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Greetings! You may call me Doctor Pseudonymous. Because that is my name. Too often have I heard some horror and fantasy movies described as so strange they must be from another universe. Indeed, they are from another universe! I have perfected a way to travel from my universe, designated Universe-Prime, to your strange and primitive Universe-X to set you straight about these movies. Prepare to reconsider your senseless views on cinema.
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"He's Trying to Stubborn His Way Out with His Fists" - Knife for the Ladies (1974)
In addition to monster Westerns (see for example 1973's Godmonster of Indian Flats and 1972's Curse of the Headless Horseman), the 1970s produced a small number of proto-slasher Westerns, such as 1974's Knife for the Ladies (known on IMDB as "A Knife for the Ladies" despite the onscreen and poster title).
Predictably, your universe's critics are incapable of appreciating this pinnacle of Reviewer bensonmum2 writes incorrectly, "Overall, A Knife for the Ladies is one lousy movie. Neither the horror nor the Western elements work." Reviewer Michael_Elliott writes confusedly, "After watching the uncut version I must admit that I would have given anything to see it cut down....The film really kills itself because it just doesn't do anything right." Reviewer davannacarter writes uncharitably, "If it's trying to be a mystery, it fails because the movie gets so boring by the halfway mark that I fell asleep....Boring, boring, boring, even by 70s standards."
I do not mean to be contrary (read: I do mean to be contrary), but these reviews are objectively incorrect. In reality, Knife for the Ladies is a clever rumination on the differences between the modern world of the 1970s and the Western world of the 1870s. Read on for further insights...
The film begins at night, with an inebriated cowboy riding his horse along a boardwalk in a small Old West town called Mescal, Arizona, the site of the certainly convenient Hooker's Saloon.
The cowboy is stalked by some well-polished dress shoes, presumably attached to a man.
The filmmakers quickly lose interest in the cowboy, and instead find the window of the Pioneer International Hotel, and inside the aftermath of a tryst between a young man named Amos and a professional woman named Miss Lettie. Unfortunately for the entire town, after Amos departs, Miss Lettie is immediately set upon by the wearer of the dress shoes—and his large knife.
The town fathers—in the person of Mescal bank owner Simeon Hollyfield—recruit the services of St. Louis private detective Edward Burns, a young man with an extremely forward-looking, even futuristic for the 19th century, hairstyle.
Banker Hollyfield is desperate for the three knife murders in his town to be solved. He explains helpfully, "Banks need people to stay in business."
Detective Burns reveals his classical sleuth leanings when he admits, "Mr. Hollyfield, it's poor pay...but a rich challenge." He decides to take the case and journey to Arizona.
Surprisingly, the hiring of the detective is a sore spot for the town's drunk curmudgeon of a sheriff, played by a middle-aged Jack Elam. "I had two months on this case and ain't solved nothing," he explains to his young nephew. "Well I'm only one man, and two months ain't very long!"
The sheriff's nephew Seth leaves the station and walks what appears to be 100 miles or so to his violin lesson, on the way passing a haunted house, a barbershop/mortuary and a Spanish-speaking couple at their house in the desert.
In a terrifically suspenseful sequence, Seth's violin lesson with the attractive Miss Jenny is intercut with the stalking and stabbing of the Spanish-speaking woman at her nearby house. The cacophonous shrieks of the violin fade into the screams of the murder victim.
Of course, on his trek homeward from the lesson, he discovers the woman's body in front of her house. He runs the 100 miles back into town to find his uncle the sheriff.
Within two minutes, a posse bearing torches instead of guns marches through Mescal.
At the murder scene, the doctor opines, "This has gotta be the work of a madman." The posse is highly riled up. Believing her partner Ramon to be the murderer, they ride out to Verde Canyon to confront him.
Somewhat confusingly, two posses approach Ramon, who tries to get away on his horse but is dragged through the dirt by one of the horses. (The scenes at Ramon's camp are quite dark and might have benefited from the presence of the villagers' torches, which have, oddly, disappeared.)
The next day, Detective Edward Burns arrives on a stagecoach only to find Ramon's body hanged in the desert, to the consternation of a Willy Wonka-hatted man and, presumably, the entire Wonka family.
Burns decides to investigate the body with the stagecoach driver. "My God," Burns says, then addresses himself: "Welcome to Mescal, Mr. Burns."
After carrying Ramon's body into town on the stagecoach and arguing with Mr. Elam about the law, Burns sets up a modern-looking evidence wall in his hotel room. The evidence wall includes drawings of people who look like Vincent Price and Humphrey Bogart.
The filmmakers jump wholeheartedly into the task of supplying suspects for the detective. Burns visits the town undertaker/barber, played by the talented sitcom actor Dick Schaal, who would serve as one of three actors to portray Chuckles the Clown on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Mr. Schaal gives an intense, conflicted performance as the misunderstood townsperson. "Do you think being a town undertaker is my life's ambition? I cut hair, I shave beards, and I bury people for one reason only. Money."
Burns next visits the wealthy haunted house owner played by Ruth Roman, whose son Travis was the first slasher victim. "He had a passion for living," she says profoundly, "which makes his death even more tragic." She stirs some powdered drugs, which she calls "medishinal preparations" into her tea.
While Burns continues his investigation, Sheriff Jack Elam drinks more and passes out in the town jail cell, disappointing his nephew. The enmity between Burns and Mr. Elam culminates in a traditional Western fist-fight in the sheriff's station. Following Western tradition, the two lawmen beat each other up and hence earn greater respect for each other.
When the fight is interrupted by Jenny the violin teacher (who is Mr. Elam's niece), Burns explains the situation to her: "Your uncle is caught in a web of new time and he's trying to stubborn his way out with his fists." "New time" refers, presumably, to changing attitudes and mores that are overtaking the West, and are in conflict with Mr. Elam's traditional Old West attitude.
Based on a tip from a barmaid, Burns and Mr. Elam realize that saloon owner Virgil Hooker and his men killed Ramon, so one murder is solved. This leads to Hooker and his men shooting each other in the saloon, as well as a shootout with Mr. Elam and Burns in the center of town.
The Western shenanigans out of the way, the film returns to the plot about the knife-wielding killer. When Burns returns to his hotel room, he finds the barmaid's body hanging from a coat rack, her throat slashed.
The investigation focuses back on Ruth Roman and her murdered son Travis. Suspiciously, it seems the doctor and the sheriff never saw Travis's body; the undertaker Dick Schaal disposed of the body privately at the behest of Ms. Roman. It also seems Mr. Schaal has either a real or imagined romantic relationship with Ms. Roman.
After Burns leaves, Mr. Schaal trims his nose hairs and then walks across the street to Ms. Roman's haunted house to discuss their secrets.
In perhaps the film's most evocative scene, Burns and Mr. Elam break into Travis's tomb during a lightning storm.
Shockingly, they find Travis's coffin full of sandbags!
When Burns and Mr. Elam confront Ms. Roman, she explains: "My son had an inordinate fear of death and decay. He made me promise him that if he died I would have his body cremated." She shows them the urn.
"Travis is in there?" asks Mr. Elam incredulously.
Their questions satisfied, the lawmen leave.
Later at night, Mr. Schaal slaps around the corpse of the murdered barmaid, until he is stabbed by the murderer.
In the climax the next day, it becomes clear that Travis was not killed, but that Ms. Roman has been hiding him away in her haunted house because he has become scarred from syphilis. For reasons unexplained to the audience, Ms. Roman lures young Jenny to her house and allows Travis to attack her from the steel cage in his bedroom.
Travis assaults Jenny while Ms. Roman sits in a rocking chair, looking on and grinning.
The resourceful Jenny escapes the bedroom, but she is set upon by Ms. Roman, who is the real knife murderer.
The lawmen finally intervene, which results in the deaths of Ms. Roman and Travis after a short fall off a staircase.
In the conclusion, Burns tells Hollyfield, "Hope burns brightest when it dawns from despair." Burns gets on the stagecoach to leave town.
For some reason, Mr. Elam and his niece Jenny also decide to leave town permanently. Mr. Elam gives Seth a belt buckle. "You keep this, and you grow into it like a man," says Mr. Elam.
The film then ends with a 1970s rock song that, like all 1970s rock songs, is about an evil lady who is going to get you with her spell.
It is clear from the beginning that Knife for the Ladies has more going on than just a plot about a knife-murderer in the Old West. One reason that this is clear is that the film ignores the knife murders during its middle section, only returning to that plot at the end of the film. The middle section of Knife for the Ladies is concerned with the conflict between the new and the old, with the new represented by Burns, the detective with the modern 1970s haircut and the Columbo raincoat, and the old represented by the redoubtable Jack Elam, the sheriff with the guns-and-fisticuffs approach to law enforcement. The fact that the detective does nothing whatsoever that could be considered modern (or at all different from guns-and-fisticuffs) is one of the cleverest aspects of the film. The protracted fistfight between Mr. Burns and Sheriff Elam at the center of the film shows that both approaches are equally effective, as the fight ends in a tie that leads to first grudging and then enthusiastic respect on both sides. The film's main point, therefore, is that old approaches and new approaches are barely distinguishable from each other (except, of course, in terms of haircuts, and possibly raincoats).
Knife for the Ladies was directed by Larry G. Spangler, who had previously produced five episodes of the 13-episode The Joe Namath Show, a talk show from 1969 hosted by a football player. He would also direct the X-rated The Life and Times of the Happy Hooker the same year as Knife for the Ladies (perhaps the name of the uncouth barman Hooker in Knife for the Ladies is a reference to the Happy Hooker character, or perhaps not).
Outside of the haircuts and the cameo by the Wonka family, perhaps the best part of Knife for the Ladies is the performance of Richard Schaal as the undertaker/barber. As a Second City performer, Mr. Schaal is primarily known for comedy, but this film shows his dramatic range, as well as his ability to fully "milk" a death scene. The late Mr. Schaal was once married to Valerie Harper, and he is the father of frequent Joe Dante actress Wendy Schaal.
Although Mr. Schaal has many fine scenes in Knife for the Ladies, let us appreciate his talents by watching his death scene, perhaps his finest achievement in the film:
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Ted's Picks
The Stormlight Archive
The Poppy War Series
Battle Cry of Freedom
The Talisman and Black House
Moby-Dick
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
The Daevabad Trilogy
The Expanse Series
Locke & Key Vol 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
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The Way of Kings & Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson
I started reading these while looking for something new to read (ignoring my backlog of books I already own). Immediately, the prologue of The Way of Kings had me hooked with action and fight sequences I could easily picture in my head. I felt like I was watching a movie or playing a video game because the words just came to life. And that's just the beginning!
The world Sanderson built is so alive and both complex and simple at the same time. And by the end of Words of Radiance, you can't help but feel excitement akin to each of The Avengers movies, when you see all these heroes finally team up. Any one looking for an escape to a new, unknown world that isn't Middle-Earth or Hogwarts or Westeros, look no further than the Stormlight Archive (though I warn you, pretty much all of his books are connected so you'll read these, and then like 6+ more).
Buy The Way of Kings
Buy Words of Radiance
The Poppy War & The Dragon Republic - R.F. Kuang
R.F. Kuang has created what could be considered a more adult, daring, and exciting The Hunger Games with The Poppy War. While a little more work to get into, by the mid-way point of The Poppy War you're invested in the fate of Rin and her friends, all while imagining the cinematic level of powers the characters have summoning the gods.
By the time The Dragon Republic is half over, the actions by Rin and her enemies echo scenes similar to the X-Men or the Avengers in their stories, while successfully embracing the wuxia heritage of China. And that's not even addressing the political games that are played around Rin.
Buy The Poppy War
Buy The Dragon Republic
Rising - Elizabeth Rush
I'll be the first to admit my anxiety from thinking about world ending catastrophes, and even thinking about this book when came out would also send me into a panic attack. And that's exactly what Elizabeth Rush needs to accomplish in order for the reader (and everyone really) to understand how bad the increasing water levels are and that action now is still action too late.
