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Anthony Cain Wows With Newest Single My Mind
Hailing from New York, Jacob Anthony Cain does not disappoint with his strong lyrics and alternative sound. With lyrics like "you are running in circles, will you cry out when you feel a little down" exhibit just a small sampling on how reflective Cain gets in his lyrics.
Upon first listening, his music and sound sounds like it can span across a variety of genres, everything from electronic dance music to a headlining artist at a music festival. A lot of listeners and Cain himself have cited the song as very political and a statement song commenting on the political climate of the United States at the moment. The idea is now for 2019 to wake up and advocate, have a stance about what you believe in, and unapologetically have that be a pivot for change. It should not come as a surprise to listeners who blast his songs through their headphones that he has implemented a lot of acoustic guitar in his musical background and speciality as well.
His level of musical sophistication surpasses those of his young age of 22. When you listen to his music, you think that Cain is older based on how polished his sound and musical strengths are.
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Tags: alternative, CAIN, David Schoenwetter, electro-pop, New York, Panic! At The Disco, Pop Rock, punk, The Driver Era, Twenty Two Pilots, Yungblud
Categories Musical Interludes (Melodic thoughts from the Jester)
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Shawna Virago Delivers Strong Messages With Punk Twists In Heaven Sent Delinquent
Shawna Virago dazzles the music scene with her newest album Heaven Sent Delinquent. Combining visual storytelling with singing about emotions, Virago does an amazing job of painting pictures within the tracks on this album. Drawing inspiration from typical folk sound, Virago spins it into a world of her own. Also, deep within her music lies the themes of punk rebels, stories of the queer and transgender community, and pioneers of society. Overall the album takes the listener through a ride of journey as they listen to stories of love, adventure, and reflections. In conclusion, Virago crafts a sound that's a perfect blend of new age Americana, folk, and punk into one album.
Tags: Americana, Billy Bragg, Folk, Heaven Sent Delinquent, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, John Doe, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, punk, San Francisco, Shawna Virago
Departure Delivers A Wave of Emotion Within Gateways
With emphasis on heavy synths and the electric guitar, the track titled Gateways from Salt-Lake City based group Departure's newest EP called Gateways delivers angst and agony all wrapped within this heart felt song. Lyrics such as "shut the lights off"/" I'm exactly what you think I am"/, you never know how deep my sorrow goes/ all make the listener ride the wave of intense emotion within the tone of the song. Additionally, the theme of personifying lyrics makes the listener connect even more; "agony has a new face, it looks just like me". The vocal talents within Departure are strong, drawing similarities to Copeland and the early days of Coheed & Cambria. Setting an impressive mark in the music world so far with opening for Phantogram Neon Trees, Cold War Kids, and many more Gateway is here to stay with their lasting mark within their music.
Tags: Bayside, Coheed & Cambria, Coldwar Kids, Gateway, green day, Metal, Neon Trees, Phantogram, Pop, Progressive rock, punk, Salt Lake City, Silverstein, Sum 41, The Departure
Stuck In My Head — Bear Hands
I've had a chance to listen to a lot of Sirius XM radio lately, and in my listening binge I have found myself on the Alt Nation channel much of the time. On it, Bear Hands, an Indie Rock/Punk band formed in Brooklyn a decade ago, has found much play with a song called "2 a.m." from the band's 2016 studio album You'll Pay for This. The song is just one in a vast library of excellent music Bear Hands has released since its first LP was introduced to the listening populace in 2010. Let's explore two of Bear Hands' most popular songs.
"Agora," an ode to the phobia that shares the prefix, is a jaunty, paranoid song with fragmented guitar, pleading harmonies, and a spooky key motif. With the repetition of agora in the verse it almost sounds like the band is the music video's protagonist's deranged mind. Oh, and the song is pretty awesome too; a sub-3-minute ditty that hits the ears hard and sticks.
"2 a.m." has marked differences that demonstrate the band's multifarious skill. The song is more methodical in its pace, featuring slow keys and muffled drums. The vocals reflect the instrumentation; at times they even some strained and depressed. The song serves a wonderful contrast to "Agora" and other fast-paced Bear Hands songs, and the slowed down style is impressive. It also reflects the lyrics, which sings of getting older.
You can find out more about Bear Hands at the band's website
Tags: bear hands, Indie, Music, punk, Rock
Categories Artist Profiles, Song of The Day
Violent Femmes Want Love
When one hears Indie Rock, he/she immediately thinks of the plethora of eclectic music that crowds the airwaves today. Violent Femmes has a lot to do about that sound you hear; the band served as a major forerunner to Indie music that bent genres and refused to give into mainstream sounds. Violent Femmes, who has developed a tremendous fan-base that can't really be termed cult, is on the comeback train, releasing its first new music in 15 years – a 4-track EP – on April 18. The EP, HAPPY NEW YEAR, was recorded this past New Year's Eve in Hobart, Tasmania, after the band performed a sold-out concert at the Sydney Opera House.
The EP is highlighted by a cover of Jake Brebes track entitled "Love Love Love Love Love," a gritty track that highlights one of the Femmes' greatest strengths – creative eccentricity. The Femmes, who returned to action in 2013 with a renowned Coachella performance, will now tour the new EP (as well as all the old stuff) as a guest on The Barenaked Ladies' "Last Summer On Earth 2015" tour. That's a killer show.
The track has a neat edginess, which is amplified by the eery percussion and jazzy, deep horns. Gordon Gano's voice has always been something special, and it is in full force with this track, which feels like it might be out of a quirky HBO crime drama. It is exactly what I would expect from the Femmes first release in years – different and infectiously unsettling. For a song about "love all around me," there is definitely a little malicious intent hidden beneath the surface, and this, magnified by the dirty sax solo at the end, is excellent!
Great new release. Keep tabs on the Femmes on the website or on Facebook or Twitter.
Tags: Indie, punk, Rock, Violent Femmes
Categories Album Previews


NS is one of the biggest electricity consumers in the Netherlands. We use 90% for running the trains and 10% for our buildings. Our aim is to be climate-neutral by 2020. That is why we want to use energy as responsibly as possible.
As of 2017, travelling by electric NS trains in the Netherlands results in no net CO2 emissions. The electricity needed to run the trains is generated by wind farms in the Netherlands, Belgium and Scandinavia. NS also no longer runs diesel trains for passenger transport. If buses are required in emergency situations, they do result in CO2 emissions. We also measure the emissions of replacement bus transport. The measured emissions include the distance between the normal parking location and the place where they are deployed. Overall CO2 emissions from transport at NS totalled 0.5 grams per passenger-kilometre in 2018 (2017: 1.0 g per passenger-km). In 2018 NS completed the tendering procedure for climate-neutral replacement bus transport in the Netherlands and signed an agreement with two bus companies. As of 1 January 2019, the buses that NS deploys to replace trains run on organic fuel based on waste and residual flows. As a result, as of 2019 the journey at NS is always completely climate neutral.
In addition to the trains, in 2017 the electricity used in all NS buildings in the Netherlands became completely 'green' as it was generated by wind power. Of the gas used in our buildings, 50% was purchased from green sources and it will be fully climate-neutral by 2020.
In 2018 we emitted direct emissions (scope 1) in the Netherlands through the gas energy consumption in our buildings and fuel consumption by our buses. This amounted to 14.1 kilotons of CO2 (25.6 in 2017). Indirect emissions (scope 2) as a result of the consumption of heat in our buildings were 0.6 kilotons of CO2 (0.6 in 2017). At the start of the franchise in 2015, these CO2 emissions were 77 kilotons (scope 1) and 487 kilotons (scope 2) respectively. In total, we have therefore avoided over 0.5 megatons of CO2 emissions since then.
NS consumes electricity (1,358 GWh), diesel (3.2 million litres), heat (36.6 TJ) and gas (6.5 millionm3) as energy resources for trains, buses, stations, workshops and offices. When converted to GWh, this equates to 1,457 GWh in energy, of which 1,386 GWh is green energy. With our thermal storage system, we generate the equivalent of 24 GWh of heat and cold.
In 2018, an average of 71.3 Wh of energy was used per passenger-kilometre for journeys with NS. This is less than in 2017 (71.6 Wh/passenger-km). Even so, we did not achieve our target for the improvement in energy efficiency. That is partly due to our efforts to offer passengers more seats (in peak periods): we put on more trains and temporarily used older, less energy-efficient rolling stock. Due to the influx of new and upgraded rolling stock and a slightly higher occupancy rate we were able to achieve a modest improvement in energy efficiency.


