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It's been over a month of Apple Watch Series 5 ownership, which has given me plenty of time to assess its value in our Apple Watch Series 5 video review.
Series 5 is very much an iterative upgrade over its predecessor, perhaps more so than any other Apple Watch upgrade thus far. In fact, it shares so much in common with the Apple Watch Series 4 that they could easily be confused for the same device outside of a few obvious differences.
Although Apple Watch Series 5 is ultimately a big step in the right direction for the hardware, such growth isn't totally devoid of growing pains. Should you upgrade from a previous generation Apple Watch? Our hands-on Apple Watch Series 5 video review provides the details.
Key specifications
- Always-on display
- Magnetometer for compass functionality
- 64-bit dual-core S5 processor
- Up to 18 hours of battery life
- 32GB of storage
- New titanium case finishes
- Available ceramic finish
- Starts at $399
New case finishes
The most noteworthy outward visual difference between Apple Watch Series 4 and Series 5 involves the finishes used. Two titanium options join the Apple Watch portfolio for the first time, and ceramic makes a return after being omitted from the Series 4 lineup.
My cellular-enabled Apple Watch Series 5 in space black titanium
The two titanium options — a natural finish and a space black finish — offer a more premium option for those that want something better than aluminum, but don't feel like going the typical stainless steel route. Both titanium options fall under Apple's 'Edition' label, which is on the higher end of the Apple Watch configuration pricing spectrum, starting at $799.
Apple Watch Series 5 video review
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For my personal Apple Watch, I opted for the cellular-enabled space black titanium finish, which uses the same diamond-like coating process used for space black stainless steel.
While space black titanium feels more substantial than aluminum, the space black color treads too closely to Apple's space gray aluminum case color option for my taste. It's only when you get up close and personal with the watch casing that you can easily tell the difference between the two finishes.
On the other hand, the natural titanium color option provides a more distinctive, premium look that comes with a special surface coating to help resist yellowing, staining, and fingerprints.
Natural titanium finish
More so than any other Apple product, I highly recommend walking into an Apple Store and trying the titanium watches on for yourself if you're interested. Apple Watch configurations are highly subjective, especially since they are worn on your wrist, and feature different finishes coupled with all sorts of potential band combinations. There's really no right or wrong answer here, but at the end of the day, I wished that I would have opted for the natural titanium finish instead.
Ceramic makes its return
After omitting ceramic as an option with its Series 4 lineup of watches, it makes its return, albeit only in white, with Apple Watch Series 5.
The white ceramic Apple Watch is absolutely stunning to see in person, and I think it's by far the best-looking watch that Apple makes. The problem is that it starts at an eye-watering $1,300 dollars, and outside of the finish, does nothing else to distinguish itself from the entry-level aluminum Apple Watch.
If this were a mechanical watch that could last a lifetime that would be one thing, but the Apple Watch is primarily driven by the technology that lies beneath its casing. In other words, once the Series 5 is outdated from a technology perspective, its value is quickly lost. It's hard to justify paying so much for a device that will essentially be worthless in half a decade.
Always-on display
One of the most annoying characteristics of the Apple Watch up until now was that its display timed-out after a few seconds of use. To wake the screen you either had to raise your wrist, tap the screen, or turn or press the Digital Crown.
With devices prior to Series 5, you couldn't just take a peek to see the current time without interacting with the watch in some way. This resulted in the need to take one of the aforementioned actions, which can, at its most innocuous, be annoying. In other cases, it might come across as rude if you check your watch while engaged in conversation.
Apple Watch Series 5 eliminates the need to take action to view the watch face thanks to its always-on display, and it's a noteworthy change that, in my opinion, makes for a much better watch. The always-on display means that the time is always visible when looking at your wrist. Just like with a regular watch, you can simply cut your eyes and use your peripheral vision to gather a quick peek of the current time or other information available via watch face complications.
To help navigate around the major battery life implications of an always-on display, Apple redesigned the LTPO OLED Retina display's pixel architecture to allow the refresh rate to go from standard 60Hz all the way down to 1Hz. This, coupled with screen dimming, allows users to view the current time and other pertinent information, while being significantly less demanding on the battery during times of inactivity.
Apple Watch Series 4 inactive state vs Series 5 inactive state
If users happen to be in an app when the display goes to inactive state and drops down to 1Hz, a simple clock will be displayed, with a blurred out representation of the application in the background beneath. It's not the prettiest setup, but it allows users to maintain context as to what will be displayed when fully waking the device while providing the benefit of being able to always view the time.
The Workout app in its active state
Other apps, like the workout app, feature a custom inactive state that continues to showcase the current time, heart rate, active calories, and additional statistics. Instead of showing a "live" view with an animated character in the upper left-hand corner, the app downshifts to a still very usable one-second upgrade interval with static character. This allows you to track your progress even while running, lifting weights, spinning, etc.
The workout app in its inactive state
Be sure to watch our hands-on video above as we step through how each watch face looks in both its active and inactive states. We also take a look at apps, such as the Workout app, in their inactive states.
Battery life
While the always-on display is a noteworthy change for the better, it doesn't appear to come without cost — at least for the cellular-enabled Series 5 that I was able to test. Battery life has taken a noticeable step backward on Series 5, and although it has improved slightly compared to my first few days of usage, some users will have a hard time getting their Apple Watch Series 5 to make it through a full day.
The 44mm Apple Watch Series 5 received a 1.4 percent increase in battery capacity, while the 40mm version received a more substantial 10% increase. This tells me that the smaller Series 5 Apple Watch needed extra battery in order to come close to delivering the promised 18 hours of battery life, while the larger case had enough of a surplus so that it only required a minimal increase.
In the past, I've opted for the smaller 38/40mm case sizes because I thought it looked better on my wrist, but this time I went with the larger 44mm case with the larger battery, because I knew the always-on display would pose a greater demand on battery life. After a months usage, I definitely recommend that most users opt for the 44mm case if they can do so without it looking utterly ridiculous, because the Series 5 may see a difficult time making it through a full day without dying.
If you just use your Apple Watch just to tell time and receive notifications, chances are the 44mm Apple Watch will survive until the end of the day. On the other hand, if you do workouts, listen to music, talk on the phone, or do anything else that's demanding on the battery, there's a high probability that your Apple Watch will be dead before nightfall, at least that's been my experience.
The always-on display has a noticeable impact on battery life, it's similar to the original Apple Watch (Series 0), which also struggled to maintain its life throughout a full day in my experience. There are some things that you can do to mitigate the hit to battery life, and you can even go as far as to turn off the always-on display. However, I wouldn't recommend doing that, because it's the main selling point of the Apple Watch Series 5.
In my testing I compared my cellular-enabled Series 4 with my cellular-enabled Series 5. The Series 4 easily lasts a day and a half, almost two, while the Series 5 struggles to make it through a full day and sometimes requires a mid-day charge. Apple has been silent on battery life complaints, but some users are reporting that the latest 6.1 beta improves battery performance on Series 5. I'll be sure to report back with my findings once version 6.1 is officially released.
For the very first time, the Apple Watch comes with a built-in magnetometer, which means that the watch can now determine magnetic north and adjust automatically to true north. With the magnetometer comes a built-in Compass app and corresponding complication that's exclusive to the Apple Watch Series 5.
The Compass works as expected although Apple notes that magnetic watch bands, such as the Milanese Loop, can interfere with the compass' accuracy. In my testing with the Sport band, I found the compass to be fairly accurate, although it always seemed to be a degree or two off from the compass reading on my iPhone 11 Pro Max.
Of course the stock Maps app is able to use the compass to showcase the direction that you're pointing on a Map, which helps when navigating. Third-party apps, too, are able to take advantage of the compass data. For example, Yelp displays your current direction in the bottom right-hand corner of the display in relation to the location of the restaurant you're researching.
The inclusion of a compass is an obvious and overdue feature, but it's not the sort of addition that by itself should make you consider upgrading to the Apple Watch Series 5 from previous versions.
Increased storage space
One of the more low-key upgrades to the fifth-generation Apple Watch is its inclusion of 32GB of onboard user-accessible storage space. This is double the amount of storage space included in Apple Watch Series 4.
The added storage space makes it so that you can save even more music for offline playback on Apple Watch. In theory, this should help with battery life, since doing so means that it would rely less on battery-hungry streaming data from a paired iPhone or via Wi-Fi or cellular.
No speed increase
The Apple Watch Series 5 comes with a new S5 system in a package that's bundled with the aforementioned storage increase and compass functionality. But the S5 includes the same CPU and GPU found in the Apple Watch Series 4, so although it's technically a new package, the primary components are exactly the same as its predecessor.
With Apple Watch Series 5, you won't notice any speed gains like is usually the case with year-over-year Apple Watch hardware upgrades. Fortunately, the Apple Watch Series 4 has proven to be more than capable from a speed perspective, so although this may seem disappointing on the surface, it's not a very big deal in reality.
watchOS 6
This year's annual Apple Watch software upgrade, watchOS 6, is arguably bigger news than the Apple Watch Series 5 itself. It brings major enhancements to Apple's wearable, such as the ability to download apps directly from the App Store without needing to use a paired iPhone as a middle man.
watchOS 6 also includes a greatly-enhanced Siri assistant, standalone now playing app, and as with every new watchOS release, several new watch faces. Be sure to enjoy our hands-on video walkthrough showcasing the top new watchOS 6 feature for more details.
Related video: Apple Watch – watchOS 6 top features
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9to5Mac's Take
If you already own an Apple Watch Series 4, and you use the device for more than just passively telling time and the occasional notifications, the reasonable man in me says that it's best to skip this year's Apple Watch upgrade. Despite the massive usability improvement that is the always-on display, it comes at the expense of battery life, and those that use their Apple Watch for workouts, phone calls, music, etc., will find it difficult to make it through the day. Even Apple Watch Series 3 owners may be wise to skip this year's update and wait for Apple Watch Series 6, which will hopefully address the battery issues present on Series 5.
If you're coming from Apple Watch hardware earlier than Series 3, the fifth generation Apple Watch will undoubtedly blow you away with all of its technological enhancements and larger display, and I think an upgrade is worth considering if you can swing the $399 asking price. Otherwise, Apple Watch Series 3, at its reduced price of only $199, or $299 for the cellular edition, or an Apple Watch Series 4 (if you can find one on clearance) might be better options.
That all being said, there is simply no getting around the fact that the always-on display on the fifth-generation Apple Watch makes for a vastly better watch. After living with the always-on display for the last month, there's no way I'd ever want to go back to an Apple Watch where the screen goes completely black after a brief period of inactivity.
So while it's hard to recommend due to battery life, I don't want to understate how good it is to have the always-on display. It's such a nice feature to have, that it might even be worth just taking the hit and dealing with potentially micro-managing the battery, or even having to charge mid-day.
What are your thoughts on the Apple Watch Series 5? Have you bought one? If not, are you considering it? Sound off down below in the comments with your thoughts.
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When it was first announced that Ruby Rose would be playing Batwoman, some "fans" complained about it, prompting Ruby Rose to leave social media due to the "backlash". Of course, the backlash was over some very silly reasons, so we can't really take it that serious. The first look at the character has now been revealed, and the reaction seems to be mixed from what I can see.
it looks like a Halloween outfit
— Saberspark (@Saberspark) October 9, 2018
It looks like Poison Ivy and Batman had a baby and came up with this.
— GrimmlingGoddess (@helping_in_need) October 9, 2018
They should've casted a jewish actress
— maya ✨ (@mersephesie) October 9, 2018
I swear, I'm the only person who don't like her acting.
— GreenGoddesX🌀 (@ObtinusPrime) October 9, 2018
The comments on here just go to show how spoiled and ungrateful comic book fans can be.
— Anthony Sardenga (@AJST19871) October 9, 2018
The cowl and cape look EXCEPTIONAL! The suit is alright and I don't mind it because it's the TV VERSION of #Batwoman Guys why did you think it was ever gonna look movie level? 🤷🏾♂ I approve! pic.twitter.com/buzQIgnVQH
— MARSHALL AUSTIN (@Marshallmonkey8) October 9, 2018
She looks amazing!
— DeShawn J. Ellis (@theOnlyJanus) October 9, 2018
I don't think a lot people understand that movie directors have their own story to tell. They can't adapt the entire comic book story into a movie. The suite looks good & Ruby Rose sexy as hell lol so I'm just ready to see how it's gonna be.
— アート (@itsnigelhenry) October 9, 2018
That costume is amazing!!! 😱😱😱
— 🤡 (@Keana_Banana_) October 9, 2018
I actually like the costume. Story wise I have to see.
Arrowverse screwed up Green Arrow's arc and made him their version of Batman and they completely trashed the Green Arrow and Black Canary husband and wife duo that spawned sooo many comics. Smh
— 📝Edwin Betancourt📝 (@EdwinBWriter) October 9, 2018
The lesbian superhero will first be seen in The CW's 'Arrow'-verse crossover this December. Here's hoping it delivers for DC Comics fans.

