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A centrist MP is facing expulsion from his party and legal action by the state after he allegedly said of French Travellers: "Hitler maybe didn't kill enough of them."
Gilles Bourdouleix, MP and mayor of the town of Cholet in the Maine and Loire region of western France, was reported to have made the comments on Sunday during an encounter with a group of Travellers who had parked over 100 caravans in a field owned by the local authority.
According to the local paper Le Courrier de L'Ouest, the meeting, in which Bourdouleix told the Travellers they would have to move on, was tense, with some Travellers accusing him of racism and a few making a Nazi salute towards him.
During the exchange, as reported by the newspaper, a man said to Bourdouleix: "You know how to talk better than [the former president Nicolas] Sarkozy." The MP replied that "the law must be implemented".
There was murmuring and Bourdouleix reportedly said in a hushed tone: "Just goes to show that Hitler maybe didn't kill enough of them."
When the MP denied the comments, the paper published a recording on its website. The 53-year-old insisted he had been the victim of a "scandalous montage" and was considering suing.
He told BFM TV: "I mumbled something like, 'If it was Hitler he would have killed them here,' meaning: 'Thank goodness I'm not Hitler and so there's no reason to call me Hitler.' This is shameful score-settling which aims to smear me." The newspaper said it absolutely stood by its reporting and the published recording.
The local police prefect's office has filed a legal complaint with a state prosecutor against Bourdouleix for glorification of crimes against humanity. At least 200,000 Gypsies are estimated to have been killed during the Holocaust.
The Socialist interior minister Manuel Valls said he hoped the MP would be sanctioned "very heavily". He said: "A case has been brought before the courts because this is praise for the crimes of the second world war, it's praise for Nazis, and coming from a mayor it's intolerable."
Praising crimes against humanity in France carries a maximum sentence of a year in jail and €45,000 (£37,700) in fines.
Bourdouleix belongs to the centre-right grouping the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), headed by the former environment minister Jean-Louis Borloo. The party will meet to discuss his possible exclusion on Wednesday.
France has one of the biggest Traveller communities in mainland Europe. There are around 350,000 French Travellers, a nomadic population which is different from the Roma community from eastern Europe.
Politicians from right and left united to condemn Bourdouleix's alleged comments. Valérie Trierweiler, the partner of the president François Hollande, tweeted that the comments were "intolerable" pointing out that one of the Nazi internment camps for Gypsies during the Holocaust was located in Montreuil-Bellay – only 60km (37 miles) from Cholet.
The prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, said Bourdouleix's comments were "unacceptable, worrying" and "punishable by the law". Valérie Pécresse, of the traditional right-wing UMP party, said the comments were "utterly reprehensible" and parliament should sanction him.
Rights groups have warned of rising tension in France over non-settled communities, after several rightwing politicians recently spoke out against illegal caravan camps, using strong language that the left said was provocative.
This month Christian Estrosi, Nice's right-wing mayor, expelled one group of Travellers from a sports field, vowing to "crush" the "delinquents", and urged other mayors to revolt against what he called leniency by the Socialists.
Last month, rights groups said they would take legal action against the far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen after he told a meeting in Nice that Roma in the city were "rash-inducing" and "smelly".


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(Pocket-lint) - Snapchat's funky Snap Spectacles just got much easier to find and buy.
When they were first introduced, you could only purchase them from pop-up vending machines, though they eventually went on sale online. But let's be real, unless available through some internationally-available retailer, it's not easy to buy hardware goods sold in one country that then must be shipped elsewhere. Snapchat apparently agrees, anyway, because it's now selling them through Amazon.
You can get them in one of three colours - black, coral, and teal - for $129.99 on Amazon.com in the US or £129.99 on Amazon.co.uk in the UK. They are sold by Snap and fulfilled by Amazon, and they are eligible for next-day delivery. If you want to know more about Snapchat's smart glasses, check out Pocket-lint's in-depth guide here as well as our handy tips and tricks round-up.
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Spectacles were Snap's first hardware product. When they launched last autumn, Snapchat, the app developer, renamed itself Snap and decided to become "a camera company". Snap Spectacles can record short 10- to 30-second video clips that are meant for your Story.
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Paul asks…
What is your stance on time estimation (involved people, granularity/level of detail, benefit)?
My response…
I'd like to start by stating that I'm by no means an expert on this topic; so please take what you will from what I write.
Time and effort estimation for any software development activity is very difficult to do so often we get our estimates very wrong. I believe this is because we try to do up-front time and effort estimation without fully understanding the domain or the extent of the problem we're solving; we still have many unknown-unknowns.
We can still do detailed/granular planning, but we should try to delay the detailed estimation of these until we have more information.
What I prefer is detailed planning up front, which involves breaking large lofty goals down into small goals. These small goals are broken down further into the smallest possible manageable unit of work that delivers something, however small that something is. It's important to break things down to this level as this enables continuous delivery, and flexibility in scope as a project progresses.
Once these small units of work are detailed, before trying to estimate these, I think there's validity in starting work and delivering some of these units of work. This will mean it's possible to more accurately estimate the remaining work based upon real delivery experience.
As soon as you begin working on each unit you should get a feel for the size and effort that is required for each unit, and over a period of time (say a fortnight) you can start to work out how many of these units you can achieve (your velocity).
If you've got the detailed plan of how many units total you'd like to achieve, it is probably at this point where you realise that what you wanted to achieve is going to take too long or cost too much. This realisation means you need to prioritise all remaining work, and focus on what is high priority.
I've never seen a project finish with the same intentions as when it started, so as you progress you will find some items get completely de-prioritised (no longer in scope), some things become higher priority so they get delivered sooner, and some completely new ideas/pieces of functionality may be decided upon and included in your plan.
Since you understand what you've been able to deliver you can then have sensible conversations about what is feasible given the resources available.


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Hi Loves!!
How are you? Today is my birthday aka #Raeday!!!
