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Deviation from the Norm
AGS' Executive Director of SIGMA, Jessi Guenther dives into all things SIGMA. Learn what SIGMA is and how small to mid-market companies can still have the same value and benefits in an MSP as larger companies. Also, Jessi breaks down how SIGMA can be customized to meet the needs of your company.
F: Welcome to, Subject To Talent, brought to you by Allegis Global Solutions. Similar to you, we're always trying to learn more. On this podcast, we speak to talent experts around the world, covering workforce management, market trends, technology, on a forever evolving dynamic industry.
Hello there. Thanks for tuning in and welcome to, Subject To Talent. Today, we have Jessi Guenther, Executive Director for SIGMA here at AGS. She has over 20 years of talent acquisition and recruitment industry experience. Jessi started with the Allegis family in 1997 as a recruiter and worked her way up in the company. She came into AGS in 2004 as a program director, to implement and manage a portfolio of MSP clients. In addition to her numerous business roles at AGS, Jessi is one of the founding members of Allegis Group's, Diversity and Inclusion Council, and an advocate and spokesperson for women in leadership. Jessi, can you tell our listeners a little bit about yourself? How did you get into this industry?
J: Well, I've been with Allegis for 23 years, so a lot about me is connected to what I've been a part of here. And my husband and our two sons, have been on this journey with me pretty much the whole way through. So, I'm from Wisconsin originally. I started my career there. We lived in Seattle and then we moved to London and we're now based at our corporate headquarters outside of Baltimore, Maryland. So, travel is a big part of my life, both personally and professionally, and all of the fun that comes with that from the food to unique experiences to the people we meet. I love to play golf. And I'm a massive advocate for the advancement of women and girls and that transcends my professional life as well. And, how did I get into this industry? Like a lot of people at Allegis, I was referred by a good college friend. I originally wanted to be a math teacher or a journalist, but after an interview at Aerotek, I changed my mind and the rest is history.
F: Shocked that another person fell into the industry by accident.
J: There are a lot of us.
F: That's awesome. And, where here today to talk about SIGMA. And for our listeners who don't know, can you give us a high level overview of what SIGMA is and describe the ideal SIGMA customer?
J: I've been a part of our MSP service offering for over 15 years. And the majority of that time was spent on the Fortune 50. I built and managed MSP programs for huge companies who were seeking sophisticated workforce management solutions, and during those years our reputation was really built on that model. A few years ago, we recognized a gap in the market, specifically, with small to mid-sized companies who are asking us to build an MSP solution for them based on what they heard about what MSP is built to do.
And when your experience is heavily slated toward companies who are spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year on their non-employee workforce, trying to apply that methodology to companies that spend less than 50 million, requires a different way of thinking. It's expensive to stand up an MSP program. There's a lot of heavy lifting involved in solution design and implementation, staff that needs to be hired and ultimately managed. So we needed to figure out a way to do it on a smaller scale without sacrificing the value. So SIGMA is purpose built for those companies, small to mid-sized customers who spend between 5 and $50 million a year and want the same value and benefit despite their size.
F: Can you tell us where the name SIGMA came from? Does it stand for anything?
J: What a great question. Our project team toiled over the brand for a bit. It does not stand for... It's not an acronym. But SIGMA, the Greek letter, is by definition a deviation from the norm or change. And when we were developing SIGMA, there was no question that we were deviating from our standard global enterprise MSP solution. So, that's the impetus of the name.
F: And what makes SIGMA different from an enterprise solution then?
J: Well, it's a good segue, because as I mentioned, our SIGMA clients expect the same value and benefit. And interestingly enough, many times our stakeholders and program sponsors have experience working with us in the past so they know what MSP value feels like. They expect the same experience if they're engaging us. In fact, they expect more because a relationship already exists. The differences really center around a few key aspects, simpler technology configuration, smaller more targeted suppliers and rapid deployment methodology. Because the companies that are buying are by definition smaller, we are typically dealing with a smaller list of staffing suppliers, less complexity from a technical standpoint and more nimble decision making when it comes to solution design.
Large enterprise MSPs will typically take at least 16 weeks to implement if not double, when a SIGMA solution can be up and running in about eight weeks provided the technical aspects are contained to core integrations, which is pretty typical in a SIGMA environment. So, rather than start with every bell and whistle turned on, despite the fact that many won't be used, we'll spend more time upfront defining the must haves, discussing the nice to haves and ultimately landing on what solution will achieve the goal without adding unnecessary costs.
F: And you said earlier, you started out in your MSP career working with Fortune companies, the top Fortune companies, and now you spend a lot of time focusing on these mid-market companies, what have you learned?
J: Oh, so much. This isn't a one size fits all solution. I mean nothing ever is, right? When SIGMA was first conceptualized, we put together a very talented team of people from various functions of our business along with staffing expertise from Aerotek, and thought we could design a product that I typically call sort of "SIGMA in a box", which was a really simple but somewhat rigid MSP solution that worked for some customers, but it was prohibitive to others. For example, we thought we'd be able to manage all SIGMA programs from our key hubs rather than client location. Which was great for us, because we had depth of talent, redundancies built in, lower cost locations.
But we quickly realized that if we were going to sustain long-term success with this product, we would need to start stretching the sides of that box, so to speak, and find more creative ways to respond to what our customers were asking for while maintaining the integrity of the non-negotiables. Which include, best in class program teams, optimized and fit for purpose supply chain and opportunity for our operating companies to thrive. So, we're no longer in that box, but we're happily still able to meet the client need without compromising the integrity of our core purpose.
F: And how does your team go about creating a customized solution for prospective customers?
J: Well, we have by far the best team in the business. And SIGMA has dedicated program architects and solution designers who work directly with the client to define the needs and design the program. Our clients are a huge part of this success, but it's our team's responsibility to extract the things that are most important and ultimately build a solution around those things. So, although the value drivers for each customer vary in some shape or form, what's universal, is their desire for a consistent process, it's one that streamlines, creates efficiencies, puts less burden on the business, and most importantly, filling open roles. Wherever and whatever those roles might be, whatever the process, whatever the source of the candidate, the talent pool, the technology. In the end, what our clients measure us on above all else is, are the roles getting filled? Is the business happy? It doesn't matter if you're a company who hires 5,000 contingent staff a year or 200, an MSP solution like SIGMA has to be designed to address what's most important to our clients.
F: And what are some nuances or complexities that SIGMA customers are often challenged with?
J: Well, SIGMA is specifically tailored to the nuances that come with being a small to mid-size company. So, talent acquisition, HR, procurement, people in purpose teams, these functions aren't dedicated to the non-employee population unlike many of the large global enterprise customers. A key catalyst for outsourcing to an expert team like SIGMA, is to let those experts do the work. Our SIGMA customers often have strict budgetary constraints and one of the ways to circumvent the high costs that can come without an outsource solution like this, is to take the design and deployment and make it simpler. It might require some flexibility on the nice to haves. For example, a customer may want a front end technology integration with an HRIS system, which usually has a price tag and requires additional time to implement. And we're usually able to circumvent the cost and time associated by avoiding the direct integration and creating a simple upload process that's done with a couple of clicks. So that's one example.
Certainly, there are nuances and challenges with customer bandwidth. Again, typically in a global enterprise deal, we're dealing with individuals who are dedicated to selecting and standing up a program. In a small to mid-sized company, they're usually juggling a number of priorities. So, getting a team in SIGMA that can alleviate some of that burden, has been something that our SIGMA customers have cited as a real win for them.
F: Okay. That sounds great. And especially that point about kind of priorities and having a partner that can come in and just take that load off and help with that. And you can trust them because they've done it numerous times.
J: Yes, without question.
F: And we got an opportunity here, so what are some myths that you would like to debunk about SIGMA?
J: Myths of SIGMA? Mm-hmm (affirmative). That it's less than, that it's MSP light, skinny MSP. I've heard all forms and fashions. It's interesting because the myths I spend more time trying to diffuse are more internal than external. Making sure that our teams across the globe understand what SIGMA is and isn't. SIGMA includes procurement solutions that can help solve our client's global challenges. We can bring payroll solutions and cutting edge technology to the table. We're three and a half years in now and we've built a really solid reputation. So I'm just really passionate about ensuring that our employees and our clients, current and future, know that the small to mid-market is huge and the growth of MSP in this space validates that we're on the right track, and this means opportunity for our customers and opportunity for our people. And that's really a win-win for everyone.
F: And a big thing about SIGMA is the speed. So, how quickly can you deploy a SIGMA solution for a customer?
