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Netflix recommendations to get stuck into this September
When you're sitting snuggled up on a cold autumn evening trying to find something to watch, the choice can be overwhelming. With so many incredible new releases and timeless classics to choose from, deciding what to watch can be a hard task. Netflix offers its customers an abundance of great TV shows, films and documentaries to get their teeth into. Smart pig surveyed 2,000 UK viewers that use streaming services and, they found that thanks to Netflix's account sharing, only 51% of the users they asked, pay a monthly fee. However, this doesn't stop it from being the most popular choice, as 64% of people surveyed watch the service.
Netflix haa so much to offer, including originals, timeless classics, crime documentaries, and films of every genre. So, with so many of us loving Netflix and what they have to offer, let's look at some of the services hottest shows to watch this September.
Sex education quickly became one of Netflix's biggest hits. Its honesty, hilarity and heart-warming relationships found many of us fall in love with the characters in the show. The show's relatability grabbed our attention and many of us will find a bit of ourselves in these teenage characters. Otis creates a sex clinic for his peers at school by stealing tips and tricks from his mum (a sex therapist). The relationships that develop as the story continues will have you hooked, so much so that there is a 3rd series coming out on the 17th of September.
Breaking Bad was one of Netflix's first original series and continues to be popular to this day. The story follows Walter White, a high school secondary teacher that gets diagnosed with terminal cancer. Throughout the show, his character gets more complex and he decides to leave his old life behind and transforms into one of the biggest players in the underground methamphetamine trade.
Atypical follows the life of a boy called Sam that is on the autism spectrum. The show explores how Sam navigates his way through school and it covers everything from friends, romance and family issues. If you want a light-hearted comedy with a deeper meaning, this show could be perfect for you. Netflix currently has all four seasons out – so get watching!
Peaky Blinders follows the Shelby family, a group of gangsters of Irish-Romani origin. The show follows their life in Birmingham after the end of the First World War. The family get up to plenty of dodgy dealing and certainly earn their name as the most feared gang in the city. The show includes a star-studded cast, some of which include Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy, so you know you are in for a treat.
If you're looking for an anime series to get stuck into, Sword Art Online is one to add to your list. With all four seasons available on Netflix (the third season is split into two), the anime is a story about a multiplayer virtual reality game and Kirito attempts to become the strongest player in order to escape the game. The series was originally released in 2012 and is set in the future year 2022. So, there's still time to make this anime series a reality. Netflix also houses the Sword Art Online film which was released in 2017.
There's so much to choose from, it can be overwhelming to find a series to watch. Instead of spending hours endlessly scrolling, Netflix have a 'play something else' feature which does all the work for you. So, sit back and enjoy the many adventures Netflix has on offer with a click of a button.
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Best Apps For Rooted Android: Are you using your android smartphone to its maximum potential? Do know how to get maximum performance on your android device? Rooting of android is one of the best way to get most out of your android mobile device.
Android Root lets you to have better control on your android device. By better control we mean that you will have root access to your mobile device running android OS. You will be able to better customize the android, boost the performance of android, install custom ROM, optimize android battery usage, and many other useful tasks.
Do you know there are some apps which only runs on rooted android device? These android root apps can do some complex tasks on your android.
Below is the list of some of the best apps for rooted android device.
Greenify is one of the best app for saving android battery juice. To use the all features of this android app, you should have a rooted android device including smartphone and tablet. Your mobile device will run smoothly after running Greenify apps. It hibernate those apps which constantly runs in background unnecessarily. It helps in having more RAM and battery juice for your productive tasks. It is a must have android app, if you want to save battery life.
To secure your precious data in your android smartphone, you should always take backup of your smartphone data. Titanium Backup is the best android app to backup and restore your data. It allows you to backup and freeze your data & apps. The backup can also be automatically taken. If your smartphone's internal memory is getting low then with this apps, you can easily move apps from internal memory to SD Card. With it, you can also remove unwanted bloatware apps that comes pre-loaded in your smartphone. The apps come with free and paid version.
If you like to automate tasks on your devices then Tasker is must have app for you. It can do many useful & productive tasks for you. If you want to turn-off ring while in meeting, Tasker can automatically do this for you. You can also create your own automatic task scripts.
Flashify is one of the best app for android root smartphones. Manually flashing a file can be complex task. Bu with this app, you can easily flash any zip, boot.img and recovery.img. You can also backup & restore kernel and recovery by using Sdcard and different cloud storage services.
Nandroid Manager is one of the best tool to manage your nandroid backups. It can restore the data from nandroid. This data includes text messages, apps+data, call logs, and more. Some of its best feature include exploring the contents of nandroid backup, compressing backup, delete backup, flash new recovery, restore nandroid backup and more.
Do you want to move the data including apps from internal memory to SD Card? If yes then this app can do this work for you. You will be able better manage your apps and storage. Its best feature includes linking internal data of apps to SD card, auto clear cache, freeze & unfreeze apps, convert system apps into user apps, batch link, uninstall system apps and more.
If your android phone is rooted then ROM Manger is a must have app for your smartphone. It is one of best app to get your tasks done for Custom ROMs like CyanogenMod and Kernels. With this you can flash the latest recovery, install ROMs from SD card, automatic backups, premium ROMs and more.
Adblock Plus is a popular addon for Firefox and Chrome web browsers. But we can also use it on our android device to remove advertisements. It will help you in get rid of annoying advertisements. You can also configure its settings.
SuperSU is a superuser access management tool. It manages Superuser access rights for all the apps that needs root permission. It features includes Superuser access prompt, Superuser access notifications, Deep process detection, Complete unroot, Wake on prompt and more. Its pro version includes more advanced features.
Do you want to customize and increase the performance of your android smartphone? Installing Custom ROMs to get better customization feature can be complex task as installing Custom ROMs is not easy for beginners. So what will those android users do who have less tech knowledge? Xposed Framework is the best way to better customize the android without installing Custom ROM. Theming, performance tweaks, UI customization, button remappping and many other tasks can be done from this app. If you are unable to find a module for your device then you can choose from various universal modules.
Servicely can help you in improve the battery life of your smartphone by managing background services. Many time our smartphone gets drained due to some apps keeps running in background. You have stop those battery consuming apps. How you will stop those apps? Servicely can do this work for you. On rooted android devices, it will automatically stops apps & service selected by you.
This app will let you to over-clock and under-clock your android device. By undercloking, you can easily save the battery juice without doing any other task or process. Over-clocking can make your mobile device to perform much better than before. Some of its other cool features include App Manager, Editors, tasker, Wireless Filemanager and more. You can also tweak & edit GPU frequency, Voltage Control, screen color temperature, vibration strength and more.
If you want to get more control over the audio output of your mobile device then Viper4Android app is the best app for you. This app can only be installed on rooting android devices. The audio output devices include smartphone built-in speaker, bluetooth device and headphones. It will provide you with equalizer, different audio effects and more to get best audio quality. Installing this app is a complicated process as you have to download and follow the procedure from official XDA Forum thread.
Terminal Emulator let you to access android's built-in Linux command line shell. It features includes Full Linux terminal emulation, multiple windows, launcher shortcuts and more. The app is free from ads and supports UTF-8 text.
Root Explorer is one of best file manager app for rooted android. With it, you will be able to gain access to app data folder. Its features includes multiple tabs, execute scripts, create and extract zip or tar/gzip files text editor, database viewer and more.
DiskDigger can recover and undelete your lost or deleted images & photos. Its better to have a rooted device in order to use this app to its maximum. On rooted device, it will search all of your device's memory for any trace of photos and videos. You can also save your recovered file to FTP server and local storage.
This app allows you to boot your PC from ISO/IMG files stored in your mobile. Now you phone will work as bootable rescue disk. You can also download USB-images of various operating systems.
SetDNS easily changes the DNS server address which your mobile internet connection will use. It applies to both WiFi and mobile data connection. Now you can switch you mobile internet to faster DNS servers including Google Public DNS and OpenDNS.
SDFix modifies a system configuration file to get back the ability to write files to the MicroSD card. For this, it require root access. This app is useful, if you are on stock android ROM.
Screen Recorder is an app for recording your device's screen to video. It can help you in creating tutorial videos and promotional videos. You can record the screen for unlimited time. It pro version includes additional features like Audio recording and Banner during recording. To use this app, you have root your android if running on Android 4.4 KitKat and below.
So these are best app for rooted smartphone and tablets. Have you already rooted your android smartphone? If yes, then go and enjoy these root apps for android. These apps will let you know how much better your android device can perform. Customization is another benefit you will get with these rooted android apps.
So what are you waiting for and now go and install these best app for rooted android.


