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The Five-Step Plan for Creating Personal Mission Statements
By Randall Hansen
Career Advice Expert
A large percentage of companies, including most Fortune 500 companies, have corporate mission statements. Mission statements are designed to provide direction and thrust to an organization, an enduring statement of purpose.
A mission statement acts as an invisible hand that guides the people in the organization. A mission statement explains the organization's reason for being, and answers the question, "What business are we in?"
A personal mission statement is a bit different from a company mission statement, but the fundamental principles are the same. Writing a personal mission statement offers the opportunity to establish what's important to you, and can help guide you toward a decision on a particular job, company, or career field. It also enables one to chart a new course when they're at a career crossroads.
Steven Covey (in his book First Things First) refers to developing a mission statement as "connecting with your own unique purpose and the profound satisfaction that comes from fulfilling it."
A personal mission statement helps job-seekers identify their core values and beliefs. Michael Goodman (in his book The Potato Chip Difference: How to Apply Leading Edge Marketing Strategies to Landing the Job You Want) states that a personal mission statement is "an articulation of what you're all about and what success looks like to you."
A personal mission statement also allows job-seekers to identify companies that have similar values and beliefs and helps them better assess the costs and benefits of any new career opportunity.
If you find a company that has your values and beliefs and want to apply for a job with the company, put our professional Resume Builder to work. Select a template based on your experience level and get step-by-step instruction on how to write all resume sections.
What Is Your Personal Mission Statement?
Using a Personal Mission Statement to Chart Your Career Course
The biggest problem most job-seekers face when it comes to personal mission statements is the actual writing of the statement. So, to help you get started on your personal mission statement, here is a five-step mission-building process.
Take as much time on each step as you need, and remember to dig deeply to develop a mission statement that is both authentic and honest. And to help you better see the process, we've included an example of one job-seeker's process in developing their mission statement.
Steps for Developing a Personal Mission Statement
Step 1: Identify Past Successes
Spend some time identifying four or five examples where you have had personal success in recent years. These successes could be at work, in your community, at home, etc. Write them down. Try to identify whether there is a common theme (or themes) to these examples.
Step 2: Identify Core Values
Develop a list of attributes that you believe identify who you are and what your priorities are. The list can be as long as you need.
Once your list is complete, see if you can narrow your values down to around five or six of the most important values. Finally, see if you can choose the one value that is most important to you.
Step 3: Identify Contributions
Make a list of the ways you could make a difference. In an ideal situation, how could you contribute best to:
the world in general | your family | your employer or future employers | your friends | your community
Step 4: Identify Goals
Spend some time thinking about your priorities in life and the goals you have for yourself.
Make a list of your personal goals, perhaps in the short-term (up to three years) and the long-term (beyond three years).
Step 5: Write Mission Statement
Based on the first four steps and a better understanding of yourself, begin writing your personal mission statement.
Sample Personal Mission Statement Development
1. Past successes:
a) Developed new product features for stagnant product
b) Part of a team that developed a new positioning statement for product
c) Helped child's school with fundraiser that was wildly successful
d) Increased turnout for the opening of a new local theater company
Themes: past successes all relate to creative problem solving and execution of a solution.
2. Core values:
Hard-working | Industrious | Creativity | Problem-Solving | Friendly | Outgoing | Positive | Family-oriented | Decision-maker | Compassionate | Spiritual | Analytical
Most important core values (ranked according to importance):
Problem-Solving | Creativity | Analytical | Compassionate | Decision-maker | Positive
Most important overall core value: Creativity
3. Identify Contributions:
The world in general: develop products and services that help people achieve what they want in life. To have a lasting impact on the way people live their lives.
My family: to be a leader in terms of personal outlook, compassion for others, and maintaining an ethical code; to be a good father and husband; to leave the world a better place for my children and their children.
My employer or future employers: to lead by example and demonstrate how innovative and problem-solving products can be successful both in terms of solving a problem and successful in terms of profitability and revenue generation for the organization.
My friends: to always have a hand held out for my friends; for them to know they can always come to me with any problem.
My community: to use my talents in such a way as to give back to my community.
4. Identify Goals:
Short-term: To continue my career with a progressive employer that allows me to use my skills, talent, and values to achieve success for the firm.
Long-term: To develop other outlets for my talents and develop a longer-term plan for diversifying my life and achieving both professional and personal success.
5. Mission Statement:
To live life completely, honestly, and compassionately, with a healthy dose of realism mixed in with imagination, and to know that all things are possible if one sets their mind to finding an answer.
Final Thoughts on Developing a Personal Mission Statement
A personal mission statement is, of course, personal. But if you want to truly see whether you have been honest in developing your personal mission statement, I suggest sharing the results of the process with one or more people who are close to you. Ask for their feedback. And develop further from there, if necessary.
Finally, remember that a mission statement is not meant to be written once and blasted into stone. You should set aside some time annually to review your career, job, goals, and mission statement -- and make adjustments as necessary.
Randall Hansen
Dr. Randall S. Hansen is the founder of Quintessential Careers, one of the oldest and most comprehensive career development sites on the web, as well CEO of EmpoweringSites.com. Dr. Hansen is a published author, with several books, chapters in books, and hundreds of articles to his name. He is frequently quoted in the media and conducts empowering workshops around the country; he is also an educator who has taught at the college level for more than 15 years.
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Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 23: El Salvadoran Gangs (Maras) Enforce Domestic Quarantine / Stay at Home Orders (Cuarentena domiciliar)
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 5:10pm
John P. Sullivan, Robert J. Bunker and Juan Ricardo Gómez Hecht
Salvadoran maras (gangs) have adapted to the COVID-19 outbreak by enforcing social control in the form of domestic quarantine (cuarentena domiciliar), curfews, and social distancing. The major maras, i.e. MS-13, and the Sureños and Revolucionarios factions of Barrio 18 (Eighteenth Street), have communicated this 'public health' dictate throughout the territories they control. In addition to enforcing domestic 'quarantine,' the Barrio 18 factions have suspended collecting 'street taxes' (extortion payments) while MS-13 continues to collect 'renta' (rent).
Key Information: Kevin Sieff, Susannah George, and Kareem Fahim, "Now joining the fight against coronavirus: The world's armed rebels, drug cartels and gangs." Washington Post. 14 April 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-taliban-ms-13-drug-cartels-gangs/2020/04/13/83aa07ac-79c2-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html:
Last month, as the Salvadoran government was enforcing one of Latin America's earliest and most stringent lockdowns, leaders of MS-13 decided that they would institute their own curfew. It was a rare overlap of policy between the gang and the government, which have fought each other for years.
But it also reflected a reality in much of El Salvador: The police have limited access in neighborhoods under criminal control, and in those places, only a gang-enforced curfew would be observed.
Key Information: Kate Linthicum, Molly O'Toole, and Alexander Renderos, "In El Salvador, gangs are enforcing the coronavirus lockdown with baseball bats." Los Angeles Times. 7 April 2020, https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-07/el-salvador-coronavirus-homicides-bukele:
The street gangs that have long terrorized El Salvador have now turned their attention from extortion and killing to a more pressing matter: enforcing social distancing restrictions, often with threats and baseball bats…
In many parts of the country, the gangs are more effective than government authorities, with tactics that include circulating recordings on messaging applications threatening people who break the rules…
The gangs have also produced videos showing masked members hitting people for not adhering to the quarantine.
Key Information: Carlos Martínez, Óscar Martínez, and Efren Lemus, "Pandillas amenazan a quien incumpla la cuarentena." El Faro. 18 April 2020, https://elfaro.net/es/202003/el_salvador/24211/Pandillas-amenazan-a-quien-incumpla-la-cuarentena.htm:
Representantes de las tres pandillas confirmaron a El Faro que este 30 de marzo decidieron amenazar a los habitantes que incumplan la cuarentena nacional. La extorsión impuesta por las pandillas también ha sido modificada por la crisis del coronavirus. En zonas concretas, dicen, han perdonado el cobro criminal a algunos vendedores informales. El otras zonas, simplemente no han podido recogerlo debido a la presencia masiva de fuerzas del Estado en las calles.
El Faro habló con líderes nacionales de la MS-13, de la facción Sureños del Barrio 18 y dos pandilleros de la facción Revolucionarios, así como con transportistas, vendedores informales y un comisionado policial y obtuvo mensajes de voz enviados por las diferentes pandillas a sus estructuras en los territorios que controlan. En esos mensajes, las pandillas amenazan a cualquier vecino que circule en la calle por una razón distinta a ir a comprar alimentos a "vérselas directamente con nosotros".[1]
Key Information: "Matones de la salud: En El Salvador, las pandillas dejaron de matarse y ahora vigilan el cumplimiento de la cuarentena." Clarín Internacional. 9 April 2020, https://www.clarin.com/internacional/salvador-pandillas-dejaron-matarse-ahora-vigilan-cumplimiento-cuarentena_0_gmonzeZOr.html:
Lo que impulsa el declive no es una tregua entre pandillas o una nueva estrategia policial, sino una cuarentena nacional de semanas para frenar la propagación del coronavirus.
Las pandillas callejeras que durante mucho tiempo han aterrorizado a El Salvador, ahora desviaron su atención de la extorsión y los asesinatos a un asunto más apremiante: imponer restricciones de distanciamiento social, a menudo mediante amenazas y violencia.[2]
