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Job Description
MSELECT is looking for an experienced Indirect Sales manager for a large group holding company based in Sulaimaniya. Must speak Kurdish, Arabic and English.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities :
Channel Development Duties:
- Driving sales revenue through building a strong indirect channel and distribution partner network.
- Educating the market / channel to the benefits of the company products and services.
- Developing launch plan with Go-to-Market team for each of the channel partners and agent, ensuring the efficient execution of those plans.
- Analysis and optimization of relationship between solutions and sales channels.
- Responsible for identifying, prospecting, recruiting and on-boarding new channel partners and agents to refer or distribute the company products and services through the effective deployment of the indirect channel management plan.
- Establish key metrics - sales and marketing related and oversee day to day operations.
- Serve as the partner's single point of contact.
- Present written weekly, monthly, quarterly reviews and annual plans to all levels of partner management.
- Develop proposals and negotiate channel, Agent agreements and any other legal aspects
- Oversee the creation and delivery of accurate monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts and account plans.
- In conjunction with management team, establish highly strategic, thoughtful and deliberate business plans within the existing framework of our transactional and metrics oriented business model.
Sales Duties:
- Seek out new business opportunities within defined guidelines and timescales.
- Deliver consistently against all targets.
- Build, manage & maintain a substantial pipeline of qualified opportunities to focus on target achievement with channel partners and agents.
- Ensure that all activity is accurately recorded and updated within sales tools.
- Thoroughly research & understand individual market sectors to identify potential customer partner and agents targets.
- Accurately forecast sales by month, quarter and annual.
- Demonstrate the company product & services suite clearly & differentiate the company offering within the market.
- Successfully position the company products and service within the context appropriate to the specific partners, agents, clients or sectors, utilizing Value Based arguments and Consultative Sales techniques.
- Negotiate pricing & contractual terms as required, in line with company guidelines.
- Track progress against targets on an ongoing basis and take necessary action to refocus efforts if targets are not being met.
- Continually development your knowledge & skills to ensure they remain current & relevant.
- Ensure completion of all required Sales documentation & adherence to all Sales.
- Demonstrate effective and collaborative use of all available resources.
- Demonstrate high skills of managing multi territories and culture.
Key skills:
- Team management.
- Strong personality and leadership style.
- Relationship management and interpersonal skills.
- Communication, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Presentation skills.
- Research and report writing skills.
- Problem solving and decision making.
- Negotiation and persuasion.
- Networking.
- Ability to personal develops learning/understanding of new products and technologies.
- Ability to travel.
Key Competencies:
- The ability and desire to sell.
- A proven track record in winning/developing new business.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong presentation, negotiating and closing skills.
- Excellent planning and organization skills.
- Strong commercial awareness.
- A confident and determined approach.
- Resilience and the ability to cope with rejection.
- A high degree of self-motivation and drive.
- The ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Client development and retention skills to build long term profitable partnerships.
- Good interpersonal skills, with strong experience within various sectors and markets.
Key experience:
- An excellent knowledge of relevant sectors with focus on Telecom industry.
- Sound knowledge of sales and customer service practices and principles.
- A good knowledge of business principles.
- Experience in sales and closing strategically important new business.
- Experience in making and delivering presentations to current and potential customers.
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of customer goals, objectives, strategies and competitive situations.
- Ability to demonstrate a successful and proven background in sales.
- Self-organization.
- Plan each day, week and month.
- Present a professional image.
- Communicate competitive information to management and marketing.
Job Requirement:
- Education Bachelor's degree in Business administration or related field.
- Language English, Kurdish and Arabic
- Work Experience 5-7 years of sales experience.


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The first is "that our hearts may be fired with a zealous and burning desire ever to seek, love and serve [God], while we become accustomed in every need to flee to him as to a sacred anchor."
The second is that our hearts entertain no desire or wish that would render them ashamed before God.
The third is that our hearts may ever be attuned to thanksgiving, since we know that every blessing comes from him.
The fourth is that our spiritual alertness may be enhanced as we recognize answers to prayer and subsequently come to meditate "more ardently" on the kindness that alone supplies our need.
The fifth is that we may delight still more in all that we know our prayer has obtained for us.
The sixth is that we may confirm God's generosity and care for us by "use and experience"; our heart-owned experience of God's answer to prayer and the use we make of what he has given us in turn supports the efficacy of prayer, the promises of God, and the reality of our being "in Christ."
Calvin also invokes rules of prayer, that we should be reverently single-minded, aware of our insufficiency, give glory to God alone and not to themselves, and pray with confident hope.
[1] Based on a sermon from Victor Shepherd 2005 (http://renewalfellowship.presbyterian.ca/channels/r05211-5.html)


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Ultimate Trailer Hitch Fail
There are lots of factors to pay attention to when it comes to trailering your ride. If you miss even one step or detail you could be in for major trouble later down the line. Check out this guy trying to hook up a fifth wheel and looks like they may need an extra set of hands (or at least eyes). As you watch the video you can see he did a pretty good job of tearing up the back of his Chevrolet Silverado. Turns out, you actually need to have the trailer fastened down before you start to roll or it goes all down hill from there.
So instead of the smooth transition that he was hoping for, the trailer stays in place when the truck rolls away. Look at all that damage. All you can do is watch as he pulls away and the rear tailgate comes down with a bang. That's a mistake that's probably going to cost a couple of bucks to fix. We're guessing he'll probably double and triple check next time he goes to hook up. Unfortunately, nothing could have been done to prevent any of this once it got started. Hope he gets the damage (to both his truck and ego) fixed!


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Herradura Tequila prides itself on creating excellent tequila using traditional production methods. However, when it comes to its cocktails, the distillery knows how to keep things fresh. Thanks to the imaginations of several talented Denver bartenders, Herradura is proud to present several new ways to enjoy its fine lineup of tequilas.
Two Denver bartenders were honored by Herradura as having created the best tequila cocktails in town. Nic Lazzareschi and Les Baker are the gentlemen behind the following four cocktails.
Nic will provide his take on the classic drink French 75 as well as the unique Rosemary Horseshoe Margarita. Les adds in his flavor with his vision of a Classic Manhattan as well as the very tasty Cactus Horseshoe Margarita. The first drink we'll discuss is the French 75 featuring Herradura Silver.
In order to create a French 75, you will need to have on hand Herradura Silver, agave simple syrup, lemon juice, Tecate, sliced strawberries and chile sugar powder. You will also need a lemon, lime and orange twist as well as a muddler, shaker, strainer and a glass like the one below.
First, muddle several strawberries in three fourths of an ounce of agave simple syrup. Next, add in three fourths of an ounce of lemon juice as well as one and a half ounces of Herradura Silver. From there, shake up all of the ingredients until you are happy with the consistency.
At this time, you can can rim your glass with chile sugar powder. Go ahead and then double strain the contents into the glass and top it off with one ounce of Tecate. Finally, for those who wish to add style to their French 75, garnish the drink with the lemon, lime and orange twists you have on hand. This cocktail is quite refreshing and has an interesting finish thanks to its unique ingredients.
The second cocktail we'll shine a light on today is the Rosemary Horseshoe Margarita. This particular beverage is about as involved as the French 75, so nothing too complicated. You will need to make sure you have on hand Herradura Silver, rosemary infused mescal, fresh lime juice, grenadine, angostura bitters, shaker, ice, strainer, torched rosemary sprig, a lime wheel and rocks glass.
First, you must add into your shaker one ounce of Herradura Silver, one ounce of rosemary infused mescal, three fourths of an ounce of fresh lime juice, three fourths of an ounce of grenadine and five dashes of angostura bitters. From here, shake up the contents thoroughly, as balance and blend are very important here.
When you feel the consistency is ideal, go ahead and add ice into your rocks glass. Then strain the contents from your shaker into your rocks glass. For a garnish, go ahead and top the drink with more bitters as well as the torched rosemary sprig and lime wheel. What you will be left with is a tasty margarita that contains a slightly fruity, yet refreshing palate.
