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What is 'Let's Talk About Race and Racism'?
'Let's Talk About Race and Racism' is a College initiative intended to inspire new dialogues about race and racism, to learn from those dialogues, and create stronger communities in College, in the University, and beyond.
Here you'll find links and information about talks, podcasts, and other College activity all intended to drive positive change and greater understanding of race and racism.
A statement of our commitment
To lay out the purpose, intent and scope of 'Let's Talk About Race and Racism', we created a statement of commitment for the College.
- Read our statement in full
We, the fellows, students and staff of Wolfson College Cambridge, recognise the ongoing prejudices and challenges that are faced by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) members of our College. We also recognise the legacies of colonialism that have created the interpersonal and structural racism that continues to exist throughout academia and society at large. We pride ourselves on the diversity of our membership and we want to do more to address and tackle racism in its many guises.
As a first step, we are launching an initiative entitled 'Let's Talk about Race and Racism'. We have created a working group to explore positive actions that we, as a College, can take and will be holding regular meetings and events that open up dialogue about race and racism at the local, national and international levels. As a College we are committed to addressing and combatting all forms of racist aggression.
We understand that this is a first step in moving towards a more inclusive and welcoming space for all of our members and intend this initiative to open up a conversation that will be difficult and challenging but can enact real change throughout our College community, the University of Cambridge and society at large. We urge all of our members to join in supporting this initiative and to work collectively to create a better College, and a better world, for us all.
Date | Event/Speaker | Topic |
24 Jan | Asian Film Day screening | Wadjda (Saudi Arabia) |
2 Feb | Dr Peter McMurrary | Toward a Black Ecomusicology, 1853? Listening to Enslavement with Solomon Northrup |
7 Feb | Asian Film Day screening | The Handmaiden (Korea) |
9 Feb | Dr Aminul Hoque MBE | A Very British History: British-Bangladeshis |
21 Feb | Asian Film Day screening | The White Tiger (India) |
23 Feb | Dr Sascha Auerbach | "A Mild Despotism, Tempered by Sugar": the Rise of the Overseer State in Britain's Post-Slavery Empire |
2 Mar | Dr Hannah Elias | Religion and the Politics of Race in 1960s London: Transnational Liberation Networks and Theologies of Resistance |
7 Mar | Asian Film Day screening | Spirited Away (Japan) |
10 Mar | Professor Jane Rhodes Professor Lynn Hudson | From Mississippi to Cambridge: Marie Battle Singer, Britain's first Black psychoanalyst |
5 May | Dr Nicola Rollock | The Rules of Racial Standing: Race and Racism in the Era of the Public Lynching of George Floyd |
"Shade in Cambridge" Podcast
Inspired by this initiative, three Wolfson students, Annoa, Raquel and Megan, created a podcast, Shade in Cambridge. In a seven-part series, they interview guests about their experiences of race and racism, and share stories, perspectives and ideas.
You can read more and listen to the episodes on the 'Shade in Cambridge' page.
Race Equality in the University
You can find out more about race equality at Cambridge on the University website.


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Deadline: 31 December 2015
Open to: participants between the ages of 18 and 27 years old, from around the world
Venue: 25-27 March 2016, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Young Leaders Development Project in Uzbekistan welcomes 300 international and local youth delegates on March 25th-27th, 2016. The project conducts International Youth Summit in Uzbekistan under the theme:"Our heritage, Our future".
The aim of the event is to bring together the brightest students, youth activists, leaders of the society, entrepreneurs, professors and businessmen to start a dialogue on building a stable, peaceful society today and tomorrow based on national values and traditions.
The main organizer of the Summit is Young Leaders Development Project in Tashkent, a social project of Uzbekistan Teachers of English Association aiming at supporting enthusiastic and active young people to develop their personality and professionalism.
The initiatives and ideas to be presented at the forum will be discussed in English language, directed to improving leadership skills and covering the following key categories:
- *What do we mean when we say family?
- *How can we preserve national values and traditions?
- *What is the role of the youth in preserving national values and traditions?
- *What threatens to universal mankind values?
In order to be considered eligible to apply, you must fulfill all of the following criteria:
- *be no younger than 18 and no older than 27 years old
- *demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and potential to become a key leader in your community
- *have passion to create positive social change and willingness to use Summit experience in your leadership position
- *be active either in politics, civil society organizations, media, business sector or local communities
- *have a good command of written and spoken English
- International participants: Participation fee is €50. For all scholarship based participants YLDP will take responsibility to cover participation fee, handouts, accommodation, 3 meals (full board), special events, trips and transportation. However, all international participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements and associated VISA costs (if needed) to Uzbekistan.
- Local participants: No participation fee. For all scholarship based participants YLDP will take responsibility to cover participation fee, handouts, accommodation, 3 meals (full board), special events, trips and transportation. Non-scholarship based participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements and accommodation.
Deadline for both International and local participantsis 31st of December, 2015. Applicants in need of scholarship support are urged to apply before the priority deadline. While scholarship support is available after the early deadline, it is allocated on a rolling basis and earlier applications are given priority.
In order to apply, register HERE.
Please send the completed application form (DOC, DOCX or PDF format), passport copy and other relevent documents to the following e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject: YOUTH SUMMIT 2015 Application Form.(Your Name). The organizing team will select participants with varied professional and academic backgrounds. The candidates will be selected from a competitive pool based on their expertise and will ensure a geographical and gender balance. Announcement of all successful candidates will be announced on 10thJanuary 2016.
If you have any questions, write to: firstname.lastname@example.com

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Frederick Stone. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
Six candidates are vying for three three-year terms on the Red Bank Board of Education in the November 3 election. To help voters compare the candidates in terms of personal background and positions on key issues, redbankgreen emailed them identical sets of questions late last week. Here's what incumbent Frederick Stone had to say in response.
Name: Frederick J. Stone
Age: 66
Address: 16 McLaren St
Where did you attend elementary/middle school?
I started kindergarten in the Chicago public schools and from the third grade on attended the Skokie, Illinois District 68 public schools.
Where did go to high school?
Niles Township High School—North Division, also in Skokie.
Did you graduate from college? If so, which school, with what degree?
I graduated from Northwestern University with a BS in Medicine and an MD.
Have your served in the military? If so, which branch and when? No
What do you do for a living? (Title, employer, brief description of your responsibilities):
I am a retired physician (pathologist) who still teaches pathology to second year medical students at Rutgers Medical School.
How long have you been a resident of Red Bank?
15 years
Do you own real estate in town?
Do you have children?
Do they/will they/have they attended school in the borough? If so, which school(s)?
My younger stepson had an excellent experience attending the Red Bank Middle School for the eight grade.
Roughly how many Red Bank school board meetings have you attended?
80 Board Meetings and roughly 100 committee meetings
Why are you running for a seat on the board?
Public education is critical to the future of America and its people. To most people, public education is their pathway to personal success and to the capacity for leadership. I am running for reelection to the Board of Education with a sense of enormous gratitude for what my public education provided to me. As a grandfather, I want to be certain those of my grandchildren's generation can continue to build an ever better society using the tools gained in public education as I hope am I.
What should Red Bank residents expect of a BOE member?
The smart marshaling of the resources of our community to help our children fulfill their humanity and go out in the world prepared for work and to contribute to their community.
What do you think of political party involvement in local school board elections? Is it acceptable? Why or why not?
Political party involvement in local school board elections is unacceptable. All decisions by a school board are, by law, made to the benefit of education. Partisan considerations only deflect the work of the Board away from that highest principle. This year's election exemplifies the danger of partisanship in the School Board elections, where the Republican Party in its zeal to put forth a slate of candidates ignored the requirements of the law and recruited a candidate who is not legally qualified to serve on the Board (https://redbankgreen.com/2015/09/red-bank-residency-an-issue-in-race.html ) .
Are the Red Bank primary and middle schools doing a good job educating children and preparing them for high school and beyond?
The Red Bank Primary and Middle School are doing a good and continuously improving job of educating our children and preparing them for their future in an ever more complex world.
If not, how would you try to improve outcomes?
One can never be content with where one is. We seek to continuously improve our educational process, encouraging our administration and faculty to work together to constantly improve curriculum tailored to the needs of our students and to provide our faculty with the tools and support they need to implement that curriculum through ongoing professional development.
What is your approach to fiscal issues such as budgeting, taxes and debt?
It is our responsibility to educate the children of Red Bank as largely prescribed by state law. That means providing a safe and clean environment in which an adequate number of teachers supported and directed by a sufficient number of administrators can provide that education. We agree to fair compensation for the required staff. The schools have to be maintained, cleaned, heated, and cooled. There is little wiggle room in any of these basic requirements. The budget cannot be finally voted upon by the Board until reviewed and approved by the County School Superintendent to ensure it complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.
