Aware of the pitfalls, Kia Magic coach Noeline Taurua has set out to cover all bases in preparation for Sunday's ANZ Championship netball showdown with West Coast Fever in Perth.
Kia Magic stunned the NSW Swifts with a commanding 61-35 win at ASB Baypark Arena in Tauranga on Sunday.
In a complete performance with captain Laura Langman leading from the front, Kia Magic introduced a variety of combinations, each slotting in seamlessly as the defending champions dominated throughout.
Rewarding players for their off-season efforts has strengthened Kia Magic coach Noeline Taurua's selection hand for Sunday's ANZ Championship netball clash against NSW Swifts in Tauranga.
Defending champions Kia Magic made a seamless start to their 2013 campaign with a comprehensive 69-46 win over the Canterbury Tactix in Nelson on Sunday.
It was an emphatic statement from Kia Magic, who reversed their traditional trend of being slow starters as they look to set new standards for the sixth edition of the trans-Tasman competition.
There will be no looking back for Kia Magic when they open their 2013 ANZ Championship netball campaign against Canterbury Tactix in Nelson, on Sunday.
Last year's fairytale run to the trans-Tasman title, the first by a New Zealand team, has largely been forgotten as the Waikato/Bay of Plenty side focus their attention on the sixth editon of the competition.
Attitude and skill execution will be key targets for Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic when they put their form to the test in three ANZ Championship pre-season warm-up netball games this week.
A who's who of New Zealand netball were on hand to watch Kia Magic stalwart Casey Williams exchange vows with her partner of two years lawyer Terry Kopua in December.
With her full team assembling for the first time in early January, Kia Magic coach Noeline Taurua couldn't have been happier with the outcome.
Missing out on the Auckland NPC team has proved a blessing in disguise for Kia Magic newcomer Kendra Falefitu.
After a breakthrough season with the Magic in 2012, Australian import Khao Watts is delighted to be back for a second campaign.
Last year the South Australian rookie, who paid her own way to attend Magic's final pre-selection trial, continued to blossom after being thrust into the challenging wing attack role.


Findings in the latest Scottish Pacific SME Growth Index paint an interesting picture of the SME business landscape, with business owners increasingly turning to non-bank finance to fund growth.
SME owners are optimistic about revenue growth and enjoyed improved cash flow in 2017, although nine out of 10 still admit to cash flow problems that impacted on their revenue.
Of those respondents using non-bank lending options to fund growth in 2017, by far the most popular option was debtor finance (used by 77%), followed by merchant cash advances (23%), P2P lending (10%), crowd funding (9%) and other online lending (5%).
We outline key findings below, but first: What do our findings mean for introducers?
Three quarters of SMEs are on the move, either growing (50%) or declining (24%). This is significant for introducers: how are your clients planning to fund growth? How are they planning to get through tough times?
You are ideally placed to make clients aware of debtor finance, the type of funding suited to environments of strong growth or decline.
In the "middle ground" of static growth, a business owner might be able to subsist by using personal credit cards or their own funds. But our Index suggests now is a good climate for introducers to be contacting clients to discuss working capital solutions.
Cash flow – While two-thirds of SMEs report improved cash flow, nine out of 10 SMEs say they still had cash flow issues in 2017 and nine out of 10 say these issues impacted on revenue. On average, SME respondents said that better cash flow would have increased their 2017 revenue by 5-10%, with one in 10 growth SMEs reporting it would have given them as much as a 50-100% revenue increase! Almost a quarter of businesses could have grown between 10-25% with better cash flow – this is a significant growth rate and suggests to introducers that some of their clients may not be using the right funding tool.
Improving cash flow is a great way to unlock revenue growth – and to deepen your relationship with clients. Ask your SME clients about their cash flow.
Funding growth – For SMEs with plans to invest in expansion over the next 6 months, almost as many will turn to a non-bank as to a bank. 24% say they will fund growth by borrowing from their main relationship bank – continuing a downward trend, and well short of the high of 38% who nominated this option to fund growth in the first round of the Index in September 2014. More than one in five SMEs (22%) plan to use alternatives to their main bank to fund upcoming growth, while the majority still dip into their own finances. Growth SMEs were five times more likely to use non-bank lending options than declining growth SMEs. This is a great opportunity to speak to your clients about the growth prospects of their business and what opportunities they may be looking to fund.
Future of non-bank lending – The growth potential for the non-bank lending sector is significant, given that 48% of SMEs didn't use non-bank lending in 2017 but are considering it for 2018. Looking at it from another perspective, 43.5% reported that they haven't used non-bank lending options. Introducers are well placed to broaden their relationship with clients by helping educate them about the funding tools available.
Revenue – 50% of SMEs are forecasting positive growth revenue - the most since March 2016, but well short of the high of 62% in September 2014. On average, the revenue increase flagged for the first half of 2018 is 4.3%.
Growth drivers – The key drivers behind business success, as nominated by SMEs, are core customers and a strong team. However, if another two responses are combined ("just follow our nose" and "good luck/good timing") this is the growth driver strategy two-thirds of SMEs say they use!
Growth barriers – The most troublesome issues for growth SMEs were high or multiple taxes, government red tape, conditions and availability of credit and cash flow. One in five SMEs said they were unable to take on new work because of cash flow restrictions.
The credit trap – Two-thirds of SME owners admit to dipping into their own personal finances (such as personal credit cards) to deal with cash flow issues. Even more than reported using cash flow forecasting as a strategy. Half offer early payment discounts and one in 10 reduce overall sales to ease cash flow pressures. Clearly, some strategies are smarter than others for sustainable business growth.
The results of the Index indicate that many SMEs realise credible business funding alternatives are already available.
Businesses implementing appropriate working capital solutions to get on top of cash flow barriers will be well placed to realise their growth ambitions.
For a full copy of our SME Growth Index Report, download your copy here.


TINUBU VISITS GILBERT CHAGOURY OVER FIRST SON'S DEATH IN PARIS - News of the People http://www.newsofthepeople-ng.com covers every facet of Nigerian Entertainment industry and the world. From News, Gossip, Comedy, Videos, Blogs, Events, Weddings, Nollywood, Celebs, Scoops and Games, we serve our readers up-to-date information on showbiz personalities, profiling celebrities and news around them.
This is not a palatable news coming from the Chagourys. Gilbert, the older of the famous Chagoury Brothers, who has been doing business in Nigeria for decades has been hit by a monumental tragedy. His first son, Ramez, fondly called Ricco, died in a Paris hospital penultimate weekend. Ricco said to be in his 30s has had some health challenges in the past, and everyone thought the worst was over until news broke that he suddenly died on Saturday, June 6, 2014. Along with his brother, Roland, the Chagoury's, born in Nigeria to Lebanese parents, are very influential in the Nigerian business environment, they have their hands in many pies including chunk shares in popular Eko Hotel & Suites and the controversial Eko Atlantic project (where they are set to kill the famous Bar Beach). They are usually spotted at events hosted by Nigeria's rich and famous which is a sign of their connection and influence. According to their official website, "The Chagoury Group is an industrial conglomerate with interests in construction, real estate, property development and hotels. The Chagoury Group own, as well, industries in agribusiness, flour mills, water bottling, glass, aluminium, furniture and other construction-related manufacturing. The Group is also owner of companies in telecommunications, IT, insurance, and international finance" "A staunch Catholic, Gilbert Chagoury is a friend and confidant to Presidents, Heads of State and business leaders around the world. He is an insider of real-politics and advisor in policy matters and issues of diplomatic sensitivity in West and Central Africa. In 1995, Gilbert Chagoury was appointed Ambassador and Special Representative of UNESCO to St. Lucia. "Ambassador Chagoury has built a career on acute business acumen with visionary leadership and humble philanthropic service that has made him one of the most highly respected industrialists in the world. But perhaps more than any other single attribute, Ambassador Chagoury has demonstrated a dedication to democracy, peace and the cultivation of healthy, thriving economic environments in which the average person can employ his full range of talents to reach his God-given potential". Ricco, we are told, will be buried in Paris, and the Chagoury household has been receiving condolence messages since the tragic news broke. Among famous Nigerians that first visited the family was the former Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu who led powerful friends to Paris for a condolence visit.


