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Chances are many of you Middle Managers out there have been in your current position for a long time. I also know that many of you are far more capable than what your position or paycheck indicates, but your circumstances keep you in the middle management position.

With that in mind, you may end up working for someone in upper management who is inept at their job. You may even begin to resent them for their weakness. So what do you do?

(this article is not referring to a boss who is lazy. We are referring to a boss who cares and tries hard but just does not have the ability to perform his or her job.)

• First off, don’t make your weak and low-performing boss feel badly. If he has been put into a position he can’t handle, he’s probably feeling the stress himself. You should reach out to him and offer some advice and help, but do it in a tactful way that is non-threatening. A good senior manager will seek out middle managers who carry tenure and respect, and utilize them. This is your chance to inject some of your knowledge and experience to boost his abilities and confidence. Thus, he will become your supporter and your follower!
• Find something good about him or her. Listen, you can find a strong quality or two in any person. Search hard, find the good, and focus on it. Most people can focus on the negatives fairly easily, but it takes real character to find the good in someone and dwell on it! You should make it a point to do the latter. You will be a happier person for it, trust me.
• Support him behind his back. Once again, I am assuming that you are well-respected in your company and other middle and junior managers look to you as a mentor. Chances are if you have noticed your senior manager’sweaknesses, then so have they and will be vocal to you about it. This is your chance to say something good about the senior manager and openly demonstrate your respect for him. If you show respect for him and his position, you inadvertantly strengthen your own!

• Remember your place. In the long run, he will dig his own grave, so to speak. You should be mindful to accept your roll in the company, do your job with 100% effort and bring in the results you are expected to deliver. This is what being a team player is all about.

Remember, you work for yourself, your employees and your family, even if you have to work for a weak inept senior manager. You get what you are, and you can make the most of any situation if you will have a good attitude!

Adex is unique among mining companies worldwide. Our polymetallic deposit in New Brunswick, Canada, contains the globe’s richest and largest known indium resource and North America’s largest tin resource. It also hosts significant resources of molybdenum and tungsten.

Tin and indium are vital to the LCD screen technology sector while tungsten and molybdenum are vital to the automotive, petroleum and nuclear industries—all high-growth sectors.  Adex investors thus hold a strategic, pivotal position in these expanding parts of the economy.

Adex has four key advantages as it approaches production in 2012.

• Strong metal demand fed by rising world consumption of indium, tin, molybdenum, tungsten and zinc.
• Low-risk investment supported by a creative, staged development strategy.
• Excellent location near deep-water seaports linked to global markets.
• Existing infrastructure estimated at $84 million in replacement value.

Leading metallurgists have developed cutting-edge, cost-effective processes to extract specialty metals and concentrates from our polymetallic deposit.

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Acceleware provides High Performance Computing software solutions to the Oil & Gas and Computer Engineering markets for multi-core CPUs and compute GPUs. Additionally, our HPC consulting services are utilized by enterprises needing to harness the power of parallel computing. At Acceleware the goal is always the same – Go Faster!

Acceleware develops and markets software acceleration products that bring unparalleled performance and speed to today’s most strenuous and challenging compute and/or data-intensive demands. With Acceleware solutions installed, computer processing for data processing and simulation applications can benefit from speed-ups of 10x to 50x. Acceleware also uses its unique expertise for providing consulting services for companies, and research institutions involved with High Performance Computing. These services include architecting multi-core processing solutions, code porting and training.

Our customers share a common and urgent need - the need for powerful and timely computer modeling and testing. They are pushing the boundaries of innovation and demand faster product-development cycles for more complex products. They want more effective tools to interpret vast amounts of data.

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Incorporated in 1999, Kanetix Ltd., founded by Gregory Ellis and George Small, aimed to offer Canadian insurance consumers a better way to shop for insurance. Most Canadians until then were shopping for their insurance by leafing through the phone book and calling the insurance companies, brokers or agents they found; a time consuming process which often discouraged people from actually shopping around to find the best price for the insurance coverage they needed.

With the simple, yet innovative idea to offer instant insurance quotes from competing insurers, the Kanetix® insurance marketplace was launched online. Since then, Canadian insurance consumers have enjoyed the shopping ease offered by the Kanetix insurance marketplace for:

• Auto insurance
• Motorcycle insurance
• Property insurance for homeowners, condo owners and tenants
• Term life insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Emergency medical travel insurance
• Visitors to Canada travel insurance
• Business insurance

While comparing insurance rates is viewed as the main feature, insurance shoppers can easily compare the insurers and their rates, along with payment options and available discounts among other pertinent information needed for the shopper to make an informed choice and decision. All this valuable information is displayed in a side-by-side chart format, for easy comparison.

