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Days numbered for 'notionally active' managers
The tolerance for large active managers producing index-like returns is over, says UK firm RWC Partners – and current outflows to passive products are "not coming back".
RWC Partners chief executive Dan Mannix spoke to InvestorDaily about the structural changes under way in funds management, which have seen US$500 billion ($620 billion) flow from active to passive products in the past year.
Asked about the shift to passive strategies in recent years, Mr Mannix differentiated between smaller, benchmark-unconstrained shops like RWC Partners and large, listed active managers.
"The large managers are underinvesting in their investment capabilities because they're focused on margins, not quality," he said.
The broader problem for the active funds management sector, he said, is that most players are simply managing too much money.
"You have to manage the capacity of your products closely, because at the nth degree of running too much money you can't perform. You just end up as an index fund," Mr Mannix said.
"I think the tolerance of people overcharging for low tracking error has reached a tipping point and it's not coming back."
However, competition among smaller active managers that carefully monitor their capacity is likely to improve, Mr Mannix said.
"Where there is massive disruption and price competition is for those notionally active managers who've been running very low tracking error, probably very average products," he said.
RWC Partners currently runs US$11.3 billion for clients, including the Global Horizon Equity fund, which has US$1 billion under management and a 'soft close' of US$5 billion.
Mr Mannix is in Australia talking to Australian superannuation clients who, in total, have approximately US$500 million invested in the Global Horizon fund.
RWC is also shopping around an emerging market strategy to Australian and New Zealand institutional investors, which currently has US$2.2 billion in assets under management.
"You find people in emerging markets running $30-40 billion, but that's just too much money in emerging markets. You're missing out on a significant amount of the opportunity," Mr Mannix said.
"The whole point about emerging markets is you find interesting, less researched, less liquid opportunities.
"But the reality is if you can only get a fraction of a percentage of the portfolio into that idea, then there is no point in doing it.
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An update on the U12 Lightning Carnival
Tuesday August 21, 2012 by Mike Naughton, Josh Anderson - U12 Lightning Carnival Organising Committee
Camberwell vs MCC in the U12s
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He shoots, he scores! U12s in action at Moreland Lacrosse Club
Welcome to all teams participating in this year's U12 Lightning Carnival, including the new entrants from the eastern suburbs I Play Lax Friday night competition. Last year the competition was red hot in the two divisions, in the end it was Malvern and MCC who took home the coveted Lightning Carnival pennants -- who will it be this year?
Information on the U12 Lightning Carnival was posted a couple of weeks ago, including bulletin with details of the format and rules.
One change from this information is that we've moved the start time forward from 9:30 to 9:00 am. This is so we can finish by 12:30 instead of 1:00 pm for all those who have final round of senior mens games all over town at 2:30 pm.
The early start means teams with games in the first round will need to be arriving between 8:30 and 8:45 to get themselves organised and warmed up, given that close-by parking will be hard to find once everyone starts to arrive. Briefing for team representatives will be held at 8:45. Games will commence at 9:00 sharp.
This year's Lightning Carnival will be run in 3 Divisions: Sharks, Crocodiles and Kangaroos, with 8/6/6 teams respectively. Fixtures are up on SPulse for these three divisions. More detailed fixtures are in the attached spreadsheet.
The Sharks division will run on Grounds 1 & 2 (Ground numbering goes from the High St end to the duck ponds end), as per last year, except that the A and B round-robin pools will alternate on the two grounds for the first 6 time slots, then there will be 2 timeslots of crossover prelim rounds, followed by the 4 finals games.
The Crocs and Kangas will run on Grounds 3, 4, 5. In these divisions the games don't alternate as regularly for each team, but every team gets to play 4 of the 5 other teams in the round-robin and prelim rounds, then they play off in the finals.
At this stage there's one spare Wild Card slot available in the Kangaroos division, the division of the entry-level and younger teams. This could be taken by club teams from existing U12 Mixed competition splitting into an extra team for the 6-player format, as Malvern has done, or a team from the U11 Girls may wish to participate. Please contact us if you have a team interested in taking this last available place. If no other team enters, a full 5-team fixture for the Kangaroos division has also been made up which doesn't involve teams missing any games.
Each team will need to fill out and sign a single ground report form covering all the grounds they will be playing on during the tournament, and hand this to the organisers, or send to LV as per usual. Referee payments will be credited for one game's referee payment per team, based on signing of the scoresheets by accredited ref for each team.
As per last year, game scores will be posted to SPulse after the carnival; clubs will be able to enter stats from their scoresheets as per normal, but team stats for carnival games will be optional, not mandatory.
Please contact us if you have any questions. Looking forward to a great time next Saturday!
Mike Naughton
U12 Lightning Carnival Organising Committee
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Applications for Hosting Men's Grand Finals Close 31st Aug
2012 Senior Men's State Team Announced
U15 Western Metros Training Dates
Application Forms for U15 Girls Representative Teams
2012 Finals Series Venues
2012 U15 Southern Crosse Team Announced