Key Information: Marcos Alemán (AP), "El Salvador combate el coronavirus y se reduce la violencia." San Diego Union-Tribune en Español. 1 April 2020, https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/en-espanol/noticias/story/2020-04-01/el-salvador-combate-el-coronavirus-y-se-reduce-la-violencia:
Desde el martes circularon audios de supuestos pandilleros de la Mara Salvatrucha en los que amenazan con represalias a las personas que no acaten las órdenes del gobierno de mantenerse en cuarentena familiar.
Luego aparecieron dos videos en los que se observa cuando supuestos pandilleros a los que no se les ve los rostros, armados con bates de beisbol, golpean en las piernas y los glúteos a personas que al parecer no han acatado la orden de no salir de sus casas.[3]
Key Information: "Circulan supuestos audios de pandilleros que piden acatar la cuarentena." elsalvador.com. 31 March 2020, https://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/coronavirus-pandillas-ms-amenaza-cuarentena/701446/2020/:
En un audio que circulan en redes, dicen que implantan sus propias reglas para castigar a quienes irrespeten la cuarentena impuesta por el Gobierno. Si ven a alguien sin mascarilla le llamarán la atención. Si desobedece, "tomarán otras medidas".
Desde el lunes al final de la tarde, diversos audios o mensajes de texto comenzaron a circular en cadenas de WhatsApp, en las que, presuntamente, pandilleros advierten que como al Gobierno se le ha salido de control las medidas para contener el COVID-19, ellos vigilarán que tales medidas sean cumplidas en los territorios donde ellos tienen pleno dominio territorial.[4]
Third Generation Gang Analysis
The COVID-19 outbreak has profound national and biosecurity implications. In addition to significant health consequences (morbidity and mortality) and social control implications regarding quarantine and social distancing, the coronavirus pandemic has altered the human terrain and operating space for organized crime, mafias, and gangs. In the preceding Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note (No. 22), Sullivan, Arimatéia da Cruz, and Bunker examined the COVID-19 curfew situation in Rio's favelas.[5] In this note, the analysis is expanded to look at the situation in El Salvador. Maras are a significant force in El Salvador's criminal and political landscape.[6] These maras(sophisticated, third generation gangs) dominate local pandillas (smaller, less-sophisticated gangs) and challenge the state monopoly on force and political power. The largest maras are Mara Salvatrucha (known as MS-13) and Barrio 18 (Eighteenth Street). Both are transnational in nature and alter the nature of sovereignty and governance in a process of criminal insurgency.[7]
Maras like MS-13 are active in about 94% of El Salvador's municipalities, forming 'other governed spaces' or 'criminal enclaves' known as 'zonas rojas' (red zones) where the gangs exert de factco territorial and social control.[8] In the current global health crisis, the maras have become players in the provision of public health, social control, and in some cases humanitarian aid. In all of these cases, the provision of social goods is opportunistic, supporting the gangs' needs. In that sense, the active engagement of maras, gangs, mafias, and criminal cartels is essentially 'the utilitarian provision of social goods' and often characterized as 'social banditry.'[9]
Gang beating of a local individual (On buttocks with a bat repeatedly) for a quarantine enforcement violation. Mara posting on social media; Gang colors and context suggest MS-13. Note—the gang member is wearing a protective facemask. [1:13 second phone video at 0:26 second mark]. Source: "Circula vídeo de presuntos pandilleros que golpean a un hombre por salir a la calle." elsalvador.com. 1 April 2020, https://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/nacional/cuarentena-pandillas-amenazas-golpiza/701785/2020/.
The pandemic crisis provides a range of opportunities and threats to territorial criminal enterprises. The opportunity to provide social control in the form of humanitarian aid and advocacy, enforcing curfews, and quarantines, and suspending 'street taxes,' and de facto gang truces and co-operation with health initiatives can promote public perceptions of legitimacy and strengthen the gangs' power. These moves can also protect gang members from the disease itself, giving the gangs strategic advantage. This facet is also linked to enlightened self interest as the gangs recognize the need to protect themselves from the corona virus since the mareros fear physicians may favor non-gang members for life saving treatment like scarce ventilators.[10] In addition, these short-term factors limit immediate violence, however ,when the quarantine and street tax holiday is lifted, violent competition may return.
Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) and Fuerza Armada maintain quarantine checkpoint in Puerto de la Libertad, El Salvador, 18 April 2020. Source: Secretaría de Comunicaciones de la Presidencia de la República de El Salvador, https://twitter.com/ComunicacionSV/status/1251605702071799813?s=20.
Essentially, just as criminal enterprises vary in configuration and modus operandi, so does the response of criminal enterprises to humanitarian crises and pandemics. In El Salvador, we see one example of this variation: the two largest Barrio 18 factions (Sureños and Revolucionarios) suspended collection of street taxes while MS-13 continued collecting them.[11][12][13] This variation between gangs and regions is related to the network configuration of gangs where local cliques and factions adapt to local conditions.[14] In short, as Anna Sergi has cautioned: "organised crime is not homogenous."[15]
Barrio 18 Sureños Communication [Mara Social Media. Source: Reposted by @cguanacas. Twitter, 1 April 2020, https://twitter.com/cguanacas/status/1245577337871065094?s=20.[16]
Operationally the involvement of gangs (maras) and criminal cartels in social control, quarantine, and humanitarian aid situations poses challenges to state institutions, especially the police and military. The potential for police and military action to conflict with gang quarantine enforcement could lead to active hostilities exacerbating existing insecurity.[17] Indeed, both the police and military are new to the enforcement of such large-scale quarantine and lockdowns.[18] These challenges can also be balanced by opportunities to engage armed non-state actors (ANSAs) and criminal armed groups (CAGs) toward acceptance of humanitarian norms including the protection of health workers and facilities.[19]
Marcos Alemán (AP), "El Salvador combate el coronavirus y se reduce la violencia." San Diego Union-Tribune en Español. 1 April 2020, https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/en-espanol/noticias/story/2020-04-01/el-salvador-combate-el-coronavirus-y-se-reduce-la-violencia.
"Circulan supuestos audios de pandilleros que piden acatar la cuarentena." elsalvador.com. 31 March 2020, https://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/coronavirus-pandillas-ms-amenaza-cuarentena/701446/2020/.
Kate Linthicum, Molly O'Toole, and Alxander Renderos, "In El Salvador, gangs are enforcing the coronavirus lockdown with baseball bats." Los Angeles Times. 7 April 2020, https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-07/el-salvador-coronavirus-homicides-bukele.
Carlos Martínez, Óscar Martínez, and Efren Lemus, "Pandillas amenazan a quien incumpla la cuarentena." El Faro, 18 April 2020, https://elfaro.net/es/202003/el_salvador/24211/Pandillas-amenazan-a-quien-incumpla-la-cuarentena.htm.
"Matones de la salud: En El Salvador, las pandillas dejaron de matarse y ahora vigilan el cumplimiento de la cuarentena." Clarín Internacional. 9 April 2020, https://www.clarin.com/internacional/salvador-pandillas-dejaron-matarse-ahora-vigilan-cumplimiento-cuarentena_0_gmonzeZOr.html.
Miguel Patrico, "Army and Gangs Enforce Virus Curfew in El Salvador." Courthouse News Service. 8 April 2020, https://www.courthousenews.com/army-and-gangs-enforce-virus-curfew-in-el-salvador/.
Kevin Sieff, Susannah George, and Kareem Fahim, "Now joining the fight against coronavirus: The world's armed rebels, drug cartels and gangs." Washington Post. 14 April 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-taliban-ms-13-drug-cartels-gangs/2020/04/13/83aa07ac-79c2-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html.
"La 'extraña' entrega de víveres de parte de las pandillas a las comunidades controladas por ellos." Verdad Digital. 11 April 2020, https://verdaddigital.com/la-extrana-entrega-de-viveres-de-parte-de-las-pandillas-a-las-comunidades-controladas-por-ellos/.
[1] In English, the excerpted text reads: "Representatives of the three gangs confirmed to El Faro that this March 30 they decided to threaten the inhabitants who do not comply with the national quarantine. The extortion imposed by the gangs has also been modified by the coronavirus crisis. In specific areas, they say, they have forgiven criminal charges against some informal vendors. The other areas simply have not been able to pick it up due to the massive presence of state forces on the streets…"El Faro spoke to national leaders of the MS-13, of the Sureños faction in Barrio 18 and two gang members of the Revolutionary faction, as well as transporters, informal vendors and a police commissioner, and obtained voice messages sent by the different gangs to their structures in the territories they control. In these messages, the gangs threaten any neighbor who circulates on the street for a reason other than going to buy food to 'deal directly with us'."
[2] In English, the excerpted text reads: "What drives the decline is not a gang truce or a new police strategy, but a national quarantine of weeks to curb the spread of the coronavirus … Street gangs that have long terrorized El Salvador have now turned their attention from extortion and murder to a more pressing issue: imposing restrictions on social distancing, often through threats and violence."
[3] In English the excerpted text reads: "Since Tuesday, audios of alleged gang members of the Mara Salvatrucha have circulated in which they threaten retaliation against people who do not comply with government orders to remain in family quarantine…Then two videos appeared in which it is observed when alleged gang members who do not see their faces, armed with baseball bats, beat the legs and buttocks of people who apparently have not complied with the order not to leave their houses."
[4] In English, the excerpted text reads: "In an audio that circulates in [social] networks, they say that they implement their own rules to punish those who disrespect the quarantine imposed by the Government. If they see someone without a mask, they will catch their attention. If he disobeys, 'they will take other measures'… From Monday to late afternoon, various audios or text messages began to circulate in WhatsApp networks in which, allegedly, gang members warn that, as the Government has lost control of the measures to contain COVID-19, they will monitor that such measures are complied with in the territories where they have full territorial control'."
[5] See John P. Sullivan, José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Robert J. Bunker, "Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 22: Rio's Gangs Impose Curfews in Response to Coronavirus." Small Wars Journal. 10 April 2020, https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/third-generation-gangs-strategic-note-no-22-rios-gangs-impose-curfews-response-coronavirus.
[6] See "Life Under Gang Rule in El Salvador." International Crisis Group. 26 November 2018, https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/central-america/el-salvador/life-under-gang-rule-el-salvador.
