Gotta have a Kadabra or rare Vaporeon? Take a Pokémon GO tour or bar crawl. While you're looking for virtual gyms and Jigglypuffs, you can get in some real-world sightseeing or share a cocktail with friends.
Historic Old Town is a great place to catch them all, thanks to 15 hotspots and local merchants who keep them active with lots of lures. Hit that location and more on September 29 and 30 with a one and a half hour Pokémon GO "Egg-Hatch & Hunt" Bike Tour. Tickets include a bike rental, bottled water, lure-drops, tricks for catching the creatures and a special Pokémon gift. The ride is somewhat slow, so players have time to hatch their eggs. As you ride along the Bosque River Trail, look for water Pokemon.
Historic Old Town is a great place to catch them all, thanks to 15 hotspots and local merchants who keep them active with lots of lures. Hit that location and more on September 29 and 30 with a one and a half hour Pokémon GO "Egg-Hatch & Hunt" Bike Tour. Tickets include a bike rental, bottled water, lure-drops, tricks for catching the creatures and a special Pokémon gift. The ride is somewhat slow, so players have time to hatch their eggs. As you ride along the Bosque River Trail, look for water Pokemon. Check the Albuquerque website for updates; in addition to bike rides, plans are underway for self-guided and guided Pokémon GO tours. And while you're chasing your prey, don't forget to look up now and then to see Albuquerque's beautiful sights, like the skyline at twilight.
Check the Albuquerque website for updates; in addition to bike rides, plans are underway for self-guided and guided Pokémon GO tours. And while you're chasing your prey, don't forget to look up now and then to see Albuquerque's beautiful sights, like the skyline at twilight.
From the shimmering desert flanked by looming mesas to the jagged, snowcapped peaks, wild forests and beautiful cities, New Mexico holds an array of scene-stealing landscapes. The real gem is Santa Fe, a haven for artists and writers that's rich with culture and a Southwest-influenced dining scene.
Take in the magnificent scenery in this Canadian province while you visit Pokéstops and gyms. The self-guided Pokemaster's Guide to Alberta directs you to the characters' favorite hang-outs, which include tourist stops like Fort Edmonton, a living history museum.
Among North America's many summits, the Canadian Rockies lay claim to some of the most scenic. Tucked within this striking landscape of jagged peaks, glaciers and lakes lie cozy inns and amenity-rich resorts, as well as a natural playground filled with outdoor activities such as skiing, snowshoeing and fishing.
If you like spotting wildlife as much as Pokémon, continuing playing on Elk Island National Park, about an hour's drive from Edmonton. It's a refuge for elk, bison, over 250 species of birds and lots of colorful cartoon characters.
Take in the magnificent scenery in this Canadian province while you visit Pokéstops and gyms. The self-guided Pokemaster's Guide to Alberta directs you to the characters' favorite hang-outs, which include tourist stops like Fort Edmonton, a living history museum. If you like spotting wildlife as much as Pokémon, continuing playing on Elk Island National Park, about an hour's drive from Edmonton. It's a refuge for elk, bison, over 250 species of birds and lots of colorful cartoon characters.
Pokémon have also been spotted on Calgary's Peace Bridge, known for its award-winning design; at Drumheller, the "Dinosaur Capital of the World"; around lakes and many other locations.
The Cheyenne Street Railway Trolley typically stops at places that played a role in the city's Western history, such as the Wyoming State Museum and Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum.
The town's historic trolley tour is an excellent way to get an overview of its history and attractions, including the Wyoming State Museum, the state Capitol and the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.
Recently the trolley has been transformed into a Pokémon Express that takes gamers to over 40 Pokéstops around town.
The Cheyenne Street Railway Trolley typically stops at places that played a role in the city's Western history, such as the Wyoming State Museum and Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum. Recently the trolley has been transformed into a Pokémon Express that takes gamers to over 40 Pokéstops around town.
Look for an extended stop at Lions Park, where large numbers of the virtual creatures have been known to hang out. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased in advance or on the day of the trip, as long as seats are still available. The last tour is scheduled for August 17, but keep an eye on the website to see if additional dates are added.
It's not a big gamble. Your quest to find a Pikachu will pay off when you Crawl Reno on September 17. Twenty bars are participating in this pub crawl. A ticket gets you a red, yellow or blue cup-- the color represents the team you're on--along with exclusive drink specials, giveaways, maps to help you play the Pokémon GO game and more. Come dressed as your favorite Pokémon character or just wear your team's color, and compete to win a costume contest.
Some 4,000 fans have indicated their interest since a Pokémon pub crawl in Toronto was announced on Facebook on August 19. Bring your lures and Pokéballs, if you're a seasoned player, or just come to make new friends and learn the rules (chances are good you won't be the only newbie). New dates will be posted as pub crawls are added.
Pokémon pursuers will also be pub crawling in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 27. Three bars will serve as starting points for the Valor, Instinct and Mystic teams, and each bar will be on a Pokéstop or near a gym.
Hop on an air-conditioned bus and head for some of Austin's best-known landmarks on a Pokemon GO City Tour. See the website for a list of available dates and times; tours are currently offered in August and September. Gamers say Pikachu are plentiful when the bus stops at the state capital. Catches also abound at Vic Mathias Shores Trailhead, in Mueller's parks; Congress Bridge, and UT Tower. Expert tour guides live-track the virtual creatures, giving passengers a head's-up when it's time to open their phones. Similar tours are on the drawing board for Houston, San Antonio, Los Angeles, Portland, Boston and other cities.
Check Facebook and Google for more events in more locations. The first-ever UK Pokémon pub crawl, in Glasgow, sold out just 28 hours after tickets went on sale, and players have been turning out in droves in Denver, Sacramento, Atlanta and other cities. Events may be added in other locations as long as the game is hot.
Note: Events like pub crawls and even some tours have age limitations, so avoid disappointment by asking about restrictions before you go.


Are you interested in learning more about Facebook for your business? The Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Shelley's Social Media to bring you a three-part workshop series focused on Facebook marketing!
The third will cover Marketing on Facebook including the Facebook Ad Manager.
The workshops will run from 7:30-9:00 am on April 10, 17, and 24 in the upstairs of the Mount Horeb State Bank of Cross Plains. Cost of attendance is $10/workshop for chamber members and $20/workshop for non-chamber members.
This workshop series will take place in the upstairs of the State Bank of Cross Plains (Mount Horeb branch).


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Field-level Integration: Networking for innovation
Shaping connections: How older Australians use technology to combat isolation
Coopetition Strategy for airlines based on the game theory
A roundtable on developing an innovative performance measurement and reporting framework for UN sustainable development goals (SDG)
New Capability Development in health innovation in collaboration with Vall D'Hebron; A pilot study
Establishing Collaborative (or Concurrent) Design Facility
Extending innovative scientific ideas into business opportunities
Behavioural insights for societal and business impact
Chinese Digital Diaspora and Entrepreneurship in Australia
Circular Economy Linkage Pitch Sessions
Skills Training and Industry Research Network (STIRN)
Key research themes
Research projects and reports
Global Business Innovation Conversations
Australian Maritime Logistics Research Network
ECP Opportunity Fund (EOF) GBI Projects
Frugal Innovation Network
Fourteen projects were funded under the 2019 Capability Development Fund (CDF) scheme so far. Those projects have contributed to the ECP priority areas, as well as to the ECP value chain in several ways but predominantly around Capability Development, Industry Engagement, Capability Deployment and Research Translation.
Here are more details about some of the funded projects and the project teams:
Exploring innovative methods for data collection and analysis
Project lead: Prof. Pia Arenius, School of Management
RMIT's School of Management is conducting research with a range of collaborators which will examine emotions and performance of entrepreneurs by exploring motivations and drivers behind entrepreneurial behaviour, and entrepreneurial action. The research will develop understanding in enhancing entrepreneur performance and wellbeing and use one of the most advanced wearable devices, an unobtrusive wristband, available for measurement today.
There is considerable prior research on the link between entrepreneurial actions and emotions and the role emotions play in entrepreneurial performance and wellbeing. However, many questions remain unanswered and while previous research has mostly used observational and feedback response approaches in the laboratory the use of nascent wearable technologies and sensors could enable a deeper and more accurate understanding of emotional states to be measured in entrepreneurs' natural work environment.