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Twitter 140conference 4 – the 18 year old film-makers from buyacredit
Toby Ben and Adrian were billed as three 18 year-olds taking on the film industry. They want to make a film adaptation of a Jules Verne book and failing to get conventional funding, they decided to use the internet to source the one million pounds they reckoned they'd need. Their donation website is called buyacredit. They were all confident and had floppy hair so I mixed them up and so have collated their comments under the collective moniker TBA. Jeff, the host asked some questions.
11.48 Jeff: What's buyacredit all about?
TBA: We wanted to try and make a film, found a screenwriter but fell at the first hurdle of getting money for the film. We wanted to find $1million.It sounds like a lot, but it's a low budget for a film.
So we decided to use the internet, so if you pay a pound, you get a credit at the end.
We tried to get in contact with Stephen Fry, cause we knew he was techie. He's been really supportive, he's going to be in the a film too.
11.50 Everyone loves behind the scenes footage on films, but we thought we could give the public a bit of the behind the scenes while it's still
going on real-time.
Jeff: if you dream, you dream big then anything's possible.
TBA: We've learned a lot, we've just made a short film.
We changed the name according to what Twitter said. The public are are all film producers. We're still fundraising. We're living the dream at the minute.
Jeff: Do you have a message for other aspiring film-makers?
TBA: Like they say: just go for it.
We're opening up the production – to make real-time production by the public. We've got so many different ideas, people could pay to be extras…
Shiny verdict: wow these guys know how to fundraise and network, but is a crowdsourced film actually going to work? This made me more sympathetic to the points Andrew Keene raised… if getting a million pounds is down to charm and
personality and having some influential contacts, is that always a good thing? do we need some more gatekeepers and perhaps
institutions to make things a bit fairer and more meritocratic? What if someone's got a better film but a less good fundraising
model? uh… though of course, respect to these guys for their gumption.
Nov 17, 2009 Anna Leach
Twitter 140 conference 3 – Kyra Gaunt on Twitter, racism and difficult conversations
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Huge land tax savings for mum and dad investors, as reform drives jobs growth
27/10/2020 | Rob Lucas MLC | Lower Costs
Tens of thousands of South Australian mum and dad investors will benefit from lower land tax bills as a result of the Marshall Government's historic reforms, which deliver more than $200 million in total land tax savings over three years.
Under the changes, which came into effect in July, the overwhelming majority of non-trust investors (92%) and company groups (75%) will pay LESS land tax.
Claims made today by Labor's Stephen Mullighan that 'many of those affected face bill increases of between $1,000 and $10,000' are simply alarmist and wrong.
Of the remaining few (8% of individuals) who will pay more due to aggregation changes, the Government has introduced a Transition Fund for 2020-21 which will provide full relief from any increase as a result of aggregation above $2,500 for eligible taxpayers.
Also, Mr Mullighan's claim that land tax collections will increase by $85 million this year are wrong.
"While the Labor Party are busy trying to trick people with their desperate scaremongering, we are simply getting on with the job of delivering cost-of-living relief for South Australians," said Mr Lucas.
"Our significant reforms will not only benefit 92 per cent of mum and dad investors and 75 per cent of company groups, we have massively slashed the top tax rate from a national high 3.7% to an unprecedented 2.4% - driving economic and jobs growth and business investment.
"Our aggregation changes have created a fairer, more equitable land tax system which means you can no longer hold $3 million in 8 separate companies and not pay a single dollar in land tax.
"Of the very small number of investors who will pay more this year due to the aggregation changes, the Government will provide 100% relief on any increase above $2,500* this financial year for eligible taxpayers.
"These positive reforms have been welcomed by a wide range of industry stakeholder groups, including the Property Council and Business SA, who acknowledge they will deliver a more competitive, investment-attracting environment for the state."
*There may be limited number of people whose land tax bills rise due to a significant increase in their property value(s) ie not related to aggregation. Site values are determined by the independent Valuer-General. Relief under the transition fund is not available on increases in land tax bills due to higher trust rates of land tax that may be payable by certain trusts, or where the increase in the land tax assessment is above $102,500.
For more information on the Transition Fund: https://www.revenuesa.sa.gov.au/taxes-and-duties/land-tax/transition-fund
https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/news/media-releases/news/huge-land-tax-savings-for-mum-and-dad-investors,-as-reform-drives-jobs-growth


