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Thank God: Will Ajay Devgn-Indra Kumar Combo Keep Up Their 100% Success Rate At Box Office With This Comedy? Here's Their Report Card!
Sreeju Sudhakaran
Director Indra Kumar announced his new film, Thank God, a light-hearted entertainer that stars Ajay Devgn, Sidharth Malhotra and Rakul Preet. In his tweet, Sidharth Malhotra calls Thank God a slice of life comedy, a different genre of comedy that the director is attempting after trying his hand at adult comedy (Masti series) and slapstick comedy (Dhamaal series). Will it work out or not, only Time will tell. Though the stakes are in Indra Kumar's favour, when it comes to one piece of casting. Thank God: Ajay Devgn, Rakul Preet Singh, Sidharth Malhotra Starrer To Go On Floors On January 21, 2021.
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Ajay Devgn. Before the last decade happened, Indra Kumar was associated the most with actors like Aamir Khan, Anil Kapoor and Ajay Devgn, beyond franchise regulars like Riteish Deshmukh and Vivek Oberoi. While Aamir had given him hits in Dil and Ishq, there was also a flop in Mann. With Anil Kapoor, he made four films - two were hits (Beta and Total Dhamaal) and two were flops (Mann and Rishtey). Total Dhamaal Box Office Collection Day 21: Ajay Devgn and Anil Kapoor's Film Continues to Mint Money, Earns Rs 145.71 Crore.
However, Aamir's Ishq co-star and Anil's Total Dhamaal co-star, Ajay Devgn has a 100% box office success record with Indra Kumar. Apart from the aforementioned films, he also did Masti with the director that was a hit. The success of Masti was crucial for Kumar as a director, since between 1997's Ishq and 2004's Masti, he had delivered three duds in between (Mann, Rishtey and Aashiq).
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Even recently after having two back to back flops in Super Nani (2014) and Great Grand Masti (2016), it was Total Dhamaal that gave the director the much needed hit, which of course, benefited hugely from Devgn's recent success streak. So can Devgn deliver another hit for Kumar?
Ajay Devgn in Masti
Interestingly, an actor with better success rate than Devgn, and hence a true lucky charm for Kumar is Madhuri Dixit Nene. She has done four films with him - Dil, Beta, Raja and Total Dhamaal and all the movies had a 'hit' tag. So Indra Kumar should know whom to cast next in Thank God (even in a cameo) for a better chance to making a hit. Total Dhamaal: 5 Most Hilarious Gags in Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit's Multi-Starrer Comedy.
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As for the actors themselves, while this is the first time Sidharth is acting in a Indra Kumar film or with Ajay Devgn, he had worked earlier with Rakul Preet in Aiyaary and Marjaavan. Similarly, Rakul Preet was also cast opposite Devgn in the 2019 film De De Pyaar De.
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The action hero in Liam Neeson might be retiring soon, as age has reportedly caught on him. In an interview with ET, the Oscar-nominated veteran actor said he will resign from actioners this year, because he feels "breathless" after shooting an action sequence even though he loves "beating up guys half my age." However, it seems The Naked Gun has him thinking again.
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She is not only a successful entrepreneur but also a very popular model, live streamer and social media personality, better known as "val around the world" by her followers. It is said "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.


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IMB Friday Seminar Series
Understanding Glycopeptide Antibiotic biosynthesis – a pathway to developing new antimicrobial agents?
20 April 2018 12:30pm–1:30pm
A/Prof. Max Cryle
EMBL Australia Group Leader
Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Abstract: Non-ribosomal peptide synthesis is a vital source of many important natural products, including compounds with anticancer, antibiotic, antifungal and immunosuppressive activities. By removing the constraints imposed by ribosome-based synthesis, non-ribosomal peptide synthesis can exploit a range of monomers far greater than standard proteinogenic amino acids: to date, more than 500 different monomers have been identified and these, combined with many further modifications, can have dramatic effects on the structural and biological diversity of these compounds. The enzymatic machinery that produces these compounds is a group of fascinating megaenzyme synthases known as non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs). Utilising a modular architecture of repeating catalytic domains and combined with multiple interaction partners in trans, NRPSs have long been recognised as potential targets for enzymatic redesign to produce new, bioactive compounds. To date, this research has largely been hindered by a lack of understanding of how NRPSs function: my group aims to overcome these limitations by focusing on the characterisation of specific, important examples of NRPS biosynthesis. In this presentation I will showcase the results of our research glycopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis – with particular reference to halogenation and the peptide cyclisation cascade – and show how an interdisciplinary approach combining chemistry, biochemistry and structural biology is needed to fully understand these complex biosynthetic systems.