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Michael previously served as the associate vice president of Development and Campaign Operations for California State University, Long Beach and the chief operating officer for the CSULB 49er Foundation, as well as the executive director of development at the University of California, Irvine.
Michael is a proud Titan, having earned his bachelor of arts in operations management at California State University, Fullerton.
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So back to the title of this post… 'Do unto others, as you would like done to you.' (Or something like that!) I am sure you have all heard this common principle. What does this have anything to do with image consulting? Well, this year I am treating myself like a client… I am treating myself as I would treat others. Its easy to tell yourself that you will wear something, or that a dress is still relevant, but some how when you have another person asking you, you somehow see the light (insert choir singing and bells ringing) and can part with those outdated heels or tops that don't really flatter you. This is the principle behind the Closet Audit. I am looking forward to trimming down my massive Spring/Summer wardrobe to a well rounded collection of classic, quality, well-tailored, structured pieces that make me feel fabulous! When going through my wardrobe, I will keep in mind the current trends, but most importantly, each piece will have to pass my closet audit 5 prong test (sorry gals- I can't give out all my secrets!).
So its in with the flowy dresses and pastels and out with the sweaters! (and out with a whole lot of unworn items! I can see my hubs smiling already- all the less he has to put back up in the attic!) When transitioning your wardrobe for the new season, be realistic with yourself and toss, donate, or consign those items that keep getting carried forward season after season without use! If your items are in good condition and are current, consigning is a great alternative! I once purchased all of my Christmas presents for my family just off my consign money! And if you don't have the heart weed out your wardrobe, contact me for a closet audit! It is truly a rewarding, uplifting experience!


Below you will find a list of the private schools in Fontana, CA. These 10 private schools are organized by their distance from Fontana. The closest businesses to Fontana are Life Covenant Christian Academy on Citrus Ave (Fontana) and Discover Bible School on Barton Rd (Grand Terrace) in the category Schools Religious Studies, Desert Sands Charter High School on (Fontana) in the category Schools Charter, King's College Seminary on East Ave (Fontana) in the category Private Schools and Vineyard Christian Academy on (Riverside) in the category Schools Religious Education.


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Flint Water Crisis Investigations Reveal MASSIVE Cover-Up By Top City Officials
Via America's Lawyer: The city of Flint made national headlines in 2015 after dozens of Michigan residents were sickened and even killed by dangerous amounts of lead in their drinking water. Since then, multiple investigations have pointed to a massive cover-up within former governor Rick Snyder's administration. Mike Papantonio is joined by investigative journalist Jordan Chariton to discuss how official phone records dating back to 2015 all mysteriously vanished.
Mike Papantonio: The city of Flint made national headlines back in 2015, after dozens of Michigan residents were sickened and even killed by dangerous amounts of lead in their drinking water. Since then multiple investigations have pointed to massive cover-up within the former governor Rick Snyder administration. I have investigative journalist, Jordan Chariton with me to talk about this. Jordan, first of all, let me begin by telling you, you have done a remarkable job covering this story when corporate media has as paid no attention. I mean, it's almost as if corporate media has an attention span of a, of a fruit fly. And I just want to tell you, this is great coverage. Your report in the Intercept explains how hard it's been for investigators to get a hold of phone records relating to the Flint water crisis. What's going on with all this missing evidence? It looks really, really bad.
Jordan Chariton: Yeah. So, essentially there's been two investigations. One was the original, starting in 2016, that was under a Republican attorney general, and that investigation and those prosecutors discovered governor Snyder his top officials, including his press secretary, their phones were erased shortly before the launch of the Flint criminal investigation. Those prosecutors also learned that top officials in the health department, obviously a health crisis, so kind of important, their phones mysteriously had no messages on them for all of 2014 through October, 2015, which was the full period Flint used the Flint river for its water. They also were tipped off that the officials with the state environmental department, allegedly dumped their phones to the state IT department and those phones came to IT wiped clean, was the quote.
Mike Papantonio: Yeah. So we expected more from Dana, Dana Nessel. I mean, you know, we, matter of fact, I came on the show when she was announcing like this, they were going to really do something about it. Well, they did nothing. I mean, they, they dropped the ball knowing that as you report this doctor, Dr. Wells, Dr. Eden Wells, that is this, this is their job. Okay. They, they, they phone records just disappear. They've been wiped clean, even though they have a retention requirement of at least one year after, you know, and, and indefinite, if there's an investigation going on. It's very clear somebody wiped the phone, isn't it? What explanation do they give for these texts phone logs being, just vanishing?
Jordan Chariton: You know, as a journalist, you usually get spin from government and corporations. In this case, it was silence of the lambs. The health department literally said we don't care to comment when asked about, do you have an explanation for, you know, a year and a half's worth of messages mysteriously being empty. The environmental department currently under governor Whitmer basically pointed fingers at the previous administration saying, we, we can't speculate about what they did or their motivations. The governor's legal team has refused to answer. So nothing is being disputed in this story, you know, I think, you know, the, the mainstream media pretends you're all supposed to be neutral robots as journalists. I very confidently say, this is the biggest government cover up this century from the governor's office, health department.
Mike Papantonio: It is.
Jordan Chariton: The environmental department. It's crazy. And frankly, the current attorney general Dana Nessel, she wiped clean, she fired the previous investigation saying, we're going to redo this thing and start from scratch and bring justice to Flint. They charged the governor with a misdemeanor, when there's a lot of evidence from our reporting, he knew about a lot of these things.
Mike Papantonio: She ran, my memory is she ran under the idea we're going to play, you know, we're going to clean up this political cess pool. She's now part of that political cesspool. And you have to ask, how far does the chain, where does this go, how far up the chain of command does this go? Where we know that they switched the water supply directly into Flint river. People were coming down with Legionella disease, dying left and right. Pediatricians were saying, we're seeing a trend here, children with, with being affected by lead somehow. And all this is just covered up. How, how far does this go up in the chain of command?
Jordan Chariton: Well, our previous story in January, showed that the governor, prosecutors had obtained the governor's phone calls with his chief of staff and health director in October, 2014. Over two days, they spoke 22 times. And why that's important, this was the exact time that the health department and the environmental department were scrambling about the increase in Legionnaires' cases, happened to be two weeks before Snyder's reelection. So the prosecutors concluded that was Snyder and his top officials trying to stop the news of the waterborne bacteria that was killing people from going public before his reelection. Snyder testified to Congress he did not know about Legionnaires until a year and a half later. I can't even get Congress now democratically controlled to respond, whether they will be bringing him back in. I think perjury is still a crime in front of Congress. It goes all the way up. There's also another element real quick, the, the Flint water crisis underneath it was a financial fraud. It was a privatization scheme to build a new pipeline, take control away from Detroit's water system and make it regional. And the financial fraud behind this, attorney general Nessel dropped charges that the previous investigation had charged against top officials for bond fraud. Those charges were mysteriously dropped and not brought back. So it stinks from the governor's office to the current attorney general's office.
Mike Papantonio: Okay. So the point being, we, we, you know, on this program, we all always talk about how ridiculous tribal politics are. I'm Democrat, therefore, I have to be all Democrat. I'm Republican because I have to all Republican. Here, it's both parties, baby. I mean, both of them are part of an ugly cesspool political process where children have been injured for the rest of their lives. People have died because of the decisions that these politicians made. There was one part of it that really intrigued me. They knew for 16 months that there was something going on with the water supply after they switched and had, had a new source, they knew for 16 months, that Legionella was killing people and they didn't tell anybody. Did I get that right?
Jordan Chariton: Absolutely. And, and by the way, the governor's health department and environmental department knew about it right before his reelection and governor Snyder at that time, you know, in a, in a galaxy far, far away before Trump ran for president, he was angling for president, but he had to get reelected as governor first. So, it's very clear from our reporting that he knew about a deadly waterborne outbreak that was killing people and not, he didn't willfully, you know, the charges against him were for willful neglect of duty. It was the opposite. He wasn't neglecting his duty. He was acting along with his top officials to stop it from going public. People died. The previous investigation, our reporting and other reporters have backed this up. The original investigation was gunning for involuntary manslaughter against the governor. This one so far has charged with a misdemeanor. It's the, you know, water is if it's healthy is clear. It's not red or blue. It shouldn't be about politics.
Mike Papantonio: We're out of time, Jordan. But I want to end by saying this. You should get an award by this for doing this story for following it. But in the real world of corporate journalism, unless you're talking about what Kim Kardashian wore to the latest celebrity event, it's not journalism. So I hate that that's where we are with corporate media nowadays, but that is where we are. This is great reporting. Thank you for doing it. Okay.
Jordan Chariton: Thanks for having me.


