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VIDEO/GALLERY: Space shuttle Discovery makes final flight to museum
NASA's oldest and most travelled shuttle, Discovery, began its new life as a museum relic with one final takeoff after three decades of space service.
Cheryl Mullin
Discovery departed Florida's Kennedy Space Centre aboard a modified jumbo jet bound for Washington, where it will become a Smithsonian exhibit.
Nearly 2,000 people – former shuttle workers, VIPs, tourists and journalists – gathered along the old shuttle landing strip to see Discovery off.
A cheer went up as the plane taxied down the runway and took off into a clear sky.
The plane and shuttle headed south and made one last flight over the beaches of Cape Canaveral – thousands jammed the shore for a glimpse of Discovery – then returned to the space centre in a final salute.
Cheers erupted once more as the pair came in low over the runway it had left 20 minutes earlier and finally turned toward the north.
Discovery – the fleet leader with 39 space missions – is the first of the three retired space shuttles to head to a museum.
It will go on display at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, taking the place of the shuttle prototype Enterprise. The Enterprise will go to New York City.
Endeavour will head to Los Angeles this autumn. Atlantis will remain at Kennedy.
NASA ended the shuttle programme last summer after a 30-year run to focus on destinations beyond low-Earth orbit.
Private US companies hope to pick up the slack, beginning with space station cargo and then, hopefully, astronauts.
The first commercial cargo run, by Space Exploration Technologies, is set to take place in just another few weeks.


I'm jealous of all the eating out and drinks! We didn't do a thanksgiving dinner this year because of my wisdom teeth surgery, but next year! I realllllllllly wanna see your dress!
it was a bit excessive with the eating out, but it was a little vacation in my mind so i just rolled with it! Wisdom teeth surgery- yuck! Hope you're healing well!
wasn't it so nice to have all that time off work?! Congrats on saying yes to the dress!!
I love Moody Street – Tempo is a great spot and i love the meats / charcuterie from Moody's Deli.
It was amazing!! I think we all need little staycations like that a few times a year. And thank you- it's very exciting! We walked by Tempo and Moody's Deli and plan to go back to check them out soon!


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The use of e-zwich to pay some government employees has led to a 60 percent growth in use of this payment platform in the country, the latest Bank of Ghana report on Payment Systems Oversight has revealed.
The report notes that the volume of transactions on the payment platform recorded a 55.95 percent growth from GH? 5.4million in 2016 to GH?8.3million in 2017.
"The increasing trend in e-zwich transactions can be attributed to government's use of the system to pay caterers of national school feeding programme, beneficiaries of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Nurses and Teacher Trainees allowances, Students Loans Trust Fund and personnel of the National Service Scheme as a means of ensuring efficiency in payments and eliminating waste in public expenditure," the report states.
Another revelation in the report is that the volume and value of e-zwich cash withdrawals exceeded other e-zwich products or services such as purchases, cash deposits and money transfers.
The e-zwich services include payments at merchants' point of sale (purchases), withdrawal of cash, deposit onto the card and transfer of funds.
However, according to the report, cardholders prefer withdrawing cash from ATMs and PoS terminals to pay for goods and services instead of using the system to transfer monetary value to merchants and beneficiaries to discharge financial obligations.
It further gave reason that the cardholders' preference for cash could be attributed to inadequate merchant e-zwich point of sales devices and lack of awareness of other e-zwich payment options.
The report observed that the majority of people prefer mobile money transactions to all other payment platforms. In fact, the same report shows the mobile money platform has seen tremendous growth between 2016 and 2017.
The report shows that total volume of mobile money transactions moved from GH?550million in 2016 to GH?981.6million in 2017 – representing a jump of 78.4 percent.
In terms of value, it increased by 98.51 percent from GH¢78.51billion in 2016 to GH¢155.9billion in 2017.
The value of retail payments, excluding cash, increased by 43.18 percent to GH¢381.43billion in 2017 from GH¢266.4 billion in 2016.
With almost 152,000 mobile money agents as at December 2017 – which is a 41 percent increment from 2016, the value and volume of transactions on the mobile money platform continue to rise.
The report further shows that mobile money has overtaken cheques as the main non-cash retail payment instrument with 981.6 million transactions; followed by Debit Cards, 60.4 million; e-zwich, 8.4 million; cheques, 7.3 million; and Direct Credit Transfer, 6.1 million in 2017.


