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Just like the picture, finding your strength and realising your attributes are found through the struggles and the pain in life. Not when things are easy and you FEEL you are at your strongest. It is through the weak moments that you learn and become stronger because of those circumstances. A bag of Tea may look exactly the same as every other teabag in the box and you can make your judgements and assume which is the strongest, but you will never know or understand until it is placed in the hot water and you experience it and taste it for yourself. In the same way your expectations of yourself and your limits may lye in a specific place in your mind, and you may think you know exactly how strong you are and what you can and cannot deal with, but again it is through a whirlwind of intense change that your perspective and perceptions on yourself are really tested and you can be met with great surprise.
Our level of strength can always come as a shock when we are tested with difficult situations, such as; losing loved ones, losing jobs, experiencing divorce, breakups and many more. You may have an encouraging realisation that you are a lot stronger than you first thought when it came down to the punch. Or on the other hand may be disappointed that you weren't as strong as you first though. But In ANY circumstance no matter the depth we CAN determine our strength through our response to the situation and the steps we make after the situations take place. No one was born emotionally stronger than another, it is through experiences and decisions of learning and growing that makes the difference. Through a time where weakness feels highlighted and we feel that we are helpless there ARE a lot of things we can do to flip the outcome around. A lot of what makes us who we are and what determines our character is the perception in which we see ourselves, and what we focus on. If we focus on our weaknesses we will see weakness. If we focus on our strength we will see strength. It is a fact that what You focus your eyes on THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE!
In the analogy I have used before but evermore remains a strong example and relevant to this subject is how diamonds are formed. The concept that they first start from an unpleasant, dark uneven piece of coal relates to how we feel in the beginning of a crisis. But coal can ONLY be transformed into diamonds within an environment of extreme temperatures, combined with extreme atmospheric pressure, so without the crisis and pressures we come up against how else can we be made into a stronger version of ourselves? These extreme circumstances of the transition from coal into diamond cause explosions of magma at the speed of an un-corked Champagne bottle and vastly more powerful than that of most volcanoes. It involves heating up, cooling down, strong forces and intense pressure. But when the diamonds are finally formed, they are more complex in structure, they are much stronger than they were ever before and will no longer disintegrate under pressure because of the circumstances they were exposed to. They are noticeably beautiful and their immense strength is clearly displayed. The outcome was worth the process.
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In the same way that coal is transformed into a diamond under pressure, it is possible for humans who feel under pressure from a life change they are going through, to be transformed, provided they have something which supports them in being contained during the change.
But the support you have is determined by you. You might have people around you that want to help;you can allow them in or you can shut them out. Or you might not have people around you that want to help, but you can look for people or groups to help or you can do nothing. It is our choice to take the steps in the direction we need to go. You can allow yourself to wither out and be defeated by your circumstance or you can rise above and crush your problems that tried to hold you under. In the midst of a struggle you come up against whatever it may be, you can find that you have untapped strength that waits for you to allow it to show. It may be lying dormant but doesn't change that it is there… Through unexpected bumps your heart can jump into the opportunities for breakthrough to occur in abundance.
And so i say with confidence, if you make a choice to see those opportunities in which your strength CAN be displayed you will be surprised in how much stronger you are than you ever thought possible. It may take some moulding and shaping, some pressure and some solid heat but if you allow its course to take place you will be shaped into that diamond that is doubled in its worth.
Till next time!
Lots of hugs,

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A four-year-old boy from Washington died Friday after what was supposed to be a routine dental procedure that involved a dose of anesthesia.
Mykel Peterson, a patient at Must Love Kids dental practice in Vancouver, had autism and had difficulty keeping his mouth open during his dental appointments, Fox News reports. Thmeka Curry, the boy's mother, said, "He wouldn't keep his mouth open so they can actually see what's going on."
The dental clinic specializes in treating kids with developmental issues, and a board-certified anesthesiologist administers the shots. According to local media reports, Mykel was given a dose of Ketamine, a common anesthesia drug, so that he would be sedated while the dentist checked his teeth.
Curry said,
The dentist was telling me everything she did with his teeth, and she was going to check to see if he was awake yet.
The anesthesiologist had told her that Mykel was given an extra dose to make sure he did not wake up during the procedure.
"The anesthesiologist started to check his pulse and was shaking him and at this point I am still not aware anything happened to my son," Curry said. She was in the waiting room at the time.
Staff members at the clinic began administering CPR, and an emergency response team was called in. Mykel was immediately transported to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.
A medical examiner is currently looking into the cause of death, and a toxicology reports will not be ready for at least eight weeks.
The family is now seeking answers. "For me right now, it's more of I just need to know what happened," Curry told KATU. "So I can have that closure for my son. That's it," Curry said.
Must Love Kids Pediatric Dentistry said in a statement that it is too early to comment on the case, but reiterated that in the past three years, they have performed routine dentistry procedures on children who have been deeply sedated and general anesthesia over a thousand times with no incidents.
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Vacation Advice
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There are some vacation hazards that you don't think about until it's too late. Not big, life-threatening things or anything like that. Just little nuisances that can turn the perfect night into an exercise in frustration. Allow me to explain.
I was on a nice two-week stay in Hawaii. Once a year when fall starts to get gloomy, I simply pack light essentials into a bag, find a good low key place to stay that's not the touristy bustle of Waikiki and get away for some good relaxation. There are some other good places to spend a couple weeks' vacation and hunting, but Hawaii is one of the best. Nice sun, beautiful scenery, and of course, a buffet of half-naked people showing themselves off for me to choose from.
It was about halfway through my trip and I was on a beach in the early afternoon, soaking up the sun and watching people move around me. I was feeling generally satisfied. It had been a good trip so far and just last night at a little bar, a young college co-ed had been all over me, mentioning how her friends wouldn't go out with her so she just came out alone. Too perfect, I didn't even have to spend the money on a Mai Tai to have her come back to my little cottage rental. She was delicious, really hit the spot that night. But now she was all gone, and since it had already been a few nights in a row of soft female companionship, I was keeping my eyes open for something a little more hard-bodied for today.
Then I saw him coming out of the water, working his way up on to the packed sand of the shoreline. It was almost like a scene out of a movie the way his body emerged glistening, perfect bronze skin that looked half tan and half natural color. Water dripping off of the perfectly toned musculature on his slightly thin frame, his hand running through his dark hair while his swim trunks clung to his body. Yum. I know he didn't actually move in slow motion, but hey, that's the way it always plays in my head when I think about it.
As if it wasn't perfect enough, his eyes glanced at mine and caught me looking just before he looked away with that particular type of nervousness. My lucky day, this guy was gay or at the very least bi. I caught him taking a glance back while I pretended to be looking somewhere else. I'm not that hard to look at myself, and I thought he liked what he saw. I glanced back and gave him a little smile. Now it was just a question of if I'd have to go after him or if he'd approach me.
Fortune seemed to smile on me as he began to walk towards where I was set up on a towel with a basket and small cooler next to me. Nice, he was just slightly shy, but not so much that he was too scared to make the first move. I could already see him trying to come up with a line in his head as I just smiled casually and waited.
"Uh … hey. Look, this is a little embarrassing. I kinda forgot my towel when I came down to swim. You don't have an extra one do you?"
Not bad, not bad. Plausible even though there was probably a towel somewhere on the beach that he was conveniently forgetting about. It was good to know I had that effect on people as I reached into the basket to fish out the spare towel I happened to have. I liked to come prepared.
"Sure," I said, "want to have a drink while you dry off?"
He readily accepted a beer from the cooler and began to rub the towel over his body. It was nice to watch. I invited him to sit, we traded names, started to chit-chat a little, etc, etc. Not really important just what was said in those first moments. I turned over onto my stomach to give him a good view of my butt through the tight shorts I was wearing. Not to brag, but it is one of my best assets, no pun intended. I know what I have and what people like on me, so I laid there for the rest of our conversation, making sure to stick it up just a little bit. Probably didn't hurt that the skin-tight Speedo showed it off rather nicely.