Bio: A/Prof. Max Cryle is an NHMRC Career Development Fellow and EMBL Australia Group leader based in the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University. After obtaining his PhD in chemistry from UQ in 2006, he moved to the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg as a HFSP Cross Disciplinary Fellow. He was subsequently awarded funding from the German Research Foundation to establish his own group to investigate glycopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis as part of the Emmy Noether program: for this work he was awarded the 2016 Otto Schmeil prize by the Heidelberg Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2016 he joined EMBL Australia where his group investigates the biosynthesis of several important antibiotics and investigates novel strategies and targets for antimicrobial development.
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SLC serves more than 26 million passengers each year and is the 24th busiest airport in North America and the 85th busiest in the country. The first phase of The New SLC Airport is opening Sept. 2020.
There are 9 airlines operating into and out of Salt Lake City International Airport's three terminals:
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Salt Lake City International Airport is located five miles northwest of downtown Salt Lake City. The airfield consists of three air carrier runways and a general aviation runway. Runway 16L/34R is 12,003 feet long, runway 16R/34L is 12,000 feet long, runway 17/35 is 9,596 feet long and runway 14/32 is 4,900 feet long.
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There are two terminals, five concourses and 71 aircraft gates. Delta Air Lines, KLM, AeroMexico and SkyWest Airlines operate primarily from Terminal Two, while the other airlines use Terminal One. An International Terminal houses U.S. Customs.
A short-term parking terrace is located adjacent to the terminals. Rental car companies are located on the lower level of the parking garage. Long-term parking is located south-west of the terminal buildings and is served by shuttle buses. The shuttles run every five minutes and are free. General aviation facilities, including fixed base operators, are located on the east side of the airfield. All cargo companies are located on the north end of the airport campus.
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Bystrytsky Yevhen
Head of the Department, Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sceince, Ukraine
Yevhen BYSTRYTSKY is the Head of Department in the Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. For almost twenty years he served as the Executive Director of International Renaissance Foundation (IRF). He was also a member of European Foundation Center Governance Council in 2012 - 2015. Prior to joining the IRF in 1998, Professor Bystrysky was a researcher at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and taught philosophy and political science in Ukrainian leading universities from 1976 to 1989. From 1993 to 1998, Professor Bystrytsky was a member of editorial board of "Political Thought" magazine. He co-founded the Ukrainian Philanthropy Forum. Since 2016, he has been a member of Coordination Council for the Promotion of Civil Society Development under the President of Ukraine, and since 2015, he has been a member of the Council on Issues of National Unity under the President of Ukraine. He is the author of several books and many articles in political sciences, including The Political Analysis of Postcommunism (Texas, A&M University Press, 1997). He has also spoken on TV and radio on civil society and politics.


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Formula Drift With Vaughn Gittin Jr
Some people are just born to be involved in extreme sports. It's just how they're wired. Vaughn Gittin, Jr., is one such man. As the pilot of the Monster Energy/Nitto Tire/Ford Racing Mustang RTR car, competing in Formula Drift, Gittin was always just wired to do things that most members of the "regular" public would never consider doing.
It all started for Gittin in his early teens in Maryland, when he got his first dirt bike and began riding, and eventually racing, motocross.
"I'm a motocrosser from way back," Gittin says. "I used to buy some of [Travis] Pastrana's old bikes and stuff, and my home track was Budds Creek... I had a car-detailing business at the time, which allowed me to pay for the drug habit called motocross racing, and I used to load up my detailing truck and head to the track with my friends. It was just some of the greatest times for me, growing up in Maryland and racing in the Tri-State Area. That was my lifestyle. I skated, rode BMX a little bit in my pre-teen years, and then got into motocross."
While Gittin never made it to the pros or anything riding dirt bikes, the motocross-racing experience in his early years has paid off continually throughout the 15 years since he stopped racing motocross.
"It's the same dyamics," Gittin says. "There are two funny things about it: Coming from dirt bikes, you understand lines, you understand vehicle dynamics, you know you're putting weight where it needs to go in order to hustle something around... Then, you take the fear of folding yourself up by crashing a dirt bike and you throw it out because you have a cage around you! [Laughs] It's like, 'Yeah, here we fuckin' go!' you know?"