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Advocacy in Action (7/13/20) - NASSP Congressional Update
By Alison Maley posted 07-20-2020 12:42
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NASSP Congressional Update
Following the July 4 recess, Congress returns with a laundry list of bills and policies to complete prior to August—and a limited amount of time in which to do it. As of now, there have been no indications from either chamber that Congress is planning to eliminate August recess, so the time crunch to complete these projects is significant. The House may have the easier path of both chambers, as their main goal is to pass all 12 appropriations bills by the end of the month. While this is still a difficult task, House Democratic leadership has a path forward and work has already begun. Read more here.
While there seems to be general consensus about supporting K–12 education in the next package, a significant investment—at least $175 billion—will be necessary to better enable schools to safely and effectively educate students in the 2020–21 school year.
Join NASSP in advocating for this investment by contacting your lawmakers today to let them know how important additional federal aid will be for serving your students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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Message from ISBE
Please see the following message from State Superintendent Dr. Carmen Ayala regarding mandatory remote learning rumors:
We are aware of a rumor circulating about the possibility of Governor Pritzker announcing at a press conference tomorrow a return to fully remote learning for the fall. We have confirmed with the Governor's Office that the rumor is false. At this time, there are no changes to the ISBE and IDPH joint transition guidance for fall.
Thank you for your ongoing partnership to serve our students safely.
Dr. Carmen I. Ayala
State Superintendent of Education
Illinois State Board of Education
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14 Feb /19
Multimedia Localisation Strategies for Global Audiences
Multimedia Localisation Strategies for Global Audiences – EVS Translations
Over the course of the last 2 months, there is no arguing that one of the biggest topics in entertainment – particularly movies – has been the post-apocalyptic thriller, Bird Box. Disclosing some numbers, Netflix has claimed that, in the first 4 weeks of the film's global streaming availability, it has been viewed by an estimated 80 million households. Putting that 20-million-household-a-week number into perspective, on one of the weeks in question (January 7th), the top network live TV NFL playoff game attracted 33 million viewers, while the top scripted show – The Big Bang Theory – only managed 13 million viewers.
Moreover, Bird Box is not an outlier or a fluke. A Spanish-language offering, Elite, boasted 20 million viewers in its first 4 weeks. The British comedy-drama series, Sex Education, has also surpassed the 40 million mark in its first 4 weeks. Additionally, Netflix original series like the soon-to-be-ending Orange Is the New Black and Stranger Things have consistently posted several million views in their first few days after release.
While these numbers do obviously demonstrate that Netflix is creating original entertainment that people want to see, it is also signalling a seismic shift in how we get our entertainment. Looking at market numbers from a 2019 Media & Entertainment Industry Outlook, 55% of US households subscribe to at least one streaming service, to the tune of about USD 2 billion monthly. Extrapolating this domestic data globally, the global video-on-demand market is projected to grow by USD 33 billion, or 11% compound annual growth rate, over the next 5 years.
Though this growth is possible, the key to making it a reality will be found in multimedia localisation. Simply put, the most robust entertainment offering over the best platform with the best streaming connection won't matter unless the content, as well as the ability to easily locate and review it, is made available to the market in a language the market understands.
Looking specifically at Netflix, it should come as no surprise that algorithms involving a consumer's likes/dislikes, ratings, searches, watch history, trends, and preferences are analysed in order to search for content currently available as well as research what content a market would like to see produced. With a typical homepage configuration involving 40 rows of up to 75 titles per row and all potential avenues for algorithm inputs, the need for precise linguistic understanding is of vital importance.
Where the "rubber meets the road" though, is the product itself. Expanding from 5 years ago, when Netflix only supported content in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, the company now offers content in 190 countries and supports over 20 languages, including Chinese, Korean, and Arabic. Still, there are many languages left to be translated and this has resulted in Netflix introducing the first online subtitling and translation test and indexing system in 2017 which seek to find and employ the best human translators worldwide. The Hermes project turned out to be way too ambitious in its aim of onboarding thousands of translators around the globe and closed last year, leaving all multimedia localisation activities in the hands and multimedia localisation tools of the localisation vendors that Netflix partners with.
"… we decided vendors were better suited to use their core competencies and add value to the content localization ecosystem by owning the recruiting, training and onboarding processes." — Allison Smith, Program Manager, Localization Solutions, Netflix.
Currently, Netflix uses an in-house strings management tool (The Global String Repository) for its UI (user interface) and localises its content for its target markets in partnership with numerous preferred vendors around the world, grouped into The Netflix Post Partner Program (creating post, dubbing, audio description, quality control and post-production) and The Netflix Preferred Fulfillment Partner (a worldwide network of media fulfilment companies).
Netflix is among the largest buyers of localisation services with an estimated annual content budget of USD 10 billion and a localisation budget estimated at USD 100 million per year to be separated between numerous LSPs and media localisation service providers; with scalability, quality, and maintaining control over the localisation process remaining the top challenges.
And while Netflix chooses to collaborate with multiple specialised vendors, most buyers of localisation services within media entertainment prefer the single-source solution model and to partner with a single LSP having a global network of in-house teams, scalable processes and quality management.
EVS Translations is a unique LSP with its Translation as a Service concept and an in-house model, which has steadily grown and evolved over the past 25 years. The scalability of all processes is guaranteed by global teams of in-house linguists and project and quality managers. The AV specialists at EVS Translations are experienced with various multimedia localisation software tools and the global in-house teams of translation engineers are available to design customer-tailored media localisation solutions to offer the speed and cost-saving benefits of AI and neural machine translation, while also possessing the oversight of human translators and editors. Stringent adherence to quality management certifications ISO 9001:2018 and ISO 17100:2018, an ERM system, standardised and process-oriented workflows, and a full compliance with latest data security regulations guarantee the successful outcomes for all multimedia localisation projects.
Sources: Netflix, Deloitte
Tagged as: global content localisation services, global content management, global content translation services, media content localisation, media entertainment localisation, media localisation solutions, media localisation strategies, multimedia localisation services, multimedia localisation tools


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The Schwan Food Co., based in Marshall, has launched a line of sushi for school lunches, aimed at kids in grades 6 to12.
Rising Sun Sushi is available through the company's Schwan's Food Service, Inc., said the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. The school sushi has vegetables or fully cooked seafood. It is frozen, then thawed at the schools.
Previously, the company has delivered frozen sushi to individual customers, and it also plans to market the Rising Sun brand to colleges and health care facilities, the Journal said.


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The server was preconfigured with syslogd and klogd from busybox. I deinstalled them and installed rsyslog with apt-get. Everything seemed to work fine. I have entries in all the other logfiles.
I'm not sure if it is relatet to this bug:
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"Partner and Common Poland" was the slogan of the 12th Civic Congress held in the Main Hall of Warsaw University of Technology on October 28, 2017. The Congress was organized by Gdansk Institute for Market Economics. The "PAFF Local Partnerships" Program was a partner at the thematic session titled "Local Development Based on Partnership".
The Congress was opened by Dr. Jan Szomburg, President of the Management Board of Gdansk Institute for Market Economics, who was the Congress Initiator. During the plenary session opening the Congress, speeches were given by Prof. Jan Szmidt, President of Warsaw University of Technology; Wanda Traczyk-Skawska, Master Corporal and Liaison Officer in Warsaw Uprising, Chairperson of the Civic Committee for Establishing Warsaw Insurgents Cemetery; Prof. Andrzej Leder, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences; and Paweł Musiałek, Member of the Jagiellonian Club Board. The speakers shared with the Congress participants their thoughts about the idea of partner and common Poland. Then there was a session on partnership challenges in various spheres of life, where practitioners – representatives of various coalitions took the floor. The moderator of the debate was Dr. Małgorzata Bogunia-Borowska, representative of Jagiellonian University, and member of the Civic Congress Program Board. Sharing their experiences were: Prof. Krystian Jażdżewski, representing the Partnership for Early Detection of Cancer in Poland; Fire Captain Agnieszka Wojciechowska, who spoke about the partnership in a team; Dr. Aleksandra Przegalińska, Kozminski University, an expert in artificial intelligence and automation; Ewa Kipta of Revitalization Forum Association who spoke about a partnership for space; and Aleksander Doba, traveler, who shared his experiences on partnership in implementation of big projects.
The thematic session partnered by the "PAFF Local Partnerships" Program focused on local development based on partnership. During the panel, the Program was represented by Małgorzata Dąbrowska, head of Bończa village, PAFF Leader, member of the PAFF Local Partnership established for "Apple Warka – Fruit of Our Passion" project. Speaking about her experiences gained in the program, Małgorzata Dąbrowska emphasized that if you want to establish a partnership, you should look to what unites people. When you work in a team, it is involvement and respect, honesty and cooperation, and not statistics, that count. In Warka, this principle works so well that the project intended to last for a year turned out to be only the introduction to further campaigns. A big group of partners and residents of the commune cannot think of Warka with no more partnership projects.
The other panelists, namely Marcin Skrzypek, a social and cultural leader of TNN Grodzka Gate Center, Lublin; Artur Celiński, Res Publica; Grzegorz Molewski, Cinema around the Corner Coordinator; Grażyna Szafraniak, the Director of Jakub Wojciechowaki Barcin District and Commune Public Library (a participant in the Library Development Program) shared their afterthoughts on various aspects of partnership functioning. Marcin Skrzypek compared building partnerships to the work done by bees. He also referred to space organization, which has an impact on people's perception of the world. Grażyna Szafraniak and Grzegorz Molewski pointed to the importance of the culture for local development. Artur Celiński pointed to the importance of ability to communicate with various partners.
The moderator of the session was Jacek Królikowski, President of the Board of the Information Society Development Foundation, who in his concluding speech emphasized the value and importance of the common good in the process of partnerships building.
Next, the participants of the meeting asked questions, e.g. on how to get residents involved in projects, on various legal and institutional issues, and existing models of partnerships.
At the end of the meeting, Wojciech Kaczmarczyk, the Director of Civil Society Department, Chancellery of the Prime Minister; Piotr Krasuski, the Director of the European Social Fund Department, the Ministry of Development; and Dr. Marek Rymsza, advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland referred to the discussion. The Ministry of Development representative emphasized importance of social capital as an element of development. He said he believes that is the element decisive for success of activities, and therefore it is important for partnerships to develop that capital. In turn, Wojciech Kaczmarczyk noted the role of NGOs, and said that the local development based on partnerships would not be possible if NGOs didn't support it. While the President's advisor mentioned about inequalities that exist in a partnerships established between NGOs and self-government bodies.
The session was also a good occasion to present "We help local Poland spread its wings" report summing up the 3-year round of local debates project. The debates were organized in cooperation with the Information Society Development Foundation and held in public libraries supported by the Library Development Program. The local organizers of these debates were presented with diplomas with acknowledgements for their organization by Dr. Marek Rymsza, acting on behalf of President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda, and Małgorzata Stompór, a member of the Management Board of the Gdansk Institute for Market Economics, the organizer of Civic Congress.
The Civic Congress is a forum for public debate on directions of further civil society development in Poland. Each year, the Congress is participated by about 1,000 people, including representatives of central and local administration, NGOs, academic, student, and business environments, as well as residents of various regions, cities, towns and villages. The Polish-American Freedom Foundation has been the Congress partner since 2005.
The objective of the "PAFF Local Partnerships" Program is to initiate and develop cooperation of participants of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation various programs who establish partnerships in order to implement projects important for local communities. Under five editions of the program, a total of 38 partnerships participated by almost 600 partners have been established in 85 communes.


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James Christian Deiparine won the silver medal of the Men's 100m Breaststroke event at the 29th Southeast Asian Games, Friday night, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Olympian Jessie Khing Lacuna managed to finish 4th in the Men's 200m and 400m IM with times of 2:04.63 and 4:27.06 respectively.
Nicole Justine Marie Oliva placed 6th in the Women's 800m Freestyle (8:59.67), while Rosalee Mira Sanata Ana in 10th place with 9:15.99.
Oliva though, as well as Nicole Meah Pamintuan failed to make the finals of the Women's 50m Backstroke event, landing in 10th and 11th place with 31.39 and 31.67 clockings.
Going to the last day of the swimming events today, Team Philippines has so far won one silver and four bronze medals; still one silver and eight bronze medals off from our medal output in 2015 SEA Games where our tankers went home with two silvers and eleven bronze.
So far, of the eight members of the Philippine Swimming Team at this year's SEA Games, only two are about to go home without a medal. They are Lacuna and Maria Aresa Lipat.
Deiparine, Alkhaldi and Yu have already won their individual medals; while Oliva, Santa Ana and Pamintuan have their relay bronze to boot.
Still gunning for that elusive gold on the last day of swimming action are Alkhaldi in the 100m Fly, 200m Free and 50m Free events, Oliva in 200m Free event and Deiparine in 50m Breast.


HE was the silver-haired, retired PE teacher who won a cult following when he won a place in the finals of The X Factor 2010.
Love him or loathe him, pretty much everyone had an opinion on Wagner.
The crooner was selected as Louis Walsh's wild card, and his on-stage performances quickly became the stuff of X Factor legend.
As if his storming rendition of Ricky Martin's She Bangs wasn't enough, he also sent the audience into a spin when he took on Radiohead's Creep and Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love.
Luckily for fans the silky-voiced singer is still making music… although on a slightly smaller stage.
These days Wagner encourages his fans to get in touch with him via his official Facebook page, which he mans himself.
He takes orders for custom made videos, and all you need to do is drop him a message.
They don't break the bank either. If you want him to wish a pal Happy Birthday for you, it'll set you back £8.50.
Anyone prepared to fork out £15 will get the pleasure of hearing Wagner sing Happy Birthday too.
Or, for those with the big bucks you can get a message, song AND another specified verse for £19.50.
Wagner's one who likes to make his fans happy though, so if you want something even more special he is prepared to chat about it.
Unfortunately for the singer, things haven't always gone to plan.
He's been landed in hot water in the past when he was duped into singing pro-IRA lyrics.
Wagner has also performed football songs which have angered fans from other teams, prompting him to apologise and promise to be careful about lyrics he agrees to.
The star has been in and out of the spotlight since his stint on series seven of The X Factor.
In 2014, he hit the headlines when his girlfriend Lydia, who was then 22 and 36 years younger than him, gave birth to their daughter Lilian Janine. The pair already had a one-year-old son called Leon.


So, I know I promised that the next time I tried to do a green drank, I'd be brave and use Kale instead of Spinach… but this recipe just sounded too good to ruin! I'm sorry! I lied. But it's okay because now I have another awesome spinach smoothie recipe for you that is SO YUMMY. I promise. I actually think this is my favorite one. Thank you, Rachael Ray!
If you're all like WHOA what is up with the super healthy green smoothie?! I should definitely tell you that as of MONDAY, Dave and I are starting our back to healthy eating habits/lifestyle. We had a few months off track and now we're back on! I made this yummy smoothie for us for breakfast and it will definitely be in our rotation.
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Looks Like The Main Fast And Furious Film Series Will Be Around Longer Than Expected
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published 20 October 20
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Although we have still yet to see the ninth Fast & Furious installment, now set to head to theaters next summer, Universal is still ready to run this nearly 20-year-old sleek buggy as far as its engine will take it. For a while we've heard the franchise would be ending at an even ten installments, but we've now received word Justin Lin is looking to be in the driver's seat for two more films after F9.
Following Justin Lin's return to the franchise for the first time since 2013's Fast & Furious 6 with the upcoming ninth film, the director is in talks to helm the tenth and eleventh Fast & Furious movies to round out the franchise's central story, according to a new report from Deadline.
Justin Lin was already attached to the tenth Fast & Furious film. Vin Diesel previously teased the conclusion of Dom Toretto's character and the rest of his crew could very well be split into two movies in early 2020. It's a common model these days for movie series to conclude in two parts, perhaps with a cliffhanger in the middle. Infinity War and Endgame did very well for itself within the MCU using this idea, with the latter going on to become the highest grossing movie of all time.
Fast and Furious is currently Universal's most profitable franchise, even above the Jurassic World movie series. So cruising through with a longer conclusion certainly operates in the studio's favor. And it could make for a more satisfying finale to the series that has ruled the big screen for almost twenty years. Will it finally take these high-octane drivers to space? We'll see. Check out the trailer for the upcoming F9 here:
Justin Lin has been a favorite filmmaker for the Fast & Furious movies, previously helming Tokyo Drift, 2009's Fast & Furious, 2011's Fast Five and the 2013 sixth installment. The director has had his hands in the jar for many phases of the series and is a great choice to take it into the sunset with the tenth and eleventh films.
Just because the central Fast & Furious movies starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster, soon welcoming John Cena and Cardi B, and bringing back Sung Kang, Lucas Black, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron, etc., the series still has plans to continue with spinoffs. There are more Hobbs & Shaw movies in the works and reportedly a female-led Fast & Furious movie as well.
A question about the future of Fast & Furious yet to be answered is whether Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham will return with the main cast for 10 & 11 after being tied up with their own on-screen story and being the center of some serious drama between The Rock, Vin Diesel and Tyrese Gibson.
F9 is expected to reach theaters on May 28, 2021. Check out CinemaBlend's 2021 release schedule for more exciting blockbusters to look forward to.
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Metro plans to expand it hub store model to offer pickup service in about 30 stores in Quebec and Ontario in 2021.
Metro extends online grocery with new e-commerce hub store
Pickup and delivery services expand in Quebec and Ontario
Russell Redman 1 | Aug 27, 2020
Metro Inc. is pushing ahead with its omnichannel strategy with the opening of its ninth e-commerce hub store in Quebec.
The Canadian food and drug retailer said online grocery service kicked off yesterday at the Metro Plus Plouffe supermarket in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Serving that community and surrounding areas, the new hub store will give more than 73,000 households and over 160,000 consumers access to online grocery shopping and pickup service.
Related: Metro sees online grocery sales jump 280% in third quarter
Metro noted that the Plouffe hub store extends its e-commerce reach in Quebec's Eastern Townships and builds on online grocery deployments in the greater Montreal area and Quebec City and Outaouais regions. Launched in 2016, Metro's online grocery service is currently accessible to more than 61% of Quebec's population.
The Montreal-based company also is growing its online grocery presence in Ontario. Plans call for a third store to offer the service in the greater Toronto area (GTA) this fall. In addition, the company aims to expand it hub store model to offer online grocery pickup service in about 30 Metro stores in Quebec and Ontario next year.
Related: Metro grocery stores join InComm prepaid payments network
"Today, the popularity of e-commerce is at a level we had expected to reach in the next two or three years. Over the past few months, we have been working very hard to meet unprecedented demand, and the addition of a store in Sherbrooke is part of our growth plan," according to Christina Bédard, vice president of e-commerce and digital strategy at Metro. "Customers in the region will certainly appreciate this service, which the [store owner] Plouffe Group will offer with the same high standards of quality for which they are renowned in the region."
With a mantra of "Fast and Fresh," Metro's e-grocery delivery service transports customer orders in a truck equipped with Tri-Zones temperate, refrigerated and frozen compartments to maintain food freshness. Products ordered for delivery or click-and-collect also are held in Tri-Zones inside the store as orders await pickup. In-store employees, too, are trained to select the freshest foods for customers, "as they would choose if they were shopping for themselves," Metro said. The company added that delivery and pickup service is supported by Metro.ca and allows metro&moi loyalty program members to use their benefits online.
Metro noted that it trains its associates to pick the freshest foods for customers, "as they would choose if they were shopping for themselves."
In Metro's third-quarter earnings call this month, executives noted the company's efforts to accelerate its plan to increase online grocery capacity. Online food sales jumped 280% in the quarter, and the hub store model is expected to help the retailer better meet surging demand.
"We have learned a lot in the last four years, and we will be deleveraging the investments we made in building teams and expertise in the delivery of a full fresh basket to the homes of Quebecers and Ontarians, including robust technologies and competencies and customer web interface, picking and home delivery," President and CEO Eric La Flèche said in the call. "In the short-term, after adding a second hub store in Quebec City earlier this year, we have just added a new hub store in Sherbrooke, Quebec, bringing to nine the total of number of stores in Quebec offering our online service. In Ontario, we will be adding a third hub store in Scarborough in October to serve the East End of the GTA."
In late April, Metro unveiled a partnership with on-demand grocery service Cornershop to provide same-day grocery delivery in Quebec and Ontario. Orders are picked and packed by a personal shopper in a Metro store and delivered in one to two hours.
"We are pleased with the results so far," La Flèche told analysts in the third-quarter call.
Overall, Metro's retail network encompasses about 950 food stores under the Metro, Metro Plus, Super C, Food Basics and other banners in Quebec and Ontario, as well as 650 drugstores mainly under the Jean Coutu, Brunet, Metro Pharmacy and Food Basics Pharmacy banners.
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Have you ever found yourself at a place where you are a startup company, where you were trying to grow to capture the market share? You found yourself stretched with time and you're trying to navigate it to have a healthy, profitable and productive business as well as have a happy productive personal life, marriage and more? We've got an expert who is uniquely qualified to talk about both topics. He's someone I've gotten the chance to know over for a while. He is the Cofounder of an incredible fast-growing company that creates transformational and unique experiences in the water all over the globe. He's the CEO of Boataffair. Prior to Boataffair, Adrian has worked as an investment manager for a VC capital fund. He gained a lot of experience in startup and investment opportunities. He's passionate about all kinds of things like boating, coaching, and mindfulness. He's been able to serve clients like you and like me in over 40 different countries. He loves a good discussion. He's just brilliant. Adrian, it's a pleasure and a privilege to have you on the show. Thank you.
I'm in the heart of Europe. I'm in Switzerland. I'm European, East from where you are.
Technology makes it awesome that we can connect from all over the globe in ways that we never could before. We're going to be able to impact a lot of people because of the wisdom that Adrian is going to share with our audience. Adrian, I know you've had a lot of success in VC, business building and working with startups. You're almost like an adviser for them. You've got your startup, which is Boataffair and having a big impact. I noticed something you posted that said something about, "We've done a lot of hard work building our global presence." Speak about the mode you've been in to give people a picture of what you've done. As you're taking notes to what Adrian shares, imagine how this applies to you. See if you can see some of the things that you're dealing with, the problems and the opportunities that Adrian will explain to us. Can you explain that a little bit?
It's me and my wife who started and founded Boataffair, our boat-sharing company. We're based in Switzerland. This is where we live. This is where we started the company. Both me and my wife have a very global mindset. We have traveled a lot. We have met in the UK. I've got lots of friends all over the world and so does my wife. With our business, thanks to technology, it was going to be a global thing. What we want to do is we want to connect boat owners and people looking to go into a yacht. This is by no means restricted to Swiss. We can't be restricted to a country. From the very beginning, we have the mindset to go global. I speak five languages. What I enjoy most about startups is I get to apply these languages. That's why we feel we thrive. We want to understand different cultures and take them into account. That's one of the keys. You have to take into account different cultures as well. With someone being in the US means certain sentences they had to understand, in Europe it's the other way around. It's all about branching out and embracing different cultures. That was very clear from the very get-go.
It's such a unique process of you matching those that are boat owners. You match people who want to do boat swapping. You give people the ability to rent and you create amazing experiences on a boat as well. You have this global mindset. Someone might have a limiting belief where they think that you know they need to master the local area or the local market or think linearly or small. What would you say to somebody to get them to expand their thinking beyond a local linear framework to a global framework?
I'll say you as the founder, you don't have to be the expert for every single culture. You don't have to speak every single language. What you do need however is the ability to create this satellite network. You have to recognize it needs to have the key network in your key areas where you want to grow. I traveled to San Francisco and I met wonderful people there from various industries. That resulted in me having one or two agents in the States who are helping me to expand Boataffair in the US. The same goes for many other countries. When I said you need to embrace the cultures, you do need to understand that you need to do that. You can't do it all by yourself. You have to recognize the need for that satellite network.
You had quite a background in the VC world where you were, in many ways, like an adviser or coach to these businesses. You helped them raise money, chose which businesses to invest in. What are some of the big mistakes that you see as you look at a lot of businesses that get started that fail? What are some of the common mistakes, myths or misunderstandings that people make when they're running the business as a founder?
I want to mention too many mistakes I kept seeing over and over again. I talked to many startup founders, people who started businesses, their heart is in that business. That implies in what I'm about to say that many of those founders got caught up so much in too much detail 24/7 every day of the week. They felt like, "If I don't work one afternoon, I'm losing total control of this business." That is not true in my view. My experience with what I have seen, sometimes when we take a step back or take your Saturday off, it will give you a new perspective. You come back with fresh ideas. That's one big mistake I saw. People get bogged down into detail. They feel that pressure from society. Stand up to that, take a step back.
The second mistake was that many founders I've encountered upon having received a funding round, they fall for that trap. They think, "Half of the work is done. I have received funding. I can go out there and spend this money on the company car. Let me spend the money on the second company car while I'm at it to my team member because I want everybody to be comfortable." This comfort clearly contradicts my first point, but people get so bogged down when they feel the pressure. You're just not being authentic anymore. Take that step back. See that you need to be comfortable, but you don't need the company car. Most people I know who have been successful know what it's like to bootstrap, to feel the pain but also react accordingly. Take that step back. Take your Saturday off. Spend time with your family and you come back with fresh ideas.
Having built eleven or twelve companies over the years, I've lived in both of these places you've described. One, that burnout factor and just being a workaholic, which I suffer from a few different addictions and workaholism, the respectable addiction is one of them. The second one, which is that comfort zone, sometimes we can get promiscuous with our funding decisions and go overspend instead of starting small, building and bootstrapping the way you're talking about. I'm reminded of a quote from my good friend, Joe Polish, which is, "Irritated oysters create pearls." Sometimes one of the best things for a business owner and entrepreneur is to actually be a bit of an irritated oyster after getting funded to then ultimately enjoy the fruits of the labor and make smarter business decisions to make it profitable.
You need to embrace cultures in order to recognize new ideas.
A lot would be that irritated oyster but also irritating from time to time. It's so easy, often I set myself as a founder. We closed a funding round. We're happy about that and we closed one-half a year ago. It's not just announced in the media in Switzerland and in Europe. It's announced into the US as well. It's so easy for people to approach you and want something from you because it's earlier in the process. It's easy to go for anything and everything people offer you because you do not want to miss out on opportunities. I feel like I'm being irritating to people when I stand up to them and say, "No, I'm not going to spend that grand on the fantastic ad that you promise me. I don't want it." When they come back to you and challenge you, "Why don't you want it? You're missing out." Just stand your ground. I'm an irritated oyster. I love it. Be irritating as well from time to time and stand your ground.
What I'd like to think is I am quite good at listening to people, putting myself in their shoes, realize where someone is coming from and before you think about what is my need because I know my needs. I try to figure out what the other person's need is. If you clash with somebody and you have a heated conversation, you need to negotiate in business and you fix it. If you can't come to a conclusion or to an agreement, why don't you take that person's perspective and try to find a middle ground perhaps? By understanding the other person in front of you, he might seem rude, she might seem nasty, there's a reason for that. They're probably not nasty people. Try to understand the need, the motivation, understand mine. It clashes. Let's have a third person's perspective in that case. Let's create that and let's find a middle ground and you can only do that by understanding what the other person's need is. Superpower, I love that word. I love to negotiate. I love to understand other people's perspectives that create win-win situations most of the time.
You have a very easygoing demeanor and at the same time, you're laser-focused, at least in the experience I've had with you over the time that we've gotten a chance to know each other. With your ability to understand others and put yourself in that place, if someone is dealing with conflict or they're in the middle of a heated negotiation or they feel they're right versus the other, what advice would you give to somebody that you have found for you? It seems like if that is your superpower then it's just natural to you, but unpack that a little bit. What advice would you give to somebody like in the heat of a conflict situation? There is a little bit of irritation happening or frustration or it's a heated negotiation or discussion. What would you recommend someone do to get in the other person's shoes or to create that space that makes it a healthy position?
I'd love to create a more comfortable space by asking about a very irritating question. I recommend people try this. If you're in a heated discussion and you feel it's going nowhere, it's left versus right, yes versus no. Nobody will concede. Ask the other person, "Let's take a step back. Do you think it's me? Am I the problem?" Then you will see most people go quiet because they're thinking, "What's he on about it? He's being nice. He's trying to establish whether it's his fault or not." Most people take a step back then. Reflect for five seconds up to ten. Come back to the conversation and say something nice. They might say, "No, it's not just you. It's me as well. You're right. Let's reflect on what the problem is." Then you can create that new flow that irritated people by asking a question about that. That's my favorite question, "I'm very sorry. We're not getting anywhere. Am I doing something wrong? Tell me. I need feedback and I love feedback." That question irritates, therefore it produces great results very often.
If the audience can apply what you share, that's a seven-figure, six-figure idea that could transform. I challenge you. Come back to the episode here at GrowthToFreedom.com/193 and make sure you start practicing, implementing, using and completing this. Make it happen because I believe it will transpire. I know you have a lot more on this journey that you've been on. It's not always highs as a business owner or entrepreneur and trying to do it in a marriage and relationships. As you evaluate the last X number of years of being in business or in the role of investing in companies, what's been your biggest mistake personally or your biggest failure personally? What do you learn from it ideally that also our viewers and our listeners can learn from it too?
My biggest mistake, my failures professionally and personally are to do with the fact that when you get frustrated, when you get anxious in a business case or in private, you eat it up. You feel like, "I don't deserve to share this because it's rubbish. It's not important enough." You eat it up and then it starts eating you up from inside. You, in turn, get to be a nasty person. You get irritated and that's not good for anybody. There are no fruitful exchanges that can happen there. Be aware of that. Open up and start talking to people about what's bugging you. Perhaps there's an easy solution to it, but you will never find out if you eat it all up inside yourself if you don't share. My failure, I didn't share my pain. I don't open up enough. I'm admitting this. I urge everybody to take that step back and ask themselves, "Do I share enough? Do I let trusted people know about my pain, about my fears?" Everybody on this planet got fears. Everybody experiences anxiety. The more you talk about it, the more you will realize that a lot more people than you thought have anxiety. It makes you feel good about yourself instantly and it reduces this anxiety therefore.
My biggest transformation has been instead of shoving all these things down and letting it eat you up and then move in a different direction, it's opening up with that trusted group of people. Sometimes it can be a coach. Sometimes it's a family member or both. Just releasing it gives us so much freedom to be our better selves. To grow, to impact and to have a bigger contribution. Thank you for sharing that, it's a great advice.
When in conflict, consider and take the other person's perspective in order to find the middle ground.
You have to set your sense of pride from time to time because it's a pride thing as well. You're not allowed to be vulnerable. Another thing, you said you talked to coaches or your family members. My son is six and a half years old. The most wonderful experiences have happened for me is he starts to understand what I'm doing with my company. Often enough, I feel a little bit down in the evenings. I put my son to bed. I will tell him about it. You start to learn a perspective when your six and a half-year-old tells you, "Daddy, just go to sleep. Tomorrow is a new day. I'm still here. I love you." I'm like, "Okay." I shared my pain to a six and a half-year-old.
To the audience, what would happen for you if you started focusing on having this global mindset that Adrian's talking about moving from a linear environment to a global environment? Stop playing small. Stop playing behind, being in the closet so to speak and coming out front and looking and thinking in a global way. Identifying and honing in your superpower, dealing with conflict. Opening up about some of the fears, insecurities, anxieties and dangers you have going on to a trusted group of people including your kids. What would that do for you? We're just scratching the surface in Adrian's wisdom.
I'm juiced up with all the great wisdom that you've shared already. We're going to take a little bit of a deeper dive. One of the things I saw in your post says you put smiles on people's faces. You had someone who you work with it says, "Join me on the beautiful coast cruise of Rio de Janeiro and relax with Brazilian music in the Bay of Guanabara. Enjoy six unforgettable hours in which we admire the Sugar Loaf, Corcovado and Morro Dois. Snorkeling at the Cagarras Islands and enjoy the beautiful view of Porto Maravilha and the Museu do Amanhã." You put smiles on people's faces. That seems to be a very strong value as I looked into your company. Talk about the focus on creating smiles in that impact with your clients.
You might want to say we're a tech company in theory. However, we as humans have always been very adamant that we are building this by humans for humans. We are convinced that humans here drive the technology. We have one goal and one goal only. We want people, our clients, our boat renters and yacht owners, we want them to have a truly authentic and wonderful experience on the water. We want to put a smile on those people's faces. We want to match parties on our platform to go out there and have a fantastic experience. What you have read there was one of our clients' experiences in Rio de Janeiro. You can go on a boat there with a boat owner from Rio. That's an experience you will not find in any of your guidebooks. They're not online anywhere. We've listed that experience on our platform. You can do it through Boataffair. We want to put smiles on people's faces to make people happy. That's we believe in. Humans built this for humans. It's as simple as that. It's all about humans at the end of the day.
You've had a lot of success in the VC world. You're now building your startup company. If you had to narrow down one to three biggest breakthroughs for you that had the biggest impact for you or your clients overall, what would be one to three big breakthroughs that our audience could also learn from as well?
It's all right to want what you want. You don't owe anybody an explanation. As long as you love what you're doing and then you realize there are other people who love what you are doing, be that clients or partners, then it's absolutely all right. It's all right to feel that fear. It's all right to have that negative criticism. It's all about focusing on what matters. Create that group of people who do believe in what you're doing and who would actually give you energy. Avoid the people or avoid instances where energy's being drawn from you. My second point is, and that goes for myself as well as to my clients, it's okay to expect more. I tell that to my clients are well. You go to Los Angeles, you go to the beach, you can rent a boat that's possible, but you can't find the go-to platform that will create authentic experiences around the boat.
We take you to places where a car won't take you. What we're doing is you craft personal iteneraries. I'll tell my client, "You can expect more and it doesn't cost more." Expect more, that's all right because I'm expecting more of my life. That's how I started. Let's all expect more, we'll get to more. The third thing I want to mention is it's all right to receive negative feedback, even if it's not constructive. If you have somebody who joins your scheme and immediately you feel they didn't join for the right reasons such as making trouble, that's all right. You can deal with it. You have to deal with it. It will give you more strength, more energy and it will give you thicker skin, and that's the all right as well. Try to take a step back and think, "How do I deal with somebody who is just being negative for the sake of being negative?" You cannot turn them around or learn how to tell them that it's not my problem. When you are convinced that you've tried everything you can, you wanted to make the person happy, that person doesn't want to be happy through your help. That's fine. Let go. That's my third point.
If I hear you correctly, number one is it's okay to want what you want. Avoid where your energy is being sucked from you or pulled from you. Number two is expecting more doesn't have to cost you more. It's an expectation of high value. Number three is it's okay to get negative feedback and be willing to let go of any type of that or emotional attachment to that, especially if you've done everything you can to make the situation right. What would happen to you if you could put that in place in your business, in your life, in your relationships and a whole lot more? I have a feeling it would transform what it is you do, how it is you do what you do and create an amazing set of breakthroughs. I know we've just scratched the surface of your wisdom and I love your energy. You definitely come from a place of abundance and having a global mindset. If people want to go deeper to learn what you're up to, where can they go get access to some of the incredible resources that you've got available?
Stop playing small. Stop playing behind. Speak out and come out of the closet.
I'm very happy to be connected to all of you. I'm happy to have conversations not only to spread my wisdom, I also want to learn. I have to learn so much so everybody can learn on a daily basis. I'm happy to connect on LinkedIn. You can search for my company Boataffair. We've got a page there. My company is to be found on Boataffair.com. It got all the contacts, all the social media channels on that website. We are very active and we love to engage on platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. We talk to people. We answer questions and we ask questions. I'm so happy if you reach out to me through all those channels.
I want to encourage you to go deeper, even if you're not in the boat industry. I would encourage you to go check out what he's doing. You'll learn a lot. It's a tech company that's a boat company, but it's a company about human beings and creating the client experience. If you're looking for a way to improve your client experience, go check it out. Even looking at their website will give you some insights that you probably hadn't thought of before. You can do that at Boataffair.com. You can go check out his social media pages, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and a whole lot more. He's very accessible at least at this time. He and his company make it easy for you to have a great experience, not just with the company but with them. That's one of the things that's very clear for me, getting a chance to know you in this short time. I just love to ask you a few personal questions. Why Boataffair? What do you see as the big problem you're solving there?
With Boataffair, we want to bring transparency back into the charter market and the experience economy. Back when we started, when we started brainstorming, we saw a lot of intransparency in the boats market. We sold boats globally as well. I'm a boat owner. I think I've got a very authentic problem I'm solving. I've got a boat I hardly ever use. I couldn't rent it out. I didn't know how to share it. It's all about meeting with other people by unlocking value with your boat and using your boats more. You meet people. That creates business opportunities. You get to network with like-minded people. We're solving for boats as an asset being underutilized. People want to get more out of it. There was no go-to platform that has a focus on quality and a focus on enabling everybody that participates to expect a little bit more. We created Boataffair to bring transparency into the boating market and to enable boat owners to make more of their assets they can share with our boat swapping scheme. We want clients and renters to have a transparent go-to platform that's happy to exchange with them that will create an experience. You don't just rent a boat with us, you invest in an authentic experience. That is what we want to do and that will put a smile on people's faces.
If you'd like a smile on your face and if you'd like an authentic experience, take the first step and go check out what Adrian's up to. As you build your business, I noticed you've got quite a team that you've surrounded yourself. You work with your wife. She's the COO of your company. What would you say is the best part about working together in partnership with a spouse? What are the things that you guys struggle with the most?
What's beautiful is we are both boaters. My wife, Natalya, she's been sailing for twenty years. I've been driving my boat for 25 years. We know what we're solving for. We connected over a passion, we both have the same passion and that's beautiful. A lot of our clients, partners give us that feedback. They say, "We can see that you both equally believe in what you're doing. You come from a sailing and motorboat background. You know what you're solving." The beautiful thing is that my wife and I, we can talk about these topics a lot. We talk about them a lot and that can be very beautiful. It can be on a Saturday evening with a glass of wine on the balcony in the summer. Accessibility-wise, she can always access me, I can access her. That's where beautiful ideas are born. Sometimes with a glass of wine on the balcony, no pressure, you're offline. We go hiking at the weekends to the Swiss mountains, we're offline. Suddenly, we have an idea.
The danger can be that you do not disconnect enough because we are both in this together. We are Boataffair. My wife and I are Boataffair. We tend to talk about it a lot. We have to be careful not to talk about it all the time. We therefore have established a few routines and processes. We love to go hiking. We go offline or no dedicated afternoons, that's the Sunday afternoon. We love to take off and go hiking. We promise each other, "Natalya, I promise you I'm not going to talk about Boataffair. Let's talk about anything else but Boataffair." The danger is that you can talk about the company too much. It's all about managing expectations and realizing that, take that step back and take countermeasures and it's easy. It's so much more we have to talk. It's an easy trap with Boataffair. We love it so much. We're so passionate. The thing is it's not a burden for us to talk about it. We love it. It's to be aware of that and make space for other things.
Be aware and make space for other things.
I do thank her. I thank Natalya for allowing me to think so big, from not making me look like I'm ridiculous. There are people there who are narrow-minded who will say, "You're crazy. That's not going to work." You start saying what you think, you start saying, "You are dreaming big." I thank Natalya for allowing me to mention and to say what I want to achieve. It's a lot. I want to achieve a lot for me, for my family and for our Boataffair community and my clients and my partners. I can't do that by thinking small. I've got crazy ideas sometimes and Natalya listens. I thank her for listening to me. She gives me honest feedback as well and that is so valuable. That works the other way around as well. That's the beauty of it, it's a give and take relationship. I thank her for all that. I'm so blessed to have found that. That's not a matter of course.
This is me being vulnerable and open here. That's us, transparent and authentic. I urge and recommend people try it out as well. It feels liberating.
Speaking of liberating, I'm curious what were you known for in high school?
In high school, I was known for being able to entertain people. I make people laugh and smile. That's what I was known for at high school. That showed because, during high school, I joined a musical and I acted on stage. I took singing lessons and piano lessons. I always love producing something for others. I don't mean jokes. I can't tell jokes. I love to be funny and I'm very sarcastic. I suppose I take everybody in every business and everything very seriously, but I don't take life too seriously. I smile about things. For everybody on this planet, it's going to end the same way at some point. You might as well smile on a daily basis. I'm a bit sarcastic at times. I'm well-known in high school for making people laugh and by bringing laughter into people's conversations.
I recommend one thing especially and I did it myself as well. Look at yourself in the mirror. Ask yourself, "Are you happy with where you are?" If you've got that little feeling somewhere in your body that tells you, "I'm not happy." Listen to that, promise me you will listen to that, because I did. Not from the very get-go. It took me many months if not years, to be honest, to actually listen and then act upon it. Do this if you have that inkling, that feeling. Secondly, when you realize that, reach out to someone you trust. Don't go to naysayers. We all have our naysayers for various reasons. I'm not saying they're bad people. I always try to understand other people's motivations but reach out to people you trust and talk to them about your feelings. You will see that you're not alone with your fears. I know you're asking for three. I'm giving you two because they're so important to me and I feel like that could be important to a lot of people as well. Be true to yourself and reach out.
I want to encourage you to take action with what Adrian has shared with you. I've got multiple pages in notes here. From the idea of having a global mindset of ways to steer against burnout, the superpowers and how to honor the superpowers, how to be irritated as an oyster, but also how to show up irritated. How to solve negotiation and conflict issues. We talked about three simple steps to get a breakthrough. It's okay to focus on what you want. Expecting more doesn't have to cost more and a whole lot more. It's been awesome to have you here with us, Adrian. Thank you for sharing so much great wisdom.
It's been a pleasure. Thank you so much for your absolutely fantastic questions.
I would encourage you to go check out what Adrian's up. You're looking for a way to truly hone in on the human condition, the human spirit. The quality of the experience right that you deliver to your clients. You can learn something from Adrian. If you're into boating and want to have an amazing boating experience, also go check out what he's up to at Boataffair.com. Seize the day, make it a great week, we'll see you next time.
Together with his wife and Co-founder, Natalya, he grew Boataffair from scratch to a global yacht and experience sharing company present in over 40 countries. In his free time, he enjoys a good discussion on mindfulness and coaching techniques, loves to hike in the mountains with his family, and can't be separated from the sea for too long. Adrian holds an MBA from Imperial College, London.


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The Burghley House Bedhead Kit
Advanced Crewel Work Kit
This design features classic crewel work stitches and techniques of the mid 18th Century when the original embroideries were created. Burghley House was built for Sir William Cecil, later 1st Baron Burghley, who was Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I of England, between 1555 and 1587, and modelled on the privy lodgings of Richmond Palace. Since 1961, it has been owned by a charitable trust established by the family, who have given Phillipa permission to replicate this design.
A percentage of the sale of each kit of this kit is be donated towards the upkeep of the textile collection at Burghley House.
Kit Includes: Ground fabric of 100% Jacobean Linen Twill printed with the Burghley House design, Appleton's crewel wools, 4 x needles, stitch instruction booklet, stitch charts, our 'Essential Guide to Crewel Work' booklet and a full A3 poster.
Design size: 32 x 38 cm (12½ x 15 in)
Linen size: 53 x 58cm (20½ x 22½ in)
Stitches: Pistil, Satin, Back Stitch, Long and Short as 'soft shading', Crewel Stem, French Knots, Detached Fly.
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Lynette Grave
Love Stitching The Burghley House Bedhead
I am enjoying this crewel work project. Unfortunately life has changed a little at the moment and have less time to stitch but do pick it up as often as I can. Am looking forward to finishing it and having it made in to a pillow. Trims are difficult to find in NZ at the moment, but have my fingers crossed I will be able to find a suitable one to do it justice! Thank you to Phillippa and the team at the Crewel Work Company who work so hard to develop these kits for avid stitchers to complete x


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2013 Bentley Mulsanne
Limousines are luxury cars by definition,yet the 2013 Mulsanne by Bentley,adds state-of-the art technology with newly-designed comfort specifications for an exquisite experience in transportation.
The Mulsanne is made for comfort with the 21-inch wheels that are lightweight and include optional wheel centers that are self-leveling to provide maximum smooth ride for its passengers. Its 6.8 liter V-8 engine and twin turbochargers provide power and punch giving you approximately 505 horsepower and 752 lb-ft of torque.
Vehicle Type: Luxury Sedan Est. Market Price: NA
Fuel Tank Capacity: 25.3 gals (96L) MPG: 11 city / 18 hwy
Curb Weight: 5976 lbs (2711 kg) Ground Clearance: NA
Luggage Capacity: 15.6 cu ft Maximum Seating: 2+2
Engine: 6.8 Liter V8 Twin Turbo Compression Ratio: 7.8:1
Horsepower: 505 HP Max RPM: 4200 rpm
Torque: 752 lb-ft @ 1750 rpm Transmission: 8-Speed Automatic
Comfort Features
The engineering and design behind the 2013 Mulsanne goes beyond traditional luxury that include features that incorporate cutting-edge technology with innovative extras that exemplify luxury.
For instance,the headrests are styled to accommodate people of any height comfortably. These headrests are also soft,and the interior have footrests that can easily be stowed under the front seats when not in use.
The seats are upholstered in soft leather,that is V-quilted for added comfort,and the Mulsanne is equipped with a router for easy Wi-Fi access while on the go.
Passengers riding in the rear seats can enjoy a cold glass of wine or champagne from the built-in refrigerator,using the furnished fluted glasses designed to imitate the V-design of the wheels. A set of tables is also provided. These are crafted of sturdy metal and covered with durable leather. They are the perfect size and height for working on one's iPad,which can be charged via the car's auxiliary power source.
The Mulsanne provides privacy with stylish curtains that can be used to shut out the bright lights from outside,or the world. The curtains be hidden when not in use.
Matching Luggage
Also available to owners of the 2013 Mulsanne is a beautiful set of luggage,hand-crafted to complement the limousine by Schedoni,specialists in fine luggage. The luggage pieces are custom-designed to meet the customer's specifications,with the Mulsanne logo and customer's monogrammed initials.
The 2013 Mulsanne by Bentley is the limousine of choice by discerning travelers who accept no less than the best.
Bentley unveiled its all new 2013 Bentley Flying Spur at the Geneva International Motor Show 2013 held on the March 5th amidst much hype and hoopla surrounding its release, and truth be told, nothing was exaggerated.
Limousines are luxury cars by definition, yet the 2013 Mulsanne by Bentley, adds state-of-the art technology with newly-designed comfort specifications for an exquisite experience in transportation.
2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible
The new 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible is not only capable of topping speeds at 202 miles per hour, Bentley also claims that you are going to experience an improvement of 15 % fuel efficiency from the engine, which is rare in fast cars.
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2013 Bentley Continental GT3 Concept Racer
The Concept Racer capitalizes on outstanding high-speed stability, exceptional performance and renowned durability of the Continental GT Speed. Bentley intends to achieve this while tailoring its track's specification with the adoption of all-inclusive aerodynamic package, rear-wheel-drive chassis, and high-tech motorsport hardware in compliance with the regulations.
2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed
The 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed is powered by a 6.0 liter W-12 engine. It is the fastest model to date, producing 590 lb-ft of torque. The engine power is delivered to all four wheels, by a new ZF, close-ratio, 8-speed automatic transmission, and Torsion differential.
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Business & Finance⟩Finance
Wealth, Lower Oil Prices, Increased Spending—Airline Stocks Headed Higher?
Jay Leonard Last updated: May 17, 2013
The improved global economy has helped to drive up the spending habits of consumers, and an area that has really benefited from the income creation is the travel sector.
Airlines around the world have reaped the benefits from the improved travel sector.
The airline sector is estimated to earn $10.4 billion in profits this year, up from the previous estimate of $8.4 billion, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). (Source: "Small Boost to Airline Profitability – Industry Profit Margin Improves to 1.6%," International Air Transit Association web site, March 20, 2013.)
According to the IATA report, the top market in the airline sector is predicted to be the Asian-Pacific airlines, with estimates calling for $4.2 billion in net profits this year, up from $3.9 billion in 2012 and accounting for a 40.4% share of the total global airline sector.
The North American airline sector is also looking good, with profits estimated at $3.6 billion this year, well ahead of the $2.3 billion recorded in 2012.
Coming in third is expected to be the Middle Eastern airline sector, with $1.4 billion in profits, more than 50% higher than the $900 million in 2012.
The airline sector has been improving since the end of the recession. Lower fuel costs and increased bookings and travelling have helped to drive up the sector.
Take a look at the Dow Jones US Airlines Index in the chart below. Notice the beautiful uptrend since November 2012 in correlation with the S&P 500, as highlighted by the green line.
Chart courtesy of www.StockCharts.com
In the low-cost discount side, a carrier that I frequently fly with and like is JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ/JBLU). I have followed the stock for over a decade and continue to feel the company has what it takes to be a major player in the discount airline sector.
First formed in 1998, JetBlue Airways is a discount air carrier serving markets in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico; along with 10 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America region. JetBlue offers services to 77 cities via 800 daily flights.
In April, the airline's key revenue passenger miles reading came in at 11.5 million for an 83.8% load factor, up 6.8% year-over-year. (Source: JetBlue Airways Corporation, last accessed May 16, 2013.)
Following a decline in revenues from 2008 to 2009, JetBlue came back with growth in 2010 to 2012 and Thomson Financial estimates call for the growth to continue in 2013 and 2014.
For more of a global airline sector play, United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE/UAL) is worth a look. The company formed from the merger of Continental Airlines and United Airlines in 2010.
United Continental offers around 5,446 flights daily to 370 airports on six continents.
Revenues are predicted to rise three percent to $38.3 billion this year, followed by $39.7 billion in 2014, up 3.9% year-over-year.
To play the growth in the airline sector, you can also play the suppliers of parts and services, which I discussed in "Aerospace: The Only Way Left to Play Global Growth."


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- Facing the main door: Many Feng Shui consultants recommend placing the Buddha in front of the main entrance of a house, on a table. This location allows the Buddha to interact with the Chi energy that enters your home. From this position, painting can neutralize all the negative Chi and turn it into an energy that attracts luck.
- In the living room: Buddha is also quite comfortable in the living room. The best position of the Buddha in the living room is facing the front door.


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Michael Tsai, Milpitas School Board Trustee
A Vision for Excellence
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A graduate of extremely competitive Bay Area public schools and a longtime tutor, Michael understands what it takes for our students to reach the next level of academic success. He's running for the Milpitas Unified School District's Board of Trustees to bring our schools to a new level of excellence. We hope you'll join community, business, and educational leaders in supporting him on this mission.
