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Sacred Heart Pymble Football Club was born in the early 1960's emanating out of the Catholic Convent School then located at the corner of Telegraph Road and Pacific Highway, Pymble.
With the school's move to the current location on the corner of Pacific Highway and Bobbin Head Road for some years it was known as Mt. St. Bernards Soccer Club after the name of the school and convent. In 1975 our club and school got its own ground donated by the parish and this is where we play today.
We are proud to boast over a third of our registered players are girls out of a playing group which is around 150 and has grown almost 50% in the last few years, the vast majority of which attend the school.
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Baby Born on Afghan Flight Is Named Reach, After Jet's Call Sign
The Afghan parents of a baby born on a C-17 aircraft evacuating passengers to Germany named their daughter after the aircraft's call sign, a senior U.S. general said this week.
"They named the little girl Reach, and they did so because the call sign of the C-17 aircraft that flew them from Qatar to Ramstein was Reach," Gen. Tod Wolters, the commander of U.S. European Command, said in a Pentagon news conference on Wednesday.
The Afghan mother, who has not been named, went into labor and began experiencing complications on a flight leaving a base in Qatar for Ramstein Air Base in southwestern Germany on Saturday, the U.S. Air Force said on Twitter.
In response, the C-17 — identified as Reach 828 in radio transmission — descended in altitude to increase air pressure inside the aircraft, "which helped stabilize and save the mother's life," the Air Force said.
After the plane landed, medics boarded and helped deliver the baby in the cargo bay. A group of women had protected the mother's privacy with their shawls, Capt. Erin Brymer, a nurse who helped deliver the child, told CNN.
By the time they reached her, the woman had been "past the point of no return," she said. "That baby was going to be delivered before we could possibly transfer her to another facility."
Pictures released by the U.S. Air Force showed the woman being transported, shortly after her daughter's birth, from the aircraft to a nearby medical facility.
General Wolters said the baby was one of three — all in good condition — born to women who boarded evacuation flights out of Afghanistan. Two others were delivered at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a military hospital in southern Germany.
"It's my dream to watch that young child, called Reach, grow up and be a U.S. citizen and fly United States Air Force fighters in our air force," General Wolters told reporters.
Satellites Spot Oceans Aglow With Trillions of Organisms
The ocean has always glowed.The Greeks and Romans knew of luminous sea creatures as well as the more general phenomenon of seawater that can light up in bluish-green colors.Charles Darwin, as he sailed near South America on a dark night aboard the H.M.S. Beagle, encountered luminescent waves. He called it "a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle." As far as the eye could see, he added, "the crest of every wave […]
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"[W]e have initiated a new series of audits looking for indicators of compromise on HHS and OPDIV systems to determine whether an active threat exists on HHS networks or whether there has been a past breach by threat actors," a new report says.
The Opportunity Project (TOP) Health tech sprint blended open federal data with AI technology to streamline research, better identify new treatments and disseminate new information.
The new guidance emphasizes the financial and health impacts of cyber incidents and outlines steps practitioners can take to better secure their systems.
FedScoop sat down at the USDS headquarters with a group of members embedded at various agencies who described how they use collaborative tools and why they believe they're so important in modernizing government operations.
Joel Gurin and Katarin Rebello of CODE highlight the key findings of a recent HHS roundtable on open data and the opioid crisis.


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Kids tech at CES 2022 spans entertainment, education, and STEM
Technology is an important part of kids' lives today, especially with a new generation that has grown up not knowing a life without it. From tech to entertain to education tech and particularly smart toys and robotics that focus on STEM and STEAM, helping teach kids how to code, there's plenty of innovation in the kids tech space. Not surprisingly, CES 2022 is showcasing lots of exciting new products.
Kids tech for entertainment
Tastemaker LLC Arcade1Up
Arcade1Up has taken the industry by storm, celebrating a milestone of close to three million arcade machines sold in under three years. The concept brings back nostalgia for parents and gives kids the opportunity to play video games in retro fashion, harkening back to the '80s and '90s. With models like the Infinity Game Table (IGT) that works as a high-tech board game alternative to the Arcade1Up Jr (JR) for helping kids develop those important fine motor skills, the company has a diverse line. New for 2022 is the addition of Wi-Fi in the Arcade 1Up Legacy Edition Line of arcades, which will allow for online cooperative gameplay and high score leaderboards, along with over-the-air updates. Each machine comes loaded with 14 games as well, two more than the 2021 models. New titles being released in 2022 include Bandai Legacy Arcade Game PAC-MANIA Edition, Midway Legacy Arcade Game Mortal Kombat 30th Edition, and Atari Legacy Arcade Game Centipede Edition. There will also be a new professional machine, the Killer Instinct, later this year that also adds Wi-Fi remote play along with authentic artwork and a true-to-scale arcade design.
Jooki 2 Kids Wi-Fi speaker
Jooki's new Kids Wi-Fi speaker uses patented NFC-enabled ToyTouch technology, allowing kids to place a special figurine or token on top to stream their favourite child-appropriate music playlists without the need for a screen. The wireless, screen-free music/audiobook player connects to Spotify or can play MP3 files imported offline or streamed directly from the speaker, while kids use the figurines and tokens as remote controls for triggering playlists. Parents can easily preset the playlists using the Jooki app. In addition to playing through its built-in speakers with volume limiting technology, kids can also connect wireless headsets to the Jooki 2 via Bluetooth. Jooki 2 has an eight-hour USB rechargeable battery along with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built in, or use local offline MP3 capabilities for content beyond music, like bedtime stories. It's designed for kids aged 3 and up. The speaker comes with two Jooki tokens, pre-programmed playlists, and a charging cable. Additional tokens and figurines can be purchased in packs of six and five, respectively.
Picoo game console for outdoors
It's a constant battle for parents who want to balance screen time with active play. This game console aims to combine the two for the best of both worlds. Designed for use outdoors, combines both interactive game play with outdoor activities. There's a controller and game console that are interconnected with lights, sounds, and vibrations. Cards are included with instructions for each game. Read, scan the card with one of the controllers, and go. Games include ones like MollenMania where kids have to try and catch as many moles as possible, or Zombierun for escaping zombies. The starter kit comes with four Picoos and five game cards with four helper cards, but the system works with expansion kits. Note that it comes with a pair of USB-C cables but no wall charger so you'll need to provide one.
Cricut Explore 3 and Cricut Maker 4
Suitable for older kids who are into crafting (with the supervision of an adult), the Cricut smart cutting machines allow you to design, create, and personalize all kinds of items, from decals to personalized T-shirts, or even toys. They cut at up to eight inches per second and can work with a variety of Cricut Smart Material types, from smart vinyl to smart iron-on and smart paper. New to these models, which were introduced in 2021 but are being shown at CES 2022, is the ability to cut up to 12 feet at once. With Cricut Explore 3, you can cut over 100 materials, including cardstock, vinyl, iron-on, glitter paper, and cork. The machine allows for cutting, drawing, scoring, and embellishing projects with text, illustrations, and easy-to-fold creases. Cricut Maker 3, meanwhile, works with more than 300 materials, from delicate papers and fabrics to touch materials like leather and balsa wood. It also features an Adaptive Tool System for intelligently controlling the direction of the blade and cut pressure to match the material. Both work with the Design Space software for desktop, iOS, and Android.
Kids STEM and STEAM tech
Pixicade Plus
The Pixicade Plus is a great toy for kids who are interested in creating their own video games and immersing themselves in STEM. Ideal for kids aged 6-12, they create their own drawings and turn them into actual video games that can be played on their mobile devices. It comes with two sets of washable markers, three game design books, 16 game template cards, more than 50 game design stickers, and two QR codes for using the Pixicade app. Draw the game on paper, snap a photo of it, then play the animated version of the game on a phone or tablet. Kids can create their own characters, build obstacles, and design goals for how to win the game.
Educational Insights Artie Max coding robot
Educational Insights' newest coding robot is Artie Max, which is designed for kids 8 and up helping them learn coding concepts through STEAM learning. Unlike other coding robots, Artie Max adds the important art component to the equation by creating drawings. Kids can make line-by-line code using five coding languages, Blockly, Snap!, JavaScript, Python and C++, to create tangible art masterpieces. Connect the robot to any Wi-Fi-enabled device, code the design, then watch as Artie Max brings the design to life on paper. Kids can progress from simple shapes to full works of art like a spirograph using a more complex coding language, like Python. It has edge and line detection and can be controlled via remote. The mouth and eyes are LEDs that light up and can also be coded to showcase different colours and expressions, as well as sounds. It comes with three coloured pens to create the drawings.
Kids tech for education
Animal Island AILA Learning Adventure AILA Sit & Play preschool learning system
Designed for preschoolers from 12-36 months of age, this preschool learning system is designed to help kids learn everything from their ABCs and 123s to colours, words, shapes, reading, and music. It's totally hands free with exclusive content that's age appropriate and free of ads or the requirement of a subscription. It can adapt to the child's learning style over time, also managing screen time. The idea is to help prepare kids for school via short learning sessions. There's also a Parent app where parents can track progress, check in on their toddler, send photos and videos, and monitor screen time.
The Quarto Group Ultimate Squishy with SmartScan technology
This 16-inch-tall anatomy toy is sculpted from a medical model of the real human body and includes 10 realistic and removable squishy organs along with articulated joints, 15 removable bones and muscles, and an interactive sound module. Kids can open and close the mandible skull while the transparent lung shows the workings of the respiratory system and the joints bend and rotate. Place one of the eight removable SmartParts on the electronic SmartScan module and the scanner will recognize the part and prompt the child to activate Scan Mode or Quiz Mode. The former provides audible details about the part, the bodily system to which it belongs, and other fun facts. With the latter, kids can test their knowledge and answer up to 70 quiz questions about it. There are even sounds based on each organ, from burps to gurgles. It also comes with a chart, assembly sheet, quick start guide, and a 48-page book with detailed explanations, illustrations, and other fun facts about the human body.
When it comes to kids' tech, there's plenty of innovation, whether you're looking for an educational or exploratory toy, STEM-based product, or even just something for fun and entertainment. CES 2022 shows that innovation in kids tech is not slowing down any time soon.
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C-Class saloon
Mercedes C-Class saloon review (2014-2021)
"The Mercedes C-Class is more comfortable, luxurious and efficient than ever before, and a thorough facelift has added the latest technology"
by Andy Goodwin
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Reliability & safety
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Cheap to run
Classy interior
Comfortable suspension
Fastest diesel is too noisy
Slightly cramped rear seats
Plug-in versions have a small boot
Mercedes began competing for honours in the compact executive class in 1983. The C-Class was first introduced 10 years later and was joined by the Audi A4 a year after, so that by 1994, both of these saloons were competing with the BMW 3 Series. It's a battle that's continued ever since.
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These days, the C-Class has even more competition from non-German rivals. Italy, Sweden, Britain and Japan have all developed their own capable competitors in the form of the Alfa Romeo Giulia, Volvo S60, Jaguar XE, and the Lexus IS respectively. Few can boast such a broad range of engines and equipment levels as the Mercedes, though, with fire-breathing power and fuel-sipping economy both existing within the C-Class range.
That became even more the case from mid-2018 onwards, when Mercedes began introducing its EQ range of electrified models, along with a raft of new interior features. Despite subtle exterior design changes, Mercedes promised this midlife revamp was the most comprehensive in the history of the C-Class, and included 6,500 new parts.
We'll start with economy and the new 1.5-litre EQ Boost petrol mild-hybrid, badged C 200. This compact engine produces 181bhp, but a generator harnesses energy under braking and can boost power by 14bhp when you put your foot down again. This makes it quick enough for most drivers and means it can return up to 42.2mpg according to the latest WLTP efficiency tests.
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In C 220 d diesel form, the C-Class is claimed to return up to 55.4mpg and emit as little as 133g/km of CO2, appealing to company-car drivers with its reasonably low Benefit-in-Kind (BiK) band. The C 300 e and diesel-based C 300 de plug-in hybrid models are even cheaper to run, using a battery and electric motor to drive around 30 miles without using any fuel. This catapults economy figures to over 200mpg, while low CO2 figures make them especially appealing to company-car drivers.
If economy is the last thing on your mind, you might prefer something from the opposite end of the price list. If you hanker for a 503bhp V8 petrol engine and four-second 0-62mph time, the Mercedes-AMG C63 S will oblige and we've reviewed it separately.
Whichever model you choose, you're unlikely to be disappointed by the driving experience. It might not have quite the sporty demeanour of a BMW 3 Series, but it's not far off, and offers a more relaxing drive to boot. There's a degree of adjustment available, too, with driving modes that sharpen up the steering and accelerator when you're in the mood for a little spirited driving. Every model has plenty of grip for fast cornering, and the 4MATIC four-wheel-drive system is standard on the Mercedes-AMG C43, giving greater security if the road surface turns loose or slippery – handy for rural drivers.
With the possible exception of cars equipped with the biggest 19-inch alloy wheels, the C-Class is among the most comfortable cars in its class, and its ride quality can be improved still further with optional Airmatic air suspension. It also provides the option of a firm setting that enthusiastic drivers will enjoy.
Trim levels range from SE all the way up to AMG Line Night Edition Premium Plus, with all UK cars getting a generous 10.25-inch infotainment display as standard. Mercedes' MBUX infotainment system received a major update in 2018 but digital instruments remain a pricier upgrade than in most rivals, and the C-Class misses out on the latest 'widescreen' infotainment setup of newer Mercedes models. All feel well built and are spacious for those in the front, although rear-seat space could be more generous. The C-Class is also generally very quiet inside on the move – although the lack of wind and road noise, has the unhappy effect of making the engines more audible, especially the diesels.
The C-Class range finished a disappointing 74th out of the 100 cars ranked in our 2019 Driver Power owner satisfaction survey, and it didn't appear in 2020's run-down. Euro NCAP has given it the full five stars for crash safety, though. Overall, the C-Class is a car with few vices, despite its placing in our survey. Some may be more exciting, but you'll struggle to find a more competent all-rounder.
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Our 'most economical' pick is the model with the best fuel economy on the WLTP combined cycle.
C300e AMG Line 4dr 9G-Tronic
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Our 'fastest' pick is the model with the fastest time for the 0-62mph or 0-60mph sprint.
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Building a community of participation.
Creating unexpectedness in the video.
Regardless of the type of product or service, the country of origin, or the importance of the message, what matters is reaching the audience in a way the both entertains and informs.
Have students examine how the ads are measured by Visible Measures.
Divide students into teams. Have each team select an ad on the top video chart and analyze the ad.
What is the key message?
How effective is the ad at getting the company's brand and message across to viewers?
In teams, have students design a viral video for a product of their choosing. What are the elements that are needed to go viral?


We are often told to "Think out of the Box!" But no one ever tells us what "the box" is that we are supposed to think out of.
Become a Box facilitator here.
A client asked us to do a program on Out of the Box Thinking, and we decided to try something "out of the box" with their top 20 business leaders. We had them build boxes, define the boundaries of their thinking, put them on their head, and together co-create how the box impacts their business.
What we thought would be an interesting exercise in creative thinking has evolved into revolutionary way to experience and understand what it means to think out of the box, and why sometimes it might be even better to think in the box.
The outside of the box represents our public thinking, our personal branding. It reflects what we want people to know or think about us. It is the "face" that we show to the world.
Each side of the inside of the box represents a different limitation we place on our thinking. By identifying the boundaries of our thinking, we are better equipped to know how to open new filters and go beyond those boundaries to think out of the box.
Wearing the physical box on our heads creates a powerful emotional experience of how limiting our invisible thinking box can be. Through this experience participants experience the challenges of coordinating action, sharing opinions, making decisions and executing a plan with a box on their head.
In the debrief and application phase, we draw connections between the physical box they have created in the program with the invisible thinking box they have created throughout their lifetime. By identifying when it is best to think in the box, and when and how to think out of the box, we improve the conditions for creative innovation.
100 leaders of Nestle Malaysia used The Box in their annual strategic planning session to break through the tired and tried to new and innovative solutions.
Jimbo has shared The Box with more than fifty leadership teams as a means to improve their ability to be more creative in the leadership, and as a model for more effective communication and cooperation.
A senior management team used The Box to define the boundaries of their personal thinking, and then to create a box for the leadership team to operate within including agreed upon goals, norming behaviors, and alignment of important reports and measurements they agreed to.
LVMH used the In & Out of the Box process to create more innovative and customer centric approaches to improve the shopping experience.
Talent Development International uses The Box as a part of their manager development centers to create more creative and culturally attuned leaders.
Nike used The Box with 80 Asian leaders to improve their coaching skills and creative thinking.
Lane Crawford's HR team used The Box to increase empathy and understanding with stakeholders by mapping "empathy boxes," and then creating solutions from the stakeholders point of view.
The Peninsula Hotel used The Box in it's leadership retreat to find creative ways to engage new recruits and create a more cohesive Peninsula Family.
The United Nations Development Programme used The Box to get their leaders thinking more creatively and to stimulate new innovations in the field.
The box is used by Cross Cultural trainers to help participants better understand how culture impacts our ability to work together and how to open new filters and reduce judgment in cross cultural situations.
Ready to get your organization unboxed?
Jimbo is the founder of innoGreat Consulting Ltd. and co-founder of Brains on the Beach Consulting Ltd. He is a leading expert in creativity and innovation with nearly 30 years of experience in education, training and facilitation across Asia and in North America.
Jimbo is also the creator of the In & Out of the Box process has put boxes on thousands of leaders, managers, staff and students from more than 20 countries. He is also an avid innovator in the fields of training and facilitation and has created simulations and facilitation processes for leading companies across most every sector.
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The Phoenix office of JLL has been named one of 55 winners of the 2018 Arizona's Most Admired Companies Awards (MAC). JLL received its award along with other top Arizona businesses, ranging from real estate and banking to software and medical providers. Arizona's Most Admired Companies are selected based on workplace culture, social responsibility, customer opinion, innovation, and leadership excellence.
Categories: JLL News and tagged Arizona Most Admired Companies, AZ Big Media, brokerage Phoenix, brokerage services, customer opinion, innovation, JLL Phoenix, Leadership excellence, MAC, Phoenix, Phoenix CRE, social responsibility, workplace culture.
The first six months of 2018 revealed strong fundamentals and insatiable demand for data center space across regions. Data centers continue to be redefined as software-driven connectivity and blockchain are adopted. Providers are strategizing their offerings to meet the growing need for long-term flexibility, while providing the space and power needed from large users.
Categories: Data Centers News & Trends, Industrial / Logistics News & Trends, Investor News & Trends, JLL News, JLL Research and tagged Blockchain, CoreSite, CRE Phoenix, CyrusOne, data and call centers, data center, Digital Realty, Equinox, JLL Phoenix, NAREIT, Phoenix, SD-WAN, Tenant Representation News & Trends.
Arizona's recent #InvestInEd movement aims to increase statewide spending on K-12 public education via tax hikes for individuals making over $250,000 (+3.5% increase) and $500,000 (+4.45% increase) and joint filers over $500,000 (+3.5% increase) and $1,000,000 (+4.45% increase).
Categories: JLL News, JLL Research and tagged #InvestinEd, Arizona, City of Phoenix, CRE Phoenix, Education, income tax rate, JLL Phoenix, JLL Research, November election, tenant representation phoenix.
Venture capitalists invested $1.05 billion in global construction technology (ConTech) in the first half of 2018. The investment volume of 2018 is already up nearly 30 percent over the 2017 total – and there's still another six months left in the year. ConTech's growth is enticing to users and investors alike, with investment growth actually outpacing overall tech startup investment growth in the United States.
Categories: Data Centers News & Trends, Industrial / Logistics News & Trends, Investor News & Trends, JLL News, JLL Research, Multifamily News & Trends, Office News & Trends, Retail News & Trends and tagged agency leasing, capital markets, construction, Construction technology, Contech, CRE Phoenix, industrial, investors, JLL Phoenix, JLL Research, Katerra, software, Startups, Technology, Tenant Representation News & Trends, Uptake.
In the midst of one of the longest economic expansions, overall vacancy rates continue to fluctuate.
Categories: Investor News & Trends, JLL News, JLL Research, Multifamily News & Trends, Office News & Trends and tagged agency leasing, ASU, Block 23, Chandler, Class A office, CRE Phoenix, Downtown Phoenix, JLL Phoenix, office, Phoenix Snapshot, Research Reports & Trends, Southeast Valley, Tempe, Tenant Representation News & Trends, vacancy rates.
JLL's Managing Director Marc Hertzberg specializes in industrial sales and lease transactions. This month, he was featured in Commercial Executive Magazine in a cover story about the west valley, called West Side Story.
Categories: Industrial / Logistics News & Trends, JLL News and tagged Commercial Executive Magazine, CRE Phoenix, Hertzberg, industrial, industrial market, JLL Phoenix, Phoenix Metro, West Side Story, West Valley.
JLL's Capital Markets experts have arranged the sale and financing of a portfolio of six metro Phoenix apartment communities on behalf of a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC of New York City and their joint-venture partner, Dallas-based Milestone Group. The buyer was a leading global institutional investor. DRA first bought the 1,751-unit portfolio in 2012.
Categories: JLL News, Multifamily News & Trends and tagged capital markets, Capital Markets Multifamily, Chandler, Charles Steele, CRE Phoenix, Glendale, Investment, investment sales, JLL, JLL Phoenix, John Cunningham, Multifamily News & Trends, multifamily Phoenix, Peoria.
The Phoenix Metropolitan area reached a total of 4.8 million residents and counting at the end of Q2 2018 and is currently the 11th largest metro throughout the country.
Categories: Data Centers News & Trends, Industrial / Logistics News & Trends, Investor News & Trends, JLL News, JLL Research, Multifamily News & Trends, Office News & Trends, Retail News & Trends and tagged agency leasing, brokerage Phoenix, Buckeye, Chandler, commercial real estate, CRE Phoenix, Gilbert, Glendale, industrial, JLL Phoenix, Mesa, Phoenix, Population Growth, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Snapshot, tenant representation phoenix.
Every year The Phoenix Business Journal recognizes 40 young business leaders for efforts in their community and companies. The candidates are evaluated on business success, community involvement, leadership ability and influence. The honorees come from various industries and will join more than 680 alumni that have been recognized over the years. Yesterday, JLL's Managing Director Andrew Medley was one of these honorees.
Categories: Investor News & Trends, JLL News, Office News & Trends and tagged 40 under 40, Andrew Medley, Benchmark Electronics, broker, brokerage Phoenix, CRE Phoenix, Isagenix, JLL Phoenix, PBJ, Phoenix Business Journal, Phoenix Metro, real estate, Tenant Representation News & Trends.
Metro Phoenix has seen a trend like no other before, the end of second quarter 2018 it marked its 20th straight quarter of positive absorption recording at 327,392 square feet and reaching just over a million square feet of YTD absorption.
Categories: Investor News & Trends, JLL News, JLL Research, Office News & Trends and tagged absoprtion, brokerage Phoenix, brokerage services Phoenix, CRE Phoenix, JLL Phoenix, Metro Phoenix, office, office absorption, office building, Office Leasing, Research Reports & Trends, Tenant Representation News & Trends.


Email etiquette has some unwritten rules. One is that when you send an email asking a question, you expect to receive a reply.
Reality, however, is often very different from etiquette expectations.
For instance, how many times have you sent an email that requires your reader to respond, and you never hear from them?
You ask a question, you wait for an answer. And you wait. And wait.
Finally, you end up calling them, or tracking them down in the break room, or following them out to the parking lot. And you're left feeling like a cross between a stalker and a nagging parent who's hounding your kid into doing his homework.
Lately, I seem to experience the email waiting game a lot. And I'm getting pretty frustrated with it.
I'm trying different techniques – keeping my emails short and sweet; putting the deadline in the subject line; bolding the sentence that requires a response; marking the email "Urgent." Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. And then the stalk-nagging begins.
I think this phenomenon of non-response is a symptom of a larger problem – information overload.
We're constantly bombarded with messages. Between our computers, tablets, and phones, we're always connected and always available. At a certain point, people have to check out and stop the madness. There's really only so much we can take.
There's also the volume factor. Your email is probably one of hundreds of electronic communications that your reader may receive in a day. It might not be that your reader is consciously choosing to ignore you, it may be that your message simply got buried in the avalanche.
I try to practice what I preach and respond to emails in a timely fashion. For me, I find it's often most productive to respond immediately, while the message is open in front of me and foremost in my mind. But I confess that I also let days go by before responding to some messages, and yes, I've even totally flaked and not gotten back to people. At all.
Don't leave me hanging. Respond to my question, or meeting request, or plea for some piece of information.
Please understand that I'm asking because I need to know, not because I'm trying to make your life more difficult or waste your time.
It's a two-way street. If you respond to me, I'll respond to you. Promise.
And if it's easier for you to pick up the phone and call me, or grab me in the break room, or follow me out to the parking lot, that's cool, too. In fact, sometimes it's faster and more productive to just talk about whatever it is instead of firing emails off into the void and then waiting for a response. We can likely accomplish in five minutes of conversation what might take five very frustrating days of email tag to get done.
Ultimately, I think trying to live by the Email Golden Rule – respond unto others as quickly as you want them to respond unto you – is something we should all try a little harder to do. It'll save us all a lot of frustration and stalk-nagging.
Are you feeling like a stalk-nagger? How do you handle the situation? Post a comment and let us know!


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I did my best to keep the comic book and Sam Raimi fandom out of the main eFilmCritic review, but on my blog, that stuff's fair game.
Raimi's Spider-Man 3 gets a bit of a bum rap; it's not his best work, but it at least seems to enjoy being a movie about a superhero fighting supervillains. Amazing seems embarrassed by it; it had me checking my watch a lot during the first half as it slowly went back over material Raimi had covered in zippier fashion. What struck me as really odd, though, was reading tweets from comic book pros like Kurt Busiek saying it was the best comic book movie ever, saying the campiness of the Raimi movies never really set well with them.
Which was odd, because I never found the Raimi movies campy. Colorful, yes, in a way that was loyal to the source material. Funny on occasion. Aware that it's telling a larger-than-life story and not feeling the need to diminish that. It's something Marvel has done well in its Avengers movie cycle, knowing how far to push, to the point where what is a relatively grounded (by superhero movie standards) thing like Iron Man can stand side-by-side with Thor and an alien invasion, and where there is a very good chance that the Marvel Movie Universe will include Rocket Raccoon in a couple of years.
The Amazing Spider-Man (the movie) is a little more disappointing because Amazing Spider-Man (the comic) is doing a pretty good Lizard story to tie in right now, and seeing a Lizard who actually looks like a lizard, and has clear motivations (as opposed to a pointless conspiracy story that makes the movie feel like it's deferring things until later) makes the version Rhys Ifans is playing seem bland, even when he's doing the closest thing that this movie will allow to supervillainous ranting. Plus, man, I can't tell articulate how disappointing the visual of the Lizard is. The human-shaped head combined with the obviously CGI mouth just doesn't work; it's the exact wrong combination.
(Aside: Dan Slott is killing it on the Amazing Spider-Man twice a month right now. It had a rough patch a few years ago when Marvel had a forced DC-style rollback to undo Pete & MJ's marriage, bring back Harry Osborne, and otherwise make things more like what they felt the platonic ideal of Spider-Man was, but ever since the "Big Time" period started a year or two ago, Slott has quietly pushed Harry off-stage, tacitly acknowledged that no other girlfriend character was going to get over, and stopped with the "Peter's a sad sack who is always broke and unlucky" bits. It's awfully close to where it was before "One More Day", without it seeming to have gotten there unnaturally.)
For all that disappointed me about the movie, though, I think it was the last Peter/Gwen scene that really bugged me:
Peter Parker is motivated by guilt, and worry, and a pathological need to protect people. Slott's doing good stuff with that in the comic right now, as Peter's "no-one dies" pledge is something he can't possibly live up to and threatening to crush him. For the most part, the movie gets that, and the last act piles it on thick - Gwen mentions how not knowing whether her father will come home is a tremendous burden on her, the Lizard's plan is possible in part because of Richard Parker's work that Peter gave to Conners, and Peter watches George Stacy die because of it. With his dying words, George asks Peter not to put Gwen through it, and, well, of course Peter's going to obey that. Honestly, George doesn't need to ask. But, he does, and there's a tearful scene.
AND THEN, there's another scene, where Peter sits behind Gwen in class and whispers something about not keeping certain promises, and with that, the movie betrays the one thing it unquestionably got right. Sure, you can say it makes a certain amount of sense, because they're teenagers and their actions vary with their hormones, but... Come on, why would the movie undercut a perfect ending like that, leaving it in that uncommitted spot? It's just sloppy.
Then, of course, there's another scene mid-credits, hinting that there's a guy behind the guy and a secret where Peter's dad is concerned. The mastermind who sends someone to speak to Conners is probably Norman Osborne, just because Spider-man doesn't really have many mastermind-level villains (I don't see them going this direction with Dr. Octopus and Mr. Negative is too new). Whatever; it's annoying because Spider-man doesn't need a secret history; like Superman, he works much better as a character who steps up on his own rather than having been manipulated into place. But, if you're going to do a trilogy rather than just let the character have other adventures, that means backfilling mythology.
!SRELIOPS
Yes, I'm a big Raimi fan, and I'm tremendously disappointed not to see just what Raimi would have done with these characters. I half-suspect that a good chunk of this movie's script started as Spider-Man 4, as in previous films, Raimi and company had set up the Stacys (played by Bryce Dallas Howard and James Cromwell) and Curt Conners (played by Dylan Baker), and I'm pretty sure that Raimi would have had no problem taking the lizard in the lab coat and running with it.
One last thing: One thing neither set of movies really gets right is Peter Parker's tendency to wisecrack as Spider-man. What comes across in the comics as nervous energy or Peter feeling unburdened seems mean in the movies, just Peter venting without consequence. It's worse here than it is in Raimi's movies - that scene where Peter mocks the car thief almost makes the viewer sympathetic for the crook, and it's hard to imagine this Peter Parker refer to himself as your "friendly neighborhood spider-man" in future movies.
Seen 8 July 2012 in Arlington Capitol #1 (first-run, RealD 3D)
The Amazing Spider-Man is done no favors by arriving when Sam Raimi's trio of Spider-Man movies is still fairly fresh, but that's not indefensible; in the ten years since his first Spider-Man came out, Marvel Comics has started at least two new series for the character that went back to the start, released a bunch of other #1 issues, produced two different animated series... This sort of thing is part of the landscape. What's important is how well the story is told, and this particular Spider-Man origin falls short of amazing.
There's a little more intrigue to it - largely unseen in most versions of the Spider-Man story, here we see Richard Parker (Campbell Scott) and his wife Mary (Embeth Davidtz) leaving their son in the care of his Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). A dozen years later, the orphaned Peter (Andrew Garfield) is still with them when he finds his father's old satchel, which leads him to his father's old Oscorp colleague Curt Conners (Rhys Ifans), a bite from a genetically engineered spider, and an armed robber he tragically doesn't stop. He meets a nice girl, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), though her NYPD father (Denis Leary) is none too fond of new masked vigilante Spider-Man, while Conners's experiments in using reptilian DNA for cellular regeneration go monstrously awry.
This story has been told enough that by now, it's less about the particular variations on the theme than how its told, and the way this movie fails is kind of fascinating. Director Mark Webb and the producers - with three writers at one end of the pipeline and three editors on the other - manage to make a movie that focuses so resolutely on the things it does best as to weaken itself in every other area. And for as nice as the scenes between Pete & Gwen or Pete & Ben are (except the last Pete/Gwen scene, which seems to throw the filmmakers' understanding of Peter Parker out the window), the balance between that and the actual plot that involves Peter Parker becoming a superhero and fighting supervillains is terribly out of whack. Conners goes from mentor to antagonist off-screen, with just voiceover flashbacks to scenes apparently cut from the movie to bridge the gap. The movie joins its big Brooklyn Bridge action sequence halfway through, depriving the audience of not just a cool set-piece, but seeing Peter and Captain Stacy confront "supercrime" for the first time.
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Three years ago our little Lu Lu was born. Today we celebrated her birthday with friends, food, and lots and lots of balloons. She has been talking about her birthday for weeks. It was so FUN to throw her a party. Sequence, balloons, finger foods, and princess costumes - a party fit for a queen :).


Mark Hamill is one of the most delightful celebrities on Twitter and today he's celebrating a milestone… 3 million followers! However, he's not ready to stop there. The actor famous for playing Luke Skywalker in Star Wars has a celebrity to beat: Katy Perry.
"Very exciting to realize I only have to gain 103+ Million more to match @katyperry!!!
The pop singer does have a wildly impressive 106.9 million followers on the social media site, making her the most-followed celebrity on the platform. Hamill has a long way to go if he wants to catch up with her and the other most followed celebrities, which includes (in order of most followers) Justin Bieber, Barack Obama, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Ellen DeGeneres. So far, only Perry, Bieber, and Obama have broken 100 million, which makes for a very interesting group.
While he may not be in the top, Hamill still has an impressive amount of fans and is certainly a winner when it comes to posting fun content. From trolling fans to debating cast members of Back to the Future, there is no shortage of good times coming from the actor's feed.
Many fans were quick to congratulate Hamill on the milestone, and one took the opportunity to try to get some Episode IX information out of him. In true Hamill fashion, he wasn't having it.
"Congratulations!!!! Maybe we can get that Episode IX title to celebrate," @planetcameron wrote.
"Episode IX: A Bunch More Stuff Happens," Hamill teased.
Considering the third installment of the latest trilogy is coming out this year, it's understandable that fans are eager to learn the film's official title. While there's no word on when the announcement will be made, we suspect it's coming soon.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi's title was announced on January 23, 2017, which means we could be mere days away from learning the new title. There's also speculation that the reveal could happen during a Super Bowl ad, which means we'd be waiting until February 3rd. Either way, if these educated guesses are accurate, we're looking at the name reveal within weeks. In the meantime, we're happy with Hamill's fake titles.
Congrats again on 3 millions followers, Mr. Hamill!
Star Wars: Episode IX is expected to hit theatres on December 20th, 2019.


