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"Keeping the rot peripheral, preventing it from infecting the heart, is not going to be easy. Too many people make money out of it."
Those are the words of American composer Virgil Thomson, who in 1961 recognized that music was losing its purity and autonomy to the music business. Sadly, no group of musicians has ever been as vulnerable to the demands and expectations of the business as prodigies.
This Saturday and Sunday at the California Theater in San Jose, Symphony Silicon Valley presents a program of works by Elgar, Ginastera, – and 12 year-old wunderkind Alma Deutscher.
The question on everybody's mind: Is Alma Deutscher – a British-born, home-schooled pianist, violinist and composer – the real deal ?
"She's the real deal," says Alasdair Neale, former music director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, current music director of the Marin Symphony and conductor of the weekend's concerts in San Jose. "Nobody I've encountered in my career has had Alma's level of fluency. She has the grammar and syntax of Mendelssohn and Schubert so firmly in her bones, it's extraordinary."
Nothing in music is as rare as a prodigy in the field of composition. When one comes along, the spotlight shines ever so brightly. In 2004, television's "60 Minutes" presented the story of a young Connecticut boy that led viewers to surmise that "Bluejay" was perhaps "the greatest talent to come along in 200 years." It's little more than a decade later, and they've already named another. This time, it's Alma, who was the focus of a profile on the CBS show's Nov. 5 edition.
Composer David Ludwig, chair of composition at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, has seen this kind of talent before. "I've had three very young students who have shown all kinds of gifts in this area. They hear things that a lot of older, trained musicians would not. Alma is clearly an extremely gifted young person, with a very active mind and a lot of musical gifts," he notes, adding "Where to put Alma in the long term is another question. People develop in such different ways."
Indeed, development is another matter. "60 Minutes" dangled the idea of Alma batting in the big leagues, noting that "if you win the pennant, there's immortality." Unfortunately, music history is riddled with stories of prodigies who lose their way. Likewise, the music business was not designed for the advantage of children. Mozart, himself the most famous prodigy, was churned out of that unrepentant system. Jay Greenberg, the "Bluejay" featured on "60 Minutes" 13 years ago, is by most barometers now a successful composer in his early 20s. But as of today, elevating him to "immortal" status remains a stretch.
"'60 Minutes" is looking for a story, but a gifted young person really needs to be nurtured, to have their creativity challenged," says Ludwig. "While comparisons to Mozart might help us understand the nature of a young person's gifts, you have to be careful not to interrupt their own nurture and development with this kind of thing."
The benefit for the business? Tickets for Alma's weekend concerts in San Jose – which also feature the overture from her opera, "Cinderella" along with her own performance of her Violin Concerto – were sold-out within an hour of her "60 Minutes" interview. Opera San Jose's run of her "Cinderella," which begins December 16, is sold out as well.
"The music business and the commercialization of music is – let's say, there are shark-infested waters," says Neale. "There's something very delicate about this kind of talent. People are going to always want more of her than she should be willing to give. I would hope that her parents have just the right degree of protection of her, to make sure the weight of expectations doesn't become too oppressive."
Brushing aside the needless comparisons, both Neale and Ludwig believe that with proper guidance, Alma will find her own voice, leading the way for a very bright future. "Being a composer is a lifelong journey, and you find your voice brick by brick," Ludwig says. "If Alma is handling her creativity with joy, and it's being nurtured, then I do think she has a bright future."
"She's a lovely little girl, who brings such unalloyed pleasure to what she does" says Neale. "That spark, that sense of wonderment and happiness in her bones must be preserved and protected at all costs, whatever direction it ends up leading her in."
As Thomson forewarned, the art of music is constantly bombarded by external interests. For Alma, preserving that sense of wonder and happiness will not be easy. In the meantime, have a listen to Alma — this is her voice, as expressed so poignantly on her "60 Minutes" interview: "Of course I love Mozart … But I think I would prefer to be the first Alma than to be a second Mozart."
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Conductor Alasdair Neale, violin soloist Alma Deutscher present works by Elgar, Ginastera and Deutscher
When: 8 p.m. Dec.2, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 3
Where: California Theater, 345 S. First St., San Jose
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2021 VW Touareg-Size EV Specs, Engine, Changes, & Performance – Volkswagen programs to uncover a Touareg-size, three-row, seven-seat electric SUV concept at the Shanghai auto show in April of next year, Autocar studies, previewing a production version expected to join the range in 2021. Organized to be based on the larger version of the automaker's electric MEB platform, the model is becoming produced under the operating brand ID Lounge together with two other SUVs expected to become a part of the ID range by 2022. These people were previewed previously in concept form by the ID Crozz concept.
2021 VW Touareg-Size EV Specs
Expected to be one of the top choices in the ID range, in addition to the reborn (electric) Microbus, the ID-Lounge concept is expected to be powered by two electric motors, one at each axle, and to offer a 111-kWh lithium-ion battery, which ought to provide it with a range of 372 miles on a full charge. The smallest ID Crozz model in the range is expected to be pretty much a Tiguan analog, Autocar notices, when the middle model expected discounted in 2022 ought to feature coupe-like information. The greatest electric SUV in Volkswagen's ID range, in the meantime, will likely be a creation version of the ID Living room.
All three are expected to be spread out significantly ample in regards to size to attractiveness to EV purchasers with assorted requires and will also be differentiated from the more luxury-focused Audi e-Tron SUV which will take its very own niche in the greater Volkswagen AG world of electric vehicles. It's a world rounded out by Porsche models at the top of the price range.
It remains to be observed regardless of whether this arranged electric model will be much closer in spirit to the new Atlas, supplying a roomy interior and some average off-road expertise, or whether or not it will probably be closer to the off-road-focused Touareg. Market considerations are most likely to dictate the Atlas design and packing route, as the manufacturing version of the ID Living room will compete with other luxury electric SUVs of its size by the time it debuts.