Switching gears to the cocktails created by Les Baker, it is time to talk about the Classic Manhattan and the Cactus Horseshoe Margarita. The following two drinks contain about the same level of involvement or time to make. The first delivers an interesting take on a classic cocktail, while the other showcases an excellent margarita.
In order to create a Classic Manhattan, Baker-style, you will need to have on hand Herradura Añejo, cardamaro, picon angostura bitters, Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select Bourbon, mixing glass, ice, stirrer, strainer and highball glass. First, go ahead and rinse your highball glass with Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select Bourbon.
Then go ahead and add into your mixing glass two ounces of Herradura Añejo, three fourths of an ounce of cardamaro, one half ounce of picon and three dashes of angostura bitters. Do not shake, but rather simply stir the ingredients thoroughly until you are happy with the consistency.
Next, add several ice cubs into your mixing glass and continue stirring. This will allow the contents to become chilled and ideal for serving. Lastly, strain the liquid into your highball glass, which has already been rinsed with bourbon. There is no need to garnish this particular cocktail as it stands on its own.
The Añejo makes the cocktail's palate not too far off from what you'll usually find in a whiskey-based Classic Manhattan. In fact, the tequila delivers a tasty, robust difference. For even the most ardent whiskey or bourbon drinker, it may even convince you to look at Manhattans differently.
Last, but definitely not least, on our list of cocktails is the Cactus Horseshoe Margarita. This particular beverage is another excellent example of how you can enjoy margaritas with Herradura.
In order to create a Cactus Horseshoe Margarita, you will need to have on hand Herradura Silver, fresh lime juice, galangal syrup, fresh cactus pedal juice, gentian liqueur, shaker, ice, strainer and Collins glass. Start off by adding ice into your shaker and then go with the ingredients.
Add into your shaker two ounces of Herradura Silver, one ounce of fresh lime juice, one half ounce of fresh cactus pedal juice and one fourth of an ounce of gentian liqueur. Shake the contents up thoroughly until you are happy with the mixture's balance. Go ahead and add fresh ice into your Collins glass.
Next, take out your strainer and double strain the liquid into your Collins glass. From there, you do not need to add any garnish and are ready to enjoy this subtly sweet, yet refreshing margarita.
The following Reposado cocktail was not featured in the ones created by Nic or Les bartenders. However, I'm happy to recommend the Fresh Margarita. This particular drink comes from Herradura Tequila and is one that's more than worth trying.
In order to create a Fresh Margarita, you will need to have on hand Herradura Reposado, cointreau, agave nectar, fresh lime juice, a shaker, ice, salt and rocks glass. First, fill the shaker you have on hand all the way up with ice.
Then, go ahead and add in one and a half ounces of Herradura Reposado, one half ounces of cointreau, one and a half ounces of agave nectar and one and a half ounces of fresh lime juice. Go ahead and shake the ingredients up until you feel the mixture contains an even balance.
From there, you'll simply salt the rocks glass on hand. Finally, take your shaker and pour the ingredients into your salt-rimmed rocks glass. There is no need to strain for this cocktail. If you want to toss a lime in your Fresh Margarita feel free, however, I recommend leaving it as is. This particular margarita is a more traditional margarita, but fits well with all three in this feature.
These are just a few of the many drinks you can enjoy using Herradura's core lineup of spirits. For more delicious Herradura recipes, check out the distillery's website. Stick around here at We Write Things for more great cocktail recipes.
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"As you get older, you realise that's just one very, very small part of beauty and there can be a much more holistic view. For me now, beauty is much more about how I feel and about taking care of myself by being mentally well, as well as physically."
I am the founder and CEO of Wink Models and The Right Fit, and I currently living in Sydney. I founded my first business, Wink Models, when I was 21, and that business now has over 650 models Australia-wide, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. My second company is just over two years old, and it's a two-sided marketplace for creative talent.
The advice I would give to others who are aspiring to start their own business would be 'don't be afraid to ask questions'. Stop worrying about looking like you don't know everything. This is especially true for women. I think removing that fear for young girls is so important.


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Samsung always focuses on the hardware of their devices, and the upcoming flagship smartphone Galaxy S8 will probably be one that combines all latest achievements in the industry. There will be a waterproof case and the scanner of the iris, and "smart" stylus. According to the columnist BGR Zach Apsana, compare a hypothetical new Samsung not less than the hypothetical Apple flagship, there are at least five items on which Galaxy S8 will beat the iPhone 8. MacDigger offers to see the list.
Scanner iris
Galaxy S8 will come with a iris scanner eye, first implemented in the Galaxy Note 7. To unlock your gadget it will be enough to bring at a distance of 25-30 cm-to-face and look at the two circles at the top of the screen. The red light indicates the scanner work. If it fails, you can enter a regular pattern.
This technology provides 1000 times higher accuracy than the fingerprint scanner used in iPhone. Apple, according to rumors, does not consider it appropriate to introduce iris scanner in its current form and working on improving it.
The ability to turn a smartphone into a PC
The network is actively discussing plans to give the Samsung Galaxy S8 special mode works similar to the Microsoft Continuum. In particular, along with the smartphone will be released a docking station that will transform the phone into a full-fledged computer. Connecting to the dock the monitor, keyboard and other peripherals, you can continue to work with documents or a prolonged chat. The accessory will be called DeX.
A high-performance Beast Mode
Control modes the performance is not on any iPhone. The Galaxy S7 is already available modes are "Game" and "High performance", and they will probably join the third Beast Mode ("Beast mode"). These functions will directly affect not only performance, but battery life of smartphone.
Given the rumors that Samsung simultaneously Galaxy S8 will also release the Gear VR headset 2 and will do even greater emphasis on virtual reality, it is quite justified. Users of VR will be to choose the mode of maximum performance, others will be able to extend the time of operation of the apparatus, setting a lower frequency.
A microSD card
Also, like its predecessor, the future flagship of Samsung will get the support of microSD memory cards that will encourage the exchange of data using your computer, making it faster and more productive. In addition, if necessary, available capacity gigabytes expands, opening up more possibilities for storage of necessary information. It is expected that the maximum amount of cards is 2 TB.
3.5 mm audio Jack
Samsung is in no hurry to abandon the standard headphone Jack.


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Here's the direct link to the Itunes store showing the reviews and book details. From here you can download the free ibook app then within that the book instantly in UK, USA, Canada, France & Germany.
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The band 'The Stone Foundation' have come up with a five minute track that'll form the backing for my reading of extracts from my book, The Looked After Kid.
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This is an honest pub and beer blog. We are prepared to appraise beer festivals, public houses, as well as the politics and dishonesty surrounding these social entities. We welcome your comments but we reserve the right to moderate them.
8 May 2011
Macclesfield Beer Festival 2011
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18 April 2011
Is real ale healthier?
What are the facts of the matter? Please read more about it here.
30 January 2011
Question: Beers
On the pub view, should mypubguide ask which beers are on offer at each pub?
Drinkaware change their Drink Diary
As a registered Drink Diary user, we're emailing to let you know about our new online tool: MyDrinkaware. It's a bit special, as it not only lets you record what you've had to drink, it also gives you in-depth personal feedback on how drinking could be affecting different areas of your life. With MyDrinkaware you can:
* See how much less you'd need to drink to shift a few pounds.
* Track how much money you spend on booze.
* Set personal drinking goals and targets.
* See how long it would take to run off the calories in a typical night's drinking.
And much, much more!
MyDrinkaware will replace the existing Drink Diary from January 31st, but don't worry, any data that you've previously entered will be automatically moved across. Just log in to MyDrinkaware using your normal Drink Diary login details to continue your account.
MyDrinkaware will be available on your smartphone too, helping you record your drinking while you're out and about. We'll be in touch with more details on how to access MyDrinkaware once it's up and running.