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Proximity to COVID-19 patients and role-specific mental health outcomes of healthcare professionals
Yael Mayer, Shir Etgar, Noga Shiffman, Ido Lurie
Background: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) experience extreme hardships and challenges during the time of COVID-19, due to their professional roles. At the same time, HCPs may experience a feeling of importance as contributing members of the community, which could enhance their well-being alongside COVID-19-work-related stressors. Aims: This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between HCPs' proximity to COVID-19 patients and role-specific fears of COVID-19 and sense of emotional, social and psychological well-being. Methods: Participants (N = 1,378) included: HCPs who treated COVID-19 patients (frontliners, n = 188), HCPs that did not work directly with COVID-19 patients (secondliners, n = 524), and a group of non-HCPs who served as the comparison group (n = 666). Participants completed the Depression and Anxiety Stress Scale-21; Fear of COVID-19 Scale; Fear of COVID-19 Familial Infection Scale; and the Mental Health Continuum Short-Form. Results: Results indicate that the comparison group reported higher levels of fear of COVID-19 compared to secondliners, while frontliners reported the highest levels of fear of infecting their families. Frontliners and secondliners HCPs reported significantly higher levels of social and psychological well-being compared to the non-HCP group. Conclusions: This study indicates that there are role-specific mental health outcomes related to HCP's proximity to COVID-19 patients.
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Mayer, Y., Etgar, S., Shiffman, N., & Lurie, I. (2022). Proximity to COVID-19 patients and role-specific mental health outcomes of healthcare professionals. Journal of Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.2022623
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Rockstar Games' Max Payne 3 apparently has undergone some changes according to Game Informer Magazine. According to unverified details from the mag, Max Payne 3 will move the series to Sao Paulo, Brazil, featuring a bearded and older Payne. The game is said to take place more than a decade after Max Payne 2, but the slower/older Max Payne still has a knack for "bullet time" slow-motion. Love it or hate it, it's back!
Another rumored update is that Max Payne 3 will feature some sort of multiplayer component. We'll have to wait until the newest issue of Game Informer arrives at the office to learn more.
Max Payne 3 is slated for release sometime this Winter.


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Fresno State's Isaiah Hill goes on the attack against UNLV on Saturday at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. (Fresno State Athletics)
Accurate shooting, late scoring spurt send Fresno State past UNLV
by: Gary Dymski
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A season-best shooting performance and a late scoring spurt pushed Fresno State past UNLV 76-63 on Saturday before a season-high 5,950 fans at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.
The loss dropped the Rebels to 1-6 in the Mountain West, 12-7 overall. Fresno State, which got a career-best 28 points from Isaiah Hill, is 3-4 in the conference, 7-11 overall.
The Bulldogs shot 54.3% (25-for-46), their best shooting effort this season, including an 8-for-8 contribution from their bench players and 9-for-19 from 3-point range. The Bulldogs also were strong on the boards, holding a 33-23 edge in rebounding.
The loss also continues a tough stretch for UNLV, which started the season with 10 victories. Conference play, however, has been another story.
"There is frustration, but we need to just keep going at it," Rebels coach Kevin Kruger said. "We need to get our edge and that chip back again, and it's hard to do when you are struggling. But we have to understand and realize that coming into the season when no one really expected us to do anything, we had an edge and a chip and we have to get that swagger and confidence back."
EJ Harkless led UNLV with 15 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals. Keshon Gilbert scored 11 points and Keyshawn Hall added 10 points with five rebounds.
Fresno State (7-11, 3-4) was led by Isaiah Hill's game highs of 28 points and five assists. Eduardo Andre had a double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds.
The Rebels had a tough time making shots in the second half, which contributed to their demise. UNLV shot 21-for-51 overall (41.2%), including just 9 of 27 (33.3%) after intermission.
Fresno State led 68-63 late, and it looked as if the Rebels were about to make a charge. However, the Bulldogs finished by scoring the final eight points.
"It feels good, but it feels good to get a win," said Fresno State's Hill, who shot 7-for-12, including 4 of 7 on 3-pointers. He also sank 10 of 12 free throws. "We had been on a three-game losing streak. That's what I care about. I'm just happy we won."
Kruger said he saw some positives in the Rebels' third straight loss, but not enough of them. "There were a lot of really good stretches (today) where we did things well," he said, "but, unfortunately, there were just a few more where we didn't."
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WHEN FACED WITH the challenge of agroecology, the defenders of the industrial agribusiness model are left with no arguments. Some of them seek refuge in the comfortable if intellectually lazy position of proposing the combination of both agricultures, combining "the best" of each so as to reach a harmonious coexistence.
SUMMARY: "Western Australian farmer Steve Marsh (#IamSteveMarsh) has lost a landmark case which could have protected his organic status, after his property was contaminated by GM canola from a neighbouring farm."
SUMMARY: "Today over 387,000 farmers, farmworkers, health professionals, and concerned individuals from across the country joined together in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reject Dow AgroSciences' application seeking approval of controversial genetically engineered (GE) corn and soybean varieties that are resistant to the hazardous herbicide 2,4-D."
SUMMARY: "Over 387,000 farmers, farmworkers, health professionals, and concerned individuals from across the country joined together in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reject Dow AgroSciences' application seeking approval of controversial genetically engineered (GE) corn and soybean varieties that are resistant to the hazardous herbicide 2,4-D."
SUMMARY: "A David-and-Goliath political battle is shaping up over genetically modified crops in Southern Oregon. Some Midwest sugar beet growers have joined the Oregon Farm Bureau in giving a total of $75,000 to defeat a homegrown ballot measure from organic farmers to prohibit genetically modified crops in Jackson County, except for research. Measure 15-119 goes before Jackson County voters on the May primary ballot."
A David-and-Goliath political battle is shaping up over genetically modified crops in Southern Oregon.


As part of "Business Class" course, Yaniv designed a new form of professional camera called Digital Reflex Camera (DSLR). It has totally different shape from current cameras that you know. As project during his 3rd year as an industrial design student in Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, this DSLR concept is designed with its body and lens as continuation to elongate the camera body. This industrial designer got the inspiration from the use of the old reflex cameras where the eyepiece is located at the top of the camera. So, what do you think?
Yaniv says "The camera body and lens was designed as a continuation that connects to it, creating an elongated body curved end , that turns to the user interface along the side of the camera there is another interface which control the details of photography. I wanted to make a refreshing change at the accepted form of professional cameras,to soften it, but to maintain its professional appearance.
Through the use of camera I wanted to get different photography experience. I took inspiration from the use of the old reflex cameras, that the eyepiece was located at the top of the camera, and the photographer was cradling the camera close to his stomach during photography. So, I designed the camera to match the pose I was looking for , in the ergonomic sense.
Tagged as different photography, different shape, digital reflex, professional cameras, reflex camera, reflex cameras.
Neat. No more twitching eye at eyepiece, bent neck, lifting camera to eye-height or sitting even for mid height shots.
One Issue that I see is accomodating larger display screen in that form factor.
Idea: Can have screen (even larger ones) at side of this tube, that can be flip opened and twist-turned, just like camcorder screen.
Who ever design this has no clue what so ever about photography its as lame as a p&s but really big.
No one that is serious about photography will ever use this.