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Have you been to the "Artie" and enjoyed a "Viceroy"? I know how old you are then!!
Ontario Provides a Link to the Covid-19 Update information Here
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Startup Junkie is hosting another chance for local entrepreneurs to get ahead of the game with the upcoming IdeaPitch Live Pitch Contest on Tue, April 30, 2019 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at 21c Musuem Hotel
Startup Junkie is a team of passionate people working every day to help entrepreneurs win and communities thrive. We exist to educate, inspire, and support entrepreneurs and innovators through no-cost, one-on-one consulting; events, workshops, and programs; and access to capital and talent
What is an IdeaFame Live Contest?
The IdeaFame Live Contest, brought to you by Startup Junkie, is the in-person version of www.IdeaFame.com. IdeaFame Live is an event created to promote startups & new ideas, and to increase "creative collisions" in emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems. Come pitch your new business, product, service, or solution for a chance to win BIG!
Attendees: Open to anyone! Bring your co-founders, friends, family, fiancé – Anyone! Just have them sign up here! (Attendees vote for the $1000 People's Choice Prize).
Contestants: Open to entrepreneurs, innovators, and dreamers who want to share their idea for a chance to win $1,000! You have 60 seconds to pitch your idea, no more. No slides. No notes. Only one contestant can speak per pitch.
There will be two winners. The audience will select the People's Choice. The Judges will select the Judges' Choice. Each winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize on the spot… And a giant Happy Gilmore check.
Yes, that's right. We're giving away a total of $2,000 with no strings attached.
LOCATION: The INCREDIBLE 21c Musuem Hotel, 200 NE A St, Bentonville, AR 72712
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Can you believe there are over 600+ miles of Pacific coastline in Costa Rica?
It's true, this is a beach lover's paradise!
The white and black sanded beaches are bordered with tropical forests that are full of wildlife: monkeys, sloths, iguanas, toucans, hummingbirds, and hundreds of bird and insect species. And, if you're not the type to while the day away basking in the sun, you'll be pleased to know that there is never a shortage of water sports to be played in the year-round warm waters: surfing, boogie boarding, jet skiing, para-sailing, fishing and much much more.
The majority of these seaside villages offer a variety of delicious restaurants and cafes. Vendors circulate the beaches with cold drinks, fresh fruit, snow cones (granizados) and other goodies.
Welcome to the Gold Coast and some of Costa Rica's finest beaches.
Starting from the Nicaraguan border going south to Puntarenas:
These North Pacific seaside villages and beach communities are the most popular for sun worshippers, luxury resort dwellers, surfers and adventure junkies.
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MSI representative reports Intel Rocket Lake CPUs will be released in late March
On an official MSI account a customer service employee kind of has confirmed now that Rocket Lake processors and motherboards will get released in late March, kind of in line with the rumors.
Earlier reports have indicated the new desktop processors to arrive roughly in the twelfth week of 2021, which starts on March 22. Intel itself reported last year that its Rocket Lake chips should be released in the first quarter of 2021. MSI also mentions that current LGA1200 motherboards will receive support for the new CPUs, these include H410, B460 and Z490 chipsets. Z490 motherboards will be the first to receive an update.
You may expect Intel to announce its desktop processors at CES, which will take place January 11-14. alongside Tiger Lake-H laptop processors that is.
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man oh man deez guys.
another extremely short-lived cpu/mobo generation. it's nice there's a bios for 1 gen back, but the 12th gen Intel is in ES already (first iterations).
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(A kind of a sequel to 'A good loss…')
As India was serenely marching towards a hopefully progressive loss to Sri Lanka in the test series yesterday, England compounded their worries by winning the dead rubber test match against South Africa. Well as Kevin Pietersen captained and batted, well as Steve Harmison bowled (and batted) and well as England turned in a good all-round performance, the Pyrrhic victory can, if not seen in the proper light, cause more harm than good for England. For England's selectors might well be tempted to brush some of the niggles in the team composition under the carpet and start seeing visions of yet another glorious victory parade at end of the next season.
Unlike the Indian team, this English team perhaps does not seem to need a large scale transformation. But there are some areas they need to watch out for, if they want a repeat of mirabilis 2005 and not of horribilis 2006-07.
The first act England has to get right is their thinking on the wicket-keeper's slot. Sure, people like Adam Gilchrist and Kumar Sangakkara have given us the concept of the wicket-keeper-as-specialist- batsman. But let's not forget that both of them (and Mark Boucher, another more than useful bat) are wonderful glovemen. The first job of the wicket-keeper is behind the wickets, and if he's not good enough for that, a few runs in front of the wicket doesn't compensate. Moreover, if the wicket-keeper has a bad day on the field, it is bound to reflect on his batting. Ask Tim Ambrose, Matt Prior and the few dozen others who turned up in English colours in the last few years. The flip side is true as well – a good performance behind the stumps can make the 'keeper bat better. Look at Prasanna Jayawardene's brilliance behind the stumps in the test series against India, and his then more than useful batting at a crucial time in the third test.
Now that we have had our fill of his grand appealing and not-so-grand fielding, it's time to focus on Monty Panesar's day job. While his performance has not been particularly bad, the fact remains that he does not seem to be a strike bowler, a bowler capable of singlehandedly winning test matches. Good for a few good spells, good for the odd wicket, but not much more than that. A glance at his records suggests that he has a problem bowling well in both innings of a test match. Apart from the one 10-for against the West Indies and the eight wicket haul against Pakistan (interestingly both at Manchester), there has rarely been a game when Monty has shone equally well in both innings. And in most test matches, you have to dismiss the opposition twice to win.
The England top order, in the absence of Michael Vaughan and the return to form of Paul Collingwood looks misleadingly settled. Pietersen is good as they come and Alastair Cook is looking settled, even if unable to convert enough half-centuries into centuries (his fielding inconsistency is a bit jarring as well). But in Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell one senses a soft spot in the top order. Strauss has never been the same after the selectors kept misusing him as a stand-in captain. (Even his success in that role seemed to make things more uncomfortable for all concerned, including himself.) The self-doubt, and the corresponding uncertainty of footwork and shot selection was well capitalised on by South Africa and the Aussies wouldn't need much invitation to do likewise. Ian Bell needs to be a bit more than just a useful scrapper – apart from those three centuries in the 2006 series against Pakistan, his other five test centuries have been too far apart from each other. And whispers of his being a flat wicket bully are mounting. His coming in at No. 3 can put pressure on Nos. 4 and 5.
The English bowling line-up also presents a deceptively potent face. But James Anderson and Steve Harmison are both loose cannons, so the best England can hope for is that one of them fires in a match. (And don't bet on Harmy going off kilter again.) The steadiness of a Ryan Sidebottom complements them well, one only hopes he sustains his momentum and keeps himself fit. And then there are the all-rounders.
I can't remember when England had last had the luxury of two all-rounders (no, Ashley Giles was not an all-rounder, he could barely bowl), but in Stuart Broad and Andrew Flintoff (hopefully fully fit) they have that potential now. Except that the role definitions of these two blokes needs to be clearly charted out. Broad, notwithstanding Geoffrey Boycott's irrational exuberance in comparing him with Sir Garfield Sobers, is clearly a bowling all-rounder – bowl about 20 overs a day and support the late middle order with some useful runs. If he starts focusing on those 50s and 100s as a batsman, he'll be heading back to Nottingham sooner than he'd want to. As for Freddie, KP can't afford to do the Vaughan and overbowl this man. Freddie can be talismanic to the team, and hence needs to be preserved. He's not quite a Kallis in terms of stamina in both roles, so he needs to be used as a high-class bits and pieces player, oxymoronic as that expression may sound. Except in exceptional cases, get him to bowl about 15 overs a day and score some useful 50s at No. 6.
The good thing for England is that they seem to have cottoned on to a good captain, a captain who deserves his place in the team, who is perhaps the best player in the team, who is aggressive and who can take control of a game. He may not have a history of being a people's person, but if he manages to get his aggression and performance to rub off on the others, he would've done his job. And yes, it will help if the Englishmen don't train him to become too English in his approach. The South African in him is important if England want to benefit from his captaincy.