The state is required by law (SFRA—State Funding Reform Act) to provide a certain amount of funding to local school districts adjusted for the demographic character of their student bodies. The state has consistently failed to follow the formula specified by the law and consistently shortchanged the Red Bank Borough Schools—this fiscal year by $599,000.
We have developed partnerships with community organizations to fill gaps, especially in arts education. [Recall how last year's budget required the elimination of funds to operate the strings program and how the community and its institutions were enabled to fill the gap and restore the program: (https://redbankgreen.com/2015/06/red-bank-a-year-later-strings-resound.html#more-98055)].
Concerning debt: Except for major capital projects, the schools operate on a pay-as-you-go basis. There are currently bonds outstanding for the Middle School renovation undertaken several years ago which are being repaid at an interest rate favorable to the taxpayers.
In your view, has the current board done everything possible to keep a lid on the borough school tax?
If no, what would you do to change that?
Are there any school operations or services you think should be reduced or eliminated?
If anything, there are services such as after school programs which need expansion. We will continue to seek partners and grants to undertake such programs. We will continue to exhort the state to meet its obligations.
Will you propose specific cuts? If so, please identify them.
What are the primary criteria you have used or would use in deciding whether to vote in favor of a tax increase?
The maintenance of the integrity of the educational process.
Governor Chris Christie has characterized the teachers' union as the largest obstacle to school reform. Do you agree?
No. Why should we pick a fight with the people to whom we entrust our children and work so hard to fulfill that trust?
Red Bank has a publicly funded charter school. Should it?
This has been litigated in the past.
Should children of undocumented immigrants be subject to potential deportation?
This is truly a question of national policy, as they say "above the pay grade", and not an appropriate question for a school board candidate. As a grandchild of immigrants and a Jew who is all too cognizant of the fate of my brethren left behind in Europe, I find it very difficult to take a hardline stance on immigration issues.
What specific initiatives, if any, would you attempt to implement if you are elected?
I would like to see our after school programs beefed up and to see the continuous improvement in all our programs by encouraging and providing the resources required by our outstanding professional educators.
Is there anything else you'd like voters to know?
The Red Bank Borough Schools under the direction of the current Board had built a very strong foundation for continuous growth and improvement. I want to ensure that the Board continues to build on that foundation.
All six candidates have been invited to participate in a forum sponsored by the Monmouth County League of Women Voters and the Red Bank Middle School PTO at the middle school at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, October 15. For more information about the event, call 732-768-0594.


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The Washington Nationals' World Series victory on Wednesday night was a revelation, in the sense that Daniel Hudson's final slider to the Astros' Michael Brantley laid bare the true ordering of reality, unveiling a cosmic architecture we Nats fans had never been allowed to glimpse before.
The list of our misfortunes is long and illustrious—to us, at least. From the Esmilyan Gonzales fiasco to the Jim Riggleman mess; from a playoff collapse against the Cardinals to an arguably even worse playoff collapse against the Cubs; from the dumb camel that manager Dave Martinez brought to Spring Training before a failed 2018 campaign—an exhortation to get "over the hump," see?—to star player and all-around frustrating enigma Bryce Harper bolting town for the disgusting Philadelphia Phillies over the subsequent offseason, presaging a 19-31 start to what looked like another wasted year for us—the Nats fan tended to view baseball as coextensive with the drudgery of normal life, with all of its missed opportunities and frustrated hopes. Then Brantley's bat sliced the empty air, Hudson hurled his glove in elation, and it all changed. Or really nothing changed: We got to see what had always been there and to live out the happy ending that our story was always heading towards.
So why did it happen this year? If I had to proffer a rational explanation, the difference between this squad and the Nats of the past is that the starting pitching went deep into key postseason games. These Nats had the worst bullpen ERA of any team ever to make the playoffs and it barely ended up mattering, thanks largely but not entirely to World Series MVP Steven Strasburg and co-ace Max Scherzer. Offensive inconsistency becomes a bad memory if your bats all show up three or four games per series; timely outbursts from hitting prodigy Juan Soto, National League MVP candidate Anthony Rendon, and aging slugger Howie Kendrick plugged those Harper or Denard Span-sized craters in the lineup that pock-marked postseasons past.
The rational explanation doesn't fully work, though. Washington Post columnist Thomas Boswell did a back-of-the-envelope calculation using the lowest possible win probabilities during the Nats' five elimination games in which the team trailed—a record for a single postseason—and determined that their odds of winning the World Series were around .0003%. Speaking of things that lie beyond mere rationality, while this year's championship wasn't always memorable for its on-field play, between the seven straight victories for the road team—by far a record for any playoff series in any sport—the booing of the president, the game 6 interference controversy, followed by a righteously pissed-off tantrum for the ages from Martinez; Nats ace Max Scherzer's Bonitis outbreak before game 5 and miraculous recovery from said outbreak in time for game 7; and the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the middle of game 4, this was one of the most exhilaratingly weird World Series ever played.
Perhaps the camel had something to do with it, and the magic stored in the hump of that mystical Ship of the Desert works on a one-year delay. Or maybe this was the mighty hand of Hashem. It certainly can't be ruled out that the Nats World Series is proof that the God of the Israelites really does care about us and want us to be happy. After all, there is something undeniably Jewish about rooting for a perennially disappointing team without fully buying into the idea that their day will come or that you'll get to see it when it does. Many of the tradition's greatest hits are about the Jews' struggle to accept that the good times really are coming, and their skepticism is usually warranted. Why should the Israelite slaves have started packing their bags and why on, say, year 37 of wandering the desert, should they have believed any promised land was waiting for them? The prophets' prediction of the fall of Assyria or Babylon must have seemed worse than absurd and read as slightly delusional even with the benefit of hindsight. But guess what–the prophets were right. In Judaism, the bad things, and even the very worst things, take their meaning from a future redemption that no human being will be able to stop.
Baseball is trivial in comparison to whatever Isaiah or Ezekiel were talking about and the stakes of even a very important sporting event are comfortingly low, in the larger sense. Except that baseball isn't trivial, and the stakes are not low, and in any case some of the sacred fragments forming the vessels of light that broke at the moment of creation are bigger than others, even though all of them eventually need to be found. Maybe some fragments look bigger the closer you are to finding them: Sports fandom is an investment of time and self at their most personal and intimate. Games and seasons and eras become life-long psychic beacons; their ecstasies and disappointments beam backwards and forwards. Here's one example. I watched game 7 at a raucous Nationals Park, where some 16,000 fans gazed towards the stadium jumbotron in a cold rain. After the game, still coasting on jetstreams of pure uncomplicated joy, I was sure to walk my friends past the spot in dead center field where I watched the Nats blow a six-run lead to the St Louis Cardinals in game 5 of the National League Divisional Series on October 12th, 2012, my worst day as a sports fan (aside from the murder of Sean Taylor, that is). I remember it was like the air itself had a different composition after that final out–thousands of other demoralized fans were crowding around me but also at some terrifyingly vast remove , like we were all walking through the blank loneliness of deep space, making our way not to the Navy Yard Metro station but to some distant and unseen oblivion. It was that bad. And after Wednesday night, it was completely worth it.
Armin Rosen is a staff writer for Tablet Magazine.


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5 Must-Make RV New Year's Resolutions
This year, why not make resolutions related to RV travel? The kind that encourage you to get out more, visit new places, and have new experiences?
Here are 5 RV New Year's resolutions to get you started.
1. Take more trips
Don't let that RV sit idle in the driveway or storage lot. This year make a resolution to take more trips. Even if it's just a quick weekend outing to your local state park or favorite lakeside campground, make it your goal to pack up the RV, hop in and go!
To make quick spontaneous trips easier, create a custom packing list and keep it handy so you always know what to throw in the RV when it's time to hit the road.
2. Explore new places
Are you stuck in an RV travel rut? There's nothing wrong with returning to favorite places year after year, but finding and exploring new destinations can be incredibly rewarding.
Need ideas and inspiration on where to go? Plan your travels with RV LIFE Trip Wizard to find all the campgrounds and points of interest in your area. Or join the discussion on RV forums with active communities like iRV2.com.
3. Get off the beaten path
Do you love camping but sometimes get tired of crowded and noisy campgrounds? Why not get off the beaten path and do some camping out in the wild this year? Even if you're a diehard fan of RV resorts with pools and paved parking pads, you might be surprised by the enjoyment that comes from camping in a remote place.
Many people love the thrill of boondocking (camping outside a designated campground with no utility hook-ups), while others simply enjoy finding out of the way places to enjoy nature in national forests and BLM land.
If you've never tried wild camping, here are a few articles to help you out:
- RV Boondocking: Tips to Go RVing Without a Campground or RV Park
- Boondocking Checklist: 10 Essential Items for Off-Grid Camping
- 7 Tips for Off-Grid RV Cooking to Save Water and Energy
- 12 Easy Steps to Save Water While Boondocking – Bathroom Edition
4. Meet new people at the campground
Campers are a friendly bunch of people. You know how when you walk around a campground and everyone greets you with a wave and a hello? Well, why not extend that friendly greeting into a conversation? And then maybe that conversation will turn into an evening around the campfire…or a group hike…or an invitation to dinner. Campgrounds are a great place to make new connections. After all, you already know you have the love of camping in common!
