Holding hands with the Amarok Dark Label limited edition en route to IAA.
Volkswagen's posh workhorse will demonstrate its split personality next week at the Frankfurt Motor Show where the Amarok will be exhibited as the Aventura Exclusive concept and the new Dark Label limited edition heading into production.
Finished in a striking Turmeric Yellow Metallic color borrowed from the Golf facelift and the Arteon flagship, the concept presented in the double cab body style sits on shiny 19-inch wheels and comes with a plethora of chrome accents together with bi-xenon headlights with LED daytime running lights. To make it worthy of an auto show, VW has given it more goodies, like the lockable and waterproof cargo bed featuring an aluminum look for the first time. A similar theme has been applied onto the underbody guard, too.
Inside, the Amarok Aventura Exclusive aims to be right up there with the Mercedes X-Class when it comes to premium touches. These include black leather upholstery with yellow stitching, 14-way electrically adjustable seats, rearview camera, leather-wrapped steering wheel, navigation, and a black headliner. The cabin also boasts chrome accents to complement the ones applied on the outside.
But what really makes the concept special is the upgraded turbodiesel 3.0-liter V6 engine, now pushing out a respectable 258 horsepower (190 kilowatts). It represents a bump in output of 34 hp (25 kW) compared to strongest production Amarok you can buy today that has 224 hp (165 kW) most of the time, with an overboost function temporarily increasing power to 245 hp (180 kW). In addition, VW Commercial Vehicles says torque has also increased beyond the road-going model's maximum 550 Newton-meters (406 pound-feet).
No word just yet about whether the beefier V6 will soon be offered.
As for the Amarok Dark Label, it's a special edition of the double cab programmed to go on sale next spring in the 163 hp (120 kW) and 204 hp (150 kW) configurations of the same diesel engine. Depending on selection, VW will sell it with a six-speed manual, an eight-speed automatic, rear-wheel drive, on-demand AWD, and permanent AWD. Pricing will kick off from €33,714 (before taxes) in Germany.
Based on the Comfortline trim, the limited-run model comes with a fancy Indium Grey matte paint combined with dark-colored body accents. Anthracite glossy 18-inch wheels are also part of the deal, and so are the matte black door handles and mirror caps. On the inside, it's going to have a black headliner and "Dark Label" logos embroidered onto the floor mats.
Beginning with September 12, the two Amaroks will be joined on stage at IAA by the new Polo supermini and the T-Roc crossover.
Hannover, 5 September 2017 – Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is exhibiting two new Amarok models at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt. The premium Amarok Aventura Exclusive concept pick-up in Turmeric Yellow Metallic offers a look at the future range-topping 3.0-litre TDI engine. The new Dark Label special edition model, which will be available from spring 2018, is also on view.
The Amarok Aventura Exclusive concept vehicle shows the road ahead for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles pick-ups. Even more horsepower, with even more torque. The concept vehicle with an eight-speed automatic gearbox and permanent all-wheel drive offers 190 kW/258 PS as well as increased torque. This ensures ample power for towing and acceleration. The 'Turmeric Yellow Metallic' concept car, with its generous double cab and clear design, boasts several highlights, starting with the high-gloss polished 19-inch 'Milford' wheels. The side sills, styling bar on the cargo box, front protection grille, exterior mirrors and rear bumper also feature a lot of chrome. Bi-xenon headlights with LED daytime running lights add to its sporty appearance.
Also on display is the roll cover system – a lockable, waterproof cargo bed cover which will be available for the first time in an aluminium design. The underbody guard also features an aluminium look. Technical features such as ParkPilot, rear view camera and a mechanical 100 per cent differential lock assist the driver in the urban jungle as well as off-road.
Inside, the Amarok Aventura Exclusive concept vehicle boasts sporty accents with black leather, offset with Curcuma Yellow contrast stitching. The concept vehicle format also shows off its excellent 14-way adjustable ergoComfort seats, 3-spoke multifunction leather steering wheel with shift paddles and the Discover Media navigation system. The new black roof liner in the Amarok can be seen for the first time at the IAA in Frankfurt, harmonising extremely well with the titanium black interior. The chrome accents of the exterior continue in the interior, for example with the chrome look decor.
The Amarok Dark Label limited edition is based on the Amarok Comfortline equipment line and is decidedly stylish in 'Indium Grey matt'. This also includes dark coloured add-ons such as black sill pipes, a styling bar in matt black, lacquered chrome strips in the front grille and the 'Rawson' 18-inch alloy wheels in anthracite with high-gloss surface. The Dark Label is aimed at design-oriented individualists who do not wish to sacrifice the advantages of a true off-road vehicle. Matt black door handles and exterior mirrors as well as a Dark Label logo on the lower door sill complete the stylish appearance. Inside, the new black roof liner and floor mats embroidered with the Dark Label logo continue the design theme of the special model.
Two V6 engine configurations are available for the Amarok Dark Label from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles: a 120 kW TDI with a six-speed manual gearbox and either pure rear-wheel drive or on-demand all-wheel drive, and a 150 kW TDI with a six-speed manual gearbox and on-demand 4MOTION all-wheel drive, or an eight-speed automatic gearbox and permanent all-wheel drive. Available in Germany in spring 2018 starting at €33,714 net. Always with BMT, short for BlueMotion Technology, as standard. This includes a start-stop system, brake energy recuperation as well as tyres optimised for low rolling resistance. All performance levels meet the EU-6 emissions standard.
With a length of 5.25 metres and a width of 2.23 metres including the mirrors, the Amarok offers everything that could be expected from a traditional pick-up. The loading area of the four-door Amarok with double cab can accommodate a Euro pallet placed sideways and – depending on the trim line – payloads of over one tonne. In addition, some variants of the new Amarok have a towing capacity of up to 3.5 tonnes.