There are any number of things you can drink on Saint Patrick's Day. Most people might opt for a Guinness, or even a green beer. When I was a kid I was partial to the shamrock shake. But you can really never go wrong with Irish whiskey, especially when mixed with ginger beer and lime juice. It may not be a very traditionally Irish drink, but it still tastes pretty great.
You can really never go wrong with Irish whiskey, especially when mixed with ginger beer and lime juice.
The Irish Mule is really just a twist on the Moscow Mule, but it replaces the vodka with whiskey. The traditional copper Moscow Mule mug works equally well with this drink, keeping the drink refreshingly cold and also making you feel extra fancy while drinking out of it. Fancy drinking vessel wins over non fancy drinking vessel almost every time.
This drink is a snap to mix up, and before you know it you can be drinking this while eating corned beef and cabbage and singing along to Danny Boy. I prefer ginger beer to ginger ale, as it has a stronger ginger taste. I love Bundaberg but feel free to use your favorite brand. Reed's is also good, and Trader Joe's carries a great ginger beer as well. Add some fresh squeezed lime juice, whiskey and a sprig of mint (optional), and you have yourself the tastiest drink to toast the old country with.
How are you planning on celebrating St. Paddy's day?
The Irish Mule is a refreshing cocktail made with ginger beer, lime juice and whiskey. Enjoy this on Saint Patrick's Day or any time of year!
Fill a copper mug (or other glass) with ice. Pour in whiskey and lime juice, top with ginger beer. Stir to mix, garnish with lime slices and mint sprig.
*Ginger beer is to taste. If you like more of a whiskey taste, add less ginger beer. If you like a sweeter drink, add more! I usually just top the glass off with ginger beer.
Does anyone have this drink, Irish Mule recipe in large quantities, I'm making an Irish Mule display at my sons wedding next Saturday as it's my sons favorite, it will be a nice feature as I bought a hundred copper mule mugs to serve it. So please any ideas will be appreciated!
Hi Melva – I have never made it in large batches, but you could just multiply the quantities by 100 to make sure you have enough. I think it would be better to make them in smaller batches so that the alcohol is distributed evenly (rather than some people getting very strong drinks or some people getting very weak drinks). You could also just have a make your own Irish mule bar with the directions!
Made this drink on St. Patrick's day and told my husband it was a iriah mule, he didnt believe me. Thanks for posting the recipe and scoring my some right points.
Haha, always glad to help! Thanks James!
Try this recipie with A KENTUCKY SPIN ON IT.
YOU CAN JUST USE THE BOTTLE OF LIME JUICE INSTEAD OF FRESH LIMES, WORKS WELL FOR ME.
Great recipe, to me it's the Ginger beer you selected that makes this drink!! P.s a variation remove the mint and add a couple dashes of bitters for a less sweet variation.
Thank you Robert! I agree, the bundaberg ginger beer is the best! I love the idea of adding bitters, great idea!
The Irish mule looks delightful and you've served the mule very beautifully.I am going to try it as soon as possible.
Thank you for sharing simple and delicious recipe of Irish mule.
I personally am not a big drinker. My husband and I came across a pub on our anniversary trip and decided why not. The bar keep asked me a couple questions of what I like and made it for me. Since then this has been my utmost favorite drink.
That is great Andrea! I hope you get to keep enjoying them at home!
I have everything for this drink! YAY! Byeeee nasty green beer! Okay, I totally would still drink that too. But whiskey is so.much.better.
Yes! So much. Thanks Ashleigh!
Grat cups! Love the twist of Irish Whiskey! We are bourbon drinkers in our house but will be great all the same!!
This drink sounds soo fun! I love ginger beer – so nice and spicy!
Not weird AT ALL. It will keep the wine nice and cold 😉 Actually despite the many cocktails I post here, I mostly drink wine too. Thanks Ashley!
They go together like PB&J! Thanks so much Traci, I bet you wil love it!
Fantastic! I much prefer ginger beer to ginger ale too. As well as a better taste I think it looks more appealing too – especially when mixed with whiskey and mint.
Yes, it really has more substance to it! Thanks Jane!
Thanks Anu! The mugs are great!
These look awesome and I love the mugs!! You can't go wrong with this combination. St. Paddy's Day celebrations may have to start a little early 😉 Cheers girl!
Ginger beer, lime juice, and Irish whiskey? Guuuurl, you sure know how to mix a drink! Meghan, you seriously make the most beautiful, classy and creative drinks. I feel like you're really expanding my libations horizon. Is that a thing? LOL. No big celebrations for me for St. Paddy's day. Just working and baking. 🙂 Happy Monday, Meghan! xo P.S. Pinning, of course!
Aww, thank you so much Demeter! Expanding libation horizons is definitely a thing! Thank you for the pin too!
What a fabulous twist on a mule drink! I love it! Hope you are doing well, sweet friend. Have a fabulous Monday!
Oh Lord. This drink is pretty much all me. Irish whiskey is my poison of choice, and I adore ginger-limey things. It's a supremely underrated flavor combo! I think the best part is the ease., when you want a great cocktail but don't want to get out all your bar toys. Can't wait to try it.
Gigner lime is the best! Thank you Annie, I hope you love it!
Amazing photos! You make me thirsty!
Thank you so much Josephine!
MINE. I've never had a mule and I now declare that it is my favourite drink. I'm not a big St. Patrick's Day celebrator, but that's probably because I once died the milk green when I was little and freaked out my entire family. I think this is a much better way to celebrate 🙂 Pinning! And making!
Haha, I think I may have dyed my milk green one year too. Yes, this drink is a MUCH better way to celebrate! Thanks Katy!
Friday Happy Hour!? Fun-looking recipe~?
Thanks! The mugs make it extra fun!


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Kyle Richards Opens Up about Dealing with Anorexia "I Used to Weigh 99 Lbs"
Mental Health June 20, 2019
Kyle Richards's shocking revelation of once having an eating disorder is something many didn't see coming.
The confession was recorded along with tears as Richards, 50, made known to her cast mates on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills that she was anorectic. Her battle with Anorexia took place in the 80s, and till her recent confession, Richards had never told anyone. Not even her daughters or her sisters.
"When I was younger, I had my own problems. But I never wanted to say because I had my daughters and I never even wanted that in their head," Kyle confessed.
Her courage to reveal this came from Lisa Rinna, who earlier opened up about her youngest daughter's battle with the same problem. Lisa went on to explain that, "My 17-year-old daughter, Amelia, has chosen to study Nutrition, Wellness, and Psychology in New York". She said this move by Amelia was because of her (Amelia's) personal struggles with Anorexia, coupled with her newfound passion for helping people facing similar challenges.
At that point, Kyle admitted that it's impossible for her to pretend like she doesn't understand Amelia, as she once had to battle with the same issue when she was 17. "I know what it feels like" Richards confessed.
"I used to heat V8 juice in a bowl and take it as my food. Sometimes my food for the entire day would be all but six almonds!" Richards said. "I never opened up about this to my children because I don't want them to ever have to deal with Anorexia or have this kind of news stuck in their head" she went on to say.
Now Richards, a short while before the show was aired, said she was not happy about having conversed in detail, her plight with anorexia. She made this known via a tweet she posted on her page.
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i can understand your opinion a little. but why there are rules like only pitching 5 % or stuff? The most faster trackz are not produced as good as the slower so why don't pitch 20% if it sounds good in my opinion. and i know that many people like it!
i recorded this Set just 4 fun while i was very angry after work. This Set was just for me and after doing it i was't angry anymore...at this time i needed this faster music in kind of my anger. Some weeks later i uploaded it because i thought maybe some people like this fast speed.
At the moment i have less time but i will record a slower set wich is made with much more love and not angry after work in the next month!
here. IMHO it's not at all disrespectful to pitch tracks way up (like +30%).
a limit of course, but it's higher than the suggested +7bpm.
twistyness sound just great at 200bpm.
Give it a shot and try pitching them up to 200bpm.
pitched up to about 200 to 210bpm.
speed from 150 to 170bpm.
not give it to them to make them happy?
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Pitching a track more than 2-3, max 5 bpm ruins the original feel of the track that the artist made. So, have respect to the artists and don't do that too much.
I've done it myself in the past and I can honestly say that I regret it. The music is better to be pure!
remember that we are talking here about music, not about noise, so its time to understand it.
FASTER REALLY DOESN`T MEAN IT`S BETTER!!!
Maybe it destroy the meaning but it creates a complete new meaning.
I think you totally misunderstand my friend. It is NOT the Bpm that matters but the Total Profanation of a track when it is pitched up with more than 10bpms... up or down, If you know something about frequencies you will understand why.
So Why dont you just find enough, maybe 30 tracks at at least 200bpm as original bpm and just pitch them up a bit and made a real serious psycore set? Yes there is this genre, Psycore. Listen to Ganika's sets for example.
What i want to say is that your set sounds just like one of my childhood recording with FFWed play. eheheheheh.
So my advice to you, man is: just look for the proper tracks! I'm sure you can find a lot, speak with Ganika, look for Yata Garasu tracks, look further into the mexican scene and you will see it is really MUCH more powerfull to play tracks made at this speed than speeding up 160bpm track to 260.. wow over 100bpms up!!! ahahaha you loose any bass and it all sounds as played over the radio. It is just not serious, I admit this more as some joke of somebody too stoned than any serious set.
I will listen with a lot pleasure a set made of real PSYCORE tracks!
Tastes are different and thats good!
At my myspace page are a few sets with 200 bpm and the most trackz are pitched about 10-20% and this sounds awesome like a lot of people told me after hearing it!
OXIDELIC wrote: What i want to say is that your set sounds just like one of my childhood recording with FFWed play. eheheheheh.
Have you ever played musik on real loud speakers ??
i like 180-200bpm @ party and this i have done often.


Mega heroine Niharika Konidela is all set to make her debut movie OKA MANASU. The makers have released the pre-look of Niharika's debut film Oka Manasu. The poster of the movie looks great with a pleasing and romantic screen presence shared with Actor Naga Shaurya. The movie is been directed by Rama Raju and produced by Madhura Sreedhar and TV 9 .
The film's shoot schedule is under its post production and to very soon hit the screens in the month of april. As we all know Niharika as a brilliant tv host for dhee juniors and few reality shows, she was also seen in a popular short film titled Muddapappu Avakai which gained lot of buzz as web series. Now its time for all the Mega family fans to hold the nerve and wait for the Mega Treat.
Pawan's Sardaar Gabbar Singh Release Date Confirmed Finally!!


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NEW YORK – For a wisp of a moment, it seemed as if the two-state solution had been taken off life-support. Still bedridden, to be sure, but no longer leaning at death's unlocked door. The ideological one-staters had been emboldened by the rising numbers of tired two-staters who had abandoned the cause not out of conviction but out of hopelessness. Endorsement of and commitment to a two-state solution had come to seem more like a mantra than a programme.
And then Hillary Clinton entered the hospital room and without flinching proceeded to provide mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to the patient. The secretary of state was not alone in her effort, but she was uniquely on target. Press reports of Clinton's speech at AIPAC's annual conference emphasised her caution to Israel regarding new housing and new settlement construction, the importance she attaches to "confidence-building" measures. But underlying that line of argument, providing the rationale for it, were her prepared references, throughout her text, to Israel as a democratic and Jewish state.
The Clinton remarks were embedded in repeated reassurances of America's commitment to Israel and, given the tensions in the relationship that have lately emerged, these were more than mere window dressing.
The reasonable expectation was that when, later the same day, it came time for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the 7,000-plus AIPAC attendees, he would offer at least some conciliatory remarks, make an effort to smooth over the ruffled feathers, help get the proximity talks back on track.
No such luck. There wasn't an ounce of give in the prime minister's remarks, which were followed by two days of uncommonly intense negotiations – both directly between President Obama and Netanyahu and also with their staffs – at the end of which there were more questions than answers.
But there is no reason at all to conclude that Netanyahu actually advocates two states. Very little in his rhetoric and nothing at all in his behaviour indicates such advocacy. At AIPAC, he could not bring himself to utter even a tepid endorsement of a Palestinian state. That is, alas, who he is. There is nothing to celebrate.
Obviously, Netanyahu is entitled to his views. Israel is a sovereign state, and he is the head of its raucous government. So be it.
But let the prime minister not interpret the applause and the standing ovations bestowed on him at AIPAC as an accurate reflection of the disposition of America's Jews. The AIPAC audience is obviously not representative of American Jewry – nor is there compelling reason to believe that it is representative even of the many American Jews who want and even need Israel to be a vibrant democracy and a cordial home to Judaism in all its parts.
We may rest assured that Obama's people have studied the J Street poll. And we may fervently hope that the Netanyahu people have, as well.
* Leonard Fein is a writer, teacher, and founder of Moment magazine. He is founder of Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger, and the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy. His more than 900 articles and essays have appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines, and journals.
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Youngstown State vs. Northern Kentucky- 2/22/20 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction
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Shane Mickle February 21, 2020 9:05 pm
Northern Kentucky (20-8) at Youngstown State (16-12)
College Basketball: Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 2:00 pm (Beeghly Physical Education Center)
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The Northern Kentucky Norse (20-8, CONF 12-4) and Youngstown State Penguins (16-12, CONF 9-6) face off in a Horizon League showdown at the Beeghly Center. The Norse knocked off the Penguins 88-63 in the middle of January.
The Norse are one of the best teams in the Horizon League, and coming into this game they have won eight of the last ten games. Over the last ten games Northern Kentucky have covered six spreads. Away from home the Norse have still had success winning nine of their 14 games, and the main reason is that their defense is still good.
The Norse are giving up 64.9 points and holding opponents to shoot only 28.7 percent from deep on the road.
In Northern Kentucky's last they gave up only 59 points against Cleveland State, and the defense is going to be key in this one.
The Penguins have been up and down this season and coming into this game they have won five of the last seven games. In Youngstown State's last game against Wright State, the offense was elite putting up 88 points and that led to an 18 point victory.
The Penguins are led by guard Darius Quisenberry who is averaging 16.5 points while shooting 42.7 percent from the field.
At home this season the Penguins are averaging 75.3 points per game while the defense is giving up 69 points.
The home team is 9-1 ATS in the last ten meetings between the Norse and Penguins. The over is 8-2 in the Penguins last ten games overall. The under is 11-4 in Northern Kentucky's last 15 road games.
This has been a series dominated by the home team, and the Penguins are going to step up in this one. Look for the Penguins led by their strong offense to win this game and cover the spread.
Shane's Pick Youngstown State +2.5
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Las Vegas Politician Arrested in Connection to Murder of Veteran Journalist
Frankly, the true crime podcasters are going to have a heyday with this one.
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Rob Telles (L) allegedly murdered reporter Jeff German (R).
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A public elected official has been arrested in connection with the murder of a local veteran reporter in Las Vegas, in a story that feels almost too dramatic to be real.
Robert Telles, the Clark County Public Administrator, had been the focus of the Las Vegas Review Journal's Jeff German's reporting for the past year. Last Saturday, German, 69, was found dead outside of his house with multiple stab wounds. On Wednesday, police arrested Telles, after his vehicle matched that of the one connected to the murder.
German had spent the last few months reporting on workplace tensions within Telles' county office. The allegations against Telles, while not great, didn't appear to be revenge-murder worthy. German had been covering reports of bullying, hostility, and favoritism in Telles' office. He wrote that a staffer felt "unsafe" around Telles, after she reported to HR an "inappropriate relationship" he had with another staffer. That was about as controversial as the offenses got.
German, who had worked at the Review-Journal for two decades, stated in his byline that he conducted "reporting that holds leaders and agencies accountable and exposes wrongdoing." He also covered organized crime. But the story surrounding Telles' office was neither organized or criminal, making it even more outlandish that it ended in such a horrific way.
German had reported on a Facebook feud between Telles and his predecessor, John Cahill. At one point Telles had charged on the social media platform, "John, you are just as liable as these people for creating the environment that entitled these people to surveil me the last two years, inside and outside of the office."
It turns out that Telles was somewhat correct about people surveilling him: The politician was photographed Tuesday washing a dark red SUV—the same car detectives spotted in surveillance footage nearby the crime scene of German's murder and shared with the public. This, of course, did not look good for him.
Then the Associated Press reported today that Telles' DNA has been found at the scene of the crime. The Review-Journal executive editor Glenn Cook released a statement saying, "The arrest of Robert Telles is at once an enormous relief and an outrage for the Review-Journal newsroom."
German's last article on Telles covered his loss in the June primary to Rita Reid. In the piece, German wrote about a letter Telles posted on his campaign website that "attacked the Review-Journal," "claimed the allegations against Telles were false," and "leveled what the employees allege was a threat to retaliate against them for stepping forward."
Telles was reportedly ill-tempered, but not in a way that made him stand out amongst a sea of discontented politicians, especially ones who are nosediving their way to losing their elected seat in a primary. In that article, German got a quote from Cahill saying that "as soon as he exits the office, things are going to calm down."
"It will return to a stable operation," he told German.
Tragically, as we now know, this does not appear to be the case.