5. Show your RV some love
So you've resolved to take more trips and explore new places this year, but that means your RV needs to be in tip-top shape. Whether you have a brand new RV or a well used relic that's been in the family for ages, RVs need some love too.
Keep your RV in tip top shape with regular maintenance and inspections. Check the tires, roof, awning, windows, and all the electric systems on a regular basis. Get organized and keep better track of your RV maintenance with an online tool like RV LIFE Maintenance.
Maybe treat your RV to spa day, or refresh the inside with those new curtains you've been eyeing, or an upgraded mattress? A little love can go a long way towards keeping your RV in shape. Because after all, without your trusty home on wheels, none of these other resolutions would be possible!
What do you think? Are these RV New Year Resolutions ones you would make and keep? Maybe you have your own set of resolutions related to RV travel for the upcoming year. No matter what your specific RV resolutions and goals are this year, be sure to get out there and have fun!


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Aerial Work Platform (AWP) Certification
$98.95 | 4 hours
Course Overview
AWP Certification is a comprehensive training that covers all scissors, push-around, straight-stick and articulating boom lifts, and other aerial work platforms (AWPs). CSA/OHS criteria for classroom operator. This course meets its safety training certification in all Canadian provinces and territories, which goes above and beyond.
Summa Safety & Environment College courses are the finest online courses available today, integrating high-definition video with cutting-edge machine animation and demonstrations to provide the most comprehensive learning experience possible. Our course approach helps students retain more information while still exciting and educational. A few tests at the end of each chapter help the student prepare for the final examination.
Students will have access to the following resources throughout the course: elevated work platform (EWP) specific OHS requirements for every province and territory in Canada; a practical evaluation checklist.
A supervisor or other authorized person must perform a functional evaluation to complete the certification process.
Aerial Work Platform (AWP) Certification Course Standards
This course was designed to meet and exceed requirements for theory and written exam training as outlined in:
- CSA standards B354.1, B354.2 and B354.4
- ANSI standards A92.3, A92.5 and A92.6
Course Topics
The following subjects are covered in detail in this online Aerial Work Platform (AWP) Certification course:
- EWP-related laws requirements for the machine, personnel, supervisors, employers, and federal and provincial regulations.
- Machine-related dangers.
- Accidents and mishaps often occur at EWP.
- There are many different sorts of EWPs.
- The necessity of having an operator's handbook on hand.
- Decals for safety.
- Components, controls, and safety measures for machines.
- Axles.
- Capacity and stability concepts are discussed.
- Systems for the handling of envelopes.
- The most appropriate machine selection.
- Inspections are performed before the start of operations.
- Tests of how the function works.
- Maintenance.
- Dangers associated with hydraulic systems
- Battery charging and maintenance are required.
- Refuelling.
- Weather safety is essential.
- Identifying and mitigating hazards.
- Rescue preparations.
- Proper communication is essential.
- The operating procedures.
- Parking and closing down the business.
- Keeping track of things.
Online Course Duration
The course can be completed within 4 hours time duration.
Passing Criteria
This course requires a passing grade of at least 80%. The course may be retaken three times to meet the passing grade.
Certificate of Completion
A certificate of completion will be made available for download and printing after completing this online course.
Universally Compatible
Most internet-capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities, such as Apple's iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, and most other smartphones and tablets with Android and Windows operating systems, can replay this course since it was developed utilizing standards that allow for this.
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The Town Clerk's mission is to be a reliable provider of information and quality service to the community and its residents, and to work with all departments, boards, and committees while complying with all State and Local statues.
The Clerk is the historian of the community, and the custodian of town records. It is the goal of the Town Clerk's Office to provide excellent customer service, record, integrate, preserve, protect and disseminate Town information; to collect and provide licensing and permitting services; to conduct elections pursuant to applicable law, and to provide Town Council support in an efficient, effective, ethical and democratic manner.
Specific services provided by the Clerk's Office include:


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Q: My child is only 14 years old, but I already realize he will not be able to live with me forever. How do I plan for his future housing options?
A: I commend you on thinking about where your child may live in the future. We still find that 70% of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities live with an aging parent. This situation makes it quite stressful on the parent, but it also places stress on other family members who then need to step in and make decisions about what will happen next. Congratulations on thinking ahead!
The adult living options for your child will depend on many factors, including:
1. The amount of daily support your child may need
- If your child needs 24-hour supervision, then you will need them to be in a situation that has someone living with them. This can take many forms. Your child could live in a three-bedroom apartment with one roommate, and a room that is occupied by a direct support professional that provides the necessary level of oversight; or they could live with another family member who is licensed and trained to care for your child.
- If your child does not need 24-hour supervision, the options expand to include living arrangements with someone nearby to check in on your child—whether in a supported apartment or even a private residence with support.
2. Government benefits
- The government benefits your child qualifies for can dictate the options available to them, and also the amount covered by the benefits.
- Changes to government benefits, either positive or negative (meaning more resources or reduced resources), will have a drastic impact on your child's housing options, especially if you will solely rely on the government for your child's future support.
3. Family resources
- Yes, this does mean money and assets. It is important to determine the housing options that are available today, and the options that may be available in the future—and the associated costs of these options. Due to the massive shortage in adult housing options for individuals with disabilities, families, organizations, communities, and developers are creating innovative living situations.
For instance, there is a community built in Arizona that includes houses, a community center, a full-time director, and overnight staff all in order to promote inclusion and safety. These types of communities are being built around the United States and the world for adults with disabilities. However, most of these communities do not take government benefits as their sole revenue stream (because it is simply not enough money to sustain these communities), so there is a heavy reliance on private pay (money from the family). - Another area of family resources is people. Does your child have siblings? If so, will they be involved? How involved do you want them to be? Do you expect them to have your child move in with them and their future family? The answer to these questions will help determine the amount of money you will need for your child's lifetime support.
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The great news about your child's future housing is that more and more options are being developed. Communities, developers, non-profits, and families are all banding together to create solutions for children like your 14-year-old. You can have confidence that options will be available, but you must ensure that you, your child and your family are prepared to take advantage of those options. To be prepared for the future, it means you must take action today. Devise a plan, begin the hard work of executing that plan, and then manage that plan!
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Life Changed Overnight | From A Cleaner, Woman Becomes A Model For Gucci After Being Spotted On The Street
Leela Adwani |Mar 02, 2021
Clara (24) is a regular girl who was struggling to make ends meet with a cleaning job but her life has changed all of a sudden.
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Imagine one day you catch the eyes of a high-profile fashion brand director, your life will completely change all of a sudden. What will you do in this kind of situation? If you are yet to come up with a proper answer, then hear the story of Clara Louise.
From a cleanser to a model
Clara (24) is a regular girl who was struggling to make ends meet with a cleaning job. In June 2019, she was scouted by Rob Wilson who is the director of FOMO Models on the street. The gifted Londoner has collaborated with household names like Kendall Jenner.
The agency owner found the stunner Clara while he was walking on the street in London. Didn't hesitate, he approached and offered her a massive contract.
In an interview, Clara told,
"Rob saw me in the street on my way to the gym and asked me if I'd ever modeled. I said "no", I was quite blasé about it, but we had a conversation, the rest is history."
Journey to model for Gucci
Wilson then put Louise forward for castings with several global brands. Her first assignment was on the cover of Picton which is a big beauty and fashion magazine. She was also quickly thrust into the limelight after that.
However, she truly shot to stardom when FOMO put the signing forward for global brand Gucci in their C.o.v.i.d-safe video as part of the promotion campaign for the fashion house in the second half of the year 2021.
It's not far off the mark to say Clara's life has changed overnight and it was nothing short of a whirlwind. From a cleaner, she is able to land a big campaign for Gucci.
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Release Notes for Cisco Small Business SPA525G2 IP Phone Firmware Release 7.6(2)SR4
Hardware and Firmware Compatibility
Behavior During Times of Network Congestion
Cisco Small Business Product Documentation
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
This document describes the updates and fixes in Cisco Small Business SPA525G2 IP Phone Firmware Release 7.6(2)SR4.
As with any firmware release, read these release notes before you upgrade the firmware. Cisco also recommends that you back up the configuration before you perform any firmware upgrade.
This firmware release is only for the RC SKU. For non-RC SKUs, the firmware is the same as firmware release 7.5.7s.
The following matrix describes the hardware and firmware compatibility.
Note SPA525G2-RC(128M flash) and SPA525G2-EU(128M flash) have the same hardware and firmware compatibility with SPA525G2(128M flash).
Note SPA525G2-RC(32M flash) has the same hardware and firmware compatibility with SPA525G2(32M flash).
This section describes the resolved and open caveats, and provides information on accessing the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit.
