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'Build your network. Plain and simple.'| D'Ann Johnson, Corporate Contracts & Credit Manager
Lori J Drake, CBA
Credit Management Professional profiles Utah
During National Women in Construction Week, Levelset is recognizing and celebrating accomplished women in construction. I had the opportunity to talk to D'Ann Johnson, a corporate contracts and credit manager at A-Core Concrete — and a member of our Levelset Payment Professionals Community.
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D'Ann discusses her career journey getting into construction, the challenges of working in credit, and the importance of building a network and being able to have relationships with others.
Lori: Why don't you tell us about your career journey and how you got to where you are now.
My journey started in a weird way, and it's a pretty funny story when you think about it.
I had previously worked for a shared executive suite company. [At] the company I worked for, we would go into a class A building and take over a floor. Then we'd sublease space to Fortune 500 and Fortune 50 companies, and we would offer support staff. So I went from leasing office space, to running a very lean operating management system for this company, to doing credit.
And the leap was odd because the day I left that company, they closed their locations in Utah, and I had packed up my office and was leaving the building. I had my box in my arms, I'm walking out to my car, and my phone rings and it was this friend of mine who said, "Hey I know, you just left this job, but I've got a friend who's really needing somebody to do collections."
And I thought, "Do I wanna do collections or not?" I just got out of a high-pressure industry, and I wanted to take some time and think about it. She's like, "Well, she's really cool. Just call her, just, just give her a phone call." So I got in the car, called my husband, and he's like, "Well, what could it hurt? Just give her a call." So I gave her a quick call and the first phone call was three and a half hours.
She asked me to come in on Monday to meet with her in person. And so I went in, and she told me about the availability of classes and more details as to what I would be doing. She assured me it wouldn't be just collections. It would be credit—working for a trucking company in the parts department. It involved UCC filings and all these terminologies I'd never heard of before, but they piqued my interest.
All the hard stuff.
Exactly. So I went in and met with her and after about two hours, she excused herself and went down the hallway and came back with the HR manager and he said, "So here's your paperwork. Here's your keys to the office." And I thought, "Oh, so I've got the job." The interesting part about it is that my friend who actually introduced me to my new boss, her name was Karma.
You know, I've never even heard that as a name.
I know. I was like, wow, okay. So Karma got me into this, right? So I can either, I can either applaud her or blame her, you know, whichever. So, um, from there, and that was with Kenworth sales company, I worked there for a few years.
I have a degree in the medical field. So I went back, I had an opportunity to go assist someone, um, who was trying to build a business for, uh, products for sleep apnea. So I kind of took a little detour, went back into consumer and medical. That probably lasted maybe a year…at that juncture, I started looking for other work and wound up at Roofer Supply, which I worked there for almost 16 years.
During [that] time I got my CCE, I got my bachelor's degree and my MBA, and I got into the world of liens and lien laws and all the fun stuff that goes along with that.
So what does a day to day life look like for you? Is it usually the same stuff, or is every day different?
In construction, there are no two days that are alike. In addition to credit and collections, I also oversee AR and our front desk staff. And just because I wasn't busy enough, I decided to take on contract management for my company.
So a typical day for me starts around 7 a.m. in the office. It's processing credit applications with the help of my assistant, overseeing AR and cash applications, calling customers, short pays, disputes — anything like that. In addition to that, I'm mentoring, coaching, bringing up my team so that they are fulfilled and can step into a position at any time. I [also] throw in contracts just because, you know, I'm crazy. So I could be in the middle of a 250-page contract and get a phone call from a customer. I'm wearing multiple hats. It's over around 4–4:30, and then I wake up the next day and do it all over again, except it's never the same thing twice.
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What skills have you found that are essential for the position that you do now?
First and foremost, you have to have great customer service skills and a thick skin. You are the person that represents the company and it doesn't matter if it wasn't your fault — it's your fault. So you have to be able to understand it's really truthfully, not your fault, not take it personally, but also be able to talk to the customer. [You need] sharp customer service skills, good communication skills — whether either on the phone, in person, or via email — to make that customer understand your point of view without making them feel undervalued or that they don't get it.
The other thing about construction that is very interesting — and it doesn't seem to matter what part of the country you're in — if you deal with customer X, Y, Z, and you leave a bad taste in their mouth, they go tell 20 people, and that can definitely have an effect on your business. So you have to balance what is best for the business. What's best for our marketplace. Is this something that we can give a little, or do we draw that hard line in the sand and still be able to look at our other customers and say "we had to do what we had to do"?
From my previous company, I actually have people that I literally took to court and sued, and they will still call me because that relationship was preserved. They understood that it wasn't personal. It was professional. And it was a business decision. And some people are like, it was best for them, for me to put them in that position to make them understand that they were just digging themselves a hole that they were never going to be able to get out of.
Your customer service also helps you, as you were saying, build your network — because the network is just as important to be able to have somebody that can talk you down off the ledge — or you talk somebody else down off the ledge — when you're at your wit's end. It's like, "I've tried everything." My next step [is] to have somebody that that does what you do in your corner that can say, "Have you tried this?" or "In a similar experience, I had luck with this." Again, it's that customer service. And if you don't give, don't expect to get.
What do you think is the main challenge? Let's say, [internally] with your company.
For me — and this is just my perspective — having worked [in this field] for over 20 years now, the biggest challenge for me, is getting people to that "aha" moment where they understand that just because they signed a credit application doesn't mean they have an account. Just because we went out and did the work doesn't mean we're going to get paid.
My old boss had a saying that stays stuck in my head through to today: "Everyone pays until they don't." You might have this wonderful contractor. And I wish I had a dime for every time somebody told me — when one of my salespersons told me — "Well, they'll never not pay us." You know, it's just one of those things where if you wouldn't hand your wallet to a stranger walking up the street, why would you expect your company to do the same thing?
