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And here's Jodhpur railway station, I apologise for the noise, I don't know how these people are sleeping through it, or how long are they have been sleeping.
But doesn't that look pretty for a railway station hey? It's early morning in Jodhpur railway station, but doesn't it look pretty? Some compensation for, getting up at half past five, small tuk-tuk drive, short tuk-tuk drive to the, railway station, which is looking very pretty, I'm not sure if it's Diwali lights or it's that the way it looks but, it's quite pretty, and already at now six o'clock in the morning, lovely and busy. Just outside the railway station, there is people sleeping, everywhere, maybe waiting for trains, I've no idea, how they managed to sleep through this racket tuk-tuk, people, trains but I guess you get used to it hey. But there we go, my train is six fifty A now good news, it looks like I'm on platform one, gotta go through security, so I'll turn the camera off.
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And on to the platform, snacks for sale, fruit oh that's a good idea, I'm gonna find me some banana's, not too many, Let's have er, three, "three piece, four piece?" uh four piece, twenty rupees, thank you very much. Four banana's, twenty rupees, banana's always make great road snacks. It's dawn and it's train time, at Jodhpur railway station, it's a, considering it's like six am in the morning, it is incredibly busy.
I haven't seen a single train yet, and my train is about fifteen, running about fifteen minutes late, so I've just wandered up here, a nice quiet area, to see if I get a nice picture of a train coming in while I, watch the dawn over there, the far side. Got some bananas for breakfast, and today I'm off to Ajmer, which is the closest railway station, to a place called Pushkar, where, they have the world's largest camel fair, which should be commencing about now. So, I've had a few relaxing days in Jodhpur which has been a great place, very, very little hassle, honest tuk-tuk drivers, nice food, good scenery, an amazing castle, that overlooks the whole city, that illuminates at night, it's been really great.
I've still, got up far too early and gone to bed far too late, tried to pack too much in, so I didn't really get much rest, but I did have a great time. Anyway, I've got I think five or six hours on this train, maybe I can get an extra power nap in. And this, should be my train, now all I gotta do is find the right carriage which I think, I'm the wrong end of the train for, looking for AC.
Still haven't really organized, how, to wait at a railway platform, at the right place to find my carriage. AC First, this looks likely, has to be mine, let's go and have a look. No stickers left on the outside, that looks about right, heading that way, I don't wanna go.
AC First, oh, or depending on which way it's going, let's, hop on here, thank you. Oh dear, let's find, a seat. That one's, been slept in, that one is locked, this one appears to be, locked, and, locked, okay all these doors appear to be locked, no idea where I'm supposed to be.
There's people sleeping, oh so dark, put some lights on, and here we are. Here we are folks, I hope I'm in the right place, I'll find out at some point. Good news, I found somebody official looking who had a clipboard, bit of paper and a tag saying 'Railways', showed him my ticket he says, yes I'm on the right train, and yes I'm in the right compartment.
So, I can sit back and relax now, second thing I must do, okay not second thing because, obviously I'm gonna eat something because I haven't had breakfast yet, so I left the hotel far too early for breakfast, had to wake somebody up to actually get out, even though I told them I was leaving. I didn't have any breakfast, got a tuk-tuk to the railway station, so first thing I'm gonna do when I settle in, is have some breakfast of bananas, biscuits and water. I wonder if they serve tea or anything on this train? anyway I'll find out, next when somebody comes around, I must find out what time, the train arrives in Ajmer, because this train goes on to, Jaisalmer, which is, is much farther down the line, and I've gotta go for Ajmer, where I then take a train, a tuk-tuk or a rickshaw or a taxi to Pushkar, because the train doesn't actually go to Pushkar.
It's going to be quite interesting because the first place I've stayed at doesn't have a railway station. With any luck, I'll get a compartment to myself again, I do have a plug socket, so, I shall probably be setting up the computer, after breakfast, and getting some more ging done, so you guys, can keep up with the trip. Well, thanks for joining me on the journey, I hope you're, having a great day, and I hope that these posts, encourage you, to think about the broader world, and go out there and explore.
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Goodbye Jodhpur, thank you for my great visit, see you next time, whenever that may be. Oh, another train overtaking us, slowly, slowly, hello driver. And there we are, Ajmer, we're off the train in Ajmer.
A lot of the station is down there but a lot of people are walking this way so, let's see if there's an exit up here, or maybe just a local's way out, I don't know, as long as I don't have to climb over the railway, I'm sure I'll be okay, now let's find my lift. Oh hang on, looks like an exit there actually, here we go, yep I can see tuk-tuk drivers waiting. Now when you get to Pushkar, there'll be lots of people wanting to give you a lift as usual, and they usually six, six hundred to a thousand, obviously to see what they can get, but, if you go to the, little OLA, store here, it's like an app, like GrabTaxi, three hundred to three hundred and fifty, you might have to wait a few minutes for your taxi.
So I've ordered that, it will be about ten minutes, and then it's three hundred to three hundred and fifty max, for a ride into Pushkar. Made it to Pushkar, it's about a, thirty minute ride, it cost me four hundred, pesos, pesos? four hundred rupees. Nice dance, now, somewhere down here is the hotel, Rising Star, there's the sign, let's push the door and see what happens.
"What are you doing there? okay stay time yea, yea, yea". Oh yea there we got another sign, Hotel Rising Star, thank you, I've turned left, there she is, Hotel Rising Star. Hey, want a selfie? oops he wanted a bit more than a selfie.
I'm down on the ghats, in Pushkar, right in the middle of, Pushkar, you will find this lake, which again it's a sacred lake, you bathe in it, to get cleansed. And the ghats, although it's quite a small lake, are all around this lake, it's absolutely fantastic, as you can see the sun is setting behind me. There's such an almost celebration atmosphere, I don't know if you can see, what's going on behind me over here, if not I'll show you some footage.
Look they're making patterns out of flowers and coloured stuff, putting lights out all over this part here which I'm hoping is for the celebration later, which I will then share with you. It's, what a lovely introduction, to Pushkar, so gentle and beautiful, it's, people are friendly, the atmosphere is happy, nobody harasses you at all, I mean I've been wandering around here, there's a few other tourists. Nobody asked me or bothered me for anything, apart from reminding me to take my shoes off, because nobody is wearing shoes down here, you're not supposed to, sacred ground.
So I'm gonna spend the evening here, enjoy the sunset, and show you what happens. Alright, it's absolutely beautiful down here, you see the lights behind me? the lights on the steps, the Aarti ceremony is taking place. There's all these beautiful drawings and designs and flowers, with little fires beside them, let me just give you a look around, real like party atmosphere, it's really pleasant.
Everybody busy admiring the art, just seeing what's there, and still there's somebody coming up, hey have a selfie with me, just busy looking around, I mean just look at some of this, isn't that fantastic? I watched them do this by hand to put it together piece by piece, it's all coloured bits of sand. Morning, morning, "morning". And I made it to the Pushkar fair, lots of things for sale, the usual things snacks, teddy bears, earrings, cables, no thank you, pictures, tattoos, henna, beads, pans, knives, patties, you name it, it's here.
