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In my family I am the resident dag. I don’t know the latest pop stars, I prefer not to watch 'reality' TV shows, unless it is sport, and I don’t really care what is considered in or out of fashion.It is not that I don’t listen to music or watch television; I just prefer to be entertained by talented people, not the product of an advertising and media sausage factory. It is now even difficult in Australia to find a news programme or a current affairs programme which has a high degree of

Three Ways to Improve Your Help Desk's Reputation
I recently did some consulting for a large retail company and sat in with their help desk department, which was probably the worst I have seen in my 10+ years in business. This was an internal help desk, with the end-users being employees from the various retail stores and warehouses. Not surprisingly the perception of their company’s IT support was not flattering to say the least.Some of the problems I noted were:·Poor (often rude) phone answering skills with the majority of cal

It is curious how the use of something can change over time. Like the tailbone or the appendix, many things have survived from the past that have lost all reasons to survive. Yet they do survive, clueless dinosaurs from a previous age that have adapted themselves to newer uses, becoming a croc or a lizard in the process. The lanyard, that curious piece of string that pops up in all places and comes attached with all sorts of things, is one such remnant of a previous age.

It is uncertain as to when the first lanyard came up. And for what purpose. Being basically a piece of string it could have found some useful business in a previous day. Nor can it be said with any conviction that its primary and first use were defined in the army camps of pre-modern Europe. Chances are variants of lanyard were used in other lands for other purposes – for hanging sword, or a jacket, or tugging at the beard of a hard taskmaster. However, firm claims as the inventor of this ubiquitous piece of string comes from the army and the navy only. The lanyard was originally a long piece of cord – around one meter in length – that was used to secure the jack-knife or the sword. The tradition developed of wearing the lanyard on the left shoulder attached to a jack-knife which was tucked into the left breast-pocket. The color and the position (left shoulder or right) have changed from this to that but the lanyard has maintained its ornamental position on the breasts of military men for the last many centuries – from tin-pot dictators in the interiors of Africa to stocky four-star Generals in US Army, from pretentious royal princes in funny dresses to fake presidents in Amazon jungles. Other sources maintain that the lanyard was first used to tie the fodder for the horses pulling the cannons. Later, its use deviated to pulling the fire-trigger on the artillery, a use th

How Database Approach Differs from Traditional File System Concepts?
A database is a collection of interrelated data’s stored in a database server; these data’s will be stored in the form of tables. The primary aim of database is to provide a way to store and retrieve database information in fast and efficient manner.There are number of characteristics that differs from traditional file management system. In file system approach, each user defines and implements the needed files for a specific application to run. For example in sales department of an ent

up in all places and comes attached with all sorts of things, is one such remnant of a previous age.

Leadership Defined
The buzz almost everywhere these days is about valueless leaders and corporate deception. As Allan Greenspan so aptly puts it, we are living through an era of "infectious greed." Whether what has gone on was either illegal or unethical, I'm content to let that be determined by the courts and regulators. But, there is no doubt that CEO's have been looking out for No. 1 at great expense to shareholders and the country. We are dismayed and rightly so. Too often we have witnessed those caught up

ps of pre-modern Europe. Chances are variants of lanyard were used in other lands for other purposes – for hanging sword, or a jacket, or tugging at the beard of a hard taskmaster. However, firm claims as the inventor of this ubiquitous piece of string comes from the army and the navy only. The lanyard was originally a long piece of cord – around one meter in length – that was used to secure the jack-knife or the sword. The tradition developed of wearing the lanyard on the left shoulder attached to a jack-knife which was tucked into the left breast-pocket. The color and the position (left shoulder or right) have changed from this to that but the lanyard has maintained its ornamental position on the breasts of military men for the last many centuries – from tin-pot dictators in the interiors of Africa to stocky four-star Generals in US Army, from pretentious royal princes in funny dresses to fake presidents in Amazon jungles. Other sources maintain that the lanyard was first used to tie the fodder for the horses pulling the cannons. Later, its use deviated to pulling the fire-trigger on the artillery, a use t

IT Consulting: Generate Income in the Beginning
If you are starting your own IT consulting business, you need to be generating demand, getting good leads and prospects, qualifying them, going out on sales appointments and following up on those.Do not get seduced by an aggressive sales person twisting your arm to join a channel program. Don’t get seduced by tech gadgets that don’t fill an immediate need with your paying clients.Avoid Channel ProgramsIn starting an IT consulting business, you need to be very careful that

was used to secure the jack-knife or the sword. The tradition developed of wearing the lanyard on the left shoulder attached to a jack-knife which was tucked into the left breast-pocket. The color and the position (left shoulder or right) have changed from this to that but the lanyard has maintained its ornamental position on the breasts of military men for the last many centuries – from tin-pot dictators in the interiors of Africa to stocky four-star Generals in US Army, from pretentious royal princes in funny dresses to fake presidents in Amazon jungles. Other sources maintain that the lanyard was first used to tie the fodder for the horses pulling the cannons. Later, its use deviated to pulling the fire-trigger on the artillery, a use t

The Benefits of Specific Advertising
The great Claude Hopkins (Author of Scientific Advertising) once said, “Platitudes and generalities roll off the human understanding like water from a duck. They leave no impression whatever.” To say, "Best in the world," "Lowest price in existence," etc. are at best simply claiming the expected. But superlatives of that sort are usually damaging. They suggest looseness of expression, a tendency to exaggerate, a careless truth. They lead readers to discount all the statements tha

centuries – from tin-pot dictators in the interiors of Africa to stocky four-star Generals in US Army, from pretentious royal princes in funny dresses to fake presidents in Amazon jungles. Other sources maintain that the lanyard was first used to tie the fodder for the horses pulling the cannons. Later, its use deviated to pulling the fire-trigger on the artillery, a use that continues to this day in some older systems. With its expertise with ropes and knots, the navy says the lanyard was its invention. Curiously, in the navy too it ended up at the same place – a sort of collar for the shoulder for the men in uniform. Various uses of the lanyard were devised within the camps. Some used it to tie their sabers to their wrists allowing them to fire the pistol with the same hand – the word dragoon, French in origin, derives from this usage. Later on when pistols became standard issue, the pistol was attached to the uniform with the lanyard. Everywhere we find that the lanyard stayed close to the main object of the profession of the men in uniform.

Times have changed. The adage that sounded hollow a few years back – that the pen is mightier than the sword – has fought back in favor of the wielder of intellectual resources. Today, the lanyard is seen more in the company of civilians than in the company of the men in uniform. The lanyard comes attached to the pen, the torch, the knife, the badge, the whistle and what not. As consumer gadgets get more miniaturized, everything from cell phones to iPods and digicams gain the hallowed company of the lanyard. It is a sign of the changing times that the most empowering devices (phones and cameras) are now associated with something that was similarly the companion of symbols of empowerment yesterday (swords and guns).

Not to be left behind, the metaphor of empowerment is sought by charitable cau

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