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(UnitedVoice.com) – Forbes magazine published an article by theoretical physicist Dr. Ethan Siegel, which essentially says that average people are not smart enough to think for themselves. The question is, is that truly what's best for Americans?
It's his considered opinion, when it comes to issues like the COVID-19 pandemic and the theory of man-made climate change, people should just believe what they're told. What he fails to address is what to do when experts conflict or have reversed themselves at least once.
You Must Not 'Do Your Own Research' When It Comes To Sciencehttps://t.co/lY0rWRDTXM
Pay attention.
From vaccines to climate to COVID-19, we all need to listen to the consensus of scientific experts.
— Ethan Siegel (@StartsWithABang) July 30, 2020
Back in late February, the US Surgeon General infamously yelled at the public via Twitter saying "STOP BUYING MASKS!" Also, an article published on March 31, 2020, noted the CDC said "healthy people do not need to wear face masks…"
The best way to protect yourself and your community is with everyday preventive actions, like staying home when you are sick and washing hands with soap and water, to help slow the spread of respiratory illness.
Get your #FluShot– fewer flu patients = more resources for#COVID19
— Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General) February 29, 2020
Now, of course, not only do the experts say that those coverings are absolutely vital, but state and local jurisdictions across the country are mandating them. Not only that, but big tech companies are actively silencing any medical professionals who would argue against it, denying the public the opportunity to hear both sides of the scientific argument.
The only way to make informed decisions about one's health and safety, as well as that of their family, is to compare the conflicting opinions and decide for themselves. However, the Progressive Liberals are working overtime to make sure you only hear the information that has their stamp of approval.
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China factor will continue to impact India-US relations
With both India and the US worried about Chinese designs in Asia and the world, both will be eager to forge strong political, security and economic relations, writes Aneek Chatterjee for South Asia Monitor
October 2020 will be cherished as a remarkable month for India-US relations. US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defence Mark T. Esper visited India on October 26-27 for the third 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue between the two countries. They met with their Indian counterparts S. Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh. The top American officials also called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval during their stay in New Delhi. With a view to preparing grounds for the 2+2 Dialogue, US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun visited India from October 12-14.
Jaishankar met his American counterpart Pompeo in Tokyo on October 6mon the sidelines of the Quad meeting (among Australia, India, Japan, and the US) in the Japanese capital. Never before in the history of the India-US bilateral relationship, such frequent high-level interactions have taken place in a single calendar month. Coming in the wake of Chinese aggression towards India, and increasing American displeasure with China, these diplomatic exchanges assumed significance for both nations.
Positive gains from third 2+2
The third edition of the 2+2 dialogue yielded significant results like the earlier two dialogues. The two countries signed the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) that would allow both nations to access a wide variety of geospatial data from each other, like detailed maps, nautical and aeronautical charts, and imagery. These data will help India's ballistic missiles or drones the ability to strike targets thousands of miles away with accuracy.
India will also have access, under the BECA, to the highly accurate navigation satellite networks run by the US. The agreement also includes sharing of high-end satellite images, telephone interceptions, and data exchange on Chinese troops and weapons deployment along the 3500 km long India-China border. BECA came after LEMOA (Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement), COMCASA (Communications, Compatibility and Security Agreement) and GSOMIA (General Security of Military Information Agreement) the two nations had signed earlier.
The US normally signs these crucial defence agreements with countries it wants to engage in sincere and long-term defence and strategic partnerships. Apart from BECA, the 2+2 meeting resulted in cooperation between India and the US on a whole range of other issues from COVID-19 pandemic to shared vision for the Indo-Pacific and global leadership; to matters like earth sciences and counter-terrorism practices.
America's tough stance on China
America's tough position on China was visibly evident before and after the 2+2 dialogue. On October 21, a few days before leaving for India and other nations in the Indo-Pacific region, Pompeo told a press conference, "I'm especially looking forward to doing that (discussions) with Secretary Esper and our 2+2 ministerial dialogue with our Indian friends… I'm sure that my meetings will also include discussions on how free nations can work together to thwart threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party."
In India and during his visit to Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia, Pompeo maintained this anti-China position. In India, Pompeo said, "Our leaders and our citizens see with increasing clarity that the CCP is no friend to democracy, the rule of law, transparency, nor to freedom of navigation - the foundation of a free and open and prosperous Indo-Pacific."
Esper expressed the same feelings when he said that the two nations focus must now "be on institutionalizing and regularizing our cooperation to meet the challenges of the day and uphold the principles of a free and open Indo-Pacific well into the future." That, he said, was particularly important "in light of increasing aggression and destabilizing actions by China." The third 2+2 dialogue surely provided the US the chance to forge stronger security and strategic partnership with India in the light of increasingly aggressive designs of China in the Indo-Pacific region.
The two nations need to have closer cooperation between them as well as with like-minded nations in the future to counter Chinese strategies in the Indo-Pacific. In this connection, the successful conclusion of the second Quad meeting in Tokyo in early October was a welcome development. The Joint Statement issued after the 2+2 meeting expressed satisfaction on holding the Quad meeting and hoped that the Quad would be strengthened further with annual meetings to chalk out areas of intense cooperation among Australia, India, Japan and the US. The joint statement also welcomed the inclusion of the Royal Australian Navy in the US-India-Japan Malabar naval exercises scheduled to be held in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea in November.
American plans to counter China in the broader Asia-Pacific region have been adequately reflected in the press meetings of the two top officials of the Trump administration and in the third 2+2 Dialogue. It became evident that the US wanted closer and stronger defence and strategic partnership with India and like-minded nations of the region. The current trade war between China and the US and American suspicion on China over the spread of the coronavirus, have contributed towards a tough US stand on China in recent times.
Relations strengthened during Modi's tenure
The foundations of an 'engaged' India-US relations were laid in the year 2000. During Prime Minister Modi's tenure, India-US relations have scaled new heights. Several factors could be attributed to this soaring engagement:
*Modi's strong personal bonds with President Barack Obama and Donald Trump, the two American presidents he had interacted with so far.
*His ability to take strong decisions.
*Elevating the once rhetorical strategic partnership to a new forceful strategic partnership where the Americans are willing to provide crucial security knowledge and equipment.
*Establishing important dialogue mechanisms between the two countries that help foster engagements throughout the year.
*Bilateral trade volume has increased, and the US has again become India's top trading partner from the year 2018-19. However, in this segment, the two countries often agreed to disagree, a sign of a healthy partnership.
*Convergence of ideas and national interests (like democracy, pluralism, and containment of China).
The China factor
The China factor will continue to impact India-US relations in the near future. With both India and the US worried about Chinese designs in Asia and the world, both will be eager to forge strong political, security and economic relations. They will continue to involve like-minded countries and expand the sphere of multilateralism in international politics. Both India and the US will also reach out to the not so like-minded nations in their efforts to contain authoritarian regimes. These two democracies, therefore, are all set to achieve newer heights in their relationship in the future.
(The writer, an international relations analyst, was professor and head of political science at Presidency University, Kolkata. The views expressed are personal. He can be reached at email@example.com)


