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Here's an eye-opening gem that was recorded back in 2005 and still rings true today. During a series of webinars with Michael Mansfield, a top-ranked forex portfolio manager, Mr. Mansfield imparts attendees with trading techniques and strategies he utilizes to manage capital in the foreign exchange market.
During this particular video, Mansfield shows investors and traders how to use Elliott Waves to manually forecast market prices with a high degree of accuracy; as high as 60-80%, the level Mansfield's more sophisticated, predictive computer models achieve. Mansfield also correctly predicts a drop in the US stock market 5 weeks prior to 9/11. This actual forecast is used as an example during the video below.
We recommend that our clients use these videos as an educational tool and to help them better understand some of the principles behind the market reports provided in the forecast section of our blog. Managed account investors can also use these videos to get a better understanding of how a successful FX manager analyzes the financial markets.
Notes and Summary on the Video (April 4th, 2005)
Money manager Michael Mansfield starts by introducing trading techniques based on market geometry that he uses in his strategies. He expresses his confidence in these techniques when he states, "…what is remarkable is that these old master techniques that you could literally do with a pen and a chart paper, or you could do it with your computer, offer very similar results to our highly accurate predictive model, which is running 60-80% accuracy. For a system, that's very, very good."
Part of Mansfield's methodology when trading discretionally (manually) are based on Elliott Wave Theory. To make Eliott Wave progressions less subjective, Mansfield combines them with other techniques he has developed.
Mansfield then goes on to explain the basic principles behind Elliott Waves and how they become a highly reliable technique when the market exhibits a good wave structure or specific combination of waves (or price segments); "Better than any other single technique of categorizing the market."
In the following paragraph, Michael Mansfield summarizes the sequence of 5 price segments or waves that makes up an Elliott Wave progression and the psychology behind it:
"The bottom line with the Wave principle is this: it starts at the bottom, and the inception of the wave is a zero. The first wave up from that zero point is Wave 1. That's just short covering from the previous down wave. And then at the top of Wave 1, there are people still looking to go short from the previous downtrend, and so there's a correction. It's often quite choppy, and it doesn't make a new low. That retracement is the bottom of Wave 2. The next wave up is when you get the professionals and funds buying into the market, and that causes a dynamic up move, which is Wave 3. Wave 3 will tend to be the longest out of the five waves. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. It will have the steepest slope, it will have the most momentum, and will typically run 132% of Wave 1 to as much as 300%, 420% of Wave 1. And then, after Wave 3 goes up, you'll have a 4th wave correction that will not take out the top of Wave 1. And then, finally you get the 5th wave up. And Wave 5s tend to equal, more or less, Wave 1."
The following bullet list are other important points Mansfield makes about this methodology (what he calls "little gems"):
- "The important thing to look at this is just, Wave 3 tends to be the biggest. Wave 4 pulls back, and then there's one more high that has less momentum, typically, than Wave 3. And that's very easy to notify with divergences and other indicators. And those are places to go short…"
- "…when the market takes out the Wave 1 top, the market tends to gap. Continuation gap. And that's because there's a lot of stops at the top of Wave 1, in case the market does go above Wave 1, people are going to buy at that place. And that's where you get these gaps. It's really fantastic. And when you do get those gaps, when it takes out a high, chances are you are experiencing a wave-free run up, and that market's likely to continue for some time. That's relative to the size of Wave 1. Actually, higher, more momentum."
- "Another thing with regard to Elliott Wave that you'll want to remember for the rest of your lives is after you get a fifth wave up, which is this 5, and it has lower momentum, and it typically has a lower angle of a slope, when the market does start selling off, it will retrace back to the low of Wave 4."
After Mansfield explains how Elliott Waves work in predicting future market moves, he provides an interesting example he previously published in a newsletter 5 weeks prior to 9/11 calling for a large drop in the US stock market. He states, "…the New York Composite had fulfilled the requirements of an Elliott Wave super cycle top."
Throughout this "Retro" series, FX manager Mansfield provides plenty of other forecasts for markets like currencies, gold, oil, interest rates, and others. This will allow you to witness the power of Elliott Waves in forecasting future prices and can serve as a great learning tool for those traders who use or are thinking of adding this methodology to their trading arsenal.
In the next video, Michael Mansfield analyzes various currency pairs and the US Dollar Index. He also introduces the Andrew's Pitchfork technical indicator and shows how he uses it in the analysis of charts.

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Swansea fail to sign Jonathan Soriano from Barcelona B
Last updated on .From the section Football
Swansea City's hopes of signing Barcelona B striker Jonathan Soriano have been dashed over the player's financial demands.
Swans chairman Huw Jenkins met Soriano's representatives in Spain but was unable to agree a deal.
He said: "We were prepared to offer him an opportunity to join our squad in our first season in the Premier League.
"But we were not happy with the terms of the deal to suit Swansea City Football Club."
Soriano, 25, was the top-scorer in Spain's second tier last term with 26 goals, attracting interest from Wigan.
He joined Barcelona's reserve side in 2009 after spending seven years on Espanyol's books, during which time he scored against Swansea in a 4-0 friendly win in 2008.
The Spain Under-21 international scored 32 goals from 37 appearances in all competitions last season, prompting Italian side Udinese and French outfit Marseille to also show an interest.
"We continue to look at all of our options," added Jenkins.
Having already broken the club's record transfer fee for £3.5m striker Danny Graham, the Swans are ready to spend again as they aim to build a squad capable of competing in their first season in the Premier League.
Highly-rated Tottenham Hotspur defender Steven Caulker has also moved to south Wales on a season-long loan, while full-back Angel Rangel rejected advances from other top tier clubs to sign a new contract.
A goalkeeper remains a top priority following the loss of Dorus de Vries to Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Darren Pratley's decision to leave for Bolton Wanderers has created a space to fill in midfield.
Defender Ashley Williams, himself a reported target for Premier League rivals, acknowledges the squad needs new faces in order to cope with the demands of a unrelenting season.
"We need a bit more, just in terms of a bit more depth in the squad," said Wales international Williams.
"It's a long season in the Premiership. Sometimes you see teams, like Blackpool, who fade in the second half [of the season], so I don't think we want to do that.
"I'm sure the board and the gaffer have got their targets."


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I don't know about you, but the turkey n cheese and good ol PB & J can get old when packing lunches. Sure, pack them a couple times a week, but packing something fun, new and tasty makes the whole family happy. *Insert Banana Date Nut Butter Rollups*
The first ingredient you'll need in this recipe is date paste. Yes- date paste, it's a thing. I PROMISE it's not hard to make. Making Medjool date paste takes less than 5 minutes and can stay fresh in your fridge for up to a month! The options are endless on how to use this yummy, jelly-like, paste!
Makes: 1 rollup (double or triple as needed)
Time: 5 minutes (takes additional 5 minutes for Medjool Date paste)
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1 whole wheat tortilla
1 banana
2 Tbsp Nut Butter (almond, peanut, whatever your favorite is)
2 Tbsp Medjool Date Paste
1.) Prepare Medjool date paste per above recipe.
2.) Lay tortilla on flat surface and spread nut butter on a 3rd of the tortilla (see above photo).
3.) Spread date paste next to nut butter on middle of tortilla.
4.) Place banana next to the nut butter and date paste and roll from side to side until tight wrap is created.
5.) Press firmly to make sure nut butter and date paste have adhered to the banana and tortilla. Cut in half or pinwheels and serve with veggies and more fruit, if desired!