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Why the Atlanta shootings matter to us
When news of the Atlanta shootings broke, it hurt. Eight people suddenly gone, six of whom were Asian women. Although physically removed from the country where the attacks occurred, I could sense the Korean community here hurting as well. Friends and acquaintances flooded social media with messages
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Time to promote manpower, not short-term employment
The very recent issue that is gaining the brightest spotlight is the fundamental transformation around labor and job market. Innovative digital technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI) is replacing human labor and jobs in a rapid pace through industrial structure reformation. Of course, the soci
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One Special life: The fact that we cannot live forever is what makes life so special
Time runs at the speed of light. You do not have time to look back as the seasons replace each other, the years change, you grow up, and life runs with you, sometimes by you. In this cycle of life, we all strive to achieve something. Someone is chasing fame, someone is after love, someone is
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International Students and the Politics of Rescue Flights
In the past one year, the pandemic has rendered commercial flights not only between South Korea and Vietnam but also between Vietnam and many other countries in the world scarce and unpredictable. There are many Vietnamese students studying in South Korea who have boarded what is so-called a rescue
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Use your university time wisely
I get to know a lot of students through the courses I teach. Many students ask me for advice regarding their future careers: what should I do, what should I study, and so on. I've had many students in their final year of university tell me they really don't know what they want to do after they gradu
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The Change in the Atmosphere of Academies during the COVID-19
For those of you who had been to academies when you were in elementary, middle, or high school, what kind of memories come to your mind when you think of those days? For me, not only teachers, the atmosphere of studying, and something related to education, but the moments of eating snacks, enjoying
Speak Your Opinion | Park Se-hyun | 2021-03-15 23:34
What We Need Right Now: Flexibility
About a month ago, an old student of mine sent me an unexpected e-mail. She reminded me that she took my course last winter, right before the COVID outbreak, and that the conversations we had in-between classes inspired her to achieve her goals: to be admitted into Law School. To share a bit more ab
Professor Column | Park Hyen-joo | 2021-03-15 23:33
Where changes begin
Right after I graduated from high school, I was really looking forward to putting on makeup to be a 'pretty' university student. I watched a lot of videos of makeup artists on YouTube and learned how to do it. I was worried that I will be fat, and if I was not 'pretty'. After I entered univer
Speak Your Opinion | Lee Si-eun | 2021-03-01 16:19
Traveling through Time and Space during the Pandemic: Reading a Historical Fiction
When the world came face-to- face with the Covid19 crisis a year ago, we all had to quickly adjust to a "new normal" lifestyle. Among the many privileges that had to be placed on hold for the time being was the freedom to travel abroad. Many people enjoy traveling to a foreign country for dif
Professor Column | Laura Eunae Park | 2021-03-01 16:18
Do you want to live a different life from the present in the future? Or, is there any part of you that you want to change? So, what kind of effort can you make for the future? Where does change begin? Where changes begin is your 'PRESENT'.You must have certain patterns or habits that have formed in
Speak Your Opinion | Seo Ga-gyeong | 2020-12-06 23:46
Security Interdependencies in a Complex World
The gravest threats facing most people in the world these days are not related to the danger of war, whether interstate or civil, but rather are linked to famine (hunger), pestilence (diseases and pandemics), disasters (both natural and manmade), and extreme poverty. These threats are also interrela
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Art of Piksari: A Valuable Lesson to Learn from Cinema
Two Koreans have been chosen as TIME 100 most influential people of 2020. These were Jung Eunkyung, the "Virus hunter" who saved millions of Koreans from this unrealistic movielike-pandemic situation, and Bong Joon-ho, the filmmaker who always portraits the absurd reality in his films. Intere
Speak Your Opinion | Kim Da-hyun | 2020-11-19 17:49
BE SPECIFIC!
Life is full of twists, turns, and traps. Navigating existence can be a frustrating endeavor. However, there is one way to ensure a smoother journey—it's all about being specific! And here's three scenarios where specificity can be your greatest ally.1. Get that JobYou're interviewing for a r
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Makeup Norms in Japan and South Korea Through a Foreign Gaze: Reflection in the Times of COVID-19
Mask wearing during COVID-19 seems to have brought about a paradigm shift in makeup norms in Japan and Korea, the two leaders of the cosmetic industry. Whether or not people do makeup during this troubled time could unveil the motivations as well as rationale behind the application of makeup in the
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Existentialism and Social Distancing
We are suffering from a pandemic crisis. Like the name of the disease suggests, COVID-19 started last year. It will soon be a year since its outbreak. Every day, there are many new confirmed cases and the total number of reported infections rises continually all around the world. Unfortunatel
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Can understandings have been mislead?
I have a friend who works at a vegan restaurant as a chef. His restaurant sells Hawaiian pizza and mint chocolate icecream, all without the dairy and meat and whatever includes animal-derived ingredients. Frankly speaking, I've never been to his restaurant, but he tells me about incidents at
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For the love of science
The first time I met my wife, I had just arrived as an exchange student from Germany at her university, UC San Diego. She asked what I studied, and when I replied her face took a slightly repulsed expression. As a physics major I had seen that look before and many times since. This response t
Professor Column | Andreas Heinrich | 2020-10-17 02:34
Reminiscing childhood memories
Sometimes, we become passionate for something in an unexpected way, just like the movie The Hobbit: An unexpected journey. This was exactly what happened to me during the long and stressful quarantine. It may seem paradoxical to get interested in something in such a difficult and hopeless time. But
Speak Your Opinion | Park Maré-Maria | 2020-09-27 01:39
More Like the U.S.A. - In a Bad Way?
Before I came to Seoul, my hometown was New York City, and I still pay attention to news from New York. These days the news makes me sad—not only is there the COVID-19 problem, but, also, New York seems to be experiencing an outbreak of gun murders and crime.This surprises me. Though New York, as Am
DAILY DOSES OF PHILOSOPHY "The unexamined life is not worth living" – Socrates.
From stranger to savior. This is what philosophy is to me before and after the spring of 2020. The prejudice is that philosophy is an abstract farfletched topic. The prejudice is that philosophical pupils are those nested in their own cocoon, reading and thinking despite day or night. My personal jo
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Q: Image base name file or image in cache? what is the best method of use images for SEO purpose and copyright (with watermark) protection? In these months I'm working on a Magento CMS for the first time (version 1.9.2.1). I came across a problem due to image bulk rename. The thing that was asked to me is to optimize image file for a good SEO.
I see that images are stored in 3 ways:

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*in /media/catalog/product folder

*in /media/catalog/product/cache folder

I've found a great extension for work with the cached images (https://github.com/Vinai/nicer-image-names). I've integrated it making a little mod for work with all labels (instead to work only if labels are empties). and it works as expects.
But the problem remains, the owner of the site asked me if is possible to rename the base filename instead of the cached images, and... well.. seems various people have this idea but no one try to work on this way (at least sharing that for free). Furthermore, the site uses a watermark added by Magento for the images which are produced by ourselves.
After all these premises my questions are:

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*What is the best usage solution for Magento images?

*Is it better use the /media/catalog/product folder or the cached images in /media/catalog/product/cache/ ? (nearly sure is better to use cache and hide /media/catalog/product from robots.txt due to watermark, but is better to ask...)

*What is the purpose of having them also in the DB?

*What is the purpose of having them sorted by first char / second char in /media/catalog/product/first-char/second-char ?

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he JAG core competencies are the result of considerable experience by Specialists, employers' views on desired worker traits and job research reviews. The 37 core competencies are grouped into 6 clusters.
A.1 Identify occupational interests, aptitudes and abilities.
A.2 Relate interests, aptitudes and abilities to appropriate occupations.
A.3 Identify desired life style and relate to selected occupations.
A.4 Develop a career path for a selected occupation.
A.5 Select an immediate job goal.
A.6 Describe the conditions and specifications of the job goal.
B.8 Conduct a job search.
B.9 Develop a letter of application.
B.10 Use the telephone to arrange an interview.
B.13 Complete a job interview.
C.15 Identify expectations that employers have of employees.
C.16 Identify problems of new employees.
C.19 Practice effective human relations.
C.20 Appropriately resign from a job.
E.28 Deliver presentations to a group.
E.29 Compete successfully with peers.
E.30 Demonstrate commitment to an organization.
F.31 Explain the types of maturity.
F.32 Identify a self-value system and how it affects life.
F.33 Base decisions on values and goals.
F.34 Identify process of decision-making.
F.35 Demonstrate ability to assume responsibility for actions and decisions.
F.36 Demonstrate a positive attitude.
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Let's Talk About Flanking Fire
French Line Of Infantry, lathander1987
As I said in my last post, I think that going forward we should concentrate less on the how of moving infantry around, and more on the why. The complexity in the game should biased towards tactical positioning, instead of how slowed you are by terrain-type X.
By doing that, I also think that we can now reconsider an idea that Eriochrome had been suggesting, but that I had avoided due to fears of over-complexity. That of Flanking Fire. Or, as the more studious military types would say: Enfilading Fire.
The definition of Enfilade is pretty simple. From Wikipedia:
"A formation or position is "in enfilade" if weapons fire can be directed along its longest axis.[2] For instance, a trench is enfiladed if the opponent can fire down the length of the trench. A column of marching troops is enfiladed if fired on from the front or rear such that the projectiles travel the length of the column. A rank or line of advancing troops is enfiladed if fired on from the side (from the flank)."
That's a fancy way of saying "firing down the enemy unit's length". Basically if you can fire down the length of an enemy unit, you'll hit targets more easily because they'll overlap more and you don't have to swivel your weapons around as much.
Let's illustrate this idea with some pictures:
A line of infantry. Pretty standard. Maybe they're behind some cover, maybe not.
In tactical terms, they're going to be far more comfortable shooting a 'broadside' at foes approaching from the sides of the line. Either front or back. Which means that they like the enemy to be in their front 90º arc.
Like this Paladin. He's approaching square-on to the line, which is what the green squad prefers. Because it lets each squad member see and shoot him.
But if the red minigun Knight moves over a bit, he'll get someplace that the green squad doesn't like. Which is closer to it's long axis. Or their side 90º arc.
It's the same if they're trying to advance quickly in a line around some terrain, but an enemy unit steps in front of them. Game over guys. That Paladin can now maximize his firepower and take out a lot more men!
So it would be a lot more safe for the green squad to move in a broad line towards the enemy. If there's terrain in the way, that's slower (because they can't move At The Double), but you gotta do what you gotta do. :)
Here the green squad has the red squad of Guard where they want them. But the Paladin is in Enfilade. Good thing he can't see the whole squad!
Just like in real combat, you can protect yourself from flanking by having another squad cover you at an angle. If the enemy engages one squad, the other will automatically have them in Enfilade. If you ever wondered what a 'Crossfire' is, this it it.
This principle is why all those old forts from the 1700's and 1800's have their walls laid out in a Star Formation. Want to assault one wall? Ok, we'll then fire down your line and massacre you from the other.
So What Should Being In Enfilade Do?
Let's consider this example:
Here, the green squad is engaged with 3 units, which represent the 3 levels of being (or not being) in Enfilade that I think is workable.
The Red Knights (right) are directly in front of the green unit, and thus are not in Enfilade.
The Paladin (middle) is in Enfilade, but is not directly looking down the line of the green unit.
The Red Guard (left) are intersected by a line running through the long axis of the green unit.
Each of these positions is a progressively worse place for an enemy to be. The naval term for the 3rd position is "Crossing The T", and I'm going to use that term to differentiate between simply being on the flank (in Enfilade), and looking directly down the line.
I would formally define "Crossing The T" as having a line drawn through the long axis of the unit intersect any part of your unit. If you're a single-model unit, you have to be sitting on the line to be considered to be CtT.
So here's what I'm thinking.
If you're not in Enfilade, you shoot as normal.
If you are in Enfilade, then you get to re-roll your misses (50% more average hits).
If you're Crossing the enemy's T, then you get double shots (100% more average hits).
Now, we could also have disadvantages to getting caught in an Enfilade. Shooting to your flank isn't easy, and we could do a mirror of the attacker bonuses. So if an enemy has enfiladed you, re-roll your hits when shooting at them. If they cross your T, then you fire as if moving at them. If you're already moving? No firing at all. Note that this isn't for all units you fire at, just ones on your flank. You could still fire normally at units who aren't Enfilading you.
Potential Benefits To The Game
In terms of potential benefits to the game, having Enfilade rules does quite a few things:
It's a pretty unique and tactical mechanic.
We would no longer need a 'penalty', either in terms of a to-hit modifier, or a 'snap fire' reaction for units moving At The Double. Because moving ATD means that you can't cross most terrain. Which will naturally bunch you up in a line pointed across the table. Let your enemy cross that line, and you're in trouble without any extra rules being needed.
Moving ATD then becomes very good for moving laterally, but bad for moving towards the enemy.
It makes the formation of your squad just as important as it's location.
It makes our old bubble-movement idea (move leader, fill in around him freely) for swarms (choose leader at beginning of move) more interesting. As you'd have to choose between a formation that gets you extra movement next turn by throwing more models forward, or one that protects you by spreading out laterally.
Table Corners become VERY important. Deploy diagonally across one and you're un-flankable.
Taking objectives in the corners then becomes a very different can of worms than taking objectives in the middle of the table.
Potential Problems/Issues
The biggest problem is how do players accurately judge whether a unit is in Enfilade without a bunch of arguing.
The square artillery template from Flames of War works fine for working out the angles. But most 40K players won't have one. You can draw lines on standard GW blast templates like I have, but that's an extra step that new players would have to do for themselves.