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Shreekant Sambrani
Ravi Matthai and His Many-Splendoured Institute
Brick by Red Brick: Ravi Matthai and the Making of IIM Ahmedabad by T T Ram Mohan (New Delhi: Rupa Publications India) 2011; pp xiv + 281, Rs 495.
his review must start with a disclaimer: I have had the rare good fortune of being associated with Indian Institutes of Technology, Bombay (IITB) as one of its early students and Indian Institutes of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) as one of its early faculty members. Both these institutions contributed significantly to creating a warm glow about young Indian professionals from the 1970s onwards, when India was nearly written off as a basket case. I was recruited by Ravi J Matthai (RJM) in 1971. My association with him during my first year at IIMA (and his last as director) was only slightly more intense than that of a junior member of the faculty and the head of an institution. RJM remained at IIMA until his death in 1984. He grew increasingly close to my wife Rita and me during the rest of my tenure at IIMA until 1978. I went on to start the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) under the aegis of the National Dairy Development Board, with Verghese Kurien (who happens to be RJM's cousin) as the chairman of the board and chief patron. RJM was on the IRMA board and I used my proximity to him often enough to learn first-hand the very delicate art of starting and building up a pioneering educational institution.
A Sense of Disappointment
T T Ram Mohan (TTR), an IIMA professor and a columnist for The Economic Times, wrote a piece on RJM in December 2007. I wrote to him suggesting that we could collaborate on an analytical biography of RJM. He readily agreed and says so in the preface of the book (p xii). He adds "Thereafter, I did not hear from [Sambrani]". This is not correct. I suggested to him over email that we must meet and discuss the project before proceeding further. I wanted to tell him that I would necessarily bring in my perceptions, but was not sure whether
I was emotionally distant enough to be objective. We could not meet despite corresponding for a month. Neither of us pursued the matter further.
My pleasure in finding a long-needed book on RJM and IIMA is mixed with a sense of disappointment at TTR having missed out on an opportunity. He was at the institution RJM built up, which now enjoys a well-deserved robust reputation. He had access to all the relevant documents. Most of the dramatis personae – RJM's old associates, colleagues and recruits, board members, government functionaries, key alumni – are still alive and of sound minds. The Matthai family extended full cooperation.
The author has well-established credentials as a thinker and writer, and above all, possesses the requisite distance. This could have led to a definitive interpretation and analysis of RJM's monumental contribution to IIMA and a clear enunciation of its ethos. I read the book repeatedly and in detail in the expectation of finding significant insights. Unfortunately, these detailed readings have left me with increasing disappointment, caused mainly by the distinct feeling that TTR's main concern was to fit current theories and wisdom to the history of IIMA's development, when it should have been the other way around: how do current theories stand in the wake of the IIMA experience. In place of the desired distance and dispassionate analysis, the present (and unfortunately, the author) intrudes continuously.
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accusations of sour grapes at not having been a part of the project. I would most likely have recused myself for the reservations stated above and would have had no regrets for having done so.
Semantic Quibble
The TTR volume comprises nine chapters, besides a preface and an epilogue. The first two chapters discuss the groundwork in the late 1950s and the early 1960s leading to the establishment of the first two IIMs, at Ahmedabad and Kolkata (IIMC). The third chapter deals with RJM's early life, up to the time he accepted the IIMA directorship in 1965. Chapters four through six are concerned with RJM's stewardship of the institute and thus form the core of the book, covering 98 of the 261 pages of the main book. The seventh chapter, titled "Light and Shadow", is mostly concerned with developments in IIMA in the last decade or so, long after RJM's tenure ended and indeed well after his passing away, and is only peripherally and tangentially connected with the professed theme. The next chapter is devoted to RJM's principal post-directorship activity, the Jawaja experiment which he himself dubbed – the rural university. Although IIMA was involved in this, it cannot be considered as either a continuation of RJM's institutionbuilding phase or integral to IIMA's development. The last chapter, "Style and Substance" is so anecdotal about RJM (as also about the author, TTR) as to add little to book.
TTR summarises his main thesis on p 178:
[RJM] not only led IIMA to greater (sic) heights in his time, he created what we might today call a 'sustainable business model'. His model has four key elements. First, a clear sense of mission. IIMA would be not just a business school, but a management institution, meaning its ambit would be wider than business and would encompass important sectors of the Indian economy. Secondly, a focus on faculty freedom the key to unleashing creativity in an academic institution. Thirdly, the idea of a faculty-governed institute where decision-making rests primarily with the faculty and not with the board or even with the director... Lastly, the principle that the director is only first among equals, and not some super-boss.
Anyone familiar with IIMA would have was not present (nor were the adequately no issues with this summarisation, although and authentically documented), and in
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Embarrassment of Hagiography
The reader faces a far more substantive problem in understanding how TTR arrives at this conclusion. The logical approach would have been to trace the development of IIMA either in a chronological order or according to growth of specific activities – the postgraduate programme (PGP), management development programmes (MDPs), research, faculty recruitment and development. What TTR does is a mix, which does not follow any clear pattern.
For example, Chapter 4, "Erecting the Edifice", starts with the role of faculty meetings, quickly moving on to early problems with students, placement of students, budgets and grants, faculty recruitment and development, collaboration, the three-tier programme for management development and an early evaluation of IIMA, in that order, all in the space of 33 pages.
The next chapter devotes an equal amount of space to doctoral programme, case method of teaching and research, agriculture sector-related work, board-related issues, faculty recruitment again, internal administration and PGP, RJM's stepping down, the doctoral programme yet again, and a summary of RJM's achievements.
The sixth chapter starts with a discourse on Peter Drucker's concept of knowledge workers and related generalisations, RJM's thought processes, the role of sectors, faculty autonomy and governance (more by way of generalisations than specifics from IIMA history), more theories, with C K Prahlad now joining the Drucker Society, leading to the summary quoted above.
The recounting of actual events – which are too few to give a proper flavour to the reader – is mostly cursory and anecdotal, marred by TTR taking liberties to recreate conversations and scenes in which he truding in the narrative far too often, both of which would be unconscionable in a serious analytical work.
Given this nature of the presentation in the book, the reader may well be justified in nursing the thought that the author just put down all that he wanted to discuss/ describe about IIMA and RJM in the manner in which these things occurred to him, then put down some theories he felt could explain the developments. Since the author has not exactly walked the reader through his reasoning, the reader would most likely be in a state of wondering whether all this is in the realm of the author's hypothesisation.
Indeed, TTR poses a question near the end of the main portion of his book: "Is this all some Utopian fantasy?" (p 176). He answers the question thus four paragraphs later:
[RJM] had to think through not only 'what' was to be done but 'how' it was to be done. The result was a system designed to bring out the best in that most difficult of knowledge worker, the academic. It was a system that had no parallel not only in India, but, perhaps, anywhere in the world.
When the reader gets over the embarrassment of this hagiography, the mystery of how one single person could achieve this unique feat in a relatively short span of seven years becomes even deeper. I have made below an attempt to provide a worm's-eye view of one who was there, in the hope that participant observation and recall might demystify the IIMA phenomenon and restore RJM to a human, albeit a great good one, status.
