In this video I would like to talk about the Managed Services sales cycle.

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Many businesses don’t know what an MSP is, let alone why they should buy from one. But by understanding what motivates them to buy, you can start to build a steady stream of customers.

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Learn how to convert more MSP prospects by understanding their motivations. Tailor your pitch to alleviate fears, fulfill needs, and solve problems effectively.

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Boost your MSP revenue by making more offers! Learn how consistent selling, even through soft offers, can help you grow your business without the discomfort

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Timing is super important in MSP marketing. Right now, we have a unique opportunity to make sure our clients and prospects understand just how costly a lack of proper IT security can be. Keep reading for a free resource on how to take advantage of this opportunity. If there’s ever been a wake-up call for […]

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The grand discovery of alien life is likely to come in the form of frustratingly subtle chemical clues.

Tom Wolfe's classic account of the early days of spaceflight has migrated to TV, with help from some seasoned insiders.

Fact-based dramas are bringing more realistic science to the small screen, at a time when we definitely need it.

The extent of Arctic sea ice may not look as dire right now as in some recent years, but beneath the surface (literally and figuratively), there’s still plenty reason for concern.

The conditions favoring formation of Atlantic hurricanes are more extreme than ever seen before.

Herbal brain boosters are on the rise, but does science back them up? Here's some truth behind nootropics and their alleged benefits.

Magnesium-rich foods may help lower dementia risk and boost brain health, but experts agree a well rounded diet is your best bet.

Researchers found that topical treatment products containing benzoyl peroxide can degrade into the carcinogen benzene if improperly transported or stored.

As the demand for weight loss injectables soars, so too does the market for off-brand alternatives, some of which may not be safe or effective.

Getting more fiber in your diet is important. Here are some fiber-rich foods that are delicious as well as nutritious.

With over 20 quadrillion ants worldwide, ants dominate the Earth's biomass. Learn why these social insects thrive in nearly every environment.

Rodents could be used to find illicit goods at airports and harbors in places where dogs can’t easily access.

Photosynthesis has fueled life on Earth for billions of years. Learn how it shapes ecosystems, sustains life, and even aids climate models.

The Eastern U.S. started summer 2024 under a record-breaking heat dome, leaving many outdoor workers struggling with the heat.

Despite a sliver of good news in the latest monthly climate analyses, global heating continues — and the world is far from taming it.

Worried about the economy, but climate change isn't high on your list of concerns? Keep reading...

Carl Rogers, the founder of the person-centered approach, revolutionized early psychotherapy. Learn how his methods continue to change the world today.

What is the psychology behind keeping secrets? How the things we hide affect our wellbeing. Here are some ways to cope with them.

There are several reasons to feel this way, and a few ways to cope with the feeling.

Are synergistic interactions the fundamental drivers of complex cognition?

A new theory of profound psychological change.

The ethical questions raised by emerging neuro-technologies

Mapping the emotional responses to deep brain stimulation

Celebrate astronomer Maria Mitchell, observe World Water Day and prepare for Citizen Science Month

Protect bird migrations in honor of Global Big Day.

AI knowledge combined with gene-editing precision opens the way to dial-a-protein.

Can food technology really change society? Yes, just consider the seismic impact of the microwave oven.

Phones that transmit odors seem like a great idea, but careful what you wish for!

Artificial neural networks mimic human brains, but the technology has its roots in physics.

Find some of our favorite resources for the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse, including apps, video explainers, children's activities, and books.

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Los fenómenos astronómicos y terrestres que no se debe perder durante el eclipse solar total del 8 de abril de 2024.

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Antes de intentar fotografiar el eclipse con su smartphone, lea el consejo de estos expertos.

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The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of the 16th annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest.

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Listen to this tour of the stars and planets that you’ll see overhead during June. Learn how to spot three planets before dawn, and to track down a snake-handler in the early summer sky. Grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.

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Grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour. This month offers a chance to watch a dramatic coverup of the bright star Spica by the first-quarter Moon. You can also glimpse Mercury just after sunset — and Saturn very late in the evening.