More broadly, what is being explored is the relationship between entrepreneurial start-up activities and the emotional experiences of the entrepreneur, and whether emotional experiences can lead to sustained entrepreneurial activity. The potential exists for the research to provide insights into how greater individual resilience, wellbeing and self-efficacy could be supported in the entrepreneurial process for better performance.
ARC grant application in 2021
Ongoing discussions on collaboration on data analysis, possible PhD internship for Imran Ture
2 PhD confirmation of candidature in 2018
1 PhD confirmation expected in 2019
Possible joint PhD supervision with Prof. sabatinis from School of Engineering
Joint PhD supervision with Professor Demange and Senior Lecturer Aksakalli from School of Science
RMIT Internal Collaboration with the School of Economics Finance and Marketing Professor Hoffmann and A/Prof Chuah), RMIT Activator, School of Engineering, School of Science and School of Fashion
Novel data collection tools and analysis methods (purchase of new tools and devices)
Ongoing discussions with University of Adelaide, University of Surrey and University of New South Wales on Collaboration for Data Analysis -
Co-operation on data analysis with RMIT Computer Science and IT
Proposal to organise a joint workshop on data analysis with Deakin University
Gender, Business and Human Rights: Advancing research, policy and practice
Project leads: Dr Kate Grosser, School of Management
Dr Meagan Tyler, School of Management
Assoc. Prof. Shelley Marshall, Graduate School of Business and Law
This project contributes directly to the mandate of the United Nations Working Group (UNWG) on Business and Human Rights' to bring a 'Gender lens' to develop guidance for States and businesses on how to address gender issues in their implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (2011). To that end the project includes:
Cohosting the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights gender consultation in Sydney November 1415th 2018, in collaboration with the Australian Human Rights Institute (UNSW) and the Australian Human Rights Commission. This event will facilitate in depth dialogue between key players in business, government and civil society such that they can inform the new UN guidance. We will co-author a report of findings from this event along with the UNWG and other partners.
Hosting a workshop at RMIT Melbourne to bring the voices of additional key players to this debate who are unable to attend in Sydney. Findings summarized in a written submission to the UNWG.
Conducting research interviews with gender and CSR experts to enable their work to inform the UN consultations. Findings summarized in a written submission to the UNWG.
In sum, through collaboration with the UNWG, and other key players, this project leads to the development of resources for business, government and civil society, which will help policy makers, as well as business managers, to address gendered human rights challenges globally. It will help society by improving accountability for gender equality. Students will learn from this project through teaching, including of the course Managing International Business Responsibly (in the School of Management).
DECRA grant was received in 2019 for this and several other projects led by Assoc. Prof. Shelley Marshall and supported by the GBI ECP. As a result, the RMIT Centre for Business and Human Rights was established
Another grant application for further research on gender, business and human rights is expected to be submitted soon
This consultation facilitated in depth dialogue between key players in business, government and civil society and these were used to inform newly published UN guidance on this topic. The new guidance, which references input from our consultation, was submitted to the 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council in June 2019. It can be found here: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/Reports.aspx#hrc
Hosting a workshop at RMIT Melbourne to bring the voices of additional key players to this debate who are unable to attend in Sydney. Findings summarized in a written submission to the UNWG can be found here: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Business/Gender/RMIT_1.pdf
Conducting research interviews with gender and CSR experts to enable their work to inform the UN consultations. Findings summarized in a written submission to the UNWG can be found here: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Business/Gender/RMIT_3.pdf -
Creating a PhD Scholarship on this topic
Application for a CoBL International Visiting Fellowship to bring Professor Jeremy Moon from Copenhagen Business School to RMIT in November 2019
Management accounting's role in ethical control: Budgeting and patient mix choices in public hospitals
Project lead: Assoc. Prof. Gillian Vesty, School of Accounting, Info Systems & Supply Chain
Patient access to public healthcare is a challenge for most countries and is increasingly impacted by unsustainable financing, poor communication flows between clinician and administrator, and lack of skilled management accountants that can understand the data and support systems development.
For accountants and clinicians to better navigate the increasingly digital environment, this innovative funded project combines research with education by developing a digital simulation tool that will support clinical and accounting knowledge development and decision making in the public hospital setting. Data is gathered from interviews with public hospital managers to support scenario building and the manipulation of a dataset of 100,000 public hospital patient journeys from admission to discharge. This real-world data, provided by a supporting hospital partner, will be used to replicate the typical annual patient throughput of a large metropolitan teaching hospital. Scenarios around ethical decision-making and the management of patient mix choices will be embedded in the digital simulation. The simulation will collect data on user decision choices while aiming to improve patient access to healthcare using data on waiting times, diagnosis-related groups, funding, costs and clinical treatment choices. While being a valuable research analytic, this tool is also designed to challenge, educate and support ethical decision making in this setting. The tool is designed to be globally applicable for both accounting and clinical decision makers.
The project supports the calls for greater use and understanding of predictive analytics in performance management of public healthcare. It also encourages accountants to not only have skills in big data management but recognise that financial efficiency must be carefully balanced with clinical need. Funding support from the Global Business Innovation ECP will contribute to the overall aims to improve efficiency and effectiveness of public hospital service provision while optimising patient access.
The simulation will engage researchers through the data collection and narratives of issues in the setting as well as through the data gathered by clinicians and administrator decisions as they engage with the simulation.
The simulation is a dynamic tool that is designed to engage continually with the healthcare setting. It is designed for pedagogical purposes which also supports long-term partnerships and alliances for future research translation.
The tool is ultimately a pedagogical tool that is designed to develop capabilities of practitioners in industry. The continued connection with RMIT through the simulation encourages the development of new ideas and areas for further research.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Future Workforce: Implications for Human Resource Management
Project lead: Dr. Alan Montague, School of Management
This study is focussed on the strategic importance of researching the potential impact of automation and artificial intelligence on jobs across all industries. This project has commenced investigating the perspectives of human resource management (HRM) professionals, engineers and the Australian Institute of Machine Learning members concerning the nature, characteristics, implications and planning responses to the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on a range of industries, occupations, and workplaces.
The study has involved semi-structured focus groups of senior HRM professionals in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Perth, and Adelaide –facilitated by the RMIT key investigators. A national e-survey of HR professionals will be distributed through the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI) database of approximately 20,000 with an expected response rate of10 percent). HRM professionals, engineers and the Australian Institute of Machine Learning professionals will be included in the survey. An article is being drafted for The Conversation by three of the chief investigators to further boost the survey response numbers to other manager/leaders in all Australian industry sectors.
The project has received outstanding support from by Professor Anne-Laure Mention - Director Global Business Innovation and Professor Ivan Cole - Director: Advanced Manufacturing and Fabrication in their respective RMIT Enabling Capability Platforms. The guidance provided by both these professors has been vital in the development of this major project. Stephen Joyce, who leads RMIT's Centre for Digital Enterprise has commenced working with our team of researchers which is already proving to be of considerable assistance. The support provided by the Australian Human Resource Institute, as well as the Australian Institute of Machine Learning has also been exceptionally helpful.
The collaboration resulted in the research design of the research methodology for the book that was finalised for publication in 2019: "The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Implications for Managers in the Asia Pacific".
Other project outcomes:
ARC linkage grant application - given the international reach that we have with academics and industry contacts in Asia Pacific countries (as demonstrated in the Routledge book) we aim to apply for an international linkage grant.
Additional Media releases - The PR section of RMIT will assist in organising media releases and possible media speaking engagements
Seminar and paper prepared for AHRI – "The Impact of New Technology on Human Rights"
Submission to the Victorian Inquiry on Artificial intelligence
Submission to the Inquiry into the Victorian On-demand Workforce
Journal articles - several journal articles related to the research project have been published. Also, two articles have been submitted to the Asia Pacific Journal of HRM and The Columbian International Journal
The Conversation article - Artificial intelligence may take your job, so political leaders need to start doing theirs
VET Project - ongoing discussions are being held with the Victorian TAFE Association and interested colleagues in RMIT's VET sector. The aim is to apply for a substantial workforce innovation training grant.