All the best,
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Sunday, March 30, 2014
Sorry, but Zero Gravity Day just is an old April Fool's Day joke
Over on News Hound Sarah Morris posted an extremely silly article titled April 4th 2014 Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravity - Float for 5 Minutes! #Zerogday. She absurdly claimed that:
"...if you jump in the air at 9:47 AM local time on April 4th 2014, it should take you about 3 seconds to land back on your feet instead of the usual 0.2 seconds."
Sarah claimed this had been revealed by the British astronomer Patrick Moore. Well, sort of. Ten seconds of research at Wikipedia will show you that Patrick Moore died back on December 9, 2012. He's pushing up daisies, and is not revealing anything.
I read about this silly article on Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog, in a post he titled: No, April 4, 2014 is NOT "Zero G Day." No.
When you look on either Snopes or at the Museum of Hoaxes you'll find the nonsense just was an April Fool's Day joke done by Patrick Moore way back in 1976! It has been popping up again ever since.
If you stay on the News Hound page for a while you will get a pop-up ad saying to:
"Please Share This Page
We rely on word of mouth.
Take a moment to share this with your friends (on Facebook)."
Please don't share it! It's absolute rubbish!
The image of Clayton Anderson floating while on the International Space Station is from Wikimedia Commons.
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Saturday, March 29, 2014
Survey by Molly Maid found that 44% of U.S. homeowners would rather speak in front of a large group than clean their home
On March 26th a cleaning company based in Ann Arbor Michigan issued a press release titled Molly Maid Survey Reveals Majority of Homeowners Won't Spring Clean. Their survey of over 2000 people also redundantly reported that rather than clean their home 44% would rather speak in front of a large group, and 30% would rather go on a six-hour car ride with their in-laws.
Why did I say redundantly? Because, as shown above in a bar chart, 93% said they would rather do anything else than clean their home. That's an impressive level of disdain! The Molly Maid Anonymous Cleaning Confessions Survey was done on SurveyMonkey from February 5th to 14th. Apparently no one said that they'd rather eat a bowl of dog food than clean, or that there was nothing they'd rather do than clean, since they love cleaning.
The 1870 image of a young housekeeper and her mother dusting the parlor came from the Library of Congress.
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Friday, March 28, 2014
Learning to Recognize Fallacies and Bad Arguments
When you write a speech, you should avoid logical fallacies and other bad arguments. Wikipedia has a page with a long List of Fallacies. Also, last January I blogged about An Infographic Showing Rhetorical Fallacies.
Recently online I found An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi, which has amusing cartoons about this serious topic.
Five bad arguments came up before the last presidential election, as was discussed by Scott Neuman in A Guide to Spotting Pretzel Logic on the Campaign Trail. Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney graduated from the Harvard Law School, so their campaigns also should have known better.
In March 2008 Paul Graham posted an essay on How to Disagree that listed a hierarchy which was linked to by the CreateDebate blog and illustrated with a pyramid, as shown above.
The image of two arguing men was derived from an old Federal Art Project poster about More Courtesy.
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Labels: fallacies, speechwriting
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
A Turducken Infographic from the Idaho Statesman
The front page of last Sunday's Idaho Statesman had an article titled Idaho colleges aim for higher tuition, again with a curious infographic. It both tabulated and plotted how tuition at Boise State University increased 79 percent from $3,520 in 2003 to $6,292 in 2013. That data is shown above in a conventional line chart, with the y-axis starting from zero, which is an honest way of plotting.
The Statesman decided white space on their front page was too valuable to waste, so they instead cut off the bottom of their graphic just below $3000. Why did I call it a turducken? A turducken is a 3-in-1 deboned fowl mashup consisting of a chicken stuffed inside a duck, stuffed inside a turkey.
Their graphic plotted the data as a blue line chart, with the value for each blue-circled data point labeled beside it. Beneath the values for even-numbered years are orange bars, and beneath the values for odd-numbered years are tan bars.
So, first their graphic is equivalent to a table (the chicken). Second, it's a tiger-striped bar chart (the duck). Third, it's a line chart (the turkey). It's clever, but somewhat misleading.
The Misleading Graph page at Wikipedia says that one with a Y-axis that doesn't start at zero is a truncated or torn graph.
On page 56 of Edward Tufte's book The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (2nd edition, 2001) he states two principles of graphical integrity:
"The representation of numbers, as physically measured on the surface of the graphic itself, should be directly proportional to the numerical quantities represented.
Clear, detailed, and thorough labeling should be used to defeat graphical distortions and ambiguity. Write out explanations of the data on the graphic itself. Label important events in the data."
On the next page Tufte defines a Lie Factor:
"Lie Factor = (size of effect shown in graphic)/(size of effect in data)"
and says if the Lie Factor is less than 0.95 or greater than 1.05 the graphic isn't accurately representing the underlying numbers. The Stateman's truncated graphic has a Lie Factor of about 0.57, which is pretty misleading.
Posted by Richard I. Garber at 9:16 AM No comments: Links to this post
Labels: infographics, newspapers, Visual aids
Monday, March 24, 2014
Crimeria? Really?
On his early-morning 580 KIDO AM talk show today I heard Kevin Miller repeatedly refer to Vladimir Putin and the Russian Army having taken over Crimeria. I was both amused and appalled by his lack of preparation.
Crimeria might exist somewhere in a Batman comic book. Perhaps it's where they lost the War on Crime. But, Crimea is real. From 1853 to 1856 there was a Crimean War that included the Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade. Getting the name wrong is a credibility destroyer.
Balaclava later became a common term referring to a type of headgear. I hope Kevin just calls that a ski mask, rather than a bataclava.
The balaclava image came from Per Erik Strandberg at Wikimedia Commons.
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Sunday, March 23, 2014
YouGov survey of British adults found they most commonly were very afraid of heights, snakes, public speaking, spiders, and being closed in a small space
On March 20, 2014 YouGov plc posted an article by William Jordan titled Afraid of Heights? You're Not Alone with the results of their fears survey just done in Britain on a sample of 2088 adults (1075 women and 1013 men). Those people were asked about the following 13 different fearful situations:
Being in a closed space
Flying in an airplane
Needles and getting shots
Public speaking
They were asked if they were:
A) Not afraid at all
B) Not really afraid
C) A little afraid
D) Very afraid
Results for Very Afraid are shown above in a bar chart. (Click on it for a larger, clearer view). The top five fears are:
Heights (23%)
Snakes (21%)
Public speaking (20%)
Spiders (18%)
Being closed in a small space (14%)
For Very Afraid, women and men have rather different fears, as shown above in a second bar chart. For women the top five fears are:
Snakes (28%)
Public speaking (27%)
Heights (26%)
Spiders (25%)
Being closed in a small space (19%)
For men the top five fears [and difference re women] are:
Heights (21%) [-5]
Snakes (14%) [ -14]
Public speaking (13%) [-14]
Spiders (12%) [-13]
Being closed in a small space (10%) [-9 ]
Heights came in first, followed by snakes. Note that public speaking came in third overall, and second for both women and men, contradicting the often seen claim that it always ranks first. At least twice as many women as men were scared of snakes, public speaking, spiders, mice, and darkness.
Results for A Little Afraid are shown above in a third bar chart. The top five fears are:
Public speaking (36%)
Heights (35%)
Snakes (31%)
Being closed in a small space (29%)
Spiders (24%)
Heights and Public speaking, tied (37%)
Being closed in a small space (33%)
Snakes (28%)
Spiders (27%)
Crowds and Mice, tied (22%)
For men the top five fears [and difference re women] are:
Public speaking (35%) [-2]
Snakes (34%) [6]
Heights (33%) [-4]
Being closed in a small space (24%) [-9 ]
Spiders (21%) [-6]
At least twice as many women as men were scared of crowds, mice, and darkness.