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UMEI: "Universités du Maghreb: Enseignement Inclusif" (Maghreb Universities: Inclusive Education), is a project funded by the European Commission with the objective of improving the access to universities in the Maghreb for three target groups of students with special needs (related to economic insecurity, geographical origin or disability). UMEI is aimed at the creation and implementation, within universities, of an Assistance Unit of Awareness, Support and Mediation (CASAM), which will support students with special needs (related to economic insecurity, geographical origin or disability) so they get to go to college and/or continue their studies. Existing analysis in the three Maghreb countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) show, with some nuances, that access to higher education poses real difficulties for students targeted in this project. The number of students with disabilities enrolled in Maghreb universities does not exceed 2%. Students from rural backgrounds are underrepresented (less than 6%), especially among girls. And many students experience real integration difficulties. Similarly, the conditions of poverty faced by students of a third category have a crucial impact on their academic career. Some of the activities of the Project will be seminars and 'in situ' visits. The main purpose of the seminars (spaces for academic debate) is to achieve a transfer of knowledge and skills of European partners specialized in the field, to the CASAM officers. The 'in situ' visits will take place after the first year of reflection and analysis and will allow the future CASAM officers to deepen their knowledge and enhance their skills. They will be invited to three trainings in different centers of excellence in Europe.
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Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi (MA)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE) - UNICA member university
Erasmus Student Network (BE)
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (ES)
Compostela Group (ES)
Université Paul-Valéry (Montpellier III) (FR)
European Access Network (UK)
Fontys / Opleidingscentrum Speciale Onderwijszorg (NL)
Comenius University Bratislava (SK) - UNICA member university
Université Hassan II Mohammedia Casabalanca (MA)
Université Ibn Zohr (MA)
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MONTREAL – UFC president Dana White has a simple take on a potential superfight between UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (21-2 MMA, 15-2 UFC) and current middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva (27-4 MMA, 12-0 UFC).
If you want it, let's do it.
Following another dominating performance by St-Pierre in the featured matchup of Saturday's UFC 124 event, White said the Canadian superstar has nothing left to prove at 170 pounds; likewise for Silva at 185.
"Every time a guy goes in and fights, there's always somebody there," White said. "There's always going to be new guys popping up, but when do you say the division is finally [expletive] clean?
"There's still going to be guys there and guys that have won. I mean, it's about time we say both guys have earned their dues. They really have."
In White's mind, at least, Silva's 12-straight octagon wins make for the easiest sell.
"[Silva] is a guy that's wiped out an entire division," White said. "He really has. Anderson Silva, not only has he wiped out the 185-pound division, he also beat a couple of guys at 205.
"This guy has knocked off all the best guys. He hasn't lost a fight since 2006. It's almost 2011."
But White believes St-Pierre is in a similar position. Riding an eight-fight win streak bookended by victories over Josh Koscheck and featuring five-consecutive title defenses, St-Pierre is also in rarefied air, according to White.
"[St-Pierre] has cleaned out the division now," White said. "Georges St-Pierre has beaten everybody. He lost to (Matt) Serra, but he came back and avenged it. That's what it's all about for me.
"I don't like guys fighting each other at different weights until they've done what those two have done, and they've both done it."
For St-Pierre, the prospect is not one he takes lightly. If he makes the leap to 185 pounds, he wants to leave the welterweight division behind for good. He knows he'll need to pack on weight to compete in the middleweight division, and he believes trying to bounce between weightclasses is detrimental to one's timing as a fighter.
Silva, of course, currently has Vitor Belfort in February, and "The Phenom" is certainly not to be taken lightly. Meanwhile, St-Pierre has expressed his interest in fighting at April's UFC 131 event in Toronto, which would be a quick turnaround for Silva, even if he does get past Belfort.
Which leaves, perhaps, at least one more fight for St-Pierre at 170 pounds. On Saturday, White again confirmed that slot is Jake Shields' for the taking, and St-Pierre professed his interest in the matchup.
"I like watching [Shields] fight," St-Pierre said. "He's a very meticulous fighter. He's a very technical guy. He's a brilliant submission artist. I like to see him. He's one of the guy I like to see the most.
"He beat up guys at 170 and almost everybody at 185. He fights in both weightclasses. He's amazing."
Silva claims he may actually be able to drop below 185 pounds for a one-time blockbuster matchup with St-Pierre. White finds that incredible for the sometimes-light heavyweight, but he's certainly open to the idea.
Of course, fans would probably much prefer a five-round title affair than a three-round catchweight contest for the once-in-a-generation matchup of the world's top two fighters.
And it may just be Belfort and Shields standing in the way because White certainly isn't.
"If Georges said he was going to go to 185 and stay there, then it would be for the title," White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "It would be a superfight for the 185-pound title.
"It's hard to say no. It's hard for me to say, 'This fight doesn't make sense.'"
For more on UFC 124, check out the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.
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- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 3, Issue 6, 1 Nov 1954, p. 1033 - 1039
Pathology of Dientamoeba Fragilis Infections of the Appendix
Summary and Conclusions
Dientamoeba fragilis has been encountered in four appendices and in each case some of the amebae were seen with ingested blood cells. No actual invasion of tissue was found in any case. A marked fibrosis, which could be caused by a low grade irritant, was present in the wall of each appendix. Three of the four appendices also contained worm ova, larvae or adults, but the fibrosis could not be attributed to these. Dientamoeba appears as the most likely cause of this fibrosis.
Inasmuch as various symptoms have been reported in D. fragilis infections; as these symptoms generally disappear when the parasite is eliminated; as these amebae are shown to ingest blood cells; and as it apparently acts as an irritant and causes a localized tissue reaction, such as fibrosis, this species probably should be considered as a pathogenic species, but with a lower order of pathogenicity than that produced by Endamoeba histolytica or Balantidium coli.


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During the last several years, it seems as though more individuals are classified as having special needs. As a result, many Maryland families may be considering establishing a special needs trusts. These trusts are intended to supplement the income individuals with special needs may receive through government programs.
Revocable living trust may help Maryland residents' privacy
Many people enjoy keeping their lives as private as possible. Numerous Maryland residents may believe that their business should remain out of the public eye, and because of this desire, they may have some hesitation when it comes to estate planning. After creating a will, the document goes into the public record, which many parties may find displeasing. Luckily, a revocable living trust could offer more privacy.
Could a dynasty trust provide benefits to Maryland residents?
Many Maryland residents often consider leaving some sort of legacy behind after their deaths. For some, simply having children to carry on their name is enough of a legacy, but for others, they may want to take a different route that could benefit their families for generations to come. Interestingly, a person looking to go the latter route could create a dynasty trust.
An irrevocable trust may help in Maryland long-term care planning
Having the means to obtain any needed care is often a goal for many older Maryland residents. Because it is common for elderly individuals to need some sort of nursing home stay at some point, planning ahead for such an event could help parties ensure that they and their family are not at risk of losing everything due to unexpected expenses. In some ways, an irrevocable trust could help with long-term care planning.
Does a trust need a see-through provision?
For Maryland residents looking to complete their estate plans, finding the best tools for their needs is often a main goal. Utilizing a trust is a route that many individuals take, and this planning tool can offer many benefits. However, it is important that parties use their trusts correctly because issues could arise from mistakes.
Beneficiaries, trust options may help avoid Maryland probate
If the goal of an estate plan is to avoid probate, Maryland residents have a chance to successfully reach this goal. By utilizing the proper planning tools, individuals can allocate their assets in order to eliminate the need for probate. Two main ways that parties can keep property out of this particular court process are by creating a trust and designating beneficiaries.
Setting up a special needs trust may help Maryland parents
As March is National Developmental Disabilities Month, many Maryland parents may find themselves considering many aspects of their disabled children's lives. Further still, parents may be considering their own lives and what will happen to their children when those lives come to an end. Luckily, individuals can utilize estate planning tools like a special needs trust to create helpful plans for their children's futures.
Info on various trust types may interest Maryland residents
As Maryland residents consider how to approach their estate plans, they may find themselves coming across various planning terms. Though some of the terms may seem familiar, gaining a better understanding of other tools and phrases may prove useful. If parties are hoping to extend their plans beyond a simple will, they may find trust information useful as well.
Which type of trust may suit Maryland estates?
The various estate planning tools available to Maryland residents may have individuals wondering what documents could best suit their needs. Some parties may be interested in creating trusts to address certain needs of their estates. While deciding to utilize such a tool is a good first step, individuals may then need to determine which type of trust could be best for their circumstances.
Special needs trust info may assist Maryland residents
Some Maryland parents may have children with disabilities. Though these parents undoubtedly love their children immensely, this love may also lead to serious concerns about how their children will be cared for after their parents' passing. Luckily, individuals may be able to address such concerns as they work on their estate plans. Setting up a special needs trust could prove considerably beneficial.


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Mortgage rates today remain near all-time lows. But does that mean you should buy a house instead of continuing to rent?
Buying a home may seem exciting and rewarding, but there are number of factors to consider before sitting down at the closing table, such as:
- Do you plan to stay for four or five years? Experts say if you cannot commit to your next address for this time frame, you may be better off renting. Over shorter periods, the benefits you'll experience through brief homeownership may not outweigh the time and money it can take to buy and sell a home. Also, renting gives you the flexibility to pick up and leave should a new opportunity, such as a job, arise.
- Can you afford the upkeep? Sure, you earn enough money to pay your mortgage payments, taxes, homeowners insurance and closing costs. But what about all of those additional expenses that typically accompany homeownership? Even though mortgage rates today may be well within your reach, you'll still have to shell out extra cash for things like routine home maintenance (e.g., pest control, lawn care) and minor and major repairs.
- Which option is less expensive? Mortgage rates today are rather appealing. But crunch the numbers before buying. It may turn out that renting is less expensive than owning a home, especially if you don't plan to stay for the long haul.
Yes, mortgage rates today can make the prospect of buying attractive. But don't take the plunge until you've run the numbers.
Bankrate's "rent vs. buy" calculator can help you discover whether homeownership is right for your family. Answer a simple series of questions to learn which option is most appropriate for you.


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There is always a pattern in every coding Interview.They asked some common questions. In this post, we are providing one of the,m that is Quickest way to Find the missing number in an array of numbers of n-1 numbers and these integers are in the range of 1 to n. We will right the efficient optimum, readable complete solution for that.
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Online fire marshal training courses
Online fire marshal training courses
Online fire marshal training courses for your marshals and wardens
Our online fire marshal training courses are a quick and also easy way to train fire marshals. Courses are available as single general courses and also as tailored and bespoke websites. Our tailored and bespoke websites are ideal for fire marshals and also general staff.
General courses are set with four short lessons. The course takes about an hour to complete. If a user fails a session they can reset the lesson until they pass. Tailored and bespoke online fire marshal training courses have six lessons. They include a building's fire emergency plan and also evacuation plan too.
Why pick online fire marshal training courses?
Online fire training can be a quick and effective way to train new fire marshals if a building is ever short of persons performing this role. This can happen because of staff turnover, but also sickness and annual leave. Sending a person on a classroom course may take a month, but an online can course can be bought and carried out in about an hour.
What is a tailored online fire training website?
A tailored online fire training website can only be viewed by staff from the workplace that purchases the course programmes. A fire marshal course has six lessons. These are maintenance of fire precautions and fire drills, fire extinguishers, hazard spotting, evacuation and accounting, fire emergency plans and also evacuation plans.
These websites can used by any number of staff. Staff can also use the website as many times during the year as they wish.
What is a bespoke online fire training website?
Bespoke online fire training websites include lessons that have been filmed at your workplace and with your staff. We will look and identify any possible risks in a building and any issues that may affect someone escaping from the building. These websites also include all plans in the building.
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Incrementalism and Sustainability
April 11, 2008
I haven't been reading WorldChanging so much as I used to, as much due to my lack of time as anything, but when I stopped by yesterday I was reminded why I love this site, and contribute towards its upkeep: Alex Steffen's Neighborliness, Innovation and Sustainability.
My first reaction was — I've read this before. But then I realized that there were some new combinations in ideas, some new permutations, and new personal reflection resulted. So, fine, no worries if Steffen has written about the same concepts several times. They need to be re-iterated again and again. From them, I noticed two things: I need to find my next steps to move past a green-substitution lifestyle into something more sustainable, and though coming from a humanist perspective, Alex is converging on some of the same ideas that underpin Bahá'í notions of the social changes required to move society from our present unstable course into a higher, sustainable one.
This post will address the first of these two items — incrementalism. I'll return soon to the second theme.
Beyond Green-Substitution
Steffen writes about "green-shopping", calling it "the Swap." We trade one product for another; "people have accepted that something must change, but have not really gotten their heads around the idea that everything must change." Continuing his critique, he says about the Swap that
"It's an attractive fantasy — instead of diving a Hummer, living in a McMansion and shopping at the Gap, I can drive a Prius, live in an EcoMansion and shop at Gaiam — but it's still playing make-believe, because the systems that support and enable those choices are themselves unsustainable. Highways are destructive, even when full of hybrids; sprawl is unsustainable, even when the individual houses are green; we don't even know what sustainable clothing would look like, much less how to make conventional retail green."
I had a feeling he was going to say that about my Prius.
Compared to my habits of five years ago, quite a few changes have been made (most of the time): organics, cloth bags, hybrid, CFLs, wind power, and more. We all know that our individual actions are negligible, but we also know once we step into society, we automatically become models for other people's actions (hence "be the change you wish to see"). And it just makes us feel good to doing these incrementally more sustainable things.
The key point that Steffen is bringing us back to is that these are merely more sustainable actions — they do not in themselves do much to advance a truly sustainable lifestyle. Toyota has this silly little sticker on the side of the Prius that labels it a "partial zero-emission vehicle." Well, the Chevy it replaced was also, compared to a Hummer, a "partial zero-emission vehicle." There is no partial in zero-emission. It is somewhat useful to think in these terms, as we move from full emission to lower emission, but we cannot rest on our laurels and be happy with a small reduction in emissions. Likewise, we cannot rest just because we are slightly less un-sustainable.
Without radical social and policy changes overnight, incrementalism is unavoidable. It becomes dangerous when it is complacent and shallow. Incrementalism needs to be continuous and serious. So it is time to ask — what can I do next? Driving may be my least sustainable action. I've looked at riding the bus to work — I could do it, but it would cost me nearly three times as much as the gas used in the Prius, and take three times as long. Maybe I'll try it some day anyway. Being around ten miles away from work (sweaty), and not having a good place to store it, I've resisted riding my bike. In the meantime, thinking incrementally and building up my will-power, are there any other ways I can reduce my driving? Well, I drive a few miles there and back to the grocery store every weekend. Perhaps I could pick up a rack and start bicycling. Good for my health too. Thus instead of substituting one car for another in the grocery shopping trip, I would replace car with completely zero-emission bicycling.
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A Lafayette man accused of hitting another driver with a baseball bat during a road-rage incident last summer had his trial pushed back to October.
Michael Alexander Guzak, 28, was originally scheduled for a three-day trial beginning June 17 on charges of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of second-degree assault, felony menacing, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment.
But that trial has now been pushed back and will begin Oct. 21. Guzak is also scheduled for a motions hearing Aug. 7.
He is free on a $10,000 bond.
According to an arrest affidavit, Guzak cut off another driver, identified as Elizah West, while trying to merge on 28th Street on June 17, 2018. West told police that Guzak began to flip him off and swear at him as they both turned east onto Jay Road.
West told police that at the intersection of Diagonal Highway and Jay Road, Guzak pulled his vehicle up alongside his and the two men got out of their cars. Guzak then pulled a baseball bat out of his car and hit West, hitting him first in the arm and then on his head.
According to the affidavit, Guzak left the scene but called police himself to say he had to assault someone in self-defense. When police arrived on scene, Guzak had driven off and officers found West with a bloody head and transported him to the hospital.
Guzak told police West was tailgating him and was swearing at him, and said he took the bat out to protect himself. Police later recovered the bat at Guzak's girlfriend's house.