BUT, even in the darkness, there is a tiny light, a little hope, which she doesn't leave out amidst the doom and gloom when it comes to discussing climate change and rising water levels. While Rush finds a way to convey the despair in her subjects she talks to - from the Gulf coast to the mid-Atlantic and across the country to the West coast - you can't help but really see people who are both powerless to fight the change, while being warriors for this new climatically changed world.
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
"One time, I read all of Siddhartha at a traffic stop." - Chris Traeger (Rob Lowe), Parks & Recreation
Chronicling the journey of a young man through material fortune to spiritual, Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha finds a way to convey the real values of life and how one can achieve happiness and peace through simply adjusting their world view.
Battle Cry of Freedom - James M. McPherson
Being a Civil War buff, I didn't read James McPherson's encompassing history of the American Civil War until long after college. McPherson is able to cover every facet of the Civil War, starting long before the first shot was ever fired at Fort Sumter. Perhaps one of the more interesting events are the attempts by some in the South to settle a new slave colony in South America, an event that is often left out of American History classes, in my experience.
SPQR - Mary Beard
Mary Beard's rather short chronicle of the Roman Empire was a pleasure to read, while covering all of the major events in Roman history up to the final fall of the Empire. I was especially impressed with her explanations of the Senate and its workings, while also explaining the motivations of Julius Caesar leading up to his declaring himself emperor (and in a way, the reader almost sympathizes with his choices). This also makes SPQR a very easy to read history for anyone not well versed in Roman history, European history, or government.
Dune - Frank Herbert
With more political intrigue than Game of Thrones, Frank Herbert's Dune is one of the greatest sci-fi novels of all time while still focusing on the human. From the growth of Paul Atreides' character, to the revolting and disturbing Baron Harkonnen, the human actions are what really center a story about a desert planet in space. Herbert's use of Arabic phrases and vocabulary make the book fun to read amidst the evil and despair some of the characters show.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
The investigation of Harriet Vanger's disappearance by Mikael Blomkvist got to a point in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo that gave me actual chills.
Also, Lisbeth Salander is one of the best anti-hero heroines in all fiction. Fight me.
The Talisman & Black House - Stephen King and Peter Straub
It still puzzles me why these haven't been turned into movies or TV series yet. Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman is about growing up, and having to reconcile being an adult with still kinda being a kid. Some of the scenes as the world around Jake changes are downright horrific, and - like many of King's stories - it's the regular people that are the most evil.
Black House took me a lot longer to get into it, but it ended up being better, as we're reunited with Jake, the boy from The Talisman, twenty years later as an adult. Instead, though, we get a murder mystery and a creepy house set far back in the woods. This one left me in tears as parts.
Buy The Talisman
Buy Black House
Moby-Dick - Herman Melville
Look, it's a long book with an extremely boring middle section where Melville goes off for several chapters talking about whale anatomy and the whaling industry as a whole which really has nothing to do with the classic story everyone's familiar with, that of a crazy Captain Ahab and his quest for revenge on the white whale that took his leg. And honestly, if you're looking to just get the story part, then skip almost all of the middle chapters. But to really get the effect of what the crew of the Pequod went through, floating for days in the doldrums at the equator with no wind to move you while questioning the actions of your leader, the middle chapters are absolutely essential.
And by the end, those last chapters with the final battle against the white whale, are absolutely astounding and some of the best in American literature.
The Shining - Stephen King
Everyone's familiar with Stanley Kubrick's take on Stephen King's classic haunted house (or rather, hotel) tale, but the book is so radically different, with a story that gives us a different side of Jack Torrance then Jack Nicholson and Kubrick gave us in the film. While both the movie and the book are excellently made and special in their own right, the book should be essential reading for anyone who enjoys the movie, or Stephen King in general.
The Rum Diary - Hunter S. Thompson
Before Hunter S. Thompson became known as a drug-fueled, gun toting lunatic that drove through Bat Country with his attorney (not that any of that is bad), he was a young reporter in Puerto Rico, where drinking ice cold rum was slightly better for you then the water. The Rum Diary is also an excellent beach read.
'Salem's Lot - Stephen King
First, it's "'Salem's Lot", not "Salem's Lot." It's short for Jerusalem's Lot and not a play on the history of Salem, MA. Important distinction that I'm sure Stephen King intended for a play on Biblical names.
King's second novel takes the styles of classic New England horror, mixes it with old European vampire tales, and brings it into the 20th century, and it's still scary in the 21st century. 'Salem's Lot is the book that really cemented King as the best modern horror writer, inheriting the mantle from the likes of Lovecraft, Poe, and Hawthorne before him.
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft
Whether you know it or not, you're probably familiar with some aspect of H.P. Lovecraft's lore. Maybe it's the tentacled old one Cthulhu from "The Call of Cthulhu", or the small New England town with a terrible secret in "Shadow Over Innsmouth," or from the 80s camp horror film Re-Animator based on the story of the same name, or maybe it's the countless takes on "At the Mountains of Madness" wherein ancient and terrifying secrets are uncovered in the Antarctic. Regardless, they're all here and will make your imagination run wild until you yourself can't sleep. After all, "That which is not dead can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die…"
The City of Brass & Kingdom of Copper - S.A. Chakraborty
Much like The Poppy War and The Dragon Republic, S.A. Chakraborty has created a sort of Middle East version of Harry Potter or The Hunger Games. Here, we have an entire city - Daevabad - made up of djinn's (or genies) in the Arabian desert. Here, Nahri learns about her own past and how politically unstable even supernatural beings are. Racial and class tensions are everywhere, while djinns, marids, and ifrits contribute to cinematic levels of battles and scenes, all painted in words.
By the end of Kingdom of Copper, you'll be aching for more (the last book in the series, Empire of Gold comes out soon!)
Buy The City of Brass
Buy Kingdom of Copper
UNSUB - Meg Gardiner
Based on the Zodiac Killer in San Francisco in the 1960s, Meg Gardiner's Unsub series starts here with a thrilling, impossible to put down hunt for a killer in… the San Francisco area. The simple premise of an unknown suspect (or, an UNSUB) using symbols in murders is where the similarities end, though, as Gardiner creates surprising levels of tension while Detective Caitlin Hendrix hunts down the killer that has haunted her family for over 20 years.
Gardiner continued Caitlin's UNSUB hunting in Into the Black Nowhere - based on Ted Bundy - and The Dark Corners of the Night - based on Richard Ramirez, aka The Night Stalker. Both are excellent follow-ups, but UNSUB was impossible to put down.
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse 1) - James S.A. Corey
For all I had heard and seen about The Expanse series on Sy-Fy and now Amazon Prime, I had held off until I read the books. And boy am I glad I started reading the books (the series is still excellent, but the books are a whole other level of amazing). Following the crew of the Rocinate, James S.A. Corey (the pen name for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) has created an epic space series where the future mankind that is the opposite of Star Trek. There are no lasting peace agreements, people still live in poverty, and corporations have more control than any government. Meanwhile, tensions between Earth, Mars, and the Outer Planets (colonies on the Asteroid Belt and moons around Jupiter and Saturn) mirror the racism and classism we see in our own world today.
And then, just as happens in the real world, an outside threat comes along (of course, all that other stuff still happens while all life is threatened with extinction). Where the writing really exceeds here, though, is the portrayals of real science - like gravity and thrust force - and the voices of each character that feel totally unique and alive. Read all the books, then watch the show.
Locke & Key Vol 1: Welcome to Lovecraft - Joe Hill and Grabriel Rodriguez
Knowing that Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King explains a lot about what happens in the Locke and Key graphic novels and where the influence comes from. That being said, as excellent as the writing is across all the panels (and the whole series is a must read, but this volume is the most memorable, hands down), it's Gabriel Rodriguez's illustrations that are the attraction. You wouldn't think a jump scare would be possible on paper, but he somehow found a way here, and it's still one of the most unsettling comic panels in history.
The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher - Andrzej Sapkowski
I'll be the first to admit that Andrzej Sapkowski's writing is very difficult to get into. I admittedly had to read this collection of short stories twice to really digest everything involved. But it's here that we are introduced Geralt of Rivia - the White Wolf, the Butcher of Blaviken, the titular Witcher - the first time. Separate from the video game series, Sapkowski has created a rather unique world with ties to Lord of the Rings, but where nothing is as simple as good vs evil (while the series became more well known after Game of Thrones, The Last Wish predates Martin's series by 3 years).
It's in the title story here that we're also introduced to Geralt's (literal, possibly) soul mate, Yennefer, a powerful sorceress. Other stories include an introduction to Dandelion - Geralt's "friend" and traveling troubadour - a twist on Beauty and the Beast, and the first mention of the Child of Destiny, Ciri (most of the stories here are also covered in the Netflix series).
Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer
Taking notes extensively from Lovecraft's style of "make them imagine," Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation will most likely take more than one read to understand (which is OK since it's a pretty short book). While the film capitalizes on the ability to create the horrors that readers have to imagine, VanderMeer's narrative is the most unsettling as we question the legitimacy of each of the four women on the expedition in a world where the laws of science no longer apply. The feeling you're left with at the end is one that will force you think long and hard about existence and what it means to be human.
The Big Short - Michael Lewis
Probably the best record and explanation of the Financial Recession of 2007-2008, Michael Lewis' The Big Short approaches complex economic theories and ideas in a way that any person not familiar with how the stock market works could understand. While he doesn't point fingers at any individuals responsible for the crisis, Lewis draws clear lines where various banks and investment groups brought the concept of gambling with other people's money to new heights, and how no one really stopped them.
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott's novel of the March girls - Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth - growing up in Civil War New England swings from being funny to shocking to sad without ever sacrificing the character's developments (at least not outside the bounds of reality, after all Laurie can be a real jerk sometimes). Anyone with sisters of their own can relate to the stories each girl shares of fighting and bonding with each other.
The White Album - Joan Didion
Ever since first reading her, I've been in love with the way that Joan Didion writes. This collection of essays encapsulates some of her non-fiction writing at the end of the 60s through the 70s, and her ability to put herself into the reporting as a character. The title essay chronicles Didion's views of the real end of the 60s in California, in 1969 after the murders by the Manson family. But the real highlights, here, are in the other essays, where Didion touches on the feminist movement, the empty California governor's mansion, and on shopping mall theory.
While the opening sentence of the title essay/book is perhaps the most well known, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live," I've found the last sentences in the essay "On the Mall" to be far more interesting: "In the literature of shopping centers these would be described as impulse purchases, but the impulse here was obscure. I do not wear hats, nor do I like caramel corn. I do not use nail enamel. Yet flying back across the Pacific I regretted only the toaster."
Exhalation - Ted Chiang
Unlike what most sci-fi - and especially the short story form - does with presenting different universes and unique stories, Chiang's collection here isn't all doom and despair. Not one of these stories had me feeling like life is pointless and humanity if doomed to destroy itself. While some of these stories come across this way, such as the title story, each one finds a way to present some semblance of hope. Even "The Great Silence," a story about the extinction of parrots in relation to humanity's search for extraterrestrial intelligence, has a sense of hope or forgiveness from the narrator - a parrot - that finds a way to make us aware, guilty, but ultimately with a sense that despite the damage we've done to ourselves, our environment, and our culture hasn't brought us to the end just yet.

