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Tough tumbler: Lock-picking vs. the pandemic shutdown

The Parallax

The art of lock-picking, many of them will tell you, is hacker philosophy made real, but the longtime hacker sport has faced an uncertain future since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the world’s social gatherings. One of Gordon’s friends, California-based Eric Michaud, has a long history of lock-picking.

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#742 My Body, My Pixels: A Deep Dive on Digital Autonomy with Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law at George Mason University

Modern CTO

From 2005-2009 was the eleventh most-highly cited law professor in the fields of Commercial Law and Bankruptcy and the most-cited Commercial Law and Bankruptcy scholar under the age of 45 (at that time). From 2005-2009 he served as an elected Alumni Trustee of the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees.

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How to Develop A Growth Mindset: 5 Ways to Harness its Strength

Experience to Lead

He was USA Archery’s High-Performance Manager and an Assistant Head Coach from 2012-2016, after achieving the highest levels in the sport as an athlete. He also won a variety of other medals at the 2003 Pan Am games and the 2005 US Open. Olympic team to another sport that they decided needed another coaching spot on the team.

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Are CEOs Really Necessary Anymore?

Strategy Driven

As futurist Ray Kurzweil observed in 2005, in the near future, machine intelligence is going to exceed human intelligence. Musk’s long arc in guiding Tesla from highly-ignored sports car, which financed the luxury Model S, which, in turn, made possible the 3, is now crushing an entire global industry. Same for Elon Musk.

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4 Failure Points that Can Undermine Your Business – Failure Point 4: Don’t Close Your Ears to Experts

Strategy Driven

When we started Sports Illustrated , we didn’t make a profit for six years. In 2005, he sold USI to Johnson Controls, a Fortune 100 company, and at that point, became CEO of JCI’s Global Workplace Business for the Americas. He listened carefully as I told him about my idea for my magazine. You’ve got very lofty goals,” Dick said.

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David M. HALM – Lead Senior Consultant

Clint Padgett – Project Success

Since joining the company in 2005, he has provided consulting and other project support for clients in a wide range of industries, most prominently the heavy manufacturing industry and electric utility sector. David is a Lead/Senior Consultant with PSI.

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We’re Never Alone

Steve Farber

For 3 years, he drove his 2005 BMW F650GS Dakar single cylinder dual-sport motorcycle 63,000 miles over 5 continents and 35 countries. Leaving behind his own successful marketing company, Allan headed off on a trip around the world. By himself. On a motorcycle.

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