Known problems (bugs) are graded according to severity level. These release notes contain descriptions of the following:
You can search for problems by using the Cisco Bug Search.
To access Cisco Bug Search, you need the following items:
Step 1 To access the Cisco Bug Search, go to:
Step 2 Log in with your Cisco.com user ID and password.
Step 3 To look for information about a specific problem, enter the bug ID number in the Search for field, then press Enter.
There are currently no open defects for the Cisco Small Business SPA525 for Firmware Release 7.6(2)SR4.
The following table lists severity 1, 2, and 3 defects that are resolved for the Cisco Small Business SPA525 for Firmware Release 7.6(2)SR4.
For more information about an individual defect, search for the caveat in the Bug Search Toolkit. You must be a registered Cisco.com user to access this online information.
Because defect status continually changes, the table reflects a snapshot of the defects that were resolved at the time this report was compiled. For an updated view of resolved defects, access Bug Toolkit as described in Access Cisco Bug Search.
Anything that degrades network performance can affect voice and video quality, and in some cases, can cause a call to drop. Sources of network degradation can include, but are not limited to, the following activities:
To reduce or eliminate any adverse effects to the devices, schedule administrative network tasks during a time when the devices are not being used or exclude the devices from testing.
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I put the engine for sale on CraigsList and have to prepare it for delivery this weekend. There is very little space in my one-car garage so getting rid of the engine while keeping all the necessary components will be good.
In order to get a last measurement of the flywheel to housing distance, I got a digital caliper from Harbor Freight Tools for only $29. It's remarkably accurate down to .001 inches and is very easy to use.
I chatted with a local Porsche enthusiast named Pat and he let me borrow the tool on top which is a flywheel lock to hold the flywheel still while I undo the heavily torqued bolts. Thanks, Pat!
I've already removed the clutch assembly and here's the face of the flywheel. Note the long breaker bar and flywheel lock needed to remove the the flywheel. With these tools, the job was a total snap and only took me a few minutes.
Here's the end of the engine case with the flywheel removed. I was surprised by how gritty the flywheel bolts were after they came out.
Next up was removing the front engine mount. The engine was balanced on one end of the furniture dolly, so I used the floor jack to raise the front end. I was able to raise the engine far enough to drop off the unbolted engine mount and support the engine with a 2x4 instead.
Here's the removed engine mount ready to be used in the EV conversion. Jamie from Corvallis (who knows Otmar and his 914 EV - see link at right) may drop by this weekend to pick up the engine and help me free up some much needed garage space.
Ugh, it's late and I'm going to bed.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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Pitch Perfect 2
Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin
2012 seems like forever ago, and in between now and then, Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick has become a global superstar, had a hit single and unfortunately turned her amazing voice into a gimmick. I have grown to admire the tremendous talent that is Kendrick, her dark performance in Cake last year, the gritty indie turn in Happy Christmas (one of her best performances), but regurgitating material for a movie that absolutely didn't need a sequel loses my respect. When I first heard they were making a sequel, I just asked why? What are they going to do, tell the same story with the same jokes and win another competition? Yes, because this is America, and teenagers love watching the same movies with the same stories and a digit at the end of the title.
The Barden Bella's are rounding out their senior year, and while they should be focusing on their careers and paying off tuition, instead they are trying to recover from an embarrassing mishap while preforming for the President. They have one chance to reclaim glory at the world championships in Copenhagen before they are no longer the Bella's. Beca (Kendrick) is a little distracted while interning as a record producer, while the rest of the group try to reinvent themselves hoping to beat the German international champions. They accept a new freshmen member Emily (Steinfeld), whose energy is exactly what the group needs. Chloe (Snow) is still taking her leadership role too seriously, while Fat Amy (Wilson) tries to avoid feelings for a certain a Capella male.
At two hours, it's an overkill of competitions, melodrama and a continuation of characters who barely resemble real humans.
John Michael Higgins and Elizabeth Banks, who play the sideshow commentators, were the funniest parts of the previous film; however even their duality has lost its charm in the sequel. Banks is doing double duty, making this her directorial debut. The Hunger Games actress might have a big year in front of her, with a head turning and award worthy role in Love & Mercy, hopefully Oscar voters won't use this against her. The German actor who went viral with the "party pooper" video playing is one of the German rivals in one of the many exhaustive subplots. At two hours, Pitch Perfect 2 is an overkill of competitions, melodrama and a continuation of characters who barely resemble real humans. One of the few highlights of the films was referencing Kendrick's hit song, "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone", although I won't miss anything about these poorly developed characters.
The plot is about as clear as a sheet of paper when we hear the words "No American team has ever won the world championship". The only time the sequel finds any rhythm is during the singing sets which are disappointingly tied to musings from your average college aged movie. The first film seemed to aim for universal appeal with both genders getting equal screen time, but this film focuses mainly on its female teenage audience, relegating the male characters, anything to do with responsibility or maturity to the background. The characters are more like cartoons than human's in their "only for laughs" behavior that gives Oscar nominee Steinfeld (True Grit, Begin Again) the most awkward and nearly unwatchable character of her career.
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Have you performed any selfless act of kindness for someone lately? You should do that more often.
In fact, do one today.
Bible. Study |Matthew 5:7 NIV
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Selfless acts of kindness change us in powerful ways. They transform us into better versions of ourselves. They move us beyond ourselves. They let us know that this world is much more than the things that surround us.
But they also open up the gates of God's favours. When you regularly perform selfless acts of kindness for others, without expecting anything in return from them, God releases more of His mercies towards you and grants your prayers.
As you step out today to perform selfless acts of kindness for others, I can see favour and excellence blowing your way.
As a matter of fact, I perceive something. I feel it strongly. A season of great prosperity is ahead. If your amen is sincere you will partake of this.


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- The Mississippi River: The river runs east to west in one section of the Q-C, which confuses neophyte travelers to our little river bend. You have to adopt an upriver or downriver vernacular giving directions pretty quickly. It separates our Quad-Cities and is the Iowa-Illinois boundary. I love being able to pop over the river and back. I have my favorite places on either side. I vowed that no matter where I moved to, it would have to be near a large body of water.
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News Release: On May 25th, Animal Rescue Corps responded to an urgent call from Henderson County officials for assistance with 48 dogs of various breeds and 15 cats found living in deplorable conditions on a property in Reagan, Tenn. All of the animals were seized by the Henderson County Sheriff's Department, and the person responsible was arrested on charges of animal cruelty. This is the second rescue in two days for ARC and the Henderson County Sheriff's Department. Yesterday the two agencies worked together to rescue 35 animals seized from neglectful conditions on a property in Luray, TN.
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Registering and Submitting Your Thesis
Copyright: © Martin BraunRegistration
Before you can register your thesis, we at the ZPA first check whether you meet the admission requirements. In most degree programs, we confirm this on the registration form, which is then further completed by your examiner.
If the registration form is not available for download on the faculty or department website, you will receive it by email from your responsible clerk here at the ZPA. Please contact your ZPA contact person for this. They will also be happy to explain to you exactly how the registration process works for your degree program.
Once we have checked the admission requirements, we will either send you or the supervising chair the registration form by email. This is regulated differently among the degree programs. If the chair of your degree program sends us the registration form directly, please provide us with the necessary contact information in advance. In some degree programs, the registration form must also be signed by the examination board or the occupational field supervisor.
Once we have received the completed and signed registration form, we will register your thesis in RWTHonline. You can then view it there in the "My achievements" tab. Your latest submission date will also be published there.
In most degree programs, you have to submit your thesis to us at the ZPA. You can find out whether this also applies to your degree program in your subject-specific or discipline-specific examination regulations, available for download via the Official Announcements. Usually, the paragraph "Acceptance and Evaluation of the Bachelor's Thesis" or "Acceptance and Evaluation of the Master's Thesis" contains this information.
Please submit the following:
- the number of printed and bound copies specified in your subject-specific or discipline-specific examination regulations
- if applicable, a data carrier with a digital version of your thesis
- a separate (i.e. not bound) Declaration of Academic Integrity
- if applicable, your application for using a logo
If your submission is not complete, we will not be able to forward your work to your examiners. Therefore, until you have submitted the missing documents, your work will remain with us at the ZPA.
There are four ways of submitting your thesis:
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If you would like to hand in your thesis in person, you can use our office hours. Please book an appointment via the appointment tool. Please note that we will send your thesis to your examiners by internal email in any case. You may not take your thesis with you and submit it to your examiners in person.
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You can submit your thesis via the after-hours mailbox around the clock. The submission date will be accurately recorded. Please pack your work in one or more envelopes and indicate the ZPA, including the name of your clerk, as the addressee. Please note that particularly large theses may not fit through the mail slot in one envelope. In this case, please use several envelopes and address them all as described above. If you are approaching it with the Main Building entrance in front of you, the after-hours mailbox is located on the right side, about 20 meters behind the entrance to the Bistro, covered under a glass roof. For directions, see this video.