Wooooh! I'm thankful and excited. I love birthdays. It's an honor and a privilege to see them. *cue "Never Would Have Made It by Marvin Sapp. It also happens to be my two-year blogaversary!!! Which I can't really believe. From Rae with Love, the Little Blog that Could, is two years old. It's been two years! So much has happened since I first began writing From Rae With Love. Funny enough, I've only shared a handful of the stories with you.
In my very first post this time two years ago, I shared some lessons I'd learned as of my 36th birthday and then I wanted to share a few thoughts I had on turning 37. This year, I am going to do something a little bit different. I want to share 39 things I want to do before my 39th birthday. Not only does the number of years I've spent on this earth astound me, it's also interesting to see how others handle and deal with it as well. I've been watching people who are farther(further? why worry) along on their journey. Some of them are handling the aging process better than others. Mostly I think many of us just weren't mentally prepared for how the time flies. Not to mention, according to so many others and the rhetorical bullshit that spews out of someone's mouth, as we approach 40 that's supposed to mean we're old? I don't buy into it. I never have. Aging and growing older (and hopefully wiser) is a beautiful process. From what I can tell, it's about how we each choose to see it.
I have a who
shitload of stuff I want to do over the next year. They haven't been listed in any specific order. Each of them is critical to me and the next year. Without further adieu, here's the 39 x 39:
- Use the mixer my mother got me last year – more..which means I'll be baking, or making pasta, or grinding meat.
- Create a series of You Tube Videos.
- Submit these short stories for publishing in literary journals.
- Write the short stories I mentioned in #3.
- Relocate.
- Take more photos.
- Lose 20% of my current bodyweight.
- Purchase a DSLR camera.
- Create a short film.
- Write a script for a show treatment.
- Tour DC with my friends and act like a tourist. [I'm wearing the colored protective visor and Tevas and shorts and shit]
- Increase my income by 50% + get a new job.
- Eat from 30+ new restaurants (read includes dives, mom & pop stops and food trucks – that's where the best food is)
- Take a series of photos worthy for a gallery exhibit.
- Add 1000 new followers on twitter.
- Create a new series of blog posts.
- Bake from scratch. [I owe a series of zucchini loaves to a very close friend]
- Cook 25 new dishes I've never cooked.
- Purchase and successfully meal plan around a crock pot.
- Journal.
- Buy new furniture that meets my actual home-style now.
- Build a home theater system.
- Create a logo for the website.
- Attend a writers workshop.
- Research (info, interviews etc), write and publish an article or podcast for a major publication.
- Get a tattoo.
- Participate in new twitter chats.
- Have a conversation with a published author I admire.
- Publish a series of stories on Amazon.com.
- Be consistently happy.
- Be less fearful of trying new things.
- Publish one blog post that scares the shit out of me.
- Be on a major panel as a guest.
- Live. Like really have more to tell you so y'all can be all up in my business.
- Be able to achieve certain yoga poses.
- Write handwritten letters and notes to my close friends and family.
- Sew three (3) new projects and create a few new pieces of jewelry.
- Him. [Redacted No. 38 about Rae's love life]
- Pray more. Hear more. See more. Be more. Love more. [I cheated here but IDC]
Whew!!! There it is – my 39 x 39. Doable? Yes. Now let's see how much of it I can get done effective immediately. It's not just about a mad rush of checking things off of a proverbial list, it's about living and improving my quality of life. There are also so many other things I plan to do within this next year – like buy some skates and roll around the city!! Which brings me to my next announcement…..
I need to take a creative hiatus (aka a creative furlough, a creative retreat).
Relax. Don't freak out on me and get crazy. The blog isn't going anywhere. I'm not really going anywhere. I just won't be posting for a while. For the record, I don't exactly know how long a while means, however, I do know it will be through the summer.
When you have a personal blog, it becomes increasingly difficult to share certain things. Hills, valleys, good news, life changes and events and whatever else may come along means life tends to take over. Life has taken over which means, I need to just live. That's what's most important.
I'm still going to be here. You can still find me on twitter @fromraewithlove. I'm on twitter daily. Otherwise, catch me on the Facebook page for the blog or if you really need to get deep, you can email me at fromraewithlove at gmail dot com. So see, it's not really that bad. I can be located. I just won't be blogging.
So you're wondering what am I planning to do with all of the time I don't spend blogging? I still plan to write. I have a number of writing projects I need to complete. I have new projects that are just taking off, that I can share later this week. I'm also on the Dr. Vibe show monthly. A few of my blogging friends and I have started a series of Google Hangouts. In other words, I'm still here.
I know I've slowed down in the last months. That's mostly been because I am at a crossroads as a creative, as a writer and as a woman. I'm not in a space to post everything. I also have so many other things planned for the blog, for my life. So basically, it's time to live and get some things done. Where else do all of these wonderful posts come from? LIFE.
As the good 39 x 39 list reflects, I have a lot of work to do, a lot of living[loving] to do and quite a bit to organize, shift and put into motion.
Check in with me. I still
need want to hear from you. I love emails and tweets. See info above….
BTW, I'm always watching. Trust and believe.
Mother loves you.


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Ornamental grasses have been used by gardeners for more than a hundred years. They add beauty, texture and drama to any garden setting. The short ones can anchor rock gardens, the medium height ones add softness around boulders, and the tallest ones are great for background height.
These grasses can be annuals or perennials. The following grasses are perennials. Most are green throughout the summer and turn wonderful shades of red and orange in the fall. Left standing, they will add interest in the winter until the heavy snows cover them.
When purchasing ornamental grasses, it is important to make sure they are a bunch grass. This means they will stay in place and not spread underground. Rhizomatous grasses have roots that wander and would not be welcome in flower beds.
Routt County's climate will successfully support many grasses. Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) is a deep-rooted, drought-tolerant 2- to 3-foot-tall grass. When given just a little more moisture before summer rains, it will be an attractive accent plant that also is great in dried arrangements.
A wonderful low grass is blue fescue (Festuca ovina glauca). It forms 6- to 8-inch wide mounds with 12-inch plumes when blooming. It is tolerant of many soils and can be grown in shade or open areas. It is great along driveways or bordering sidewalks, where color and texture are needed. Kept dry, this fescue will turn quite blue.
Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) is a Routt County native, growing from 1 to 2 feet tall. It appears along county roads, and its distinctive golden fall color makes it easy to pick out on sage hillsides. In dry flower arrangements, it adds an airy look, but if left in the garden, it provides winter seed for birds.
Basin Wild Rye (Elymus cinereus) is a native bunch grass that has wide leaves and can grow 6 to 7 feet tall. It is very drought tolerant, commonly growing on hillsides and roadsides in the county.
June grass (Koeleria macranthra) is a narrow, bladed bunch grass, which thrives on rocky slopes, in woodlands and open forests to 9,000 feet elevation. The bright seed spikes can reach to 2 feet, but the actual bunch grass is shorter.
Ornamental grasses can be easily and inexpensively grown from seed. Planting them in trays in the spring helps keep tact of the germination progress. Transplant them to the garden when the small clumps are a few inches tall. Local nurseries carry many varieties of grasses. These are best planted in the spring so the deep roots have a chance to get established in the warm growing season.
Caring for grasses is simple. Leave them standing during the winter for ornamental interest. In the spring, cut them back to a few inches. After a few years, you will notice the centers are dead. Scratching out the area will allow new sprouts to grow there. You may want to split a large bunch after three or four years to re-invigorate it. Ornamental grasses have a great complementary quality and, when used in a flower garden, can be a stunning backdrop for your flowers.
Marty Fisher is a master gardener through the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension office in Routt County. Call 879-0825 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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It's been quite awhile I have paused blogging for awhile, I was feeling pretty moody these days due to some problems. Sorry for delay of announcing the Winners.
Congratulations to the Winners! Those who have not win don't be sad >_<
Around Sep or Oct there will be Giveaway again! Do look out for my blog hehe... :)


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Why Online Shopping Tips are Important?
People spend millions of dollars on online shopping venues each year. Shopping online can be very safe, if those who are doing the shopping take care in what they are doing. Online shopping is easy, convenient, and often very cost-effective. It is easy to say why people do shopping of all different kinds online. With a little common sense and a few basic guidelines, there should be no trouble shopping online. Here are a few simple guidelines that can give you peace of mind and security when you shop online.
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There is no reason that anyone would need your birth date, social security number or other personal pieces of information in order to do business with you. If a person gets some of these details in combination with your credit card information, they can do a lot of damage.
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As you go about completing your online shopping, check your credit card statements regularly to make sure nothing has been charged that you did not approve. Do not wait until the bill comes each month, go online and look at the electronic statements on a regular basis so you can be proactive about any problems.
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People looking to make victims of online shoppers do not only try to get those shoppers to give them information. They also attempt to get into your computer using various viruses where they can then grab any piece of information they want. Make sure, whenever you shop or go online at all, you have plenty of antivirus protection on your computer.
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Passwords are especially important when it comes to online shopping. Many websites will ask you to create an account, complete with a password. Make sure your password is unique and includes both numbers and letters.
Use only Home Computers
It is never a good idea to use a public computer to shop. There are plenty of people who know enough about computers that they can access your credit card and other information later from a public computer.
Put a Password on your Wi-Fi
When you are using your Internet at home, you may think you're safe. But unless you have a password on your Internet connection, others could jump on your connection and possibly see what you are doing.
Recognize Scams
Remember that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Many of the special offers will come through social media or even emails. Approach online shopping with a level of skepticism and you will be much better off in terms of security.


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Xian Huaqing Equipment Technology Co.,Ltd
Industrial automation outfit
Industrial robotic applications
Non-standard equipment and products
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Xianyang Huaqing Equipment Co., Ltd. was founded in 1996 , the headquarters is located in the ancient city of Xianyang . Company dedicated to industrial automation and industrial robot applications outfit design, manufacturing and sales, while engaged in a new flat panel display (PDP, LCD, OLED , etc. ) equipment development, manufacturing and services , industrial robots and terminal equipment in the field of display technology intensive private joint-stock Company .
Yaskawa robot with Shougang Co., Ltd. , Suzhou Branch Department of Mechanical and Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. , Xi'an Aerospace Automation Co., Ltd. , Shaanxi University of Science and well-known enterprises and institutions to carry out horizontal, provides manufacturing equipment for the domestic and international well-known manufacturers and types of users and technical services. Meanwhile, the company Shougang with Yaskawa robots, Japan Hirata mechanic , Japan Miyamoto motors and other foreign companies have extensive cooperation . Companies in the industrial robot applications , industrial automation outfit , flat-panel TVs experienced driver circuit, linear power switching power supply technology in the field and has a strong strength.
The company has produced a production line equipment Sichuan Changhong, Shanghai BASF, Yutong and other famous enterprises to develop , which is Changhong plasma panel production line development and production of the old refining equipment to fill the gap , breaking the monopoly of Japanese and Korean companies . The company also committed to high-power digital power , power electronics equipment, video processing equipment, commercial software development and electronic circuits ( analog and digital ) design, application software design , non-standard equipment and products, energy-saving equipment and other products of professional production, processing and technical services. The company's research and development team has an excellent track record in power electronic devices , embedded control systems, image display and processing systems and e-commerce software development and other aspects . The company will according to your needs , tailored to your products and technical services to the best allocation of resources to meet your requirements.
High-tech companies rely on their own technical force, made a series of remarkable achievements and technological achievements. Access to the State Intellectual Property Office issued the " invention patent certificate" six , access to the State Intellectual Property Office issued the " utility model patent certificate" four . In 2009 the company received the National Innovation Fund to support small and medium enterprises , in 2010 through ISO9001-2008 quality management system certification , in 2010 was named the high-tech enterprises in Shaanxi Province , Shaanxi Province in 2011 to obtain patent award and Xianyang Municipal Science and Technology Award certificates awards.