There's other stuff you can use, like Chessex dice-pack lids, or GW fantasy bases, that are square. You could even use dice, though single dice are a bit small to try and match angles with. Most also come with rounded corners. So you'd have to put a bunch of them together to make a square large enough to see clearly and line up a tape measure with.
And even if you have a template, you'd also have to agree on what the 'center' of a unit is. So there's another potential for arguments. Flames has a similar requirement for pointing the artillery template back at the 'center' of a firing unit though, and I've never had any real arguments over that. So maybe it won't be an issue.
As far as gaming the system, you could bunch up and make it more difficult to see which side of a unit is longer.
Or just go with a perfectly squad formation and say 'Eff You!".
But we can solve that in 2 ways.
By Having Grenade Rules (blasts suck for bunched-up units)
By saying that if your unit formation isn't at least 2x wider than it is long, everyone is in Enfilade that shoots at you. :)
Then there's the issue of single models. Do we let them get Enfiladed?
I'm tempted to say that single models should have the last direction that they shot marked. Either with a die, or with (as above) some sort of token. That then establishes a 'front' until you fire again. If you don't fire, then you don't get a marker and you can't be Enfiladed.
Thoughts? Poke holes in this guys!
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2022 Electric Light Parade Call for Entries
The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department is accepting entries for lighted floats to participate in the 2022 Electric Light Parade. This year's parade theme is "Patriotic Spirit and American Dreams!"
The parade will begin at 9 p.m. Sunday, July 3rd at Apodaca Park, 801 E. Madrid Avenue. It will travel south on Solano Drive, east on Hadley Avenue, and end at Maag Softball Complex.
Commercial and non-commercial groups, and car and motorcycle clubs are encouraged to participate. Car, vehicle, and motorcycle clubs are limited to 20 vehicles. There are no entry or participation fees, and some restrictions apply. Trophies will be awarded for first through third place in the commercial and non-commercial categories, and a best overall float trophy. Floats will be judged on originality, depiction of the theme, and effective use of lights. No bicycles, walkers, single ATV's/UTV's or single vehicles permitted.
For parade application packets, contact Crystal Copper, [email protected]  Registration begins April 29 and the deadline to enter this year's Electric Light Parade is June 24 at 5 p.m., no exceptions. A meeting for participants will be held at Frank O'Brien Papen Community Center to outline parade details on June 30. Meeting attendance is required for those driving float vehicles and organizers of car/vehicle clubs to participate. Details will be provided in Parade Application Packet.
For more information, call the Recreation Section at 575/541-2454.
Plain White T's to Headline Las Cruces Fourth of July Celebration
The City of Las Cruces and New Mexico State University (NMSU) are teaming up to host the City's annual Fourth of July Celebration Concert and Fireworks display at the Pat and Lou Sisbarro Community Park, 3205 Arrowhead Drive, on the NMSU campus. The multi-platinum Chicago based band Plain White T's will headline this year's free concert, with a solo performance by Raul Malo, front man of the GRAMMY® Award winning band the Mavericks, opening the show. The concert will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, July 4th followed by the annual fireworks display.
Since emerging in 1997, the GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-platinum band from Chicago —Tom Higgenson [vocals], Tim Lopez [lead guitar, vocals], Mike Retondo [bass], and De'Mar Hamilton [drums]—has amassed an enduring, engaging, and enigmatic catalog, spanning two gold-certified offerings, All That We Needed (2005) and Every Second Counts (2006) and unshakable anthems such as the double-platinum "1,2,3,4" and platinum "Rhythm of Love". Among the discography, "Hey There Delilah" went quadruple-platinum, topped the Billboard Hot 100, and earned a pair of 2008 GRAMMY® Award nominations in the categories of "Song of the Year" and "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal". Along the way, they have logged countless miles on the road in front of sold-out crowds in nearly every corner of the globe. After a whirlwind tour cycle supporting 2015's American Nights, the guys hunkered down and began writing the ideas that would eventually comprise Parallel Universe. The band's endlessly hummable signature melodies still shine at the center of this galaxy, but their Universe morphed into an otherworldly atmosphere of ethereal electronic pop strengthened by lush guitar tones and synth transmissions. Expect new music in 2022 from the Plain White T's.
Raul Malo is the incomparable front man of genre-defying, GRAMMY® Award-winning band The Mavericks, and the sole writer of many of their songs. His free-wheeling, swaggering style seamlessly blends neotraditional country, rock 'n roll, and Latin rhythmic fervor, and prominently features his lush, soaring baritone. His compositional craftsmanship includes penning progressive and timeless hits like "Here Comes The Rain," "What A Crying Shame", "Dance The Night Away", "Back In Your Arms Again", and "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down". From his earliest days, when his raucous sound broke ground at the punk clubs on Miami Beach nearly three decades ago, to now fronting The Mavericks on their 30th Anniversary World Tour, Malo has demonstrated an unfailing skill for getting people to groove.
The annual Fourth of July Celebration hosted by the City of Las Cruces and New Mexico State University (NMSU) brings the Las Cruces community together with an Electric Light Parade on July 3rd, and a July 4th concert and fireworks display. Schedules, locations, and event details for these free community events will be announced soon.
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Music: Taylor Swift – Red
Swift is still the champion of the brokenhearted. But this time her anthems are tinged with self-reproach for her lost love. At last, the pop star is taking responsibility for her tangled affairs.
In a combination of pop, rock and an (albeit small) dose of country, she admits that she shouldn't keep falling for the bad boys. "I knew you were trouble when you walked in/ so shame on me," Swift belts in her dubstep-esque "I Knew You Were Trouble."
It's also worth noting that her album runs at a lengthy 65 minutes. But because nearly every song is a different genre, I didn't get too bored with the album. There are, however, a few songs that the 16-track compilation could do without (ahem, "Sad Beautiful Tragic").
On a more positive note, I'm not upset that the former country musician has forgone her honky tonk routes. Perhaps that's because we've seen her heading this way for a long time. Or because the mix of Kesha-style dance floor anthems, lightweight dubstep and U2-esque intros treats her somewhat well.
Despite the weak lyrics of many songs ("22"!), I still find myself belting them out on my way to school. The $9.99 I paid for the album was well worth it.
But I have a request: 96.3 KSCS and 99.5 The Wolf, please stop playing Swift songs on your stations. 106.1 Kiss FM, have at it. Also, I don't understand why her album is still listed as country on iTunes.
I only hope that Swift doesn't lose her unique artistic identity as she heads towards a rock/pop/dubstep hodgepodge of other singers' styles.
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November 10, 2015 – Equitas Resources Corp. (TSXv: EQT) (FSE: T6UN) ("Equitas" or the "Company") would like to issue a correction to its news release dated October 28, 2015 with regards to the final close of the second and final tranche of the private placement that was announced on September 10, 2015. This closing included gross proceeds raised of $209,500 and not $309,500 as previously announced.
The Company has issued 1,676,000 Units at $0.125 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share and one share purchase warrant. Every share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at a price of $0.25 for 12 months after the closing.
Combining both tranches, the Company issued a total of 10,087,393 Units for combined gross proceeds of $1,260,924.
All securities hereunder are subject to a four month and a day hold from the closing date. Finders fees paid in conjunction with this closing were $2,625 cash.
The proceeds received from the Units will be used by the Company for ongoing exploration and drilling of the Company's Garland Nickel Project, corporate development and general and administrative purposes.


