations and problems. Starting in the areas that are the most paper-heavy and time consuming is a step in the right direction.
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If you are interesting with this photo gallery please click like button or share this url.Tall (5'8"), cute, and shapely brunette stunner Jessie Andrews was born on March 22, 1992 in Florida. Andrews grew up in Miami, Florida. Jessie decided to embark on a career in the adult film industry after one of her friends told her about how much money she was paid for working as an extra in a porn movie. Andrews first began performing in explicit hardcore movies at age 18 in 2010; she has appeared in X-rated features for such top companies as Hustler, Evil Angel, New Sensations, Red Light District, Kick Ass Pictures, and Elegant Angel.
The first name of her porn pseudonym was taken from the name of her mother's dog while her last name was chosen from a street Andrews was driving down when she had to pick an adult film alias. Jessie won an AVN Award for Best Actress in 2012 as well as XBIZ Awards for both Best New Starlet and Acting Performance of the Year that same year. She resides in Los Angeles, California.


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One for the calcio geeks, as Susy Campanale lists the most eye-catching, significant and compelling statistics that the 2013-14 season has produced.
This has been the most prolific Serie A campaign since 1951-52 with a grand total 1,035 goals – an average of 2.7 per game. However, for the first time since Serie A returned to 20 teams in 2004-05, there are three clubs who avoided relegation despite amassing fewer than 40 points.
Ciro Immobile is the first Torino Capocannoniere since Ciccio Graziani got 21 goals in 1976-77, but he netted 14 of his 22 in 2014. He is also the first Italian to top the charts since Antonio Di Natale scored 28 for Udinese in 2010-11.
Against Livorno on March 22, Immobile became the first Torino striker to net a hat-trick since Carlos Aguilera in Roma 4-5 Torino on May 9, 1993.
Immobile is the first to achieve top spot without penalties since David Trezeguet for Juventus in 2001-02, when he shared the title with Piacenza's Dario Hubner on 24 goals. The last lone Capocannonieri without spot-kicks were Graziani with 21 in 1976-77 and Pierino Prati with 15 for Milan in 1967-68. Immobile has taken eight penalties between Serie A and B, but converted only five successfully.
Juventus are the first Serie A side ever to win all their home games. They also set a new all-time record of 102 points among the top 10 European Leagues. The previous triple-figures were Benfica on 101 in 1990-91 (calculating three points for a win), Real Madrid on 100 in 2011-12 and Barcelona on 100 in 2012-13.
The Bianconeri had not won three Scudetti in a row since they strung together five from 1931 to 1935, when current President Andrea Agnelli's grandfather Edoardo was the patron.
The last tacticians to win three consecutive titles were Roberto Mancini at Inter from 2006 to 2008 - taking Calciopoli into account as the 2006 edition was handed to them by the courts - and Fabio Capello with Milan from 1992 to 1994. Before Antonio Conte, the only other Juve Coach to have won three in a row was Carlo Carcano from 1931 to 1934.
Ex-Milan midfielder Andrea Pirlo has been in each of the last four Scudetto winning teams.
Juventus have only lost the first game of the season once in 31 years between Serie A and B, in 2010 against Bari, along with 22 victories and eight draws. They've won 11 of the last 13 openers, keeping seven clean sheets.
Carlos Tevez is the top scoring Juventus player in Serie A since Alessandro Del Piero had 21 and David Trezeguet 20 in 2007-08.
Against Sassuolo in December, Tevez celebrated his first League hat-trick since Manchester City's 6-1 against Norwich on April 14, 2012.
By Week 14, the Old Lady was the only side to have scored in every round.
Gianluigi Buffon kept a Serie A clean sheet for 745 minutes of football (12 hours and 25 minutes) and is now sixth in the all-time record books on a par with Luca Marchegiani. Sebastiano Rossi remains top with 929 minutes for Milan in 1993-94.
In Juventus-Napoli, Fernando Llorente became the first ever Spanish player to score against a Spanish goalkeeper in the Italian top flight.
