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Feeling Good, Working Well: Meridian Credit Union's Biophilic Office
In the relocation of its Toronto corporate office, Meridian Credit Union's transition team worked closely with designers Bullock + Wood and Interface to craft new offices that emphasize and support the well-being of its employees.
As Ontario's largest credit union, Meridian knows well what it takes to help its members grow. And in the process of supporting more than a quarter of a million people enriching their lives and their businesses from Windsor to Ottawa, the community-centric credit union has also grown and now employs more than 1,500 people in several branches and various commercial and corporate offices throughout the region.
Envisioning a new space
When the employees who worked at its Toronto-based corporate office began to outgrow their space in a building in the downtown core several years ago, Meridian applied the same business ethos it relies on to support its members as the driving force behind the design of a new office environment that would reinforce the well-being of its employees and help them to function effectively.
The Meridian team chose a mix of nature-inspired Interface carpet tile as the launching point for the entire design of the office space.
"As we undertook a location search five years ago, we made the decision that moving out of the core was more aligned with who we were as a community credit union," says Sandy Brown, vice president of real estate and property management for Meridian.
As a result, the company relocated this corporate office to suburban Toronto West to be closer to the community it serves as well as to its sister corporate office in St. Catharines. "Our functional goals included creating an environment that linked to our evolving business, supporting our employees' well-being from a social and physical perspective, and reflecting our leadership and cultural values," says Claudine Chess, senior human resources business partner for Meridian.
An office with a view
Among the plus points of the new light-filled 33,000-square-foot space the company chose for the 150 Toronto corporate office employees were expansive views of the nearby surroundings, including greenery, Lake Ontario, and the Toronto skyline in the distance. Situated on the 6th and 7th floors of a 1980s LEED Gold certified building, the offices were also in a place where Meridian "could stake claim," says Chess, noting that "Meridian was founded on the idea of neighborhood banking," and the new setting would allow easy access to the people who lived in condos or worked in small businesses or for commercial developers nearby.
Purposeful design
Recognizing that the extended commute to the new office setting would likely meet with resistance among many of the employees, the transition team involved in spearheading the design of the new offices was keen on creating spaces that would inspire a sense of comfort and well-being for the employees—especially those who would have to travel an hour or more to get to work. So designing an appealing environment with varied spaces and tools to ease various work-related tasks was critical.
"We wanted them to have choices with equipment like headsets or sit-stand workstations, because in today's work environment sitting is thought of as the new smoking and we wanted employee well-being to be front and center," says Chess.
Since many of the company's mobile workers often work from home as well as the office, they also wanted to include characteristics that would echo a home environment. "From a wellness perspective we relied on an analogy to inform the design, which offered a choice of spaces that you'd intuitively use for different kinds of tasks in a home," says Chess. "A dining table for concentrated work, for example, or a comfortable chair for reflective reading, or room to pace around during a conference call."
Employees are encouraged to walk the "Meridian Mile," outlined throughout the office by Interface Off Line carpet tile.
Well-being and biophilic design
Another essential ingredient for the team, who worked with Toronto-based interior designers Bullock + Associates on the design of the new offices, was to support a sense of well-being by embracing the uplifting influence of nature beyond the light, greenery, and inspiring views. Interestingly, the team had been introduced to Interface products and the underlying point of view that drives its designs, and they chose to rely on a mix of its nature-inspired carpets as the launching point for the entire design of the office space.
"Early on in the design phase we were presented with Interface's Human Nature™ collection of products and we fell in love with the sustainability story behind the line and used it to inspire the look of our whole office," says Brown. "We also saw it as an opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to communities," adds Sarah Rea, Meridian's senior manager of corporate social responsibility, noting that the building's LEED Gold environmental standard and the materials choices in the office align to the goals the company aims to achieve.
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In the majority of cases a workers environment, usually an office, is not catered towards maximising their potential health and well-being. This must change. The World Health Organization describes wellness as "…a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.". Do most desk workers fall into…


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PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | A Jamesport firefighters spreads absorbent material to soak up vehicle fluid at the scene of a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon.
Two women were hospitalized with minor injuries after a two-car crash on Main Road in downtown Jamesport Monday afternoon, police said.
According to witnesses at the scene, a husband and wife were traveling west on Main Road in a Jeep Grand Cherokee about 2 p.m. when a Honda Civic pulled out of a nearby deli parking lot and sideswiped the Jeep.
Riverhead ambulance volunteers and Jamesport firefighters were called to the scene to treat the victims and clean up the shattered glass and vehicle fluid in the road.
The Civic's driver and the wife in the Jeep were taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center for treatment. Police at the scene said they were not seriously hurt.
Police said the accident was still under investigation, but no tickets or citations were issued. Main Road was closed in both directions between South Jamesport Avenue and Circle Drive while firefighters cleaned up the scene. By 2:30 p.m., the road was reopened.


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A German Politician Wants The Term "Esports" Exterminated
A German Politician Wants The Term "Esports" Exterminated
The world is filled with real, important issues right now that politicians can tackle, and the term "E-Sports" or as we use it, "esports", is not one of them. That hasn't stopped a German Politician, State Minister of the Interior and for Sports, Hesse Peter Beuth, from giving his two cents about esports. Basically, Mr Beuth wants the term Esports exterminated as it has nothing to do with real sports, according to him.
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After you've managed to get your palm off your face, here's why Mr Beuth wants the term Esports exterminated, according to a report by Spieltimes.
The ruling coalition in Germany has plans to acknowledge Esports in the union. This will allow Esports organisations and athletes to benefit from some rights in the union, and they can also establish clubs with welfare and benefits as covered by the German law. That's why, according to reports, Mr Beuth said at a gymnastics and sports congress that:
E-Sports have nothing to do with sports. We need to exterminate that termI'm not sure yet how moving the thumb and forefinger is supposed to be a sport, even if there's something moving on the screen. This congress is about education and health. We want to get the kids into the gym and into the field. Gaming has its value. But it does not belong in a sports organization as such because it adorns itself with a title whose values I miss there.
My personal take on this is that esports should just be left alone. Becoming a professional esports player takes a tonne of dedication, sometimes even more so than a regular sport, in the cases where someone is just naturally strong and with less training than others, they can lift immense weights or tackle someone into oblivion. Then, we must also remember that Chess is considered a sport, which requires less physical effort than esports. If you've ever seen Korean pro Starcraft players manage to hit more than 300 actions per minute and suffer from injuries because of it, then you know what I am talking about.
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Q: detect and remove all executable files in uploaded ZIP file I am working on a web application using Rails which user can upload a zip file which contains its data/file/docs and etc. But I'm concerned with security right now, I want to scan the uploaded zip file and remove all kind of executable such exe, bash and etc how can I do this?

Edit: I am aware of clamav API for rails but it would only scan the file for malicious files not removing the executable, just imagine opening a wrong uploaded executable file in the server and the cost of this action server/business-wide!

A: First, it would be better and more robust to whitelist allowed file types, and not blacklist disallowed ones (eg. executables). So you should have a list of types you allow if that is possible in your application.
Then the question is how you determine the type of a file.
The trivial way is checking the file extension, but that's not very strong. It may still be good for a first check to avoid spending precious cpu time on further checks.
After that, you can use the filemagic database to quite reliably find the type of uploaded files. You have two options:

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*If your application runs on linux, you can call the file tool directly, something like filetype = `file -Ib #{filename}` to get the filetype. Note that filename in this example needs to be sanitized to avoid OS command injection!

*If you want to support Windows too (or just want to avoid calling shell commands and have nicer code), you can use the ruby-filemagic gem:
require 'filemagic'
filename = 'yourfile.ext'
magic = FileMagic.new
filetype = magic.file(filename)

The problem with ruby-filemagic is that it's not maintained anymore, but it would probably still work fine to find executables.

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Fawzi Bashir Rajab Bait Doorbeen (; born 6 May 1984), commonly known as Fawzi Bashir, is an Omani former footballer who last played for Dhofar S.C.S.C. in Oman Professional League.