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module ValueHistories

using DataStructures
using RecipesBase

export

    ValueHistory,
      UnivalueHistory,
        History,
        QHistory,
      MultivalueHistory,
        MVHistory,
        increment!,
    @trace

include("abstract.jl")
include("history.jl")
include("qhistory.jl")
include("mvhistory.jl")
include("recipes.jl")

end # module

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Robert Metcalfe – Innovator Extraordinaire
BusinessMakers | Episode: 557 | Guests: | 0
The BusinessMakers revisit one of our best interviews ever. Bob Metcalfe, PhD, has a list of accomplishments longer than your arm. As a student at MIT, he worked on the ARPANet, then invented Ethernet, founded 3Com Corp., was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame is 2007 and is currently at UT Austin serving as Professor of Innovation, Murchison Fellow of Free Enterprise. From May 2013, Russ is at the Texas MIT Enterprise Forum with one of the greatest innovators the world has seen.
Russ: This is a special episode of The BusinessMakers Show because I'm in front of a live audience, the MIT Enterprise Forum [clapping and cheering] – a very live audience I might add. And I'm very pleased to have, as my guest, IT inventor and innovator extraordinaire, entrepreneur, inventor of Ethernet, founder of 3Com, actually partner emeritus at Polaris Venture Partners, the professor of innovation at the University of Texas and Murchison fellow of free enterprise, Mr. Bob Metcalfe. Bob, welcome to The BusinessMakers Show [clapping].
Bob: Thank you.
Russ: Okay, I wanna get into Ethernet, but what's so fascinating about it to me is that it sorta was born in a four- or five-year period when you were part of Xerox PARC, the Palo Alto Research Center, the place that had so much innovation – the mouse, the GUI that turned into Windows, the laser printer, and Ethernet and more. Tell us about the culture, about the ambiance. Why so much innovation out of one center
Bob: Well, it begins with a monopoly. Xerox at that time had a monopoly on the copier, and it decided to allocate 1.4 percent of revenue to basic research and created the Xerox research center in Palo Alto and chose some good people to run it, and they immediately began raiding research universities for professor types and their researchers to join. They built a beautiful building in sunny Palo Alto. They flew us first class everywhere, which was weird 'cause we all had beards and Birkenstocks, and we did transcendental meditation. I had a – I don't know what it was – but I had one of those things you said. What's that called?
Russ: Mantra.
Bob: A mantra.
Bob: Yes, we all had a mantra. I don't remember mine. And the conference room had beanbags in it, and there was only one meeting a week, and it was Tuesdays at noon, which was a bit awkward because you had to be there. That was the only required meeting, and, of course, a lot of us worked until we got tired, and then we went to sleep, and then we slept until we woke up – no alarm clocks. And then we would work, but then on Tuesday, we had to be there at 12:00, and that was a problem.
We had a general idea that we were working on the "paperless office of the future," which was ironic since we worked for a company whose job was producing paper [laughter], but don't worry. The first thing we did was invent the laser printer, and the building filled up with paper, so that didn't work out as planned.
Russ: All right. Well, did you know, though, that these game changers were happening all around you at the time?
Bob: Yes, I think we did.
Russ: Wow.
Bob: We had been generally recruited from the ARPA – Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense research community, a bunch of research universities all sponsored by ARPA. A lot of us had known each other when we were there. I was getting my Ph.D. from Harvard, but I was doing my work at MIT. Oh, and my colleague at MIT went to help run the lab at Palo Alto, so that's how I got in.
And the lab was wisely located right next to Stanford, so immediately we all became part-time professors at Stanford. So PARC was part of the Stanford – there were some Berkeley people there, too.
Russ: Okay. So and this was about 1975?
Bob: Six.
Russ: Seven?
Bob: Well, I arrived at PARC in '72 and did Ethernet – that first memo's in '73.
Russ: Okay. So at the time when they ask you to do this, were they asking you just to kinda like help out in the office? Or was this actually challenging to you to come up with an invention that would turn into what it turned in?
Bob: Help out in the office?
Russ: Yeah. You were just connecting computers [laughter], like you were the IT guy. That's what IT guys do today.
Bob: Well, you're right. It is sort of routine IT today [laughter], but that was 40 years ago – May 22, 40 years ago, and the bandwidth that we all had at our desks then – we had computer terminals on our desks, and we had really fast ones – 300 bits per second [laughter], zipping in and out of our desk. Ethernet, the first one, ran at 2.94 megabits per second – 10,000 times faster, so I wouldn't characterize it as "helping out in the office." [Clapping and cheering]
Russ: Ultimately, you helped us out in all of our offices, though, obviously. Really cool, though. But what I found fascinating, too, about what you did, once you pulled this off, and you kind of owned this capability, you didn't just sorta let it sit. It seems like after Xerox PARC, you knew, "Wow, I need to champion this cause," and you became much more of a salesperson than any engineer or inventor that I've ever known, which, in my opinion, turned out to be why you became so successful. Do you agree with that?
Bob: I do agree with that. I wrote a paper. It appeared in Technology Review magazine in 1998. It's available on the Internet. You can Google it up. It's called the "Zen and the Art of Selling," in which I wrote this paper to MIT people, but other people can read it, too [laughter]. But it's basically a letter agreeing with what you just said, which is that sales is important, and that one of the almost fatal to me but fatal to many companies is the technical founders of a company looking down on salespeople and not appreciating what they do.
So what I argue is that salespeople are a different life form, but we are carbon based [laughter], and if you want your company to succeed, the suits and the nerds better get along. And if the suits and the nerds disrespect each other, that's the end of your company, generally speaking.
