You saw that on opening day at the recently-completed 2019 tournament when No. 13 Centennial took down No. 4 Vancouver College, and most stunningly, No. 15 Heritage Woods took down No. 2 Kitsilano.
Yet while it's always wise to say that all bets are off, we'll still stick out our necks and prognosticate on the unpredictable.
Being forced to play without star 6-foot-10 Grade 11 forward Sasha Vujisic earlier this month in a 75-64 Final Four loss to eventual champion Lord Tweedsmuir was a tough break.
And don't forget about the forfeit loss Burnaby South suffered during the Lower Mainland championships for playing ineligible guard Emir Krupic, a miscalculation which forced the team into a marathon of must-win games just to qualify for the provincial field as a No. 5 seed.
It's never easy to fashion anything even remotely resembling a dynasty at the top end of B.C. boys senior varsity basketball, yet in the case of the Rebels, golden in 2018 and bronzed in 2019, it's been a very fine line.
So what goes into their 2019-20 preseason No. 1 projection when a handful of other programs have seemingly as much to recommend themselves?
For starters, you can't look past the talent which not only won a senior title in 2018, but also won two of the last three B.C. junior varsity titles, including this season.
If Vujisic, who also suffered a broken hand earlier in the season, returns fully healthy, then he will have that rare opportunity to put a personal signature on his senior season.
So much will also rest on the efforts of rising Grade 11 guard Justin Sunga, who while compact at 5-foot-8, has a burst off the dribble which can seem impossible to contain.
Rising senior guard Matthew Pineda also returns, as does Krupic. As far as the latter is concerned, he can re-join his former team as early as Jan. 11 of 2020. If the school appeals his status and wins, however, he could begin playing with the team at the start of the season.
Burnaby South would also open its doors to the rising talent from its junior varsity team, one which simply wore teams down with its three-point shooting splurges, and its classic low-block play en route to a dominant B.C. title run.
To that end, players like rising Grade 11 Jareb Pineda and rising Grade 10 Jimmy Zaborniak could find themselves filling key roles in the guard rotation.
And up front, the Rebels will have a different kind of Twin Towers look, with Vujisic potentially teaming with hulking, 6-foot-5 Karn Aujla, a rising Grade 10 who in call-up duty against Terry Fox in the senior Quad A bronze-medal game, went 7-of-11 from the field for 14 points and five rebounds.
Head coach Mike Bell, much like he did in the 2018 title run, will have to build cohesion into this group.
Sunga can captain an ultra-high tempo. Aujla, in bursts, is surprisingly capable of keeping an elite pace.
And Vujisic, like the rest of the main rotation, will have to avoid injuries.
If they do all of the above, and if their purpose is strong enough that the chip on their collective shoulder remains in place, they've got a chance to dance again.
You can designate a No. 1 and a No. 2 and in some years, the gulf between the two is huge.
There's not a lot separating these two teams.
If the huge returning core of Vancouver College players didn't gain extra off-season purpose from a heartbreaking opening-round loss to No. 13-seeded Centennial, something is amiss.
The senior Irish have everything they need to win the program's first B.C. title since 1967 with rising 6-foot-9 senior big-man Luc Therrien, and rising 6-foot-7 Grade 11 Jacob Holt ready to alter opposition shots and drives at a level rarely seen at the B.C. high school level.
After that, look at all of the players who logged huge minutes last season and return as seniors: Smooth-driving Hunter Cruz-Dumont, ultra-versatile Callum Chow-White, defensive game-changer Jason Soriano, and the gritty likes of Josh Lum-Tong and Sean Heppner.
No team in B.C. has more senior varsity experience.
Guard Uyi Ologhola will enter the final year of a star-studded high school career which, in its own way, has seemed as long as an NBA all-star's career.
This is the collective season the program has been building towards since its loss to Sir Winston Churchill in the 2014 championship final.
Ologhola will be at the height of his high school powers, and its hard to find a guard in the B.C. high school ranks who will bring the same blend of power, skill, touch and athleticism to the fore.
Combine that with teammate Brent Padilla, one of the most under-rated scorers in recent memory, as well as fellow guards T.J. Fujimura, Tee Anim and Kyle Tejada and it's up to the Crusaders to parlay everything that makes them special into a provincial title winner.
Big man. Shot maker. Dynamic guard.
Coquitlam's Centaurs have it all, respectively, in 6-foot-7 Dom Parolin, ice-veined Leif Skelding, and formerly unheralded Terry Cho.
That trio combined to score 58 of the Centaurs' points in its thrilling 83-82 overtime win over Vancouver College in the opening round of the B.C tournament.
How much they, along with the rest of a roster which totalled 12 underclassmen improves as a group over the off-season will be pivotal in determining whether head coach Rob Sollero's group can be the type of team ready for a challenge as big as the provincial Final Four.
The biggest surprise of the tournament?
An honourable mention team in the final set of provincial rankings which, as a No. 7 tourney seed, makes it all the way to finals before falling to the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers?
Dissect its lineup and you see that Parker Johnstone was the lone senior to log main rotation minutes this past season.
Then consider that at least five excellent, pressure-seasoned guards (Hunter Simson, Malcolm Greggor, Jayden Lalonde, Jonathon Haughton, Ajay Gill) return, along with a 6-foot-4 post presence named Ethan Braam, who at various stages over the Owls' title-game run, looked like their most valuable player.
Kelowna's collective success will not come without chemistry, although that seems to be the elusive element head coach Harry Parmar helped them discover over the course of a soul-searching 2018-19 season.
If it's there to begin the 2019-20 campaign, all the Owls need to bring is belief.
They didn't make the Big Dance.
Yet key members of the 2018 Saints squad which won the B.C. junior varsity title, are expected to shine in their senior seasons.
That group is led by former junior MVP Jaxon Cohee, Sam Wooder, Ao Ma and Aidan Underwood.
Key additions from this past season's B.C. tourney-qualifying junior varsity team should include guard Lawson Graham, forward Luc Dixon and 6-foot-7 Eli Van Haren.
Vancouver Island is as top-end deep as it's been in recent memory, and the senior-laden Bulldogs, with their combination of talent and experience, look to be the best of the bunch.
Danny Song, Max Leeder and Daunte Nelson represent significant loss via graduation for head coach Kevin Brown's team.
Yet the rising senior core of versatile guard-post Markus Modrivic, and guards Riley Merryweather, Cole Belton, Joey Reaume and Hunter Thompson is a fairly unflappable bunch, part of the Bulldogs' 2018 B.C. junior varsity Final Four group.
A key will be the quality of depth provided by the program's rising Grade 11s, who finished fourth on Vancouver Island and qualified for the provincial JV tourney.
Rising Grade 11 Cam Slaymaker will be one of the most voluminous scorers in the province as an inside/outside threat.
Lead guard Ko Takahashi is ready to assume all of the primary ball-handling and playmaking duties over his Grade 12 season.
Guards Jake McFarland and Greg Martignoni also return, and once again, a well-coached group of junior varsity players, this time led by high-scoring guard Cody Hendricks, arrive on the scene.
The potential is there to make some noise, but Terry Fox will have to do it without the depth and overall physicality of this past season's group.
Like the Ravens, the defending B.C champions return a handful of seasoned talents in rapidly-maturing forward Jackson Corneil, steady guard Josh Hamulas, and basketball/baseball standout guard Jaden Reid.
The rest of the returning group, however, did not see main rotation minutes against meaningful competition.
Corneil, Hamulas and Reid, however, are talented enough to give a new group the opportunity to grow and re-trench.
At the same time, it's no indictment of anyone to say that you just can't replace the best group of seniors in school history over one off-season, a group which included the likes of B.C. MVP Arjun Samra, Austin Swedish, Alex Le, Elijah Devison and injured Patrick Jonas.
Head coach Brandon Dunlop might be coaching the biggest sleeper team in the province.
Not only will Victoria's Spartans feature the skilled 6-foot-8 Ethan Boag, set to enter his senior season, but the program's Grade 10 team made huge strides in their development with a top-eight finish at the JV provincials, led by the likes of rising Grade 11s Ben Manns, Jakob Neufeld, Spencer O'Sullivan and Colby Parker.