J: Yeah. I think I mentioned earlier, we can do it in eight weeks. We did have one customer last year that we implemented in five, but I don't recommend it. Eight weeks has been the standard marker and that balances both a rigorous and tight timeline with a confidence that all of the milestones can be successfully achieved. In other words, there's little room for error or rest, but after eight weeks the client is breathing easy and SIGMA is off to the races.
F: Even eight weeks, I think that's pretty impressive.
J: It is. It's aggressive, but it's working.
F: And what do you want a prospective customer to think about when considering who to choose as their mid-market solution provider?
J: It's such a great question. I think the cultural alignment between two organizations is really underrated. MSP partnerships usually start with a three or five year contract. It's a serious relationship. And although there are exit clauses for non-performance, you don't typically see a breakup within that initial period. So, that time can be hard and painful or enjoyable and trustworthy. I want our clients to be able to see themselves offloading their largest talent problems onto our plates and trusting that we're going to effectively solution those problems. If a client doesn't see and feel that cultural fit during the early stages of the relationship, it's usually over before it really starts. They may gut it out for the contract period, but I can't count the number of times we've been brought in to fix a problem that originated with a stakeholder telling me that they were wowed by a demo or a process that in the end might have worked, but when it came to pivoting and solving problems in the moment, there was a real lack of connection there.
So, that's probably the example that comes right off the top of my head. I certainly want our customers to be thinking about and asking questions around how many times have we done it. When it comes to SIGMA, I'm always sort of yearning for a customer to get into the details of the small to mid-market. Everybody can design a solution, every competitor out there for any shape and size, truly. But when I look at the product that AGS has brought to the market and the case studies that are coming from these customers that have bought it, there's no question that dedicating the team to the small to mid-market, designing processes and solutions that are custom or bespoke for those customers, has been a differentiator. And just like you want a doctor that's done it... A procedure over and over and over again, I would want our customer to be asking and really trying to vet out truly, how expert are we? And then, I think not less important, is our willingness and ability to be honest with a customer. And that's not always easy.
And again, I think that customer engagements fail when there's a lack of transparency and an unwillingness to be forthcoming and really transparent about what is and isn't possible. The sales process by nature, in any industry, is one that needs to make commitments. But once requirements get vetted out, getting in front of the things that may not be as possible as we once thought, it's better just to get it out there. So, I'd love to be able to create a list of questions that I could give to a prospective customer, and say, "Ask this of every vendor. And if we aren't the best vendor in the answers, then so be it." But, I do find myself in situations where I know that the diligence up front is not benefiting what's happening on the backend. So, we're getting there.
F: Okay. Amazing. There's some good... Some great advice there. And I like the point about honesty and starting with honesty right at the beginning of that relationship. Finally, our last question, what's next on the horizon for SIGMA?
J: Yeah. As I mentioned earlier, the market is growing, there's no question about that. The North American MSP market, is witnessing a rise in mid-market deals. Last year we expanded the SIGMA product to the UK and Ireland, which is the second largest market for small to mid-sized companies for MSP, so we're growing. Without question, our customers are really smart in this space. 10 years ago, we were solving problems for our customers that today are pretty simple in hindsight. And as our customers become more knowledgeable about what they want and what's possible, it puts the honors on us to stay ahead of the possibilities, to develop new products and solutions that solve their most complex talent problems and hopefully problems they don't even know they have.
And SIGMA has the luxury of pilfering the best ideas and concepts that have come out of 15 years of product development at AGS, and we get to sort of retrofit them for the mid-market. So, what's next is continued sophistication, incorporation of procurement solutions, technology that not only streamlines the process but helps manage the experience for the business and the talent. Small to mid-size engagements, do give us a little bit of a playground to try new things with lower risk, and our clients are excited to be a part of that. It's definitely an exciting time to be a part of the MSP space in general. And I personally get the privilege of leading, what I think are... Is one of the coolest teams in the business.
F: That's really exciting times ahead. Jessi, thank you so much for coming in. Honestly, it's been a pleasure. Thank you.
J: Thank you, Frank.
F: Thank you very much for tuning in today. If you would like to learn more about SIGMA and how it could help your organization, please check out our website at allegisglobalsolutions.com. If you have any questions for Jessi, feel free to tweet us @AllegisGlobal, with the #subjecttotalent. Also, if you have any suggestions for topics that you would like us to cover in our future episodes, you can email us at subjecttotalent@allegisglobalsolutions.com. If you enjoyed our podcast today, please share us with all your colleagues, subscribe, rate us, and leave a review. Until next time, cheers.
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Nevada's starting center suspended after arrest for domestic battery
By Rob DausterNov 29, 2016, 3:23 PM EST
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Nevada's starting center, Elijah Foster, was suspended indefinitely from the program following an arrest on Monday morning, the school announced.
Foster was charged with first-degree domestic battery and contempt of court. According to a police report obtained by the Reno Gazette-Journal, was arrested following a domestic disturbance at 7:30 a.m. on Monday morning. On a call with dispatch, according to the report, Foster was heard telling his girlfriend, who reportedly had a freshm scratch under her eye, "shut up or I'll hit you again."
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Perfect time for Britons to holiday in Europe, says Post Office
There's no need to go very far for dirt-cheap holidays these days due to the rising pound and falling prices.
Low-cost holidays are available right on our doorsteps and you no longer need to jet-off east to find a pint for less than a pound. Well, that's what we're inferring after reading a new report by the Post Office Travel Money.
A combination of sterling's strength versus the euro and falling prices due to the collapse in oil have made it a great time to book a European holiday.
The exchange rates have moved in our favour so much that, when changing £500 into euros, UK tourists stand to gain an extra £52 compared to five years ago. Furthermore, most places seen prices fall by 50 per cent, if you look at the cost of items that are commonly purchased in resorts.
It's harder to find such good value for money even when looking at holidays in countries that are typically believed to be cheap, such as East Asia and the Caribbean.
"There is no doubt that UK tourists can look forward to getting more travel cash for their pound this year in Europe but people planning trips further afield could get caught out by falling rates for sterling in some countries," said Andrew Brown of Post Office Travel Money.
"The best way to avoid this is to consider a resort where the pound still goes quite a long way, and check to see how prices for meals and drinks compare in a range of destinations," he added.
Looking at the cost of a bottle of beer, or a cup of coffee for the non-drinkers, Post Office data shows that the two cheapest destinations in Europe are Portugal and Bulgaria.
A bottle of beer costs 61 pence and 77 pence in Bulgaria and Portugal, respectively. While a cup of coffee will set you back 54 pence in Portugal and 81 pence in Bulgaria. Moreover, those that have enough time can save further costs if driving and using the Channel Tunnel, as the cost of petrol should continue to decline in the summer.
"Motorists planning trips to Europe by car this spring can bank on the cost of a litre of unleaded petrol being up to 26 per cent lower than last summer compared with just over 18 per cent cheaper in London petrol stations," said Mr Brown.
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EghtesadOnline: The 15th annual General Assembly and the 30th meeting of the council of the Islamic Financial Services Board will convene in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 6.
Central Bank of Iran Vice Governor Akbar Komijani will be a keynote speaker at the events, which also include other conferences and meetings held during the two days prior to the main event, the official website of CBI reported.
In mid-December, IFSB announced the appointment of the Central Bank of Iran's governor as its chairman for 2017.
The website reported that Valiollah Seif, governor of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, will steer the chairmanship of IFSB while Fazle Kabir, governor of Bangladesh Bank (the central bank of Bangladesh), was appointed deputy chairman, Financial Tribune reported.
According to IFSB, Seif took over the chairmanship of the international standard-setting organization from Tarek Amer, governor of the Central Bank of Egypt. The new appointments came into effect on 1 January 2017.
During this year's event and considering the fact that the tenure of the current secretary-general is coming to an end, "the new secretary-general, which is the highest office in the IFSB, will be chosen, giving this particular round of meetings added importance", CBI noted in its statement.
CBI is the official organizer of this year's IFSB events, a responsibility which it last held in 2005.
The 29th meeting of IFSB council, hosted by the Central Bank of Egypt, was held last year in Cairo, Egypt. It was attended by 10 central bank governors and deputy governors of regulatory and supervisory authorities, and 10 representatives from among IFSB members, representing 14 countries and the Islamic Development Bank. The meeting was chaired by Tarek Amer.
The Kuala Lumpur-based IFSB was officially inaugurated on Nov. 3, 2002, and started operations on March 10, 2003. It serves as an international standard-setting body of regulatory and supervisory agencies that have vested interest in ensuring the soundness and stability of the Islamic financial services industry, which is defined broadly to include banking, capital market and insurance.