One book which is included in the Eth Cepher and found in no other collection of sacred scripture is the cepher Baruch Sheniy. What a remarkable book and one worthy of a complete analysis. However, let us engage in a cursory review somewhere in the middle of the cepher for just a moment to see what we can find.
AND it shall come to pass after these things, when the time of the advent of HAMASHIACH is fulfilled, that he shall return in glory. 2 Then all who have fallen asleep in hope of him shall rise again. And it shall come to pass at that time that the treasuries will be opened in which is preserved the number of the souls of the righteous, and they shall come forth, and a multitude of souls shall be seen together in one assemblage of one thought, and the first shall rejoice and the last shall not be grieved. 3 For they know that the time has come of which it is said, that it is the consummation of the times. 4 But the souls of the wicked, when they behold all these things, shall then waste away the more. 5 For they shall know that their torment has come and their perdition has arrived.
AND it came to pass after these things: that I went to the people and said unto them: 2 Assemble unto me all your elders and I will speak words unto them. And they all assembled in the valley of the Qidron. 3 And I answered and said unto them: Hear, O Yisra'el, and I will speak to you, And give ear, O seed of Ya`aqov, and I will instruct you. 4 Forget not Tsiyon, but hold in remembrance the anguish of Yerushalayim. 5 For lo! the days come when everything that is shall become the prey of corruption and be as though it had not been.
BUT as for you, if ye prepare your hearts, so as to sow in them the fruits of the Torah, it shall protect you in that time in which EL ELOHIYM is to shake the whole creation. 2 Because after a little time the building of Tsiyon will be shaken in order that it may be built again. 3 But that building will not remain, but will again after a time be rooted out, and will remain desolate until the time. 4 And afterwards it must be renewed in glory, and perfected forevermore. 5 Therefore we should not be distressed so much over the evil which has now come as over that which is still to be. 6 For there will be a greater trial than these two tribulations when EL ELOHIYM will renew his creation. 7 And now do not draw near to me for a few days, nor seek me till I come to you. 8 And it came to pass when I had spoken to them all these words, that I, Baruch, went my way, and when the people saw me setting out, they lifted up their voice and lamented and said: 9 Whither do you depart from us, Baruch, and forsake us as a father who forsakes his orphan children, and departs from them?
Behold, the days come, says YAHUAH, that I will make a Renewed Covenant with the את (eth)-house of Yisra'el, and with the את (eth)-house of Yahudah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim; which my covenant they broke, although I was a man unto them, says YAHUAH: 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with את (eth)-the house of Yisra'el; After those days, says YAHUAH, I will put my Torah in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their ELOHIYM, and they shall be my people.