Club career

He has previously played for various clubs in GCC countries like Ettifaq FC of KSA, Al-Wakrah Sport Club and Al-Gharafa Sports Club of Qatar, Qadsia SC and Kazma Sporting Club of Kuwait and Baniyas SC, Al-Dhafra Club and Ajman Club of UAE. On 1 October 2013, he signed a six-months contract with Dhofar S.C.S.C.

Club career statistics

International career

He has been an active member of the senior national team since the early turn of the millennium.  Fawzi has been a very key player for the Oman national team, as well as his clubs in play making and scoring.  He joined the national team at a very young age of 17 and from the very beginning was a member of the starting line-up. Bashir had held the number 10 shirt since 2001 as well. He was part of the first team squad of the Oman national football team till 2013. Fawzi was selected for the national team for the first time in 2001.

Arabian Gulf Cup
Fawzi has made appearances in the 16th Arabian Gulf Cup, the 17th Arabian Gulf Cup, the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup, the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup, the 20th Arabian Gulf Cup and the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup.

He first showed his talent during the 16th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2003–04, scoring two goals, one in a 1-1 draw against Yemen and another in a 2-0 win over Qatar. In the tournament, Oman finished at the fourth place, hence reaching its best ever position in the Arabian Gulf Cup competition, reaching the final four round for the first time, with eight points from two wins and two draws.

In the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2007, he scored one goal in a 2-1 win over the hosts the United Arab Emirates in the Group stage. This was the second time when Oman reached to the finals but again they lost to the hosts, the United Arab Emirates. Ismail Matar, the Emirati legend, scored the lone goal of the match as United Arab Emirates won their first ever Arabian Gulf Cup.

Finally in 2009, he helped his team to win their first ever Arabian Gulf Cup trophy. He scored one goal in the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup in a 2-0 win over Bahrain.

In the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup in 2013, he made two appearances as the captain of the team but failed to score a single goal. Oman again could score only one goal and this time it was from the spot by youngster Hussain Al-Hadhri against Qatar which Oman eventually lost 2-1. Oman failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

AFC Asian Cup
Fawzi has made appearances in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification, the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification and has also represented the national team in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification.

He scored six goals in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification, a brace in a 7-0 win over Nepal, a hat-trick in a 6-0 win over Nepal and another in a 3-1 win over South Korea hence helping his team to qualify for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup. In the tournament, Oman won four points in a 2-0 win over Thailand and a 2-2 draw against Iran and hence failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.

In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, he scored a brace in a 5-0 win over Pakistan. Badar Al-Maimani scored one and the only goal of Oman in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in a 1-1 draw against Australia. In the tournament, Oman won two points in two points in a 1-1 draw against Australia and in a 0-0 draw against Iraq and hence failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.

In the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, he scored one goal in a 2-1 win over Indonesia. Oman failed to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

FIFA World Cup qualification
Fawzi has made thirteen appearances in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, six in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, seven in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and eleven in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

His only goal for Oman in FIFA World Cup qualification matches came in the First Round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in a 2-0 win over Nepal.

Retirement
In February 2013, soon after the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup Bashir announced his retirement from national duty. Basheer and  Oman's coach Paul Le Guen were reported to have started drifting apart nearly a year and a half ago when the Frenchman replaced the midfielder with Ali Al Habsi as captain during the World Cup qualifying match against Australia late in 2011. Media reports suggested fresh differences between the two after a friendly against Togo in late 2012 which Oman lost 0-1.

National Team career statistics

Goals for Senior National Team
Scores and results list Oman's goal tally first.

Honours

Club

With Al-Nasr
Omani League (1): 2003-2004; Runner-up 1998–99, 1999–2000
Sultan Qaboos Cup (2): 2000, 2002; Runner-up 1999, 2001
Omani Super Cup (0): Runner-up 2002

With Al-Qadisiya
Kuwait Crown Prince Cup (1): 2006
Kuwait Emir Cup (1): 2007; Runner-up 2006

With Al-Gharrafa
Qatar Stars League (1): 2007–2008
Sheikh Jassem Cup (1): 2007
Qatar Crown Prince Cup (0): Runner-up 2007

With Bani Yas
UAE President's Cup (0): Runner-up 2011–12

With Ajman
Etisalat Emirates Cup (1): 2012–13

National Team
Arabian Gulf Cup:
Winners: 2009
Runner-up: 2004, 2007

See also
List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

References

External links

 Fawzi Bashir  at Goal.com

1984 births
Living people
People from Salalah
Omani footballers
Oman international footballers
Omani expatriate footballers
Association football midfielders
2004 AFC Asian Cup players
2007 AFC Asian Cup players
FIFA Century Club
Al-Nasr SC (Salalah) players
Ettifaq FC players
Al-Wakrah SC players
Al-Gharafa SC players
Kazma SC players
Baniyas Club players
Al Dhafra FC players
Ajman Club players
Dhofar Club players
Saudi Professional League players
Qatar Stars League players
Oman Professional League players
Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
Omani expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate footballers in Qatar
Omani expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Expatriate footballers in Kuwait
Omani expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
Omani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
UAE Pro League players
Asian Games competitors for Oman

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With my major project pre-production out of the way I'd show you some of the work that I've been doing for the collaborative game project.
During the course of the game project I'm responsible for the body mechanic animations and two cut scenes for the game, additionally I'm also overseeing some of the second year animators who have joined in on our project who are doing body-mechanic animations.
Here are my thumbnails for the body mechanics that I will be animating in production.
I also created animatics of all of my body mechanics that from my thumbnails and also using video reference. I'm unable to upload the videos to blogger because it will take a long time to upload around 10 videos to this post. I didn't have a chance to do my cut-scene pre-production however I've been working on it this week and last week, so its all coming together well. I need to re-record a few bits of reference also. Production starts on Monday and I can't wait to get into it!