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Italian-American Producer, Philanthropist and Entrepreneur Enzo Zelocchi Announces Premiere of A-Medicare: 'Fixing Once and for All the Dramatic Problem of Healthcare in the U.S. Could Determine the Next President in Upcoming 2020 Election'
A solution that could revolutionize the entire healthcare industry and become one of the greatest strategic assets in U.S. history by reducing cost and generating revenues; reinvesting directly to the American people, or doubling the revenues for private companies with a strong subscriber base (example: Amazon.com).
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Actor and social entrepreneur Enzo Zelocchi's A-Medicare (https://www.a-medicare.com) project represents a competitive and innovative free-market approach that will improve affordability and access to healthcare for middle-class and working-class Americans, while simultaneously improving cost controls for government and effectively approaching a universal healthcare solution without an increased tax burden. A-Medicare is a high-tech startup that leverages advanced data analytics, blockchain and computer learning models to create an unprecedented opportunity for delivery of healthcare products and services to millions of deserving Americans.
"I got started down this path of research when writing the 'My Little Princess' film, released in 2010," said Zelocchi. "Considering the plight of a father whose daughter has terminal cancer, I had to take a close look at what the options are like for real people in similar situations. It broke my heart. After that, I saw Michael Moore's documentary 'Sicko' (a documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations) where a man has to decide which of his two fingers cut off in an accident the hospital will save — based upon the surgery costs of $12,000 to reattach the ring finger and $60,000 for the middle finger. A totally insane and horrible situation to me. It made me sick to think in terms of what people face. And about three years ago, I attended a Creative Artists Agency event, with Morgan Freeman in attendance, as he narrated an important documentary 'The C Word' touching on many of the same outrageous problems. It's a documentary about the industries of death that give us cancer, and the unheralded science of prevention."
"Since I've become aware of the true crisis in American healthcare," Zelocchi continued, "I have not stopped thinking about how I can contribute to the solution. I don't want to be a politician, but a fix for the healthcare crisis in this country, with a willingness to embrace a real solution that could very well determine the outcome of the 2020 election. People say it is impossible to fix the terrible state of healthcare affordability and access in the greatest nation on Earth. I say: bring it on. I see a problem in need of a solution. And the technology to empower this solution already exists and can develop even more."
A-Medicare creates affordable healthcare and provides programs and solutions operating both globally and locally, using machine learning, artificial intelligence and blockchain technology delivered seamlessly to end users via an advertising-supported platform portal.
"Micro-transactions based on tiny percentages and next generation advertising completely lift any cost burdens from the shoulders of the average citizen, while delivering tremendous competitive value by putting the market into deep competition," Zelocchi said. "This solution is going to make an important mark in the history books."
All interested parties, including government entities, media, etc. seeking more information should begin at https://www.a-medicare.com/
About A.I. Care Holdings
A.I. Holdings is a universal healthcare company that creates affordable healthcare via its proprietary platform, A-Medicare. Headquartered in Nevada, the company aims to create a unified countrywide platform that offers healthcare and related services by creating an ever evolving and growing digital-medical services aggregate. The company's mission is to engage in its signature three-pillared approach to deliver savings and convenience while providing healthcare to the sick. To learn more, please visit: www.A-Medicare.com.
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Hutong, the gridlike alleyway neighborhoods most prominent in China's capital, are an interesting part of Beijing life. It's here you'll find the city at its most raw: a mix of residential homes and small community eateries and shops, people going about their day without a care for passerby and visitors. Its here, too, you'll find some of the city's oddest of personal and public vehicles.
If you've been here long enough, its easy to not give the scooters, ebikes, trikes and other contraptions a second glance. But for one Shaanxi native who calls Beijing home the modes of transport have become something worth documenting through art.
I meet Liu Cong upon entering the Shijia Hutong Museum, nestled deep within the neighborhoods in which the artist finds her subject matter. Whisked into the space housing her depictions of vehicles and the people upon them she's documented, I'm overcome by an immediate sense of whimsy. Liu tells me the images she does are mainly done with pen and watercolor, laughing "it's what I had on hand at the time." It's a perfect combination, though, as it brings the subject matter to life with playful bright tones and colors.
Liu started drawing from an early age, encouraged by her parents, both musicians and inclined to the arts. She attended an arts academy in Xi'an, and later went on to study fine arts in Paris and Bordeaux in France, eventually graduating from a school in the latter city.
For a time, Liu worked in the arts industry in a different capacity, focusing on exhibition and art residency organizing. She tells me she eventually started to feel the urge to create on her own, switching to part-time job in the company she works for one year ago to focus on her art. In this time, Liu ended up moving into a hutong apartment. It was here she found the inspiration needed to proceed with her project.
As for why Liu chose to use hutong transport as subject matter, it's simple: "I'm amazed by the design and the creativity of the vehicles" she laughs. Liu tells me the exhibition only covers a portion of her work on hutong vehicles, all of which started with a simple photograph.
Liu was walking along the road one day when she saw an old man whizzing by on a peculiar trike-like scooter, replete with a songbird cage hanging from one of the handlebars. What made the piece special came later, when she moved to the hutong and happened across her new neighbor: the same elderly man who had been on the scooter, parading about without his shirt.
During our conversation, I noticed it wasn't just tourists and youngsters entering for the "daka" of the place, but also a number of hutong residents themselves. All here to catch a moment in time, but one quickly changing. Liu explains developing traffic rules are changing things. "For safety reasons, you can't [theoretically] drive a scooter with an adult on the back," and certain elements — she says pointing to a rounded sun visor that residents will often add to their vehicles — are also considered potentially dangerous. Yet, it was also something in flux. "A few years ago, we didn't have kuaidi or waimai delivery".
In the small room in which the exhibition is housed, there's also a map Liu designed, showing the area around Shijia Hutong Museum, with major roads, landmarks, and even subway stations, all marked. Upon the map, Liu put sticker versions of some of her pieces here and there; seemingly zooming along roads and lanes to whatever their destination might be. A reminder, perhaps, that this part of hutong, and indeed, Beijing life, can be captured anywhere you might be, when you least expect it.