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Western Stima continued their dominance against AFC Leopards away from home after they won 2-1 in a league match played on Wednesday.
Fredrick Shimonyo and Fredrick Nyarombo scored for Stima to ensure they picked six points in two matches. Cliffton Miheso pulled one back for Leopards.
Stima started well with Francis Ocholla bothering the Leopard's backline from time to time. His efforts resulted in a first corner that Lucas Indeche punched out of play. Within the first quarter, Indeche had come out to stop five shots. The goal finally came in the 29th minute when Oketch set up Nyarombo to open up the scores.
AFC Leopards were forced to make an early substitution bringing in Ugandan import Allan Kateregga for Kevin Migunde in the 36th minute.
At the stroke of half time, Leopards brought in Clifford Miheso for Alfred Wekesa. Miheso took just six minutes to make his presence felt as he scored. But Shimonyo broke the hearts of Leopards fans with the second goal in the 88th minute. Leopards started with a lone striker and Kepha Aswani cut a lonely figure upfront.
Stima rested Nyarombo for Habert Kopany. Kopany missed with his first attempt at goal as he shot wide. Coach Ivan Minnaert drew his last card a minute later with Lamine Diallo coming in for Victor Omune but it was too late as Stima registered a 'routine' win against their rivals.


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Neeraj loses but remains in fray for Rio berth
Indian boxer Neeraj Goyat lost in the semifinals but remained in the hunt for an Olympic quota berth in the International Boxing Association's Olympic qualifying tournament in Venezuela.
New Delhi 07 July, 2016 22:36 IST
Neeraj Goyat lost 0-3 to second-seeded Arajik Marutjan. - World Boxing Council
Indian boxer Neeraj Goyat (69kg) lost in the semifinals but remained in the hunt for an Olympic quota berth in the International Boxing Association's Olympic qualifying tournament for professional boxers in Vargas, Venezuela on Thursday.
The 24-year-old Neeraj, who is the reigning WBC Asian champion, went down 0-3 to second-seeded German Arajik Marutjan, a former European Championships silver medallist. However, the loss has not pushed him out of contention for an Olympic berth. He will now face Spaniard Sissokho Ndiaye Youba in a box-off to determine the third Olympic qualifier in the category as the finalists have taken the top two slots.
Youba lost 0-3 to top seed Juan Pablo Romero Marin in his semifinal clash.
The competition has 26 Rio Quota Places on offer — three in every weight category except heavyweight (91kg) and super heavyweight (91+kg), from which only the winners will earn an Olympic spot. The tournament features boxers from AIBA's own professional events — the World Series of Boxing (WSB) and AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) — besides pro boxers from all over the world.
However, none of the big names in the pro circuit have made themselves available for the event citing reasons ranging from fitness, lack of time for preparation and the threat of sanctions by their promoters and licensing bodies like the WBO and the IBA.
So far, three Indian boxers — Shiva Thapa (56kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Vikas Krishan (75kg) — have booked their tickets for the Olympics through qualifiers for amateurs.