Jumeirah Golf Estates is located in Dubai, a city world-famous for its larger-than-life architecture, ultra-luxurious lifestyle and warm, sunny weather - ideal for those who enjoy cosmopolitan and active living. It is strategically located nearby The Green Community, Dubai Sports City, Dubai Marina and Arabian Ranches. The Golf Estate lies approximately 22km south-west of Dubai city centre and is a 30-minute drive from Dubai International Airport and a 15-minute drive from Dubai Marina, the major business districts of Dubai Internet and Media Cities and the Mall of the Emirates.
Jumeirah Golf Estates sets a new standard in residential golf developments. With world class championship courses and containing some of the most desirable homes in Dubai and the very best leisure and recreational facilities.
The homes in Jumeirah Golf Estate are of the highest quality finish and every attention to detail has gone into the thought of the floor layout and exterior façade.
The magnificent centrepiece, the Norman Clubhouse will offer a breadth of dining, entertainment and spa services which complement a golf academy, scenic public parks, nature paths, convenient retail options and a number of exclusive designer apartments.
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Linked open data methodologies have an important role to play in the future of archival description.
With this in mind, I am moving EADitor and xEAC further in this direction. Both frameworks already support serialization of EAD or EAC-CPF into RDF. xEAC supports three different RDF models, in fact, depending on which community the data are intended to serve. EADitor transforms EAD finding aids into the Arch ontology. There are no true standards yet for representing archival resources as RDF, but I am hopeful that some will emerge. Since EADitor is now capable of embedding xEAC URIs for archival entities into EAD finding aids, the next step in linking resources together is the implementation of an RDF triplestore and SPARQL endpoint into both xEAC and EADitor.
EAC-CPF records two primary types of relations: links to other corporate, personal, or familial entities in the form of CPF Relations and Resource Relations, or links to other resources by or about an entity that may be available on the web. It makes a lot of sense to me to store CPF relations within the EAC-CPF record, especially if these related entities are stored in the same information system (like xEAC). On the other hand, I don't think it makes sense to store resource relations within the EAC, mainly because I think that it's far too complicated to maintain a growing list of relationships.
Let's suppose you have an entity, Thomas Jefferson, defined by a URI, http://example.org/thomas_jefferson. A significant portion of his collection is contained at the University of Virginia and Monticello, but he corresponded with many of his other contemporaries. Therefore, the papers of John Adams or George Washington may also contain letters from Jefferson. He also corresponded with numerous prominent Europeans, so some of his materials may be contained in archives overseas. There may be dozens or hundreds of institutions which contain at least one article by or about Jefferson. If each of these archives adopts a stable URI that defines Jefferson, then it is much easier to accept RDF derived from EAD, MODS, or a relational database into an RDF triplestore, and use SPARQL to gather these materials dynamically from the triplestore when a researcher accesses the http://example.org/thomas_jefferson entity record.
This is the approach that I am implementing in xEAC and EADitor. For example, if the <origination> within the <did> of a finding aid (or individual component) contains an entity URI, the RDF derivative of the finding aid will link the archival resource to the archival entity through the dcterms:creator property. In EADitor, once the SPARQL endpoint URLs for querying, publishing, and updating data have been established, the RDF will be posted into the triplestore when the finding aid has been designated for publication on the web. Likewise, if these endpoint URLs have been added into the xEAC configuration file, the XSLT template for generating HTML from EAC-CPF will query the SPARQL endpoint to list related resources that have been pushed into the triplestore from EADitor. Furthermore, EADitor itself isn't necessary for this functionality in xEAC. RDF may be pushed into the triplestore by other means--from an institutional repository, from ArchivesSpace, or something else. You could even feed data from Europeana into a triplestore to build a prosopography of Impressionistic artists. The sky is the limit.
There is still work to be done in the UI, but the underlying technological functionality is now available in the Github repository for both applications.
The functionality for linking EADitor and xEAC to SPARQL endpoints is identical in both applications. The URLs are added through the Settings page. Under the SPARQL heading, the user clicks the "Connect" button, which launches a popup window requiring the user to input three separate URLs: the query URL, the Graph Store URL, and the SPARQL/Update URL. These URLs may vary from application to application, especially if the configurations have been changed. Note that a SPARQL 1.1-compliant endpoint is required.
After ending these URLs and clicking "Connect," the XForms engine will test each one individually. First, it will attempt a basic query. Then, it will post RDF into the Graph Store URL, and if successful, an XForms submission will be executed to delete the graph through SPARQL/Update. If all three processes complete successfully, the URLs will be added into the EADitor/xEAC config, and then the config can be saved. The user is also presented with the option to post all records that have been slated for publication (in Solr) into the RDF triplestore.
From the admin page, when a user deletes a record from the eXist database or removes the record from publication, the triples will be purged from the endpoint as well as the docs being deleted from Solr. When a user publishes a record, the record will be serialized into RDF and posted into the triplestore in addition to the user Solr publication. Likewise, triples will be updated when the user saves a published record from the EAD/EAC-CPF editing pages.
Ergo, enterprise archival linked open data publishing.
There is still work to do here: the ontology and RDF data models still need work, which is more of a community effort. And of course, I have a lot of plans for enhancing the user experience.
Once this new publication model is fully functional, I will begin SPARQL-based visualizations of social networks and relations between entities and their archival resources.


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2020 Fantasy Hockey Season Preview: Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings were the worst team in the Western Conference and second-worst team in the NHL in 2019 and 2020 will likely be much of the same. Los Angeles did not do much to improve their active roster this offseason but they have one of the deepest prospect pools in the NHL. Kings' fans may…
2018-19 Season Preview: Los Angeles Kings
Led by captain Anze Kopitar, The Los Angeles Kings posted a 45-29-8 record in 2017-18, earning them a wild card spot in the Western Conference. The dynasty's bid for a third cup run was quickly obliterated by the expansion Golden Knights as they eliminated LA in a four-game rout. Remarkably, Vegas swept the Kings despite…
Ranking Fantasy Hockey Centres by Tiers (1-5)
The 2019 Fantasy Hockey season is rapidly approaching and you know this because everyone is doing their Fantasy Football Drafts, and hockey is not too far behind. Over the course of the next five weeks, we will be turning out a bunch of posts to help you prepare yourself for the 2019 Fantasy season. Our…
2017-18 Season Preview: Montreal Canadiens
Following a disappointing 2015-16 season in which the Montreal Canadiens missed the playoffs thanks to an early-season Carey Price injury, Montreal found themselves back atop the Atlantic Division last season, only to be bounced in the first-round of the postseason. After starting the season 31-19-8 the Canadiens elected to fire their head coach of four…
How the mighty have fallen. The Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014 but have missed the playoffs in two of the last three seasons. Their 2016-17 season was derailed early-on when goaltender Jonathan Quick went down with a groin injury in the first game of the season. This injury led…
DailyFaceoff DFS Value Plays – February 10th
There are only two games tonight and typically when there are very few games, I like to give you folks my favourite value plays of the night. I get a lot of help from our friends at SaberSim when I do these for you and you should start your FREE 7-day Trial right now because their lineup…
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There are four games tonight and there's a couple of beauties. The best game of the night should definitely be the goalie battle between Carey Price and Braden Holtby in Montreal. The Kings vs. Stars to wrap up the night should be great and the Jets vs. Flames should be the highest scoring affair. This…
DailyFaceoff DFS Cheat Sheet – December 28th
There are five games across the NHL tonight and below I have listed my favourite Centres, Wingers, Defensemen and Goalies for tonight's #dfs slate. This Cheat Sheet includes DraftKings and FanDuel salary as well as SaberSim dfs projections. These projections don't tell you exactly what's going to happen. One game samples have too much randomness…
2016-17 NHL Season Preview: Los Angeles Kings
DraftKings Fantasy Hockey Cheat Sheet: October 9th
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Rebuilding Together of St. Joseph County is excited to announce the neighborhoods selected for the 2017 Rebuilding Together home improvement program. The 2017 Rebuilding Together program will focus on South Bend's Southside neighborhoods including the Southeast and far South Side.
Rebuilding Together is a national program dedicated to helping eligible homeowners with home repairs. Partnering locally with the City of South Bend and the St. Joseph Valley Building Trades, Rebuilding Together is able to fix homes at no cost to the homeowner. On two Saturdays in April each year, approximately 1,000 skilled and unskilled volunteers join together to make repairs to about 20 homes selected in St. Joseph County neighborhoods. All repairs are completed at no cost to the homeowner.
"Rebuilding Together is a truly transformational program. Our volunteers from both the local trades and other organizations in the community make a life changing impact for homeowners. From new roofs to handrail installations, these repairs and upgrades allow seniors and others to have a better quality of life for years to come," stated Jim Scheetz, President of Rebuilding Together St. Joseph County.
Last April, Rebuilding Together repaired 18 homes in the Rum Village and Southeast Side neighborhoods. Priority for the home improvement program is given to the elderly, veterans and disabled homeowners that are within federal household income limits. (Eligible applicants must be income qualified.) Over the organization's history, nearly 40,000 volunteers have donated their time and skills to rehabilitate 884 homes, with repairs valued at over $11 million.
Application packets for the 2017 program were recently sent to homeowners in the selected neighborhoods. Each packet has a letter detailing the program and an application to be completed. Applications are due October 14, 2016.
South Bend Heritage, a longstanding non-profit community development organization will help process applications and answer questions regarding the program.
If you need assistance with your application or would like more information about the program please plan on attending one of the informational sessions. The first session will be from Tuesday, September 20, 2016 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. SJCPLTutt Branch. The second session will be Thursday, September 29, 2016 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m at the SJCPLCentre Branch. The third session will be Saturday, October 8, 2016 from 11:00 – 12:30 p.m. at the Tutt Branch.