Ted Dibiase is boring in the ring, so Dolph Ziggler gets my vote.
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Power to the People and the Beats:
Public Enemy's Greatest Hits
(Def Jam)
Written by T.J. Simon
New York's Public Enemy was the first politically charged hip-hop act to achieve massive commercial success by drawing on themes of black power and criticism of the establishment. Starting with 1987's Yo! Bum Rush the Show, the collective's controversial themes urged urban youth to consider social problems in their communities while introducing these issues to an ever-growing white audience. Black kids loved them because they spoke the truth, and white kids were drawn to them because punk and metal just weren't freaking out suburban parents anymore. To commemorate Public Enemy's glory days, Def Jam has released Power to the People and the Beats, an 18-song chronological collection featuring the group's best moments that also includes a 19-page booklet full of photos, notes, and essays detailing its cultural significance.
The core of Public Enemy was rapper Chuck D (real name: Carlton Ridenhour), rapper/comic relief Flavor Flav (real name: William Jonathan Drayton, Jr.), and producer/DJ Terminator X (real name: Norman Rogers). Rather than arising from the street gang culture in the manner of N.W.A., Chuck D and Flavor Flav met while attending Adelphi University. The group also had an assortment of incendiary losers and hangers-on who didn't appear to add anything to the musical output, but who, at least, could be counted on to say something stupid in public. Repeated accusations of anti-Semitism often put Public Enemy in a defensive position, even though the resulting headlines always created a spike in record sales.
Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits itself touches upon all of the important bases from Public Enemy's output. The tracks from the early years, including You're Gonna Get Yours and Rebel Without a Pause, sound a bit dated, considering how far the genre's production values have come over the past two decades. However, the group's masterpieces are all intact: Fight the Power, Welcome to the Terrordome, By the Time I Get to Arizona, and Shut Em Down sound as fresh and relevant in 2005 as the day they hit the streets. Unfortunately, the collection's version of Bring the Noise is the original from 1988's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back rather than the superior 1991 heavy metal collaboration with Anthrax. The disc's outstanding closer is the largely ignored He Got Game, which utilizes a generous sample from Stephen Stills' For What It's Worth ("Stop, children, what's that sound?") as its musical core.
With its best days clearly in the past, Public Enemy's core group members have moved onto other things: Chuck D is presently a host on the liberal Air America radio network, and Flavor Flav is a reality television also-ran. Militantly political hip-hop is pretty common today as is unusual sample and beat construction, but none of this would have been commercially viable if it weren't for the fact that Public Enemy blazed the trail. This makes Power to the People and the Beats an important artifact from hip-hop history.
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DISA Releases Draft Solicitation for $960M Test, Evaluation and Certification II Services IDIQ
The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a draft request for proposals for a potential $960 million follow-on contract for test and evaluation support services. The proposed Test, Evaluation and Certification II Services vehicle will be a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a base performance period of four years, five option years and a six-month option term.
by Jane Edwards April 5, 2021, 3:27 am
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FAA Releases Cybersecurity Operations Support RFI
The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking information on industry capabilities to help inform its strategy for the procurement of cybersecurity operations support services. FAA plans to compete a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for such services in support of its security operations center that helps monitor information security incidents and protect the information technology infrastructure of the FAA and the Department of Transportation.
by Jane Edwards March 15, 2021, 3:42 am
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Akima Subsidiary Wins Spot on $114M Navy Contract for IT, Engineering Services; Duncan Greene Quoted
Aperture, an Akima subsidiary, has secured a position on a five-year, $113.8 million contract to support the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic's Command Wide 8(a) Programmatic Engineering Logistics Support Incubator program. "We are excited to continue Akima's work with the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command," said Duncan Greene, president of Akima's Mission Systems, Engineering & Technology Group.
by Sarah Sybert March 3, 2021, 10:18 am
Parsons Secures Spot on $2B IDIQ for Air Force Base Modernization, Restoration Efforts; Chris Alexander Quoted
Parsons has been awarded a position on the potential ten-year, $2 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple award task order contract by the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC). The company will deliver architecture engineering capabilities, such as design, construction management and the restoration and modernization of Air Force Bases. "We're ready to deliver exceptional critical infrastructure expertise to modernize and sustain Air Force bases around the world," said Chris Alexander, executive vice president and general manager of Parsons' engineered systems market.
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PAE has been selected as one of the companies that will compete for task orders under the Department of Justice's MEGA 5 Automated Litigation Support Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract (MAC) vehicle. "Our National Security Solutions division will continue providing exceptional service through our core capabilities that past MEGA programs have depended upon," said John Heller, president and CEO of PAE and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient.
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Federal Resources Wins Seat on $2B DHS Contract for COVID-19 Testing Kits, Services
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Air Force Issues Update on 'COMET' IT Support IDIQ
The U.S. Air Force has announced that the follow-on vehicle for information technology services in support of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center will be a potential 10-year, $778 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
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Northrop Secures $3.6B USAF Contract for Aircraft Comm Node Support; Ben Davies Quoted
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $3.6 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue Battlefield Airborne Communications Node operations, sustainment and support. "We are honored to work with the Air Force to continue to bring the critical gateway communications capabilities of the BACN program to U.S. warfighters operating around the world," said Ben Davies, vice president and general manager of networked information solutions division at Northrop.
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Jacobs Secures Navy Contract for Waterfront Facilities Services
Jacobs has received a five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) to deliver waterfront facilities inspection and assessment services outside the contiguous U.S. (OCONUS). "We understand the critical importance of maintaining the structural integrity of the U.S. Navy's waterfront facilities," said Tim Byers, senior vice president and general manager of federal and environmental solutions at Jacobs.
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Intelligent Waves has won a spot on a potential $950 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Air Force to support Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). "Leveraging our exceptional capabilities to deliver secure information sharing, for joint all-domain operations (JADO), is a strategic asset that more Defense and Intelligence Communities can now deploy with our subject matter expertise," said Marqus Hutchinson, Intelligent Waves"™ chief technical officer (CTO).
CGI Gets Seat on State Department's $3.3B Global Support Strategy 2.0 Contract
The Department of State's Office of Acquisition Management has selected CGI to serve as one of the prime contractors on the potential ten-year Global Support Strategy for Overseas Consular Support Services 2.0 (GSS 2.0) multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, the company reported on Monday. Under GSS 2.0, the selected companies will compete for task orders under the potential $3.3 billion IDIQ.
Akima Subsidiary Wins Spot on USAF's $14B Aircraft Maintenance IDIQ; Scott Rauer Quoted
Akima Logistics Services, an Akima subsidiary, has secured a position on the ten-year, $14 billion Aircraft Maintenance Enterprise Solution (ACES) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. "We are proud to continue our support of vital Air Force missions and eager to provide effective, efficient, and innovative solutions," said Scott Rauer, president of Akima's Facilities Solutions Group.
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Watching Legacy: lesson-learnt from living legends in music, movies and TV series.
There are three pop-culture events I have been waiting for in this first semester of 2019, as they speaks thousand words about building legacy. When you experience these events, you'll get what 'building legacy' is without having to attend a lecture about it. The fun thing is, the lessons I will talk about is told through music, movie and TV series event (yes, I am probably too-nerdy, that I ended up writing article out of pop-culture event!). Let me talk about these events first, and then summarize its insights for takeaways.
Salute 2019 Concert
The first one is "Konser Salute 2019", which was performed last night. I watched it live, and it was beyond magnanimous as the concert made all the audience gave standing ovation. I can't believe that the concert is ending, I didn't want to leave the hall with hundreds of other audience. Not only because all the songs and overture was played heavenly, it was the story behind the concert that made it become one of the most-memorable musical event of 2019. It was a tribute concert, dedicated to three living legends of songwriters whose works are in song's playlist of most Indonesians: Melly Goeslaw, Dewiq, and Dee Lestari. Melly, for example, have written 200+ songs, and no Indonesian who doesn't like at least one of her songs. Dewiq and Dee also has colored the world of most Indonesians life, in which listening to songs is an everyday habit: as simple as to help make weekdays' commuting bearable due to heavy traffic to work. In this story, legacy makers are all the three songwriters, and Erwin Gutawa who has initiated 'Konser Salute' that made all of us step back and reaffirm how unique, grandeur and full of legacies Indonesian music landscape is.
The second one is the "Avengers: Endgame" movie event, coming this April. It is a culmination of Marvel Cinematics Universe (MCU) journey started back in 2008 with "Iron Man" movie. It has rippled the cinematic world since, as it creates thousands (if not millions) of fans, despite that most of them probably haven't read Marvel comics beforehand. After ten years, the whole MCU stories will come to its biggest milestone, that has been waited by many moviegoers. The legacy makers here is Stan Lee, the man behind Marvel whose imagination about 'all-too-human' superheroes loved by everyone. There is even lesson learnt on different leadership styles in the movies that is useful for HR practitioner: I myself took Avengers as representation of DISC personalities in my workshops, to help audience understand the model easily. Another legacy-maker here is Kevin Feige, who sticks with MCU world as producer and faithfully working on it for the last ten years and make Marvel's world comes to live marvelously.
Third, is the final season of "Game of Thrones", also coming in April. Despite controversies on the series (due to it's parental advisory nature), no one doubted that the series has created disruption in TV series world. I was once said to a friend that why I think George Martin is genius, because 'he can create a narrative where all type of fictional characters are there, and somehow, audience is made to believe that they belong to the same universe, and its all made logical: be it medieval kingdoms, dragons, zombies, giants as characters, or all elements of drama either it's about actions, politics, friendship and love'. Not to mention its plot that twisted here and there, that make you attached to the life of Westerosi and its surrounding. Legacy maker here is definitely George himself as writer, and duet of David Benioff and D.B. Weiss who has casted different Directors and talented actors/actress to make sure they translated the "A Song of Ice and Fire" story into the right quality they wanted, scene by scene.
Three stories above are the stories of living legends whose works had, and will make, lasting legacies in the pop-culture world of music, movies and TV series this year.
Here are the takeaways on lesson learnt behind their work:
1. It was all started with Purpose. We can read a lot of references on Stan Lee or George Martin on their Purpose, and how they believed in it through difficult times until they become successful. Listened to the stories of Melly, Dewiq and Dee who received tribute from the concert last night, they told the same lifeline-story that they find what their Purpose are and bring it to live through hardship. Question for you: have you find your Purpose, and are you willing to invest time and energy to make that Purpose come to live?.
You don't have to be entrepreneur to realize your Purpose, as many people think. As being entrepreneur seems gives you freedom of doing whatever you wanted to.
Think the opposite: many leaders bring their Purpose comes to live by leveraging organisations where he/she is being part of. They are Purposeful in roles they do, and makes legacies in their own way to their team, organisation, clients/customers, or consumers. As most of us work in organisation as a part of a team, start small and let your Purpose comes to live in your circle of influence, first. The higher you are in the organisation, the bigger the impact of your Purpose could potentially make.
2. It is a process of harvesting from years of hard work, not an instant. All these legacy-makers were starting their work since decades ago, and consistently do their stuff. Just like a huge monument that was built bricks-by-bricks. All the three stories validate the truth that legends and legacies in arts are built through song-by-song, scenes-by-scenes, episodes-by-episodes. There is no shortcuts, or they will vanish just like most the 'one-hit wonders': group of potential artists that never being heard of anymore. The risk of current 'instant' culture where consumers or users can be spoiled by the ease of technology might tempted most of us to think (by default) that all these works happens 'just like that': like a Thanos snap. And we sometime tempted to think (with a bit of jealousy) and says: "Look at him/her, getting so much fans and money just by singing, or acting in movies!". What audience didn't see was the process behind it: rehearsals, instrument by instrument, song by song (such as in last night concert), or script-by-script, scene-cuts by scene-cuts (in movies). If you have any figure you admire beyond the world of music and movies, you will find the same story: that there is no shortcuts. Even Thanos must fight the whole universe to finally do his snap, didn't he?
Key message for you: if you are in the middle of developing and growing yourselves to be expert in your field, or leaders you want to be, enjoy it. Don't rush and be intimidated with peer pressure, you have your own timeline as long as you are loyal to your Purpose. And when the time it comes, let the world see you shine. One joke I remembered, told by my lecturer in Philosophy, was in 17th century Enlightenment era, there was so many aspired young philosophers who try to publish a canonical book, and surprisingly, it was Immanuel Kant who published his "Critique of Pure Reason" in 1781 that made legacies. When he published his work at the age of 57, Kant's work become canonical, because he took time to let himself harvest the thought and hardwork. Of course, age standards could be different with information era and technology these days, but the point is that let you mature -- let your team members mature. And as HR business partner, spread the messages of the importance of taking time in building expertise and maturity.
3. Collaborate. Find people who has the same Purpose and believe in the 'school of thought of Harvesting'. Just like how Marvel Cinematic Universe can only be made possible because of Kevin Feige, so do "A Song of Ice and Fire" can become 'Game of Thrones' TV-series because of David Benioff and D.B Weiss. Stan Lee, by himself, or George Martin, by himself, will not be able to make it legends. Find yourself an ally, who also believe in Purpose and have faith on the importance on harvesting success after hard work (no shortcuts).
Purpose. Hardwork. Collaborate.
These are three lessons from the living legends of three pop-culture event that is happening until April this year. If you are also fans, enjoy the event when it comes, and remember the lessons.
Pop-Culture events can be insightful. I learnt about what it takes to build legacy from living legends from the world of music, movies and TV series as summarised in this blog.
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Big news for Monroe Mann and the cast/crew of You Can't Kill Stephen King: The horror film won the People's Choice award for feature film at the second annual Lewiston Auburn Film Festival.
Kathryn Skelton, staff writer at Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal notes that "You Can't Kill Stephen King" drew the largest crowd of the day. The movie was filmed in 19 days around Western Maine. That's exciting, because King has often encouraged film makers to make his movies in Maine.
Mann and Ronnie Khalil took the stage for an audience Q&A after the screening. Khalil and Jorge Valdes-Iga directed with Mann.
Mann, an actor, and Khalil, a stand-up comedian, wrote the screenplay on a lark, during a rainy weekend at Mann's family camp five years ago. The pair also co-starred and produced.
In real life, "I'm creepy but not that creepy," Khalil said.
Mann saw Stephen King twice during filming. The famous author declined a cameo in the movie. The directors are talking now to sales agents and fielding distribution offers.