Finally after we'd been sitting a long while together and I had dropped a few little flirtatious statements here and there, it was time to head on in. He only had a couple beers in him by then, so I decided to play it just a little coy. Not too much though, I could already feel my stomach one step below growling and tension just a little lower from looking at this young hard body. Besides, I was pretty sure we were both already thinking the same thing. More or less.
"So … don't suppose you'd like to come back to my cottage for another drink? Maybe a little … something more?"
Not exactly subtle or all that smooth, but it got the job done. I could practically feel the lusty tension in this guy as he realized this really was an option. He nodded quickly as he said that he'd love to, and I knew that dinner was served. Honestly, I forget what dinner was called, let's just call him Donny. It was something like that, with a "D".
So Donny and I walked up to my little resort cottage and headed in the front door, him helping me carry all the stuff I had laid out. As we set the stuff by the door, I was deciding just how bold I wanted to be at this point. I mean, he was already in the cottage with me, he knew what the invitation had really meant. So why waste time actually having a drink? I figured screw it, and as he finished setting the cooler down and stood up, I was right on top of him.
I pressed him against the closed door as our lips met and my body rubbed against his. I could taste just a little bit of the ocean clinging to his lips overlying what seemed like the wonderful flavor of the guy himself. At first he seemed a bit surprised as my hands rubbed up those strong shoulders and through that soft hair, but soon he was moaning and kissing me back with his arms draped around me. Our mouths worked, our tongues wrestled, skin rubbed up against skin, and I felt the bulge in my Speedos rubbing up against a growing hardness through his trunks.
It took several moments of that deep, hard kiss before I finally backed off a moment and let him catch his breath. As he did, he gave that slightly dopey smile that a lot of guys get when they've been pleasantly surprised and aroused. His hands still rubbed over my skin and I licked my lips with all the seduction and desire I could muster. Not hard, given how badly I wanted him in so many ways.
"Mmm, bedroom?" he murmured as we touched each other.
I nodded sideways towards the back of the cottage. "Just this way through the living room. Place isn't that big."
No more words were really needed after that as I turned and started to lead him that way. We both knew the score at this point, and everything else was just details. As I got to the bedroom, I turned and smiled at him to see he'd left his trunks on the living room floor half way in. This is another thing I like about hunting on the beach. Almost no clothing to deal with. His cock was already standing mostly at attention, and I could see from the look of him that he liked the way mine was straining against the fabric of my own shorts.
With a step forward, he reached down to grope me through the Speedo, and I leaned in for another kiss. Lips pressed to his once more, one of my hands slipped behind his head while the other reached down and cupped his balls. Hmmm, nice and big. Probably full. I could feel him moan into my mouth as I gently rolled them back and forth and he stroked me through my suit. I was hard as a rock just thinking about all the possibilities for the afternoon.
Letting my lips slip away from his, I slid down and kissed his neck, licking the skin there and hearing him groan as his hand stroked my hair. I was sliding down his body now, letting my lips and tongue trace along his skin like the touch of a feather with my hands sliding down his back. Stroking around to his sides, I stopped to tease his nipples a bit. As I went back and forth, each one was erect in my mouth and I flicked my tongue over them. From the sounds he made and the feel of his cock poking my belly, Donny was one of those guys that had a direct connection there. I could feel him getting more and more turned on as I played there. Finally, listening to him pant and whimper, I knelt down the rest of way, wrapped my fingers around his shaft and opened my lips for his cock.
I always give the guys I plan on eating a blowjob for two reasons. One is that on rare occasion, I find someone that looked absolutely scrumptious, but for some reason tastes awful when I get them in private and really start going. Even a basic lick won't do, I need a real taste. Don't ask me why that happens, but I found it out the hard way the first time some cute boy tasted foul and I had to power on through a wretched meal because I'd already started. When someone's head is in your mouth, there's not much way to stop and explain it away. So now I give them the suck test, and if one tastes off, I give him a happy and let him go off never knowing just how lucky he was.
The other reason is a simple bit of compassion. In general, once I have someone naked in my room, they're a few minutes away from a one-way trip to my stomach. I figure the least I can do is make sure they get a couple moments of bliss before feeding time. I'm not heartless, just hungry.
Using my hand, I slowly placed his member in my mouth, gradually making a nice soft channel against it with my tongue. I could hear him groaning and getting louder as I tasted and suckled at him, letting my lips slide down to the base of that shaft and pushing it towards my throat. God, it was delicious. I could already tell from the first bit of musk hitting my tongue that Donny was going to be a delectable meal, and I intended to suck as much of this tasty appetizer out of him as I possibly could. From the way his fingers ran through and gripped my hair, I don't think Donny disagreed. At least not with the part he knew about.
He throbbed against my tongue as I slid back and forth, sucking and gobbling and just plain hungry for everything he had to offer. I gripped his hips and fucked my own face with that delicious cock, and it sounded like Donny had never had such an enthusiastic treatment from any guy he'd picked up. And I was so hard, I had to finally take a second to tug down my Speedo and let myself out before my hand was back to his hip, sliding around to that tender, juicy butt. All the while I swallowed the head of his member over and over again, just imagining how soon as I was going to be swallowing him. After a nice, salty treat of course.
Being a horned-up, relatively young guy, he didn't last much longer. I heard him muttering "It's coming! It's coming!" between breaths, as if to warn me for whatever I wanted to do. I slid my lips up just under his head, letting my tongue tease the head and slit while I kept sucking, and a second later he cried and gave me a mouthful of wet, sticky spunk.
God, even his cum was delicious. Not bitter, not even that salty with just the barest of sweet notes to it. I slurped it all down, moaning and greedy for more while each spurt was accompanied by another little cry of pleasure from him. I figured he was going to be tasty already, but if his cream was any indication, this was going to be the petite filet mignon of guys and he was all mine.
Using my hand along his shaft, I slid off his erection and purposely sprayed my face with the last couple weak spurts as I felt him ebbing. It's just something I like on occasion, a warm splash around the mouth at the end. And honestly, there's nothing quite like licking a guy's last orgasm off your lips right before you eat him; try it sometime, and you'll see.
Both of us panting a bit, I was at that throbbing, sensitive level of hard. That place where you don't dare touch it for fear you might shoot off in an instant, and where it feels so good to be on the edge anyway. I started to stand up—very carefully—and get my suit the rest of the way off while Donny walked a few steps past me on wobbly legs. He was grinning in that dopey way we all do sometimes as he collapsed onto the bed.
"God … that was amazing…" he murmured, still trying to catch his breath. He rolled over onto his back and looked at me, eyes going to my dick with a grin. In a moment of irony, he licked his lips. "Give me… a minute or two to recover… and I'll do you." He rolled again, showing off that well-sculpted rump. "Or if you have condoms and lube … you can fuck me."
Damn, that ass looked so cute. So supple, squeezable, and I had to admit it, very fuckable. I did have the condoms and lube in my nightstand, and I was thinking about it. But that whole body also looked so tender, and my stomach was already grumbling a little bit. It wanted something tasty and wiggly inside, and the blowjob had only made it want more. I was about ready to just grab his feet, start at the toes and slurp him up from there. Sadly, though, my cottage was not as isolated as I would have liked, so this was not one of those vacations where I could deal with someone screaming for help.
My throbbing had relaxed a little bit despite watching him, the stimulation easing back from the edge, so I felt a little safer. I slipped to the bed where Donny was laying and began to crawl over him, letting my cock brush against the back of his leg while my body glided against his. He let out a sharp exhale at the teasing, almost biting his lip when I draped all the way over him and licked his ear. My teeth gave a little nibble, making him giggle.
"Mmm, you are so yummy," I teased him, loving those moments when I can say exactly what I'm thinking and people just think I'm being playful. "I could just eat you up."
I love when people naturally think I'm joking and teasing them. When they giggle at me or just try to tease back, having no idea just how serious I am. The way he squirmed and wiggled, turning out from under me so that we were on our sides facing each other, it was just driving me mad. Already I was throbbing again, and I wanted to fuck this young stud, but I also wanted this delicious guy in my belly right now.