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Vietnam Veterans Memorials & Monuments
NY Vietnam Memorial
Veterans Memorial Culpeper, Virginia
Kentucky Vietnam Memorial
The design concept is in the form of a large sundial. The stainless steel gnomon casts its shadow upon a granite plaza. There are 1,100 names of Kentuckians on the memorial, including 23 missing in action. Each name is engraved into the plaza, and placed so that the tip of the shadow touches his name on the anniversary of his death, thus giving each fallen veteran a personal Memorial Day.
The location of each name is fixed mathematically by the date of casualty, the geographic location of the memorial, the height of the gnomon and the physics of solar movement. The stones were then designed and cut to avoid dividing any individual name. The resulting radial-concentric joint pattern suggests a "web", symbolic of the entangling nature of this war.
South Dakota Vietnam Memorial
Canby, Oregon Vietnam Memorial
Boston Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington State Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The beautiful and symbolic Vietnam Veterans Memorial was unveiled in a patriotic ceremony on Memorial Day, May 25, 1987. The memorial is located on a grassy knoll east of the state Insurance Building on the Capitol Campus and is near the Winged Victory Monument. The site provides visitors with a tranquil spot to reflect on the memories of those men and women that never returned from the Vietnam conflict.
The original memorial, dedicated in 1982, contained the names of those veterans killed or missing in action on a scroll encased in granite. Veterans felt that the names of those who had given their lives in the conflict should be more prominently displayed, and decided to have a more fitting sculpture designed and constructed. The $178,000 needed to construct the new memorial was raised through private contributions and corporate donations.
The memorial was designed by Kris Snider, architect with EDAW, Inc. of Seattle. It is a semicircular wall that stretches partially around a 45-foot base on a rolling course, seven feet tall at the apex, one foot at its lowest point. The top of the wall represents the highs and lows of the life of the nation until it is interrupted by a jagged line in the outline of Vietnam, symbolizing the break in the circle of life caused by the conflict. Sixteen green granite slabs make up the wall and are positioned so that they are accessible to all who come to reflect and remember. The wall is engraved with the names of the more than 1,000 men and women from Washington State who never returned home, and are listed in chronological order from 1963 to 1975, the order in which those veterans gave their lives. A small cross has been engraved next to the names of those who remain missing in action.
Since its dedication, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has been the site of many private reflections and tributes. Items such as flags, flowers, letters and personal effects have been left to honor the memory of those who did not return. All items are collected and placed in the state archives.
Long Beach Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Edgewood Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Big Spring, Texas
John A. Barnes Memorial, Dedham, MA
Cleveland Veterans Memorial
Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans Memorial
NY State Vietnam Veterans' Memorials
Weymouth Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorials; Hadley, New York
This photograph, taken in August 1994, shows the second of two curved brick walls in a small grassy expanse in Hadley, New York. The first structure honors veterans of the World Wars, and this one is dedicated to those who served in Korea and Vietnam.
The polished black inlay bears the inscription: "Dedicated to all those who served for God and country." At left, the Korean War is represented by a map of Korea and a small graphic of an era serviceman; at right the Vietnam War is portrayed by the engraved reproduction of the Three Servicemen statue which stands on the grounds of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Rensselaer County
On the east bank of the Hudson River, in the City of Troy, New York, stands one of America's finest tributes to the men and women who fought, and died in the Vietnam War. The Rensselaer County Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, dedicated in 1991, after nearly five years of private planning and fund raising activities, stands in Troy's Riverfront Park, just a stones throw from the statue of Troy's American icon, "Uncle Sam" Wilson.
This beautifully designed and constructed memorial consists of three main elements;
a wall, in the form of a sandbagged bunker, on which are listed the names of Rensselaer County's 45 sons who gave their lives in service to their country. Their epithaph reads;
"We shall be remembered: As children we played, as men we fought, as brothers we will always be together."
a ten foot tall, bronze statue of three American combat servicemen: their uniforms, equipment, and weapons, representing all branches of service, and covering the complete timespan of the Vietnam War.
an anchor chain of forty links, taken from a U.S Navy destroyer that served in Vietnam: each link paid for by a $1,000 donation, given by a member of the "Forty Link Club", and dedicated to a particular person, place, or event in the war.
Arizona Vietnam Memorial
No Man Left Behind
In-Country Vietnam Veteran Association
Memorial Vietnam Wall Phoenix, Arizona
Vietnam Women's Memorial
Phoenix Vietnam Diary May 1998
This car was built as a tribute to the 2,211 American servicemen
Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Rosedale, NY Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Memorial in Cody, Wyoming
Veterans Memorial at Kelly Air Force Base
Vietnam War Memorial in Westminster Dedication
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Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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The Moving Wall
The Moving Wall� is a trademark of Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd. Since 1984, the traveling half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The North Wall Canadian Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
"The Three Soldiers" Donated By: Barbara Grandison
The Three Soldiers (also known as The Three Servicemen) is a bronze statue on the Washington, DC National Mall commemorating the Vietnam War. The grouping consists of three young men, armed and dressed appropriately for the Vietnam War era, purposely identifiable as Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic. It was designed to complement the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, by adding a more traditional component. The statue, unveiled on Veterans Day, 1984, was designed by Frederick Hart, who placed third in the original design competition.
Artist's intent
Of the memorial, the architect has suggested,
I see the wall as a kind of ocean, a sea of sacrifice that is overwhelming and nearly incomprehensible in the sweep of names. I place these figures upon the shore of that sea, gazing upon it, standing vigil before it, reflecting the human face of it, the human heart.
The portrayal of the figures is consistent with history. They wear the uniform and carry the equipment of war; they are young. The contrast between the innocence of their youth and the weapons of war underscores the poignancy of their sacrifice. There is about them the physical contact and sense of unity that bespeaks the bonds of love and sacrifice that is the nature of men at war. And yet they are each alone. Their strength and their vulnerability are both evident. Their true heroism lies in these bonds of loyalty in the face of their awareness and their vulnerability.
The statue and the Wall appear to interact with each other, with the soldiers looking on in solemn tribute at the names of their fallen comrades. Noted sculptor Jay Hall Carpenter, Hart's assistant on the project, explains the sculpture was positioned especially for that effect: "We carried a full-size mockup of the soldiers around the memorial site trying many locations until we hit upon the perfect spot. It was here that the sculpture appeared to be looking over a sea of the fallen."
There were two key controversies involving this element of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; one was the design controversy which led to the commissioning of this piece, and the other involved copyright, allegations of profiteering, and the POW-MIA issue.
Creation and installation
Negative reactions to Maya Lin's initial design for the Memorial wall standing alone were so strong that several Congressmen complained, and Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt refused to issue a building permit. Hart's sculpture was commissioned to accompany the wall as a compromise measure to appease those who wanted a more traditional approach. Lin was furious at the idea of adulteration of her design and the resulting work was designed to stand away from the memorial wall at a distance so as to minimize the impact on her design. Still, Lin refused to attend the dedication of the sculpture.
Copyright and profiteering
The design of The Three Soldiers was copyrighted by Hart and the VVMF. Reproductions were sold on many pieces of memorabilia, including t-shirts, keychains, and snowglobes. Hart donated his share of the profits to a non-profit which provides name rubbings to families of veterans.
An organization called Homecoming II, which was headed by Ted Sampley, a POW-MIA activist, received a permit to hold POW vigils on the National Mall near the memorial. This vigil outpost sold numerous pieces of merchandise bearing depictions of The Three Soldiers as well as selling and giving away literature relating to the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Hart saw this as profiteering by Sampley and asked him to stop. When Sampley refused, Hart asked that Sampley enter into a licensing agreement. When Sampley refused this, Hart and the VVMF threatened legal action.
Hart and the VVMF sued for infringement, winning a $359,442 judgment. During court proceedings, it was revealed that while Homecoming II was a nonprofit staffed by volunteer labor, all of their memorabilia was purchased from companies controlled by Sampley. Reported earnings for the t-shirt operation were nearly $2 million over three years. Sampley avoided paying the judgement by closing Homecoming II and Red Hawk, the company which manufactured the t-shirts.
Index to Vietnam Veterans Memorial Web Site locations.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Arizona
Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Arkansas State Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Australian Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Australian Vietnam Veterans Memorial "Roll of Honour"
Berkeley, California Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Florida Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Lansing, Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Munster, Indiana Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Dorchester, Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Weymouth, Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Monroe County, Michigan Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Michigan Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Minnesota Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Minnesota Vietnam Veterans Memorial part 2
Franklin County Vietnam Memorial; St.Clair, Missouri
Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Wentzville, Missouri
Montana Vietnam Veterans Memorial
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veterans National Memorial Angel Fire, New Mexico
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Farmington, New Mexico
Rosedale, NYC Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Rensselaer County NY Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Westchester County, NY Vietnam Veterans Memorial
New Zealand Vietnam Veterans Memorial "Roll of Honour"
North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorials
Eighty-Second Airborne Division's Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Medina County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Lawton Oklahoma Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Oregon Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Lehigh-Northampton Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Vietnam Memorial
Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Pittsburgh Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorials
San Antonio Vietnam Veterans Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial San Angelo, Texas
Utah Vietnam Veterans Memorials
Vermont Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorials in the Country of Vietnam
Piedmont Area Vietnam Veterans Memorial Culpeper, Virginia
Hocking County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
West Virginia Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorials Around The World (part 2)
Museum & Memorial Guide for the U.S.A.
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module Ramda
  module Internal
    module Functors
      # `const` is a functor that effectively ignores the function given to `map`.
      class Const
        attr_reader :value

