Electric forklift batteries are durable and repairs aren't needed frequently if the battery is well maintained. When a battery is on the fritz and not acting or performing as usual, the solution may be a simple repair made by a professional the very same day. Forklift battery professionals are able to repair batteries on site to get employees back out in the warehouse as soon as possible. Technicians arrive prepared for common repairs with tools and parts stocked in work trucks and vans.

Connector Replacements

As careful as staff members may be during a shift, connectors are frequently run over and in need of replacement. Without the connector, a forklift battery cannot be plugged in to the forklift or a charger to prepare for the next shit. While this is an easy repair offered on site, it's an urgent repair as a truck is currently unavailable for use. Call immediately as same day service is available for connector replacement or repair.

Cable Replacement

Cables are the lifeline of batteries and are critical to top performance. If a cable is cut or damaged OSHA safety standards are violated and employees can be at risk of electrical shocks and shortages. A shortage can damage cells leaving the battery in need of full replacement or much larger repairs. Cables are replaced by a professional who burns off the lead head and burns a new cable onto the battery.

Cell Replacement

Forklift batteries are made up of many individual cells depending on the size of the battery. A battery that begins shorting or having a significantly shorter run time during a shift may need a cell replacement. A professional can use a special instrument to read the voltage output of each individual cell. If a cell has a below average or abnormal output reading it may be best to replace the cell to achieve normal run times during shifts. Cell replacement for industrial batteries can be done on site in a short amount of time ensuring you have all trucks available for operation.

Similar to a car, batteries are durable and can be repaired to a like new condition. Repairs are an affordable option and plausible alternative to purchasing a new forklift battery. Seeking a professional for forklift battery repairs should be done as soon as a problem arises to not only preserve the battery, but for safety reasons. A faulty battery may violate workplace standards and put employees at risk.

Leverage is a key word that can make the difference between Joe’s bathroom service and Apple. This is such a strong concept that it really needs to be studied and implemented. Multipliers puts this into perspective and shows via research that leaders that are Multipliers get double the productivity and genius out of their people then “Diminishers” do.

Why is this important to me?

This is critical because everybody complains that they are too busy. It is the proverbial bull shit excuse to not get the important stuff done. If you can learn to leverage your people by learning to become a multiplier then your organization and your career will blossom.

According to Gallup, organizations with engaged employees grow their earnings per share 4 times faster than organizations with disengaged employees. Think another way that your organization with 50 people will produce more than an organization will 100 people. This to me is a no brainer to study and implement.

If you have watched some of my other summaries then you know I am a fan of “Inversion”. This book studies both sides and the main hindrance to being a multiplier is Ego and Control.

This book is broken down into 7 key parts. The first part is the multiplier effect which we covered already. What is excellent about this book is that it is based on research. You can dive into the research questions and assumptions along with the methodology of collection. The 5 disciplines of the Multiplier are:

1. Attract and Optimize talent – The Diminisher is an Empire Builder. The Multiplier is a talent magnet. If you are in the information business like software, life sciences or other technology driven field then you know that talent is good but the correct environment is critical. Talent magnets develop and attract talent. You see this in college football all the time. The best teams continuously get the best recruits.

2. The Liberator – Creates intensity that requires best thinking – sometimes when you lead talented people, you fall into the nice guy trap. This is very dangerous. If you analyze any world class coach and talk to his players, they will tell you that they expect the best with no exceptions. This builds trust and respect. Michael Phelps coach Bob Bowman had him on the same routine for 12 years and only once let him leave 15 minutes early for a school dance. Michael wanted to be the best and his coach delivered without being a tyrant. The Multiplier is a Liberator and the Diminsher is a tyrant.

3. Extend Challenges – Multipliers know how to get the most out of their people.

They do this even though the people don’t think they can do it. This is the key. You see a person in their twenty’s running billion dollar divisions inside of Apple. Multipliers know how to lay down a challenge that is initially viewed as bigger than them and the people rise to the occasion. The Diminsher is a know-it-all and the Multiplier is a Challenger.

4. Debate Decisions – The multiplier knows how to get the best out of their team. They foster debate to come to the best decisions. The Diminisher is a Decision Maker and the Multiplier is a Debate Maker. This does not mean that Multipliers are wishy-washy. They do make decisions but they know that heated thoughtful debate will lead to a better outcome then a fast I centered decision.

5. The Investor – Instill Ownership and Accountability. Once the Multiplier sets a task to a team mate then that person owns it. They invest the project in that person and give them full accountability. Regardless of the result, then that person has to deliver. This means that the Multiplier does NOT come in and take over the project. They do watch it for progress but the accountability falls on the person who the Multiplier put in charge. As you can see this one is really hard to do. I have been guilty of this in my own business. If I give a project that I don’t know anything about then it is easier because I cannot do the task. For example we have outstanding software people. I cannot do their work so for me to give them accountability is straightforward because I cannot go in and take over. On the flip side, I do know how to sell and run enterprise accounts. My sales team is better at this than I am but I still have more of a control issue because I instinctively want to take over. The Dimisher is a Micro-manager. The Multiplier is an Investor.