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Dolphins dice roll on Isaiah Wilson ends quickly with bad result
The Dolphins will be cutting offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson, less than two weeks after acquiring him from the Titans.
Wilson was drafted by Tennessee in the first round last year. But his stay with the Titans was doomed by acts of immaturity.
More:Speed! Dolphins add Will "Flash" Fuller, deep threat for Tua
The Dolphins will still swap future seventh-round picks with the Titans but it won't cost the club any money. Miami quickly determined Wilson wasn't focused or on track.
Wilson videos showed him shirtless
Wilson recently posted a series of videos on Instagram in which he was dancing shirtless on a car. Wilson, 22, fell out of favor in Tennessee after a series of erratic off-field events.
More:Dolphins acquire former first-round offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson
The Dolphins had hoped that Wilson would embrace the opportunity given by the Dolphins organization, but it didn't happen. Wilson had coincidentally attended the same Brooklyn high school as coach Brian Flores.
The offensive tackles on the Dolphins roster as of now include: Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, Jesse Davis and Adam Pankey.
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Light for My Path Daily Devotion
Bible Reading
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! (Psalm 27:13-14 ESV)
Hymn 354:6,7 Like the Golden Sun Ascending
Satan's arrows all lie broken
Death and hell have met their doom;
Christ, Thy rising is the token:
Thou hast triumphed o'er the tomb.
Thou hast buried all my woe,
And my cup doth overflow;
By Thy resurrection glorious
I shall wave my palms victorious.
As the Son of God I know Thee,
For I see Thy sovereign power;
Sin and death shall not overthrow me
Even in my dying hour;
For Thy resurrection is
Surety for my heavenly bliss,
And my baptism a reflection
Of Thy death and resurrection.
Heavenly Father, through Your Son's resurrection, You guarantee my own resurrection from the dead and the fulfillment of Jesus' promise to prepare a place for me in Heaven. Forgive me all my sins and strengthen my faith to trust in Your promises. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.


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Rutgers receives grant for proposed Innovation Park
- The proposed site is 30 acres on Rutgers' Livingston Campus in Piscataway
- The land is vacant except for an electric substation
- The technology core of the park will be $10 million worth of advanced computing resources
NEW BRUNSWICK – The effort to build an innovative technology park in New Jersey where academic and industry researchers can collaborate, received a boost Friday with the announcement of a nearly $500,000 federal grant to Rutgers University to continue planning the proposed Innovation Park at Rutgers.
Jay Williams, assistant secretary for economic development in the U.S. Department of Commerce, came to Rutgers University-New Brunswick to share news of the grant, which is one of 10 awarded by the department this week to U.S. universities. The grant is provided through the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Regional Innovation Strategies Program, which supports science and research park development and related initiatives.
"Supporting innovators and entrepreneurs at every stage is crucial to ensuring America remains competitive in the global economy," said Williams. "The Regional Innovation Strategies Program lays the groundwork from which centers of research and innovation can take root and thrive in cities across the country. I look forward to seeing what innovative opportunities come from Regional Innovation Strategies funding."
Christopher J. Molloy, the university's senior vice president for research and economic development, said that Rutgers is developing a unique and creative plan for the physical space and programs in the research park, which would be a first such facility at Rutgers.
"As the state university of New Jersey, Rutgers has a responsibility to leverage the world-class work by our scientists and engineers to benefit our state's economy and its residents," Molloy said. "We are developing a new strategy for creating a research park based on genuine collaboration with industry and government, along with technology commercialization, workforce development and community partnerships."
The proposed site is 30 acres on Rutgers' Livingston Campus in Piscataway bordered by Avenue E to the north and the Route 18 off-ramp to the west. The land is vacant except for an electric substation.
The technology core of the park will be $10 million worth of advanced computing resources being purchased this year with funds provided by the state's Building Our Future Bond Act. The new hardware will replace Rutgers' IBM Blue Gene P supercomputer, which was installed in 2012 and provided, for the first time, a supercomputer accessible to industry researchers in New Jersey.
Among potential partners are major telecommunication and life science corporations and smaller companies in New Jersey, the state's business organizations, venture capitalists, and community leaders. Several companies have expressed interest in being one of the park's initial tenants. There is even an international flavor: Rutgers is currently establishing partnerships with research parks in Italy, France and the Netherlands, and their leaders have expressed support for the park.
The proposal for the park incorporates a novel element to benefit local education, which is the creation of a "community investment fund" generated from leasing revenues. The fund will address specific needs determined by the local community, such as purchasing new technology and equipment for schools.
More information on Innovation Park at Rutgers is posted at ipark.rutgers.edu.


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THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT by Seth Dickinson is a Flawed Yet Inventive Fantasy
REVIEW SUMMARY: A novel that is by turns, smart, brutal, effective, well written, and also frustrating to the point of disappointment.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Baru Cormorant seeks to save her island home from a rapacious Empire by undermining it from the inside.
PROS: Excellent writing, strong and clear plotting. An important part of the genre conversation. An excellent map.
CONS: Sympathy with the main character difficult, uses to which diversity in the novel is put is questionable if not disheartening.
BOTTOM LINE: A brilliant first novel that is undercut significantly by its weaknesses.
The desire to avoid a cultural and imperial takeover of her island home leads a young woman to join the Empire she hates in Seth Dickinson's The Traitor Baru Cormorant, a debut fantasy novel light on the fantastic elements but heavy on the nuts and bolts of governance, money, and the uses of power.
Baru Cormorant's island home of Taranoke is slowly being drawn into the orbit of the Empire of Masks, a polity that seeks dominion and order and rectitude for everyone in the world. Everyone. Using trade, commerce ,cultural infiltration and other techniques to get a foothold on the islands, they slowly Empire-ize them until takeover is inevitable. Baru is brilliant and a prodigy at mathematics, and that brilliancy is recognized early by the Empire representatives on Taranoke. Where they see a future member of their apparatus, she sees an opportunity to find a way to stop the Empire's takeover of her home from the inside. She is trained in the magical ways of accountancy and sent to the cold, hard, and discontent imperial province of Aurdwynn, where her position as Imperial Accountant dovetails with the harsh realities of the realpolitik situation on the ground.
The novel, when it's firing on all cylinders, is an amazing piece of work. The plotting is like clockwork, with excellent pacing. Baru is a brilliant protagonist to follow, yet not a perfect one. Sometimes she makes the same mistakes again and again, but that only adds to her humanity, making her easy to relate to. Baru is a warrior and wielder of weapons of a different sort than your typical fantasy hero: She's an accountant! The use of money and economics and wielding power are fascinating, and something that is underused in fantasy. It's a smart novel, but not a gentle one. When the novel reaches for brilliance, it often hits its mark.
For me, the historical connections of The Traitor Baru Cormorant ran deep into the history of Empires on Earth. I was reminded of the British Empire, of course, with its world-spanning grasp and ambitions, especially on the seas. The use of goods and currency and cultural infiltration come straight out of things like the Opium Wars. Speaking of China, there's a touch of the Imperial Chinese Bureaucracy, too, with the ruthless and cutthroat meritocracy of doing well in examinations as the gateway to success. The story of Taranoke itself, too, makes me think of the last days of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and the inexorable American push toward annexation.
Dickinson's novel reminds me of K.J. Parker's work (and the Riverside novels and stories of Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner), with its extremely light (if not non-existent) magic and fantastic elements. The fully fleshed out day-to-day minutiae and highly developed politics and political systems is very much like Parker, as is the idea of having someone like an accountant as a heroine. There's even a duel that occurs within the novel itself. I was also reminded of the somewhat more fantastic Cithrin in Daniel Abraham's The Dagger and the Coin series. I imagine a government or a bank that had both Cithrin and Baru running and handling it would be an economic and political force that would terrify the entire world with its brilliance.
The book has an amazingly good in-universe map that is clearly annotated and is used by the heroine herself. Far from being the typical "map of the world" or even map of Aurdwynn, it's personalized and personable and it helps frame Baru as a character in her role as Imperial accountant.
Unfortunately, the weaknesses I found with the novel undermined all of its strengths and made it a frustrating read. Baru herself is often masked (following the metaphor and use of masks within the Empire itself) making it hard to know what she's feeling inside and she's often portrayed as cold and impenetrable. I sometimes felt that a game of Kriegspiel was being described (the chess variant where neither player can see the other's moves) between two prodigies. The moves are brilliant, the plotting well paced, and the twists believable, but it feels almost too mechanistic. Even though I respected her as a character (and I'd totally want her on my team if I was taking on a large polity,) I couldn't bring myself to fall for the character in any notable way.
The novel is delightfully diverse in terms of races and ethnicity, eschewing the obvious Western European model of appearance for the Empire and its satrapies for a much more broad palette, and the novel's sexual diversity follows this pattern. The novel takes great pains, especially early on, to depict Baru as a product of an environment and island home where non-heteronormative sexuality is a fact of life. This makes the novel a strong part of the current conversation that genre fiction is having regarding these issues and the inclusion of different viewpoints and the aversion of simply falling to the same old defaults.
Given the Empire's nature and concerns with breeding, however, a major theme of the book and a major focus of the Empire, these alternative mores and this diversity is due to be suppressed and quashed entirely, and any sympathy Baru has for them used as a potential weapon against her. "You will become us" is an unspoken but unmistakable goal of the Empire. For all of the diversity in the book, the message that the Empire has at the core of its DNA undercuts the book's own argument for diversity. The Empire's hatred of non heteronormative sexuality in particular makes them little more than a caricature, and that sexuality is only used as something to be destroyed distorts its power in the narrative. It's as if the book includes these alternative perspectives mainly so they could be used as a target by the Empire. I can see how readers of non heteronormative sexuality, especially, will be both delighted to see it celebrated here at first, but then horrified to see it used as something to be suppressed and destroyed.
Overall, the Traitor Baru Cormorant is an amazing, rich, inventive, clever, yet extremely frustrating book to read.