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This article is about electric signals via wires. For an immunological model that attempts to explain how T cells survive selection during maturation, see Differential Signaling Hypothesis.
Elimination of noise by using differential signaling.
Differential signaling is a method for electrically transmitting information using two complementary signals. The technique sends the same electrical signal as a differential pair of signals, each in its own conductor. The pair of conductors can be wires (typically twisted together) or traces on a circuit board. The receiving circuit responds to the electrical difference between the two signals, rather than the difference between a single wire and ground. The opposite technique is called single-ended signalling. Differential pairs are usually found on printed circuit boards, in twisted-pair and ribbon cables, and in connectors.
1Advantages
1.1Suitability for use with low-voltage electronics
1.2Resistance to electromagnetic interference
2Comparison with single-ended signaling
3Generalization: Ensemble Signaling
3.12-wire ensemble signalling (encoding one signal using two wires)
3.24-wire ensemble signalling (encoding three signals using four wires)
3.3n-wire ensemble signalling (encoding n−1 signals using n wires)
4Uses
4.1Data rates of some interfaces implemented with differential pairs
5Transmission lines
6Use in computers
7High-voltage differential signaling
Advantages[edit]
Provided that the source and receiver impedances in a circuit are equal (it is balanced), external electromagnetic interference tends to affect both conductors identically. Since the receiving circuit only detects the difference between the wires, the technique resists electromagnetic noise compared to one conductor with an un-balanced reference (low-Ω connection to ground).
Contrary to popular belief, differential signalling does not affect noise cancellation. Balanced lines with differential receivers will reject noise regardless of whether the signal is differential or single-ended, but since balanced line noise rejection requires a differential receiver anyway, differential signalling is often used on balanced lines. This improves SNR, reduces EMI, and makes the signal more immune to ground currents or differences.[1]
The technique works for both analog signaling, as in balanced audio—and digital signaling, as in RS-422, RS-485, Ethernet over twisted pair, PCI Express, DisplayPort, HDMI, and USB.
In a system with a differential receiver, desired signals add and noise is subtracted away.
Suitability for use with low-voltage electronics[edit]
The electronics industry, particularly in portable and mobile devices, continually strives to lower supply voltage to save power.[citation needed] A low supply voltage, however, reduces noise immunity. Differential signaling helps to reduce these problems because, for a given supply voltage, it provides twice the noise immunity of a single-ended system.
To see why, consider a single-ended digital system with supply voltage {\displaystyle V_{S}} . The high logic level is {\displaystyle V_{S}\,} and the low logic level is 0 V. The difference between the two levels is therefore {\displaystyle V_{S}-0\,\mathrm {V} =V_{S}} . Now consider a differential system with the same supply voltage. The voltage difference in the high state, where one wire is at {\displaystyle V_{S}\,} and the other at 0 V, is {\displaystyle V_{S}-0\,\mathrm {V} =V_{S}} . The voltage difference in the low state, where the voltages on the wires are exchanged, is {\displaystyle 0\,\mathrm {V} -V_{S}=-V_{S}} . The difference between high and low logic levels is therefore {\displaystyle V_{S}-(-V_{S})=2V_{S}\,} . This is twice the difference of the single-ended system. If the voltage noise on one wire is uncorrelated to the noise on the other one, it takes twice as much noise to cause an error with the differential system as with the single-ended system. In other words, differential signalling doubles the noise immunity.[citation needed]
Resistance to electromagnetic interference[edit]
This advantage is not directly due to differential signaling itself, but to the common practice of transmitting differential signals on balanced lines.[2][3] Single-ended signals are still resistant to interference if the lines are balanced and terminated by a differential amplifier.
Comparison with single-ended signaling[edit]
In single-ended signaling, the transmitter generates a single voltage that the receiver compares with a fixed reference voltage, both relative to a common ground connection shared by both ends. In many instances single-ended designs are not feasible. Another difficulty is the electromagnetic interference that can be generated by a single-ended signaling system that attempts to operate at high speed.[citation needed]
Generalization: Ensemble Signaling[edit]
The disadvantage of differential signal transmission is that it requires twice as many wires as single-ended signal transmission.
Ensemble signaling improves this by using n wires to transmit n−1 differential signals. {\displaystyle n=2} is equivalent to differential signalling.
2-wire ensemble signalling (encoding one signal using two wires)[edit]
Encoder: Using the generator matrix
{\displaystyle \mathbf {G} :={\begin{pmatrix}+1&1\\-1&1\end{pmatrix}}}
and the input vector {\displaystyle x:=(x_{1},x_{2})} you get {\displaystyle y=\mathbf {G} \cdot x} , the two signals to transmit.
Decoder: Using the control matrix {\displaystyle \mathbf {H} :=\mathbf {G} ^{-1}}
{\displaystyle \mathbf {H} :={\begin{pmatrix}+1/2&-1/2\\\;\;1/2&\;\;1/2\end{pmatrix}}}
and the input vector {\displaystyle y} you get your initial vector {\displaystyle x:=\mathbf {H} \cdot y} .
Only {\displaystyle x_{1}} is insensitive to common mode interferences, {\displaystyle x_{2}} is highly sensitive to common mode interferences.
By removing {\displaystyle x_{2}} from the calculation you get normal differential signaling:
{\displaystyle \mathbf {G} :={\begin{pmatrix}+1\\-1\end{pmatrix}}\;} and {\displaystyle \;\mathbf {H} :={\begin{pmatrix}+1/2&-1/2\\\end{pmatrix}}}
4-wire ensemble signalling (encoding three signals using four wires)[edit]
{\displaystyle \mathbf {G} :={\begin{pmatrix}1&-1/3&-1/3&1/3\\-1/3&1&-1/3&1/3\\-1/3&-1/3&1&1/3\\-1/3&-1/3&-1/3&1/3\end{pmatrix}}}
and the input vector {\displaystyle x:=(x_{1},x_{2},x_{3},x_{4})} you get {\displaystyle y=\mathbf {G} \cdot x} , the four signals to transmit.
{\displaystyle \mathbf {H} :={\begin{pmatrix}3/4&0&0&-3/4\\0&3/4&0&-3/4\\0&0&3/4&-3/4\\3/4&3/4&3/4&3/4\end{pmatrix}}}
{\displaystyle x_{1}} , {\displaystyle x_{2}} and {\displaystyle x_{3}} is insensitive to common mode interferences, {\displaystyle x_{4}} is highly sensitive to common mode interferences.
By removing {\displaystyle x_{4}} from the calculation you get the matrices for ensemble signaling using four wires to transmit three signals differentially.
{\displaystyle \mathbf {G} :={\begin{pmatrix}1&-1/3&-1/3\\-1/3&1&-1/3\\-1/3&-1/3&1\\-1/3&-1/3&-1/3\end{pmatrix}}\;} and {\displaystyle \;\mathbf {H} :={\begin{pmatrix}3/4&0&0&-3/4\\0&3/4&0&-3/4\\0&0&3/4&-3/4\end{pmatrix}}}
n-wire ensemble signalling (encoding n−1 signals using n wires)[edit]
{\displaystyle \mathbf {G} :={\begin{pmatrix}1&\cdots &-1/(n-1)\\\vdots &\ddots &\vdots \\-1/(n-1)&\cdots &1\\-1/(n-1)&\cdots &-1/(n-1)\end{pmatrix}}\;} and {\displaystyle \;\mathbf {H} :={\begin{pmatrix}(n-1)/n&\cdots &0&-(n-1)/n\\\vdots &\ddots &\vdots &-(n-1)/n\\0&\cdots &(n-1)/n&-(n-1)/n\end{pmatrix}}} .
Uses[edit]
The technique minimizes electronic crosstalk and electromagnetic interference, both noise emission and noise acceptance, and can achieve a constant or known characteristic impedance, allowing impedance matching techniques important in a high-speed signal transmission line or high quality balanced line and balanced circuit audio signal path.
Differential pairs include:
twisted-pair cables, shielded and unshielded
microstrip and stripline differential pair routing techniques on printed circuit boards
Differential pairs generally carry differential or semi-differential signals, such as high-speed digital serial interfaces including LVDS differential ECL, PECL, LVPECL, Hypertransport, Ethernet over twisted pair, Serial Digital Interface, RS-422, RS-485, USB, Serial ATA, TMDS, FireWire, and HDMI etc. or else high quality and/or high frequency analog signals (e.g., video signals, balanced audio signals, etc.).
Data rates of some interfaces implemented with differential pairs[edit]
Serial ATA 1.5 Gbit/s
Hypertransport 1.6 Gbit/s
Infiniband 2.5 Gbit/s
PCI Express 2.5 Gbit/s
Serial ATA Revision 2.0 2.4 Gbit/s
XAUI 3.125 Gbit/s
Serial ATA Revision 3.0 6 Gbit/s
PCI Express 2.0 5.0 Gbit/s per lane
10 Gigabit Ethernet 10 Gbit/s (4 differential pairs running at 2.5 Gbit/s each)
DDR SDRAM 3.2 Gbit/s (differential strobes latch single-ended data)
Transmission lines[edit]
The type of transmission line that connects two devices (chips, modules) dictates the type of signaling. Single-ended signaling is used with coaxial cables, in which one conductor totally screens the other from the environment. All screens (or shields) are combined into a single piece of material to form a common ground. Differential signaling is used with a balanced pair of conductors. For short cables and low frequencies, the two methods are equivalent, so cheap single-ended circuits with a common ground can be used with cheap cables. As signaling speeds become faster, wires begin to behave as transmission lines.
Use in computers[edit]
Differential signaling is often used in computers to reduce electromagnetic interference, because complete screening is not possible with microstrips and chips in computers, due to geometric constraints and the fact that screening does not work at DC. If a DC power supply line and a low-voltage signal line share the same ground, the power current returning through the ground can induce a significant voltage in it. A low-resistance ground reduces this problem to some extent. A balanced pair of microstrip lines is a convenient solution, because it does not need an additional PCB layer, as a stripline does. Because each line causes a matching image current in the ground plane, which is required anyway for supplying power, the pair looks like four lines and therefore has a shorter crosstalk distance than a simple isolated pair. In fact, it behaves as well as a twisted pair. Low crosstalk is important when many lines are packed into a small space, as on a typical PCB.
High-voltage differential signaling[edit]
High-voltage differential (HVD) signaling uses high-voltage signals. In computer electronics, "high voltage" normally means 5 volts or more.
SCSI-1 variations included a high voltage differential (HVD) implementation whose maximum cable length was many times that of the single-ended version. SCSI equipment for example allows a maximum total cable length of 25 meters using HVD, while single-ended SCSI allows a maximum cable length of 1.5 to 6 meters, depending on bus speed. LVD versions of SCSI allow less than 25 m cable length not because of the lower voltage, but because these SCSI standards allow much higher speeds than the older HVD SCSI.
The generic term high-voltage differential signaling describes a variety of systems. Low-voltage differential signaling or LVDS, on the other hand, is a specific system defined by a TIA/EIA standard.
Current loop signaling
Current mode logic (CML)
Differential amplifier
Differential TTL
Longitudinal voltage
Signal integrity
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The design has been completely refreshed and updated with the latest products on the market. This new edition of the Brembo Friction catalogue offers a range of discs and pads that has almost reached 3,000 part numbers (more than 1,500 discs and over 1,400 pads) and a range of 1,000 codes of drums and shoes, which is, without a doubt, among the most complete list currently available on the market.
The catalogue features the TecDoc vehicle classification, just as it was in the previous version, offering significant advantages in terms of standardisation and uniformity in the part numbers and the convenience of having highly accurate and updated univocal information in three different formats: the printed catalogue, the on-line catalogue and TecDoc.
Among the new developments of the products inserted in the Brembo Friction catalogue, a highlight is the new range of Premium discs which is dedicated to higher performing cars and has been adopted directly from the original equipment.
This range of Premium discs comprises exclusive floating discs for extreme sporty cars and composite discs for the more prestigious production cars. Both solutions guarantee lightness and superior performance thanks to the use of an aluminium hub and special alloy cast iron braking surface with high carbon content.
The new edition of the Friction catalogue is also characterised by a remarkable broadening of the range of UV coated discs (all of the codes end in ".x1"). With more than 700 items currently available, the range of discs with the special anti-corrosion UV coating is much appreciated and frequently requested by contemporary drivers, who are also more keen on the aesthetic details of the product.


