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Paul Robinson has done the second ascent of Dave Graham's Psychedelic, at the Gorilla cliffs outside St George, Utah. Dave did the FA back in November of 2001, giving it 9a, but, at the same time saying it's very difficult to grade.
In an interview with Mountains and water, Paul says "It is long moves on small holds up a slightly overhung wall. It is 60 feet and can be summed up as a v6 boulder to a v13 boulder to about 30 feet of 13a to the top."
The Climbingnarc has a video showing Dave making the FA. I must say it looks absolutely heinous!


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Adani: DFAT facing questions over possible secret requests for foreign cash to fund controversial mine
Exclusive by the National Reporting Team's Alexandra Blucher and Mark Willacy
Key federal crossbenchers will today grill senior government bureaucrats about possible secret approaches to foreign agencies for financial support for Adani's controversial Carmichael coal mine.
Key points:
- Senator Xenophon wants to know what representations the Government made to foreign agencies
- Australian embassies overseas were searched for documents
- An FOI request on the issue has "captured several hundred pages of documents"
The questions have been sparked by a Freedom of Information request to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for documents relating to requests for foreign government financing for the controversial multi-billion-dollar mine and rail project.
In response, DFAT asked for more time to respond as the request had "captured several hundred pages of documents".
Senator Nick Xenophon said he would be demanding clarification from DFAT officials at Senate Estimates today about what representations the Federal Government has made to foreign agencies.
"It is not the role of the Australian Government or its diplomatic missions to be involved as finance brokers for a very controversial project like this," he said. "There needs to be an open and transparent process."
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Question about Cuisinart Supreme Grind DBM-8 Electric Burr Grinder
I've had machine for 8+ years. Gave to a friend then got a new one, which doesn't grind coffee very fine. On finest setting I get flakes of coffee which just don't work in espresso machine.
Posted by Butte Bill on
My brand new Cuisinart DBM - 8 grinder fails to grind the coffee sufficiently fine for use in our espresso machine (Olympia Crema). Is it possible to adjust or modify the burrs to grind more finely?
The best solution I have was referred to me by a mate of mine who services commercial coffee machines.
Step 1. Remove the base of the grinder... this is actually the hardest aspect of this task... as there is one tamper-proofing screw... if you can't get the correct star-hex screw driver I recommend drilling the screw out.
Step 2. Once the base is off you will see the main shaft of the grinders motor. The shaft has a star washer set in behind hew nut, the end of the shaft has a slot cut into for a flat bladed screwdriver. Hold the nut with a pair of pliers & you can adjust the shaft positioning (& hence the burr attached to the motor) by about 3mm....
You will need to experiment to find the correct level of fineness as you require.
If you need further information send me an e-mail as I'd be happy to forward more detailed instructions.
Good Luck.
Dave (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Posted on Nov 04, 2009
Take out the bean chute, remove the burr from the bottom. Then cut a business card the size of the burr and use it as a spacer between the burr and bean chute. This will space you burrs closer together giving you a finer grind. If there is a squealing sound the burrs are touching and need to be back off a bit.
Posted on Apr 25, 2009
The other one use to work good if that one does flakie coffee the setting are not right im sure you ajusted the setting fine its when they assemble the unit it not done properly go back to the store and exchange it or open it and check for the dial ajustment thanks for using fixya pierre
Posted on Feb 10, 2008
Dave's solution was AWESOME!
I just did it! Big difference!
Took 5 minutes....
Just be careful while opening it.. a small piece falls out
which is the safety.. Inserting the ground coffee recepticle depresses it.
Its just a small plastic nub/spring.
Great! Thanks Dave!!!
Posted on Sep 29, 2012
Dave's solution was AWESOME!
I just did it! Big difference!
Took 5 minutes....
Just be careful while opening it.. a small piece falls out
which is the safety.. Inserting the ground coffee recepticle depresses it.
Its just a small plastic nub/spring.
Great! Thanks Dave!!!
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Germany Should Not Have Invaded Belgium in WW1
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When analyzing the plan and it's merits both neither side may use historical events that were not direct outcomes of the plan.
A better plan would have been to defend the border along Alsace Lorraine which was narrow and defensible and attempt to knock Russia out the war. When the Schlieffen plan was created it was made with the Franco-Prussian war in mind. The powerful Prussian artillery and given them a distinct edge when attacking French defensive positions, leading many military thinkers to favor offensive warfare. However, innovations in warfare such as the machine gun rendered this inference obsolete. It also doesn't take into account the rise of railroad infrastructure and the huge advantage it grants defenders. Railroads alow defenders to use internal lines far more effectively by shifting troops rapidly across fronts.
France and Germany are two modern industrialized nations with professional armies and nationalist sentiments deeply ingrained in their society. This is also before the dawn of mechanized warfare, meaning it is very hard to exploit breakthroughs and encircle opposing forces like the Plan intended to do. This match up is pretty much a guaranteed stalemate. So what if the Plan somehow works and Paris falls? They have no hope of encircling their opponents, historically the French army used their railway system to redeploy their army to defend Paris very rapidly. If the Germans win the Battle of the Marine, they still have to siege Paris. Assaulting it is out of question as machine guns will dominate the city's urban choke-points. They will have to comit a large portion of troops to starving the city out giving the French time to regroup. Historically , the fact that Germany occupied parts of nothern France caused the French right wing and socialist parties to form a 'sacred union' were they put aside politics and focused on wining the war. I think that shows that the French will not simply capitulate. They even tried to carry on the Franco-Prussian war after having their main army captured and Paris besieged. If the Germans push farther south, they get repeated siege warfare at the very best, but most likely the offensive will slow down and some kind of trench warfare will set on.
The Germans now have to worry about occupying a hostile country while also holding a massive defensive line. As the invasion of Belgium brings the British into the war, the Germans are now waging a war of attrition with their homeland under Royal Navy Blockade. They also have to deal with the Russians who are invading Prussia. Assuming the French tore up railroads while retreating, it's going to take a while to transfer forces to the eastern front to deal with that. By the way, this is what happens if the plan somehow succeeds far beyond it's historical achievements. Historical the Germans are forced into a war of attrition that they can't win as they are under blokade. In the east, the Russians become a major threat, effectivly destroying the Hapsburg army and invading East Prussia and Galacia. Historically, the Germans scored an extremely lucky victory at Tannenburg, however that doesn't change the fact that the lack of troops on the eastern is a major weakness of the Plan that was only resolved by the extreme luck of the German commanders. In short, attacking through Belgium puts the Germans in an unwinnable war of attrition that becomes less feasible if they don't anhilite the Russians at Tannenberg, as a failure to drive Russia from Prussia could lead to Austria being knocked out of the war before Germany can do anything about it.