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You can also send your thesis via postal mail. Please then pack your work in one or more suitable envelopes and address it to the clerk responsible for you. Please be sure to note that the date of receipt, not the postmark, is what counts when determining whether your submission is on time. Therefore, please allow sufficient postal delivery time.
Digital Submission
August 24, 2022, saw the start of a pilot project allowing students to submit their theses digitally using a new application (DivA). Students of the initially participating programs must now submit their theses in this way. You can find further information on the form of digital submission and transition periods in your course-specific examination regulations under RWTH's Official Announcements.
Please be aware: Central European Time (CET) applies to the binding submission deadline.
If you will be submitting your thesis digitally, please also note the following:
If you would like to use an RWTH logo for your cover page, the corporate design regulations still apply, and you must upload an application for logo use. For more information and the application, please visit the Logo Usage webpage.
The title of the submitted work must be the same as the one under which you registered the work. If a title change is necessary, please apply to the responsible examination board for approval early on so that the ZPA can still change the title before your submission. Please note that, as a rule, the examiner must agree to the request for a title change.
Will I receive a written confirmation of my thesis submission?
No, however, we will note the submission on RWTHonline. You can see your submission date via the "My achievements" tab there.
Do I have to successfully pass the "Scientific Integrity" module to register my Master's thesis?
Yes, according to the General Examination Regulations, the "Scientific Integrity" module is a prerequisite for admission to the Master's thesis for all students who have enrolled in a Master's program for the winter semester of 2020/21 or later.
This module is offered in an online format only and is completed in a flexible and self-directed manner. All relevant information and materials can be found in the associated RWTHmoodle classroom. Access is gained by registering for the "Scientific Integrity" course in RWTHonline. The exam is offered twice a semester. Registration for the exam in RWTHonline is mandatory to complete the course.
Do I need to include a separate Declaration of Academic Integrity or logo use request for each copy of my thesis that I submit?
No. Please include only one Declaration of Academic Integrity or logo use request with your work.
I am currently in a location with a different time zone to Germany and would like to submit my thesis digitally. What do I need to bear in mind?
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That's it. That's all it took. I should explain. I have a DVR, which is increasingly a necessity in modern life. Particularly the part of modern life in which European football matches take place at tremendously inconvenient times for people like me, who live on the other side of the Atlantic. Of course, as you know, a DVR will record television for you while you're at work, so you don't have to conspicuously hunt down a dodgy feed to catch your favourite club facing off against a depleted Liverpool side. For that, I am incredibly thankful.
Because I have a DVR, I watched fifteen minutes and fifty-five seconds of Liverpool's comfortable 3-0 defeat of Aston Villa. I'd seen all I needed to see. Stephen Ireland's interest in the match had long since ended. Our defence had made stupid mistakes and cost us two goals. Our plan of attack, if any existed, seem to involve aimless crosses and Gabriel Agbonlahor trying way too hard to make something happen without anyone's help. And then I hit fast-forward. Because this is what Villa does now. I can say pretty confidently that this is the worst I've ever seen Villa play, and yet it was completely unsurprising. Nothing's changing.The kids were awful. Usually, that's the one thing we can cling to after Villa lays down for another beatable opponent. But none of them were any good against Liverpool. Albrighton can run and run, but Paul Konchesky - exemplar of defensive mediocrity, who handed Tottenham a win last week - manhandled little Marc. Ciaran Clark was completely anonymous, and I've yet to see Jonathan Hogg play well. Kirsten's Scottish Prince was notable by his absence, but I don't think "Barry Bannan" isn't the answer to any of Villa's questions.
Perhaps even more distressingly, Ashley Young isn't the answer either. For me, he has been one of Villa's biggest disappointments this season. Not because he's been especially bad, because I don't think he has. But he's the best we've got, and he's not making a difference. And let's face it now, he might be gone in a month. He has worked his ass off for Villa (he led the club in appearances last year with 50, which is insane*), and gotten precious little in return. Could you blame him if he thought "screw this, I'd rather not spend my prime putting a mediocre club with no aspirations on my back. I could go play for Liverpool with Gerrard and Torres, who will make me look a hell of a lot better than Stephen Ireland and Robert Pires." Young is at least the equal of Aaron Lennon and Theo Walcott, who play with much better players, and don't have to start all the time, and still are generally considered to be better than him. Can you imagine how frustrating that must be?
The worst thing about all of this is the absence of a real "bad guy." I'm seeing some Villa blogs calling for Houllier's head, but doing that would make me just as bad as those Liverpool fans who called for Roy Hodgson's head and those Newcastle fans who got Chris Hughton sacked (wait - I seem to have mistaken the people who run Newcastle United for Newcastle supporters. My mistake.) I'm reserving judgment on Randy Lerner until after the transfer window, but every time I hear his name, I remember that he owns the Cleveland Browns. So who's left? I don't hate James Milner, because he did all he could for us, and probably saw this coming from a mile away. Hell, at least Manchester City is doing something. At least they're trying, even if it is in a manner that most football fans find distasteful. I'd hate Martin O'Neill, because what he did was genuinely classless and awful, but by all accounts he has gone underground or possibly even died. I genuinely don't know. Give me something to blame, Villans. Give me something to be mad about. Or at least a reason to care.
*It's worth mentioning that the two people behind Ashley Young on Aston Villa's 2009-10 appearances list are, in their own ways, no longer playing for Villa: James Milner and Carlos Cuellar.


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The legalities is the first thing we need to talk about, as a lot of business owners seem to feel as though they're exempt from the troubles of the law. However, it's not just the law, it's the public view of the company that could be affected. So, the first thing you need to do is make sure you have a good commercial lawyer on hand should anything ever go wrong. The main troubles a business usually has with the law is to do with things such as taxes, employment law, and issues that might have happened within the workplace. Litigation and liquidation are others, and we could keep going on. But just because you feel as though your business is floating along fine, don't be fooled. At a moments notice, someone could be on your case about something you've done wrong, no matter how careful you have been. Troubles with your taxes is something you definitely want to try and avoid. Not only can it get you in trouble with the law, but the hit your finances can take because of it can be terrible.
Employee Protection
Your employees should always be protected, even potential employees should. From the moment that they walk into your office for the interview, until their very last day, you need to make sure they're protected. One, is from harm and bad treatment within the workplace. Harm in particular is something you need to be mindful of, especially if you run a warehouse. If, god forbid, an accident did happen at work and you hadn't covered all of the health and safety basics, then your business could be fined well into the thousands. If they're being mistreated at work, this can also lead to a bit of trouble through cases such as harassment in the workplace. Always manage your managers, and always have your employees best interests at heart.
Financial Burdens
Nobody likes a financial burden, but a business is a walking potential one. You need to make sure you've always got something to fall back on. So, for example, if you've got debts that you know need paying, stop paying yourself! It's as simple as that, but some business owners get greedy. Taking dividends is what you deserve, but if your business is crying out for the money more, then you need to learn to give what you can, and take as little as you can.


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Thrive Themes have been around for a long time, making many of the most popular WordPress topics available today. They offer both free and paid versions of the themes and tools, which permit you to locate the right theme for your needs. With so many unique options to select from, there's guaranteed to be a theme that will best meet your requirements.
When you purchase Thrive Themes templates, you will receive a range of tools that may help you quickly build an attractive web site. Their tools include custom CSS, WordPress plugins, and other tools to assist you create a fully functional website. Their products are particularly focused on helping you achieve the best conversions possible from the website – whether you would like visitors to purchase something or just simply leave comments. Their template templates are created using a unique layout, so you can create a fully functional website in just a few minutes.
Among the most attractive sections of Thrive Themes is their design templates. Using a special grid system, they make it easy to create unique sites using simple CSS, including images, videos, and much more.
If you're looking to create your own website, it can be a difficult task. You may discover that it takes weeks or months until you finally begin to see results from your efforts. Even when you do have a functioning site, it might not convert well or at all. Thrive Themes templates enable you to create your site quickly and easily – and at exactly the same time, ensure that it converts very well.
Because they target a niche market, Thrive themes are especially designed to meet the needs of a specific audience. They use WordPress, a blogging platform that's incredibly popular, in addition to other popular platforms such as Joomla and Drupal to build themes that are easy to install, simple to use, which convert well. Their subjects also feature great security and reliability features, which permit you to keep a professional website that's easy to navigate and maintain. Because of this, you won't need to worry about having to learn any complex coding, because all their software is user friendly.
For online businesses, among the main things to succeed at is getting traffic to your website. Without a large amount of traffic, your sales will suffer – and the amount of people visiting your website will drop considerably, no matter what type of business you have. If you're looking for ways to improve the amount of visitors to your website, then Thrive themes are a fantastic option.
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When you wish to use Thrive themes to make your site stand out in the crowd, then you'll need to be certain you look for a reputable provider. As with any online business, you will want to take time to investigate the options which are available to you. There are plenty of providers which have tons of great offers, so you must always take time to read up on every organization you're considering.