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Het Nationaal Songfestival in 2001 werd gehouden in Ahoy, Rotterdam op zaterdag 3 maart en werd gepresenteerd door Paul de Leeuw. Er waren gastoptredens van Brotherhood of Man, de Herreys en Getty Kaspers van de groep Teach-In. Deze artiesten hadden gemeen dat ze op het Eurovisiesongfestival ooit als eerste optraden en wonnen. Dit jaar zou Nederland op het songfestival in Kopenhagen ook als eerste aantreden; dit was eerder al door loting bepaald.

Hoewel velen verwachtten dat het up-tempo-nummer van Ebonique zou gaan winnen, overtuigde Michelle uit Wijk bij Duurstede zowel jury als het televotende thuispubliek met het zeer rustige en intimistische Out on my own, dat zij samen met haar twee achtergrondzangeressen op blote voeten, en gedeeltelijk in kleermakerszit, zong. Ébonique werd tweede, Montezuma's Revenge zong zich a capella naar de derde plaats.

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Michelle werd op het songfestival in Kopenhagen 18e op 23 deelnemers, met een totaal van 16 punten.

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Muziek in 2001

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Ran Kojok (born January 12, 1981) is a retired Israeli footballer who now works as the manager of Maccabi Netanya.

Managerial stats
As of 18 March 2023

Honours
Toto Cup:
Winner (1): 2022-23

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1981 births
Living people
Israeli footballers
Footballers from Netanya
Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players
Hapoel Acre F.C. players
Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. players
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm F.C. players
Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. players
Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players
Hapoel Beit She'an F.C. players
Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan F.C. players
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Janusz Rajski (ur. 1950 w Szczecinie) – elektronik i informatyk, prof. dr inż., chief scientist oraz director of engineering w firmie Mentor Graphics Corporation (Wilsonville, OR, USA), doktor honoris causa Politechniki Poznańskiej (2013).

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Studia magisterskie rozpoczął na Wydziale Elektrycznym Politechniki Poznańskiej w 1968 roku, a od 1969 roku kontynuował je na Wydziale Elektroniki Politechniki Gdańskiej, gdzie w 1973 roku otrzymał tytuł zawodowy magistra inżyniera ze specjalnością automatyka i maszyny cyfrowe. W dniu 25 maja 1982 roku obronił pracę doktorską na Wydziale Elektrycznym Politechniki Poznańskiej. W 1984 roku rozpoczął pracę w Department of Electrical Engineering Uniwersytetu McGilla w Montrealu, gdzie od roku 1989 był zatrudniony jako associate professor with tenure. Na Uniwersytecie McGilla prowadził wykłady z projektowania układów i systemów cyfrowych, organizacji maszyn cyfrowych oraz testowania układów cyfrowych wielkiej skali integracji, a także współpracował z Bell Northern Research (BNR), Bell Canada, IBM, Canadian Microelectronics Corporation i Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montréal. W latach 1992-1994 dodatkowo profesor wizytujący na politechnice w Lozannie.

Od 1995 zatrudniony w firmie Mentor Graphics Corporation, USA. Jest odpowiedzialny za opracowywanie i wdrażanie nowych technologii testowania układów scalonych. W 2003 roku prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej nadał mu tytuł profesora nauk technicznych. Jest członkiem Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) w randze Fellow of IEEE.

Na jego dorobek naukowy składają się między innymi współautorska monografia, blisko 250 opublikowanych artykułów i referatów poświęconych problematyce testowania układów cyfrowych, oraz blisko 100 patentów USA i Unii Europejskiej. Liczba cytowań prac prof. Rajskiego obejmuje ponad 7500 pozycji (2013). Dwukrotny laureat nagrody im. Donalda O. Pedersona (1993, 2005) przyznanej przez IEEE Circuits and Systems Society za artykuły opublikowane w czasopiśmie IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, oraz laureat nagrody im. Stephena Swerlinga przyznanej za opracowanie i wdrożenie technologii kompresji danych testowych.

Zainteresowania naukowo-badawcze obejmują zagadnienia dotyczące komputerowo wspomaganego projektowania i testowania scalonych układów cyfrowych wielkiej skali integracji i dotyczą takich dziedzin jak automatyczna generacja testów, kompresja danych testowych, symulacja uszkodzeń, projektowanie układów łatwo testowalnych, autotestowanie, modelowanie uszkodzeń, oraz synteza logiczna systemów cyfrowych.

Twórca pierwszej w świecie metody kompresji danych testowych, znanej pod rynkową nazwą TestKompress, przeznaczonej do wykrywania uszkodzeń w złożonych systemach cyfrowych wielkiej skali integracji. .

Był on w latach 1996-2000 członkiem grupy roboczej IEEE powołanej dla opracowania standardu IEEE P1500 obowiązującego w testowaniu systemów jednoukładowych. Jest członkiem zespołu International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors. W latach 1993-1997 uczestniczył w pracach kanadyjskiej federalnej agencji grantowej Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Był lub jest wieloletnim aktywnym członkiem komitetów programowych międzynarodowych konferencji naukowych oraz członkiem komitetów redakcyjnych wielu czasopism naukowych. Promotor lub współpromotor w 18 przewodach doktorskich na Uniwersytecie McGilla w Montrealu oraz na Wydziale Elektroniki i Telekomunikacji Politechniki Poznańskiej. Z jego inicjatywy w 2008 roku otwarto w Poznaniu, drugi po Katowicach, oddział badawczo-wdrożeniowy firmy Mentor Graphics w Polsce.

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Inside the Lucasfilm Archive: A Brewing Rebellion in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Limited Series
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If you look at a piano you can see certain shapes and patterns re-accruing over and over again. That can be clearly seen with the 2+3 black keys groupings. There are 3 white keys surrounding the 2 black note grouping and 4 white keys surrounding the 3 black note grouping. Altogether they form 12 keys (2+3 black and 3+4 white).
These 12 keys are the 12 unique keys/notes we need to learn. Once we have learned them you will know all the keys of the keyboard since they just repeat themselves in another register. We are going to get back to the 12 unique notes soon.
Almost all examples in this lesson series are written in the key of C or in the key center of C. It is important to know how to find it. We can find C on the left side of the 2 note black grouping (the white key). The next step is to find the "middle C" since there are many "C"s on the keyboard. If we have a full sized 88 keys piano we can press the highest key (the right-most) and then move down until we find the same key an octave lower. (An octave is the distance between two of the "same" notes such as C to C in the example. We cover that when we go through intervals). We do this for 4 octaves down the keyboard. Alternately we can start from the lowest C on the keyboard and move 3 octaves up the keyboard. We will often use this middle C (and C in general) as a reference key and/or key center.


David is a Director in the competition practice, and has worked with Frontier Economics since 2005 – dividing his time between its London and Brussels offices.
He regularly advises clients on competition issues in front of the European Commission, as well as handling merger, antitrust and competition litigation cases in front of national regulatory authorities and courts. He has particular expertise in Telecoms, Media and Technology, in FMCG and retail, and in public markets and the healthcare sector.
He is listed as Thought Leader in Who's Who Legal for competition economics, and has published in the Competition Law Journal. He sits on the Editorial Board of the LexisNexis CompetitionPSL publication, for which he has authored a number of articles on the application of EU Competition Law.