A far better plan would be to invade Russian Poland and stay on defensive in the west. It would be a similar situation to 1915 were Germany stayed on the defensive in the west while attacking in the east. Major differences being a smaller front, no Britain, no Blockade, no Sacred Union, and Germany can attack before the Russians fully deploy. The German border was hilly fortified terrain that would have been very hard to take. The British do not join the war and blockade Germany. It took the British and the French four years to break the western front against an enemy facing a blockade wearing down the home front. How is France supposed to break German lines alone, against defensible terrain, and without the blockade? Also the french army mutinied in 1917, refusing to fight a war to regain their own territory, how will French morale and political unity hold up when they are fighting a bloody war to take German territory? If the Germans attack the Russians, they can possibly destroy parts of the Russian army piecemeal as the russian army deployed far slower then the Germans. The Russian army would be thrown into panic and spend a good deal of time reorganizing . If Germany seizes Poland with little opposition it means that they prevent the huge defeats the Austrians suffer and also are in a good position going into 1915 as they can use the russian railway system to defend their captured territory.
I would like to thank JackFritschy for presenting his arguments.
What Was the Schlieffen Plan?
The Triple Entente of Great Britian, France, and Russia was formed in the early 20th century. The other major alliance in Europe at the time was the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, which was formed in the late 19th century. Thus, the Triple Alliance was right in the middle of the Triple Entente. If Germany ever declared war on one, the others, bound by the mutual-defense pacts part of the Triple Entente, would be forced to come to its aid. Given the geography, Germany would be unable to commit all of its forces against that country because that would leave its hinterlands undefended. But it would also be a bad strategy to split their forces in two, committing half to France and half to Russia, because they would be too small to properly attack either country.
The Schlieffen Plan was a startegy meant to combat this problem. Massive speed would be imployed in a war against France, and the forcese would then swing east to Russia before Russia had a chance to respond. The plan looked something like this:
The reason for going through Belgium was because the French-German border was heavily fortified in response to Germany's devestating victory against the French during the Franco-Prussian war. But the defenses in Belgum were much sparser than those in France. In addition, the terrain of Belgium is flat, as opposed to the area around the Franco-German border which was more mountainous, making it more ideal of a spot to launch an invasion of France than the border itself. These two things would greatly faciliate a quicker invasion of France, and, if all went well, the capture of Paris in just a few weeks. With France take care of that quickly, the bulk of the forces stationed in France would be moved to the Eastern front to deal with the Russians.[2]
On the Eastern front before the capture of Paris, the Germans put a small army in the Prussian area. This was meant to hold off any Russian attacks until the forces in France could reach that front.
Why Was the Schlieffen Plan the Best?
Basically, there were three options. The first was to attack France and defend against Russia. The second was to attack Russia and defend against France. The third was to attack both France and Russia. Defending against both France and Russia would be impossible, as it was the Triple Alliance that were the agressors. They would have needed to conduct some offensive campaign. Since my opponent has chosen to defend the second option, I will only argue against that option.
First, Russia was much larger than France. The distance from eastern Germany to Paris through Belgium was around 150 miles. The amount of distance the German troops would have had to traverse was only 100-200 miles. On the other hand, the distance from Königsberg, the eastermost point in Germany, to St. Petersburg was 510 miles, and to Moscow, 675 miles. This was a much larger distance to traverse. In general, militarily, it is far easier to accomplish one objective that takes much less distance compared to another objective, all other things being equal, as the supply lines and communication lines get longer, and the organization and morale of the armies decreases as the distance and time increases.
Second, Russia's forces, albeit larger than France's, were much more spread out, and mobilization took much larger for the Russians than for the French. During the war, mobilization and deployment took about three weeks for the Russians and a little less than a week for the French. This would have left a good bit of time from the Germans, who were able to mobilize and deploy their forces quickly, to knock France out of the war.[3]
Third, the technological capacity of the Russians was much less than that of the French. For rifles, while the technology of the rifles used by the French and Russians was roughly the same, not all of the soldiers in the Russian army had rifles. At the beginning of the war, there was a huge shortage of rifles in the Russian ranks. In fact, initially, around 30% of the Russian troops did not have rifles. For machine guns, considering Germany was initially on the defensive, and since machine guns are mostly imployed by defenders, it was the Germans that had most of the machine guns. For artillery, France had around 4500 field artillery pieces and 7000 fortress artillery pieces. The Russian numbers are hard to pin down exactly, but it is known that Russian artillery strategy was flawed. Too much emphasis was placed on fortress artillery in comparison to field artillery. In 1906, the military budget had 700 million roubles set aside for fortress artillery and 113 million roubles set aside for field artillery. Thus, whereas 40% of France's artillery was in field artillery, only 15% of Russia's artillery was in field artillery. Also, the coordination between the Russian infantry and artillery crops was small, compared to that of the rest of Europe at the time. These two things indicate that France's artillery strategy was far superior to Russia's at the time. Airplanes, tanks, and poison gas were not factors at the beginning of the war.[4][5][6][7]
And fourth, the political scene in Russia was much more volatile than in France. Of course, the Russian revolution occurred in 1917, a full three years after the start of the war, there were major cracks in the Russian political system at the start of the war. The unrest between the urban workers, the farmers, and the upper class was already very large at the time. It had already almost boiled over in 1905. A stalled offensive would have been much more dangerous for the Russians than a strong defensive, as morale could be applied to national defense in the latter case, but the stalled offensive was viewed as a fault of the Russian army and government.
In conclusion, we see that the smaller size of France (making an invasion and knockout of France much easier than Russia), the spread out and un-mobilized nature of the Russian forces at the time (giving more time for the Germans to knock out France and quickly head to Russia than the reverse), the insufficiency of the Russians' military technology (making it easier for the Germans to defend Prussia), and the volatile nature of the Russian political situation (making a stalled invasion a dangerous proposition for Russia) indicates that an invasion of France with a defense from Russian forces first seems to have been the better course of action.
So Why Did Germany Lose WWI?
Ultimately, however, Germany lost WWI. However, we can hardly fault the Schlieffen plan. The Germans depleted the force of the Schlieffen plan by taking forces away from the offensive in France to the defense of Prussia. The Battle of the Marne was a victory for the French simply because the Germans didn't have the manpower to win it. If the Schlieffen plan had been executed as it was originally intended, the French stand on the Marne would likely have been broken, and that would have made the path all but open to the Germans.
The reason there were German forces in East Prussia was because of the ineffectiveness of the Austria-Hungarian forces. The Austrian-Hungarian force that was supposed to cover most the Eastern front was untrained and unready to handle the Russian force that was opposing it. Despite the fact that the Austria-Hungarians and the Russians were rather equally matched initially, Russia was able to sweep aside the Austria-Hungarians rather easily. The outcome was essentially a full scale rout out of Galicia for Austria-Hungary. Here's a map of the campaign[8]:
As you can see, there was a massive retreat on the Austria-Hungarian side. It was this that drew even more German troops out of the Western front after the Battle of the Marne. If the Austria-Hungarians had been able to hold their line, the German 8th Army could have been shifted west and helped turn the tide at the Battle of the Marne.