You know, if we don't have ourselves protected and have [what] I call all our tools and our toolbox ready — which could be a lead, could be a credit application, a personal guarantee, a letter of credit, whatever that is — if we don't have all that perfected and ready to go, we're behind the eight ball before we even start. So getting these people to understand that aspect of the business.
Because in truth, in construction, when you're working with salespeople and estimators, most of the time they started out at the ground level — you know, they started out throwing shingles, or they started out cutting, concrete slab, or pouring concrete, or putting up drywall. They don't see the entire business structure. So getting them to understand that you're not trying to be mean; you're not saying "no" because it's them. [They say] "You always say no to my customers." No: I say no because it's not the right thing for the company. And I'm protecting your paycheck as much as I'm protecting the company.
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Are you a member of any professional groups, associations? Like those network and mentoring groups that you were talking about.
I am a member of NACM [National Association of Credit Management] and Levelset. I also belong to several trade groups here in Utah. We have a group called — it's an acronym that people don't understand — we call it ICEL. It's the Intermountain Credit Education League. So we basically specialize in bringing information to credit professionals or those who work in or credit adjacent. [We bring in] AR representatives to bring them information on current laws that are happening within our state — or we could even [learn] about how sleep is a necessary component of being a healthy person in order to do your job. You can't fill from an empty pitcher. You have to have self-care. So we try to keep it well-rounded. We mix a lot of business in there, but also a lot of how to take care of things on a more personal level, and how to develop good communication skills.
So obviously the construction industry has changed a lot with the pandemic. How do you see it changing within the next few years, and how would you respond to those changes?
"The challenge for construction companies is going to be looking at their labor force and making adjustments to attract [a] new labor force— but also keep their existing labor force."
So for what A-Core does, we have not slowed down, because we are a service company and we're not affected as much as some construction companies by supply chain issues costs of materials.
We are affected by costs of labor and the labor shortage — finding people who can and are willing to do the type of work we do is difficult. Because we work all over the western United States, our guys work in 105-degree weather and minus 20 degrees in snow. Uh, we work 24/7, 365, and if you see, an A-Core truck out on the highway, we're cutting concrete on the highway. We do bridge overpasses. We work on federal buildings. Uh, we have several different divisions: we have a demo division, a grinding division, a highway division, a pouring division — and we have locations in 12 different states.
So our guys work hard. Finding that labor force to continue the amount of work that we're being requested to do, that's gonna be a challenge. Part of that is not something that's truthfully within our control. And I think people are seeing it across the United States, and in all aspects of work is there needs to be a mindset change that it's okay.
If our children don't go to college and get a degree, a trade school is just as valuable and should be paid the same as somebody who goes to college and say, gets an MBA [sic] in literature. You know, not putting that down. I have two liberal arts graduates in my household. A degree is still a degree. You still work hard for that. But I think we need to start looking at how we as a country and as a community look at skilled labor force, as opposed to just the white collar labor force, and put as much emphasis on the skilled labor force — the welders, the backhoe operators, you know, that kind of skill set.
They're just as important as the president of the company, because if we don't have those people, we don't have a need for a president of a company.
And day in and day out for weeks and months at a time, conversely wintertime, you know, our guys here at A-Core right now, we've got snow on the ground and it's about 19 degrees outside. They're out on the freeway, on the highway, cutting. We're working right now on the Salt Lake Temple. Our guys are out there in the elements doing the seismic upgrade. It's hard labor truthfully. So, you know, the challenge for construction companies is going to be looking at their labor force and making adjustments to attract [a] new labor force — but also keep their existing labor force.
With everybody that I talk to, labor is definitely the key issue that's going around.
Yep. Even in the office staff, we're finding here it's hard to find even somebody like a receptionist. It's very difficult to find somebody post-COVID that is willing to come in and work in an office full-time and not decide within two weeks that, you know, it's not for them.
"Unfortunately construction is still, for lack of better terminology, the old boy network."
So labor obviously is an issue, but as a woman, what do you think is the biggest challenge for women in the construction industry?
Well, I can only speak from my perspective, working in Utah —women still are not granted a seat at the table as I call it. We are more seen as a more advisory capacity. I'm sure that there are women out there in construction that are owners of the company and they run the company. But for the most part, women are more of the middle, maybe lower senior management — more of an advisory capacity, not the person that makes the final decision.
Why do you think they are like that right now?
I think basically it's because unfortunately construction is still, for lack of better terminology, the old boy network. Where it's not that women are not seen as valuable — but they're not given the same opportunity. They're not given the same voice. And until the culture changes around that, and until the mindset switches and says, "You know this lady over here knows her stuff. We need to listen to her more, and take her word more, and act on that." It's gonna be a difficult change. I see changes every day in different areas. So there is progress being made, but there's still so much room to make up.
Do you have any advice for anybody that's just gonna get started in a construction career or that is currently in one, but may be struggling to be heard?
Build your network. Plain and simple. That's the first start — build your network, find your people, find your tribe. Whether it be through Levelset or an ECM, or maybe there's a group of people that are in a like industry that for whatever reason, you've had previous relationships with.
[But] always be mindful of, you know, antitrust violations. You don't wanna go spill the beans, but finding somebody that you can go to and, and vent, if you need to search for advice — to know that there's somebody in your corner that you can pick up the phone or send an email or text to and say, "Hey, I need five minutes. You got five minutes?" "…I have a question I need answered," and know that if they don't have that answer, they know somebody who does. So that you're supported. That's the key right there. That's what got me through a lot early on in my career because unfortunately, I joined construction in 2008 when the housing market crashed.
Tough time to start.
Yeah, there were many, many, many days where I would sit in my car and think, "What have I gotten myself in?" You know? You start questioning your sanity. So to have people in your network that you can reach out to and say, I got your back, we're in the same boat. We'll get through this together. That's the most important thing.