In December Juventus became the first side in Serie A history to win eight on the bounce without conceding a goal.
For the first time since May 1960, the club scored at least three goals in five consecutive top flight games from Week 16-20.
Juventus beat Torino's all-time Serie A record of 15 consecutive home wins, set in 1975-76. The Bianconeri's previous club best was 91 points under Fabio Capello in 2005-06, while Inter had the all-time Serie A record of 30 victories in 2006-07.
The last time the Turin outfit did the double over Milan in a single season was in 1994-95, winning 1-0 in Turin and 2-0 at San Siro.
Juventus found the net for 43 rounds on the trot, shattering the previous club record of 35 set from April 1957 to April 1958.
Arturo Vidal scored against Inter home and away, the first Juve player to do the Derby d'Italia double since Mauro Camoranesi in 2007-08.
There have been 76 official matches at the Juventus Stadium, resulting in 57 home wins, 16 draws and only three losses to Inter, Sampdoria and Bayern Munich. The Bianconeri scored in 72 of those games, firing blanks against Siena, Lazio, Bayern Munich and Benfica.
Defeat at Napoli in March saw Juve fire blanks for the first time in 43 rounds after a total 88 goals – a Serie A record. The Old Lady hadn't failed to net in 22 consecutive Serie A away matches, scoring 39 times. The last time Juventus lost 2-0 on their travels in Serie A, Gigi Del Neri was still the Coach in a trip to Lecce on February 20, 2011.
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Founded in 2006 as a web startup firm, TechCmantix has scaled up in a short span of time into the tall and wide technology horizons with over 100 projects to clients from varied industries across Asia-Pacific, America and Europe. With our ultimate business and technological experience we have delivered solutions that fit organizations with a focus on improving process efficiency and reducing operating costs.


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Inbox by Gmail has new ways of adding to your reminders
Inbox by Gmail has received a lot of updates these past few weeks, from opening up to the public even without invites, to improving on the control options on the mobile app, to having a new Trip Bundle specifically for your travels. Now, you also have newer and probably more efficient ways of adding to your reminders. And yes, if you didn't know it yet, or you're just new to Inbox, the app does have a reminders section that you can use for productivity purposes.
One of the new ways with which to add items to your reminders on Inbox is for when you receive emails that are asking you to do something, Inbox will then suggest adding a reminder so you won't, well, forget. For example, if your boss emails you and says something like "Please schedule an appointment for me with HR on Monday". Inbox will then suggest "Add Reminder: schedule your boss' appointment, etcetc". Google uses natural language understanding technology to help figure out and recognize if it is something you would add to your to-do list.
The other way is for those who are also using Google Keep for productivity and memory-keeping. When you make a reminder to your Google Keep, whether the app or the web version, it will automatically appear in your Inbox, with a link to the Google Keep for more details. This is a good way to make sure that you really won't forget the important thing you have to do, unless you don't open either of the two.
The new features are already available in your Inbox by Gmail. If you don't have the apps yet, you can download Inbox and Google Keep for free from the Google Play Store.
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Music Classes for Babies and Toddlers near Tottenham, Victoria
Songs, lullabies, rhyme and movement form the building blocks to nurture the important bonds between a mother and her baby and are a core part of our Little Stars baby and toddler music classes near Tottenham, Victoria. You will become aware of how to create a calm and happy environment by integrating music into your home.
The majority of research into the effect of music on the development of your baby's brain indicates that it has a positive influence in a number of key areas. The brain activity of a baby's brain is twice that of an adult brain in the first three years of life and is also growing rapidly! This is a chance to create a nurturing, supportive beginning through music. Through multi sensory stimulation of sound, touch, sight, movement, timing and even emotions, you can create a musical environment to encourage the development of your baby's brain.
Here are some of our favourite props, instruments, songs and games that we use to introduce children to music in Little Stars baby and toddler music classes near Tottenham, VIC:
- Clave
- Scarves
- Different languages, depending on the families in our classes
- Books we can sing and share together
- Tambourine
- Good quality instruments, not toys!