State Government of Victoria Policy Initiative - as part of the mooted launch of the AI project (impact on jobs) the team wishes to develop further the VET training initiative to develop executive training for HRM Professionals
Book 2 - As an outcome of the seed funding, negotiations with Springer have been successful to develop the following book led by RMIT staff. Title: "The Fourth Industrial Revolution: What does it mean for Australian Industry?" This is a change from what was originally proposed but has occurred as result of the initial funding from the ECPs and supported by further funding
Book 3 - Another Springer book with a focus on particular industries/countries
The number of journal publications and extra books with Springer (one approved and the other likely to be approved) are examples of "further opportunities for team members" and an expanded team.
Without the support of the ECP a further project now planned (Project E Title: The Impact of digitisation in the medical sphere) would not have occurred and this is seen as extremely important Professor Cole has created a bridge to a very important partnership at with a key person (Dr Erol Harvey at St. Vincent's Hospital) to further boost the project.
DMA Collective Professional Development Workshop 16-18 June 2018 – RMIT Europe
Project lead: Professor Gerda Gemser, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
The DMA Collective Professional Development Workshop brought together 40 early career researchers and leading design management academics from universities around the world. The event took place on three consecutive days from 16-18 June 2018 at RMIT Europe in Barcelona, Spain.
DMA Collective is a global initiative that aims to establish a strong professional network of Ph.D. and Postdoc researchers in the field of design management. DMA Collective reaches this aim by providing opportunities for members to meet, develop professional skills and build strong ties with other young researchers interested in similar research topics. DMA Collective encourages leading academics to share their experiences with the new generation of design management scholars through events, meetings, and symposia.
For the DMA workshop in Barcelona, Mark Buschgens and Nico Klenner, both Ph.D. Candidates at the College of Business, took care of the execution on the ground, while Prof. Gerda Gemser, Full Professor of Business and Design, acted as the hosting RMIT representative. An international group of collaborators from various universities around the world jointly organized the event: next to RMIT University, organizing institutions included Westminster University (UK), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Loughborough University (UK), University of Magdeburg (Germany), and Politecnico di Milano (Italy).
Faculty presenting keynote lectures and workshops during the workshop included Prof. Gloria Barczak (Northeastern University), Prof. Peter Lloyd (University of Brighton), Prof. Paul Hekkert (Delft University of Technology), Assoc. Prof. Cara Wrigley (University of Sydney), Prof. Ruth Mateus-Berr, University of Applied Arts, Vienna), Dr. Sylvia Liu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Prof. Cees de Bont (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Prof. Gerda Gemser (RMIT University), and Dr. Erik Bohemia (Loughborough University). Next to faculty, there was a keynote lecture by Eduardo Moratinos, director of the strategic design agency Designit - Barcelona.
Financial Planning Hackathon
Project lead: Mr Ashley McAuliffe, Industry Fellow, Wealth Management, School of Accounting, Info Systems & Supply Chain
The Financial Planning profession has been in a constant state of evolution and is subject to rapidly changing legislation and regulation.
Increased compliance obligations can threaten the customer experience and have a negative impact on profitability; however, we believe that technology can make it easier to manage compliance and at the same time enhance the customer experience profitably.
We will gather some of the freshest and brightest minds from RMIT University, as well as financial services thought leaders and influencers to see what great ideas come out.
Over two days with the help of the RMIT Activator and HackerExchange, the Financial Planning Hackathon will take the participants through the process of identifying a problem, rapid testing and iteration and solution design.
The team with the best solution will get to see their idea brought to life.
Enhancing capacity of civil society networked responses to engage with business on human rights
Project lead: Dr. Annie Delaney, School of Management
The initiative was led by Dr. Annie Delaney with collaborating non-government organisations NGOs, Homeworkers Worldwide (UK) and Civil Initiatives for Development and Peace (CIVIDEP) Bangalore, India. Knowledge sharing events took place to increase the capacity of civil society to engage with business stakeholders. One of the key outcomes of the project was conducting a two-day meeting of civil society and business stakeholders to discuss issues for leather footwear homeworkers in the supply chain. The meeting was held in December 2017, being the first time that the leather footwear supply chain stakeholders had met together to discuss the issues affecting leather footwear homeworkers, bringing together global brands, suppliers, global and local NGOs and homeworkers. Outcomes of the meeting included four key areas of action were identified: fair piece rates for homeworkers, improving conditions in stitching centres, expanding a supply chain pilot project and the establishment of a leather footwear multi stakeholder group to guide future initiatives.
What participants said: One supplier stated, "l have come to understand the issues affecting homeworkers. We have come up with a number of good initiatives to take this forward with all stakeholders". A brand representative stated, "l hope this leads to further dialogue towards a sustainable model for improving the conditions of homeworkers". A NGO representative commented, "l am happy that there is an in-principle agreement from everyone to improve homework conditions".
ARC Linkage Grant application in development
Book publication in 2019 - 'Homeworking Women: A gender justice perspective' with co-authors Rosaria Burchielli, Jane Tate and Shelley Marshall, published by Routledge.
Research impact - the stakeholder meetings created knowledge sharing opportunities, contributing to the exchange of ideas
New initiatives were identified - for example, the industry multi stakeholder group made up of brands, suppliers, NGOs and workers will contribute to advance the rights of homeworkers and improve human rights conditions in the global leather footwear supply chain
In addition, the potential for business and civil society collaboration and partnership with RMIT for external grant opportunities were identified.
Preventing Abuse in Detention: An Expert Symposium on Best Practice Independent Monitoring for OPCAT
Project lead: Prof. Bronwyn Naylor, Graduate School of Business and Law
We ran a very successful invitation‐only Symposium on 11 December 2017 at RMIT. The context of the Symposium was the decision of the Australian government in 2017 to ratify the important UN treaty on the prevention of torture in places of detention (OPCAT). The GSBL organising team was Prof Bronwyn Naylor, Prof Penny Weller, Dr Adam Fletcher and Stan Winford.
We invited 60 key national and international stakeholders from monitoring bodies, government, and civil society. The Symposium thus brought together national and international experts to meet each other and exchange expertise about effective monitoring of detention, to assist implementation of OPCAT in Australia. Many influential stakeholders attended as speakers and participants, from the many areas in which detention occurs – immigration, prisons, policing, psychiatric and disability facilities and aged care.
At the time of the Symposium we extended the impact of the meeting by arranging for the international experts, from countries which have a long history with the OPCAT treaty, to speak at two further seminars, in Melbourne and Canberra. One international guest was interviewed on the ABC Radio by influential commentator Jon Faine, ensuring broader discussion and awareness of the issues of abuse in detention and the importance of ratification of OPCAT.
Following the Symposium Prof Naylor, Prof Weller and Mr Winford, and the Australian Human Rights Commissioners Ed Santow, edited a set of scholarly papers from the Symposium, which were published as a Special Issue of the quality journal Australian Journal of Human Rights (A‐ranked by the ERA) in early 2019.
Members of the GSBL team have continued to work together in the area and to be consulted on relevant issues (e.g.Prof Naylor and Prof Weller). Prof Weller has developed further work on OPCAT and the disability sector. In December 2018 Prof Naylor was invited to join an Advisory Group for the Victorian Ombudsman's pilot OPCAT‐style inspection of places of detention, which reported in August 2019.
Prof Naylor coordinated a Roundtable at RMIT on 16 September 2019 on the role of civil society in the implementation of OPCAT, with the Victorian Public Advocate Dr Colleen Pearce, and the Foundation for the Prevention of Torture, along with Prof Weller and Mr Winford. Prof Naylor also chaired a panel discussion on prison monitoring and OPCAT at the Australian and New Zealand Criminology Conference in Perth in December 2019.
Another project will be developed further by Prof Naylor in collaboration with her Swedish colleague Prof Pernilla Leviner. This is an examination of human rights monitoring of places where children and young people are detained, in Australia and Sweden, and a number of other relevant countries, with a view to providing a comparative analysis of the most effective forms of monitoring under OPCAT. This project is in its early stages but will be taken forward when Prof Naylor spend 6 weeks at Stockholm University as part of her 2020 Study Leave. It is expected to lead, first, to a public seminar in Stockholm and publications, and then to a more extensive comparative examination, and wider dissemination of findings, with funding from the ARC and/or European funding agencies.