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[5]: http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net...
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So what if the Germans Win at the Marne?
Con envisions a scenarios were German troops are not sent east, Germany wins at Marne, and the Austrians hold the east. To accept that this could happen we must first assume that the troops sent would have guaranteed victory. Let's assume that they would, where does that put Germany. The French government had already relocated to Bouduex along with the Bank of France's monetary reserves. The Germans would have to starve Paris out while the French regrouped. Just because Paris falls, it doesn't mean France is just going to throw in the towel. Paris is just a city. Now, the Germans have to defend much longer then the one they defended historically. The French army would be able to counter attack while Paris was tying down a large part of the German army or while German troops are sent east to help Austria. Because France destroyed her railroads lines during the retreat, Germany cannot bring up her artillery, making a slog around paris were the french have a 2:1 artillery advantage very hard to win. This plan also relies on the Austrians not collapsing which would be a miracle in and of it's self.
Why Attack Russia?
Con says that the Germans shouldn't attack Russia because St. Petersburg was far away. This is a throwback to the outdated concept that you have to capture someones capital to defeat them. In 1905, the Japanese defeated the Russians decisively in the Russo-Japanese war without coming anywhere close to St Petersburg. Con might also compare invading russia with Hitler's and Napoleon's attempts, but those overly ambitious attempts to drive to Moscow in one campaign, something no one in the German Command was even thinking of. Con also says that Russians are weak and while take some time to deploy giving Germany a chance to defeat France. While that is true, remember, France had to be totally knocked out, or else the British will enter the war and were Germany down through blockade, and there was virtually no chance of France getting knocked out in 1914. This begs the question, shouldn't one attack were his enemy is weak rather then were they are strong? Instead of seeing Russia's deployment time as a short window to launch a hare brained scheme, why not use it to overrun poland? It's also worth noting that France will only grow weaker while Russia will only grow stronger. France's political unity was eventually worn down and probably wouldn't even exist if french commanders simply smashed their army's against a fortified german border. The Russians officer corp will improve throughout the war, as will their logistics which had improved enormously by 1916. The germans were able to deal with this in 1915 by going on the defensive in the west while shifting forces to the east. However, if con's scenario happens, the Germans will not be able to do this as they are tied down by Paris as well as a massive front to defend. Russia is politically unstable and if Germany fully commits to the east, they could bring Russia to the table in two years or so. The Russian command will have to totally reorganize their plans as everything will be disrupted by the rapid German advance. There isn't much of a threat from France in this plan either. It took France AND Britain four years to break Germans lines in the west. In my scenario, Britan is not in the war, Germany is defending a smaller, more fortified line, and France is not united a struggle to take back their land. If Germany ask both powers to negotiate they will be hard pressed to say no. France is simply watching it's soldiers die for mere yards of foreign soil, how will the french socialist react I wonder? Russians will be tired of seeing army after army destroyed by a far superior military force just to maintains foreign lands such as poland. Make no mistake the Russians are not going to unite like they did in WW2. That's because they are fighting on foreign soil (poland/ukraine) against an enemy willing to negotiate and who isn't committing war crimes like the Nazis.
Let's Go Over The Plans
Cons Plan:
Leaves the Austrians to collapse
Brings Britain into the war.
Creates the blockade that eventually causes germany to collapse.
Allows the russians time to improve their logistics.
Commits to a war of attrition in the west that Germany can't win.
My Plan
Allows Germany to commit to a far more beatable enemy.
Doesn't bring in Britain
No Blockade
Tests Frances resolve by forcing them to fight on a very fortified frontier on foreign soil. Historically, France's 1914 attempt to assault this border was a disaster.
In the end, cons plan failed in history. It was a gamble that France was going to go all out on the border and not be able to redeploy in time. Historically it failed. Regardless what happens around Paris, trench warfare will set on and Germany will be trapped in a war of attrition that it can't win. The blockade broke Germany internally and eventually forced them out of the war. My plan is less based on fantastic gambles and more on realistic objectives to win an industrial war in the early 20th century.
I would like to thank JackFritschy for this debate.
Plotting the Course of the Schlieffen Plan Beyond the Battle of the Marne
My opponent counters my claim that, had the Germans won the Battle of the Marne, the takeover of France would have likely been inevitable. The Battle of the Frontiers had all but destroyed the BEF and the French 5th army, requiring the 3rd and 4th armies be pulled from their attacks on Alsace and Lorraine. They exploited a gap between the German 1st and 2nd armies, one that could have easily been filled by the German 8th army, at that time in the Eastern front. Had that gap been closed, it is likely the French 3rd and 4th armies would not have fared that well during the battle. The 1st and 2nd armies were tied down facing the German 6th and 7th armies, so they would have been unable to come to their aid. The newly formed French 9th army was too raw to have been that effective, and could easily have been annihilated. Thus, we see that all of the allied forces that were in France at the time would either have been broken or tied down facing other armies, leaving Paris a prime target. After capturing Paris, which wouldn't have taken that long with no other French armies on the field, especially given the strength of the German artillery, the German 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th armies could have swung around and surrounded the French 3rd and 4th armies. With France's capital captured and all of their standing armies either captured or significantly depleted, the French would have had to sue for peace.[1][2]
The Battle of the Marne occurred in early September, and it seems reasonable to assume that all of this would have been over by early October. The troops could then be shuttled to the Eastern front in just a few days (with two or three armies left behind to deal with any potential British invasion) to deal with the Russians. With a near full strength German and Austria-Hungarian force, Russia could easily have been pushed back and eventually defeated (or maybe even brought to terms beforehand, considering France, its largest ally, was just defeated).
Also, the Germans had more artillery, and more powerful artillery, than the French did.[3]
Where Would Great Britian Have Been in This?
One of my opponent's critical assumptions is that, if the Germans had attacked the Russians and forced the French to attack, that Britain would not have entered the war. Ostensibly, this appears to be right, since Britain cited Germany's invasion of Belgium as the reason it entered WWI. However, there are two problems with this.
One, Britain was part of the Triple Entente alliance with both France and Russia. Even if the Germans had not gone through Belgium and instead attacked France right on the Franco-German border, Britain would probably have seen entered the war. Similarly, if the Germans had decided to attack Russia, Britain would probably have entered the war as well. The nature of these military-political alliances made this likely.
But more importantly, there was a huge Anglo-German rivalry that preceded WWI. Germany was determined to increase its standing in the Western world, and the way it decided to do so was to antagonize Britain on a number of fronts. This had a crucial effect on who entered WWI. "...it was critical for war that Germany become economically more powerful than Britain... The German invasion of Belgium was not important because the British decision had already been made and the British were more concerned with the fate of France. Kennedy wrote that by far the main reason was London's fear that a repeat of 1870 - when Prussia and the German states smashed France - would mean Germany would gain control the English Channel and north-west France. British policy makers insisted that would be a catastrophe for British security." British strategists would likely have seen an invasion of Russia, and most certainly a successful campaign in Russia, as enough to attack Germany. The fact that Britain was trying to weaken Germany implies that Britain would have supported France in its attack, particularly if Germany's campaign in Russia was going well.[4]
And with Britain in the war, a blockade would have inevitably followed.