To ensure a good relationship with your child, it's important to foster this union during their early months and years.Playing music and singing songs are wonderful activities to connect with your baby, have fun and enjoy some special time together while laying the foundations for a love of music that can last a lifetime!
Music tips for Babies and Toddlers near Tottenham, VIC
Give these simple ways of integrating music into your life a try:
- Touch is very important for children and using rhymes like "round and round the garden" or "this little piggy" combined with sensory stimulation like tickling or massage, can stimulate the senses.
- Try sourcing reputable classical music from the radio or CDs to use as part of the bedtime ritual. Good quality music treat the ears and developing brains of children while providing them with a calm bed time routine.
- Fun games like "open shut them" encourage careful listening and participation via actions. When repeated often enough, the children build great skill with their sequencing and timing.
- You probably remember nursery rhymes like "to market to market" or "Humpty Dumpty" which are examples of rhymes you can recite while playing bouncing games on your lap (or in your arms for a newborn) and which are fabulous fun for parent and child.
- Use the melody of "here we go round the mulberry bush" or "this is the way we brush our teeth, have a bath, get ready for bed, eat our dinner" to turn nappy change, bath time or other transitions into playtime!
- Your child can start listening to music at the Bonding with Baby classes from birth and transition into the Babies and Toddlers music classes from 6 months. The CDs available can be used right until preschooler music classes abd the beautiful lullabies and rhymes can be listened by your little one time and time again.
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Borec told President Andrej Kiska about the move at a meeting on August 18. General Prosecutor Jaromír Čižnár has also submitted an appeal concerning the matter. Pavol Kubík from the ministry's press department explained for the TASR newswire that the Justice Minister has more powers in this area, citing the Criminal Code.
Borec submitted the appeal this month based on a motion by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák, TASR wrote. Kaliňák criticised the ruling of the Supreme Court panel led by former Supreme Court and Judicial Council chairman Štefan Harabin.
Harabin's panel cleared two police officers of bribery charges partly because it was convinced that the activities of the Interior Ministry's Inspection Service Office, which was in charge of the case, were unlawful.
On the other hand, Kaliňák believes that his Inspection Service is legally authorised to investigate Police Corps members. Another Supreme Court panel chaired by Juraj Kliment described the Inspection Service as lawful.
"The general prosecutor and the interior minister had to put matters in a legal state and the inspection in a legal position immediately in order to minimise the damage, because you're all going to pay for this," Harabin reacted on August 19.
"My decision was in compliance with the Strasbourg judiciary," said Harabin, adding that the European Court for Human Rights had decided that an inspection service coming under the remit of an interior minister is political and not independent.
His panel had earlier freed two former police officers who were charged with bribery on May 29. Čižnár submitted an appeal against this ruling on July 30, reasoning that the Criminal Code and the Criminal Act were breached to the advantage of the two accused.Harabin's panel to be dissolved Read more
"Trust in the power of justice is essential for a properly functioning legal state," President Kiska said on August 18. "Unfortunately, there have been repeated cases in which the judges themselves consider the decisions of their colleagues to be questionable or even illegal. It is therefore important that the state does everything in its power so that we can live in a legally credible state."
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Lake County Business Focus: The Impact of Health Care Reform
Wednesday, June 19
Lake County Partners, Mesirow Financial, and Quarles & Brady are co-hosting a breakfast and forum, "Lake County Business Focus: The Impact of Health Care Reform" from 7:15 - 9:30 a.m. on June 19 at the Marriott Lincolnshire Marquis. The forum will feature a panel of experts on the expected impact of the Healthcare Reform Act on businesses. The event also includes an update on the national and international economy by Adolfo Laurenti, Mesirow's Deputy Chief Economist, as well as a Lake County update presented by Aaron Lawlor, Chairman of the Lake County Board, and a report on Lake County Partners' activity by Michael Stevens, President and CEO. Breakfast will be served. There is no charge for this event, but be sure to RSVP by June 14.