Development of Fintech Research and Innovation Capability at RMIT University
Project lead: Mr Michael Fairbairn, Assoc. Director Business Operations and Engagement, RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
Recognising that new technologies are driving massive change in financial systems, as well as strong demand for academia to drive research and analysis in this sector, the College of Business at RMIT University, have developed a strong and vibrant RMIT FinTech Community.
FinTech describes a business that aims at providing financial services by making use of software and modern technology. FinTech companies now directly compete with banks in most areas of the financial sector to sell financial services and solutions to customers. Mostly due to regulatory reasons and their internal structures, banks still struggle to keep up with FinTech start-ups in terms of innovation speed.
RMIT University is well positioned to champion this wave, as was reported in the latest Global Financial Centres Index, Melbourne jumped eight ranking spots from its ranking from 21 to 13 and has now been named an Established International centre. This climb saw Melbourne leap-frog other financial centres previously ahead of it on the list including Geneva, Washington DC, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Luxembourg and Osaka.
With a strong start up culture, robust education system and regulatory certainty, experts predict that the most liveable city's climb will continue to grow in line with its strong and sophisticated financial services industry. Finance and insurance is the largest industry in Victoria, contributing A$40 billion per annum to the State's economy, and accounts for 11 per cent of Victoria's Gross State Product.
In partnership with Fintech Australia, Next Money Australia and Stone & Chalk, the College of Business hosted the RMIT FinTech Symposium, which was the first official event of the Intersekt Festival.
Hosting international and local experts, the Symposium provided a global perspective on financial services innovation, drawing interest from industry, government and various stakeholders, this event showcased RMIT University's intention of becoming a leading University within this space.
Following the RMIT FinTech Symposium, an intimate Masterclass was held in the College of Business, with international speakers from IBM, Cushman and Wakefield and Freibourg Business School providing deeper insights into Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and WealthTech.
For more information follow the RMIT FinTech Community's LinkedIn and Twitter.
The RMIT Entrepreneur Assessment and Development Workshop
Project lead: Prof Robert Hoffmann, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
Entrepreneurship is of key importance to the modern economy, creating wealth, jobs, new firms, transforming existing ones, and promoting economic development more generally. This is now a big field in academia. But after decades of research there is no single definition of what an entrepreneur is. This highlights the broad and different roles that entrepreneurial people take in business. These include people who: accept risk and uncertainty, fund new ventures, discover new opportunities, innovate, make decisions and lead others, organise and allocate economic resources, start and own businesses.
In the workshop, we used different techniques to collect data about the participants by carrying out various tasks and using physiological meausres.
The project had several positive developmental impacts on the research team. The first is further research among the team members. The experimental study will be extended to include another idiosyncratic occupational group, that is artists. We are collaborating with and cultural economist to study the similarities between entrepreneurs and artists, a burgeoning new research area. In particular, we have a conditional special issue acceptance for a proposed paper in an entrepreneurship journal. In this proposed paper we are comparing entrepreneurs (from the funded ECP project) with artists that will be recruited to perform the same laboratory tasks. The second further opportunity is research-led teaching. The instruments from the workshop and the findings we made with the entrepreneurs became part of the RMIT Global Intensive course in behavioural business. The students on this course performed some of the same tasks and the entrepreneurial case study was used in the teaching to illustrate the application of behaviour techniques to business. The third further opportunity consists of the networking between the team and the entrepreneurs that were recruited. We are hoping to utilise these contacts in future research and engagement, e.g. to recruit future study participants, for consultancy contacts, executive training or industry engagement events in teaching.
The outcomes of the project are a unique dataset with attitudinal and behavioural data about entrepreneurship and its behavioural antecedents and consequences.
The existing dataset, once completed, will be analysed to generate at least one paper that we intend to present at international conferences and submit for peer-reviewed journal publication. We are also hopeful that the findings will generate new research avenues that we will pursue in the future support by external funding that we intend to apply for.
Symposium on Risks, Opportunities and Partnerships in Indigenous Australian Business Entities (IABE)
Project lead: Assoc. Prof. Prem Yapa, School of Accounting, Info Systems & Supply Chain
This symposium aimed to develop an expert network supporting IABE's capacity to manage risks and opportunities for better business performance and relationship making. IABEs play a critical economic and a social role in Australia. Yet, many IABEs are nascent, needing more innovative ways to nurture effective management styles. This event is critical for new knowledge development by key stakeholder participation and insights on how IABEs perceive and take on business risks and develop meaningful partnerships. Consequently, the event was an avenue for informing policy making around IABE business investment and governance capability development. It is aligned with RMIT's Strategic goals related to Diversity and achieving community impact.
The symposium was held in the National Indigenous Business month – 27 October 2017 as a one-day event.
The first half of the symposium designed to share of knowledge and best practice. Prominent researchers were invited to present extant research findings on IABE business trends. Key business leaders shared their insights and experiences on risks and opportunities faced by IABEs in developing business partnerships. Second half of event involved a workshop on building risk analysis and communication models. We developed the workshop in conjunction with key professional bodies such as the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (AIGI), Indigenous Business Australia (IBA)and the Governance Institute of Australia, Aboriginal business owners and managers and those organisations that they are partnering with also invited to the workshop. A two-way communication style of workshop involving a sharing of stories on risks perceptions and appetites, approaches to risk analysis and communication of risk levels were undertaken. The format involved mainly about learning from the participants about what works or does not work in terms of taking riskier investments and business opportunities as well as sharing extant research evidence.
The main outcome of the project was to get a feed-back and exposure to main opportunities and partnerships in Indigenous Australian Business Entities (IABE). There were about 50 participants attended the symposium including, Prof Mark McMillan (RMIT), Prof Nava Subramanium (RMIT), Prof. Mark Rose (from La Trobe University), two representatives from PWC and a few representatives from Westpac Bank, and some representatives from Australian indigenous businesses in Victoria. The issues –(outcome) discussed are:
(1) " Do indigenous business owners view non-indigenous business as an impediment to their business" – As revealed only 3 % of business categorised under indigenous business.
(2) The discussions and feed-back received to focus more on - "procurement of supply nation"; "attempt to identify indigenous business relationships"; "what elements of procurement services face risks"; "how these elements affect or impede indigenous business in Australia"; "how finance is taking place indigenous business"; "what issues associated with collaterals in operating indigenous business"; "how financing organisations see the business relationships with prevailing banking practices and covenants"; "how the morale dilemma works among indigenous business enterprises"; "how indigenous business network with non-indigenous business"; "what leadership attributes can be seen and how indigenous people say about their businesses".
(3) It was appreciated that RMIT university is an active member of Supply Nation network in Australia.
(4) It was reiterated that "We should include a few indigenous business leaders in the advisory board of the school Education and Curriculum Development" perspectives on the education programmes in Indigenous Business - Why education programs in indigenous business are important?
Based on the information and contacts developed from the symposium, the research team developed a paper using the data collected (documentary & secondary sources) and submitted a research paper and presented to Accounting and Finance Association in Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) conference in Oakland, New Zealand from 1-3 July -2018. Title: Indigenous community connections and Aboriginal enterprise development in Australia.
The Symposium provided the research team to further investigate the research area and liaise with local organisations to collaborate in further research. Currently, we meet up with Supply nation and CPA Australia to go ahead with the research work. We have contacted a representative from CPA- Australia in relation to establishing connections and developing relationships with the Indigenous community (as requested by the Ethics Committee -BCHEAN).
Next expected steps of the research project are:
(1) to obtain the human ethics approval to conduct interviews and collect primary data and develop a research paper and submit to a conference for further feedback and comments.
(2) Submit the paper to a high ranked journal for publication.
(3) Discuss with industry partners (mainly with Supply Nations and CPA - Australia) for a competitive grant to further update the research on Indigenous Australian Business Entities (IABE).