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Born in Brazil, Igor Araujo brings the passion, energy, and zest for life of that cultural region to his work. Igor gravitated toward hair coloring from an early age. He has perfected his craft to such a high level of excellence that he has become both a Ouidad certified stylist and a Goldwell technical artist.
As a Ouidad certified stylist, Igor is highly knowledgeable about the sculpture of curly hair. He also travels to Goldwell's Academies in New York, Los Angeles, and Baltimore to continually learn more and raise the bar of his coloring skills.
Goldwell is the world's premier maker of color products for professionals, remaining in the vanguard of new color technology. As a Goldwell technical artist, Igor stays in the forefront of state-of-the-art coloring techniques. He then travels across the U.S. to teach other stylists about the many variances and hues of color. Additionally, he shows them how to achieve precise results depending on an individual client's hair texture, color, and shape.
Caroline has curls and color in her soul. Born in São Paulo, Brazil with naturally curly hair that also is very fine, she fell in love with color many years ago and even obtained her cosmetology degree while still in high school. Caroline loves color because it gives her the opportunity to expand her creative flair as she customizes color to each client's hair needs and their personal lifestyle.
Caroline worked in Connecticut at the very first salon to become certified by Ouidad. She then earned her certification as a Ouidad stylist at the company's Flagship Salon in Manhattan, where she was trained by Ouidad's Assistant Vice President of Creative Education.
Caroline stays current with her certification by continually attending as many color classes as possible. For example, she recently attended an Intense Reds class at the Wella Studio in Manhattan, as well as a Goldwell color class in Miami.
Originally from New York, Kristine began her career as a stylist at age 16. She apprenticed under Peter Webb, a master stylist from London. At Peter's New York salon was where Kristine found her passion for educating other stylists. She went on to recruit and teach with Peter, as well as grow her styling and coloring skills when she was behind the salon chair.
As a real love emerged for education and hair coloring, Kristine accepted the position as Education Manager for Goldwell, a premier color brand in Miami, FL. She has taught all over the state of Florida as well as in the Caribbean.
Kristine then went on to expand her role to Director of Education for nearly 20 different hair color and styling lines all over the country. She has been trained on multiple coloring techniques by world-renowned colorists, and she regularly continues her education to elevate her skills.
Kristine discovered that her first love was coloring because it allowed her to express her creativity. She is also proud and honored to help her clients feel beautiful and happily embrace their look.
All the way from NYC Dominick Ricardo has moved to Florida. A Madison Avenue master colorist, Dominick brings the sophistication and artistic values that he has accrued through the many years of working in the hair industry. He has worked on a variety of hair and has had the privilege to be able to work with upscale clientele and celebrities.
His work has graced many magazines as well as movies. Dominick has dedicated his hair color career to making color look as natural and as functional as possible. His take on natural looking hair color leaves women feeling confident, beautiful and looking their best. The colors of life reflect in the work that he does, he is an artist in every sense of the word.
"Anyone can do color…but it takes a real gift to create what we were born with the ability to do." -Dominick Ricardo.