Gittin pilots a 3000-pound, 1000-horsepower Ford Mustang that revs to 9000 rpm and would run about 9 seconds in a quarter mile, but instead of drag racing, he spends his time pulling up to 2 Gs, completely sideways, right foot mashing the throttle, inches from somebody else who's just as much of an adrenaline junky as he is. It might seem like a huge leap to go from dirt bikes to this. But really it's not.
"It was just a natural progression for me in my life, especially when you look back on things, and then you see people who are good in your sport and find out they did motocross, too," Gittin says. "And they're in all kinds of other driving sports... It all connects. Motocross hooks you up to be awesome at anything..."
Gittin's dad was a used-car salesman and owned some junkyards, and he had a friend who crashed a Nissan 240SX – the classic drift platform – so he bought it from his friend and fixed it up and started just playing with it.
"I'd just go screw around in industrial parks doing donuts, and then I accidentally found this sport called drifting," Gittin says. "I was looking online for parts for my 240SX and I kept coming across 'drifting' in this car. I kept seeing videos of these dudes in Japan drifting in these cars, and I was just like, 'Wow, these are sick-ass cars with tons of horsepower! And these guys are really just showing their style and personality. This looks really fun!' That was my initial perspective. Then I started going out to drift events and started to realize that motocross, skateboarding, BMX, and screwing around in parking lots made me good at this!"
Motocross also helps Gittin on the mental side.
"Motocross and drift are pretty aggressive, and railing turns and sometimes sliding the bike out a bit to steer with the back wheel..." Gittin says. "It's just wild, man. And I'm glad I raced motocross. I know, without any question, it's why I am where I am in terms of technical ability. And that's not to even mention the mental side of it: Because if you're not in 'the zone' on a dirt bike, railing corners and jumping shit, you're going to get folded up. You don't have a choice. So, it helps me find that zone with drifting, too."
And then there's the technical side, where Gittin again brings it right back around to racing motocross.
"I mean, you get a motocross bike, and then you have to get the suspension done, right?" Gittin says. "Then it's like, 'I need more power. I need more power down low, or up high, or better acceleration here or there.' I was doing it all myself because I couldn't afford to pay somebody to do it, and before you know it, you can do everything on a dirt bike. When I fell in love with drifting, it was the same thing; I was spending all of my money on my car and working on it myself, and my first 'pro car' I built on my back in my garage."
And there's value to really understanding the mechanics of what's going on underneath you in any motorsport.
"It's also important to have technical and mechanical understanding because you have an idea how things work," Gittin says. "It's easy to say, 'Pull the clutch and give it gas,' but when you understand how a clutch works, or an engine works, you know how to get the most out of it. There's no doubt that being technical has been a benefit. And when I got into drifting, it was like skateboarding with cars where you can go out and show your style and personality and have fun in a car. But as you progress as a driver, you want more out of the car, so it's just this addiction just like with motocross; you start working on it, and the next thing you know you're an expert at working on your car and taking it to the next level. It's never enough! And then that goes even further when you're a pro driver worried about picking up milliseconds in the car, wondering, 'Why am I waiting here? What do I have to do to make this transition more immediate?' It's never-ending!"
Formula Drift is the fastest growing motorsport in the country right now, and Gittin has been in the middle of it from the start. He showed up to a few local drift events in the early 2000s and quickly made a name for himself, then was invited to an event out west. He maxed out the credit cards, bought his first set of new tires, and off he went.
A little over 15 years later, Gittin is one of the top names in the sport, and definitely drives the most recognizable car. And unlike when he bought his first set of new tires way back in the start, now Gittin goes through about 50 tires at a single event. At 30,000 miles per tire in normal tire wear, that's about 1.5 million miles worth of tires at one competition. "Yeah, one set of rear tires lasts me about 90 seconds," Gittin says. "It's definitely good to have a tire sponsor..."
While Gittin has done a lot of winning in Formula Drift, he actually enjoys all the rest that comes with it even more than the actual competition.
"I'm a competitor, and I've had a lot of success on the competition circuit, but to my core, I'm a professional fun-haver," Gittin says. "I love competing, and I need it, but I love doing activation events at automotive festivals, or giving fans and partners rides and experiences... I love that stuff. It's so much fun. The events can be repetitive, but the excitement I get from other people either in the crowd, or in the car with me, their energy just lights me up. It's still so much fun. Those are my favorite types of events to do when it's just about having fun. Those events are the reward for all the hard work and the stressful competition stuff."