We kissed again while I was trying to decide what to do, and as our tongues danced and I knew that he could taste his cum still on my lips, my mind was pretty well made up. I pulled back just a little bit, my arm around his shoulder, my hand stroking the side of his face. Licking the last of that sticky cum off my lips and gulping it down, I sighed and looked him right in the eyes.
"In fact… I think that's exactly what I'll do."
I opened my mouth wide and shoved his head in before I could start to question my choice or relent for that nice, tight ass. Sealing my lip around his neck with one chomp, I felt him freeze in a moment of shock. Most times that happened, and I preferred to capitalize on it. With a swallow that easily stretched my neck around his head, I pushed his shoulders into my jaws, my teeth just barely grazing his skin. The quicker I could get his arms at least somewhat pinned before he really started squirming.
I was nibbling my way down his chest when Donny's bewilderment finally seamed to break and he started struggling. By that time, it was already too late. Even with him thrashing around and trying to reach up to my head, his arms couldn't get much traction and my tongue was already lapping at his chest and teasing his nipples while I took another gulp. And goddamn, that boy was tasty! I'm sure I've had meals that were just as good, maybe better, but I still think for flavor Donny ranked in the top ten somewhere.
Grabbing those flailing arms and pushing them down, I swallowed a little more and felt him really stretching my jaws and neck now with his chest slipping in. I could hear each gulp as I was beginning to work him down. It's pretty easy for me on my side usually, but I was trying to force myself to take him a little slower while I licked his chest and started to slurp in that flat belly. He was at that level of delicious where you get stuck between wanting to savor slowly and wanting to gobble up the next bite way too quickly.
Of course, when he tried to kick at me and almost connected in his thrashing, I did take another swallow and pull his body away with my hands. His head was pushing into my stomach, making me feel that first bit of real satisfaction while his legs were dangling over the side of the bed. My lips at his waist now, I nibbled and slurped for just a few seconds, playing with his navel while he struggled. Then I grabbed two handfuls of that nice, pliant rump and shoved with another swallow to get his hips into my mouth.
Sadly, he wasn't one of those rare ones that pop a boner while begin swallowed, but with my stomach already starting to stretch and another opportunity to run my tongue over that tasty package, I couldn't complain. I let my tongue fiddle with his bits while I nibbled on that nice tender ass meat. All the while he was squirming and kicking up a storm, trying to fight his way out if he could. I was still rock hard, and I don't know if my belly grazed my dick while it was stretching, but I spattered the sheets without even touching myself. The meal was just that intense in that moment, and it felt so good that I swallowed a few more times while I was climaxing. And all his struggling and wriggling on the way down just made it feel that much better. Wasn't the first time that happened, but Donny sliding into my stomach while I came was still pretty memorable.
By the time I was done shooting off, my belly had grown even bigger, I was taking deep breaths through my nose, and Donny's feet were the only things outside my lips. They were still kicking a bit at the ankles, but the fight seemed to have gone out of him when most of him was pushed so quickly into my gut. Still, I wanted to savor this last little bit of him since I had the chance.
I let my teeth work a little at his ankles, trying to nibble just a little harder and make him squirm. Not enough to really hurt, just enough to wake him up a bit more. Then another swallow took his feet in mostly. I nibbled some more and played my tongue over his toes. I was really enjoying sucking all the flavor I could out of those last few moments of him in my mouth. But soon enough, I really wanted to finish up and get him all the way in. So I tipped my head up, swallowed one more time, and that was that. Donny was in my stomach with no chance of getting out, making a big, thrashing ball of my belly as he squirmed.
Okay, I don't like the idea of hurting people. I'm not some sadist who wants to make others suffer, and I try to make it as easy as I can on them. But that feeling when a whole person is in your gut, and you know they can't get out, no matter how much they struggle; it's intoxicating. You feel so powerful just rubbing your belly and feeling content while they squirm and try to figure out what happened to the world. Licking my lips and tasting him, I allowed myself a few seconds to savor that feeling. Then I let out the belch I'd been holding, and in a minute or two more, those kicks settled down and Donny passed out inside.
I exhaled another breath, still grinning as my body began to work on him. My stomach was already gurgling and making all those other fun noises with the-bulge-that-had-recently-been-Donny. Time to just roll over and drift off rubbing a bellyful of tender, juicy man that would digest through the night.
Starting to slip over so I could begin that reliable bliss, I first felt the burning, stinging sensation and winced, almost crying out. I tried again, and my back lit up, the extra weight in my belly making it that much worse as fire shot throughout it. Heaving the new bulk, I rolled onto my side again and felt the-weight-formerly-known-as-Donny slosh against the bed, almost uncomfortable.
Apparently during that time I'd been seducing him, I'd been laying on my front and exposing my back to the sun for a good long while. No way I'd be able to get to sleep with that burn, and no way I wanted to try laying down on it. So I heaved myself out of the bed, wobbling awkwardly with my bulk-of-what's-his-name, and slowly plodded into the living room.
It took several tries of various positions that would support my big, gurgling belly but wouldn't put pressure on my stinging back, which was starting to give off a warm throb even in open air. Eventually, I wound up in one of the cottage's chairs, hunched over so that my gut could rest on the floor for the time being and watching bad TV throughout the evening and into the wee hours of the morning until he became a more manageable mass of pudge. Not exactly the night I'd envisioned when I first lured that delicious stud into my room. And not how I envisioned the next couple days of my vacation waiting for it to heal so I could have another good, squirmy feast.
So for all you predators out there, yes, the beach is a prime location for hunting. It exposes bodies, gives you a bevy of options to choose from, and there's almost always some tasty morsel also on vacation and feeling more free about who they go home with.
But for goodness sake, remember your damn sunscreen.


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Following is a Father's Day card I wrote for my Dad quite a few years ago. He is 90 now*, and is not long for this earth. I will always cherish the time we had together and the many things he taught me.
Thank you for giving me the foundation for being successful, not in business, but in being a man and being a father. I am still learning to do the job, but you gave me the basics to build on. That foundation has stood through the storms, floods, and earthquakes of life. Yah'shua our Messiah is my Spiritual Rock, but you have been my earthly Rock. That part of you lives in me and will live on in my sons. You have taught me leadership (even though I am just now 'getting it' in many areas.Thank you (and Mom!) for your patience and forbearance which were needed in such large amounts with me. I love you.
P.S. – Sorry about the match heads in the cigarettes, the window in the roof, the burnt carpet, the midnight alarms, all the medical bills, the wrecked cars…
*Dad died January 18th, 2021


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As the Gurus of User-Centric ID Management have discussed here and here, the idea of using CardSpace and special "Managed Cards", issued through the use of the Microsoft Acrtive Directory, InfoCards could actually become sort of an authentication token not only for your self, but for you being am employee of said issuer of the respective InfoCard. As managed Infocards are designed to be used as sort of community/customer ID, why not use it to verify if somebody IS actually working for the company he claims to work for.
Impersonation still is a threat today. I experienced this during the Microsoft Security Tour that I recently attended in Hanau, Germany. One of the main reasons was, that my successor with the position as Chief Security Advisor, Michael Kranawetter, was about to present CardSpace to the mainly developer-oriented audience. After sharing a coffee or two, Michael stepped up to the stage and prepared for his presentation.
The big surprise came without a single bit of a warning: Michael greeted the audience and said: "Welcome to this session, my name is Sebastian Rohr, and I am the Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft Germany!" Well, there was only one guy in the audience who got puzzled besides myself, my friend Stefan, sitting right next to me! Michael easily showed, that in todays business you should not trust everybody who is wearing a "speaker" badge :-) one should ask for proof of the claims stated.
Anyway, back to the point: using a "Business InfoCard" issued by your employer does not only make it easier to access, say, the company online-store and authenticate yourself. It can also be used in B2B situations, where you hand over your card and your communication partner can easily check that your name, title and affiliation are, in fact, valid. In addition, corporate information such as tax ID, location of the company and the official (and pretty up-to-date!) info on board members and the Chairman could be included. Nice!