And then, just be kind to yourself. You know if you're new, you're just starting out. We're human, we make mistakes. We can't be perfect all the time. Don't beat yourself up over it. It's a learning experience. Use every mistake as an opportunity to learn.
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Nick Lupi from the Spit Syndicate catches up with allaussie hip hop to talk about their new release Exile, touring, competing with hip hop legend Ozi Batla plus more: aahh: […]
Nick Lupi from the Spit Syndicate catches up with allaussie hip hop to talk about their new release Exile, touring, competing with hip hop legend Ozi Batla plus more:
aahh: Exile has just dropped lads, congrats on the release. Brilliant is something that comes to mind. Tell us a little about the album?
Nick Lupi: Big ups Jim, thank you – glad you like it. I much prefer to let the music speak for itself rather than try to describe it with words, but in terms of the album, it's the culmination of a lot of late nights and long studio sessions – myself, Jimmy and Adit all put a lot of work, time and love into it. We're stoked to have it out there, especially since it had been so long since our last release.
aahh: What were some of the main inspirations behind Exile and how did you draw on these in the creative process?
Nick Lupi: The obvious answer for inspirations behind the albums comes from the experiences that we've had over the past two years: traveling overseas, touring the country, real life shit like moving out of home, balancing work, music and study, personal relationships, the general goings on of the world at large. We are firm believers in putting lyricism at the forefront of writing songs – that's the sort of music we like to listen to, where the words count just as much as the music. We drew on all of the aforementioned experiences that we've had over the past two years and wrote the album.
aahh: Starry Eyed is the lead single from Exile, it is also the title of the national tour which we will talk about a bit later on. What was the reason behind picking Starry Eyed for the lead single and tour title? Was it simply because it was your favorite song off the album?
Nick Lupi: I wouldn't say it's our favourite song of "Exile" – although we do dig it – it was the lead single because it's the most (maybe only) radio-friendly song we had on the album. We didn't make the album with radio songs in mind (something we should probably start doing if we want any serious airplay!). Starry-Eyed was the last song we wrote, it came together in the last few weeks before we had to mix and master the record, Adit came through with this catchy, swinging piano-driven beat and the song was built around that. We named it the Starry-Eyed tour just because the song is enjoying a few spins at the moment on radio.
aahh: Exile has been described as being a 'very accessible' album for even the non hip hop fans? Do you think that this is correct or do you think that Australian Hip Hop has reached a point where people realise that this isn't just a few Australian guys trying to be American?
Nick Lupi: I think that point was reached a few years ago, I think "The Calling" was probably the album that deaden that stereotype for many mainstream listeners. "Exile" is quite a dense album lyrically but we tried to make the songs easy on the ear as much as possible, so it's a big compliment to be told it's described as "very accessible".
aahh: The album was released on the same day as one of the kings of Australian Hip Hop Ozi Batla's – Wild Colonial and still managed to debut at #8 on the ARIA charts and #3 on Air. What did you guys think of that?
Nick Lupi: You're right, Ozi is very much a king of Australian hip-hop – so it's a bit daunting to be dropping on the same day as him. To have both records drop on the same day and chart within the top 10 is great to see – we were stoked with it, it's a good look for Sydney hip-hop. Big shout outs and much much respect to Ozi, Sandro and the Elefant Traks crew – they've been holding down Sydney and beyond for 10+ years, it's crazy shit.
aahh: There has been a lot of discussion lately surrounding the term 'Urban' and it's application to the Australian Hip Hop music scene. What is your point of view on this subject and does it at all affect you as a performing artist/crew?
Nick Lupi: I couldn't care less about what they call Australian hip-hop. I agree the term 'urban' is a bit messy and very dated and I can see how people might have a problem with it, but I wouldn't say it has any sort of effect on us.
aahh: 12 Dates have just been announced for the national Starry-Eyed tour. What are some of your favorite destinations around Australia and who will be some of the support acts?
Nick Lupi: We had an absolute ball on the last tour we did with the Horrorshow boys, pretty much every date was wicked so it's hard to pick favourites. Melbourne is always a favourite, Brizzy too, we had an amazing time over on the West Coast last time as well (Mojo's at Fremantle – god damn!). All will be revealed in the next few days, so I can't tell you all of them. But the supports for Sydney will be Thundamentals, Skryptcha (overage) and Skryptcha, Daily Meds for all-ages.
aahh: Spit Syndicate are members of the OneDayer Crew which encompasses Adit and Solo from Horrorshow. What's it been like owning the last 12 months with these two? Especially after their Inside Story release?
Nick Lupi: "Inside Story" has got to be one of the strongest local releases to come out in the past five years, in my opinion (which of course is a little bit biased). It's a little bit scary being in a crew with Solo and Adit because they are such absolute freaks in what they do, but at the same time I couldn't be prouder.
aahh: Triple J recently held a comp in conjunction with M-Phazes and Unearthed, DJ Joyride entered as an emcee, he also features on one track on the album. Quite a talented guy you have behind the decks. Will we see more from Joyride in the future?
Nick Lupi: Man, Joyride is seriously ON SOME SHIT. He'll be the first to tell you that he couldn't do a scratch routine to save his life, but is most certainly one of the most talented cats I've ever come across. He does try his hand at rapping from time to time but where you're going to see him shine is with his band, Joyride and the Accidents (Adit is also in this band, so is Jono from Made in Japan). The man is a crazy songwriter and he is going to blow the fuck up, gotta do as many gigs with him as we can before that happens..
The 'Starry-Eyed National Tour' is guaranteed to be the biggest tour yet from one of the country's most exciting hip-hop groups – do not miss this tour when it rolls through your town.
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What a colossal dunderhead!
No problem deciding what news captures top spot for Nonsense of the Week Award. CNN's Christiane Amanpour takes the honor with her contention that the First Amendment rights of Trump supporters during the election ought to have played second fiddle to getting her preferred candidate elected.