For example, you'll likely find Gittin at the Monster Energy Cup supercross event in Las Vegas this October, as he's been doing demos there the past few years. In fact, he always considered himself to be more of an "extreme sport" guy than an auto racer, so he fits in at events like the Monster Energy Cup in Las Vegas way more than he probably does elsewhere.
"I was never a fan of auto racing in general," Gittin says. "I remember one of my old high-school girlfriends' dad used to always watch F1, and thing is, I had a hooked-up car, but I didn't give a shit about F1. I just wanted to go drive! I'm not a 'fan' of motor racing, if you will, but I've always wanted to actually 'do' it. As I've grown up, I've become a fan of a lot of different motorsports and drivers, and I've learned to appreciate what they do, but that's not how I started out at all. I've always been way more into X Games, skateboarding, FMX, BMX..."
And since Gittin's background is in MX, he's been doing some other stuff just for fun, too. "I built an Ultra 4 Race Truck and did King of the Hammers, and I'll do more of those, and it's amazing that what I've learned in drifting seems to translate to whatever form of motorsport just because of the finite feel for traction and control and feel for vehicle dynamics," Gittin says. "It all translates very well."
While he does have eight events per year where he competes in his Mustang RTR (and by the way, you can buy Mustang RTRs at your local Ford dealer now, built by Gittin's company, or buy parts for yours developed with Gittin's company and Ford Motor Company), he also knows that the racing isn't really the point nowadays. To be a really big star, like Gittin's good friend Ken Block, you need to be out there aside from racing.
"Competition is bragging rights and relevance, but the real value to what we're doing out there is creating content," Gittin said. "When we do our reviews for our partners at the end of the year, we say, 'We won this many events, got this place in the championship,' that's all great, and then it says, 'We got 100 million views on the Internet.' That page gets looked at way harder than results. And TV? Forget about it. I don't even talk to partners about TV. Yeah, we're on CBS Sports just like every other motorsports series in the world. But what are you doing socially and in the content space?"
"Competition is valuable, and it's easy to talk about kicking people's asses on the racetrack," Gittin continues. "But you can't control results all the time, and if that's all you're selling, you have a very uncertain future."
Besides results, and even besides internet views, Gittin has one more thing up his sleeve to keep him relevant. In truth, he fits in the world of drifting because the sport has open pits, and he loves hanging out and talking to fans. The fans love him, and that is the best way to stay relevant in any motorsport. He'll even take his fox-body Mustang to local drift events to hang out with the people there. "That was me like 17 years ago," Gittin says. "It still is me. I just happen to be professional now."
Part of this "down to earth" humility probably stems from how Gittin got to where he is in the first place. If you look around at motorsports, especially automotive motorsports, you'll notice a lot of familiar family names; Earnhardt, Waltrip, Mears, Andretti, Elliott... A lot of kids grow up racing go-karts and are almost predestined to end up as professional drivers. That's not Vaughn Gittin, Jr.
"It's pretty rad to go through it the way I have," Gittin says. "It's probably harder to do it this way, but man it's just so rewarding, and it's easy to appreciate all of it at every turn. That's for sure."
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Polish president vetoes media law criticised by US and EU
Law would have prevented companies outside the EEA from holding a controlling stake in Polish media companies
The Polish president has vetoed a media ownership law that critics said was aimed at silencing the US-owned news channel TVN24, side-stepping a row with Washington as tensions rise in eastern Europe amid what some countries see as increased Russian assertiveness.
"I am vetoing it," Andrzej Duda said in a televised statement, after the EU and the US heavily criticised the law.
The law would have prevented companies outside the European Economic Area from holding a controlling stake in Polish media companies. That would have forced the US group Discovery to sell its majority stake in TVN, one of Poland's biggest private TV networks. TVN24 is its news channel.
The US charge d'affaires in Warsaw, Bix Aliu, thanked Duda "for his leadership and commitment to common democratic values and for protecting the investment climate in Poland".
"Allies are stronger together!" he said.
TVN's board of directors in a statement welcomed the announcement "with appreciation and joy", saying the president had "stood up for good relations with the US".
While the move allows Nato-member Poland to avoid a potentially explosive row with Washington the decision means that a project voted through parliament by the ruling nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS) has been blocked by a president elected as their ally.
Polish lawmakers adopted the law this month and the government had argued the law would protect Poland's media landscape from potentially hostile actors such as Russia.