Now let's go in and see what's going on. wow And, camels, after all it is a camel fair. What would it be like without camels? and this is, the largest camel fair in the world, and I think these are for camel rides, where you can sit in the back of a luxury cart and have a camel pull you along, which believe me is a lot comfortable than riding on a camel.
Let's have a look around, here we're into camel dancing, oh that's a pretty camel, alright who's up next? whoa, its beautiful hey. Wow, look at that, on the neck there, shaving the fur. "Hello", thank you guys, "thank you".
And of course there's horses for those who love horses, look at this beautiful white, white horses, wow, looking so beautiful. Beautiful. Look at that, wow, so well behaved, white, white these are the, most sought after horses in India, you can see they are a special breed, and they are white, white, white, the whiter the better, a bit like how people want to be.
And you can see if you look at their ears, their ears are quite unique. You can see how their ears are turned in with that tip, at the top. Lots of beautiful spices, if you don't know where I am, Pushkar fair.
There's a lot going on, it's quite fantastic, as you can see lots of camels, it is after all a camel fair, at the moment we're reading the camel dancing, there's been a three legged race, there's been a few parades, but it's getting quite hot, it sounds familiar doesn't it? But yea, sun is blazing down, but as you can see lots of people, lots of camels, most have been very friendly and very well behaved, I'm not the greatest fan of camels but, you know they do dress them up nicely, and they're doing some dances for us. Mixed reactions on how, what people think, they want to see it but they wonder how cruel it is, not sure, if you know, let me know. I'll be back here this evening, to show you what happens at night, and first thing in the morning when apparently a lot of the real genuine traders come.
At the moment the day stuff tends to be a bit touristy, so, check back with you later, as long as I don't get eaten by a camel. Okay, time to take a break and get a drink, I am parched, so, gonna head over here and grab a coke, seats in the shade, seats in the shade, let's go in there. And I had a stop for a drink, which is very refreshing and much needed, and met a couple of local photographers who gave me some hints and tips, always great to have, and what they told me, where I was this morning, where I was having a drink with them, a coke, I just hasten to add, was actually the fair ground, and where I needed to be was behind the fairground, which is, well basically I'll show you the footage, is where all the, say hello to this camel, hi do you want a selfie? oops, he wanted a bit more than a selfie, have to be quick.
So its, yes thankfully I didn't get bitten by the camel, which is where all the, actual traders and the things going on, so I just had a little wander around there, most people are sleeping at the moment, but there's lots to see, so definitely on my list of places to come back this evening. There's also the camel parade ground, which also is not in the fairground, which is also somewhere behind here, so I'm going out to find that. I know it's hot in the day, not to take photographs but have a look at it so I know where to go this evening.
Then I'm gonna come back, maybe four o'clock-ish, good time before sunset, now the tip they gave me, that is really a good idea, is to hire one of these, now not to ride the camel but hire the cart of the camel, who will then take a, which will then take you around all the sites of the fair, so you're going to find where everything is, and photograph from the back of a cart, not riding on a camel. Camels are very uncomfortable, so that's what I'm gonna do, in the meantime, so many photo opportunities, I'm gonna run out of SD cards, and batteries, so, it's time to go back and recharge everything. And, I'm lost, somewhere in the back streets of Pushkar, came out the market, heading back to my hotel to put batteries on charge, I desperately need it.
Wandered through some back streets, took some photographs, wandered another way, hey how are you doing? and now I'm sort of lost. It's good, found my way back to the guesthouse, the hotel, I haven't had anything to eat yet, so that's going to be on my list of priorities, but first go back to the room, plug batteries in, okay, see you later. And, namaste, a really beautiful view over the lake, wow, and there's the market as well.
Okay turn the camera round manually, Okay, found a place with a nice view, and it's nice and quiet. Oh wow, thank you very much, mmhhh this looks good, cashew nut curry, with, fluffy light naan bread, oh, and I asked for not at all spicy, so let's see how it goes, aw this is the fluffiest naan bread I've had yet. Oh, that is nice, come have a closer look, there you go, cashew nut curry, and fluffy, fluffy naan bread, oh, and of course my accompanying drinks, mmhhh, let's eat.
No idea what is cooking here, but it's smoking that's for sure, it's, no, still no idea what it is, but it's in big pans, again if anybody can tell me what it is, or what it's gonna be when it's cooked, that's before cooking, oh my goodness, and that's after cooking. Okay, somebody tell me what this is, and what you do with it, presumably you eat it. Well I don't know how well you can see me in this light, but I went behind the fair, for this evening for the sunset, where all the camels and where all the people who bring the camels stay, it's quite a site, there was a lot of tourists mingling in, there was also quite a bit of hassle, especially from young kids, so always coming "money, money, money", and jumping in front of the camera, I also got chased off by a few people, I was taking their camels apparently, it was no no, my camel you must pay me money", but not a real hassle, but yea quite amazing, much more hectic, as you can see from the footage now.
Well it was fantastic to go behind, now it's got dark and guess what? I'm a little bit lost, just a little bit, but I can see some big ferris wheels over there which are near the fairground, so, I must be close, so I'm gonna try and wend my way towards that, I also reckon, if I follow the trail of camels, they will lead me somewhere. and failing everything, I could just, flag a camel down and get a ride. Okay, let's go to the fairground, and see what's happening there.
I have no clue if you can see me, I can't really see very much, I'm lost and confused amongst the, horse enclosure, been wending my way between horses and people, and nobody seemed bothered, or seemed to be harassed, I have managed to find the arena, all I've got to do now, is work out how to get to the arena, but, first, I'll go to, the fair. Whoa, it's been a fun packed evening so far, as usual, everybody's really happy, now I'm going in to the big main stadium arena, to see what is going on there, there was something happening about o'clock which is now. I've been to see camels and horses, the fair, lots of things there oops, tattoos and things, now heading into the arena, and standing on somebody on the way, find a spot here and see what is going on.
Wow, what a show that was really great, been to the fairground at the Pushkar camel, oh my goodness a car coming straight for me, "hi", hi. He nearly ran me over, and then said hi, and, singing, dancing fantastic. Now this may or may not come as a surprise to you, as I wander around India, but I'm lost.
Okay, one minute he's feeding the pigeons, in his robes, the next minute he is on the mobile, I don't know, organising his supper or something. It's one of the many things you're gonna love about India, it truly is, an amazing country around every corner. Sitting with that beautiful view, right in the middle of the city, just down there, is, I think a green heron.