Problems With Attacking Russia
The total number of Russian casualties in the Russo-Japanese war was around 43,300. The outcome of the war was the loss of Russian influence in Manchuria and Korea, and the loss of half of Sakhalin Island. This victory by the Japanese can hardly be considered decisive enough to warrant calling this equivalent to the defeat the Germans would have needed to have inflicted on the Russian during WWI to knock them out of the war. While Napoleon's and Hitler's strategies were flawed, looking at their attempts was well as earlier attempts by Swedish and Polish forces (separately), we see that a successful invasion of Russia, one where the Russians fully capitulate and relinquish control of their military, is extremely hard, and saying that the Germans in WWI could have easily beaten Russia is a very long stretch.[5][6]
While Russia's mobilization time was longer than the rest of the European powers, it did not take that long. I said in the last round that it only took three weeks. This is not nearly enough time to complete an attack of Russia, especially considering Russia would have the advantage of interior lines for constant reinforcement and resupply, meaning that at least a portion of the army could have attacked the Germans earlier. If Germany had attacked France first, Russia would have had to complete its mobilization, destroy the Austrian-Hungarian forces in Galicia, and march deep into the hearts of Germany and Austria-Hungary, all of which would have taken a considerable amount of time, and certainly would have taken long enough for Germany to defeat France with a stronger force and swing back to the East.
On national unity, while it is true that France would have been less unified if they were attacking, they would never have fallen apart over an offensive war, failed or otherwise. The divisions between the French were much less crippling than those that plagued Russia. However, if Russia had been attacked, they would have been more unified. Part of the reason Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown was because it was making little headway in its attack of Germany, costing the lives of many men and supplies. If Russia was defending itself, it is more than likely that a revolt would never have happened, and all of the resources of the nation committed to defense.
The Problem of Having Germany Defend Against France
France had a plan before WWI for attacking Germany known as Plan XVII. It involved the French armies navigating around the sparser German defense in Alsace and Lorraine, taking the defenses individually, and uniting to knock out any force sent to oppose it. The plan looked something like this:
You can notice that the Germans had much fewer defenses on the Franco-German border than the French did. The only major defensive structures were located in Metz and Strasbourg, which were almost 50 miles apart, whereas the French had a much more complete and connected system of defense, with major defensive structures locate in Verdun, Toul, Epinal, and Belfort, smaller, more wall-like structures between Verdun and Toul, as well as between Epinal and Belfort, and small defensive structures around Nancy. Therefore, whereas a frontal assault by the Germans against the French positions was impractical, the same was not true in the reverse. A quick mobilization by the French would have easily allowed them to circle and besiege Metz, and brush aside any token forces sent by the Germans in time around Strasbourg. By this time, the French would have gained massive momentum with the German forces incoming to stop them. Of course, the French failed to do much on that front during WWI, but that was because of poor offensive tactics, the fact that three German armies met them on the field, instead of the one or two that would have greeted them if the Germans had decided to attack Russia, and the fact that the BEF, and French 4th and 5th armies were not on that front.[7]
An offensive war against Russia would have required a massive amount of work, particularly with supply and communication lines, and would have faced Russia on territory they knew, with internal lines, easier resupply, and the morale boost of a defensive war. An offensive war against France would have been much more likely to knock one of them out of the war, because the Schlieffen plan was good enough to do so. Any other plan would have resulted in a less desirable outcome.
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3 points to Pro (Arguments). Reasons for voting decision: Con made plenty of good arguments, but seems to talk past some of Pro's best. It seems clear that it was not necessary or effective in the long term to invade Belgium, possibly leaving Britian out of the war, as well as the US.
[*Reason for removal*] The voter doesn't specifically assess any arguments made by either side. Stating generally that Pro had untouched points, that Con had good arguments, and that those inform a generalized decision is not sufficient.
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Reasons for voting decision: Pro's argument was that Germany should have attacked Russia because the Franco-German border would have been easier to defend, Russia easier to invade, and Britain would not have entered the war. Con easily countered that Russia would have been extremely hard to conquer, and would have required so much manpower that the Germans could leave very few troops on the Franco-German border, leaving the French an easy opportunity to invade Germany. The only point con was a little questionable on was Britain. Britain's involvement should not be downplayed. I honestly don't think either side was convincing in this area. Pro ignored Britain's threatened hegemony overseas by Germany, and con ignored the slippery nature of Anglo-Russian relations that would have made a British intervention on Russia' behalf not so certain. Britain aside, con clearly won on military strategy, and, again, I don't think either side was decisive on the British question, so I make this a con win.
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I hear this question way too much. Here is the answer… As much as you want. I know, you are probably getting ready to fire up your email program and roast me for such a simple answer…but don't do that just yet. Here is the rest of the answer…
In the right places, using the right techniques, directed at the right audience.
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Miss any one of the three key elements:
1) The right places (market area)
2) The right techniques (correct message, and type of marketing)
3) The right audience (marketing your product to someone who wants to buy)
And your campaign goes BOOM (it implodes)!
Period. It doesn't matter if you invest 3% of your sales or 30% of your sales…if you do not have every one of the three key elements locked in…you will get roughly the same proportion of Return On Investment, very little to nothing.
Let's examine the real scenario…
If you invest $100 on marketing your business properly and get $200 in sales from that investment because you properly marketed according to the steps above…what would happen if you invested $1000 in the same marketing campaign? $10000? $100,000? Marketing is a science, so you would continue to get the same percentage of return on investment.
That's right; you could keep trading investment for profits until the market dries up (which is extremely rare, so no excuses as to not focusing here).
In other words, your focus should not be how much money you are devoting to marketing your business, but how you are marketing your business. That is the mindset of all very successful business owners.
In my humble opinion, you have two options to choose from today (I am a big believer in immediate action)…
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2) Focus your message, use the right methodology, and make sure the people reading that message will want your product or service. And PROFIT ALL DAY LONG.
I already know which option you would like to choose. That is the obvious part.
What are you going to do in your business today to choose that option?
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Star Stuck (2011)
Snakes, In My Heart-Blood Warmed (2014)
The Last Days Of Allen Perdew (2017)
Not The Resurrection (2005)
Journey Behind The Clouds (2012)
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Jerrold McKinsey is a native Toner. He was born and raised in Bellevue, Washington and graduated from UCLA. He returned to the Northwest after graduate school and has lived in Spokane for nearly 20 years. McKinsey has published three volumes of poetry and contributed to numerous publications including The Atlantic, The New Yorker and Poetry magazines.