Duda said he agreed with this principle, but that it should not be made to apply to existing business arrangements and investment treaties.
Thousands of Polish people protested earlier this month outside the presidential palace in Warsaw against the law, with many in the crowd waving EU flags and chanting "free media".
The former president of the European council, Donald Tusk, who leads the opposition Civic Platform party, said Duda's decision showed that "pressure makes sense".
The European Commission spokesperson Christian Wigand had said before Tusk's veto that the proposed legislation would pose "severe risks to media freedom and pluralism in Poland".
Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party controls the public television broadcaster TVP, which has become a government mouthpiece, and much of the regional press.
Since PiS was elected to power in 2015, Poland has dropped 46 places in Reporters Without Borders' world press freedom index to reach the 64th position.
Duda said in a televised statement on Monday that if the law came into force it could violate a treaty signed with the United States on economic and trade relations.
"One of the arguments considered during the analyses of this law was the issue of an international agreement that was concluded in 1990 ... this treaty speaks about the protection of investments," he said.
"There is a clause which says that media-related investments may be excluded, but it concerns future investments."
PiS lawmaker Joanna Lichocka told public broadcaster Polskie Radio 24 it was "surprising" Duda had not referred to loopholes in the law regarding foreign ownership of media companies in the justification of his decision.
"I would not see it in terms of a betrayal, but a difference in approach to what is right for the Republic of Poland," she said.


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Jamil Zaki
There isn't one level of empathy. We can grow it through practice—individually and collectively.
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Psychologist and Author of The Village Effect and The Sexual Paradox
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Building Empathy: How to Get Others to Care More (13:19)
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Despite causing an enormous amount of suffering, the pandemic has also helped us gain clarity and make progress around our values. In the working world, leaders are recognizing empathy as an organizational superpower that prevents burnout, improves collaboration, and strengthens leadership across the board. JAMIL ZAKI, a Stanford psychologist and author of the books The War for Kindness and Leading with Empathy in Turbulent Times, reveals cutting-edge strategies for how to empathize more effectively in the workplace.
"In this masterpiece, Jamil Zaki weaves together the very latest science with stories that will stay in your heart forever."
— Angela Duckworth, author of Grit
During challenging times, there tend to be more negative emotions going around than positive ones: feelings of stress, anxiety, loss, and instability, for example, skyrocketed during the pandemic. Unfortunately, workplace cultures that aren't welcoming of all emotions on the human spectrum tend to suffer more during a crisis. "Such cultures lead people to hide their experiences or feign positivity they don't feel—a phenomenon known as 'surface acting,'" explains Jamil Zaki, Director of Stanford's Social Neuroscience Lab and one of the world's preeminent speakers on empathy. "While working from home in 2020, team members might have been going through family stressors just a few feet away from a video conference, but for the sake of professionalism pretended all was well. This style of surface acting has likely contributed to a shocking 75% rate of reported work burnout during the pandemic." In his e-book Leading with Empathy in Turbulent Times, Zaki shows us how empathy can be used to motivate teams through times of uncertainty, create a sense of belonging and psychological safety in the workplace, and even help bridge the gap between remote and in-person employees as the world transitions towards a hybrid model.
Zaki's previous book, The War for Kindness, weaved together the latest science with engaging real-world stories, offering us a revolutionary perspective on empathy and how to develop it as a skill. Adam Grant, bestselling author and professor at Wharton, says, "Jamil Zaki is one of the bright lights in psychology, and in this gripping book, he shows that kindness is not a sign of weakness but a source of strength." With warmth, wit, and straightforward exercises that can be swiftly implemented, Zaki shows audiences how to change their professional, creative, and personal relationships for the better.
At Stanford, where he is also an assistant professor of psychology, Zaki's unique work spans several domains, including social influence and prosocial behavior. New research from his lab examines how to encourage empathy for people from distant political and ethnic groups, and also how caregivers and healthcare professionals can balance empathizing with their patients and maintaining their own wellbeing. Zaki received his BA from Boston University, his Ph.D. from Columbia University, and postdoctoral training at Harvard University.
Empathy A Key to Thriving Workplaces
Empathy is often stereotyped as a squishy "soft" skill—either irrelevant to, or problematic for, the bottom line. In fact, the opposite is true: empathy is an organizational superpower that makes collaboration more efficient, employees happier, and leadership more effective. Empathy tracks bottom line success and people have caught on. A whopping 85% of CEOs in a recent survey said empathy was important for their bottom line, and over 90% of employees said they'd be more loyal to an empathic company. In the hunt to recruit and keep top talent, making team members feel seen and heard is a key competitive advantage. It also helps orgs cultivate more inclusive and open communities.