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Public Hearing: Lake Michigan Water Project
Tuesday, August 13, 6 p.m.
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The public hearing is for the formation of a Special Service Area (SSA) to fund the project to bring Lake Michigan water to the water systems of Grandwood Park, Lindenhurst, Lake Villa and Fox Lake Hills. At the public hearing, the Lake County Board will consider the establishment of the SSA and hear public comment. Residents included in the SSA will receive a formal notice in the mail in July containing the public hearing details.


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Founded in 1985 as the engineering projects division of Chartered Electronics Industries, the electronics arm of Singapore Technologies (ST). CSE Global is one of the few qualified system integrators in the region for the oil and gas (O&G), mining and communications infrastructure industries. The company has operations in Asia Pacific, the Americas, Europe, and Middle East.
A distinct competitive advantage is CSE's close working relationship with blue-chip
customers such as Shell, Exxon Mobil and a 32-year track record in the business.
Another key advantage of CSE against its peers is the inventory-light model where CSE sources third-party technology for system integration projects.
With over 1000 engineers and technicians, CSE's technical engineering expertise and solid track record is a natural entry barrier giving a "competitive edge" for the business. The strong technical know-how has allowed CSE to enjoy health margins while new entrants with little or no track record struggle to compete.
When CSE wins contracts for system integration projects, it is highly likely to benefit from subsequent upgrading and maintenance works. In 2017, an estimated 63% of total revenue was attributed to upgrading and maintenance works.
As a result, CSE benefited from customer stickiness and provides competitive pricing and cost effective solutions to its customers.
In comparison to a decade ago, when most of its revenue came from offshore O&G, the group has expanded its reach to serving transport, power utilities and waste water utilities companies.
Despite that, The group's revenue exposure is still relatively concentrated within the O&G industry contributing 70% of group revenue in 2017. CSE is still perceived as a pure-play O&G company.
Recovering from Poor Performance in FY17
FY17 CSE reported net loss of $45.1mil while gross margins in FY2017 reduced to 26.0% compared to 31.7% for FY2016.
This was mainly attributed to weaker oil & gas margins, margins were low at an estimated 4% (vs. 3Q16: 5.7%). Management guided for margins to stay low, at least till FY18F, due to the competitive tendering environment.
Management also highlighted that the lack supply of large greenfield oil & gas contracts in 4Q17F.
For FY18, the group outlined plans to recover from its loss making year:
- Revitalizing its existing solutions and services, improving delivery and new applications.
- Adding new solutions and services.
- Retaining and maintaining existing customer relationships.
- Adding new customers.
- Cost control and cash generation.
Quarz Capital sends CSE an open letter
On the 26 Feb 2018, shareholder Quarz Capital sent CSE Global an open letter with a
series of recommendations:
- Recommendation 1: Immediate distribution of S$18m.
- Recommendation 2: Commit dividend payout of 80% with a dividend payout floor of S$12.5m.
- Recommendation 3: Target ROE of >10%, which can be achieved via right-sizing CSE's US business, integrating subsidiaries/new acquisitions, reducing corporate expenses, and targeting future growth opportunities.
- Recommendation 4: Seize growth opportunities in structural growth areas, such as the infrastructure segment in Singapore and Australia.
- Recommendation 5: Increase alignment of board, top management and shareholders' interests (via transparency between board and top management's compensations with total shareholders' return; and via increasing the proportion of share-based compensation which will vest over the mid and long-term). CSE guarantees dividend for 2018.
Post meeting on the 5 Mar, CSE agreed to a few of Quarz's recommendations:
- Firstly, it gave a clear guidance of 2.75 cts DPS for CY18. This implies a dividend payout ratio of 94.4%.
- In addition, CSE committed to continue the rightsizing and turnaround of CSE's
existing US business with the goal of achieving higher profitability in 2018, and
provided a long-term target return on equity of >10%.
In 2Q18, CSE reported stronger revenue of S$92.1m vs 2Q17 revenue of S$85.5m with slight increase in gross margins.
