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Arsenal Academy: Time to Reimagine?
August 17, 2021 TotalArsenal
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In Sports, Academies are considered as schools where a talent is converted into a polished finished products. When a parent takes a call to send their kids to an academy the hope and expectation is that the coaches are professionals and they will give you an honest opinion about your kid and will let you know if he can make it or not. Once you are past that phase, you leave it the professional coaches to mould them into a professional player.
From a club's perspective, an academy is a catchment zone where you recruit talented kids and turn them into professional player who can serve your first team and save you millions in the market. You will always have majority of players who will not make it but earn the club compensation to keep the cycle going on. You expect the academy to not only know these players sporting capability, but also their character to make the call to either retain or sell them.
I have started to question this entire process last season with respect to Arsenal Academy. The one player who has thrown this logic out of window has been Joe Willock. Joe has been in Arsenal academy since he was 6 I think. He has been through many years across all age groups with multiple professional coaches. They would have seen his abilities and you would think moulded his play and earmarked him as a player in a particular position. These professional coaches would have built the bridge with the first team coach on a regular basis and know the style of footballers that are needed for the first team. Yet we have a situation where Joe needs a team like Newcastle and coach like Steve Bruce to get the best out of him. 8 goals in 15 Pl games from midfield when our own midfield had 5 goals across all competition. How can a new team get the best out our player who has been with us for ages while we couldn't? What's worrying is that even now there is confusion about Joe's first team position, our midfield setup and whether to move him on or not. We have essentially devalued our own asset with our inability.
What exasperates this issue further is the inability to asses a player who has been with Arsenal since the age of 6 and unable to find a place in the first team. You would have thought the academy coaches and first team managers are in constant touch to evaluate which players fit in which position. This is not an isolated case and you can draw a parallel with what is happening to AMN, Eddie and Nelson. The inability to identify these players best position, mould them and being able to utilize them in the first team is a serious indictment on the Academy and First team manager.
I think it's time to start critically looking at Arsenal Academy, the methods used to identify, coach a young players best position, communication channels with First team's playing needs, being able to course correct the Academy coaching and finally to move them on early if they are deemed not up to standards.
Let me know your opinion fellow Gooners.
By Madhu
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47 thoughts on "Arsenal Academy: Time to Reimagine?"
Well written post, Madhu.
I like our Academy a lot. Shame Wenger missed out on spotting Malen and Gnabrys talents,though.
Willock loves space and Newcastle create that by playing on the counter a lot.
At Arsenal he seemed to struggle with our passing game. Shame he went but good money and it will pay for Odegaard. Everybody wins.
Thanks TA for posting my first blog. Grateful for your encouragement and platform to express views in a civilized manner.
CorporateMan says:
TA, Wenger did not miss out on spotting Gnabry. The young man just wanted to go back to Germany. The lure of home and Bayern was too tempting for a young and upcoming German.
Wenger did everything to try to keep him
I don't know why some of you will always seize the slightest chance to slay Wenger for virtually every malaise in Arsenal
Corpo, he was loaned to The Baggies and then had seen enough.. Would not you? He then played for Bremen before being spotted by Bayern.
I could be wrong but never got the sense that Wenger valued him..
Your welcome, Madhu, and thank you for such a fine post. ☀
Good Post…. also Madhu, your last comment on yesterday's post was so well thought out, especially for me, because it encapsulated so much of how I feel right now.
PB, a rare disagreement from yesterday. Leno, a player who's back I've always had, was so bad, even before the 2nd goal. If you go back and watch every time he was involved from the beginning, he put our defenders in precarious positions playing out just by the slow pace, and slight mis-aiming of the passes, either just behind them, to put them vulnerable to the advancing opponents, or just slow enough pace to put them in a rushed situation. It's impossible to build from the back when you're just trying to not have the ball stolen around your own box.
Maybe he didn't like Mari, White, or Chambers positioning,…. then he should kick it long again and scream at them. Watching him critically, even if we had won the match, I would be saying that I'm very worried about him. I think he deserves lower grading than he received. His work on the 2nd goal would have me questioning his manhood. No offense to the Arsenal ladies, because they'd be ashamed of him too.
It occurs to me that maybe we have underestimated the loss of even the Europa league to the players mood. Players who put up with missing champions league to live in London at at big club with generous salary,, are now ready to leave for pay cuts. Bellerin and Xhaka for example.. I see it in Leno, and am worried that it may have something to do with the Auba/Laca mystery. I hope I'm wrong. See Madhus comment yesterday for my worries a out Arteta. Auba will not give up his salary though. We might as well keep him if the choice is between him and Coutinho.
Also, Stuart's comment/story from yesterday was so great…. I loved it.
Thanks so much Jync.
I wonder this thing about playing from back is made out like a new discovery. I wonder what we did during Wenger days. I always remember us to be a cultured possesion based team even with a goal keeper like Almunia. May the pressing was not so.mucj during those days but we always played from back. I alos think Lenos distribution both from hand and feet are weak. I remember Jen's used to look for a lob as his first option.
St. Henry says:
Hi Madhu – Good show with your first post! and a fascinating topic at that. 👍 😀
A few observations on the subject – advancing players from the academy to the first team is clearly complicated. Certainly they earmark players for certain positions. However, this is continually in flux based on the rest of the team, the weaknesses that are being picked upon by opponents, changes in manager's thinking, and changes to managers! Not to mention the player's own performance relative to others in the team, and the stage of development they are at when the stay/leave decision is made. Gnabry, De Bruyne, and Lukaku serve as good examples of decisions made at a certain point to let the player go only for them to shine massively afterwards. But they are not the norm I think. So I think it is a tad unfair to say that the academy is somehow "broken" because of the Joe Willock case.