In advancing this mission, IFSB promotes the development of an Islamic financial services industry by introducing new, or adapting existing international standards consistent with the principles of Islamic law, and recommending them for adoption.
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Why Chris Paul is underrated
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When Chris Paul was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder last offseason, many expected him to get shipped to another team quickly since the Thunder appeared headed towards an immediate and complete rebuild.
That was the logical assumption, too, since Oklahoma City had just traded away Russell Westbrook, arguably the franchise's most accomplished player ever, and Paul George, who finished third in the prior season's MVP vote. (No, really.)
Little did we know the Thunder would actually improve upon their win percentage under Paul's leadership and production, comfortably make the playoffs and push further than anyone expected them to before the season tipped off.
One could easily make the case that because we underrate Paul so much, we didn't realize he might be able to singlehandedly make Oklahoma City a better team, despite what they lost from their roster last summer.
Below, more reasons why we think the future Hall-of-Famer is so underrated.
Despite lack of rings, he's a beast in the playoffs…
In sports culture today, it has become all too common to criticize players if they never win a championship, even if they went above and beyond what was expected of them in the playoffs and it really wasn't their fault.
This is true for Paul more than any other active player.
Paul's postseason shortcomings – never making it to the Finals, only reaching the conference finals once, getting injured in huge playoff moments – are overstated, as the Wake Forest product is actually extremely productive in postseason competition, averaging 21 points, 8.2 assists and 2.1 steal over 108 playoff appearances.
Paul ranks 12th in career assist average in the playoffs and 10th in steals.
Even this year, in a hard-fought Game 7 defeat to the heavily favored Houston Rockets, a game that few even expected the Thunder to reach, Paul made history by becoming the oldest player to have a triple-double in a Game 7.
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It is fair to knock Paul on his durability in the postseason, which became especially problematic in 2018 when his team at the time, the Rockets, had their best chance to take down the dynastic Golden State Warriors featuring Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry, taking a 3-2 series lead in the Western Conference Finals before losing the final two games of the series.
Nevertheless, Paul has always performed at an extremely high level in the postseason, he's just very seldom had a championship-caliber team around him to help reach the top of the mountain. It's just really difficult, if not borderline impossible, for an undersized point guard like Paul to be the best player on a title team.
He's had an unreal sustained level of excellence…
Because of his size and injury history (nothing major, but he has missed a lot of time throughout his career with random knocks), not many expected Paul to be this good today, at 35 years of age.
And yet, Paul is coming off an All-Star campaign this season – in the Western Conference, no less – where he averaged 17.6 points and 6.7 assists and led a young-but-hungry Thunder team to a playoff appearance as the West's No. 5 seed.
It was the 10th All-Star showing of Paul's career, the first of which came in his age-22 season back in 2007-08. That's a difference of 12 years between his first and latest All-Star campaign, proving just how incredible his longevity has been, especially when you factor in his physical shortcomings.
It must also be noted that Paul is the only player since 1983-84 to play at least 1,000 games and be a starter in every single one of them.
How's that for longevity as a top-notch point guard?
He elevates teams like few others in history…
That's not an opinion either, but a statistical fact, as, per our research, Paul has raised two teams' winning percentages by an extreme margin.
During his time with the Los Angeles Clippers, Paul lifted the franchise's win rate from a laughable 37.9 percent without him to 68.5 percent with him on the roster, an absolutely absurd feat. In fact, that 30.6 percent raise in win percentage was the highest among the players we researched.
What's even crazier is that Paul actually made two appearances on the list, as Paul also raised the Hornets' win percentage by 12.8 percent when he was on the team.
He may not have the rings to show for it, but there's no doubt Paul is a winning player and has been for his entire career. You don't make it to 12 playoffs in 15 seasons by accident.
This year was like a microcosm of Paul's overall career, where he was the main reason his team was even in the playoffs and made it as far as they did. No, he didn't win a title, but it was noteworthy and impressive nonetheless.
It was nothing new for Paul, either, as even in his New Orleans days early on in his career, he was dragging an often mediocre (at best) roster to the playoffs in the loaded Western Conference. For comparison's sake, the star point guard qualified for the postseason three times during his time with the then-Hornets; Anthony Davis was only able to do that twice while in New Orleans.
He comes up big in key moments…
It may not necessarily always be with the final shot (though it has been in the past), but Paul is usually a force late in games with results hanging in the balance.
A perfect example of that came this season, where Paul led all players in total clutch scoring (defined as points produced when a game has fewer than five minutes left and a score is within five points) with 150 points, which he scored quite tidily on 52.2 percent shooting.
Without Paul's ability to step up late in games this season, (the Thunder were tied for No. 1 in the league in games with clutch situations while leading the NBA in clutch wins), Oklahoma City wouldn't have come close to making the playoffs.
There are also historical examples of Paul's clutchness, the most memorable one taking place in Game 7 of the first round of the 2015 playoffs, where the 6-foot-1 ball-handler, with his team down by one, sank an unforgettable bank shot over Tim Duncan to send the Clippers to the second round of that year's postseason.
Paul being able to get crucial buckets at his size against some of the NBA's scariest behemoths is a testament to his greatness.
He's got some truly wild statistics accumulated so far…
When you've been as great for as long as Paul has, you're going to have some pretty ridiculous stats by your name in the record books.
For example, Paul, with 9,653 career assists and 2,233 career steals, ranks seventh in both categories historically in the NBA. That makes him one of just three players, along with Jason Kidd and John Stockton, i.e., two of the greatest point guards who ever lived, to rank in the Top 7 of both major categories.
What's more, Paul's 9.5 career assist average and 2.2 career steal average place him fourth and seventh historically in those two statistics respectively. He's the only player ever to rank in the Top 7 in both of those stats, average-wise. That's nuts.
Paul is also the only player in league history to lead the NBA in steals on six separate occasions (the No. 2 finishers in most times to lead the league in takeaways all merely did it three times), he was the youngest player to ever lead the NBA in assists (which he did at 22 years old while averaging 11.6 nightly), and one of just two players with multiple 20-point, 10-assist, 2-steal campaigns, along with Isiah Thomas.
Oh, and for good measure, he's the fourth-leading rebounder in NBA history among players 6-foot-1 or shorter.
For Paul to be able to do that while being generously listed at that height without being a super explosive athlete like the Russell Westbrooks or Derrick Roses of his era, and while doing the majority of his damage efficiently in the midrange during a time where that shot is beyond frowned upon, is wild.
And it's why he's the ultimate floor general of his era, a no-doubt first-ballot Hall-of-Famer even if he never wins a title, and why we think he's so underrated.
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The African proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child" requires that we as the villagers do our part. We bring the dollars and take the cookies. I guess the girls figured out that folks like me don't carry cash so they now do what any smart business manager/owner does; they take VISA and other charge cards.
Now my wife has had to remind me that I have been supportive enough for a couple of weeks as I have purchased 20 boxes of those cookies between the Girl Scouts I know in Mariposa as well as on this side of the mountain. My doctor would tell you that I don't need to eat twenty dozen cookies so I give them away. In fact, on Sunday the girls selling at Vons even offered to eat the package of the S'mores that I bought to help me save the calories. What kindness they showed.
When we listen to the news and we hear about all the negative things going on locally, in the state, across this nation and around the world it is wonderful to get to see that good things are going on right here. Those smiling faces that greet you asking for your business and the cheerful thank you, or wishes for a good day even when you don't buy, are evidence that there is goodness in this world.
Those young ladies are going to grow into our future leaders in just a few years. Who knows what is going to become of them? Perhaps when I was buying those cookies on Sunday I was talking to a future lawyer, doctor, merchant, teacher, or CEO of a Fortune 500 company. I do know that I was talking with five very polite young ladies.
So as the politicians try to make changes that they think are needed to make things better and they argue about taxes, defense, budgets, and regulations we need to be able to sit back and enjoy a delightful snack.
Scouting helps build young kids into greater adults. Look at the statistics and the facts back up what makes perfect sense. Kids who are involved in positive youth activities through their churches, sports, the YMCA or Scouting are far less likely to end up standing before a judge getting sentenced. The kids involved in these positive programs may end up becoming the judges and the lawyers in the courts or the arresting officers.
So until almost the end of March we will be tempted by those delightful cookies and those charming young girls learning to sell and account for the dollars whilst working to support their Scouting activities instead of just looking for a handout.
On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, to help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law: I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.
Any young girl who promises to live by those rules deserves our support, so I remind everyone that we have the opportunity to support a fine program that builds leadership and encourages young ladies to become better citizens. On top of feeling great about eating some great cookies.