During the tail end of an interview with former FBI director James Comey, Amanpour springs this question,
"Of course, "Lock Her Up" was a feature of the 2016 Trump campaign. Do you in, retrospect, wish that people like yourself, the head of the FBI, the people in charge of law and order, had shut down that language, that it was dangerous potentially, that it could have created violence, that it kind of is hate speech? Should that have been allowed?"
This dangerous display of progressive authoritarianism was too much even for the corrupt Comey, who replied,
"That's not a role for government to play," he replied. He continued, "The beauty of this country is people can say what they want even if it's misleading and it's demagoguery. The people who should have shut it down were Republicans who understand the rule of law and the values that they stand for. Shame on them, but it wasn't a role for government to play."
Amanpour, a Hillary cheerleader, was shattered that her gal lost the election to a former reality TV star. After the election, Amanpour somberly spoke about how Trump's election would set off a wave of violence around the world targeted at journalists. For Amanpour, under Trump, freedom of the press was at risk. A question arises however, if she believers freedom of the press is inviolate, shy does she give such short shrift to the First Amendment?
The answer, of course is that as an unrepentant card-carrying progressive, any exercise of the First Amendment that she considers "hate speech" should be quashed by the federal government. Her ludicrous argument was that the chant, "Lock her up!" put Hillary at risk and would lead to an outbreak of violence. Amanpour is simply restating what is becoming an ironclad tenet of progressivism: free speech must always be curtailed if it is "hate speech," a term that is pristinely undefined by progressives so that it can be used as a cudgel against those who hold opposing political views, I.e., Trump voters.
Sadly, the fact that she isn't the object of ridicule among her peers tells us all we need to know about the overt bias and hard-left slant of the mainstream media. It will be interesting to see if any of her CNN colleagues challenge her astonishing statement and breathtaking ignorance about our constitution.
But a parting question: Can this woman really be that stupid that she would ask such a question?
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Q: Preparing Position Time Graph and Velocity Time Graph So, I'm a little confused on how this would actually work.
For a Homework question, I needed to analyze a short little simulation where I collect Data to prepare a velocity-time plot and position-time plot. I'm a little confused about how what I do. For the velocity-time plot part
The Data I collected was:
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*5 --- 123

*6 --- 176

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A: the position- time plot: x axes t in s, y axes s in m
for the velocity calculate it for every time interval, since this is just 1s you have the mean velocity as for example:  s5-s4/1s =0.44m/s which you plot at t=4.5s

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Q: Calculation data 3 different columns using SQL Server I want ask calculation process using SQL Server, right now the calculation based on Excel. But I want convert to SQL Server for example Total Avg the row number 4 is 13% is sum column total Avg from row number 3 is 0% + column C(%) from row number 4 is 50% and divide by Field Day  at row number is 4
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Then for row number 5 for column Total Avg how I get 3% is row no 4 at column Total Avg 13% + column C% at row number 5 is 0% and divide by column Day row number 5 is 0% it should be
(13%+0%)/5 and value Total Avg at row number 5 should be 3%

A: You need to use a recursive CTE. To match the calculation in Excel, it is round() and then convert() to int. You may remove these and leave the result in decimal.
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How about a contemporary aerobatic plane, one actually used during the 30s/40s? Many of us, specially those who are into aerobatics, would love to see some/one of these. We all could make use of them for training, learing how to maneuver, and learning to fly to the limits of the fm engine.
Some Russian aerobatics enthusiasts have been in contact with Oleg about this very topic. He has expressed interest, as Oleg is very keen on aerobatics himself, but he is sceptical about adding an aircraft as he feels there would be little interest. Plus it would take a long time to model the thing, then insert it into the game.
There is interest, but it's highly unlikely at this stage in the development.
im sure we can find a skilled modeller to do the job. How about we start a poll to decide which plane, plus we try to find an interrested modeller?
As for the interrest, there are lots of people, there are aerobatic squads, there are guys making vids. I like blowing stuff up, but hey i love aerobatics!!!
BTW, as the engine is getting more complex, you need to be a good pilot to be successful. these planes are ideal for learning. even some of today's airforces are using high-performance prop-driven aerobatic planes (e.g. argentinian airforce - sukhoi 31).
I agree with you, there are plenty of squads doing aerobatics, and loads of vids around (I have most of em).
I'd love to see a real aerobatics aircraft from the 30's. But modelling the aircraft will take some time, and then getting it inserted into the game takes a long time also.
Depending on who does the modelling, and how good the sources are for the cockpit, and the airframe, etc, and how fast you can gather that information, I'd say it would take around 6 months to 1 year to get it done, and then another 3 months at least to get it into the game. I don't think it will happen - time is simply against us now.
I've no idea what this means but it looks...important.
Re: Acro a/c, why not get some funky skins made for the Gladiator/Cr.42 etc ?
FB/PF needs Flyable military basic trainers for each major nation. We don't need strict airshow planes. We can do all the acrobatics we want with Microsoft flight sims. We can even make our own planes for that.
Flyable Polikarpov U~2 may be in one of the Russian CDs.
There are too many things to fix on this sim yet and many of them might not get fixed.
They also work hard on BoB at the same time wich should leave them little time at all for unrelated things.
It would seem very strange indeed to model an aerobatic plane when so much is left to complete and fix in the sim.
OK then how's that: they just take the Gladiator, Fiat CR42, I153 and Rata and make one version with no weapons, no ammo, no loadouts, no armor + change the engine so that they keep working under negative g's. It would be an easy fix, no modelling involved, just minor twitches to the fm. These are light, powerful, highly maneuverable planes, the only handicap is the engine cutout when inverted/neg. The removal of weapons makes them totally useless for dogfight servers so people only use them for aerobatics/racing/training/fun. Really, sometimes i just don't want to shoot and be shot, sometimes all i want is some good fun in a FRIENDLY environment.