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A superb performance from Bengal Warriors helped them clinch their maiden Pro Kabaddi League title in the final match against Dabang Delhi. The match took place at the EKA Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad where the franchise of Bengal smashed Delhi by a scoreline of 39-34.
This win was even more special for Warriors as they were missing from the services of their regular skipper Maninder Singh who is also their star raider. Stand-in captain Mohammad Nabibakhsh took the charge of the side and lead from the front to prevent Delhi from winning their first PKL title.
The pressure of finale was always on Bengal as they were 0-6 down in the earlier few minutes of the match. Nabibakhsh helped his team fight and changed the destiny in the favour of his team as the teams were levelled with 17-17 at half-time. Warriors took the game to their side of the court immediately in the second half to lift the trophy.
Here are all the award winners from the final match of Pro Kabaddi League 2019:
Best Raider of the Match: Naveen Kumar (18 raid points in 24 attempts)
Defender of the Match: Jeeva Kumar (4 tackle points in 5 attempts)
Game Changer of the Match: Mohammad Nabibakhsh (9 raid points in 13 attempts)
Moment of the Final: Mohammad Nabibakhsh (When he inflicted an all-out on Dabang Delhi from a Super tackle situation)
Stylish Player of the Match: Naveen Kumar (22 Super 10s, 21 consecutive Super 10s, Over 300 raid points in the season)
Here are the top award winners of the entire 2019 Pro Kabaddi League:
Referee of the Season: Mr. Shankar
New Young Player of Season 7: Sumit (UP Yoddha) – 77 tackle points in 22 matches
Perfect Raider of the Tournament: Pawan Sehrawat (Bengaluru Bulls) – 346 raid points (most raid points in the season) in 24 matches
Defender of the Tournament: Fazel Atrachali (U Mumba) – 82 tackle points in 24 matches.
Most Valuable Player of the Tournament: Naveen Kumar (Dabang Delhi) – 301 raid points in 23 matches.


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MPMG: Form ADV Update
April 13, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MPMG portfolio managers, relationship managers, and staff have decided to temporarily work from a remote location. The decision to work remotely will have no impact on our ability to effectively manage our clients' wealth or to service their needs. We are still immediately accessible by telephone and email. In addition, MPMG has elected to accept the SEC's offer to extend the delivery of our annual offer of Form ADV, as well as delivery of our Privacy and Proxy Voting Policies. There is no material change to any of these forms. These documents will be delivered in accordance with the revised deadline.


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Mobile Device Low-Power Antenna Tuner Revealed
Last week WiSpry announced the introduction of its WS2018, which it claims is the industry's lowest current consumption antenna tuner. The chip is positioned between the antenna and the front-end module of a mobile phone, matching the impedance of the antenna to that of the front-end throughout an 824-2174 MHz range. The key to the performance of WiSpry's tuners is the use of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) to switch multiple capacitors in and out of the circuit to create the values needed to match the impedance of the device and the antenna. WiSpry's manufacturing techniques are similar to those used for integrated circuits, allowing the MEMS and capacitors to be build on active CMOS silicon structures.
WiSpry's current line of tunable impedance matching networks (TIM) features capacitance values from 5 to 20 picofarads, with custom configurations up to about 30 picofarads. Proper impedance matching between the antenna and receiver front end are required to obtain the maximum power transfer (maximum sensitivity) and best noise figure performance from the receiver front end. I'm not aware of any of these circuits being used for portable TV receivers. Perhaps the cost is too high, but given the challenges of providing maximum sensitivity with small antennas in these devices, particularly at VHF, it may be worth a look.
Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. He has been with NBC since 1985 and is currently vice president of broadcast technology for NBC/Telemundo stations.
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Shipping Medication? Here's What You Need to Know
Almost everyone who's ever headed out on holiday has probably forgotten to bring a few things. Arriving without a toothbrush, or perhaps your favourite pair of shoes, is mildly irritating but easily fixed with a visit to a nearby store. Accidentally leaving prescription medication at home, however, can make things a whole lot more complicated. If you're travelling for an extended period or left home without important prescription drugs, one solution you may have considered is using a courier service to send medication to your vacation address. Whether it crosses the border with you or is shipped separately, prescription medication is subject to strict rules and regulations that travellers should be aware of before they pack their bags, or try to ship something they mistakenly left behind......
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Kidsluv is a sugar-free beverage made for children. The owner of Kidsluv is Ashi Jelinek who presented her new idea for a very health-conscious population to the Shark Tank sharks on ABC. As of 2022, Kidsluv has a net worth of $20 million. Most of his revenue comes from marketing and sales.
Ashi Jelinek started her career in 2017 when she was the mother of 3 children. At that time she wanted a healthy innovative children's product for her children. Ashi Jelinek's company was named Loving Company in 2017. The drink is vitamin-enhanced with A, B, C, D, and E, is Vegan, has zero sugars, is sweetened with Stevia, and is a good hydrator with a mix of Sodium Calcium Citrate.
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Kidsluv Net Worth
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|$20 Million
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|$5 Million (Annual)
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|Net Worth in 2022
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|Net Worth in 2019
|$5 Million
|Net Worth in 2018
|$1 Million
As of 2022, Kidsluv has a net worth of $20 million. One of the best sugar-free beverage products in the United States. Most of the brand income comes from product selling and marketing.
Reviews are coming in from users with young children. This one says: 'Both of my kids, even my son, who is a very picky eater, loves the drinks. I love that it has no sugar.' Kidsluv has more than 6,000+ followers on Instagram as well as 1,000+ followers on the Fb page.


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City officials warn fans not to buy third-party Newsboys tickets
Christian pop group, The Newsboys to perform Thursday in San Angelo
San Angelo city officials are urging fans of contemporary Christian music group The Newsboys to purchase their tickets for Thursday's concert through the city's official ticketing site at cosatx.us/tickets.
The Newsboys are scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. Thursday at Foster Communications Coliseum, 50 E. 43rd St. Opening acts include The Afters, Ryan Stevenson and Graham Saber.
"The Civic Events Division, which manages the coliseum and the ticketing system, has become aware of tickets marketed online by other sites," Civics Events Manager Sidney Walker said in a news release. "Civic Events has been unable to determine the legitimacy of the sites and whether their customers are, in fact, purchasing a ticket for the concert."
Third-party ticket sales are common in the concert industry and involve a buyer purchasing a large number of tickets and reselling them, usually at a higher price. Occasionally, there are reports of people purchasing fake tickets online that the concert venue cannot accept.
Walker recommends that concertgoers purchase tickets by calling 325-658-6464 or going to one of the city's five authorized ticket outlets:
- McNease Convention Center, 501 Rio Concho Drive
- Blair's Western Wear, 4230 Sherwood Drive
- Pinkie's Liquor Store, 1415 S. Bryant Blvd.
- Barbed Wire & Roses, Sunset Mall, 4001 Sunset Drive
- Goodfellow Air Force Base's Event Center Information, Tickets and Tours Office.