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The Deadly Battle at Hicksville è un cortometraggio muto del 1914 scritto, diretto e interpretato da Marshall Neilan. L'attrice Ruth Roland è la protagonista della storia, una sorta di parodia sulla guerra di secessione.

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Produzione
Il film venne prodotto dalla Kalem Company

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Distribuito dalla General Film Company, uscì nelle sale cinematografiche statunitensi il 31 luglio 1914. Venne distribuito nuovamente nel 1917.

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Collegamenti esterni

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Ashwin's creativity and innovation is driven by curiosity and love of doing things in ways no one had ever done before. Maybe it's his love of learning, but whatever it is; his desire to grow has driven him towards passion and love of trying new things. With a degree in Chemistry and two minors in Business and Healthcare Management from Temple University, Ashwin is now a Site Management Associate at PRA.
Ashwin believes that everyone has a light bulb in their heads waiting to go off, to tell them which direction to take. His journey to PRA was just that. He enjoys his job and the people he works with, and he believes that PRA has a great culture where he can learn and grow. Ashwin also believes that while nobody in his department has exactly the same talent, they each bring unique and valuable qualities to the team, and that is a big part of what makes PRA different.
When he is not working, playing basketball or spending time with his family, Ashwin is focused on refurbishing his motorcycle. It involves a lot of work and problem solving, but he finds the nuances in overcoming challenges to be rewarding and knows it will all be worth it in the end.
We weren't surprised to hear he feels that way.
In this role, Ashwin provided IXRS support for all study specific, site inventory, and sponsor related problems while following study specific protocols and IXRS specifications.
Here, Ashwin provided project support on all assigned therapeutic protocols and research phases for client and site users. He managed and processed daily site inventory projections and clinical support order requests.
It's about learning something I know nothing about.
As a Site Management Associate, he is responsible for monitoring the performance of study sites, as well as site recruitment and feasibility activities. While freely admitting that it's not where he expected to be, he sees this job as a launch pad for him at PRA and is always ready to learn something new.