So, now that companies are picking up on the value of empathy—what happens next? An increasing number of organizations have started trying to roll out empathy as a corporate value, but the results are often mixed, with many failing in tragic or comic fashions. In the same survey where CEOs sung empathy's praises, over 90% of their employees said their company wasn't empathic enough. In other words, there's a gap between the values leaders are putting on their walls and the reality their teams are experiencing on the ground.
In this talk, Stanford's Jamil Zaki will share key insights from the science of empathy—showing corporate leaders that 1) empathy is more than one thing, 2) it's a learnable skill, and 3) it resides not only in people, but in cultures. Whether you're the head of HR at a global organization, or the founder of a 4-person start-up, Zaki's talk is required listening for anyone who wants concrete strategies for bringing empathy in the workplace.
The War for Kindness Building Empathy in a Fractured World
Empathy is in short supply. We struggle to understand people who aren't like us, but find it easy to hate them. Studies show that we are less caring than we were even thirty years ago. In 2006, Barack Obama said that the United States was suffering from an "empathy deficit." Since then, things seem to have only gotten worse.
It doesn't have to be this way. In his groundbreaking book The War For Kindness, Jamil Zaki shares cutting-edge research, including experiments from his own lab, showing that empathy is not a fixed trait—something we're born with or not—but rather a skill that can be strengthened through effort. He also tells the stories of people who embody this new perspective, fighting for kindness in the most difficult of circumstances:a former neo-Nazi who is now helping to extract people from hate groups; ex-prisoners discussing novels with the judge who sentenced them; Washington police officers changing their culture to decrease violence among their ranks; and NICU nurses fine-tuning their empathy so that they don't succumb to burnout.
With clarity and passion, Zaki offers us an inspiring call to action. The future may depend on whether we accept the challenge.
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Conor McGregor, Max Holloway laugh over case of mistaken identity: 'See you at the press conference'
By MMA Fighting Newswire Dec 29, 2022, 6:00pm EST
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Conor McGregor and Max Holloway may have squared off back in the day, but that doesn't mean the two former UFC featherweight champions can't share a laugh as well.
McGregor and Holloway memorably fought for three rounds in August 2013, with McGregor claiming a unanimous decision over Holloway in the Irishman's second UFC appearance. Both men went on to stack up long winning streaks afterward and eventually capture their shares of the UFC featherweight title, and both have mused at various times since about how a rematch would go if the two veterans ever locked horns again.
On Thursday, however, they each got a kick of out a case of mistaken identity when McGregor posted a since-deleted video on Twitter of a Holloway lookalike and jokingly issued the challenge, "See you at the press conference." That clip can be seen below.
Conor McGregor called out @BlessedMMA, pissed off Sylvester Stallone fans and showed off his watch in a single video pic.twitter.com/aEPQ6qJpro
— Sports Fanatic (@Sportsfan__atic) December 29, 2022
"Oh my God. Oh my God, you guys. Oh my God, it's Max Holloway, guys. Max! Max, bro! What's up? ... We'll jump back in there, yeah? See you for that second fight, yeah? See you at the press conference. You're taking everything I worked for, motherf*****. I wanna fight your f****** ass."
McGregor also threw in a reference to Nate Diaz's famous line from Diaz's 2015 post-fight interview that helped him land the McGregor fight and propel him to stardom.
Holloway, for his part, took the whole exchange in stride. "Blessed" answered McGregor's press conference callout and even jokingly hit a callback in response to a fan about the time he stopped McGregor's dead in his tracks mid-interview in 2021 with his skateboard.
Hahahah see you at the press conference indeed https://t.co/HrdY8huw9J
— Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) December 29, 2022
You already know
McGregor, 34, has been sidelined since the second of his back-to-back losses to Dustin Poirier in July 2021. The former two-division champion is expected to return to action sometime in 2023, however a timeline for that return has yet to be made official.
Holloway, 31, has not fought since suffering a third defeat to current UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski in July at UFC 276, which snapped a two-fight win streak.
If McGregor vs. Holloway 2 happened next, who wins?