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Home Hacking Australian schoolboy hacks into Apple's network, steals files
Australian schoolboy hacks into Apple's network, steals files
written by January 24, 2023
His lawyer claims that the teen did the hacking because he admired Apple and dreamed of landing a job in the company
A 16-year-old Australian teenager has broken into Apple's internal systems multiple times, making off with 90GB of "secure files" and accessing customer accounts in the process, according to The Age, which cited court proceedings.
Over the course of no less than a year, the Melbourne-based student infiltrated Apple's systems and retrieved highly secure "authorized keys" for logging into customer accounts, and went on to brag about his shenanigans on WhatsApp.
According to his defense lawyer, the schoolboy made a name for himself in the "international hacking community" to the point that even mentioning the case in detail could put his client at risk.
The teenager – whose name could not be made public given his age – pleaded guilty to the criminal charges at a hearing at the Children's Court in Australia on Thursday. Sentencing isn't due until September 20.
As is apparent from the scarce details that are available, the teen relied on virtual private networks (VPNs) and other tools to avoid being traced, but, ultimately, to no avail.
Once the tech giant caught wind of the intrusions, it blocked his access and contacted the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which, in turn, referred the issue to the Australian Federal Police (AFP). A raid on his family home followed, uncovering a host of files and "instructions" in a computer folder that the teen had called "hacky hack hack".
"Two Apple laptops were seized and the serial numbers matched the serial numbers of the devices which accessed the internal systems," according to the prosecutor. Also confiscated were a mobile phone and a hard drive.
On the other hand, it's not entirely clear exactly what kind of data the teenager lifted, how it all happened or, indeed, why it took a year to detect and stop the break-ins.
Meanwhile, Apple, as quoted by Reuters, is adamant that the intrusions didn't compromise any personally identifiable information (PII) of its customers. "We … want to assure our customers that at no point during this incident was their personal data compromised," a spokesperson said.
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Chapter 9: Hitting the Books
It's Monday, and Daniel and Michelle are at the public library. On the outside, it's a small and unassuming building barely larger than a neighbourhood post office, but this exterior masks a cavernous, TARDIS-like interior consisting of an enormous underground chamber that stretches out underneath the council building next door. The two teens make their way in via a broad entrance surrounded by carved marble, and head down a set of stairs into the library proper.
The library, as Daniel vaguely recalls, was originally built during the Second World War as a bomb shelter for local government officials. During the Cold War, it was adapted for long-term use in the event of nuclear attack, with bunk beds and food cans stacked on top of each other in the same bureaucratic manner. Some time after it became clear that nuclear strikes weren't about to destroy the planet, the bunker was renovated for use as a library paid for by some rich businessman with ties to the area, some local-boy-done-good. The renovations have done little to mask the claustrophobic atmosphere of Cold War paranoia, but it's the best place for miles when it comes to the selection of books.
This library trip is ostensibly to look for information on "sex changes" (for lack of a better term), but that's really only a half-truth. Daniel has no intention of going the medical route: rather, they intend to take matters into their own magically-augmented hands. They know there's some things that medicine can do — they've not been living under a rock or anything, they've seen the reality TV specials — but they're not about to put their trust in some random doctor, and medical science can only go so far. Anyway, they're pretty sure it'd cost a lot of money1. In both routes, however, the first step's the same: research.
According to Garl, the first step to modifying yourself is to understand how you work as-is; in that respect it's much like changing anything else. The main difference between changing yourself and changing something else is that if you fuck up changing yourself you might not be around for long enough to unfuck it — not that Garl uses words like "fuck" — so it's important to have a good working knowledge of medical things like anatomy and endocrinology.
Daniel doesn't actually know what "endocrinology" means, but Michelle seems to think it's relevant to the whole gender thing, so they imagine it'll be useful.
Michelle leads Daniel down through the maze of bookshelves — she's been here many times before, but they haven't — to a section marked "Medical Science". Before they have a chance to orient themself, she's pulling heavy books from the shelf in a seemingly random (but presumably purposeful) fashion, handing each to Daniel as she does. By the sixth book, Daniel's arms are complaining loudly and threatening to buckle: they've never had great upper-body strength, and these books are testing their limits.
Michelle mercifully stops at eight books, and the pair go to find a reading station to assess their spoils. ("Reading station" being a fancy term for a wooden table with a chair and a light.) They find one near the edge of the place, where the ceiling slopes downward at an angle for some aesthetic or structural reason that Daniel's not aware of. Michelle grabs a second seat, and Daniel lets the books drop onto the table as loudly as they dare in a place as quiet as this. Their arms cry out in sweet relief.
Together, the pair spread their spoils across the table, so as to see them all at once. The eight books comprise:
An Introduction to Human Anatomy (Second Edition)
Reproductive Anatomy for Medical Students (Fifth Edition)
Basic Endocrinology (Second Edition)
An Introduction to Neurology (Fourth Edition)
Medical Embryology (Second Edition)
Human Psychology for the General Practitioner (Third Edition)
Modern Surgical Techniques (no edition given, so presumably First Edition)
Elementary Biochemistry (Second Edition)
Daniel's not sure what half of these titles have to do with gender. To them, it's as though Michelle's thrown a handful of darts at a Dewey Decimal catalogue and picked up what they stuck to, and they're not sure there's a single medical topic that's not covered by this selection. Not that they'd know, to be fair. Nevertheless, they grab one of the anatomy books along with the endocrinology book — might as well find out what that actually is — and get reading.
It takes six chapters and forty minutes for the despair to set in. It's all a lot more complex than they expected.
First of all, there's the anatomical differences. As Daniel had expected, ovaries and testes both develop from the same initial structure. Unfortunately, the point of divergence is so early in development — before birth! Who designed that? — that they would effectively have to roll back 15 years of growth to switch themself onto the other path. It's like an out-of-control train that's already past the last junction that could divert it, and Daniel's tied to the tracks like a wannabe-damsel in distress. Except the train is testosterone and Daniel is, well, still Daniel.
Secondly, Daniel doesn't have a uterus, and even if they could create one from nothing, they'd need to fiddle with their bone structure and connective tissues to fit it in somewhere. If they can do that, then there's more problems to solve, such as: how do you reshape genitals? Can bodies reject magically-grown organs? Can you change your DNA? Do you even need to?
Finally, there's the endocrinology, which turns out to be the study of how hormones interact with the body. On the face of it it's a promising direction of enquiry, but in practice it's all rather Complicated, and fixing hormones isn't the simple matter of swapping one thing for another they'd hoped for. Both oestrogen and testosterone are present in most people: the difference is in quantity. That's before you take the menstrual cycle into account, which is a complicated mess of half a dozen chemicals all in a precise dance throughout the body; and there's more than one kind of oestrogen to worry about, and testosterone is not the only "androgen", either. Finally, there's a whole host of ancillary chemicals, all with subtle but important functions. The whole thing makes their head spin.
Daniel only notices that their teeth are chattering when it gets loud enough to hear. Then they notice other symptoms — short breath, hands shaking, vision fading — all leading to the obvious conclusion: they are panicking. They put one vibrating hand into their pocket, but the comforting power of the penny has gone along with their belief that it could help them. Traitor.
They begin to sob silently, head against the surface of the table. Michelle's still engrossed in the psychology book; there's no way she's going to notice Daniel's distress, so they just keep hyperventilating silently, trapped by the paradoxical desires for attention and isolation. Tears drip onto the plastic laminate of the table. They make no attempt to stem the flow.
Daniel's got no idea how long it's been when Michelle speaks. They're not even sure it's the first thing she's said.
Her voice is gentle, slowly drifting into Daniel's awareness. She asks again: "What's wrong?"
Daniel's not really able to manage words at the moment.
After a while, Michelle speaks again: "Daniel?"
Fuck. They're really starting to hate that name; not that they've got anything better. It takes a few minutes to build up the energy, but they manage to croak out a single word in response.
"…useless."
They feel a hand placed on their back; Michelle must've come around the table at some point.
"What's useless?" she asks, gently.
Daniel breathes a long, weary sigh as they try to build up the energy to speak. "Stuff. This." They swallow. "Never gonna be…" they begin, but they trail off, embarrassed and ashamed by their own choice of wording. They say instead: "Never gonna get what I want."
Michelle's arms snake around their shoulders into an embrace. It's comforting, but a little constricting at the same time. They're not sure whether they want to lean into the hug, or pull away.
"It'll be okay," she says. Her voice is gentle, but her words are not quite credible. "I mean, there's lots of options for you. There's hormone therapy, surgery…"
That's not the same as being real, Daniel doesn't say.
Michelle strokes their shoulders — big and bulky, yuck — for a few minutes or so, before suddenly stopping.
"I've got an idea," she says. Her voice sounds a little brighter than it did a moment ago. "Let's go shopping."
Daniel blinks their suddenly-dry eyes, surprise momentarily overcoming distress. They mumble: "What?"
Michelle disengages from the embrace, hurrying around the table to where she left her psychology book. She flips through it with purpose, quickly scanning page by page until she finds what she's looking for. Finally, she spins the book around and shoves it in front of Daniel's face.
"See?" she says, jabbing her finger at a passage.
Daniel lifts their head sluggishly and focuses their eyes on the text. It says:
Male-to-female transsexuals typically find that dysphoria can be alleviated partially by spending time "in role".
They squint at the text, making little sense of the jargon; they think "male-to-female transsexual" means them, but besides that the book may as well be in Latin.
Presumably reading their bewilderment, Michelle explains: "Er, basically it means dressing as a girl might make you feel better." She says this even quieter than her usual library hush, a discretion that Daniel's incredibly thankful for. They're not exactly thrilled that Michelle's prescription is for them to become some kind of sissy.
Eh, fuck it. Not like they've much to lose, and they can at least use magic to avoid some unwanted attention; perhaps those glamours will come in handy after all. Taking a deep breath in an attempt to calm frazzled nerves, they shakily stand up.
"Okay," they say, "but I need to go to the loo first."
The library's toilets are a fair distance from where Daniel and Michelle have set up camp. It takes Daniel almost ten minutes of navigating the labyrinthine bookshelf-corridors that make up the library, going left-right-right-right-left-left — or was it right? — before they reach the trio of doors leading to the gents', ladies' and disabled toilets respectively. In this case, they opt for the disableds: it's where they're least likely to be disturbed.
This particular disabled toilet's kind of run down: the toilet roll dispenser's been vandalised, and there's graffiti covering the walls. The library's old enough — well, the building is — that it wasn't exactly built with wheelchair access in mind, so while it's theoretically possible to get a wheelchair down here, clearly too few people actually do so to make maintaining the facilities worth much effort. No matter: Daniel's not actually here for that.
They take the penny from their pocket, holding it up between themself and a mildly-cracked mirror. Full body glamours are awkward, at least as far as their limited experience goes, so they want to get this right. They roll the coin from knuckle to knuckle, carefully examining the pattern of their body, scanning their face, their chest, their hands, their feet, their knees and so forth several times over before eventually finding an entry point at the base of their skull.
Step one is to construct the glamour itself. Daniel does this by creating a knot out of stray reality-weave, pulling threads this way and that through a disturbingly high number of dimensions. What they're trying to do is subtle but kind of high level — a far cry from the simple colour changes they've mainly performed before — which makes the whole process a little involved. Once they've constructed something that looks truly Gordian, they feed a loose end through the entry point they found earlier, doing their bet to integrate it with their own weave. The penny grows hot with the energy it's having to marshal.
Daniel steps back from the mirror, work done. It's a complex glamour, but they think it'll hold: now, anyone that looks at them will be nudged toward assuming that they're female. It's probably not going to affect anyone who knows them already, but it's better than nothing.
Daniel puts the coin back in their pocket, and —
No. Fuck it. Let's do this right.
Penny puts the coin back in her pocket, and heads out the door.
Author's note: They are misinformed on this point. In the UK, the National Health Service provides a range of treatments to trans people, including hormone treatment and various surgical procedures. These services, like most NHS services at the time of writing, are free at the point of use. That being said, they are far from perfect, suffering from long waiting lists and often being subject to "gatekeeping", where doctors valiantly judge whether you are "trans enough" to get treatment, unhindered by their blinkered perspectives on matters of gender. ↩
The club is all their law to keep poor folk in awe.