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We all have our favourite "I can't believe that actually happened" stories in social care.
Mine relates to care and support planning: whilst observing a panel process (error number 1), a Head of Social Care instructed a social worker (error number 2) to change a support plan so that all sentences were "I" statements (error number 3) from the point of view of the patient [sic] (error number 4), without going back to the person themselves (error number 5).
It would be funny if it weren't so normal.
But we hear variations of this all the time, summarised in the line:
Of course what I do is person-centred care – it always has been
If we are honest, relatively little of what currently happens in the care and support system is person-centred (though we're definitely moving in the right direction).
This being the case, we should ask ourselves: if it isn't person-centred, then what is it? I think there are at least four alternatives:
- Money-centred care: where what people get is what commissioners can either afford, currently buy, or have always bought
- Provider-centred care: where the primary objective is to ensure the ongoing feasibility of an organisation rather than the people it serves
- Process-driven care: where filling out the paperwork or keeping the IT system happy is the main driver
- Professionally-driven care: where the professional knows best and tends to think of the person in front of them as another one of their caseload or a walking set of conditions
Thinking of it in this way shows why the drive to person-centred care has been so difficult: it requires significant change on a number of major fronts – the flows of money, the role of providers, the supremacy and comfort of process, and the culture of professionals.
It's why I'm personally so excited about person-centred care and what it means for the future. It isn't just an optional variation of what we've always done; it flips public services as we know them on their head. To make this happen, though, we need to be clearer on the alternatives that being person-centred is replacing.


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01 Measure
Small Brands: 1-2 hours
Large Brands: 1-3 months (including data aggregation)
Measure emissions and assess the carbon impacts of products and services from cradle to customer.
It all starts here: creating a solid estimate of the carbon emissions from making and delivering your products and services. Your footprint for certification includes Scopes 1, 2, and upstream Scope 3 emissions (per the Greenhouse Gas Protocol).
If measurement sounds overwhelming, expensive, and complex, don't worry. We've simplified the process by creating our own software tool, the Brand Emissions Estimator, or "BEE."
What are Scopes 1, 2, 3 emissions?
Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions represent the entirety of a carbon footprint from a company's activities.
- Scope 1 are direct emissions that come from controlled facilities. This can include the fuel you burn in company vehicles, the natural gas you use to heat your office, or any direct emissions from owned manufacturing plants.
- Scope 2 are indirect emissions. This is mostly your purchased electricity.
- Scope 3 are indirect emissions from your supply chain – that means emissions released from extracting raw materials used for finished products, corporate business travel, employee commuting, shipping and transporting, and more. In most cases, Scope 3 makes up the majority of a company's footprint.
What Scope 3 categories do you measure?
Our certification measures Scope 3 Categories 1-7 and 9. Check out our Standards to learn more about footprint boundary requirements.
For Example
InTents is a tents company headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with most of its manufacturing based in China. The company had $80M in revenue in 2021.
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The team hops into the BEE, and drops in its headquarters location (United States), annual spending ($50M), and spending broken down by product. The BEE provides the team with a high-level estimate of their carbon footprint of 67,145 tonnes of carbon equivalent.
The team then refines the estimate using operational data. This begins with a data aggregation step that requires the team to track down data on InTents' operations. Then the InTents team can use the BEE to calculate their 2021 carbon footprint: 67,145 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e).
02 Reduce
1 week to develop plan.
1 to 2 years to implement.
Reduce value chain carbon emissions, and annually document plans and progress toward emissions reductions.
We require all brands to develop and implement a reduction action plan (RAP) to reduce their emissions over the next 12-24 months.
Brands with over $100M in annual revenues are required to set science aligned reduction targets, or targets aimed to reduce emissions approximately 50% by 2030.
We offer guides to help you determine where, and how, you can reduce your emissions. Our network of 340+ brands is also an incredible resource for crafting your reduction action plans.
What's a reduction plan?
Do we need quantitative reduction goals?
You do not need to quantify your reduction goals in tonnes of carbon, but we recommend it. For example, saying "We'll switch our materials to recycled materials" is OK, but "We'll switch 70% of our aluminum purchases to recycled aluminum" is a better goal. An even better option is to align with Science Based Targets, developing a target like "We're committing to buying 100% green power in 2021, which will reduce our Scope 2 emissions by 22 tonnes of carbon."
How are we held accountable for reductions?
You will be required to report on your reduction progress annually. Your progress is included on your brand profile page on our website.
For Example
After using the BEE to calculate their footprint, the InTents team noticed a large portion of their emissions were coming from purchased materials.
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The BEE uses economic data to produce an estimate of your footprint, which is then refined with your actual operational data. InTents buys a lot of polyester material, aluminum, and packaging paper and cardboard. The team decided to switch 20% of their materials to recycled versions, which are far less carbon-intensive. Another big source of emissions was the amount of corporate air travel, so InTents will rely on video calls to cut down air travel by 20%.
03 Compensate
Up to 2 weeks to complete and document your purchase
Compensate for all of last year's emissions by purchasing eligible verified carbon and energy credits to avoid and/or remove an equivalent amount. That's how you become "neutral": one carbon credit removes or avoids one tonne of carbon emissions. Projects like reforestation remove carbon from the atmosphere, while renewable energy avoids emissions from fossil fuels.
What is a carbon credit?
How are carbon credits verified?
The market for carbon offsets has a strong system of third-party verification. Climate Neutral relies on this system, with a few of our own modifications to help us feel confident that we're recognizing quality offset projects that generate credits using the most trustworthy and rigorous standards.
These are the offset standards that Climate Neutral allows:
These groups set the bar for the market by laying out the process which ensures carbon credits meet the 'big six' requirements: real, permanent, quantifiable, verifiable, enforceable, and additional. Any project following the standards above must undergo a rigorous independent third-party verification in order to generate credits.
How much does it cost?
Offsetting your company's entire carbon footprint is cheaper than you might think. A good estimate is that it will cost about 0.5%-1% of your annual revenue. So if your revenue for 2021 is projected to be $100M, you can expect to pay about $500,000 to offset your emissions for the year.
What types of carbon credits can be used for the Climate Neutral certification?
To encourage strong and well-rounded portfolios, we maintain a set of eligible verified carbon credit Standards to outline the types of credits that count toward certification. To make it easy, we've pulled together qualified offset projects into the Climate Neutral Offset Pool, ensuring your credits will count toward certification.
For Example
Since InTents' carbon footprint for 2021 was 67,145 tonnes of carbon, the brand has to purchase at least 67,145 carbon credits to completely offset its footprint.
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InTents purchased its credits through the Climate Neutral pool, which included:
- 33,573 credits for a forest conservation project in the Amazon.
- 20,143 credits for a water filtration project in India.
- 13,429 credits for a small-scale hydropower project in China.
The pool's weighted average cost was $10 per credit, meaning InTents spent $670,145 to offset its entire footprint, in line with their cost estimate (at 0.8% of annual revenues, which were $80M in 2021).
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Most cities have figured it out – have a single trash hauler
In the 1960s, the town where I lived in north Missouri, with about 5,000 population, decided to award a single contract for trash collection. There was a similar amount of anguish and wailing about this horrible intrusion of government over private enterprise that we're now seeing in Springfield.
They did it anyway and never looked back.
I assumed that town had been behind the times a half century ago. I was wrong; they were keeping up with the times. I've paid attention, and every city and town I've lived in since, until I moved to Greene County, has had a single trash carrier system for residential customers, all for the same reason. It's simply more economical in every respect.
Commercial trash hauling is always open to competition, but residential is handled by one company. Awarding contracts in zones is a fair compromise. The company winning a contract must deal with customer service issues or risk losing the contract.
Springfield must retain the legal power to eliminate poorly performing carriers from getting contracts, with due process. The collective leverage of a city government to resolve problems is an advantage that individual customers will never have.
Several trash companies still pound the Greene County farm roads every week, servicing widely scattered customers. At some point, the economic advantages of granting contracts will be applied there as well.
Fifty years later, Springfield is still trying to fix a problem that most contemporary cities and towns addressed long ago. It would be useful to look at what happened in other cities that did this, and then examine other issues they fixed where we still lag behind.