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Citizens of Cyber
Advice / Information Giving, Fundraising, Management / Business Skills, Online Volunteering, Research / Policy Work, Specialist / Technical
Children, Crime / Safety, Education / Literacy, Elderly, General Public, Human / Civil Rights / Justice, Local Community, Mental Health, Older People, Parents, Victims of Crime, Volunteering, Young People
We are Citizens of Cyber, our mission is to bring together cyber-specialists and connect individuals and professional bodies, to support and assist in cyber-education and the development of safer online practices, aimed at people of all ages and knowledge levels.
We wish to use our professional network to keep up to date with the activities of hackers and online scammers and produce resources for use by schools, groups, and individuals, whether online, offline, or through face-to-face sessions.
We want cyber-users to know how to protect themselves and others online, whilst being confident and making the best of their online interactions, and still remain within the confines of the law while doing so. In addition, we aim to ensure that support is available for anyone affected by negative interactions online and to help anyone who finds themselves in cyber-related difficulties.
Our volunteers are at the heart of what we do and it is important for us to ensure we provide the best working environment possible. Volunteers work remotely during hours they set, our team focuses on ensuring clear deliverables are identified and agreed to allow volunteers to manage their own time.
Meetings with the whole team will be held regularly to make sure everyone knows each other and work together.
Duties and Responsibilities would be, and not restricted to:
• Establish business requirements of Citizens of Cyber, in discussions with CEO;
• Meet for 1:1 sessions with CEO, to ensure on agreement on strategy, brand awareness and other business objectives;
• Assist in increasing brand awareness of charity through social media and offline means of marketing;
• Attend and represent the charity at different events, conferences, both online and offline;
• Initiate new partnerships, collaborations and search for new clients;
• Maintain and develop relationships with a wide range of existing and new clients and stakeholders;
• Create and improve proposals for our existing and new clients;
• Seek out funding and investment opportunities for the charity;
• Report back to the CEO and Board on a regular basis;
• You will be speaking/teaching/ working with young children and vulnerable adults as a volunteer of citizens of cyber.
https://www.citizensofcyber.org.uk/vacancies
Citizens of Cyber was founded by dedicated Cyber Security lecturers with decades of experience within the Digital and Cyber Security Sector. The primary goal for Citizens of Cyber is to provide links across the cyber community and to engage with everyone, including children, parents, vulnerable adults and professionals, to help keep everyone safe online. The charity is continually working towards ensuring knowledge, resources and education are available to everyone.
Experience required: If interested in the role(s), please proceed to the charity website https://www.citizensofcyber.org.uk/vacancies and click on "Apply Now" at the top of the page. This will take you to the application form. Once filled in, a member of team will be in touch shortly. Thanks!
This opportunity is not listed at a specific location but is advertised across Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll & Bute, Edinburgh, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Dundee, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney, Perth & Kinross, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders, Shetland, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, West Lothian, and Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Find out more about Citizens of Cyber
The mission of Citizens of Cyber is to bring together cyber-specialists and connect individuals and professional bodies, to support and assist in cyber-education and the development of safer online practices, aimed at people of all ages and knowledge levels. We wish to use our professional network to keep up to date with the activities of hackers and online scammers and produce resources for use by schools, groups, and individuals, whether online, offline, or through face-to-face sessions. We want cyber-users to know how to protect themselves and others online, whilst being confident and making the best of their online interactions, and still remain within the confines of the law while doing so. In addition, we aim to ensure that support is available for anyone affected by negative interactions online and to help anyone who finds themselves in cyber-related difficulties. Our volunteers are at the heart of what we do and it is important for us to ensure we provide the best working environment possible. Volunteers work remotely during hours they set, our team focuses on ensuring clear deliverables are identified and agreed to allow volunteers to manage their own time. Meetings with the whole team will be held regularly to make sure everyone knows each other and work together. Duties and Responsibilities would be, and are not restricted to the following: • Knowledge of web development life cycle, HTML5 and JavaScript; • Familiarity with Wix or other website builders, e.g. Squarespace, WordPress, GoDaddy, Shopify; • Familiarity with Velo by Wix or other web development platforms, e.g. DreamWeaver, SiteJet, Oracle Visual Builder; • To follow specifications, implement, test and debug the code of web applications and plugins; • To advise the charity on technical compatibility, user experience, usability and accessibility of website; and • To collaborate hand-in-hand with Web Designer, Web Master and other parties to reach the best possible outcome; To apply, please proceed to the charity website - https://www.citizensofcyber.org.uk/vacancies and click on "Apply Now". This will take you to the application form. Once filled in, a member of team will be in touch shortly.