With its strong technical force , rich experience in engineering , quality and keeping up with technological development of new products , complete and scientific quality management system and "sincere " spirit of enterprise in the field of industrial automation for customers to save production costs and improve efficiency, make achievements , won the majority of customers and industry peers affirmed. 90 percent of employees have bachelor degree or above , the core technical staff with senior technical titles . Companies always grasp the latest technological developments in the industry , according to the special requirements of different customers , the organization of professional and technical personnel to design special equipment , the foreign advanced equipment, technology and experience with the design specifications of existing domestic standards combined with reasonable price , quality engineering quality build a perfect system works.
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In 2010, I began writing for YoungEntrepreneur.com, publishing an article per month for the next 1.5 years. I could barely call myself an entrepreneur at the time, but I had dreams. 7+ years later and I'm excited to share that I'm now a business owner of Promise Consulting Group, LLC and a writer for Entrepreneur Media.
My first piece is on a concept I feel strongly about, not just for female entrepreneurs and leaders, but for people everywhere.
As Melinda Gates said at the Powerful Voices Annual Luncheon in 2003, "A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult."
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May The Furs Be With You
This week in Los Angeles people are talking about two things: the Star Wars premiere and the frigid weather. Forty-two degree mornings have a way of making Angelenos cranky, and I'm only surviving them thanks to layered Lululemon jackets and fur toppers. Side note: some locals (actors) are unaffected by these freezing mornings because they work non-traditional jobs (collect unemployment) and have the luxury of rising mid-afternoon.
I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but I've never seen a Star Wars film! Apparently, this is an unspeakable crime in some people's (my boyfriend's) eyes. He purchased tickets for us to see the film opening night, and he is debating whether to wear a cape like his hero Lando or to paint his face green like that little goblin Yoda. He suggested that I go as the Princess, which sounded right up my alley, until he informed me that the Princess wears a chain-mail bikini. Nice try, boyfriend. Nice try.
I've decided I'll wear fur to the screening. That's right, fur. I'm team #Chewbacca all the way! I don't know much about the Star Wars movies, but Chewbacca is clearly my spirit animal: nature blessed with him a luxurious fur coat, and he is in a domestic partnership with Harrison Ford! My boyfriend is informing me that Chewbacca and Harrison are partners not partners. Seems like a missed opportunity.
So, this weekend I'll be rocking a long haired fur for two reasons: to survive this bone-rattling cold snap and to represent my favorite space Yeti, Chewbacca! To all my fellow fashionistas and Stars Wars fans, new and old, May The Furs Be With You!
Written by: Sarah Smart
Pictured are two of my favorite guys rocking the fur bodysuit, and in honor of the Star Wars premiere – – the Chewbacca suit!


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SMS Marketing Boasts 4 Selling Points for the Busy Business Owner
Are you a small business owner? If you answered yes, props to even finding time to read this post. Seriously, we know how hectic the life of a small business owner can be. You have a thousand and one different tasks running through your head on a daily basis. So how on earth can you find time to manage all these responsibilities? Although SMS marketing isn't the end all be all, we definitely believe in the simplicity of this mobile marketing method.
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Sure, you definitely need to spend some time educating yourself on SMS marketing best practices before composing your first campaign. But, beyond that, this method boasts incredible ease of use. Set up automated campaigns that reward subscribers on their birthday, or capture email addresses. Let our awesome SMS marketing platform do the work for you.
As a small business owner, you want to build individual connections with your customers. You don't want your marketing messages to provide a cookie cutter experience. Effectively personalize your SMS campaigns with our birthday feature, or take it one step further and segment your list.
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Never fire out off the cuff SMS marketing campaigns. This proves to be borderline ineffective, as you might not be able to offer the best value when developing last minute messages. Instead, we always recommend scheduling your campaigns out a month in advance.
As a busy small business owner, you tend to throw money at popular marketing methods, hoping to experience results. Although this might seem like a good short term solution, you will never experience long term results. You'll end up wasting tons of valuable marketing spend, with little to show. With that said, SMS marketing is an incredibly affordable solution that also boasts results. Test the waters, commitment free, by signing up for a free plan.
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Joondalup Resort provides 7 state-of-the-art Wedding Reception rooms catering for weddings of all different sizes, shapes and styles. Click on our individual Reception room pages to view each space.
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Book your Reception with us and receive with our compliments:
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- Guest tables and chairs
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- White or black linen table cloths with white, black or cream linen napkins
- Bridal table, clothed and skirted in white or black linen
- Cake table, clothed and skirted in white or black linen, with silver cake knife
- Gift table, clothed and skirted in white or black linen
- Placement of client-supplied place cards and bonbonniere (conditions apply)
- Two personalised menus for each table
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- Easel for client supplied seating plan
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- Service staff table for DJ's, photographers and videographer's meals
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The 2XU Compression Arm Guard has been designed to provide compression support to the entire arm as well as sun protection for the outdoors.
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The ASU Art Museum is a contemporary art museum with five galleries in a spacious and modern facility located within the Nelson Fine Arts Center. While Arizona State University has a School of Art which is part of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, the ASU Art Museum is not a showcase of student or faculty art. It features contemporary artists, both regional and international. Typically, exhibitions here often deal with current societal issues.
While the ASU Art Museum's collections are rich in ceramics and prints, a variety of artistic media is showcased here. Southwestern and Latino art are well represented in the collection.
ASU Art Museum Tip: The ASU Art Museum has one permanent collection gallery and five rotating exhibition spaces that change every three months. That means that even though some of the galleries may be showing art from the permanent collection, the additional galleries rotate exhibitions of national and international artists, so chances are it may be different than the last time you visited.
Collections and Exhibitions at ASU Art Museum
The ASU Art Museum collection includes contemporary art, Art of the Americas (American and Latin American), more than 5,000 prints ranging from an early Bible page to contemporary work, 3,500 ceramic pieces, and American crafts.
Exhibitions at ASU Art Museum strive to be more than just displays of random art, or artist collections. The museum presents art in a way that invites visitors to consider issues facing our society, cultural exploration, social initiatives and historical perspectives. Traditional and non-traditional media may be used in the artistic representations.
ASU Art Museum Tip: The prints are housed and secured in the Jules Heller Print Study Room and may be viewed by students, scholars and general visitors by appointment. Sometimes prints are used in exhibitions to which they relate.