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McLaren is launching a series of three short films as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.
The films, created by VCCP, aim to show the brand "in a way never seen before".
The first focuses on the story of Bruce McLaren, who founded the racing team, depicted as a ghost retracing his fatal crash at the Goodwood circuit in 1970.
Two further short films are due to be released later this year.
Meanwhile, BlackBerry has signed a $12m sponsorship deal with rival F1 team Mercedes. The three year deal will see BlackBerry branding appear on Mercedes F1 cars and drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.


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The second issue of George Mason's student design magazine is now available. It can be purchased as a hard copy at MagCloud or downloaded as a pdf for free.
Congratulations to editors/designers Carey Jordan and Kelsey Hunter for doing a spectacular job, and all students who contributed writing or designed work.


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I am searching for an undergraduate student to assist with coastal engineering research. I currently have one opening for a paid undergraduate research assistant position in spring 2016. Continuation of the research position will be contingent upon the receipt of additional funding.
The research assistant will be permitted to work up to a maximum of 20 hours per week for a maximum wage of $9/hour. Initially, the assistant will work for 10 hours per week at a wage of $8.50/hour. The duties of the research assistant will be:


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The annual Big Band Marathon
The annual Big Band Marathon of the Reykjavik Big Band held for the 24th time. The band invites all of Iceland's big bands to visit at Harpa.
Each band plays for 30 minutes.
Youth and senior citizens, amateurs and hardened professionals playing for each other and all of you!
Participants aged 10 to 80. Free admittance.


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The studio is set up to accommodate families, newborns & siblings and older children. I highly recommend family sessions take place outdoors for a more natural feel.
Sessions are limited per month, this is to ensure quality post production (editing) all babies who visit my studio receive a gallery of bean bag poses, prop, parent, siblings and blanket poses, they can then choose which of these images they would like to purchase. While not all newborns sleep for their session we're able to get a gallery of 'awake' shots for mum and dad to treasure.
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Tonight was the annual Loyola Park Boxing Show, and it felt a little different without Steve being around. Some of the old gang did show up: Pete, Otis, Eric, Mike, and JJ brought his Golden Gloves belt along. I sang the National Anthem for the sixth time at the event.
There were nine fights in total. Only two of the bouts featured boxers who were not from Loyola Park. The crowd was smaller this time. I'm guessing that was because the first of the Presidential debates between Obama and McCain were aired this evening. The matches were better entertainment than the usual political arguing. All of them went fast.
The fastest match was also one of the strangest. The boxer in the blue corner kept taking punches from the red corner boxer, and didn't return much fire. He was running from the guy several times. Near the end of one round, the blue corner boxer decided he had taken one hit too many, and he turned tail and ran -- straight out of the ring and out of the gym. The red corner boxer won by default.
JJ and Mike were honored for winning belts at the Golden Gloves, and the announcer also gave credit to Steve for leading them to their victories.
Several people asked me what was going on with the adult boxing program. I wish I could have given them a better answer. People want to come back. Even JJ said he missed the feel of Loyola Park. But things continue to be up in the air about whether it will re-open soon.