Also, by adding them oleg can test if the interest/need for aerobatic planes is big enough to justify (maybe in bob *hint, hint*) the extra modelling.
Sorry to spoil the fun Papafly, but they are undermanned and easy fixes aren't their style either. Perhaps they must be very picky with what they choose to fix?, although some of the choices made so far may seem peculiar.
There are numerous things wich seemingly are easy fixes but it just wont happen.
Restore the damagemodel on the P11 and other planes wich dont have one anymore.
incorporate the same bf110 but with a limited loadout without the 30mm cannon so it could be used for early maps and others online.this could be a way to get around that we cant lock the ordonance for planes online, wich would be very good sometimes.
This tecnique could be implemented on more planes.
There are excellent skins out there and the most common planes could get a few to choose between so one can have some variation online without enabling skindownload and that way avoid some stutters.
The madox team surely would get hundreds of good skins for free if they asked the community.
A few planes also have the option to raise the seat to see better. I dont know hard this is to fix but some planes desperately need that funktion. Fiat G50 and Cr42 to mention the worst.
These planes cant taxi because u cant see anything from cockpit. We cant implement leaning, but raisng the seat in these planes would allow them to taxi like other planes in the sim.
about the raiing of seats, the aircraft which have that function in game had it in RL. I don't know whether the Cr.42 and G.50 had this function, but if they didn't there's almost no chnace of having it implememnted for these, or any other aircraft.
I know m8....The sides on the g50 cockpit are so high so one cant see any groundreferenses while taxiing and that ofcourse was no problems in RL since one could see past this by just leaning a bit, so if one could elevate the seat in this plane it would just make a better tradeoff than the thing we have now.
People just dont manage to take off with it online so they just accellerate crossfields, since they cant see the runway anyway, and hope for the best, if they choose it at all.
If a problem is posted on the boards enough times it might get seen.
Yes exactly my point...the pilot just leaned a few centimeters to the side and easily could see the ground.
So since we cant lean in the game we could lift the pilot just for take off in the same manner as it's possible to lift in some carrierbased planes. That way we would get a reasonable view on takeoff, even if that also is a bit worser than in RL. But better than nothing.
I agree, absolutely gorgeous planes, but I'd rather Oleg focus on BoB now. After that, maybe these ideas as well as a WWI sim etc. can be considered.
Not only that these kind of birds are wanted (by part of the community, that is), but they can be of enormous usage in game. For example, for all newbies to learn how to fly easier way. + it would be historically accurate.
And for offline usage; all campaigns can be modified in a way to consist of few training missions before combat career starts, with these new birds. For me, that would be boost in immersion. Big time.
I'm sure my oppinion is obvious. . .
Maybe as an expansion to BoB?
Agreed.. 'official' trainers of course.
Here's a solo aerobatic track of mine, about 9mins long. A program from takeoff to landing, in a Ki43 Oskar. Tailslide, torque-roll, snaproll, slow roll, 4-point-roll, barrel-roll (positive/negative), inverted flatspin, hammerhead, knife-edge, spiderman (my name for it), avalanche,humpty-bump, it's all in there folks, with views prepared for your viewing pleasure. Best is if you can listen the music i had for flying the program: starting with daft punk - aerodynamic, then daft punk - digital love and finally daft punk - harder better faster stronger, all from their discovey album. It all begun with some aerobatc training to get in touch with the 4.01 fm, soon i started having loads of fun in this little plane, guess im going to do some more of that stuff.
Btw, i have a movie of it, including the music, 130mb. Any idea where i can host this?
With the sudden popularity of extreme air racing and the success of films such as the Aviator maybe Oleg should create or licence a 1930s air racing pack.
My suggestion to oleg is a new product.
I can help, with Tx-ecodragon to make, at least, a good flight model for the super decathlon.


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The tyre pressure and temperature data collected by the Cyber Fleet App are automatically sent to the MyGeotab portal where it is possible to remotely monitor the condition of the tyres, view any anomalies and efficiently schedule maintenance work.
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The new integrated offering available on Geotab Marketplace, is out in key European markets,and will be extended to the United States, Canada and Brazil.
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"The addition of Pirelli Cyber™ Fleet on the Geotab Marketplace will provide fleets with access to a focused safety solution specifically designed to support tyre health and as a result, the longevity of their vehicles," said Stefano Peduzzi, Vice President, Technology Solutions and Operations Europe, Geotab. "Geotab prides itself on providing our customers with access to best-in-class tyre pressure monitoring tools that can help them reduce the need for unexpected tyre maintenance, and in turn aid in improving driver safety and increasing overall fleet efficiency."
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Global IndianstoryGlobal Indian ExclusiveRashmi Bhatt: The Indian percussionist who is making waves across the global stage
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Rashmi Bhatt: The Indian percussionist who is making waves across the global stage
Written by: Samuel Sudhakar
(September 21, 2021) Reputed world-class percussionist, Rashmi Bhatt is an amalgamation of many different strands that make us who we are in an all-encompassing way. He is an art director of international music festivals, an actor, and a performer. A famous percussionist in Europe, Bhatt has been creating waves in the music fraternity with his collaborations with global music artistes such as Kenyan singer Ayub Okad, English singer Sting, and German trumpet player Marcus Stockhausen.
A man of many hats, Bhatt has also acted in a few popular Italian soap operas alongside Kabir Bedi and also collaborated with Oscar winning director Bernardo Bertolucci for a short film. As he continues to juggle his many avatars, this Gujarat-born artiste and Cultural Ambassador of India in Italy in an exclusive interview with Global Indian, says that he is now a transformed citizen of the world.