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There are critics of Samsung who argue that its success is mostly due to copying and then tweaking the innovations of others. There is a good deal of truth in this, especially around the early Galaxy designs.
But Samsung is a global leader in screen technology, TVs, batteries, and chip design. So in terms of innovation it is doing a lot right. But we know very little about how.
We know how its competitors innovate – we look at Google and see the 20% time, the big adjacencies, the search for disruption, the bold statements about the future of autos, for example.
We know that within Apple when a project gets to a critical stage, the company assigns three teams to its development, each of which competes against the other. We know the importance of design thinking, an attribute Google is learning about. And of customer experience.
What does Samsung do in comparison? How does it line up against these American masters or conversely are Google and Apple good enough to compete against Samsung?
There's no doubt that patent circumvention is an aim when Samsung innovates. From its early forays into innovation, competing against Toshiba in washing and drying machines, Samsung has chased patents in areas where its competitors appear to have protection and has oriented its innovation efforts to find new patentable ideas in its competitors' backyard.
Samsung has nurtured a close relationship with the Russian Academy of Science since then. There is a framework agreement between the two parties. And the Korean Government has its own agreement under which it funds Korean small businesses to develop projects on the back of Academy research. Samsung meanwhile appears to help the Academy to increase its patent count and to exploit its inventions.
The relationship with Russian science was the introduction of TRIZ, an innovation method that Samsung adopted from 2000 onwards but which only reached American companies from the mid-2000s onwards.
TRIZ is a methodology for systematic problem solving. Typical of its origins in Russia, it asks users to seek the contradictions in current technological conditions and customer needs and to imagine an ideal state that innovation should drive towards.
Samsung had early successes with TRIZ, saving over $100 million in its first few projects. It was also adopting Six Sigma at the time.
But it was TRIZ that became the bedrock of innovation at Samsung. And it was introduced at Samsung by Russian engineers whom Samsung had hired into its Seoul Labs in the early 2000s.
In 2003 TRIZ led to 50 new patents for Samsung and in 2004 one project alone, a DVD pick-up innovation, saved Samsung over $100 million. TRIZ is now an obligatory skill set if you want to advance within Samsung.
At the Samsung Advanced Institute for Technology, Hyo June Kim, who wrote The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, a foundation text on TRIZ published in Korean, trained over 1,000 engineers across Samsung companies in 2004 alone.
At Samsung even the subsidiary CEO has to take TRIZ training. From looking at the various presentations I estimate that engineers get about 15 days of training plus 7 days specific project work. That's quite an investment in method and people.
So the answer to why Samsung is so innovative – with at least two major product announcements this month – is that it is heavily invested in its people, it goes in search of special talent wherever it can find it, but specifically made astute moves into Russia early on; it targets its innovations towards specific competitors and patents that it wants to overhaul (as Apple did under Jobs); and it has an innovation culture based on extensive training, repeatable methodology and creative elite formation, backed by the highest levels of management.
I had the chance, on Thursday December 4th 2014, to participate to a lunch, organised by a French consulting company named Weave. This lunch was led by Frédéric Simottel from BFM Business and Gilles Babinet invited to the lunch. Gilles Babinet is the Digital Champion, representing France to the European Commission. Gilles was the first president of the National Digital Council, French organization set up by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France at that time. As part of this lunch, Gilles Babinet, developed themes of his book "The digital era, a new age of humanity".
Indeed, in the 18th century, the invention of the steam engine, starting with prototypes, produced in the 16th century, leads to the first industrial revolution. This revolution is characterized by the mass production of products, more and more sophisticated, and makes possible the industrialization of increasingly complex processes, in all sectors of activity (goods production, transport, …). In the 19th century, mining large quantities of oil, and the invention of internal combustion engines and electric motors using electricity produced from coal, results in the second industrial revolution, with power machines, which completely change the functioning of the economy and boosting the exchanges.
Gilles Babinet says that, in the 20th century, the advent of computers in 80-90 years causes the transition to the digital age, the third industrial revolution. The computer starts at the beginning of the 40s, with the radar and after the transistor in the 50s. But the revolution is actually happening 60 years later, in the 2000s, when every employee has a computer and a smartphone to communicate with his business. Again, all means of production are affected: there are no longer produced well without computers to manage production, to drive robots, to compute the accounts of the company or to boost innovation of them. No sector is spared: producing agricultural crops through computers (in tractors, for the weather forecast, for the accounts …) or producing goods through computers (to control robots, to communicate between people a company, to communicate by producing adverts…). Innovation, exponential, through simulation that allows the digital age, is totally boost by the third industrial revolution; This is why we hear so much of it after this revolution.
All sectors, all company departments, all people are affected. Gilles Babinet is exciting; these analyzes are very interesting. Summarizing the situation, we can estimate that currently there is an industrial revolution emerging each century. And it takes time between the emergence of the new revolution and its application in the industry at every level of the company.
It is interesting to imagine what could be the next industrial revolution. I have my idea about it … I think things will start to emerge within 30 years; and it will take 30 years for the fourth industrial revolution take shape. Until then enjoy the 3rd, transform our businesses to make maximum use of capacity through permissent this 3rd revolution and trying to anticipate the 4th.
7 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation
How companies can nurture innovation and motivate their talents to bring innovations forward?
Each company is destined to get the results it gets. What I mean by this is that poor organization, lack of solid and sustainable innovation culture lead to poor results, and more than before, to a company's trouble or death.
Smart business leaders shape the culture of their company to drive innovation. Success and constant positive results come from the implementation and execution of strategies, business models, structure, processes, technologies and incentive systems that encourage innovation.
1. Define your company's mission around innovation
Many companies don't have a mission statement, but for those which do, often times statements use generic terms, such as "best product in the world", "best customer service"… They do not inspire employees to innovate. A strong and inspiring vision should be framed around how the company works to change its customer's world, for the better.
2. Create the structure to allow employees to experiment new ideas with unstructured time
Successful innovative companies give time to their employees to get away from their daily tasks, to work on personal or company projects not directly related to their work. Then tap into this creative process.
3. Recognize employees's contribution to the innovation process
Some companies offer monetized incentives. It is hard to assign a $ value to innovation; this is good for sales teams. Some companies give annual innovation awards; it is a good initiative for a short term, but it creates more competition than it encourages collaboration and creates emulation.
4. Return to the past
No new idea is completely original. Some concepts may not have materialized for various reasons, but it is always good to look at the past and understand why it did not work out. You avoid future mistakes, you can find ways to better the products (new technology, new process, new skill…). Start-up companies which by definition don't have a past can look at what's be done in the industry, what did not find success, and bounce off this to create something new.
5. Pay attention to culture, not trends
Culture is mass ideology – a system of values and beliefs that runs so deep we don't question it. There's an American belief in personal invention and reinvention. You see that in social products like Snapchat and Instagram, which allow us to invent ourselves in the moment. They may seem like a trend. But they reflect a deep underlying value.
6. Continuous education
Self-development is the key to employee's success. In the same system where company should create a structure for unstructured time, those same companies should create time for continuous education. Allow employees to seek new interests, learn and develop new skills.
7. Allow failure
The essence of innovation is that it takes multiple experiments to successfully create new products, solutions, services. Failure is part of the innovation process. When employees are not afraid of failure, they will feel empowered to take risks and be "crazy".
Initial article: http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2014/08/10/7-ways-to-create-a-culture-of-innovation/
What is a disruptive innovation?
Disruptive innovation, a term of art coined by Clayton Christensen, describes a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors.
As companies tend to innovate faster than their customers' needs evolve, most organizations eventually end up producing products or services that are actually too sophisticated, too expensive, and too complicated for many customers in their market.
Companies pursue these "sustaining innovations" at the higher tiers of their markets because this is what has historically helped them succeed: by charging the highest prices to their most demanding and sophisticated customers at the top of the market, companies will achieve the greatest profitability.
However, by doing so, companies unwittingly open the door to "disruptive innovations" at the bottom of the market. An innovation that is disruptive allows a whole new population of consumers at the bottom of a market access to a product or service that was historically only accessible to consumers with a lot of money or a lot of skill.
Characteristics of disruptive businesses, at least in their initial stages, can include: lower gross margins, smaller target markets, and simpler products and services that may not appear as attractive as existing solutions when compared against traditional performance metrics. Because these lower tiers of the market offer lower gross margins, they are unattractive to other firms moving upward in the market, creating space at the bottom of the market for new disruptive competitors to emerge.
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The age of the re-emergent technologies
Ryan Raffaelli, of Harvard Business School, has examined examples of "re-emergent technologies" in detail. The most striking example is the Swiss mechanical-watch industry. In the 1970s it was almost washed away by a tide of cheaper and more accurate digital watches. Today the industry is more successful than ever, providing the country's largest source of exports after pharmaceuticals and machinery, and the engine of its revival is the old-fashioned wind-up watch.
There are plenty of other examples of re-emergent technologies. Sales of fountain pens collapsed in the 1950s with the arrival of cheap ballpoints; since the mid-1970s they have enjoyed a steady revival. Trams looked destined to become nothing more than tourist attractions in proudly quaint cities such as San Francisco and Paris. But hundreds of cities in the world have either installed new tram systems or have plans to do so. Sales of vinyl LPs in the world have increased from almost nothing in 1993 to more than some millions in 2013. The number of independent bookshops is rising for the first time in decades.
How do businesses go about reviving old technologies in the face of so much innovation? Mr Raffaelli argues that the key to success lies in redefining the product's value and meaning. Swiss watchmakers redefined their products as status goods rather than a means of telling the time. That they are so much harder to make than digital watches added immeasurably to their desirability. Independent booksellers are redefining themselves as communities where people who care about books meet and socialise. Trams are re-emerging as a green solution to both pollution and urban sprawl: a striking number of the cities that are adopting them are formless sunbelt cities.
This redefinition demands a careful balance between tradition and change. Revival businesses often need to cultivate a close relationship with their craftsmen and customers, who may see themselves as guardians of a great tradition rather than mere employees or consumers. The Swiss watch industry arguably survived only because collectors kept paying record prices for watches at auctions and skilled craftsmen refused to abandon the old ways: when Zenith decided to throw away its mechanical watchmaking moulds at the height of what Swiss refer to as "the quartz crisis", one old-timer decided to store them in a shed instead, wheeling them out once again when the luxury market took off. Revival businesses need to peddle their back-story remorselessly.