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In addition to Roosevelt's professional teaching staff, we have a media specialist and other professional support staff, including a school psychologist, school social worker, an Elementary Support Teacher, speech and language therapists, a resource classroom teacher, a teacher consultant, and outreach, occupational and physical therapist, and homebound or hospitalized services. Custodians, secretaries, paraprofessionals, and lunchroom personnel assist in keeping the building operating in an organized manner, keeping the building clean, serving nutritious food, and helping teachers and students.
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The Roosevelt community is committed to the development of life-long learners who will become independent, responsible citizens.
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QUESTION: Anyone else scared about the future?
cause of isis and muslim crazies? yes!
Very much so. For a lot of reasons, but the environment worries me the most. I think the problems are worse than anticipated, and things are cropping up in ways no one expected. Did you see the video of that huge sinkhole in Lousiana, where the salt dome they'd been mining startet to collapse? Things like that.
I'm so freaking scared about global warming and how messed up the climate will be when I'm old and feeble. Water and oil are going to run out eventually and I'm afraid that the world superpowers will turn to warfare. The extinction of honey bees also freak me out since they pollinate a large proportion of our food source.
I'm also looking forward to a lot of good things as well, like a more progressive society for women, LGBT, racial minorities, and immigrants; technological advancements; and the liberation of N. Korea. The last one might not be great, but it's like 1984 in N. Korea and people need to be free.