        def self.of(x)
          new(x)
        end

        def map(*)
          Const.of(@value)
        end

        private

        def initialize(value)
          @value = value
        end
      end

      # `Identity` is a functor that holds a single value, where `map` simply
      # transforms the held value with the provided function.
      class Identity
        attr_reader :value

        def self.of(x)
          new(x)
        end

        def map(f)
          Identity.of(f.call(@value))
        end

        private

        def initialize(value)
          @value = value
        end
      end

      # The `Maybe` type represents the possibility of some value or nothing.
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Friday Kickoff: Fulham offers Dempsey new deal, no more cuts at Rangers & more
By Avi C. March 9, 2012 9:11 am
By Avi C. | March 9, 2012 9:11 am
Clint Dempsey's record-setting season may have him on the verge of a summer transfer to a bigger club, but if it's up to Fulham, he'll be staying at Craven Cottage for at least a few more years.
Fulham has reportedly begun talks with Dempsey — who turns 29 today — over a new three-year deal in an effort to hold onto their marquee attacker. Dempsey, who has expressed an interest in getting the chance to compete on the UEFA Champions League stage, is under contract with the Cottagers through the end of the 2012-13 season.
Dempsey has already set a career-high with 18 goals in all competitions this season, and his 12 Premier League goals match his personal best — and the record for an American in the Premiership — that he set last season. His next chance to get on the scoresheet will be Saturday, when Fulham faces Aston Villa.
Here are a few more stories to get your Friday going:
NO MORE CUTS NEEDED AT RANGERS
After another series of twists and turns, it appears that no more player cuts will be necessary at Rangers.
The financial crisis that has swept up the Scottish powerhouse was on the verge of resulting in massive cuts across the roster, but a few players have stepped up to take major pay cuts that will save the club enough money per month that it should not have to release anybody else.
Steven Whittaker, Steven Davis, Alan McGreggor and Steven Naismith have reportedly accepted 75 percent wage cuts that will help stem the tide. Negotiations with players over wage cuts were underway earlier this week before talks halted without an agreement. Players reportedly wanted clauses in their contracts that would allow them to leave on a free transfer this summer.
METAPAN TAKES EDGE IN CCL
Lester Blanco's two goals helped lead Isidro Metapan to a surprise 2-1 win at home over Mexican side Pumas UNAM, giving the Salvadorian club the slight advantage heading into next week's return leg in their CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal tie.
Blanco scored in each half, with the eventual match-winner coming in the 49th minute.
Pumas salvaged an away goal and put itself in a more favorable spot heading home in the 67th minute, when Eduardo Herrera came up with a tally to cut the deficit in half.
The winner of their tie will play the winner of the Monterrey-Morelia quarterfinal in the next round.
KOMPANY OUT TWO WEEKS
Manchester City centerback Vincent Kompany is out for the next two weeks after suffering a calf injury in the club's UEFA Europa League loss to Sporting Lisbon on Thursday.
Kompany was forced out of the match in the seventh minute, and while the injury does not appear to be serious, the integral defender will have to miss some time. With just 11 matches remaining in the Premier League season and City nursing a two-point lead over rival Manchester United, his absence comes at a tough time. City plays at Swansea City on Sunday.
What do you make of Fulham offering Dempsey an extension? Relieved to see that no more players will be cut at Rangers? Can you see Metapan knocking off Pumas and advancing to the CCL semifinals? Think Kompany's injury will affect the title race?
Share your thoughts below.
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Aaron in StL
Well if he does sign Fulham's asking price will escalate to any bidder so he knows it's in his best interest not to if he wants a move.
If he doesn't sign though, I wonder if ownership will pressure the manager to reduce his minutes. Will be interesting to watch if this turns into a pissing match.
(Rowdies season ticket holder)
They are a HUGE club. Loads of history, top players and he'd make more there than at Fulham. Plus the Reds are rebuilding to challenge for a top4 spot. Fulham is mid table at best but will never reach the CL.
Chamberlain is a star in the making, I can't see him taking a back seat unless he starts going through a poor run of form. Would Deuce be ahead of Walcott? Possibly but that could also depend on form.
At the moment Fulham is just as good as Liverpool, if they can keep Clint, Dembele, Ruiz, Pogrebnyak they could challenge for the Champion's League. I'm not saying it's likely they will make it there, I'm just saying if it's possible for Liverpool to get there, it's possible for Fulham.
We're talking about a club that has been managed very well, has some money and some great players, and can possibly go for the biggest league finish in their history next year.
How is Liverpool a step up from Fulham? There's every possibility that Fulham will finish higher than them this year. Liverpool won't be playing in the Champions League anytime soon.
Even if Deuce signs it doesn't mean he won't leave Fulham. If the right situation comes up I can understand why he would want to leave. If he signs a new deal it just means he can't leave on a free next year.
Selfishly I also hope he signs and stays with Fulham for the rest of his career. I will be upset if he moves to a club that isn't really a step up (Liverpool, PSG etc). Fulham are three points behind Liverpool currently and look set to challenge for Europe next year. They could easily be next year's Newcastle.
ThaDeuce
ditto, everything is right at fulham, even the small stuff like family situation, players, coaches. all are happy and the club is on the rise. I would hate for deuce to follow the footsteps of more than one fulham manager, go to a bigger club, have a poor fit due to players or some other intangible, not get playing time he deserves, get traded to a team less good than fulham, and be on the outside looking in.


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Measurement of inclusive very forward jet cross sections in proton-lead collisions at √s_(NN) = 5.02 TeV
Sirunyan, A. M. and Anderson, D. and Bornheim, A. and Bunn, J. and Lawhorn, J. M. and Newman, H. B. and Nguyen, T. Q. and Spiropulu, M. and Vlimant, J. R. and Wilkinson, R. and Xie, S. and Zhang, Z. and Zhu, R. Y. (2019) Measurement of inclusive very forward jet cross sections in proton-lead collisions at √s_(NN) = 5.02 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019 (5). Art. No. 43. ISSN 1126-6708. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190530-071443758
Measurements of differential cross sections for inclusive very forward jet production in proton-lead collisions as a function of jet energy are presented. The data were collected with the CMS experiment at the LHC in the laboratory pseudorapidity range −6.6 < η < −5.2. Asymmetric beam energies of 4 TeV for protons and 1.58 TeV per nucleon for Pb nuclei were used, corresponding to a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of √s_(NN) = 5.02 TeV. Collisions with either the proton (p+Pb) or the ion (Pb+p) traveling towards the negative η hemisphere are studied. The jet cross sections are unfolded to stable-particle level cross sections with p_T ≳ 3 GeV, and compared to predictions from various Monte Carlo event generators. In addition, the cross section ratio of p+Pb and Pb+p data is presented. The results are discussed in terms of the saturation of gluon densities at low fractional parton momenta. None of the models under consideration describes all the data over the full jet-energy range and for all beam configurations. Discrepancies between the differential cross sections in data and model predictions of more than two orders of magnitude are observed.
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2019)043 DOI Article
Bornheim, A. 0000-0002-0128-0871
Lawhorn, J. M. 0000-0002-8597-9259
Newman, H. B. 0000-0003-0964-1480
Nguyen, T. Q. 0000-0003-3954-5131
Spiropulu, M. 0000-0001-8172-7081
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Zhang, Z. 0000-0002-1630-0986
Zhu, R. Y. 0000-0003-3091-7461
© The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. Article funded by SCOAP3. Received: December 4, 2018; Revised: March 28, 2019; Accepted: April 13, 2019;mPublished: May 7, 2019. We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centres and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); MoER, ERC IUT, and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); NKFIA (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); BUAP, CINVESTAV, CONACYT, LNS, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON, RosAtom, RAS and RFBR (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI, CPAN, PCTI and FEDER (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR, and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (U.S.A.). Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and Horizon 2020 Grant, contract No. 675440 (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A.P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the F.R.S.-FNRS and FWO (Belgium) under the "Excellence of Science - EOS" - be.h project n. 30820817; the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic; the Lendület ("Momentum") Programme and the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the New National Excellence Program ÚNKP, the NKFIA research grants 123842, 123959, 124845, 124850 and 125105 (Hungary); the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India; the HOMING PLUS programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund, the Mobility Plus programme of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the National Science Center (Poland), contracts Harmonia 2014/14/M/ST2/00428, Opus 2014/13/B/ST2/02543, 2014/15/B/ST2/03998, and 2015/19/B/ST2/02861, Sonata-bis 2012/07/E/ST2/01406; the National Priorities Research Program by Qatar National Research Fund; the Programa de Excelencia María de Maeztu, grant MDM-2015-0509 and the Programa Severo Ochoa del Principado de Asturias; the Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF, and the Greek NSRF; the Rachadapisek Sompot Fund for Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University, and the Chulalongkorn Academic into Its 2nd Century Project Advancement Project (Thailand); the Welch Foundation, contract C-1845; and the Weston Havens Foundation (U.S.A.).
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These are the most recent screenshots taken, showing what the Linux log now shows.
Well, that's pretty much all you are expected to see.
But you should see both machines /screens displayed there. It looks like neither is seeing the cloud service.
Work through the troubleshooting you find on the beta portion of the forum.
Let us know how you are doing, we can go from there.
Is it version 1 or 2 runing on Ubuntu?
To me it appears to be version1 but on first pic is version 2.
Synergy 2 is not backwards compatible!
If you're upgrading from Synergy 1, you will need to install Synergy 2 on all of your machines.
It's version 2 on both computers. I've never had version 1, and the option to download anything other than 2 was never even there for me.
I've never done anything to set up the client computer, from the very first time I opened it on my Windows computer it went straight to that blue screen and has never shown anything else. I've never made it the client and there's no way to see any of the settings.
This is actually version 1. When Ubuntu asks "Do you want to install an older version?" you must ignore this.