Sitting there so beautifully, look at that, look at him, fishing patiently and quietly, that is stunning. And that is the town of Pushkar, a beautiful small town that bursts into life, during the camel fair, so I was really lucky to be there at that time, I did actually, manipulate my dates so I could be there during the camel fair, which was really brilliant, and it was so nice to go to all the hustle of the camel fair and all the activity and all the excitement, and then being able to retreat to this lake just right in the middle of Pushkar. Now this is a prominent Hindu pilgrimage town, and the lake, is supposed to have appeared, it's a holy lake, it appeared when Brahma dropped a lotus flower, and this lake has been there ever since, so it's a very holy lake, so you must, take your shoes off and walk around in bare feet when you go round there.
A lot of people come and bathe in the waters, and you're not supposed to take photographs of them while they are bathing, so there's no photos there, and the people, they are just gentle, and, you know you can sit there in the evenings, and, just watch the sunset over the surrounding hills, and breathe in the fresh atmosphere. The people as usual as all Indian people are, absolutely wonderful and kind and friendly, also when you wander just off the lakes, there was these streets, with full of bazaars and places to shop, places to have snacks and drinks as usual the exceptional Indian food, which I'm slowly experimenting with a bit more each time, getting a little bit more spicy getting my spicy taste buds in, although I still really can't take hot spicy stuff. And, I enjoyed my time in Pushkar, but as usual, I don't have lots of time, I could spend ages here, like I could in many of the other places, and I'm sure I missed so many things, that I'll just have to put on my list to come back and see.
But now, it's gonna be time to move on. There we go, I'll just give you, a little view around Ajmer railway station, from the outside, so you can see what's going on. tuk-tuk drivers, taxis gather, and then heading into, I wonder if I can get through this gap, my bottom is big in this, oh ah here we go.
There we go, and, into the railway station we go, welcome to Ajmer railway station. People waiting for their early morning train, Okay, where is my train? I think that's it, Jaipur, oh it's gone off the screen. It's railway station time and I'm at the railways station in Ajmer, waiting to catch my train to Udaipur.
I think it will be coming from that way, I'm not sure though looks like it's gonna be quite a busy train. But this is the way to get to Pushkar, there's no railway station in Pushkar, there's no railway station in Pushkar, you have to go to Ajmer, which is where I am now, it's the closest railway station, and, from Ajmer you get a local taxi, it's about thirty to forty minutes ride and about four hundred to five hundred, Indian rupees for a cab, it takes up to people and luggage, and takes about thirty to forty minutes to then get to Pushkar. It means you don't have the train horns like that in Pushkar, but it does mean you've got the extra hop and when you are going in the morning, I had to get up a bit early, arrange my taxi to get here, I arranged it the night before, and then, obviously catch the train from Ajmer, so that's how you get to Pushkar.
And here comes my train, all I gotta do is find the carriage, and I think this is my carriage, and it seems to be all these people's carriage as well. Try not to get mown down, make some space for us, let's join the people. C, seat, it's a general free for all, I think that's B, I'm C, no this is C.
I tell you what we'll do, I'll just walk a bit further, and go in the top end. And I'm looking for seat thirty, one got a lot of tourists on this one, let's go. May I squeeze past, oh let's go past and get out of the way, here we go, okay through the first road block.
Found a seat, no more bags, next stop. I have arrived in Udaipur, nice five hour train journey in, AC chair, class, chugging along, had a good chat on the way, passed the time easily. It's now just after lunch time and guess what? I'm hungry, but first I gotta find, my way out of the station as usual, get a, rickshaw to my hotel, then I'll get some food.
Now to find me an auto rickshaw, yep, okay, we just show the addresses, please come. Out of the station, found an auto rickshaw, negotiated a price, now it's time to explore, Udaipur. It's quite warm out here, the train was airconed, but it's quite warm out here but looking quite beautiful.
Can see some mountains in the background, apparently there are some lakes here as well, well, let's go out and explore, see what it's like. Hello, well, welcome to my new home in Udaipur, here we go, nice, clean, very friendly people as usual, already got recommendations of where to go and eat, they did tell me what it was, but it's Indian food that is special to this area, so, will I be adventurous to try that out? will I survive if it burns me? I hope not. I'm sort of getting used to the spicy food here, and then I get a spicy dish and realise, oh I've got a long way to go.
So here's my lovely room, it's, nice, clean and comfortable I've even got television in the corner, but I won't be using that. Most importantly I've got a day bed, for napping on, and, a grand fan, it's, so nice in here even in the heat of the day it's actually, pleasantly cool already, so I'll have no problem sleeping here, and a nice clean bathroom, and we are, set. So, change of clothes, quick wash, pardon me, unpack, and then, get some food, and explore, Udaipur, let's go.
Thank you guys, for your support and following me, hopefully you're enjoying these posts, it means a lot to me. Thank you very much, mmhh it smells good, korma, of some kind, and a lassi. Good?, not spicy? no, thank you.
Nice fluffy naan as well, I didn't realise how hungry I am. and this is so tasty, I'm not sure if i'm eating this right, spoon from here, onto here, and then, I don't know. If I'm not eating this right somebody let me know.
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We all know that it's gold for a 50th anniversary, but how many of you are aware that the ideal gift for 175th anniversary is some tasty lemon curd?
Iconic Dublin department store Arnotts turns 175 this month and, as part of their six week celebration, they want to show you how to impress in the kitchen.
And who better to show you the ropes than Michelin starred chef Derry Clarke? Derry has worked in numerous kitchens for over 40 years, and heads up the hugely popular L'Ecrivan restaurant in Dublin. He's also a regular on shows like The Restaurant and MasterChef Ireland.
And this May, he will share his passion for food in a one-off cooking demo in the Miele Kitchen on the lower basement level in-store.
The fun kicks off from 6pm on Thursday 17th May when Derry will whip up some classic favourites including some mouthwatering lemon curd.
He will also be making Prawn and Saffron Risotto, Crispy duck breast with glazed butternut squash, Hake with tomato, chili and spinach and Lemon Curd.
It all sounds delicious right? Well the good news is that guests will also get to sample Derry's cooking on the night.
What's more the event is complimentary, although seats are on a first come, first serve basis.
If you'd like to come along and let Derry show you how to be MasterChef in the kitchen then simple RSVP to arnotts/derryclarke
And while you're there, you might want to pay a visit to the newly opened Arnotts museum. The museum charts the store's long history from the famine, through the 1916 rising and the swinging sixties through to the present.
For more information on Arnotts birthday celebrations log on to: arnotts.ie/175

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There are times when I feel we need to question the 'received wisdom' to see if it is still properly based on a realistic and rational foundation. And when the US Treasury Secretary, Jack Law, recently called on countries, especially Germany, to boost economic growth via boosting consumer demand, I had a "that's weird, let's look at that again" moment.