Multipliers is a great book that I strongly suggest you read, regardless if you have your own organization or work for somebody else. This book will show you what the true talent is doing and if you are working for a Diminisher or worse than that the top dogs in your company are Diminishers then you are going to want to look for a new opportunity. I personally need to put these practices into place to make my company a better and more effective organization. I will start this NOW.

I hope you have found this short summary useful. The key to any new idea is to work it into your daily routine until it becomes habit. Habits form in as little as 21 days. One thing you can take away from this book is to recognize if you are a Diminisher or Multiplier. One thing to point out is that most Diminishers are very smart people. This can be their handy cap because they feel that other people won’t be able to get it done because they are not as smart. This is a very I centered and foolish assumption and will hamstring any organization that does not understand it and overcome it.

Game: What is game? Dictionary.com defines it as “a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators.”

Now there are a few major problems I see with this definition. Firstly, it’s implying that there are “a set of rules.” Now I don’t know about you, but the people I’ve been “playing” with apparently didn’t get the same “rules” that I received. My rules clearly stated that:

No Lying – You’re attempting to make a sincere connection with someone and if you lie during this all too important “dating” stage you risk misleading the other person about WHO you actually are. Not only that but if you aren’t authentic during the initial “dating” phase you might find yourself in a relationship that you are left asking “how and the heck did I end up with this person!?” Well, the reason you ended up with that person is because you were both full of crap in the beginning and instead of you both presenting your TRUE selves you presented the “movie trailer” version that only emphasizes the awesome parts and leaves out all of the stuff that sucks about you. Stuff like… “I’m a chain smoking sex addict who once avoided jail time by pleading to a lesser charge and since I wasn’t 18 I managed to keep that shit sealed and therefore you can “Google” my name all you want but you’re never going to find out I’m a psychopathic train wreck who’s going to ruin your life and your credit, until it’s too late!” Live. Laugh. Love!

Now I’m making jokes and am exaggerating (slightly) with the above scenario but stuff like that DOES happen. I’m not going to put down my life experiences but I’ve had enough to tell you that I’ve seen it first hand… and survived. I don’t want to see any of my fellow man (or women) end up in these situations. They aren’t fun and if you aren’t of solid character, can really damage your outlook towards the opposite sex. My mom once gave me some solid advice which is, “You can’t say the wrong thing to the right person.” What a concept! Think about it… you can be completely unfiltered, authentic and sincere, with ZERO fear of the outcome. What a novel idea! Imagine all of the time and energy you could save by being so completely YOU that the other person is able to make a fairly quick decision about their level of interest. They can either move forward in the relationship or figure out that there is no future romantically, in a matter of minutes!

The moral of the story… Don’t be full of crap. Be yourself. Believe in what you have to offer. If you think she looks good, tell her. If you think she’s wrong about her methods to dieting and you in fact know for sure that “consuming large quantities of laxatives is NOT the most effect way to fit into that size 3″… tell her she’s wrong. Men and women need to stop being so “agreeable” while on dates, unless it’s sincere. I’ve got an incredibly sick sense of humor. Virtually NOTHING is off limits for me when goofing around and joking. Which is ironic since the majority of my writings and advice center around spirituality, love and empathy… but that doesn’t mean that stuff isn’t funny. Have you SEEN a duck billed platypus!? Believe me, “Universe/God” has a sense of humor.

But I digress… The point is to be fearlessly YOU. Have some faith that the person sitting across from you will accept and be interested in the authentic version of you. If not… who cares!? That’s the whole point. You’re skipping through the bull and presenting the “truth” of who you are. I’m a fairly charming and intelligent dude… I’ve pursued and been in relationships with people who I KNEW weren’t going to be right for me. I was so wrapped up in the pursuit I forgot to ask myself a simple question “what happens when I actually GET them?”

Those are the messy breakups… when you have to dump someone for some shit that you ALREADY KNEW about them and you pursued them anyway. They’re going to look at you like “wtf, jerk? I told you I lost my pinky toe in a freak lawn mowing accident on our first date. But NOW it’s a problem that it’s summer and you don’t want your friends to see me in sandals because they’ll tease you about it!?” I’ve had women I began dating bring up the fact I have children well after the first date and how they, “could never be a step mom.” Wow! Thanks, probably something you could have let me know on the first date when I was showing your ass my family on Facebook.