Sitting over a nice glass of wine, one could drift off and, as thoughts come and go, get creative. Be it the impact of the heavy Merlot or too much sunshine: IF we have an established technology that offers easy issuing and management of credentials, spiced with corporate information and used in an interoperable environment that supports easy "online check" if the information presented is still valid... and all this cross-company...with an extensible range of re-use... wouldn`t THAT be the dream of all those PKI guys?
Lets face it: PKI has been struggeling all these years to become and remain an important part of the IT infrastructure of all large organziation. Sometimes the struggeling lead to the "near-death", sometimes PKI managers still hunt for the killer-app that will put their technology investment to use. Even IF the PKI was put to good internal use, leveraging it outside the company was rarely successful. Now, using the above mentioned managed Business Cards, we would really be able to do all the things we failed to achieve with using x509 certificates - well, besides encrypted email maybe!
I am really looking forward to your replies, either to be sure that it WAS too much sun and Merlot, or to kick-off a new thread on mis-using user-centric ID management in the enterprise ID management space!


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The COVID-19 pandemic has become a massive global wake up call. One of the biggest wake up calls we've ever seen.
Sure it has opened the worlds eyes to the needs and challenges surrounding a pandemic. It has led to people coming together to address them. It has also divided people on how it has all been handled.
But that's not what I am talking about here. No, the global wake up call I am referring to is the one currently opening the door to the change you know you need to make in your own little corner of the world.
Years ago, not long after the death of someone close to me, I recall getting together with a group of friends. Everyone experienced the wake up call of someone close to them dying far too young. The message they received was something very personal and very different for everyone. As we talked and shared stories the messages turned to the wake up call and the change people intended to make because of it.
"I've really got to start taking better care of my health."
"I should leave the office earlier."
"I've got to get in for a medical with my doctor."
"I need to stay in contact with everyone."
"It's time to start living more for today."
Everyone had a unique and meaningful thought. In time I suspect most slid from that intention (myself included) and things drifted back to the way it was. Nothing changed.
Is your wake up call telling you something specific?
The comments made at that time mirrored those I shared in a recent post where Neil Pasricha highlighted research on "The 5 Greatest Regrets of the Dying".
Now, none of us were dying but having had a friend pass away had us all exploring how we wanted to live moving forward. So here they are. I wish…
- That I had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
- I hadn't worked so hard.
- That I had the courage to express my feelings.
- I had stayed in touch with my friends.
- That I had let myself be happier.
Have you had the feeling of wanting to live more in alignment with any of these?
Which one(s)?
The tremendous door opening opportunity of this global wake up call is for you to be able to create change in your business or your career AND your life. Change that…
- delivers the freedom to be happier and more fulfilled in all that you do.
- leads to you being able to live each day with the form of success that matters most to you.
- shifts health and self care to the top of your priority list.
- heightens the value of relationships with the most important people in your life and the time you spend with them.
I have identified three levels of the wake up call. You may resonate with each to a certain degree. So wherever you are at, I hope this post adds to your wake up call and initiates the change that can ultimately alter your world for the better!
3 Levels of Global Wake Up Call
Level 1 – Old Habits
We are creatures of habit. We get into daily routines that gradually become unconscious routines. It's just what we do or how we do things. No thought about it. Just the way it is.
Even when the way it is does not really work for us we continue on that path anyway. Think of your business or your career as it was last year or before the pandemic. Was it really working for you? Was it delivering the success you really wanted for your business or career AND your life as a whole? Perhaps not.
Yet you continued along not really liking how things are going but not creating the change you need to do things differently.
It's the old boiling frog analogy.
Put a frog in a warm pot of water over a stove and it will get used to it's environment. Turn up the heat a bit and initially the frog does not like it but gradually gets used to the warmer water. At any time it can easily jump out but does not. Periodically if your turn the temperature up and allow the frog to get used to it then it will remain in the water and eventually boil to death.
The pain became incrementally worse but was never strong enough to motivate change. The wake up call was never received.
Many of us live out much of our lives in level one. Never truly happy but never bad enough to do something about it. Is that good enough for you?
Level 2 – Sink or Swim
When you do get that wake up call you might be firmly stuck in the unsustainable position of sink or swim. Some days you feel like you are sinking just below the surfaced others you are above just enough to grasp for air.
You are bombarded with urgency after urgency at work and it feels like everything is piling up in a never ending manner. Days become longer, work becomes harder as you either wear more and more hats or you just can't get to the thing you know matters most.
Even when you do get some things accomplished there are 3 more onto the never ending pile. Long work days end up in work taken home along with the stress that goes with it. Strain with family members because of not being there or not being yourself when you are home or doing more work at home doesn't help. It weighs on your mind. It impacts sleep leaving your exhausted and dependent on caffeine or worse. Your health declines, your relationships decline, your productivity declines (despite working longer), and your profitability actually declines too.
Where does it end? So far it hasn't, right?
As a business owners you've learned that this is the way it is. Work harder, work longer and that's the way to success… financial success. You've been told to put everything else on hold because once you achieve success (this success), then you will have time for everything else. But it never comes and gradually you sink more than you swim.
Ask a business owner you have also learned to keep everything close inside.
- show weakness
- show fear
- slow down
- ask for help
All this does is continue your slide deeper and deeper underwater.
I know I am painting a rather bleak picture. Even if you are in level 2 you may be finding a way to get by… financially or personally. But at what price?
It may not feel like there is another way and you may feel like there just is no time to work on change but where does it go from here?
An early grave… divorce… business closure… or just dreams gone away.
Level 3 – The Global Wake Up Call
So here we are… the global wake up call of the COVID-19 Pandemic. In one way or another you have been forced into some level of awakening. From wherever you were at before this all began you were jolted into a different reality, as was everyone else.
How many of these were thrust upon you over the past few months?
- Isolating at home
- Home schooling your kids – or supporting them in online schooling
- At home with your immediate family all the time
- Your business shut down or is continuing from home
- Vacations were cancelled
- You created a home office to work from
- You share an office/work space with your spouse
- Zoom meeting after zoom meeting all day long
- A loved one's health was impacted by the pandemic
- You had to lay off staff
- Birthday parties, anniversaries, and other celebrations were cancelled
- You needed to research and apply for support for your business or yourself
- You had a new, steep learning curve to shift online in business and in life
- Getting used to wearing a protective mask
- Your business is re-opening or will soon
- You are not able to visit your parent in a long term care facility
- Your business is closed for good
- What else?
Now what?
Did you adapt and continue in business during all of this? Maybe you took the down time to begin to exercise or embraced supporting your kids with their schooling. Perhaps you began to prepare for whatever comes next. That's awesome. Please keep at it!
Then again, maybe you are headed back along the same old stressful path and this massive global wake up call will not lead to any real change.
Are you headed towards repeating a history you wish was different?
Chart a different path. Envision a new future for you, your family AND your business. This is the perfect opportunity while the whole world is exploring change on so many levels and in so many ways. Need help? Contact me today.
Now is the time!


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Professor Liz Kolb was quoted in an article in USA TODAY that questions online education offerings for students taking part in special education.
In the article "Is online school illegal? With schools closing from coronavirus, special education concerns give districts pause," journalist Erin Richards explains that students in special education may face additional challenges accessing online coursework as they continue schooling through distance learning in the face of COVID-19 concerns.
Some schools have postponed government-mandated meetings for special needs students until schools reopen—which may not happen until fall. This means that there will not be a regular check-up into how well a student's individualized education plan (IEP) is being met.
As districts scramble to establish distance learning plans for long-term school closures, they're struggling to provide services to students with disabilities and those with other exceptional circumstances. It's a challenge with broad implications, tied to financial consequences for districts and developmental consequences for the most vulnerable students in America. Some districts are specifically not moving education online because of equity concerns.
Ann Arbor Public Schools officials are distributing learning devices and internet hot spots to families with limited technological access, said Richards, and leaders continue to make plans for keeping students with special needs engaged.