There is a well known economic theory of efficient markets that is, broadly speaking, based on the idea that if the supply of goods matches the demand for those goods then everyone is happy and prices are stable, and if they are misaligned then either the price will go down as goods become abundant, markets might collapse and the suppliers become poor (too much supply), or prices will rise as goods become scarce and the suppliers will get rich (too much demand). But what is forgotten is that this is a 'zero sum game' in which there will be winners and losers, so let's look at the theory the other way round. When the supply of goods is greater than the demand, then prices collapse as a result of greater abundance of goods and the consumer gets to save more of their money and so they become 'richer', and when there is too much demand, prices rise and the consumer has to spend more of their money for scarcer goods and so becomes 'poorer'. Of course, the intrinsic value of the goods does not change in either scenario but the price does as suppliers manipulate it to maximise return – in other words, because they are greedy!
So, in simple terms, if the supplier is getting richer, the consumer is getting poorer; conversely, when the supplier is getting poorer, the consumer is getting richer. So if the supply and demand are not in balance, then is it better that the supplier gets richer or that the consumer gets richer? The answer to that is almost certainly that it depends on whether you are a 'supplier' or a 'consumer'.
Because greed seems to be a fundamental of human economic behaviour, suppliers almost always try to manipulate the situation so that consumer 'demand' rises and the supplier gets richer at the expense of the consumer. What also happens is that government policy of whatever shade of political belief also tries to manipulate the situation to make the suppliers richer and the consumers poorer – the 'poor' are always far easier to control as they are often dependent on the government.
Now back to Jack Law. For most of the two decades covering the end of the last century and the beginning of this, we have been 'demand' led in that consumers have been demanding more and more of all types of goods – which they usually do not need and frequently dispose of before the end of their useful life – and paying for them with cheap credit that, six years ago, suddenly ran out. Consumers found themselves in severe debt and unable to pay it off while being equally unable to re-schedule their debts with new credit lines: having made themselves believe they were 'rich', consumers all over the developed economies were spending money they did not have and the dawning of reality has been painful.
During those same two decades, the suppliers of goods saw cheap credit as a cornucopia and grabbed it with both hands making huge sums of money in the process. And now that the credit taps have been turned off and 'the consumer' has realised they were living a false dream, the suppliers are hurting (read: going broke) and are demanding that 'government do something' to get the consumers to spend again: after all, they reason, the consumers are merely the tethered milk-cow to be milked and bilked out of their money for the benefit of the suppliers. Jack Law was merely doing his bit to help the suppliers make money and to keep the consumers poor, thus clearly positioning himself on the side of business and opposed to the good of the people.
The materialistic, consumer-driven society that exists in its purest form in the USA and almost as purely in the UK is a very individualistic, greed-driven and selfish model, and is neither in the rational self-interest of the consumer nor in the interest of the greater society. However, for the last half-century there has been an assumption amongst those who think they know what-is-what that the consumer society is the only viable economic model that will deliver growth and prosperity. But what has happened over the last six years is that the consumer has finally, perhaps irrevocably, discovered that consumerism using other people's money is great fun, but when the owner of the money wants it back the result is extreme and sometimes insupportable pain: they have discovered that there is no such thing as a 'free lunch', and no such thing as a right to prosperity.
The trouble is, in societies that are not consumerist (the vast majority of the world) and are significantly less individualistic than the USA and the UK (see the work of Geert Hofstede), prosperity is based more firmly on supply and demand being balanced – thus in those economies, suppliers make and supply only what they can sell and consumers only buy what they genuinely need; everyone is happy with less but there is a more equal division of the wealth of the society. The balance is restored between the consumers and the suppliers, and neither is pursuing a 'beggar thy neighbour' policy.
But the USA, and to a lesser extent the UK, are finding the change very difficult, simply because it involves a fundamental change in attitudes, behaviours, and fundamental beliefs, leading to a profound change in the way the society operates. Instead of the unrestrained pursuit of personal gain at the expense of all others, Americans and Britons in particular will have to once again learn the value of cooperation with others – a cooperation based on trust rather than contract law; based on mutual interests rather than self-centred, self-interest; based on being a good neighbour rather than the bully boy on the block. There is plenty of evidence that, at the grass-roots level of 'Everyman', this is already happening: cooperatives are forming, and neighbour-help-neighbour groups, barter markets and the like are springing up. But this reality, this need to change, has yet to reach the company strategists, the corporate leaders and the governmental policy makers. Entrenched pork-barrels, fat-cat remuneration packages, and a gut-wrenching fear that they've been wrong all along are all contributing to an evident 'denial of reality' that change has to begin at home, that beggaring the consumer citizen for the benefit of the suppliers is not a viable or sustainable solution and that 'the people' have had a enough. Jack Law's call for other countries to push up demand (essentially to push up demand for US goods) so that the USA need not change its ways is just the latest example of this sense of denial.
Alasdair White is a business school professor, writer and publisher. He is the author of five management books and a thriller novel as well as writing the Management Blog. He lives in Belgium.


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03 November, 2020
Since the publication of our earlier article highlighting key aspects of contracts which should be considered in light of the forthcoming end to the Brexit transition period (https://www.forbessolicitors.co.uk/news/47169/brexit-preparing-for-the-end-of-the-transition-period), negotiations between the UK and EU have continued. There is, however, no agreed deal and despite the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier telling the European Parliament recently that "an agreement is within reach if both sides are willing to work constructively", it remains likely that a deal will not be agreed in time.
Nevertheless, given the disruptive implications of Brexit, in whichever form that takes on 31 December 2020, all UK businesses who trade with suppliers or customers based in the EU (or other country with whom the EU has a trade agreement) are advised, if they have not done so already, to review existing affected contracts and consider the consequential impacts of Brexit.
Many contracts are unlikely to contain adequate provisions to deal with the potential adverse consequences of Brexit. For example, most contracts have been written on the basis that the UK is a member of the EU, that goods and people can move freely and without tariffs, and there is regulatory alignment, and this will not be the case from 1 January 2021.
In addition to the points highlighted in our earlier article, we advise businesses to consider how their existing contracts will protect them in relation to the following areas post Brexit:
For businesses looking to amend contracts to deal with the consequences of Brexit, it is advisable to start this process as soon as ever possible to ensure they can be finalised before the end of the transition period.
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Nitto Tire has once again partnered with All Nippon Airways (ANA) to bring an in-flight documentary to both international and domestic passengers.
"Snow Dream – Roots of Sapporo Snow Festival," is a 21-minute documentary that discusses the origins of the Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival. The program will be presented on ANA in-flight entertainment from January through February 2012.
"Snow Dream – Roots of Sapporo Snow Festival" takes a historical and entertaining look at this loved and popular winter festival.
"Sapporo is a huge part of Nitto's culture, as our winter tire test track, Saroma Tire Proving Ground has been located in Hokkaido for 19 years," says Tomo Mizutani, president, Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc. "We are proud, active members of the community and wanted to support this film project and make sure that the city and the unique history of its local festival will never be forgotten."
After World War II, the city of Sapporo was left in ruins and suffering. To lift the city's spirit, a group of inexperienced high school students took it upon themselves to rebuild the city by using the local climate and season as inspiration. As a result, they built the first snow statues that would eventually become known as the Sapporo Snow Festival.