Rooted in Indian culture
Born in Gujarat, Bhatt spent his growing up years in Pondicherry studying at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education where the seeds of Indian culture were sown deep into the youngster. The experimental nature of Auroville fosters creativity in every sphere of life, and encourages a multitude of artistic expressions. Here, the artistic and cultural life is so intense that one has always a large choice for music, art and culture. That is precisely what drove Bhatt to pursue the art of Tabla under the tutelage of Sri Torun Banerjee.
After completing his Masters in French Literature, Bhatt won a prestigious scholarship to study Italian Art History in Florence. Following this, he did his Doctorate in the same subject and eventually settled down in Italy.
Rashmi Bhatt with Zakir Hussain
Having spent the last three decades in Italy, he says, "I am now a transformed citizen of the World while my cultural roots continue to be deeply buried in India. From Indian classical music I have transitioned to World Music collaborating and experimenting fusion between different ethnic groups and their musical languages. Music everywhere is believed to affect our emotions, to involve some kind of arousal. Music is a language that is universal and can evoke many nuanced emotions."
A global music artiste
Bhatt is now one of Europe's most famous percussionists and has successfully collaborated with several global music artistes. From Kenyan singer Ayub Okad, German trumpet player Marcus Stockhausen to Canadian music producer and guitarist Michael Brook, and also Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bhatt has performed alongside them all. He has also been on tours with Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira and English musician and actor Sting.
Apart from being a percussionist, composer and art director of international festivals, Bhatt is also an actor. He has acted in several Italian soap operas with Kabir Bedi apart from his collaboration with Bernardo Bertolucci.
Rashmi Bhatt performing with Sting
The cultural ambassador
It has been quite an illuminating experience for him to be able to integrate in the country of his choice with roots established in India. For his outstanding contribution to world music the Indian Embassy in Italy conferred on him the title of Cultural Ambassador of India. He was requested to be the representative of the cultural wing of the Embassy. The Ministry of External Affairs had started the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas to connect India to its vast overseas diaspora and bring their knowledge, expertise and skills on a common platform. Bhatt was invited twice as a part of the delegation.
Bhatt now spends lot of his time devoted to WOMEX, mecca of the global music scene bringing together a spectrum of artistes. He promotes the diverse performing arts of South East Asia, and now ventures out to discover the beauty of other rich musical traditions, like the Arab, Persian, the Brazilian, West African, Jazz, and Pop. He has also collaborated with several artistes from India, Iran, Vietnam, China, Japan, Korea in concerts with masters such as Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pandit Kamalesh Mitra, Debiprasad Ghosh, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pandit Arvind Parikh, Ustad Mohammad Iqbal, and Majid Derakhshani.
Bhatt's music has led him to perform across several countries such as France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Dubai, Morocco, and Tunisia. The aritste is fascinated by the possibility of experimentation and fusion between different ethnic groups and their musical languages.
Spreading the knowledge
In November 2021 Bhatt has been invited by the University of Calgary, Canada, for a lecture on History of Indian Music and a Workshop on Structures of Indian Scales and Rhythms with Tabla and Sitar. He will also be talking about Dante, the medieval Bard and his influence on Indian poets and writers.
Talking about how the world of art and music was affected by the pandemic, he says, "The pandemic was and is obviously bad for all of us but it brings out the good too especially if you try to look at the brighter side of things. The world of music has transformed due to the pandemic. The thoughts of artistes have transformed." However, this musician who divides his time between Rome, Italy and Pondicherry says, that in the long-term the core value chain of the music and art industry is likely to remain largely unchanged.
Music, dance, and art have given the world a sense of self-awareness, community, identity and solidarity. "We, the people of the world, have a song for every occasion. Flipping through the pages of world history, one finds that music and disease have always been joined at the hip. We will come out of this maze. Just hang in there," he signs off.
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If someone were to ask what the most difficult dish I ever cooked was, I would say without hesitation, �crawfish bisque.� Notably, I have prepared this dish only twice in my lifetime, yet I can recall with equal clarity that it was the most delicious thing I ever put in my mouth.
This could explain the great fear of cooks when hurricanes threatened the river parishes and bayou country back when ice and generators were hard to come by. It often took days to restore power after a storm. The problem: the loss of priceless containers of crawfish bisque that took days or weeks to prepare and were lovingly stored in freezers like jewels in a safe-deposit box.
Out in the country, before crawfish were popular in New Orleans, crawfishing in the swamplands was as commonplace as crabbing in the bayous or hanging a fishing line in any body of water in south Louisiana. Some crawfishermen wore hip boots to protect themselves from snakes, and seines (nets) were used to scoop up the crawfish from their shallow estuaries. Back then, crawfish had a distinct season, about three months, around Carnival time. In the last couple of decades, crawfish farming has expanded the period of production to between January and June.
The availability of peeled crawfish tails, whether dug from the bayous of Louisiana or imported from China (controversial but cheaper), puts the prospect of preparing crawfish bisque within reach and reason of the busy but adventurous cook. You don�t have to boil them yourself. Just save the outer shells from any crawfish boil and buy your peeled crawfish tails at the store.
But if you are among the fearless Louisiana cooks (and there are multitudes) who shuck their own oysters and fry their own turkeys, then by all means start with a 40-pound sack of live crawfish. Start the dish with a pot filled with unseasoned boiling water and plunge about half the crawfish at a time into the water for 10 minutes only. This kills them and makes them peelable. When they are cool enough to handle, peel them, reserving as much fat as possible. Save the large center tails for stuffing. Depending on how many people are peeling, you may want to do this one day and make the bisque the next day.
A word of warning: Do not attempt to peel a 40-pound sack of crawfish late in the season (after April). I did this once when the crawfish were more mature and their shells harder and thicker, and my hands were scarred for a week. Early in the season, the shells are tender and much easier to handle. And, having tackled this job on two occasions with only one other person peeling, I recommend involving at least four people.