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Tabloid Talk
How many trophies can Chelsea realistically win this season?
Date: 17th January 2015 at 12:15pm
Written by: Art Bugmann
Chelsea can win four trophies this Season. But will it happen?
During the 2008/09 Season, Manchester Utd won four trophies:
If we rightly ignore the Community Shield as a fancy friendly, then we see that an English club has never won four trophies in one season. The closest we have come in England was:
Manchester Utd 1999: Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup
Liverpool 1984: European Cup, Division One and League Cup
The question then follows – is this current Chelsea team good enough and lucky enough to better those illustrious predecessors? The most optimistic odds right now are 50-1. Since the betting firms are usually right about these things; and given that no English club has ever won four proper trophies, we have to assume that Chelsea will not win everything this Season.
Thus far in the Roman Era, we have won 11 trophies in 11 years. This suggests that we are likely to win something every year. During the same period we have won two trophies in one season on four occasions, most notably the 2009/10 double. Therefore, it is perfectly realistic for us to win two trophies. Even winning three trophies is a possibility since that precedent has been already been set by other English clubs.
So where will we lose and where will we win?
The Champions League
I think a look at Mourinho's record in this competition is instructive:
Year CL Record Club
2014 Semi-Final Chelsea
2013 Semi-Final Real
2010 Winner Inter
2009 Rnd of 16 Inter
2008 NA NA
2006 Rnd of 16 Chelsea
2004 Winner Porto
In his ten full campaigns in the Champions League, Mourinho has reached eight Semi-Finals including two wins – one of five managers to win the Champions League (or past incarnation) with two clubs.
I talk about Semi-Finals because I believe that once you reach that stage, the possibility of winning the whole thing becomes real. We of all people, know all too well that anything can happen, both positive and negative.
If we reach another Semi-Final, it would be twice in a row for Chelsea and five in a row for Mourinho. Coincidentally, it would also be Chelsea's fifth Champions League Semi-Final. Something has to give.
I believe that we have an excellent chance of winning the Champions League. The final is in Berlin, and Germany does hold fond memories for us. And over two-legs, I don't think there's a better manager out there than Mourinho. He consistently reaches the latter stages of the competition and that's where a club ordinarily needs to be before eventual victory. After all, one of the Semi-Finalists will win the Big Ears…
The Premier League
For me, this is the most important one to win. The Champions League would obviously be glorious, drawing us equal with Nottingham Forest's two European Cups. However, it has been four years since we last won the League. Surely, this is the priority despite the sensible 'one-game-at-a-time' attitude.
Luckily for us, the portents for Premier League victory are good. How about we look at Mourinho's league record at Christmas?
Season Team P W D L Pts Pos Final Pos Title margin
02/03 Porto 15 12 3 0 39 1 1 11
03/04 Porto 15 12 3 0 39 1 1 8
04/05 Chelsea 18 13 4 1 43 1 1 12
05/06 Chelsea 17 15 1 1 46 1 1 8
08/09 Inter 17 13 3 1 42 1 1 10
09/10 Inter 17 12 3 2 39 1 1 2
11/12 Real Madrid 16 13 1 2 40 1 1 9
14/15 Chelsea 17 13 3 1 42 1 ? 0
Every time Jose has been top of the Christmas tree he has gone on to win the League. It's a remarkable record, and who's to say he won't manage it again? Furthermore, it's also a happy coincidence that every time Chelsea has been top at Christmas, Chelsea has won the League. Consequently, I must conclude that if we don't win the League, it would be a statistical freak. Blame me if we don't…
The FA Cup
We've had a wonderful relationship with the FA Cup in recent years. During the Roman Era, we have won it four times:
2007, 2009, 2010, 2012.
It's definitely about time we added to these, augmenting our current 7 FA Cups. Manchester Utd and Arsenal have the joint record 11 FA Cups – we can reach and surpass this. In the Roman Era, we have four FA Cup wins in eleven Seasons which gives us an impressive 36% win ratio. That has to be the best ratio of the teams in with a chance of winning the FA Cup. This means that we should win it…
The League Cup
We have four of these already:
If Mourinho is sentimental about anything regarding his times with Chelsea, it has to be the League Cup – the first trophy he won in England. We are after all only three games away from winning this one! There is no doubt that the 'Momentum Cup' will be taken seriously and consequently, Chelsea must be favourites to win it…
What will we win?
We have established that no club wins four major trophies. We have established that winning three trophies are possible but extremely rare in the English environment. In this day and age, I think a Treble is even more unlikely than it already was. We have also established that we tend to win a trophy a season, so we can expect at least one piece of silverware.
But this Chelsea team is easily the best team we've had since the Double winning team. Therefore, I speculate that the current team will also win two trophies, though not necessarily the Double.
Although I think we are marginal favourites for the Premier League title, I still think it will be so close that coming second to Manchester City isn't unlikely.
I think we're going to win the League Cup full stop.
The one-match knock-out nature of the FA Cup makes this competition the most liable for upsets. Anything can and will happen in the FA Cup. Perhaps we have had our good run with this one for now. Therefore, I think we will go out, if not ignominiously.
Mourinho, Chelsea and the Champions League have unfinished business. This is the one trophy Jose hasn't put in our cabinet, and wouldn't he love to be the first manager to win ol' Big Ears with three clubs. As well as that, there is a trend of Mourinho hitting the Semi-Finals and from there anything can happen. This time he and Chelsea will see another Final, and when we do, we will both do what we have always done in Champions League finals – win them.


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BCBSND Caring Foundation Continues to Expand Grant Funding for North Dakota Communities
FARGO - The BCBSND Caring Foundation is continuing to provide a limited number of one-year grants annually of up to $50,000 to North Dakota communities and organizations undertaking efforts to support health and community-based wellness and prevention. With the addition of these CaringForCommunities SPARK (Strengthening People, Access, Resources and Knowledge) Grants, the goal is to enhance collaborative efforts and community involvement that result in long-lasting change.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation continues to build on efforts to support health and well-being throughout North Dakota. Evidence continues to show that where we live and what services and amenities are available to us have a significant impact on our health. The Caring Foundation will be investing additional resources at the community level throughout the rest of 2021 and beyond to strengthen opportunities to build collaborations that invest locally to enhance healthy lifestyles, address service gaps and promote health equities.
For grants to be considered, the project must support initiatives that encourage health and well-being within North Dakota communities, are sustainable, are a priority in the community, exhibit collaboration with stakeholders in the community and align with evidence-based best practices and principles.
Project examples could include, but are not limited to, the following:
Raise awareness and enhance behavioral health and suicide prevention.
Limiting the use of tobacco/nicotine/vaping products.
Implement community, school gardens and farmers markets to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables.
Improve access to physical activity by enhancing bike trails and adding mileage signs.
And numerous others.
Those interested in applying for a grant must first submit a Letter of Intent form by 5 p.m. on Aug. 15 to be considered for their fall funding cycle. Eligible organizations must be North Dakota based 501(c)(3) nonprofits, municipal entities (i.e., park boards, public health) or school systems.
From there, the organization will receive notice within two weeks of the submission date on whether they are invited to submit a Grant Application. This application is due by Sep. 15 for the fall funding cycle (though, it is important to note, this application does not guarantee funding). All Letters of Intent and Grant Applications must be electronically submitted to caringfoundation@bcbsnd.com.
Once both steps are completed, all documents will be carefully reviewed. Provided the organization is accepted, the organization will be invited to complete a full application. Following the submission of this final application, the Foundation staff will advise the organization on the status of their application by Oct. 1 for the fall funding cycle.
For more information visit www.ndcaring.org or send any questions to caringfoundation@bcbsnd.com.
About the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND) Caring Foundation
Established in 1989, the BCBSND Caring Foundation (www.BCBSND.com/Caring-Foundation) is a private 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Through giving and investing, the Caring Foundation focuses on key health issues that help improve the health and well-being of North Dakotans and their communities. Caring Foundation staff work with grantees to support nonprofit sustainability, collaborate on shared outcomes and create lasting change.


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Q: Auto Serial Number With Custom GridView Pagination I am using custom pagination for the GridView along with Repeater. Here is the code that I've done so far:
Default.aspx:
<asp:Repeater ID="rptPager" runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
    <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkPage" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("Text") %>' CommandArgument='<%# Eval("Value") %>'
        CssClass='<%# Convert.ToBoolean(Eval("Enabled")) ? "page_enabled" : "page_disabled" %>'
        OnClick="lnkPage_Click" PostBackUrl='<%# "~/UI/SearchCity.aspx?page=" + Eval("Text") %>' OnClientClick='<%# !Convert.ToBoolean(Eval("Enabled")) ? "return false;" : "" %>'></asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Default.aspx.cs:
private void BindGridView(int pageIndex) //Bind data
{
    List<Country> countryListView = null; //List type variable

    countryListView = aManager.AllCountryList(); //Assigns the data in the list calling the method

    totalRecordCount = countryListView.Count; //Counts total no. of record
    pageSize = 4; //Page size
    int startRow = pageIndex * pageSize; //Variable to assign the starting row

    detailsGridView.DataSource = countryListView.Skip(startRow).Take(pageSize); //Shows data in GridView
    detailsGridView.DataBind();
}

private void BindPager(int currentPageIndex) //Pagination
{
    double getPageCount = (double)((decimal)totalRecordCount / (decimal)pageSize);
    int pageCount = (int)Math.Ceiling(getPageCount); //Count page

    List<ListItem> pages = new List<ListItem>(); //New list item

    /****Pagination starts ****/
    if (pageCount > 1)
    {
        pages.Add(new ListItem("<<", "1", currentPageIndex > 0));

        for (int i = 1; i <= pageCount; i++)
        {
            pages.Add(new ListItem(i.ToString(), i.ToString(), i != currentPageIndex + 1));
        }

        pages.Add(new ListItem(">>", pageCount.ToString(), currentPageIndex < pageCount - 1));
    }
    /****Pagination ends ****/

    rptPager.DataSource = pages;
    rptPager.DataBind();
}

The above works perfect. But the issue is when I use the following to generate auto serial number, it does not work properly:
<%#(Container.DataItemIndex+1)%>

I mean when I browse to page 2, the row count begins from 1 and the same for other pages. Is there any way to resolve or any other efficient technique to handle this?