Nitto Tires worked with "Snow Dream" film makers to document and interview the festival's creators who are now in their 90s. ANA's Los Angeles, Calif., general manager, Hirotaka Hattori volunteered to feature the film in ANA's in-flight entertainment.
To view "Snow Dream – Roots of Sapporo Snow Festival," please visit http://nittotire.com/Media#video=LWK84aolDWg
Last year, Nitto sponsored an ANA in-flight movie about the U.S. Japanese internment.


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The views of this article are the perspective of the author and may not be reflective of Confessions of the Professions.
The iPhone X
The iPhone, 10 years old and what a revolutionary product. Some tech experts predicted a crash and burn when the 1st Generation model was released, and some blissfully predicted the success it's had.
Thanks Tim Cook for the new iPhone 8 and X (still to be released…) but most importantly, thank you to the legend himself Mr Steve Jobs. The iPhone has had a fantastic journey so far, producing some of the most revolutionary technology we've seen in mobile handsets – let's not forget the 1973 Motorola that even had it's on carry bag.
Can we also take a second to appreciate the revolution of Siri… Siri is a portable (and pocketable) virtual personal assistant. She has a speech-recognition module which works out what you're saying, and then a natural language parser combs through your words to work out what you're trying to do.
The visual from musicMagpie shows us how funny and spookily accurate some of the predictions were, and how far off some of the most respected technology journalist have been over the years (don't take it to heart).
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How the internet reacted to the iPhone over the years
Apple's annual iPhone launch since the tech press and social media into overdrive, with apple Fanatics the world over debating the largest specs and features long after Tim Cook has left the stage.
Here's some of the funniest, misguided, and spookily accurate reactions to each of the past fifteen iphone releases.
June 2007 IPhone 1st Gen
We don't want an all-in-one device
Only 31% of Americans want a device with multiple capabilities.
Where is the keypad? "that virtual keyboard will be about as useful for tapping on emails and text messages as a rotary phone."-Seth Porges, TechCrunch
It's a passing fad…
"The iPhone is nothing more than a full bauble that will appeal to a few guys are freaks."-Matthew Lynn, Bloomberg
July 2008 iPhone 3g
Last time I checked material 452342 to places behind aluminum."-Brian Lamb, Gizmodo
We still want a keypad!
"This defining feature of the iPhone remains one of its biggest drawbacks."-Ryan block, Engadget
June 2009 iPhone 3GS
Does the S stand for the same?
"It is, at its core, a phone you already own."- Joshua Topolsky, Engagdget
Voice control… "voice control is a bit like an answer to a question that no one asked."
It's getting speedier
"You'll notice apps opening very quickly the BBC news site loaded and 7 Seconds, compared to 22.5 seconds on the iPhone 3-g and more than 14 seconds on the original iPhone"- Graham Batlow, techradar
We've got some basics
"Of all the features added to the new 3.0 cocktail, copy and paste is it easily the most talked about." – Joshua Topolsky, Engagdget
June 2010 iPhone 4
Sophisticated yet breakable
" couples with the smaller and more dense form factor I'm now deathly afraid of dropping and shattering this thing."- Brian King and Anand Lai Shipi, AnandTech
" judging by Apple's previous Behavior the iPhone 4 will be out of date within a year…"-Nick Farrell, The Enquirer
We know your upgrade game
I can see people!
" there's still something deeply sci-fi about dying up a friend to video chat." – Joshua Topolsky, Engagdget
October 2011 iPhone 4S
Damn I was really looking forward to iPhone 5…@Sara_Paxt
Another s…
" The iPhone 4S had let down Apple's reputation of being innovative."- IBT staff reporter, international business times
I'm going as the iPhone 4S for Halloween by wearing last year's costume and disappointing everyone. @keith_stewart
Scary Siri
"To me, there's only one reason to buy an iPhone 4S: Siri."-Mike Elgan, Datamotion
"the iPhone 4S may not be the most resilient phone but it probably is the most beautiful"- theverge.Com
Still beautifully breakable
September 2012 iPhone 5
Still worth it though
" slowly but surely the iPhone is embedding itself deeper and deeper into the fabric of our lives."- Lucy Kinder, the telegraph
Is it all getting a bit boring?
"I'm still underwhelmed there isn't one single killer feature this time around."-George Tinari, IntoMobile
September 2013 iPhone 5c and 5s
" with its plastic bag, the iPhone 5C was apparently going to be the most affordable iPhone yet. I personally wouldn't call 469 pounds affordable."-Andrew Hoyle, CNET
Is Plastic Fantastic?
" Let's be honest: the iPhone 5c is not a new device. The iPhone 5c is the iPhone 5, and apple found a cheaper way to produce it." Jacqui Chang, Technica
September 2014 iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
Our new ad pitch for Apple: "the new iPhone 6 offers greater flexibility than ever before" #iPhone6 #BendGate @NYRogerSterling
In all fairness, Anyone who puts a gadget made of aluminum in their back pocket and sits down deserves for it to bend. @markwithers #bendgate
Scream if you wanted to go faster… And better-looking.
" Apple will tell you that these are the fastest mobile devices is ever made, and it wouldn't be lying. These phone screen."- Joshua Topolsky, Engagdget
Is bigger better?
" The iPhone 6 Plus is so big that in landscape mode, I had a hard time reaching the keys to type"-Molly Wood, the New York Times
September 2015 iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
How long did the meeting take to decide on a new name? @kubayd
Another s year…
" The marketing slogan for the 6s is "the only thing that's changed is everything," which is funny because that's, well, not true."-Nicole Nguyen, BuzzFeed
We could never go back
Going back to my iPhone 6 after spend time with 3D touch on the iPhone 6s, I feel lost.-Christina Warren, Mashable
Loving Live photos?
" there will be moments in Life or you would never have guessed you wanted to shoot a video live photos has a chance to capture them."-Brian X Chen, the New York Times
September 2016 iPhone 7 and 7 Plus
Why the weird earphones?
You just know when 12 why apple is going to require us to get surgically implanted headphones and will be like "side, find whatever." @nycsouthpaw
Have you dreamed of charging your earbuds well guess what @joshuatopolsk
There is no way in hell I won't accidentally swallow these headphones somehow @pilotbacon
Impatient for design
Jokes about the iPhone 7 or just slightly upgraded jokes about the iPhone 6s
I want my button back
The response to its touch range drum "awful" to "weird" to the more delicate "it will take some getting used to."- David Pletini, Cult of Mac
The new iPhone is waterproof, which means I can finally enjoy my shower while being interrupted by emails from work. @SamGrittner
The iPhone 7 will be waterproof, a stunning blow to the rice industry @EvanJKessler
September 2017 iPhone X iPhone 8 and 8 Plus
The x is the best iPhone, no questions yeah, it's going to cost you, but you already knew that.- Brian Heater, TechCrunch
What a price tag!