Heights (58%)
Public speaking (56%)
Snakes (52%)
Being closed in a small space (43%)
Spiders (42%)
For Total Afraid, women and men also have rather different fears, as shown above in a sixth bar chart. For women the top five fears are:
Public speaking (64%)
Heights (63%)
Snakes (56%)
Being closed in a small space and Spiders, a tie (52%)
Mice (34%)
For men the top five fears [and difference re women] are:
Heights (54%) [-9]
Public speaking and Snakes, a tie (48%) [-16 and -8]
Being closed in a small space (34%) [-18 ]
Spiders (33%) [-19]
Needles and getting shots (26%) [2]
At least twice as many women as men were scared of mice, and darkness. As the article noted, the largest gender difference [19%] was for Spiders, a third (33%) for men versus more than half (52%) for women.
The article presented just one stacked bar chart with overall percentages, but provided a link to tables with detailed results. I've just discussed gender, but also could have shown age and geographical region.
The image of a high London Eye Ferris wheel cabin is from Wikimedia Commons.
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Friday, March 21, 2014
Microwave telescope down at the South Pole finds gravitational waves from the Big Bang
On Monday March 17th something spectacular in science was announced. A readable description appears in a New York Times article titled Space Ripples Reveal Big Bang's Smoking Gun. A web page on the Nature magazine web site said that Telescope Captures View of Gravitational Waves.
A large team led by John M. Kovacs announced that their little BICEP2 microwave telescope at the South Pole had found a signal consistent with inflationary gravitational waves. (BICEP is an acronym for Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization). You can read the draft of their magazine article here. They concluded:
"....The power spectrum results are perfectly consistent with lensed-ΛCDM with one striking exception: the detection of a large excess in the BB spectrum in exactly the l range where an inflationary gravitational wave signal is expected to peak. This excess represents a 5.2σ excursion from the base lensed- ΛCDM model.
....The long search for tensor B-modes is apparently over, and a new era of B-mode cosmology has begun."
This is a cool experiment, both figuratively and literally. National Geographic has a web page about why The South Pole is a Great Place to View Space. The air temperature at the pole averages -72 degrees Fahrenheit, or 215 Kelvin (where zero Kelvin is absolute zero, as cold as you can get). The telescope is cooled by liquid helium down to 4 Kelvin, but at the focal plane the detector is refrigerated even further to only 0.27 Kelvin.
There are lots of people and stories behind this discovery. (The magazine article lists 47 authors). One Caltech web page is titled Building BICEP2: A Conversation with Jamie Bock. He mentions the late Andrew E. Lange. The last sentence in the magazine article draft is:
"We dedicate this paper to the memory of Andrew Lange, whom we sorely miss."
The image of ripples is from Roger McLassus at Wikimedia Commons.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
Where will you find the toughest audience for a speech?
An article in the June 3, 1912 issue of an Australian newspaper, The Colac Herald, titled Speech Fright in the House of Commons and subtitled The Most Chilling Audience in the World ended with this zinger about that London venue:
"A better known story of a Parliamentary fiasco is perhaps that of Joseph Addison, who opened his maiden speech with the words, 'Mr. Speaker, I conceive.' Here he came to a full stop, only to begin again in a louder tone, as if to stimulate his courage, 'I conceive, Mr. Speaker.' Again came a horrible pause, broken by ironical cheers. 'Sir, I conceive,' he resumed - this time in a still louder voice; whereupon the House burst into such shrieks of laughter that Addison in disgust plumped down in his seat. When the laughter had subsided, a waggish member rose, and with a solemn face and grave voice, said, 'Sir, the honourable Member has conceived three times and brought forth nothing.' "
A vintage image of the House of Commons came from Wikimedia Commons.
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Friday, March 14, 2014
Telling a big story - Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Last Sunday evening Fox showed the first episode of a stunning new television series, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. It is a fitting update to the 1980 series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage that was hosted by Carl Sagan. I'm looking forward to seeing the other dozen episodes. As shown above, it told how our planet fits into the six levels of a cosmic address.
Like the earlier series, it uses a Cosmic Calendar to compress the 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang into a single year. On this time scale civilization only came along in the last day of the year, just a few seconds ago.
The new series is hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson, who is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. Near the end of the episode Neil brought things down to a human scale.He talked about back when he was a 17 year old high school student from the Bronx. Neil told the story of how on a snowy Saturday back in 1975, Carl Sagan picked him up at the bus station in Ithaca, New York, showed him around his lab at Cornell University, and gave him an autographed book. Then Carl gave him his home phone number, and said that if the bus back to New York City can't get through, call me and you can stay overnight at my home.
On March 11th Garr Reynolds blogged about More storytelling lessons from Cosmos.
On February 27th Neil Degrasse Tyson was interviewed by National Public Radio. I was impressed by Neil's description of preparing to appear on the Comedy Central TV program, The Daily Show, with Jon Stewart. Neil was asked when he realized that he had a gift for communicating with people about science. He replied:
"People call it a gift, and that implies you sit there and someone hands it to you. I want to encourage people to not think in terms of gifts, but think in terms of 'wow, you work hard to succeed at that', because that's exactly what I do.
For an example, before my first interview on Jon Stewart. You know, that's a tough interview right there, alright because he's brilliant and he's laden with pop culture referencing. And so, I said to myself, if I'm going to have a successful interview with Jon Stewart, I want to study how he talks to his guests.
So, I sat there and I timed how long he lets you speak before he comes in with some kind of wisecrack, or a joke and what's the average time interval of that. Is it a minute, ninety seconds, thirty seconds? And, I would create a rhythm in the parceling of the information I would deliver to him, so that a complete thought would come out, so that when he does interrupt there's a complete thought and then a fun joke, and then there's a resonance to that so then you can move on. Yeah! No, it's not a gift, I work at it."
Watch two clips from The Daily Show about the fossil record and a meteor explosion and Buzzkill of Science. In the first one Neil deadpans that:
"The universe has always been trying to kill us."
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
What's the ugliest part of your body?
On February 24th TODAY described the results of their Ideal to Real Body Image Survey done with AOL. You can download their 17-page report here.
Page 3 of the report has detailed stacked bar charts showing how much time we spend each day on our appearance. Averages are summarized above with a plain bar chart. (Click on it to see a larger, clearer version). For the description they decided that larger numbers were appropriate, so they switched to hours per week, displayed on 12-hour circular clock-face charts, which easily can be confused with more common pie charts.
Then they decided they wanted a really Startling Headline, so they described things in terms of weeks per year, and found that adult women spend almost exactly two weeks per year on their appearance. It's really just 55 minutes per day, which is slightly less than an hour. But, going to an annual basis makes it seem huge. Of course, we also could make it even larger by multiplying by the number of adult women in the U.S. population, as I discussed back in September 2012 in a post about Is 540 million minutes per day a large number or a small number?
Page 6 of the report has a table about our obsessions, with very different answers by women and men who were asked:
"Which parts of your body/appearance are you likely to worry or obsess over?"
I have displayed these results in a bar chart with the women's 23 percentages shown in decreasing order.
For women the top five were:
1. Stomach (69%)
2. Skin (40%)
3. Thighs (36%)
4. Natural hair (32%)
5. A three-way tie between Butt, Cellulite, and Gray hair (all at 29%)
For men the top five were:
1. Stomach (52%)
2. Thinning hair (24%)
3. Skin (23%)
4. Gray hair (21%)
5. Facial hair (20%)
Both women (69%) and men (52%) worry most about their stomachs. Note that thinning hair (24%) was ranked second by men, but only 17th by women (18%).
The title for this post came from an old Frank Zappa song which had a different answer:
"...What's the ugliest part of your body?
Some say your nose, some say your toes,
I think it's your mind, your mind."
The self-portrait by Zinaida Serebriakovа came from Wikimedia Commons.