Most relationship books and “Guru’s” are going to tell you to use a shotgun approach to dating. That might work for some but not this guy. I can’t stand sifting through person after person who I intuitively knew I wouldn’t get along with. But some writer some where wrote in FHM magazine that it’s the “best approach” and so here I am sitting across from my 4th awful date this week. Now, if this method works for you… kudos! Continue doing it. I on the other hand prefer using a sniper like approach. What is the “sniper approach” you may ask? I target potential mates early on. Obviously, the looks are important. However, for me it’s much more important to see what kind of character a woman has. I want to know what’s beyond the 2 lbs of makeup and self tanner. I’ve dated/married “beautiful” women, who’ve appeared in magazine pages and runways around the country. Bleh… Show me something. I want more. The looks are a wonderful bonus but I don’t want to find myself riding in the car with you after 6 months, thinking “I wonder if I’m going slow enough for her to tuck and roll with minimal injury, so I won’t have to listen to anymore of her idiocy?”

I find it hilarious that men are deathly afraid of this mythical place called “The Friendzone” *boogity boogity!*. If your goal is just to “hook up” or “casually date” then yes, this isn’t the place you want to find yourself. However, if you’re looking for a legitimate “long term relationship”. The “Friendzone” is EXACTLY where you want to be. Men who can’t escape the friendzone simply don’t know how to project enough confidence and self-esteem to create attraction and sexual tension. If you want help with that you’re going to have to read a different article. I’m making the assumption that you already know how to flirt and create that type of sexual energy. The beautiful thing about the friend zone is that you’re allowing someone in and you’re both being authentic. There isn’t any ulterior motives or expectations. It allows you both to decide, based on that friendship whether they’re someone you want to wake up next to for the rest of your lives. Essentially what I’m saying is, start introducing yourself to and making friends with, people you find attractive. That way if you DO decide they’re someone you’d like to pursue later on, you don’t have to worry about being attracted to them. I LOVE the friendzone. Every meaningful, worthwhile relationship I’ve had, began that way.

I’m going to leave you with a few simple words. Be authentic. Be sincere. Be fearless and most of all have fun. Men/Women love to be around people who make them feel good about who they are and the easiest way to accomplish that is by having a good, positive vibe.

Finding love is impossible because love finds you. Learn to love you and you’ll find that you become an irresistible, magnetic force for quality mates.

Hey man,

I’ll tell you exactly what you need to do to make your wife like giving you oral sex. First, the question is – why is it that she doesn’t like giving you oral right now? Here are a couple of reasons that are stopping your wife from giving you oral:

1. Your are an animal, and when she gives you oral you RAM it down her throat like a raging bull. Stop doing that, it makes her puke. She can’t deep throat, yet.

2. You’re just too hairy. Hey, it’s not easy to give oral to a dude when pubic hair is staying in her tongue and between her teeth all the time. So go shave, shit and shower. It will help you get more oral from your wife.

3. She’s really bad at it. She’s bad at giving oral, and she knows it. So she doesn’t want to humiliate herself in front of you. That might be the case, but probably isn’t.

4. She thinks that giving you oral sex isn’t worth the effort. Her “Blow job ROI” is just not worth it. So she doesn’t want to invest in that “share.” More on that later.

If your wife ever gave you oral sex in the past, and then stopped once you got married, or somewhere along the years, it’s probably because of reason #4. You became BORING, and probably lazy to please her back. She doesn’t see the benefit from giving you oral. The “Why?” or “What’s in it for me?” just isn’t big enough. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Sure, some women love giving oral to their guy, but they love it for a REASON. Here are a couple of reasons why women like giving oral:

1. It makes them feel powerful to give oral sex to a powerful man. If you’ve got power, you get more oral sex. It’s a fact. I could prove it to you with a mathematical calculation.

2. If she LOVES this guy, and wants to make sure that he doesn’t look for oral sex somewhere else.

3. If she’s a natural “pleaser” and loves “serving” other people, giving makes her feel good about herself.

4. She is really good at it, and people like doing what they are good at. Especially if it makes you love her back for it.

So, how do you use this information to your advantage? And how do you get your wife to like giving you oral, and stop doing it out of a “chore” or as a “job” on your anniversary?

1. Become more powerful. Work on yourself to become great at something. Make more money, do whatever you can to become more self-confident. This will make you more attractive to other women, which will also make you more attractive to your wife. Which will make her feel insecure and she’ll want to give you oral sex out of fear of losing you.

2. Work out. Women prefer giving oral sex to a guy that’s fit than to a 300 pound pig. Lose the stomach. It will get you more oral sex, and you’ll feel better about yourself. Don’t be lazy.

3. Eat her out. Better than ever. It’s the rule of reciprocity, if you eat her out like a champ, she’ll feel obliged to “pay you back.” Don’t expect getting anything if you give none, especially if what you give is worse than what she can get on average from any other guy.

CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF CANCER

Parasites and Cancer

Many people are familiar with the great works and writings of Hulda Clark, author of The Cure For All Cancers. Do I agree that parasites cause cancer? NO! However, parasites may be implicated and involved in cancer as parasites can greatly survive in anaerobic environments.

Like many other individuals who practice wholistic and naturopathic modalities (and with great and miraculous results), Hulda Clark was ran out of the country by the federal U.S. government medical regulatory body (criminals, terrorists, tyrants) – FDA (Food & Drug Administration). She now operates in Mexico where most of your good alternative cancer clinics are located.