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A Rose By Any Other Name...: Aya Ram for Gurgaon, Gaya Ram for Gurgawan?
By Lt Gen VIJAY OBEROI
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has decreed that one of its well known cities – Gurgaon is to be renamed. While there is nothing new in this action, as many other state governments have done so in the past, such changes always have an ulterior political motive.
Politicians are of course a breed apart, but the Indian politicians 'not only take their ladoos but eat them too', to paraphrase a well known phrase, universally used! The difference is that most of our Chief Ministers change names of cities when an election is impending, in the hope that such a change would fetch some more votes.
It is for this reason that Madras, Poona, Bombay and Calcutta became Chennai, Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata respectively. The list goes on and on! The other reason is when they want to rake up a controversy, so that people get involved in the pros and cons of the name change and forget, even if only temporarily, the omissions and commissions of the political leaders.
The Chief Minister of Haryana has probably done so on account of being mired in the fallout of the recent Jat Agitation!
In the absence of any empirical data, it is difficult to say whether such actions achieved their aims and to what extent, or it was a change only for change's sake. Such major actions do have one benefit, which is that the leader can then boast that he is not a staid, run of the mill politician, but one who changes the status quo!.
Since Prime Minister Modi, having won a resounding electoral victory on his promise of 'change', has done nothing to change anything so far, the Chief Minister of Haryana is obviously one up on him.
The reason for name changes is not really material, for most people feel that it is one more idiosyncrasy of our politicians, as one has not heard of politicians of other countries resorting to such practices. Pakistan is of course an exception, but then Pakistan is not a country but a fiefdom of the Pakistani Army and hence one can never take them seriously. Having changed the old city of Lyallpur to Faisalabad in 1979 for no rhyme or reason, it is only recently that the bug has bitten them again. Thus, old North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Northern Areas in their adverse possession have been renamed for reasons that are vague.
Change is of course extremely important, as it makes us energetic, daring and perceptive, instead of staying cocooned in words and phrases coined centuries ago. It was William Shakespeare who had stated in 'Romeo and Juliet' that 'a rose by any other name will smell as sweet', but Haryana seems to be even more courageous than the 17th Century Bard for initiating this change.
All of us are therefore pleased that the staid and ordinary Gurgaon is getting a makeover, if only in its name. However, is everyone enthused with calling it Gurugram, as mythology seems to indicate that the sage Dronacharya had his ashram here? May I in all humility suggest that there are bolder and better options, which are logical and reasonable?
Considering the long list of scams that have emanated from Gurgaon in the recent past, I first toyed with the idea of suggesting the new name as 'Guru Ghantal', but rejected it immediately, not only because it is slang, but is also totally politically inappropriate, for even foreigners understand that the reference is to a son in law of the nation, albeit out of favour in the new dispensation.
As I recall, it was Indira Gandhi in whose regime that ubiquitous phrase "Aaya Ram –Gaya Ram" was conceived and talked about even in Parliament. Those familiar with it would recall that it was used for those representatives of the people – both in the Lok Sabha and the Vidhan Sabhas, who hopped from one party to another for the filthy lucre and promises of power and pelf. Sadly, it seems to have come back now but since the courts have taken cognizance of this, there is hope for India!
The state of Haryana may not have produced a large number of such opportunistic politicos, but it was nonetheless in the forefront. Even now, the progeny of one of the earlier, if not the first one, did the ugly deed prior to the last general elections. While his party and loyalty changed, both his minister-hip and the chair remained the same! That is 'chutzpa' for you!
Considering the vast contributions of such party hoppers in chipping away all that was good in our democracy, I think we need to honour them by naming at least one city in their name. After all, the statue of the treasonous Krishna Menon of 1962 fame still stands in Lutyens' Delhi. Gurgaon fits the bill by a long shot for its regular contribution by these phenomenal persons!
The public also appreciates that our burgeoning cities need to be made smaller and more manageable, so that the municipal authorities are able to give them all facilities for leading comfortable lives. If this proposition is accepted, it would be eminently suitable for the present Gurgaon to be split into two cities, with two different and independent municipal corporations.
We already have two Gurgaons – the old Gurgaon or Gurgawan as it was known earlier and which has existed for centuries; and the new one, also known as the millennium city.
The older one is staid and laid back, with inhabitants tracing their histories to many earlier generations. The new one is all glass, aluminium, chrome and modular kitchens; wide roads, albeit encroached and full of speed-breakers and potholes; and the abode of the nouveau riche. The residents include the progeny of farmers who had sold their lands to known and unknown developers and who are now a menace, especially after sun-down, for the residents. They need to be tamed so that the millennium city gets its much sought for stability and peace of mind.
The above two lacunae need to be tackled with a missionary zeal and vision. Since the political luminaries and their bureaucratic advisers apparently lack such vision, let me offer a simple solution, which kills not the proverbial two but three birds in one shot.
My suggestion is to also invoke the name of Lord Ram, who features in our earliest mythological tale – The Ramayan. Let the name of old Gurgaon be changed to "Gaya Ram" and of the millennium city to "Aaya Ram". Not only will this honour all those who in the past have shown their prowess in party/government hopping, but also invoke the name of Lord Ram on a daily basis.
It will be welcomed by all the sants, gurus, pseudo God men/women, the Hindutva Brigade and of course those worthies who are headquartered at Nagpur. Haryana will then beat everyone and even will be one up on our Prime Minister, who despite his rhetoric and promises has still not been able to bring the promised Ram Rajya. If Haryana packages it well, it may even feature in one of the future 'Man Ki Baats' of our beloved Prime Minister!
The proposal is also likely to find favour with the blue-eyed boys (and girls) of the politicians, viz. the bureaucrats, as it has built-in precedences, which the bureaucracy adores. We already have Delhi- New Delhi; Hyderabad-Secunderabad; Pune-Kirkee; and many more. To top it all, we also have the Tri-city of Chandigarh-Panchkula-Mohali. These not only have their own municipal corporations, but also their own governments! The bureaucrats and police officers will also add new appointments like deputy commissioners, SP's and a host of subordinates, which translates into more lucre!