However, while peddling their traditions and reassuring customers and craftsmen that they are holding true to them, revival businesses also need to be willing to change. Nicolas Hayek and Ernst Thomke saved the Swiss watch industry from impending death by applying a succession of electric shocks. In a series of deals they brought together a bunch of ailing businesses into the mighty Swatch Group, whose sales last year reached SFr8.8 billion ($9.5 billion). They fought back against cheap digital watches by first redefining Swiss watches as fashion items, with Swatches, and then redefining them as luxury items, with brands such as Breguet, Blancpain and Omega which sell watches for six-figure sums.
Revival industries need to be willing to take tough decisions: for example, sacrificing market share to new entrants while holding firm on price. They also have to be ready to reorientate themselves to new markets: the Chinese have proved enthusiastic buyers of Western heritage goods.
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Connected car: new model building by Google
This is incredible to see how Google progressed within 1 year about their program "Google self-driving car project". This is now not anymore, a concept with technical tests using a Toyota cars, as it was last year, with Prius or Lexus RX; this is not anymore a technical solution with engineers embedded in these cars, checking the issues of the software developed.
This concept allows Google to propose a completely automatized car without any steering wheel nor any pedals of acceleration or brake nor any engineer embedded in the car.
A new model of usage born
These cars will not be sold by Google; the cost of cars remains too expensive from now; some rumors speaks about a price of 1 million of dollars for the first Google cars, if we integrate manufacturing costs and R&D costs included; and the running costs of these cars is unknown for the moment; for sure, limited people could buy these cars if they would be allowed to buy them.
These cars will be firstly rented by Google to replace your car to go to supermarket, to go to airport or to go some meetings in your town. This model reinvent the usage of transports.
On one side, this car can be compared to a public transport, completely optimized: the car is able to take you everywhere; and you can go everywhere; this car is a two places car, it doesn't take a lot of place in the road circulation and you don't need to park them; the car is able to know the traffic jam and optimize the way to go to the destination.
On the other side, this car can manage all small "travel" corresponding to 80% if car usages. This is a complete revolution for the car manufacturers in the next 10 years; in this case, people will not buy anymore a car; what is the interest if you can "call" a car when you need it?
Of course, it means that there will be enough "automatized" cars available in one place as big towns. This is also a complete revolution for taxi or public transports: this automatized transport can be very competitive in the next 10 years and completely change the model of transports in big town.
Continuous disruptive model as Business model
This revolution is exiting because Google, a "big" company with 50000 employees and 60 billions of turnover, is able to make some disruptive innovations on many different sectors every year!
Generally, companies are able to make one disruptive innovation every 10 years; and when it is more, a big risk of failure of the company can be predicted. In the case of Google, it seems not; their Business model seems to be constructed on their capacity to continuously be able to build some disruptive concepts with a lot of synergies with existing profitable activities they also manage.
A lesson to be learn by many worldwide companies if they would continue to exist in the next decades.
Working together to enhance innovation
Interoperability is increasingly seen as critical for business success, but what is it? Simply put, it is the ability to work together.
Interoperable organizations are those that can easily exchange information and subsequently make use of that information.
Interoperability allows organizations to work without barriers and without extra effort with other systems or organizations.
Individuals have already become highly interoperable, thanks to tools such as the social networks Facebook and Instagram, which both have hundreds of millions of users. These networks add value insofar as they promote communication and the exchange of information, making our lives feel more fulfilled. Without such tools, how would we keep in touch in a world where less time exists to socialize? Of course, connecting online shouldn't be a substitute for face-to-face, but it does help us feel connected to something bigger than ourselves and to see other things happening around us more clearly.
In the business context, technologies that facilitate interoperability drive innovation. If businesses don't innovate, they are doomed, even in the short term. Interoperability between enterprises is thus important, as it enhances collaboration and innovation.
Enterprise interoperability can be defined as a collaboration competence, occurring between business partners, and through which value is created. The oftentimes very close business relationships that result are supported by information technology, which acts as more than an enabler or a simple conduit, providing an efficient means whereby relationships can evolve to a higher level.Interoperability can focus on different aspects of these relationships, which organizations must leverage to the fullest in order to produce the innovation they need to survive:Communication—exchanging information.Coordination—aligning activities.
Cooperation—sharing.Collaboration—creating synergy.
Channeling—involving the Internet.
One should not only look to the Internet (channel interoperability) as a solution to organizational problems. We increasingly need to know how to share (cooperation interoperability) among individuals, teams, and organizations, as this fosters knowledge creation. We need to be aligned so as not to repeat activities that have already been performed, and not to forget to do other activities that cannot be left undone (coordination interoperability).
Collaborating in teams means that more can be accomplished. Teams are collections of individual talents, which need to be celebrated, but individual stars should not be seen as being more important than the team's overall talent to produce innovation. The IDEO Design Thinking approach, building on teamwork and on the principle that "enlightened trial and error succeeds over the planning of the lone genius," stresses the relevance of teamwork. Communicating effectively is a form of interoperability. Information needs to be exchanged and circulated if it is to be of value.
Companies are increasingly leveraging more interoperability types at their disposal, and this will lead to more forms of innovation.Innovation comes in several forms, such as products and services, processes, organizational structure, and marketing. Companies need to introduce as many forms of innovation as possible: New products and services increase sales, process innovations decrease costs, organizational innovations increase morale and motivation, and marketing innovations increase visibility.Interoperability may perhaps come more naturally to smaller entrepreneurial firms, which need to be innovative and to have alliances and partnerships in order to survive and gain market presence. Small entrepreneurial companies communicate based on trust, with an open attitude to the environment. However, larger firms like Apple and Samsung are also innovating, suggesting that they, too, are capable of being interoperable—even if mainly on an internal basis to avoid sharing knowledge and company secrets outside the firm.
In the decades ahead, accelerating technological innovation will lead to paradigm shifts in the economy, causing certain jobs to disappear. Continuous learning will be necessary to keep people competitive and employable. So individuals, much like companies, will also be leveraging as many interoperability types at their disposal as possible, in both their personal and professional networks, to stay ahead.
Never before will being connected mean so much. In a world where we are increasingly seen as personal brands of our capabilities and unique competencies, teamwork and the honest and earnest exchange of knowledge will be paramount to the success of the multiple teams in which we move. The world is increasingly mobile, and that actually means that the world is increasingly interoperable.
TOP10 ideas to increase passion in workplaces!
Ever wonder why some run with passion at work, while others stick like Velcro to problems? When innovation opportunities stir, why do some dash forward with new talents, while others dash for cover? It could be as small as reorganizing work shifts for flexibility. Or it could be bold new acquisitions that link diverse cultures. Good news is, the human brain comes equipped to build and sustain innovative cultures. The kind of community people crave and productivity feeds on.
Yet passion's at an all time low in today's workplaces? Why? Consider mental equipment that typically goes hidden or unused at work:
1. To kindle new ideas takes circles of trust. Teams that consciously cultivate trust, open spaces for new ideas. The iPod's inception, for instance, started with an innovative idea that Steve Jobs' team kindled into revolutionized communication. Similarly, Fast Company's awesome design moments unveiled original ideas that emerged from committed teams. Passionate communities, such as Apple and Fast Company, differ mentally from typical workplaces, just as brains of genius inventors vary from minds of complacent masses. How so? The brain's hippocampus releases a shot of dopamine the brain chemical for kindling novelty.
2. To mimic innovative talent takes passionate people who speak up and feel heard. Believe it or not, we literally adopt another person's talents by observing them. The innate process of mirror neurons creates innovative cultures through mimicking talents cultivated by others. Deep inside your brain cells are neurons that will fire in reaction to another's beliefs as they roll into activity. See any new opportunities for building communities of passion where you work? How does it play out in an innovator's actions, and in those who observe the results?
3. To build originality takes linking opposites together to generate novelty from both sides. Passion for novelty builds across racism and stomps out flame wars by taming the amygdala to harness brilliance. Luckily the human brain builds new neuron pathways for different kinds of thinkers when we engage many to prosper a wider community.
4. To introduce innovative technology takes game-changing guides. Innovation springs from workplaces that bubble over with pools just outside of prevailing thought where all participants can hook difficult facts or barriers onto solutions that others live. Just as one talented member of my group tweaked the technology, any of us can ensure that technology sparks rather than stops progress.
5. To end up with innovation takes starting with opposing or wide angled views. Passionate teams rarely wait for situations to improve. They refuel by engaging opposing views to discover original designs built from different angles. They come to problems equipped to lead in a multifaceted world. To benefit from multiple talents is to share a common vision, and then go for different offerings!
6. To develop and reward talent takes more than a few leaders. Leaders emerge when encouraged to ask – What if…? or Have you thought about …? Simple prompts from all corners go a long way toward talent growth. People bring multiple intelligences to work daily, and mindful leaders help to unwrap those gifts. As part of that process we often survey unique intelligences to help workplaces awaken new abilities that stand a chance to blossom across differences.
7. To build innovative cultures takes altering practices that stagnate workers. Here at the brain center – we pose two-footed questions to cultivate passion for solutions. Our approach integrates passionate solutions and improves existing practices when we question current barriers. With one foot we confront problems, and with the other we leap toward creative solutions. In and MBA course on innovative leadership, we challenge novice leaders with a two-footed question: What innovation will you propose that will gain followers and facilitate inventions?
8. To pull through downturns takes tone tools for tough times. Fervor for innovation gets lost in climates where tone toxins such as bullying or intimidation exist. Simply put, tone makes or breaks passion for innovation. Passion flees when stress, negativity or ego shoots down lofty ideas. Participants hang up their cleats and revert to bare routines. Luckily the brain comes with equipment to restore passion! Tone tactics tend to tug innovation and purpose back into play. Start by asking trusted peers what tone they hear in your words and then compare their responses to what your words meant to convey.
9. To avoid problems at meetings takes gathering possibilities ahead. It can be as simple as tossing out a good question, or as complex as launching a web discussion at work. Recently I started a simple back-and-forth on Twitter to toss around insights and brain facts about multi-tasking as it affects innovation. I expected to see how people view multi-tasking as it relates to their own innovation. Social networks added new colors and textures for an ASTD leadership session I facilitated, because people held up lived experiences to the rainbow for shared look.
10. To navigate past cynicism without yielding to pessimism takes running past skeptics. Have you noticed how stocks rise when people speak hope? While it seems trite to say hope lies beyond the sea of cynicism, it's true that passion and purpose are fueled with serotonin, a hormone for well being. You spark curiosity by cultivating serotonin, while you fuel cynicism with dangerous cortisol chemicals of cynics. When passionate creators spark curiosity, imagination tends to kick into drive.
If you agree that we need more passion for original breakthroughs at work, you'll likely also agree that passion starts with choice to be tested out-of-the-box. What do you think?