We were promised the future and we got talking poop… @JoannaStern
Animated emojis!
Oh my God the Emoji movie was just an advertisement for Apple aniemojis! @BlackNerd
8 vs X
Apple's phone that isn't the fancy iPhone x feels like an odd in-betweener.-Scott Stein & Lynn La, CNET
Face-scanning tech
I will only get my phone acts up every time someone else tries to open it, Siri screams open not handsome enough clothes quote at 130 decibels. @jesseberney
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Man Abusing His Partner 2002
Annie Pootoogook depicted the delightful side of community life, but she also became known for her representations of darker aspects of contemporary living. Among them are portrayals of domestic violence. Man Abusing His Partner depicts a disturbing personal memory from Annie's life during the early 1990s. She was in an abusive relationship with a man in Nunavik (Northern Quebec). Here Annie documents an incident when he locked her in a house and boarded it up, as evidenced by the plywood nailed to the window in the centre of the composition. The drawing depicts the house's interior space, stark and unassuming, with a male figure holding what appears to be a length of wood and poised to strike the woman, who screams helplessly (as indicated by four undulating lines coming from her mouth) as she cowers on a mattress.
At first, Annie did not admit that this was a drawing of a personal memory, and she often referred to its subject as someone she heard about, but in time she shared the reality of the horrific incident. She spoke about her own experience: "She [my sister] told me to get out of that house before he broke my bone. So my sister was in shock because I was going crazy. And I wasn't normal anymore. But I had to charge him because what he did to me in that house, I had to charge him 'cause he used too much weapons on me and my life was lost." Unsentimental and direct, the drawing is cold in its execution and a chilling reminder of the reality of domestic violence, carried out here hidden from witnesses in a small interior with doors closed and windows boarded shut.
Annie often portrayed the events of her daily life and her home community of Kinngait in works that she derived from her own memory, including In the Summer Camp Tent, 2002, and Dreaming of Marijuana, 2005. Her narrative is almost always personal—not limited to the observation or strictly accurate reproduction of details but drawn as well from her emotional and psychological state. As writer John Quin observes, there is an Inuktitut word, sulijuk, which means "it is true." Annie's drawings reveal certain truths about her life. Her Kinngait is not a mythical, happy land of pre-modern innocence—a misinformed stereotype that is unfortunately often used to homogenize the complexities of Inuit aesthetics, philosophies, and art production. Of works such as this one, Jimmy Manning notes that "Annie's work is very different. Annie's work is, like, today and yesterday… daily happenings, shopping, music, the feast. Sometimes she will draw very hurting feelings from her heart which she's not afraid to say on paper." This drawing is an artwork wrenched out of a personal memory.


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At the section race on Saturday, the Riverbank varsity Bruin boys finished in eighth place. Ruben Paredez was the top finisher in 23rd place with a time of 17:44. He was followed by Eric Wise in 17:54 and then Michael Rodriguez in 18:02.
"While we didn't finish the season where we wanted to, this team really over achieved all season long. We lost four of our top five runners from last year's fourth place team, and no one would have given us a chance to do much this year; however, these guys worked together and earned the TVL title and a spot in the section meet," said coach Monte Wood. "I am really proud of what they have accomplished. They are in every sense of the word a 'team'."
In the girls' race Kim Ruvalcaba will be representing Riverbank at the state meet in Fresno on Saturday, Nov. 28. She finished fifth overall in the race and was the fourth individual qualifier.
"She had the 20th fastest time overall in all divisions and would have qualified to state in all divisions except DII," Wood noted. "The team finished in fourth place just one point behind Dixon. The top two teams qualified to state. Stephanie Bernal missed qualifying to state by one place.
"It is really tough for all of us to consider that because she has worked so hard over the last two years to make herself a great runner. After Haley Richardson and Sabrina Garcia graduated last year, we really had to have someone step up to give us a chance, and Stephanie did that. She gave us a chance at the TVL and section title. I don't think I have ever coached a kid that has transformed themselves more than Stephanie has. I am so proud of her and she will be someone that we will talk about for years."
Alondra Hernandez also ran a great race, the coach said. Her time of 21:59 was a great time on a tough course.
"She had never been on the course before, and it is one of the toughest in the state," said Wood. "I really think she is the next great Riverbank distance runner."


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November 9, 2020
NewsWhile most parts of the world are closed, the travel industry works to build back better and prepare for the day when the world reopens. This is how world-leading travel enterprises use CHOOOSE technology to enable their customers to opt-in on climate.
Empty hotels, beaches, and airports. Covid has undoubtedly had a significant impact on the travel industry. According to Eurocontrol, the organization that manages flight networks across Europe, over 31,000 flights travel back and forth across the continent on a typical day. While on the 24th of April 2020, there were just 4,254 flights up in the air, resulting in an 87% drop compared to the same day in 2019.
Carbon emissions from commercial aviation currently account for 2% of global emissions and are set to increase by 300% by 2050. It is important to recognize the impact flying has on the environment, but the solution is not necessarily to stop traveling but to travel differently.
Over the recent year, we've seen a significant increase of global airlines on a mission to lead the global transformation to a better future of travel, looking for ways to be part of the solutions. And with few zero-emission aircraft in near sight, we need to address the emissions related to transportation. But despite an accelerating consumer willingness to pay for climate compensated travel, businesses have lacked the tools and expertise to deliver the solutions. And the brutal fact is that in 2019, less than 1% of global emissions were neutralized.
CHOOOSE is on a mission to accelerate this number through mass-market integration by making climate action available for everyone. By building the API for Climate (also known as CHOOOSE Connect), any company can now become a part of the solution and invite their customers to protect the environment by addressing their carbon footprint of flights, accommodation, ground transportation, and more.
"We want to collaborate with companies who challenge the status quo and those who are willing to use state-of-the-art technology solutions to positively affect their climate impact by taking responsibility for the elephant in the room - namely the remaining CO2 footprint that can not be removed based on today's technology," says Andreas Slettvoll, CEO at CHOOOSE.
CHOOOSE Connect is a digital tool that delivers everything a company needs to integrate climate action into their customer experiences - including calculations, climate solutions, analytics, design, reporting, communication with end-consumer, and more.
Leading travel enterprises like Bidroom, Lonely Planet, Withlocals, Wizz Air, Norwegian, Heathrow Airport, and Skyscanner use CHOOOSE technology to implement climate compensation into their checkout, in-app, or anywhere they meet their customers.
The CHOOOSE Connect APIs automatically calculates the carbon footprint of travel or accommodation and provides customers with the option to compensate for their travel footprint. One of the CHOOOSE Connect partners is Skyscanner, who uses the climate-API to enable their passengers to address their flight's carbon emissions during checkout on Skyscanner's Direct Booking platform. During a seamless integration in the booking journey, travelers can now get direct access to support some of the most impactful climate solutions worldwide and choose to offset their flight's carbon emissions by making a small donation. If selected, this gets added to the final payment.