"One of the things that we know about online learning and virtual instruction is that it can increase some of the gaps that we have in education, especially around equity issues of low socioeconomic status students and more affluent students," said Dr. Kolb, who teaches education technologies in the Educator Preparation program.
Kolb added that it's going to take time for teachers to understand how to meet these needs and for support staff like paraprofessionals to determine how to do that virtually.
"Most virtual schools are able to make these accommodations, but they have had years to put these supports in place," she said. "Traditional face-to-face schools are aware they need to do this, but they may still be working on the 'how.'"


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We know it well: we have only one opportunity to make a good first impression. However, the job interview is the moment when the impression that one produces is decisive, capital, categorical.
One can not pretend to be there simply "oneself" because the asymmetry of the situation imposes to answer to particular expectations.
And, let's face it, the job interview is today a very ambiguous situation in terms of dress codes.
To speak only of the professional executives where the tie and the suit are prerequisites, to be elegant without risk of being too well dressed is a real sartorial challenge.
Indeed, to succeed to show his control of the dress codes while remaining in his place is not easy: to say that it is necessary to impose his insurance without it pours into the arrogance ...
In this context, let us set the constraints to select a tie: blue suit, white shirt (or sky blue), white pocket (or blue sky) folded in square.
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Or rather, only a knowledgeable person will notice (and will be aware of your subtlety). Otherwise, it will go for a neutral but neat and without odd.
Do not forget to avoid: the tie polyester shiny, pink, turquoise, red or sky blue. It is not beautiful at all.
Given the sobriety of the set, the tie can stand out slightly if it follows a rule: suggest seriousness and not fantasy. This obviously excludes Mickey's patterns, pin-ups, or too much color.
A blue tie? Certainly.
But we do not want to risk monochrome monotony or give a funeral effect ...
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Tartan tie but very dark to mitigate the dandyism
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The institutional seriousness of the club tie in its dark version with the so particular texture of the shantung
A blend of linen and blue wool to let the texture express an originality that will only be perceptible to the connoisseur
Silk woven with discreet white dots, terribly business and perfectly original by the complexity of the pattern
With a blue suit, the gray tie offers a marked contrast while remaining in the chromatic range of the most unimaginable respectability!
It is then enough to decline the boldness of texture and pattern in a very measured way.
A Prince of Wales motif: sober and worked at the same time, it will speak to the elegant man and will go unnoticed by the Boeotian
A woven silk with three colors, full of relief but with a united effect: a sort of smart business spirit
An eminent but sober flannel tie in countless shades of gray that fascinates us as everyone knows since a novel has counted fifty
The square patterns whose geometry can pass for the testimony of an orderly temperament up to obsession!
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I want to thank you all for sending encouragement to me. One of the super things about this community is the level of support that everyone shows each other.
Regarding my Rejected! post, this was a case of my writing not clearly enough (which I do far more often than I should). I meant to say that this was the first rejection of this year because it's the first thing I sent out this year.
I've been sending my work out off and on for the past 20 years. I've had a few things published but have received far more rejections. What I've realized is that getting published is perseverance and work and also knowing your markets. While you wouldn't send a genre piece to The New Yorker, you wouldn't sent a literary piece to a romance publication unless there was romance in it.
And I'm guilty of that last one on this most recent rejection. I didn't study that publication before I submitted.
So one more thing that I'm going to add to my to-do list is become familiar with fiction markets once again, especially the ones that take flash fiction. As I do, perhaps I'll share here if anyone is interested.
If you're in the States, Happy July 4th! A belated Happy Canada Day to my northern friends! And Happy Thursday to everyone else! Cheers!


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The Solano Stroll barely needs any introduction. A mile-long block party that has been held annually since 1974, the Stroll is easily the East Bay's largest festival.
The organizers expect a turn-out of 250,000 this year, but don't let that put you off. There are 26 blocks to stroll, a parade to watch, and a plethora of free entertainment to enjoy.
This year, the stroll falls on September 11, the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and, fittingly, the theme is "Unsung Heroes". The event will honor "those who play a heroic role in our everyday lives", be it first responders, teachers, librarians, coaches – anyone you consider to be a hero in your everyday life.
In addition to the retailers and restaurants doing business on Solano year-round, many other vendors will be offering a bounty of international food, clothing, jewelry, toys, gift items and more. And this year, you'll be able to visit the Berkeleyside stand if you want to say hello, find out more or give us some story ideas. We'll be at the upper end of Solano (the Berkeley end, of course!), near Mechanics Bank.
"We'll have over 500 vendors, including food stands with cuisine from Armenia to China, Italy to Vietnam, Mexican, Mediterranean, Mongolian, French, Indian, barbecue, vegan — you name it, we'll have it there," said Allen Cain, Director of the Solano Avenue Association. "Not to mention 50 exceptional entertainers representing the same great international diversity that is the Bay Area."
The live music line-up has too many impressive acts to list here. It includes Downtown Rhythm, Adama: Music of the Jewish People, Ballet Folklorico Juvenil de Berkeley, Bandworks School of Rock, Berkeley High School Jazz, Blues Daddies, Bryan Duncan, Deep Fried Bubblegum, Fred Anderson, Kopi-Katz, and Troupe Tangiers & Sharifa's Habibi's.
A special area of the stroll — which is a resolutely family-friendly affair — is set aside just for kids and will feature an assortment of state-of-the-art mechanical rides, a Ferris-wheel, carnival games, face painters, and magic. The Green Zone on the east side of Solano Avenue will offer tips about simple changes you can make at your home or business to reduce global warming. There's a "stage door" area with over a dozen local performance/theater groups, a pets' area, as well as a school/youth resource area.
Berkeleyside is proud to be a sponsor of the 37th Annual Solano Avenue Stroll which takes place in Albany and Berkeley on Sunday, September 11th from 10am-6pm. The parade begins at 10am.
Visit the Solano Stroll 2011 website for full details.


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I'm sure upon reading the title you are like, Carla you have got to be kidding me! I can't forgive them for what they did to me! Or perhaps you have tried and still carry resentment in your heart!
My mission with my new weekly blogs is to share my heart with you in simple yet strategic steps so you too can overcome.
Growing up I was physically abused by my stepfather, and often felt neglected by my birth father. After being hurt, rejected and abused the only thing I ever wanted was for someone to fight for me. To stand up for me and be the voice I didn't realize I had at the time.
Overtime, through my various disappointments I learned that by helping others it actually made me feel better. My first time sharing anything I had gone through was in 2014 when I released my first book, The Power in Waiting: What Do You Do When What God SAID, Doesn't Line Up With What You SEE.
Releasing that book cost me a friendship that I held very dear to my heart but I totally understand now why it was a conflict of interest for her. The man I described in the book was her father.
While she knew him as this amazing father, I knew him as the monster in my dreams. I remember lying in bed one night with my mom only to be awakened to this tall dark presence hovering over us.
It was him; my stepfather had broken into our home and was literally looking like he was contemplating on killing us both! My sister wasn't there because early on she was made to go live with her Dad because she had went to bed with a knife under her pillow and vowed to kill him if he ever hit my mom again. That was the worst day of my life back then! Being alone with this monster and now he is standing over us.
I remember waking my mom up and she directed me to go into my room. "And leave you in here with him ALONE?" I remembered thinking, she has got to be crazy! I may have been young but I remembered my sister's grandmother teaching me how to call on the name of Jesus and I went in the room and started praying.
What's my point? Although my mom wasn't married to my stepfather for an extended amount of time it only took a few years for me to become traumatized which would lead me to having nightmares about my childhood until I was 23 years old. I would always have dream that some man was trying to kill my mom.
I remember calling her in the middle of the night on several occasions even after she married her now husband to ensure she was okay. I've always been protective of my mom because I witnessed her be mistreated more times than I could count.
But my Mom had the most forgiving heart ever. Too forgiving if you ask me. Here's what I learned as I grew up and began to experience life as a mother, leader and entrepreneur: Life is tough and if I can survive my childhood and come out in my right mind then I can survive anything! Better yet, if I can forgive my stepfather and even his daughter for cutting me off because she felt I was "playing the victim" by sharing my story then surely I can forgive ANYONE!