Along with this, it's also advisable to look for a provider who is able to provide you with some form of support which includes online forums, email marketing, and search engine optimization specialist. A respectable provider will be able to provide you with a selection of extra services which will help you get the most from your site, whether it's content or design. If you need assistance with the code, then the company that you choose should have the ability to provide you with an expert to guide you through the process.
In order to ensure that you use Thrive themes for your site, you'll need to research how they will work. By way of example, if you're looking to make a blog site which features news, then you'll have to consider the design, design, and theme. For the blog itself. If you are looking for a website that sells anything, then you will need to consider how you want the layout to look, whether you will be putting articles on the sidebar, or displaying your services and products in a table.
It should also be important to consider how much functionality you will want, whether you want to display multiple pages or just one page. It's vital that you be certain that you have a website which is easy to navigate – especially if you want it to be used by anyone. By working out just what you need, you will make certain you have the ability to create a website which is simple to use and will bring in a huge amount of traffic to your website.


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Pursuing sustainable and profitable business growth is arguably the key objective of any professional services firm. Two recent industry studies identified a number of characteristics shared by many high-growth companies, and that your company can also adopt to help it grow in the coming years.
- What is a high-growth firm?
- 6 characteristics of high-growth firms your professional services SME need to adopt
- Takeaways for professional services firms
- Feeling stuck on determining the right strategy for your business?
- Action point: Make your company the "Visible Expert" in your niche.
- 3 strategies to help your firm become a "Visible Expert"
- Need help to determine the right strategy for your business?
- Getting started
- About Michael Haynes
What is a high-growth firm?
Before we look at their characteristics are, let's look at what a high-growth firm is:
In the first of the studies we reviewed, Salesforce's SMB Trends Report, the report indicated the biggest challenges the leaders of these companies are:
- Acquiring new customers (48%)
- Planning for the long-term (28%)
- Retaining existing customers (26%)
- Financial management (25%)
Additional findings from Hinge Marketing's High Growth Study 2021 also identified these issues:
- The need for new skills in strategy, business development, and marketing.
- Marketplace uncertainty.
- Increasing competition both from new competitors and larger firms.
- Changes in the ways buyers buy professional services.
- Downward pressure on pricing.
High-growth or not, if your business is facing similar challenges, you're clearly not alone!
6 characteristics of high-growth firms your professional services SME need to adopt
What are the characteristics and behaviors of high-growth consulting firms your company can implement? Across both studies, businesses in the high-growth sector consistently show they:
- Conduct systematic, structured research into their target markets and customer/client needs, leveraging that data into their content strategies.
- Target companies offering specialized services or particular business issues in specific industries.
- Have a strong focus on business innovation, investing significantly in marketing (and marketing partnerships) using a variety of tactics and strategies.
- Productize their service offerings – enabling the company to develop recurring revenue streams.
- Target new markets
- Invest in the training and development of their staff in areas such as strategy, data analytics, and research.
Takeaways for professional services firms
No one will argue that growing a professional services firm is getting any easier, so how do you, in this environment?
According to the Hinge Marketing study, the key to growing a successful consulting business is about having visible expertise – and making it the cornerstone of your business growth strategy.
This is an important point to acknowledge, as industry and subject expertise has become one of the most common ways of evaluating firms, increasing 56% since 2018.
Feeling stuck on determining the right strategy for your business?
Action point: Make your company the "Visible Expert" in your niche.
A visible expert is an industry specialist (person or company) that is well-known and highly regarded in the marketplace.
Easily found online, they are often asked to provide insights and points of view to media, and to speak at leading conferences and events.
So, whether your firm is in law, accounting, IT, or any other kind of consulting, to grow your professional services business, displaying expertise in your niche is more critical than ever.
Hinge also identified that focusing your strategies on becoming "The Visible Expert" within your target market is a primary business growth driver.
The importance of positioning your firm as the visible expert is critical, as numerous studies have shown that:
- Expertise and specialized skills are core decision drivers in the choice of a professional service provider
- Business buyers will pay a premium to work with experts
3 strategies to help your firm become a "Visible Expert"
In this video, Listen Innovate Grow's business strategist, Michael Haynes, looks at three of the strategies you can implement to display your company's expertise in its niche, we'll then take a closer look at these below.
In short, the 3 strategies used to become the visible expert and driving sales and business growth are:
- Content creation
- Content promotion
- Business services innovation
1. Create useful, insightful & informative content
"Give buyers what they want"
High growth firms continually develop content which informs, educates, and advises business buyers on how to solve their problems and meet their key priorities and objectives. Content is created to match:
- The priorities and requirements of each of the individuals in the buying group involved in purchase decisions. (Learn who the B2B purchasing decision-makers are)
- Where the buying group participants are at in their buying journey (e.g. awareness, consideration, decision-making)
- The format the decision-makers prefer: think videos, infographics, and podcasts. These are all becoming increasingly popular among B2B buyers.
Remember that each decision-maker often looks at 3-5 sources of information. Therefore, it is imperative that you identify both:
- All the participants involved in the decision whether (or not) to use your firm;
- The information sources they use as part of their evaluation and decision-making.
2. Promote and distribute your content where your audience is
"Be where your buyers are"
However, it is not enough to create great content.
It is also critical that your content is promoted, and seen where business buyers seek information and advice. In other words, your content can be found:
- At in-person or virtual events business buyers attend
- In what they read
- Where they listen to for insights and guidance
With the massive increase of both information and events occurring online, gaining the attention of your target buyers is more challenging than ever.
Professional service buyers tend to use both traditional and online sources for information and advice. High-growth firms must make their content visible where buyers go for information, both online and offline.
2.1 Offline
- Speak at relevant conferences, trade shows, and industry and professional association events
- Consider hosting your own events such as breakfasts, forums, and workshops
- Provide information, advice, and education pertaining to key challenges and trends your audience must address.
- Consider conducting your own research on trends and developments in your target industries and how to address them as the theme for hosting your own event.
2.2 Online
Make sure your content is highly visible online where your target audiences seek information and advice.
Ways of promoting and distributing your content online include:
- Blogs, podcasts, and webinars
- Industry and professional association websites, who will often accept guest articles and blogs
- Work with influencers or micro-influencers within your target industries
- Using Social Media by:
- Posting on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook
- Publishing with relevant LinkedIn Groups
- Presenting content/conducting interviews using LinkedIn Live and Facebook Live
Also, consider using services such as Adsy to identify opportunities to publish on blogs and podcasts that have relevant and large audiences.
Need help to determine the right strategy for your business?
3. Identify innovations in your service provisions
"Help them succeed"
A key component of being a "Visible Expert" is being a trusted advisor. Now more than ever, service business buyers are looking for providers that can offer partnerships to help them achieve their goals.
- Providing insights to new opportunities, problems, and threats
- Help them to distill and make sense of the many sources of information they must review
- Work with them to develop action plans to help move their businesses towards their key goals and objectives
In order to achieve this, develop new services to enable your firm to meet a broader set of business customer needs. Potential offerings could include providing the following:
- Reporting and analytics
- Mastermind groups
- Implementation support
Your company can combine its products and services and offer them as "bundles" or "packages". These could then be offered through different service levels or options (e.g. "Do It for Me" versus "Do It With Me").
Also, consider partnering with other complementary product and service providers to develop and/ or co-market your comprehensive packages.
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If you're serious about growing your professional services firm this year, and we've inspired you to take action in this article, get together with your management team to discuss and assess the following. Maybe you already have the key to setting your company on a path to high-growth too!
- What structured approaches, if any, does your company have in place to understand its target markets and business customers?
- Are (and how) the learnings being used in your product, marketing, and overall business growth strategies?
- What kinds of marketing partnerships could your firm potentially undertake?
- Is there any opportunity to productize any of your current service offerings or develop new ones?
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The Arsenal Firearms Group of Company was founded about three years ago by Nicola Bandini, one of the most important Italian gun experts, and by Dimitry Streshinsky, a Russian entrepreneur well known between gun enthusiasts for his Miniature Arsenal, headquartered in Saint Petersburg.
Working out of Gardone Val Trompia, and through a second factory in Moscow, Russia, the Arsenal Firearms company was established with a firm idea in mind, that being, providing a sheer shock of modernity to the arms industry, which has been pretty stagnant lately as far as it concerns "new" ideas, partially due to the current global economic crisis but largely because of the quite conservative habits of gunmakers, civilian shooters and professional operators.
As a matter of fact, Arsenal Firearms idea was to inject innovative ideas in the gun industry, that's been quite poor of truly "new" ideas in the past half a century – exception made for some rare inspirations, such as the KRISS sub-machinegun, that were met with a high degree of resistence.