CSE highlighted that they are optimistically cautious as clients remain focused on cost control, but expects GPM could stay stable at 26-27% in FY18F.
1.Expansion in the US.
The group remains positive on its O&G business, which is gaining momentum on small order contracts. Compared to large orders, the smaller orders are highly recurring in nature and generates higher net margin. As management looks to expand its presence beyond the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford, earnings growth momentum should be sustained with greater order intake and growing order-book.
In the recent quarter, the Group continues to secure new orders from greenfield (new installations) projects and brownfield (maintenance, upgrade and enhancement of existing installations) projects totaled S$89.1 million, ending the quarter with an order book of S$148.8 million.
2.ANZ Growth potential.
CSE expects steady demand from customers in Australia and intends to grow its dominant position as a nationwide player in the 2-way radio communication infrastructure industry. There is also scope for CSE to expand its presence in the 2-way radio business to New Zealand when presented with the right opportunities. On the other hand, CSE is bidding for several sizeable infrastructure projects worth around S$30m.
CSE's radio communications businesses in Australia has so far contributed S$42 million revenue in FY2017, which is a significant progress from the S$5 million revenue
in FY2015. This was achieved through partially organic and inorganic acquisitions of 5 companies in Australia. CSE had grown 68% over 3 years in its infrastructure business revenue, from FY2015 to FY2017.
3.Exploring synergies with Serba Dinamik for Petronas deal.
In 1Q18, Serba Dinamik acquired over 128.2m of CSE shares from eight shareholders for S$57.7m (0.45 Scts/share).
In line with its focus to service its existing base of customers and exploring opportunities from its current operations, CSE announced plans to explore synergies together with Serba Dinamik.
With an eye on expansion across Malaysia and North America, CSE is working in partnership with Serba Dinamik (Serba) to become an approved service provider for Petronas. Meaningful developments within this space are expected to flow through within the next 12 to 18 months.
4.Management's bet on recovery.
Since May 18, the group has been buying back shares at an average of S$0.47/share, indicating management's confidence in the company. Riding on strong industry rebound, CSE remains undervalued at 11.0x 2019F PE with ~16% of its market cap in net cash despite a consistently profitable business.
Macro Outlook
Capex spending in deep offshore O&G business is highly dependent on oil prices. The recent surge in crude oil (WTI & Brent) would certainly boost capex spending from the oil majors.
With OPEC recently declared that it has no plans to increase output and geopolitical tensions surrounding Iranian production, falling production in Venezuela and volatile Libyan exports continue to weaken global supply base. Additionally, short-term pipeline capacity constraint in the Permian Basin is threatening to cap production growth.
Schlumberger and Baker Hughes – two of the largest oil and gas (O&G) service companies globally – both see a pickup in the offshore sector, as customers go ahead with large projects that were delayed since 2015. After the deepest downturn in 30 years where capex declined by 40% over the past 3 years, the recovery in sentiment could lead to an increase in capex, which is expected to grow by 15-20% in North America and 5% internationally.
Key Risks:
- As we have seen over the past few years, CSE's performance is very much dependent on oil prices. Weak oil prices will dampen spending from the oil majors leaving only smaller projects for tender.
- Credit risk exposure to commodity related customers, the recent selloff in commodity prices led to mass bankruptcy of commodity producers and explorers. Ongoing projects with financially unstable customer may lead to defaults of payments.
Price catalyst:
- Large O&G contracts wins.
- Accretive acquisitions in communications infrastructure industry.


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You're a manager and you've finally got a handle on Millennials. Or maybe you're one of the Millennials yourself. Look out. Here comes the next generation, Gen Z.
And they're nothing like Millennials.
Here are six things every manager needs to know about Generation Z.
1. How they want their workplace structured is different.
Only 9% will want to work from home. Unlike Gen Xers and Millennials who have been adamant about working to live, Gen Zers will be more likely to want to come into the office, with a clearer separation of work and home. A mere 17% of them think an open office environment would support them in doing their best work. The overwhelming majority of them want their own private work space, be that an office or a cubicle. They are hard workers with a strong work ethic, and they want their own space in which to perform that work.