Limited parking is available at the Medway Hospital site. All patients and visitors are welcome to use it, however, we would recommend where possible you come by public transport.
There are two car parks for patients and visitors. Car Park 1 is located at the hospital front entrance and Car Park 2 at the Sunderland Day Care Unit. Please pay for your parking after your appointment by using one of the pay stations.
Please be advised that a Penalty Charge Notice scheme is operated on the Medway site. Ticket charge is £60, reducing to £30 if paid within 14 days.
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Charles James Fox, 1749 – 1806, the second surviving son of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland and Lady Caroline Lennox. Styled The Honourable from 1762, a prominent Whig politician, he served in Opposition to the Government for most of his 38 -year career. He was held in high esteem by the public for his stance against slavery, and his advocacy of religious tolerance and individual liberty. . He was notorious for his rakishness and drinking; he lost several fortunes through gambling. The sculpture stands in Chertsey , Surrey, where his mistress, later his wife, resided.
The heroic bust is based on the contemporary portrait of Fox by Joseph Nollekens. The head has been sliced and reassembled to reconstruct the portrait afresh. in a post-modern manner.
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3 Key Drivers for the Regenerative Leadership We Need
Tina Nguyen Geoff Nudelman and Christian Yonkers
Published 1 year ago. About a 11 minute read.
Image: Rick Ridgeway takes the main stage at SB'21 San Diego on Oct. 18. | Sustainable Brands
At SB'21 San Diego, leaders from a variety of industries and disciplines seemed to agree on three key drivers necessary for the regenerative leadership our world needs.
This is one of a series of posts filled with insights gained from dozens of industry leaders, practitioners and innovators on a variety of themes at SB'21 San Diego. Read more insights on product and business model innovation, brand storytelling, stakeholder engagement,supply chain optimization, regeneration and social impact metrics and more …
Nestlé CMO Aude Gandon discusses 'Generation Regeneration'
With Regeneration as the theme, many of the conversations at SB'21 San Diego naturally turned to 'how do we get there from here?' Throughout the week, experts and innovators across industries seemed to agree on three key drivers necessary for the regenerative leadership our world needs: authenticity, purpose and egalitarianism — in work, as well as society.
The first moments of the opening night plenary felt like tracking the ebbs and flows of the last 19 months.
In the first in-person gathering in two-and-a-half years, Sandy Skees — SB Board Chair and EVP/Global Lead of Purpose and Impact, JEDI Advisory Services at Porter Novelli — began with remarks about how the perception of both individuals and executives had changed since the pandemic began.
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"Words matter," she emphasized — noting that at the first SB conference in 2007, Hurricane Katrina's impact was just being understood on a climate scale when the IPCC said it was "unequivocally" caused by climate change.
SB founder and CEO Koann Skrzyniarz offered more optimistic glimpses, highlighting the 600 attendees together, in San Diego — along with another few thousand tuning in virtually, globally — for a total of 3,000 people trading ideas and perspectives in these defining times.
She was clear that there couldn't be a return to pre-pandemic "normal," and working to forge new paths ahead for a better future for businesses and individuals.
That better future is a cornerstone of the week's theme: Regeneration.
It's something Regenerative Business Summit founder Carol Sanford noted in recorded remarks challenging attendees to shift from prior, fragmented notions to thinking about solutions as a whole and seeing the potential in that mindset.
Of course, there's plenty of uncertainty around how best to make that shift; and author/professor Larry Robertson attempted to tackle that head on through a lens of leadership.
"Uncertainty is a theme — the elephant in the room and the opportunity," he said. "Leadership is shared, and we need to start treating it that way."
While noting just how uncertain most of us feel in 2021, he highlighted great opportunity within that risk. Regenerative strategies can feel risky; but with the right leadership, they can also lead to great reward.
And what does that reward look like? It could very well be the work of biology consultancy Biomimicry 3.8.
Managing Director Nicole Miller spoke about her team's efforts to build modern design inspired by nature, building the next generation of sustainable structures and infrastructure. She pointed to examples — including Ford's new EV plant in Tennessee, a water filtration system in urban Atlanta and a popular bat refuge bridge in Austin, TX.
"(We want to build) what it looks like to move beyond zero," Miller said, noting real purpose behind each "B3" (shorthand for the organization's name) initiative.
Patagonia legend Rick Ridgeway then reminded the audience that all of this work takes time and every step is another step forward. As VP of Environmental Initiatives and Special Media Projects at the outdoor clothing company, Ridgeway has a unique perspective on what is largely considered the gold standard in apparel sustainability.
"The real goal isn't the summit, but the footsteps it takes to get there," he said — not only talking about business, but of an incredible personal journey with a close friend's daughter, recounting their ascent celebrating the life of her mountaineer father.
Nestlé CMO Aude Gandon rounded out the opening keynotes, highlighting a range of initiatives the 150-year-old company is working on to achieve their goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 and its efforts to foster what it's calling "Generation Regeneration."
"Step by step, we're changing our systems everywhere," she said, noting a brand-new, completely solar-powered factory in Germany, among other advancements.
She cited decreases across the board in the quality of our food worldwide, and that regeneration is one way that a business as large and wide-reaching as Nestlé can help make a real impact — echoing one of Miller's resounding points from earlier.
"Nature doesn't just bounce back," she said, "it bounces forward."
Cultivating breakthrough regenerative leadership
Dave Ford
Ask five different sustainability leaders their opinion of what "regenerative leadership" looks like, and you're bound to get five different answers.
Although that's the first question Wilhelms Consulting Group owner Pamela Wilhelms posed in Tuesday's discussion on "Cultivating and Training Breakthrough Regenerative Leadership," the consensus underscored that many conventional forms of leadership aren't working. The range of philosophies on offer showed that the answer to cultivating regenerative leadership isn't straightforward and will require continued buy-in from those steering the ship in all aspects of society.
"Leadership has long been focused on competition," Izzo Associates president and Blueprint co-founder John Izzo said. "We all know we've been degenerating for a long time."
The panel bordered on a more philosophical conversation about how to bring sustainability into the everyday conversation from the top down — from leadership through to employee bases and society and government in a larger sense.
"Sometimes the magic happens from people in the field — janitors, those on the supply chain, etc," said Dave Ford, founder of the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network.
This "magic" essentially revolves around a complete rethinking of the systems and processes that drive business as we know it — no easy task. According to Samantha Veide, Associate Director, US at Forum for the Future, it means a complete rethinking and the creation of new business ecosystems — "a new way of approaching things," she said.
Perhaps the biggest issue facing the theories that all the panelists posed is time. If current systems stay as they are, meeting any climate goals — whether the IPCC objectives or carbon neutrality by 2050 — won't happen in time to stop the climate degeneration we're all working to reverse.
"Unless we hack the system (government and business), we won't get the change we need fast enough," Izzo said.
Valutus founder Daniel Aronson echoed many of the sentiments: "A different end point means a different journey to get there," he added.
Part of accelerating the change is getting employees and smaller stakeholders to buy in. Wilhelms noted a conversation with Seventh Generation founder and former CEO Jeffrey Hollender, where he wanted to make sure that employees of the company felt like they were part of something more than just a paycheck.
"(He aimed) to make employees feel part of something bigger than themselves," she noted.
The 'Virtuous Spiral' of transcendent business: How to 'Lead With We'
Simon Mainwaring
We First founder and CEO Simon Mainwaring has long served global companies by carving out identity and meaning in a rapidly changing world. Mainwaring's Wednesday workshop explored a radical re-engineering of business based on collectivized purpose to address global problems while keeping the doors of business open.
The future of business, Mainwaring said, must be one which makes net-positive outcomes for business, people and the planet not only possible, but inevitable.
Mainwaring shared his vision of achieving this goal, drawing from his new book, Lead with We, to describe the "Virtuous Spiral of Collectivized Purpose in Action." The spiral reimagines leadership and re-engineers company culture, culminating in brands as an inevitable force for positive change and growth.
With the latest IPCC Assessment casting damning prospects for global inaction, Mainwaring's insights are a last call as much as they are inspirational.
"We're out of time; and there's going to be huge consequences — not just for people, but for businesses," he said.
Business response to COVID, racial tensions, and unprecedented climate emergencies in '20-'21 give some reason to hope, Mainwaring said; but it's not enough to negate even the gentler effects of what's coming. Those who do nothing or not enough will not stand in the court of public opinion, especially as climate and social woes come to a head.
"Your social license to operate will be revoked if you are not clearly defined and articulate about the role your company is playing in the world," he said.
Mainwaring's Virtuous Spiral starts at the individual and spirals upward to regenerative transcendence:
Individuals: Recognize new realities, grasp urgency, shift thinking, and act accordingly.
Leaders: Define company purpose and goals. Find your secret sauce, conduct an honest audit, and determine your reasons for existing.
Company: Activate purpose and align internal stakeholders.
Community: Mobilize brand communities and build movements.
Society: Collaborate cross-sector and shape culture.
Transcendence: Evolve principles and practices to scale human and planetary health.
"This is about the aggregate of all of these efforts," Mainwaring said. "We are not moving far enough fast enough to meet these contracted timelines alone."
The stakes have never been higher, and stakeholders are ready to join the table. Everyone is awakened to the fact that business-as-usual is not serving the future.
Brands, he said, need to be community architects, rallying collectively around shared values instead of pitching products. IKEA, for example, now offers climate-positive energy options to customers. When did that become a brand responsibility?
By Leading with We.
Building brands that champion equity and justice
L-R: Edward Wang, Nick Street, Taryn Bird, Roxana Shirkhoda and James Thomas
The hard work of delivering on the wave of social-justice commitments made from the private sector during 2020 is just beginning. On Wednesday afternoon, representatives from Alaska Airlines, Kate Spade, Vans and Zoom came together to share insights gained from their authentic work to champion equity and justice. Moderator Edward Wang, Director of Corporate Social Impact at Tides, specified that equity and justice are inclusive of race, but also all other demographic factors — such as gender identity, disability status, refugee status, and others.
"The only path to adjust wealth is equity for all," Wang said.
After 19 months of a global pandemic, mental health is finally being recognized as a critical aspect in the sustainability conversation. Taryn Bird, Senior Director of Social Impact at Kate Spade New York, shared that gender equity has been foundational in the company, but stressed that "the topic of mental health is intersectional to the challenges we face in society today."
A refining moment for the company's social impact work came through a partnership with a social entrepreneurship program based in Rwanda. The program demonstrated the significant impacts of investing in a woman's mental health in addition to her economic security. Focusing on mental health support has evolved to be a global initiative both externally and internally.
Roxana Shirkhoda is Head of Social Impact at Zoom — a company that exemplifies the innovation that can occur in a time of crisis. Zoom partnered with an advisory council with a deep portfolio of social-justice organizations to strategize and execute the most just direction for $1 million in philanthropic grants. Zoom did not have a seat at the decision table. Wang applauded this action, saying: "Lift up the voices of those with lived experiences; and give away not only money, but also power."
Meanwhile, innovation in equity and justice at Alaska Airlines has focused on creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, where employees can feel safe bringing their whole, authentic selves to work. James Thomas, Alaska's Director of DEI, highlighted growing the leadership team to be representative of the frontline workers, creating leadership pathways for young people, and leaning into engagement surveys to weigh in on subjects that are important to the community. Pushed by employees to make a bold statement, Alaska partnered with UNCF to convert some of its planes into powerful billboards, with artwork showing brown and black faces to promote racial equity everywhere it flies.
Vans was founded on a culture of self-expression and creativity, where skateboarding has helped both consumers and employees alike. Nick Street — VP of Global Integrated Marketing at Vans, VF Outdoor — acknowledges the company has a huge role in diversifying skateboarding (not known for its gender inclusivity). Six years ago, Vans created a global skateboarding league for women who then went on to compete in the 2021 Olympics, exuding an overwhelming and unprecedented level of skill and deep camaraderie — an example of true impact that Vans refers to.
A resounding theme from the panel is that social impact work must be designed with authenticity. As Street pointed out, from Vans' perspective: "As a leader with the Generation Z workforce — if you're not authentically showing up, they will call you out."
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TK Xplor: Why I Had to Be in "The Room Where It Happens"
When I first realized going to see Hamilton on Broadway could be the theme of my TKXplor trip I thought it might be a hard sell. I'm not jetting off to an exotic location--- the reality of 3 school age children, a messy calendar, and a plethora of work and personal obligations means I'm putting that idea on the shelf a few more years. Explaining to my colleagues that I had to go see a certain show that had only been open a few months seemed a bit of a loose interpretation of our program which promotes the idea of exploring a country, culture or cause.
"Not Throwing Away My Shot"
So I wrote these words in my proposal last fall not even knowing how prophetic they would be: "Emphasis on culture—the trip's inspiration is the chance to see the biggest show on the planet written by Lin Manuel-Miranda: "Hamilton." Sure to sweep the 2016 Tony awards next June, this is the story of one of our lesser known founding fathers as told by America now. A multi-ethnic cast of performers tells the story of our first treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton and his nemesis Aaron Burr in an epic production using the language and rhythm of hip-hop, and R&B as the backbone of the score." That's the pitch. The unwritten part was my life-long love of all things musical theatre and the ability to deeply obsess over shows – which I was already doing at this point for Hamilton.
How far have we come? Let's see:
The show received a record-breaking 16 Tony Nominations (tune in Sunday!)
The show's current star, writer and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has graced the cover of everything from TIME to Fast Company and Rolling Stone
He received the Pulitzer Prize for drama for his work
The cast was invited to perform at the White House to launch an educational program
More than 20,000 students will see the show at a reduced cost along with a creative and innovative curriculum bringing history to life
The cast album has gone Platinum
A companion book released featuring lyrics, annotations, photos and essays came out this spring sold out immediately and has been on the best seller list for months.
Honestly, I could go on like this all day. But that's what Google is for. Look it up.
Not mentioned in the list above is the social media phenomenon surrounding the show, led in part by the prolific tweeter and master of engagement with fans, Lin Manuel-Miranda. The list of hashtags conceived by Lin-Manuel (and others) throughout this rocket ship ride capture the ethos of what the community of fans have lovingly created and embraced. Sharing is half the fun. From the street performances of #Ham4Ham, to the release of the #HamilTome, the groundbreaking performance at the Grammy's (#Gram4Ham), the White House visit (#Bam4Ham) or even student matinees (#EduHam)--- Lin-Manuel and the team at Hamilton own a level of social engagement most brands can only dream of obtaining. He makes it look easy. It's authentic. This doesn't even scratch the surface of the Snapchat takeovers, Facebook live interviews and more executed by the show's official social media team. Not to be outdone—I had to create a hashtag for my trip too… #hamilshanks and I may be taking over the Hamilchat Snapchat handle during our trip—stay tuned!
"In the Greatest City in the World"
So what are my travel plans? This is a multi-generational trip with my 12-year-old daughters (who are obsessed beyond all measure), my six-year-old son (who will not be attending the show), my parents and my mother-in-law over the Columbus Day Weekend to New York City. How it turned in to a group trip is still beyond me.
We'll be staying in the heart of downtown on Water Street in a pristine loft located just a few blocks of many historic sites featured in the show—from Trinity Church where Hamilton and his bride Eliza are buried, to the Fraunces Tavern where revolutionaries met a la "The Story of Tonight."
The highlight of the weekend of course will be the show on Saturday at 2pm. This July marks the one-year anniversary of the show on Broadway and last week the unofficial stories regarding Lin's departure started. This is not at all shocking to me. Some friends ask if I'll be distraught when he leaves. Not at all. I never expected him to stay in the role past a year. He has a wife, a young son, and a million projects in the works from the Disney animated film "Moana" to an upcoming role in the Mary Poppins re-boot, and a film adaptation of his first Tony Award winning musical "In the Heights." In his words, the show's "bench runs deep" and the level of talent within the cast, the artistry of Tommy Kahil's direction, David Kornin's scenic design, Andy Blankenbuehler's choreography, Alex Lacamoire's orchestrations, and all of the talented ensemble, etc. remains—meaning I'll be one happy theatre dork.
So tune in to the Tony's this Sunday… if you're still living under a rock come out and see what the fuss is about, and join in the conversation.
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I used to read a lot when I was young. I would devour books, any book including the literary classics, upcoming local writers, Asian writers, encyclopedias, etc.
Then life got busier, and books took a back seat, but I never forgot my old "friends". In recent years, I have introduced them to my son. I was pleased to note that some of these perennial favourites appeared on the reading list issued by his teacher.
So I was greatly surprised when I read in the Straits Times that the number of secondary school students who take Literature as an 'O' Level subject has fallen drastically. The dismal number recorded recently was about 3000 students a year, compared to more than 16,000 students taking the subject each year in the early 1990s. Some of the reasons given for forsaking this subject were: the difficulty in scoring As (hence pulling down the overall grade of the individual student and the school as a whole). Another lame excuse was that Literature doesn't provide any "solid foundation", unlike subjects that lead to more "professional degrees" like Geography and the Sciences.
What has happened to learning as an experience in itself, not necessarily as a means to an end? Where is the enjoyment that comes from understanding the depths of the author's soul what one finally reaches the point of enlightenment in the novel?
I remember Enid Blyton, Charles Dickens, T. S. Elliot, Louisa May Alcott and R. L Stevenson. There was much to be gleaned from their individual styles. Then there were Pearl S. Buck, Han Su-Yin, Ho Min Fong and Catherine Lim, all wonderful writers too. Why aren't their books readily available in the bookshops now? Why are the shelves filled instead with "Horror" and "Fantasy fiction" instead? There are even Literature teachers who lament that they can't pass on their love for the subject because some schools have too few students opting for the subject , making a Literature class non-viable.
When I was in secondary school at Singapore Chinese Girls' School, studying Literature was never an "option". Everybody studied the subject, even us "triple Science" students, many of whom hoped to become doctors. We were blessed with excellent teachers; there was never a dull moment in class. It wasn't a chore to memorise passages from Shakespeare. In fact, I "acted out" the scenes at home and imagined all the drama taking place around me. In the end, I scored a distinction in the 'O' Level Literature paper.
So does Literature a great dentist make? Who knows? I'm sure those early years imbibing the thoughts of great authors have opened my mind in ways untold. Do I engage my patients better because there might be an untold understanding between us? Maybe….. Can I stand up in front of an audience and give a lecture in my professional capacity? Definitely! A dentist is not just a person who drills and fills teeth. The dentist needs to have empathy for the patient. Thoughts and feelings count too when coming up with treatment plans. So the next big question is: will I want my sons to study Literature in future? That's an emphatic YES! Hopefully, it will make them better men.