Watch the Arsenal Firearms AF-2011 A1 Second Century video
It's a fact that gunmakers survive today by beating around the bush of fifty years or century-old designs and concepts, and it's the generally "plastered" state of the sector that probably led Arsenal Firearms to reinterpret J.M. Browning's pistol in his own way.
And that's been such a radical reinterpretation that, ever since it has been first showcased at the 2012 IWA expo in Nuremberg (Germany) the buzz started to flow all over the world: is it a joke? Is it a prototype with no chance in hell to become a real manufacture product? No, it's neither of them. It is real.
Arsenal Firearms double-barrel 1911 version, the AF-2011 A1 Second Century semi-automatic pistol, actually exists and is rolling out of the company's manufacturing lines by the numbers as you read this article, with stocks being piled up as the deadline for distribution in Italy closes by – late September or early October 2013. ALL4SHOOTERS.COM, increasingly known and popular worldwide, thus obtained from the company an authorization to be the world's first to evaluate and test-fire the gun itself!
Of course, the existance itself of the AF-2011 A1 Second Century is hard to understand unless its manufacturing features are fully explained, as it is anything but a simple – albeit double – 1911 variant.
As anybody knows, the 1911-A1 pistol is a finely tuned machine whose operation and performance depends of very tight tolerances and parameters that must be maintained, otherwise the gun will stop working properly. In the AF-2011 A1 Second Century, said tolerances and parameters must be not only double, but also perfectly balanced.
Technically speaking, the Arsenal Firearms AF-2011 A1 Second Century might, under certain points of view, be addressed to as a standard single-action only semi-automatic pistol. Of course, all parts are beefed up to size.
Slides are machined out of solid billets of 39NCD6 steel, through the use of a five-axis, Swiss-made CNC machine that is the most advanced piece of technology available to the entire Italian gun industry today, while the frame, made out of the same material, is machined from casting. Grips are available in a plethora of variants, including polymer and laser-checkered, oil-polished walnut. Moving parts and most smaller parts – such as triggers and barrel bushings – are machined out of solid steel pieces, while seven elements overall are obtained through MIM (metal injection molding) and supplied by a foreign manufacturer that also sells its MIM gun parts to a wide array of world-famous Italian, European and north-American gunmakers. Some of the MIM parts used on the AF-2011 A1 Second Century pistols include the slide stop/hold-open lever, the magazine release pin and button, all springs, the grip and frame safeties, and the double hammer.
The twin 5.03 in. barrels are cold-hammer forged out of solid bars of 36NCD4 steel, and their rifling varies depending on the caliber they're chambered for.
As previously stated, the AF-2011 A1 Second Century is based upon the same working principle used on the standard 1911-A1 pistol: a Browning-style short recoil operated pistol featuring a single-action only trigger, with a fully machined steel transfer bar releasing a hammer that will itself release a firing pin upon the chambered bullet. The movement of said transfer bar can be blocked by engaging the frame-mounted safety lever located on the left side, just above the grip, and easy to operate by a right-handed shooter with his/her right thumb; plus, of course, a grip-mounted safety will prevent the gun from firing unless it's held firmly and correctly.
Arsenal Firearms' AF-2011 A1 Second Century pistols employs two independent triggers – available either in "Match" or skeletonized variants – and two independent firing pins, one per chamber. And yet, the transfer bar will disengage the same double-size hammer, no matter which trigger is fired, and the double hammer will activate both firing pins together. This means that both barrels will be fired no matter which trigger is pulled, or if only one is pulled or if both are pulled together.
A lot of observers, especially from the United States, soon started to wonder how would this system work, and how could it face any kind of malfunction. The most common comment concerning the AF-2011 A1 Second Century to be found around the Web is something along the lines of "double the barrels means double the jammings", and this might be real if the AF-2011 A1 Second Century was nothing else but a standard – albeit double – 1911-A1 variant. But the AF-2011 A1 Second Century is not a standard 1911-A1 variant.
Unlike all, or almost all, conventional 1911-A1 variants, the Arsenal Firearms AF-2011 A1 Second Century comes equipped with straight extractors, machined out of a solid block of stainless steel and mirror-polished; for comparaison, most 1911s come equipped with curved, sheared extractors. Plus, the AF-2011 A1 Second Century comes with mirror-polished bolt faces! That's something that no conventional 1911-A1 maker, no matter the quality and price range, offers nowadays.
Let us repeat: a machined, straight extractor and a mirror polished bolt head is something you will not find on any conventional 1911-A1 pistol out there, no matter if it's a Colt or Smith & Wesson, a Kimber or a Cabot, a Les Baer or an STI. The reason is simple: said manufacturing procedures, despite their undeniable advantages, are deemed somewhat "unnecessary" on standard 1911 and 1911-A1 derivatives; and yet, the fine folks at Arsenal Firearms quickly found out that them would be essential on such a unique gun, and as a matter of fact, the AF-2011 A1 Second Century, with its straight machined extractors and its mirror-polished bolt face, is definitely more reliable than most of the higher-grade conventional 1911-A1 variants ever made. Particularly, the straight machined extractors eliminate almost completely the chance for the gun to experience a failure to extract of any sort, even the dreaded stovepipe malfunction that's so common on 1911s.
Most observers based their criticism over the concept of the AF-2011 A1 Second Century on their experience with standard 1911-A1 variants and the most typical malfunctions thereof. But, yet again, the Arsenal Firearms AF-2011 A1 Second Century is not a standard 1911-A1 variant. It has been conceived to work properly only when the energy levels within the system double the ones that you'd normally find on a conventional 1911-A1 when firing. This means that, should one chamber fail to fire, or to develop proper energy levels, the bullet or bullets will still leave the muzzle, but the slide won't cycle at all and the double hammer will be safely locked in a half-cock position. The shooter will then have to clear and cycle the gun properly to solve the issue, whatever it is. Same thing goes if the gun is fired with only one chamber is loaded: it will fire properly, unless the primer or the bullet is defective, but it won't cycle.
The Arsenal Firearms AF-2011 A1 Second Century pistol feeds through a double magazine that's in fact constituted by two standard 1911-A1 type single-stack, metal sheet magazines with a single, large butt pad. Alternatively, shooters will be able to fit their own 1911-A1 type magazines, as the Second Century pistol is fully compatible with all 1911-type magazines out there. All 7-rounds and 8-rounds magazines will fit, although there's not enough space in there for an 8-rounds magazine to be inserted with the slide closed; should the user decide to use eight-rounds magazines, he/she will have to insert it in the gun with the slide open, and then close it manually. Of course, capacity is doubled, as the AF-2011 A1 Second Century fits two magazines at once. The main caliber the Arsenal Firearms AF-2011 A1 Second Century will be offered in is, obviously, the quintessential .45 Acp; a .38 Super Auto version is however planned for the near future, while in the turn of one or two years the company also plans to offer the platform in further, smaller calibers as well as with longer barrels or with frames made out of a different material, so to appeal a wider range of customers.
At this point, is adamantly clear that the Arsenal Firearms AF-2011 A1 Second Century is all but a "simple double 1911". As uncommon as this gun is, it's hard to decide what it has actually been conceived for. Albeit big, the AF-2011 A1 Second Century is fun to shoot, it fits comfortably even in not-so-big hands, and is controllable to fire, since the moving masses of the cycling slide will drastically reduce recoil and muzzle flip, even though this is still a gun that fires contemporarily two .45 Acp bullets through two side-by-side barrels – that meaning, up to thirty grains of metal shot at a combined muzzle energy that can top well over 1000 Joules per trigger pressure.
Of course, the Arsenal Firearms AF-2011 A1 Second Century pistol was not meant for service or defense – and this is what prompted an Italian gunwriter to call it a "magnifically useless piece of conversation". That's of course a collectors piece, despite being able to fully withstand an intense and long life of use at the range. Manufacturer's suggested retail price for Europe is slated to be around 3,500.00€; no MSRP has been announced yet for non-EU markets, and more specifically there's no MSRP for the U.S. market, as the BATFE still has to fully clear the AF-2011 A1 Second Century for import in the United States.
This said, let's see what happened when we test-fired the Arsenal Firearms AF-2011 A1 Second Century pistol!We have to admit: we were skeptical at first about the Second Century, that is, until we had the chance to be possibly the first mainstream gun testers to be authorized to actually live fire the gun in a range and report back to our readers worldwide.
As a shooter and firearm student, the experience of hefting the massive lump of stainless steel that makes up the Second Century for the first time can only be described as… unique. The workmanship is amazing, every single part is obtained CNC machining billet steel on state of the art five axis workcenters, then hand assembled with outstanding fit and finish; there's no compromise on quality and attention to detail. A few corners were rather sharp on our sample, but we were holding one of the pre-production samples, so a bit of roughness was understandable.
After a few minutes handling the "anvil" sized gun, incredibly, the Second Century grows on you; it still does makes little sense as a practical handgun, but… somehow, and irrationally, the gun makes itself desirable.