CHOOOSE Connect supports a broad range of carbon calculations, spanning from travel and shipping to finance and people. For airlines like Skyscanner, the API means that they can calculate the passenger's carbon footprint based on the actual vessel type of fuel, travel distance, loading capacity, or most types of air cargo.
From selecting verified solutions, ranging from renewable energy, nature-based solutions, and sustainable aviation fuels, Skyscanner has the flexibility to select a climate solution to power its climate compensation program and optimize the portfolio over time.
Project selection examples by Skyscanner include creating more efficient, greener cooking stoves in Myanmar, distributing clean water filters in Cambodia, building small-scale hydropower plants in Honduras, and installing a sustainable wind farm in Costa Rica.
CHOOOSE supports its partners with secure integration in multiple languages, currencies, and payment methods so that companies can enable customers wherever they are. The Skyscanner solution is now live in native languages across more than 25 markets.
With advanced analytics, Skyscanner can track and optimize their program's performance, giving a better understanding of how their customers respond to the climate program.
Partners of CHOOOSE can even invite their customers to engage with their impact through a logged-in experience post-purchase through MyCHOOOSE- providing complete transparency.
Skyscanner is also a founding member of Travalyst, a global initiative led by the Duke of Sussex, including fellow global industry leaders like Trip.com Group, TripAdvisor, Booking.com, and Visa. The partners come together for their shared passion for travel and believe it can be a real force for good.
Their 'Greener Choice' flight labels, represented as green leaf symbols, show travelers searching on Skyscanner which flights emit less CO2 than the average for that route. This classification is based on the type of aircraft, the number of stops, and the seating capacity, so travelers can make an informed decision. Last year, 11 million people selected a Greener Choice flight.
The carbon offsetting program is an important part of leading the global transformation to a better future of travel. The program is well received and recognized by Margaret Kim, CEO at the Gold Standard:
CHOOOSE Connect provides everything you need to deliver seamless, high-impact climate compensation options to your customers — directly in your e-commerce checkout or consumer application. Carbon calculations, carbon offset calculators, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, seamless API integration, customer-friendly interfaces, and reporting -whatever you need: we got you covered.


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It says the SD card is write protected even if it is in unlocked position. I'm trying to recover lost password by following the instructions here http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2014/08/how-to-reset-a-forgotten-raspberry-pi-password/
1Why do you need to use a mac to edit it? You can just hold down shift on the RPi while it is booting to enter the recovery system, which is a root terminal. From there you can type
nano /boot/cmdline.txt
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to ensure the changes are flushed out to the SD Card after the edit - as I cannot recall whether you will have access to the normalshutdown
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I used another MicroSD adapter and it worked right away. Thanks for the tip!!– WernerAug 31, 2020 at 18:33
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You did not remount the root file-system /
(with the command mount -rw -o remount /
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and /etc/shadow
files concerned...! Also, in that article, I'd recommend reading the comments as well.
The solution was rather funny, to say the least. The lock switch on SD adapter was not supposed to go all the way into unlock position, but be placed somewhere between 0.5mm and 2mm away from the unlock position towards the middle. Really unbelievable. I hope this saves someone some head scratching.


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It was our final midday coffee
Before the world had singed our ears –
Then, cupboard doors flew off, and whisky
And tumbler served to douse my fears
With flame – soon shooting horizontal
Across the sky while sacramental
Destruction drapes an ashen pall.
You looked at me – and saw it all
But kept your wits and rose to gather
The full importance: "Smoke, not steam
Is now your business, Rob. The dream
Of Pontius Pilate's wife would rather
That Rome not face that man, the Jew.
And what'll Seattle do to you?"
The Last Coffee
Wonderful. Thanks.
ditto, and what is the photograph of?
Thanks for stopping by!
The pic is a backyard shot from Robert Moran's house – taken by the big guy himself (so they tell me).


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The best Mauritius wellbeing experiences
Modern travellers are placing increasing demands on their long-haul holidays, expecting them to fulfill multiple needs and desires. No longer content with the 'fly 'n' flop' package break, today's vacationers are looking to enjoy everything from cultural immersion and learning new skills to sporty physical challenges and new ways to rebalance body and mind. Wellbeing – in particular – is a buzz word that's not going away, with many holidaymakers placing special emphasis on activities that can help shake up stagnant health or fitness regimes and leave them feel rejuvenated.
We take a look at how some of the island's leading resorts are responding to the latest expectations of their guests…
Angsana Balaclava
Book a stay with Angsana Balaclava and you'll be introduced to a variety of activities such as mountain trekking, trailwalking and eco-tourism adventures designed to keep you moving and active during your stay. "It's important to take a step back from your day-to-day routine," says Assistant Spa Manager Ana. "Yoga, tai chi, hiking trails and other wellbeing activities help guests to relax and explore a side that they're perhaps not able to do in their everyday life."
If you prefer something a little less energetic, choose from early morning yoga sessions on the beach accompanied by the chirping of the dawn chorus, silent meditation in the relaxation area, or one of Angsana's special spa experiences.
Alizee Resorts
The Balinese Massage at Alizee Resorts's two hotels is practiced with essential oils including rosemary and lavender and combines gentle stretches with acupressure. Add in a classic massage and aromatherapy and you'll soon be on the way to inner peace.
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This young boy is a "temporarily stranded" Syrian refugee in a makeshift camp near the Greek village of Idomeni close to a crossing point on the Greek-Macedonian border. Temperatures now are 12 degrees Celsius in the daytime & 3 degrees at night (54 degrees Fahrenheit daytime & 38 degrees at night)
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SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool that can be used by MasTec managers to do a situational analysis of the firm . It is a useful technique to evalauate the present Strengths (S), Weakness (W), Opportunities (O) & Threats (T) MasTec is facing in its current business environment.
The MasTec is one of the leading firms in its industry. MasTec maintains its prominent position in market by carefully analyzing and reviewing the SWOT analysis. SWOT analysis a highly interactive process and requires effective coordination among various departments within the firm such as – marketing, finance, operations, management information systems and strategic planning.
The SWOT Analysis framework facilitates an organization to identify the internal strategic factors such as -strengths and weaknesses, & external strategic factors such as - opportunities and threats. It leads to a 2X2 matrix – also called SWOT Matrix.
The Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Analysis / Matrix helps the managers of the MasTec to develop four types of strategies:
- SO (strengths-opportunities) Strategies
- WO (weaknesses-opportunities) Strategies
- ST (strengths-threats) Strategies
- WT (weaknesses-threats) Strategies
SWOT Matrix Strategies Objective
The main purpose of SWOT matrix is to identify the strategies that an organization can use to exploit external opportunities, counter threats, and build on & protect MasTec strengths, and eradicate its weaknesses.