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Professional interests:
- Aphasia
- Voice disorders
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- Head and neck cancer rehabilitation
- Swallowing disorders
- Vocal Cord Dysfunction
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- Cognitive rehabilitation therapy
As a specialty trained speech language pathologist in Courage Kenny's Cancer Rehabilitation Program, I provide expert care for people with challenges associated with cancer and its treatment.
Clinical expertise includes evaluation and treatment of voice and swallowing disorders, neurogenic communication disorders, videostroboscopy, Lee Silverman Voice Therapy (LSVT), and registered Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSImP) clinician.
- Speech therapy
Educational institutions
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
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By Jonas Agwu
As the Federal Road Safety Corps commences full enforcement of the compulsory use of speed limiting devices, meant to address the increasing speed- related road traffic crashes in the country, Nigerians should look forward to its positive effects. Excessive speed remains the number one causative factor, accounting for about 50 per cent of reported road traffic crashes in the country.
The September 1, 2015 enforcement date was agreed by the FRSC and its strategic partners who appealed for a shift in the enforcement date from June 1, to September 1, 2015 to enable them embark on adequate awareness as agreed during a one-day stakeholders forum held in Abuja
The forum had also agreed for FRSC and its partners to embark on massive awareness to secure public buy in. Government is also to set deadline for all imported vehicles and those manufactured in Nigeria to have speed limiters installed; while SON should demand in-plant cali- bration certificate from manufacturers of speed limiting devices meant for use in Nigeria, among others. The shift was equally to enable other logistics necessary for the implementation to be put in place by partners such as Standard Organisation of Nigeria, National Automotive Council of Nigeria and FRSC amongst others.
Since the shift in date, series of events and machiner- ies have been put in place to ensure a smooth sail for the scheme which if properly im- plemented by the Corps and its strategic partners and sup- ported by the motoring pub- lic, should result in about 30 percent crash reduction, go- ing by the fact that commer- cial vehicles presently account for over 30 percent of crashes and 40 percent of deaths .
When the next phase involv- ing other categories of vehicles such as private cars takes off, another level of reduction may be achieved so long as all the loopholes are plugged .The events which took place include series of consulta- tion between FRSC and its partners such as NUPENG/ PTD, NARTO and NURTW.
There were also advocacies such as the sponsored Total Nigeria awareness campaign held in the Federal Capital Territory during which about 30 vehicles were installed with speed limiters as a dem- onstration of the Corporate Social Responsibility of Total . Across the country, similar events were held, including ongoing advocacies by the FRSC divisions
This is our my friend featured his concern on the issue, "Dear Jonas, let me start by appreciating your efforts in creating awareness through your numerous write-ups which I have passionately followed since you started with the Sun Newspaper and Leadership Newspaper as far back as 2008 when you were still in Abuja as the Sector Commander, FCT.
"Let me however draw your attention to the soon to be enforced speed limiting device which I acknowledge will go a long way in addressing excessive speeding which has caused so much pains to families and the nation at large. As one whose passion for safer roads knows no bounds, I must inform you that I am daily in touch with concerned Nigerians who have wondered if truly, you have the hope to enforce by September 1, as reported in the dailies.
"I have no issues with that date. But please, I need you to please provide me the details of the vendors and their spread across the country, their capacities, the cost for installation and how long it takes to install a limiter in one vehicle. I also need to know how much training your men have gone through to equip them with the skills and knowledge for detecting tampering of installed systems as was the case in places like Kenya.
"These questions are necessary because I know that the success of these schemes lies in adequate preparation through well orchestrated awareness that will address all the grey areas. As you and your colleagues work towards making our roads truly safe, please kindly rethink and ensure you guys do what you did with the seat belt campaigns which succeeded because you took time to embark on nationwide awareness such that even before you commenced enforcement over 12 years ago, every motorist in the country knew the importance."
As we ponder on the issues raised by this reader, I am excited that some of the fleet operators and transport organisations have expressed willingness to comply with the September 1, 2015 deadline by installing the required limiter which conforms to specifications as contained in the approved standards by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria.
• Agwu is an Assistant Corps Marshal with the Federal ROAD Safety Corps.


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Of the Moonwalk and Strange Exams
Out-of-syllabus questions and a unique moonwalk exercise.
Out-of-syllabus questions are every student's nightmare. But postgraduate students of political science at the Banaras Hindu University were left befuddled during their first semester exam a few months ago. They had to choose between writing an essay on "the nature of GST in Kautilya's Arthashastra" or "Manu is the first Indian thinker of globalization. Discuss". The questions, worth 15 marks each, were set by professor Kaushal Kishore Mishra, who, The Wire says, wanted students to "interpret the philosophies of the 'two thinkers' by using current examples like GST and globalization". Mindboggling much?
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He does the moonwalk over the crossing, waving his hands with a flourish. Then, Ranjeet Singh, a traffic constable in Indore, slides across the road, à la Michael Jackson, to direct cars and motorcycles waiting patiently at the light. The MJ fan started using the famous dance step to stop traffic 12 years ago. Today, he is a sensation with over 57,500 followers on Facebook. He even gives moonwalk lessons to his colleagues.
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We invite you to join us on April 28th at the State Capitol in Harrisburg for CHD and Pulse Ox Awareness Day! Children with Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), their families and other volunteer advocates will join the AHA to raise awareness and generate support for House Bill 1420, legislation that would ensure all newborns are screened for CHD using pulse oximetry.
This legislation unanimously passed the House in November, so our focus turns to the Senate where we need YOUR help to push it across the finish line!
Below, we've provided links for the following: Pulse Oximetry Fact Sheet, directions to the PA State Capitol, and parking in Harrisburg. Lunch will be provided in the Capitol Cafeteria on the day of event.
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Agenda at a Glance
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Helene Russell continues her series on knowledge management strategies for Law Firms.