Shares of search giant Google (GOOG) fluctuated around its official close in after hours trading as the company announced its first quarter results. Google reported revenue of $10.6 billion, a growth of 24% on the year.
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By John Letzing of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Google Inc. (GOOG) reported a 61% gain in quarterly profit Thursday, as the Internet search giant moved ahead with a long-anticipated stock split that keeps the company firmly under the control of its co-founders.
Google's first-quarter earnings are out, and this time, it looks like the search giant more or less met expectations–beating forecasts on the bottom line with a 61% jump in profit from a year ago, while revenues came just under the wire.
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I grew up with a stay-at-home mom, but I never thought I'd be home with my baby full-time. After earning a master's degree in journalism, interviewing celebrities ranging from Kevin Costner to Melania Trump to John Slattery, and reporting on environmental issues like nuclear energy and fracking for natural gas, I'd considered myself a career woman.
But when my son was born, everything changed. When the media startup I worked for fired me when I was pregnant, I could have looked for a new gig. But I didn't. Instead, I started freelancing full-time.
When I first started staying home with my son, I felt a stark loss of power, like I had given up my right to be a feminist by falling so easily into the primary caregiver role. To be fair, this was more a reflection of how I felt rather than how my husband made me feel. He's a man who doesn't mind doing laundry or going to the grocery store and didn't expect me to take on any more around the house than I was already doing.
But once I realized the difficulty and importance of the job I was doing – as well as the privilege that allowed me to stay home full-time with my baby – I stopped feeling like I had lost something. Being able to grow my freelance business on my own terms didn't hurt either. There's something about having something all your own when you're a mom that helps keep you sane.
I've always been the spender in my relationship. Now, between being a mom, squeezing in work during naps and post-bedtime, and trying to find some semblance of a social life, I simply don't have much time to spend money — unless it's via Amazon.
I don't buy much, other than items the baby needs or something that will make our lives more streamlined or organized. And, since I don't have to get dressed up for work every day, I'm spending much less on clothing.
Now that I spend a lot less, my husband follows suit, and our finances have never looked better. Another bonus? When we do splurge, it's with less guilt.
We all have our preferred way of doing things and having a baby only amplifies that. For example, I have systems for everything – from putting my son down for a nap to getting him ready for a walk to how I prepare and cut up his food. Predictably, my husband does things much differently.
Pre-kids, we'd argue about the best way to do things; now, I realize I have a choice. Let go and let him do things his way with our son or insist on my way, micromanage the situation, and make everyone, including myself, miserable.
When you have to choose between having things done your way and taking a much-needed break as a new mom, you learn to let go pretty quickly. Getting out of the house for some much needed me-time takes precedence over bickering over which book is age-appropriate for the baby at this moment in time.
I used to love getting my way. (There, I said it.) And while I'd compromise with my husband on the occasional sticking point, like which Netflix show to watch next to the locale of our next big trip, I wasn't exhibiting true selflessness, just giving in occasionally.
After consciously practicing selflessness for a bit, I found that it became a habit. I now find that it spills over from how I interact with my baby to how I interact with my husband. As you can imagine, it has done wonders for my marriage.
We've all done it. You sit down with your partner and a glass of wine after a long workday, lamenting, "You wouldn't believe the day I had!" Your partner follows up with an equally appalling story about a coworker or Michael Scott-esque boss blunder.
Before you know it, you're playing the one-upping game. Who works longer hours? Whose boss is worse? Who works harder, does the most laundry, washes the most dishes? Things can go downhill quickly.
We know we're both operating on all cylinders and recognize how hard the other person works, so somewhere along the way, it stopped being a competition. When you're new parents, it's more about survival than winning, anyway.