Data Driven Decision-Making Showcase to Industry
Project lead: Prof. Babak Abassi, School of Accounting, Info Systems & Supply Chain
Assoc. Prof. Babak Abbasi and Dr Vural Aksakalli organised a workshop to showcase the capability in data driven decision making to the industry. Past and current data driven decision-making projects were presented and then the session was opened to discuss how data driven-decision making is essential in meeting industry needs in a corporate environment. The industry leaders in the area of data science from CSIRO, Defence Australia, PWC, Movember Australia and Amobee were present at the workshop.
Networking and presenting our expertise to industry partners
Next step could be developing some seeds funding to work closely with one of the industry partners for further collaboration and research idea development
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Dr. Pete Newmans (Johnny Simmons) is a successful sex therapist whose practice is devoted to helping people rechannel their sexual impulses. When his doctors discover a pituitary tumour that has delayed his onset of puberty for 15 years, Pete undergoes what would normally be years of puberty in a matter of weeks. Mood swings, voice changes, acne and, of course, near uncontrollable erections greet Pete as he tries to navigate life as both a horny 15 year-old and a 30 year-old desperate to be a complete man and get the girl of his dreams! Also starring Maria Bello, Brittany Snow, Jane Lynch, J. K. Simmons, Kumail Nanjiani, Beck Bennett and Paul Wesley.
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Class of '93 valedictorian Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza) wants to get "educated" before she goes off to college, so she assembles a "to do list" of all the sexual activities she missed out on in high school. Quickly realizing that she's way out of her league, Brandy solicits her best friends, older sister (Rachel Bilson) and burnt-out boss (Bill Hader) for their help and advice. As Brandy crams for her sexual finals, a supporting cast of horny misfits— an orally-challenged classmate (Donald Glover), a grunge-singing doofus (Andy Samberg) —eagerly offer their assistance and shocking mayhem ensues... (Original Title - The To Do List) © 2013 Granville Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Home News A new generation of professionals: Centennial congratulates its first Samsung Tech Institute graduates
A new generation of professionals: Centennial congratulates its first Samsung Tech Institute graduates
Centennial College is always creating new programs and initiatives to connect students to sought-after careers. That's why in September of 2015, we partnered with Samsung to open the Samsung Tech Institute, designed to give Electronics Engineering Technology program students a set of useful, hands-on skills that would turn them into in-demand professionals. And the first group of those professionals is now ready to enter the work force, with 13 students being the first graduates from the Samsung Tech Institute, including Emilly Silva, an international student from Brazil.
"I'm from Brazil, and I moved to Canada in 2010. I didn't speak any English, and came to study it," Emilly says. She'd initially come to Centennial College for Biomedical Engineering, but decide to change programs.
"I was actually in Biomedical Engineering," she says, "and electronics is just where my passion lies, and the college said, why don't you change to electronics? So I switched. Last semester, the Dean came to class, and he talked about Samsung, and to be honest, it was a no-brainer. A company like Samsung, offering this course with the electronics engineering program?"
Filling a need
Students enrolled in the Electronics Engineering Diploma program can choose to take the Samsung Pathway later in the program, which consists of two courses that are strictly dedicated to Samsung. The big draw is that they're taught in the Samsung Tech Institute at Centennial's Progress Campus, fully furnished with modern home appliances.
"At the beginning, they taught us about basic electricity, customer service, and most importantly, safety," Emilly explains. "The second semester, they had us opening and disassembling the appliances, finding faults and fixing them, and if we didn't know what to do, the professor was there, guiding us."
The Samsung Pathway was designed to train candidates for a job the market is actively looking for, since there's a shortage of home appliance technicians in the industry overall. In reality, it's a skilled trade, like plumbing, or electrical, or drywall installation.
As for the future of these graduates, they're now going to be in demand. These students will be looking at jobs with industry leaders like Best Buy, or Leon's, or the Brick, as well as opportunities with smaller service centres, as well. Not only that, but Samsung itself will be looking to recruit some of them, taking two students as paid apprentices, starting in September, with Emilly being one of them.
"Samsung selected two students for a co-op position, and I was one of them, along with my friend Marvin," she says. "We're starting in September, and I'm really excited. The hard work has paid off."
As for the future, she wants to continue working with Samsung, but is also eventually looking to make her own way in the business world.
"I see myself at a company like Samsung," she says, "working maybe as a technician with appliances, or in the electronics department. Maybe after that I'll apply it to my own business."
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Cesar Sayoc Jr., the 56-year-old Florida man identified as a suspect in the rash of pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump, has a history of crime in Minnesota. Or at least poorly conceived crime.
Sayoc -- a body builder, booker of stripper and burlesque shows, and registered Republican -- was arrested in Florida today in a van plastered with Trump pictures. He has a criminal record in Florida, including a 2002 arrest for making a bomb threat. But his record in Minnesota is a lot less menacing.
In 1995, Sayoc was accused of going to Nature Foods in Edina and Nature's Food Center in Bloomington, where he bought vitamins and supplements in volume, then returned them for refunds. But employees discovered they'd been duped when the found the vitamin jars filled with beans, and the supplements replaced by water. Police records say the switcheroo netted Sayoc $568.
Despite the modesty of his caper, Bloomington police reports say Sayoc behaved more like an arch criminal following his arrest, "continuously thrashed around in the backseat" and "kicking the passenger seat," according to the Star Tribune. The cops also found crack in the backseat of the squad car after Sayoc was taken to jail.
Sayoc was charged with felony theft by swindle over $500 and possession, then released. But the case appears to have sat dormant for another decade, until he was arrested on a warrant in 2005. By that time, the crack had been destroyed -- before it was authenticated as genuine crack. The case was dimissed.


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Magna Carta's Little Brother
The Magna Carta, one of the world's most influential documents, was signed in a field near the English town of Runnymede in 1215 by King John. After a bitter dispute with his barons over rising taxes, John was forced to sign a charter calling for more rights for the noble class. This was the first time that the divine right of a king had been challenged and John had no intention of following its authority. The Pope sided with the king and had the original version of the Magna Carta annulled.
While the king and the barons bickered, common folk were suffering from a different type of royal excess. Their rights to the fair use of forests were being abused, making life very difficult for the poor.
A forest in medieval terms was any land officially set aside for hunting purposes. This could include fields, villages and heathland as well as woodland. During the reigns of Henry II and his sons Richard and John, royal forests were greatly expanded. They took up nearly 1/3 of the land in England with a large population of the country living within them. People who needed access to these forests faced strict regulations with penalties including heavy fines or even death. In a time when use of the land was vital for daily survival, forest laws were oppressive.
A year after the death of King John, his son Henry III signed a new version of the Magna Carta. This one was accompanied by a second smaller document, The Forest Charter. While the Magna Carta was for the benefit of the barons, the Forest Charter held up the rights of the land for all other freemen. The two documents would forever be linked in English Law.
The Forest Charter was made up of sixteen articles, far fewer than the 63 in the Magna Carta. However, its rules eased the living conditions of a much larger percentage of the population. It put the boundaries of royal forests back to where they were before Henry II, freeing many people from any regulations for land use. It also allowed people to farm pigs, collect timber or charcoal, build structures such as mills and hunt on the land. Most importantly, the penalties for poaching were reduced. After the Forest Charter, poaching was no longer punishable by death.
Over the centuries, The Forest Charter was ignored by some kings and used for political advantage by others. Early Parliaments used the Charter to set up private game parks and aid in the production of timber. In the 20th century, as the country moved away from an agricultural economy, the public used The Forest Charter as a right to use the countryside for recreational purposes.
The Forest Charter was repealed in the 1970's. By then, most of its original articles were imbedded in different aspects of English Law, a testament to the importance of public access to the countryside. Today, societies such as The Woodland Trust are calling for a new Forest Charter as a means to protect the environment.
The Forest Charter gives us a glimpse into the lives of Medieval commoners. For people who survived by living off the land, the countryside served a vital purpose. Henry II, Richard and John had put many lives at risk by taking away their right to use the land freely. Their misuse of such an important resource sparked a countryside revolution with the implications lasting centuries.
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Outside of the UK, the best place to see these documents is on The British Library's website https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-forest-charter-of-1225
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Rangers to hold Alexis Lafreniere back from 2021 World Juniors
DaveDec 3, 2020
As expected, the NY Rangers are going to hold Alexis Lafreniere back from participating in the 2021 World Juniors. The club needed to make a decision, and it was the right decision from an asset management standpoint.
This likely means that Kaapo Kakko will be held back from participating in the 2021 World Juniors as well. Both prospects were eligible, but the Rangers will want to hold them back to continue training at the NHL level.
The logical person in me says this is the right move. After all, why risk injury? But the fan in me is disappointed because I would have loved to see both at the tournament.
2021 World Juniors Alexis Lafreniere Kaapo Kakko
Bloomer says:
The Rangers currently have some of their young top prospects playing overseas. They are just as vulnerable to injury as Lafreniere, if he was permitted to play in the World Juniors. The "he might get hurt argument" is a line of bull crap.
Hockey players are property of their owners and their owners do not want to loan out their property. Particularly when their is no financial transaction in return. It's disappointing for fans and the players who want to represent their country. But not surprising, as hockey has become big business and like all big business, its only the bottom line that matters.
Geeman says:
No one is anyone's "property". The player has a contract with the team and the terms and conditions of the contract apply.
A contract is an agreement between two parties to deal with each other the contract is the framework in which both parties agree to deal with each other.
If Alex wanted to play in world juniors he could have put a stipulation in the contract that he gets to decide to play.
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Geeman
Agree fully. Besides the kid has absolutely nothing to prove, and the injury factor is for real, in spite of what Bloomer may think!!!!!!!
Personally I'm glad they decided this way……………
tanto says:
I'm hoping it was his decision "as well", but who knows (maybe they know more than we do?) when the NHL season might actually start. Perhaps it would be a good thing for him and/or Kakko to play — despite having nothing left to prove at that level, it would provide both with a more competitive environment than practice.
courtcopphil says:
I can't see any use in these two players playing in the WJC. It will do absolutely nothing to prepare for NHL competition. Manhandling a group of mostly nineteen year olds will do nothing but further inflate ego's that will only need a dose of NHL reality to see that the WJ's are for those heading to the minors, or at best are on the cusp and the Big League Club isn't certain of their place in the lineup. Neither Lafreniere or Kako is NOT going to make this club, they are assured spots.
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You cannot take a chance at having a potential generational talent get hurt during a meaningless series of games.
Being devils advocate , I do think he should sit out
But at what point is playing time in game situations meaningless?
Aren't all star games meainingless? Practices? Preseason ? Olympics? Where do you draw the line?
Thank-you finally a smart decision which this organization is famous for some bad decisions……


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On Thursday 12 November at 10.30am we will be hosting a Virtual Open Morning for anyone interested in the school. Please contact the School Office to register your interest.
We will be running tours of the school in accordance with Government guidelines. If you would like to come and visit, please contact the School Office to find a suitable time.
Rimon Jewish Primary School ("Rimon")
Admissions Policy 2021-2022
Distance calculation method updated November 2017 following a Local Authority level change. In-year admission procedures updated and clarified February 2019.
Religious Ethos
Whilst Rimon welcomes children of all faiths or none, the school has a Jewish contemporary modern orthodox ethos and the curriculum will reflect this. We look forward to working in partnership with parents to achieve this. Applicant parents are invited to consider the Religious Ethos Policy which is located on Rimon`s website .
Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP) for Admissions for 2021 / 22
One of the elements of the admissions process for Rimon Jewish Primary School is the operation of the criteria set out in Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP). In the light of the coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak it is currently not possible to apply one of the criteria, namely attendance at synagogue, the opportunity for which was due to start from 15 January 2020 for admissions for 2021/22.
Rimon Jewish Primary School has worked with the Office of the Chief Rabbi and the United Synagogue as part of a group application to vary our admission arrangements for the 2021/2022 academic year. A revised, interim certificate of Religious Practice (CRP) form has been submitted to the Education Skills and Funding Agency as part of this application. The Education Skills and Funding Agency is currently processing an exceptionally large number of applications from schools across the country as a result of COVID-19 We have not yet received notification that our application to vary our admission arrangements by using this revised CRP form has been approved. However, we know that some schools using the same form have had their application approved. The CRP process would, in a regular year, have commenced on 15 January. Therefore, in order to allow parents sufficient time to complete the requirements of the interim CRP form, and having taken legal advice, Rimon Jewish Primary School has undertaken the decision to publish the form in advance of formal confirmation from the Education Skills and Funding Agency so that parents/ carers are informed of the requirements necessary to establish faith priority for admission to the school.
In September 2021 we will admit up to 30 children into our Reception class. Casual vacancies might also arise in other classes.
If there are more applications than places, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below after the admission of students with a statement of Special Education Needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan that names the school in accordance with section 324 of the Education Act 1996. Places will be allocated to applicants in the following priority order:
1. Looked after or Previously Looked After Children. A 'looked after child' is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order.
2. Children whose social or medical needs are such that they cannot be reasonably met at another school (parents must produce supporting evidence from a doctor, social worker, or educational welfare officer, and this is required no later than the closing date for applications).
3. Siblings of pupils at Rimon at the time of admission. Sibling means a brother or sister (including adoptive, half or step brothers and sisters and foster children) who will be attending the School at the date of admission and is living permanently at the same address as the child.
4. Children of teaching staff of Rimon where the member of staff has been employed at Rimon for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made and will be in employment as a teacher at Rimon when the child starts school.
5. Open places (up to 50%).
6. Applicants who meet the criteria for Faith Places (up to 50% of the remaining places).
Open Places
Up to 50% of places will be offered to children who have chosen Rimon for reasons other than religious – regardless of faith. Open Places will be allocated to children living nearest to the school as measured in a straight line from the address point for the child's home, supplied by the Ordnance Survey, to the school's main gate. This is measured using Barnet's computerised geographical information system with those living closer to the school receiving higher priority.
Faith based places
Up to 50% of places will be offered to children of a parent/carer who practises Judaism. Documentary evidence must be provided at the time of applying. Specific types of evidence are listed below. All applicants for Faith Places will also be considered against the criteria for Open Places. The criteria against which Faith Places will be allocated based on obtaining four points.
Points can be obtained via participation in the following activities:
i. Internet attendance of at least four synagogue Friday or Festival evening services (internet services must not be held on Shabbat or Festivals) between 1 July 2020 and 15 January 2021 (2 points).
ii. Adult or child Jewish educational activities such as Jewish nursery or online Jewish learning between 1 July 2020 and 15 January 2021 (2 points).
iii. Participation in a voluntary capacity in a Jewish communal, charitable or welfare activity on at least 12 occasions between 1 November 2018 and 15 January 2021 (2 points).
iv. Participation in any Office of the Chief Rabbi approved United Synagogue online course during August and September 2020 (2 points).
Please download and complete the Supplementary Information Form at the bottom of this page and return it to the School Office by 15 January 2021 if you wish to apply for a faith based place.
Tie Break
The tie break for all criteria is children living nearest to the school as measured in a straight line from the address point for the child's home, supplied by the Ordnance Survey, to the school's main gate. This is measured using Barnet's computerised geographical information system with those living closer to the school receiving higher priority.
In the event of a tie-break where two children have equal priority Rimon will use random allocation to determine admission. In these cases children's names will be randomly selected from the total list of tied applicants by someone unconnected to the school.
How our application procedure operates
1. Parents must apply on the Link - Common Application Form for London Borough of Barnet maintained schools. In addition, parents who are applying for a place on faith-based criteria are requested to complete the Rimon Supplementary Information Form, which is available from the school office or the local authority. Completion of this form enables the governing body to determine whether the application satisfies the oversubscription criteria.
2. The Supplementary Information Form requests information about the synagogue affiliation of the child's parents, and asks the child's parents to choose which category of synagogue they wish their application to be considered under.
3. Parents are requested to complete the Supplementary Information Form in full and then submit it to the school office by the same date that the Common Application Form must be returned to the London Borough of Barnet. Late applications will be considered after those received by the closing date.
4. Places will be offered in accordance with the co-ordinated arrangements.
5. Statemented children should apply through the Local Authority.
Parents have the right to appeal against the refusal to admit a child to Rimon and they should do so by writing to the Governing Body care of the school office within 20 school days of refusal of the place. An independent Appeals panel will be convened according to the School Admissions Appeals Code. The Appeals Policy can be found on the website.