Willock was given chances with this team but for multiple reasons (players around him, expectations made of him, etc.) he did better at Newcastle compared to Arsenal. And when you have a team willing to pay decent money come in for a player you cannot guarantee being a starter, … It is disappointing. I would have loved to see him and AMN play on a regular basis for the first team and do massively well. Still keeping hopes up for AMN… maybe we'll buy Willock back in a few years for gobs of money! 😬
But I agree with your overall point that the Academy has to be looked at more closely. The team performance has not been consistently great in recent years in my opinion. The U-18 coach and team got off to a horror start this season. Here's hoping to see more of our own break through and do really well. There is definitely a greater thrill to see someone from the academy succeed with our first team instead of someone else's.
Thanks Henry. I was pained to see Willock, AMN career bring stalled. These guys were in academy yet we couldn't find a proper place for them in the team. Willock till today we don't know if he is 8 a 10 or a goal scoring second striker . AMN is not sure if he is a right or left back or a midfielder. In my mind it's a travesty succeeding in a position is not a guarantee but atleast as an academy product you sure of your playing position.
Madhu……..you seem to think you have better insight than the professionals at AFC. They are priviledged to have inside insight of each and every player and the coaching-management process. It is a shame to lose willock as he definetly is a talent but did he fit into Arteta's plans….obviously not. We must stop trying to second guess those who are paid to manage and coach AFC….we are amateurs, they are not!
OMG sir, I don't claim to have better insight on the contrary I am an amateur and a fan of this beautiful game. I have played league cricket and so understand something about sport. My only submission is that it's not whether Willock was sold, but it's the lack of ability to fit Willock into our scheme of things when he has been with the club since 6 years. Also the fact that he had a hot streak of scoring goals when he went on loan and we have yearned for a goal scoring midfielder.
I also believe that questioning and debating is an essential part of not only sport but society as a whole. I do understand your point that there are professional and they know what they are doing.
Don't worry about that OMG fellow, Madhu. He comes here now and again and puts these one sided comments up and seldom or never returns. He blows very hot from his self named mountain of knowledge.
I think the Bod want the Acedemy to pay for itself and so now and again a player gets sold for good money.
Nice to see you here, StH.
Hope all is well with you?
Hi TA! Its good to be back 😀 Things got a little rough with Covid and non-covid problems with family. But appear to have weathered it (Hope I didn't jinx myself!).
Good to hear it, StH. 🙂
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I didn't want the Ødegaard loan last year. I was pushing for Buendia and I didn't think the loan would lead to a deal. I was WRONG and I'd be really happy to have him back.
TA and others here were right again.
Nice post, Madhu!
You have picked an indeed interesting topic, and articulated your views clearly.
I also have mixed views on our Academy. While I certainly appreciate the talents like ex-Arsenal layers like Wilshere, Iwobi, Gibbs, Szczesny, Bendtner as well as current players like AMN, Bellerin, Willock, and Eddie I have to acknowledge that in the last decades we couldn't develop undisputed stars like Rashford and Lingard (and I don't rate the Manchester United Academy nearly as high as ours).
Maybe Saka can become our 100M+, or even ESR, but only time – and playing opportunities – will tell.
The good news is that our academy is stacked with immense talents like Azeez, Patino, Hutchinson, Flores and others, but the neither our loaning system, nor our internal process to introduce youngsters to the first team is not good enough to make me fully optimistic. Nevertheless I see Mertesacker's appointment as a good sign, especially that he dared to sack loyal gunner legend Bould who almost manager to relegate the U23 team full of good players. But he cannot guarantee playing opportunities to the very best of the academy alone…
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/17/arsenal-set-to-sign-martin-degaard-from-real-madrid-and-target-ramsdale
Ode, Ramsdale and a replacement for Auba? Here we come New Arsenal!
Thanks pbarany, I agree academy looks stacked with bright prospects. But iam skeptical of their path into first team. I thing that I was more dissapointing about Willock for me is that we just couldn't work out his best position in the first team.
Another beef with Arteta for me is his handling of youngsters. Many examples within 18 months makes me nervous. Guen, Saliba, Nelson, AMN, Willock, Martenelli, Nketia, Balogun doesn't fill me with optimism. Hope we can find place for two other exciting youngsters in Azeez and Patino.
TA looks like we will get Ode and Ramsdale not sure about Aubas replacement. If we do get another striker it would be good. But even better if Arteta moves Pepe central and put in Saka and Martenneli on wings. Pepe should not be allowed time on the ball to dwell, he should just be asked to attack box and score gaols. You give him time on the ball then his tricks are not to varied and will likely loose the ball.
Madhu, Pepe as CF is indeed a nice option, and I have suggested so in the past.
Much less keen on Martinelli than you are, but you have always championed him.
Just had a proper chance to read your post Madhu and it's a very good effort, you make your argument really well and pose some interesting questions.
For me Joe Willock is a really good player, he has many many attributes, attributes that you'd want from an attacking midfielder and not least that element that is worth millions, the ability to put the ball in the net, and he's done that at a fairly regular rate for Arsenal during his development phase, although he did lack technically in some other aspects of his game.