The first article in this series discussed what "knowledge" and "knowledge management" is. The rest of the series looks at common problems in knowledge management in medium-sized and smaller law firms. Last month's article looked at how databases and precedents fit into a firm's knowledge strategy. This article looks at how you can improve the quality and quantity of contributions to your firm's knowledge base. This might be contributing existing documents/advices to a database, sharing intelligence about key clients, finding the time to review proprietary precedents or develop workflows, writing articles for newsletters or preparing client seminars, or supervising, mentoring or training junior lawyers.
Creating a culture where collaboration and knowledge-sharing is simply "how things are done around here" is a difficult task and one which the majority of law firms struggle with. When I set up Knowledge Network West (a networking and knowledge-sharing group for those in the knowledge business in the legal sector) in 2008, I asked members what they would like to discuss in the sessions. "Improving knowledge-sharing culture" was high on their list, and it continues to crop up in various guises whenever we meet.
I don't pretend to have a magic answer to this problem, but these are ten suggestions crowd-sourced from everyone at KNW.
1. Focus on the user
Help people to discover the benefits of what you are asking them to do. This may be a well-stocked, well-run knowledge management system, the ability to find documents and information easily at a later date, the ability to reduce their written-off or non-chargeable time, the ability to find a suitable expert effortlessly. Once they understand why they are being asked to contribute and what benefits will accrue to them, they will be happier to make an effort. This may mean running training sessions to ensure people are using the systems to their full capabilities, but it may also mean spending more time in understanding how people work and adapting your systems so that they are more intuitive for fee earners to use. It also means having a clear knowledge strategy aligned to the firm's business strategy, to avoid any waste of time, effort or money.
2. Catch them young
Another way to improve contributions over the long term is to focus on training your new starters. Include within the training of all new starters, not just the trainees or fee earners, something about knowledge management: what it is, why it is important and emphasise right from the start that "this is simply how we do things" (even if it isn't yet). With luck, they'll become KM champions and spread the word as they rise through the firm. And support staff are just as important as fee earning staff in spreading the right culture.
3. Look beyond the fee earners
Can the support staff help? Can work systems be altered to include steps relating to knowledge systems? Can the secretaries lodge certain categories of key documents automatically once the fee earner has signed them for posting? After all, if a document is adequate for a client, isn't it adequate for your knowledge system? When looking at after action learning or post transaction reviews, can it be part of the file closure system, such that a file cannot be billed or archived until a review is complete or client information is input? Can client information for your CRM system be gathered by business development staff walking the floor regularly and discussing clients with fee earners, rather than expecting fee earners to find the time for data input?
4. Make it compulsory
Younger fee earners in particular can be wary of contributing their knowledge, worrying that their work will be criticised by more experienced fee earners or their colleagues/competition. Making contributions compulsory can sometimes help, although you may experience problems with quantity and quality. With this strategy, you will need to invest fee earner time (perhaps a PSL) in reviewing contributions or trust to the judgement of the fee earners accessing the information at a later stage.
5. Or … don't make it compulsory, make it a great honour
Fee earners are often motivated by status, so you may get more contributions by making an invitation to contribute a status symbol, or by offering "subject matter expert" status to those who make the most high quality contributions.
6. Appreciation and rewards
Whilst it is important to have top-down support and recognition of contributions within annual appraisals and within promotion criteria, even the simplest tokens of appreciation make a difference. Some firms offer a bottle of wine for the best contribution per month or chocolate coins for each contribution, but a simple thank you note will make a difference. If you can, try to understand a bit about the motivators of different members of the team, so that you can thank people in a way that is meaningful to them, and be specific about what was helpful about their contribution.
7. Authorship
Ensure people's work is credited to them. Lawyers need to see that their efforts will be recognised within the wider firm and that they can enhance their reputation as an expert by contributing. This also has the added benefit that those reading the document later will know who to contact with questions and will trust the contents of your systems more.
8. Have a non-chargeable code for KM work
Even though it is unlikely to have the same value to the partnership when it comes to promotions and remuneration as chargeable time, a chargeable code for knowledge work will enable fee earners to explain how they've spent their time to their supervisors and you can use that information to identify those who spend the most and least time on KM and respond accordingly.
9. Focus on the snipers
Spend time with those who snipe at your knowledge systems. Find out more about their particular work passion and spend time showing them how your systems ("systems" in the broad sense) help them with that particular passion or make their life easier. With hard work and luck, you may turn them into a knowledge champion.
10. Walk the floor
Once a month walk the floor, speaking to a range of different fee earners. Many lawyers are passionate about their work and love to talk about it. If you spend a little time chatting to them, you can often find out useful information about what they are doing, where you can help them or how your knowledge systems can make their lives easier. And if you need help from them, it is always harder to refuse to help someone who asks face-to-face than it is to fail to respond to an e-mailed general request.
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6/30: MetroIntelligence Economic Update by P. DUFFY
May pending home sales jump 44.3 percent, but down 5.1 percent year-on-year
The Pending Home Sales Index rose 44.3 percent to 99.6 in May, chronicling the highest month-over-month gain in the index since NAR started this series in January 2001. Still, contract signings fell 5.1 percent year-on-year. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.
IMF lowers 2020 growth rate to -4.9 percent in June update
Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity in the first half of 2020 than anticipated, and the recovery is projected to be more gradual than previously forecast. In 2021 global growth is projected at 5.4 percent. Overall, this would leave 2021 GDP some 6½ percentage points lower than in the pre-COVID-19 projections of January 2020.
June consumer sentiment slips to 78.1, still up 8.0 percent from May
Consumer sentiment slipped in the last half of June to 78.1, although it still recorded its second monthly gain over the April low. While most consumers believe that economic conditions could hardly worsen from the recent shutdown of the national economy, prospective growth in the economy is more closely tied to progress against the coronavirus. The early reopening of the economy has undoubtedly restored jobs and incomes, but it has come at the probable cost of an uptick in the spread of the virus. The need for new relief programs is urgent and would best be accomplished before the national elections dominate the debate.
May personal spending jumped 8.2 percent versus decline of 4.2 percent in personal income
In May, personal income fell 4.2 percent, disposable income (minus taxes) fell 4.9 percent while personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased 8.2 percent, leading to a decline in the personal savings rate from over 32 percent to 23.2 percent.
