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  1. The Broke Ass Cartel Extorts Citizens For Every Tree That Provides Shade


    https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/04/the-broke-ass-cartel-extorts-citizens.html
     

    Cartels charge a new “tax” per tree to protect themselves from the sun in Tamaulipas

    Los Ciclones and Los Metros, divisions of the Gulf Cartel, impose fees on families for each tree that shades a home in that hot area.

    Starting in March, a cool house in times of drought or heatwave is a privilege that only a few will be able to enjoy on the border in Tamaulipas, where the cartels devised a new criminal tax.

    Three inhabitants of that region – two in the municipality of Valle Hermoso and one in Río Bravo – contacted MILENIO to reveal that the criminal groups Los Ciclones and Los Metros, divisions of the Gulf cartel, already charge families for each tree that shadows a home in that hot part of Mexico.

    “I'm clear about when this happened, because it was the day after my husband's birthday: March 27th. Some people arrived who said they were from 'La Empresa' (Los Ciclones) and told us that from now on they were going to charge for the trees in the houses. They forced their way in and they told me four, even a small one that shadows the dog when it lies on the ground, out there in the cold,” complains Graciela, whose real name has been changed at her request.

  2. Landscaper friends- how can I tell what type of Bermuda grass I have? I called to get some delivered for a backyard area I need to sod. They said they had three different kinds…when I look online it’s difficult to tell.

  3. 11 minutes ago, zman13 said:

    Not too much time in Tokyo.

    Figure out what kind of experience you want in Tokyo. It's such as huge city with so much to see, you can do almost anything. 

    Do you want museums and temples? Alley bars and street food? Catch your fish restaurants and parasite museum? 

    Want to head to a day or overnight trip to Mt. Fuji. Is it possible in a day or should we stay a night near there. I heard it’s a beautiful area.

    will for sure be hitting street food…any thoughts on that and seafood if you’ve got them. Thank you!

  4. Headed out in a month. Ten nights. Flying in and out of Tokyo.

    Current thoughts:

    Tokyo 3 nights

    Kyoto 3 nights

    Osaka 2 nights

    Tokyo 2 more nights

    Too much Tokyo? I don’t mind staying longer in three or two cities instead of four…and I also don’t wan to try and “see everything” in my first visit.

    Any thoughts appreciated.

     

     

  5. On 3/26/2024 at 12:49 AM, Hank_Hill said:

    Heading to Tokyo and Kyoto in 2 weeks. Have done frighteningly minimal planning for me. Live in Hawaii so we will be back a couple more times so not that concerned. Doing 4 days centered in shinbashi —> 3 days Kyoto —> 3 days in Shinjuku to finish. Doing team lab, Tokyo tower, and shibuya sky so far and that’s like…all we’ve planned. Don’t mind not having an itinerary this go around but any other must sees in Tokyo? Got a list of shrines/restaurants/bars to wander to in Kyoto and Arashiyama. 
     

    edit: JK thought this was page 1 for some reason. I’ll actually fucking read or whatever.

    Headed there in two months…will be following your comments…starting to plan this weekend. Tokyo is stop #1 and doing about 10-12 days…will review these other locations including Kyoto.

    For those seasoned Japan travelers…any museum/site and food/restaurant I should book now? TIA. \m/

  6. What’s a Raid Leader (World of Warcraft) and should you hire them?

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-raid-leader-should-you-hire-them-peter-clarke/?trackingId=t%2B5cwCdJSIuZXir5uVxpBQ%3D%3D

    “When I applied for my first job back in 2008, the skills required to get my foot in the professional world's door were vastly different from what is needed today.

    I was applying to a local MGA in my hometown for a role that I later called a CSO role (Chief Scanning Officer), with a side role of 1 Sugar No Milk duties. The main skills required and developed were scanning policy documents and spotting empty coffee cups. We would receive the documents via Fax and Royal Mail from our brokers, and it was my job to scan them in and file them accordingly in our sophisticated Microsoft filing system.

    We were at a point where going "paperless" was the main innovation happening in the market, and the fact that the Underwriters could access the pdf version of documents in a searchable format from their computer was revolutionary.

    Fourteen years on, and I am now the one hiring young market entrants. The thought of setting them a task such as scanning seems not only belittling to them but also baffling, let alone the thought of trying to explain what a fax is and why it is useful.

    The market has, without a doubt, progressed from those days (although paperless is still beyond the reach of some companies). With this progress comes the need for new skills and a different type of CV to what I pulled together all those years ago.

    Being captain of the rugby team and on the debating society were considered great extra-curricular activities to mention, they still are—however, the thought of putting down my Zelda or Golden Eye gaming skills would have been laughable.

    While I am in no shape or form a 'Gamer' myself, I am more and more admiring the skills of those who play these games and what they can bring to the professional world.

    Being able to network online and successfully perform collaborative tasks while never having had face-to-face contact, develops skills that are not only more relevant but will be invaluable to organisations going forward as we adopt a more digital way of working and networking.

    After a recent conversation with a young professional who happens to be a "Raid Leader" in World of Warcraft, I'll share some of what I found fascinating about the skills that they have developed and that I desperately want in my team.

    To start with, I will explain what World of Warcraft and a Raid Leader actually is as I had no idea until a couple of months ago, and I am sure the majority of my audience are the same. World of Warcraft is an MMORPG (massively-multiplayer online role-playing game), which I am sure means as much to you as it did to me. This acronym really means that it's an online game with lots of people interacting in a continuous world.

    What are they doing? They are trying to improve their in-game character by completing collaborative tasks in exchange for rewards and the chance to take on more challenging collaborative tasks. There is plenty more going on, apparently, but that is the gist of it. Raid Leaders are the people who manage and coordinate the teams performing these collaborative tasks.

    Managing a rugby team seems like a piece of cake compared to what these raid leaders are achieving. As a further bit of background, Raid Leaders organise and guide around 25 people from all over the world through collaborative tasks, where they all work together with distinct roles and responsibilities to take down large-scale encounters (bosses)…”

     

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  7. 1 hour ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

    Can I ask where you are? It's obviously central Texas, but you look out of the city a little bit. The pool is gorgeous, but I'm digging the house and the legroom you have.

    South Austin…near 1826. Thank you. I’m on one acre.

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