2. They are a resilient bunch.
Millennials were raised to think they are special. Meanwhile, Gen Z, raised during the Great Recession, were raised to be resilient. They watched their parents navigate banks failing, retirement accounts tanking and figuring out how to make ends meet. Learning through osmosis and sometimes direct mentoring from their parents, this generation has mastered resilience. That doesn't mean they enjoy punishing assignments or long hours, but if they are on board with the big picture, they will figure out how to make it work.
3. Entrepreneurship is in their blood.
With IPO heroes like Mark Zuckerberg and Evan Spiegel, they've come of age in a time when tech start-ups, bloggers and YouTube sensations have become independently wealthy under their noses. That successful start-up mentality has influenced what they think is possible. Capitalize on their entrepreneurship, showing how they can be intrapreneurial if you are part of a large organization or where they can most effectively apply their entrepreneurial efforts in a smaller or mid-sized organization.
4. Optimism about the future.
Whereas their Millennial counterparts tend to be more pessimistic (and entitled, many have said), Gen Z sees the glass as half full, and even more than half full when they work hard and apply themselves. Don't douse their optimism if you want to get their best work from them.
5. They are accustomed to freedom.
Raised like mini-adults by their Gen X parents coupled with being able to explore the world in a device in the palm of their hand, they are accustomed to freedom unknown to previous generations. While their parents might know where they are in the physical world at all times, they have no idea where in the digital world they are. This is the generation that outsmarted the parental controls on their devices, not because they wanted to visit nefarious websites, but just to see if they could, and to see what lies beyond the fire wall. Your coaching skills as a manager might be put to the limit as you navigate giving them their freedom while supervising their work.
6. Keep it real.
Generation Z is more influenced by real, non-airbrushed personalities on YouTube than they are by celebrity endorsements. From their casual unkempt (men) or simple (women) hair styles to their tastes in music and fashion, this generation more than the few generations that immediately preceded them are all about keeping things real. Let their individuality shine through. Reciprocate and show your authentic self and you will win their trust and respect.
Take these six dynamics into account as you onboard Generation Z into your organization and you will be rewarded with optimistic, resilient, entrepreneurial employees who will soon become the next generation of leaders in your organization.


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Upsets were nowhere to be found among Arizona's contested congressional primaries Tuesday as Republicans David Schweikert and Sydney Hay and Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick appeared to clinch races in the 5th and 1st congressional districts.
If final results hold up, each would advance to the Nov. 4 general election.
Schweikert and Hay hope to reverse Democratic momentum from 2006, reclaiming the 5th Congressional District and maintaining the GOP's grip on the 1st District. That seat is open with embattled GOP Congressman Rick Renzi not running for re-election.
Kirkpatrick, meanwhile, also has her eyes on District 1, a rural district that could give the Democrats split control of the state's full congressional delegation.
"We're one step closer to changing Washington, and it feels really good," Kirkpatrick said in a telephone interview while celebrating her win in Prescott.
Among legislative races, arguably the hottest contest turned into a cakewalk for Russell Pearce.
The Republican lawmaker and border-security hardliner had to fend off both a GOP challenger as well as an independent committee in his state Senate bid. Pearce opponents tried to raise questions about his character, raising the specter of a past domestic-violence complaint and alleged ties to neo-Nazi interests.
But Pearce cruised to victory Tuesday over Kevin Gibbons in the Republican primary to represent west Mesa's District 18.
Incumbent state Rep. Sam Crump and newcomer Carl Seel were leading a three-way race for two House seats in north Phoenix. Challenger Tony Bouie was trailing a distant third.
In many state districts with lopsided voter registration, the primary election essentially determines party control.
It can also set the tone for the next legislative session. Hints of that were evident Tuesday with Seel and Pearce topping the more-moderate Gibbons and Bouie, and left-leaning Republican Pete Hershberger potentially in danger against Al Melvin in southern Arizona.