The mission of Citizens of Cyber is to bring together cyber-specialists and connect individuals and professional bodies, to support and assist in cyber-education and the development of safer online practices, aimed at people of all ages and knowledge levels. We wish to use our professional network to keep up to date with the activities of hackers and online scammers and produce resources for use by schools, groups, and individuals, whether online, offline, or through face-to-face sessions. We want cyber-users to know how to protect themselves and others online, whilst being confident and making the best of their online interactions, and still remain within the confines of the law while doing so. In addition, we aim to ensure that support is available for anyone affected by negative interactions online and to help anyone who finds themselves in cyber-related difficulties. Our volunteers are at the heart of what we do and it is important for us to ensure we provide the best working environment possible. Volunteers work remotely during hours they set, our team focuses on ensuring clear deliverables are identified and agreed to allow volunteers to manage their own time. Meetings with the whole team will be held regularly to make sure everyone knows each other and work together. Duties and Responsibilities would be, and are not restricted to the following: • Ability to engage and support clients such as professionals, young people and vulnerable adults with a wide range of diverse needs; • Assist in the planning, monitoring, and management of the creation of training material; • Design and conduct effective training programs to a broad range of clients; • Assist in the preparation of educational/training materials to support training programs; • Conduct evaluations to identify areas of improvement; • Build relationships with a range of stakeholders across the children and young people's workforce and beyond; • Liaise with Youth Engagement Officers, Volunteer Coordinator and Resource Developers regularly; • Facilitate opportunities and events to promote cyber awareness skills and provide the facilities to create an open forum to feedback into the development of Citizens of Cyber; • Train and support a range of stakeholders to develop sustainable and meaningful engagement activities for children and young people; and • Report back to the CEO and Board on a regular basis. To apply, please proceed to the charity website - https://www.citizensofcyber.org.uk/vacancies and click on "Apply Now". This will take you to the application form. Once filled in, a member of team will be in touch shortly.
The mission of Citizens of Cyber is to bring together cyber-specialists and connect individuals and professional bodies, to support and assist in cyber-education and the development of safer online practices, aimed at people of all ages and knowledge levels. We wish to use our professional network to keep up to date with the activities of hackers and online scammers and produce resources for use by schools, groups, and individuals, whether online, offline, or through face-to-face sessions. We want cyber-users to know how to protect themselves and others online, whilst being confident and making the best of their online interactions, and still remain within the confines of the law while doing so. In addition, we aim to ensure that support is available for anyone affected by negative interactions online and to help anyone who finds themselves in cyber-related difficulties. Our volunteers are at the heart of what we do and it is important for us to ensure we provide the best working environment possible. Volunteers work remotely during hours they set, our team focuses on ensuring clear deliverables are identified and agreed to allow volunteers to manage their own time. Meetings with the whole team will be held regularly to make sure everyone knows each other and work together. Duties and Responsibilities would be, and are not restricted to the following: • To suggest and present ideas and be able to make prototypes and wireframing; • To create an aesthetic, user-friendly and adaptable website design; • To advise the charity on user experience, usability and accessibility of website; • To implement changes necessary for the improvement of website's usability and integration; • Knowledge of Photoshop, GIMP, Illustrator, Sketching or similar tools; • Understanding of HTML, CSS and general web development; • To amend design after feedback; • To ensure website is consistent with general branding and adjusted to it; and • To collaborate hand-in-hand with Web Developer and Web Master, and other parties to reach the best possible outcome. To apply, please proceed to the charity website - https://www.citizensofcyber.org.uk/vacancies and click on "Apply Now". This will take you to the application form. Once filled in, a member of team will be in touch shortly.
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Parenting Together Charity Reg. 1149523 Ranks in the top 1% in the UK for safeguarding Learning Difficulties children and parents. Our volunteers work in the community or individualised support and assistance. We provide Expert Testimony, Safeguarding courses and professional reports for parents involved in family court proceedings. We recorded a Serious Incident Report to the Charity Commission where nineteen volunteers and Trustees were disassociated, primarily because of confidentiality breaches and misrepresenting the charity to intimidate Social Workers The charity has excellent feedback from extremely vulnerable service users, https://www.parentingtogether.scot/gallery/Feedback.aspx We apply low tolerance of anything less than patient kindness towards our service users and train everyone to professional standards, ethically and morally.