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Cardinal Newman Catholic School unveils plans for all-weather sports pitch
Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Hove has announced plans to improve its sports facilities with the installation of an all-weather astroturf pitch and changing facilities.
In addition to allowing its own students more opportunities to play a variety of sports throughout the year, the school is keen to offer use of the new pitch to local sports teams across the city.
The school's Principal, Dr James Kilmartin, said, "We know from our own experience and from the findings of the city council, that clubs are under-served in terms of all-weather facilities and we look forward to helping fill the unmet demand for quality artificial grass pitches.
"We are so pleased to bring forward our plans for this new pitch and hope that the availability of an additional all-weather surface will inspire our students and more young people across the city to participate in sport more frequently. We very much hope muddy winter pitches will become a thing of the past!"
Cardinal Newman boasts an excellent sporting record both locally and nationally, including the outstanding success of Newman Rugby Academy who were crowned winners at the AoC National Championships in April 2019 and the Boys Football team who were in the Final of the ESFA U13 National Schools Cup in May 2018.
"We are extremely proud of our student sportsmen and sportswomen and hope the availability of a state-of-the-art pitch will nurture continued dedication to sport at our school," continued Dr Kilmartin.
Cardinal Newman Catholic School will shortly submit a planning application for the installation of the astroturf surface with associated changing facilities, lighting and fencing on part of the south-facing school field, along Old Shoreham Road.
The school is currently consulting with parents and neighbours ahead of the application being made to Brighton & Hove City Council.
For more information and to view the plans, please visit the school website: www.cncs.co.uk.
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The Filmic Journey
Don't Mess With Goat Islands
(Dec 15, 2013) I was recently approached by the Jamaica Environment trust to do a 30 second animation to the lyrics of the song "Don't Mess With Goat Islands" written by Inilek Wilmot, Vocals by Quecee and music and production by Jeremy Ashbourne. Took me 3 weeks to complete this animation from the design of the characters to the final output. I had a lot of fun with this project, learned a lot and the best part is, it has received two write ups so far. One in the Jamaica Gleaner and the other in the Jamaica Observer.
Goat Islands Gleaner Link
Goat Islands Observer Link
Quite proud that the animation was worthy of mention in this way. Currently the animation is on Jamaica Environment Trust's facebook page and youtube channel. My aim not is to help them get it on TV, because it is a worthy cause.
For those who don't know, China approached the Jamaican government, to build a shipping hub to facilitate a major shipping channel that will be opening up as soon as the Panama canal re-opens. It promises to provide a lot of jobs, however, the major concern is that these promises may be empty based on past projects of a somewhat similar nature like the cruise ship harbour built in Trelawny, that promised a boom in the economy for that parish, which has proven not to be the case. Fears are that most of the jobs from the goat island project will go to foreigners, and the fishing village in the surrounding regions of Goat Islands will suffer, as they do not possess the skilled labour or the means to acquire it and the fish sanctuaries will be destroyed, essentially ruining the livelihood of all the communities that depend on fishing as their source of income and food. If you want to do more, share the video and go to the website to learn how you can help www.savegoatislands.org you can also buy the T-shirt. Together we can save Goat Islands.
Stay tuned for more animations from NivekProAnimations. Check me out on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/user/NivekProAnimations) and don't for get to like share and subscribe.
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Bayern Munich's 29-year-old defender Dante is set to win his first cap for Brazil in a friendly against England at Wembley on Wednesday reports Mark Lovell.
Brazil's new and old coach Luiz Felipe Scolari (lovingly known as Big Phil) had no hesitation in calling up the Bayern defensive lynchpin to his revamped squad. With regular centre half Thiago Silva of PSG currently out injured, Dante travels to London on Monday with high hopes of a first start for the Seleção (Brazil national team).
Scolari, a World Cup winning coach against Germany in 2002, is back in charge of the 'Boys from Brazil' for a second spell after replacing Mano Menezes. The ex-Chelsea manager quickly needs to instil a feel-good factor in the Brazilian national squad ahead of the fast approaching 2014 World Cup on home soil.
Dante joined Bayern in the summer from Borussia Mönchengladbach for a bargain fee of €5m. He has been an ever-present this Bundesliga campaign and has quickly established himself as an integral part of Bayern's parsimonious backline. Dante is arguably the Bavarians' stand-out defender this season, compensating for the serious injury of Holger Badstuber.
After the record German champions' comfortable away win in the carnival city of Mainz on Saturday, Dante immediately turned his attentions to the mouth-watering prospect of a Brazil debut at Wembley, the 'home of football'.
Despite the match's billing as a mere friendly, Dante says he cannot wait for the game and is keen to impress the new boss. "England against Brazil, this is a classic of the world game," he beamed.
Away from Dante's potential debut, there is likely to be more media scrutiny on the returning Ronaldinho. The two-time World Player of the Year has also been called back into Big Phil's star-studded squad for this glamorous fixture, kicking off the English Football Association's (FA) 150th anniversary celebrations.
Dante flies to London on Monday to meet up with the rest of the squad and could form a potentially formidable 'afro partnership' with Chelsea's David Luiz in the heart of the Seleção defence.
On the subject of eye-catching hairstyles, Dante may have to mark someone with his very own hair history. In-form England striker Wayne Rooney famously underwent hair transplant surgery in 2011. 'Roo' will soon realise, like the rest of the millions watching around the world, that there is much more substance to Dante than just a frizzy 'fro.
Mark Lovell looks at Bayern Munich's poor Champions League final record and the substitutions that arguably cost them two crowns.
After the fanfare and collective back-slapping surrounding Bayern's acquisition of Pep Guardiola, it's clear that expectations will be heightened when the 42-year-old begins a three-year contract in the summer. Victory in the Champions League is likely to be the minimum dividend expected from the club's investment. Racking up Bundesliga titles alone will not cut it for the club – or, for that matter, the Catalan himself.
The Champions League remains the 'Holy Grail' for the Bavarian club. The Reds last won the title in 2001 after a penalty shoot-out success against Valencia.
In fact, Bayern have developed quite a habit of falling at the final hurdle. They have experienced the heartache of defeat in four of their last five finals in Europe's most prestigious competition.
In 1982, Bayern were strong favourites to beat English underdogs Aston Villa in Rotterdam, but succumbed to a solitary Peter Withe goal in the De Kuip stadium. Famous names from the Bayern 'family' suffered the agony of the 1982 defeat. The Reds were captained by Paul Breitner, with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Dieter Hoeness playing up front. Uli, Dieter's elder brother, was by this time the club's General Manager.
In 1987, a Bayern side inspired by Lothar Matthäus surrendered a deserved half-time lead, losing 2-1 to an unfancied FC Porto side in Vienna. The names Rummenigge and Hoeness were again on the team sheet – this time it was Karl-Heinz's younger brother Michael – with Dieter Hoeness still in attack for Bayern.
Louis van Gaal's Bayern came out second best in the 2010 final in Madrid, losing to Jose Mourinho's treble-winning Inter Milan side. This was the first of two painful final defeats in three years for the record German champions. Argentinian Diego Milito decided affairs with a goal in each half against a Bayern side deprived of the talents of their talisman Franck Ribéry through suspension.
Despite dominating the 2012 Champions League final at the Allianz Arena, Bayern failed to see off an average, but spirited, Chelsea side. The 'Finale Dahoam' (Home Final) turned into more of a Home Fiasco. Bayern squandered three match points in their own backyard against Chelsea: throwing away a lead in the final minutes; Arjen Robben's tame extra-time back pass – sorry missed penalty; and then the ultimate heartache of the penalty shoot-out, when Kroos, Timoschtschuk and Robben felt unable to take penalties as their nerves failed them.
Recalling the lead-up to Didier Drogba's shock equaliser, I would argue that there was no pressing need to take off Thomas Müller just a couple of minutes after his bouncing header past Petr Cech. The 23-year-old Bavarian certainly seemed fit enough to jump around wildly in celebration before being mobbed by jubilant team-mates after his 83rd minute goal finally broke the deadlock.
During the miserable post mortem sound bites, Müller's hauling off was attributed to a long-standing calf injury. However, Müller had gone into the game with this injury and been playing through the pain barrier for weeks. He had complained of the injury long before the goal and Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes hadn't taken him off. So why react now?
In reality, hadn't Heynckes sacrificed his goalscorer to afford him a standing ovation in recognition of his 'winning' goal in front of a home crowd? Chelsea carried little threat. The game was done and dusted. However, the substitution brutally backfired as Daniel van Buyten entered the fray on 85 minutes. Defensive reorganisation was required, but this failed to transpire when the English side were awarded their only corner of the match. Drogba was allowed the freedom of Munich to thunder a bullet header past the helpless Manuel Neuer. Fellow defender Jerome Boateng was the scapegoat in many peoples' eyes for not getting tight enough to Drogba but surely the idea of bringing on van Buyten was to 'double team' the African striker for the remaining minutes?
How fickle the footballing fates are. The history books would not show Robben's weak extra-time penalty miss – and the Dutchman would not have been booed a few days later in the Allianz Arena when he played for the Netherlands in a Euro warm-up game. A more defensive Bayern unit with van Buyten on board lost on penalties to a Chelsea side that seized their only real chance of the match, emphatically punishing Bayern for a momentary lapse in discipline. "It's madness, really cruel," said (now) President Uli Hoeness after the game, whilst the (former) Director of Football, Christian Nerlinger, called it "a total nightmare, like a really bad film." "1999 was incredibly brutal, but tonight is even sadder, even more brutal and more unnecessary," said a disconsolate Chairman of the Board Karl-Heinz Rummenigge at the post-match function.
The late Freddie Mercury crooned "Barcelona! How can I forget?" with Opera diva Montserrat Caballé before the 1999 final in the Catalan capital. Well, the 1999 final defeat to Manchester United at Camp Nou will forever be etched into the Bayern memory. This was another perfect example of Bayern plucking defeat from the jaws of an assured victory – after a substitution backfired.
Bayern were deservedly ahead after Mario Basler's cheeky 6th minute free kick, which sneaked through a ragged Manchester United wall, beating the Big Dane Peter Schmeichel all ends up. Bayern should have been out of sight; both Carsten Jancker and Mehmet Scholl had chances to seal the deal but could only hit the woodwork.
The game in Barcelona arguably turned after the substitution of Bayern legend Lothar Matthäus with just ten minutes remaining. Germany's 1990 World Cup winning captain was 38 years old at the time and entering the twilight of his career. However, as 'Libero' (sweeper) on that balmy night in Barcelona, he had mopped up everything a limited United side could throw at Bayern.