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"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." ---William Pitt
October 19, 2010
Natural progress is violent and uncivilized
MSNBC: Aggressive Goat Kills Hiker
MSNBC: Leaping Fish Injures Kayaker
Over the past couple weeks here in Japan there have been a number of programs about wild animals causing havoc in villages and towns. In one case a wild boar tore through a convenience store and in another a bear was shot after it refused to leave someone's garden. With this sudden upsurge in reports of dangerous wild animals it might seem nature has suddenly gone a little crazy or something. Wild conspiracy theories could get started about nature seeking revenge on evil humanity. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Natural systems and environments are not some kind of mystic energy cycles or spiritual havens of peace and tranquility. They have peaceful moments, and their beauty can inspire mystic connections, but those experiences are the exception not the rule. The natural world is a highly competitive place where life or death is decided on a daily basis. Systems collapse and are replaced with great frequency. Places like Yellowstone or Yosemite are not static eco-systems that need careful maintenance and preservation. They are not gardens. The natural world is complex, dynamic, and constantly changing, often in ways that are detrimental to humans. We are part and parcel of this highly competitive world and this is one of the reasons, perhaps even the main reason, that so many of us are naturally violent and aggressive. Rape, murder, terrorism, these are not "unnatural" acts of "insane" people (often men, but not always). These are survival skills that have brought our species through two billion years of evolution. Even though these behaviors are indeed undesirable and destructive in the midst of a civilized society, as long as we are human we will never be completely free of them.
The problem that arises is when we pack tens of thousands (or millions) of people into cities. A city is not a natural environment at all. It is far less natural than an ant hill, and far more destructive. Nonetheless, if we are ever going to succeed in taking the next step and freeing our species from the limits of this planet then cities are a necessary stepping stone. Densely populated cities not only concentrate our best and brightest in a single place, allowing them to work their magic and create the means for us to reach the stars, they also concentrate our most violent and most destructive. This is why crime is never going to be eliminated. The safest cities in the world still have their share of homicides, rapes, assaults, and other violent crimes.
Nature is not rebelling against us, nor have we abandoned our natural roots. The filthy, polluted, dangerous cities of our world are our best hope for a real future beyond the limited lifespan of this one planet. The best and brightest among us are also sometimes the most violent, but that violence must be reined in and controlled long enough to allow them to create new means of propulsion, new ways of preserving life, new ways of reaching out to the distant stars.
Everything works together. We must have cities, therefore we will have greater frequency of violence while at the same time seeking ways of controlling that violence. Some individuals are more violent than others, and they must have constructive outlets for that violence. When those outlets fail, each individual they encounter must have both the freedom and the means to defend themselves. Regardless of whether we are hiking a familiar trail, kayaking in shallow waters, or stopping alongside a highway, we must remain vigilant and we must be armed and trained in the use of those arms. There is never going to be an end to violence, therefore we must always practice vigilance and this will still be true once we leave this planet and head out among the stars.
We will eventually encounter another species, like ourselves, who has risen to the top of their own planet's evolutionary chain. When we do, it is certain this new "alien" humanity will share both our best traits and our worst. They will be intelligent, creative, intuitive, violent and destructive. If they were not, they could never break free of the bonds of gravity and environment.
Our modern "green" movement is not based on any kind of realistic assessment of the natural world. If this insane drive to force the bulk of the world's population to live in poverty (pardon me, "limited consumption of resources") succeeds the only real-world result is that no one will ever develop the technologies we must have to cross the vastness of outer space. The "green" movement's success would condemn us to spiraling populations, greater pollution, and even more destruction of the natural world. By denying the bulk of the world's population access to clean housing, pure water, healthy food, abundant energy, and comfortable material surroundings, you also destroy their freedom to think, imagine, and dream up new ideas. Everyone, regardless of where they are born, needs access to education and opportunities to put that education to work realizing their dreams. Denying them these things, or even taking away these things from those who already have them in order to arbitrarily pass them to someone who does not, will destroy humanity's ability to reach for the stars.
We don't need more "Earth-friendly" technologies when those technologies produce greater human suffering and limit the ability of any given individual to study, learn, and imagine a better future. We don't need socialist governments that shelter the "unfortunate" in a warm cocoon of minimal subsistence while simultaneously denying them the freedom to escape that cocoon. The one thing we do need is creation of social standards and judicial systems that target corrupt, self-centered elitists who by birth, education, or plain old narcissism honestly believe that they and they alone are entitled to the benefits of a civilized society while bearing none of the responsibilities. We need better ways of eliminating criminal politicians, criminal business leaders, and criminal educators who use their positions for personal self-aggrandizement and sensual indulgence. Corruption and the abuse of power are the real enemies of human society, not poverty, and most certainly not individual freedom.
What we really need to be planning, executing, and developing is a space-based, free-market economy that will provide opportunities and stimulate education in places like North Korea, Myanmar, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Eqypt, Palestine, and throughout the African continent.
October 05, 2010
Death throes of a once great and mighty giant
I found this short, sad article on the PlayNC website today:
On October 5, 2010, all of the Lineage II servers will be merged. The eight existing servers will become two servers, one based in North America and one based in Europe.
•Aria, Bartz, Devianne, Phoenix and Sayha will merge and become Chronos (NA).
•Franz, Luna and Teon will merge and become Naia (EU).
I first encountered Lineage II at the 2003 Tokyo Game Show. I have written many posts about my experiences with Lineage II. Here are a few of them:
Play the Game, Don't Work It!
Nightfall, Crossdressing, and Genderbending
Normal People Have Real Lives
Meditations on the Day
Ruminitions and Ruminations
Little People with Big Agendas
Back in Action
Meditating on a Migraine
If you go back and read through the posts linked above you will find that even in games I have spent endless hours fighting against elitism, hypocrisy, and presumption. Lineage II is dying. Any game that merges eight servers into two with litte or no warning has reached a point of no return. No online game in history has ever recovered from such a loss of available ingame real estate. The same thing is driving people away from Lineage II that drove them away from Ultima Online, away from Tabula Rasa, and away from dozens, possibly hundreds of other games: arrogance and the sadism it encourages.
Games are competitive by design. Naturally Gamers are also competitive. Competition is what makes games, games. However, the true heart of what makes games enjoyable is something the real world lacks, namely, a sense of fair play. In a game, everyone competes on the basis of a fixed set of rules that are specifically designed to insure skill becomes the deciding factor in determining who wins and who loses. Games also allow a safe environment for wanton, liberal experimentation with situations that in the real world are fraught with peril. This is why so very many games are based in fantasy worlds of swords, sorcery, monsters, and dragons. Even if these things did exist, they would be far too dangerous for anyone without years of specialized training, and even then, many would die or suffer grievous bodily harm. Such a world would not be fun for ordinary people to live in.
Unfortunately, a fair percentage of human beings are not nice people. Whether genetics, upbringing, culture, or some other variable determines both who is nice and how it is defined is something I will deal with on another day. Today I want to focus on extreme gamers, the legendary "hardcore" gamers, especially those who feel their superior hardware or superior tactile dexterity entitle them to demean other players and destroy their ingame experience. There are far too many hardcore gamers who gain their pleasure not from succeeding within the rules of the game, but from bending those rules in ways that allow them to dominate and oppress other players.
That this group exists is something no one denies, not even those who belong to this group. That this group is terribly destructive of a game community is something that gets repeatedly pointed out, but unfortunately, sometimes there are people in positions of influence who not only sympathize with sadistic elitists, they idolize them. Many of the top people in the design and management team for Lineage II began their gaming experience playing Ultima Online. Many of them were banned or blocked from playing because of their ingame behavior. As a result, many of them pay lip service to "casual players" while doing everything in their power to discourage casual players from staying in Lineage II. For example, many management decisions which are ostensibly aimed at eliminating the seconadary market actually accomplish just the opposite. By design, and what appears to be deliberate intent, these mangers seek out and eliminate only those secondary market participants who challenge or threaten the players and guilds they favor. The management team encourages and indirectly aids the ingame experience of the worst behaved players because when they were players, this was their preferred playstyle. In their minds, casual players are insane, deluded, naive, and foolish. To them, the only purpose of a game is domination, complete domination. It is the only type of gameplay they enjoyed, and the only type they encourage.
Over time, even if they love the game they are playing, anyone who does not subscribe to the complete domination gameplay model is forced out of the game. They are stalked, harassed, repeatedly attacked by groups of players who are not only higher levels and better equipped, they outnumber the besieged casual player by at least three to one, and often by ten, fifteen, or twenty to one. Any casual player who objects to this treatment is told they must either join the sadists or find a different game.
Does this sound familiar? Have you noticed any similarities between the group of players I am describing and the problems that are destroying Western civilization? You should, because the same priority system that drives liberal progressivism and radical Islam is driving these players. The assumption of any individual that they alone possess the right, proper, correct view of life while any who disagree are ignorant, insane, or deluded is the core of everything that is wrong with the modern world. That such people run in packs should not come as a surprise. Was not the theme of the October 2nd rally "One Nation"? It is the same theme shared by the most sadistic, domineering Lineage II guilds as well as those members of the Lineage II management team who encourage these guilds. In the minds of such people, whether they are gamers, game managers, business managers, or politicians, there are only two kinds of people in the world: the smart, "enlightened" ones who agree with them, and those who do not deserve to share their world.
This is the final hour
Glenn Beck brings to the forefront what most of us already know: this is the final hour, the final season of choice. November's election will transform our country for another generation, maybe two. Will we transform it into a land of limited government where individuals can reach for the stars or collapse into obscurity with equal ease, or will we transform it into a land where the majority live on the edge of survival while an educated elite dictates every moment of their waking life?
There is no utopia. Will we choose a dystopian future that allows individuals of skill, drive, and initiative to succeed, or will we choose a dystopia with government domination of daily life? There will always be the poor, the unfortunate, and the foolish but only one future will insure that those who have the will to succeed will also have the freedom to do so. The ideology of progressivism has a track record of consistent failure. The ideology of freedom has a track record of stunning successes broken by the occasional dismal failure. Both futures will bring pain and suffering because pain and suffering is part and parcel of the human condition. There is no way to avoid it.
The one thing you can do is this: you can choose a future that allows success and rewards those who succeed. Then through hard work and dedication you can participate in that same system of success and reward. It won't be heaven on earth, but it will be far better than the hell that progressivism has always produced.
Progress isn't progress because no one is left behind. Progress is progress because those who have the drive and ability to move forward also have the freedom to do so and having done so, they are allowed to keep the rewards they earn. "Progressivism" with it's promise of utopia achieved through total control and total elimination of the rewards of hard work and ambition is not "progress" at all. It is a return to feudalism where birth determines who has access to the fruits of everyone else's hard work.
October 04, 2010
Sometimes I wish hindsight were blind
In 1992 I worked for Berlitz Schools of Languages in Japan. During the seven or eight years I worked for Berlitz I met English teachers from dozens of countries. One woman I worked with was named Samantha Nicole Ridgway. Over time she and I become very good friends. We often had lunch together, and once or twice we went drinking together. Everyone else called her "Sam", but I called her "Nicole" because I just could not bring myself to calling someone so feminine, so vibrant, and so alive "Sam". She was quite thrilled that I chose to call her by her middle name. She told me on several occasions that when she was young she hated being called "Sam" but no one wanted to call her Nicole. I remember she explained the reason to me, but now, all these years later, I cannot recall what it was about "Nicole" that she liked so much but everyone she knew disliked.
One day she called me in a bit of a panic. She needed someone to talk to who was neutral. Her sister Carita, who was also in Tokyo, had disappeared and no one seemed to know where she was. We talked for awhile, and I tried to encourage her, reminding her that Tokyo was one of the safest cities in the world, at least officially. What people who live here know intimately, what the press likes to ignore, and what never makes it into the official figures, is that the vast majority of crime in Tokyo does not get reported. On those rare occasions when someone does report it, the police insert themselves as negotiators, some form of compensation is arrived at, and the crime itself goes unrecorded. This can even occur in violent crimes such as rape or murder, although it is rare (at least officially). One thing I learned early on in Japan is to never, ever trust any kind of "official" statistics the government publishes. The numbers are always massaged to present whatever agenda is being put forward by either the government itself or the person doing the presenting. Truth is a rare commodity in modern Japan, so rare that even those who have access to it will often pretend it does not exist at all.
Nicole's sister reappeared on Monday. Someone named "Nishida" had checked her into a Kichijoji hospital. Her sister died later that night. The official prognosis at the time was that "Nishida" had given her a "muscle relaxant" after she had been heavily drinking wine without realizing that the wine in her system would react with the muscle relaxant, causing permanent liver failure. Nicole was despondent. Over the next few days I met her mother and spent time with both women trying to offer them my condolences in any way possible. Nicole had a Japanese boyfriend and he helped them through most of the paperwork and procedures to arrange for the cremation of Carita's body and the release that would allow them to take her ashes back to Australia. It is one of my darkest memories of Japan and will forever taint my perspective on the people and culture.
Over time, Nicole and I both moved from place to place and we eventually lost touch. The very last I heard she was marrying an American and trying to become a stewardess. I don't know if she ever succeeded, but I have always wished her well and I think of her often. From time to time, I plug her name into various internet search engines trying to see if she has shown up somewhere in cyberspace. After all, to one extent or another, everyone is in here somewhere!
This time I was horrified to discover these:
Japan Times: Trail to Obara Overlooked in '92 Death
The Age: A Tale of Rape, Murder, and a Japanese Playboy
Brisbane Times: Evil Behind Tokyo's Lights
Sydney Morning Herald: Father May Accept $1 Million from Daughter's Killer
I just spent this morning looking into the grotesque 10:10 commercial on global warming. A commercial so revolting I will not even link to it. Now I discover that Nicole's sister Carita, whom I never met, was raped and murdered by the same man who killed Lucie Blackman! The "muscle relaxant" was not a pill at all! It was chloroform and he overdosed her, leading to her death.
You know, if God Almighty were to ask my opinion of humanity here and now...but he won't.
There are many good, beautiful spirits in people in this world. Samantha Nicole Ridgway was, and no doubt remains, one of them. I never met her sister Carita, but knowing Nicole and having met her mother, I imagine she was just as vibrant and deserving of life as the two of them. Why her father would ever consider accepting blood money is beyond my comprehension, especially since here in Japan accepting that money would probably get Joji Obara's sentence cut in half because the money would be seen as clear recompense for the loss of his daughter. There are at least two, and probably dozens of families who lost daughters to the depravity of Joji Obara. To my mind, he deserves the death penalty, but Japan no longer has a death sentence, in no small part because of its barbaric application to political enemies in the not so distant past.
Nicole, wherever you are, if you stumble across this blog I want you to know that I still think of you often and fondly. I wish I could have been there to help you through the painful period where the events surrounding your sister's death were dragged out and paraded before an incredulous and disbelieving public. I cannot begin to imagine the pain that must have caused. I am so sorry that Japan took so much from you. I don't know if it is any condolence, but the death of your sister still darkens my own memory of life in Japan, even though I never met her. I'm sorry I wasn't there when you needed me to be there. I hope someone was. I hope beyond hope that somehow, despite all this pain, you still look out on each new day with optimism and joy.
October 03, 2010
Is a Mumbai-style Attack Coming to Europe?
Back in March, 2009 I wrote this: A Deadly, Persistent Swarm of Gnats. To be successful, this kind of attack takes considerably more planning and logistical preparation than most people realize. It has been two years since a small band of terrorists made a mockery of Indian gun control laws and police forces. The key to their success was the sure knowledge that no one other than the local police would be armed, and they would only be lightly armed. Apparently, a Chicago man named David Headley helped scout the area some time prior to the attack itself. A footnote to be sure, but one which clearly illustrates how complex the planning and preparation is for this style assault on a soft target.
According to the MSNBC report above, there is considerable evidence that such an attack might now be planned for Europe. One might ask why Europe? Why not New York or Chicago? If I might offer an opinion, my suspicion is that the terrorists know full well that there are far more armed Americans running around with concealed weapons permits than there are Europeans. Even though the number is still relatively small, it is large enough that anyone planning a swarm-style attack on shopping malls, residential neighborhoods, and so on would have to take into consideration the very real possibility that their men might pull out AK-47s and grenades only to find themselves facing man for man well-armed, equally competent American men and women who are both willing and able to end their assualt before it even begins.
This kind of threat is very real. The first and best line of defense against such an attack has always been, and still remains, an armed and trained populace. Next time someone tells you that Americans don't need their "sick" fascination with guns, remind them that if half a dozen terrorists armed with AK-47s and grenades show up at their local shopping mall it would be very helpful to have a equal number of "crazy gun nuts" scattered through the crowd enjoying a day out with their families. The presence of such men and women would save lives by ending the attack while it was still in the opening stages.
Radical terrorists of all stripes be warned. If you try a swarm attack in my hometown I'll be there waiting for you, and I will not be alone.
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Comic-Con: 'Psych' Cast Reunites & Dishes on First of 6 Possible Movies -- Find Out Who's Returning From the D
Psych-Os are about to get another fix of the USA Network detective comedy series!
The cast -- including James Roday, Dulé Hill, Maggie Lawson, Kirsten Nelson and Corbin Bernsen -- reunited at Comic-Con in San Diego, California, on Friday, and during a panel discussion, moderator and Westworld star Jimmi Simpson announced that he's reprising his role as Mary Lightly in Psych: The Movie.
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"What exactly are you doing here, man?" Roday asked Simpson. "Didn't you die like five, six, seven years ago on the show? Is there a specific reason why you are moderating?"
"Because Mary Lightly is making his third post-human appearance in Psych: The Movie," revealed Simpson, who has now appeared on the show more times dead than alive. "I lucked out there [and] got to be a part of this. I've done two episodes as a human and now four experiences as a dead person."
"I didn't think I'd get to do it again and I got to do it again," he added. "It's truly one of the nicest groups of people."
Zachary Levi, Jazmyn Simon, Ralph Macchio and WWE superstar Charlotte Flair will also reprise their roles in the film.
Fans were treated to a preview of the first eight minutes of the special, which will air in December and sees the gang reuniting after a mystery assailant comes after one of their own. The clip showed Shawn and Gus hilariously gallivanting around San Francisco, with Gus having grown a "double beard."
Show creator Steve Franks shared how he started working on the film immediately after calling cut on the show's 2014 finale.
"I knew I had to work on it a long time because I don't want to make one Psych movie, I want to make six Psych movies!" Franks said.
Franks added that "more than one person on this panel" will sing in the film and that the show's signature pineapple will make an appearance. "It's a pineapple that is an obscure reference to a pineapple on Psych, the series."
The movie picks up three years after the finale, with Shawn and Gus having relocated to San Francisco. "Gus is thriving up there," Hill said. "He's enjoying his life up there and doing what he's always loved to do. He's grown a beard, he loves San Francisco -- the home of the 49ers -- Gus is having a good time!"
As for Shawn, he has "taken a few steps forward," Roday shared. "He's relocated, he's still working cases -- sometimes cases Gus doesn't know about. He's still got a hard crush on Juliet. I think it's evolved from schoolboy crush to hard man crush!"
Cast members added that despite a three-year hiatus, getting back into character was relatively easy, aided by the fact the movie employed many of the series' crew members.
"For me it was surprisingly easy" Hill said. "The first scene we shot back was Gus trying to come onto somebody, played by my fiancée, Jazmyn."
"I think it was helpful for Dulé to show off for his lady a little bit!" Roday added.
EXCLUSIVE: What Won't Dulé Hill Stand For?
The fun-filled panel ended with an epic group sing-along to the show's theme song, after Roday paid tribute to the series' loyal fans.
"The unifying factor in all of this was [that] we have a chance to give something to our fans," Roday said. "First and foremost, we did this movie for you guys because it never ceases to amaze us how active you guys are, how much you keep up with us and how supportive you are on social media. It's a real blessing to give something back."