The Sun and UV Rays

The false notion that God’s sun in the heavens causes skin cancer is absurd. The earth and everything on it is dependent upon the sun, so how in the world can the natural sun be the cause of cancer (abnormal cell activity and growth)?

No, it is the fact that the sun penetrates the skin and boils the toxins in the blood which causes skin cancer. The sun is merely cooking the toxins underneath the skin. The sun itself is not causing cancer. This is absurd!

If the sun causes skin cancer, how come animals don’t get skin cancer? This is something to think about! The only thing the sun causes is natural vitamin D production in the skin and a tanning of the skin for certain light or fair-skinned individuals. However, Rev. Phil Valentine is 100% correct when he says our sun is now a purging sun instead of a healing sun due to all the poisons now circulating in the earth’s atmosphere. When you think about it, man has done a lot of damage to the very planet he lives on and that sustains him. Surely man is at a loss!

Caucasians generally suffer from skin cancer because of the lack of melanin (dark pigmentation) in their bodies. However, Caucasians still need natural sunlight. They do not need or require long durations of direct sunlight, just a few hours of sunlight, especially in the morning. The best sunlight (for all of us) to get is in the morning with the rising sun. Why do you think every news station has a weather report telling you what time the sun rise and sets? This is done for those health conscious individuals who get direct sunlight every morning (from their glasshouses).

One should not think melanin is a guaranteed protector of skin cancer because heavily melanated individuals (Africans, Black people) are also developing and dying of skin cancer just like white people, although not at the same rate. Cancer is not a race thing! It doesn’t discriminate. Every human being is subject to cancer.

Diet

Diet, a poor diet, undoubtedly plays a pivotal role in cancer. The greatest so-called food-based causation of cancer is MEAT. I have been saying for years that protein malutilization is the number one dietary causative factor of cancer.

It is a medical and scientific fact that eating cooked foods raises white blood cells (leukocytes) in the body. White blood cells only increase when a so-called foreign invader or substance is in the body. These cells do not attack the so-called foreign invader or substance but actually sacrifice themselves to protect the red blood cells. Yes, white blood cells sacrifice themselves for the benefit of red blood cells.

Why does eating cooked meat raise the white blood cells count in the body? Simply because MEAT is foreign to the human body and should not be in the human body.

The more you cook the flesh (meat), the greater your chances for cancer, especially colon and rectal cancer. African-Americans have the highest incidence of colon and rectal cancer because they cook their meat more “well done” than any other group or race of people.

I used to always wonder as a teen why many white people ordered their meat cooked “rare” and almost raw at restaurants. They knew something Blacks still don’t know today. Heat produces carcinogens, especially the heat from barbecuing. And nobody barbecues more than Black folks. Black people, generally, love a good barbecue. Give them some pork ribs, some music, some brew (beer) and alcohol, and a set of dominoes and it’s on and poppin’! Let me stop stereotyping! Naw, I’m just having some fun being real because the above scenario is true, generally-speaking, and plus, I witnessed this firsthand from family members and friends growing up.

What the overwhelming majority of Black people (and all other people, for that matter) don’t know about barbecuing and its carcinogenic effect is that when you cook slaughtered animal flesh (meat) on an open grill, the juice from the meat (which is usually beef, chicken and pork) falls on the charcoal briskets and converts into HAs (Hetero-cyclic amines) which in turn rises in the form of smoke and deposits itself in the source flesh (meat) and creates a new substance called PAH (Poly-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon). Basically, this is cooked-originated cancer.

Meat lacks enzymes unlike fruit and vegetables, so therefore, meat inhibits the digestive process by sitting in the colon (causing constipation) and just rotting and putrefying. Nothing causes fouler flatulence (gas) and stools than meat does.

Meat sits in the colon and rectum and just rots and decay. This process causes the cells to become abnormal and the result is cancer of the colon and/or rectum.

A meat eater (disillusioned herbivore acting as a carnivore) would be very wise to periodically perform enemas and go get a series of colonics (hydrotherapy) performed to help flush the intestinal tract of decayed animal flesh (meat), mucoidal plaque, and worms and parasites.

Yes, yes, yes! Meat is a serious causative factor of cancer, especially colon and rectal cancer. You like eating: steak, pork ribs, pork chops, lamb chops, fried chicken, pastrami, hamburger, Deli slices (salami, bologna, etc.); ham, turkey, and fish? Just understand the risk involved.

Did you know that many of your commercial so-called foods contain industrial products? Supermarket cupcakes and other pastries may contain propylene glycol which is used in car antifreeze. Now what in the hell is an industrial chemical doing in so-called food? Check your ingredients, People!

And these so-called cooking oils – soybean oil, corn oil, vegetable oil, lard, cottonseed oil, palm or palm kernel oil, and canola oil, are deleterious to human health. Many so-called foods are cooked in these oils and at very high temperatures. Nothing is alive that has been cooked in oils at temperatures ranging from 400-1200 degrees. To be technical, nothing cooked at a temperature of more than 118 degrees is alive. If a thing is dead at 118 degrees, then you tell me what the thing is at 800 or 1200 degrees.