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Welcome Back Crossroads Family!
We are excited to get back to "in person" worship beginning next Sunday, May 24, 2020. We have
spent a lot of time praying, planning and preparing for this time. We know some of you may continue
to feel more comfortable worshipping online and we want you to know we fully support your
decision. Please know we look forward to you joining us when you feel safe and comfortable. On
Sunday, May 24, we are going to gather in our worship center with a "minimal contact environment"
and proceed in a safe and practical way. Here are some specifics:
Sunday, May 24 – Sunday Morning Worship Services, 8:30am and 10:30am.
(Only the 10:30am service will be streamed live.)
• Doors open at 8:00am and 10:00am
• Please remain in your vehicle until the doors open
• Parking for the 8:30am service will be on the Gossett Road side of our building. You will
park there and enter and exit through the doors on that side of the building.
• Parking for the 10:30am service will be on the gym entrance side of our building. You will
park there and enter and exit through the doors on that side of the building.
Guidelines for Worship Services
Masks: You are welcome to wear your own masks and/or gloves. Masks will be available on the
foyer table.
Doors Open: All exterior and interior doors will be propped open to minimize contact.
Hand Sanitizer: There will be hand sanitizing stations placed throughout lobby and the sanctuary.
Marked Seating: Seating will be clearly marked and staggered between pews and sections to
preserve social distancing guidelines of a 6ft space between you and those around you, other
than family.
Safe Exit Strategy: We have a safe exit strategy to minimize contact and preserve social
distancing guidelines. We will share these at the end of the service.
Childcare: We regret that we cannot safely offer childcare at this time. We encourage you to have
your family sit together in worship.
Limited Restroom Guidelines: We ask that you limit capacity to 3 or fewer persons in a restroom at
a time.
Giving: You will be able to give your tithes and offering through offering boxes placed around
the sanctuary. In order to preserve social distancing guidelines, we will not pass the offering
Cleaning: Our housekeeping staff has been at work this entire time and they diligently clean and
disinfect surfaces and rooms each day. We will also clean and disinfect all surfaces: restrooms,
pews, doors, handrails, and etc. after each service to preserve a safe environment.
D-Groups: Classes will continue to meet online.


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The 2008 crisis was provoked by a credibility gap created by financial instruments used during transactions conducted by shadow banking entities. These instruments are called credit derivatives and examples include credit default swap (CDS) and asset backed securities (ABS).Click here to continue reading
Once again, the economy of China is the exception, with continuous leveraging which could be coming to an end. In turn, the economies of Japan and Germany have been in a continuous deleveraging process since 1999.Click here to continue reading
The rise of China's stock market in early April signaled that the world's second largest economy is not in the terrible conditions that many believed. The recovery of exports in March—which broke the streak of nine months without any growth—seems to have convinced many that China is not going through a hard landing.Click here to continue reading
The yuan's devaluation against the dollar, the stock markets tumultuous start of the year, and unexpected reactions to new regulations from central authorities: this stumbling of the world's second largest economy has not sat well with Xi Jinping, who already expressed dissatisfaction with how China's Securities Regulatory Commission handled last year's crisis. The stock market's dismal start in 2016, along with the debut and suspending of the "circuit breaker" system, cost Xiao Gang his job—the very same man who designed it and who, until last week, was the Director of China's Securities Regulatory Commission.Click here to continue reading
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by one quarter of a percentage point last week, the greatest increase in almost a decade. The increase did not take the markets by surprise, as it was already expected to happen following the small crisis in the Chinese stock market. There is fear and anxiety about how increased interest rates could impact the world's second largest economy.Click here to continue reading
On September 25, President Obama and President Xi gave a joint press conference in front of the White House. Obama was the first to speak. After welcoming Xi Jinping and referring to how much both have worked to increase cooperation between the United States and China, he said, "Since I took office, American exports to China have nearly doubled and now support nearly one million American jobs." Clearly, Obama was pointing out what he considered to be one of the achievements of his administration, but a look at the numbers tells a different story.Click here to continue reading
Interest rate policy in China is decided by the Monetary Policy Committee of The People's Bank of China (PBOC). The committee recently cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25% and lowered the benchmark deposit rate from 3.5% to 3.25%.Click here to continue reading
The Chinese stock market's turbulent journey continues and it's unlikely to end any time soon. To understand the problem faced by the Chinese government, it's important to highlight a few points that provide a different perspective.Click here to continue reading
In the West we have the notion that gambling and the concept of fortune are ingrained in Chinese culture. This is probably because gambling carries implicit notions of individualism, such as property and risk. Individualism that is a quality of the human condition but has never before been experienced by this Asian country with the same vitality as is common in the West.Click here to continue reading
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It seems NASA is having trouble finding places willing to display its fleet of Space Shuttles after they're retired in the near future. It's put out a second press release, calling for interested parties to get in touch, and generously notifying them that the price per shuttle has dropped from $42 million to $28.8 million - a 31.5% 'discount'.
NASA originally announced:
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain input from educational institutions, science museums, and other appropriate organizations about the community's ability to acquire and publicly display the Space Shuttle Orbiters and Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) after conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program.
The RFI seeks input from educational institutions, science museums, and other appropriate organizations with experience in public display of space hardware and nationally-recognized historical artifacts. NASA will use information gained from this RFI to develop strategies for eventual placement of two Space Shuttle Orbiters and a minimum of six unassembled SSME display engine "kits."
Sounds like a fun artefact to display in a major center . . . but it'll take a very large piece of ground, plus associated amenities like parking, a visitor center with restrooms, and so on, to do a Space Shuttle justice. I hope they find someplace suitable for each of them. It'd be a real shame to have them sit out in the desert at the Boneyard.


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ACC football power rankings: Is NC State a shaky No. 2 or should Florida State be higher?
Week 3 is in the books for ACC football.
Here are the USA TODAY Network's ACC power rankings after another exciting week of college football:
1. Clemson (3-0, 1-0 ACC)
After a slow start, the Tigers' passed its final nonconference test with a 48-20 win over Louisiana Tech.
Last week: No. 1
Up next: at Wake Forest, Saturday, noon, ABC
SWINNEY:Clemson football can't afford to keep leaving 'chicken on the bone' with Wake Forest next
2. NC State (3-0, 0-0 ACC)
The Wolfpack were led by their defense during a 27-14 win over Texas Tech. Can the offense improve behind quarterback Devin Leary or is this team headed for trouble?
Last week: No. 2
Up next: vs UConn, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., RSN
DOREN:Is NC State football coach Dave Doeren interested in replacing Scott Frost at Nebraska?
More:How Dave Doeren's challenge led to Demie Sumo's redemption against Texas Tech
3. Miami (2-1, 0-0 ACC)
Miami lost 17-9 to Texas A&M and star receiver Zavier Restrepo all in one game. The Hurricanes had a shot to shoot up the rankings but fell flat on the road.
Last week: No. 3
Up next: vs. Middle Tennessee State, Saturday, 3:30 p.m., ACCN
4. Florida State (3-0, 1-0 ACC)
Even without Jordan Travis, FSU found a way to take down Louisville in an exciting 35-31 win. Looks like the Seminoles are for real.
Last week: No. 6
Up next: vs Boston College, Saturday, 8 p.m., ACCN
5. Pitt (2-1, 0-0 ACC)
With its top two quarterbacks out, Pitt junior running back Israel Abanikanda carried the ball 31 times for 131 yards and a touchdown to lead the Panthers to a 34-13 victory over Western Michigan.
Last week: No. 4
Up next: vs. Rhode Island, Saturday, noon, ACCN
6. Wake Forest (3-0, 0-0 ACC)
The Demon Deacons avoided a disastrous loss to Liberty and stayed perfect before facing Clemson to open ACC play.
Last week: No. 5
Up next: vs. Clemson, Saturday, noon, ABC
UNC was off this week but a clash at home against Notre Dame looms on the horizon.
Last week: No. 7
Up next: vs. Notre Dame, Saturday, 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN
8. Syracuse (3-0, 1-0 ACC)
The Orange remain perfect after a wild 32-29 win over Purdue. Garrett Shrader showed off his clutch gene with a 25-yard game-winning touchdown pass with seven seconds left.
Last week: No. 8
Up next: vs. Virginia, Friday, 7 p.m., ESPN
9. Duke (3-0, 0-0 ACC)
The Blue Devils move to 3-0 in the Mike Elko era after a 49-20 win over North Carolina A&T.
Last week: No. 9
Up next: at Kansas, Saturday, noon, FS1
10. Louisville (1-2, 0-2 ACC)
The Cardinals dropped to 0-2 in ACC play after failing to put away Florida State and its backup quarterback.
Last week: No. 10
Up next: vs. South Florida, Saturday, noon, RSN
11. Georgia Tech (1-2, 0-1 ACC)
Georgia Tech was the opposite of perfect during an embarrassing 42-0 loss to Ole Miss. Georgia Tech wasn't expected to win, but it looked like it didn't even compete.
Last week: No. 11
Up next: vs. UCG, Saturday, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
12. Virginia (2-1, 0-0 ACC)
The Cavaliers beat Old Dominion 16-14. So, Virginia is better than Virginia Tech? Neither is very good, though.
Last week: No. 13
Up next: at Syracuse, Friday, 7 p.m., ESPN
13. Virginia Tech (2-1, 1-0 ACC)
The Hokies won their second straight, this time taking a 27-7 win over Wofford behind a strong day from QB Grant Wells.
Last week: No. 12
Up next: vs. West Virginia, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., ACCN
14. Boston College (1-2, 0-0 ACC)
The Eagles got their first win of the season, 38-17, over Maine. A win is a win and BC were in desperate need of one.
Last week: No. 14
Up next: at Florida State, Saturday, 8 p.m., ACCN