My appeal to our illustrious Chief Minister is to consider my proposal with all the seriousness it deserves and change the name of Gurgaon with a visionary approach.
While honouring the famous sage Dronacharya of Mahabharat fame is well appreciated, but why not go the whole hog (Oops- I have used a politically inappropriate word). So, please read it as 'going the whole 'sab cheez', as we say in the army! Since the aim is to go back in history, let us go way-way-way back and invoke Lord Ram and also make the city more manageable by having two entities. That is a triple benefit!!
Jai Sri Ram.
(The writer is a former Vice Chief of Army Staff) (This photograph taken by Rith Fremson was carried by The New York Times }
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HomeFederal BudgetLarge Scale Study Finds Majorities in Very Red Districts Oppose Key Provisions in Tax Reform Bill
Large Scale Study Finds Majorities in Very Red Districts Oppose Key Provisions in Tax Reform Bill
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An in-depth survey on tax reform finds that majorities in very red districts, as well as very blue districts, oppose key provisions in the Republican tax reform bills including reducing taxes on the wealthy, reducing the corporate tax, eliminating or limiting state and local tax deductions, and eliminating the tax on income from subsidiaries in other countries. However, very red districts favor, while very blue districts oppose, eliminating the estate tax, lowering the tax on pass-through businesses, lowering the cap on the mortgage deduction, and allowing immediate expensing by businesses for a five year period.
The study, conducted by the University of Maryland's Program for Public Consultation (PPC), was released by Voice of the People, a nonpartisan organization seeking to give citizens a greater voice in public policy.
The sample of 2,637 registered voters was large enough to make it possible to divide the sample six ways according to the partisan dominance of the respondent's district, ranging from very red (Republican) to very blue (Democrat), based on Cook's PVI ratings.
The study used an advanced survey method in which respondents were given briefings on the key proposals in the tax reform bills and evaluated arguments for and against each proposal. The survey content was reviewed by experts who favor and oppose the proposed tax reform plan, to ensure accuracy and balance, and that the strongest arguments were presented for and against each proposal. Steven Kull, director of PPC, commented, "Unlike most current standard polls on tax reform, which have large percentages declining to answer, in this survey nearly all respondents formulated responses."
On the proposal to reduce the top corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent (in both the House and Senate bills), for the national sample 60% were opposed, including 80% of Democrats and 67% of independents. Sixty-five percent of Republicans favored the proposal, but majorities opposed it in the red districts, including 57% in the very red districts.
Sixty nine percent, including 55% of Republicans, opposed the Senate bill's complete elimination of the deductions for state and local taxes (SALT), as did 62% in very red districts. The House bill's plan for cutting SALT, which preserves the deduction for $10,000 in property taxes, was rejected by a smaller majority (61%), In this case 56% of Republicans were in favoring, however in very red districts 57% were opposed.
The least popular proposal was one that appears in both the House and Senate bills, establishing a territorial tax system which would eliminate the corporate income tax on profits made by subsidiaries in other countries. Though they heard the arguments that this would make US corporations more competitive and encourage repatriation of profits, 68% opposed the idea. Republicans overall were divided, but in very red districts 57% were opposed.
As it is not feasible to have respondents sort through the complexities of the many changes in rates and deductions, respondents were asked to propose the net level of taxes for each income bracket after deductions, i.e. the effective tax rate. They were presented the current effective tax rate for each income bracket and given the opportunity to propose what they thought it should be.
Though both the House and Senate tax bills would result in reductions in the effective tax rates for incomes over $200,000, only 23% of respondents proposed reductions for incomes $200-$500,000, dropping to 20% for incomes $500,000 to $1 million, and 19% for incomes above $1 million. Among Republicans, fewer than four in ten (39%) favored reductions for incomes from $200-$500,000, dropping to 32% for incomes over $1 million. In very red districts only, support for cuts to incomes $200-$500,000 was 31%, dropping to 26% for income over $1 million. For no income bracket did a clear majority in very red districts favor reductions.
Instead, overall majorities favored increasing taxes by 5 percent or more for incomes of $200,000-$500,000 (54% favored), $500,000 to $1 million (60%), and over $1 million (62%). Among Republicans, less than a majority favored increasing taxes on the wealthy, but in very red districts 53% favored increasing taxes on incomes over $500,000 and 58% for incomes over $1 million.
According to the recently released scoring from the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, the net effect of the House and Senate bills would be to lower the average taxes by 5-8 percent for incomes of $200-$500,000, by 5-10 percent for incomes $500-$100,000, and by 6-8 percent for incomes above $1 million.
Several proposals elicited divided responses overall, with sharp partisan divisions that carried over into the districts as well. Setting a new top tax rate of 25 percent for pass-through businesses (as called for in the House bill) was favored by 49% and opposed by 50%, with three quarters of Republicans in favor and three quarter of Democrats opposed. Very red districts were in favor (56%), while very blue districts were opposed (60%). The Senate bill lowers the rate even further.
Allowing immediate expensing of business investments for a five-year period (as called for in the House bill) was favored by 50% and opposed by 49%, with 74% of Republicans in favor and 72% of Democrats opposed. In very red districts 56% were in favor, while in very blue districts 57% were opposed.
On the House bill proposal to lower the maximum amount of deductible interest for new mortgages to the interest paid on $500,000, 50% were in favor, 49% opposed, with 60% of Republicans in favor and 58% of Democrats opposed. In very red districts 57% were in favor, while in very blue districts 56% were opposed.
For the estate tax, the House bill calls for doubling the amount of assets that can be transferred tax-free for the next six years and then completely eliminates the tax. This idea was opposed by 53%, including 75% of Democrats and 59% of independents. However, 73% of Republicans favored it. In very red districts 56% favored it but in other red districts views were divided. In all blue districts majorities were opposed including 61% in very blue districts. The Senate bill also doubles the amount of tax-free transfers, but does not eliminate the tax in six years.