PCE Price Index edged up 0.1 percent in May, up 0.5 percent year-on-year
The inflation tracker PCE price index increased 0.1 percent in May and 0.5 percent year-on-year. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.1 percent in May and 1.0 percent year-on-year.


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Later I added the following words. For those of you that may not know I love Disney so these were a natural fit. After all who doesn't need these in their life.
- Magic
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More recently as I have had more clarity on my business and the direction I am headed I added the following words.
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- "Do or do not, there is no try." Yoda
- "Confidence is a consequence of courage." – Sandra Yancy, CEO eWomenNetwork.com
These are quotes that I stop and tell myself many times throughout my day and week. I use them to keep me from turning down opportunities just because they are unfamiliar and uncomfortable. I use them to push myself to say that I will or will not do something no in between. And I use them to remind myself that I just have to have the courage and the confidence and know how will follow.
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Are you feeling trapped in your thoughts? Is your mind going around and around in circles with no solution in sight? Are you getting agro and frustrated because you feel you have no control over this and don't know how to break the loop?
Trust me, I am all too familiar with this cycle of thought destruction, and have been told on numerous occasions over the years, "you are your own worst enemy!" Harsh. I don't want to be told I am the cause of my shortcomings. But to be fair, this was always delivered to me via sporting coaches and business mentors, who could see the bigger picture, my potential, and where I was limiting myself, more than me anyway.
This can be the result of what I call the 'shadow side' of someone who is highly analytical, an over-thinker, and a perfectionist, ultimately leading to paralysis by analysis, and inaction and procrastination, due to a drive to always get things right.
So how to get out of this mental rut? Most of the time, you will find yourself a day here or there in this thought cycle, and it usually subsides pretty quickly through conscious effort. However, it's not always that easy, especially if you have big things happening in your life, like a career change, starting a business, a geographical move, or starting or ending a committed romantic relationship (or all the above!).
The problem is, when you are stuck in your head, you disconnect from the rest of your body. Therefore, your responses are most likely going to be reactive and connected to fear. Therefore, you aim to reconnect to your body, to access your natural intuitive guidance system (i.e. your gut feel), and more importantly, what your heart feels.
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Exercise: Moderate to high-intensity exercise gets you straight back fully into your body. Resistance exercise, interval training, or moderate-intensity sporting activity, is great to get your energy systems flowing and to balance erratic energy.
Quiet Time: Meditation (guided or sitting in silence) and/or deep breathing exercises are great for centering yourself. It takes practice to get yourself into an ideal state, so if you are new to meditation, it may be worthwhile attending instructor-led sessions. Otherwise, you may end up spending your whole time still stuck on your thought roller coaster.
Action: Even just the smallest steps towards your goal can create momentum for more action, or even if it ends up being the wrong action, a review of your plan can then take place.
Mentor/Coach: Yep. Probably the most important one. After all, the mind that created the problem is not necessarily going to solve it. Otherwise, there wouldn't be an issue! Especially if you are starting a business, or are stagnating in an already established one, it is well worth the investment to allow someone to show you a different perspective that you may be too blinkered to see, and to be accountable to over a period of time.
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John Abraham Gets Into 'Dhoom' Mode Shooting A Chase Sequence, Fans Ask Him To Wear A Helmet!
John Abraham is currently shooting for Attack and shared a picture of doing what he does the best. Besides the acting, the Dostana actor is famous for doing amazing action sequences in his films and hence shared a picture of the same. Read to know the scoop.
John took to his Instagram account to share a video of doing an action sequence on a bike and captioned the post, "Stunting #action #bikes #attack".
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As soon as John Abraham shared the video, fans started commenting on the same stating that he's not wearing a helmet.
A user commented, "U should wear helmet". Another user wrote, "Helmet".
A while ago, John Abraham shared a picture from the sets of Attack and captioned it, "Doing what I do best on my favorite place . #Action #bikes".
Oh, isn't the picture giving us full DHOOM vibes?
Meanwhile, it was May of 2020 when John announced that he had bought the Hindi remake rights for Prithviraj Sukumaran's acclaimed Malayalam drama Ayyapanum Kohsiyum.
Fans were left excited and waiting to get the gossip on the casting coup of the film. And seems like the day is here as there is finally an update on the film. If the latest dash of a grapevine is anything to go by, the remake might reunite the Dostana duo John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan in the leading parts.
Yes, you read that right. Ayyapanum Koshiyum is directed by the late Sachy; a filmmaker called the flag bearer of the new wave in Malayalam cinema. It starred Prithviraj Sukumaran and Biju Menon opposite each other. The film was a tale of a clash of egos and a puzzle the two men were a part of to complete it. John in May expressed his liking for the story and confirmed that he indeed is remaking it in Hindi.
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Playing poker is a very fun activity especially if this activity is done with friends in spare time. But do you know that the game of poker is not just entertainment, but there is money that you can make from this game? Those of you who want to benefit must play on a safe poker gambling site where this site will guarantee that every win you get will be immediately paid by the site when you make a withdrawal or withdrawal of funds. So, because there is a real money bet here, you should bet safely and correctly. Because if the bet is done in a hurry or you even oversimplify this poker game, the money you bet will definitely just disappear.
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IZW Battle Against Cancer April 22nd, 2016 in Canadian, OK!
Canadian Public Schools continues to fight cancer.
Impact Zone Wrestling will hold a wrestling event on April 22 at Canadian high school to benefit the school's 50-year scoreboard operator Johnny Weeks in his battle against cancer.
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Half of the proceeds from the event will go to help Weeks in his battle against cancer, while the other half will benefit the Cougars' athletics program.
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Erica Campbell isn't just an entertainer, she's a television, mother, wife, First Lady and hosts a radio show. GRIFF expressed how he watches her do so much and still make time for everything she needs to do. Erica explained that she wouldn't be able to do any of these things without God.