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Voyage sentimental () est un film américain réalisé par Walter Lang, sorti en 1946.

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La trame reprend un récit de Nelia Gardener-White (1894 - 1957), , paru dans la revue  en 1944.

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 Titre : Voyage sentimental
 Titre original :
 Réalisation : Walter Lang
 Scénario : Samuel Hoffenstein et Elizabeth Reinhardt d'après le roman The Little Horse de Nelia Gardner White
 Production : Walter Morosco
 Société de production et de distribution : 20th Century Fox
 Musique : Cyril J. Mockridge
 Photographie : Norbert Brodine
 Montage : J. Watson Webb Jr.
 Direction artistique : Albert Hogsett et Lyle R. Wheeler
 Décorateur de plateau : Thomas Little
 Costumes : Kay Nelson et Sam Benson (non crédité)
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue : anglais
 Format : noir et blanc – 35 mm – 1,37:1 – mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
 Genre : drame
 Durée : 94 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
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John Payne : William O. Weatherly
Maureen O'Hara : Julie Beck / Weatherly
William Bendix : Donnelly / Oncle Don
Cedric Hardwicke : Dr. Jim Miller
Glenn Langan : Judson
Mischa Auer : Gregory Petrovich Rogozhin
Kurt Kreuger : Walt Wilson
Trudy Marshall : Ruth
Ruth Nelson : Mme McMasters
Connie Marshall : Mehitabel / Hitty Weatherly

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Film américain sorti en 1946
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Al Hammadi ... proud achievement
Emirates Fire and Rescue obtains global accreditation
A course or training programme bearing the seal of the IFE is a testament to the quality of courses, training providers and methods and is recognised as being in line with the expectations and standards of the IFE
The Emirates Fire and Rescue Company (EFRC), a pioneer in the field of fire life and safety consultancy, providing smart safety 360 services, recently made a historic achievement after being accredited by the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) as one of its Recognised Training Providers (RTPs) in the GCC. EFRC is the first UAE company within its industry to hold the IFE accreditation, which is considered one of the highest recognitions in the field.
The IFE is a leading international organisation renowned for its best practices concerning fire safety and training. A course or training programme bearing the seal of the IFE is a testament to the quality of courses, training providers and methods and is recognised as being in line with the expectations and standards of the IFE.
"The EFRC dedicated significant time and effort to implement the IFE standards and requirements across all its branches in the Northern Emirates. During this period, the company raised the level of its training programs, from theory to practical classes, to meet the international organisation's criteria," said Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer, EFRC.
Al Hammadi added: "Part of our strategic approach is to focus on expansion and growth within our sector, while aligning our strategy with the government's development programmes. Through our services we aim to raise the level of safety and prevention among all facilities, corporations, entities and individuals on the grounds of the UAE. Being granted the accreditation leaves a great impact on our portfolio, allowing us to stand out among prominent industry players and add greater value to the public and stakeholders we serve."
"We aim to refocus our efforts in 2019 to strengthen our internal operations, while maintaining our business to reach regional and international markets by 2020. We aim to forge international accreditations and acknowledgements to ensure that the EFRC is fully equipped to fulfil its mission and deliver on its commitment," Al Hammadi said.
The company which is part of Fazaa Group consisted of 22 sister companies, provides basic and customised training courses on key topics such as fire and evacuation drills as well as National Fire and Protection Association (NFPA) courses. Three of the EFRC courses, namely Basic Firefighting, Advanced Firefighting Level 1, and Advanced Firefighting Level 2, received the IFE approval after the latter's accreditation committee conducted an audit site visit in which the EFRC got a matched score with the IFE standards during the rigorous assessment conducted by the IFE team.
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Nisimazine IDFA is a workshop to take place during the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2008 (IDFA).
The intensive workshop should endorse participants and staff to enter into a lively debate about their cultures, commonalities and differences through daily meetings where the articles and topics will be discussed. Interncultural views on films will be be published side-by-side and different views on topics will be supported to co-exist.
The 'Nisimazine' will be distributed at the festival every day in the amount of at least 500 per issue. Besides making the daily magazine and getting feedback on their work, the young participants will also be given the opportunity to attend master classes and discussions organised at the IDFA filmfestival.