Step by Step Guide to MasTec SWOT Analysis
Strengths of MasTec – Internal Strategic Factors
As one of the leading organizations in its industry, MasTec has numerous strengths that enable it to thrive in the market place. These strengths not only help it to protect the market share in existing markets but also help in penetrating new markets. Based on Fern Fort University extensive research – some of the strengths of MasTec are –
- Highly skilled workforce through successful training and learning programs. MasTec is investing huge resources in training and development of its employees resulting in a workforce that is not only highly skilled but also motivated to achieve more.
- Good Returns on Capital Expenditure – MasTec is relatively successful at execution of new projects and generated good returns on capital expenditure by building new revenue streams.
- Strong distribution network – Over the years MasTec has built a reliable distribution network that can reach majority of its potential market.
- Successful track record of developing new products – product innovation.
- Reliable suppliers – It has a strong base of reliable supplier of raw material thus enabling the company to overcome any supply chain bottlenecks.
- Successful track record of integrating complimentary firms through mergers & acquisition. It has successfully integrated number of technology companies in the past few years to streamline its operations and to build a reliable supply chain.
- Strong Free Cash Flow – MasTec has strong free cash flows that provide resources in the hand of the company to expand into new projects.
- Superb Performance in New Markets – MasTec has built expertise at entering new markets and making success of them. The expansion has helped the organization to build new revenue stream and diversify the economic cycle risk in the markets it operates in.
Weakness of MasTec – Internal Strategic Factors
Weakness are the areas where MasTec can improve upon. Strategy is about making choices and weakness are the areas where a company can improve using SWOT analysis and build on its competitive advantage and strategic positioning.
- Need more investment in new technologies. Given the scale of expansion and different geographies the company is planning to expand into, MasTec needs to put more money in technology to integrate the processes across the board. Right now the investment in technologies is not at par with the vision of the company.
- High attrition rate in work force – compare to other organizations in the industry MasTec has a higher attrition rate and have to spend a lot more compare to its competitors on training and development of its employees.
- Investment in Research and Development is below the fastest growing players in the industry. Even though MasTec is spending above the industry average on Research and Development, it has not been able to compete with the leading players in the industry in terms of innovation. It has come across as a mature firm looking forward to bring out products based on tested features in the market.
- Days inventory is high compare to the competitors – making the company raise more capital to invest in the channel. This can impact the long term growth of MasTec
- There are gaps in the product range sold by the company. This lack of choice can give a new competitor a foothold in the market.
- The profitability ratio and Net Contribution % of MasTec are below the industry average.
- Not highly successful at integrating firms with different work culture. As mentioned earlier even though MasTec is successful at integrating small companies it has its share of failure to merge firms that have different work culture.
Opportunities for MasTec – External Strategic Factors
- New customers from online channel – Over the past few years the company has invested vast sum of money into the online platform. This investment has opened new sales channel for MasTec. In the next few years the company can leverage this opportunity by knowing its customer better and serving their needs using big data analytics.
- New environmental policies – The new opportunities will create a level playing field for all the players in the industry. It represent a great opportunity for MasTec to drive home its advantage in new technology and gain market share in the new product category.
- The new taxation policy can significantly impact the way of doing business and can open new opportunity for established players such as MasTec to increase its profitability.
- The market development will lead to dilution of competitor's advantage and enable MasTec to increase its competitiveness compare to the other competitors.
- Opening up of new markets because of government agreement – the adoption of new technology standard and government free trade agreement has provided MasTec an opportunity to enter a new emerging market.
- New trends in the consumer behavior can open up new market for the MasTec . It provides a great opportunity for the organization to build new revenue streams and diversify into new product categories too.
- Economic uptick and increase in customer spending, after years of recession and slow growth rate in the industry, is an opportunity for MasTec to capture new customers and increase its market share.
- Organization's core competencies can be a success in similar other products field. A comparative example could be - GE healthcare research helped it in developing better Oil drilling machines.
Threats MasTec Facing - External Strategic Factors
- Intense competition – Stable profitability has increased the number of players in the industry over last two years which has put downward pressure on not only profitability but also on overall sales.
- Rising pay level especially movements such as $15 an hour and increasing prices in the China can lead to serious pressure on profitability of MasTec
- Increasing trend toward isolationism in the American economy can lead to similar reaction from other government thus negatively impacting the international sales.
- Growing strengths of local distributors also presents a threat in some markets as the competition is paying higher margins to the local distributors.
- The demand of the highly profitable products is seasonal in nature and any unlikely event during the peak season may impact the profitability of the company in short to medium term.
- Liability laws in different countries are different and MasTec may be exposed to various liability claims given change in policies in those markets.
- New technologies developed by the competitor or market disruptor could be a serious threat to the industry in medium to long term future.
- As the company is operating in numerous countries it is exposed to currency fluctuations especially given the volatile political climate in number of markets across the world.
Limitations of SWOT Analysis for MasTec
Although the SWOT analysis is widely used as a strategic planning tool, the analysis does have its share of limitations.
- Certain capabilities or factors of an organization can be both a strength and weakness at the same time. This is one of the major limitations of SWOT analysis . For example changing environmental regulations can be both a threat to company it can also be an opportunity in a sense that it will enable the company to be on a level playing field or at advantage to competitors if it able to develop the products faster than the competitors.
- SWOT does not show how to achieve a competitive advantage, so it must not be an end in itself.
- The matrix is only a starting point for a discussion on how proposed strategies could be implemented. It provided an evaluation window but not an implementation plan based on strategic competitiveness of MasTec
- SWOT is a static assessment - analysis of status quo with few prospective changes. As circumstances, capabilities, threats, and strategies change, the dynamics of a competitive environment may not be revealed in a single matrix.
- SWOT analysis may lead the firm to overemphasize a single internal or external factor in formulating strategies. There are interrelationships among the key internal and external factors that SWOT does not reveal that may be important in devising strategies.
Weighted SWOT Analysis of MasTec
In light of the above mentioned limitations of the SWOT analysis / matrix, corporate managers decided to provide weightage to each internal strength and weakness of the firm. Organizations also assess the likelihood of events taking place in the coming future and how strong their impact could be on company's performance.
This method is called Weighted SWOT analysis. It is better than doing simplistic SWOT analysis because with Weighted SWOT Analysis MasTec managers can focus on the most critical factors and discount the non-important one. It also solves the long list problem where organizations ends up making a long list but none of the factors deemed too critical.
Limitation of Weighted SWOT analysis of MasTec
This approach also suffers from one major drawback - it focus on individual importance of factor rather than how they are collectively important and impact the business holistically.
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References / Citations & Bibliography
- M. E. Porter, Competitive Strategy(New York: Free Press, 1980)
- A. D. Chandler, Strategy and Structure (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1962)
- O. E. Williamson, Markets and Hierarchies(New York: Free Press, 1975);
- L. Wrigley, Divisional Autonomy and Diversification (PhD, Harvard Business School, 1970)
- R. E. White, Generic Business Strategies, Organizational Context and Performance: An Empirical Investigation, Strategic Management Journal7 (1986)
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