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The buyer (paying £51,700 with the addition of the 17.5% buyer's premium) was the West Midlands period furniture dealer Thomas Coulborn & Sons, who faced fierce competition from six phone bidders in the UK, Italy and US and numerous internet bidders.
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One of the big highlights of this year's Gamescom was strapping myself into EVE: Valkyrie. That sense of immersion – of being in the cockpit of a spacefighter – is a dream I've had since childhood, but CCP's grand experiment has brought it within reach. I've stared down the launch tubes several times over the last few years of development, but now it feels tantalisingly close to release.
How close? I asked Andrew Willans, Lead Game Designer on EVE: Valkyrie, just how ready it is. "Put it this way, we are in full production. We have dates, very loose dates, which are hardware-bound. We've said we'll be a launch title for Oculus, we'll be a launch title for Sony Morpheus. When they're ready, we'll be ready."
It doesn't mean that the 30-strong development team from Newcastle, England are kicking back and shooting up internet spaceships, as Willans went on to explain. "We do still have a lot of production work to go into the game. There are things that we'd love to do, and if we get the time we'll get them into the launch product. We're excited. We're ready when the hardware's ready is the headline."
Lightning in a Bottle
EVE: Valkyrie is currently in closed pre-alpha, and I was eager to discover how it had been progressing. But before we got into the details of balance, progression, and eSports, I was interested to discover what pulled Willans to the project.
"I was actually at Ubisoft for 7 years, and worked on a range of AAA games. I tried Valkyrie at GDC, not last year but the year before, and it just blew me away. As a game designer this was the sense of immersion that I'd always dreamed of, growing up in the 80s and 90s. So I was like 'Holy shit, how do I get into this?' They needed someone with experience in shipping big AAA titles to come in there and just help to clarify the vision, to make sure we had all the pieces for PvP, PvE, how we have a new player experience, using exposition and balancing the mechanics. It was the perfect role for me - I was really excited to join the team."
At this point, the core experience of EVE: Valkyrie – launching into intense team vs. team dogfighting action – was already well defined, and Willans stressed to me that he's preserving that feel. "In terms of that launch sequence and getting out into space, I didn't want to change a thing. Like you said, you're on lightning in a bottle here. How do you massage all of these pieces to become a cohesive AAA game, so that we can indeed be the poster child for VR? That's what we're aiming for"
Just as with EVE Online, CCP's sandbox MMO, EVE: Valkyrie will be light on story. A single-player campaign isn't part of the studio's plans, instead building 'narrative-light' missions that explain some of the backstory and setting. "It's more of a tuition tool, how we introduce the player to mechanics and features that they're going to experience in PvP, but do it in an offline environment so they can practice."
"When we get people into the demo we only do controller-light. We don't talk about doing barrel-rolls, we don't talk about a lot of stuff on the d-pad. There's all kinds of manual locks, there's chaffs, there's countermeasures. And there's a lot of stuff going on the HUD, with shields and hull damage, fire rate and everything. We don't go into that, because we really want to be no pre-flight checks. Get out there, have fun, enjoy VR, get some kills and feel good about yourself, then bring that to the PvP."
"And that's where the heart of the game is. We want to be the number one competitive multiplayer shooter for VR. And honestly, when you get in there, we've got two sides of PvP, half the office versus half the office, it gets insane. It's like being in Battlestar Galactica, which is a hell of a feel."
A Squadron of Test Pilots
Currently, EVE: Valkyrie's pre-alpha is open to a select group of testers who number 'in the hundreds,' many of them with Oculus DK2 developer headsets. As Willans described, testing is currently focusing on two areas of polish: weapon and class balance, and player progression. "We'll have matches with them on a weekend and stuff, and then we'll talk with them about shields, hull damage, why this cannon was particularly overpowered, this missile's not quite right, how do I get this in a Heavy class, how do I move it to a fighter class. We're really hammering out the details of that, so all of that time is brilliant because it means we can have a really well-balanced game."
"But we're doing that in-line with looking at how we put in player progression, within PvP. We're trying to reward people for spending time with a particular type of ship class. So if you like the fighter class, then how can we give you appropriate rewards and allow you to customize your ship so that it matches your playing style, but then at the same time tease you with other things? Like 'have you tried the heavy?' And what is it about the heavy that you like, that you don't like? Is there any way we could make those parts modular so that you could maybe put them on to your fighter? So we're looking at experimenting with that gameplay balance, to make sure everyone is happy and gets the craft that most matches their play style."
With trees for each class of spacecraft, it presents a conundrum – do you focus on a single ship, or try to unlock everything? While some of us might focus on a single role, Willans thinks that completionist tendencies will persuade players to try everything. "I think initially I'll be a fighter and I'll follow that as far as I can, but I'll definitely be branching out, because there's tools and upgrades within the other progression trees that are really helpful, so you'll probably be mire inclined to say 'I'll be a fighter for a bit because I've really got my eye on this particular perk the fighter has', and then there's a point on the tree where I can use it."
With pre-alpha underway, a significant portion of feedback has understandably been about weapon balance, particularly with finding the 'sweet spot of missiles and cannons.' Surprisingly though, Willans told me that that level design feedback has been one of the newest challenges, mainly because VR represents a new medium with its own set of challenges.
"When you have structures in 3D space, how big do they need to be? It sounds great flying through a trench, [but] how big does that trench need to be? Where are the entry and exit points of that trench? If I say to you 'Dude, I need backup, I'm beside the asteroid!' 'Which asteroid?' Eer, yeah [laughs]. A lot of the challenge is getting hooks and environmental narrative within the level so we can call it out with each other quickly, because there's so much going on.
But, Willans added, pre-alpha players had also praised that strong sense of immersion, echoing the cries of almost everyone who's played EVE: Valkyrie over the past two years.
"You're sat down, you're in a cockpit, you've got a joypad/gamepad – some people even bring joysticks into the office – you've got a controller that feels immediate, and I think it's that. Strap on the VR headset and you're immediately out there. Competence in minutes, mastery in months. That's been the strongest feedback, and that's something that we're keen to never lose."