Americans are paying for all of their so-called luxury foods and habits. All the Starbucks coffee, smoking cigars and cigarettes, eating cheap fast food burgers and fries; pastries (pies, donuts, cookies and cakes); acidic beverages, especially the effervescent ones (soda pop – Coca Cola, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew, Sprite, etc.); and the new pseudo energy drinks (Red Bull, Turbo Charge, etc.); lattes and cuppacinos; quick snack/junk foods (potato chips, crackers, popcorn, etc.), etc, etc. ARE DOING AMERICANS IN!

Pulling up to Micky D’s (McDonald’s), Burger King (Booger King), Taco Bell (Taco Hell), H. Salt Fish & Chips (H. Salt Fish and Shit), Chick-Filet (Shit-Filet), Kentucky Fried Chicken (Kentucky Fried Shit-ken), Harold’s Chicken (Harold’s Shit-ken), Wendy’s (Farty’s), Jack-N-The Box; Krispy “Casket” Crème donuts, etc. and ordering death from their menus will eventually do you in. This stuff is not food, People! The ingredients used in these fast food products will eventually kill you. Just watch the movie “Super Size Me.” The dude in this movie almost died from just eating McDonald’s stuff/junk alone for one month. Now you may not eat at McDonald’s everyday, but you may be supplementing McDonald’s with other fast foods which ingredients are just as dangerous as McDonald’s which was displayed in “Super Size Me.”

The so-called foods your child(ren) is being served at the Public Fool System (Public School System) is just as insalubrious as the crap sold at fast food restaurants. These schoolhouse meals are laced with genetically engineered foods, SUGAR, and chemical additives which negatively impact learning and behavior. Watch the documentary entitled “Hidden Dangers In Kids Meals” (www.GMFreeSchools.org)

The same thing applies for the foods served in American penal institutions and corrections facilities. It’s all crap to keep the people deaf, dumb and blind and DEGENERATE!

There is a food conspiracy in the U.S. which helps to dumb us down, to make us frightened and fearful (just like many of these animals we are unwisely consuming), to enhance stress in our lives, to weaken and debilitate us, to make us savage more savage, violent and brutal; to make us more fleshly and lustful, and to change our demeanor and attitudes.

The lack of real foods containing life force (aura), enzymes, nutrients (minerals, so-called vitamins), chlorophyll (liquid sunlight), and fiber is causing premature death due to cellular degeneracy predicated upon oxygen and alkaline deficiency.

continues in PART 3

The first step to making a drift run look cool is driving a cool looking car. This article will focus on how you can make your car stand out in the eyes of spectators as well as judges. After all, you can run the best line of the day but if your car looks like a pile of shit than nobody is going to care. Even if you win a competition you still have to go home looking like a loser.

The first step to properly styling a drift car is choosing an overall theme that all parts will sort of fall under. Are you going for a street styled, clean and simplistic look? Or do you prefer mad radical and in your face track-car style that screams "look at me!"? There are all sorts of happy mediums between the two, but every part on your car must flow with the overall theme that you should have picked out before assembling parts. You must have a vision of what everything will look like assembled and complete.

Once you have an overall theme picked out the first step to properly styling a drift car is choosing what aero you will go with. If you are thinking of going with a more street styled and clean lined theme, then something like Vertex aero with minimalistic lines and clean styling is a great choice. Pair a subtle front bumper with some very clean and simple side skirts, and your car will be sure to impress everyone. Once you have the fronts figured out, a rear bumper that completes the clean and street look should be picked out. In a street styled car, a rear wing is entirely optional. Some people like to run no wing and let the aero and wheels do the talking. Some prefer to run a very clean lip wing such as the Supermade, which is my personal favorite. Another very cool option is the GP sports three piece lip wing which combines a center section with two side pieces on the fenders to give a low profile and sleek accent to subtle and street styled aero.

Once the front bumper, sideskirts, rear bumper, and rear wing have been chose, a you must choose what fenders to go with. Usually with a street styled theme you should try to pick some sort of widebody fenders that aren't super aggressive but still allow easy changing when crashes and love-touches happen on track. Twenty millimeter fenders out front and fifty millimeters out back is a typical setup for a street styled car. Some drivers even prefer to stick with stock metal fenders but the reparability and functionality often suffers. Fenders are often overlooked but can truly make or break the overall presence of a drift car. Too narrow and the car looks timid and weak. Too wide for the aero you run and the cars look bulgy and out of place.

If you want to go with a track styled and very loud and obnoxious drift car theme than there are countless options waiting for you. The most ridiculous and obscene aero that most people think of is BN Sports. BN lines are extremely flared and often extend a cars overall width by up to 6 inches. A flared front bumper paired with flared side skirts and rear bumper scream for attention and make the car look similar to a hovercraft. Some other wild and crazy aero companies are Works9 and Origin, both offering similar styled kits that are known for being loud and crazy. The common theme for a track styled car is to go as wide as possible and have very sharp, flat lines that help accentuate super wide wheels that extend far beyond even wide fenders.