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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1983.

Events

January
17 January – Breakfast Time, Britain's first breakfast show, launches on BBC1. The new service includes four opt-outs, which allow BBC Scotland to broadcast its own news bulletin.

February
1 February – TV-am launches, with Good Morning Britain. However this is a national service with no opt-outs for Scottish news.

March
No events.

April
No events.

May
After 15 years on air, the final edition of current affairs programme Current Account is broadcast on BBC1 Scotland.

June
9–10 June – Television coverage of the 1983 general election.

July
No events.

August
No events.

September
6 September – ITV broadcasts the STV-produced Killer. It would later be turned into a series and re-titled Taggart.

October
24 October – Sixty Minutes launches on BBC1, replacing Nationwide, and the Reporting Scotland name is dropped, becoming Scotland Sixty Minutes due to the regional news programmes being incorporated into the new programme.

November
No events.

December
No events.

Debuts

ITV
6 September – Taggart (1983–2010)

Television series
Scotsport (1957–2008)
Top Club (1971–1998)
Scotland Today (1972–2009)
Sportscene (1975–present)
The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
Grampian Today (1980–2009)
Take the High Road (1980–2003)
Now You See It (1981–1986)

Ending this year
21 October – Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)

Births
March – Mark Prendergast, actor

See also
1983 in Scotland

References

Television in Scotland by year
1980s in Scottish television

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HS football: Staten Island's top 32 running backs between 2007-16
By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.com
Staten Island Advance/Hilton Flores
Top-notch ground game
By CHARLIE De BIASE JR.
It's safe to say Staten Island has been home to a number of top-notch running backs over the years.
And where it's not easy to say when the most dominant era took place in this borough, the period between 2007-16 10 saw plenty of RBs run wild.
In fact, there were 32 players selected Advance All Stars between 2007-16, in part because of their ability to run the ball.
During that 10-year time frame, Tottenville earned the most All-Star selections with seven. Susan Wagner was next with six while Curtis had five.
SILive.com wants to take you for a stroll down memory lane as we look at the running backs who experienced the most success over the last decade.
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Pat Brennan, Sea
The senior running back (26) enjoyed a monster year in 2007, rushing the ball 242 times for 1,401 yards.
Brennan averaged 5.8 yards per carry and scored 15 touchdowns.
He had a career-high 288 yards in one contest against Holy Trinity. That total was the most on the Island that season.
Shaahiyn Alston, Curtis
The two-time Advance All Star enjoyed a pair of highly successful seasons in 2006-07.
As a junior, he rushed 1,566 yards (8.6 yards per carry) with an Island-high 23 touchdowns.
One year later, he rushed for an Island-high 1,600 yards while averaging 9.1 yards per carry. The senior also finished with an Island-high 176 points overall and scored 24 touchdowns, including 18 on the ground.
Alston helped the Warriors win the PSAL city championship as a senior.
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Tramaine Wilson, Tottenville
The senior rushed the ball 208 times for 1,147 yards and averaged 5.5 yards per tote in 2008.
Wilson scored 15 touchdowns, including 12 on the ground, and hauled in 21 passes for 348 yards. He averaged 16.6 yards per catch.
Naykwan Johnson, Curtis
The senior rushed for 1,481 yards on 261 carries in 2008.
Johnson averaged 5.7 yards per carry and finished with 22 touchdowns, including 21 on the ground.
Staten Island Advance/Derek Alvez
Anthony Sama, Susan Wagner
The senior feature back carried the ball 159 times for 1,381 yards in 2008. He averaged 8.7 yards per carry.
Sama finished with 16 touchdowns and five two-point conversions for the Falcons.
Torian Phillips, Port Richmond
Not only did Phillips lead the Raiders to the PSAL city championship in 2008, but he enjoyed one of the finest seasons ever by an Islander.
Although he was technically a slot receiver, Phillips rushed for 1,486 yards while averaging an Island-high 10.8 yards per carry. He also notched an Island-high 208 points and finished with a whopping 34 TDs, including 29 on the ground.
Phillips' touchdown total was the second-highest in Island history, as well as the third highest in the city all-time.
He also caught 20 passes for 409 yards. Phillips averaged 20.5 yards per catch as a senior.
A year earlier, he also earned Advance All-Star status as an all-purpose player, thanks in part to 628 rushing yards and 13 receptions.
Marvin Staten, Tottenville
The senior stepped in as running back three games into the 2009 campaign when starter Gil Mendoza got hurt and wound up turning in a sensational season.
Staten finished third on the Island with 1,242 yards. He averaged 6.9 yards per carry and finished with 18 rushing touchdowns.
Shaquan Coles, Curtis
The senior rushed for an Island-high 1,733 yards in 2009 despite missing most of the Warriors' last three games because of a nagging ankle injury.
Coles averaged 7.3 yards per carry, rushed for 22 touchdowns and added nine two-point conversions.
Andrew Armato, Sea
Armato (5) was a two-time Advance All Star who turned in superb seasons between 2008-09.
As a junior, he carried the ball a whopping 281 times for 1,431 yards and 12 TDs. He averaged 5.1 yards per carry.
One year later, he carried the ball 174 times for 1,972 yards. Armato averaged 6.2 yards per carry and scored eight touchdowns as a senior.
Lyle McCombs, Sea
McCombs was one of the beneficiaries of the Vikings' run-oriented attack during the 2008-09 seasons.
As a junior, he rushed the ball 206 times for 1,230 yards. He averaged 6.0 yards per carry.
As a senior, McCombs finished second on the Island after rushing the ball 213 times for 1,544 yards. He finished with 26 touchdowns, including 18 on the ground, as well as eight two-point conversions.
McCombs averaged 7.2 yards per carry as a senior and also made 15 catches for 353 yards.
Gil Mendoza, Tottenville
Mendoza finished with 1,205 rushing yards and averaged an Island-high 9.7 yards per carry in 2010.
The senior scored 19 touchdowns.
Trevor Ellam, Susan Wagner
Ellam (34) was a two-time Advance All Star thanks to a pair of top-notch seasons between 2009-10.
As a junior, he finished with 21 touchdowns and 10 two-points conversions. Ellam had 881 rushing yards, as well as a 5.9 yards per carry averaged.
One season later, Ellam rushed for an additional 1,044 yards and 14 TDs. He averaged 6.8 yards per carry for the Falcons.
John Diaz, Sea
The senior (4) RB led the Island's CHSFL schools with 1,478 rushing yards in 2010.
Diaz also averaged 5.7 yards per carry and scored 15 touchdowns for the Vikings.
Benjamin Ezike, Susan Wagner
The senior rushed the ball 198 times for 1,412 yards, which was good enough for second on the Island in 2011.
Ezike also rushed for 12 touchdowns, as well as an Island-high nine two-point conversions.
He averaged 7.1 yards per carry and also hauled in 13 passes for 213 yards.
Kevin Austin, Curtis
The senior running back enjoyed a terrific season in 2012, rushing for 1,500 yards and a 7.1 yards per carry average.
He finished with 20 rushing TDs.
Ivan Cooper, MSIT
The senior running back finished with 848 yards on 81 carries. He averaged a whopping 10.5 yards per carry in 2011.
Cooper rushed for 12 TDs, including 10 on the ground.
Augustus Edwards, Tottenville
Edwards enjoyed a superb season at running back in 2011, rushing the ball 182 times for 1,304 yards (7.2 yards per carry).
The junior finished with 12 TDs overall, including nine rushing, and also returned a pair of kickoffs for scores.
Mike Viegas, Farrell
The senior running back rushed 151 times for 974 yards in 2011. He averaged 6.5 yards per carry.
Viegas finished with 15 touchdowns overall, including 12 on the ground and two via kickoff return.
He also made 29 catches for an additional 271 yards, which was good enough for third on the Island.
Andrew Russo, Tottenville
The senior running back helped the Pirates reach the PSAL city championship at Yankee Stadium in 2013 after rushing the ball 228 times for 1,411 yards. He averaged 6.2 yards per carry.
In addition, he finished with an Island-high 18 touchdowns.
Russo also was named an Advance All Star as a junior when he played for St. Joseph by-the-Sea.
Luis Perea, Tottenville
The senior finished with 631 rushing yards and six touchdowns for the Pirates in 2014.
He finished with a 6.4 yards per carry average.
Dawa Winn, New Dorp
The senior led the Island in rushing yards with 1,226 en route to winning the Fabbri Award in 2014.
Winn finished with nine touchdowns, a 7.9 yards per carry average and also hauled in 18 passes for 194 yards.
Galo Carrera, St. Peter's
The senior running back (3) finished with 957 rushing yards during the 2014 season.
Carrera scored nine touchdowns and averaged 5.7 yards per carry for the Eagles.
Jesse Bramble, Tottenville
The senior (4) did it all for the Pirates during the 2015 season, rushing for 926 yards while hauling in 16 passes for an additional 414 yards en route to winning the Fabbri Award.
Bramble averaged 9.2 yards per carry and finished with 22 touchdowns overall, including 13 on the ground.
Staten Island Advance/Stephen Hart
Denzel Green, Port Richmond
The senior rushed 130 times for 1,025 yards in 2015. He averaged 7.9 yards per carry.
Green finished with nine touchdowns.
Kevin Pair, Susan Wagner
The senior running back led the Island in rushing with 1,929 yards, including a whopping 27 touchdowns in 2015.
Pair, who carried the ball 257 times, scored in every game and rushed for 150 yards or more eight times.
Dustin Rubenstein, MSIT
The junior rushed the ball 137 times for 942 yards during the 2015 campaign.
He averaged 6.9 yards per carry and scored 14 touchdowns on the ground.
Stephen Viegas, Farrell
Viegas enjoyed a highly productive two-year stretch for the Lions during the 2014-15 campaigns.
As a junior, he rushed for 1,067 yards ... good enough for second on the Island ... while averaging 6.8 yards per carry and scoring nine touchdowns.
As a senior, he carried the ball 194 times for 1,376 yards. He averaged 7.1 yards per tote and scored 13 touchdowns overall.
Bobby Wing, St. Peter's
Wing established himself as one of the Eagles' best all-time running backs after turning in a pair of top-notch seasons between 2015-16.
As a junior, he carried the ball a whopping 279 times for 1,356 yards and 11 rushing TDs.
A year later, he rushed for 1,301 yards on 247 carries. The senior finished with 19 TDs and averaged 5.3 yards per tote.
Artie Stimus, Susan Wagner
The senior running back (21) finished with 1,342 yards on 216 carries for the Falcons in 2016.
Stimus finished with 21 touchdowns overall, including 18 on the ground.
Myles Lopes, Susan Wagner
The senior fullback (44) was capable of powering his way for a yard or two when called upon, but he was best known for paving the way for fellow RB Artie Stimus thanks to his superb blocking skills in 2016.
He was also a solid linebacker for the Falcons as well.
Gavin Monreale, Farrell
The senior running back carried the ball 188 times for 1,389 yards. He averaged 7.4 yards per carry in 2016.
Monreale finished with 13 touchdowns for the Lions.
Ty Son Lawton, Curtis
Lawton, who's currently a senior for the Warriors, enjoyed a superb season a year ago after rushing the ball 204 times for 1,584 yards.
The Stony Brook University-bound senior finished with 15 touchdowns as a junior and averaged 7.8 yards per carry.


