 and some parts of it are gross, but New Orleans completely redeemed my distaste for the state of Louisiana. (I’ve also never been to Baton Rouge besides driving through; so if any LSU students are reading this, I’m not including Baton Rouge in that first assessment.)
I completely generalized the whole state due to a few terrible trips I had that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. The truth is, New Orleans seemed a lot like Austin in being a city full of character and local love. The people were friendly and you could see the hometown love glowing with each smile.
It was this trip and a few other changes in my life recently that led me to this realization: people are amazing. All people. Not just my wonderful Society of PRSSA members that I will cherish always, but everyone.
Everyone cares about something, or a bunch of ‘somethings’. That’s why people are remarkable. You can find something in common with anyone else. While you’re driving, look out your window at a stranger. Believe it or not, you have something in common with that person.
It’s like the principle of six degrees of separation; I believe it can be applied to interests.
- I have a puppy. You may not have a puppy, but you may like dogs. Connected interest.
- I meet a stranger at a coffee shop. Indirect connected interest: coffee.
- You’re at a social setting and your friend is my friend. Connected through the friend, which should lead to subsequent connected interests.
- I ‘like’ a page on Facebook and comment on a post. You, on the other side of the nation, ‘like’ it, too. Connected interest.
Those are just a few ways I can provide examples, but it occurred to me that we spend so much time separating ourselves that we forget how alike we are sometimes. You won’t meet everyone you have a connected interest with, but I would be willing to believe that everyone can connect with everyone through at least one interest. That’s the power of diversity. That’s the amazing capability of the human mind’s extensive knowledge system.
And that friends, is why I believe in people.
Here are some pics from the trip!
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LaurenI agree wholeheartedly, for a long time, combat abilities felt weightless to me, like my character was hitting the air, and I never understood why, when I played osrs for a time I didn't get this feeling, then, when I watched that video I understood, it was because the animations, sound effects and hitsplats were all out of sync with each other, the character would swing his weapon more times than he would actually hit, and the hits would come one or two seconds later, and the sound effects felt hollow.

I can only hope that they go throught the avatar rework, and after that, a rework of the combat animations soon after.The Charles City Elementary School, Parent/Teacher Organization, meets the first Tuesday of every Month and alternates their meetings between Lincoln Elementary School and Washington Elementary School. All parents of elementary age students are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact the PTO president Tammy Quade.Q: 2003 – à présent Coordonnatrice de programme et gestionnaire de projet (Plan d’action Science 2000 – sous-programme de surveillance de l’atmosphère), Environnement Canada, juin 2001 – septembre 2002  Chef d’équipe (Réseau des stations climatiques de référence et Équipe d’examen du Réseau des stations T&P bénévoles), janvier 2002 - septembre 2002 Gestionnaire intérimaire, Division de la science et des stratégies de (DGOMRH/SMC), 1er-20 mai, 8-19 juillet et 19-27 août 2002 (y compris)  Gestionnaire, Bureau de Downsview – Division de la science et des stratégies de surveillance, (DGOMRH/SMC), janvier 2002 – septembre 2002 Prix Certificat d’excellence de la Fonction publique du Canada, 2001 Publications récentes (revues par un comité de lecture):

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A: 2003 - present Coordinator/Team lead (Special metadata database development team), CCRM/CRB/ACSD/MSC, Jan 2003 – present Program coordinator and project manager (Action Plan 2000 Science - Atmosphere Monitoring subprogram), Environment Canada, June 2001 – September 2002 Team lead (Reference Climate Stations Network and Volunteer T&P Stations Network review team), January 2002 - September 2002 Acting Manager, Monitoring Science & Strategies Division (AMWSD/MSC), May 1-20 and July 8-19 and August 19-27, 2002 (inclusive) Manager, Monitoring Science & Strategies Division’s Downsview office (AMWSD/MSC), January 2002 - September 2002 Awards Citation of Excellence in Public Service Award, Meteorological Service of Canada, 2001 Publications – Refereed Journals Wang, X. L., Q. H. Wen, and Y. Wu, 2006:

Q: Les paquetages qui existent déjà et comportent un petit nombre de fichiers doivent adopter les commentaires docblocks avant la prochaine release.

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A: Existing packages that have only a few files are required to adopt these docblocks before the next release.

Q: Il s'agit là d'une question très importante de l'ordre du jour du désarmement et de la sécurité nationale.

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A: This is a subject of great importance in the disarmament and national security agenda.

Q: La GRC a également continué à participer à l’élaboration de la législation proposée visant à obliger légalement les fournisseurs de service de télécommunication à intégrer à leurs réseaux une capacité d’interception.

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The RCMP also continued to participate in the development of proposed legislation to compel telecommunications service providers to build interception capability into their networks.In the previous chapter, you had seen how the whole idea of starting something on my own turned up and how life changed after that. This post is in continuation of the roller coaster ride called “My Entrepreneurial Journey – Chapter 1”
Hanging-On – Last phase of My Entrepreneurial Journey
Within 5 months of me running the franchise many of other same franchisor outlets were closed (whom I had contacted before opening my outlet). The focus was still on improving footfall but there was minimal increase. Repeat customers were good but number of new customers were few.
All attempts in discussing with the franchisor was a waste of time, as they were busy in getting more investors and making believe that business was good. While the reality was almost all outlets which were opened then were steadily closing, however the number of new outlets across India were increasing. So there was no doubt they were selling better and once you paid the hefty initial investment you were just a helpless guinea pig to them.
In addition to this, the operational issues were causing another nightmare
· The good staff were moving out to newer outlets
· Menu prices were increased without intimation
· No alterations were allowed to pricing or the menu
· Outlet maintenance issues started showing up
· License issues (with local authorities)
With very minimal control on food, pricing, marketing and operational costs, the only element that I had under my control was improving customer service. But that was not helping either. The brand had taken a beating as there were a lot of negative reviews from other outlets of the same franchisor. While founders were still running behind investors all of us who had invested realized its game over.
Reality Check
After running 9 months of operations, breakeven was still a far sight. I realised that inspite of investing a lot of money to keep it operational there were zero returns. That’s when I decided to take the step to go ahead and close it.
Lessons learnt
Being a first timer to enter business I had the courage to go after the unknown which taught me some hard lessons. Every entrepreneurial journey will be riddled with challenges. If you want to have a secondary income, I would advise you to avoid the mistakes I made.
· While the concept of Franchisor/Franchisee is enticing for newcomers, remember only franchisor will make money. Unless it’s a reputed brand you would spend most of your energy creating brand awareness (which may not help your outlet directly)
· Having your own outlet with positive P&L is better than having multiple outlets with negative P&L. One of my friends said he was making more money having 4 juice shops than these franchisors opening 100’s of outlets. The franchisor was betting on the “Valuation game” at the cost of small and new entrepreneurs like me.
· Get in the game, if you want to stay for long. And try to achieve break even in 12 months. That means there are no shortcuts. You will have to be on the ground with having complete control on all operational aspects, which I didn’t have at my outlet
· There is no fixed formula. Try & test is only way forward and you should be willing to