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Friday, March 7, 2014
Review of The Essentials of Persuasive Public Speaking by Sims Wyeth
His text is organized into seven sections: Introduction, The Power of Speech, Preparation, Delivery, Design and Use of Visual Aids, Special Occasions, and Epilogue. The Introduction is just two pages long, and the Epilogue is three. Otherwise each page covers a topic briefly via a few very carefully chosen words.
This book can best be enjoyed a page at a time, like unwrapping and eating a piece of good chocolate candy. Don't try to gobble it down like a foot-long Quizmos or Subway sandwich. Two examples included in the Amazon preview are:
"SUSPEND THEIR DISBELIEF (Page 3)
When I was a child in Katonah, New York, I had a recurring dream that I stood atop the Cross River Dam and said powerful and eloquent things to people off in the distance.
The dream foretold my future. I became an actor and spoke the poetry of Shakespeare before becoming a professor of theater and then a consultant to business leaders.
Thaeter and business have something in common. In both, you get paid for for your performance. And those who get paid the most are endowed, or acquire through study and experience, the ability to create in others the willing suspension of disbelief.
That, in a nutshell, is the job of the actor and the business speaker.
....GATHER YOUR SELVES (Page 36)
Were I to add an '&' between my mifddle and last names, I would become Marion, Sims & Wyeth, a tripod of a person, more stable and formidable, like a corporation.
The artist Alighiero Boetti did this in 1968 to indicate that he (and you and I) are not single, but multiple selves. He became Alighiro e Boetti ('e' is 'and' in Italian).
I have terrible stage fright, and it's probably because I have three selves. My Chicken Little self is terrified of failure and humiliation, my bulldog self believes rehearsal pays off, and my aspirational self yearns to be a spell-binding dynamo.
I get my three selves to talk to one another, so I show up sufficiently scared, well-rehearsed, and aspiring to be great, which generally gets the job done."
The copyright page says that a previous (and briefer) version of this book had appeared in 2011 with a longer title: A Zen Monk Had Sweaty Palms: Pointers on the Path to Better Public Speaking. The shorter title is more descriptive. (The story about sweaty palms appears on page 9 of the current book).
When you look up Marion Sims Wyeth on Wikipedia, you'll find an entry for his architect grandfather. A 2012 memorial tribute for his father "Buz" notes that as a book editor at HarperCollins he once changed the title of a book by Fred Gipson from the prosaic Big Yellow Dog to Old Yeller. I'm old enough to remember that well-known 1956 book and 1957 Disney movie.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Stumbling at the start
Page 23 of the January 2014 issue of FeedFront, a magazine for affiliate marketers, had an article by Heather Diamani titled Successful Public Speaking Strategies which began:
"Did you know more people fear public speaking over death? An article published in 'Psychology Today' in November of 2012 reported that the number one fear over death was pubic speaking."
Her first sentence should have asked us if we knew that people allegedly fear death more than they fear public speaking. Heather's version instead had me thinking of the following illustration by William Blake for Robert Blair's poem The Grave.
Her proofreading of that second sentence missed an ending with a notorious typo, pubic speaking.
Her second sentence implied there was an article in the November 2012 issue of Psychology Today magazine about fear of public speaking. But, she didn't give either its title or author. Over at my public library I checked on the Academic Search Premier database, and found there was no November 2012 issue of Psychology Today magazine. The September-October one was Volume 45, Issue 5, and the December 2012 one was Volume 45, Issue 6.
Either a speech or blog post should have a strong opening. Stumbling is not good.
What she referred to turned out to be a blog post by Glenn Croston on November 28, 2012 titled The Thing We Fear More Than Death. It opened by claiming that:
"Surveys about our fears commonly show fear of public speaking at the top of the list."
I had commented on Glenn's post, and asked him what surveys he was talking about, since on October 23, 2012 I'd blogged that Either Way You Look at It, Public Speaking Really is Not Our Greatest Fear. Glenn didn't bother to reply to my comment.
Glenn's column on the Psychology Today blog is titled The Real Story of Risk, which is also the title of his 2012 book. I got it from my public library, and found that on page 234 he wrote that:
"For a vast number of people, standing in front of a group to speak is the worst, most nerve-wracking thing they can imagine. The fear can be paralyzing, leading many to avoid doing or saying anything that could draw attention. Maybe this is another odd holdover from those thousands of generations when belonging to the social group was a life-or-death proposition, with people fearing that standing up and speaking may lead to rejection. Today, public speaking is consistently ranked as the greatest fear most people have - ranking higher than the fear of death itself. As Jerry Seinfeld once said, 'This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.' "
There are no footnotes leading to surveys that back up his claim the public speaking is consistently ranked as the greatest fear, just the usual silly Seinfeld quote. That claim is an ipse dixit - I'm an authority, so you simply must believe what I say.
The image of stumbling was adapted from an old WPA poster I found at the Library of Congress.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
International Listening Awareness Month just doesn't mean what it used to
On Alltop Speaking I saw a headline for a blog post by Lou Hampton from 2013 about how March is International Listening Awareness Month. (The International Listening Association cooked it up for marketing their annual convention at the end of the month).
So, we'd expect to find articles about how we should learn to listen better. Lisa B. Marshall had one on How to Improve Listening Skills, and Lou Hampton had one on perceiving that You're Not Listening to Me!
In the aftermath of Edward Snowden's revelations about what the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) have been doing, we now would think about being aware that an unwanted outsider might be electronically listening in on our communication.
The woman with radio headphones was adapted from this old Library of Congress image.
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The tutorial below is how to add stores to product lookups. To remove stores, the steps are the same, however, if you're bulk importing, you would instead use the column "Stores to Remove".
Once there are one or more active stores, two mechanisms become available for making the connection between product lookups and store.
The first is on the product detail page. The product lookups section near the bottom of the page will have a new column showing the stores connected to each product lookup. Add stores to a product lookup using the "Edit stores for lookup" item in the Actions menu for each row in the table. This will tell Finale that we are updating that SKU with quantity to the chosen marketplace.
The second is using the import to batch create & update product lookups feature. This can be found on in the quick links section of your home screen named "Import & Export". Then choose "Import to batch create & update product lookups (aka scan lookups)".
One of the columns available to be imported is Stores. The stores columns is simply the name of the store associated with each product lookup being imported. If a single product lookup should be associated with multiple stores, then list the name of each store in the column separated by commas. The mapping can be created by following the instructions below.
First, create a 3-column product mapping file in Excel using the following column headers:
- Column 1: Product ID
- Column 2: Product Lookup (which is the marketplace sku). If the sku and the Finale product id are same identified, then column 1 and column 2 will be the same.
- Column 3: Stores to Add (which would be the connection name e.g 'Amazon'). If you'd like to bulk REMOVE stores, then use the header Stores to Remove.
The product lookup import template can be downloaded here.
Next, copy the spreadsheet data and paste data under:
Import / Export >> Import to batch create & update product lookups


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I was listening to the Pacifica Station here in Houston yesterday. I normally don't. But as I was changing from FM1 down to AM, I had to punch through FM2 where 90.1 KPFT was playing. The DJ caught my attention by saying the next song was brand new. So I paused for just a second to hear what it would be.
It's by Regina Spektor (who I've never heard of) and was released about a month ago. The lyrics made my ears perk up immediately so I listened to hear what this song was about.
I think she's making fun of those who don't believe in God (perhaps a UU or two?) but when shit hits the fan… well, as she said, "no one laughs…" And I think she's poking fun at those who believe God grants wishes like a genie.
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I'm the son of immigrants, one parent from Germany, the other from Poland. My own family history is in miniature the troubled history of Europe in the previous two centuries, scarred by the horrors of extremism, despotism and war - and then my parents making a new home together in our country.
It's why for me our liberal democracy, despite all its many flaws, is so precious. We need to step up to protect against the extremists and populists.
To do that, we need to build a grassroots liberal movement, mobilising those millions who share our values. With such a movement we can continue our successes this year in taking more power - the legal, legitimate way - through campaigning and through winning elections.