Moving to Newcastle is his next phase, becoming a fully rounded player and in Steve Bruce he might have found a manager who will encourage him, indulge him and use him as a fulcrum of a team that in truth plays a very different style to Arsenal – and that's another debate…
He's done brilliantly well at St James' Park but the chances of him continuing his hot run are slim in my opinion especially as opponents will wise up to his style of play. He might not hit the net every other game but I reckon he's a nailed on 10/12 goals a season player and that could keep Newcastle in the EPL…
I think we've sold him at the optimum time because in a year from here his value may have nosedived if we'd kept him and used him in our system which in truth doesn't suit his skill set. We've seen how the value of our young players can fluctuate as in Niles for example and the attempt at getting a realistic fee for Eddie. I think those issues have forced Arsenal's hand along with our inability to sell some other players we'd be happy to see the back of.
I think he'll do great at Newcastle and might even earn a bigger move in time, alternatively he could easily fade much as Alex Iwobi did after his big move to Everton? It's a flip of a coin.
If his sale helps facilitate the arrival of Martin Odegaard then I'll drink to that – tea of course.
"tea of course" hahaha 🙂
You summed it up nicely, Kevski.
Total, I sent you and Email.
Thanks kev for reading my attempt. This issue was eating my head. If I look at it from a consumer side like a parent I would be disappointed if my son spends the best part of years in the academy and yet not know his best position. As willock I would be disappointed at not given a good shot in a dysfunctional and defective midfield. From the club perspective we have effectively devalued our assets vis-a-vis Nketia, AMN and Nelson. While we celebrate Saka and ESR as our pride , at the same time we should critically look at other setbacks. Hope Per does something about that.
Hi Madhu,
As you point out the academy is an interesting topic but it's full of if's, ands, buts, or maybe's?
Very few of the tens of (maybe) hundreds of thousands of recruits have ever made the grade and only a modest amount become 1st team players.
We as supporters only really get glimpses of the players and even if we watched them play junior games it would be very difficult for the inexperienced eye to pick out those that could progress to the first team – as they are playing against a lower level of players.
Over the years I've seen many players that I liked and felt belonged – only to see them continually loaned out or sold however I don't fret over it as my belief is that our experienced coaching staff know the players far better than we ever would and I also feel that it's a very good income source.
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GN5 fair point. Somehow this year the entire exercise has been a bit more.painful and debatable. Hoping for good years ahead as.we exceptional talent like Azeez and Patino. If.not here they should have a good career somewhere else and we should get good money for them.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/18/arsenal-set-to-sign-aaron-ramsdale-from-sheffield-united-in-30m-deal
GunnerOX10 says:
Madhu, I enjoyed your post which was well written and thought out. I'm not sure I agree with all of it though. With Willock, I think that the club and player both knew his best position and style of play, strengths and weaknesses. As others have said, at the moment it doesn't seem to fit the system that Arteta wants to use so, it is best for both parties that Joe moves to a team that can better utilise his skills even if it is a bit perplexing when you look at his goal stats for the barcodes and compare it with the goal stats for our midfielders last season.
Having said that I am concerned that Arteta didn't seem to trust any of the youngsters until injuries forced his hand and then the performances of Saka and ESR forced his hand. Then he probably overplayed them. Other youngsters, like Nelson, weren't given much of a chance if they didn't make an immediate impact. Yet, Arteta repeatedly played an underperforming Willian in the same position.
I am concerned that we have so much young talent coming through the Academy at the moment that we may lose some gems. We can't accommodate them all, and this season the opportunities to play for the first team will be limited as we are not in Europe and the Club is bringing in some big money signings before trimming the squad.
Sometimes we lose talented players for reasons beyond our control. I seem to remember Wenger being interviewed at the time that Gnabry went to Bremen and he implied that Bayern had tapped the player up and that he knew that Bremen was a pre-arranged stepping point.
Right now, I'm more worried about Edu than Arteta though. I've got nothing against Ben White but, did we need to splash out so much of our budget on a defender? After all, our defensive stats this calendar year were pretty good. Why the rush to get him when we have, and still have so many unresolved issues outstanding? If we hadn't burnt all that money on White already, maybe we could/should have added Tammy to strengthen our forward line? I hope we're not going to trade Laca for Coutinho!
Cheers Total, there's always time for a cuppa, I'm just gonna make myself another as it goes, I quite like the Chai from Twinnings, it has a scented aroma, very nice. 😀
Nice comments all round. A pity I missed out on yesterday's banter on the previous thread but I enjoyed reading it all. Mahdu and PB made very good points about the reasons we may have to have an eye on the manager to keep him on his toes. I respect the views made too as we do not know it all but can give opinions about the man, Arteta, as we desire the club to be more successful.
I'd say, let's see how things go after the close of the window then judge. Already, PB has got GunnerN5 creatively coming up with a "points haul after 10 matches" game, to gauge Arteta's effectiveness and it may not be a perfect science but should prove interesting. We'd see.
Madhu, I think that Willock has been used many times by Emery, Arteta, Ljungberg and Wenger, he's also been played in several roles without ever really nailing down a spot, Nelson by comparison hasn't really had the opportunities I would have liked, signing Willian really damaged his progression whilst refusing to go out on loan was daft. Eddie's had plenty of chances as has Niles, Niles is actually his own worst enemy because he should be a settled member of the squad.
Not yet read all of Madhu's post but have to address the Gnabry comment by TA.
TA, I read it, at the time, that in line with one of the dirty tricks of Bayern Munich (a pointer as to their influence in German football) was to use a smaller club to bid for a player they want, only to buy him off the club at a small profit, so as to avoid paying the market rate for big clubs. That was the case with Gnabry to Bayern. They used Bremen for the purchase under a secret pre-agreement. Not long after he moved, all the German press were already heralding Gnabry's next move to Bayern.
Anyone who listened to Wenger gush about Serge Gnabry would know he recognized his talent and loved the kid. Wenger managed him through injury after injury, just as he showed some promise. It was a time when we had Theo, Ox and other senior players doing okay.
Gnabry recovered from one of his injury spells and wanted to get straight back into the side but that was not going to be an easy decision for the manager. This was the reason Wenger sent him on loan to Tony Pulis' (a man who can't recognize talent even if was staring him in the face), WBA. Alas! It was a disaster of an arrangement. When Gnabry returned, he just couldn't get into the team and eventually left. Wenger knew he would be the talent he is today but couldn't stand in the way of his desire to leave.
I just want to say i also agree with Madhu about Pepe. The further we keep him away from the touch line the better. Inside he uses his strength and pace. He abuses defenders. Dribbling out wide, they neutralize him, and he's wasted, especially on the right. Was someone here who called for him to be tried on the left which I thought was a bad idea, but it turned out great for him and Saka …..by switching to the right improved also.
Ødegaard will be fantastic for us. A young Madrid Ozil. Better scorer though. Watch his Real Sociedad YouTubes. Great stuff. Can finally be our free kick specialist and get Pepe attacking the goal instead of taking corners.
Now a proper attack can flow through the middle, instead of all through Tierney.
Grateful to you all for reading my thoughts and debating. On the Academy I just wish that we integrate as much as we can to first team and have a clear roadmap to do so. If some talent can't then it's better to sell them quickly for Thier own sake and make some.money to invest back.
Regarding Arteta, I somehow wants him to come out of Peps shadow completely. Use his learnings but deploy it within his own identity. He needs to create his own USP and I hope with the squad he is building he is able to get that identity. For me if he doesn't get 30-35 points by end of 18 games he should go. We have to target 70 points this season i.e. 10 more than last season which will be a significant progress in my view.
Regarding the squad, I worry about the striker situation. Whatever it is about Auba and Lace needs resolution quickly. We need more goals and hopefully it comes from flanks and through the central.zones.
Cheers Eris, a good explanation. But I am not entirely convinced we can let Wenger of the hook here.
Good to hear you are still enjoying your cuppas, Kev. 😁
Hope the work is picking up for you.
Madhu, the coming out of Peps shadow intrigues me. Many say this but I see it as projection.
Mikel has of course learned from the master but he is his own man alright.
It will be another development year with all the new signings so a target for Christmas will not be set by the BOD. End of season is another matter.
All very, very exciting!! 🏃🏃♀🏃♂🏃🏃♀🏃♂
TA, let's see how this season goes. Either way it's going to be a attritional season and the target should be 70 points.
Cheers Madhu. 🌟
On the Arteta vs Pep (shadow) topic, I don't really see the full extent, as we don't know after a (unfortunately regular) defeat whether it was a bad tactic, or just poorly executed. So I cannot chip in about Arteta's intention, but I definetly support the Guardiola analogy considering the White-saga. Ben – as far as I'm concerned – is a signature Pep signing. The defense was working pretty fine last season (in fact was one of the few areas that worked alright), and breaking records on a new signing not (at least not obviously) necessary, sacrificing the changing room balance, no expenses sparred has indeed Guardiola written all over it. Just like Nathan Aké (a fine player obviously, but wasn't a must have signing, and played only a little).
Since Ben is with us I honestly wish him all the best and root for him to become an instant success, but I am willing to bet – if anybody interested – that by the end of the season his defensive stats will not justify his crazy price and salary compared to Mavropanos (Stuttgart) and Saliba (Marseilles).
JNYC, I've always preferred Pepe on the left, but our wide men always come inside to allow the space for the overlapping full backs therefore he gets put on the right so he can cut in and have a shot, I think that's pretty much how he played in France as an inside forward. I'd love to know his scoring ratio, goals to games, from starting on the left and compare them with his starts on the right.
You look at things to compartmentalised, PB. The defence was defending well but more is required.
Anyway new post. 🙂


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The ECB has awarded the Wim Duisenberg Fellowship to Prof. Angelo Ranaldo. He will follow this task during the sabbatical in the spring semester 2018.
In October 2017, the faculty of the University of Zurich has granted a Titularprofessorship to Prof. Angelo Ranaldo.
Prof. Florian Weigert was awarded the 2017 Federal Prize for Alternative Investments for the paper "Tail Risk in Hedge Funds: A Unique View from Portfolio Holdings" (with Vikas Agarwal and Stefan Ruenzi).
Prof. Nic Schaub and Prof. Markus Schmid were awarded the Engelbert Dockner Memorial Prize for the best paper presented at the 2017 WU Gutmann Center Symposium for their paper "Financial Advice and Bank Profits" (with Daniel Hoechle and Stefan Ruenzi).
Prof. Martin Brown and Prof. Roland Füss were awarded a SNF grant for the project "Household Finances and Housing Markets".
Prof. Paul Söderlind is now on the steering committee of SCCER, which is the Swiss energy research program.