Finally the wait is over, and much awaited trailer of Dhoni biopic 'M. S. Dhoni – The Untold Story' has been launched by MS Dhoni himself.
When teaser of the Dhoni biopic was launched few months back in March, it created lots of wave. Atmosphere was just right for teaser launched, as ICC T20 world cup had just began. People were applauding their captain and they appreciated the teaser with open heart.
No doubt Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the greatest captain of Indian Cricket. Hailing from a middle class family, he took the Indian Cricket to new heights. His contribution into the game is unparalleled.
Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput is playing the role of Dhoni. He has portrayed Dhoni extremely well. Be it Dhoni's batting style, the way he walks or talks; Sushant has perfectly done the job. It is extremely difficult to differentiate real Dhoni and Sushant's portrayal of Dhoni.
Kira Advani and Anupam Kher has also played important role in the movie.
Directed by Neeraj Pandey, movie is set to release on 30th September.
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Arms race for Amazon out of control: Editorial
With states offering billions to attract the company's new HQ, action is needed to rein in taxpayer-funded incentives.
Arms race for Amazon out of control: Editorial With states offering billions to attract the company's new HQ, action is needed to rein in taxpayer-funded incentives. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/editorials/2017/10/20/arms-race-amazon-shows-corporate-incentives-out-control-editorial/783753001/
The News Journal Published 10:51 a.m. ET Oct. 20, 2017 | Updated 11:11 a.m. ET Oct. 20, 2017
Governor John Carney explains the three sites that have been chosen as the best potential locations for Amazon's new headquarters at an bid announcement presentation Thursday at the Delaware Contemporary. (Photo: Jerry Habraken, The News Journal)Buy Photo
When Amazon first announced it was accepting pitches for the home of its $5 billion second headquarters, we feared it would spur an unprecedented arms race in taxpayer-funded incentives.
It looks like we were right.
Read the story: Delaware unveils its longshot pitch for Amazon HQ2
This week, New Jersey officials announced their willingness to give away a staggering $7 billion in tax breaks and other incentives in a bid to attract Amazon to Newark. That is an outrageous sum.
Previous editorial: Let's pause to honor Delaware's great teachers
For perspective, Delaware's annual general fund operating budget — teacher salaries, health care programs, prisons, all of it — is $4.1 billion. New Jersey's budget is $34.7 billion.
Pennsylvania is reportedly offering $3 billion to come to Philadelphia. Maryland hasn't given a hard number, but it is said to be in the billions.
Gov. John Carney won't say how much Delaware is offering, but he acknowledged it amounts to "the largest number I've ever seen, as it relates to economic development projects here in our state."
Still, Carney knows that small states like Delaware simply can't compete with cash incentives at this scale.
Unfairness to small states aside, these colossal payouts are a bad deal for taxpayers. They make it harder for states to fund essential government services like strong schools, good roads, and solid health care. The economic benefits often turn out to be weaker than promised.
Even when the deals work out, they don't last — Delaware spent more than $100 million to lure AstraZeneca in the '90s and, though it met its hiring goals, the company is now a shadow of its former self in Delaware. AstraZeneca is still a valued employer here, but the governor listed its once-mighty Fairfax campus as a potential site for Amazon.
The real question is whether taxpayers should have to pay for this cycle of booms and busts.
Regardless of which state's cash register rings the loudest for Amazon, companies should locate headquarters based on factors like infrastructure access, quality of life, and a skilled workforce — measures on which Delaware can actually compete.
In a recent New York Times op-ed, former Gov. Jack Markell called for an end to handout-based competition. He acknowledged forking over millions as governor, but said he had little choice — what was he supposed to do, simply bow out of competing for jobs altogether?
Markell rightly placed the responsibility for ending the madness in the hands of Congress.
He offered the intriguing idea of a federal tax of 100 percent, dollar-for-dollar, on state incentives. That would render these payouts useless, leveling the playing field for states like Delaware.
This solution would likely face legal challenges and other complexities. But our Congressional delegation and those from all other small states should be pushing for it, or at least something like it.
Corporate incentives are out of control. And somebody needs to stop them.
The News Journal's editorial opinions are decided by its editorial board, which is separate from the news staff.
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Der Grand Prix Velo Alanya ist ein türkisches Straßenradrennen.
Der Grand Prix Velo Alanya wurde zum ersten Mal 2019 ausgetragen und findet seitdem jährlich zum Anfang der Saison im Februar/März statt. Das Eintagesrennen wird in der Stadt Alanya in der Provinz Antalya ausgetragen. Nicht zu verwechseln mit dem Rennen Grand Prix Alanya.

Seit 2019 zählt das Rennen zur UCI Europe Tour und ist in der Kategorie 1.2 eingestuft.
Seit 2019 wird das gleichnamige Frauenrennen Grand Prix Velo Alanya Women ausgetragen.

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Thesis: "Emotions and Belonging in Forced Migration: A Case Study of Syrian Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Berlin"
2012 Licenciatura en Sociología (equivalent to Bachelor and Master´s degree in Sociology). University of Granada/Spain.
2013 Master's degree in Arab and Hebrew cultures: past and present. University of Granada/Spain.
Since 2015 PhD. Student in the Institute of Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin. PhD. project is supported by a grant from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service).
"Emotions and Belonging in Forced Migration: A Case Study of Syrian Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Berlin"