Winning elections at every level gives us more of that precious political power to stop Brexit, to protect our planet, to heal the divisions in our society and to meet the needs of our local communities.
That's why winning is so important - and that's why I've put helping you win at the heart of my pitch to be your next President.
The key task for the next President is to ensure we have the right strategy and the right organisation to win, bigger and better than ever before - in local government, in the London Assembly, in the Welsh and Scottish governments, in Westminster and in future European elections too.
That's a task well-suited to my record and my skills:
It is, to borrow one of our favourite phrases, a record of action… and a promise of more.
Previous Presidents have varied how they do the job depending on the needs of the time. Right now, we've got a brilliant new leader, deputy leader, a growing Parliamentary Party and soon, fingers crossed, a great new generation of MPs too.
So the best use of the role of President isn't to duplicate their media and public efforts. Rather, it is to support them, getting the strategy and organisation right to give them - and the rest of the party - the very best chances to succeed.
The President definitely needs to be wheeled out in the media to take the flack when things go wrong. I've got plenty of experience of surviving trial by media, whether it was Channel 4 grilling me over a Lib Dem minister up on police charges, the early morning rigours of doing Radio 4's Today programme, getting interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight or surviving the questioning of Andrew Neill on the BBC.
Understanding how to handle a crisis is also what I do professionally, advising everyone from small charities through to large international companies not only on how to get the media strategy right but also how to get all those other key parts of crisis handling right, such as internal communications.
What I can also be is a President who keeps us focused on what will bring long-term success for us in elections at all levels.
Our federal party HQ, understandably, gets drawn in to focusing tightly on the next Westminster general election. But for success we need to think broader - remembering all those other elections and campaigns which matter too - and we need to think longer-term - remembering that there will be general election after the next one too.
That's what we most need from our next President. A relentless focus on getting our strategy and organisation right to succeed at all levels, tomorrow and in the long-run.
That's what I can offer. If you elect me, I'll switch to working part-time and this will be my only role in the party. My task will be a very clear: to help you win.
With your support, we'll be able to achieve so much more together.
Thank you and best wishes,
P.S. If you agree with this vision for our party and for our next President, please sign up to support my campaign at markpack.org.uk/president.


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Millfield, OH – For the first time in years, the hottest property in Suzuki Grand National Cross Country Racing isn't one of the Killer B's of Bill Ballance and Chris Borich. GT Thunder's Chris Jenks is on fire, and he used another smart, solid run at the Wiseco John Penton GNCC to score his second-straight GNCC win. And he's creeping back into the points chase, too. Jenks, who lives only a half hour from the Sunday Creek Raceway motocross facility that hosted the race, has everything going his way.
"I'm ready to do two more laps!" said Jenks after the race. "I'm pumped up and ready to go. I know I can run this pace. Anything can happen out here, you just have to ride as hard as you can and hope the cards unfold for you. That was the name of the game today."
It was another wild race in the wide-open GNCC Series. Ballance ended up second after leading most of the day. Luck, however, was not on his side. "I'm still waiting for that one race where nothing goes wrong," said Ballance, the factory Yamaha rider. "I got out there today and pulled away. I had a minute and a half lead. I felt good, I didn't even feel like I was charging, I was just going smooth. Then my bike choked up. I went to fire it back up, and I must have had a loose connection on the battery or something. I was sitting back there, and I waved and waved hoping somebody would help. Finally one of the guys started pushing me so I could get it bump started. I just lost way too much time there. I just charged the last lap and got back up into second."
But Ballance had better luck then Borich, who lost the series points lead for the first time this year. Borich took the ITP Holeshot award off the start but bent a tie rod minutes into the race. He changed it and went back out, only to crash hard on his way back. He managed to gut out a tenth.
Meanwhile, impressive rookie pro Duane "The Rock" Johnson impressed even more by notching his first-ever podium with third. "I was training all winter," said Johnson, who has turned heads this season with a string of top-five finishes. "I didn't want to get smoked by all of these pro guys. I mainly just wanted to get as many top tens as I could, but the way things have been going, I though I could get up here. Everything went my way on the last lap. We were real close. Going into the last lap I was in fourth, I saw (Chris) Bithell in the woods, broken down. Then we got to a mud hole, and I just saw lappers everywhere, I took my time. I made sure I made a good move, because that's what cost me last time."
Johnson was able to displace Yoshimura Suzuki's William Yokley, who was battling Jenks for the lead on the last lap until he ran into some mechanical problems. This opened the door for another Suzuki rider, privateer Jeremy Rice, to take fourth on his LT-R450. GT Thunder's Johnny Gallagher took a season-best fifth.
It was a wild race day, which is no surprise since just about every Suzuki GNCC ATV race this year has been exciting. Borich grabbed the holeshot but dropped out when he broke his tie-rod. Then Ballance seized the lead until he stalled his machine and could not restart it. He had to convince lapped riders to help give him a bump start. "It was funny, I was yelling and one guy was like 'Hey, you're Bill Ballance! Of course I'll help you!'" The bumped the machine to life, and Ballance rode like mad to get back into podium contention – pulling his buddy Gallagher through the pack with him.
Jenks and Yokley took advantage of Ballance's bad luck, and they went into the last lap dueling for the lead. In one tough mud hole, Yokley nearly got into the lead before his own bad luck set in with some mechanical troubles. From there Jenks put his head down and charged to a very popular win.
"Yokley pushed me the whole last lap, and I didn't think he was the only one there," said Jenks. "We came to this bottleneck, and luckily all of my friends pointed me in the right direction. I pinned it through there and skipped it across. Then I got to a field and I looked and there was no one back there."
Jenks still works a full-time job during the week, and many of his co-workers were on hand to watch him win. "I haven't rode since Missouri if that tells you anything," said Jenks. "The weather didn't work in my favor this week – it sucked, and I trashed this bike in Missouri and spent all my time getting it together."
Ballance wasn't happy to finish second, but he does have the points lead now. "This Yamaha is working so good, and I'm training harder than I ever have. I'm just trying to get my ducks in a row. That last lap I was charging with everything I had. I was just mad. It seems like every race I go to stupid things that have never happened before end up taking us out. With all the things that are going bad, it's good to get into the points lead. I just felt good out there – I was pulling away and checking out. All in all it was a good day."
Johnson credits hard work with his big improvement this year. "Last year I was getting bad holeshots, and now I figured out how to do that. I started running more and trying to eat more healthy. I've just done more of everything over the winter – I've got two bikes this year and it's the first time I've ever had two. It really helps."
In the GNCC morning race, Alba Yamaha's Traci Cecco got back into victory lane after another big battle with Miller Yamaha's Angel Atwell. Polaris' Stephanie Parton was third. Kawasaki rider Marcus Gonzalez was the top utility rider with 11th overall.
The Suzuki GNCC Series continues in three weeks with the Tire Balls Spartan GNCC in Sparta, Kentucky. For more information, log on to GNCCRacing.com.