Usually on track styled cars people tend to run GT wings with giant stays at least 10 inches tall. A GT wing is anything that has detachable stays that place the wing plane high above the roof line of the car. A common theme to make your drift car look wider and cooler is running the wing stays extremely far apart from each other, sometimes even out on the fenders. Another way to make your car stand out is to run custom stays with crazy designs and patterns cut into them. Some people run shooting stars, crazy patterns, or simple little cut outs with simple cuts to reduce weight while still retaining structural integrity. Occasionally people will shy away from GT wings and run something super bad ass such as the 326 power wing. This wing is extremely aggressive and has fang type side plates that extend down almost to the quarter panels. This allows a driver to stay away from strict GT wings but still keep an extremely aggressive look that intimidates other drivers.

After the main accessories have been chosen, the next step to finalizing your aero choices is to pick out all of the details. In a street styled car a roof wing is typically a good call, keeping things fresh and clean without going over the top. A roof wing also can look cool with a GT wing because it helps divert some of the attention away from it. People have also been known to run small lip wings along with roof wings and GT wings, sort of the trifecta idea. Another common detail is the use of canards on the front and rear bumpers. Although originally used in strict time attack racing the use of canards can increase the aggressiveness of both subtle and radical aero.

Women are extremely socially perceptive. From time to time, a woman will use manipulation tactics in order to collect information about who you as a man. All women test men, whether they're aware of it or not. And more often than not, the male quality being tested is your ability to cope with her behavior. If you can't handle a woman's tests, how can she trust you to cope with the relationship when the shit really hits the fan?

To get a reaction out of you, a woman might put on a cold exterior, she might act moody, or she might act like a spoiled little brat. The important thing is to NOT react emotionally and get pulled into her test.

Don't take things that women say at face value. Look past the content and distractions. Always ask yourself, "What's really going on here?"

For example, let's say you walk approach a girl in a bar and within seconds she says "I have a boyfriend." For most guys, this would be enough for them to give up and move on to another target.

Only a small percentage of men will not be fazed by the "I have a boyfriend" comment. Whether or not she's telling the truth does not matter. What's important is how you deal with the situation.

Of course, there are times when she will have a boyfriend, but that does not mean she does not want to go home with you. She may very well be interested in a one night stand because her nice guy boyfriend is lousy in bed. Or maybe she's only keeping her boyfriend around because he's her walking ATM machine.

The next time a woman tells you she has a boyfriend, say something like: "That's great! I hate it when I'm talking to a woman who doesn't tell me right away that she's in a relationship."

I might even give her a high five here if the energy feels right.

This conveys that you've got balls, giving you a bad boy edge.

Another example, let's say you're in the club and a hot babe asks you "Can you buy me a drink?"

Again, this is a simple test that most men fail. Whether or not you buy her the drink does not matter. What's important is that you deal with the situation while maintaining your personal power:

"Sure, I'll buy you a drink … and you'll buy me the next one, right?"

In other words, YOU test the woman.

Women are tired of being able to walk over men. Women use tests to make their life easier. It's not so much about being dishonest as it is necessary. It's her way of filtering out the predictable and boring nice guys.

A woman simply needs to know that she's dealing with a real man, and not a boy. Once you've commanded respect by passing her little tests, she will let her guard down, revealing the warmer side of her personality.

1. How did you get started as an emcee?

-It all started with the LL cool J I’m bad LP that my brother let me hear

2.Your first nickname used to be K-Stone. How and why did you change it to Dogmatic?

-I was very young as K-stone like 8Th grade through high school but as I got older I grew out of that name an image so I chose a name that more suited me as an adult and that would keep me relevant for the new millennium. The name Dogmatic came from my mom its what she called me an my dad for having so many girlfriends so i made the switch.

3. When did you meet Proof and to what extent did he affect your musical style?

-I met Proof in 1991 in a freestyle session over our boy an emcee B-def’s house, when I heard his wacky style it defiantly open me up to something new

4. Tell me a little bit about your Promatic album.

-It was hot it was fun an definitely before its time a real classic piece an some Proofs best work

5. What inspired you to create the Do What I Wanna Do video?

-well the song of course, plus Proof wanted to do something different an crazy so when i saw the treatment for the video i had to shoot it but really my first choice for our video was the song live but we were having to much fun to do that

6. Define your style within a few words…

-if you would have asked me this last year i probably would have said street gully but now the answer is just true hip hop in its purest form

7. What is your 8 Mile Chronicles CD all about?

-It was about getting all the shit I been through in Detroit and in the rap game off my chest

8.Proof s death affected most of us. What are your thoughts on the tragic event that deprived us from a brilliant emcee?