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I grew up with the prose of Ernest Hemingway, the verse of Robert Frost and the music of Woody Gutherie. Those three guys continue to rattle around inmy head. They provide underlying theme and rhythm in my verse. My life has been a rocky journey, a search for the symmetries between nature, God and the daily tasks of living. Love is the prism through which these symmetries are reflected and my words a description, albiet a reaching one, of that reflection.
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Should healing children by faith be illegal?
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In the bible, it says that God helps those who help themselves. See, when a child is sick, You should give him modern medicine, but you should also have faith in god. Asking God for an instant miracle is treating him like a Tool. It's not right, you're not only insulting god by doing that, but you're also damaging a child. Sure, do it to yourself, but A child? A child does not have the option to say yes or no to this, it has to do what the parents say. So I say it should be illegal, To not give a child modern treatment when he or she is sick or injured.
I accept and thank my partner for making this debate. BoP is fully on PRO, as he is the instigator and arguing that something should be changed. I also ask my partner to make haste with the posting of arguments, as I will not be steadily available by Saturday untill the end of next week.
RESOLUTION: "Healing children by faith should be illegal"
I will be CON, arguing that "Healing children using faith cannot be illegalized." Notice that I said "healing using faith", not the standard "faith healing". My version allows for use of normal medicine as well as religous medicine: prayer.
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"In the bible, it says that God helps those who help themselves" - No it doesn't. This is a common heresy that 75% of American's believe in, yet it proclaims the exact opposite of Christian views. For example: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight" Proverbs 5-6, according to the new International Bible (1)
"You should give him modern medicine, but you should also have faith in God." - If you live according to the bible, you should have faith in God first, and then the modern medicine will be provided. Not really heresy.
"Asking God for an instant miracle is treating him like a tool" - Heresy again. "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you" Matthew 7:7 (2).
"You're only instulting God by doing that" - No you aren't, see above. Simply asking means that we have some small belief that it may come true. Therefore we are leaning on God, letting him take away our troubles as he wants us too. Heresy.
"You're also damaging the child." - Heresy. Asking God for a miracle cannot even logically do any damage to a child. And if you're Christian, you believe that asking God for help makes it surely come.
"A child does not have the option to say yes or no to this, it has to do what the parents say" - Considering the context, another heresy. You say this as if it was a bad thing, yet it is good for the child to do what the parents say, as the parents care about the child and know what to do better than the child. "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right" Ephesians 6:1 (3).
"it should be illegal [t]o not give a child modern treatment when he or she is sick"(spelling courtesy of mfigurski). First off, this is what madatory healthcare is for. You can't make it illegal because that would restrict freedom, so the government simply pushed the public to use medicine by issuing mandatory healthcare and making it seem cheaper.
Secondly, thise does not pertain to the debate, as the resolution is: "Healing children by faith should be illegal", not "Healing children ONLY with faith sould be illegal".
Besides, prayer could push God to help the family get and use modern medicine.
Thanks to all viewers. Awaiting further posts from PRO, hopefully we'll get this done quickly...
Did you read what i said? I said that you should both have faith in God and give the child modern medicine, but if you just let your child lay there in bed, sick, and in pain, just asking god to instantly heal the child, Well, i think that's wrong. See, I don't mind having faith in God when you are also giving the child modern medicine: You should have faith, actually. But when you ask God to help you when you aren't even trying to help the kid, just no. Now, my main point isn't that the bible says you should help yourself: My point is that kids have died over this belief, and i know we have freedom of religion, but do you really think this is right? If you had a 7 year old child, that has Tuberculosis, and he is lying in bed, In pain, would you choose to only ask God for help and not do anything else? Do you really think that's right? No. Also, parents don't always want what's best for you. Ex: All the fathers who rape their daughters, all the mothers who kill their sons. See, I believe in God, and i always ask him for help, but i also do the best i can to help myself too. And I believe that God will help me pull through all of this trouble: And he does. Everytime there is something bad in my life, I pray to God, and everything's fixed by the next week. But, I would never just sit there and wait for god to make a miracle immediately. And i don't think you would either.
I have read what you wrote. You did not say that "you should have both faith in God and give the child modern medicine", especially since this is what I am arguing.
You are PRO for the RESOLUTION, which states that "Healing children by faith should be illegal". Therefore you have to prove that praying to heal someone should be illegal and nothing more.
"Also, parents don't always want what's best for you." - Doesn't matter. A child should stay obedient to it's father and mother, regardless of what happens, according to the bible. Once he/she becomes an adult, he/she can choose for herself/himself which way is the right way, but beforehand it doesn't fully understand and cannot correctly judge between right and weong
"I also do the best I can to help myself too" - Then you aren't living fully in God. When you have problems you can trust God to solve them, and that trust along will prove your faith and your resignation towards God. Did not Jesus say: "Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move" Matther 17:20 (1). God wants us to trust in him, and he will help us if we do.
"Every[ ]time there is something bad in my life, I pray to God, and everything is fixed by next week. But, I would never just sit there and wait" - Well, that's good. No quarrel there.
When i said Healing children by faith, I meant (OBVIOUSLY) that you shouldn't just sit there and hope that god works his miracles without doing anything to help the child with modern medicine, should be illegal. Healing with both faith and Modern medicine is fine, just modern medicine too, but with JUST faith is wrong. you can't just ask god to make miracles instantly, it's unnatural. If you read "Having faith in god while healing children should be illegal", then you are a clod. i specified, "Healing children by faith" and i only said faith, nothing else. i am against this, and if you are against this too, as you already said "you should have both faith in God and give the child modern medicine", especially since this is what I am arguing. " And this looks like you admit at being against faith-only healing.
Why are all of my debates becoming kritik debates?
The RESOLUTION is: "Healing children by faith should be illegal", as stated in the title. Notice, the RESOLUTION does not say "healing with only faith", or even "without use of medicine". The RESOLUTION is against praying to heal children.
You are PRO, so you have to argue for the RESOLUTION. Therefore, you have to convince the viewers to believe that praying to heal someone is bad, and should be illegalized. Nothing more.
I am CON. I have to prove to all that it should be legal to pray for the healing of the sick children.
And since you are the instigator and you are trying to change something in the world, BoP is fully on you. So far, you have not provided as single backed and valid argument that contributed to your position.
And I am not totally against faith-only healing, especially when it is done correctly. But that is irrelevant and not pertaining to this debate.
Did I say "Should praying to god to help a sick child be illegal?"? No. I didn't say that. If you don't understand what "Faith healing" means, then you shouldn't have accepted the argument, if you couldn't recieve the message, then you shouldn't have accepted this argument. Healing children only by faith can't be done "incorrectly or correctly" It's hoping. Everyone knows how to do that as long as they have a brain. I believe that you should have the freedom to pray for help to god, but you also need to try to help the child with modern remedies.
mfigurski80 forfeited this round.