Today is our country founds a state 59 years festival day, also be the first golden week since the earthquake, now is the 3rd day of the golden week, good from fine of weather of hill of eyebrow of the high mountain since 29 days, scene as before beautiful. 3 days come, my house also received the golden week enter a peak, guesthouse is entered rate is successive achieve 90% above, collective of whole house employee prepares for war, had made the preparation that serves to the guest heart and soul, ensure the National Day that lets a guest cross a safety, Shu Xin.
This cries " steal in idle busy "
Be the same as the day that celebrate with the country, new people also chooses to come today in succession the important event that the predestined relationship decides him. Hall of sweet cabinet of high mountain eyebrow and renown hill hall will hold royal marriage dinner now, the festal atmosphere of luxurious warmth diffuses in whole guesthouse.


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Ambassadors car rammed in London. New Topic Reply to Topic
Police opened fire on a vehicle outside the Ukrainian embassy in west London after the driver deliberately and repeatedly rammed into the official car of the country's UK ambassador.
An official statement from the embassy said officers were called to the scene in the Holland Park area on Saturday morning and attempted to block the offending vehicle, but it continued to hit the car parked outside.
It was also driven at police officers, which the embassy said forced them "to open fire on the perpetrator's vehicle".
Onlookers described seeing officers armed with sub-machine guns and a suspect being "wrestled" to the ground.
Scotland Yard confirmed that a man in his 40s was arrested at the scene on suspicion of the attempted murder of police officers and criminal damage.
He was taken to a central London hospital as a precaution, following the use of firearms and a Taser.
The ambassador, Natalia Galibarenko, was not at the embassy at the time and no other staff were injured.
Police said the man they arrested also suffered no injuries and that the incident is not being treated as terror-related.
A neighbour who witnessed the arrest believes the suspect reversed into the ambassador's car while backing away from an oncoming police car.
Emma Slatter, who is Visa's general counsel, said: "It seems like he was moving erratically or wanting to move away from being boxed in, maybe not realising there were police behind him as well.
"That was when he collided backwards.
"I think I heard about half a dozen shots."
Two other witnesses said that they believed the suspect was Caucasian.
Heather Feiner, a mother-of-two, originally from the US, said: "My kids were hanging out in the living room. They said, 'Mum, is that firecrackers?'
"I saw all this police activity. I thought, 'Oh my gosh, what's going on?'"
She added that there were four marked police cars outside by the time she reached her ground floor window.
"From the time I heard the shots until I got to the window, which took about 15 seconds, all these police cars were already there," she said.
"I'm wondering if they were already trying to stop this person.
"I could see a police officer that fired the shots. I could see them pointing their gun at the car.
"They had a guy on the ground. I think he was Caucasian."
Another resident in the street, Lois Saint-Pierre, 89, said she had seen a Caucasian suspect.
"I heard the gun go off twice and then they wrestled him (the suspect) to the ground," she said.
Chief Superintendent Andy Walker, from the Met's specialist firearms command, said: "As is standard procedure, an investigation is now ongoing into the discharge of a police firearm during this incident.
"While this takes place, I would like to pay tribute to the officers involved this morning who responded swiftly to this incident and put themselves in harm's way, as they do every day, to keep the people of London safe."
Officers have remained at the scene during the day, with a silver Mercedes car pictured parked across a street with its boot open and damage to the driver-side front window.
The vehicle has been a focus of attention for forensics officers.
Meanwhile, the directorate of professional standards, which investigates complaints against the professional conduct of officers in the Met, has been informed of the incident.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/shots-fired-police-holland-park-west-london-141500034.html
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Likee (стара назва LIKE) — соціальна мережа, користувачі якої можуть створювати і поширювати короткі музичні відеокліпи з нанесенням спецефектів і інструментів доповненої реальності. Має однойменний додаток на операційній системі Android і iOS.