[7] See Ximena Galvez Lima, "Inked or Not: Maras and Their Participation in El Salvador's Recent Armed Conflict." Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies. Vol. 10, Issue 2, 23 November 2019, https://doi.org/10.1163/18781527-01002002; Juan Ricardo Gómez Hecht, "Gangs in El Salvador: A New Type of Insurgency?" Small Wars Journal. 27 October 2017, https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/gangs-in-el-salvador-a-new-type-of-insurgency; and John P. Sullivan, "From Drug Wars to Criminal Insurgency: Mexican Cartels, Criminal Enclaves and Criminal Insurgency in Mexico and Central America. Implications for Global Security." Working Paper No9. Paris: Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme. April 2012, https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/FMSH-WP/halshs-00694083.
[8] "Maras como la infame MS-13 o Mara Salvatrucha están activas en torno al 94 por ciento de los 262 municipios de El Salvador. Además de ser una constante amenaza para la seguridad pública, en muchas de las "zonas rojas" estos grupos se han convertido en la autoridad de facto del vecindario, ejerciendo un enorme control sobre la vida cotidiana de los ciudadanos que viven en los territorios con amplia presencia criminal." "Matones de la salud: En El Salvador, las pandillas dejaron de matarse y ahora vigilan el cumplimiento de la cuarentena." Clarín Internacional. 9 April 2020, https://www.clarin.com/internacional/salvador-pandillas-dejaron-matarse-ahora-vigilan-cumplimiento-cuarentena_0_gmonzeZOr.html.
[9] See "Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 22: Rio's Gangs Impose Curfews in Response to Coronavirus," at Note 5; and John P. Sullivan, "Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 15: Skullduggery or Social Banditry? Cartel Humanitarian Aid." Small Wars Journal. 25 November 2013, https://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/mexican-cartel-strategic-note-no-15-skullduggery-or-social-banditry-cartel-humanitarian-aid.
[10] Ana María Enciso Noguera, "El coronavirus y las maras salvadoreñas: dos lados de la moneda." Al Día. 9 April 2020, https://aldianews.com/es/articles/politics/el-coronavirus-y-las-maras-salvadorenas-dos-lados-de-la-moneda/58138.
[11] "El estado de excepción que se decretó hace más de dos semanas en todo el país también ha trastocado su principal fuente de financiamiento: la extorsión. Las dos facciones del Barrio 18 –Sureños y Revolucionarios– han acordado dejar de exigir dinero a buena parte de los comerciantes informales que operan en sus zonas de control, mientras que la Mara Salvatrucha-13 mantiene el cobro ilegal de dinero, conocido como "renta", a pesar de que fuentes de esa pandilla reconocen que a causa de la cuarentena obligatoria y el cierre de la mayoría de comercios les está siendo muy difícil recogerlo." Carlos Martínez, Óscar Martínez, and Efren Lemus, "Pandillas amenazan a quien incumpla la cuarentena." El Faro. 18 April 2020, https://elfaro.net/es/202003/el_salvador/24211/Pandillas-amenazan-a-quien-incumpla-la-cuarentena.htm.
[12] As Benjamin Lessing has observed, criminal governance may aid COVID response by enforcing lockdowns and prohibiting price gouging but it can also undermine these efforts when gangs of milícias (militias) force bars and stores to stay open and pay monthly extortion fees. Lessing gives examples from Brazil's favelas while in this note we see similar predatory action in MS-13s refusal to suspend street taxes. See Benjamin Lessing,"#CriminalGovernance may aid #COVID response," 17 April 2020, https://twitter.com/BigBigBLessing/status/1251240300296757250?s=20 and Anita Prado and Guilherme Peixoto, "Milícia obriga reabertura de comércio da Zona Oeste e Região Metropolitana do Rio para manter cobrança de taxas." O Globo –G1. 17 April 2020, https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2020/04/17/milicia-obriga-reabertura-do-comercio-para-recolher-taxa-em-comunidades-do-rj.ghtml.
[13] See Maria Alejandra Navarrette , "Coronavirus Affects Extortion Payments in Mexico and Central America." Insight Crime. 13 April 2020, https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/coronavirus-extortion-mexico-central-america/.
[14] See Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan, "Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 13: Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) Command and Control (C2) Geographic Variations." Small Wars Journal. 29 January 2019, https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/third-generation-gangs-strategic-note-no-13-mara-salvatrucha-ms-13-command-and-control-c2.
[15] See Anna Sergi, "'Organised crime' is not homogenous." 6 April 2020, https://twitter.com/SHOC_RUSI/status/1247219704671997954?s=20 and Anna Sergi, "Organised Crime and the Coronavirus-Crisis: A Research Agenda." RUSI (Royal United Services Institute). 6 April 2020, https://shoc.rusi.org/coronavirusSOCresearchagenda.
[16] In English the excerpted text roughly reads: "Salvadoran people in the present we make it clear that we detach ourselves from any message that has been spread on social networks (videos, audios, writings), in barrios and colonias [neighborhoods] controlled by BARRIO 18 SUREÑOS, to refrain from not going out, on the contrary we humbly ask you to abide by the government regulations for the emergency that the country is going through since their collaboration is of utmost importance for their homes and our families do not go out if it is not necessary. We ask our barrios and colonias [neighborhoods] controlled by BARRIO 18 SUREÑOS to help us to spread this statement where we deny all threats to the Salvadoran people on the contrary we are feeling the pain of the people, we have decided as BARRIO 18 to help in 'not all but some colonias [neighnorhoods]' hose most affected and with low income. Thank you for your understanding. Sincerely... BARRIO 18 SUREÑOS."
[17] See Anna Applebaum and Briana Mawby, "Gang Violence as Armed Conflict: A New Perspective on El Salvador." GIWPS Policy Brief. Washington, DC: Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security. November 2018, https://giwps.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Gang-Violence-as-Armed-Conflict.pdf.
[18] Kevin Sieff, "Soldiers around the world get a new mission: Enforcing coronavirus lockdown." Washington Post. 25 March 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-military-enforce-soldiers-armed-forces/2020/03/25/647cbbb6-6d53-11ea-a156-0048b62cdb51_story.html.
[19] This type of humanitarian diplomacy is a difficult but essential component of protecting the populace in areas faced with civil strife and extreme criminal violence bordering on or transcending the threshold of non-international armed conflicts (NIACs). See Robert Muggah and John P. Sullivan, "The Coming Crime Wars." Foreign Policy. 21 September 2018, https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/21/the-coming-crime-wars/; specifically germane to this pandemic, see Marcos Kotlik and Ezequil Heffes, "COVID-19 Symposium: COVID-19 in Conflict-Affected Areas–Armed Groups as Part of a Global Solution." Opinio Juris. 4 April 2020, http://opiniojuris.org/2020/04/04/covid-19-symposium-covid-19-in-conflict-affected-areas-armed-groups-as-part-of-a-global-solution/ and "Supporting COVID-19 response through the engagement of armed non-State actors." Geneva Call. 17 April 2020, https://www.genevacall.org/supporting-covid-19-response-by-the-engagement-of-armed-non-state-actors/.
For Additional Reading
Juan Ricardo Gómez Hecht, "Gangs in El Salvador: A New Type of Insurgency?" Small Wars Journal, 27 October 2017.
Juan Ricardo Gómez Hecht, "Las Pandillas en El Salvador: ¿Un Nuevo Tipo de Insurgencia?" Small Wars Journal, 4 September 2017.
John P. Sullivan, José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Robert J. Bunker, "Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 22: Rio's Gangs Impose Curfews in Response to Coronavirus." Small Wars Journal, 10 April 2020.
John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker, Eds. Strategic Notes on Third Generation Gangs. A Small Wars Journal-El Centro Anthology. Bloomington: Xlibris, 2020.
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John P. Sullivan
Dr. John P. Sullivan was a career police officer. He is an honorably retired lieutenant with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, specializing in emergency operations, transit policing, counterterrorism, and intelligence. He is currently an Instructor in the Safe Communities Institute (SCI) at the Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California. Sullivan received a lifetime achievement award from the National Fusion Center Association in November 2018 for his contributions to the national network of intelligence fusion centers. He completed the CREATE Executive Program in Counter-Terrorism at the University of Southern California and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government from the College of William and Mary, a Master of Arts in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis from the New School for Social Research, and a PhD from the Open University of Catalonia (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya). His doctoral thesis was "Mexico's Drug War: Cartels, Gangs, Sovereignty and the Network State." He can be reached at jpsullivan@smallwarsjournal.com.
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Dr. Robert J. Bunker is Director of Research and Analysis, C/O Futures, LLC, and an Instructor at the Safe Communities Institute (SCI) at the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy. He holds university degrees in political science, government, social science, anthropology-geography, behavioral science, and history and has undertaken hundreds of hours of counterterrorism training. Past professional associations include Minerva Chair at the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College and Futurist in Residence, Training and Development Division, Behavioral Science Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy, Quantico. Dr. Bunker has well over 500 publications—including about 40 books as co-author, editor, and co-editor—and can be reached at docbunker@smallwarsjournal.com.
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Juan Ricardo Gómez Hecht, works as Professor at the College of Advanced Strategic Studies, the Highest Post Graduate School of El Salvador's Armed Forces. Previously he served 16 years in the area of public security, holding various important positions within the General Inspectorate of the National Civilian Police of El Salvador. Academically he is a political scientist and holds two master degrees: in Public Administration and Human Rights and Education for Peace (University of El Salvador). Currently he is a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Prof. Gómez Hecht has a teaching experience that spans 19 years at graduate and post graduate level at various El Salvadoran Universities, National Public Security Academy and most Officer Schools of the Armed Forces. He is an Academic researcher accredited by the Council for Science and Technology of El Salvador and has published works in national and international specialized journals in the United States, Spain, Colombia and Nicaragua. He has also lectured on defense and security issues at the national level and in the United States, Mexico, Morocco, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama.
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 Stephen Gerhard Stehli (* 1961), deutscher Jurist und Politiker (CDU)