Prof. Angelo Ranaldo and Alexander Bechtel (Ph.D. candidate) go on with the joint research project with the European Central Bank (ECB), entitled "The interaction of the ECB's non-standard policy measures and euro area repo markets".
The team of Prof. Angelo Ranaldo provided the European Money Market Institute (EMMI) with consulting support for the analysis and design of the new Pan-European repo benchmark index.
A Simple Estimation of Bid‐Ask Spreads from Daily Close, High, and Low Prices.
F. Abdi, A. Ranaldo. Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 30, Issue 12, 4437-4480, 2017.
Are Correlations Constant? Empirical and Theoretical Results on Popular Correlation Models in Finance.
Z. Adams, R. Füss, T. Gluck. Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 84, No. 11, 9-24, 2017.
Modelling the Multivariate Dynamic Dependence Structure of Commodity Futures Portfolios.
M. Aepli, R. Füss, T. Henriksen, F. Parachiv. Journal of Commodity Markets, Vol. 6, No. 1, 66-87, 2017.
Credit Booms and Busts in Emerging Markets: The Role of Bank Governance and Risk Management.
A. Andries, M. Brown. Economics of Transition, Vol. 25, Issue 3, 377-437, 2017.
Settling the Staggered Board Debate.
Y. Amihud, M. Schmid, S. Davidoff Solomon. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, forthcoming.
Something in the Air: Information Density, Surprises, and Price Jumps.
R. Füss, M. Grabellus, F. Mager, M. Stein. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, in press. (awarded research price by DekaBank's IQ-KAP Institute).
The Role of Data Providers as Information Intermediaries.
N.Schaub. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.
Numeracy and the Quality of On-the-Job Decisions: Evidence from Loan Officers.
M. Brown, K. Kirschenmann, T. Spycher. School of Finance Working Paper University of St.Gallen 2017/11.
The seminar series "Fit for Finance" will be held again next spring. The course has been revised and since autumn 2017, we offer two new program contents: Asset Allocation and Fintech Trends. To meet the need for digitization, students have now the opportunity to access the Fit for Finance study net.
NZZ online, 17.8.2017. Deutschschweizer Schüler wissen mehr vom Geld. M. Brown.
Bank Underground, 30.8.2017. Who withdraws money from distressed banks? B. Guin, M. Brown and S. Morkoetter.
Bloomberg View, 31.8.2017. Fake News in Social Networks. C. Aymanns.

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Court Reporting News
Press Release: Leader in Court Reporting in the Southwest Accelerates Growth with Relocation to Central Business District of Phoenix
This press release was originally published here.?
Herder & Associates Court Reporters are pleased to announce the relocation and expansion of their Phoenix headquarters to the prestigious Renaissance Center, Two North Central, Suite 1800, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004. They are poised for growth as they join many of Arizona?s elite law firms.?
?Bigger, stronger, and faster are our growth goals,? says founder Marty Herder, ?With five offices throughout Arizona, the decision to expand our headquarters in the Phoenix area was a logical step in our business strategy. This move increases our ability to serve current and future clients across the state and country."
The investment in expansion reinforces Herder's 40-year roots in Phoenix and provides the leader in Southwest court reporting firms the technology and manpower necessary to support continuous growth in an evolving market. Herder & Associates is the turnkey reporting firm for Arizona depositions in an inspiring and energizing environment.
Located in the heart of Phoenix?s central business district, One Renaissance Tower is in the heart of downtown.
Its exclusive location offers the best access to government buildings, Arizona State University downtown campus, and professional sports and entertainment venues. Fine hotels and the Metro Light Rail Station are nearby making it easily accessible to clients and exciting for the team to explore downtown Phoenix shopping, restaurants, arts, and theatre including CityScape which is just across the street, or take in a Suns basketball game or Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game.
Herder & Associates is a leader in the court reporting industry. The firm offers state-of-the-art, certified professional court reporters for every aspect of litigation, hearing, arbitration testimony, with a diverse range of clients. State of Arizona and federally-approved contract vendor, with an excellent reputation for integrity and professionalism in both the reporting and legal industry.
Superior cost-containment with personalized professional service. Full-spectrum elite national experience providing tailor-made service for your litigation. Specialties include large complex civil litigation requiring full commitment and organization during discovery of an elite team of experienced professional reporters. Visit www.CourtReportersAZ.com.
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Two Girls Pencil on Paper Sketch by Margaret Keane 1968 Ex Gallery. For sale is an ex gallery pencil sketch by the American artist. For her "Big Eyes" art dated 1966.
Framed sketch measures 16.3cm by 12.5cm. Paper is tanned, some spots, currently in frame.
The item "Two Girls Pencil on Paper Sketch by Margaret Keane Big Eyes Artist 68 Ex Gallery" is in sale since Sunday, February 10, 2019. This item is in the category "Art\Art Drawings".88" and is located in Yokine, WA. This item can be shipped worldwide.


Need help finding a new restaurant? Download one of these restaurant-finder apps. Each one takes a different approach to dining out, so try them to find the app that works best for you.
Almost all of the apps listed below cover major Canadian cities, some of the smaller, rural areas in Canada and all the US. They are also all FREE, which is always a plus.
If you want to know which restaurants in your area have space for your dinner party, OpenTable is the app for you. Enter the number of people, date, time and location, then hit search to get a list of all the restaurants in the area that can accommodate your party at that specific time. The downside is that it only features restaurants that participate in the OpenTable reservation program.