HOW DID YOU FORGIVE HIM? I'm sure you are asking this question. Truth is, when you harbor unforgiveness in your heart toward people they remain at the forefront of your mind everyday of your life while they move on with theirs.
What if he had asked God for forgiveness and moved on with his life while I remain stuck, angry and full of anxiety coupled with anger and resentment?
WHO AM I HURTING REALLY? I honestly grew tired of being mad and began to read books on forgiveness and healing and even went as far as to hire a therapist to help me work through my childhood issues.
I recently wrote a new book where I share how all of these trials I experienced in my life taught me how to "Experience God as Abba" or Daddy as I like to call it.
In chapter 7 of my new book, BELOVED: Understanding & Healing the Father Wound I share 10 Ways to Deal with the Pain in Order to Heal it. I want to share the first one with you today:
- Acknowledgement- In order to overcome any type of heartache or trauma it's important that you first acknowledge that it happened to you and how it made you feel.
Pretending it never happened won't make the pain go away. Give yourself permission to pause (not park) and sit in your pain and allow yourself to feel the whole emotion of anger, resentment, sadness, confusion or whatever it is.
Too often we are taught that we shouldn't feel certain things but God gave us emotions for a reason and it's not what we feel that's right or wrong, it's the actions we allow our feelings to lead us to that makes the difference.
To heal from every lingering hurt I encourage you to get a piece of paper and draw a line down the middle on the left side write: "NAME" on the right insert "WHAT THEY DID TO ME." It's important to be specific because writing and revisiting is a part of your healing process.
You've been carrying this ache and pain for so long that now is the time to get it out and admit that you weren't just "fondled" but you were molested. Admit that your husband didn't just cheat on you with your best friend, he betrayed you. Admit that your mother or father (or both) denied you of an opportunity to grow up in a safe environment because they had their own issues to focus on.
Whatever, whoever; WRITE IT DOWN! Get it out! What I've learned on my soon to be 35 years on earth is that negative energy has to go somewhere & it's up to us to get it out.
Here are a few ways you can release negative energy:
- Journaling
- Crying
- Exercising
- Talking to someone
Sure, most spiritual people will say, just pray. Now I am a firm believer that prayer works but I also understand that faith without works is dead! We must DO SOMETHING!
I know this is alot to take in so take a moment to revisit what I shared above and comment below sharing your thoughts! I'll be sure to reply as soon as I can because I want you to know, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
Guess what else? It is possible to forgive EVERYONE for EVERYTHING even if it's by faith. Continue to release what you're feeling and make a commitment to free yourself by declaring aloud, " I forgive ___________ (insert their name) for ____________________________ (insert what they did to you.)
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Patch plays pranks on her friends who decide to teach her a lesson by creating an
elaborate prank leading her to believe she's met real aliens who want to steal
her brain.
Practical Jokes
I love playing practical jokes
Dreaming them up
Planning them out
I love seeing innocent folks jump with surprise
and stammer and shout
People fall for practical jokes
Gets them off guards
Throws them off pace
I love when an elaborate hoax
Gets them all scared and red in the face
It gives me such a tickle
When someone bites a rubber pickle
And what else can compare
To sneaking up on someone unaware, boo!
I pulled off some magical strokes
And I have lots more I can do
Hey, who swiped our burgers and cokes?
If you can't guess here's a clue
Who the likliest culprit would be
That sneaky little, sneaky little, practical joker, me!


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Isle of Man TT 2012: James Hillier targets 130 mph lap
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James Hillier says he would like to crack the 130mph barrier with the Bournemouth Kawasaki team at the Isle of Man TT races in 2012.
The 26-year-old made his TT debut in 2008, winning the Newcomers trophy and has gone on to establish himself as one of the event's leading racers.
"I haven't set myself many targets but I would like to crack the 130mph barrier on the Superbike," he said.
"I'll take it as it comes though as that approach has served me well."
Hillier will contest the five established TT solo races with the Bournemouth team, as well as taking part in the new SuperTwins event with help from Ryan Farquhar.
He continued: "I'm really looking forward to the year ahead and with regards to the TT I simply want to keep on improving and build upon the results I've achieved.
"No-one's getting slower so it's not getting any easier but I've been steadily getting faster and would like to think I'll be there or thereabouts this year."
He originally made his name in the Virgin Mobile R6 Cup, and enjoyed success in the British Supersport Championship before moving on, firstly to the Metzeler National Superstock Championship and then in 2011 to the British Superbike Evo Championship where he finished eighth.


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Scientists have imaged the whole globe of Uranus in the infrared part of the light spectrum for the first time, hoping to shed light on the planet's mysterious auroras and weird magnetic field.
The British-led team did so during a three-day campaign that was livestreamed publicly last week for the whole world to see. The scientists, based at the University of Leicester in the U.K., used NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) in Hawaii to look at the odd ice giant that orbits the sun 19 times farther away than Earth does.
Just like on Earth, auroras on Uranus are triggered by the interaction of the solar wind, the stream of charged particles emanating from the sun, with the planet's magnetic field. But because so much is different about Uranus compared to our planet, these auroras behave very differently than the Earth's famous northern and southern polar lights.
Related: Photos of Uranus, the tilted giant planet
For example, the axis around which Uranus rotates is nearly perpendicular to the sun. That means the planet essentially rolls around the sun on its side with its poles facing the star nearly directly for an entire quarter of the planet's long year, which lasts 84 Earth years.
On top of that, Uranus' magnetic poles are not aligned with its geographical poles, like on Earth, Jupiter or Saturn, but are tilted by 60 degrees away from them. As a result, Uranus' auroras don't light up the sky above the planet's geographical poles but at very odd places.
"The northern aurora actually extends from the northern hemisphere towards the equator, and even dips past into the southern hemisphere," Emma Thomas, an astronomy Ph.D. student at the University of Leicester who led the observations, told Space.com. "If you want to map the aurora, you can't just look at the top of the planet, you have to look across its entire surface."
To image the entire surface of Uranus, the scientists split their observations into three eight-hour windows spread over three days. They had to time each observation window to match Uranus' 17-hour rotation period. Once the data are combined, the result will be the most detailed map of the distant planet's surface in the infrared part of the spectrum.
"We want to understand where on Uranus are bright parts," Thomas said. "Uranus itself will be illuminated in the current day glow. Anything that is above that level, that's either caused by internal thermal processes or the aurora. By measuring the density of the particles above Uranus, we will be able to tell which one it is."
Previously, the surface of Uranus has only been imaged in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. NASA's mission Voyager 2 swung past the planet briefly in 1986, taking the first and so far only set of up-close images of the strange planet's surface and the environment around. In 2011, the Hubble Space Telescope for the first time detected auroras glimmering above the surface of Uranus, each covering an area larger than Earth.
But scientists still know very little about these displays and the driving forces behind them, said Thomas.
"We still don't fully understand the magnetosphere of Uranus and its interaction with the solar wind," Thomas said. A magnetosphere is a region around a planet dominated by its magnetic field. "By mapping the auroras, we can get a better comprehension of the solar wind's interaction with the magnetosphere and from that, we can get a better idea of how the magnetic lines are oriented."
Scientists know that the magnetic field on Uranus behaves in rather strange ways, with magnetic lines frequently disconnecting and reconnecting within a single day, according to a 2017 study.
Understanding how these auroras vary within a single day could provide new insights into the mechanisms driving this erratic magnetic field, Thomas said.
The auroras, however, don't vary only with the time of the day but also with seasons of the year, depending which side of the planet is currently illuminated by the sun and which side is submerged in darkness. But as it takes 84 Earth years for Uranus to complete one rotation around the sun, scientists are only very slowly building up their understanding of these seasonal changes.
"At the moment, we have only about a season's worth of data on Uranus," Thomas said. "Everything that we can collect now and in the next 20 and 40 years is really crucial to fully understand how this planet's auroras work."