Without their experienced 'Libero', Bayern let in two goals in added time to let the trophy slip from their grasp. Thorsten Fink, who replaced Matthäus, hurriedly miskicked the ball from a corner – instead of launching a clearance into Row Z. His timid hack fell to straight to Ryan Giggs, whose mishit found Teddy Sheringham, who equalised from close range.
Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for a visibly reeling Bayern side, they conceded another sloppy goal from a corner. The Norwegian 'baby-faced assassin', Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, fired into the roof of the net from a Sheringham flick-on.
Cue bedlam in Barcelona. Commentator Clive Tyldsley asked UK TV viewers how Matthäus must be feeling as the cameras panned to the German with his head in his hands after the two hammer blows. "Who cares?" was his belligerent summing up.
In the aftermath of post-match analyses of their inexplicable 102 second collapse, Scholl was fined around DM 10,000 for suggesting that Lothar had a habit of removing himself from duty when things got a bit tight. Bayern's outspoken midfielder Steffen Effenberg labelled Matthäus a 'deserter'. In his recent autobiography, 'Effe' stated he still can't work out why Germany's most capped player (150) was substituted with his side in front. "It would have taken a broken leg for me to leave the field," said the fiery former captain.
Lothar added fuel to the flames by suggesting that he could have played on if coach (Ottmar Hitzfeld) had insisted, a statement which he was later forced to retract.
Uli Hoeness famously said that Lothar wouldn't even get a job as a greenkeeper at the club. Although time is a great healer and certain differences have been patched up, it is no coincidence that Lothar has never been asked back to the club in any capacity to join fellow former greats in the Bayern 'family'.
In 2001, Bayern were definitely spurred onto greater efforts in the Champions League after the misery of Barcelona 1999. Fans will be hoping that Jupp Heynckes's charges can use the disappointment of the 'Home Final' to go one better this time around, before the 67-year-old hands over to the man welcomed by all and sundry as the new Messiah, Pep Guardiola.
Mark Lovell muses over Pep Guardiola's appointment at 'Project' Bayern.
These values are very much at the core of Bayern Munich. However, it still came as a surprise to many when the club announced in midweek that Josep 'Pep' Guardiola, the hottest coaching property in world football, had agreed to join them in the summer on a three-year deal. He will be the first Spanish manager in Bundesliga history, let alone in Bayern history. He is a Catalan cut from the same cloth as the proud Bavarians.
I can imagine the oligarchs and sheikhs'chins dropped to the ground after they heard the announcement. Particularly when one considers that, only the day before, he had underlined his love for the English game.
I believe the short-term nature of the Premier League scared Pep. Today, to almost universal dismay and astonishment, recently promoted side Southampton sacked their manager Nigel Adkins. The Saints had a decent record of just two defeats in 12 games, including a midweek draw against Champions of Europe Chelsea. Few managers are safe in the Premiership. Even Pep's rival José Mourinho felt the wrath of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.
Guardiola's agent Jose Maria Orobitg revealed that his prized client had opted for the German 'FCB' because it was the 'best project'. "Bayern did not offer the most money," he said. "Guardiola chose this club because of its organisation, its opportunities and its players." He is to be lauded for deciding against the constant fear of dismissal – no matter how much more lucrative the financial package might have been elsewhere. CEO of Bayern München AG Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed that Guardiola had listened more to his heart than monetary factors when making his decision. "If it were purely down to money, Bayern would have had no chance," he explained. The Bayern hierarchy deserves praise for using their 'soft skills' to stress the club's values to Guardiola so convincingly.
Bayern ticked all the boxes as a destination for Pep's next 'project'. This is a club with a rich history and a sense of tradition, where former players play key roles. Uli Hoeness is the feisty President after enjoying more than 30 years as general manager; Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, is a diligent Chairman of the executive board; and 'Kaiser' Franz Beckenbauer has loyally served the club in many capacities – too many to mention – but all with great aplomb. My personal favourite 'cariño' story is goal-scoring legend Gerd Mueller being spared an alcoholic death by the caring Hoeness, and recovering to become a respected member of the Bayern family.
It was former Sports Director Christian Nerlinger who made the first approach to Guardiola back in June 2012. The ex Glasgow Rangers midfielder is no longer at the club, paying the price with his job for Bayern's trophy drought. The record German champions haven't won a trophy since May 2010.
Matthias Sammer, Nerlinger's replacement, was offered a free rein to implement sweeping changes in the club's organisation, particularly in youth development, where he had built up a burgeoning reputation as the German FA's (DFB) youth co-ordinator.
It will be interesting to see how the working relationship between Sammer and the new coach pans out. Sammer may find himself marginalised. Guardiola will have been astute enough to insist on certain guarantees as to the scope of his 'project'. He is expected to bring at least two of his 'own' men with him to Munich. There are early whispers of ex Real Madrid superstar Raúl coming to Bayern as Pep's assistant. The two were close friends in the Spanish national side and Raúl gained valuable recent Bundesliga experience with Schalke 04.
Scribes far more talented than I have continued to wax lyrically about the grace, style and substance of Guardiola's Barcelona, where it was seemingly not all about winning and hoarding trophies. It was all about how you played the game. Trophies (14 in just 4 years) were simply a pleasant side effect.
My early days in Munich coincided with the legendary Giovanni Trapattoni's time at the club. His press conferences were often more entertaining than some of the drab 'Catenaccio' football on offer at the exposed Olympia Stadion.
Bayern showed they can take a strong stance by sacking Felix Magath back in 2007. The disciplinarian had won two successive doubles (a run of success unparalleled in German football history) in just 33 months in charge. However, Magath was heavily criticised for his side's workmanlike playing style and his antiquated training regime.
Ottmar Hitzfeld delivered the Holy Grail with the Champions League trophy in 2001 and was Bayern's go to man after Magath was fired.
The current Switzerland national coach also won Europe's most prestigious trophy with rivals Borussia Dortmund in 1997. This fact and his pragmatic playing style perhaps explain why he doesn't get the credit he deserves for his exploits, especially amongst Bayern fans.
Uli Hoeness would prefer to gloss over the failed experiment with Jürgen Klinsmann. Hoeness described the current US national coach appointment as his "worst mistake" in management.
Bayern took a different tact after repeated Champions League failures and invested heavily in world class players such as Franck Ribéry and Arjen Robben – stumping up the wages that they could readily earn elsewhere. A more 'Guardiola-friendly' playing style was first instigated by Louis van Gaal in 2009.
Pep played under the brusque coach at Barcelona and, though they did not always see eye to eye, Guardiola admits to being heavily influenced by the speed of passing and movement of LvG's Ajax team of the nineties. There is a mutual respect between the two football coaches.
The same cannot be said for the relationship between Bayern's President and van Gaal. The Dutchman enjoyed a honeymoon period at his 'dream club', also winning the double in his first season. But the marriage ended in tears after 'King' Louis repeatedly fell out with Hoeness for "meddling into team affairs" and was ultimately forced to abdicate in April 2011. I remember the final dark days of LvG and Uli – frosty doesn't do it justice. The mutual contempt continues to be aired regularly in the media.
Current coach Jupp Heynckes, a long-term Hoeness confidant, now in his third spell at the club, is the steady hand required after the turbulence of van Gaal's stormy reign. Heynckes will look to seal Bayern's first Bundesliga title in three years before grabbing the pipe and slippers and retreating quietly into retirement.
In hindsight, that wonderful thing, given Pep's appointment, do you think he was consulted before Bayern splashed out €40m on a relatively unproven Spaniard in Javier Martinez from Athletic Bilbao? Or perhaps Bayern felt they needed to highlight to their prospective coach how serious they were about their project?
With the current frenzy surrounding Lionel Messi's injury-hit attempt to break Gerd Müller's record of 85 goals in a calendar year, Mark Lovell gives the lowdown on the prolific German striker affectionately known as 'Short Fat Müller'.
With his motto "if I think, it's way too late," Muller was an instinctive poacher who was born to score goals. The 5ft 9 inch striker was squat and chunky, with thighs like tree trunks, not too dissimilar to Diego Maradona's build in his prime. Bayern coach "Tschik" Cajkovski labelled him as 'too small and too fat' but he soon had to begrudgingly recognise his predatory scoring ability.
Müller was the bane of England and English clubs during his career, scoring the winner as West Germany knocked the holders out of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Yes, England the World Champions were bundled out in extra time, throwing away a two goal advantage in the soaring heat of Leon. You could argue that English football has never recovered from this bitter blow. The German finished top scorer in the tournament with 10 goals.
Müller also scored at Wembley, eliminating England from the 1972 European Championships. He starred for Bayern with a typical no-thrills goal in their 2-0 European Cup success against Leeds United in Paris in 1975. He was a fixture for the Bavarians as they secured three successive European Cup crowns (Champions League in today's money) in the Seventies.
He had an uncanny knack of scoring goals from unlikely positions, often when totally off balance or when rooted to the seat of his pants. This was epitomised by his goal in the 1974 World Cup final as West Germany prevailed against Holland's 'Total Football' in Munich.
Superstar George Best (now there's a player we could compare with Messi!) was once a team mate in America. Like the Northern Irishman, Müller also slumped into an alcoholic haze as his drinking worsened. "I ruined my life," he later admitted.
It is typical of the compassionate nature of Bayern Munich and the way they look after their former players, that when 'The Bomber' fell on harder times, the club's hierarchy did not turn the other cheek. The Bayern family rallied round, most notably Uli Hoeness, and perhaps spared him a tragic ending (unlike George Best).
After treatment and admitting his alcohol dependency, the club was in some way able to repay their debt to him. The 67-year-old has gone on to thrive as a respected coach at the record German champions and is currently helping out Mehmet Scholl with the reserves. "It does not get any better than being at Bayern," he says proudly.
His goal scoring record for Germany stands at a remarkable 68 goals in 62 internationals. No doubt Miroslav Klose will overtake his goals tally sometime during 2013. It will have taken the Lazio striker over twice the number of internationals. No disrespect to Klose, who also possesses admirable qualities, but there is a strong case for him to retire from international football to pay due deference to 'The Nation's Bomber's record. Take note, Miro, you would actually earn a lot of respect by such a magnanimous gesture.
Gerd Müller is quite simply the best striker of all time. I can quite confidently state this as, for all of his genius; Messi is not an out and out striker.
This article was originally written for the Munich Eye.
Welcome to another edition of The Bundesliga Show. This week, Jon Hartley and Matt Hermann are joined by Archie Rhind-Tutt to chew over the latest from the Bundesliga. With the departure of Markus Babbel, that is the big topic of the week along with the big game of the weekend – Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund.