Waiting Lists and In-Year Admissions
Where the school receives more applications for places than there are places available, waiting lists will operate.
Waiting lists for all year groups will be maintained until the end of each Admission Year (i.e. Admissions Year 2017-2018 runs for all Admissions between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018 and Admissions Year 20182019 runs for all Admissions between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019).
Parents wishing their child to remain on a waiting list beyond the end of an Admissions Year will need to put their request in writing to the school during the Summer Term of an Admission Year.
Faith based places - Parents wishing their child to remain on the Faith Place waiting list will be required to submit a new Supplementary Information Form – with the relevant Supplementary Information Form being that appropriate for the relevant Admissions Year (i.e. SIF 21072018 will apply for all admissions between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018 and SIF 20182019 will apply for all admissions between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019).
New applications for places (including applications by parents for children who have previously been on the waiting list but who did not advise the school in time that they wished to remain on the waiting list) can also be made and will be added to the waiting list in the same way (with a Supplementary Information Form being required for the faith based places waiting list). New applicants for in-year admissions must also apply via Barnet Parent Portal .
Parents can withdraw their child from the waiting list at any time.
Children's position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out above. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria with their place on the waiting list being calculated at the date when the vacancy needs to be filled.
Where a child is the subject of a direction by a local authority to admit to the school or is allocated to the school in accordance with the In-Year Fair Access Protocol, that child will take precedence over those children on the waiting list.
Admission of children below compulsory school age and deferred entry
Where the school has offered a child a place:
a) that child is entitled to a full-time place in the September following their fourth birthday;
b) the child's parents can defer the date their child is admitted to the School until later in the School year but not beyond the point at which they reach compulsory school age and not beyond the beginning of the final term of the School year for which it was made; and
c) where the parents wish, children may attend part-time until later in the School year but not beyond the point at which they reach compulsory school age.
Requesting admission outside the normal age group
Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their normal age group, for example, if the child is gifted and talented or has experienced problems such as ill health. In addition, the parents of a summer born child may choose not to send that child to school until the September following their fifth birthday and may request that they are admitted out of their normal age group – to reception rather than year 1.
Parents are asked to write to the school to make such a request setting out their reasons for doing so in advance of completing the Common Application Form. The school will make a decision in the best interests of the child concerned. This will include taking account of the parent's views; information about the child's academic, social and emotional development; where relevant, their medical history and the views of a medical professional and whether they may naturally have fallen into a lower age group if it were not for being born prematurely. The head teacher will take a view before any decision is made. Parents will be informed of the decision on the year group the child should be admitted to and reasons for the decision will be given.
If a request is agreed to and the child is to be admitted to Reception, the local authority and school will process the application as part of the main admissions round. Parents have a statutory right to appeal against the refusal of a place at a school for which they have applied. This right does not apply if they are offered a place at the school but it is not in their preferred age group.
Admissions of twins and multiple births
Where applications are made on behalf of two or more children born on the same day to the same parents, and there is only space in the class for one child, then the twin or sibling from a multiple birth will be admitted otherwise than as an excepted pupil.
Reviewed and determined in February 2020.
Distance calculation method updated November 2017 following a Local Authority level change.
In-year admission procedures updated and clarified in February 2020.
SIF 2021-2022
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Bershire Hathaway Portfolio Update
Investing Strategy / By admin
As of 12/31/2011, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) owns 34 stocks with a total value of $66.2 billion. The classic value investor Warren Buffett made a number of stock moves during the 4th quarter of 2011. These are the details of the buys and sells.
Added: CVS Caremark Corp. (CVS)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in CVS Caremark Corp. by 25.53%. His purchase prices were between $32.97 and $41.16, with an estimated average price of $37.2. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.09%. His holdings were 7,106,500 shares as of 12/31/2011.
Added: Intel Corp. (INTC)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in Intel Corp. by 23.17%. His purchase prices were between $20.62 and $25.66, with an estimated average price of $23.87. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.08%. His holdings were 11,495,000 shares as of 12/31/2011.
New Purchase: Davita Inc. (DVA)
Warren Buffett initiated holdings in Davita Inc. (DVA). His purchase prices were between $60.64 and $76.81, with an estimated average price of $71.05. The
impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.31%. His holdings were 2,684,500 shares as of 12/31/2011.
New Purchase: Liberty Media Corp. Liberty Cap (LMCA)
Warren Buffett initiated holdings in Liberty Media Corp. Liberty Cap. His purchase prices were between $61.11 and $79.67, with an estimated average price of
$46.2. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.2%. His holdings were 1,701,400 shares as of 12/31/2011.
Added: International Business Machines Corp (IBM)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in International Business Machines Corp by 11.43%. His purchase prices were between $173.29 and $194.56, with an estimated average price of $184.45. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 1.83%. His holdings were 63,905,931 shares as of 12/31/2011.
Added: The Directv Group Inc. (DTV)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in The Directv Group Inc. by 378.85%. His purchase prices were between $40.6 and $47.87, with an estimated average price of $45.35. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 1.03%. His holdings were 20,348,400 shares as of 12/31/2011.
Added: Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in Wells Fargo & Company by 6.18%. His purchase prices were between $23.18 and $27.785, with an estimated average
price of $25.68. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.93%. His holdings were 383,703,628 shares as of 12/31/2011.
Added: Visa Inc (V)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in Visa Inc by 25.02%. His purchase prices were between $84.26 and $103.15, with an estimated average price of $93.81. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.09%. His holdings were 2,865,008 shares as of 12/31/2011.
Added: General Dynamics Corp. (GD)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in General Dynamics Corp. by 26.52%. His purchase prices were between $55.67 and $66.92, with an estimated average price of $63.53. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.08%. His holdings were 3,877,122 shares as of 12/31/2011.
Added: Verisk Analytics Inc. (VRSK)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in Verisk Analytics Inc. by 63.96%. His purchase prices were between $33.06 and $40.13, with an estimated average price of $36.75. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.08%. His holdings were 3,445,029 shares as of 12/31/2011.
Reduced: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Warren Buffett reduced to his holdings in Johnson & Johnson by 22.51%. His sale prices were between $61.27 and $66.02, with an estimated average price of
$63.97. The impact to his portfolio due to this sale was -0.91%. Warren Buffett still held 29,018,127 shares as of 12/31/2011.
Sold Out: Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)
Warren Buffett sold out his holdings in Exxon Mobil Corp.. His sale prices were between $71.15 and $85.28, with an estimated average price of $78.88.


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Forty Years of Sun-Soaked Revenge: Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani's Let the Corpses Tan by Dana Reinoos
The directors' latest work will be shown alongside the sweltering, grimy films that inspired it.
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Still from Let The Corpses Tan. Image courtesy of Kino Lorber.
Black leather gloves, a .45 revolver, a solitary bead of sweat down a man's forehead: this is the language of genre films, its symbols so singular even oblivious viewers can identify. French filmmakers Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani speak this language fluently, and in their third feature, Let the Corpses Tan, expand their vocabulary beyond its origins into something contemporary and avant-garde. Quad Cinema, which opens the film on August 31, has provided Cattet and Forzani the opportunity to screen personal favorites that influenced Corpses, placing their film in an enriching context of forty years of genre experimentation.
Let the Corpses Tan takes place on sun-baked Corsica, an island that, while French, has a culture strongly influenced by nearby Italy. Equally, its French filmmakers draw their cinematic influences from Italy's spaghetti western, horror, and poliziotteschi (Italian crime films involving bloody conflict) genres, creating a Euro-mashup of sensibilities. The plot, loosely adapted from Jean-Patrick Manchette's 1971 novel of the same name, revolves around Luce (the remarkable Elina Löwensohn), a middle-aged artist who summers in the south of France each year with a revolving group of friends. In the opening scene, Luce shoots bullet holes into her canvasses of runny colors; later, she stores her revolver in a jar of paint as she naps naked. Luce is undeniably attractive to her guests, due to her potent combination of overt sensuality and utter nonchalance. She is an anomaly in Corpses context: an older woman who is desirable and self-sufficient.