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E-commerce sale is a global activity and with the rapid increase in the trade. With the services of last-mile delivery, the market is open to companies and organizations willing to tap into this market. Third-party delivery providers put significant pressure on retailers to seamlessly meet customer expectations across devices, boards, and locations throughout the world. Likewise, an increase in the presence of third-party delivery service; gives the driving force for offering expanded shipping options while increasing comfort without any increase in price for customers. Behind this e-commerce, the puzzle is the challenge of mass performance, inventory, network design, and distribution channels. Even large retailers, although they can offer cheaper options to customers for same-day delivery; struggle to maintain a more efficient solution to the last cost-effectively and profitably.
Hence, retailers strive to provide near-perfect expenditure, the use of accurate data and information on various channels.
However, due to the specific nuances in retail supply for the last mileage, all companies can take some remarkable steps; these steps help to determine the supply chain strategy that identifies the most significant financial meaning in the race for the efficient and effective long-distance experience.
Third-party delivery providers: Four items to see up to your last-mile
If your strategy includes sending products, your success starts with a comprehensive review of how your supply chain design. Third-party delivery provider transfers, configure and distribute products across all channels to meet customer needs. However, they can help you make strategic decisions and give you an idea of the impact of the real costs of last mileage delivery. With this, you can build effective milestone solutions and get the supply chain on the right track. Here are what you should consider:
1. Always remember what matters to the customers.
First of all, understand your customers' needs, their expectation, desires, and how it influences their buying behaviour. According to the Online Buyer Pulse ComScore study; commissioned in 2014, 93% of exceptional buyers have taken action when buying online to receive free shipping.
However, consumers change their online shopping patterns, value and shopping preferences, from free loyalty programs and low prices to generous return policies.
Stay up-to-date on customer preferences and shipping preferences and offer them flexible and attractive shopping options. Last-mile delivery service provides certain shipping windows, from specific postal codes to adjacent pick-up or arrival. The arrival locations where items can be delivered safely prove useful for third-party delivery providers.
2. Research innovative approaches such as parcel products.
Shipments in the last-mile have led to a new complexity in product sales margins and exacerbated the "supply-side dilemma" that has spurred goods shipments for decades. A large number of customers have stopped shopping online because of the cost of shipping the product.
Other customers also don't purchase products online because they can't be shipped in for free. Conventionally, products such as cellphones and laptops can validate old-fashioned courier fees associated with small freights.
Hence, to balance customer preferences for free shipping, retailers must consider incentives for consumers to bring together products. This incentive includes items such as household telephones or clothing to increase order sales and shipping density. Until providing maximum delivery to ensure cost efficiency, managing customer expectations is an excellent temporary step in providing last-mile service by third-party delivery providers.
3. Investigating non-traditional distribution options.
Retailers who have grown through the sales in stores need to ensure that these assets are complete the e-commerce process for last-mile delivery. For this reason, you want to innovate the deployment options that you provide to meet changing user needs and get the highest profit margins possible.
4. Enhance shipping solutions to meet the latest distance necessities.
The most significant uncertainty and opportunity are how to allocate a product/packaging warp chain and move it further. This product/packaging warp chain is where we think of the general dynamics of shipping costs and the most sensible innovative approaches. However, because we need to move from traditional shipping to operator models, more extensive paths and better safety packages keep expectations away from customers, perceptions, and qualities. Delivering timely consumer goods is no longer a luxury item at the moment.
However, order execution is a process of taxation and challenges, especially for small businesses. Several dealers have broken the market by transporting goods to customers through areas that earlier seemed difficult. This method of transportation is what the last-mile delivery is all about.
What is the last-mile service?
When the customer makes a demand, the product leaves the warehouse to the station for distribution and sent directly to the customer's location. In some cases, this moves from one execution centre to the end customer.
Furthermore, the last mileage shipping is part of a trip where the product moves from the distribution centre to the customer. As a business, you must get freight to the last-mile to please your customers. In this era of online shopping and instant satisfaction, your customers can deflect it.
Why does your business need shipping in the last-mile?
Much is said today about the last distance as experts have welcomed the strategy use, which serves as a significant player in goods delivery. For instance, top dealers deliver news to its customers for faster delivery, and the talk about it will not end. However, it is not only big boys in the industry that can achieve this quickly. Your company can do this, but you need to use the latest mileage shipments for several reasons.
1. Can increase your sales
The most recent logistics myths have a positive effect on sales. Therefore, customers always want their orders to be delivered at the right time without any delay. Large e-commerce retailers send goods on the same-day and use this option because of the benefits that their customers enjoy.
When new orders arrive on time, customers want to transfer more of their purchases to you. Relating their beautiful experiences with friends and family members will be useful support for the mouth. The instinct of man is to work directly with individuals they trust, and once you can build great trust in item deliveries, you'll get more orders.
This new customer will increase your sales, all thanks to the extraordinary final delivery. Excellent service for last-mile operators can also function as a differentiating feature for your company. Customers can get notified about the new fast methods of shipments that you are operating with and convince them it of their convenience. As a result, you will generate more income because these customers tend to spend more.
2. Create brand dependability
Last-mile delivery providers need to show that their services are reliable and can deliver products fast. This relationship gets created by having constant interaction with the customers and offer pleasant customer service.
Last-mile providers make themselves accessible if not, they lose credibility and trust from their customers.
However, when a customer places an order and receives it on time, this has the opposite effect. If you travel the farthest distance, in this case, customers become more loyal to your brand.
3. You can increase your product distribution
Most products ordered online by customers are needed immediately and will require the items are delivered as soon as possible. For instance, a customer order for food online and need to get the order almost immediately. Even though the customer knows that he would eventually eat, he did not sit down to order. Just open the application or website when hungry and place an order.
Some distant freight options can open up more products that you can sell to customers. For example, sending on the same-day can help your business handle purchases that are necessary but not planned.
4. Make good ads
You and your competitors place online advertisements in digital and other forms to attract the same customer group. However, this is a brilliant thing that attracts customers and makes them choose you rather than competitors. When you advertise and make such offers, customers get notified.
In the end, you will kill two birds with one stone: Send quickly to existing customers and reach potential customers through buzz. That way, you can get an income and more income by sending the last mileage.
The ads the last-mile service providers create should bring customers closer and make them understand the process of your services. This process will enable customers to do business with your brand, and with timely delivery, customers get satisfied.
As a result, companies have competed to develop new technologies and experimental supply chain models to increase package volume, accelerate delivery, and delight customers while reducing costs.
Ensure the last-mile delivery functions effectively
Expertise and viable breakthrough have led to shorter delivery times for a lot of customers. As a result, it is no longer "fun to have something" so that businesses can quickly give up land. That is a need now.
With consumer demands at an all-high in today's level of online orders, last-mile delivery services must create unique strategies to satisfy the needs of consumers. Top business titans have taken leading strides to optimize last-mile delivery.
However, companies relying on legacy shipping companies aren't equipped to keep pace with the increasing demands of last-mile delivery.
Fast shipping, for instance, is seen as less of a luxury and more of a requirement when it comes to consumers' e-commerce needs. Mostly around the holidays, consumer expectations for order fulfilment take a steep hike. 91% of consumers are concerned about their items delivered at the appropriate time, and 67% have abandoned a gift purchase in the previous year owing to delay in delivery options.
Nonetheless, it's not easy for gift delivery service companies and their retail partners to deliver the package on time. Along with the same-day delivery, the real-time monitoring capabilities also present retailers in a good light. However, 85% of consumers are more likely to buy from retailers and will re-purchase from their retailer if their holiday gift delivery can get managed effectively.
This service is where third-party delivery providers can shine here. Compared to legacy shipping companies, locally based, third-party delivery providers are gaining momentum in the business and making more practical choices for retailers.
Challenges of older logistics companies
Legacy shipping companies do tremendously well at what they're designed to do; they move mass parcels along lengthy distances at a reasonable price. However, the challenge to grow direr as time passes is the price per mile, which is quite expensive for legacy shipping companies to move packages across short distances.