One of the saddest food stories I ever heard was of a woman in her ninth month who got that wave of energy some women experience late in pregnancy. She took it upon herself to make crawfish bisque from scratch. The filled freezer containers were on the kitchen counter cooling when her labor pains began. The last thing she said to her husband before entering the delivery room was, �Don�t forget to put the crawfish bisque in the freezer.� But, alas, the details were too much for an expectant father to remember and when the subject came up again, the highly temporal delicacy had perished and had to be thrown away. The final warning: Don�t make crawfish bisque when very pregnant.
Another note about making crawfish bisque: A highly important ingredient for the authentic version of bisque is crawfish fat. There may be a few seafood stores still selling containers of it, but it would be a rare find indeed. Instead, you can buy packages of crawfish tails with fat. I actually stripped the fat from the heads I cleaned for stuffing and came up with half a cup, which I divided between the bisque and stuffing. It was well worth the effort, but I admit to being bone tired when I went to bed that night. That�s why it�s best to make this a fun project and involve several people. Then have your dinner party the next day when you are refreshed and can enjoy it.
Divide crawfish tails in half. In a food processor, chop half for bisque and mince (grind consistency) the other half for the stuffing. Boil cleaned shells in water to cover for 10 minutes. Strain and save water for stock.
Prepare the vegetables in a food processor, chopping 1 onion, 1 bell pepper and 2 cloves garlic for the bisque and mincing 1 onion, 1 bell pepper and 2 cloves garlic for the stuffing.
In a heavy pot, make a medium-dark roux (peanut-butter colored) with oil and flour. Set aside.
To make the stuffed heads: In a heavy pot, sauté the minced vegetables in 1/3 cup of roux. Add the ground tails, about 3/4 teaspoon each of salt and cayenne pepper and about 1/3 cup of water. If you have extra crawfish fat, add half of it at this point. Simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add bread crumbs and 2 tablespoons each of minced onion tops and parsley. When combined well, add softened butter. Stuff mixture into shells. Roll shells lightly in flour, place on a baking sheet and bake in a preheated 350° for about 15 minutes. Turn once during baking. Set aside.


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Love Me, Love the Life I Lead
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RBI`s role needs to change: Draft Indian Financial Code prises open the black box of monetary policy making
RBI`s role needs to change:…
Financial sector regulation in India has developed in an ad hoc manner in response to evolving requirements. Consequently, it suffers from substantial prudential weaknesses and regulatory arbitrage that makes for heightened risks for both investors and financial consumers. By putting together a modern law for governing the complex financial sector, the draft Indian Financial Code (IFC) represents a quantum jump forward.
When enacted, IFC will replace 19 extant laws, some of which, like the RBI Act and Insurance Act, date back to 1934 and 1938 respectively. IFC should therefore be made effective sooner rather than later. It should certainly not be allowed to flounder on the specious grounds of its impact on RBI autonomy.
It is, therefore, indeed a pity that public discussion on IFC has focussed entirely on the relationship between government and RBI. Even more mischievous is the attempt by some influential western newspapers like the Financial Times of London, to portray IFC as the Modi government's attempt to curb the powers of the incumbent RBI Governor.
In all likelihood, Raghuram Rajan will not be in this position when IFC becomes effective about three years from now. The debate would be far more productive if it focussed on whether or not IFC would bring financial sector regulation in India up to global standards.
IFC does well to clearly segregate the roles of RBI and the Financial Sector Authority, with the former being responsible for the conduct of monetary policy and banking sector regulation. Moreover, the establishment of an independent Public Debt Management Agency will help both in improving public debt management and better fixing RBI's accountability for its principal tasks of maintaining price stability and prudentially managing the banking sector.
IFC stipulates in Sections 263-267 specific measures that will make the operation of monetary policy far more transparent and objective. This will be a huge improvement on the present day 'alchemist' like approach towards monetary policy making, in which RBI can get away without any explanation for its chosen policy stance or reasons for which the Governor may choose to exercise his veto over the majority advice of the technical committee.
IFC prises open the black box of monetary policy making by requiring each member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to make a single statement giving reasons for voting for or against the resolution being considered.
Furthermore the draft IFC requires resolutions adopted by MPC meetings to be released immediately after the meeting and the minutes to be made public after 14 days.
The full transcript has to be published after three years. These laudable provisions for full disclosure will ensure that MPC members act rationally and responsibly and not be driven by petty loyalties or narrow vested interests.
Going by the same logic – that MPC members will behave rationally in pursuit of their given objective – it is not necessary to have four government nominees on the MPC. A better alternative would be to have the seven-member MPC (and not five as recommended by the Urjit Patel committee) comprised of the Governor (it is not clear why the IFC wants to change his title to Chairman), two members nominated by the RBI Board, three government nominees and an RBI employee nominated by the Governor.
IFC stipulates that a senior government official will also participate in MPC meetings. While being a non-voting member, he will surely influence the proceedings. This composition will result in a balanced MPC that would encourage greater cooperation between government and RBI.
The Governor would be expected to use the considerable analytical resources at his disposal and powers of suasion to convince MPC of RBI's point of view. The Governor does not need to have a veto which some have argued for. Giving a veto to the Governor over the majority view is both disrespectful to members of MPC and also assumes supra-natural powers for the Governor.
IFC (Section 267) requires that in case the inflation target is not met, RBI would submit a report to the Centre giving reasons for the failure, remedial measures to be taken and the timeline for achieving the target. No further action is envisaged.
Would it not be more effective if a failure to meet the target triggers some punitive action like resignation of the entire MPC? This could prevent the usual spectacle of 'passing the blame' and instead encourage constructive cooperation between RBI and government.
In a liberal democracy like ours, all key policy decisions should ideally be subject at least to parliamentary scrutiny if not its approval. Despite the Indian elite's disdain of the political class, elected MPs do represent our peoples' aspirations and concerns.