Ceramics Research Center
The Ceramics Research Center moved to 699 S. Mill Avenue, Suite 108 in 2014. It used to be across the street from the main museum, with free parking. Admission is free, but if you drive you'll have to park at a meter or in a paid parking lot. It is about four blocks from the 3rd Street and Mill METRO Light Rail stop.
While some people view ceramics as simply a craft, ASU Art Museum created this special Center to showcase and allow for the study of ceramics as art and those artists making significant contributions in the ceramics field. There are more than 3,500 objects.
ASU Art Museum Tip: Throughout the year visitors may participate is gallery lectures, demonstrations with artists, and other educational programs.
Special Events at ASU Art Museum
ASU Art Museum hosts several events each year to encourage members of the community to come out and enjoy the exhibitions. Some of the events are especially geared to the younger crowd, so that children can have fun and be exposed to artistic influences.
The annual Short Film and Video Festival is a free event where you are invited to bring a lawn chair or blanket to watch the creations of filmmakers from around the world. Films change every year, and some might not be suitable for children. This is an outdoor, evening event.
The annual Self-Guided Ceramics Studio Tour presents the work of professional ceramic artists in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Grab the map, get in the car and view working and living spaces of participating artists. Participating artists have a wide range of artwork on exhibit and for sale.
The annual Street Party features live music, hands-on art activities and games for kids, as well as special exhibitions by local artists and crafts fair with hand-made items for sale is a fundraiser for Museum community outreach and educational programs. There is an admission charge for people 13 years and older.
The first Saturday of each month (except July) is a great time to introduce the kids to the museum, during First Saturdays for Families. Create themed art projects to keep. It's free, too!
On Family Fun Day in July the ASU Art Museum invites you to come in from the summer heat and enjoy an entire day of hands-on activities and and entertainment.
ASU Art Museum Tip: The Street Party is not held at the ASU Art Museum. Check the ASU Art Museum Event Calendar for dates, locations, prices (many of the events are free) and details.
ASU Art Museum Admission, Hours, Location, Parking
Admission to the ASU Art Museum, including the Ceramics Research Center, is free. There is a donation box in the lobby for those that choose to contribute.
ASU Art Museum Hours: Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.(during school year) 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (summer); Wednesday–Saturday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Sunday, Monday and holidays.
ASU Art Museum Address
W. 10th Street and Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85281
ASU Art Museum is in the Nelson Fine Arts Center at Arizona State University at Mill Avenue and 10th Street in Tempe, Arizona.
From the West: Take I-10 East to the AZ 202 Loop East. Take the Scottsdale Road Exit toward Arizona State University. Keep right at the fork to stay on Scottsdale Road. Drive south on Scottsdale Road. It becomes Rural Road in Tempe. Drive to University Dr. and turn right (west) to Mill Avenue. Turn left (south) to 10th Street.
From Scottsdale: Take Loop 101 south to the 202 Red Mountain Freeway west. Exit Rural Road and turn left (south). Drive to University Dr. and turn right (west) to Mill Avenue. Turn left (south) to 10th Street.
From the North: Take SR51 South to the 202 East. Exit Rural Road and turn right (south). Drive to University Dr. and turn right (west) to Mill Avenue. Turn left (south) to 10th Street.
From the East Valley: Take I-60 east to Mill Avenue Exit 173, drive north to 10th Street.
By Light Rail: Use the Mill Avenue and 3rd Street Station and walk south on Mill to 10th Street. Here is a map of the light rail stations.
Ceramics Research Center: 699 S. Mill Ave., Suite 108
Parking at ASU Art Museum: Free parking is available at the Ceramics Research Center. The parking spots are marked as reserved for ASU Art Museum -- that means they are reserved for you! If parking in one of those spots, you must go into the Ceramics Research Center and sign a log so they know you are a museum visitor. You do not need to log out when you leave. If free parking area is full, there are some short-term parking meters in front of the museum and along Forest Avenue, so bring quarters. On weekends, there is more free parking than during the week. Here's a map of those lots.
Need to know more? Visit ASU Art Museum online.
All dates, times, prices, and offerings are subject to change without notice.


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I awoke to wind. In the faint moon glow, I could see a chain of poplars silhouetted against the sky, the upper branches tossing and thrashing. Individual trees synchronized into a chorus line, bending with the rhythm of each successive gust. The musky essence of sagebrush reminded me I wasn't home. Each time I visit […] Read more


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We wear everything to look good, but if you are the one who wear something to get a lot of fun and happiness, here is the best option for you. You might have found different sorts of socks online and in the offline market, but have you ever got something like – pizza printed all over the socks?
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Your DNA is a lot like sea monkeys. Well, maybe not a lot like sea monkeys, but a San Diego company is building its business around the idea that it can be stored in much the same way.
Biomatrica, run by the husband and wife team of Dr. Rolf Muller and Dr. Judy Muller-Cohn, makes a room temperature DNA storage product called SampleMatrix. SampleMatrix' dissolvable dry storage medium holds DNA samples in a plastic container along with a synthetic polymer. A scientist or researcher can add liquid to the sample and polymer, and the polymer essentially shrink-wraps around the DNA sample, storing it. Add water to the sample-polymer mix, and the sample is useable again.
Muller estimated this system is 20 times less costly than the current method of storage, freezing. Companies and organizations often have warehouses full of large, expensive freezers that spend a lot of costly energy keeping samples as low as minus 80 degrees Celsius.
"As a result of the era of genomics, we started having not ten, not hundreds but thousands of samples generated on a daily basis," Muller-Cohn said. "We had this situation in our own labs and we thought there's got to be a better way to store and ship our samples."
Both molecular biologists by training, Muller and Muller-Cohn were skiing one day and trying to think of a better way to store samples, and came upon the idea of anhydrobiosis, a naturally occurring mechanism used by some organisms, including sea monkeys. Tiny organisms that live in very dry places like the Sahara Desert and Arctic Circle can perform the process of anhydrobiosis, and form a protective cyst around themselves that keeps them protected and alive without water for as long as 120 years. Muller and Muller-Cohn recreated the process chemically, making the synthetic polymer they now mix with DNA samples. They discovered chemicals that recreate the process, patented the mixture and started Biomatrica last year. They began selling products several months ago. While their primary product is the SampleMatrix, Biomatrica also makes a software program for cataloguing samples called SampleWare and SampleGard, a storage and transportation unit.