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By my guess, she's in her 20s. Young. I happened upon her this morning while walking our dog. She was in her car stuck at the intersection of two alleys. I heard her trying to start the car. Over. And over. And over. It cranked but wouldn't start. To my untrained ear, it sounded like she was out of gas. I decided that if the car was still there after walking Barcelona, I would go over and offer my help.
Sure enough, after putting the dog in, I saw the car there, but no more attempts to start it were being made. Not having seen the driver ahead of time, I approached the car carefully and immediately noticed she was there, just sitting. A one-month old baby sat in his car seat and a little girl in the back. I asked if she needed help and she said that yes, she thought the car needed a jump start. Knowing that the car cranked earlier, I told her that I didn't think that was the issue. Instead, I asked if she maybe needed gas. She stated that she had run out of gas earlier but put a few dollars in from a gas can that she kept in the car. She was homeless and decided that our alley looked safe so she slept with her kids in the car last night. And while I only saw the two, she stated that there were a total of four kids. Looking further, I could see them huddled together and sleeping in the back seat. The kids ranged in age from one month to five years. They looked well taken care of and it was obvious that she cares deeply for them.
I helped her push the car onto the street where we parked it and told her that she and her family could come and hang out at the house until we could come up with a plan of action. She had no one to call. No one. Imagine that for a moment. She had been trying to find space at a shelter, but all they could do was put her on a waiting list. Her options are limited since it would be for five: either put her kids somewhere and find a place for herself, or wait until something becomes available. The feelings of desperation must be overwhelming. Not only does the mother feel like there is no help, but the shelter workers or 211 operators, who genuinely wish to help, know that there are not enough beds available. They must have to tell people several times a day that there is no room anywhere, many (if not most) of which are single mothers just looking for a warm place to stay; a place where they can at least lay down horizontally to get a few solid hours of sleep.
So, as of right now, her car is parked on the street. We have determined that it's a fuel pump and I have purchased the part. The one contact she happens to have came to work on it today but ultimately decided it was too big of a project for him to handle, so tomorrow, we'll be towing the car to a shop to get it repaired. Sadly, it's no small job.
Jessica spent the day making calls to see if we could get her into a shelter anywhere. Unfortunately, with four kids, trying to find a shelter that could take them was impossible. Jessica did not give up, however and did gather a lot of good information. Sadly, though, there was nothing much that could be done today. Jessica offered to make our house available to the kids and we got a hotel for the mom, who took the one month old with her. Tomorrow will be another day. Tonight we have a house full of kids, and our suspicion is that we will have them for about a week. The new children range in age from almost 2, almost 3, and a five year old. As of right now, we are unsure as to whether or not we'll also be ending up with the one-month old for a bit.
The one bit of "lucky" news is that the other boys, A, N and A2 happen to be at their birth-mom's house for the night, so it gave us a chance to get to know these three and learn what makes them tick. I suspect that one, if not two of them are going to be quite the handful.
Our hope, though, is that the mom can rest easy tonight knowing that her kids are taken care of and that she might be able to relax just a bit. Tonight, before Jessica took her to the hotel, I saw the mom smile for the first time the whole day.
Unlike the other three, I do not think that these are going to be a long-term situation, but stranger things have happened.
There are a lot more details to this and a bit more to the story, but frankly, I'm tired. But I did want to get this post out there before going to bed since I did somewhat "vaguebook" a bit earlier.
Next up. . . finding places for all eight or nine to sleep tomorrow night. Wish us luck!
If you'd like to help, you can click on one of the donation buttons on the right. I've also created a post about the very real costs that we've had to deal with as a result of this. Any and all money goes toward helping the kids we've taken in. Regardless of donations, it will not keep Jessica and I from staying focused on helping as many kids as possible when the call arises.