Therefore, the government should place its 'inflation target agreement' with RBI in Parliament and invite debate on it. Moreover, like in most advanced economies, the RBI Governor accompanied by MPC should be required to periodically depose before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance.
It is time that those who are answerable to the people also get a chance to question the policy makers. A positive externality will be to raise financial awareness among politicians.
Category: BlogBy Pahle India Foundation July 30, 2015


Worn in Week: Princess Charlene Wears Akris to Moscow!
Prince Albert and Princess Charlene visited Russia from the 3rd to the 7th of October, the trip was kicked off with an audience with the Patriarch.
Charlene repeated an Akris suit that she wore in 2011 for some Christmas functions. Nothing interesting here, let's move over, folks!
On the 4th of October Albert and Charlene attended an evening gala at the Bolshoi where the Ballet de Monte-Carlo performed along with the Bolshoi.
Charlene wore a long Akris coat and a gown from the Fall 2013 collection, the gown was seen on the runway in black.
Char's dress seems to have the panel less sheer and the sleeves modified. She paired it with a grey Alice purse from Akris and what seems to be her pearl earrings. I'm loving this hairstyle, but not digging the bland color!
On the 5th, Charlene gave a swim-class for children in the Olympic Water Stadium in Moscow.
Later that evening, The Prince and Princess of Monaco attended a a dinner prepared by the Monaco starred chef Alain Ducasse with some dignitary guests.
Charlene wore THAT dress that created all the buzz. In her defense, the dress is lined and she has worn it once before that time to the Akris cocktail party and it looked fine with the lighting there!
This dress is called St. Gallen and is available online on Saks for $3990, you can buy it from HERE, Just make sure you don't get your pictures taken with loads of flash!
According to Getty, on the same night they attended a heavy weight title fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetki, but I think it was on the 6th!
Anyway, Charlene wore these black leather pants, black heels and a printed top, none of these is by Akris, if you have an idea about the designer, please do tell. That's a nice change from the usual Charlene attire!
The next day (the 6th), the couple attended the Olympic torch relay!
A blue dress, a black coat and the diamond stud earrings, finally color!
What do you think of Charlene's outfits for the visits?
That St. Gallen dress, with or without the lining, is creepy!
I like this dress, it is very beautiful. It happens to anybody, I remember it happens to Princess Diana in a kindergatden and I will not speak about a transparent dress that Kate wore at the universitat fot a fashionshow for students.and who became very famous.
Worn in Week: Charlene and the Unknown!


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Five Good Covers: "Friday I'm In Love" (The Cure)
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Five Good Covers presents five cross-genre reinterpretations of an oft-covered song.
"Friday I'm In Love" is a dumb pop song, but it's quite excellent actually, just because it's so absurd…. It's so out of character – very optimistic and really out there in happy land. It's nice to get that counterbalance. People think we're supposed to be leaders of some sort of "gloom movement." I could sit and write gloomy songs all day long, but I just don't see the point. – Robert Smith
For a mopey band, the Cure sure knew their way around a good pop song. Any number of sunshine 'n' rainbow combos would give their proverbial eyeteeth for the skills to write, record, and release songs like "In Between Days" or "Boys Don't Cry." But of all their songs, none seem so counter to Robert Smith & Co's image as "Friday I'm In Love." It's so exuberant, so euphoric, you almost don't know what to do with it. Picture someone skipping down the sidewalk, hands up high, beaming at the sunshine, people turning to stare at his wake – that's "Friday I'm In Love."
The song won the Cure a lot of new fans, ones who wouldn't have clicked with the band's first fifteen years. This boost of popularity was both blessing and curse. Smith said, "For a long time, I didn't like certain songs because I thought, 'You're to blame, you bastard. You made me popular.' 'Friday I'm in Love' is a perfect example." One the other hand, he's also called it one of his favorite Cure songs. In the end, you just can't keep a good tune down.
The song's touched artists as well as fans, ringing up dozens of covers. Here are five that never hesitate.
David Gray – Friday I'm In Love (The Cure cover)
The DVD Live in Slow Motion catches David Gray and his band giving a rousing 2005 performance at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. The last track of the night was a cover of "Friday I'm In Love," and it shows everyone in full showman mode, Gray getting cheers by tossing out local references and cheerful obscenities. Everyone goes big on this one, and the results hold as much joy in them as the original did.
Himalaya Records – Friday I'm In Love (The Cure cover)
From Spain come Himalaya Records. "Creamos nuestra música y versionamos la de otros," they say on their YouTube page, which translates to "We create our music and we change that of others." Coming at "Friday I'm In Love" from a gentler angle, the changes they render are pleasant ones, especially Carlota Callavé's accented vocals.
Billy Rubin Trio – Friday I'm In Love (The Cure cover)
The Billy Rubin Trio gives songs that hot-jazz feel from the '20s. Grab your hotsy-totsy and get your lindy hoppin' to their "Friday I'm In Love." Perfect for your Valentine's Day – even if it turns into a massacre.
Nena – Friday I'm In Love (The Cure cover)
Having run out of red balloons, Nena went on to record a cover album, 2007's Cover Me (great title!). A double album, it collected Nena's favorite songs; half of it was made up of German-language covers, the other half English-language covers. "Friday I'm In Love" fell in the latter camp, and the rockin' result sounds like a lost track from a '90s teen movie soundtrack (which I submit is a good thing).
Choir! Choir! Choir! – Friday I'm In Love (The Cure cover)
You'll remember Choir! Choir! Choir! from their appearance in the top 10 of the best cover songs of 2018. That wasn't their first time in the cover song rodeo. Here they are a few years earlier, having put together a "Friday I'm In Love" cover that showcases the power of the human voice, when raised and multiplied. It starts off slow, but stick with it – all the floors on this tower of song are worth exploring.
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