Top chefs, bartenders, butchers and food connoisseurs provide the recommendations for all the restaurants, so you know you're getting the inside scoop when you're searching for a new place to eat through this app. Unfortunately, this app hasn't quite expanded much farther into Canada than Vancouver, Whistler, Toronto, Montreal and St-Benoit … hopefully if the demand is there, they'll branch out to other Canadian locations.
Zomato provides a more social experience — you can add restaurants and friends to your feed to see where and what people are eating, read reviews and get suggestions for your next date night. The downside is that there is a bit much going on in the app, so it can be a touch overwhelming.
Think of this as Instagram specifically for food and only food. The feed features photos of the "best dishes" from restaurants in the area. Double-tapping on an image gives you details about the dish, location of the restaurant and the option to see other dishes from that restaurant. The slightly annoying aspect of this app is that you have to click "find on Yelp" to see user reviews and other details about the restaurant itself.
Yelp and Foursquare are also big names in restaurant reviews, but they're more general-purpose business-finder apps. They're mentioned honourably because they are helpful for reviews, ratings and suggestions.


We are also asking for donations of any type laundry detergent and paper products.
Gonna give away an ALX rod donated by ALX and Nick Rosamilia at Connie Maxwell toys for tots tournament December 1st on Lake Greenwood out of the State Park Tickets will be 1 for $5 or 3 for $10.
Also we have a 13 fishing Origin 8.1:1 baitcasting reel donated by Greenwood Guns and Gear tickets are $5.
All proceeds go to Connie Maxwell Children's home. If you would like a ticket let me know. Plus more door prizes.
Tournament is this Saturday. The fish are biting. Come on out and catch a few and help to make a child's Christmas better and possibly win a few dollars. We will have door prizes.


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Q: YouTube Analytics API: Get subscribers gained/lost by traffic source for video Using the YouTube Analytics API, is it possible to retrieve the number of subscribers gained and lost by traffic source grouped or filtered by video?
The YouTube Analytics application has a "Subscribers Report" https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1714347?hl=en where it displays this data for all videos. I would like to retrieve this information with the YouTube Analytics API for each video.

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Responsible for delivering Pandora's commercial growth ambitions globally across our owned and operated eStores as well as various marketplace partnerships.
Previously a member of the M&S.com leadership team that grew the business from start-up to £1bn. Launched M&S online internationally across multiple markets, platforms and operating models. Grew M&S.com to become the second largest online UK Clothing & Home retailer. Developed the digital growth strategy and ambition for M&S whilst acting as Digital Director.
A cool head under pressure, I am an innovative, strategic thinker with track record of practical delivery.
VP Global eCommerce & Digital Operations
Pandora Jewellers – Jan 2021 – on-going
Responsible for delivering our commercial growth ambitions globally across our owned and operated eStores as well as various marketplace partnerships.
eCommerce teams in 10 clusters around the globe with central team in Copenhagen covering Commercial Performance and Forecasting, Customer Promise (fulfilment, customer service, payments/fraud, omni-channel), Site Merchandising and Optimisation and Digital Operations (Live Service / Operational support).
Curtain Drop – Mar 2019 – On-going
Launched an online Made to Measure Curtains business including building the website and sourcing supplier to fulfil orders directly to customers.
Digital Consulting Services – Jan 2017 – On-going
Family start-up web development business helping small businesses create their first digital presence. It provides a vehicle to train my kids on how to build websites and run eCommerce businesses whilst providing small businesses professionally built, managed and maintained websites built on WordPress and WooCommerce.
VP Global Digital Operations
Pandora Jewellers – March 2020 – Jan 2021
Putting in place the teams, tools and processes to step change our digital capabilities and sales growth
Focus is on driving customer satisfaction, operational excellence and sales growth through disciplined joined up planning and spot-on execution by functions throughout the organisation.
Teams include Customer Promise (fulfilment, customer service, payments/fraud, omni-channel), Site Merchandising and Optimisation, Digital Operations (mission control, operations support) and Commercial Planning and Analysis.
Digital Transformation Consultant
Pandora Jewellers – Mar 2019 – Mar 2020 (contract)
Working directly for their new Chief Digital Officer to drive digital transformation throughout the organisation
Was responsible for merchandising the new Pandora website across 15 markets in readiness for the brand relaunch. Previous focus was on teaching in-market eCommerce teams "how to trade" and the creation of a suite of daily commercial reports that helps them take action.
Head of Online – Clothing & Home
Marks & Spencer – Mar 2017 – Nov 2018
Responsible for delivering the online sales and profit plan for Clothing & Home.
Have improved Sales, Profit and NPS. Market share has improved by 0.5%, with M&S moving from being the 3rd to 2nd largest Clothing and Footwear online retailer in the UK and Womenswear (the agreed strategic priority) moving from 6th to 3rd largest. Share of business has improved from 19% to 22% in the last six months.
Interim Digital Director
Marks & Spencer – Mar 2017 – Feb 2018
Acted as interim Digital Director between March 2017 and March 2018 reporting into the Executive Board. Developed a growth strategy for M&S to achieve a third of all sales online in the medium term, presenting multiple times to the Operating Committee and receiving approval from the full M&S Board in Feb 2018.