A: The Container.DataItemIndex is the index of the data item bound to the GridView and it can be used to determine the Row Index of the GridView Row. Therefore it is behaving as expected.
You have two choices:
1- Use your own rowcounter variable and store it in the session or viewpag objects.
2- better yet, let the database generate your row number instead. For example, if you are using Sql Server then do something like this:
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY SalesYTD DESC) ROW_NUM, * FROM MYTABLE

A: Here is the solution for the GridView custom pagination:
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Serial Number">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <%# (detailsGridView.PageIndex * detailsGridView.PageSize) + (Container.DataItemIndex + 1) %>
     </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

A: This is best solution
<%# (Container.DataItemIndex + 1) %>

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Sacramento Police Officers Will Not Be Charged for Killing Stephon Clark
The DA's office says there is no evidence that a crime was committed.
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Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie SchubertRich Pedroncelli/AP
Police officers in Sacramento, California, will not face charges for shooting and killing Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man last year, the county district attorney announced Saturday. "Was a crime committed?" District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said at a press conference. "When we look at the facts and the law and we follow our ethical responsibilities, the answer to that question is no."
Officers Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet fired 20 times at Clark, killing him in his grandparents' backyard last March. The shooting led to protests in Sacramento and political consequences for Schubert, as well as legislation to restrict police use of lethal force in California.
In coming to its decision, the DA's office reviewed "extensive" footage from body cams as well as helicopter, surveillance, and dashboard video, along with other evidence, Schubert said. She showed helicopter footage of the shooting as well as Mercadal's body cam at her press conference to support her account of what happened the night Clark was killed.
On March 18, 2018, Mercadal and Robinet responded to a 911 call about a person smashing car windows in a south Sacramento neighborhood. (A later investigation determined that Clark had broken the car windows, but did not steal anything.) After speaking to a witness, they searched the neighborhood, with the help of a sheriff's helicopter. They located Clark and pursued him on foot into a backyard they later learned was his grandparents'. As they rounded the corner of the house and confronted Clark 30 feet away, they believed he was pointing a gun at them, Schubert said. The item in Clark's hand was actually a cell phone.
At the press conference, Schubert presented evidence that Clark was suicidal the night of March 18, claiming that two nights before the shooting, the mother of his children had called 911 to report Clark for domestic violence. A police search of Clark's cell phone revealed he was distraught after the incident and, fearing he would go to prison, searched the internet for information about how to commit suicide, finding information about lethal drug combinations. According to Schubert, a toxicology report from the police autopsy found a combination of alcohol, Xanax, codeine, hydrocodone, marijuana, and cocaine metabolite in his system at the time of his death.
Repeatedly, Schubert emphasized that the DA's office had "done our best to exercise discretion" in the case while balancing transparency and sensitivity toward Clark's family. The office also decided to post materials from their investigation on a dedicated website.
Black Lives Matter Sacramento has called for protests at the Sacramento Police Department, tweeting that "Stephon was stolen from his family."
MURDER IS MURDER!
Stephon was stolen from his family!
THERE ARE NO EXCUSES!
WE DEMAND JUSTICE!!!!
COME THRU NOW!!!!
Sac Police Station
5770 Freeport Blvd.@Blklivesmatter https://t.co/Lvu2H2PKrZ
— BlackLivesMatter Sac (@BLMSacramento) March 2, 2019
Lizzie Buchen, a lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union in California, told the Sacramento Bee that the decision not to file criminal charges "opens a new wound for the Sacramento community," adding that the case "serves as a potent reminder that California's law on the use of deadly force needs immediate reform."
New Hampshire Lawmakers Just Overrode the Republican Governor's Veto and Abolished the Death Penalty
A Troubled Ex-Soldier Gunned Down His Own Caregivers. Their Town Remains Devoted to Helping Vets.
Olivia Exstrum
Oklahoma Is the "World's Prison Capital." That Won't Change Anytime Soon.
A Guide to California's Broken Prisons and the Fight to Fix Them
Sacramento Bee and ProPublica


An important focus of our work with families is directed towards children. HMH Programs & Services staff assist parents in ensuring that their children make progress in school, that they receive medical and dental attention and that they have some fun in their lives.
The summer activity schedule includes numerous field trips to educational and fun places and day camp experiences that, for many, opens them up to a world they have never before experienced.
During the school year, tutoring is provided on or near the sites of our residences. Field trips and other family activities continue through the school year as well.


I just noticed that on all pfsense 2.0 machines I have installed that I cannot ping scan the local network machines everything but the local configured port fails. I can however ping them machines properly.
when I do the whole subnet: nmap -sP 172.16.0.0/24 (takes forever then reports that 172.16.0.1 is the host that is up).
Just a thought: nmap tries to detect your primary interface and uses the address that you are scanning but if that doesn't work try -S to specify an interface. That should work.
nmap -sP is not the same as 'ping', use 'nmap -sP -PI' if you want ICMP echo requests.


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Tag Archives: corporations
Congressional Effort to Censor the Internet
November 18, 2011 by Alessandro Cima
The 'Protect IP' bill before Congress would give corporations and the government the power to completely shut down internet sites without any due process just for posting a single copyright infringing link. So for a site like Facebook, if a single user posted a single copyrighted something or other, the government could simply pull the plug on Facebook and turn it off.
But chances are the law would be used to stifle expression and ideas from smaller sites. The government would simply have to accuse a site of being engaged in piracy and that site would be effectively terminated.
That's a terrifying abuse of power. It would complete destroy the internet and anything resembling freedom of communication. This is a glaring example of how a small number of large corporations have taken total control of the Unites States government.
You can sign a petition and learn more at fightforthefuture.org/pipa.
Posted in: Civil Rights, Freedom of Expression, Occupy Wall Street, Opinion, Technology	| Tagged: Congress, copyright, corporations, Protect IP
Occupy Wall Street Movement Must Aim Toward Constitutional Amendment Enforcing Separation of Corporations and State
October 14, 2011 October 14, 2011 by Alessandro Cima
I believe that the eventual success of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which is spreading to many cities across the United States, depends upon its ability to change law. Ultimately, the movement must lead toward an amendment to the Constitution that bans corporate mixture with and influence over the state. It will resemble the separation of church and state, but it will be somewhat more precisely worded.
Posted in: Civil Rights, Current Events, Documentary Film, Journalism, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, We Are the 99 Percent	| Tagged: Constitution, corporations, demonstrations, New York, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Wall Street, protests, Wall Street
One Day Occupy L.A.: A Film by Alessandro Cima
October 11, 2011 by Alessandro Cima
I went down to the demonstration to make a film. I liked the people there. They were very focused and happy. They were talking, explaining, arguing, educating, dancing, singing, playing, making signs, painting, photographing. Some of them made speeches at the microphone. Some read poems. There were lots of cameras.
The music and words in this film are by Tom Morello (http://nightwatchmanmusic.com), former Rage Against the Machine guitarist. He sings his own 'Maximum Firepower' and Woody Guthrie's 'This Land is Your Land.'
The mood at City Hall was high energy and cheerful. The underlying anger and frustration of the movement seemed to be moving through a positive channel. It was exciting but also comfortable there because of the people and their open attitudes.
The Los Angeles police headquarters is directly across the street from the protest grounds. That's where I began shooting my film – right into the windows of police headquarters. Several squad cars drove up First Street, but there was not a single cop anywhere near the protest area. The crowd is organized and respectful, but also very serious about its messages which are various and multifaceted.
The city has taken a protective stance over its protesters. I'm very proud of Los Angeles for this.
Occupy Los Angeles is one of the spreading protests coming out of the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. Hopefully, the incredible momentum of the movement will continue and be heard very clearly across the country and the world.
The simple messages that I get from the protests are that government cannot function while it is under the control and influence of corporations. The economy cannot function properly while corporations and their extremely wealthy owners are allowed to operate without oversight and control. The country cannot pave its roads or build its schools or house its people while corporations and the wealthy play with money that is nearly tax-free, removing it entirely from the real world economy. The country cannot function as a democracy while its politicians and Supreme Court justices are working for corporations. The country cannot be free while racism and bigotry are increasingly seen as legitimate reactions to change. The country cannot be secure while corporations are given the power to run wars and people's basic privacy rights are removed.
That's what I see in the Occupy movement.
If every city in the U.S. could have as fine an Occupy movement as Los Angeles, they would be very lucky indeed.
Posted in: Civil Rights, Current Events, Documentary Film, Freedom of Expression, Journalism, Los Angeles, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, Protest, Short Films, We Are the 99 Percent	| Tagged: Alessandro Cima, corporations, demonstration, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Wall Street, This Land is Your Land, Tom Morello, Woody Guthrie
British Riots Indicate Global Revolt Against Corporate Control of Governments
August 10, 2011 by Alessandro Cima
Below is a BBC news video of a man named Darcus Howe trying to explain what he has observed as being the cause of the violent rioting that is burning down parts of London and other cities across Great Britain. The news woman should probably be dismissed as quickly as possible because she is incompetent and obviously has a problem with the answers she's getting.
Mr. Howe's honest attempt to communicate his ideas about what has led to these riots should be listened to carefully. It is common knowledge that Great Britain has descended in the past ten years into the western world's most closely observed police state. Everyone is watched on every street corner everywhere every day. Police routinely suppress free expression and demonstrations. According to Mr. Howe, they are also searching non-whites for no reason. Under such conditions, with the addition of worldwide financial panic and 'austerity measures' being put into place that strip services from the poor and middle classes, all it takes is a single flashpoint to ignite massive riots.
In case you had not gotten the picture yet, we are seeing a global explosion of rebellion, demonstration and riot. I firmly believe that all the rioting and revolt in the Middle East is directly connected to the rioting and revolt going on in Europe. People are finally seeing a broad general picture of a world and its governments, whether they be democratic or authoritarian, being controlled and dominated by a handful of powerful global corporations. Under such control, governments lean their decisions in favor of these corporate entities and the very wealthy people behind them.
The UK riots have broken out very shortly after the expanding news story of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporations committing crimes in partnership with the police as part of what they represent as 'journalism.' That is basically a tip of the iceberg example of corporate control of a nation.
To call the riots simple acts of vandalism by thugs is a gross simplification of the situation. All riots start from some cause which comes at the end of a long resentment and building desperation. When the riots actually break out they include all sorts of people, many of whom are simple thugs and criminals. But those thugs don't normally break into riots that burn cities down. They are normally robbing convenience stores and shooting each other. Something much larger than them brings them out into open battle on the streets.
Widespread unemployment, idleness and the easy access to video information from all over the world builds anger and resentment toward governments that seem locked into corporate bonds. People begin to realize that it doesn't matter who they elect. All the candidates are run by the corporations. The defining signal to the world, much to everyone's surprise, was the election of Barack Obama. He won his office by seeming to promise something new – something independent and free. But as soon as he took office the world saw that he was just another corporate middle man. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are simply at the behest of the corporations that insist upon such a course which includes the very profitable activity of 'nation building.' That Obama signal – that horrific disappointment – has led directly to this global explosion of rage. Obama, by not being who he should have been, lit the fuse. The bomb is now going off.
Here's a man explaining the riots to a journalist in London:
The ongoing worldwide explosion of violence is the beginning of a global war against corporate control of nations.
We are watching the beginnings of a worldwide effort to break government away from this corporate control. It mirrors the efforts of prior centuries to break away from the control of the Church.
It's going to get worse and it's going to spread virulently. The fact that London has exploded should indicate to everyone that it is leaping past all predictability.
Thank you to Dangerous Minds for the videos.
Posted in: Journalism, News, Opinion, Politics	| Tagged: corporations, global, Great Britain, journalism, London, Politics, revolt, rioting, riots, violence