I guessed so. When you came, you should've agreed with me instead of opposing me and then giving up.
I'm very sorry for the forfeit. I went on a short sightseeing trip to Washington DC, and it prolonged itself a bit. Anyway, back to the debate.
"Did I say 'should praying to [G]od to help sick children be illegal'? No. I didn't say that." - Yes you did. It's actually in the title, which I presumed to be the full RESOLUTION and then stated so clearly in my first round. The title, for those who wish it to change, reads: "Should healing children by faith be illegal?"
This, in order to be a proper resolution, should be in the form of a statement, so the final version reads: "Healing children by faith should be illegal" Notice the similarity between the title and the accepted RESOLUTION.
I will outline this again. You are PRO. You say 'yay' to the RESOLUTION, so you want healing children to be illegal. Notice that "faith healing" and "healing by faith" are two very different things. You chose the latter, and so you are specifically against praying to heal children. Not faith healing.
And I am CON, so I say 'nay' to the RESOLUTION. BoP is on you, since praying to heal is normal and accepted and since you are the instigator. Throughout this debate, you have failed to demonstrate how or why the audience should accept and support your side over the standard.
Therefore, you have lost the debate.
"If you don't understand what 'faith healing' means, then you shouldn't have accepted the [debate]." - That is why I have accepted. I do very much understand what faith healing is, yet you make no connection to "healing by faith" and "faith healing", and so faith healing is irrelevant.
"Healing children by faith can't be done 'incorrectly or correctly'[.]" - Yes it can. For example, some people take healing by faith much too seriously. You may have heard of it, they call it simply "faith healing". Those people will accept nothing less then a flash of light and a deafening lightning bolt from God to heal their child. This is the "incorrect" way to heal someone with faith.
On the other hand, some people will pray for a sick child but will also accept outside help. If a man came to a child with cancer, claiming that he has discovered a cure and wants to try it on the child, and it does indeed work, this man could be regarded as sent by God, and so the healing by faith has succeeded. This is the correct way to faith heal.
The second is obviously much better, because it allows God to have other people do good things, possibly making them turn towards him. Healing by faith is an opportunity God usually gives to other people, helping them through it and 'milking' the situation for all it's worth.
"It's hoping." - It matters what you hope for. That's the difference between correct faith healing and incorrect faith healing.
"When you came, you should've agreed with me instead of opposing me and then giving up" - I'm sorry if this is the impression I transmitted with my FF. You shouldn't've worried, I have a lot of forfeits spread throughout my debates, yet I don't every give up.
I personally think that PRO has failed to provide for the BoP, and that he turned this debate into an argument as to what the REOLUTION means. At least he doesn't heresy as much as before, so I guess something useful happened here.
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Therefore claims about the truth of religion or the existence of some god cannot be defended to a skeptical nonbeliever or freethinker on the basis of faith. It means that faith is not an adequate or reasonable defense of any belief or belief system which purports to have any empirical connection to the reality which we all share. Faith is also an unreliable and irrational basis for singling out one religion and claiming that it is true while all other religions, as well as any competing secular philosophies, are false.
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The reason I have trust in doctors, is the way they acquire and use knowledge to heal. Faith is not a reliable path to knowledge.
The two meanings of the word "faith," are not only different, they are exact opposites.
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Every cell with chromosomes (every cell with a nucleus - (every nuclear cell)) has a complete copy of our DNA. That means that every nuclear cell contains a full set of genes for producing proteins and other products.
It is only in certain cells, in certain circumstances, that certain genes are needed to be transcribed (copied to RNA) and translated (copied to amino-acids to make proteins) so that these products are - um - produced.
This is done, not by addressing any specific DNA locations, but by substances being released that chemically interact with special DNA areas called promoters, wherever they happen to be in the DNA. This interaction begins the process of transcription and subsequent translation.
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At night, the team sets up the system -- turns on their little tough, handy generator and they are "rocking" on the ice. They hook up to the antenna, search for a satellite and BEAM messages to all the participating schools and students.
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Most difficult is keeping the computer and batteries warm. The computer has its own "sleeping bag" similar to the other team members -- The computer itself is put in a large 2 gallon ziplock bag to protect it from condensation. Every morning Paul heats a hot water bottle and slips it inside the bag to keep the computer from freezing. The whole unit then travels in a specially built case on the sled.
The ability to send information in this manner, not only in text and still photos, but also sound and moving video is one of the primary reason for doing these expeditions. It is one of the team's greatest accomplishments. The whole goal of NOMADS Online Classroom Expeditions is to bring the thrill and adventure of an arctic expedition to classrooms around the world.
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Feygin hopes for political support from France in Sushchenko's case
France has political and diplomatic possibilities to influence the Russian government to release Ukrinform correspondent Roman Sushchenko who was illegally arrested in Moscow.
Mark Feygin, the lawyer of the Ukrainian journalist, said this after a meeting in the Senate of France on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
"Following the meeting, I got the impression that the issue at the political level can be solved positively, but the administrative and bureaucratic level still requires additional efforts, meetings, discussions within the main departments of France, especially in the Foreign Ministry," the lawyer of the Ukrainian journalist said.
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v. 40: No. 1-2 January-February 2012 #464-465
Editorial Note, p. 1
"Capitalism and the Production of Poverty," Utsa Patnaik, p. 3
"Left Cultural Movement in Andhra Pradesh," V. Ramakrishna, p. 21
"Creativity and the Left Cultural Movement in Orissa," Biswamoy Pati, p. 31
"A 'Share' in the 'World Empire,'" Christopher Chekuri, p. 41
"Rethinking Knowledge as Ideology," Sudeep Basu, p. 69
Review Article, p. 81-90
Book Review, p. 91-95
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There is widespread belief that even though capitalism in its initial phase may bring much misery to the people through unleashing a process of primitive accumulation of capital that leads to dispossession and pauperization of petty producers, it makes up for it over time as the dispossessed get absorbed into the proletariat, and that too at wages that increase over time to levels far higher than what they earned prior to their dispossession. The example of today's advanced capitalist countries is cited in this context: they were characterized in the early years of capitalism by significant immiseriza-tion of their working population, but subsequently witnessed dramatic improvements in the material living conditions of the people. The same story, it is claimed, will be repeated elsewhere as well.
As the lead article by Utsa Patnaik in the current number of Social Scientist argues, nothing could be farther from the truth. The fact that today's advanced capitalist countries could overcome absolute immiserization of their working population was due to two crucial factors. First, they could 'export' unemployment to their colonies and semi-colonies by inflicting de-industrialization there - i.e. by selling goods, into the production of which their domestic unemployed could be absorbed, in colonial and semi-colonial markets where local craft producers were thrown out of employment. Secondly, they arranged for a massive emigration of their populations to temperate regions of settlement where the local inhabitants could be driven off their land, of which the immigrants took possession. In either of these cases, absolute immiserization in the domestic economies of the metropolis was overcome through inflicting immiserization on people in outlying regions, vindicating Marx's proposition about capitalism producing increasing wealth at one pole and increasing poverty at another, not at the domestic level but internationally.