У Likee створюють короткі відеокліпи зі спецефектами, учасники яких співають, танцюють та ін.

Взагалі сервіс призначений для формування позитивного контенту, але відзначені випадки педофілії, членоушкодження, жорстокого поводження з тваринами, є оголені або занадто відверті відео.

Додаток розроблено сінгапурською компанією Bigo.

Хоча сервіс призначений для користувачів старше 12 років,
значну частку аудиторії складають діти та підлітки від 5 до 12 років.
За кількістю лайків на 2020 рік перше місце в програмі займають дівчинки з Росії.

Особливості
Мобільний додаток Likee дозволяє створювати і редагувати відео з використанням різних ефектів доповненої реальності. Користувачам доступно понад 300 спецефектів.

Сервіс конкурує з такими соціальними мережами, як TikTok, Kwai і Snapchat.

На 2020 рік користувачів програми найбільше в Індії, Росії, США та Індонезії.
Аудиторія Likee становить понад 650 мільйонів користувачів, трохи менше половини учасників публікує свої відеозаписи.

Критика
На американському сайті Common Sense Media всі відгуки батьків негативні, зокрема, батьки пишуть про педофілів, що листуються з дітьми.

Мережа Likee подібна мережевого маркетингу: «чим більше у блогера підписників, тим успішнішим і прибутковішим є актив».

У Likee такі речі, як рейтинг, кількість підписників і монетизація, порівняно з додатком TikTok, відіграють більшу роль, ніж саме відео.

Батьківський контроль
Використовуючи функцію «Батьківський контроль», додану в додаток Likee в 2019 році, батьки можуть намагатися контролювати або обмежувати доступ юних користувачів до матеріалів Likee.

Функція «батьківського контролю» дозволяє:

 заблокувати пряму трансляцію і push-новини
 заблокувати перегляд профілів і підписку для користувачів, що знаходяться географічно поруч,
 відключити можливість пошуку профілю користувача,
 блокувати вихідні і вхідні повідомлення,
 відключити спливаючі повідомлення,
 обмежити купівлю внутрішньої валюти додатку.