That final leg of their journey directly to consumers is challenging as it usually involves making multiple stops for a small number of packages. In providing the last mileage, top delivery service companies consistently innovate technological methods to make delivery well-organized. Not like some other companies that use a truck delivery program where drivers have to use their cars for shipping.
However, top delivery service company drivers get hired with this new program. Drivers do not need any previous experience as top delivery service companies to coordinate the whole process. From gas uniforms, insurance, and accessories such as dolls, which also solves many complaints that the driver has.
Third-party delivery providers
are involved in local trade.
While the top courier service providers scale much more extensive, there are third-party delivery providers already taking a direct approach towards supporting retailers. By specializing in the last-mile, the last-mile service providers can provide retail businesses access to drivers and vehicles without risk or burden of doing it on their own.
For small retailers, making efficient last-mile and same-day delivery, a primary concern with the need to compete against top companies in the business is essential. Almost an average of today's consumers has said that they've paid extra for same-day delivery in the past year. Therefore, local retailers gain more advantage depending on how the last-mile services handle their deliveries.
Most third-party delivery providers, placing technology at the forefront, creating personalized, one-on-one relationships with their retail partners, and ensuring the customer always receives their package at the right time. They also understand that the last contact point on the customer's threshold can have a lasting effect on the individual's impression and attitude towards the retailer.
Technological innovations in the logistics industry play a significant role in the progress of same-day shipments and long-distance shipments. However, successful third-party vendors realize that the combination of technological advances with human and personal experience during the shipping process is the key.
Challenges with last-mile delivery
If you have tracked packages online and found that they were "over-sent" forever, you now understand that the problem with the last-mile is inefficiency. This inefficiency is because the last part of a program usually includes many stops with small drop size.
In rural areas, shipping points along the route may be several miles apart, with only one or two packages sent at a time. In cities, the prospects are not much better; urban areas are close to stops and are quickly denied by the almost constant delay in traffic jams.
And with the increasingly advanced integration and improvement of industrial automation, we might see robots, drones, and self-driving vehicles in the near future. This innovation will trigger many of these outbreaks affecting the third-party delivery providers.
Last-mile delivery service providers seek to deliver products ordered online by customers and deliver them to the customer's location. Although the challenges are making certain deliveries difficult due to specific areas for which shipping is difficult. With innovations, the service providers have devised new ways to deliver items to such locations.
With attractive ads, quality customer service, and engagement, last-mile delivery is a lucrative form of business for retailers and business-oriented individuals.


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The Miami Marlins hit the road with a 2-game win streak to play their division rival New York Mets. The teams will take the field for a double-header on Tuesday, playing out a weather-suspended game from earlier this season. The game was paused after just nine pitches, so there's lots of baseball to be played on Tuesday.
This series preview will give you all the details:
- Schedule, Watch, Listen
- Probable Pitchers
- Recent Lineups
- What To Watch For
Update: Wednesday's game has been postponed due to weather. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sept. 28.
Thursday's new starting pitchers: Alcantara vs. Carrasco.
Schedule, Watch, Listen
Tuesday, August 31 at 1:10 pm & 7:10 pm
Wednesday, September 1 at 7:10 pm
Thursday, September 2 at 7:10 pm
- TV broadcast for all games: Bally Sports Florida
- Radio broadcast for all games: 940 AM WINZ, WAQI 710
- Tuesday's 7:10 pm games is also available on MLB Network for out-of-market fans.
- Elieser Hernandez, Marlins starting pitcher on Tuesday (Game 1) Photo by Jasen Vinlove/USA TODAY Sports
- Taijuan Walker, Mets starting pitcher on Tuesday (Game 1) Photo by Wendell Cruz/USA TODAY Sports
- Edward Cabrera, Marlins starting pitcher on Tuesday (Game 2) Photo by Rhona Wise/USA TODAY Sports
- Trevor Williams, Mets starting pitcher on Tuesday (Game 2) Photo by Vincent Carchietta/USA TODAY Sports
- Zach Thompson, Marlins starting pitcher on Wednesday Photo by Katie Stratman/USA TODAY Sports
- Carlos Carrasco, Mets starting pitcher on Wednesday Photo by Robert Hanashiro/USA TODAY Sports
- Sandy Alcantara, Marlins starting pitcher on Thursday Photo by Jim Rassol/USA TODAY Sports
- Rich Hill, Mets starting pitcher on Thursday Photo by Andy Marlin/USA TODAY Sports
Probable Pitchers
Tuesday (Game 1): RHP Elieser Hernandez vs. RHP Taijuan Walker
- Hernandez: 3.63 ERA, 1.075 WHIP, 24.2 K%, 39.4 HardHit% in 22.1 IP
- Walker: 3.82 ERA, 1.149 WHIP, 22.2 K%, 38.9 HardHit% in 129.2 IP
Tuesday (Game 2): RHP Edward Cabrera vs. RHP Trevor Williams
- Cabrera: 4.26 ERA, 1.105 WHIP, 8.3 K%, 33.4 HardHit% in 6.1 IP
- Williams: 1.04 ERA, 0.923 WHIP, 15.2 K%, 21.7 HardHit% in 8.2 IP
Wednesday: RHP Zach Thompson vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco
- Thompson: 3.16 ERA, 1.117 WHIP, 20.2 K%, 36.5 HardHit% in 62.2 IP
- Carrasco: 6.94 ERA, 1.286 WHIP, 23.0 K%, 37.0 HardHit% in 23.1 IP
Thursday: RHP Sandy Alcantara vs. LHP Rich Hill
- Alcantara: 3.27 ERA, 1.119 WHIP, 23.4 K%, 38.8 HardHit% in 165.1 IP
- Hill: 4.11 ERA, 1.197 WHIP, 21.9 K%, 35.5 HardHit% in 127.0 IP
Recent Lineups
What to watch for on...
Tuesday's Game 1: Completing the suspended game.
- The game will begin in the top of the first inning with one out and a 2-0 count. Miami Herald's Jordan McPherson detailed how the games will unfold.
- There will be a lot of shuffling for this game. Five Marlins who were in the starting lineup on April 11 are no longer with the team: Corey Dickerson, Starling Marte, Adam Duvall, Chad Wallach, and John Curtiss. This screenshot from MLB Gameday shows where the game left off.
Tuesday's Game 2: Marlins starting pitcher.
- Fans are likely to see Edward Cabrera or Elieser Hernandez on the mound for the second game on Tuesday.
- Cabrera made his big league debut last Wednesday, going six and one-third innings where he allowed three earned runs. He kept the Nationals scoreless through six but allowed back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning. Hernandez started last Thursday, going five innings and allowing just one earned run.
Wednesday: A different opponent for Zach Thompson.
- Thompson vs. Mets on Aug. 4: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K.
- Thompson faced the Reds in back-to-back starts, struggling the second time around. He's set to face the Mets on Wednesday, who he kept pretty quiet about a month ago. Thompson has been a nice surprise for the Fish thus far.
Thursday: Sandy Alcantara got run support! Let's do it again.
- Alcantara's last outing: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 12 K.
- The bats came to life in the first inning of Alcantara's last start, scoring five immediate runs for their ace. Sandy went on to shut down the Reds and posted a new career-high 12 strikeouts. He'll be looking to close out the series on a good note.
How will this series play out?
This poll is closed
Marlins sweep, 4-0
Marlins win, 3-1
Ties, 2 wins apiece
Mets win, 3-1
Mets sweep, 4-0


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Tapping Tuesday
The Holidays are around the corner and stress can creep in so let's Tap on it and dial it down:
Check in with yourself and rate it between 0 – 10. Tap on Karate chop Point and say this three times (chart above):
Even though I feel Holiday stress I love and accept myself as I am
Top of head This Holiday stress
Eye brow – Feeling tense
Side of eye – This Holiday stress at a ____ (fill in your rate #)
Under eye - I want to dial it down
Under nose – This Holiday stress
Chin – I am letting it go
Collar bone - I feel is draining from my body
Under the arm – feeling calm and peaceful
Take some deep breaths, drink some water and check in on your #. If it is a 3 or higher do another round.
Let's dial down our Holiday stress and enjoy the peace.
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