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In 2007, in a related case, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state requirement that teachers' unions must get approval from workers when spending dues on political campaigns. According to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Fund, the decision, known as Davenport v. Washington Education Association, "avoided the more critical and far-sweeping question—whether union officials should be able to automatically collect forced dues for politics from nonunion members in the first place," as reported by Education Week.
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And how or what can we do with our app for this purpose? Workflows ?
Maybe a connection to eg MailChimp via API to add customer to a list of choice (the list can then have a workflow attached for automatisation).
Zapier or IFTTT would be awesome!


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Pokemon Extravaganza: Movie 07 (Sub) Deoxys the Visitor Review
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Plot: A mysterious meteor lands on earth near the North Pole containing the alien Pokemon, Deoxys. It tries to take a strange stone from deep within the snow, but Rayquaza, angry at the intrusion on its territory, violently attacks Deoxys. Rayquaza seemingly kills Deoxys before returning to the sky.
Four years later, Deoxys regenerates its body and continues its search for the stone, and Rayquaza wants to take it down once more.
Meanwhile, Satoshi/Ash and the others meet a boy named Toi/Tori who suffers from a paralyzing fear of Pokemon after a traumatic experience with them as a small child. They try to help him get over this fear by getting him accustomed to Pokemon, but they find that helping Toi is a lot more difficult than they first thought.
Breakdown: This poster is definitely more dynamic than the American poster, but, being fair, the American poster is just an Englished-up version of an alternate Japanese poster, so I can't really complain too much.
From all I can find, this movie is a very loyal translation, if not the most loyal adaptation we've seen so far, so I don't believe this requires a step-by-step analysis.
Instead, let's review this in a chunklet format – by 20 minute chunks.
20 Minute Mark
The 'World of Pokemon' opener is actually the same dialogue we've come to know instead of trying to shoehorn in stuff about the Pokeball itself.
Just now noticing that the animation on the Jolteon in the opener with the herd of Pokemon running is so jarring I'd even say it's incomplete.
Now I know what this opener with the awful CGI reminds me of. Pokemon Snap. Mm, I miss Pokemon Snap.
I don't have the Japanese video track so, sadly, I can't compare the title screens.
Tory's Japanese name is Toi. Also, his last named is Rondo, which may be accurately-ish turned into Lund.
Status update: Munchlax/Gonbe is still adorable and hilarious.
Oh god, the little cube robots are just as annoying here as they were in the dub….
Satoshi tells Toi he only wants to battle as they exit the elevator whereas Ash just said 'Wait, we just wanna…' which makes it a little more understanding in the original as to why this guy just shoved these kids into the Battle Tower system….the system still should have recognized that Toi's not a Trainer, though.
Likewise, Hitomi/Rebecca says Satoshi beat her to the arena, not that he cut in front of her. Wording is everything, 4Kids.
I have no idea how I got through Movie 06 without noticing this, but Masato's/Max's Japanese voice is terrible.
Ryu was changed to Rafe, and Shota was changed to Sid.
Satoshi actually acts like kind of a jerk when he takes the reigns in the match. Whereas Ash tells Tori not to worry about battling, Satoshi says, in a pretty rough tone, 'I've had enough of this! I'll do this alone!' Dude, chill out. He said he's not a Trainer and yet you pestered him to battle all because you were way too hyped to battle someone you met ten minutes ago. Is it really a surprise he has no idea what to do?
Status Update: Yup, still adorable.
Later Status Update: Still hilarious.
Okay, so we get a bit of a trade off here. Haruka is a little more rude to Shota than May is to Sid, and Takeshi is much less of a pushy controlling asshat in that one scene with Hitomi than Brock was with Rebecca.
Obviously, the insert song during the little Pokemon party is completely different from the dub's. And….this song really is just bad. I feel like this song should be in some moe shoujo anime, not Pokemon. The melody is okay, a little toe-tapping, but the lyrics and vocals are just….gah. Not to mention, with all the talk of stars, this song seems more suited for Movie 06….
Also, the song just suddenly ends after the second chorus. *shrug*
One Hour Mark
Nothing of note, really.
One Hour 20 minute Mark
Haruka: "Motionless escalators feel kinda weird."
……Excuse me, Mitch, gonna borrow a joke for a second.
Mitch Hedberg: "I like escalators because escalators can never break. They can only become stairs. There would never be an 'Escalator temporarily out of order' sign, only an 'Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.'"
For the record, May merely said that she'd never take escalators for granted again.
Audrey and Catherine, Rafe's sisters, keep their original names. Though I have to wonder why they have English names and Ryu's is very obviously Japanese.
Satoshi: "Professor Rondo, Toi's not the only one who can save the city. I'm here too!" You really can't let anyone else have the spotlight for five minutes, can you? This is Movie 04 all over again.
Wow, Kabigon/Snorlax's Japanese voice is…..just awful. Just….terrible.
As expected, the end credits song is just the insert song only longer, and somehow it's even worse in the extended version. The added lyrics are even more cutesy and lame and, while it's not horribly repetitive, it still is as such.
This movie is damn near identical to the 4Kids version barring some minor dialogue changes that both make the script better and worse, so it evens out. The music is worse thanks to the lone vocal song, but then again the video isn't cropped so that also evens out.
All in all, I have the same problems with the original as I do the dub. Some problems differ due to slight script changes, but I'm ultimately just as 'satisfied' with the original as I was with the dub.
Recommended Audience: Same as the dub, 6+