Див. також

 TikTok
 Snapchat

  (Kwai)

Примітки

Посилання

Соціальні мережі
Програмне забезпечення для Android
Програмне забезпечення для iOS
Статті з джерелами з Вікіданих
Сторінки з неперевіреними перекладами
Засновані в Азії 2017

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Kids' ER Visits for Mental Health Problems Soared Over 10 Years
MONDAY, May 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Children treated in America's emergency rooms for mental health disorders jumped 60% over a recent decade, a new study finds.
Between 2007 and 2016, visits for self-harm like suicidal thoughts and cutting soared 329% and treatment for drug abuse rose 159%, according to the study led by Charmaine Lo, from Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
"This is happening in all emergency departments all across the country and in kids of all ages," said Lo. "And regardless of whether it's a children's hospital or a general hospital, and whether or not they're in an urban location or in a rural location."
Lo thinks that social media has put a lot more pressure on children. "Children, particularly teenagers, are feeling that. Also, there's a lot more awareness of mental health, and children know that there are resources in place for them to seek help and get help," she said.
The coronavirus pandemic is only going to make things worse, experts say.
"Although this study was conducted prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase in social isolation and household stressors caused by the pandemic are likely to further worsen children's mental health," said Dr. Jennifer Hoffmann from the emergency medicine division at the Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
Addiction Psychiatry
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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1920, Volume II
814.00/362: Telegram
The Minister in Guatemala (McMillin) to the Acting Secretary of State
Guatemala, March 16, 1920.
[Received March 17—4:15 a.m.]
43. Legation's 42. March 15th.6 As a result of shooting which occurred March 11, reported my telegram 38 March 12, both Unionist Party and President earnestly requested diplomatic corps and urging my cooperation act as mediators in an effort to find some solution to present situation and avoid a revolution. Diplomatic; corps replied that while it could not act officially would do all possible otherwise to prevent bloodshed. Meeting of the diplomatic corps held and I was requested in their name to see what could be done. I held a conference with members of Unionists committee who presented me with list of demands on which they said they would make a settlement. This list was furnished the President through Minister for Foreign Affairs and President appointed a committee of three men to represent him. Conference this committee held yesterday as well as with committee of Unionists Party making it clear to each that members of diplomatic corps were not acting in any sense officially but at urgent requests of Government and Unionists solely in a final effort to avoid bloodshed. Both sides expressed their sincere thanks for anything that might be accomplished along these lines. While no final answer was given by Government committee yesterday to all demands of Unionists, Government concedes the most essential demands. But Unionists showed such distrust and suspicion of sincerity other side as to make me most pessimistic about possibility of peaceful solution. Furthermore remaining demands of Unionists are of such a trivia] nature as to cause me to believe that they feel the time has passed for any settlement of their difficulties in an amicable way. This is [Page 726]erroneous. If they act reasonably they can get a just settlement. It looks today as if they are only accepting the good offices of the diplomatic corps out of courtesy to the latter rather than because they wish any actual settlement outside of the removal of President. The attitude of the representatives of the Labor Party at this conference especially confirms my belief. A meeting of the committee of the Unionist Party and the entire diplomatic corps will be held tonight at which time a definite expression will be sought as to the real purposes of the Unionists Party in the matter. I neither have nor will take any action which might compromise the Government of the United States in this matter.
McMillin
Not printed.↩
Cuba: (Documents 1-94)
Czechoslovakia:
Dominican Republic: (Documents 95-135)
Ecuador: (Documents 136-176)
Egypt: (Documents 177-189)
Ethiopia: (Documents 190-199)
Finland: (Documents 200-208)
Germany: (Documents 209-493)
Great Britain: (Documents 494-589)
Greece: (Documents 590-606)
Guatemala: (Documents 607-674)
Fall of the Estrada Cabrera government (Documents 607-669)
Revolutionary agitation against President Estrada Cabrera—Efforts by the United States to allay factional discord—Request from both factions for mediation by the diplomatic corps—Proclamation of reforms issued by the President on the advice of the United States Government—Outbreak of factional hostilities, and resignation of the President—Inauguration of the Herrera government and its recognition by the United States (Documents 607-669)
Haiti: (Documents 675-755)
Honduras: (Documents 756-803)


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Q: Angular : use multiple times the same component at the same time, with different datas I'm working on a livechat application.
I have a chat-component.ts which is working: It allow 2 users to chat each other using socket.io.
Currently I have something like this :
{ path: 'chat/:profile/:profileId/:user/:userId/:timeIdentifier', component: ChatComponent, canActivate: [AuthGuard,RoomGuard] }

When the user join this route, a connection is made to the socket.io and allows him to chat in a specific room depending on the route params.
I also use RouteReuseStrategy, so that users can navigate through the application without leaving the chat.
How to implement RouteReuseStrategy shouldDetach for specific routes in Angular 2
What I want to do is to allow 1 user to chat with multiples users at the same time, using the same chat-component.ts.
I am not sure how can I manage to do that.
For now, when I'm trying to use chat-component multiples times at the same time, it brings a lot of bugs : multiple instances of the component running at the same time are causing them to conflict with each others, as it seems angular doesn't know that there are different instances (but only one of which is re-running all process).
I was thinking of giving a uniq ID to each component instance, but I don't know how to do that.
I'm not sure I've made myself clear, but thanks for your help anyway
Edit:
chat-component.ts
ngOnInit() : void
{
  this.tokenUser = this.userService.getUserFromToken();

  const subs = this.route.params.subscribe(params => {

    this.profile = params['profile'];
    this.profile_id = params['profileId'];
    this.customer = params['user'];
    this.customer_id = params['userId'];
    this.room = this.profile + '/' + this.customer;

    //Storing the joined room in a Room Array
    this.data.addRoomArr(this.router.url);

    //Joining the room (socket.io)
    this.joinRoom(this.room, this.profile_id, this.customer_id);
    this.sendNotification(Action.JOINED);

  });
  this.subs.add(subs);

  [...]
}

What I would like to achieve is to reuse this component multiple times (joining multiples rooms).
But if the component has already been created (meaning the user has joined a room), I can't manage to re-create the component with differents data (differents url params) so that the user can join, at the same time, a second room.
When I try to re-create the component (by hiting the same route but with differents params), Angular actually reuse the same already created component, causing a lot of bugs.
I think that what I need to do is to create a sibling component, totally independent from the first one created.

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