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Sorry for the slow blogging; the Scott Thomas thing is sucking up time. There's plenty of stuff in headlines if you're bored. I linked this yesterday as an update to the Paul post but there are enough Fredheads here that I guess we owe it our full attention. All the action is in the first 30 seconds and the last minute, so feel free to skip around. CNN, bless their hearts, conveniently omitted her screeching Trutherism from its account of the encounter.
The SLC boys raise an interesting theory: is the North American Union crap a gateway to 9/11 Trutherism? I don't think so. NAU is the province of Birchers while Trutherism is a hobby of the far left, and while those two groups do coalesce in the Cult of Paul, that's about the only place they do. Tancredo believes one and not the other. As does Paul himself, in fact.
John of Verum Serum sent me the link to another video this tool made awhile back which references a person (actually, two people) near and dear to all our hearts. The irony is, you'll hear her yell in the clip below that Fred's not a real conservative. The boss is starting to wonder herself.
Update: Slublog e-mails re: WaPo's piece about Fred's past as a trial lawyer that he's getting tired of Fred responding to substantive challenges with "don't fuss at me, now":
His work representing white-collar criminals, drug defendants and lawsuit victims has given Thompson an affinity with one of the Republican Party's perennial targets, trial lawyers, and he carries that connection with him even today as he prepares to seek the GOP presidential nomination. It also helped shape a view on lawsuit reform that has frequently put him at odds with his own party…
Officially, Thompson and his aides declined to answer questions about his legal work on the grounds that he is not a declared candidate. Privately, his advisers said they are acutely aware that GOP opponents could try to paint Thompson as too liberal, based on his legal work, his support from the trial lawyers' lobby and his votes on liability legislation that conflicted with those of most Republicans.
Yeah, they're milking his non-candidacy for all it's worth, although after the abortion lobbyist debacle maybe they're better off with a "no comment" this time. Meanwhile, from Time, another tantalizing tidbit about Jeri. Cherchez la femme…
"I do worry that Jeri is the one really running his campaign," says a House Republican who describes himself as "likely" to support Thompson. "She's smart, but that could be a recurring problem."


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Spinto Band spin-off Teen Men goes national
Nick Krill is about to be a very busy man.
The 32-year-old co-founder of Wilmington pop/rock act The Spinto Band is not only about to release a debut album with spin-off Spinto act Teen Men, but a 30-date North American tour is staring back at him.
The tour with Philadelphia's Clap Your Hands Say Yeah kicks off at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia with shows Tuesday and Wednesday.
And Krill is not only opening the shows with his new band, but he will also sit in and play guitar and keyboards with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, which wraps up the tour Aug. 2 at New York's Bowery Ballroom.
It's not the first time he's pulled double-duty.
"For one of the first Spinto Band tours we ever did, we had a friend open and we were his backing band. It's been a while," says Krill, of Wilmington, who is joined in Teen Men by fellow Spinto Band member Joe Hobson, former Spinto Albert Birney and singer/keyboardist Catharine Maloney, Krill's wife.
After helping launch The Spinto Band in Wilmington nearly 20 years ago at the age of 15, it shouldn't come as a surprise that recording with Teen Men had its own feel. Even though he was surrounded by longtime musical partners and his wife, it was a unique experience.
Instead of meticulously planning and recording their songs like in The Spinto Band, Teen Men had a much looser, organic start with off-the-cuff recording sessions.
Teen Men held its first show in August 2013 at the old Mojo Main, just as the act was beginning to put together songs that would eventually become the new self-titled album, which comes out June 9.
Fast-forward nearly two years and all the work is about to pay off with its big tour and the band's album that is already garnering national attention on music blogs and magazines.
Fans of The Spinto Band should eat it up. The clean pop sound is still there with some of those familiar angular Spinto hooks, but many of the songs are more ethereal with plenty of synth to go around.
"I'm hoping there's some overlap and that Spinto fans will like it," Krill says. "But at the same time, hopefully there will be new fans that weren't as much into the rock band thing and are more into this atmospheric stuff."
And don't worry, the (still) baby-faced Spinto Band is not dead. A 10th anniversary deluxe vinyl re-issue of the band's breakout indie label debut "Nice and Nicely Done" is due this year. It will be released on Hoboken, N.J.-based Bar/None Records, which is also releasing Teen Men's debut.
The Spinto Band, which toured with fellow Firefly Music Festival alum Arctic Monkeys in 2006 while riding the success of "Nice and Nicely Done," is planning on hitting the road later this year to support the re-issue.
Teen Men grew naturally from The Spinto Band's now-demolished former home studio in Hockessin shortly after the recording of the band's 2012 album "Shy Pursuit."
Basically it went down like this: Both Krill and Birney were coming off intensive artistic stretches. Krill was just done with "Shy Pursuit" and Birney had just completed his first feature film, "The Beast Pageant," about a man who lives in an industrial wasteland.
"Both were long-term projects and we both wanted to get together to work on something loose and fast," says Krill, who sings all but one song on the Teen Men album. "We wanted to cleanse the palate in a no consequences, free pass kind of way."
The songs were then left to "marinade" before they were refined, revised, mixed and completed, giving them a more structured sound than you would expect from those early carefree sessions.
Over the past couple of years, the band has refined those songs even more while performing about 30 shows from Delaware and Chicago – all while The Spinto Band recorded and released 2013's "Cool Cocoon" and Birney worked on other projects.
For Teen Men, the unique hook is its combination and audio and visual elements at its live shows –- something Delawareans will get to see first-hand when the band next plays its home state June 26. The show is with The Sin City Band at the Delaware Art Museums' premiere "Dream Streets: Art in Wilmington: 1970-1990."
Birney, an artist and filmmaker, has created videos and collages tied to the songs that are shown against a backdrop as the four-piece plays, creating an all immersive artistic experience. Separate music videos have also been made for the songs for online and television.