A particular advantage of using the Kanetix insurance marketplace is that once shoppers get their quotes–and if they are interested purchasing coverage–they can call in or in most cases, apply online. The full cycle of getting quotes and purchasing can be fulfilled through Kanetix.

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SaskEnergy Incorporated is a provincial Crown corporation that distributes natural gas to over 300,000 residential, agricultural, commercial and industrial customers throughout Saskatchewan. The corporation buys and stores natural gas from independent suppliers, and transports it to over 90% of Saskatchewan communities through 65,000 kilometres of pipeline. SaskEnergy also provides natural gas to customers through a network of over 100 independent retailers and contractors in Saskatchewan.

The company also serves customers through a number of wholly-owned subsidiaries, including: TransGas Limited; Bayhurst Gas Limited; Swan Valley Gas Corporation (Manitoba); SaskEnergy International Incorporated (which operates in Chile and Mexico); Heritage Gas Limited; Many Islands Pipe Lines (Canada) Limited (which is responsible for interprovincial and international pipelines); and Saskatchewan First Call Corporation (which serves contractors and customers planning to dig or excavate in Saskatchewan).

As a result of the province’s recent growth, SaskEnergy has been very busy over the last few years, installing new hook-ups to over 4,000 new customers across the province last year. In addition, the company has recently launched a new development project to expand its natural gas storage capacity and recently entered a working partnership to develop a landfill methane-to-hydrogen project in Regina.

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Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. (Al-Pac) is one of the most modern pulp mills in the world. Together, with our team members and team member contractors, we use environmentally sustainable practices to produce approximately 650,000 tonnes of high quality, elemental-chlorine-free bleached kraft pulp annually.

At Alberta-Pacific we believe that every team member and contractor has an integral role in helping us achieve our vision and to bringing to life the core values that guide us on the job every day.Vision

By 2013, Al-Pac is the best pulp company in the world.

We demonstrate this by:

• Positioning our manufacturing costs and earnings in the top quartile of hardwood pulp producers in the world
• Achieving recognition as one of the top environmental companies in the world
• Being one of the top 100 employers in Canada
• Meeting and exceeding all of our customers’ requirements

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Over the years, crime in America has increased and then decreased for a number of reasons. However, crime has never been more prevalent in society than in a time of economic recession. As the economy has slowed, Americans across the country are feeling the weight of the recession. Some areas in the USA have experienced a rise of as much as 30%. In the face of these frightening numbers, it’s crucial that you protect your home and family with an alarm system.

Security systems have been proven to be very effective in deterring crime and such protection may save homeowners from property liability lawsuits, as liability laws often require property owners to secure their property. The second your home is broken into by an uninvited person, your alarm system will alert the proper authorities to make sure that they have time to arrive on the scene before any major damage has been caused.

What price can you place on your home and your family? We all want to go to bed with the peace of mind. Placing a price on this kind of security is difficult, but of course, everyone has a budget. However, choosing a cheap home security system could cost you big time in in the long term. When it comes to protecting your loved ones and your possessions, you should go with the best.

ADT home security is a name that everyone is familiar why, and the company has a strong history of proving the best protection to life and property.

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In times of economic crisis, gold has always been a shelter for investors. The capitalist system being primarly based on the value of gold, it’s value cannot drop under a certain level.

If you are a risky investor, you have probably been told numerous times by your family, friend or colleagues, “Stop investing in those mining companies, buy gold!”

Several online companies make it possible for you to buy gold. Among them Monex, Kitco, GoldCheck or USA Gold.

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GetSmart.com is an online financial marketplace. Their objective is to match the consumer with potential financial providers. That way, you can search for various types of loans, such home loans and auto loans, but you can also easily shop for insurance and credit cards.

I must admit that non the only the look and feel of the site is really neat, but also their “Compare” form cannot be simpler, which is a great strength.
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Reliance Protectron has been a leader in home and business security for over 20 years. They currently have more than 270,000 customers, who enjoy their life without worries.

Why choose the best security company in Canada?

• Impeccable, 24-hour service, the best security equipment available, superior quality standards, and the best warranties in the industry.
• Leader in the système d’alarme résidentiel
• All security systems installed by Protectron are monitored by one of our high-tech national remote monitoring centres certified by Underwriter’s Laboratories of Canada (ULC).
• Linked by a fully redundant fibre optic network guaranteeing fast, uninterrupted service, Protectron remote monitoring centres are among the most modern in North America.
• Protectron security representatives receive regular training, which allows them to identify your needs and offer custom consulting and service.
• Protectron technicians are masters in the art of “no-trace” installation and are known for their expertise in residential, industrial, and institutional security systems.
• Protectron deterrence stickers are the most dissuasive to criminals because they know our customers are linked to our national network of remote monitoring centres.
• Protectron is a member of the Canadian Alarm and Security Association (CANASA), and holds a variety of licenses, including R.B.Q.# 8293-5958-04.

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