-I will always be be in pain from that tragedy that cheated us all it set me back emotionally plus changed me morally, but matured me a whole lot, i really wish i could change it or had been there to stop it from happening but I can t. I know he’s watching though and I will keep making him proud an let his voice be heard help take care of his family and keep Promatic alive.

9.Tell me a little bit about the Sick Notes label.

-I started Sicknotes ent. in 2000 with my nephew Witt an our friend pep some of our production credits are Promatic, the virus,D12 world, Obie trice, Proof’s searching for Jerry Garcia, Bizarre’s handy cap circus, 8mile chronicles, an more recently my new mix tape CD the reality show, an you’ve probably heard some of our tracks on VH1’s the white rapper show and MTV’s Big an Rob

1O. What are your thoughts about the local Detroit scene?

-We have all the talent, we just need more love…

11. What are your biggest musical influences?

-All the old Motown stuff and the classic hip hop like run dmc, LL Cool J, Rakim & Eric B, P.E., EPMD, NWA, B.D.P., Nas, 2PAC,

12. Which artist do you respect most and why?

-Nas for carrying on tradition in hip hop, Master P for showing us our value an how to get it, Dr.Dre for giving us a quality standard in hip hop production, ice cube for showing us how to go from gangsters to business men, 2PAC for his pro blackness an teaching us to love ourselves Andre3000(from Outkast) for being original an teaching the kids, and KRS1 for educating us

13. What are your musical projects for 2007?

-There’s a lot in the works a Dogmatic Lp, an a mix tape (the reality show), an of course a new Promatic LP, Promatic mixtape and dvd

14. What accomplishment are you the most proud of?

-I would have to say my 2nd K-stone LP 313 it really changed shit in the D its what started that saying 313 in Detroit an all over the world people using area calls to represent their city, hands down that’s my greatest accomplishment yet in hip hop starting the slang 313!

After scrolling through my Instagram feed a couple of months ago, viewing pic after spectacular pic of the magnificence that is Colorado State, I decided I had to witness it with my own eyes. I booked a ticket post haste and 2 months later, I was sitting on a flight from Perth to L.A (Actually Perth-Sydney-Auckland-L.A), in gleeful anticipation of what was to come. Not only was I going to going to be immersed in the beautiful landscape of Colorado, a bucket list destination for years, I was meeting up with an amazing girl who I couldn’t stop thinking about. Yeh, it was a long flight.

After spending a couple of days in L.A with a mate from previous Cambodian escapades, I was back at LAX, Colorado bound. On the flight into Denver, I couldn’t keep my eyes off the window overlooking the spectacular terrain we were flying over. I may have actually been drooling slightly, a combination of nature-lust and sleep-deprived delirium. I met up with the gorgeous girl previously mentioned and we hired a car at the airport, crashing in Denver for the night. We were ready to head West in the a.m.

Cruising over to Breckenridge in the morning, we were greeted over the first ridge by large timber estates perched atop the rolling landscape. These were mingled amongst pretty pine and grand oak trees. Prime real estate in anyone’s book. Then it started snowing… Neither of us had ever driven in the snow before so a bit of excitement kicked in as usually the case with fresh experiences.

First trip in ‘Breck’ was up to the beautiful Hanging Lakes which only took a couple of hours return and was pretty crowded the whole way. The highlight for me was having a ‘shower’ under an ice cold waterfall at the top. Cold is a pretty decent understatement, that shit was bone-chilling.

The next day I passed up an amazing opportunity to go white water rafting to climb one of Colorados infamous ’14ers’, mountains reaching above 14,000′ (4,240m for those of us who use the correct form of measurement). Even though the weather was sketchy at best, it was what I came to Colorado to do, I couldn’t let the opportunity pass. I chose the East route on Quandry Peak as my target due to it’s relatively straightforward path and lack of technical challenges.

Calling in at a local outdoor recreation store the morning of the climb, I picked up a pair of snow-shoes, what I was informed to be a necessary piece of equipment with conditions as they were ( As you can see, I was well prepared..) It was mid-May but the snow had lasted and hung around, falling well passed the traditional ski season. Unusual weather patterns appeared to be a common trend on this trip, Hollywood Boulevard was flooded and Texas also had a combination of deadly floods and a tornado upon my arrival.

I was dropped off at the base of Quandry mid-morning and off I went ( This is really not recommended as an early start tends to avoid the storms that develop later in the day). There were a couple of people in the carpark strolling around but otherwise I was completely alone on the mountain for the entire duration. I guess that’s not a good sign for what’s considered a fairly popular hike. Luckily there was a fairly well snow-packed path leading up the first half and I was able to follow at least some form of tracks right up to the top.

30 odd minutes into the hike it started snowing and didn’t really let up until well into the descent. It wasn’t overly heavy but combined with the wind which kicked up beyond the tree line, it made for a chilly journey. When I did reach the treeline, I was confronted with a fairly ominous looking scene. The neighbouring peaks to the south were veiled in dark cloud and it wouldn’t be too long before Quandry too, was engulfed.