"The goal is for it not to just be a two-dimensional bonus feature with the band, but to have it be more involved in the show," Krill says. "Sometimes we want the audience to watch the videos instead of the band and then sometimes you're watching the video and remember that there's a band playing live.
"We're still feeling our way around it, but it's a fun new experiment."
What: Teen Men open for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's 10th anniversary tour
When: Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 p.m.
Where: Johnny Brenda's, 1201 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia
Tickets: $20. (Wednesday's show is sold out.)
-- Ryan Cormier, The News Journal. Facebook: @ryancormier. Twitter: @ryancormier. Instagram: @ryancormier.


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On August 11, Michael Moskowitz was part of the winning foursome at a golf outing that helped raise more than $10,500 for the state's Credit Union Political Action Committee (CUPAC). The Catskill-Hudson, Westchester-Rockland and Metropolitan Chapters held the event. Nearly 80 golfers participated in the tournament.
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Want to stay up to date on the smaller moves made around the NHL? Here are a few from July 14, 2011.
- The Ottawa Senators re-signed Bobby Butler to a two-year deal. It is unclear if the contract is a one-way or two-way deal and the financial terms haven't been revealed, but either way, it caps a busy day or so for Ottawa. The team also signed their first round pick Mika Zibanejad to an entry-level deal recently.
Butler seems like one of the Senators' more promising young forwards. He split time between Ottawa and Binghamton last season, scoring 10 goals and 11 assists for 21 points in 36 games at the NHL level. Butler scored 33 points in 47 AHL regular season games and returned to Binghamton for their playoff run, helping them win the Calder Cup by scoring 13 goals and four assists for 17 points in 23 playoff games.
- The Calgary Flames sent their 2012 fifth round pick to the New Jersey Devils for long-named fighter Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond. Let one thing be for sure: "P3L" doesn't have much use beyond his ability to punch and be punched. As far as that's concerned, you can remember him for two fights.
Glass half-empty: He jumped Washington Capitals forward Marcus Johansson in a very ugly scene. He received a one-game suspension by the NHL but was demoted to the AHL and never played another game for the Devils.
Glass half-full: Many will remember him for his epic fight with Cam Janssen. The two fought for three solid minutes and, well, just watch for yourself by clicking on the link above.
That's an amazing fight, but a fifth round pick seems like a heavy price to pay for a "player" the Devils clearly hand little interest in keeping.
- The Anaheim Ducks added former Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Matt Smaby to their mix with a one-year deal. Helene Elliott reports that it is a two-way deal worth $600K in the NHL and $105K in the AHL. The Ducks defense will still be a concern next season, but Smaby gives them another body. He played 32 games for the Bolts in 2010-11.


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Disclosing bank and emitter governance around climate-related risks and opportunities.
TCFD Guidance on Governance
Key Findings
In eight (out of 15) companies assessed, the board is responsible for overseeing climate risks, indicating accountability for climate-related risks at the most senior level of the company. In two companies, management level appointees or committees oversee climate risks.
At the remaining five companies, it is unclear who is responsible for overseeing, assessing, and managing climate-related risk making it difficult to hold responsible persons to account.
At four (out of 15) companies, good long-term corporate behaviour is incentivised by incorporating climate-related performance metrics into the board's remuneration policies.
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- Management's role in assessing and managing climate-related risks and opportunities.
The board and management should play an important role in overseeing, assessing and managing climate-related risks.
Eight out of fifteen companies explicitly mention that the board is responsible for overseeing climate risk. If they said the board is responsible for broader "sustainability", "environmental issues", or "ESG", that is not sufficient. Two companies indicated that Climate-related issues are managed by management-level appointees or committees, while responsibility for climate risks was not clearly disclosed by five companies.
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Anglo American's description of its board processes for overseeing climate change touches on all the key areas under the TCFD's guidance including how the board monitors and oversees progress against goals and targets for addressing climate-related issues.
Extract from Anglo American's Climate change: Our plans, policies, and progress report, 2016:
"Matters relating to climate change and energy are included in each quarterly report to the committee, and also feature periodically as stand-alone items on the agenda. Matters discussed by the Committee in 2016 are disclosed on page 18 of the 2016 Anglo American Sustainability Report. The Chari of the Sustainability Committee provides a summary of the Committee's discussions at the Board, which addresses the most material issues raised by the Committee. The CEO performance scorecard and reports to the Board also include performance indicators on energy and GHG emissions.
In addition to the discussions at the Sustainability Committee, the Audit Committee reviews the company's material risks, including climate change, twice a year. The Remuneration Committee takes into account financial as well as sustainability indicators in its decision-making process."
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Ensuring that senior executives are incentivised to behave appropriately with respect to climate change is a key governance issue. Incorporating climate-related performance indicators into executive remuneration should assist in holding management to account by aligning incentives with long-term strategy.
Does the remuneration policy include performance metrics used to measure and manage climate-related risks?
Recommended Disclosure (a), under Metrics and Targets*
The TCFD recommends that the key metrics used to measure and manage climate-related risks are disclosed and, where climate-related issues are material, whether and how these performance metrics are incorporated into remuneration policies is described.
Only four out of the fifteen companies considered in this report have a remuneration policy that includes performance metrics relating to emissions reduction. This is despite the fact that the majority of companies report offering incentives for the management of climate-related issues in their CDP disclosures.
Climate-related performance metrics might include energy or emission reduction targets. These targets and metrics are usually provided in the Annual or Integrated Report, but CDP disclosures also provide additional information
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"The CEO's Short-Term Incentive Plan (STI) includes objectives associated with climate strategy that are consistent with the guidelines defined in the Strategic Plan. Under the Short-Term Incentive Plan, a portion of the bonus matured is deferred over a three-year period, subject to further performance conditions, in order to assess sustainability over the medium term. In particular, 25% of the STI is composed by environmental sustainability and human capital objective, half of this refers to reducing the GHG emissions intensity rate of operated hydrocarbon production, in line with the 2025 target announced to the market. This objective is also assigned to top management and managers with responsibilities associated with the emissions reduction.