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The Sounders play brave and bloody
Still, the home match with Houston ends up 0-0. The key in the deciding playoff game Nov. 8 will be if Houston gives way to its sneaking fear that Seattle may actually be the better team.
Fredy Montero earlier in the season.
The Sounders have at least one more game to their season, a November 8th match against the Houston Dynamos, Sunday noon in Texas. They will play it at Robertson Stadium, a WPA project from the 1940s, renovated completely in 1998. It has perfect grass surface, there are 32,000 seats, and Houston — who have been the MLS champions for two of the last four years and who have the best home record in the league for those four years and who are 4-1 all-time in playoff home games — will be favored. The temperature will be in the 60s, the stands full with Texans. This may even be good news for the Sounders.
The MLS playoff format has the first round as a home/home aggregate — the higher-seeded team gets the second game on its field, last ups. On Thursday night at Sounder Field, Seattle found a hole in the lousy weather and even some extra loge seats and jammed 35,000 fans into the place. They hoped to jump out on the Houston team, get themselves a cushion or two for the trip to Texas. But it was Texas that jumped out and damn near scored in the third and fourth minute. Maybe Seattle is too young, too new for these home matches? Whatever the case, they have not been a great soccer team at home and this first playoff match, though brave and bloody and ferocious, was no exception.
Off to Houston, then, where they will have only a pale green wedge of supporters, where they will have to rely on themselves, where no one will wish them well — and where, perhaps, they may play their best soccer. And if they do, if they realize there is no more room, that the season ends for the loser, ends, done, finished, if they tap on the thick skull of Houston's fear that Seattle is the comer, then it just may be that playing in Houston is good news.
The Thursday night game, the only playoff for any Seattle team in 2009, laid out all the terms. It ended in a 0-0 tie and a lot of grumbling, but everything was brought up, every resentment, arrogance and grudge and debt. Houston has the stuff, the titles, the fans, the spit, the experience. They play soccer with a nod to football, which in Texas is probably a smart thing to do. They are big, physical, and relentless. Even their goalie Onstad is 6-4 and 220 pounds. They are best of the league.
The Sounders are another matter. Save for Nate Jaqua (who last played for Houston ), they are not big. And without Tyrone Marshall, their defender who could not play in this first match, they are a modest defensive front. Houston does not fear them, but it fears it will lose to them. It fears that Seattle is the better soccer team and in the end, for this playoff, that will be the factor. Houston does not want the Sounders to realize how good they are. The Houston tactic is to pound on the Sounders like an older brother and let them discover how good they are on someone else's dime.
For much of the game, the tactic worked. The Sounders could not string passes together; they were looking too late and arriving too early. But there were wonderful moments: Zakuani leaving his defender so heavy-legged as to appear from the wrong sport or Freddie Ljungberg insisting that soccer is a game of control. The Sounders seemed more afraid of their own disorder than they were of Houston and so would pass carelessly in the seeming confidence they could and would take back the ball.
There was an ugly moment at the 17th minute. Jaqua had headed a shot wide and out of bounds. Onstad, coming upfield out of his net, chest-butted Fredy Montero, knocking him onto his back. It should have been the second, and perhaps all time leading enticement award for Fredy. He had similarly lured the Chicago keeper into a red card for irresistibly stomping on Montero's chest. Montero has this power — he can flop, he can writhe, he can act the victim, he can act the child — and it all is too fey for the macho teams like Chicago and Houston, who want to kill him. He can also, of course, score from anywhere on the pitch. He can make a defender look like a post and a keeper look like a fill-in.
It should have been a red card for Onstad, who later said it was just a nudge (and even later said, I hit the wrong guy) but never mentioned his own histrionics of writhing seconds later with an eye injury until no one noticed. The referee Salazar knows both teams too well. It was Salazar who gave Beckham the red ejection on this field in August, who showed at that time his disfavor with Montero antics. This time Salazar gave yellow cards to both players.
A red card for Onstad would have skewed the game and the series. But the Montero yellow, for play acting an injury, that was Montero's own debt, and from the Galaxy game, he should have well known better. He writhes too much, he writhes again, and it is costing him and the Sounders. If they can duct tape the Montero theatrics, the Sounders will get more favor and Fredy more credit and Onstad would have been out of the game.
Someone will win on November 8th, if they have to play 120 minutes, penalty kicks and throw shoes at each other. They are out on the ledge and one team is going over. Houston has a detail they are trying to forget: Last year, they also had home field advantage for this round and came back to Texas tied 1-1 with New York. They lost at home 3-0. If the Sounders can prick even a piece of that recollection, much of the Houston swagger will go where swagger ends up.
Peter Miller is owner of Peter Miller Books, a store in Seattle specializing in architecture and design books. You can reach him in care of editor@crosscut.com.