Suzuki Grand National Cross Country Series - Round 7
The Wiseco John Penton GNCC
May 20, 2006
1. Chris Jenks Washington, WV HON 02:00:42
2. Bill Ballance Oakland, KY YAM 02:02:14
3. Duane Johnson Trenton, MO HON 02:02:45
4. Jeremy Rice Fombell, PA SUZ 02:03:50
5. Johnny Gallagher Aurora, OH HON 02:05:10
6. Andris Lagzdins Baltimore, MD HON 02:06:10
7. Sean Neidlinger Flagtown, NJ HON 02:08:14
8. Ryan Morphew Cookeville, TN HON 02:09:05
9. Bryan Baker Knob Noster, MO HON 02:09:28
10. Chris M Borich Sunbury, PA HON 02:10:04
11. Tyler Lenig Shamokin, PA HON 02:10:11
12. Michael Burrows Gilman City, MO HON 02:10:33
13. Ryan Lane Bicknell, IN HON 02:10:58
14. Mark Notman Hubbard, OH HON 02:11:31
15. Todd Demaree Varsailles, IN HON 02:12:22
16. Donald Ockerman Marshall, IL HON 02:13:06
17. Chris Earlywine Dover, KY HON 02:14:39
18. Kim Kuhnle Newbury, OH YAM 02:14:56
19. Brian W Schmid Colden, NY HON 02:14:58
20. Todd Rothermel Shamokin, PA POL 02:15:03
Suzuki GNCC Points Standings (After 7 of 13 rounds)
1. Bill Ballance 166/2 wins
2. Chris Borich 164/2 wins
3. Chris Jenks 150/2 wins
4. Duane Johnson 112
5. William Yokley 1106. Chris Bithell 777. Michael Houston 68/1 win8. Adam McGill 679. Andris Lagzdins 6310. Bryan Baker 62
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Hello and welcome back to the Skills 360 podcast. I'm your host, Tim Simmons, and today I want to look at how to handle a technical interview.
Whether you're in finance, engineering, technology, or software design, your job search might involve a technical interview. In a technical interview, you have to do more than just answer questions about your background and experience. You have show you understand the technical ins and outs of your field and have a sharp mind. And you'll do that by solving technical problems and answering brainteasers.
That might sound challenging, but if you get a technical interview, consider yourself lucky as they're typically reserved only for the best candidates. But chances are when you face a technical interview you feel more anxiety than good fortune. So how can you head into your interview with confidence and deal with the questions effectively?
For starters, you need to make sure you actually understand the question. If it's not clear right away what the interviewers are asking you to do, be upfront about it and ask for clarification. For example, you might ask "exactly which programming language do you mean?" Or "should my calculations be adjusted for inflation?" If you don't understand the exact question right off the bat, your solution or answer will be off base. It's always best to clarify everything right at the start, rather than finding out you're confused in the middle of your response.
Once you understand what is being asked, you can craft a good response. And you should realize that a technical interview is designed to test more than just your technical know-how. You're also being assessed on your communication skills and problem-solving abilities. So make sure your answers are short, concise, and well-organized. Keep this in mind when you prepare for your interview. You shouldn't just be brushing up on formulas – though that might also be important – you should also be practicing giving good clear answers and solutions.
But good clear answers aren't always easy, and being clear might require you to take the time to stop and think. Problem-solving is a process. For example, if you're asked how you would design a program that manages customer information and sorts it for marketing purposes, you won't be expected to rattle off a solution off the top of your head. You'll need to think about it. And when you do, avoid filling the time with useless chatter like "hmm… that's a tough one" or "well, maybe I could try… oh… no, that wouldn't work…"
But while you want to avoid useless chatter, you do want to show the interviewers your thought process. That's really what they're interested in! So think it through out loud. Describe the mental steps you're taking. Give them insight on how you're approaching the problem while minimizing "ums" and "ahs" that are meant just to fill the silence.
Another good little strategy you can use when answering questions is relating your ideas or the problem to previous work situations you've faced. This is a good way to underline key experiences and show how you've learnt from them. For example, imagine you're in an accounting interview faced with the question "is it possible for a company to show positive cash flow yet be in serious trouble?" You can answer "yes" and explain how a company might be selling off inventory and delaying payables. But you can also add "and I saw several examples of this during my time with KPMG."
Some questions might require pretty long and complex answers, particularly ones in which you have to design a program or analyze a situation. You might even be asked to work out a problem on a whiteboard. Once again, you need to make sure you're clear on the task from the get-go.
But you should also make sure your audience is clear at the end of your response. You might say "is that the kind of solution you were looking for?" Or "is there any part of my solution that wasn't clear?" Or "would you like me to explain any of these steps in more detail?" Questions like that will give you the chance to clear up anything that you didn't get across perfectly, and it shows that you care about making yourself understood.
Now let's run through all of this again to make sure you're clear on what I've suggested. Start by clarifying the question, if necessary. Next, craft a brief and concise response. Stop to think when necessary and walk the interviewers through your thought process. Relate problems or ideas to previous experience if you can, and finish up by checking that everyone's understood.
And remember, this gets easier with practice, so don't forget to spend some quality time preparing and rehearsing technical questions. In our next lesson, I'll talk about some common pitfalls and how to avoid or deal with them.
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40 High Quality Poster Design Tutorials You Shouldn't Miss
Designing a poster for your event? Or getting it designed. It is always good to gain some inspiration and design the poster yourself. In the design world there are many tutorials updated every day and not everything is worth trying. In this post we have listed 40 best poster design tutorials that are worth trying. These poster design tutorials are of great detail and high quality. Even a newbie in photoshop can try these tutorials and still make a good one. Go ahead and Enjoy
1) Gig Poster Design
2) Create Powerball Effect for Movie Poster
3) Soul Rebel Poster Tutorial
4) Creating the Step Up 3D Effect in Photoshop
5) How To Create a Dramatic Action Scene in Photoshop
6) Make a Grungy Hand-Drawn Festival Poster in Illustrator
7) Create a Cosmic Sci-fi Poster Design in Photoshop
8) Super Cool Retro Poster in 10 Steps in Photoshop
9) Create a Retro Urban Gig Poster in Photoshop
10) How to Create a Retro Sci-Fi Computer Game Poster
11) Inception Poster with Repousse in Photoshop CS5
12) Create a Vintage Art Deco Poster with Illustrator's Grain Effect
13) Create a Stylish Grunge Poster with 3D Typography in Photoshop
14) Create Incredible B-Movie Poster Art
15) Create a Variety of 3D Lettering Effects for Poster Design
16) How to Create a Retro Boxing Poster in Photoshop
17) How to Create an Ice-cold Poster with 3D Text
18) Designing a Typographic Concept Poster
19) Create an Intense Movie Poster in Photoshop
20) Create and Then Shatter a Grid, while Making a Typographic Poster
21) It's Time to Create a 'Neo-Constructivist' Poster with Photoshop
22) Create a Retro Vintage WWII Style Poster
23) Design Striking Stencil Art for Posters
24) High-Rise B-Movie Poster
25) Luxury Retro Car Poster with Paint Splashing Effect
26) Amazing Abstract Sports Poster
27) Perfume Commercial
28) X Files
29) Airplane
30) Vintage Truck Poster
31) Skateboard Poster
32) Terror poster
33) Old poster effect
34) Sin City Style Poster
35) Jumper effect
36) Explosion cover
37) Awesome snowboard poster
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November 30th - Cambria Hebert. Final post, Giveaway winners announced and Tirade Release celebration!!!
Prize PacksThere will be two winners in this read along. You just make sure you post your answers every week and then you automatically enter the giveaway.
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Colon cancer is said to be the cause of the death of Chief Arisekola Alao, according to a family source that spoke to Sahara Reporters.
The source also stated that the remains of the deceased businessman were being conveyed to Nigeria for burial as early as tomorrow in keeping with Muslim rites.
Born in 1945, he started out as a trader in his youth and grew into a businessman with investments in real estate, auto sales, news media, and flourmills.
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Kin Tschi - Naruto
|Yet another sulky character! I picked Kin because I wanted the wear a really long wig (what a fool I was) and because shes not so commonly cosplayed, and I like needles :)
The easiest part was the top, because I bought it from a shop!
The hardest part was everything else...oh my god I shall never try to make a pair of trousers without a pattern ever again! It took so long to make but it was worth it because I really liked wearing it. The wind really messed up my wig though, so I know now to put some hairspray on it or something, and Ive done a lot more wig wearing since so I know how to pin it on better so it doesnt slip.