The Peer Culture of the Faculty
The ethos and the autonomy of IIMA can be defined very simply: the main sentient group, the faculty, sets its own agenda and determines how it is to be executed. The agenda covers all aspects of its functioning: whom and how to admit, what and how to teach them, and at least in the early days, how to raise resources and set priorities for their expenditure, and how to monitor and correct the activities.
This was achieved through the mechanism of collective decision-making through committee structures and even more important, an iron-clad, disciplined commitment
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on part of the faculty to all aspects, a factor that eludes TTR. Meetings of the entire faculty (they were called simply faculty meetings then, not the more serious sounding faculty council, the term TTR uses). The meetings were always well attended and documented. Decisions once taken were adhered to strictly. Getting a higher authority involved – in this case, the director – to adjudicate a difference of opinion was not an option. Hierarchy mattered little and neither did differences of opinion. The discipline existed because of mutual respect and peer group pressure and not because of any prescribed rule book.
These features of the peer culture were intrinsic and organic to the faculty. Yet several other factors, seemingly minor, but incorporated by design, reinforced the emerging ethos. These include uniformity of treatment and the prevalence of Nehruvian ethos, which frowned upon ostentation and flouting of one's status, or any kind of chauvinism.
Incorrect Claim
TTR claims that Vikram Sarabhai and RJM "introduced into the country through the IIM system" (p 195, emphasis added) faculty governance and non-hierarchical culture. With all due respect for the careful and tireless nurturing the two pioneers of IIMA undertook, this claim is not entirely correct. For almost a decade before the IIMA efforts began, IITB had in place more than a kernel of this approach, under the not too enlightened leadership of the retired Brigadier S K Bose.
On p 157, TTR states that
...autonomy, academic freedom and faculty governance ...became part of the [IIMA] culture that Sarabhai and Matthai carefully fostered. And this culture is part of the explanation for the exceptional success IIMA has had in the Indian education system.
My contention is that rather than being a part of the explanation, this culture is indeed all of the explanation of the success. One might argue that other factors such as provision of resources, quality of student intake and receptivity of the environment have also contributed to the success. Perhaps. The fact that other IIMs and all IITs have also enjoyed the other advantages to the same extent as IIMA and have not quite
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reached its level of pre-eminence, suggests that it is the culture that is the principal force behind the IIMA success. It was this culture that brought out the best from the faculty.
And what made this culture flourish at IIMA? TTR says that
The decentralised structure at IIMA was, of course, an import from the west, as were notions of autonomy, academic freedom and faculty governance. Sarabhai and Matthai, both men with considerable experience of the Western university, could appreciate its merits and embraced its features whole-heartedly. Matthai's genius was to go beyond the Western model and make adaptations on his own (p 164).
Sarabhai and RJM were not the only ones exposed to or impressed by western universities. RJM's leadership had able and extensive support from caring, nurturing seniors, such as Kamla Chowdhry, Ishwar Dayal, G R Kulkarni, S K Bhattacharyya, D K Desai, among others, most of whom had as great if not greater exposure to and understanding of the western university system as the two pioneers.
The IIMA culture was not so much an import or an imposition from the top by a considerate leader as an organic transplant, initiated by visionary leaders, and sustained and nurtured by their senior colleagues who were equally concerned about the future. RJM would have been the first one to accept this and would have likened his role to that of a gentle conductor leading an orchestra of talented players to great performing heights. TTR would have us believe that RJM was composer, conductor and featured soloist all rolled into one.
All this recedes into the background by the final decision of RJM as IIMA director. Nothing quite became him like the act of renunciation. TTR is at his best in discussing this (pp 140-142, 253). As TTR says, this unique decision leading to giving up office, not seeking other positions and not influencing the choice of his successor set a precedent for IIMA, which ensures a most desirable and healthy turnover of institutional leadership. If RJM had done nothing else, this alone would have assured him a place in the annals of not just IIMA but Indian academia in general.
The volume does not do justice to a number of other issues. A brief list would
include IIMA's unique architecture, which represents a stunning confluence between conceptual foundations and physical facilities, the great and early contribution by the Centre for Management of Agriculture in creating a research platform for IIMA and great goodwill in government and international agencies, and significant achievements of early alumni who have risen to the top of their professions. It does not even touch upon the flip side of the faculty-centric IIMA culture, namely, the treatment of all other staff as second-class citizens and a sense of isolation and institutional ego, the responsibility for which must surely rest with RJM.
TTR's treatment of the last phase of RJM's working life – his wholehearted commitment to the Jawaja project – is as dewyeyed and naive as was RJM's own perception of the conditions then. The practical, ex-corporate executive RJM read the environment right and helped build up a quality institution that continued to flourish even after his departure from the helm of its affairs. The idealist, romantic ex-director RJM tried to conduct a Utopian experiment that did not survive his demise.
All of these could form the subject a detailed essay, but not a book review.
The book raises two concerns about such works. The first is financial support for the effort. Extensive research and study of available documentation, interviewing as many people as possible, and preparing draft after draft of manuscripts requires assistance from research staff, travel and freedom to concentrate on tasks at hand are all resource-intensive. Had such support been available to him, TTR could have at the least interviewed many more people, which would have improved the book.
The second is the need for a dedicated and often ruthless editor working with the
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author throughout the writing. This would have helped identify clearly the intended audience, either travelling executives who read how-to books while waiting for their flights or on the planes (and forget them soon thereafter), or serious readers and scholars, who prefer research and erudition. TTR seems to aim at both the groups simultaneously and ends up satisfying neither.
A rigorous editor would have ensured minimum use of anecdotes and incursions by the author and fact-checking, as also avoidance of nudge-and-wink glimpses into personal lives and excessive adulation of people who were peripheral at best to the
-main theme, no matter how influential they may be otherwise. All of these are among the book's shortcomings. Professional editing would have led to a more impressive physical appearance of the book, more exhaustive indexing and proper endnotes.
Finally, the editor would have advised against over-the-top hagiography descending into bathos:
A Ravi Matthai is a miracle that happens once in the life of an institution...Matthai was unique; he is non-replicable (p 253). We had the likes of Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, J R D Tata, V K R V Rao and R K Talwar. In that constellation of institutionbuilders, Ravi Matthai shines brightly (p 254).
I peer over the heads of the [convocation] gathering...I am startled and have to stifle a gasp. In the opening between two trees, a face has appeared. Ravi Matthai is watching intently. It is the Matthai of the younger days, his thick mop of hair is jet black and he is wearing his trade-mark smile. Slowly, his gaze moves over the gathering below and then on to the stage. Do I glimpse a touch of anxiety in his eyes? It must be my imagination. "We are doing okay, Prof. We can't possibly let you down, now can we?" (p 261).
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Q: MATLAB: Subtracting matrix subsets by specific rows Here is an example of a subset of the matrix I would like to use:

1 3 5
2 3 6
1 1 1
3 5 4
5 5 5
8 8 0

This matrix is in fact 3000 x 3.
For the first 3 rows, I wish to subtract each of these rows with the first row of these three.
For the second 3 rows, I wish to subtract each of these rows with the first of these three, and so on.
As such, the output matrix will look like:

0 0 0
1 0 1
0 -2 -4
0 0 0
2 0 1
5 3 -4

What code in MATLAB will do this for me?

A: Here's another way to implement this with bsxfun, slightly different from natan's bsxfun implementation -
t1 = reshape(a,3,[]); %// a is the input matrix
out = reshape(bsxfun(@minus,t1,t1(1,:)),[],3); %// Desired output

A: a slightly shorter and vectorized way will be (if a is your matrix) :
b=a-kron(a(1:3:end,:),ones(3,1));

let's test:
a=[1 3 5
   2 3 6
   1 1 1
   3 5 4
   5 5 5
   8 8 0]

a-kron(a(1:3:end,:),ones(3,1))

ans =
 0     0     0
 1     0     1
 0    -2    -4
 0     0     0
 2     0     1
 5     3    -4

Edit
Here's a bsxfun solution (less elegant, but hopefully faster):
a-reshape(bsxfun(@times,ones(1,3),permute(a(1:3:end,:),[2 3 1])),3,[])'

ans =

 0     0     0
 1     0     1
 0    -2    -4
 0     0     0
 2     0     1
 5     3    -4

Edit 2
Ok, this got me curios, as I know bsxfun starts to be less efficient for bigger array sizes. So I tried to check using timeit my two solutions (because they are one liners it's easy). And here it is:
range=3*round(logspace(1,6,200));
for n=1:numel(range)
    a=rand(range(n),3);
    f=@()a-kron(a(1:3:end,:),ones(3,1));
    g=@() a-reshape(bsxfun(@times,ones(1,3),permute(a(1:3:end,:),[2 3 1])),3,[])';
    t1(n)=timeit(f);
    t2(n)=timeit(g);
end
semilogx(range,t1./t2);

So I didn't test for the for loop and Divkar's bsxfun, but you can see that for arrays smaller than 3e4 kron is better than bsxfun, and this changes at larger arrays (ratio of <1 means kron took less time given the size of the array). This was done at Matlab 2012a win7 (i5 machine)

A: Simple for loop. This does each 3x3 block separately.
A=randi(5,9,3)
B=A(1:3:end,:)
for i=1:length(A(:,1))/3
    D(3*i-2:3*i,:)=A(3*i-2:3*i,:)-repmat(B(i,:),3,1)
end
D

Whilst it may be possible to vectorise this, I don't think the performance gains would be worth it, unless you will do this many times. For a 3000x3 matrix it doesn't take long at all.
Edit: In fact this seems to be pretty fast. I think that's because Matlab's JIT compilation can speed up simple for loops well.

A: You can do it using just indexing:
a(:) = a(:) - a(3*floor((0:numel(a)-1)/3)+1).';

Of course, the 3 above can be replaced by any other number. It works even if that number doesn't divide the number of rows.

A: You could also do this completely vectorized by using mat2cell, cellfun, then cell2mat.  Assuming our matrix is stored in A, try:
numBlocks = size(A,1) / 3;
B = mat2cell(A, 3*ones(1,numBlocks), 3);
C = cellfun(@(x) x - x([1 1 1], :), B, 'UniformOutput', false);
D = cell2mat(C); %//Output

The first line figures out how many 3 x 3 blocks we need.  This is assuming that the number of rows is a multiple of 3.  The second line uses mat2cell to decompose each 3 x 3 block and places them into individual cells.  The third line then uses cellfun so that for each cell in our cell array (which is a 3 x 3 matrix), it takes each row of the 3 x 3 matrix and subtracts itself with the first row.  This is very much like what @David did, except I didn't use repmat to minimize overhead.  The fourth line then takes each of these matrices and stacks them back so that we get our final matrix in the end.
Example (this is using the matrix that was defined in your post):
A = [1 3 5; 2 3 6; 1 1 1; 3 5 4; 5 5 5; 8 8 0];
numBlocks = size(A,1) / 3;
B = mat2cell(A, 3*ones(1, numBlocks), 3);
C = cellfun(@(x) x - x([1 1 1], :), B, 'UniformOutput', false);
D = cell2mat(C);

Output:
D =

 0     0     0
 1     0     1
 0    -2    -4
 0     0     0
 2     0     1
 5     3    -4

In hindsight, I think @David is right with respect to performance gains.  Unless this code is repeated many times, I think the for loop will be more efficient.  Either way, I wanted to provide another alternative.  Cool exercise!
Edit: Timing and Size Tests
Because of our discussion earlier, I have decided to do timing and size tests.  These tests were performed on an Intel i7-4770 @ 3.40 GHz CPU with 16 GB of RAM, using MATLAB R2014a on Windows 7 Ultimate.  Basically, I did the following:

*

*Test #1 - Set the random seed generator to 1 for reproducibility.  I wrote a loop that cycled 10000 times.  For each iteration in the loop, I generated a random integer 3000 x 3 matrix, then performed each of the methods that were described here.  I took note of how long it took for each method to complete after 10000 cycles.  The timing results are:

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*David's method: 0.092129 seconds

*rayryeng's method: 1.9828 seconds

*natan's method: 0.20097 seconds

*natan's bsxfun method: 0.10972 seconds

*Divakar's bsxfun method: 0.0689 seconds
As such, Divakar's method is the fastest, followed by David's for loop method, followed closely by natan's bsxfun method, followed by natan's original kron method, followed by the sloth (a.k.a mine).

*

*Test #2 - I decided to see how fast this would get as you increase the size of the matrix.  The set up was as follows.  I did 1000 iterations, and at each iteration, I increase the size of the matrix rows by 3000 each time.  As such, iteration 1 consisted of a 3000 x 3 matrix, the next iteration consisted of a 6000 x 3 matrix and so on.  The random seed was set to 1 again.  At each iteration, the time taken to complete the code was taken a note of.  To ensure fairness, the variables were cleared at each iteration before the processing code began.  As such, here is a stem plot that shows you the timing for each size of matrix.  I subsetted the plot so that it displays timings from 200000 x 3 to 300000 x 3.  Take note that the horizontal axis records the number of rows at each iteration.  The first stem is for 3000 rows, the next is for 6000 rows and so on.  The columns remain the same at 3 (of course).

I can't explain the random spikes throughout the graph.... probably attributed to something happening in RAM.  However, I'm very sure I'm clearing the variables at each iteration to ensure no bias.  In any case, Divakar and David are closely tied.  Next comes natan's bsxfun method, then natan's kron method, followed last by mine.  Interesting to see how Divakar's bsxfun method and David's for method are side-by-side in timing.

*

*Test #3 - I repeated what I did for Test #2, but using natan's suggestion, I decided to go on a logarithmic scale.  I did 6 iterations, starting at a 3000 x 3 matrix, and increasing the rows by 10 fold after.  As such, the second iteration had 30000 x 3, the third iteration had 300000 x 3 and so on, up until the last iteration, which is 3e8 x 3.

I have plotted on a semi-logarithmic scale on the horizontal axis, while the vertical axis is still a linear scale.  Again, the horizontal axis describes the number of rows in the matrix.

I changed the vertical limits so we can see most of the methods.  My method is so poor performing that it would squash the other timings towards the lower end of the graph.  As such, I changed the viewing limits to take my method out of the picture.  Essentially what was seen in Test #2 is verified here.

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The fantasy anime genre isn't just one genre that stands apart from other genres, it actually is packed with several sub-genres and works well with all kinds of plot settings. In fact, a majority of anime shows that we have watched can be counted as part of the fantasy genre.
You might think of medieval times when you hear the term "fantasy" and that was true a couple of years ago, but with anime gaining the momentum all over the world and becoming popular, there are now sub-fantasy genres that have become mainstream. Now, when we want to talk about the several fantasy anime shows, you will find these shows explore various themes ranging from psychological, dark, comedy, action/adventure and even slice of life, and many other things.
So, if you think that fantasy is just about magic and mythological creatures, then you are mistaken because the authors and creators pride themselves on being able to think outside the box, while adding a few tropes for the culture of course. Fantasy anime involves supernatural creatures, different types of magic, and mythical heroes, but the plots can vary quite a bit and it's a guarantee that there is a fantasy show that every fan can watch and enjoy!
Best Fantasy Anime of 2021
21. InuYasha
InuYasha follows the title character and main protagonist Inuyasha, the half-demon son of a great demon father, Inu no Taishō, and a noblewoman mother named Izayoi. Inuyasha meets a human girl; Kagome Higurashi, a fifteen-year-old middle schooler who is transported from modern-day Tokyo to the Sengoku period after being dragged into a well in her family shrine by a demon.
Together they will travel across Japan on a quest to recover the shattered pieces of the Shikon Jewel; a powerful magical artifact that grants its holder any wish their heart desires. They are joined by strong characters who gives it a dark and serious subject matter; exhibiting violent content whilst retaining comedic elements.
20. Goblin Slayer
Picture an adventurer who is only interested in slaying goblins. Adventurers join guilds to complete quests and earn gold and glory as their reward. Goblin Slayer joins the adventurer's guild even though he is uninterested in glory or fame. Being the sole survivor of a goblin attack that left him without a family or village, he only accepts goblin hunting quests.
This 12-episode anime has a strong adult theme and there are some gory scenes. If you are thinking this is just another fantasy anime with comedic elements, then you are going to be very wrong!
19. Fairy Tail
Fairy Tail is one of the most popular fantasy anime series out there, and there are several reasons for its popularity. This anime has everything; overpowered main characters and badass villains, breathtaking fight sequences and hilarious scenes!
The protagonist Natsu Dragneel is a fire mage who wields dragon slayer magic that he learned from Dragon King Igneel, his adoptive father. He and his friends, Lucy, Happy, Erza and Gray, travel around the kingdom of Fiore completing all sorts of adventures and quests that come their way.
18. Little Witch Academia
Little Witch Academia takes place in a fantasy world of witches and magical adventures. Luna Nova Magical Academy is a prestigious school for young girls training to become witches. The main protagonist Akko, does her best to live up to the famous witch, Shiny Chariot's ideals by showing the world that magic is still a wonderful thing.
She struggles using magic most of the time but soon learns to hone her ability when she discovers "Shiny Rod," a wand, as it is fondly called by its former owner, a magical staff with the power to break the seal of the Grand Triskellion.
17. The Ancient Magus' Bride
This fantasy anime follows Chise Hatori, an orphaned Japanese high school student who decides to sell herself at an auction for somebody else to take her in and have a new place to call home. What she did not expect is to be become the bride of an ancient Magus!
With such an opening to the series, it is no wonder fans around the world enjoy this fantasy series which is sprinkled with magical as well as slice of life elements!
16. Tokyo Ghoul
As far as dark fantasies go, Tokyo Ghoul is a cut above the rest. Set in an alternate reality where humans are not the only apex predators around because there are Ghouls, creatures that look like normal people but can only survive by eating human flesh, living among the human population in secrecy and hiding their true nature to evade pursuit from the authorities.
Ken Kaneki barely survives a deadly encounter with a ghoul and accidentally becomes a half-ghoul that has to adjust to a new lifestyle that involves craving human flesh and avoiding getting killed by other ghouls as well as humans. This anime is choke-full of suspense and plot twists as the drama unfolds.
15. Blue Exorcist
The world of Blue Exorcist consists of two dimensions joined as one; the world where humans live; "Assiah," and the other world of Demons; "Gehenna." Rin Okumura, the series main protagonist begins exhibiting traits that reveal his parentage, and is revealed to be the son of Satan, after he wields a demon sword that holds his heart and when unsheathed, restores his demon powers.
Not wanting to join his father, Rin enrolls in an academy for exorcists where he studies to become one so that he can fight and destroy demons alongside his brother Yukio.
14. Noragami
Yato, the stray god, is a minor deity living in the human realm and working as a handy-do-anything-man, a self-proclaimed "Delivery God." He wants to make it to the big leagues so that he can have millions of worshippers and a loyal Regalia.
However, he ends up having a chance encounter with a middle school student, Hiyori Iki, when she saves him from a car accident. This event changes both of their lives as they become more intertwined and new events are set into motion!
13. Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online is one of the best fantasy anime series with as many twists and turns as its colorful, intriguing characters. A virtual reality gaming console known as the NerveGear is released to the public alongside the world's first virtual reality game called Sword Art Online (SAO).
A beta-tester named Kirito logs in and soon discovers the players are unable to log out and have to fight their way to the end in hopes of finding the creator of the game and a way home. This anime is packed with a ton of strong characters and awesome fight scenes, and is also one of the most popular isekai anime shows of all time!
12. The God of Highschool
Fans of martial arts will no doubt love the hand-to-hand combat showcased in this anime. Jin Mori, a 17-year-old martial artist is invited to take part in The God of High School competition – a tournament that takes place to determine the best fighter among all high school students in Korea.
Mori battles competitors and makes friends with two talented fighters; Daewi Han and Mira Yoo, in the process. He also tries to find the whereabouts of his grandfather while he battles it out with the best of the best. The participants in the competition all have different fighting styles, and the fight sequences are pretty crisp and animation is pretty great that it wouldn't be wrong to call it one of the best martial arts anime out there!
11: Re:Creators
Re:Creators is a single-season fantasy anime about a high school student, Souta Mizushino, who becomes involved in a battle between several characters from manga, anime, and video games who appear in the real world because of the anime's main antagonist, Altair.
The world involves countless other worlds, each one born from the imagination of a creator. Fictional characters begin to appear carrying the hopes and scars of their home; knights, brawlers, and magical girls. Souta has to work together with characters from other worlds to uncover the meaning behind these unnatural events.
10. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
A hilarious fantasy and slice of life anime that kicks off when Kobayashi, an office worker and programmer gets ready for work and leaves her home only to be greeted by a large dragon right outside her front door. It turns out the Kobayashi encountered the dragon during the previous night when she was drunk and offered the beast to stay at her place since it had nowhere else to go.
The dragon accepted her offer and showed up at her place the next day. It immediately transforms into a human girl in a maid outfit and introduces herself as Tohru. And although Kobayashi is kinda regretting her words, she reluctantly agrees to let the girl/dragon live with her as her maid!
9. Made in Abyss
This fantasy anime follows an orphaned girl named Riko, an energetic and trouble-prone 12-year-old girl who finds and befriends a humanoid robot called Reg and descends with him into the titular Abyss, that leads deep into the Earth, in hopes of finding her mother Lyza.
They travel into the abyss and meet new people while trying to unlock the secrets of the abyss which is filled with mysterious creatures and relics from the past, and of course a ton of dangers as well!
This shonen anime begins with 12 year-old Gon Freecss entering the hunter exams in hopes of finding his father, who was a Hunter himself and who has long abandoned his son and never met him in his life. Gon wants to become the best hunter the world has ever seen, but that path is filled with obstacles and dangerous missions.
Hunters are a group of select individuals who exist to perform all sorts of dangerous missions and are thus given special privileges and permissions to venture into uncharted locations or go after dangerous criminals. This is the reason why the exams to become a hunter are super-difficult with the chances of success really low and the chances of dying really high!
7. Somali and the Forest Spirit
This fantasy world is ruled by spirits, goblins, and all manner of strange creatures. Human beings are persecuted, and almost extinct. One day, a golem and a lone human girl meet. He decides to take her under his care and even allows himself to be called her father. The pair travel from city to city, learning the history of their civilization.
This fantasy anime is a record of the human and the golem, one a member of a ruined race, the other a watchman of the forest. The heartfelt anime tells of their travels together and the bond the develops between them.
6. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
Aladdin is the main protagonist of this anime series, a kind, and young magician, that has lived his life in isolation up until the moment he leaves his home behind to explore the world.
He begins his journey only accompanied by his mentor Ugo, who happens to be a djinn, that Aladdin can summon with his flute. Djinns are supernatural beings that rule over mysterious dungeons that grant successful conquerors access to their power. Aladdin soon befriends Alibaba, and the two decide to venture into a nearby dungeon in order to conquer it and thus take their first step in a journey that will become an epic adventure.
5. KonoSuba: God's Blessing On This Wonderful World