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Final-bound Rafael Nadal 'makes you play bad': Tsitsipas
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Rafael Nadal has advanced to the Australian Open final. (AAP Image/Ritchie Tongo)
A flawless Rafael Nadal has totally dismantled inexperienced Stefanos Tsitsipas to book his place in the 2019 Australian Open men's singles final.
The Spanish second seed claimed an emphatic 6-2 6-4 6-0 semi final victory in one hour, 46 minutes to leave the Rod Laver Arena crowd in awe.
Nadal will get a chance to add a second Australian Open title to his resume and an 18th grand slam title overall when he steps on to the big stage on Sunday night.
The 32-year-old will go into the final in red hot form.
"Have been playing well during the whole event,'" Nadal said. "Every match more or less I think I did a lot of things well. Tonight was another one."
Nadal dusted off his full bag of tricks to dominate the match from the outset.
At no point could Tsitsipas target a weakness because there was none in the Nadal game.
Nadal was the conductor and Tsitsipas was just going along for the ride.
Tsitsipas admitted that he was powerless to stop the momentum of Nadal.
"He gives you no rhythm," Tsitsipas said. "He plays just a different game style than the rest of the players.
"He has this, I don't know, talent that no other player has. I've never seen a player have this. He makes you play bad."
Tsitsipas tried to overpower Nadal from the baseline early in the match, but he found the ball coming back past him twice as hard.
He then tried to draw Nadal to the net, but the Spaniard tracked every ball down as if he was the energetic youngster.
When Tsitsipas came to the net, a tactic that had worked well for him in the lead up to the semi final, including a victory over Roger Federer, Nadal would cheekily loop a ball over his head with success.
Even when Tsitsipas produced a ripping wide shot, Nadal would somehow chase it down and just curl the ball around the net.
Tsitsipas stunned
Tsitsipas was disconsolate after a match that he only picked up six games and copped a bagel in the third set.
"Honestly, I have no idea what I can take from that match," the Greek player said. "It's not that I was even close to get to something. I only got six games from that match."
On the other side of the net, Nadal was in his rhythm the whole time, displaying all his best attributes.
"Playing solid with my serve, playing aggressive," Nadal said. "Probably the backhand was better today than the rest of the days. That's important for me, too, because the forehand was working fantastic during the whole week, week and a half, but the backhand was improving during the tournament.
"Tonight was even better than the previous rounds. Returning better. So in general terms of course I have to be very happy about the way that I played."
It has been 10 years since Nadal last won the Australian Open.
With form like he displayed against Tsitsipas, you have to wonder how it has been a decade between drinks.
Tsitsipas was surprised too – wondering out loud how Federer managed to beat Nadal so many times on the hard courts of Melbourne.
"I'm just trying to think how Federer beat him so [often]," Tsitsipas said. "Similar game style like me. I'm trying to understand. I mean, I don't want to lose to Rafa 10 times."
Nadal will face the winner of the other semi final between top seed Novak Djokovic and French surprise packet Lucas Pouille.
Djokovic and Pouille will face off tomorrow night at Rod Laver Arena.