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Peugeot to introduce new 2012 next year
Come next spring, Peugeot will be introducing their new Peugeot 208 hatchback.
The company claims that this is the very vehicle which will represent a true generation leap and is supposedly their most ambitious specification overhaul where it will roll out in their 3 door and 5 door variants respectively.
The new 208 will be lighter and will be shorter than the current 207. However, this does not mean that it will be stuffy inside because they have increased the space for the passengers where the rear seats also come with more space too. If that is not enough, they have also enlarged the boot space too. The company also said the design of the 2 models will be different although both comes with the standard trademark floating grilles. The new 208 will come with 5 diesel models while there will be 2, 3 cylinder petrol models as well.
Inside the car, they have also changed quite significantly with the controls and such being given makeovers. As part of social responsibility and environmental friendly efforts, Peugeot added that for the first time, the rear bumpers will be made from plastics which are 25% recycled or of natural origin which they claim will save some 1600 tonnes of fuel savings annually.
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Susan Lamontagne, founder and president of the Public Interest Media Group; former press secretary to U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
Nicki is a fearless and tireless reporter who has written many ground-breaking stories, be it covering a major social controversy or unsolved mystery. She also has a mastery of politics and public policy issues and would be a tremendous asset to cover campaigns or as a writer or content producer for media outlets or nonprofits. I had the pleasure of working with Nicki when I was on the Hill and she was always tough but fair, determined to help readers understand the stories behind the stories.
Michelle Moon, Julianna Snow's mother
After our CNN story went viral, we had media inquiries from all over the world. We didn't expect or want it, so we declined everything. When Nicki contacted me, it was different. I could tell that she had a genuine interest in our story. She had already done her research, and wanted to tell our story in a more personal way. She stood out, and that's why we agreed to let her share our story in People. She was respectful and thorough — and by telling my daughter's story so well, she helped preserve her legacy. I will always be grateful for this.
Jane Nicholls, People magazine former editor at large
Nicki is a rare journalist, both tenacious and empathetic. She is also highly principled — a quality that is sadly becoming less common in our industry. Her excellence is on show in her published material; behind the scenes it is inspiring to work alongside her, and always a pleasure.
Gar Joseph, Philadelphia Daily News former assistant managing editor
Nicole Weisensee Egan is one of the best magazine journalists in America. See anything she does, from breaking Cosby stuff decades ago in the Philly Daily News to Brittany Maynard. Tremendous work for years. Keep your eyes open, readers.
Thomas Oliphant, The Boston Globe Washington columnist (Retired)
Nicki is a journalism super talent who comes along once in a blue moon.
Michael Rosen, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network chief communications officer
I have worked with Nicole for a number of years in my role running communications at two different nonprofits and I cannot say enough good things about her.
She is a great reporter — thorough, immediately responsive, inquisitive, and accurate to a T — a wonderful writer, and a terrific journalist totally connected to the very latest in the field. The outstanding quality of her work speaks for itself, but I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Jane and Joe Clementi, Tyler Clementi's parents
After our son died from a much-publicized suicide, Nicki Egan worked with us in a respectful and caring manner and told the story with compassion, and accuracy in People magazine. Anyone working with Nicki should be confident in her professionalism and kindness.
Kurt Heine, the Huffington Post news editor, former Philadelphia Daily News city editor
Bill Cosby was one of Philadelphia's most beloved natives in 2005 when Nicki started picking at the lawsuit against him filed by now-famous Andrea Constand. She tugged at the threads of the story and showed that Constand was believable. She tracked down other women who had similar experiences with Cosby and, amazingly, got some to talk on the record. As far as I know, she was the first reporter to take a deep look at what then was a story few news organizations would touch. She returned to the subject again and again as she developed new sources and information.
That's a pattern that Nicki repeated on big stories -— part of what makes her the excellent journalist she is. She sees a good story before most people do. She learns what it takes to be an expert on the subject. She finds the right people. She's undeterred by those who won't talk or documents that can't be pried open by ordinary means. And she won't stop.
She brought the same tenacity and arsenal of skills to her ongoing series about Pennsylvania State Police, which she exposed as tolerant of far too many sexual predators on the force, and wrote about it until her stories forced reforms.
It's easy to see why people trust Nicki enough to tell their most sensitive stories. She's easy to talk to and she keeps an open mind. But beneath that disarming demeanor, one of the best minds in the business is piecing together the story the way it should be told.
She's an excellent colleague who makes everyone around her better and would be a leader in any newsroom.
Pam Crowley Andrews, mother of Belle and Abby Andrews; co-founder of the Firefly Fund
Nicki is the most thoughtful and compassionate reporter our family has ever worked with. On March 10th, 2016, our family began a heartbreaking journey as both of our young daughters were diagnosed with a rare neurodegenerative progressive genetic and ultimately fatal disease, Niemann Pick Type C1, sometimes referred to as "Childhood Alzheimer's."
Nicki worked compassionately with our family over many months, giving importance to the tiniest of details of every aspect of our story and always respecting the sensitivity of how vulnerable and raw our emotions were. Nicki covered our story thoroughly and accurately, interviewing doctors, therapists, friends and family members so that the readers and viewers of People magazine of the documentary shown on PEN could get a real sense of the difficulties a family faces when their two young daughters, and hence the whole family, face a road full of uncertainty. Our family has chosen to live with a great deal of joy and hope and we believe that we can cure this disease. Nicki was able to capture our families hope, joy, determination and resilience, while balancing those feelings with the very cruel reality of what we are facing and dealing with on a daily basis.
There is no other reporter that we would want to tell our story and we hope that we have the opportunity to work with Nicki again in the future. We have come to love Nicki as if she were family. In fact, for many months, she was definitely a daily part of our family. Our trust in Nicki and our respect for her work is immeasurable.
Sean Crowley, Compassion & Choices media relations director
Nicki and I worked together on many stories between 2014 and 2017 featuring terminally ill adults who partnered with Compassion & Choices to pass laws authorizing dying people to get a doctor's prescription for medication they can decide to take if no other palliative care treatment provides them with relief from unbearable suffering. Most notably, we worked together on an exclusive, record-breaking story about terminally ill Californian Brittany Maynard and her family moving to Oregon, so she could utilize its medical aid-in-dying law to end her intolerable suffering from brain cancer. Four weeks later, when Nicki reported about Brittany's death, Advertising Age reported it was the biggest story in People Magazine and Time Inc. history (see story at: bit.ly/1E8SunL). But Nicki did not rest on her laurels.
She continued to write emotionally compelling, sensitive stories about other medical aid-in-dying advocates inspired by Brittany Maynard's legacy, including her husband/widower Dan Diaz. Nicki is the consummate professional journalist because she is ambitious and wants to get the story first for her media outlet, but will not sacrifice accuracy or her personal and professional ethics to do it. I highly recommend her to any company seeking to hire a first-class journalist and writer.
Commander (Ret.) Vernon J. Geberth, author "Practical Homicide Investigation;" homicide/forensic consultant
I had the opportunity to work with journalist Nicole Egan on a number of occasions when a nationwide news story broke which involved murder or criminal investigations. At the time Nicole was working for People magazine, which had the largest audience of any American magazine.
I enjoyed working with her as a journalist because I knew that my insights and statements would not be taken out-of-context. She quoted me honestly and focused on the subject of interest. A perfect example was the Long Island Serial Killer case where a number of alleged experts were all over the place. My quotes were right-on and proved to be correct. Even in controversial cases where my statements might have been misconstrued Ms. Egan got it right.
Catherine Hooper, fiancée of the late Andrew Madoff
Nicole is one of those all-too-rare writers who attempt to gather all the facts and tell the full, 360-degree truth of a story. I have known Nicole professionally for more than five years, and have come to trust her judgment, insight, and understanding of the reader. She not only sees the complex reality of a situation, but also sees what facts and information are most engaging to the public.
Her sense of journalistic ethics and integrity is bone deep. The first word that comes to mind when I think of Nicole is "pro."
C. Ronald Huff, professor emeritus at University of California, Irvine; professor emeritus at The Ohio State University
I have had the pleasure of interacting with Nicole in her capacity as a senior writer for People magazine. She contacted me in my role as a criminologist who studies the wrongful conviction of innocent people and the factors that contribute to those errors. In discussing these miscarriages of justice and specific cases, I have always been impressed by her knowledge, professionalism, and skill as a journalist. I have found her to be absolutely trustworthy and extremely diligent in her work.
She also has a rare combination of formal education in both journalism and criminal justice, and it shows in her questions and her insights. In my 43-year career, she is one of the very best reporters/journalists with whom I have ever interacted. From my perspective, she is a great asset to any news organization or related field.
Joe McGettigan, former prosecutor Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse case, millionaire John DuPont murder case
As a reporter, Nicki always came to a case prepared. She is insightful, and instead of just asking "What happened ?" she looked at a case and sought answers in a way that made me look at the case from new and different angles. Always a good thing when you're trying a complex and high-pressure case.
Rich DeSipio, former Philadelphia and Montgomery County, Pa. sex crimes prosecutor
Nicole Egan is the finest journalist I ever encountered. Her tenacious dedication to
learning all aspects of a story or event she is covering is second to none. Ms. Egan has an ability to present a story in a clear and compelling manner so that the reader is both educated and interested. Ms. Egan approaches journalism with fearlessness and integrity. She does not unfairly advocate. Nicole Egan is a top national journalist because she uncovers, makes connections, seeks out sources, determines accuracy, and presents articles that the reader can rely on.
Bill Colarulo, retired chief inspector, Philadelphia Police Department; police superintendent, Radnor Township (Active)
The first time I had the pleasure of meeting Nicki Egan was in the summer of 1998. She was known as "Nicole Weisensee" and worked for the Philadelphia Daily News at the time, and she was without a doubt one of the most driven, highly ethical and tenacious reporters I've ever met. She was also quite fearless, never reluctant to travel to where the story took her. In fact, I was the commanding officer of the 25th Police District in Philadelphia; more notoriously known as "The Badlands" back then due to the drug epidemic and the high crime rate, and Nicki covered a myriad of dangerous and tragic stories in a concise and professional fashion.
Years later I was promoted to inspector and became the public information officer for the Philadelphia Police Department, and my communications with Nicki increased to practically a daily basis. I can tell you unequivocally that Nicki was the first reporter in the city to break the bugging scandal in Mayor Street's office. She was the very first reporter who contacted me with this information. This was before I even knew about it! She is a true professional and always covered her stories in a balanced and truthful fashion.
Devorah Goldburg, former spokesperson National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
I worked with Nicole when I was in the PR Office at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. People magazine covered many of our stories about missing and exploited children and children who had been found after many years.
It was always a pleasure for me to work with her because she understood the nuances to these stories. While she was always on deadline, she made sure to get the story right and to help find missing children by writing about them and highlighting their personal stories. I think Nicole is a top-notch reporter with a heart and she's great to work with.
Cathy Free, People magazine stringer
In more than three decades as a journalist, I have rarely come across an editor, reporter and writer more dedicated and talented than Nicki Egan. She is the consummate professional, always willing to go the extra mile (literally) for a good story and able to juggle multiple tasks in a way that leaves me in awe.
Nicki has been an inspiration and somebody to look up to in my life and I highly recommend her for writing and editing projects of any kind. Whoever hires her for their projects will most definitely not be disappointed.
Michelle Boudin, Reporter/Fill-in Anchor, WCNC-TV, People magazine stringer
Nicki is a top-notch editor, writer and journalist — period. She brought out the best in my writing and I used her writing as a standard to follow. She guides writers on using their own voice to make the story the best it can possibly be and I know my writing is better thanks to her expertise.
Susan Katz Keating, People magazine stringer
I have worked for Nicole at People for more years than I can count, but at least 10. In that time, she earned my respect and admiration for being a true journalist, tireless in her pursuit of truth. As a reporter, she knows what to ask, where to dig, and how to synthesize information into a story that doesn't just inform, but educates. She has the patience to take on difficult stories that unfold over time, and the quickness to tackle fast-evolving breaking news.
As an editor, she is a very wise head and a steady, steady hand. She supports her writers fully, and is both a gift and a dream to work for. She is an asset to any team that is fortunate enough to have her as a member.
Andrea Billups, Journalist, People magazine stringer and co-founder/designer at Be Brilliant Bags
Nicole is a reporter's reporter and editor. She works hard and expects others around her to deliver. Her expectation of excellence drives others to do their best. In an In an ever-growing world of clickbait posers and social media no-nothings, Nicole has actual grown-up news gathering and presentation skills - she can cover high-profile crime, courts and hard news stories as well as she can write an evocative feature – whether in print or in the digital space. That's to say she can do it all. She was a pleasure to work with, to collaborate with and to learn from. Her passion and hard work — her sense of duty, fairness and ethics — are something all journalists must continue to aspire to, even as standards in publishing and reader trust are at a low.
I felt very lucky to have worked with Nicole and give her my absolute highest recommendation. She is superb.
Diane Herbst, Journalist, People magazine stringer
Nicki is an incredible reporter, writer, editor and mentor who I've worked with at People as a regular freelancer for 12 years on scores of stories — including crime, human interest and breaking news —many quite complicated.
Nicki has the highest of journalistic ethical standards, and always goes above and beyond to get a story. Yet she does it with unique sensitivity as she makes connections, some with people undergoing tremendous trauma.
As an editor Nicki knows how to take charge of big, breaking stories as well as provide excellent edits to written copy to make it better. She quickly yet efficiently delegates duties and remains cool under tremendous stress. She knows how to motivate and support those who work with her, an invaluable trait.
Devan Stuart Lesley, writer/ producer, People magazine stringer
I have worked with Nicole since 2008 - she as a senior writer and editor, I as a freelance writer for People magazine. She is a highly competent and competitive journalist whose tenacity and high expectations of those she leads have helped me to improve my own skills. Her talent, motivation and attention to detail are unmatched. Anyone working with or for Nicole is privileged.
Nancy Dunham, People magazine stringer
I knew when I became a contracted writer for People that it would be a positive experience. I had no idea that it would be life changing thanks to the incredible editing and mentorship of Nicole Weisensee Egan. As a long-time journalist and editor, it's a challenge to find an editor who has the experience to truly guide and improve my work.
I found that with Nicole. She's not only an incredible editor and writer/reporter, but warm and personable — a joy with whom to work. Little wonder journalists clamor to work with her. I highly recommend her and will miss her.
© 2020 Nicole Weisensee Egan


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Craig was a finalist in both the Wangaratta National Jazz Awards and the James Morrison Jazz Scholarship.
Studied with Doug De Vries in Melbourne, and with Jim Hall and John Abercrombie in New York.
Has toured Europe 13 times and recorded on over 90 CDs.


If you remember here I did a furniture makeover on this old dresser.
I used a deep yellow to give the piece the PUNCH that it needed to update it.
It sold in a matter of days.
Yellow captures the joy of sunshine and communicates happiness. It is perfect for kitchens, dining rooms, and bathrooms, where happy colors are uplifting. In halls, and small spaces, yellow can feel expansive and welcoming.
where so many talented people used Yellow to brighten a room.
You can see lots of great examples.


Put yourself behind the wheel of our powerful One Owner 2014 Ford F-150 XL SuperCab 4X4 shown in Oxford White! Fueled by a 5.0 Liter V8 that offers 360hp on demand while connected to a 6 Speed Automatic transmission w/Tow/Haul Mode. With this Four Wheel Drive, you will have no problem securing near 21mpg on the open road while enjoying a smooth, quiet ride. Reliability and performance make this tough F-150 one of the top-selling full-size trucks on the market today and the XL is best in class once again in towing and payload capacity. You won't be disappointed with this V8 workhorse in any terrain!


Photo Rolling Kitchen Island Plans Free Html : Here's a free workbench plan that will build you a simple but sturdy workbench in just one day. The workbench includes a bottom shelf and drawers for storage.Here's the latest edition in our FREE woodworking projects series – how to build shelves! Building shelves is always a great project. Over the years, the need for large, built-in bookcases and entertainment centers has declined, but the need for compact, stylish storage like floating shelves has increased! The same thing goes for building garage shelves.The last time I stopped in at my sister's house, my brother-in-law was on the garage floor putting together a tricycle for his grandson. They had recently moved into a new house, and apparently his last garage workbench hadn't made the trip. I decided to build him a new one.These plans walk you through every step of building a face frame cabinet. You'll learn to how make a beaded frame, how to build a cabinet box with solid wood and lots of other professional cabinet making tips.It's as simple as using a bench plane and carefully controlling the chip breaker and mouth opening to produce curls that get glued together to create intricate designs. Once the plane is dialed in, everyone can give it a try and create an ornament which will grace the family tree for generations.