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I am a currently residing in Baltimore, MD, where I was born and raised. I am currently working as a Real Estate Investor and a Commercial Financing Specialist for Private Money Exchange, a large private money financing firm with affordable private money funding for real estate investment deals. I am a past college graduate of Morgan State University, where I earned a B.S. Degree in Business Administration, in May, 1983. I have over 20 years of administrative and customer work experience in state and federal government service, and in private industry. As a real estate investor, I am a member of several large discussion groups of real estate investors on Linkedln.com, active in purchasing and sales of off-market residential and commercial properties; discounted, performing & non-performing mortgage notes; and distressed assets, nationwide. Also, I am working as a Capital Investment Funding Source Locator/Broker, with members of the Global Capital Financing & Investment Group, on Linkedln.com. My personal hobbies and interests include: attending cultural arts and religious service events and activities; reading history and poetry books; traveling; listening to contemporary jazz and R&B music; attending movie shows, plays, and music concerts; socializing with friends and relatives; and working on real estate investment deals with my associates in real estate investment.


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Dare, Ananias
fl. 1587
See also: Virginia Dare, daughter
Ananias Dare, was one of twelve "Assistants" in the government of the Citie of Ralegh in Virginia and a member of the "Lost Colony" of 1587 that arrived at Roanoke Island in July. He was described in 1586 as a tiler and bricklayer but the next year, in a document drawn up by Sir Walter Raleigh, he was referred to as a gentleman "late of London." His wife was Eleanor White, daughter of Governor John White of the 1587 colony, and Dare's name appears third in the list of colonists. Nothing further is recorded of the members of the colony after White sailed for England on 27 August. Dare was survived in England by a son, John Dare, to whom his property was awarded by court action in 1597. Robert Satchfeild in 1594 was named as Ananias Dare's next of kin while John Nokes in 1597 appears as a blood kinsman. The Dare family likely resided in the Parish of St. Bride's, Fleet Street, London, although the name also appears in records of other London parishes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as well as in Devon.
Additional Resources:
Hakluyt, Richard. Early English and French voyages: chiefly from Hakluyt, 1534-1608. C. Scribner's Sons, 1906. 293.
Neville, John D. "On a Field Argent, A Plain Crosse Gules, With a Roebuck." North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal 8, no. 3 (August 1983). 135-148. http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p15012coll1/id/61428
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Clay, Robert Young. "Figure 25." Drawing. North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal 8, no. 3 (August 1983). 143. http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p15012coll1/id/61428
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Question: I'm a Dare. My father used to tease me we were related to Virginia Dare. He also poo-pooed all the silly theories about how Roanoke was abandoned, saying they sought out other land to inhabit and were absorbed by the local tribes. Anyway, what became of John Dare who stayed in England?
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Tony Moly I'm Real Red Wine Mask Sheet Pore Care Review:
I fell in love with Tony Moly I'm Real Makgeolli mask so much that I was inspired to do a Tony Moly I'm Real mask-athon. Last night, I wasn't feeling very well so I decided to pick up a variant that may boost my overall mood. What other way to set your mood on a Tuesday night other than a red wine? And so, I picked up Tony Moly I'm Real Red Wine Mask Sheet Pore Care. Now let's see if I find the experience satisfying.
Product Claims:
Red Wine, which is the star ingredient of this mask, is increasingly being recognized not only for its health benefits but also its potentials as a beauty ingredient. Red wine is well-known as an antioxidant which helps protect your skin and prevent it from ageing. In addition, wine also contains natural AHAs which are good for oily and clogged skin as it helps clear the pores.
Volume: 21g
How to use:
- Arrange skin texture with toner after wash
- Fit mask sheet to face
- After 15-20 minutes, take off the mask and light pat liquid residue for absorption
- Avoid contact with eyes
- Remove mask and continue with usual skincare routine
My Skin Type: Combination, Acne-Prone, Occasionally Dull and Sensitive
Tony Moly I'm Real Red Wine Mask Sheet Pore Care Review:
Tony Moly I'm Real Red Wine Mask Sheet Pore Care comes in a very cute packaging which seems to be consistent in this specific line. As I open the packet, my nose was hit by a very strong wine scent!
It wasn't too sweet that you can relate the scent to a candy but it felt like I was sniffing straight from a glass of red wine –it was of intoxicating scent and I have to say, I was very pleased.
I am not very good at discerning sheet materials but I feel that this was of cotton that is quite thin. The sheet was able to absorb the essence well despite of being a bit stiff –I could say that because there weren't much essence left in the packet when I pulled it and that it wasn't dripping or anything.
The essence of this mask is clear with a hint of slip but is non-sticky! The adherence of the mask is just okay but I don't really mind because it was able to cover my full face and that, I usually do my sheet-masking while lying in a bed. My only issue about this mask is the fact that it's got thick/low cut below the nose so it covers my upper lip.
I have left the mask on my face longer than usual because I just love how it smells! It was very relaxing for me. So besides the pleasant experience Tony Moly I'm Real Red Wine Mask Sheet provided, was it able to deliver?
The answer is YES! I was very pleased with the result because I observed a bit of tightening. My face was left even-toned, smooth and well-hydrated! I did not observe any brightening but it was okay with me as I didn't really expect it to give me that.
However, when I woke up the next day, my face looked really healthy and a bit radiant. I have used Lemon and Tea Tree variant of the same line but they didn't do anything on my skin so I'm just glad to have found another variant that works well with my skin!
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The following sections show which skills I have aquired throughout my career as a software developer and through personal projects.
The bars show how confident I am at utilising each skill relative to each other.
On January 8, 2019 I completed the requirements to be recognized as a Microsoft Certified Professional by passing the exam #483: "Programming in C#".
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
... is one of my favourite quotes. If I had to describe how I write code, this would be an adequate summary. I strive to make my code easy to read and simple for others to understand. But at the same time it should be performant and elegant.
My name is Ricardo Boss and I was born on November 11, 1998 in Germany. I guess this makes me a kid from the (late) 90s which could explain my early interest in computers, programming and video games. I started using the computer as a place where I could do anything: be Picasso (in MS Paint), play my favourite games and browse the web. I first started looking into coding when I wanted to see what websites are made of. That's when I discovered HTML.
After I got into making simple websites with HTML5 and CSS3, I started digging into my first programming language: Java. Since I played a lot of games at that time, it was obvious to me what I could use my new skills on. I wrote plugins (extensions) for game servers.
So at this point I was aware that there are many more programming languages and I was eager to learn more of them. I thought a good
developer knows everything about all programming languages. This is obviously not the case, but I still had to learn this. To summarize:
I taught myself PHP, C# and a bit of Javascript. While working with those languages (including Java), I got a feel for how different they
can be. Their characteristics and imperfections. It turned out that I loved PHP the most and many of my projects are written in it.
Not all my projects are public, but you can find many of them on my GitHub.
Aside from all the coding, there was school. Hey, to be a real nerd, I had to learn the basics first, right? After primary school, I went
straight to high school. The first two years there were like hell in terms of exercises during class and especially homework.
In the following years I was prepared for taking my A-level exams in the subjects Physics, Maths, English, Politics and, as my oral exam, Computer Science. I graduated from high school in the year 2017.
After I left the high school, I tried studying Computer Science at University of Bremen but I quickly realised that the whole subject was handled way too scientific for me. I wanted to work on real code. So I decided to go for an apprenticeship. And this is were I am today: working at a company called TRENZ GmbH. They were the ones who gave me the chance to become a Microsoft Certified Professional and I can't be thankful enough for this opportunity. My apprenticeship will probably end in June of 2020.
Occasionally, after I come home from work, I would go for a quick 30-minute run and see how far I get. I also like to play video games with
my friends.
I don't do much other than programming but I am open for new experiences.
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Minister visits Dawson Engineering in Portadown
23 January, 2015
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster is pictured at a recent visit to Dawson Engineering in Portadown. The company specialises is the design and manufacture of specialised engineering components for the health, catering and food sectors.
Pictured with the Minister are Barry Gibson, Invest Northern Ireland, Colin Dawson, Joint Managing Director of Dawson Engineering, David Simpson MP and Ian Dawson, Joint Managing Director of Dawson Engineering.