Michael graduated from UC Berkeley in 2010. Afterwards he worked with technology startups, eventually being recognized by Netscape founder and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen as a tech "rock star". Michael also founded a successful tutoring business. As a tutor, he's seen that today's students aren't getting the support and personalized attention they need to reach their full academic potential. As a result, they are under-equipped to succeed in today's competitive job market and college admissions environment.
To remedy this, Michael will promote academic excellence in Milpitas schools at every grade level. This means policies to attract the best teachers, reducing class sizes, and expanding support for STEAM education, Advanced Placement classes, and extracurricular programs. Michael will emphasize technology and vocational education, and develop partnerships and internship programs with local high-tech employers, providing our with students relevant job skills and experiences for our competitive economy.
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Congressional Fellowships
on Women and Public Policy
Cynthia Cendagorta, a master's degree student in Political Science with an emphasis in Public Law at Washington State University (WSU), also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from WSU. Ms. Cendagorta, who is interested in privacy rights, the First Amendment, and gun control, has accepted a placement in the office of Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA). After she completes the fellowship program, Ms. Cendagorta plans to return to the West where she would like to continue her career in political advocacy and fundraising.
Pearlie Jones, has selected an assignment with the office of Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), where her work includes legislative research on issues concerning women in prison and HIV/AIDS. Currently she is a doctoral student in Women's Studies with a concentration in Race, Class and Gender at the Union Institute. A professional social worker, author and playwright, Ms. Jones earned a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Houston, and holds a master's degree from Texas Southern University.
Sangeetha Raghunathan, earned her bachelor's degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California at Berkeley, and is now a master's student in Health Policy and Management at the Columbia School of Public Health. Ms. Raghunathan's areas of concentration are health policy and women's health. She has accepted a placement in the office of Representative Ellen Tauscher (CA), where she is the legislative assistant responsible for health care and women's issues. After completing her master's program, Ms. Raghunathan would like to attend law school and work on legal, policy, and ethical issues affecting women's health.
Margaret (Mikki) Holmes, has accepted a placement in the office of Senator Paul Wellstone (MN), where she is conducting legislative research on domestic violence and economic justice issues. Originally from Washington, DC, she is currently a doctoral student in Sociology with a concentration in Women and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota. Ms. Holmes, who already has received a bachelor's degree in Urban Affairs from the George Washington University and a Master of Architecture from the University of New Mexico, worked as a chef and an architect before returning to graduate school.
Jenny Knowles, who graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in Latin American Studies/Government, is a master's student in Public Administration at the University of Texas at Arlington. Ms. Knowles recently completed a research trip to South Africa and Ghana where she studied rural-urban migration issues and the public administration systems of each country. Ms. Knowles works in the office of Representative Lee Hamilton (IN), where her legislative research will focus on international relations issues such as U.S. policy toward East African countries and South American countries.
Evelyn Yee, has joined the staff of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, where she is considering legislative research on Medicare, managed care, and older Americans issues. Ms. Yee is currently enrolled in both the School of Public Policy and the School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley (UCB), where she is working on master's degrees in Public Policy and Public Health. Ms. Yee, who is interested in developing programs that will provide accessible and affordable long-term care for elderly women, holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from UCB.
Lisa Maatz, a Master of Arts candidate in Journalism at the Ohio State University (OSU) specializing in Political Communication, has already received a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Ohio University and a Master of Liberal Studies from OSU. Ms. Maatz was formerly executive director of Turning Point, a six-county battered women's program located in Marion, OH. Ms. Maatz has joined the staff of Representative Carolyn Maloney (NY), where she is the legislative assistant responsible for women's issues. Ms. Maatz, who is a phi beta kappa graduate from Ohio University, developed an interest in politics in elementary school.


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Che" Guevara Ernesto Guevara de la Serna
LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES
CHE GUEVARA AND SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS
1. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14,[1] 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che or just Che was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas.
As a young man studying medicine, Guevara traveled throughout South America, bringing him into direct contact with the impoverished conditions in which many people lived. His experiences and observations during these trips led him to the conclusion that the region's socio-economic inequalities could only be remedied by socialism through revolution, prompting him to intensify his study of Marxism and travel to Guatemala to learn about the reforms being implemented there by President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán.
While in Mexico in 1956, Guevara joined Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement, which seized power from the regime of the dictator[2] General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba in 1959. In the months after the success of the revolution, Guevara was assigned the role of "supreme prosecutor", overseeing the trials and executions of hundreds of suspected war criminals from the previous regime.[3] After serving in various important posts in the new government and writing a number of articles and books on the theory and practice of guerrilla warfare, Guevara left Cuba in 1965 with the intention of fomenting revolutions first in Congo-Kinshasa, and then in Bolivia, where he was captured in a military operation supported by the CIA and the U.S. Army Special Forces.[4] Guevara was summarily executed by the Bolivian Army in the town of La Higuera near Vallegrande on October 9, 1967.[5]
After his death, Guevara became an icon of socialist revolutionary movements and a cultural icon worldwide. An Alberto Korda photo of him (shown) has received wide distribution and modification, appearing on t-shirts, protest banners, and in many other formats. The Maryland Institute College of Art called this picture "the most famous photograph in the world and a symbol of the 20th century."[6]


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Home News MSC Cruises Reveals Grand Launch Details of Flagship MSC Grandiosa
MSC Cruises Reveals Grand Launch Details of Flagship MSC Grandiosa
MSC Grandiosa sea trials August 2019
MSC Cruises is to embark on the Company's most comprehensive new ship launch ever and will carry out the largest face-to-face engagement drive with more than 14,000 travel agents on board MSC Grandiosa. The events will commence in St Nazaire, France when the Company's newest flagship officially comes into service on 31st October.
Achille Staiano, MSC Cruises VP Global Sales, commented: "The events for the launch of MSC Grandiosa have been carefully designed to enable an extensive programme of activities, events and celebrations for the Travel Agency community, as well as other guests and stakeholders. We have designed an inaugural itinerary for the ship with overnight stays in multiple ports to enable as many Travel Agent partners as possible to stay on board or visit the ship in order to experience it first-hand."
During the course of the launch events, seven 'All Stars of the Sea' awards events will be held to recognize the efforts and achievements of travel agents from all around the world, recognizing MSC Cruises distribution in more than 80 countries. Separate familiarisation tours and presentations will also be given to travel agency front-desk staff, managers, proprietors and tour operators.
MSC Grandiosa will remain in the Port of Hamburg from 6-10 November with the Christening on the evening of the 9th. The Blue Port will be condensed into a maritime stage around the Elbphilharmonie. Twenty locations in Hamburg's harbour will become ambassadors of light art, shining with a significant blue light, mixing industrial harbour light with graphic drawing. The colour blue is significant for the events as it part of MSC Cruises livery as well as representing water to symbolise MSC Cruises' long-standing commitment to the ocean. With respect for the environment and the climate, many small lights with low energy consumption will be used. The dazzling installations will be created by renowned international light artist Michael Batz.
MSC Grandiosa, Extended Promenade preview
Launch Highlights
Series of events and celebrations span 27 days, 8 countries and 11 ports
More than 14,000 Travel Agents from over 40 countries to experience MSC Cruises' newest flagship
Four nights of festivities with special events for the city Hamburg
MSC Cruises to light-up 19 locations in the Port of Hamburg with international light artist Michael Batz
MSC Grandiosa preview
Some of the guest highlights of this new state-of-the-art ship include:
Two original new shows from Cirque du Soleil at Sea
The Mediterannean Promenade is lined with restaurants including the new restaurant Il Campo and mall-style shopping and above, the 93 metre-long LED Sky Screen displays atmospheric images and animations throughout the day and night
Immersive art experience in L'Atelier Bistrot with 26 original etchings by French Impressionist Edgar Degas
Dedicated kids areas designed in partnership with LEGO and Chicco
Plus the world's first virtual personal cruise assistant, ZOE, in every cabin.
MSC Grandiosa will commence her regular 7-night cruises in the Western Mediterranean from 23rd November with six embarkation ports calling Genoa, Civitavecchia, Italy; Palermo, Sicily; Valetta, Malta; Barcelona, Spain and Marseille, France.
She recently completed her sea trials from Saint-Nazaire and will be handed over to the company on October 31st.
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Chris is an ex-Royal Navy Reservist. During his time in the Royal Navy, Chris served in the Maritime Trade Operations branch. A now seasoned cruiser, the first ship for Chris was Cunard Line's Queen Victoria. Chris enjoys nothing more than relaxing on a balcony during a sea day, gazing out to sea and enjoying the cruising lifestyle!