I was interviewed by Anabel from "Crear es Creer", a very multitalentend and multilingual artisan from Argentina, residing in Paris at the moment.
The interview was done in spanish and english so you can choose which link to click on. You know I'm such an interesting person that you should click on thr links and head to the interview to find out all sorts of torrid details about my life... :) no, not really...but do click on it.
Whilst you are there, do check Anabel's shops on Etsy and DaWanda.


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Nov. 14, 2019 / 1:27 AM
Georgia executes man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk
Darryl Coote
Ray Jefferson Cromartie was executed Wednesday for the shooting death of Richard A. Slysz in 1994. Photo courtesy of Georgia Department of Corrections.
Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The state of Georgia has executed a death row inmate convicted of the 1994 killing of a convenience store clerk, according to officials.
Ray Jefferson Cromartie was executed by lethal injection Wednesday at 10:59 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, the state's Department of Corrections said in a statement.
"Cromartie accepted a final prayer and did not record a final statement," the department said.
Cromartie, 52, was sentenced to death in 1997 for killing Richard A. Slysz while robbing a Junior Food Store in Thomasville, near the Georgia-Florida border.
RELATED Florida Supreme Court rejects death row inmate's appeal for stay of execution
According to Georgia's Office of the Attorney General, Cromartie shot Slysz twice in the head, the first shot entering below his right eye and the second shot directed toward his left temple.
"Although Slysz died shortly thereafter, neither wound caused an immediate death," the Office of the Attorney General said.
Days before Slysz's death, Cromarite also shot Dan Wilson in the face while attempting to rob the Madison Street Deli in Thomasville. Wilson survived the shooting despite a severed carotid artery.
RELATED Federal judge delays execution of 'Texas Seven' prisoner
Cromartie was convicted by the Superior Court of Thomas County on one count of malice murder, one count of aggravated assault, one count of aggravated battery, one count of armed robbery and four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Cromartie said he was innocent, claiming he wasn't the one who shot Slysz and in October he filed a request for a stay of execution with the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to allow time for federal courts to determine whether his previous request for DNA testing could advance.
His defense attorney, Shawn Nolan, argued DNA testing could provide "a reliable answer" to whether Cromartie was the shooter in Slysz's death.
RELATED Texas executes Justen Hall for murder of woman in El Paso
However, the state said it would not issue Cromartie's request.
In a statement, Cromartie's counsel called their client's execution "sad and frankly outrageous."
"In this day and age where DNA testing is routine, it is shocking that Georgia decided to end this man's life without allowing us, his attorneys, access to the materials to do these simple tests," his counsel said.
Cromartie had applied for post-conviction DNA testing on Dec. 27 of last year but his request was rejected in September following an evidentiary hearing.
Georgia has executed 74 men and one woman since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Cromartie was its 52nd inmate executed by lethal injection.
Presently, there are 44 men and one woman sentenced to death in the state, the Georgia Department of Corrections said.
Jan. 18 (UPI) -- White House lawyer Rudy Giuliani said he will not represent President Donald Trump at his upcoming impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.
Congress certifies Electoral College vote


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Day Job (w/Sabin Streeter, Marisa Bowe)
By John Bowe
The New Yorker, April 24, 2000 P. 146
DAY JOB about working as a slaughterhouse human-resources director... We process "canners and cutters"—that means the ole rickety cows...While they're still stunned they slit their throats. The floor is usually a couple of inches deep in blood. We need to have at least two hundred and seventy workers every day to run the plant. And we're just desperate for workers. Last month, I hired eighty-five people and ninety-two left. That's not uncommon. No matter how I sell them on the job, they go down there and find it not exactly to their liking. But the biggest problem is the simple fact that nobody wants to kill cows. A lot of what I end up doing is kind of like social work. ...Sometimes, if they get drunk and don't come in, I'll go try and pick them up. ...I belonged to several professional organizations, and when they found out where I worked they were like, "Oh my gosh, you work there?" People are just disgusted by it. Yet isn't it funny how people eat all the hamburgers?
Published in the print edition of the April 24, 2000, issue.
More:CowsHamburgersSlaughterhousesVegetarians
The Most Likely Ways I Will Die in the Hudson Valley
Driving off the side of a mountain. Lyme disease. A stampede of Brooklyn ladies.
By Blythe Roberson
Are You There Margaret? It's Me, God
You repeatedly asked Me to give you boobs, which I hope you've figured out is kind of below My pay grade.
By Tom Smyth
Hey, New Mom, Have You Considered Relaxing?
Also, while you're at it, you should really take a moment to enjoy people telling you to relax.
By Lucy Huber
How to Care for Your New Floral Arrangement
Our core belief is that gifts that make you work hard and require constant upkeep are more appreciated.
By Laura Lane


The Golden Spike Restaurant is a newly remodeled family dining atmosphere that features homestyle cooked meals and desserts with a wide variety of fresh baked pies, muffins and scones. The restaurant also features Seattle's Best Coffee to get you up and going for your touring adventures. As well as High Speed Internet Access for those that just can't unplug.
A leisure setting provides the perfect place to have great food and great times at the Golden Spike Restaurant.
Our newly remodel Coffee Shop proudly features "Seattle's Best" for a wide variety of Latte's, Mocha's and Cappuccino's. To go with that cup of coffee is a selection of Cheesecake Factory Cheesecakes, Homemade Fruit and Cream Pies, Muffins,Scones & Cookies. Also available Wireless Internet.
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First I think more than one point of view in reply to a question is a good thing, as different people see things in different ways. If the time and effort was taken for multiple people to provide a reply, it is a robbery to delete one or more of the replies.
Thank you to the people who provide answers, and please don't feel the need to delete them for redundancy!
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Netanyahu asked to form next Israeli government
Publish date : 3 February, 2013
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday to form the next government, and Netanyahu pledged that his new administration will be committed to advancing peace talks with the Palestinians.
Israeli President Shimon Peres formally requested Netanyahu to build a governing coalition, after conducting consultations with all 12 parties that won seats in last week's election. A majority of newly elected lawmakers recommended Netanyahu as prime minister-designate.
Netanyahu now has six weeks to form a coalition government, with an extension of 14 days if needed. If he succeeds, he will begin his third term as Israeli premier.
At a televised news conference, Netanyahu said the government's top priority should be to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon. He also said the government should "deal with another deadly weapon being stockpiled near us and threatening our cities and civilians," a thinly veiled reference to weapons caches in Syria. An attack on a weapons convoy in Syria this week has been widely attributed to Israel, though Israel has not commented on the matter.
Netanyahu also said his next government would be "committed to peace."
"I call on Abu Mazen (Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas) to come back to the negotiating table," Netanyahu said. "It's a shame, with every day that passes without us talking and trying to find a solution for peace for our two nations."
Netanyahu also vowed to push for more universal military service that would put an end to longstanding draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students, lower housing prices and revamp the Israeli system of governance. Those were three high-priority issues for the new centrist party Yesh Atid, which emerged as the second largest party in the January elections after Netanyahu's Likud party.
Party leader Yair Lapid, a former television anchorman, campaigned on middle-class issues like the high cost of living, and also criticized Netanyahu's outgoing government for including too many ministers.
Netanyahu said he wants a broad governing coalition that will bring stability to the government and allow it to confront these challenges.
"At a time when there are so many forces trying to splinter Israel, we have to unite," Netanyahu said.
It will be difficult for Netanyahu to form a wide coalition. Lapid's new centrist party is expected to be Netanyahu's main coalition partner, but to ensure a parliamentary majority, the two will need at least one more mid-sized partner.
The most likely candidates are two parties that stand staunchly against Lapid's demands for compulsory military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews and advancing peace talks with the Palestinians.
The ultra-Orthodox Shas party is likely to resist any change to Israel's draft law, and the pro-settlements Jewish Home party will likely resist attempts to restart talks with the current Palestinian leadership.
Lapid has said he will not sit in a government that does not restart moribund peace talks with the Palestinians, but the issue could get sidelined since the largest parties share more common ground on domestic matters like the army draft.
Israel's new members of parliament are scheduled to be sworn in next week.