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Industry 4.0 – the new industrial revolution
Industry 4.0 represents a huge opportunity for Europe, but like all revolutions, it will be fast and disruptive.
Some 20 years ago, when I graduated from Harvard Business School, mobile phones were just starting to make their way into the mainstream, and companies such as Yahoo and Aol were only emerging. Few of us imagined then that digitization would significantly sweep through and transform as many industries to the extent that it has. Digitization has brought about a myriad of growth opportunities as well as unprecedented challenges.
For example, the way we think of competition has been significantly shaken up by digitization. It has changed the playing field in many sectors, including banking, energy, telecommunications, media and consumer goods.
More importantly, it has redefined the boundaries between partners and competitors. Old rivals for the same customers may find themselves examining mutually profitable convergence. At the same time, digitization has lowered the barriers to entry, making it easier for newcomers to compete, oftentimes more aggressively and nimbly.
Digitization has also changed the habits of consumers, many of whom now turn to the internet or to mobile devices to scrutinize performance, quality and price. Armed with information, they are not likely to be swayed by brand recall and logos, nor will they stay loyal to one retailer or provider. At the same time, this information transparency is putting pressure on consumer-facing businesses to offer competitive pricing and seamless interactions.
Embracing the growth imperative of digitization requires a new kind of leadership and strategy. Most companies must either swim or risk sinking, as the wave of digitization is fundamentally altering the way we do business. Companies fail because their products are out of date, their core competencies have become obsolete or new technologies have altered processes.
Essentially, though, I have seen many companies suffer because their leaders rest on their laurels and because they lack the courage – and sometimes the creativity – to change swiftly and thoroughly; and because they are unable to break free from outmoded ways of thinking. In a nutshell: They fail to recognize and master change.
We understand that digitization can influence whether or not a company creates value. Digitization is not a passing trend: it is undoubtedly the evolution of industry. There is a Chinese proverb that says, "When the wind of change blows, some build walls, while others build windmills." To stay ahead, managers have to challenge their assumptions and strategies. Whether they decide to build walls or windmills, here are three aspects they should understand about the forces of digitization:
As a result of digitization, events occur more rapidly, trends may come up and stop suddenly, and causes and effects are harder to identify. This leads to more uncertainty and complexity in the business environment.
At the same time, as a CEO, I find that one of the more exciting facets of digitization is the rising prominence of big data. Many companies now have access to immense volumes of metadata – and, equally important, formidable analytical and computing abilities – that should help shape strategies. Leaders should leverage big data to enhance business efficiency. Big data may appear daunting and, in some cases, will demand that companies change, but I believe those that realize its potential, with a data-centric mindset and infrastructure, have what it takes to get ahead.
The task of embracing digital transformation is the responsibility of the CEO, who is in the best position to identify how digitization affects the disparate parts of an organization.
Leaders should be well versed in the digital agenda and be able to bring together the heads of departments to collaborate on a joint strategy. They should skillfully navigate the traditional tensions between those managing the core and the digital businesses.
They should be able to make decisions on the right investments in IT infrastructure and talent. But a CEO need not go about this alone. We are seeing the emergence of new titles such as Chief Digital Officer, who helps to oversee the cross-functional digital transition. This job often stems from the Chief Technology Officer role, which has been in place among many companies for some years now.
Whether it's about developing a digital platform to improve the interface with customers, building 3D-printing ecosystems that accelerate the time between innovation and market launch, encouraging massive open online courses and other forms of e-learning or harnessing the vast computing power in the cloud as a lever for entrepreneurship, companies must hasten the pace of their digital transition.
Leaders should be able to identify the phases of the transformation needed and to manage the amount of change required in each step by which players within the firm. The most important advice could very well be about timing: Act soon. Act now.
Finally, recognizing and mastering change brought about by digitization is unquestionably among the most essential tasks of top management. Even in the era of rapid digitization, new strategic impulses, new tools and new processes are still less important than leaders whose behavior and values convey a clear direction and sufficient understanding of the new prevailing dynamics.
In this time of uncertainty, digitization and Light Footprint management go hand in hand. A key pillar of Light Footprint management is innovation, in particular technophilia and cybernomics. It is marked by the rise of robotics and drones in the delivery of customized service. It is characterized by increasing awareness of protecting oneself against cyber threats.
Leaders must instill a sense of security in the team with their confidence and purpose in spite of imperfect information. These leaders have not forgotten the art of critical reflection and can assess the reliability of strategic tools, and are thus willing to adjust midcourse if the environment demands it.
Industry 4.0 represents a huge opportunity for Europe, but like all revolutions, it will be fast and disruptive.