Neither of these avenues is open today to third world economies like India, which, additionally, have inherited mass poverty precisely as a consequence of the processes described above. The dispossession that capitalist development in the third world is bringing to its petty producers can be mitigated neither through emigration abroad nor through the creation of a bloated reserve army elsewhere in some far-off colony. And this capitalist development, palpably associated with 'jobless growth', can never absorb the huge labour reserves of these economies, consisting of both what has been inherited and what is being newly created through primitive accumulation
Social Scientist, p. 2
of capital. Capitalist development in the world economy, it follows, even as it is getting diffused to the third world in a pronounced manner, is accompanied by an increase in absolute immiserization; but a real effort is on to camouflage this, as had been the case in colonial times, through disingenuous statistical exercises.
In an earlier issue of this journal we had published several papers presented at the Sahmat-Sodfl/ Scientist seminar on the Progressive Cultural Movement in India. In the current number we publish two more papers presented at that seminar which document the early years of this movement in two separate regions of the country. V. Ramakrishna's paper focuses on Andhra Pradesh and covers both the progressive literary and theatre movements, while Biswamoy Pati's paper covers the progressive literary movement in Orissa and analyses a number of specific writings. Both papers underscore the vigour of the cultural movement of that period, and the fact that it marked not only a new political awakening but also a breakthrough in cultural practice. These and several other papers presented at the seminar suggest that this vigour derived from its being linked with a political movement which had an anti-feudal, anti-colonial and anti-fascist character whose expression was a united front strategy; the moment the conjuncture changed and an attempt was made at the political level to go beyond the united front towards a more radical Left strategy, the progressive cultural movement lost its momentum. This raises the question: was that movement by its very nature a historically transitory one, a product of that specific conjuncture, or could it have survived the change in conjuncture through better politics?
Christopher Chekuri's paper on the nayamkara tenure, of revenue sharing between the ray a and the nay okas in the Vijayanagara empire, argues that the system should be seen as a broader arrangement of shared sovereignty. While it had features in common with the iqta system that prevailed in the neighbouring Bahmani territories, which itself was not identical with the iqta system under the Sultanate, there were noteworthy differences. Chekuri is loath to use the term 'feudalism' to describe the nayamkara system.
Sudeep Basu's paper discussing certain theoretical positions in the sphere of sociology of knowledge, gives a panoramic view of a range of important European thinkers from Marcuse to Lukacs to Mannheim to Adorno and Horkheimer.
Finally, we have a review article by Heinrich Bortis on Amiya Bagchi's monumental study of capitalism, Perilous Passage.
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A shuffle through the Gaming mailbag:
Q. I tried playing Ultimate Texas Hold'em and kind of liked the game, but I was a little confused about when I should make the play bet and when I should check or fold. Do you have any strategy advice.
A. My best piece of strategy advice would be to check out Michael Shackelford's strategy for Ultimate Texas Hold'em at WizardOfOdds.com.
All players must start with an ante, then there are three opportunities to bet. After you've seen the two cards that are dealt face down to you, you may either check or bet three or four times your ante. After you've seen the first three community cards, those who previously checked may either check again or bet twice the ante. After the final two community cards are turned up, there is no more checking. Those who previously checked twice must either make a play bet equal to the ante or fold.
Note that you may bet only once in the three opportunities. If you've already bet after seeing your first two cards, you're in for the hand and may not bet again.
One key tip is that after the first two cards, you should always bet four times your ante on a pair of 3s or higher or with no pair if your higher card is an Ace, and always check if the higher card is 10 or lower.
If the higher card is King, Queen or Jack, whether to make the 4x bet depends on the lower card. With a King, bet if the lower card is 5 or higher or if a 2, 3 or 4 is the same suit as the King. With a Queen, bet with an 8 or higher or with a suited 6 or 7. And with a Jack, bet with a 10 or a suited 8 or 9.
For a more detailed strategy chart, including when to bet after you've seen the first three community cards and after the final two community cards have been turned up, go to https://wizardofodds.com/games/ultimate-texas-hold-em/
According to Shackelford, using the betting strategy he describes leaves a house edge of 2.43 percent of the ante or an element of risk of 0.58 percent. The element of risk is the house edge when total action, including the play bets, have been taken into account.
Q. My wife and I play slots, and her dad gave us an old book that recommends setting win goals and loss limits and leaving when you reach either. What if I hit my win goal on the first spin? I don't want to leave so fast.
A. You might consider a system of floating win goals and loss limits. In winning times, the ceiling rises on your win goal but the floor also rises on your loss limit.
Let's say you start with a win goal of $50 and a loss limit of $100, and you quickly reach your $50 win goal. You and your wife aren't ready to leave, so you recalibrate your parameters. Perhaps you increase your win goal to $100, but also move your loss limit to $50. That assures that even if the games turn ice cold, you will leave with at least $50 more than your original floor.
If you win more, you recalibrate again. The adjustments don't have to be in the same increments. You can move by $10 or $25 if you want. But the key is to keep raising your floor so you are assured of taking increasing amounts of money home.
If the wins never come, stick to that original loss limit. Never bet money you can't afford to lose.


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This retelling of the old Chinese folktale is about the story of a young Chinese maiden who learns that her weakened and lame father is to be called up into the army in order to fight the invading Huns. Knowing that he would never survive the rigours of war in his state, she decides to disguise herself and join in his place. Unknown to her, her ancestors are aware of this and to prevent it, they order a tiny disgraced dragon, Mushu to join her in order to force her to abandon her plan. He agrees, but when he meets Mulan, he learns that she cannot be dissuaded and so decides to help her in the perilous times ahead. Written by Kenneth Chisholm email@example.com
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When you start to garner leads for your business, you will begin to wonder how you will know when one lead is serious while another is not. Scoring your leads is an important process because you do not want to waste time on leads that will never go anywhere, but you also do not want to drop leads that might turn into sales if you nurture them long enough. There are a number of different solutions that can help you score your leads and some of them work well while others do not. If you use these lead scoring questions, however, you will better understand your lead and where it might end up in the future.
Before you make the initial call or contact, you will want to ask the following questions. First, why does the prospect want to talk to you in the first place? You might be able to solve a problem they have or they might have a question about your business. If that is the case, give that lead a point.
Second, you will want to ask what is the title of the person that you will be calling? If you will be talking to a few different people at the same time, who has the highest title? If you are speaking with someone that has a high level of management, you will want to give that lead another point.
Third, find out if your lead has confirmed your appointment by email or in another manner. If they have, they get another point.
The more points the lead has before you make the initial call or contact, the better chance you have of turning that lead into an actual sale.
Once you have made the call or contact, you will have more questions to ask to help you complete your scoring of that particular lead.