The B IV Schwere Ladungstrager was a fully tracked vehicle (CLASSIC kit 965 or Restricted Issue kit IR-19) designed to carry and lay a demolition charge alongside of a static target. The charge was then detonated remotely once the vehicle had withdrawn to a safe disctance. The vehicle was driven manually to within striking distance of it's target, when the driver dismounted and the vehicle was remotely controlled by radio for the final phase of it's mission.
The Panzer IIIJ (Fkl) was the original control vehicle in B IV operations. Four carriers could be subordinated to each tank and the command set could guide two carriers simultaneously. It had a range of 2000m. The control tanks were also used to provide covering fire as the carriers approached their target.
The system was widely used on the Eastern Front.
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Episode 48 scores 20.1 percent in Nelson Korea viewership [Unasked Family] According to Nielsen Korea, KBS1's daily night drama "Unasked Family" scored 20.1% on January 2, 2020 (KST), which was the episode 48. It's the highest score it has gotten since it was premiered on October 28 (KST). KBS World TV is airing the show weeknights at 9 p.m. (KST). Drama
The viewership ratings keep rising [Gracious Revenge] According to Nielsen Korea, KBS drama 'Gracious Revenge' scored 13.4% on December 17 (KST). It's the highest score it has gotten since it was premiered on November 4. Drama
The new KBS drama scores high [Woman of 9.9 Billion] According to Nielsen Korea, 'Woman of 9.9 Billion' was the most-watched drama of the night in Korea, scoring average nationwide ratings of 7.2 percent and 8.7 percent for its first broadcast. Its predecessor, 'When the Camellia Blooms,' premiered to average ratings of 6.3 percent and 7.4 percent. [Image Source: https://www.instagram.com/lightyears81 ] Drama
More great K-dramas are coming [Woman of 9.9 Billion] 'Winter is coming' and KBS World is ready to show you more K-dramas to warm you through the winter. One of them is 'Woman of 9.9 Billion.' Check out the teasers! You will understand why I called them great. Drama
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Scoring Highest Rating [Justice] According to Nielsen Korea, the Episode 29 and 30 of "Justice" scored ratings of 5.8 and 7.0 percent in Korea. This is topping last week's 6.4 percent. The rating is also the highest in its timeslot on September 4 (KST). The show is heading towards the end. You can watch these two episodes on KBS WORLD tonight, on September 5. [Justice] Showtime : Thu-Fri 22:10... Drama
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Commentary • Politics
Old EC speaks…. for new EC to clean up
by Aziz Hassan
Written by Aziz Hassan
Recollections & Reflections – A commentary
THE by-election is over and with that the man most Malaysians think will be the next prime minister has taken another step forward, first returning as an MP on Monday after an absence of about three years following a legal issue for which he has been pardoned by the King.
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is the president-elect of PKR, a member of the Pakatan Harapan coalition with the most number of MPs, and he is, under a plan hatched by sitting Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the anointed successor. No one in the ruling coalition is known to voice any objection to this so we can all assume that the plan remains very much in place.
Anwar won handsomely in the Port Dickson by-election on Saturday after the seat was vacated specifically to allow him to contest and that move by Datuk Danyal Rajagopal Abdullah, it must be said, didn't look like a decision harmoniously accepted even by those known to agree with Pakatan.
There was a news item a day before the by-election which was given decent press coverage but despite the repercussion the indiscretions may have caused, the reaction to the statement if any, was rather muted. The usual suspects certainly didn't officially issue the kind of statements we would expect from them, so the matter died a quick death. Furthermore it came a bit too late, only a day before voting.
According to the Election Reforms Committee formed in August by the Pakatan government, several matters during the campaign involving Anwar should not have happened.
Committee chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman cited free meals, campaigning by ministers who made promises and the fact that Anwar's wife Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail introduced herself or was introduced as the deputy prime minister.
To quote Rashid: "There were two ministers who came here to campaign and making (??) promises which should not have occurred. They should only make the announcement or promise outside campaigning hours.
"Then, there were free meals provided by non-governmental organisations or corporate bodies which organised the functions on behalf of the candidates, that is not allowed and is an offence under the election regulations."
But honestly, what difference did the way Wan Azizah was introduced make to the audience because even if she was referred to as PKR president or simply Anwar's wife, everyone knew she was the DPM. Strangely Rashid didn't say anything about the presence of Mahathir, who even if he had gone as Pakatan chairman, would have been escorted by the kind of security detail provided to the PM. Technically one can argue that he then must have been there as PM, not the coalition chairman. But these are trivia really.
Revelations nothing new; common even decades ago during Rashid's time with the EC
Rashid also touched on the media coverage to compare that with what was seen under the previous administration, describing the latter as being over-the-top. To him, the "excesses" seen in PD were also common under the previous administration. Apart from his position as chairman of the ERC, Rashid must have been speaking as a politician, for he is a vice-president of Mahathir's Pribumi Bersatu party.
Any journalist who has served long enough to have covered general elections and by-elections since 1982 can confirm without hesitation that the issues Rashid identified during the PD campaign have been around for decades, not just confined to the previous administration or the one previous to that.
Rashid was, by the way the secretary of the Election Commission from 1979 to 1995, its deputy chairman from 1997 to 2000 and chairman from 2000 to 2008.
Regardless of what Rashid had observed, new EC chairman Azhar "Art" Harun now has enough on his plate to bring credibility to the EC as a truly impartial and transparent agency. Judging from what happened in PD, Azhar must have felt letdown his intention to make PD the model election was nowhere near to being achieved.
Lynas should feel much better now
After a few weeks of seemingly bad blood, common sense has finally prevailed with the announcement by the energy, science, technology, environment and climate change ministry of a new committee to review the operations of the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant in Gebeng, Kuantan.
Minister Yeo Bee Yin said the Cabinet had decided on October 10 that the committee should comprise individuals previously not known to voice their stance openly regarding the plant.
"This is to avoid any party from questioning the credibility of the committee due to its members' stand," she said in a statement Monday.
Didn't the ministry think of this earlier when it appointed Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh and Bentong MP Wong Tack to the committee because both were in the forefront of protests against the plant a few years ago? Didn't the minister think of this when she signed the letter appointing Fuziah on September 19?
The committee will now comprise Institute for Environment and Development research fellow Professor Datuk Dr. Mazlin Mokhtar; United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health visiting professor Prof. Dr. Jamal Hisham Hashim; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Occupational Safety, Health and Environment unit director Prof. Dr. Maketab Mohamed; Universiti Putra Malaysia Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Community Health Department Assoc. Prof. Anita Abdul Rahman; Universiti Malaysia Pahang's Earth Resources and Sustainability Centre director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muzamir Hasan and former director of the Department of Environment's Air and Hazardous Substances division Datin Paduka Che Asmah Ibrahim.
What a contrast to the two-person committee chaired by Fuziah, who last week did the right thing by resigning from the committee.
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A journalist since July 1976 with both the English and Malaya press and was with two newspaper groups before The Mole. Does corporate report-writing and translation in his free time. Currently also a contributing weekly rugby columnist for the New Straits Times.
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Malaysia's downstream rare earth investments at RM100 bln over next decade
Decision on Lynas will be known by middle of next month
High-level meeting on future of Malaysia's rare-earth industry on July 10


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Politics & Polls #13: The Alt-Right
By Julian Zelizer & Sam Wang (Produced by B. Rose Kelly and Bonelys Rosado)
Topics Politics Science, Technology, Innovation
Source Office of Communications and the Woodrow Wilson School
A previously unknown subculture has emerged onto the political scene thanks to the 2016 presidential election. The alternative right, known as the "alt-right," is a diverse group of people who identify as right-wing and are unified in opposition against mainstream American conservatism.
The movement — which has gained attention through their support of Donald Trump's campaign — has been associated with white nationalism, white supremacism and right-wing populism and other fringe groups. But who exactly comprises the alt-right? Where did the group first originate? Is this a new phenomenon? And have we seen glimpses of such a movement throughout history?
In episode 13, professors Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang interview Rick Perlstein, author of The New York Times bestseller "Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America" about the origins and implications of the alt-right and its connections to the Republican Party.
In addition to "Nixonland," Perlstein is the author of "The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan" and "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus," winner of the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Award for history. A contributing writer at The Nation, former chief national correspondent for the Village Voice and a former online columnist for the New Republic and Rolling Stone, his journalism and essays have appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times and many other publications.
Zelizer is the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He has been one of the pioneers in the revival of American political history. He is the author of several books including, most recently, "The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society." Zelizer is a frequent commentator in the international and national media on political history and contemporary politics. He has published more than 600 hundred op-eds, including his weekly column on CNN.com.
Wang is professor of neuroscience and molecular biology at Princeton University. He is known for his books "Welcome to Your Brain" and "Welcome to Your Child's Brain" and for his founding role at the Princeton Election Consortium, a blog providing U.S. election analyses. In 2004, Wang was one of the first to aggregate U.S. presidential polls using probabilistic methods. In 2012, his statistical analysis correctly predicted the presidential vote outcome in 49 of 50 states. He has also developed new statistical standards for partisan gerrymandering. A neuroscientist, Wang's academic research focuses on the neuroscience of learning, the cerebellum and autism.