This year, Luce's guests include her current paramour Bisorgueil, a lawyer who brings several unsavory friends along, and her former lover Bernier, whose wife and son arrive unannounced. The lawyer's friends—including the grizzled Rhino—take an outing to town to do some shopping and rob an armored truck of 250 kilograms of gold bars, killing several guards along the way. The police stop by Luce's place on a hunch, and these disparate groups are thrown into a whirlwind of bloodshed, a barrage of bullets and double-crosses that lasts through the stormy summer night—the only reprieve from the torturous sun. The day's blistering heat is a crucial part of the film; even the title Let the Corpses Tan evokes burning flesh on white hot sand. Characters are dehydrated and disoriented, and bodily fluids—sweat, blood, and piss—are splashed all over the sandy resort.
Though the film sounds densely plotted (most poliziotteschi feature double-crosses, triple-crosses, and forbidden affairs), the story is used as a springboard for experimentation. The characters' sexual fantasies (or memories?) are presented in blindingly sunny scenes of a golden, glitter-covered woman looming over her lovers, erotic yet threatening. Soon, moments of carnage take on a dreamy, sensual quality, as when Bernier's wife imagines her clothes being torn off by a hail of machine-gun fire.
In the Quad's accompanying series, Cattet and Forzani's experiments are placed in a lineage of films about thieves and murderers, an anarchic cinematic space not unlike the outlaw camp in Face to Face (screening as part of the series). The two spaghetti westerns—Face to Face and Django Kill … If You Live, Shoot!—provide the clearest framework for Corpses: sweaty, sun-soaked fantasies of ruthless violence. In Face to Face, Tomas Milian plays an outlaw on the run who takes a northern professor with tuberculosis (Gian Maria Volontè) hostage, and eventually under his wing. Volontè's character, much like the lawyer who facilitates the robbery in Corpses, lives squarely within the law until he realizes he can use his book smarts to manipulate those around him, transforming a ragtag bunch of criminals into his quasi-fascist personal army. Face to Face renders justice both personal and plastic, yet never discards it. As the standoff continues through the night, the characters in Corpses have evolving ideas of justice based on who is still alive, but none misses the chance to enact violence upon those who oppose them.
Though the spaghetti western references in Corpses are most obvious, the film has even more in common with poliziotteschi. Cry of a Prostitute is a particularly brutal example, starring Henry Silva as a killer radicalized in the ways of merciless punishment in America, called back to rural Italy by a Mafia don to act as enforcer during a sweltering summer. Baby-faced Barbara Bouchet is magnetic as the don's wife, a former sex worker now kept as a rich man's pet. From the moment Silva arrives at the don's home, Bouchet has her big eyes on him: in her first scene, she takes a showy milk sponge bath in the barn in full view of Silva, a salacious display of untamed libido. Before the film is over, she is raped against a bloody animal carcass and (showcased on the original American poster) savagely beaten in the face by Silva. Through it all, Bouchet keeps her dignity, her feminine rage, and her sexuality intact; she is Cry of a Prostitute's vengeful heart (remarkable for a macho genre like poliziotteschi). Though Luce never has to endure such brutality, she is cast in the same mold: a woman unbowed by the violent patriarchy of her companions.
Other films in Cattet and Forzani's series are dark visions of worlds that exist beyond the boundaries of acceptable behavior, where Let the Corpses Tan also lives: Piero Schivazappa's psychedelic, kinky The Frightened Woman; The Road to Salina, a sweaty, stolen identity tale (with a late performance from Rita Hayworth) that flirts with taboo; Gaspar Noé's provocative debut I Stand Alone; and genre luminary Jess Franco's jazzy revenge film Venus in Furs. A lighter film that acutely influenced Corpses is Danger: Diabolik, a comic-book adaptation from horror auteur Mario Bava. Diabolik and his partner-lover Eva don leather bodysuits (in Corpses, the cops are outfitted in similar, bondage-reminiscent black leather outfits) to rob an armored car, evade the police, and look enviably sexy at every step. Watching Danger: Diabolik's mod escapades—including a love scene with Diabolik and Eva on a revolving bed covered in money—it suddenly becomes clear why the thieves in Let the Corpses Tan took that outsized risk: being a thief is sexy. And that's the joy of this series; Let the Corpses Tan becomes richer, not reductive, when placed in context with its forebears.
Origin Stories: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani's Footnotes to Let the Corpses Tan runs at the Quad Cinema in New York from August 24–September 1; Let the Corpses Tan opens at the Quad on August 31.
Dana Reinoos is a writer and programmer based in Milwaukee. You can find her on Twitter @womensrites.
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Evocation of a Common Language: Alice Rohrwacher Interviewed by Daniella Shreir
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Rosa Barba by Joan Jonas
During a train ride from New York to Massachusetts, Rosa Barba and Joan Jonas exchanged thoughts on volcanoes, deserts, and poetry, on film versus video, and the layering of time and place in their works.
I find the idea that we write alone laughable, even egotistical. Poetry is a palimpsest that has been endlessly rewritten—it's a social space we share with others.
Jen Bervin


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 Alexander Geschonneck (* 1970), deutscher Forensik-Spezialist und Buchautor
 Erwin Geschonneck (1906–2008), deutscher Schauspieler
 Matti Geschonneck (* 1952), deutscher Film- und Fernsehregisseur

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Annaclone and Magherally Young Farmers' Club, which is based in Banbridge, has had an action packed start to their club programme.
Approximately 40 members of the club bounced the night away at The Jump Boxx, Banbridge, on Spetember 14.
The club then hosted a 'Know Your Neighbour' Charity Tractor and Truck Run at The Outlet Park, on September 23. Money raised went towards The Children's Heartbeat Trust and club funds.
The first competition of the new programme was Floral Art, held on September 27. Well done to all 13 members who took part, with special congratulations to Scott Boyd 3rd (12-14 age group), Connor Woods 2nd (12-16 age group), Ellen Woods 1st (18-21 age group), Jane Cowan 3rd (25-30 age group) and Jonathan Sleator 2nd (25-30 age group). Ellen Woods, who was placed first, will now progress to Balmoral Show 2017, to compete in the Northern Ireland Final.
The club have also met at Loughbrickland Presbyterian Church Halls, for a night of fun with Bubble Ball NI and visited Bleary YFC for jiving lessons.
Members had a unique opportunity to visit Thompson's Meal Mill in Belfast, to observe processes involved in producing the various meal.
Annaclone and Magherally YFC continue their busy programme, with the next meeting being a 'Mystery Night' on Wednesday, October 26.
The club will once again be holding the Annual Harvest Thanksgiving Service, with more details to follow.
If you would like to become a member, please contact Club Leader Jane Cowan (07821 442252) or Club Secretary James Thompson (07845 104014) or you can keep up to date through our Facebook page - Annaclone Magherally Young Farmers.


Argentina is fast becoming one of the world's most important wine producing nations. Its hearty Malbec has caught on like wildfire, and its Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Syrah are appearing in the glasses of more and more oenophiles across the globe.
Though Argentina's wine culture stretches back over four centuries, in recent years the nation has been exporting its signature drink with a vengeance. Higher-quality varietals originating in France and Italy have replaced many of the old criolla vines introduced by Spanish colonizers. Argentina wine producers, now backed by major international wine companies, have harnessed the benefits of the region's unique geographical conditions – high altitudes and low humidity – producing complex wines with admirable acids and rich fruit flavors.
The scenic Mendoza region, located at the foothills of the Andes Mountains, is home to two-thirds of the country's wine production. Quaint, family-run bodegas, as well as large commercial wineries, dot the region's high altitude valleys, set against a stunning backdrop of snow-capped mountains. Wineries in Salta, a northern province near the Bolivian border, and Patagonia, the southernmost part of the Americas, are also producing noteworthy reds and whites including Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Malbec.
No visit to Argentina is complete without a visit to some of its charming wineries. Accessible by bicycle, car, bus or private driver, the bodegas offer tours and tastings for a small fee. The distances between wineries can be quite vast, so at least a full day should be scheduled for a satisfying visit. December to March is peak tourist season but the wineries are accessible any time of year. In some locations, olive oil tasting, asado (barbeque), and chocolate tastings are available to complement the winery experience. What better way could one spend a day?


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