Many questions pop up in our mind, holding the gun in our hands, handling it and familiarizing with the controls, working the double slide (and noting the amazing effort needed to do so), trying to find a decent grip pointing it downrange, since the firearm's handle is so impossibly huge that whoever is not gifted with very large hands will have a very hard time – bar that, will find it impossible to shoot the Second Century holding it single handed. That is, not taking into account the double trigger, that tends to bind into the frame if a consistent and symmetrical pressure is not applied to both trigger surfaces. In the end, we found that a very unconventional, modified two handed hold with both index fingers pressing on both triggers simultaneously worked best for us, consistently obtaining a predictable and relatively smooth trigger release in our dry fire practice before range time.
It is by all means next to impossible to depress the slide stop hold open lever to release the slide over a loaded double magazine with our thumb, at least on our gun. So, we resorted to simply pull back the slide when we needed to chamber the rounds. The manual safety is smooth and easy to operate. The magazine release also is reliable and smooth in use.
Loading the double magazine needs concentration, as both single stack magazines have to be loaded with exactly the same number of rounds. Seems more than obvious, but it is uncannily easy to be distracted and end up with one magazine holding one round less than the other. Nothing happens to the gun in this instance, except that a short recoil on the last shot may jam the spent case with a FTE. So be sure to check that both magazines are loaded with the same amount of rounds.
So, we placed our first target at a distance of 10 meters (about 11 yards or 33 feet) and with a bit of concern, we squeezed off our first double shot.
460 grains of .45 hardballs being unleashed by the gun is quite an experience. The two .45 FMJ projectiles deliver in excess of 1000 Joule downrange, roughly the same as a single .44 magnum round shot in a 6" revolver.
The blast is impressive, and recoil is different than what we expected. There is no harshness, it's not sharp as that of a .44 Magnum revolver although comparable in terms of energy, rather it's a very smooth, long and powerful shove, with a very controllable muzzle flip and fast recovery time. We found out that the gun is very pleasurable to shoot, and not at all tiring.
It is however, because of the sheer size, of the effort needed to operate it, and the recoil, what we could define as a Man among Men's Gun.
Our modified two hand hold to fire the gun worked well, and after a couple boxes of ammo (which count as a single box of ammo!) we even managed to pull off reasonably fast double taps (or should we say quadruple taps?) with the Second Century. Pulling the trigger with both index fingers is not that awkward as it sounds like, and we found it quite comfortable after a few shots, after all the triggers are linked together and the hammer is actually one for both barrels; your mileage may vary.
Evaluating the trigger pull is not easy, because of the above and also because the twin full-power hammer mainsprings obviously influence the trigger pull. We found the trigger a bit coarse, with a very heavy pull but a crisp release, with next to no trigger overtravel.
Ten round groups printed at 10 meters measure around 10 cm (about 4"), and this is taking into account that the two bullets print at about 5cm from each other quite reliably at this distance. At 15 meters (16.4'), groups grow to about 15-17 cm (5.9" – 6.6"), again consider that our test gun is a pre-production sample and that production guns should be able to considerably pattern below the group sizes we obtained in our test.
Overall, our first live fire test with Arsenal Firearms Second Century semiautomatic handgun has been a very positive experience, and although there really is little practical use in any real life scenario for the Second Century, this will not in any way taint the almost worshipping following the gun gained without even being available commercially, undoubtedly becoming an instant classic and "must have" for many gun enthusiasts as soon as the – already sold – first few units will be delivered to firearm retailers all over the world.
Manufacturer | Arsenal Firearms S.r.l - Via X Giornate 14 25063 Magno di Gardone Val Trompia (BS) – Italy |
Model name | AF-2011 A1 Second Century |
Gun type | Double-barrel semi-automatic pistol |
Caliber | .45 ACP, .38 Super Auto - others planned for the near future |
Working system | Modified Browning type |
Barrel | 2x 125mm, 6 grooves LH, 1:16 pitch |
Capacity | 2x 8-rounds single-stack magazines, 16 rounds overall |
Trigger | Single action only, double hammer with single spur, single trigger set with double spurs |
Safety | Left-side frame lever safety (Colt 1911-style ) with half cock hammer safety and grip safety |
Sights | Fixed front post; interchangeable rear sight (fixed or adjustable) |
Materials | 39NiCrMo steel machined from casting (frame), 39NiCrMo steel machined from solid billet (slide), 36NCD4 cold hammer forged steel (barrel) - some smaller parts obtained through metal injection molding |
Total lenght | 220mm |
Total height and width | 145mm (height), 50mm (width) |
Weight (empty) | 1850 g. |


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Enes Kanter Claims LeBron James Was The One Who Walked Right By Him Amid Recent Feud
Enes Kanter Claims LeBron James Was The One Who Walked Right By Him Amid Recent Feud
After calling out LeBron James on Twitter, Enes Kanter had the perfect opportunity to confront the Los Angeles Lakers superstar and settle their feud face-to-face during Friday's game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics.
However, Kanter didn't seem to have that intention and was even caught on record walking past LeBron, who was on the court for a pre-game warmup. On top of this, LeBron spoke to post-game reporters and also revealed that Kanter crossed paths with him in the hallway and didn't even say a word.
In an interview with CNN, Kanter now shed some more light on the matter with the 36-year old Lakers superstar. When asked why he didn't confront LeBron personally, the outspoken big man said LeBron was actually the one who walked past by him.
"First of all, even my assistant coach knows that story," said Kanter. "When, first of all, he was behind me in the tunnel, and I stopped to take a picture with one of the kids, and I wasn't the one right past him. He was the one literally walked right by me and did not say anything."
Brown: Why haven't you gone up to LeBron and spoken to him face to face?
Kanter: I wasn't the one that right passed him. He was the one that literally walked right by me and did not say anything pic.twitter.com/bzJcw5HaRn— Acyn (@Acyn) November 21, 2021


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The Master of Ballantrae (A Winter's Tale)
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The Master of Ballantrae is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. The novel is presented as the memoir of one Ephraim Mackellar, steward of the Durrisdeer estate in Scotland. The novel opens in 1745, the year of the Jacobite Rising. When Bonnie Prince Charlie raises the banner of the Stuarts, the Durie family—the Laird of Durrisdeer, his older son James Durie (the Master of Ballantrae) and his younger son Henry Durie—decide on a common strategy: one son will join the uprising while the other will join the loyalists. That way, whichever side wins, the family's noble status and estate will be preserved. Logically, the younger son should join the rebels, but the Master insists on being the rebel (a more exciting choice) and contemptuously accuses Henry of trying to usurp his place, comparing him to Jacob. The two sons agree to toss a coin to determine who goes…
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world.
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Echidnas, medium-sized animals that closely resemble porcupines or hedgehogs, are one of only two egg-laying mammals (the other being the duck-billed platypus) left in the world. Also called spiny anteaters, the timid creatures that are native to Australia are very elusive and hard to observe in the wild. Therefore, though they have been around for millions of years, very little is known about their lifestyle, making it almost impossible to breed the mammals in captivity.
Hence, the news that the three echidna babies, or puggles, hatched at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in August had survived the first crucial months was met with much joy. On November 18, zoo keepers announced that the trio had opened their eyes and begun to develop their characteristic spines, both signs of good health. The tiny mammals, who hatched between August 16–30, all have different mothers. The youngest was born to Pitpa, the last echidna born at the zoo in 1987!
In the wild, the adorable puggles spend the first two months nuzzled inside their mother's pouch-like skin fold. Once they start to grow their sharp spines, the babies are transferred to underground tunnels where they remain warm and protected. The mothers return every three to six days to feed the puggles. When the infants are about six months old, they are taken from the nesting area, fed one final time, and then left to their own means.
The zoo-born puggles are undergoing a similar transition. After spending some time in their respective mother's pouches, they were transferred to cozy burrows designed to mimic the underground tunnels in the wild. According to their keeper, Suzie Lemon, "All three mothers are doing an amazing job and tending to their puggles as needed. We have one mum, Spike, who is so attentive that she returns to feed her baby every second day."
Suzie attributes the recent success to the zoo's newly completed echidna breeding facility, which was constructed after extensive consultation with other zoos and wildlife parks. The expert adds that monitoring — these yet to be named — puggles, is allowing them to get a better understanding of how the mammals grow and develop. This knowledge will help improve the breeding program even further, which means that the zoo will not have to wait for another 30 years to welcome more members of these delightful animals.
Resources: cnn.com, taronga.org.au, dailymail.co.uk


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This rapid labour market assessment was undertaken in the intervention areas of Dhaka, Gazipur, Tangail, Chattogram and Khulna. The objectives were to analyse current scenario of the labour market, identify job opportunities for persons with disabilities, skills requirement for those jobs, risks and barriers of getting those jobs, etc. This report explains the facts and findings of the assessment and provides recommendations to make Inclusion Works more effective in their interventions. The assessment consists of two parts – secondary literature review and qualitative study.
The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the UK government or members of the Inclusion Works consortium.
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