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The long-empty Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx would be converted into a national ice center with nine ice rinks and extensive youth hockey and skating programs under a proposal that a group of Bronx elected officials and labor leaders endorsed on Thursday.
Led by the borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr., the group rallied behind the ice center, which they estimated would cost $275 million. They called it the best of six proposals that had been submitted to the city for the redevelopment of the armory, a cavernous fortress that looms over a borough troubled by poverty and unemployment.
The New York City Economic Development Corporation, which is reviewing the proposals, is expected to select a winner by the end of the year. A competing proposal that has received local support calls for creating a $100-million development styled like the Chelsea Market, with weekend stalls for artists and entrepreneurs to sell goods, as well as a six-screen theater and a rock-climbing wall.
Mr. Diaz said a crucial reason for his support for the ice center was that the developer had voluntarily pledged that every job created by the project would pay at least $10 an hour with benefits, or $11.50 an hour without benefits, in line with wage standards set by the city's recently passed "living wage" legislation. The development group estimated the center would create about 200 permanent and 1,800 temporary construction positions.
"This development will allow our borough to realize the potential of the Kingsbridge Armory and to do so in a way that will offer the people of the Bronx a chance to earn a decent living," Mr. Diaz said at a news conference in front of the armory, flanked by Mark Messier, the former New York Rangers star, and the Olympic gold-medal figure skater Sarah Hughes, who are members of the development group making the ice center proposal.
In 2009, Mr. Diaz and other Bronx officials blocked a proposal to build a shopping mall at the armory, in part because the developer, the Related Companies, balked at their demands that mall workers be paid a living wage, and in part over concerns that it would compete with local stores.
The collapse of that proposal soured Mr. Diaz's relationship with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and helped set off a citywide campaign for living-wage legislation that was adopted by the City Council this spring over the mayor's veto.
Youngwoo & Associates, the developer for the marketplace proposal, released a statement that said it was "very surprised and obviously disappointed" by Mr. Diaz's endorsement of the ice center. The Youngwoo & Associates proposal, which it estimated would create 800 permanent and 700 construction jobs, called for at least as many jobs paying a living wage as the ice center, the developer said.
The ice center proposal comes as the Bronx's first public skating rink will open this fall in Van Cortlandt Park. Several Bronx residents walking by the armory on Thursday said that they did not see a need for more ice rinks.


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Futuresource
Jack Wetherill
William Pratt
Global TV set market forecast for growth
4K to Boost Value
After a weak performance from the global TV set market in 2013 – with revenues and shipments down 4% and 2.6% respectively – the segment is expected to return to growth in 2014, according to a new strategic report from Futuresource Consulting.
"Flat panel saturation in developed markets has resulted in oversupply and has been exerting downward pressure on vendor profitability," says Jack Wetherill, Senior Market Analyst, Futuresource Consulting. "Moreover, the stimulus provided by the switchover from analogue to digital in the years up to 2012 did not carry over into 2013.
"However, in amongst last year's global market weakening – with TV revenues down to $104 billion at trade – we did see pockets of profit. The Chinese market grew strongly in 2013 after an underwhelming 2012, to reach 47 million units, with a government subsidy programme bolstering a particularly strong H1. Latin America and MEA also enjoyed growth, with flat panel volumes up 3% and 6% respectively.
"As we progress through 2014 we're going to see the global TV market grow by around 1% to exceed 230 million units, with the majority of growth being derived from Latin America, Middle East & Africa and emerging Asia Pacific. Value will be driven even higher, with forecasts of nearly 2%, on track to exceed $105 billion."
The Rise of 4K
To generate higher margins, panel makers and TV vendors are beginning to push new generation 4K TV sets, and Futuresource forecasts show that 4K sets will account for 5% of the global TV market this year, rising to 42% by 2018. Besides attractive pricing, the industry is hoping that the ability of many of the sets to upscale from HD will encourage consumers to buy the sets in advance of the content industry gearing up for widespread 4K content capture and distribution.
The larger screen size segments are now expected to migrate rapidly to 4K, predominantly the result of upstream competitive pressures and efficiencies in panel manufacturing.
Connected TV sets continue to grow their share of the TV market, accounting for 39% of global volumes last year, which will rise to 87% by 2018, with vendors integrating the technology further into their product line-ups in order to maximise consumer uptake of the associated connected services.
Riding the Curve
In an additional attempt to promote sales and higher margins, a number of TV vendors have introduced curved sets to the market, promoting them as providing a more immersive experience and reducing reflection and glare.
"While curved sets may form a niche market in larger screen sizes, it remains to be seen to what extent consumers will be convinced by the benefits of curved sets, particularly in the mid to low screen size bracket," says William Pratt, Research Analyst, Futuresource Consulting.
"Samsung's position as the top global TV vendor was further strengthened in 2013 as it continued to lead on pricing and feature inclusion," says Pratt. "Alongside Sony, Samsung has also taken an early lead in the 4K market.
"China's domestic brands continue to push into international markets and we anticipate this expansion to become more rapid as the Chinese domestic market declines. Conversely, the majority of Japanese brands lost share after another year of weak domestic demand and difficulty competing with the prices from the leading Korean brands."
Looking beyond 2014, Futuresource forecasts global TV market volumes to grow at 3.3% CAAGR to 2018, driven mostly by growing flat panel demand from emerging regions such as Latin America, India and developing markets within Asia Pacific. Modest growth in demand is forecast for developed markets from 2015, due to the natural replacement cycle of TV sets bought during the flat panel boom.
This detailed strategic report provides market data from 2012 to 2018, covering the key technologies, markets and competitors within the global TV market. For more information please contact Andy Watson via andy.watson@futuresource-hq.com
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Done. Start Singing, "Don't Worry Be Happy." UB40?
Yesterday I promised I would start a difficult conversation for someone out there.
If this one is for you, please use it.
If it is not applicable to you, bag it and save it for the future. And maybe hope it does not happen to you.
The original cartoon and blog entry on the topic of "Done" was one of the first I published on the site. It is something that has been slapping me in the face more and more lately.
Let's say you have completed a task on a user story. You are happy to be moving it from "Work in process" to "Done" on your story board.
It is indeed a happy event.
Walk into a "Best Buy" right when it opens. On a weekday.
If you cannot do that, here is what happens….
Right when the doors open, you have about 15 people (all the staff) standing in the door opening CLAPPING THEIR HANDS as you walk in.
Managers are watching the employees like hawks to make sure they clap.
While they are clapping at you, they are chatting between themselves, some of them are actually texting their friends on the phone, blowing bubbles with bubble gum, or staring off into space.
And that is just the employees interested in you being there.
While I am sure this is meant to be a great welcoming gesture, it is extremely uncomfortable to both the people walking into the store to buy their headset (or other cool technical crap) and the employees who are being "forced" to do this.
Do you see a parallel here between Scrum Team Members and Best Buy Employees and their Customers?
Talk to your outside stakeholders about it.
Please please please stop by Best Buy at opening on a weekday and feel the experience.
Let me know how it turns out via comments or email.
« Starting Tough Conversations. It's Go Time.
I have seen something like this with teams where people have to pay a dollar if they get late for Daily meetings.
I agree 100% with you. People try to create teamwork, synergy and respect with this. If it's not real, it's not worth doing at all.
It's money for nothing… people should search for better ways to get motivation from teams.
I'm mystified by the reference to UB40 in the subject – surely that should be Bobby McFerrin?
First, thank you for the comments. I appreciate them!
#1: Eh… the point is go in and see it happen. It is not genuine.
#2: So the people who are searching — I suggest you talk to your teams!
#3: Yeah… yeah… you are right. My bad. Sorry Bobby :).