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Dave Chappelle Says He Regrets Not Returning Boyfriend Bob Saget's Text
Dave Chappelle is reeling from the sudden death of his close friend Bob Saget at age 65 in a Florida hotel room on Sunday.
On Thursday, the 48-year-old star said he also regretted not returning the Full House actor's last text message before he died.
"Man, he just texted me and I saw the text yesterday and never texted him back because I was just busy," Chappelle said in a clip shared by TMZ on Friday. 'Yes, it happens. I'm just saying this to remind you: these moments are precious.'
Regret: Dave Chappelle is reeling from the sudden death of his close friend Bob Saget at age 65 in a Florida hotel room on Sunday. On Thursday, the 48-year-old star said he also regretted not returning the Full House actor's last text message before he died. Seen in October
David was doing a standup at the Peppermint Club in Los Angeles on Thursday night when he made the comments.
The comedian began by saying that he is "getting old" and that at his age "a lot of people I know die" because he started comedy young.
"All my peers are older than me," he said.
And the TV star also said that – like the rest of the world – he "hasn't seen Bob's" [death] coming.'
And then Chappelle told me he hadn't returned Bob's text on time.
Painful: "Man, he just texted me and I saw the text yesterday and never texted him back because I was just busy," Chappelle said in a clip shared by TMZ Friday. 'Yes, it happens. I'm just saying this to remind you: these moments are precious.' Bob in 2016
Also during his Peppermint set, Chappelle touched the backlash, stumbling upon the transphobic comments he made in his October Netflix comedy special The Closer.
"The new me won't be making any of those transphobic bigot jokes," he said Thursday.
Someone yelled, "F*** them, Dave," and Chappelle broke in, "I'm going to tell you one more thing, I'm not fighting the transgender community – that's ridiculous. I don't blame the L's, the B's, the G's or the T's…blame the Jews! Someone else's fault.'
Saget – who was known to audiences around the world for his role as Danny Tanner on the sitcom Full House – was found dead Sunday in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida, while touring with his stand-up. . show.
Old Friends: Chappelle is seen here with Saget (back row) as well as John Mayer (far left) and Ryan Adams (front center)
In a statement, police told E! News: "On 9/1/2022, just after 4 p.m., officers on the 4000 block of Central Florida Parkway (Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes) responded to a man-down call. "On arrival, they found an unresponsive man in a hotel room. The man, identified as Robert Lane Saget, was pronounced dead at the scene. We have no information on the cause of death.'
His cause of death has not yet been released, although no signs of drug use or malicious intent were reported Friday.
The star – who also provided the narrator's voice on the comedy series How I Met Your Mother – is survived by his wife Kelly Rizzo and his three children Aubrey, 34, Lara, 32, and Jennifer, 29, who he has with ex- wife Sherri Kramer.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen — who shared the role of Bob's daughter Michelle Tanner in "Full House" and played the part from the age of six months to nine years — said in a statement they were "deeply saddened" by their co-workers. star's death.
Mourning his friend: Saget's funeral will reportedly take place on Friday in the presence of "friends and family." And early Friday morning John Stamos, the late Full House comedian, said he was struggling to cope.
The 35-year-old twin actresses told Page Six: "Bob was the most loving, compassionate and generous man. We are deeply saddened that he is no longer with us, but know that he will continue to be by our side to lead us as gracefully as he always has. We are thinking of his daughters, wife and family and extend our condolences."
The funeral will reportedly take place Friday in the presence of "friends and family."
And early Friday morning John Stamos, the late Full House comedian, said he was struggling to cope.
"Today is going to be the hardest day of my life," the actor began. "God, give me the serenity to accept the things I can't change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to tell the difference."
Before the funeral: "Today will be the hardest day of my life," the actor began. "God, give me the serenity to accept the things I can't change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to tell the difference"
showbiz411 was the first to report that the funeral would take place on Friday and would be private.
Previously, Stamos had said he was struggling with the loss of his friend. "The mornings are tough. Midday comes in waves. Usually bad. The night is tough," the 58-year-old actor said in a Tweet on Thursday evening.
Stamos honored the actor on Tuesday in a tribute post on his Instagram. "I'm not ready to accept that he's gone – I'm not going to say goodbye just yet," John began his caption. "I'm going to picture him out there, still on the road, doing what he loves with all his heart and humor."
John and Bob worked together on Full House from 1987 to 1995 and were reunited in 2016 for the reboot show, Fuller House.
John continued in his caption, saying, 'He's on stage, killer! Another two-hour set for a few hundred of the happiest people on Earth. They laugh so hard they cry.
Full House: John and Bob worked together on Full House from 1987-95 and were brought back together in 2016 for the reboot show, Fuller House.
"On the way to the hotel, he calls his beautiful, loving wife, Kelly. He says he feels 26 again, alive! Then asks her to take a picture he wants to post. She tells him it doesn't need fixing, and tells him how handsome he is. He tells her that he loves her with all his heart.
"And when he comes to the hotel to lay his head on the pillow, he misses his daughters, his family, his friends. God, he loves us all so much. And he goes to sleep dreaming when we will meet again – and he laughs. I know in my heart that he is laughing, and he still hears the laughter from a few hours ago.
"I'm just not ready to say goodbye yet. Maybe tomorrow. Could be.'
The original cast: "I'm not ready to accept that he's gone – I'm not going to say goodbye just yet," John began his caption. 'I'm going to picture him out there, still on the road, doing what he loves with all his heart and humor'
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Why patients with autism spectrum disorder are not sensitive to 'being imitated'
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A Japanese research group led by Prof Norihiro Sadato, a professor of the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), has found that people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have decreased activity in an area in the brain critical for understanding if his/her movement was imitated by others. These results will be published in Neuroscience Research.
The research group of Norihiro Sadato, a professor of NIPS, Hirotaka Kosaka, a specially-assigned associate professor of the University of Fukui, and Toshio Munesue, a professor of Kanazawa University measured brain activity by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) when one's movement was imitated by others. The group studied brain activity when a subject saw his/her finger movement imitated or not imitated by others. Normal subjects have increased activity in the extrastriate body area (EBA) when they are imitated compared to when they are not being imitated. The EBA is a region in the visual cortex for visual processing that responds powerfully during the perception of human body parts. On the other hand, because this kind of activity in the EBA of subjects with ASD was not observed, it shows that the EBA of subjects with ASD is not working properly when imitated.
Persons with ASD are known to have difficulty in interpersonal communication and have trouble noticing that their movement was imitated. Behavioral intervention research to alleviate ASD is proceeding and indicates that training utilizing imitation is useful. The result of the above research not only provided clues to ASD, but also can be used in the evaluation of behavioral intervention to alleviate the disorder.
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Yuko Okamoto, Ryo Kitada, Hiroki C. Tanabe, Masamichi J. Hayashi, Takanori Kochiyama, Toshio Munesue, Makoto Ishitobi, Daisuke N. Saito, Hisakazu T. Yanaka, Masao Omori, Yuji Wada, Hidehiko Okazawa, Akihiro T. Sasaki, Tomoyo Morita, Shoji Itakura, Hirotaka Kosaka, Norihiro Sadato. Attenuation of the contingency detection effect in the extrastriate body area in autism spectrum disorder. Neuroscience Research, Published Online July 24 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2014.06.012
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We were invited to our friends Jenny and Shad for a Swedish Midsummer celebration today. Midsummer Eve is not until Fri June 23rd, but we celebrated earlier. We had a fabulous time at their house, enjoying good company, food and games.
The gorgeous view from the back of their house.
Jenny (the host), Ann-Sofie, Jennie and I played a game of croquet.
Christin and Ann-Sofie making the traditional midsummer wreaths.
Eating dinner, in total I think we were 25 people.
Jenny and Shad, Thank You so much for a wonderful afternoon/evening at your house!