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package vapourdrive.genloader.api.generation;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
import net.minecraftforge.common.BiomeDictionary.Type;
import vapourdrive.genloader.api.serializeable.IParsableBlockState;
import vapourdrive.genloader.api.serializeable.IWeightedBlockState;

public class Generation implements IGeneration
{
	private final IGenerationCategory category;
	private final EnumGenerationPriority generatorPriority;
	private final EnumGenerationType generatorType;
	private final float chance;
	private final int frequency;
	private final int minY;
	private final int maxY;
	private final int size;
	private final ArrayList<Integer> dimensions;
	private final ArrayList<Type> biomeTypes;
	private final ArrayList<String> biomeNames;
	private final IWeightedBlockState[] weightedBlocks;
	private final IParsableBlockState blockToReplace;

	public Generation(IGenerationCategory Category, EnumGenerationPriority GeneratorPriority, EnumGenerationType GeneratorType, float Chance, int Frequency, int MinY, int MaxY, int Size, ArrayList<Integer> Dimensions, ArrayList<Type> BiomeTypes, ArrayList<String> BiomeNames, IWeightedBlockState[] WeightedBlocks, IParsableBlockState BlockToReplace)
	{
		this.category = Category;
		this.generatorPriority = GeneratorPriority;
		this.generatorType = GeneratorType;
		this.frequency = Frequency;
		this.minY = MinY;
		this.maxY = MaxY;
		this.size = Size;
		this.dimensions = Dimensions;
		this.weightedBlocks = WeightedBlocks;
		this.biomeTypes = BiomeTypes;
		this.biomeNames = BiomeNames;
		this.blockToReplace = BlockToReplace;
		this.chance = Chance;
	}

	public IGenerationCategory getOwner()
	{
		return this.category;
	}

	public EnumGenerationPriority getGeneratorPriority()
	{
		return this.generatorPriority;
	}

	public EnumGenerationType getGeneratorType()
	{
		return this.generatorType;
	}

	public float getChance()
	{
		return this.chance;
	}

	public int getFrequency()
	{
		return this.frequency;
	}

	public int getMinY()
	{
		return this.minY;
	}

	public int getMaxY()
	{
		return this.maxY;
	}

	public int getSize()
	{
		return this.size;
	}

	public ArrayList<Integer> getDimensions()
	{
		return this.dimensions;
	}

	public ArrayList<Type> getBiomeTypes()
	{
		return this.biomeTypes;
	}

	public ArrayList<String> getBiomeNames()
	{
		return this.biomeNames;
	}

	public IWeightedBlockState[] getWeightedBlocks()
	{
		return this.weightedBlocks;
	}

	public IBlockState getBlockToReplace()
	{
		return this.blockToReplace.getBlockState();
	}
}

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Does God actually exist? If so, is our knowledge of God's existence merely a matter of opinion or can it be proved? If God's existence can be proved how is it done? All of these important questions and more are answered by Andrew in this talk by using the philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274).
It is ironic that in the Roman Empire, one of the accusations brought against the early Christians was that they were Atheists. When St. Polycarp of Smyrna (69-155AD), a disciple of the Apostle John was about to be martyred, the proconsul accusing him of his crimes urged Polycarp to renounce Christ and his fellow Christians as atheists. Rejecting the proconsul's accusations Polycarp turned to the angry crowds and instead he accused them of being atheists. (Martyrdom of Polycarp, 3, 9). The Romans' accusation was due to the Christians' refusal to worship all the gods of the Roman Pantheon, and their desire to worship Christ alone as 'Lord and God' (Jn 20:28). Today's atheism is a different story.
Today, more than ever there is great confusion regarding the question of God's existence. Ever since the Age of the Enlightenment during the 17th and 18th centuries people have increasingly become more sceptical about God's existence, but during the Middle Ages it was not so. In this talk, therefore, Andrew Wood will take you back to look closely at Saint Thomas Aquinas' proofs for the existence of God. In doing so, he will also look at the nature of modern-day science, its distinction from philosophy, and its inevitable inability to answer the question of God's existence, either in the affirmative, or in the negative.
This talk will definitely give you a greater appreciation for the Middle Ages, for philosophy, and for our ability to know for sure that God exists!


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will again swap up to $5 billion to infuse durable liquidity in the system, a month after the first swaps saw a massive response from banks.
Market participants offered up to $16.31 billion against the notified amount of $5 billion in the auction held on March 26. The next auction for three-year tenure will be held on April 23, the RBI said in a notification on its website on Monday. The markets were closed being the first day of the financial year.
In the swaps, the auctions are done to determine the forward premiums. While the RBI wants to have as high a premium it can, market participants try to maximise discount over the prevailing market rates for forwards.
The forward rates had crashed after the RBI first announced such an auction on March 13. By the time the auction took place, one-year forwards rates had fallen to about 3.5 per cent after announcement of the swaps, from 4.10 per cent before the announcement. The fall in premium had prompted importers and borrowers of foreign currency loans to line up to hedge their exposures.
The last auction was also conducted at near prevailing market prices, indicating the demand for such swaps in the markets itself.
Like the earlier time, the April swaps will also be for a three-year tenure. The minimum size of each bid would be $10 million and in multiples of $1 million thereafter.
With this announcement, the RBI has firmly established the swaps as a potent liquidity tool, but the success of such auctions are dependent on foreign fund inflow. Since February, the capital inflow has been over $8 billion, and this ensures success of such auctions, according to currency dealers.
However, because of the auctions in March, there was an excess flow of dollars in the system and this had pushed up the cash-spot spread to a record high.
At the present dollar-rupee rate, the auctions would infuse a little more than Rs 35,000 crore of durable liquidity in the system. Coupled with the last auction, the durable liquidity infusion would be more than Rs 70,000 crore.
The preferred mode of liquidity infusion by the RBI was to buy bonds. But by buying a record Rs 2.9 trillion of bonds in the last fiscal, the RBI depleted banks' bond holdings. The banks also need the bonds to pledge to borrow overnight liquidity from the RBI. Besides, by expanding the balance sheet, the RBI risks stroking inflation.
According to Ananth Narayan, associate professor, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, the swaps not only bring down the forwards rates but also weakens the rupee as people rush to buy dollars, which raises demand for the dollar and weakens the rupee.


