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MacInnes said the so-called locksmith knew he could take advantage of her because she had a fussy baby on her hands and wanted to get in right away.

As DBS’s recent accolades suggest, the bank has been successful in aligning its performance management system, its KPIs, and its culture with an ambitious digital transformation agenda. Of course, work remains to be done. Gledhill is interested in applying principles of performance management to the company’s teams; he also wants to deploy machine learning and advanced analytics tools to further optimize customer interactions. But as he measures DBS against the tech giants, reflecting on the audacious goal of putting the D in GANDALF, he is confident that the company will continue to make progress. “I would say we’re a long way away from some of the advanced tools and techniques these guys use, but here’s the point,” he reasons. “If this is always your North Star, you will always progressively move closer and closer to it. That’s how we look at it.”

I would eventually emerge from the hedgerow, raise my arms in triumph and bask in the applause of the people. Often there were cries of, Do it again!

The Dome has been a regular stop for monster trucks competition and the venue often is packed for the events. Here’s an excerpt from a Kathleen Nelson story previewing the "Monster Jam" competition at the Dome in 1998:

There’s no need to feel bad or blame yourself—you may simply have had a dip in testosterone levels, and there are solutions for that.

Texas quarterback James Brown sets to pass against Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship game at the TWA Dome in St. Louis on Dec. 7, 1996. (AP Photo)

The second initiative relates to performance management, specifically the creation of measures of success. It is hard to engage people in anything if they do not know how they are doing, and it is especially difficult to improve if you cannot measure whether you are doing better: Imagine trying to improve your golf game if you went to the driving range and could never see where the ball went. The truly innovative initiative at DBS was to create a measure of performance — hours of customer time — that had face validity (we can see why it is good for business and for customers to bank faster), will stay in place over time, and is comparable across parts of the bank.

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Travel apps, offline maps, and e-guidebooks are great until your phone dies. Make sure you can explore to your fullest with the Juice Pack Access, a case and battery which will power your phone for up to 25 hours and protect it from scratches and falls along the way.

If you want to secure your device, a lock is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to do so. It creates a deterrent to potential thieves and makes it so someone can’t just grab the device and run. No laptop lock is impenetrable, but good ones have sturdy lock heads and thick cables that are difficult to cut through. Kensington has been in the business of locks for decades and has a variety of worthwhile options, but the Kensington Combination Cable lock leads the pack thanks to its ease of use, options when it comes to levels of security, and its affordable price.

It pays out if your car is stolen or is damaged by fire, flooding, a hailstorm, a falling tree, vandalism — even an asteroid or falling satellite, notes the trade group the Insurance Information Institute.