"We can store DNA, RNA, cells, proteins," Muller-Cohn said. "Being a small company, a startup, one of the goals we had was to generate revenues and to really start producing products so we attacked the DNA market first."
Muller-Cohen, who has worked as both a scientist at Mycogen/Dow AgroSciences and as director of business development at a genomics company, serves as president and chief executive officer of Biomatrica. Muller, a former Salk Institute scientist who's worked at numerous biotech startups and was most recently a director at Scripps Research Institute, is the company's chief scientific officer. Both received doctorates at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France.
By focusing only on DNA, Biomatrica has been able to attract numerous companies and organizations, including Johnson & Johnson, the US Navy, the National Institute of Health, Quest Diagnostics, NASA and the Salk Institute. As genomic research expands, Muller said the market for the product should only expand more. "Everything hinges around it: new drug development, DNA profiling, forensic new technology like you see on CSI. All of that became a reality through the developments in biotechnology, technologies development," he said. "But the byproduct is, how do you store these samples?"
Biomatrica is privately held and while the question of going public brought smiles to Muller and Muller-Cohn's faces, they said they have no plans to do so any time soon. For now they are still raising capital to expand their current staff of eight employees. Raising funds has not been especially problematic for the company (at a recent round of fundraising they had to turn some interested parties down) but they said they are always looking to raise capital. Friends and family largely back the company right now, but Muller-Cohn said they would like institutional funding.
"We're a small company so what we've done is we've commercialized something on a very limited budget, but there's a need," Muller-Cohn said. "All of those important institutions have bought so it really shows that there's a need."
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Today I want to show you another great free file from Dreaming Tree – The Spring Frame
As I really liked Leo's picture of Pumpkin (his cat), I lifted the idea and made a frame to fit one of my favorite pictures of my fur babies Teemo and Timm. I used digital paper from Echo Parks collection "Meow" and AC Cardstock. Pure luck that I had the little picture printed out, 'cause I realized my Canon Selphy printer was not compatible with Windows 10, so now I have to go buy a new printer – figures!!! Anyways…just wanted to show you this great file that you can alter any way you like 🙂


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Dante's Inferno producer says comparisons to God of War are a compliment
The writer, producer, and director for Dante's Inferno, Jonathan Knight, has told PlayStation: The Official Magazine that it's a compliment for the game to be compared to God of War.
"We never get sick of hearing it because it's the greatest compliment we can be paid," he told the mag. "We hope to be worthy of that. Those guys are at the top of their game and there's no question God of War III is going to be spectacular. I'll be the first in Line to get it.
"I hope those comparisons are being made because of our combat system and is just as responsive; the control over the character is very immediate, it's very fast-paced, you can branch out of moves very easily, you feel very powerful and overall is a very fun game to play."
You can read the full thing in the latest issue of PTOM.
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Prospective register-based study of the impact of immigration on educational inequalities in mortality in Norway
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The police department is located in the rear portion of the Village of Allegany Municipal Building located at 106 East Main Street. The Village of Allegany Police Department consists of a Chief of Police, (1) one Full Time Police Officer Acting Lieutenant, (1) Full Time Police Officer Patrolman (1) one Full Time School Resource Officer, a Secretary to the Chief of Police, a Part Time Police Officer Acting Sergeant, (10) ten part time police officers and (4) four crossing guards. The Village of Allegany is a small community with a population of approximately 1,800 people. Saint Bonaventure University a college with an enrollment of approximately 2,800 students is located just outside the village. When college is in session a large number of students also reside in various student housing located throughout the village. The department does not provide (24) twenty-four hour per day police coverage and assistance is provided by the New York State Police and/or the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Department when an officer is not available. The department provides the usual law enforcement duties along with a large number of other community services. The Allegany Police Department contracts with the Town of Allegany, for emergency type situations and court security and with the Allegany Limestone School District, for protection at various school events. Special units provided by the department include an Investigation Unit, Bike Patrol, DWI Patrol, and Foot Patrol. The department also provides a Community Policing Program, a Public Safety and Education Program and a Juvenile Program.
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text: Spotlight on… Polish National Food and Nutrition Institute Last Updated : 01 December 2016 The Polish National Food and Nutrition Institute is a leading research and development facility on a nation-wide basis in the area of food health quality (including food safety), human nutrition rationalisation and prevention of food related diseases. The tasks of the Institute include, in particular: Conducting of scientific, research, development and implementation activities in the areas of: the effects of social sociological and physiological factors on the nutrition habits and nutritional status of selected population groups, assessment of the economic and health aspects of changes in the level and structure of the diet of the population, physiology and biochemistry of nutrition, the health quality of food and the improvement and hygiene of nutrition in mass catering institutions and individual nutrition, the epidemiology of diseases related to nutrition and the use of stimulants, particularly tobacco and alcohol, the aetiology, pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of pathologic l conditions related to nutrition, the utilization of advances in food technology , including sensory evaluation, in improvement of nutrition, the composition and nutrititive value of foods, vrecommended dietary allovances, the effects of stimulants on nutrition habits and nutritional status, dissemination of the knowledge on the hygienic and health aspects of foods, on healthy nutrition and on health promotion through nutrition. Coordination of activities related to food and nutrition conducted by other institutions of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare within the scope established by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Preparing reviews and assessments of the diet of the population and of the state and development of sciences related to food and nutrition in health and in ,disease within the scope of the statutory activity of the Institute. Preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic activities at outpatient and inpatient leveIs and providing consultations for the pubIic health protection system. Specialistic supervision over food and nutrition, including expert control of sanitary-epidemiological stations in the field of nutritional value of food, hygi ne of nutrition, and providing of methodological asistance for the needs of these stations. Advisory activities, including formulation of and opinions on the foundations of legal acts related to theproblems within the competence of the Institute. Preparing and providing access to scientific information and documentation, and conducting publishing activities. Training and upgrading of professional skills of own staft and visiting workers. For the elimination of health hazards posed by food a special role was played by the research on the implementation and auditing of quality assurance systems (GMP, HACCP) in production and food processing plants and in mass catering facilities. The objective of these measures was to support Polish companies in their efforts to implement quality assurance systems. The undertaken measures comprise training for the personnel of such plants, development of educational materials helpful in the implementation of quality assurance systems as well as assistance provided by the National Food and Nutrition Institute employees in the implementation phase and auditing of the systems. In performing its tasks the Institute cooperates with the Polish Academy of Sciences, with universi ies, with research institutes and other research institutions, with scientific and professional associations in the country and also with similar institutions and organizations abroad. The Polish National Food and Nutrition Institute provides the Polish translations of EUFIC's newsletter Food Today.


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Social Media Marketing Awards FAQ
When do the entries open?
Entries open on January 15 2020 and close April 24 2020. In order to allow sufficient time for our Jury to go through all the entries, late entries will not be accepted.
How much does it cost to enter?
SMMI Members: FREE*
Non-SMMI Members: $149 for Early Bird entries between 15 Jan 2020 and 15 Feb 2020
$249 for Regular entries between 16 Feb 2020 and 24 April 2020
*Please note - Once you have entered one category and are a professional member of SMMI, you can enter as many award categories as you like at no additional charge.
What does a Social Media Marketing Institute Professional Membership include?
Benefits of a SMMI Membership:
Access to our professional network including forums and committees, events and professional development programs
- Access to our Members Only Facebook Group
- Daily Social Media Marketing News Updates so you can stay on top of the latest in social media
Significant discounts on CPD and events
Free monthly Masterclass
Pro Nominals to add to your profile and business cards i.e. a professional member pro nominal would be "PSMMI" and you can include it on your business cards, social media, website and marketing materials.
Freedom to post the Institute member badge on your print and online materials
Can I pay the Early Bird Rate but not have to finalise my entry until the closing date of April 24 2020?
Absolutely. All you need to do to access the early bird rate is to make the payment. Then you have until April 24 2020 to finalise your entry our our awards portal. You can pay online or we can organise an invoice.
Can I send in my entry?
Entries all need to be lodged via our awards online platform. As our Awards Jury come from around the world, we need for them to be able to access each entry online for the judging process. For this reason, physical entries will not be accepted.
What if there is a part of my submission that myself or my client, does not want shared with the public?
If there is confidential information included in your submission, please ensure that you mark the areas you do not wish to be shared by saying "Confidential"
Who can enter the Social Media Marketing Awards?
The Social Media Marketing Awards are open to individuals, agencies, brands, companies, non-for-profits and organisations that participate in social media marketing. Entries must have been created and been live on social media in the 12 months from 25 April 2020 to 24 April 2020. Entries are currently only being accepted from Australia and New Zealand.
Can I enter more than one category?
Yes, you can. Each award category has a different criteria and requires a separate entry.
How long will it to prepare my entry?
We are using the latest in awards software to manage the award entries and judging process. The entry process is web based and is completed in a simple process. You can save you entry as you go and come back to update it if you want to add more information.
Can I make changes to my entry once it is submitted?
Yes, you can make changes right up until are closing date. Just log in and update your entry. However, once the closing date for entries of April 24th 2020 is reached, no further changes can be made.
Who are the judges for the Social Media Marketing Awards?
The awards are judged by an independent jury who are leaders in the different areas of the Social Media Marketing Industry. These judges are independent from the Social Media Marketing Awards and are volunteers.
What is the judging process?
The entries in each category is reviewed by at least 3 appropriately qualified members of the awards jury and they will give a score according to published criteria. The top 5 entries in each category will be declared finalists. The finalist with the highest score will be declared the winner. If there is only one entry in a category, that entry will be an automatic finalist and will be named the winner at the Award Gala Dinner for that category.
What happens if a judge has a question about my entry?
When you complete your award entry, you will be asked to include a contact person and phone number who can answer any questions that the award jury may have regarding your entry.
Do I have any recourse if I believe my entry was judged unfairly?
No, the judges' decision is final.
Can sponsors enter the awards?
Sponsors may enter a category that they do not sponsor. The judging panel is entirely independent and will not be influenced by any sponsorship.
How do ensure there are no conflicts of interest from the Awards Jury?
We want to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest. Once we have finalised entries, using our awards management software, we assign different categories to different jury members. As part of the judging process, each jury member has to acknowledge on each entry that they judge, whether they have a conflict of interest. If they do, they disqualify themselves by ticking the disqualify me option in the awards tool. We will then select another Jury member to judge that entry.


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As a student and a Feide user, you only need to remember a username and password for many of the university college's services. Including itslearning and Canvas.
As a student and a Feide user, you only need to remember a username and password for many of the university college's services. Including itslearning and Canvas.
At many of the university college's services you will be asked to log in with Feide. Feide stands for Joint Electronic Identity and is the Ministry of Education's chosen solution for secure identification in the education sector. Read more at feide.no.
Create Feide Account
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In high school, people choose their friends based more on convenience than anything. Whoever sits next to you in class, whoever lives closest to you, whoever likes the same music as you, your teammates.
But when you get older, you choose people to be in your life for completely different reasons. You choose people you have things in common with. People that can relate to you. People you feel comfortable sharing a piece of your soul with.
Now, these people aren't going to be 100% in sync with you all the time. Sometimes your friends will piss you off. Sometimes they'll annoy the hell out of you. But sometimes….sometimes they will amaze you. They will love you. They will love your children, too. That's why you chose them to be in your life. Because you love them, too.
A simple definition of friendship:
1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.
3. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
If this were really how cut and dry friendship was, then pretty much everyone would consider themselves friends. There are people out there I can't stand, but I would still help them in a struggle or a cause…that doesn't make us friends. Therefore, I'd like to add my own definition of friendship.
Friends: Two people that can find themselves at an impasse, but will navigate around that impasse, up the hill, over the mountain, and somehow hold hands on their way back down.
Cheesy? Maybe. But isn't that what it's all about? Being able to get over the hurdles of being human long enough to swallow your pride and remember all the great things that drew you to that person in the first place?
Grudges can be an ugly thing. You can tell yourself you are better off without each other, but in the long run you are only lying to yourselves. So please, do me a favor and let go of the hurt. Forget about it. Wad it all up into a ball and hang it from your damn ceiling and throw darts at it. It doesn't do anyone any good. No one wins…everyone loses. I for one don't want to be a spectator in a game where both teams lose. I'd rather it end in a tie.
So now the question is, who is going to grab whose hand first and walk them down that mountain?


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Anderson Cooper is remembering his beloved older brother, Carter, on the 29th anniversary of his tragic death. Yesterday, July 22, the 50-year-old CNN host took to social media to share a tribute to his sibling who took his own life at the age of only 23.
Carter committed suicide in July of 1988, and the passing naturally scarred his brother deeply.
Anderson posted a black and white photo on his personal Instagram account showing him and his brother as kids, captioning it: 'My brother, Carter Cooper. Jan 27, 1965 – July 22, 1988. Hard to believe it has been 29 years. He remains in my heart, golden and true.'
In addition, Cooper's mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, took to social media to remember her son as well with a slideshow of the late Carter.
'Not a day goes by that I do not think of him. He is close to me because he lives in my mind and heart forever,'
Sadly enough, Carter's suicide came a decade after his father, Wyatt Cooper, passed away during heart bypass surgery.
The 23-year-old made the radical decision to end it all by jumping from the terrace of his family's Manhattan penthouse.
Vanderbilt and Anderson's story was previously revealed in the memoir The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son Talk About Life, Love, and Loss, and in the 2016 documentary, Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper.
The meaningful documentary even debuted at Sundance and premiered on HBO in April of 2016.
Were you aware Anderson Cooper went through the traumatizing experience of losing a sibling?


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How lovely the sky this morning! Here in Kentucky we go no blizzards nor any thunderous calamities, but we did see the clouds swiftly flying to deliver their might to those unfortunate locations at 20 miles per hour or more. I see the bright rays piercing the clouds as a fine foretelling of a marvelous…Read More
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From this: To this: This is surely the shortest fall I've ever had…except for the time I stumbled while going down the cabin stairs and fell back on my rear! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and stay safe on the icy roads! To what do my wondering eyes appear? 3/4 of a carton of leftover potluck…Read More
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Is it just me, or is this summer flying by way too fast? I always long for those longer, lazier summer days, but as a managed services provider (MSP), you know that your line of business never gets the day off. So, to make the most of your summer and help you set up your MSP business for long-term success, we've gathered our most helpful and valuable blog posts from July.
This past month was full of tips and best practices to help you grow your MSP business, including how to make impactful relationships with clients, what every MSP should include in their LinkedIn profile, which cybersecurity threats you need to look out for and much more. Let's take a look at what the month of July had to offer on the MSP blog!
5 Important Onboarding Touchpoints Every MSP Should Know
When bringing on a new client, the first 90 days is the most crucial period in ensuring their success with your IT services. If you've been following along with my blog series, you're already well on your way to optimizing your MSP onboarding process. In my first post, you asked and answered five critical onboarding questions to provide important insight into your client onboarding experience. In post number two, we embellished on your learnings to create a client onboarding journey to help you visualize the end-to-end process and identify areas of improvement. Now, it's time to talk about impactful touchpoints during client onboarding that are not to be missed.
Let's take a deep dive into how you can properly set expectations for a successful start to your partnership—starting with these five important onboarding touchpoints.
Making Your Way to $10M: Getting a Seat at the Big Table
There is little that has been more valuable to our MSP growth than our ability to create strong relationships with CEOs and other key client executives. Executives are notorious for stonewalling IT initiatives for budgetary or other reasons, but these relationships have proved to be the opposite for us. The technical responsibilities of today's executives are changing, and most would love to have a strong technical resource on which to rely.
In my previous post, I shared five ways you can use your company culture to your advantage in order to grow your MSP business. In this post, I'm going to switch perspectives from MSP owner to CEO. MSPs and IT professionals are often seen as mid-level business resources managed by the Operations Manager. The larger the organization, the lower it seems the MSP naturally sits in this organizational structure. However, if you want to be a $10 million MSP, you need to get a seat at the table. Here are some tips we've learned in our pursuit of building effective executive relationships.
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What makes a LinkedIn profile great? For MSPs, it's all about creating the right first impression with your prospects and customers. In this episode of The Weekly Byte, we outline five must-haves for your LinkedIn profile—tune in now to learn more!
3 Cybersecurity Threats MSPs Need to Monitor and Manage in 2017
In the growing and evolving cyber threat landscape, how can managed services providers (MSPs) ensure that they're delivering on their promise to secure and protect their clients at all times? Let's face it, managing and monitoring cyber threats is not an easy task. MSPs are now under immense pressure to be the IT security superhero for their clients, but if you haven't yet established a security offering, it may stunt your MSP growth.
Luckily, there are tools out there that can help you uphold your commitment to security, even amongst the major threats that are merged with business today. Let's take a look at the three most crucial cyber threats MSPs need to be aware of in 2017 and how you can keep your clients protected from them.
3 Tips for Achieving Long-Term Growth as an MSP
For most managed services providers (MSPs) today, long-term growth means planning for the future—for more clients, more staff, and more work. What most MSP owners don't think of, however, is that focusing on sustainable success over short-term wins is critical for long-term growth. As things become more complex, it's essential that you implement a strong foundation to help your business run like a self-driving car, or a well-oiled machine. That way, you can grow your business without the growing pains.
With that in mind, here are three tips to consider as an MSP if you're looking to achieve long-term, sustainable growth for your business.
I hope you've enjoyed this month's roundup! Be sure to subscribe to our MSPblog to get instant updates as we bring you more great content throughout the rest of the summer and beyond.
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