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Brandy Reveals 'b7' Tracklist
Brandy is set to return with her first album in nearly eight years, b7.
Ahead of its release later this month, the R&B veteran has revealed the tracklist. The 15 tracks include the single "Baby Mama" with Chance the Rapper, plus the Daniel Caesar collaboration "Love Again." Her 18-year-old daughter Sy'rai appears on the mother-daughter duet "High Heels."
The confessional project, described as her most personal to date, explores Brandy's journey over the past few years and features production by DJ Camper (H.E.R., Tamar Braxton) and the late LaShawn Daniels ("The Boy Is Mine," "What About Us"), along with Hit-Boy ("Baby Mama"). Victoria Monét also lends her pen to "Rather Be."
b7 marks Brandy's first full-length release since 2012's Two Eleven, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
"I felt like I wanted to just be as honest as possible with this new project," Brandy told Apple Music's Zane Lowe. "I wanted to approach this project like if this was my last chance, if this was my last shot at creating music, what would this project be about? What would it sound like? Would I just bare it all? Would I tell my story as deep as I could tell it? And I wanted to, of course, stay true to R&B but at the same time go outside of the box."
b7 arrives July 31. See the tracklist below.
b7 Tracklist
1. "Saving All My Love"
2. "Unconditional Oceans"
3. "Rather Be"
4. "All My Life, Pt. 1"
5. "Lucid Dreams"
7. "No Tomorrow"
8. "Say Something"
10. "I am More"
11. "High Heels" (Brandy & Sy'rai)
12. "Baby Mama" feat. Chance the Rapper
13. "All My Life"
14. "Love Again" (Brandy & Daniel Caesar)
15. "Bye Bipolar"
Tracklistings


The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has revealed that the Nigerian Government targets to generate at least 7,500 jobs through the Voluntary Asset Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS).
Adeosun stated this in a report on the activities of the ministry in the last two years. According to her, job creation remains one of the spin-offs of the VAIDS initiative as the 7,500 jobs will come from Community Tax Liaison Officers (CTLOs), who were sourced through the N-Power scheme of the Federal Government.
"Already, the Federal Government has recruited and trained 2,190 Community Tax Liaison Officers (CTLOs) under the scheme. Of the 2,190 CTLOs, 1,710 have been deployed to 33 states to raise awareness about the scheme and taxation in general. The states include Adamawa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Kaduna, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun and Oyo, among others," she said.
She described VAIDS as a revolutionary programme that provides tax defaulters a nine-month opportunity to voluntarily and truthfully declare previously untaxed assets and incomes.
"It also ushers in an opportunity to increase the nation's general tax awareness and compliance. As at May 2017, the total number of taxpayers in Nigeria is just 14 million out of an estimated 70 million who are economically active.
"This implies only 20 per cent of the economically active Nigerians pay tax, particularly the salary earners. Nigeria's tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio, at just 6 per cent is one of the lowest in the world (compared to India's of 16 per cent, Ghana's of 15.9 per cent, and South Africa's of 27 per cent. Most developed nations have tax to GDP ratios of between 32 per cent and 35 per cent," she said.
She noted that VAIDS was aimed at correcting the anomaly, getting the rich and big entrepreneurs to pay tax. She lamented that Nigeria's low tax revenues were at variance with the lifestyles of a large number of its people and with the value of assets known to be owned by Nigerians resident around the world.
"There has been a systemic breakdown of compliance with the tax system with various strategies used to evade tax obligations. These include but are not limited to transfer of assets overseas, the use of offshore companies in tax havens to secure assets, and the registration of assets in nominee names. In addition, despite having some of the most profitable and well capitalised companies in Africa, the level of tax remittance in Nigeria is very low," she stated.
The Minister said VAIDS has yielded over $50 million in revenue between June 29, 2017 when it was launched and October 31, 2017.
"Two foreign companies have also agreed to pay $110 million in regularising their tax status. About $1 billion additional revenue is being targeted from the scheme," she noted.


Triple Double (Basketball) – When a player reaches double digits in three stat categories, such as points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. Join the Conversation -Did you see Rajon Rondo last night had 14 points, 10 assists, and 12 rebounds? -Yeah I had heard he got a triple double.
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The Burmese Pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) in the exposition of the zoo have a large terrarium. This is the only positive thing I can write about them.
They always have and always had snake mite (Ophionyssus natricis). For the visitors of the zoo it is visible on the albino specimen. The people who have to take care of the snakes know that they all suffer from this parasite. Some efforts have been made to end this parasitic invasion, but this never is successful. On the floor of the terrarium lays a kind of Novilon carpeting. Easy to clean, but it is damaged on several spots. The mites can hide there. There are also many other spots in the terrarium where mites can hide. These mites weaken the snakes because they feed on their blood!
Also the Burmese Pythons in the zoo often suffer from respiratory problems, especially in the wintermonths. The terrarium is too cold in this period. This problem is easy to solve, but costs money (heating costs).
Lots of Burmese pythons died in this terrarium.
Burmese python with pneumonia. Lots of mucus in her mouth.


In France, radicalised students are blocking the entrance of multiple universities. Estimates count more than one million euros in damages, with higher education establishments being affected with damages of about €300,000. What exactly do these students want, and what needs to be done about their feeling of entitlement?
French students oppose the government's new "Law for the orientation and success of students" (ORE), through which the Macron administration suggests to select students more based on their performance in secondary school. Until now, no qualifications apart from a baccalaureate were needed to get accepted to a university. This, with the fact that French students pay virtually no tuition fees and benefit from large student and housing subsidies, has made faculties considerably over-crowded.
At a large student protest in the streets of Toulouse, one interviewed student bemoaned the fact that new reforms could lead universities "to choose the students it prefers" and that students that performed better would have better chances. The idea that everyone deserves a secondary education diploma was paired with the concept that everyone needs a bachelor's degree, and then a masters degree, and an access to a PhD, and so on and so forth… The feeling of entitlement has reached the professional life as well, but we'll get to that later.
In order to show their discontempt with the planned government reforms, students are taking matters into their own hands, and not only by protesting in the streets.
Hundreds of policemen had to be rallied to clear the paralysed universities from their own students. The French far-left student union UNEF had the temerity of claiming that many of the damages were actually caused by policemen.
The far-left violence has been a problem for a while in France.
On regular occasion, such as national holidays or announced reforms of labour regulations, violent far-left activists take to the streets of Paris or other major cities, burning cars and breaking windows. During Labor Day protests in the French capital and with half the city on lockdown, six police officers were set on fire and severely injured. Despite France's tradition of political violence, the protests against the Aéroport du Grand Ouest project are unprecedented: hundreds of activists are occupying the construction site, violently resisting the police and even attacking journalists. French president Macron has decided to give in to this violence and abandon the airport construction completely. And yet, these activists are unwilling to leave, and some 2,000 policemen are being deployed to clear the area. These are radical leftists and environmentalists who have occupied land that is not theirs for over ten years.
This has now become the norm: it is not only that you resist with words, but that initiating violence is essential for your "lutte" (French word for struggle/fight).
She also points out in the article that she applied for a job in the "fonction publique territoriale" (regional public sector), a newly created set of public sector job in which bureaucrats administer new rules on regional administration. I know that sounds incredibly productive and useful, doesn't it?
Léa is complaining that she has not been offered a job, insisting on the fact that it must be because she's A) young and B) a woman. Right.
Hey Léa, in case you see this and in case your political science school has taught you English: A) you don't have a right to a job and B) if you can't even get a job in the public sector area that you so carefully studied, maybe you're just too entitled? to work in any office. You're not special because you completed an "elite" school, and stacking up your diplomas is merely evidence for the time you lost that you could have spent gaining actual work experience.
Unless you're an engineer, chemist or any other scientist who acquires specific skills, your degree is worthless. We are inflating the number of degrees so much that there is no way these "competences" can still be considered worth the while of any employer. Because not only do students leave their hallways with a large ego and a lot of paperwork, but they also come out with the incredible sense of entitlement. This is most notably why we find ourselves with large-scale union protests in France, because they have no idea what it means to actually work for their money. They have excelled in their overly specific field, but nobody has taught them any actual work ethic.
Dear students: nobody owes you anything. You don't have a right to a job, you only have the right to ask for a job. If your skills do not excite ANY employer, then it's probably your problem, and not theirs. And it certainly isn't the problem of any third party.