Pushing on, I and managed to reach the top around 2 1/2 hours after starting. By this time the cloud had well and truly rolled in and the top portion of the mountain was in the midst of a pretty decent white-out. I’d heard plenty about this phenomenon before (mostly advice to avoid them at all costs) and I was a little giddy to have another new experience under the belt. That lasted until I realised, I could hardly see my feet.

It was hard to follow any of the tracks I left on the ascent so I was left to blindly stumble down, hoping I was going in the right direction. Luckily the Eastern route on Quandry is a fairly gentle slope void of any cliffs or drop-offs, so I was fairly safe in that regard. I still wanted to avoid getting completely lost however, as I had no inkling where I was or where any other roads or paths lead that surrounded the mountain. Not much luck in that regard..

I managed to get down off the ridge and was back to having vision of the world surrounding me. Realising I was off path but thinking I might stumble back across it at some point, I reached the tree-line again and found some ski-tracks I thought would lead me to where I wanted to go. Wrong. They took off in another direction entirely, by which time I was so lost, I kept following them anyway, hoping they’d eventually lead to a road or the start of a different route.

The problem was, nobody had been walking this way so there was no snow-pack. It was also early afternoon, meaning the snow was getting all soft and slushy. Excellent hiking conditions. It really is terrible stuff snow. It gets you all excited and joyful when you first see it again, but it doesn’t take long for reality to set in and to remember what a bastard of a substance it really is.

It was a constant battle getting back down the mountain. I was potholing every step, often falling waist deep into the white slushy goodness. Several times I had to reach down and pull my snowshoe out by hand, it having been lodged a metre or more under the surface. Yes I was wearing snowshoes, that’s how soft it was. Luckily there were a few small trees I could use to pull myself out with, I have no idea how I would’ve actually managed otherwise.

The ski tracks eventually led me back down to the start of the route I came up on and I wearily walked out onto the road to wave down a passing car. The descent had taken me just as long as it had to get up originally. A nice old lady picked me up and after a very enthused rant on the Amish, dropped me straight off at a local watering hole. That proceeded to be a very messy night.

*Be sure to check out this article with pictures at 7summitsproject.com

Programming is a bit of mystery to people. It breeds a lot of distrust in an organization. In general, when you don’t understand what it takes to make something, anything seems plausible. You might think a house can be built in couple of weeks if you’ve never gone through the process. In truth they probably could finish construction in that time, but not as a sustainable business. If you watch a house being built and track the progress, you can physically see the foundation being poured, the framing of the structure and so on. It’s easy to understand because you physically see it. Writing code for a computer application or a Web site isn’t so apparent.

Code is invisible to everyone but the programmer. It’s like the magic that takes place behind the curtain. Any team has to just trust a programmer about what is and what isn’t doable. The best course of action, estimates, and progress updates are all subject to the programmer’s opinion. There’s plenty of Type A personalities that have trouble with this, but it goes deeper.

First issues arise when a client decides what they want and when they need it by. Sales people want to sell. Telling the client they have unreal expectations doesn’t close sales. And holy shit, is that a recipe for disaster. I have seen account service cut estimates in half and move money around to accommodate their sale and their commission. At the end of the day it looks like the programmers are screwing up. They do it because it’s easy to blame the programmers.

They don’t teach office politics in school. They should, but that’s a different story all together. A programmer has to be quietly focused doing mental gymnastics to produce clean working code. It’s difficult and takes all your energy. There’s no time to run around to see whose throwing you under the bus. The games account service plays have consequences.

At a previous agency I worked at, I saw a 7 figure project go down in flames. Who caused the problem? Was it the group of industry leading programmers who worked 70 plus hour weeks to accommodate the client’s arbitrary schedule or was it the account service people who agreed to everything the client asked.

I don’t want to say programmers never cause issues. If you have ever seen the TV show Seconds From Disaster, catastrophic problems arise from a mix of people not doing their jobs. But, I did see the programmers doing their work. Not sure what everyone else was doing.

So what did the agency think? They laid off (fired) every one of those programmers. All the account service however, still works there. After that demoralizing death march, no one wanted to be there anyway.

The programmer’s path to hell is paved with the word yes. In order to police their own world they have to be vigilant about what is feasible. Being analytical, they usually put a lot of effort into an estimate. From what I have seen, it’s usually more effort than most put forth because they’re adept at thinking through multiple scenarios. Unfortunately, I have seen good estimates ignored or challenged. The more realistic they are, the more it is scrutinized from some reason.

It’s tough going back to the client with a set of realistic expectations. It makes closing far more difficult. You run the risk of someone else agreeing to the work (who will fail). But the programmer’s job isn’t any less difficult. Actually, they are the one group of people who are capable of understanding all of it. They know the code and they know the business problem. They may not be good at managing clients, but they certainly can understand what’s going on.

Trust your programmers. They are not only engineers and craftsmen, but businessmen as well. They will know from experience what happens to client relationships when someone makes promises no one can keep.