Learn how you can root your Asus Zenfone 2 using fastboot tool, it takes only few minutes to complete the entire procedure and it is completely safe as well.
Rooting Asus Zenfone 2 would open more opportunities and ways to customize this device accordingly and, to greater extent. You only require PC (Desktop or Laptop) to perform this task and it's not that tough, it is very easy proceed. Also, having a root on device, one can improve its performance using useful applications, get access to each and every application which is being installed, whether it is user or system application, you can modify it without any restriction.
These are just few benefits, rooted device has lots of advantages over a non-rooted device. So let's go ahead and proceed with procedure.
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Make sure to save all the important data stored under your device such as messages, contacts, downloaded files etc., follow our Android Backup Guide to make it backup an easy process.
You need a windows based PC (Laptop or Desktop) and USB cable to connect your device to it.
→Download the Fastboot file from here and extract it to your PC.
→Download the pre-root system file from here and extract the .img file which is inside this zip file to extracted folder of Fastboot zip file, that means all the files will be collaborated under the one folder, Fastboot.
After download the files, connect your phone to PC using USB cable and make sure that you've already installed drivers for your handset, so it can be detected by PC.
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Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia: Baerbock does not want to leave the Balkans to Russia's influence
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Dhe German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wants to counteract the prevailing Russian influence with visits to the countries of the Western Balkans. Before leaving for the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, Baerbock said she wanted to "make it clear that we will not leave this region in the heart of Europe to the influence of Moscow".
Europe must be prepared to "strategically invest in its long-term security". The peace in the Western Balkans is "not perfect", but it is precious.
Baerbock admitted that many countries in the region "we have disappointed and neglected in recent years". Actors like Russia, who have no interest in a European future and do not shy away from stoking up unresolved conflicts, are pushing into this open flank.
The German foreign minister said that in recent days Europe has shown that it is "capable of action and determined" to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin's aggressive actions. Now the Europeans have to show that they are ready with the same energy to "engage us in a creative and future-oriented manner in the countries of the European neighborhood".
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The fact that the European future of the states of the Western Balkans is a political priority for the federal government is also shown by the fact that the new function of a special envoy for these countries has been created, which will be filled by the Green MP Manuel Sarrazin. Sarrazin accompanies Baerbock to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia.
The minister then travels on to the Republic of Moldova, which she says is currently feeling the effects of the Russian war of aggression the most. Baerbock said: "We will not allow the shock waves caused by Russia to spread to other countries in Europe."
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I wanted to share an update on the Idea Lab. I've actually been deferring this update because I want to start by showing you the improvements in the Idea Lab, rather than telling you about them. However, there have been quite a few questions about how it works (and whether it works), so I decided that it's time to explain where we have been, what we're working towards, and why it makes sense to continue collaborating in the Idea Lab.
We launched the Idea Lab in 2009 and were excited to get customer feedback via this new channel that allowed for more meaningful collaboration and prioritization. There were definitely challenges to this new channel, but overall, it represented a significant step forward. Upon the acquisition, we lost clear ownership of the community, and for that we apologize since this negatively impacted your experience in the community and Idea Lab.
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Had an initial internal effort of cleaning up the Idea Lab, which resulted in status updates to 200+ ideas (63 delivered ideas, 62 duplicate ideas, 8 ideas in development, 43 ideas under consideration, and 25 ideas not planned plus lots of PM comments on ideas). Obviously, there is more clean-up needed and planned, but this was a solid step towards cleaning up existing ideas (and thereby making the undelivered ideas more readily visible), communicating statuses back to you, and collaborating with you.
In addition, going forward we want to ensure we have the right balance between enhancement requests from the Idea Lab, other feedback channels (e.g. Customer Support, Customer Advisory Boards), and exciting new capabilities like those we have delivered recently (e.g. Enhanced Cobrowse, Engagement Engine, Experience Routing, Social Monitoring, Collaboration, Browser UI). To this end, you should be seeing increased participation from Product Managers in the Idea Lab as they reply to and act on your feedback.
Hopefully these initial efforts and this update reiterate our commitment to this channel. In the meantime, I'm asking you to give this change process some time and give the Idea Lab a chance (or another chance). We have an exciting backlog of capabilities coming in May and August and are actively looking at November and February priorities. Give us your feedback in the Idea Lab. If you aren't sold, we understand if you want to sit a couple rounds out and see how it goes before giving more of your valuable time or contributions. Whatever your decision, we ask that your feedback and contributions adhere to the Community Guidelines and stay on topic by providing any feedback in this thread or in the Site Feedback forum.
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