Isekai tropes aside, this fantasy anime series is full of hilarious moments to go with its sword and sorcery fun. While out buying a game, Kazuma Satou, a sleep-deprived recluse mistakes a tractor for a speeding truck and rushes in to push a girl out of the way, and dies from shock as a result.
In the afterlife, Kazuma is greeted by a goddess named Aqua, who offers to transport him to an RPG-like world to battle against the Devil King instead of going to heaven or reincarnation. But Aqua also makes fun of Kazuma because of the way he died; so when Aqua tells him he can take anything with him in the new world, he chooses Aqua and takes her with him. And thus begin one of the most hilarious adventures featuring some of the most interesting characters in the world of anime!
4. Violet Evergarden
The series follows Violet Evergarden, an orphaned former child soldier, who is out of her depth in the normal world of civilians when the war ends. During the war, she was treated as nothing more than a weapon by the Leidenschaftlich army because of her extraordinary fighting capabilities.
But her life has changed now and she gets a job at a writers' agency and goes on assignments to create letters that can connect people, learning about emotions and humanity in the process. A heart-warming anime that sees its protagonist travel and learn about the meaning behind the words "I love you."
3. Fate/Zero
After being defeated in three successive wars for the Holy Grail, the Einzbern family is determined to win the next one at any cost and hires the notorious Magus Killer, Kiritsugu Emiya, with marriage to their only daughter, Irisviel, as a binding contract.
A holy grail war is a battle of seven mages from strong families who get to summon a hero of the past or future to fight to the death for the holy grail which can grant any wish of the winner. The past heroes' concept is a nice touch, lots of the summoned heroes are historical figures. Full of merciless brawls between combatants and a shocking finale, Fate/Zero is a must-see!
2. Attack on Titan
When the anime Attack on Titan premiered, it was an instant smash hit and quickly became one of the most visible and popular anime series in the world. It takes place in a world where giant human-shaped creatures called Titans, hunt for the humans secluded inside a walled city.
The humans inside the walled city believe themselves to be the last of humanity and they live in constant fear of the titans breaching their walls and attacking them, a fear that soon becomes their reality when the titans actually attack. Eren Jeager is the protagonist of the series who, after seeing a titan devour his mother, vows to rid the world of the creatures. He and his friends join the military in their quest to conquer the titans and take back the lands beyond the walls!
1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is the ultimate fantasy anime, probably the best anime of all time, that everyone needs to watch at least once in their life.
The show follows two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric who are very gifted alchemists. But their talent costs them significantly when they try to resurrect their mother through alchemy. Edward loses an arm and a leg while Alphonse, his little brother loses his entire body but Edward manages to tie Alphonse's soul to an old suit of armor.
To recover all that they lost, they go on a journey to hunt down the Philosopher's Stone, a power source that leads them to the capital city to become government-sanctioned State Alchemists.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is an anime full of intrigue and a dark undertone that viewers can pick up on from the start, leaving you with an end that makes you want more.
What's Your Favorite Fantasy Anime of All Time?
Fantasy anime allows fans to be transported into a world of magic, scientific marvels, or horror. Either way, you are in for a good time.
So make sure you go through the above list of anime one-by-one and watch their story unfold because you will be hooked to these shows from the very first episode. And if you think there are some fantasy anime shows better than the ones mentioned here, do let me know about them in the comments section below.
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Is A Super Bowl Win Enough To Coach? Apparently Not.
Why coaches of color face barriers to career advancement in major college football
By Patrick Hruby | Global Sport Matters | September 2020
In 2002, Doug Williams had a chance to make history—again. The first African-American quarterback to win a Super Bowl, Williams was a candidate to become the head football coach at the University of Kentucky, which would have been a racial first for both the school and the powerhouse Southeastern Conference.
A former college star and longtime professional player, Williams had a strong coaching resume and had just led Grambling State University to its third consecutive conference title. However, Kentucky ultimately hired former University of Oregon coach Rich Brooks, who is white.
According to Williams, Kentucky's athletic director told him that the school's hiring decision was influenced by a "comfort" factor.
"When I talked to Doug about that, he asked me, 'what does comfort mean?'" says Fitz Hill, a former college football coach and co-author of the 2012 book Crackback! How College Football Blindsides the Hopes of Black Coaches. "Does that mean you don't want to drink tea with me?"
Williams will never know exactly why Kentucky passed him over, or if his race played a part. But he was left to wonder. And among aspiring head college football coaches of color, he's hardly alone.
A new study conducted by the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University of head football coach hiring patterns in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's "Power Five" conferences paints a picture of stunted opportunity—one in which African-American and Latino coaches disproportionately are stymied from advancing to head coaching jobs.
Examining a 10-year period beginning in the 2009-10 season, the study found that:
* There were relatively few coaches of color hired as head coaches at the highest level of college football—just 24 out of 111 hires (21.6 percent) in the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, and Pac-12 conferences.
* White head coaches were hired with proportionally lower levels of playing and coaching experience than their African-American and Latino peers.
* When coaches of color were hired, their tenure was shorter on average than that of white coaches—and the range of ages at which they were hired was comparatively truncated.
* In contrast to white head coaches, when coaches of color left head coaching positions, they had fewer avenues for future coaching opportunities at similar levels than their previous positions and did not move directly to National Football League head coaching positions.
* Moreover, coaches of color were less likely than their white counterparts to move directly to NFL offensive coordinator positions, a main pipeline for future NFL head coaches.
While the barriers that make it more difficult for coaches of color to advance than their white counterparts are rooted in historical racism and segregation, people who have studied the college football workplace have identified three key ways in which those barriers continue to be perpetuated.
Thwarted pathways
Almost all former college head coaches are former players. And the overwhelming majority worked as coordinators before being hired to their first head coaching job.
Between those steps, however, coaches of color are more likely to be steered away from the playing and assistant coaching positions that most commonly lead to coordinator jobs. For example, a 2013 study found that former quarterbacks are far more likely to eventually become head coaches than other positions, almost certainly because they are more likely to become quarterback coaches, which in turn are more likely to become offensive coordinators.
Meanwhile, African-American quarterbacks at all levels of football historically have been moved to other positions out of racial prejudice—and as recently as 2013, a study of over 1,000 high school players who went to Power Five schools found that Black quarterbacks were 38.5 percent more likely to change positions in college than white quarterbacks.
A similar dynamic occurs as coaches of color climb the career ladder. They are more likely to end up in particular assistant roles, like running backs or defensive line coach, that are considered less essential to game-planning—and therefore less of a training ground for coordinator and head coach jobs.
In addition, college coaches of color have long been pigeonholed as "recruiters," charged with enticing predominantly Black high school prospects to attend their schools and managing them once they arrive on campus. In his book, Hill tells the story of an unnamed African-American coach at a prominent Power Five school in the 1980s. The coach, Hill writes, "was rarely involved in preparing game plans" and instead acted as "a father figure to Black players, which he did very well."
On game days, however, the African-American coach wore a disconnected headset on the sideline—leaving the rest of the school's coaching staff to nickname him "deadset."
"Historically, if you go back to the 1960s and the integration of college sports and the beginning of hiring Black coaches, these coaches had a specific responsibility—to manage the Black players on the roster, and make sure they stay satisfied despite the issues of being Black at a primarily white institution," says Derrick White, a University of Kentucky history professor and author of Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football. "So they end up as running backs coaches, defensive backs coaches, wide receivers coaches. There's no path for them to move up or become coordinators. And that continues for a long while."
In the here and now, says Arizona State co-defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis, recruiting acumen can be a double-edged sword for coaches of color. On one hand, it can lead to rapid career advancement from smaller to bigger programs, with paychecks and prestige to match. But on the other, Lewis says, "when coaches ascend in college football by recruiting, a lot of times they don't stay long enough in a job to become the coordinator or the play-caller. So they end up making lateral moves."
Even when African-American coaches are able to avoid the above pitfalls, they remain disadvantaged. Examining the career histories of more than 300 FBS coaches during the 2009 season, University of North Carolina at Wilmington sociology professor Jacob Day found that when Black and white coaches occupied the same position—say, linebackers coach—white coaches were more likely to be promoted the next season.
Moreover, Black coaches in the positions that most commonly lead to coordinator jobs were only slightly more likely to be promoted than white coaches in positions that least commonly lead to coordinator jobs—a finding, Day says, that is consistent with research from deceased Harvard University sociologist Devah Pager, who studied racial discrimination in labor markets.