Purpose: Architectural firms are characterized by their professional identity and knowledge-driven nature; knowledge is crucial to their success in the competitive and dynamic business environment. As knowledge management is still in its infancy in the construction industry and structured knowledge management processes have not yet been adequately deployed in the architecture discipline, this research seeks to focus on the implicit knowledge management processes and more specifically give insight into the effective communication of lessons learned from an individual project to the wider organisation through the use of graphical methods such as the Function Analysis Systems Technique (FAST diagram) that can be undertaken in professional architectural firms. Design/methodology/approach: To establish if a FAST model can be used as a tool to capture and then communicate lessons learned. This would address the difficulty experienced in the project management of transmitting knowledge from one project to future projects of similar nature. To achieve this objective, a FAST diagram was developed from a Project Learning Roadmap developed by Carrillo et al. (2013) and other lessons learned process models which are based on detailed literature review in an attempt to enhance the lessons learned dissemination in South African professional architectural firms. The applicability and validity of the FAST diagram (Appendices B.13 and B.14) was verified by quantitative research methods. Based on the proposed process model, a combination of a brainstorming session and a pilot study with reflective learning approach was utilised on a selected sample population to study the opinions of professional architects on the details of these processes and the diagram. Data presentation was in text and graphic format. Findings - Once all the data were collected and analysed, the findings were that the research has confidently proven that graphical methods and especially FAST diagrams can effectively be used to communicate lessons learned from one project to the wider organisation. Practical implications: A clear policy/strategy governing the ways in which lessons learned should be disseminated is not prevalent among South African architectural firms. Originality/value: Although the study applies uniquely to architectural professional services firms and may not yield an evaluation that is comparable with previous similar studies, it is hoped that the FAST Diagram developed can be applied to other types of project-based professional service organizations in order to find out whether this tool can be used in their context in terms of how they manage their organizational learning. In addition, these future studies can offer a benchmarking effect to firms striving to establish matured project management offices (PMOs) through continuous improvement processes by using lessons learned. Limitations: Given the exploratory nature of this research, the amount of data obtained is restricted to a single architectural firm in South Africa.