Russ: But do you meet with engineers sometimes and try to persuade them to be more like you were and taking responsibility for persuading the market to understand the advantages and by the product?
Bob: I just gave my annual – actually, it's twice per year – lecture to my – it's a lab course on that very topic. The homework is to read that paper that I wrote in '98 and the lecture is about selling. I encourage them to sell something every day just to get practice, and I give 'em the secrets. And by the way, if you wanna know the secrets, I can tell you [laughter].
Russ: We're ready. Tell us.
Bob: There's several. This is very exciting 'cause when I say this to these undergraduates, they just can't believe that it's so simple. The number-one deterrent to selling is the word "no." We're afraid of getting a "no." I wish I had known this in high school.
You know, one of my high school chums is here in the audience, Leon Friedman. There he is. Do you remember Lynn Seffe?
Leon: Yes, sir.
Bob: I found out at our reunion that she would've gone to the prom with me if I had asked her [laughter and clapping]. So you just gotta know you're gonna get a "no," and ask, and you gotta be ready for "no." And the way you deal with "no" is another word: why? "No? Why?" And then if you're lucky, you'll get a list of reasons why not. Those are, in the trade, called "objections," and then you need to work on the objections.
And then the ultimate – two more tricks. These are great: listening and promising. So listening, what did I say to the students? "God gave us," or Darwin – you get to choose, "gave us two ears and one mouth. Take the hint [laughter]." That's listening. You gotta listen to the customer.
And then finally, since selling is basically a credibility game, the way you build credibility is by making promises – at first, little ones, like, "I'll be there at 8:00." If you say you're gonna be there at 8:00, you better be there at 8:00. You can't stroll in at 8:15 because that's communicating to the customer that your credibility is low, but then you make bigger and bigger promises until finally the big promise of all, which is, "This product's gonna be great for you, and you should buy it." And then you get that other word that we're all looking for, and what word is that?
Russ: Yes.
Bob: Yes.
Russ: Yes. Really cool. Well, thank you for teaching us about that [laughter], but that is unusual, though, coming from an inventor and an engineer for sure. Do you find that you have an impact on students that you -?
Bob: Well, let me tell you how I came to this. It was June of '81 – no, '82 – and I was CEO of my company, and I had 0 revenue, and I was burning through my venture capital cash because my predictions about the adoption of Ethernet had been "optimistic" [laughter]. So my board of directors – who I handpicked, so how could I argue with them? – said, "It's time for you not being CEO anymore. We gotta get your partner, Bill," who's a very experienced guy. "He should run things now and try to save this company. And by the way, we'd like you to be head of sales and marketing." So I suddenly began to think sales and marketing was a really good idea.
So we had zero revenue, and as was hinted earlier, I managed to figure out how to do it well enough to get us to $1 million a month.
Russ: Okay. All right, so I'm curious, now. I studied your background quite a bit. I find this thing we just talked about one of the most fascinating things, but today, here we are, 2013. What's important to you today?
Bob: Well, I have a new career – being a professor. So what's important to me is figuring out how to be a good professor, and I'm telling you I don't know. There are some hints. Have you noticed how bureaucratic universities are?
Bob: So you go from a startup world and a venture capital world into a university bureaucracy; it is stunning.
Russ: Right. Right. How do you deal with that?
Bob: I get peevish and obnoxious, and I lay down the law, and I threaten to quit, and I – just childish, I know. But on the other hand, we've got 51,000 students to play with there, and 8000 new ones come every September – August, so it's a mixed bag. There's the thrill of the students. You notice I didn't mention faculty there 'cause the faculty's the hard case. I'm a faculty member, but I'm not really a faculty member 'cause I don't feel like – 'cause I don't know how to be a professor, and they do. So that's my hardest challenge, I think, is relating the bureaucracy and the faculty, but the students, we get along fine.
Russ: So before I let you go, let's imagine you just kinda woke up and found yourself a college kid now, knowing what you know about the world. What would you do in 2013 if you were a 20- – 21-year-old planning for the future trying to replicate something like you accomplished? What would you do?
Bob: Well, you would choose to do what's fun, and that varies from person to person, and the thinking there is that in order to be any – oh, so my father used to say, "You can be whatever you want. You just have to be the best in the world." No pressure. By the way, that's why I have an electrical engineering degree from MIT. I intended to only get a management degree. My father said, "We didn't send you to MIT to get a management degree," [laughter] so I got my EE degree to keep him happy.
But the argument there is in order to be good at something, to be the best in the world, or just even passably good, you have to like it. It has to be fun. And if it's not fun, you can't be good at it and vice versa. So you should be choosing what you find to be fun, and that varies from individual to individual.
Russ: Okay. Bob, I really appreciate you sharing your story with us on The BusinessMakers Show.
Russ: You bet. That's Bob Metcalfe, inventor and entrepreneur extraordinary, and this The BusinessMakers Show heard on the radio and seen online at thebusinessmakers.com [clapping]. Thank you.


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"In the Council of Europe, we continue to insist that lawmakers should not be included in the sanctions lists, they should not be punished because it makes their activity completely senseless," Gojkovic said at a meeting with the chairman of the Russian parliament's lower house, Vyacheslav Volodin.
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Rather than unite economic populists on the left and right, Moore went with a conventional film for his audience of white Boomer liberals. They'll leave the film feeling good about themselves. The smug factor is high, as we've come to expect from an aging and uncreative Moore.
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