First, did the call or visit actually take place? If your lead turned up for the appointment or was available when you called, they get a point.
Second, was the write up on the lead correct? If your lead confirms the information you had about their problem or reiterates their question, they get another point.
And third, is the lead moving towards making a purchase? If your lead seems to be taking steps towards becoming a customer, they get another point. Sometimes, this is hard to judge, but after enough experience, you might be able to tell instinctually.
There will be some leads that get all six points in their favor and those are the leads you know are likely about to convert into sales. If you have some leads that only have a few points, you will not likely want to pay as much attention to them as the ones that have 3, 4 or 5 points. This point system is simple enough that you will not be bogged down by too many figures as you attempt to score all of your leads and contacts.
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LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC - Lexington County Sheriff's Department deputies on Tuesday, July 23 arrested a 42-year-old Elgin man on charges that the man broke into two motor vehicles that were parked outside homes on Country Oak Road near Lexington.
Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts said deputies arrested Dale Edward Felix, 42, of 1580 Brazell Road, Elgin, on two counts of breaking into a motor vehicle. Felix was being held on Wednesday, July 24 at the Lexington County Detention Center while awaiting a bond hearing.
Deputies responded to a call at about 10:02 p.m. on Tuesday concerning a suspicious person on Country Oak Road, Metts said. Homeowners told deputies that they went outside their home on Country Oak Road after hearing their dog bark and saw a man inside their green 1993 Chevrolet Camaro, with the passenger's side door open. The man exited the car and ran away.
A witness told deputies that he saw a man at a red 2007 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was parked outside a second home on Country Oak Road, Metts said. Deputies found that someone entered the pickup truck and stole a checkbook, credit cards and wi-fi unit.
Deputies began walking trails that lead from Country Oak Road to S.C. 6, Metts said. Deputies found a Stanley 600-amp, jump-start system for a motor vehicle that had been placed adjacent to a tree as well as three credit cards that had been reported stolen from the Dodge Ram pickup truck on Country Oak Road.
Deputies found shoeprints in sandy areas on the walking trails and followed the shoeprints to the 1600 block of South Lake Drive, where deputies found Felix on a sidewalk, Metts said.
Felix was wearing clothes that were consistent with the clothes that witnesses told deputies the suspect was wearing at the time of the motor vehicle break-ins on Country Oak Road, Metts said. Felix also was wearing Nike athletic shoes. The shoes' bottoms resembled the shoeprints that deputies found in the sandy areas on the walking trails off Country Oak Road. Three witnesses also identified Felix as the man that they saw on Country Oak Road in or near the two motor vehicles that were entered illegally.
Deputies arrested Felix on charges that Felix broke into the two motor vehicles on Country Oak Road, Metts said.
Metts asked anyone with information about additional criminal activity involving Felix to contact the Lexington County Sheriff's Department at (803) 785-8230 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC. Citizens also can provide information anonymously by accessing the Crime Tip link on the Sheriff's Department web site (www.lexingtonsheriff.com).
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This workshop is designed for general, circulating collections in public and small academic libraries. The approach will be to teach methods for repairing books with less damaging techniques, as a building block toward "archival quality" or "preservation oriented" collection maintenance. Attendees will learn about the structure of a book, what books should be sent to the bindery and what books can be repaired at the library.Each attendee will receive a supply kit and a list of supplies to take back to the library.
Attendance limit: 20 per session.
Cost: $60 / kit plus attendance fee.
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- Hinge tightening
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The MITRE Corporation Software Development Lead Engineer - 00050818 in McLean, Virginia
Software Development Lead Engineer - 00050818
Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE—and make a difference with us.
Are you interested in developing, automating and improving capabilities to address technical issues of national importance and making a direct mission impact? In the Defense Intelligence Department, you can apply and expand software development and data skills to recommend solutions to large-scale data challenges.Join our team to develop automated methods to ingest and analyze large datasets; conduct data analysis and data modeling; and develop prototype capabilities. The candidate will be expected to work independently, with analysts, and with Data Scientists to develop new workflows and approaches to answer questions of national significance.
MITRE offers a collaborative team environment that fosters autonomy, flexibility and a healthy work-life balance. You will be eligible for generous retirement, education assistance, student loan repayment, and fitness reimbursement programs that reflect MITRE's long-term commitment to employees.
The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit company that works to improve the safety and security of our nation.MITRE operates seven federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), and provides innovative, integrated solutions for critical challenges in defense and intelligence, aviation, civil systems, homeland security, the judiciary, healthcare, and cybersecurity. You can find out more at https://www.mitre.org/centers/we-operate-ffrdcs .
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The Bel Air Downtown Alliance staff works under the direction of the organization's Board of Directors. The mission of the staff is to mobilize stakeholders to invest in Bel Air's neighborhoods, economy, and quality of life.
Christine McPherson
Executive Director
Christine McPherson manages the day-to-day operations and supports the four pillars of the Bel Air Downtown Alliance. She brings innovation, creativity and dedication to the Director position. Being a lifelong resident of the Bel Air, Christine has had the privilege of watching the town transform and flourish over the last decade as a result of initiatives taken by the Alliance.
An experienced community leader, Christine was the former Community Development Director at LASOS, where her initiative, drive, and outgoing personality led her to great success. Ms. McPherson brings depth to nonprofit management as a graduate of the Harford Leadership Academy, Harford Grant Academy, and the Nonprofit Leadership Institute of Montgomery College. Christine is committed to the vitality of downtown businesses and the vibrancy of the historic town as it progresses into the future; she takes pride in being a member of this thriving community. The focus of economic development for the town of Bel Air is at the forefront of her mission. Christine enjoys traveling, culture, a great laugh and quality time with friends and family.
Amber Pinder
Marketing Communications Associate
Amber Pinder creates and oversees the implementation of the Bel Air Downtown Alliance's marketing strategies, communications, and public relations activities. Under the direction of the Executive Director and in partnership with the Project Coordinator, she will plan and execute special fundraising events. She brings innovation, organization, and four years of non-profit experience to the Marketing Communication Associate position.
Amber has been a resident of Bel Air for fifteen years and graduated from C. Milton Wright High School. She is currently in pursuit of her Business Communications degree. Amber resides in the town of Bel Air and enjoys photography, music, Ravens football, and spending her time with family and friends.
Jenny Falcone
Project Coordinator
Jenny Falcone provides project and administrative support and assists with marketing efforts for the Bel Air Downtown Alliance. Under the direction of the Executive Director, she will help coordinate and execute special events for the town of Bel Air. Jenny was first introduced to the Alliance when she helped to create The Belle Aire Market, a seasonal vintage market held in Downtown Bel Air from May through October.
Jenny is a Bel Air native who graduated from Bel Air High School and then went on to earn her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Eastern University in St. Davids, PA. She currently lives in Abingdon with her husband, Jonathan and their twins. She also enjoys her antique business, running, sewing and spending time with her family and friends.