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Over Before It Was Over (McCrane Just Another Camp Body)
By Walter Mitchell Sep 1, 2018, 9:13am MDT
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I wince every time the Cardinals announce the signing of an undrafted free agent and I read a fan in response write "just another camp body." That always sticks in my craw—-because every player who gets signed with a chance to compete for spot on an NFL roster has his own unique journey and success story. Just ask Kurt Warner.
This morning I find myself wincing about one of the comments Steve Wilks made yesterday about recently cut kicker Matt McCrane. Wilks, when pressed by the Arizona Republic's reporter Bob McManaman as to why the Cardinals cut McCrane, said that they sent McCrane out for the long field goals "to showcase him" for other teams, with the belief that McCrane would make them.
What Wilks' comment more than suggests is that the kicking competition had been long since decided in favor of Phil Dawson, who missed a total of 11 kicks (8 FGs and 3 Xpts) last year in addition to the two FGs (2/4) he missed this pre-season.
So—-when McCrane nailed his 54 yarder in the Superdome versus the Saints in pre-season game 2—-according to his head coach, that was for showcasing him for other teams—-a head coach who vowed when he took the job that "there will be competition at every position." The same head coach has said repeatedly, " I don't care where you are from or where you were drafted," the "best players are going to win the jobs."
Then—-a week later at AT&T stadium—-when McCrane nailed a 53 yarder that split the uprights with about 10 yards to spare—-that again was to showcase him for other NFL teams.
Phil Dawson missed both of his field goals this pre-season from the same distance and thus has done little to allay the questions that some Cardinals' fans have of him still being the reliable kicker who made 24 of 27 FGs for the 49ers in 2015.
The fact is, ln 2017, Phil Dawson missed field goals in 5 of the 8 games the Cardinals lost and missed extra points in 2 of the 8 games the Cardinals lost. Now—-I am not blaming Dawson for those losses. But, as well all know, momentum is a tricky and fickle thing in football, and there are few things more demoralizing and momentum-altering than missed kicks and coming away empty on scoring drives. Plus, most of the time, missed field goals give the opposing offense advantageous field position.
Speaking of blame—-as a captain of the special teams last year, Dawson had the temerity to throw his coaches and teammates under the bus when he publicly blamed his kicking woes on the poor blocking on the line, particularly the left side of the line—-which, as Dawson put it—-caused him to shorten his follow through.
True leaders don't do that, even ones who find themselves embroiled in a toxic team culture where public finger pointing at the players was repeatedly made by the head coach.
When the Cardinals called Matt McCrane during the draft, McCrane and his agent, knowing that Phil Dawson was the incumbent kicker, were assured that the kicking job was wide open. McCrane had been garnering interest from the Raiders, Dolphins and Vikings, but the Cardinals made the winning pitch, so much so that the second the draft was over, McCrane agreed to his contract and shut the door on all other potential offers.
Special teams' coordinator Jeff Rodgers worked out McCrane at Kansas St. Rodgers was the one making the calls to McCrane during the draft. And with good reason—-McCrane was virtually automatic at K-State from inside of 40 yards, making 95% of his field goals and 99% of his extra points. He was 5/8 on kicks over 50 yards.
In today's NFL with the extra point no longer being a chip shot, high percentage kickers like McCrane, whose form is masterful in the way he replicates it over and over, should be in vogue. Did you know that Matt McCrane's career field goal percentage ranks him 7th on the all-time NCAA division 1 list?
The scouts questioned his ability to hit the 50+ yarders—-but, not only did McCrane silence those critics with his two 50+ yarders this pre-season—-it's HOW he did it that should greatly impress anyone who studies kicking. Just like in golf when one tees off an a par 5 hoping to land the ball in range to go for the green in two, the temptation is to put that little extra charge on the swing. Those of us who play golf know that over-swinging is usually a sure way to duck hook the ball out of bounds.
On both of Matt McCrane's 50+ yard makes—-if you go back and watch—--his swing is smooth and steady, just as if he's attempting a 38 yarder. He makes these with relative ease all the while knowing that one miss could mean the end of his dream to kick in the NFL.
Like Lee Trevino once said about handling the pressure on the PGA tour—-"Pressure on the PGA tour? I will tell you about pressure—-it was playing a five dollar Nassau with 3 dollars in my pocket. Now that was pressure."
If the so-called kicking competition wasn't officially over in week 2 versus the Saints, it certainly was over before the week 3 game—-because on national TV—-NBC broadcaster Al Michaels, having previously said he dined the night before with some Cardinals' officials—-proclaimed that the kicking job was Phil Dawson's and that there was no way that young rookie Matt McCrane was even a consideration.
That was moments before McCrane went out and nailed the 53 yarder with 10 yards to spare.
With McCrane and the Cardinals—-it wasn't "over until it's over"—-apparently, it was over before it was over.
To those whose say, well, these are just meaningless pre-season games, ironically, they aren't meaningless to Steve Wilks who was visibly upset with the team for "not protecting the nest" versus the Broncos.
Steve Wilks said McCrane "did a tremendous job" and that he is certain that McCrane will be kicking for some NFL team this season.
Well, it was a good thing—-at least for his sake—-that McCrane was well showcased for some other team.
To me—-cutting McCrane feels like picking Phil Mickelson over Justin Thomas for the 2018 Ryder Cup team.
McCrane wished Phil Dawson well and thanked the Cardinals for giving him the opportunity. He lauded the Cardinals for being an "outstanding organization." One will never hear any sour grapes from him.
Yup, at the end of the day, why should anyone be upset? After all, this was just another camp body riding away off into the sunset.
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Fresh US aid puts squeeze on Sandinistas. But it's not enough to oust regime, analysts say
By Dennis Volman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
A fresh infusion of United States aid to Nicaraguan rebels has increased pressure on the Nicaraguan government. But it is unlikely to enable the rebels to overthrow the ruling Sandinistas or force them to change their course radically, according to informed analysts in the region. Unless the Reagan administration is willing to take the big risk of a US invasion, it probably will not be able to oust the Sandinistas, these analysts say.
``As long as the contras do not represent a real political alternative they have no future -- no hope of taking power -- unless they are backed by a US invasion,'' says one politically moderate Nicaraguan analyst.
This view contrasts with the public statements of at least one Reagan administration official working with the rebels who says the increases in rebel strength will enable them to overthrow the Sandinistas on their own.
The rebels themselves, called ``contras,'' have high hopes that they will now be able to deal the Sandinistas heavy blows, contra sources say.
Last week, President Reagan signed an aid package providing an additional $27 million in nonmilitary aid to the contras.
When Congress approved this aid Aug. 1, it reversed its rejection three months ago of renewed assistance. Administration officials have told the press they are confident that Congress's move would be the first in a series of such approvals. These officials and contra sources say that with it the contras should be able to increase their force to some 25,000 fighters.
At present, contra sources claim they have 16,000 to 17,000 men in Honduras, in addition to 2,400 Miskito Indians and several hundred other fighters active in Costa Rica. Western diplomats in Managua and other independent sources put contra numbers at closer to 12,000 to 13,000, including the several hundred men fighting under rebel leader Ed'en Pastora in Costa Rica. They say that Miskito forces may bring total contra strength to around 14,000.
These diplomats doubt that the contras will be able to put 25,000 men into the field within the next year or so. The contra forces will grow by 5,000 or 6,000 at the most, the predict.
But, however large, contra forces will face a Nicaraguan Army estimated at 64,000, plus more than 50,000 militiamen.
The pressure being brought on the Sandinistas with the fresh aid to the contras is largely economic. One Nicaraguan economist who is neither pro-San- dinista nor pro-contra, emphasized that while the Soviets were giving the Nicaraguans arms and indirect financial aid in the form of oil, they were probably not giving them large financial subsidies to maintain the Army, which gets 40 to 50 percent of the Nicaraguan budget.
``In the end,'' the economist said, ``supplies for the Army have to be bought abroad in dollars -- which the Sandinistas have to pay for in cordobas [the Nicaraguan currency]. With the cordobas now at 800 to $1, this will eat away more and more Sandinista financial resources.'' There were roughly 10 cordobas to the dollar at the time of the 1979 revolution.
US administration officials and contra leaders hope this increase in the budget for the Sandinista Army will translate into greater economic hardship for the Nicaraguan people and, thus, greater discontent and anti-Sandinista feeling among the population.
Western analysts in Nicaragua do see a steady slippage of popular support for the Sandinistas. But they do not see ``a massive crumbling,'' as one Western diplomat put it, nor do they believe that such a breakdown of support will take place within the next year or so.
The political discontent with the Sandinistas does not translate into support for the contras, says the moderate Nicaraguan analyst. The contras, he says, have not convinced the Nicaraguan people that they are a viable alternative -- they are seen as ``pro-Somocista, pro-Yankee, and pro-rich people.''
Western diplomats believe that although the contras will be able to spread more fear by being able to operate in more central parts of the country, they will not be able to hold territory in the foreseeable future.
The most important factor in the Sandinistas' favor, according to Western analysts in Managua, is the increasing strength and efficiency of the Sandinista Army, which has up to now been able to successfully deal with contra attacks.
Sandinista strength has been greatly increased by the delivery of Soviet MI-8 and MI-24 armored helicopters, which will give the Army much more mobility in combating the contras.
``These things are like flying tanks, but tanks that will be able to get the Sandinista military on the spot quickly whenever there is a contra attack,'' a Western analyst in Managua said.
Western diplomats in the area do not believe that the five or six small DC-3 planes the contras are acquiring will be able to make up for the impact of the new Soviet helicopters.
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Interview With Peter Coppinger, Teamwork Founder & CEO
By Sadie Cornelius / January 24, 2023 / Leave a Comment / 7 minutes of reading
Peter Coppinger went from an idea of creating a project management tool to a company with 20+ employees and more than 1 million customers in nearly every country around the globe. What started as a tool to compete with the likes of Basecamp has evolved into a full suite of products including time management tracking, chat, help desk and more. He began coding the first version of the software on his sister's sofa and hasn't looked back since. The business has evolved, re-branded and experienced explosive growth with no plans of stopping anytime soon. Learn more about Peter's background, find out what's in store for the future of Teamwork, and get some advice from this Irish businessman who rocks the web in this interview we conducted back in 2015.
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What growing pains have you encountered and what have you learned from them?
I think any company at the beginning will have growing pains of some sort. Once we came up with the idea for Teamwork, we were clear as to what we wanted to achieve with our products. However, since we began as a web development agency, we had to figure out how to make the transition from that to a product-based company and we obviously wanted that transition to be smooth for all of our users.
Initially you're taking care of every aspect of the product from build to support to marketing and you have to figure out how to prioritize everything with the resources you have. Looking back I think we definitely would have paid more attention to the marketing of Teamwork Projects because at the time we focused more on product because it came naturally to us. I do think to be successful you need to do both marketing and product well.
Other than that as we're evolving so rapidly I think a major challenge is finding the right people. The developer skill set we look for while growing is still hard to find. We make no secret of the fact that we look for the best developers who are as passionate about our products as both Dan (co-founder) and I are. We really look after our people and value each and every employee so we've been lucky in the sense that, that positive word of mouth has spread and we continue to find great people. Everyday brings a new challenge but you're always learning. It's important to surround yourself with a strong team who have the right attitude.
What other features do you hope to integrate into Teamwork?
There's always lots in the pipeline for us. Over the years we have built up a fantastically loyal user base and we rely a lot on their feedback to help us figure out what's coming next in terms of features. We're also very transparent with them and have created a road map so they know what's coming next. Right now we're working on notebooks, more advanced email notifications, task descriptions and some updates to our calendar to name a few. As for integrations we have a really exciting integration coming up in September. It's under embargo until then but we're really looking forward to its launch.
Where do you see the future of virtual teams going?
I think it's definitely the way things are going. Advances in technology are allowing this but also modern companies are making allowances to attract and retain the best people. We're one of those companies. Right now we have employees working from the U.K. and Bulgaria and to be honest it works really well for us. There has to be a level of trust between the employer and employee but I think virtual teams are a great thing as it gives you access to a whole other talent pool.
It also creates a massive opportunity for us. We use all of our tools; Teamwork Projects, Teamwork Desk and Teamwork Chat to coordinate every team so you don't really notice them not being physically present. We take full advantage of what we have and that's why it works so well for us. We can communicate across all of these great platforms and have everything and everyone updated in real-time.
Has there been any push back in convincing users to switch from other project management tools?
The feedback we've received from those who have changed already has been absolutely great and so far I'm not seeing any regrets. Basecamp will always have its loyal users who only need a certain amount of features and you can't blame them for not wanting to move in the same way you can't blame someone for wanting to move for more advanced features. We offer a lot more features than Basecamp and we do them really well so it has been a natural progression for quite a few of our users.
Who is your business mentor and what have you learned from them?
The original inspiration for me was Bill Gates. I devour every essay written by the brilliant Joel Spolsky. More recently I've been fortunate to meet HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan who gave us some invaluable marketing and growth advice. I also admire Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
How do you stay up to date on the latest trends and new developments in the software/coding world?
It's definitely getting harder as I have to divide my time between the role of CEO (tasks like management, planning, establishing the right culture and setting the vision) along with my first love – programming. I stay up to date by reading every chance I get, listening to podcasts on every single journey, consuming RSS feeds and via our "Inspiration & Great Design" room in Teamwork Chat. I try to learn every single day.
What's It like in the day of the life as a programmer at Teamwork?
Typically a good gang of us meet at our local coffee shop. We shoot the breeze about the latest technology trends, movies and so on. Every programmer has his own office with a door he can close when he needs to work on something tricky. We believe this is essential to minimize interruptions and everybody respects that a closed-door means "I'm making something amazing". We give developers the best possible tools including standing desks, desk treadmills, 3 monitors and the latest gadgets and gear. Developers are given a lot of trust and autonomy to get their work done, in their own time. We also give them 10% time to make something that will impress us.
What blogs or websites do you frequent?
Reddit.com, asmartbear, highscalability.com, blog.intercom.io, mixergy.com, fogcreek.com, knockmeout.net, desiretoinspire.net and of course our teamwork blog.
What's the one gadget you couldn't live without and why?
If I had to choose just one I guess it's my iPhone. I literally can't go anywhere without it.
What advice do you have for others looking to start their own business, specifically a technology start-up?
Think big, attack a big market and work like a dog.
Peter Coppinger – Egg Talks
Peter is usually behind the computer but was recently behind the microphone to do an "Egg Talk" in April 2014. In this 15 minute talk, Peter discusses the history of Teamwork and the evolution of the brand over the years (including the story of how much he paid for the Teamwork.com domain name. Spoiler alert: It wasn't cheap).
How Does Teamwork Compare?
Teamwork is only getting started. Over the next 4 years, they have plans to radically improve their products and extend the product range with hopes to being the world's only suite of Integrated SaaS business products, allowing an integrated solution to run your entire company. Watch out world. Teamwork is coming.
Inspired by Peter? We sure are and it was an honor to interview him for our "People Who Rock the Web" Series. Learn more about Teamwork how they fared in our comparison of project management platforms.
Does your company use Teamwork? What do you like about it? Let us know in the comments!
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