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The U.S. government's proposal to build the first new nuclear warhead in two decades raises a host of questions
The U.S. government's proposal to build the first new nuclear warhead in two decades raises a host of questions
Scientists now recognize that vitamin D does much more than build strong bones and that many people are not getting enough of it. Is widespread D deficiency contributing to major illnesses?...
There's more to blood banking than just bagging blood
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A new technology that mimics the way nature gives bright color to butterfly wings can make cell phone displays clearly legible, even in the sun's glare
Countries are altering their nuclear arsenals, prompting the U.S. to refurbish its own warheads
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Researchers have proposed potential therapies for a paralyzing disorder once thought to be untreatable
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Angelos was born in Limassol, Cyprus. He graduated in law from London Southbank University, was awarded an LL.M in Commercial & Corporate Law from University College London (UCL) and he is a Barrister-at-Law of Gray's Inn, London (2001). He is the managing director of AGP Law Firm and the AGP Group of Fiduciary Services.
Angelos is a person of strong personality, hard worker and motivated for success, effective team leader and able to inspire, influential and highly knowledgeable of what he is dealing with.
Angelos is heading the AGP Commercial & Corporate Practice; he has many years of experience on corporate and commercial areas of the law, both in consulting and in representing clients in complex and high profile disputes in District and Supreme Courts, as well as on International Arbitration centers. He is a registered trust and estate practitioner, member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), holder of the title TEP, and an authorised Insolvency Practitioner member of the Association of Insolvency Practitioners of Cyprus since 2015.
Additionally to the above, Angelos is also a lead member of the AGP Financial Regulation & Advisory Practice, representing local and international Investment Firms and Payment Institutions.
Angelos further handles matters involving local and international tax, trusts & trustee matters, corporate structuring, finance & banking law, real estate and foreign investments in Cyprus. He advises on a wide range of tax and estate matters, including creating structures to hold assets, minimise tax and maximise protection of such assets. He frequently acts for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs and companies.
Angelos is fluent in English and Greek.
Litigation Star ranked by Benchmark Litigation Europe 2022
IFLR1000 | Highly regarded in Financial and Corporate | Cyprus | 2021-22
Recognized by Best Lawyers 2021-22
Ranked in Chambers Europe 2018 on Dispute Resolution
Recommended by the Legal 500 EMEA 2012-2018
Leading Lawyer on Financial & Corporate Law by IFLR1000 | 2020 Rankings
Recognized by Best Lawyers since 2015
2018 Leading Complex Commercial and Corporate Law Adviser Awards - Angelos Paphitis
Finance Monthly CEO Awards 2018 Winner
Listed in Top 100 Lawyers by LegalComprehensive.Com
Certified Will Writing Practitioner by STEP
Ranked in Chambers Europe 2017 on Dispute Resolution
Listed in Top 25 Lawyers in Cyprus
- Barrister at Law (2001), Gray's Inn, London, UK
- Called to the Cyprus Bar (2004), Cyprus Bar Association
- Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner (STEP), holder of TEP title (since 2005)
- International Tax Planning Association (ITPA), certified member (since 2005)
- Insolvency Practitioner, member of the Cyprus Insolvency Practitioners Association (since 2015)
- Acting on behalf of a Russian OJSC, a major logistic and transporting public company in Russia, in aid and support of arbitration proceedings filed at the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), have successfully obtained interim prohibitory orders against two Cypriot companies who together hold 49.9% in the OJSC's capital, prohibiting them from exercising their majority shareholders' rights during an AGM of the OJSC, securing a $1.4 billion debt owed by the Parent company of the said two Cypriot companies towards the OJSC, following an leveraged buyout agreement that was concluded during 2012. For more information click here.
- Representing a large Russian production Group, held by a number of Cyprus private companies, have objected on multiple applications filed by a minority shareholder for the appointment of an interim receiver / manager in an attempt -by the minority shareholder- to take control and/or protect and/or preserve the group's assets in Russia.
- Acting on behalf of 77 investors against Banc de Binary investment group and its owners and managers for fraud, financial fraud and conspiracy with an intention to defraud, in Cyprus.
- Representing an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) in Cyprus against the Central Bank of Cyprus for violation of our client's rights, due excessive delay from the Central Bank's side that have caused damage to our client.
- Representing two private investors on the potential acquisition of a majority stake in a private hospital in Cyprus on a €30 million deal.
- Representing a Russian ultra-high net worth individual of the Russian Forbes billionaire list, in connection with disputes in Cyprus over matrimonial assets.
- Represented Mr Sergey Mayzus and his group of companies (OKPAY and Moneypolo), been victims of the BTC-E scandal and a conspiracy well-orchestrated against them by a number of criminal money launderers, which resulted to fatal reputational damage and substantial losses to our clients. Following legal action filed before the District Court of Limassol (Cyprus) our clients have successfully proved their case and been awarded compensations of just over €38 million. For more information click here.
- Represented 5 out of 14 Defendants in a legal action against a group of Cypriot, Russian, and offshore companies and individuals, for alleged corporate fraud, deceit, conspiracy to injure. The claim is for €25 million, and prohibitory injunctions have been issued against our clients on an ex-parte (without notice) basis. Have successfully opposed the interim orders the court, having decided on our favor, has cancelled the interim order and rejected the Applicants' petition.
- Engaged by a Cyprus Holding company of a large Russian group, in a claim of 47 million euro, submitted by a business associate/partner of the group alleging violation of a Put Option and Call Option agreement. The claimant attempted to freeze our clients' bank accounts and assets up to the value of the claim (i.e. up to 47 million). Having submitted an objection to the claimant's application for interim order, the application as well as the action was withdrawn and rejected by the court.
- Representing a Ukrainian business woman, have successful appointed on an ex-parte basis an Interim Receiver/Manager over 5 Cyprus companies, which in turn hold shares in over 40 Ukrainian companies, in the agriculture business.
- LL.B (Hons) Law, London South Bank University
- LL.M (Commercial & Corporate Law), UCL, University of London
- BVC (Barrister), Bar Vocational Course, City University, London – Inns of Court School of Law
- PgD (International Tax Law), Rober Kennedy College, Zurich
- Cyprus Bar Association,
- Limassol Bar Association,
- Honorable Society of Gray's Inn, London,
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP),
- Cyprus Insolvency Practitioners Association,
- International Bar Association,
- International Tax Planning Association,
- International Law Office,
- International Trademarks Association,
- Cyprus – Russia Business Association,
- Cyprus – China Business Association,
- Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
- Limassol Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
What they say
Angelos is a very professional lawyer. I cooperated with Angelos for more than 10 years and can recommend him as totally reliable and responsible partner.
Arsene D., Head of Legal Department at Association of Advocates, Moscow.
Angelos and his team have provided Hatch Energy Group with first class legal and financial support during the formation of our Group Corporate Head Quarters in Cyprus.
Steve Hatch, Managing Director, Hatch Energy Group
Angelos is a very experienced professional advocate and legal advisor. He's been assisting us in a number of complicated projects and always supported us with perfectly performed ideas. By now Angelos provides legal and corporate servicing for us with the highest level of professionalism and confidentiality. He always brings the solution you need.
Nikita Y, Director of Energy Group, Ukraine
Angelos Paphitis is a highly experienced and proactive lawyer, able to provide services that are practical, commercial-minded and tailored to clients' needs.
IFLR1000 2020 edition
Very knowledgeable man in his field of expertise, very attentive and professional.
IFLR1000 2020 edition
Brilliant legal knowledge, unique managerial functions and great leader of the company.
IFLR1000 2020 edition
Angelos is proactive and knows the answers to any questions almost instantly. - Private equity client
IFLR1000 2021 Edition
We have been working closely with Angelos Paphitis for nearly 15 years now. He is a very knowledgeable, strategic and highly active lawyer. Apart from being an exceptional lawyer, he also sees the business side of our tasks which is truly helpful. He is an outstanding professional and a highly skilled advocate.
Legal500 EMEA 2022 Edition
Excellent communication, trustful, relations and a must-do approach.
IFLR1000 2021 Edition
'We have been working closely with Angelos Paphitis for nearly 15 years now. He is a very knowledgeable, strategic and highly active lawyer. Apart from being an exceptional lawyer, he also sees the business side of our tasks which is truly helpful. He is an outstanding professional and a highly skilled advocate.
Legal500 EMEA 2022 Edition