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Basketball-Men | Sports
Yellow Jackets Win G-MAC Tournament Opener
by Tim Miller
The No. 4 Cedarville Yellow Jackets returned to the G-MAC Tournament after a one-year hiatus and won 81-77 over No. 5 Ohio Dominican on Tuesday night. The Yellow Jackets led for the majority of the game, but didn't clearly have an advantage until the very end against the defending conference tournament champions.
The Yellow Jackets were lethal from deep, sniping 62 percent of their shots from behind the arc. All five starters were in double figures for Cedarville.
"Our starters were really good," head coach Pat Estepp said after the win. "They did a tremendous job getting us off to a good start."
Freshman guard Branden Maughmer led the Yellow Jackets with 22 points and five rebounds. Freshman forward Kollin Van Horn added 14 points and senior guard Grant Zawadzki was right behind with 13. Freshman swingman Quinton Green added 11 points and sophomore Conner TenHove was the last Yellow Jacket in double figures with 10 points.
Green found his way into the starting lineup for the first time in his young career and delivered five of the Yellow Jackets first nine points. Cedarville led for most of the first few minutes and took its first two-possession lead at 13-8 with 14:10 left off a saucy layup by Maughmer.
Cedarville's offense got hot during that point, sprinting to a 19-13 margin thanks to five made shots in a row. The Yellow Jackets took a 22-13 advantage after freshman forward Isaiah Speelman netted a triple that junior guard Demond Parker celebrated before it even went through the cup. ODU stayed on the Yellow Jackets' heels, making a triple on the next possession.
The Panthers continued to fight with Cedarville, but the Yellow Jackets wouldn't let ODU come within a possession. After a few minutes of cycling through made shots by both teams, Maughmer drilled a pull-up triple as the shot clock buzzed to put Cedarville up 28-22 with 6:10 remaining.
Cedarville held its lead into halftime, owning a 32-27 advantage after 20 minutes. Maughmer was the Yellow Jackets' leading scorer with nine points on 4-5 shooting. TenHove and Speelman had six points each, and TenHove added three assists. Cedarville shot the ball well, making 52 percent of its shots from the field and 67 percent from deep.
The Yellow Jackets should have felt lucky to hold the lead, as Ohio Dominican, one of the nation's top rebounding teams, was plus-four on the glass. The Panthers were awful from the field, making 39 percent of its shots. They were even worse from behind the arc, converting on just 23 percent of their attempts.
"We challenged them at halftime," Estepp said. "We weren't rebounding great and we didn't take great care of the ball. Holding one of the best rebounding teams in the country to one offensive rebound in the second half was tremendous."
Both offenses began the second half with success, but ODU was a little better, bringing the game within one point with 16:59 left. The made shot sparked the Panthers' bench, as even their coach decided to clown around by slapping the floor like a scrappy point guard who puts the clamps on your favorite team's best scorer.
The Panthers were able to take a lead shortly there after and kept the game tight. With under 12 minutes left, the game was tied at 48 after an ODU triple.
Ohio Dominican gained momentum for a short time while holding the lead, but Cedarville took it right back. Maughmer came up with an athletic offensive rebound and layup to put Cedarville up 56-51 with 8:24 on the clock. On the defensive end, the Yellow Jackets forced a jump ball to regain possession. The string of plays reignited the Yellow Jackets at a crucial point in the game.
With 7:08 left, TenHove netted a trifecta to put Cedarville up 59-53. Cedarville's offense continued to play just a step ahead of Ohio Dominican, and Green brought the house down with what quite possibly will serve as the dunk of the year for the Yellow Jackets. The monster slam caused Callan to collectively combust and supplied Cedarville with its biggest lead of the game at 66-55.
After a timeout with under five minutes left, Cedarville clearly wanted to slow the pace to protect its lead. Zawadzki walked the ball up the court and the Yellow Jackets melted the clock with each possession.
Zawadzki picked up a steal and made an easy layup on the other end with just over a minute left to ice the game.
The Panthers used timeouts after this point for any shot to get back in the game and made it interesting, hitting a triple with less than a second left to pull the game within three. Parker was fouled and made a free throw in order to finally put the game to bed with a second left.
"I'm proud of our guys. We had to really work hard for that one," Estepp said.
Cedarville's next stop in the G-MAC Tournament is against No. 1 Findlay on Friday. The Oilers are the sixth-ranked team in all of NCAA Division II, but one of their three losses this season came against the Yellow Jackets. Findlay will host the remainder of the G-MAC Tournament.
"They're really good, they're really well coached, and they're tough at home," Estepp said of Findlay. "We're gonna have to go out and give it everything we've got. We've got nothing to lose so we have to play loose."
Tim Miller is a junior marketing major and sports editor for Cedars. He enjoys having a baby face, knowing too much about supplemental insurance, and striving to perfect the optimal combination of Dwight Schrute and Ron Swanson.
Branden Maughmer
Cedarville Men's Basketball
Cedarville Yellow Jackets
Conner TenHove
Demond Parker
Grant Zawadzki
Isaiah Speelman
Pat Estepp
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Q: D+R: How many randomized trials to determine the D value? I have an unknown fixed integer D.  N binary random variables R were added to D.
In each randomized trial we can observe the sum D+R. But we don't know D and we don't know the R's outcome in each trial. We only know the sum.
R is a uniformly distributed random 0/1 value.  N random values were added to D.
So you can assume that on average N random values add up to N/2.
How many trials of D+R values I need to examine before I can predict the D value with some confidence?
Hope my question made sense.  I didn't know how else to explain it.

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