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Exotic magnetars make brief, powerful flashes of radio waves — but a new discovery suggests there may be more than one way to make a magnetar.

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Coalition Senate floor alert in opposition to California SB-1081

The California Senate will vote this week on a bill to automatically register register draft-age applicants for driver’s licenses and state IDs with the Selective Service System for a possible future military draft.

The floor vote in the state Senate on SB-1081 is expected this week and could come at any time.

[Update: The Senate voted 23-2 in favor of SB-1081, with 15 Senators not voting. The Senate approved minor amendments to the bill by its author, which make the bill somewhat worse. The bill now goes to the state Assembly Committee on Transportation, where it is scheduled for a hearing on Monday, 1 July 2024. See this letter to the Assembly Transportation Committee in opposition to the current version of SB-1081.]

SB-1081 was held in the 'suspense' file by the Senate Appropriations Committee, but was called up and sent to the floor for a vote by the full state Senate despite both Democratic and Republican opposing votes in committee, with only minor amendments that fail to assuage any of the opponents of the bill.

As amended, SB-1081 is still opposed by a diverse coalition including the ACLU, the California Immigrant Policy Center, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild.

Yesterday, during markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to the NDAA that would automatically register all draft-aged male U.S. residents with the Selective Service System for a possible military draft, based on information from other Federal databases.

This system of automatic draft registration would replace the system in effect since 1980 in which young men can decide for themselves whether or not to sign up for the draft -- and so many choose not to register that the Selective Service database would be useless for an actual draft.

"Firestorm erupts over requiring women to sign up for military draft", reads the headline on a story today on TheHill.com.

Unfortunately, that firestorm amounts mostly to an exchange of sound bites and social-media posts, not a real debate, much less a hearing with independent witnesses, in either the House or Senate. It focuses on the proposal included in the Senate version of the annual National Defense [sic] Authorization Act (NDAA) to expand registration with the Selective Service System to include young women as well as young men, rather than on what may be a more significant proposal in the House version of the same bill to try to make draft registration automatic by basing the list of potential draftees on information aggregated from other Federal records rather than provided by registrants themselves -- denying potential draftees the chance to indicate their opposition to being drafted, and to obstruct the mobilization for total war, by opting out of draft registration.

Most importantly, the current "debate" ignores both the profound and quite possibly insolvable practical problems with trying to compile a registry of potential draftees from other existing Federal databases, and the more fundamental issue with any contingency planning or preparation for a draft: the way that, even when a draft is not active, the perceived availability of a draft as a fallback emboldens warmakers to embark on wars that people wouldn't volunteer to fight.

Contrary to earlier reports, the U.S. Senate has joined the House of Representatives in moving toward a foolhardy attempt to 'automatically' register all draft-eligible U.S. citizens and residents for a possible military draft, by extracting and aggregating information obtained from other Federal agencies.

The proposal for "automatic" draft registration is among several previously-undisclosed provisions related to Selective Service in the newly-release version of the National Defense [sic] Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and to be considered by the full Senate.

The 1,197-page SASC proposal for this year's NDAA was approved by the committee in closed session last month, and only a summary was released. At the time, a spokesperson for the SASC told me that if "automatic" Selective Service registration had been included in the bill, it would have been included in the summary. That proves to have been incorrect: The proposal for "automatic" draft registration was included in the SASC version of the bill, but not in the summary.

[First published on Antiwar.com]

Fantasies underlying push for conscription are delusional and dangerous.

Doubling down on their recent war-game exercises and report on the (un)readiness of the U.S. to activate a military draft, Taren Sylvester and Katherine Kuzminski of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) have a new article in War on the Rocks, “Preparing for the Possibility of a Draft Without Panic,” laying out why they think the U.S. needs to prepare for a draft in order to be able to win an all-out war with China over Taiwan.

CNAS and War on the Rocks like to describe themselves as “realists”. But their arguments for stepped-up planning and preparation for a draft are strikingly unrealistic, in at least four respects: