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Toyota recruits top drivers for new Le Mans program
Noah Joseph
Nov 7th 2011 at 6:20PM
Toyota is dead serious about its new Le Mans effort. To that end, the Japanese auto giant is developing an all-new hybrid LMP1 racer, it has retained the considerable services of Team Oreca to help with trackside logistics, and it has now announced its driver lineup. And make no mistake about it, these are no rookies.
Headlining the roster is Alex Wurz, who holds the title as the youngest winner in the history of Le Mans. The Austrian driver won again for Peugeot two years ago, and he has also taken the checkered flag at the Petit Le Mans, the Spa 1,000km and the Sebring 12 Hours, to name just a few. And as if that weren't enough, he's also an accomplished former Formula One driver, having driven for and scored podium finishes for a variety of teams including Benetton, McLaren and Williams (though not Toyota).
Joining Wurz will be Nicolas Lapierre, a French driver with a distinguished record in both lower formula racing (like F3 and A1GP) and endurance racing, including a win at Sebring this year. Finally, Toyota has added Kazuki Nakajima (one of Japan's best F1 drivers of the modern era) to the team that will be developing and fielding the new LMP1 at La Sarthe and other FIA World Endurance Championship races next season. The car is expected to make its debut "early in the new year" at a yet-to-be-determined European venue.
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Tokyo, Japan, November 7, 2011 - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima will share its new hybrid LMP1 car in selected World Endurance Championship races, including the Le Mans 24 Hours.
All three drivers will also work to learn more about the specific demands of endurance racing, as well as to continuously develop the car. In the near future, this will include sessions on Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG)'s driving simulator, which already features the Le Mans track and an LMP1 vehicle model.
All three drivers are expected to drive the hybrid LMP1 car for the first time at the roll-out, which will take place early in the new year at an as-yet-unconfirmed European venue.
The drivers made the following statements;
Alex Wurz:
"As soon as I heard about the possibility to join the team I was instantly excited and keen to be involved. I love endurance racing and I have been a fan of Le Mans since my childhood so I have great memories of Toyotas competing there, particularly the GT-One which was a really sexy, cool-looking car. As an ambitious Le Mans racer, this heritage combined with the immense technical capabilities at TMG makes a very attractive combination. So I am extremely happy to be involved, along with Nicolas and Kazuki. One of the most important things in endurance racing is the connection between the drivers. If the drivers are working together it is a very productive situation for the team and ultimately improves lap times and results. Nicolas has shown his speed while I really rate Kazuki as a person and a driver so I think we will be a strong team. I can't wait to get started and I am fascinated by the new challenge of competing with a hybrid car. It is the future of racing so I am very excited that Toyota comes in with this technology. I know Toyota has a lot of expertise in this area and I hope this plays to our advantage."
Nicolas Lapierre:
"To be selected by a company like Toyota for such a new and interesting project is a proud moment for me. We are at the beginning of a big challenge and I am very excited. TMG has some very impressive capabilities and, together with the hybrid system, we have the potential to develop a really strong car.
I raced against Kazuki in GP2; he is definitely a fast driver and also a good team player, which is very important in endurance racing. Alex is a two-time Le Mans winner so he is a great benchmark for us, but he is also able to build a strong team spirit. I believe the choice of drivers is very good and I am looking forward to working together as a team."
Kazuki Nakajima:
"I am thrilled to have been chosen to become a member of Toyota's World Endurance Championship team. Le Mans will be a new experience for me but it is one I am very much looking forward to. The challenge of Le Mans is famous throughout motorsport so I can't wait to race there for the first time. Obviously it is a new experience but I am familiar with endurance racing thanks to my time in Japanese Super GT and this will help me to adjust. It's great to join such a strong driver line-up, especially because I am already familiar with both of my new team-mates, having worked with Alex in Formula 1 and raced against Nicolas in GP2. I am looking forward to working closely with Alex and Nicolas; I want to learn about Le Mans from them and I hope I will be able to do a good job."
Alex Wurz Profile
Born 15 February 1974, Waidhofen an der Thaya, Austria
Height 1.87m
Best achievement Youngest Le Mans winner (1996)
1986 BMX World Championship: 1st
BMX European Championship: 2nd
1989 Austrian Kart Championship: 2nd
1991 European Formula Ford Cup: 2nd
Austrian Formula Ford Championship: 2nd
1992 European Formula Ford Cup: 1st,
Austrian Formula Ford Championship: 1st
German Formula Ford Championship: 1st
1993 Austrian Formula 3 Championship: 1st
1994-95 German Formula 3 Championship
1996 Le Mans 24 Hours (Team Joest): 1st
International Touring Car Championship (Opel): 16th
1997 Formula 1 (Benetton): 14th, FIA GT Championship (AMG Mercedes): 10th
Formula 1 (Benetton)
1998-2000 Formula 1 (McLaren): Third driver
2001-05 Formula 1 (McLaren): 17th (one race)
2006-07 Formula 1 (Williams)
2008 Formula 1 (Honda): Reserve driver
2009 Le Mans 24 Hours (Peugeot): 1st, Formula 1 (Brawn GP): Test driver
2010 Le Mans 24 Hours (Peugeot): DNF, Sebring 12 Hours (Peugeot): 1st
2011 Le Mans 24 Hours (Peugeot): 4th, Petit Le Mans (Peugeot): 1st
Spa 1,000km (Peugeot): 1st
Nicolas Lapierre Profile
Born 2 April 1984, Thonon-Les-Bains (France)
Best achievement Youngest Macao F3 winner (2003)
1993 Began his career in karts
1997 European Kart Championship, CIK Cadet Class: 6th
2000-01 French Formula Renault
2002 Formula Renault Eurocup (Graff Racing): 3rd
2003 Formula 3 EuroSeries (Signature Plus): 4th
Macau Grand Prix: 1st
2004 Formula 3 EuroSeries (Signature Plus): 3rd
2005 GP2 Series (Arden International): 12th
2006 GP2 Series (Arden International): 9th
A1 Grand Prix (Team France): 1st
2007 GP2 Series (DAMS): 12th (2 wins)
Le Mans 24 Hours(Team ORECA): 9th
2008 Le Mans Series (Team ORECA): 12th
2009 Le Mans Series (Team ORECA): 6th
Le Mans 24 Hours (Team ORECA): 5th
Asian Le Mans Series (Team ORECA): 3rd
2010 Le Mans Series (Team ORECA): 2nd
Le Mans 24 Hours (Team ORECA): DNF
2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (Team ORECA)
Sebring 12 Hours (Team ORECA): 1st
Kazuki Nakajima Profile
Born 11 January 1985, Okazaki, Japan
Best achievement First Japanese F1 driver to score points at Monaco (2008)
1999 Suzuka Kart Championship, ICA class: 1st
2003 Esso Formula Toyota: 1st
2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship (TOM'S): 5th
Macau Grand Prix (TOM'S): 13th
2005 Japanese Formula 3 Championship (TOM'S): 2nd
Macau Grand Prix (TOM'S): 5th
Super GT (apr): 8th
2006 Formula 3 EuroSeries (Manor): 7th
Macau Grand Prix (Manor): DNF
2007 GP2 Series (DAMS): 6th
Formula 1 (Williams): 22nd (one race)
2008 Formula 1 (Williams): 15th
2011 Formula Nippon (TOM'S): 2nd
Super GT (TOM'S): 8th
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Gennaro Gattuso refused to revel in AC Milan's 3-0 away win at Ludogorets, claiming his side could and possibly should have played better.
Milan took a commanding lead in their Europa League last-32 tie as Patrick Cutrone, Ricardo Rodriguez and Fabio Borini found the net in Bulgaria, extending the Rossoneri's unbeaten start to 2018.
But Gattuso was far from satisfied with the victory due to his belief that the result did not reflect the visitors' poor performance.
"I wouldn't call it the perfect performance as we could have played better, even if it's always difficult in Europe," Gattuso told Sky Sport Italia.
"Ludogorets could have caused us problems, but we are holding on tight to this 3-0 result. I don't think it's a fair reflection of the game, because we could have done so much better.
"I am actually angry, as we didn't develop our attacking moves properly.
"What does reassure me is the growing confidence in the team, even among those who do not play as much. I want everyone to be ready and in good shape when called upon."
"I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40," he said.
"I have a lot to learn.
"We will see what happens, but the important thing is not whether or not Gattuso is on the bench. What matters is Milan.
"I have been given this great chance. It is an immense honour and a dream that I hope will last as long as possible."


Every year, more than 15 million babies are born premature, that's about one in 10 births worldwide. One woman, who herself experienced the ordeal of having her babies arrive preterm has started a project to provide support and care to families with premature and sick babies in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
World Prematurity Day, which takes place on 17 November each year aims to raise awareness of the unique obstacles and challenges faced by families with preterm babies, issues 33-year-old Ola Adegbenro, from Essex, understands all too well.
Ola began the Colourful Beginnings project after two of her children were born prematurely. Starting as an Instagram page, it has evolved to a strong community consisting of 18,000 followers and Ola is now taking steps to register it as a charity in a bid to help even more families whose babies are in the NICU.
The project sends out mini care packages throughout the year to families that request it, but also provides needed support through organizing events for parents to share personal stories. They've even delivered Christmas care packages to families who are having to spend their holiday in hospital.
Colourful Beginnings has qualified to the next round of the Aviva Community Fund, an initiative that helps small groups secure funding for their projects and goals. Ola said that she hopes to secure the funding needed for Colourful Beginnings so that she can provide even more families with care packages and support but would need as many votes as possible for her aim to be achieved.
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Michael Powell (Bekesbourne, 30 de setembro de 1905 - Avening, 19 de fevereiro de 1990) foi um cineasta e roteirista inglês. Junto a Emeric Pressburger, formou a mais renomada dupla de diretores do cinema. Foi eleito o quarto maior diretor de cinema da história da Grã-Bretanha pelo jornal The Daily Telegraph.

Filmografia

Primeiros filmes

Principais filmes
Para além de curtas, Powell escreveu, produziu e realizou todos os seus filmes de 1942 a 1957 com Emeric Pressburger

Televisão
Powell também realizou episódios da série de Tv The Defenders, Espionage e The Nurses.

Trabalhos como não realizador
Powell também se envolveu nos seguintes filmes como não realizador:

 The Silver Fleet (1943) – Produtor
 The End of the River (1947) – Produtor
 Aila, pohjolan tytär (também conhecido por Arctic Fury) (1951) – Produtor
 Sebastian (1968) – Produtor
 Pavlova – A Woman for All Time (1983) – Produtor Associado

Ligações externas

Cineastas da Inglaterra
Roteiristas da Inglaterra
BAFTA Fellowship Award

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Feeding the roots: Even as political unrest holds back sales, the retail sector is investing
ThailandRetail
The Thai retail sector is a study in contrasts. On the one hand, it is suffering acutely as the political protests drag on and consumer spending and confidence continue to fall. Investors are worried about the country's economic future, in the near term at the very least, and are holding their breath and their money. On the other, Thailand is one of the leaders in retail, in the region if not in the world. Its department stores are seen as benchmark-setting, and as likelier to expand, acquire and lead than lose business to others or yield to a takeover. The country's shoppers, meanwhile, are some of the most active and engaged in Asia, especially at the high end. Growth in rural areas is robust. So while retail sales may be soft, the retail sector itself is strong and on a path to growth. When the demonstrations end, retail outlets stand a good chance of seeing consumers to return in force, as they have often done. Over time, furthermore, the major department store and supermarket groups are likely to find growth outside the country, both in the region and beyond.
12-Year Low
Since protests began in Bangkok in November 2013, consumer confidence has been dropping fast, with the index hitting 69.9 in February 2014. The long-term view is especially worrying. Confidence is now at a 12-year low and, save for spurts of intermittent optimism, has been on a downward slope since it reached 112.4 in late 2003. Consumer spending has been falling every quarter for a year, and though still above 2012 levels has clearly stopped growing. The economy is not expanding as fast as it once did, which is both a cause and an effect of weaker consumer confidence. GDP grew just 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2013, and full-year growth came in at 2.9%, down from 6.5% in 2012. The National Economic and Social Development Board of Thailand says it expects 3-4% growth in 2014, but the rate could prove much slower if the unrest continues or worsens. The protests, which began and died down in late 2013 but then reignited and persisted into the new year, have scared away tourists, caused many businesses to close, reduced confidence in Thailand's economic future and prevented the government from conducting business.
Shopping malls have been hit especially hard. Protesters organised around the Ratchaprasong intersection, which is a centre for retail, and three people were killed in an explosion in February 2014 at the protest site near the shopping centres and outside a Big C supermarket. At or near this intersection lie the Paragon Mall, MBK, CentralWorld and Siam Square.
Sales sank. CentralWorld said in February 2014 that shopper numbers were down by about 40%. Siam Future said that the number of visitors to its Chaeng Watthana Road community mall, which is near the protests, have likewise dropped 40% as a result of the demonstrations. While fear of the protests and reduced spending were factors in this drop, congestion where the demonstrators were congregated also added to the mall's problems. The Central Group reported in December that sales at its two outlets near the site were down 10% on the previous year, and predicted slower sales growth in 2014 if protests should continue.
Some vendors in the malls noted that business was brisk in protest-related gear – sunglasses, bottled water, whistles and the like. They also noted that the situation was better this time round compared to those in 2010, when the protesters were of a poorer status. Overwhelmingly, though, they felt that the demonstrations would be a negative for business.
Cautious Optimism
In March 2014, a wisp of optimism began to return. Protesters moved from the major retail intersection in Bangkok and traffic was able to flow normally there again for the first time in six weeks. As the demonstrations continue, it helps to bear in mind that while the outlets at the protest site are large, landmark stores, business has not stopped elsewhere in the country, nor in other parts of the world. Retail in Thailand is growing, evolving and above all spreading more evenly around the country. Many department stores, convenience stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets are going up in the suburbs and in rural areas.
New Investments
All of the sector's main players have plans for significant investment in growth. In early 2013 the Central Group of Companies, the country's largest retail corporation, announced a massive $1.3bn expansion programme over a three-year period. While some of these funds will go toward the company's other businesses (hotels, food, fashion), much of it will be spent building up its retail portfolio. Also in early 2013, the company said that it would open five Robinson department stores and 350 FamilyMarts that year. The most important domestic project, however, is Central Embassy, located on former British embassy property and set to open in 2014. The complex will include a hotel tower and a seven-storey mall, and will host 70,000 square metres of retail space. By some estimates, it is the country's first true luxury mall, with iconic design and a roster of high-end retailers.
The company is also active overseas. After buying an Italian mall group and a Danish department store and opening three stores in China over the past few years, it is taking a hard look at its ASEAN strategy and may expand in the region along with business partners from Japan, said Sudhitham Chirathivat, the company's chairman, in 2013. The group is also opening malls in Indonesia in 2014, in Malaysia in 2016 and is fast building a presence in Vietnam. Finally, it plans to open operations under the "Robins" brand name in 2014, with its first such outlet in the Royal City mall in Hanoi. A second is to come in Ho Chi Minh City later in the year.
The Mall Group, Central's main competitor, has not been shy of expansion either. In early 2013, it announced it would be investing BT3bn ($90m) in its business in a single year. The company's stated goal is to double its turnover from about BT50bn ($1.5bn) to BT100bn ($3bn) in five to seven years. It is totally refurbishing its 16-year-old Emporium Mall at a cost of BT4bn ($121m) and building a new mall across the street, the EmQuartier, for BT9bn ($2.7bn). The EmQuartier will be the country's first mall with an automatic car-park system. Both the revamp and the building of the new mall are to be finished by late 2014. Also, nearby will be another outlet called the EmSphere, a BT7bn ($212m) project to be completed by 2016. The three malls will be linked together by a walkway.
Big C, too, is expanding. In 2013, the retailer said it would spend BT8bn-9bn ($242m-272m) on growth, opening 219 new stores, taking its total to 567. Most of the company's efforts are aimed at expanding its convenience store portfolio. Its plan was to take the total from 126 to 276 by the end of 2013. Two trends justify the move, the company says. As people become busier and more mobile, their shopping habits are shifting, first, from traditional retail to modern, and second, from super and hypermarkets to convenience stores. Even so, the company is increasing its stock of larger stores as well. Its 2013 expansion programme included six hypermarkets, bringing the total to 119; 13 supermarkets, bringing the total to 31; and 50 new Pure Pharmacies, bringing the total to 141.
Tesco-Lotus has similar plans. The company said it would invest BT18bn ($545m) in fiscal year 2013, which ended in February 2014, and be opening 10 new hypermarkets and 300 express outlets. Finally, it is upgrading a number of supermarkets to its Extra format.
Siam Future, a developer of community malls, aims to keep pace. It is spending BT350m ($10m) in 2014 to develop two malls and refurbishing four. One new mall will be in Pathum Thani's Rangsit district and the other in central Bangkok, while the sites being refurbished are malls at Bang Bon, Pracha Uthit, Sukhaphiban 3 and Ratchadaphisek. When the two malls have been completed, the company will have a total of 30 outlets. The firm is investing in new trends and attractions to stay ahead in a highly competitive market – for example by bringing a Korean art museum to one of its malls.
Growing Market
The broad picture of the market is one of steady expansion and growth. As of the third quarter of 2013, Bangkok and its environs had 6.5m sq metres of retail space, according to Colliers International, a global real estate company. While the city added only 3000 sq metres of space in that quarter – the BGallery Fashion Arena in Pratunam, built by Baiyoke Group – the company estimated that another 270,000 sq metres would be brought on by the end of the year. In the second quarter, total space had risen by 63,337 sq metres, according to CBRE Group, a US commercial real estate company. CBRE says four news malls were added in that quarter: Nihonmura mall in Tonglor, Green Plaza, The Walk and Imagine Village. It also notes that plans are in the works to develop Platinum Market, a 50,000-sq-metre retail space in Rajadamri.
Colliers is optimistic about 2014 and 2015. It estimates that more than 600,000 sq metres of shopping malls will be added to total capacity in 2014, and more than 700,000 in the following year. It also sees almost 400,000 sq metres of community malls being built in each of those two years. Occupancy rates have been particularly strong in almost all categories and areas. The rate for the city area rose from 94% in the first quarter of 2010 to 97% at the end of 2013. In suburban Bangkok, it has gone from under 95% to well above 97%. Rental rates have held firm across the board, rising slightly over the past three years.
Expansion vs. Evolution
The story is one not only of long-term expansion but also of evolution and development. The sector has indeed been growing and advancing. According to Maybank calculations, the number of hypermarkets went from 77 in 2000 to 340 in 2014. The number of modern home products stores went from six to 102 over the same period, and convenience stores went from 1600 to 10,000.
Expansion helps the sector in at least two ways. It follows changes in consumer taste, as the average Thai begins to shift from traditional sales channels to modern ones; they are demanding more supermarkets and convenience stores. Second, the coverage of new patches of the country allows the largest retailers to gain more leverage over vendors. This helps their margins.
Demand for space comes from both local and international brands. As Colliers notes, demand from foreign names has only strengthened as Bangkok becomes ever more recognised as the shopping haven of Asia. The company observes a number of innovations in the market. Mobile retail, for example, is on the rise. Customers are using QR codes to learn more about products as they shop and are buying and paying online, with local delivery and pickup. Community malls another trend to watch. Many tracts of land in Bangkok are family owned and underutilised. Building community malls on these parcels allows the owners to earn a return on their land for little or no investment. Such malls often fail, notes Colliers, because those building them do not understand the business well. They also often lack a major anchor tenant. The result is less traffic.
The development of retail "up-country", as the regions north of the capital are known, continues. Of all the branches run by top retailers, 69% were up-country as of the third quarter of 2013, up from 54% in 2004, according to Maybank research. In a 2013 survey by Thai-American Business, a magazine published by the US Chamber of Commerce, 80% of Thai businesses said they wanted to expand outside of Bangkok, and 65% of these said their decision was driven by customer demand. The report also said that the number of urban consumers in the provinces was growing three times faster than in the Bangkok area.
Stores are beginning to adjust. Many are changing their top-down structures to meet the needs of rural and small-city Thailand. Tesco Lotus, for example, is opening a distribution centre in Khon Kaen as part of its expansion plan. However, the chamber and others note that, outside Bangkok, many challenges remain. Logistics are harder, training is a challenge and the management (and management principles) are not easily transferred beyond the capital city. CBRE, meanwhile, has noted slow growth in 2013 and declines in actual sales for some retailers in up-country markets.
New Combinations
Another trend is a raft of mergers and acquisitions. In late 2012, the Central Group acquired OfficeMate by way of a share swap. The parent company then started to merge its own brands of office supplies, including Office Depot, under the OfficeMate name. For its part, OfficeMate – which had been listed on the Market for Alternative Investment stock exchange – was moved to the main board.
The biggest recent transaction of note was CP All's $6.6bn purchase of Siam Makro in 2013, the country's biggest acquisition ever. CP All owns Thailand's 7-Eleven chain, while Makro has 57 supermarkets in the country. The CP Group, despite its involvement in Makro's founding, sold down its holding after the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. According to Bloomberg data, CP All paid a premium for Makro (on a price to earnings ratio basis), but the company said the purchase would bring value by combining the two businesses. Makro, in particular, would help the group prepare for the ASEAN Economic Community, it said.
Considerable activity is occurring in other formats – in particular, convenience and home improvement stores. The Central Group plans to expand FamilyMart, a convenience store chain, by opening 240 stores in 2013, bringing the total to 1000. The chain is working to innovate and is experimenting with mobile sales and franchising (though initially the push will be for company-owned stores). FamilyMart is working closely with its Japanese parent to bring more products and concepts from Japan. It is trying to give the store more of a Japanese feel, which is popular with Thai consumers. Along these lines, it will introduce a wide range of ready-to-eat foods, including bento boxes.
The country also has some new entrants in the convenience store sector. In early 2013, Japan's Lawson entered the market as a joint venture with Thailand's Saha Pathanapibul (50%) and Mitsubishi Corp (1%). The company planned 50 Lawson 108 stores by the end of 2013 and 1000 nationwide within five years.
HomePro is showing particular brawn. Its strategy includes the opening of six to eight outlets in 2014, on top of its existing 63. To accomplish this, it is doing some creative financing. The company plans a baht-denominated bond in the latter half of 2014 and is considering the listing of a real estate investment trust. Its parent company, Land and Houses Group, would take three of its mall properties and package them into an investment vehicle on which shares would be sold. HomePro itself has been listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since 2001. HomePro's strategy is quickly evolving, notes CIMB, an Asian bank. It is revamping its stores and beginning to target the low-end home improvement market.
The chief risk for the sector is not so much growth as increasing competition. Maybank says that the aggressive expansion plans of many outlets have weakened margins, especially in the hypermarket segment. This is somewhat offset by better negotiating power with vendors, but there is a limit to how much vendors can be squeezed.
Foreign participation in the market has also been a challenge. The Foreign Business Act of 1999 codifies protectionist measures for retail, and requires a special foreign business licence. However, investments above BT100m ($3m) or BT20m ($600,000) per store (or those protected by treaty) are exempt. Foreign retailers are thus working to gain access to the market through partners and by exploiting loopholes in the law. This is likely to keep competition intense.
The outlook for the sector is generally good. Once the protests end, consumer demand is likely to rebound. Development will continue regardless of what happens in downtown Bangkok, and expansion overseas is a given for the larger and more aggressive groups. Growth is a near certainty, so long as balance sheets are carefully managed and retailers do not overcommit to markets they don't fully understand. The sector has built up many strengths, assets and talents over the years. If properly managed, retailers' expansions promise growth that is new, fast and sustainable.
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May 6, 2020 | Asia
Helping circular economy startups in emerging markets scale their impact
Rob Kaplan
The COVID-19 crisis has put into stark contrast the need for increased investment in solutions like better resilience, local job creation, affordable healthcare, secure food supplies and a diminished dependence on international trade, which can make us less vulnerable to some of the daunting long-term environmental and social challenges we currently face – namely climate change.
The gulf is wide between talk and action, however, and using institutional capital to address our society's most pressing issues at scale is far more complicated than just taking money from one pot and putting it into another. Impact investing is about solving huge, complex problems, which means you have to think about the investments more holistically than just investing to make great returns.
As CEO of Circulate Capital, an investment firm that manages a $106 million fund focused on mitigating and solving the ocean plastic crisis by investing in companies operating in the waste, recycling, and circular economy sectors in South and Southeast Asia (SSEA), I understand these challenges first-hand.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from our work thus far is that you can find terrific companies in emerging markets that are EBITDA positive with incredibly smart management teams – and they need hands-on support from a number of actors along the way to generate the impact at scale.
Our goal is to invest in companies developing the new technologies and recycling infrastructure that advance the circular economy – particularly in SSEA countries that "leak" more than 50% of the world's ocean plastic, yet lack the proper recycling and waste management infrastructure.
Circulate Capital is providing risk capital for entrepreneurs, helping to build track records and prove business models, all the while driving to scale. But our secret sauce is working with our Limited Partners, including PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Dow, Danone, CHANEL, Unilever, The Coca-Cola Company, and CP Chem, to help our portfolio companies join the multi-national supply chain. An essential part of our role is to push the entire industry forward, helping it move beyond an organic growth / commoditized view and bringing it into the international recycling supply chain, advancing the circular economy and creating resilient jobs along the way.
Our first investments are in two companies with inspiring stories and promising businesses.
Circulate Capital invests in plastic recyclers in India and Indonesia
Lucro Plastecycle Private Limited (Lucro): A homegrown Indian manufacturer located in Mumbai, Lucro specializes in recycling difficult-to-manage flexible plastic for its own production and for sale as high-quality commodities to other facilities across the country. They have an excellent team with an entrepreneurial mindset; established operations with a proven business model and a focused expansion plan. There is a market opportunity for recycling flexible plastic, a material that many leave behind and we believe that Lucro is poised to capture it.
PT Tridi Oasis Group (Tridi Oasis): Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tridi Oasis specializes in recycling beverage bottles, which are used to manufacture circular packaging and textiles. Tridi Oasis is led by two inspiring women: a Harvard grad with a fascinating story about how she ended up running a recycling firm and a skilled engineer who built her first recycling line by hand. Though a relatively young company, Tridi Oasis has already set the standard in Indonesia for transparency and traceability, two essential issues for any recycling business that wants to operate on an international scale. They have successfully ramped up business and there is strong demand for rPET.
Here are a few things I've learned along the way that may help others as they try to scale investment in solutions that can address the most critical environmental issues we face today.
Focus on growth
Nearly all of the businesses we have looked at have grown organically – they're essentially bootstrapped and have never accessed outside capital. Their survival has put them in the top tier of entrepreneurs because they are cost conscious and adept at managing risks. But, you can't grow and scale that way.
To become part of an international supply chain, you need to invest – and invest a lot. So the question is how can you transform these companies from slow growth to, say, 10x growth, so you can scale their impact?
Developing a growth mindset means patiently helping team evolve its decision-making processes; it means helping them think bigger a management – whether it's about the international dimensions of their work or the growth possibilities for the business that are based on a realistic glidepath. In the cases of Tridi Oasis and Lucro, developing a growth mindset also meant working with them to provide media training and marketing support so they could develop a better narrative for their businesses and talk about it in a manner and style that reflected the sophistication of their work and met the expectations of outside investors.
Partner strategically
Our investors are powerful, multinational corporations. They bring a vast amount of knowledge about recycling processes and the international supply chain as well as other valuable resources that these small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) could never have accessed otherwise. As a result, they are providing direct support that should help these companies leapfrog to the next stage of growth with the right pieces in place to scale.
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Barbour Becomes Second Female FBS AD to Step Down this Summer
June 27, 2014 June 27, 2014 Kristi Dosh Industry
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Cal will reportedly be announcing today that AD Sandy Barbour, who's led Cal's athletic department since 2004, will step down and move to the academic side. She's the second female athletic director to step down from an FBS athletic department this summer. Georgia State announced in May that AD Cheryl Levick would move into a new role as special assistant to the university president.
That leaves six women at the helm in FBS athletic departments:
Julie Hermann, Rutgers
Debbie Yow, North Carolina State
Lynn Hickey, UT-San Antonio
Kathy Beauregard, Western Michigan
Tina Kunzer-Murphy, UNLV
Heather Lyke, Eastern Michigan
When UNC-Charlotte moves up to FBS next year, Judy Rose will become the seventh female athletic director at the FBS level. You could also perhaps count Chris Plonsky, Director of Women's Athletics at University of Texas, since Texas has divided the AD role between men's and women's sports.
Women might be in the minority at the FBS level, but three of the current female ADs have been hired in the past two years: Hermann at Rutgers, Kunzer-Murphy at UNLV and Lyke at Eastern Michigan. In 2012, there were only five female athletic directors at the FBS level.
Why do you think there are so few women ADs at the FBS level (and even at the Division I level overall)? Is it discrimination? Do women not want the job? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments!
Thank you to my Twitter followers who helped me track down exactly how many female ADs are currently in FBS!
Tagged Athletic Directors women
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May want to check the facts on UNC-G being FBS.
BarneySTJ says:
Part of the reason has to be because of the Senior Women's Administrator position that is available within athletic departments. Women that would be applying for AD positions may find that they are best able to relate to the student athletes (SA's) that play the same sport that they had, or that share a gender.
I do not believe I have seen any examples of discrimination hindering the ability of a women to get a job as an AD at the Division I level. The Hermann hire at Rutgers was a good example of an FBS school seeing a women that was a good fit for their situation and hiring her.
While you raise good questions in regards to the small amount of female athletic directors at the highest level. It's important to recognize that the decisions for both Levick and Barbour this summer came down not because they were women, but for cause.


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Q: ODE coupled to timedependent polynomial I'm trying to solve a differential equation a'[t]== f[a[t], y[t]], where for every time step y[t] is a real solution to a fourth-order polynomial p[a[t],y[t]]. As an old Python programmer, it is trivial to do with a loop and a step method like Runge-Kutta 4. But is there a nice, perhaps quicker, way to do this with DSolve/NDSolve or similar? I hope there is a fast and simple way to do it in Mathematica.
As an example:
ODE:
-0.7-0.3/a[t]^3-50/3 (-1+y[t]) (2+(2-y[t]) y[t])+a'[t]^2/a[t]^2==0

Polynomial:
(-82.6333+0.3/a[t]^3) y[t]+50 y[t]^2+49.3 y[t]^3-(50 y[t]^4)/3==0

The initial conditions are not super-relevant and a[1]==1 is sufficient.

A: First we have to decide which initial conditions to use for the DAE system.
soly=Values@Solve[ (-82.6333 + 0.3/a[t]^3) y[t] + 50 y[t]^2 + 49.3 y[t]^3 - (50 y[t]^4)/3 == 0, y[t]] /. a[t] -> 1 // Chop
(*{{0}, {-1.45186}, {3.41291}, {0.996957}}*)

OP looks for a branch 0<y<1 (see comment)
y1=soly[[-1]][[1]] (*0.996957*)

Now we solve the DAE-system with intial conditions a[1]==1, y[1]==y1
sola = NDSolveValue[{-0.7 - 0.3/a[t]^3 -50/3 (-1 + y[t]) (2 + (2 - y[t]) y[t]) + a'[t]^2/a[t]^2 ==0
, (-82.6333 + 0.3/a[t]^3) y[t] + 50 y[t]^2 +49.3 y[t]^3 - (50 y[t]^4)/3 == 0 , a[1] == 1, y[1] == y1},a, {t, 1, 2}]
Plot[sola[t] , {t, 1, 2}]

A: Note: I am not very experienced with NDSolve and differential algebraic equations, so the following solution is probably not the nicest one.

Normally, NDSolve is able to handle differential algebraic equations automatically. However, such equations usually have more than one solution, and we need to do some manual work to select the one we need. While the below works, I am also interested in the best way to do this.
Taking your equations,
deq = -0.7 - 0.3/a[t]^3 - 50/3 (-1 + y[t]) (2 + (2 - y[t]) y[t]) +
   a'[t]^2/a[t]^2 == 0

eq = (-82.6333 + 0.3/a[t]^3) y[t] + 50 y[t]^2 +
   49.3 y[t]^3 - (50 y[t]^4)/3 == 0

we can try a direct solution:
sol = NDSolve[
  {deq, eq, a[0] == 1},
  {a, y},
  {t, 0, 10}
  ]

But there is a warning that the computed initial conditions do not match the initial conditions we provided manually:

Let's verify them:
In[4]:= {a[0], y[0]} /. sol
Out[4]= {{2.7121*10^6, 1.}}

Indeed, a[0] is far from 1. I assume (but I don't know) that this might be due to Mathematica choosing the "wrong" y[0] solution to eq.
Let us do some manual investigation then. eq is a fourth-order polynomial, so for a given a[0] we have four possible y[0] values. But not all real y[0] values are acceptable, as some of them lead to a negative a'[0] when solving deq.
This plot shows the range of acceptable y[0] values:
Plot[
 ad /. Solve[deq /. t -> 0 /. a[0] -> 1 /. a'[0]^2 -> ad, ad] //
  Evaluate,
 {y[0], -3, 4}
 ]

For a[0] == 1, we get these possible y[0] (all real):
ysol = Solve[eq /. t -> 0 /. a[0] -> 1]
(* {{y[0] -> -1.45186}, {y[0] -> 0.}, {y[0] -> 0.996957}, {y[0] -> 3.41291}} *)

But only the first and third one give valid a'[0] values:
NSolve /@ (deq /. t -> 0 /. a[0] -> 1 /. ysol)
(* {{{Derivative[1][a][0] -> -11.1386}, {Derivative[1][a][0] ->
    11.1386}}, {{Derivative[1][a][0] ->
    0. - 5.68624 I}, {Derivative[1][a][0] ->
    0. + 5.68624 I}}, {{Derivative[1][a][
     0] -> -0.920791}, {Derivative[1][a][0] ->
    0.920791}}, {{Derivative[1][a][0] ->
    0. - 10.6062 I}, {Derivative[1][a][0] -> 0. + 10.6062 I}}} *)

We can compute a solution e.g. using the third one:
NDSolve[
 {deq, eq, a[0] == 1, ysol[[3]] /. Rule -> Equal},
 {a, y},
 {t, 0, 10}
 ]

(EDIT: I originally missed OP's comment that y[0] should be in [0,1]. It seems that it is indeed the 3rd solution that satisfies this.)
Note that this is still not the only solution for the given y[0], as a'[0] can be positive or negative. You can compute a desired a'[0] and add that to the initial conditions as well.

Now my personal question to other people who might write an answer:
Is there a simpler way to choose our desired solution? Is there a way to avoid manually computing the initial conditions and plugging them in? For example, can we somehow just specify that we want a'[0] >= 0 instead of computing an explicit value for a'[0] by hand and plugging that in? Can we do the same asking that 0 < y[0] < 1?

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Q: getting class expected error (nooby) letme first say, im new both to programming and this website.
Its my first visit here and this is my second programming project! :)
Im getting some error at the bottom of this while compiling, getting red box over the - x2 and will probably be over - y2 as well. The error is unexpected type.
Basically doing a project to get the difference of points and this is not finished but Im not sure how to get around the compile error. At first I tried to add fields for storing x2 and y2 and that did get around this error only to give me another (I erased as im not suppose to add more fields). in the end I think I need return math.sqrt(double x3) + math.sqrt(double y3)
any advice is appreciated, im using bluejay. Im sure this may look easy to some of you Guru's keep in mind im new! :)
public class Point {
    //fields holding info for x,y
    private double x;
    private double y;

    //default constructor, set to 0.0
    public Point()  {
        x = 0.0;
        y = 0.0;
    }

    //constructor that user can set field values
    public Point (double x, double y) {
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    //This is optional. return value of x
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    //This is optional. return value of y
    public double gety () {
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    }

    //take new parameter find distance between field parameter and new parameter
    public double distanceTo (double x2, double y2) {
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        y - y2 = y3;
    }
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A: In Java (and most programming languages) you should not consider yourself to be writing equations but instructions:
= basically means make the left "thing" what the right "thing" currently is, or in the words of StormeHawke

the = operator in Java and most other programming languages should not
mentally be read as "equals" but rather "is defined as"

so
x3= x - x2;

is valid because you can change x3 to be x - x2, but
x - x2 = x3;

is not valid because which thing on the left do you change: x, x2, or both?
This means that the following is a perfectly reasonable thing to write;
x=x+1;

As an equation this makes no sense, but as an instruction it makes perfect sense, its "make x equal to what x is now plus 1"
Other issues

*

*After solving this you will also find that distanceTo() is defined
as returning a double but doesn't, you need to return some "answer"
or change its return to void

*x3 is also not defined as "being" anything, it needs to be declared before/when its used, presumable as a double

A: x - x2 = x3; is incorrect syntax in Java and your distanceTo() method is supposed to return a double but you don't return anything.

A: You're getting class expected error because compiler doesn't know what x3 and y3 are. You must first declare them: double x3; in order to use them.
Hoever, your implementation of distanceTo method should be changed also.


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Q. Is heredity an important factor in ovarian cancer?
A. Only 5–10% of ovarian cancers are thought to occur due to a hereditary predisposition. Despite this fact, knowledge of family history is important information for both a patient and her physician because of the potential preventive and treatment options available. Hereditary predisposition is assessed through genetic counseling and, if appropriate, genetic testing.
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Q. How many women have a hereditary predisposition to ovarian cancer?
A. Much of the early research in this area focused on the importance of family history as a predictor of the risk of developing cancer. Over the past two decades, an enormous amount of work has refined our knowledge and has led to the discovery of mutations, or alterations, in certain genes that are responsible for the predisposition to a variety of cancers.
With regard to ovarian cancer, two syndromes account for most of the hereditary cases: the breast-ovarian syndrome, associated with mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, and the hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) syndrome, associated with different mutations in what are called mismatch repair genes.
BRCA gene mutations occur at a rate of about 1 in every 800 to 1,000 individuals in the general population. Certain groups have a greater incidence of BRCA mutations. Most notable among these are people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. In this population the rate is about 1 in 50, or 2%—a marked increase over the baseline. Although a family in which many members have been affected by ovarian or breast cancer may point to the presence of a BRCA mutation and a hereditary link, there are cases in which an individual has no family history of cancer but a significant personal history that places her at considerable risk. For instance, the development of early (premenopausal) breast cancer may be the only indication of the presence of a BRCA mutation even in the absence of other family members with breast or ovarian cancer.
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Surveillance, or close observation, may be undertaken, usually on an every-six-months basis. At this interval a pelvic examination, a transvaginal ultrasound, and a CA125 blood test are performed. Ongoing research is seeking to develop new strategies to enhance success with early detection.
Chemoprevention focuses on the use of medications to reduce cancer risk. The birth control pill may be considered for these women, particularly when contraception is desired. Ovarian cancer risk is cut by half when the pill has been used for at least five to six years, and the protective effects last for many years after the drug has been discontinued.
Prophylactic or risk-reducing surgery (RRS), the removal of both ovaries and fallopian tubes, may be an option for some women. Risk-reducing surgery may often be accomplished through minimally invasive (laparoscopic) techniques and decreases the risk by about 95%—limited mainly by the occurrence of primary peritoneal cancer, which originates from the lining of the abdominal cavity and develops from the same tissue that gives rise to the surface of the ovary, where most cancers occur. Because of the significant incidence of uterine cancer associated with HNPCC, RRS procedures in these women must include a hysterectomy as well as the removal of the ovaries and the tubes.
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AmEx warns of higher costs as it boosts rewards program, shares fall
(Reuters) - American Express Co (AXP.N) warned of higher operating costs this year as the credit card issuer spends heavily on rewards programs to attract customers in an increasingly crowded market, sending its shares down 2.5% on Friday.
AmEx cards, for long the preferred choice of affluent Americans, is now battling competition from JPMorgan Chase & Co's (JPM.N) Sapphire Reserve and Citigroup Inc's (C.N) Prestige Card.
AmEx has been ramping up its reward programs on its cards and striking partnership deals with a number of companies in a move to attract and retain customers. The company in 2018 renewed a partnership with Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) that rewards customers with air miles.
Card reward expenses jumped 9% in the second quarter to $2.65 billion, compared with a 4% rise in the first quarter.
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"Customer engagement cost has been and, I expect, will continue to grow a little faster than our revenues, and so that creates a little bit of margin compression," Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Campbell said on a post-earnings call with analysts.
AmEx said its loan portfolio increased 10% to $83.2 billion in the quarter, while loan loss provisions grew by about 7%. The company said it now expects provisions to rise 20% this year, down from its earlier forecast of mid-20% range.
The company beat analysts' estimates for quarterly profit, helped by stronger credit card spending, which rose 7% in the United States - the company's biggest market - and 5% globally in the quarter.
The growth in card spending was helped by an economy that is growing steadily, but at a modest pace compared with last year, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Squeri said.
Net income rose 8.5% to $1.76 billion, or $2.07 per share. (reut.rs/32ys3vT)
Analysts had expected a profit of $2.04 per share, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
Reporting by Bharath Manjesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila and James Emmanuel


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Program of Liberal studies alumnus uses big data to fight inequality in education
Author: Jack Rooney
Sean Reardon
For his entire academic career, Sean Reardon '86 '91 MA has sought to use his passions — the humanities and quantitative research — to make a difference in the field of education.
One of the nation's leading experts on educational inequality, Reardon researches how opportunities and outcomes vary in the United States for students of different racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds.
Reardon's path to his current position, Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education at Stanford University, is long and sprawling. It includes stops on a South Dakota Indian Reservation, a New Jersey Quaker school, and further academic work at Harvard and Penn State — but it all began at Notre Dame.
He arrived in South Bend knowing he wanted to study math, but when Reardon discovered the Program of Liberal Studies in the College of Arts and Letters, he fell in love.
"I learned about PLS my first year, and it really appealed to me — the great books tradition, small class sizes, and thinking about big ideas was very exciting to me at an intellectual level," he said. "It was the ideal education. I was like a kid in a candy shop."
Reardon especially liked the program's small seminars with deeply engaged faculty, which led to intense and fruitful conversations.
At the same time, he pursued an honors math minor and enjoyed using a much different part of his intellect. Both aspects of his education still serve him well, he said.
"My research now is big data, highly quantitative work, but I've also done ethnographic work and much more qualitative investigative work," he said. "And I still enjoy those parts of it. So getting the chance to do both in college was great preparation for having a broad view of social science research as an adult."
"I study inequality and equity, and central to that are the questions of what we mean by equity, what we mean by justice, what we mean by inequality. I constantly have to think about what our definitions are and what we are striving for. You can't figure out how to get there unless you can identify the target. Those are very similar conversations to what I used to have in PLS."
Learning through teaching
Outside of his studies, Reardon was also a letter-winning member of the fencing team, which won a national championship his senior year, though he had never fenced before coming to Notre Dame.
Reardon's Arts and Letters education also instilled in him an appreciation for Notre Dame's focus on service and social justice.
"To me, the lasting things about Notre Dame are not just the academic pleasure I had there, but also the emphasis on social justice and service work," he said.
Taking that mission to heart after graduation, Reardon postponed his graduate school plans and moved to South Dakota to teach at Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
"That was probably the best decision I ever made — to not go straight to graduate school and instead to do something personally challenging and rewarding," Reardon said.
After two years in South Dakota, Reardon began teaching in a much different setting in Moorestown, New Jersey, an eastern suburb of Philadelphia.
"They're almost as far apart socioeconomically as you can get in America," he said of the two communities in which he taught. "I spent a lot of time while teaching and living in those communities thinking about the real disparities in the kinds of opportunities kids had, not just in terms of education but in the sense of possibilities in what they could do and how that was constrained by a variety of factors.
"That became my focus in graduate school, and it's what I've really been working on ever since."
New data, familiar questions
That journey through graduate school brought Reardon back to Notre Dame, where he earned a master's in international peace studies.
From there, Reardon went to Harvard's Graduate School of Education, where he continued to combine qualitative, more humanistic work with more quantitative policy work, keeping with the same dual focus he had as an undergraduate.
Reardon took his first faculty position at Penn State's College of Education in 1999, before coming to Stanford in 2004.
His current research project involves collecting test scores from every public school in the country — some 300 million data points — with the goal of mapping the inequality in American education and determining how to help close the gap.
"I do what a friend calls 'education epidemiology,'" Reardon said. "It's the educational equivalent of what public health people do, just trying to map out the patterns of a problem. In my case, it's the patterns of educational opportunity and outcomes, as a way to try to understand inequality in America and then try to figure out where the levers are to reduce that inequality."
And throughout his entire academic career — on both the quantitative and qualitative ends — Reardon remains grounded in the liberal arts questions he first grappled with at Notre Dame.
"I study inequality and equity, and central to that are the questions of what we mean by equity, what we mean by justice, what we mean by inequality," he said. "And there are very different definitions.
"I constantly have to think about what our definitions are and what we are striving for. You can't figure out how to get there unless you can identify the target. So I get asked all the time what are we really aiming for here, and in some ways, those are very similar conversations to what I used to have in PLS."
Originally published by Jack Rooney at al.nd.edu on November 13, 2017.


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Modern office buildings have to offer far more than a desk to work – improve employee's productivity, minimize the environmental impact and not least to become a visible symbol of the company and its culture. In the digital age, the nature of work is also much more flexible, decentralized (i.e., no longer desk- or office-bound) and collaborative.
It is not uncommon that 50% of desks in a conventional office today are unoccupied at any one time during office hours – a waste of urban space, and a rallying call for a radically different building design and configuration of rooms.
Developed by OVG Real Estate and designed by PLP Architecture, 40,000 square metres The Edge office building sets new standards in terms of sustainability, smart building and building user experience. Thanks to its energy-saving building design and usage of geothermal and solar energy it is energy positive. What's more the developer introduced 21 innovations that had never applied before such as Philips' Ethernet-connected lighting: 6,000 low-energy LED luminaires containing multiple sensors for measuring everything from temperature, lighting levels, movement to CO2 level – a total of 28,000 throughout the entire building – powered over Ethernet and connected to the central building analytics platform. The integration of all building elements, including the towel dispenser and coffee machine, greatly facilitates facility management and enhances user experience as everything can be accessed via one single building app.
All this ingenuity and careful design earned the developers several awards and international recognition for the most sustainable office building with a BREEAM rating of 98.36% making it an icon of modern office design. Yet, the team had to overcome many barriers before its completion in 2014: a cut in financing and different user requirements due to the financial crisis, an inertia and conservatism to move beyond the status quo and regulatory barriers.
Learn how they have solved these barriers and integrated all building elements "on the silicon level, instead of just gluing technologies together" as OVG's CTO Erik Ubels put it.


I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Choosing the right Thai island paradise for you and is located at https://www.ebookers.com/travel-blog/couple/choosing-right-thai-island/.
Thailand is one few places that genuinely has something for everyone. Whether you want a peaceful getaway with your family or are a backpacker in search of wild parties, there's an island with your name on it.
Koh Phangan is a classic tropical paradise with blue skies, sandy beaches and palm trees. But don't be fooled by these serene scenes. Hippies, backpackers, and those seduced by the bohemian lifestyle, flock here for the infamous Full Moon Party. With plenty of budget-friendly accommodation available, the island also caters for the more demanding traveler looking to crash out in comfort after a night of hard partying. The next morning, the tranquil sea will have you feeling as good as new in no time.
Koh Chang is one of Thailand's largest islands, and it's the ideal location for lovers of adventure, action and the great outdoors. This place is famous amongst those who are "in the know", and jungle-covered peaks, foggy ravines, accessible wilderness, as well as a busy nightlife, all co-exist harmoniously here. Whether you want to spend your day trekking with elephants, exploring the island's mountains, or scuba-diving in the crystal-clear waters, Koh Chang offers a multitude of activities for those who don't intend to spend their holiday lazing around in the sun (although, if you did, there's a stunning beach waiting for you there, too).
The tiny Koh Lipe is one of Thailand's most romantic and unspoiled tourist destinations. Part of the Tarutao National Marine Park, the island is surrounded by miniature uninhabited islands and turquoise waters, with plenty of secluded beaches for loved-up couples. Whether you opt for a luxurious boutique hotel or a simple beachfront bamboo hut, you will have plenty of opportunities for fine dining, cocktail sipping and romantic night-time strolls. Enjoying the gentle tropical wind in your hair and fine white sand between your toes, share this memorable moment on Koh Lipe island with someone you love.
Coconut groves and palm trees, comfortable hotels and beautiful gardens, Koh Samui is perfect for family breaks and those looking for a well-being-centred holiday. Though peaceful and serene, the island is never short of activities for all ages. Whether it's kayaking, snorkelling, shopping or relaxing in a spa, you can be as busy or as free as you like. And, the stunning sunrises make for the perfect backdrop during your morning yoga sessions.
The jungle-topped Koh Tao is rightly known as the divers' paradise. With many breathtakingly-beautiful bays dotted all around the island, you don't need to go very far to find a spectacular coral reef. And, whether it's diving with sharks or swimming with rays, it's all within easy reach of Koh Tao. The island's natural beauty, both above and below the waterline, will inspire and impress even the most seasoned traveler. If you've never tried snorkelling, Koh Tao is the ideal place to learn!
Serene Koh Lanta boasts miles and miles of beautiful beaches and mangroves. Perfectly suited to those looking for a slower pace, you'll be sure to find an uncrowded beach where you can just lay back and switch off. Simply listen to the whispering winds and the ebbing tides, or add a cocktail and a massage to your chilled schedule for the ultimate relaxation experience. Restaurants offer the freshest seafood and, if you'd like something simple and authentic, head inland. Koh Lanta still retains its rustic vibe, and that goes for the food and drinks, as well as entertainment and landscape.


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Barrogil House. Picture: Google
A 95-year-old man, who lives at a Fife dementia residential home, was physically abused by a care worker.
The frail man was pulled to his feet then dragged across his bedroom at Barrogil House, Cluny.
Care worker Kim Timmins lost her temper and "snapped" but, after hearing she had since lost her job, a sheriff decided not to impose any further punishment.
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Timmins, 60, of MacDuff Road, Glenrothes, appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.
She previously admitted that on October 6, at Barrogil House, being a person providing care or treatment to a male patient, she ill-treated or wilfully neglected him by dragging him to his feet and dragging him across his bedroom.
Depute fiscal Dev Kapadia said the victim was "frail, small in stature, suffers from dementia and uses a walking aid".
The incident occurred after Timmins took the man to the toilet after he had urinated in his bed.
The man became upset, was shouting and grabbed her hair.
A nurse heard Timmins shout "Shut up" before moving him back to sit on his bed but she then noticed the bed sheets had not been changed.
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She moved him again to a chair by dragging the man and a nurse saw this happen.
She told Timmins: "You were dragging him."
She replied: "You deal with it" and left the room.
When police later asked Timmins if she thought her actions were excessive towards the man that day, she answered, "Yes, I feel absolutely terrible. I've gone over it so many times in my head since it happened."
Timmins, who had worked at the home for nine years, resigned as a result of the incident.
Defence solicitor Iain McCafferty said the incident occurred when his client "snapped" near the end of her third successive 12-hour nightshift.
"She lost her temper and acted inappropriately for a number of seconds. She very much regrets her actions," he added.
Sheriff James MacDonald told Timmins: "I've found this a difficult case. This was a momentary lapse in the standard of care you provided for a number of years."
He pointed out that she had already paid a significant penalty by losing her job and her livelihood. He admonished Timmins.


The Waikiki Neighborhood Board sent a Second letter to the DPP reitterating their position against the "Diamond Head – Eva" orientation of this planned building. So far, the DPP has chosen to ignore the concerns from the community. The WNB rarely takes such a position against development projects, so this is really something they feel strongly against.
So we should take advantage of this opportunity, and attend these hearings, and write testimony.


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NBCUniversal ups Smith to wide-ranging comms role
November 05, 2012 by Brittaney Kiefer
NEW YORK: NBCUniversal has promoted Hilary Smith to SVP of communications for the company, as well as its entertainment, digital network, and integrated media groups.
Smith assumed communications leadership over Telemundo, mun2, Bravo Media, Oxygen Media, Style Media, and Sprout in addition to her oversight of DailyCandy, Fandango, iVillage, Television Without Pity, and the integrated media group on Monday. She is reporting to Lauren Zalaznick, chairman of entertainment, digital networks, and integrated media at NBCUniversal.
"There is an opportunity to look at things from a holistic perspective and think of ways we can be louder as a portfolio," Smith said. The company has not yet selected a replacement for Smith's previous role.
Smith replaced Cameron Blanchard, who was promoted to SVP of corporate communications on October 22. Blanchard leads corporate communications and media strategy and serves as the chief spokesperson across NBCUniversal's divisions and networks, including USA, E!, Bravo, Oxygen, Style Media, Telemundo, and digital businesses Fandango, DailyCandy, and iVillage.
Before her promotion, Smith led communications for digital businesses Fandango, DailyCandy, iVillage, and Television Without Pity and the company's integrated media division, which includes ad sales and marketing initiatives such as Women at NBCU, Green is Universal, Healthy at NBCU, and Hispanics at NBCU. She was also responsible for consumer and trade marketing for integrated media.
Smith joined NBC in 1998 as senior manager of public relations for Dateline NBC, where she was chief spokesperson for the show and publicist for anchors Jane Pauley and Stone Phillips. She also served as VP of media relations in the corporate communications department.
Prior to her tenure at NBC, Smith was a press manager at CBS News and manager of public relations for Citibank Securities' investment banking division.
Last month, Kathy Kelly-Brown left her role as SVP of corporate communications to oversee communications for the NBCUniversal News Group, a division created in July that brought NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC, and the Weather Channel under one umbrella. Blanchard replaced her in the position.
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The Sun – Our Living Star
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Rising Star – A South African Astronomy Journey
Rising Star takes you on an astronomical journey from our beginnings through the development of astronomy research in South Africa and looks at what the future of astronomy holds for the country. In addition to introducing multi-wavelength and multi-messenger astronomy, it highlights the many remarkable facilities hosted in South Africa along with some of their...
The Dark Matter Mystery – Exploring a Cosmic Secret
What holds galaxies together? What are the building blocks of the universe? What makes the universe look the way it looks today? Researchers worldwide try to answer these questions. We know today there is within the universe is a mysterious glue: Dark Matter. We know that it is out there. But we have no idea...
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Europe to the Stars takes the viewer on an epic journey behind the scenes at the most productive ground-based observatory in the world, revealing the science, the history, the technology and the people. Discover the European Southern Observatory in a story of cosmic curiosity, courage and perseverance; a story of observing a Universe of deep mysteries...
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Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before travelling across the vast expanse of space to land on someone's retina. This fulldome planetarium show explores some of the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain. Funded through a generous...
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FBI Director Faces Questions About Major Whistleblower Allegations
Shocking WHISTLEBLOWER Claims – FBI Director Questioned By Lawmakers!
(RepublicanReport.org) – One of President Joe Biden's biggest missteps since entering the White House has been the botched military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Unfortunately for Biden, and for the American people, the mistakes made in the war-torn nation last August are having very real implications in the United States today. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) and other members of Congress posed some tough questions to FBI Director Christopher Wray about the issue last week.
On Thursday, August 4, Wray appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions about terrorist suspects that may have made their way into the United States during the evacuation from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan last year. This followed the publication of a report from a Department of Defense (DoD) whistleblower claiming 324 people on the Pentagon's watchlist entered the country during the evacuation and resettlement process. Supposedly, some of these individuals were suspected terrorists.
New evidence from whistleblower suggests there are hundreds of Afghan evacuees in US flagged as suspected terroristshttps://t.co/M16MhEwiOB
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) August 4, 2022
While answering questions, Wray said the FBI is investigating a number of people. However, he conceded he did not know exactly how many potentially dangerous evacuees who had come into the country. Furthermore, in response to a query from Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the FBI director said that while they have "a lot of information" about the locations of these individuals, he couldn't say the FBI knows where they all are "at any given time."
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While employed by the District Attorney's Office, Mr. Manci obtained extensive trial experience. Mr. Manci has tried numerous felony cases, including homicides, to verdict. Since his association with Kopff, Nardelli & Dopf LLP, Mr. Manci has tried medical and dental malpractice cases to verdict.


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Witold Urbanowicz
(1908-03-30)30 March 1908Olszanka, Augustów County, Poland
17 August 1996(1996-08-17) (aged 88)New York, United States
Service/branch
*Polish Air Force*Royal Air Force
Air Vice Marshal
Battles/wars
*Invasion of Poland*Battle of Britain*Second World War
*Virtuti Militari*Cross of Valour*Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal (United States)
Flying Cross (China)
Air Attaché (USA)
Witold Urbanowicz (30 March 1908 – 17 August 1996) was a Polish fighter ace of the Second World War. According to the official record, Witold Urbanowicz was the second highest-scoring Polish fighter ace, with 17 confirmed wartime kills and 1 probable, not counting his pre-war victory. He was awarded with several decorations, among others the Virtuti Militari and British Distinguished Flying Cross. He also published several books of memoirs.
1.1 Second World War
1.2 After the war
Urbanowicz was born in Olszanka, Augustów County. In 1930 he entered the Szkola Podchorazych Lotnictwa cadet flying school in Dęblin, graduating in 1932 As a 2/Lt. Observer. He was then posted to the night bomber squadron of the 1st Air Regiment in Warsaw. Later he completed an advanced pilotage course to become a fighter pilot. In the 1930s he flew with the 113th and No. 111th "Kosciuszko" Squadron.
In August 1936, flying an PZL P.11a, he shot down a Soviet reconnaissance plane which had crossed into Polish airspace. He was officially reprimanded and unofficially congratulated by his superior officer and as "punishment" in October 1936 was transferred to an air force training school in Deblin where he was nicknamed "Cobra".
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During the Invasion of Poland in 1939, Urbanowicz was in an improvised Ulez Group, composed of flying instructors, flying obsolete PZL P.7a fighters and covering the Dęblin and Ułęż airfields. Despite a few encounters with enemy airplanes the Polish fighters (which could barely match the speed of German bombers) were not able to shoot down any enemy planes. On 8 September the school was evacuated from Ulez and Dęblin.[1]
He was ordered with the cadets to Romania, where they were told to await re-equipment: British and French aircraft were rumoured to have been sent, but no aircraft arrived. Urbanowicz returned to Poland to continue to fight, but after the Soviet invasion on Poland, he was captured by a Soviet irregular unit. The same day he managed to escape with two cadets and crossed the Romanian border and eventually found his way to France where, after the fall of Poland, a new Polish army was being formed.
While in France he and a group of other Polish pilots were invited to join the Royal Air Force in Great Britain. After initial training with 1 School of Army Co-operation at Old Sarum, he was sent to 6 OTU for re-training on fighters in July 1940. In August he was assigned to No. 145 Squadron RAF, and became operational on 4 August 1940. On 8 August he shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 110 Major Joachim Schlichting of V./LG 1 while flying with No. 601 Squadron (although he was never officially attached to the unit) and on 12 August a Junkers Ju 88 of KG 51.[1]
On 21 August he was transferred to the Polish-manned No. 303 Squadron, flying a Hawker Hurricane as "A" Flight commander. On 6 September he shot down a Bf 109 of JG 52. On 7 September he became Squadron Leader, after Zdzisław Krasnodębski was badly burned. On 15 September Urbanowicz claimed two Dornier Do. 17's of KG 2.[1]
On 18 September 1940 Urbanowicz was awarded the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari by the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Forces, General Sikorski. On 24 October, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.[2]
On 27 September he was officially credited with shooting down four aircraft: two Ju 88s of KG 77, a Bf 109 and a Bf 110 of 15.LG 1. On 30 September he claimed three Bf 109s (one from stab.JG 26, one of II./JG 53 and one of 4.JG 54) and one Dornier Do 17 of KG 3. Despite his success Urbanowicz was never popular at Polish headquarters and on 21 October he was forced to hand over command of the Squadron to Zdzisław Henneberg.
During the Battle of Britain, he claimed 15 confirmed kills and 1 probable, which made him one of the top Polish aces (second only to Stanisław Skalski) and in the top ten Allied aces of the battle.
Between 15 April 1941 and 1 June 1941 he commanded the 1st Polish Fighter Wing based at RAF Northolt, before being posted to staff work at No. 11 Group RAF HQ. In June 1941 he was assigned as the 2nd Air Attaché in the Polish Embassy in the United States.[1]
In September 1943 Urbanowicz joined the USAAF 14th Air Force on attachment in China. On 23 October he joined the 75th Fighter Squadron of the 23rd Fighter Group (Flying Tigers). Flying a P-40 Warhawk he took part in several combat missions. On 11 December he fought against six Japanese Mitsubishi Zeros and claimed two shot down (these were probably Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscars" ).[1]
According to his reports he also shot other airplanes over China, and destroyed some on the ground but those victories were not officially confirmed. According to Kenneth K. Koskodian, he downed 11 Japanese aircraft while being Claire Lee Chennault's guest.[3] He was later awarded the US Air Medal and a Chinese Flying Cross.
In December 1943 he returned to the United Kingdom and later became an Air Attaché in the USA again.[1]
During the war none of Witold Urbanowicz's planes were hit by a single enemy bullet.
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[2][3]Hurricane gate guardian at RAF Uxbridge in the colours of Witold Urbanowicz's 303 Squadron aircraftIn 1946 he returned to Poland, but was arrested by the communist Służba Bezpieczeństwa secret police as a suspected spy. After his release he fled to the USA. He lived in New York City working for American Airlines, Eastern Airlines and Republic Aviation, retiring in 1973. In 1991 he visited Poland after the fall of communism and again in 1995 when he was promoted to the rank of General. He died in New York on 17 August 1996.[4]
A fibreglass Hawker Hurricane gate guardian was unveiled at RAF Uxbridge in September 2010 in the colours of Urbanowicz's aircraft from the Battle of Britain.[5]
[edit] Awards Edit
[4] Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross (18 September 1940)
[5] Cross of Valour, four times
[6] Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Flying Cross[clarification needed] (China)
^ a b c d e f King 2010, p.339
^ King 2010, p.338
^ Koskodian 2009, p. 98.
^ "RAF commemorates Battle of Britan [sic with services at RAF Uxbridge and Polish War Memorial"]. This is Local London. 3 September 2010. http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/8370646.RAF_services_to_commemorate_Battle_of_Britan/. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
King, Richard. (2010) 303 (Polish) Squadron Battle of Britain Diary. Surrey: Red Kite ISBN 978-1-906592-03-5
Koskodian, Kenneth. K. (2009) No Greater Ally. New York City: Osprey Publishing
Fiedler, Arkady. Translation by Jarek Garlinski. (2010) 303 Squadron: The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron. Los Angeles: Aquila Polonica Publishing ISBN 978-1-60772-004-1
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Nadia Rose (born 11 June 1993) is a British rapper and songwriter from Croydon, London.

Education
Rose studied Music and Music Management at university.

Career
Rose released her debut EP Highly Flammable on 13 January 2017 following the successful singles "Station", "BOOM", and "D.F.W.T".  Rose is represented by Sony Music Group under the subsidiary Relentless Records. She came fifth in the BBC's 'Sound of 2017' shortlist. In 2018 she released the track WUT2 and appeared in a Stella McCartney catwalk show in Milan.

In 2020, Rose revealed that she had been unable to release new music because of her label. Rose collaborated with Melanie C on the track "Fearless" for Melanie C's self-titled album, Melanie C. The music video had a world premiere on 16 September 2020. Of the collaboration, Rose stated: ""It's no secret that I'm a super Spice Girls fan so this whole experience has been very surreal."

Personal life
Rose is a cousin of Stormzy.

In 2019, Rose took part in an Operation Black Vote campaign to encourage people from ethnic minority communities to register to vote in the 2019 UK General Election. Rose also took part in the 2019 Grime4Corbyn campaign in support of the Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn. Rose wrote an article for Metro encouraging people to vote Labour in the election.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

References

1993 births
Singers from London
Rappers from London
Living people
Black British women rappers
English women rappers
People from Croydon
Relentless Records artists


Some dogs are simply born sweet, and that's our Zoey! Zoey was found hanging around her foster's church. Further investigation found that Zoey had been adopted from a shelter and abandoned. Amazingly, Zoey maintained her sweet spirit and while very shy at first, Zoey warms up and solicits affection quickly. Zoey will be an excellent companion dog and she'll be patiently waiting to meet you!
Zoey is a constant cuddler and will love every moment with you.
Zoey lives with many other dogs and gets along with them.
Zoey has no known experience with kids or cats, so they may be a friendship possibility.
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