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ACT Australian of the Year Awards announced.
The calibre of the ACT nominees this year was of such a high standard and to be a part of the final 16, selected from so many nominations, is something you should be very proud of.
A house built out of love for the people of Canberra
Today, Hands Across Canberra in partnership with Master Builders ACT (MBA) and Village Building Co.a announced a new Charity House Project with the proceeds again being donated to Canberra's most vulnerable people.
2018 Vital Signs Report Released
Hands Across Canberra in partnership with The Snow Foundation is launching Vital Signs Canberra.
Hands Across Canberra 2018 Impact Report launched today.
The Board of Hands Across Canberra are leaders in our community and their guidance, together with the incredible support – large and small – of many volunteers, businesses and donors are creating change locally.
Hands Across Canberra encourages Canberrans to spring into action this October
The warmer weather is always a welcomed pleasure as Spring rolls around. It's a time to open our windows to the fresh air and now we can also open our hearts.
FYI with FIA: Vital Information for Fundraisers
What is the future for Australia's $12.5 billion dollar fundraising sector and what you need to know to be a successful professional fundraiser?
Safe Shelter's capacity stretched in August
Safe Shelter ACT's capacity was stretched during August, with 190 homeless men as guests over the 31 days. On many nights the "duty" shelter was full to normal capacity (8 guests) and on several nights an additional guest was admitted. No one had to be turned away in August.
Canberra City Care officially opened their new Harvest Kitchen.
Canberra City Care officially opened their new Harvest Kitchen.
Grant Workshop
The ACT Government is investing $5 million as seed funding to kick-start a long term commitment to our local charities and community sector to support their incredible work and also explore innovative solutions to meeting community needs.