Head of M&S.com Operations
Marks & Spencer – Jan 2015 – Mar 2017
Responsible for delivering a great experience for customers across all channels and markets (over £800m sales per annum). This included the performance and stability of our technology landscape, the identification and resolution of customer pain-points in their online journey, the successful delivery of orders to both home and stores, the on-going development of our delivery proposition and for driving cost out of the business through process improvements and off-shoring of tasks.
I also had P&L responsibility for M&S For Business (our B2B operation) and M&S Gift Cards which between them turn over £350m per annum.
Head of International eCommerce
Marks & Spencer – Apr 2013 – Jan 2015
Responsible for the strategic development and day-to-day running of eCommerce outside of the UK. Full P&L responsibility with sales of over £50m.
This included developing go-to-market business models including international shipping from .com, localised websites, marketplaces and wholesale franchise arrangements as well as delivering the required capability (tech, process and people) to successfully operate.
Organisationally set up as a mini-Business Unit within M&S, I reported into the M&S Executive Board and created the first Agile Development team within M&S. In addition I was on the Board of Directors for M&S Ireland, a wholly owned subsidiary of M&S PLC.
Head of International Multichannel Development
Marks & Spencer – Mar 2012 – Apr 2013
Charged with delivering against the corporate strategic intent of becoming an International, Multichannel retailer I was responsible for the development of our International multichannel capability.
This included launching localised websites across near-shore Europe including Click & Collect. In Amsterdam we opened a brand new Digital concept store called eBoutique with iPads, large touch-screen ordering points, the world's first Virtual Rail and an innovative sell by sample approach.
For much of this time I was based in Shanghai developing the China ecommerce business, remotely managing the much larger team back in London who were focussing on our European expansion.
I convinced the Board to adopt a new business model for M&S China and sell through marketplaces, the first time anywhere in the world that M&S products would be available in a store other than M&S. We were the fastest growing International Womenswear brand on TMall with growth of +200% in 2014 and TMall cited us as a model to emulate.
On the back of this success we launched another 4 marketplace shops in China; a Food store and Kidswear store on TMall and a Wine Store and Clothing store on JD.com.
Head of Digital Strategy and Business Development
Responsible for bringing new propositions to market through both technology development and business change.
Delivered the platform for future International expansion with the launch of a fully localised French website, customer service and fulfilment operation; launching on time and on budget.
Other notable new propositions include M&S Outlets online (concept to delivery in 12 weeks), Customised Schoolwear and launching our Christmas Food to Order service online which delivered £10M incremental sales and huge cost efficiencies.
Head of Online Customer Experience and Operations
Marks & Spencer – Oct 2009 – Jan 2011
Responsible for all Operational aspects of .com including product photography, load and launch, site stability and order fulfilment. In addition to operations I led our in-house Customer Experience practice (UX design) and the Catalogue team who were responsible for the production of all selling publications including the M&S Home Catalogue.
Highlights during this time included winning the iMRG Online Gold Award for the Best Site Redesign and Best Multichannel Retailer. We also won Catalogue of the Year at the prestigious APA awards for our Home Catalogue.
Head of Online Trading and Operations
Marks & Spencer – Jun 2007 – Oct 2009
Responsible for the commercial and operational performance of the new "powered by Amazon" M&S.com. Grew sales to over £250m sales and market share from 4% to 5%.
Focus of role was conversion optimisation through detailed use of web analytics, doubling product choice to over 15,000 lines per season and working with buying and merchandising teams to improve online product availability.
Head of Online Trading & Marketing
Marks & Spencer – Jul 2002 – Jun 2007
Responsible for the commercial performance of M&S.com including digital marketing, eCRM and website optimisation. Grew sales during this time to circa £80m.
Online Channel Manager
Marks & Spencer – Oct 2000 – Jul 2002
Responsible for the day-to-day management of marksandspencer.com including website, logistics and call centre.
Marks & Spencer – Dec 1999 – Oct 2000
Responsible for delivering the first fully integrated transactional website for M&S. Following the launch of the website in April 2000 we developed a Gift Registry service and a Cable TV transactional store later that year.
Various Head Office Finance roles
Marks & Spencer – Oct 1997 – Dec 1999
Roles include Store profitability reporting, internal Business Consultant and developing the first M&S internal business application based on web technology.
Various Retail Management roles
Marks & Spencer – Sept 1989 – Oct 1997
Joined M&S Management scheme straight from college. Various assignments including Regional Finance Manager.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt – 2010
Eastbourne Sixth Form College – 1989
A-Levels – Maths, Chemistry and Biology
The Bishop Bell School – 1987
9 GCE's including English and Maths
Married to Sarah with 4 children
Building eCommerce sites with WordPress and Woocommerce (see Portfolio)
Walt Disney World Florida – 18 trips and counting!
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gotta give it up for the creed though. what a creed. top 10 creeds.
This movie is either really good or really bad. Reserve the right to adjust this rating to five stars and claim I never doubted myself for a second.


The course set above should be completed before taking EE230 PROBABILITY AND RANDOM VARIABLES.
Axiomatic definition of probability spaces. Combinatorial methods. Conditional probability; product spaces. Random variables; distribution and density functions; multivariate distribution; conditional distributions and densities; independent random variables. Functions of random variables; expected value, moments and characteristic functions.


On February 11, 2018 the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act (the "MHWFA") went into effect. Update: On February 15, 2018, the House officially rejected the Senate bill aimed at delaying the implementation of the MHWFA until July 1, 2018. The Senate had attempted to delay the implementation of the MHWFA to give businesses and the Maryland Division of Labor additional time to develop policies and guidance. Instead, the law, which already went into effect on February 11, 2018, will remain in effect as is.