In a District 22 battle featuring the state Senate's highest-ranking Republican, Senate Majority Leader Thayer Verschoor appeared to get by challenger Eddie Farnsworth, who was term-limited out of his House seat. If Republicans maintain control of the chamber, Verschoor could be the odds-on favorite to be named Senate president.
In the Democratic primary for Maricopa County attorney, Tim Nelson defeated Gerald Richard by a roughly 2-to-1 ratio.
Nelson will face Republican incumbent Andrew Thomas and Libertarian Michael Kielsky in the general election.
Staff writer Yvonne Wingett contributed to this article.
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Local Boxing Camp Opens This Weekend– Welcomes A Two Time World Champion
Daniel Ponce De Leon visits El Paso to headline a boxing camp for youth boxers.
Milwaukee Bucks Steal the Show before Warriors Game
Milwaukee Bucks poke fun at newly found Golden State Warriors fans
Running Back Becomes the Oldest College Football Player of All Time
SCSU Running Back becomes the oldest player in College Football History.
The Cubs Are Finally World Series Champions
Chicago Cubs win the 2016 World Series
Local Non Profit Looking for Donations to Assist Underprivileged Veterans This Holiday Sea…
Non Profit looks to help local veterans in time for the holiday season.
UTEP Students to Protest at UTEP vs ODU Game — What Do They Hope to Accomplish? [OPINION]
Perhaps it is the words of a great high school teacher who once told me "Nothing gets accomplished without work."
2016 — The Year of Drought Busters
The Cubs and Indians look to end their long World Series droughts.
Chihuahuas face Cy Young Winner, Tim Lincecum and Salt Lake Bees
Tim Lincecum & Salt Lake Bees Fall to the El Paso Chihuahuas
Rod Barajas, From Diablo to Chihuahua, and in between.
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Do you remember the breaking news or were you affected by the volcano eruption in 2010? It suspended the air traffic in 20 European countries and affected 10 million passengers. If you are not one of those 10 million, like me, you might be thinking that this eruption was intense. But it was not the first time that an eruption of the Icelandic Volcanos Europe:
Laki Volcano and how it changed Europe history
In 1783-84 the eruption of the Laki Volcano in Iceland resulted in a lot of changes on to the course of the history. It is considered to be one of the greatest natural disasters in the European history. The eruption was so intense that it lasted 8 months. The lava reached the temperature of 1000⁰C killing thousands of people. The burning lava is just the initial consequence of a volcano eruption. It is followed by toxic fumes, poisoned soil, acid rain and blocked rivers – the lava dries in contact with the water creating a barrier – which in turn, cause flooding and pollute its waters.
The disaster didn't affect Iceland only, due to an unusual climatic condition that year the winds were blowing from Iceland to Europe carrying the ashes and toxic fumes to the mainland of Europe. Some reports say that it got as far as Baghdad. It had an immense effect on the seasons. It caused an extremely hot summer and one of the most severe and longer winters in 250 years.
Some at the time thought that it was the Judgement Day. If the recent eruption was already a problem with all technology we have today, imagine that in 1784! A journal from an Icelander Lutheran pastor, Jon Steingrimsoon, relates his impression of the volcano:
"Great slabs were cast up so indescribably high into the air backward and forward with great crashes players of fire and spouts of sand, smoke, and fumes. How fearsome I was to look upon the tokens and manifestation of God's wrath"
After the famine in Iceland was so severe that the Icelanders start eating the leather book pages to survive.
In Europe, it was one of the factors for the floods and poverty. As you might know, the poverty and hunger were the main reason for the French revolution in 1789. If so, Iceland is responsible for the way we live today because with the French revolution came the ascension of Napoleon, collapsing of many monarchies, the political system of many other countries, such as the independence of Brazil and many other important historical events. And we think that globalization just happened with the internet!
Want to learn more about the Laki eruption? Check this BBC documentary: Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5


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