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The death toll from the horrific car attack in Melbourne on Friday has risen to five after a three-month-old baby boy died in hospital on Saturday night.
His death comes after a 10-year-old girl, two men aged 25 and 33 and a woman aged 32 also passed away as a result of injuries sustained in the incident on Friday. More than 30 people were also assessed by paramedics in hospitals following the attack with four remaining in a critical condition.
The losses have left the Melbourne community in mourning, with a memorial to be set up at the site of the incident on Bourke Street in the city's centre.
The alleged driver at the centre of the tragedy, Dimitrious "Jimmy" Gargasoulas, remains in hospital under a police guard and is yet to be interviewed by police.
It is understood three children still remain in hospital.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says a memorial will be established at the site of Friday's horrific car attack in Melbourne that killed four people and has left many more fighting for life in hospital.
Andrews told reporters on Saturday that the memorial would be set up to show Melburnians' supprt, love, care and compassion towards those impacted by the shocking incident.
"I will lay flowers there in just a few moments," he said.
"I'm sure that just as we've seen with other tragic acts, both here and abroad, Victorians will come together and show that mark of respect, that act of kindness, a small loving act in memory of those who have died, in memory of those who will forever be changed by the terrible things we witnessed here yesterday, and in a real sense of hopefulness for the future."
Roads in central Melbourne have reopened in the vicinity of where the four people, including a young child, were killed after a driver ploughed through pedestrians on Friday afternoon, sparking chaos in a tragedy described previously by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as a "vicious criminal attack".
More than 20 people were being assessed by paramedics after a car, driven by a 26-year-old man, ran down 15 pedestrians on Bourke and Queen Streets. It was not a terrorist incident and the man was arrested at the scene, police confirmed.
A man and woman in their 30s standing at different locations were killed, as well as a young child. On Friday night Victoria Police confirmed a fourth person had died, but did not provide further details. Five more young people -- including a two-month-old -- were being treated at Melbourne's Royal Children Hospital.
Victoria Police tweeted on Saturday that roads in the vicinity of the horrific incident had reopened to the public.
Police confirmed they shot the 26-year-old man, who was the sole occupant of the car, and was being treated for non-life threatening injuries. Police say the alleged offender has an extensive family violence history, and came to police attention "on many occasions" in the past.
"We have mental health and drug-related issues in the background of this particular person," Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton told reporters on Friday.
"He has been coming to our attention more recently over recent days in relation to assaults, family violence-related assaults. There are many witnesses to this event."
The homicide squad was now investigating the tragic incident. Ashton said police had to take a critically injured child to hospital because there was no time to wait for the ambulance.
"We couldn't wait for the ambulance to arrive, such was the condition of the child and that child is currently -- that infant child is currently in a critical condition at hospital at the moment," he said.
Ashton police had earlier pursued the man in the car before bringing in Police Air support.
"That's when this incident has occurred. He has continued that really erratic driving," Ashton said. "Often when we pull back, we bring in the air-wing, the driving settles, gives us an opportunity to come in.
But in this case, he has continued to drive erratically, get into the city and you have seen what happens after that.Graham Ashton
Premier Daniel Andrews praised the response of emergency services.
"We are stronger than this," he said. "We, through our response, through the work of our emergency services, the work that the instinctive way in which Victorians have reached out to support each other, we can be confident that we are stronger than this evil criminal act."
Young Patients Critical
The Royal Children's Hospital of Melbourne spokesman told reporters five patients had been admitted including a three-month-old who was in the operating theatre, a 2-year-old was in intensive care and a 9-year-old was being treated for limb injuries.
"We have have a mixture of injuries from orthopaedic to neurosurgical, and possibly some abdominal injuries," the spokesman said. "It's a significant event that require hospital staff to be fully prepared and moving. It's a critical condition for those children involved."
On Saturday, it was confirmed three patients from the incident remain in hospital with the three-month-old in a critical condition, the 2-year-old in a serious condition and the 9-year-old currently stable, according to The Royal Children's Hospital of Melbourne.
A 12-year-old was also undergoing assessment and a 23-year-old was being treated for a limb injury on Friday.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described it was a "vicious criminal attack" while Melbourne's Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle added it was a "deliberate act of violence".
"Our priority at the moment is with the injured, and it must be that we give them our attention."
Large sections of Bourke St were closed to pedestrians.
Erratic Driving
The busy district was thrown into chaos on Friday as pedestrians were forced to flee for their lives after the car -- which was reportedly moving erratically -- allegedly struck pedestrians.
What appears to be CCTV footage of people fleeing from the path of the car has been uploaded to Twitter.
Former Victoria Police commissioner Christine Nixon saw the incident unfold and told the ABC one of the injured was a toddler, who it appeared was thrown out of a pram.
"[The toddler's mother] kept asking me 'where's the baby?' and said 'I don't know'," Nixon told the national broadcaster.
Nixon said the car missed her by a metre when she was standing on the corner Bourke and William waiting to cross the road.
"I turned around and saw the car. He was probably about a metre from me, I stepped back [from the road] and he continued down Bourke Street on the footpath, with people chasing him," she said.
'Not Just Random'
Sydney-based journalist Marie Desset was shopping with her mother when they walked out of the Royal Arcade in Bourke Street mall to see the man recklessly driving through the pedestrian strip.
"First I assumed it was a guy just trying to escape after a hijacking, but he didn't seem to avoid pedestrians," the 31-year-old told The Huffington Post Australia.
Desset said she was three to five metres away from the car, when the man drove it past Myer in Bourke Street mall.
"I was comforting my mum who had seen some people hit by the car and then I turned and saw a guy on the floor, who had been hit, and quite quickly realised there was no time to comfort my mum -- we needed shelter," Desset said.
"At that moment I realised it was not just a random situation. It could be from a bigger scale."
Eyewitness Laura Polson told the ABC she saw the car circling and thought it had been involved in a crash.
"People were trying to stop this man who was driving around and around and he was half hanging outside the car -- even the street performer in Federation Square was warning the crowd to stay away, because he was just so reckless... to the point where you, you know, he just didn't care, obviously, what he was doing," she said.
"It was absolute chaos and from that very moment, the sirens have not stopped. The police helicopter was coming lower and lower at that point."
Parts of the street were thrown into lockdown, and police want people to avoid the area.
Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said the central city will be locked down on Friday night, and he urged residents to plan their trips home, allow time and leave early.
Huge part of Bourke St mall blocked off due to police incident. Everyone pushed back. @9NewsMelb#melbournepic.twitter.com/KimP6XIc38
— Damian Smith (@smith_damian) January 20, 2017
Yarra Trams confirmed all trams have been stopped between Market St and Queensberry St nearby.


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PITTSBURGH -- At least there was no twerking.
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown posted a Snapchat with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for an impromptu endorsement of the league's revised touchdown celebration rules.
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🔥🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 @nflcommish pic.twitter.com/XHM60hRYoT— Antonio Brown (@AB84) June 19, 2017
"With the best commish in the game ... we're allowed to celebrate now," Brown said in the video. Goodell replied with a thumbs-up and a "let's do it."
Goodell seems like an unlikely guest on a star player's Snapchat, but Brown's feed is versatile in nature, covering everything from intense workouts, his son receiving a new Rolex and trips to the dentist.
The league fined Brown at least three times for excessive celebrations in 2016, including a few double-pump sessions deemed sexually suggestive.
Though twerking is still prohibited, the NFL has softened its rules to allow incorporating teammates in touchdown dances and using the football as a prop. In May, Brown imagined the possibilities.
"I'm sure the guys are looking forward to it, the O-line, some of the guys who don't get to celebrate with the guys who are getting in the end zone," Brown told reporters at organized team activities. "I think it will be fun."


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Human attraction through Pheromone
Pheromone is something which cannot be seen helping bringing the differing intercourse jointly. The twelve signs of chemicals released by one animal tend to affect the behavior of some other associate of the same species. This is in numerous method for different gender. In animals men uses it to detect and mate the female, where by in the female it identifies her determination for mating. But do pheromones work is still not proven.
Human Beings the Emotions are Largely Driven by Smell
With respect to other mammals they have dense and focuses glands producing perspiration. Man use organs referred to as vermonasal present in their nose in order to detect that scent which usually is present in the air. It is then that the toys attain mental performance as well as responses pertaining to emotions are produced. This is the way do pheromones work in humans.
- Just like fingerprints each individual has odor print connected with the sweat glands and matures throughout adolescence.
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