"She would send out similar people to apply for the same entry-level job, two young Black men and two young white men, and randomly assign one of each to have a criminal record—a minor drug offense," Day says. "Then she would measure the callbacks. People with criminal records were less likely to get called back. But a black person without a criminal record was roughly as likely to get a callback as a white person with one."
Social segregation
Head coaches don't employ themselves. As is the case in any workplace, someone has to make a hiring decision—and in college football, that someone is almost always white.
According to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida, only 24 of the 130 Division I athletic directors in 2018-19 were people of color. A recent study conducted by Duke University assistant football coach Eli Keimach found that in every year between 2008 and 2018, the percentage of Division I athletic directors who were white ranged between 84 and 90 percent.
The ways in which a particular athletic director's race influences a particular hire is largely unknowable. But in the aggregate, a lack of diversity matters. Social scientists have found that in higher education and most other fields, people tend to hire candidates they know or candidates referred by people they know—a behavior that holds true for people of color as well as whites.
"You expect people to help out their friends, who they have more information about and trust more," Day says. "But to the extent that our social networks are segregated by race—which they are in the United States—simply following that when you hire can perpetuate inequality."
Hill, who was the first Black head football coach at San Jose State University and later served as the president of Arkansas Baptist College, says that he twice benefitted from personal relationships during his coaching career: once when a former University of Arkansas colleague recommended him as potential head coach to San Jose State's athletic director, which led to an interview and job offer, and again when he was a finalist for the head coaching job at Oregon State University.
"That was because I knew the [school's] athletic director, Kevin Anderson," Hill says. "Our relationship made him think of me as a legitimate candidate. But how many people at the top of the college football food chain have genuine relationships with people of color?"
Lewis coached in the NFL for 26 years. There, he says, aspiring head head coaches must impress "a hiring committee of two—the team owner, and the general manager or team president." College football is different. Athletic directors choose football coaches with input from a wide range of stakeholders: school presidents, boards of regents and trustees, state politicians, coaching search firms, donors and boosters, rabid fan bases, and even sports media, all of whom tend to be predominantly white.
"These folks have a big voice," says Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson. "In some places, athletic directors can't really control all of the folks in their ear about the next coach. And in a lot of cases, that won't help coaches of color."
White, the college football historian, says that this dynamic most commonly plays out with the boosters that athletic departments depend upon for financial support. "You have these wealthy whites who mostly likely rarely meet with any African-Americans on an equal plane," he says. "And they operate in a corporate world where all of the leaders are white.
"So for them, there's an implicit belief that power is white and leadership is white. It's hard for them to imagine something they are so passionate about being led by an African-American."
Ongoing bias
Hill concurs. While coaching at San Jose State, he found himself talking to a white booster, who congratulated Hill for hiring a new defensive coordinator, Keith Burns, who had worked with Hill at Arkansas and happened to be white.
The booster then told Hill that he and some of his friends believed that Hill would have been more successful the previous season if he had fewer Black assistants on his staff.
Hill was taken aback—but not surprised. He told the booster that he had won more games during his first three seasons than the school's previous two white coaches, then asked if the booster had told those coaches that "they didn't do better because they had too many white assistants."
"This is one of the fundamental reasons there are so few head coaches of color," Hill says. "There's an unconscious idea about leadership that is ingrained in society."
To illustrate, Hill points to the University of Notre Dame's 2001 hiring of George O'Leary—who was forced to resign five days later for lying about his past athletic and academic accomplishments. Kevin White, then the school's athletic director, later explained that O'Leary, who is white, "appeared to all of us as something out of central casting. A second-generation Irish Catholic, a good football coach and a good institutional fit."
"It goes back to central casting," Hill says. "When you start thinking about a head coach, who comes to mind?"
Day, the sociologist, says that labor market researchers have a term of this type of typecasting: the "particularistic mobility thesis," which in plain English means that when performance in particular jobs is difficult to objectively measure, then hiring and promotion decisions are based, in part, on the subjective perceptions of the people making those decisions.
College football coaches need to win more games than they lose. But they also need to recruit skilled players, manage ambitious and competitive staffs, excite alumni, be able to hobnob with donors, serve as the public faces of schools, and avoid personal and professional scandal. "With any individual coach, evaluating their performance beyond wins and losses is kind of fuzzy," Day says. "It's not always clear and objective. So people have to rely on shorthand—on perceived personal, intangible traits like leadership ability or work ethic. And bias can oftentimes play a role in that."
To wit: a 2010 study of press releases announcing new college football coach hires found that white coaches were more likely to be described as helping their new teams through knowledge and experience—traits associated with leadership—while Black coaches were more likely to be lauded for their ability to recruit and relate to athletes.
"We don't have segregation anymore, per se, but we still have bias that exists at scale in this country—in some cases subtle, and in some cases not so subtle," Anderson says. "There's just no denying it. And that impacts why there are so disproportionately few African-American coaches in football."
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Subject: How linked are Threat cards?
On page 17 of the rulebook it states that you only defeat multiple Threat Cards that spawn the same type of enemy after defeating all of those tokens. It doesn't say what happens when one card has multiple types and the other doesn't. I have been playing that you have to defeat every Threat card marked with, for instance, a non-Named Witch token to defeat any of them. But the rulebook doesn't say that.
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A card can only be defeated if ALL the matching token types are defeated so for your example every Saxon, Witch, Druid and Traitor token on the board would have to be defeated to beat Slaughterbridge.
However you can defeat other cards in the process. So if you had defeated all the Witches spawned by this and the Green Knight (and any other card) and then defeated the Green Knight himself, you could "cash in" the Green Knight card and the witch tokens at this time and get your coin. If any more witches were spawned after this then they would then again apply to Slaugherbridge.
Green Knight and Bertilak - yes you would get a spoils draw after defeating all the witch tokens and then the Green Knight before Gawaine faced the Lady. You get the option of making a spoils draw only immediately after a Severe Threat card is defeated and so if Gawaine decided to wade straight in an and face Bertilak then he would miss the spoils draw, but would still get the coin and the card would be removed from play. This is a bit like if Palug is in play as when you defeat a Severe Threat card you can remove a card and get the coin but he stops you from making a spoils draw so after that the named token can only ever be "cashed in" via the Dungeon Realm.
I knew that I hadn't defeated Slaughterbridge. The question, which you did answer, was whether I had to defeat that card before claiming every other card with saxons, witches, druids or traitors on it. Thankfully that's not actually the case, though getting five quest coins at once was pretty satisfying.
About the two from the well-named Valley of No Return, the question was whether I actually had defeated the Green Knight card or whether I had to defeat her to claim both cards.
This might make me look foolish, but I only realised last night, after finally reading the Severe Threat Cards carefully, that a lot of the Named Threats are actually mobile, with the Aggressive Command. I hadn't noticed that from the gameplay videos. That's why I thought the Green Knight and the Lady Bertilak had to be challenged on the same tile, because I hadn't noticed Lady Bertilak moves. Given that you only (seem to?) need to roll for Seduction when moving towards her, that should make her easier to deal with.
Good answer, as usual, Pete!
As for Bertilak, that's correct! You only have to make the roll when you move towards her!


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Q: How can I open the 'Save' Dialog Box from my batch file The scenario I have in mind is as follow:
- User drags a file (example text.txt) onto the .bat script.

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*Batch file opens the Save Dialog box, allowing the user to save this file under another name.

As I understand, I should define the file to be dragged and dropped, as %1 and what I am missing is how to open the Save Dialog box from the batch file.
My current code is:
<# : chooser.bat
:: launches a File... Open sort of file chooser and outputs choice(s) to the console
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@echo off
setlocal

for /f "delims=" %%I in ('powershell -noprofile "iex (${%~f0} | out-string)"') do (
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goto :EOF

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Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

$f = new-object Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog
:: i tried to change $f = new-object Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog

$f.InitialDirectory = pwd
$f.Filter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt|All Files (*.*)|*.*"
$f.ShowHelp = $true
$f.Multiselect = $true
[void]$f.ShowDialog()
if ($f.Multiselect) { $f.FileNames } else { $f.FileName }

A: I think you should give a filename as input.
Calling the member => FileName.
It seems "Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog()" should do.