Under this new law, employers who employ 15 or more employees must allow their eligible employees to accrue and use up to five days of paid "sick and safe" leave each year. Employers who employ fewer than 15 employees must permit their eligible employees to accrue and use up to five days of unpaid leave each year. Current employees begin accruing leave as of January 1, 2018.
Employers without existing paid leave policies will have to quickly prepare to implement a policy by February 11, 2018, which is when employees can begin taking accrued leave under the new law. Employers that already have leave policies will need to review them for compliance with the new law's requirements and modify the policies, as necessary.
This Information Sheet describes how the MHWFA affects Maryland employers.
Which Employees Are Eligible to Accrue and Use Sick and Safe Leave?
Eligible Employees. Employees who regularly work at least 12 hours per week are eligible to accrue and use sick and safe leave under the law.
What If Paid Leave Is Already Offered?
Does not reduce employee compensation for an absence due to sick or safe leave.
Existing policies that do not provide paid leave for all MHWFA sick and safe reasons need to be modified.
Employees earn or "accrue" one hour of leave for every 30 hours worked up to a maximum of 40 hours of leave/year. An employer may award employees their entire annual leave at the beginning of the year rather than have employees accrue leave during the year.
Employees do not accrue any leave during a two-week period in which the employee works less than 24 hours or a bi-monthly pay period in which the employee works less than 26 hours.
Leave accrual began on January 1, 2018 for existing employees. Accrual begins on first day worked for new employees.
What is a "Year" For Leave Accrual and Usage? A "year" includes any regular and consecutive 12-month period (such as a calendar, anniversary, or fiscal year), as determined by the employer.
When can employees begin using their accrued leave?
Existing Employees who have been employed for at least 107 days can begin using accrued leave on the effective date of the MHWFA, currently February 11, 2018.
New Employees - after the employee has completed 106 days of employment.
Incremental Use of Leave. Employers must allow employees to use leave in no more than four-hour increments.
Limits on Amount of Leave Used During the Year. An employer may limit the amount of leave an employee holds at any one time to 64 hours and an employee's use of accrued leave to no more than 64 hours in a year.
Carry-over of Unused Leave. Employers must allow employees to carry-over up to 40 hours of unused leave each year, unless the employer chooses to pay employees for unused leave.
Unused Leave Upon Termination of Employment. Employers are not required to pay employees for their unused leave upon termination of employment. However, if a former employee is rehired within 37 weeks of termination, the employer must reinstate the employee's unused accrued leave.
For absences during the time that the employee has temporarily relocated due to the domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
An Employee's Family Member Includes: the employee's child including a child for whom the employee stands in loco parentis, regardless of age (or for whom the employee has legal or physical custody or guardianship), parent, legal guardian, spouse, grandparent, grandchild, and sibling, including such relations established by marriage (step relations and, for "parents" only, in-laws) or legal guardianship.
Denying Leave. An employer may deny a leave request if the employee fails to provide the required notice and the employee's absence will cause a disruption to the employer.
The employee used the leave during days 107 and 120 of employment, and agreed to provide verification at the time of hire.
Alternatives to Using Accrued Leave. An employee and employer may mutually consent to the employee working additional hours or trading shifts with another employee during the same or next pay period to make up the hours the employee will miss while using leave. Employees are not required to accept an offer to trade shifts. Employers cannot require an employee requesting to use leave to find a replacement for their absence.
information regarding the right of employees to report alleged violations by filing a complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry ("Commissioner") or a civil action in court.
Employers must maintain at least three years of records of accrued and leave usage by employees.
If an employee believes that an employer has violated the MHWFA, the employee may file a written complaint with the Commissioner. If, following an investigation, it is determined that a violation has occurred, the employer can be ordered to pay to the employee the full monetary value of any unpaid leave and any actual economic damages, plus an additional amount of up to three times the employee's hourly wage for each violation, as well as a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation. If the employer fails to comply with the order the Attorney General or the employee may bring a civil action to enforce the order. If the employee prevails in the action, the court may award up to three times the value of the employee's unpaid leave, plus punitive damages, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, and injunctive relief. Employees who are found to have brought a complaint under the MHWFA in bad faith can be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Working an additional shift of the same hours in the same or next pay period.
The MHWFA grants up to five days of paid or unpaid sick and safe leave to a vast majority of Maryland employees. For employers without existing leave policies, particularly those with minimum wage or tipped employees, the MHWFA will require a revision of existing policies and an intentional effort to adjust to the new compliance obligations. Importantly, because of the MHWFA's reporting and notification requirements, employers should pay particular attention to adjusting their accounting systems to provide employees an updated statement in each pay stub regarding their available accrued leave balance. Even for employers with existing paid leave policy, it is important to review the policy to ensure that it meets the minimum requirements of the new law.
Attorneys in Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr's Labor and Employment Practice are available to assist employers in preparing for the MHWFA's implementation by drafting policy and/or reviewing existing policies to determine compliance, and revising as necessary. Because of the MHWFA's effective date of February 11, 2018, combined with its penalties for noncompliance, it is important for employers to immediately begin reviewing their policies for compliance with the MHWFA. For more information or questions on this matter, please contact the authors Harriet E. Cooperman or Michael Cianfichi, or any member of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr's Labor and Employment Practice.