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# Script for playing the AverageLib simple player on 9x9 CGOS

AVERAGELIB="../../build/autotools/release/fuegotest/fuego_test -player average -config config-average.gtp"
NAME=AverageLib

echo "Enter CGOS password for $NAME:"
read PASSWORD

# Append 2>/dev/stderr to invocation, otherwise cgos3.tcl will not pass
# through stderr of the Go program
./cgos3.tcl "$NAME" "$PASSWORD" \
  "$AVERAGELIB 2>/dev/stderr" \
  gracefully_exit_server-average-9

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an absolutely loaded oil tanker departs the refinery from the Port of Philadelphia and travels down the Delaware River to and during the C&D Canal after which sails towards Norfolk, VA at the Chesapeake Bay. The send is Hijacked and compelled to anchor within the Hampton Roads Virginia through a workforce that includes a paid arsonist and 3 terrorist. They threaten to explode the million gallon shipment of Jet gas if ten of the named Guantanamo prisoners should not let loose in Cuba to go away for Venezuela on a personal yacht. Alan & Meg Hast and their ten yr previous son Jay have scheduled a weekend the Hampton Roads. Then the arsonist acknowledges Alan Hast as they're crusing their boat earlier the hijacked send. abruptly the arsonist has a plan; a plan in accordance with getting revenge. He comes to a decision to up the calls for of the terrorists via kidnapping Alan's son Jay and bringing him to the send and to carry him for a gold ransom of one million funds. now not identified to the terrorist, the military Spec Ops group is prepared in Virginia with a Cobra Helicopter ready close to Navassa Island; that's a small island that's a part of the us among Jamaica and the Dominican Republic a pair hundred miles from Cuba.
~THE FIRST MYSTERY~A Novel of the line… by means of Paul SmithTHE FIRST secret is a singular that operates on a few degrees: it's a seek, a monitoring down of a assassin and a secret as to who did it. it's a seek via many mysterious lands, humans and occasions. commute Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Tibet, Kashmir, India and San Francisco.
"The Frontier Garrison" is the 1st English translation of "Az előretolt helyőrség" by means of the Hungarian novelist Jenő Rejtő (1905-1943), initially released in 1939 below the pen identify of "P. Howard. " The translator, Balint Kacsoh (a collage professor) additionally annotated the version. The preface offers biographical info of Jeno Rejto in old and literary context.
Melinda, who's 8 months pregnant, is invited on a cruise send to be a 'den mom' for 4 undefined. Their job is to determine how the cruise send is getting used to smuggle medicinal drugs and cash t the several Caribbean islands. It used to be to be a regimen activity, to simply notice. midway via this activity, the cruise send is attacked, and reinforcements are referred to as in.
By way of taking a solo backpacking journey alongside the Appalachian path, Jacob Allen determined it used to be time to get his lifestyles again jointly after agony years of useless guilt. He believed the clean mountain air, rugged state and time clear of his nerve-racking daily life could support him transparent his brain and rejuvenate his soul after the tragic lack of his kinfolk.


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Paranoia is een Amerikaanse thrillerfilm uit 2013, geregisseerd door Robert Luketic. Het scenario van de film is gebaseerd op de gelijknamige roman uit 2004 van de Amerikaanse schrijver Joseph Finder.

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Wanneer de baan van de jonge werknemer Adam in gevaar komt, krijgt hij de kans om bij de concurrent undercover te werken voor bedrijfsspionage. Maar tegen de tijd dat hij er veel te diep bij betrokken raakt, beseft Adam dat zijn leven in gevaar is.

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Achtergrond
De opnames van de film begonnen in juli 2012 tot medio november 2012 in onder meer Philadelphia in de Verenigde Staten. De filmmuziek van de film is gecomponeerd door de Nederlander Tom Holkenborg, beter bekend als Junkie XL.

Zie ook
 Paranoia (album), het soundtrackalbum van Junkie XL.

Externe links
 Paranoia (2013) in de Internet Movie Database
 Paranoia op Box Office Mojo

Amerikaanse film
Dramafilm
Thriller (film)
Film uit 2013


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Quirky Retro Label Design with Cute Giftbox.


KL Forest Eco Park is a natural rainforest, situated right in center of the city and is hence, recognized all around the world for its uniqueness. Given the status of a forest reserve in 1906, this is the oldest park in Malaysia, covering a total area of 11 hectares. A 5 hectares section of the park is regarded as a virgin jungle reserve and the locals as well as tourists find an ideal place for relaxations in this park.


Two toms up or two down?
Time for your Office Pics! It's been a while.
John Riley clinic this Sunday at Vic's Drum Shop!
I'm way behind in photo posting, so here's a snare.
Looking for a good kit for practicing and rock gigs.
My Band Playing Live At My B-Day Weekend Gig; the NEW SHOCKWAVES. Shadows Song.
(PICS) I met with another drummer today!
Can you identify the make of these drums?


LOS ANGELES (AP) — A scuffle between Tom Arnold and a producer of "The Apprentice" has led to an exchange on social media.
Arnold tweeted that producer Mark Burnett choked him at a pre-Emmys party Sunday in Los Angeles. Burnett's wife, actress Roma Downey, tweeted that Arnold "tried to ambush" the couple, and she posted what she says is a photo of her bruised hand.
Los Angeles police did not return a phone call early Monday. Emails to the celebrities' representatives were not immediately returned.


Being able to connect to the Internet has become an integral part of the way we communicate. But what do rescue workers do when the grid is down? A new app allows emergency workers to contact one another even when the connection is faulty: FireChat Alerts, developed by California-based tech company Open Garden.
Through peer-to-peer networking (also known as mesh networking), messages can be pushed as alerts. The phones are linked via Bluetooth or peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, each acting as a node to relay messages across the network. It then stores them and forwards them to other users in the same area, typically around 200 feet in urban areas, in order to keep people informed and safe in the immediate area. Its previous incarnation, FireChat, worked in much the same way and gain popularity at music festivals, helping people stay in contact in spite of heavy crowds or long distances.


This will be one of my shortest articles on HomeToys.com Why? Because it is about something that the industry (especially certain parts of it) needs to realize. In the electronic world, bigger is not better and is quite the opposite.
Technology has taken a turn and we are taking that turn with it whether we think we are or not. We have finally realized how delicate the single path really is and we are beginning to see better and better results the smaller we get. We definitely don't need to be driving around these tanks of a system anymore to get the same fidelity. The fact is that the room, and the entire home environment, will be a place that will reflect a holistic, good sound approach.
In a way, this is sad. It sounds like an industry that is about to die. But, instead, I think we should embrace the future and realize the accomplishments that have happened in such a short period of time. We, as a society, have always gone through these changes, and this is one to embrace with a smile.
I say let the collectors of the "old" enjoy their hobby and, for the rest of us, let's embrace the exciting new world of high fidelity at its best. Let's not kill the sound but bring it to life and make it practical for the entire world to enjoy.
This year, you will not see me at the high end portion of the CES. Instead, you will see me at the convention center enjoying the future and thinking of ways to make it better.
You may visit us at www.tuneland.info, the CES, or read the report I will give in the next HomeToys.com article, as I write about the future.


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package org.rioproject.associations;

/**
 * The AssociationListener interface specifies the semantics of a client that
 * when registered to an {@link AssociationManagement} instance will receive
 * notifications of {@link Association}s being discovered, changed and broken.
 *
 * @author Dennis Reedy
 */
public interface AssociationListener<T> {
    /**
     * Notify the AssociationListener that an Association has been discovered
     *
     * @param association The Association
     * @param service The associated service that has been discovered
     */
    void discovered(Association<T> association, T service);

    /**
     * Notify the AssociationListener that a service endpoint has changed
     *
     * @param association The Association
     * @param service The service that was removed, changing the endpoint
     */
    void changed(Association<T> association, T service);

    /**
     * Notify the AssociationListener that an Association is broken. If the
     * Association type is requires, the AssociationManagement object will
     * unadvertise the ServiceBean using the ServiceBean instances
     * ServiceBeanControl interface unless the unadvertiseOnBroken is set to
     * false
     *
     * @param association The Association.
     * @param service The service that was removed, causing the Association to
     * be broken
     */
    void broken(Association<T> association, T service);
}