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For more information, see Network Performance Monitor.
Enable diagnostics to direct the diagnostics to a Log Analytics workspace in Azure Monitor. It is not necessary to write the logs to Azure Blob storage.
You can enable diagnostics and the corresponding solution for either one or both of Application Gateway and Networking Security Groups.
If you do not enable diagnostic logging for a particular resource type, but install the solution, the dashboard blades for that resource are blank and display an error message.
In January 2017, the supported way of sending logs from Application Gateways and Network Security Groups to a Log Analytics workspace changed. If you see the Azure Networking Analytics (deprecated) solution, refer to migrating from the old Networking Analytics solution for steps you need to follow.
The Azure Application Gateway analytics and the Network Security Group analytics management solutions collect diagnostics logs directly from Azure Application Gateways and Network Security Groups. It is not necessary to write the logs to Azure Blob storage and no agent is required for data collection.
The following table shows data collection methods and other details about how data is collected for Azure Application Gateway analytics and the Network Security Group analytics.
Enable the Azure Application Gateway analytics solution from Azure marketplace or by using the process described in Add Azure Monitor solutions from the Solutions Gallery.
Enable diagnostics logging for the Application Gateways you want to monitor.
In the Azure portal, navigate to the Application Gateway resource to monitor.
Select Diagnostics logs to open the following page.
Click Turn on diagnostics to open the following page.
To turn on diagnostics, click On under Status.
Click the checkbox for Send to Log Analytics.
Select an existing Log Analytics workspace, or create a workspace.
Click the checkbox under Log for each of the log types to collect.
Click Save to enable the logging of diagnostics to Azure Monitor.
The following PowerShell script provides an example of how to enable diagnostic logging for application gateways.
On the Azure Application Gateway analytics dashboard, review the summary information in one of the blades, and then click one to view detailed information on the log search page.
On any of the log search pages, you can view results by time, detailed results, and your log search history. You can also filter by facets to narrow the results.
The Network Security Group analytics solution is moving to community support since its functionality has been replaced by Traffic Analytics.
The solution is now available in Azure Quickstart Templates and will soon no longer be available in the Azure Marketplace.
For existing customers who already added the solution to their workspace, it will continue to function with no changes.
Microsoft will continue to support sending NSG diagnostic logs to your workspace using Diagnostics Settings.
Enable the Azure Network Security Group analytics solution from Azure marketplace or by using the process described in Add Azure Monitor solutions from the Solutions Gallery.
Enable diagnostics logging for the Network Security Group resources you want to monitor.
On the Azure Network Security Group analytics dashboard, review the summary information in one of the blades, and then click one to view detailed information on the log search page.
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Data collected before the change is not visible in the new solution. You can continue to query for this data using the old Type and field names.
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Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Jim Garrow: Our Generations' Paul Revere?
Nancy Smith Send an email February 14, 2013
It's not like Jim Garrow was looking for the job.
But that didn't stop a retired U.S General from calling him at 5 in the morning a few weeks ago with some ominous news that the General wanted to get out the public, but who also knew he would literally risk his life if he went public with a startling allegation.
The allegation: The president of the United States is asking active-duty officers to pass a "litmus test" to continue their service to our country.
The test: Will you open fire on American citizens if so ordered?
We've all seen the headlines lately regarding gun control legislation, shooting rampages and now drone strikes on American citizens. To say it can all become a bit disconcerting would surely be an understatement.
However this news takes the danger to a whole new level. As a long-time friend of the General, Jim Garrow agreed to spread the word, as well as promised to keep the General's name secret. Since he first posted the info on his Facebook page on January 20, 2013, the story went viral and was picked more than 100 news agencies including: FOX News 19 in Cincinnati-Ben Swann, Operation Freedom Show-Dr. Dave Janda, Next New Network-Gary Franchi, The Examiner, World Net Daily, Alex Jones, and Before It's News, just to name a few.
One of those news outlets is now Politichicks, because I recently had the honor of interviewing Dr. Garrow via telephone from his home in Canada.
So just who is Jim Garrow?
James Garrow, PhD. is an educator, businessman and author. He has been a college president, a principal of a teachers college, has an earned doctorate degree as well as been given an honorary doctorate from North Carolina College of Theology. He is also the founder of the Bethune Institute, which operates hundreds of schools throughout China. The children of many of China's top elite in the military and politics attend his schools.
As if that weren't enough, three years ago Dr. Garrow was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work through a group called Pink Pagoda Girls. PPG combats female gendercide by rescuing baby girls that are slated for infanticide or abandoned due to the Chinese government's one child policy. According to his website, Garrow and his group have personally helped to save the lives of nearly 50,000 baby girls!
It Started With A Magazine
What led Dr. Garrow to make such an ominous statement began a number a years ago when Dr. Garrow sat on the board of Crisis Magazine, a Catholic magazine based out of Washington DC. While there he became friends with some of the other board members including Bill Bennet, Secretary of Education under Reagan, Alexander Haig, Sec. of State under Reagan, Bill Simon, Sec. of the Treasury under Nixon and Ford, and others. It was through them that he became acquainted with a particular high ranking military officer and over time the two became good friends.
That is why when Dr. Garrow received a phone call from him saying that he had an important message that needed to get out to the American people in a safe way, Dr. Garrow took it to heart. This now-retired military general went on to say that he had been recently contacted by a close friend, who happened to be another high-ranking military officer who was currently still serving. He called the retired general to tell him that although it was unexpected, he, too, was now retiring and leaving the service. He went on to say that this was not his choice but that he was basically being "shown the door" because he was being asked a question, and depending on how he answered seemed to be the deciding factor as to whether he was to stay or leave.
"Here is the question we are being asked: 'If in a scenario the military were called upon to go and confront people who were armed, American citizens, who would not relinquish their arms, in spite of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, would you follow the command to fire on American citizens?'"
The general told Dr. Garrow that this officer was completely flummoxed at the question and answered 'No, I would not fire on American citizens.' He was then forced to resign his commission immediately.
"It has nothing to do with right or wrong, Constitutional or unconstitutional any longer… They are looking for blind allegiance," Garrow said. He said to watch the headlines for more like himself being replaced in "untimely exits". He also said that some might choose to remain silent and try to stay in to see what they can do from the inside.
China's Influence Grows in U.S. To Dangerous Level
Dr. Garrow and his source talked about several other topics over the next hour. These included how China desperately wants America disarmed. He said, "It's no secret that we owe an enormous debt to China that will be almost impossible to repay."
"With China in great need of energy resources and the USA rich in coal, natural gas, oil and farmland, we are being parceled off and promised to the Chinese as a form of debt repayment. This is why you are seeing the systematic closing of our mines, refineries, and family farms, etc. through govt. regulation. Once they are closed the Chinese will have permission to come in and run them since no one else will be using these facilities. But the Chinese are very much afraid retaliation by an armed American citizenry. As a result the Chinese fear they will not see their debt repaid. They have offered to help with whatever means necessary to disarm the public."
Media Hopelessly In the Tank for Obama
Another topic the two discussed was how baffled he and others in the military are by the sycophantic support of the unofficial fourth branch of government, the media. What used to be the vetting watchdogs of corrupt politics have now become the Obama "cheerleaders." This is why Dr. Garrow was sought out as a trusted messenger to alternate media sources and anyone who will listen. The request to not have this generals' identity divulged is being taken very seriously. He cited a number of other high-ranking military officials that have shown up dead from bizarre accidents or mysterious suicides when they decided to go public with anti-American government information….
Launches Contest to Give Away 1,000 FMK Handguns
So for now Dr. Garrow will continue to get this message out as best he can. He feels it is important for all citizens to be armed and prepared at this time, and he's doing more than just talking about it. He is putting his money where his mouth is by joining forces with Next News Network, Gun Owners of America and FMK Firearms to give away 1,000 9calibre FMK Generation 2 handguns through his Pink Pagoda Girls program. Contestants just need to be over 18 and register with his site: www.pinkpagodagirls.com
FMK Firearms is an American owned company and engraves every gun with the Second Amendment.
Our modern day Paul Reveres are sounding the alarm Americans. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Nancy Smith has been very active raising her family of six children and only in the past few years has she become active in politics beyond just the basics. She is a regular contributor on the Conservative Commando Radio Show. You can find Nancy on www.facebook.com/nancysjustright and on twitter @nancysjustright.
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