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Marvel vs DC: Which Has The Best Spin-off Games?
0	September 28, 2016 9:09 AM	by	Bobby Pashalidis
Since the 1930s, Marvel and DC Comics have had a friendly rivalry, originally from their respected comic book universes and recently branching out to try and surpass each other with big-screen titles.
DC had huge success with Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy and although mauled by critics, Batman vs Superman made a lot of money worldwide, money that was needed to offset flops such as Jonah Hex, Catwoman and Green Lantern. DC outpaced Marvel prior to 2000, but Marvel has been quick to catch up, churning out around 4 movies per year with titles such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool, The Avengers and Ant-Man, all proving fruitful at the box office.
The comic book and movie industry are just two of the grounds these two universes battle in, as they also produce TV shows, cartoons, toys and games. The latter form of spin-off is our concern today, as who doesn't want the chance to take control of your own Superman, Batman or Ironman and start dispensing justice in the gaming world?
The iGaming world is awash with thousands of different slots and video poker games. For most of their comic books turned into films, both DC and Marvel have put forward spin-off slot games for fans to enjoy.
For instance, the Incredible Hulk online slot machine from Marvel is a perennial favourite with gamers and shouldn't make you angry with up to £100 free on your first deposit at bgo and free play at freeslots247.net. The Hulk slot doesn't have monster jackpot wins compared to other slots available, but you get far more small wins that can add up to a decent payday and keeps the game stimulating. Marvel have a number of other spin-off slots on bgo Vegas to keep you immersed in their universe with titles such as Iron Man and Fantastic Four also available.
As for DC, it has worked with software provider Microgaming to release an online slot machine based on The Dark Knight which features the entire cast of characters from the film and includes an amazing selection of bonus features as well as a progressive jackpot. It is definitely a must-play for any person who is either a slot geek or a fan of the Caped Crusader and is available with $65 (£50) free chips at slotorama.com and free play at dbestcasino.com. DC also have iconic characters such as Wonder Woman, Superman and The Flash featuring in their slots which can be found on numerous online casino sites.
Video games and comic books are both embraced by the amiable geeks of the world, so it makes sense that the two media interact and this will continue with titles such as Injustice 2, Spider-Man and Batman: Arkham VR all coming out soon. It's difficult to call a winner between these two as Marvel have been consistent over time and produced a great collection of good games with very few flops. DC on the other hand, have fewer games out there and have had some awful stinkers, such as possibly the worst game in the history of video games, Superman 64. Yet, DC have the jewel in their crown in the form of the Batman series, with titles like Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City hitting it out of the park.
Marvel Super Hero Squad was an effort to get cute versions of Marvel heroes in the Diablo-like isometric game, but the project has pretty much disappeared after Disney bought the comic company. There is enormous potential for a Marvel MMO and hopefully, the ever-growing popularity of Marvel will eventually get the attention of an MMO game developer company and we will finally receive a worthy spin-off that will satisfy the needs of gamers and comic enthusiasts alike.
DC Universe Online dropped players into the world of DC as they stalked the streets of Gotham with Batman, hung out in space with the Justice League, and teamed up with numerous other DC characters in the continually updated title. The combat controls are creatively impressive, you can choose your side (hero/villain) and embark on story-driven adventures penned by famous DC writers such as Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman.
We're living in a golden age of spin-off comic book products, with more characters making their way into the public's awareness every year. Both Marvel and DC's approaches and creations have their pros and cons and it's very difficult to pick a victor. Instead we should just be grateful that this good-natured rivalry is pushing both teams to up their standards and continue to provide us with varied forms of entertainment.
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See my new post. Brandon.
I need the Pree Amplifier Circuit Diagram of JBL SA600. Together withvalues of controls.
There you will find all the information you do need. I hope this could help you.
If you know what the (end-Amp) Driver transistors of the SA660 are (and maybe also the end transistors), I would love to know.
And/or could you please direct me to your new post?
Brandon's new post would have been almost 6 years ago... also, if you notice he is registered as a guest. A few years ago we purged the accounts of a large number of never posted or hadn't posted in years members converting them to "Guest" status. If Brandon is still active he would have had to create a new account. Regardless, I wouldn't expect to hear back from him.
I need exactly the same information you were looking for, in order to replace the drivers and end-transistors of the Power-amp of the SA660.
If you ever got the information, would you pass it on to me please?
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Heightened security threat could follow Dallas Buyers Club anti-piracy defeat
David Braue (CSO Online) on 12 February, 2016 11:45
Security-conscious systems administrators have another potential threat to worry about if emboldened users increase their use of movie-download sites in the wake of a decision to stop pursuing 4736 Australians alleged to have downloaded the movie Dallas Buyers' Club (DBC) using BitTorrent.
Commercial rights holders for the Oscar-winning film launched legal action in late 2014 to force six ISPs to hand over the personal details of thousands of their customers, whom DBC accused of downloading the film online. After a series of decisions in the closely-watched case went against DBC – which was, many feared, trying to use 'speculative invoicing' practices to extract sizeable settlements from accused downloaders – this week saw the passing of a court-set deadline by which DBC would have had to continue its action.
The movie industry's next steps remain to be seen, but in the short term security administrators may want to be particularly aware of users that may see the decision as an opportunity to resume extensive use of BitTorrent Web sites.
Such sites have a spotty reputation when it comes to security, with malicious advertisements rife and some sites employing manipulative tricks such as fake Download buttons to get users to download malware and unwanted software. Sites such as the popular Kickass Torrents have had to take action against malware after being flagged as unsafe by Google on at least two occasions in recent months.
The site stepped up its malware-detection work, but its travails reflect the fact that malicious code has become so prevalent on the Web that Google this week announced that it would stop taking Flash display advertisements as of July.
BitTorrent itself has also been linked with a number of security concerns, with a vulnerability last year discovered that allowed BitTorrent clients to be abused to amplify distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Last March, an update to the popular µTorrent application began loading cryptocurrency mining tools that devoured system resources. More recently, a bug in some VPN services – often used to hide the identities of BitTorrent users – was found to allow their identities to be compromised.
BitTorrent has also been pushing into the online file-sharing market, potentially causing headaches for administrators whose users decide to embrace the company's Sync application – which was reverse-engineered in late 2014 and found to have several security issues – in lieu of conventional options such as Dropbox and Box.
This has implications on the ability to control corporate documents throughout their lifecycle – already a significant challenge for most companies. A recent study, for example, found that 23 percent of documents shared through cloud-storage apps are made available to the public.
Australians have long been recognised as the world's heaviest users of illegal download sites, with one Nielsen survey finding that more than 2.5m Australians visited The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents in May 2014 alone.
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How to Eat Healthy When Traveling on a Budget
BY Jonathan Cohen | October 31, 2020
Three Touring Musicians Share Strategies for Eating Healthy When Traveling on a Budget