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import services.core.PersistenceService;

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import com.google.inject.Singleton;

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    @Inject
    private Finder<Integer, Integration> finder;

    @Override
    public void save(Integration entity) throws PersistenceException {
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    @Override
    public void delete(Integer id) throws PersistenceException {
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Motril v Maracena
Location: Spain | Competition: Tercera Division - Group 9 | Fixture Date: 15.01.2020 | Kick Off Time: 20:00 GMT
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Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has priced its underwritten public offering launched earlier this week as the company eyes fresh funds to cover the acquisition costs of additional dry bulk vessels.
The 17,500,000 common shares, par value USD 0.01 per share, were priced at USD 4 per share.
As part of the offering, entities affiliated with Simeon Palios, the company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, executive officers and certain directors, have agreed to buy 5,500,000 common shares at the public offering price.
Diana Shipping said that the offering is expected to close on April 26, 2017, subject to customary conditions.
The net proceeds of the offering would fund vessel acquisitions including two 2013-built Post-Panamaxes and one 2013-built Kamsarmax dry bulk vessel that Diana Shipping agreed to purchase from unaffiliated third parties. These transactions are subject to approval by the board of directors.
Any net proceeds from the offering not used for vessel acquisitions will be used for general corporate purposes, the company said.
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The Art of War - Securities Fraud Litigation in China
ARTICLE5 September 2019
The CSRC'S crackdown on securities fraud have led to large numbers of ensuing disputes between listed companies and their shareholders, paving the way for rights defense lawyers and steering key judicial practices. Intensifying audits carried out by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) in recent years have led to a surge in the number of listed companies that have been imposed administrative penalties for information disclosure violations, insider trading, and other acts of fraud.
Shareholders may take securities fraud actions demanding that the company compensates for the losses incurred. These legal actions have unique features that distinguish them from the other civil or commercial suits, and have contributed to the rise of a new profession: the rights defense lawyer. Increased support for litigation financing followed, as did the shaping of judicial practice.
THE OFFENSE:
Where there is a demand. there is a market. If a listed company has committed a fraudulent act, the affected shareholders can claim compensation according to relevant judicial interpretations of the Supreme People's Court (SPC). But the technically challenging nature of these rights defense cases calls for legal professionals with specific skills. These lawyers specialize in tracking the developments in administrative penalties on listed companies and, on this basis, recruit shareholders, establish an engagement relationship, and represent them in lodging claims against listed companies.
Dedicated recruitment platforms and channels are continuously being established A rights defense lawyer will usually charge on an all-contingent basis.
While most lawyers in other business have clients on a long-term basis or are limited by jurisdiction or industry in their practice. The shareholders of listed companies are scattered around the country and there are nearly no regular customers (unless they have traded in another penalized company). How, then, is a rights defense Lawyer to seek clients?
Once a defendant has been locked in, the rights defense lawyer must recruit shareholders of the listed company that have the standing to lodge claims.
Lastly, another key is to expose the trial progress through media reports.
While a listed company will be facing multiple grounds for damages from multiple shareholders, it only needs to submit one set of claims to the court.
Litigation financing is a business that combines funding/investment and legal procedures. A litigation finance fund will usually advance expenses arising from a legal action such as court costs and attorneys' fees for the plaintiffs, and once the plaintiffs prevail, it will deduct the advanced amount and the defendant will pay a certain percentage from the received compensation. Litigation financing first emerged in the UK and U.S. but is being increasingly utilized in China, especially in securities lawsuits.
Moreover, since the odds of the plaintiffs prevailing in a securities fraud action—where judicial interpretations are strictly applied in determining the scope of claims and calculating damages—are relatively high, the fund is also more likely to recover its costs and reap a profit, making investing in these cases attractive.
THE DEFENSE:
The shareholders' enhanced awareness of rights protection, the emerging market of rights defense lawyers, and the participation of litigation financing mean that a penalized listed company will often face paying hefty damages claimed by a large number of shareholders. The claim amounts in recent cases, such as those of Foshan Electrical and Lighting and DZH, have exceeded RMB 100 million, putting huge pressure on listed companies.
In-depth research
In contrast, while a listed company will be facing multiple grounds for damages from multiple shareholders, it only needs to submit one set of claims to the court. This allows the defendant companies to coordinate resources and research arguments of a single case in a concentrated fashion.
The intermediate people's court of the capital of the province in which a listed company is located usually has first instance jurisdiction in securities fraud litigation cases.
As listed companies are able to wield superior resources and thus conduct thorough research, a relatively large number of their defense arguments have been broadly accepted by the courts and have set precedents.
Further, as listed companies are mostly located in first-tier cities, the intermediate people's courts in jurisdictions such as Shanghai and Shenzhen have tried a large number of similar cases. In contrast, the intermediate people's courts of remote provinces that have a smaller presence of these companies may lack experience in trying such cases. Add to that the fact that these cases are highly technical and call for expertise, making it inevitable that, when trying such a case for the first time, a court will need to refer to the criteria set in judgments rendered by courts with more experience.
In short, in the specialized legal field of securities litigation, the effect brought about by the professional division in the legal industry is amply manifested, e.g. the continuous optimization of the services for specific clients, the carrying out of targeted publicity and the bringing in the aid of other resources. Under such a professional division, both the offense and defense jointly promote the progress of judicial practice and drive the development of the industry.


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