Fans love nothing more than to see their favorite bands giving their all live in concert, but how many of us have ever thought about what it actually takes to keep those bands healthy and happy day after day on tour? Fifty Grande talked to Ceremony guitarist Anthony Anzaldo, Dirty Dishes vocalist/guitarist Jenny Tuite and former Shudder to Think frontman turned film and TV composer Craig Wedren about how a little advance planning, the occasional assist from modern technology, and the good old-fashioned kindness of family and friends help sustain them on the road.
FAST FOOD OR JUNK FOOD:
Anthony Anzaldo: If you were in a band in the early 2000s, Taco Bell was really the only place that could accommodate vegans and vegetarians. I haven't eaten there in close to five years. We did a tour in 2015 and we stopped there, so I thought I'd try it. I got two standard bean-and-cheese burritos minus the cheese, but I couldn't even finish one of them. After taking such a long break from eating it, it was unbearably disgusting. It is not food! A way to stay healthy on tour is to not eat fast food, period. But now Del Taco has Beyond Meat. I was watching "Pose" on TV a few nights ago, and a commercial for the Impossible Whopper came on. We're living in a time where there are now commercials for Impossible Burgers at Burger King on network television. It's a really exciting time. No more "In-N-Out burger, hold the patty, hold the cheese."
Jenny Tuite: Everyone I know who tours hates Subway, just because you eat so much of it. If you can't eat any more peanut butter, Subway is a last resort. Clif Bars also make you feel disgusting. It's better than eating a Snickers, but looking at a Clif Bar almost makes me shudder.
Craig Wedren: When Shudder to Think first started touring in the late '80s, there was nary a Taco Bell. At some point, Taco Bell started popping up, which was huge. [Bassist] Stuart [Hill] was vegan way back then, so could get a bean taco and not starve or shrivel from malnourishment. The next revelation was Subway, which was almost like a gourmet health-food option. Denny's was sort of fine dining. We'd pool our money or per diems and "go out for dinner" there, like as a family. Far be it from me to slander Denny's, because it really helped us, but it wasn't great. Subway felt really fresh. You could get whole-wheat bread and some turkey or whatever. It wasn't falling off the bone, but it didn't seem too packaged. Other than that, we'd make do at rest stops or 7-Elevens with whatever was in the heater — those horrible burgers or the nuke-'em-yourself burritos. Even as a teenager and in my early 20s, I felt sick a lot on tour.
THE H20 DILEMMA:
Anzaldo: I try to drink one to two gallons of water a day when I'm home. But on tour, staying properly hydrated is tough, especially on long drives. I'm at the age now where I feel silly peeing in a water bottle, but we also can't be stopping every 45 minutes. So when we get to our location, I immediately down three bottles of water.
Tuite: It's easier to find beer than water when you get to a venue. But you can't drink it on a 10-hour drive because you'd have to go to the bathroom all the time. A rule I made for myself is that before I get in the van, I pack a huge container of water that I don't drink until the van stops. Once it does, I will force myself to drink pretty much all of it. It's been a game changer. It makes me feel so much better.
Wedren: I always had a thermos of hot water and honey and lemon with a raw ginger root. It's one of the many things that go into a good show or touring in general that nobody ever thinks about. I have crazy reflux, the acid from which gets up into my vocal cords and tears them apart. For me, that nixes caffeine, alcohol, chocolate, tomatoes, or anything spicy, which is really a bummer because I love all of those things. When I'm going to be singing, I just cut all of that out. On tour, I stay pretty monkish. I don't smoke anything because of my lungs and throat. I had cancer in my 20s and that whole zone got radiated, and there are long-term effects like dryness. So that requires a lot of water and vocal rest.
SNACK ATTACK:
Anzaldo: In the mid-2000s, we were driving somewhere between Denver and Salt Lake City. Hummus was standard tour food because it's really filling and pretty much everywhere. So we pull into a giant grocery store somewhere off I-80, trying to find hummus. I asked one of the workers where the hummus was, and they were like, "Hummus? What's that? I've never heard of that. But we have tofu…" That's pretty much what it was like in those early years for us. A friend of mine who is a singer in another band only eats fruit on tour. Essentially he only eats bananas — something like 30 of them a day. I think he unloads all the peels in an open field whenever they drive by one.
Tuite: Apples are THE fruit. They're hard, so you can't squash or sit on them. They stay good for a really long time, and they don't have a peel, so you're not holding a fucking banana peel for 70 million miles across the United States. Once I ate so much peanut butter on tour that afterward my doctor told me I had a dangerously high lipid blood count. Remember that anywhere there's coffee, there's a hot water spigot. With that, you can make things like oatmeal, which for me is a lifesaver. I really can't say enough about it. Tuna fish in a bag — it sounds gross, but if you want protein not in the form of chicken nuggets, it's very doable. It's not as disgusting as it seems. And plus it's in a bag, so you can't cut your hand open on the can.
Wedren: You learn what's available and what your body can handle, and in my case what my voice could handle. I didn't want to overdo dairy or feel too bloated and burp-y. I'd stock up on Corn Nuts, which I still think are God's greatest snack. Dairy causes a lot of phlegm, so that pretty much nixed cheeseburgers, cheese burritos, and milkshakes. I just started going more truck-stop natural with the Corn Nuts and peanuts, and then of course the occasional Twizzlers treat.
AN APP-LE A DAY:
Anzaldo: I was visiting my grandparents in Omaha this past weekend, and I didn't have a whole lot of time to leave their house. Modern Love is located there, which is one of my favorite restaurants in the country. I was able to DoorDash a meal from there for three bucks, which would have been unthinkable even a few years ago.
Tuite: Food deserts are real. There are places like Montana or North Dakota where you absolutely cannot get any healthy food at all. It sounds ridiculous when you're somewhere where it's readily available. It's a little bit easier now with apps and Googling, but sometimes literally nothing shows up. It just doesn't exist.
Wedren: It would be interesting to tour as much now as I used to with Shudder to Think because there are so many more options out there. The jaunts I do on my own are so different, between the food apps I have that will show me what's around in any location or Yelp, which didn't exist, to Whole Foods and green markets all over. It has been extraordinary to watch, although I curse the fact that we were on the wrong end of the century line to take advantage of it.
DONATIONS ACCEPTED:
Anzaldo: In Europe, it's so much harder to eat well on tour. It has gotten easier, but the taste of a falafel now gives me PTSD. When I eat it in the States, it reminds me of being in Europe, hungry, away from home, with nothing else to eat. European venues also make this vat of stew and vegetables, which is known as punk stew or punk slop, and that's the food for the entire band and crew. Let's just say punk stew is not a band-favorite meal (laughs). We always wonder, why does this place not possess any salt or pepper, yet there's an uncountable amount of ingredients in here?
Tuite: If I had a sandwich for every beer or drink ticket I was offered at a venue, I'd be happy and healthy. Some places have some form of food and you just want to kiss their feet, even if it's waxy apples. And a lot of times, if we're playing a basement venue, the people that throw the shows will have the bands stay over and will make us really delicious food. I feel like I ate a lot of vegan chili in those places. It's always really sweet when people cook for you.
Wedren: We'd depend on relatives, particularly my grandma in Cleveland, and occasional friends we'd stay with. You would do what you could to connect the dots between home-cooked meals, which were incredible. My grandma would make a ton of food for us to take back on the road, and that would last us a few days until the next aunt or uncle would materialize. Around 1993, we started getting wined and dined by major labels, and we were young enough that it was still really special to go to a cool restaurant in New York. It felt like playing dress-up of being a "rock band." But like all things, it was so totally transitory and fleeting. It's a good thing to remind myself of now. I'll take my composing teams out to a great meal, or if i'm playing a show with friends, we'll make an effort to have dinner together. There's much more of a savoring of it now, having been through so many phases of food and music and travel.
Ceremony's album, "In the Spirit World Now," is out now on Relapse Records. Dirty Dishes' new music resides at dirtydishes.bandcamp.com and on Jenny Tuite's Psychic Access platform. Craig Wedren's film and TV scores can be heard on HBO's "Mrs. Fletcher," NBC's "New Amsterdam," and Hulu's "Shrill."
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