On the broader question of whether tax revenues should be reduced, 54% favored some reduction, but 51% thought that $1.5 trillion over the next decade went too far, including 76% of Democrats and 54% of independents. Seventy-eight percent of Republicans thought that the $1.5 trillion reduction was acceptable. Only in very red districts did a majority (53%) think this was acceptable, while other red districts were divided. Blue districts were opposed.
The survey was conducted online with a national probability-based sample of 2,637 registered voters, provided by Nielsen Scarborough from Nielsen Scarborough's sample of respondents, who were recruited by mail and telephone using a random sample of households. The margin of error was +/- 2.3% for the national sample and 4.5-5% for the samples divided by their Congressional district's partisan dominance based on Cook PVI ratings.
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Talking resilience with Ben Werdmuller from ForUsAll
Bite-sized insights from thought leaders | Resilience, part 4
Our 12 Questions series takes you into the minds of influential leaders to discuss today's hot topics. Read their fresh views on leadership, managing through change, and the ins and outs of modern work. Think of it as your office hours with some of the most innovative people in business.
We continue this series on resilience with Ben Werdmuller. Ben is an award-winning startup founder, venture capital investor at the intersection of media and technology, product owner, CTO, and full-stack developer. He writes prolifically about his work and loves to work on projects that allow him to draw together his diverse experience in the service of great ventures that make society more informed, empowered, and empathetic. Full interview below.
Can you describe your career in 12 words or less?
Engineer to accidental founder to impact investor to mission-driven product lead.
What does being resilient mean to you?
Work is getting faster and more intense. Our work lives are often hyperconnected, and the lines between work and life continue to blur. But we're also still human: real people with lives, commitments, and stresses outside of work.
Being resilient as a person means finding ways to intentionally set boundaries, conserve your energy, be self-aware, and meet your needs in a way that allows you to sustainably be present and effective at work and in your home life. It's partially about establishing the right rhythms and structures for you and your team, and partially about recognizing and embracing our human characteristics.
In a world where more workers are suffering from burnout than ever before, tools for stronger resiliency are vital work practices.
How has your thinking about resilience changed in 2020?
2020 has made the need for resilience more pressing for many people, myself included. We're still in the middle of a global, deadly pandemic. Many of us have had to learn to be more mindful, to find techniques for better emotional regulation, to more actively learn, and to more intentionally lead by example in our companies and communities.
At the same time, it's been made clearer to a lot more people that some communities have faced harsher challenges than others for generations. The current civil rights movement - one of the largest in the history of the world - gives me a lot of hope that we'll see real change, but there's a lot of work to do. The resiliency that truly matters is going to be found in the people that are fighting to challenge the discriminatory institutions and assumptions that underpin almost every aspect of society, in the face of stark opposition.
Companies are communities of people. Resilience at work means acknowledging that you can't separate the worker from the human. We all bring our whole selves to work, and that should include our moral compass. By tackling the human rights issues that affect the lives of members of our communities, we can build safer, more resilient workplaces.
How have you come to understand the importance of resilience in your own career?
For most of the last decade, my mother has been suffering from a terminal, genetic disease that I assumed I would eventually get too. Thankfully, a recent DNA test showed me that I wouldn't, but the battle remains for my mother and others in my family. There are certainly times when I lie awake at night, unable to let go of my anxiety. But through mindfulness, therapy, coaching, and a lot of leadership training, I've been able to show up as support for my family while making significant progress in my career and leading teams that have built products I'm proud of.
If I hadn't shown up for my family, and instead had focused on my career, I never would have been able to forgive myself. Likewise, making real progress on meaningful work has improved my well-being in a way that helped me better support the people I love. Being resilient meant taking care of my whole self, so I could take care of the people around me.
When was the last time you had to check in with yourself?
I try and check in with myself every day. Inspired by feedback grids, I like to ask myself four questions:
1. What did I do well today?
2. What could have gone better?
3. What questions do I have about the future?
4. What ideas do I have for changing how I show up?
The answers could be personal, or they could be professional. Usually, it's a mix of both.
I try to be honest with myself, but I also like to get feedback from the people I work with, using a technique inspired by Carole Robin's framework for a feedback-rich environment. It's good to be self-reflective and check in with myself, but I want to make sure that I check in with others, too. I'm certain I could be more self-aware than I am, and I want to avoid blind spots if I can.
Is there a time when you wish you were more resilient?
Frankly, always. Life is stressful; work is stressful; living in a pandemic is stressful. In our current moment, I've intentionally lowered my bar for what constitutes "showing up" - but I wish it could be higher.
What's one big mistake you made and how did you bounce back?
At a startup earlier in my career, I made an architecture decision that made our platform noticeably slow for users. We had to scramble to fix it. I was embarrassed, but learned how to make sure I never did anything like it again.
The way to bounce back is to place the emphasis on learning, not blame. These are the questions I try to ask:
1. What actually happened, and why?
2. What would prevent it from happening again?
3. What checks can we establish to make sure that happens?
I also push back - hard - against any attempts to ascribe blame or create bad feelings for a mistake. We all make them. Environments that punish people for trying and failing will just result in fewer people trying.
What are some mistakes we all make when it comes to resilience?
Ignoring it, and pushing ourselves harder than we should at the expense of our well-being. Not only do we hurt ourselves in the process, but we become part of making a less resilient environment for others. It takes a lot more strength to maintain boundaries and look after yourself if no-one else around you is doing it.
How can people be more resilient in their work-life?
Emotions play an important role in the way we think and act. So does our physical wellness. It's important to take care of ourselves: exercise, eat well, get good sleep, and practice mindfulness. In times of extreme stress, finding the things to be grateful for is also important - otherwise we tend to over-index on our negative experiences. And finally, it's not just about ourselves: we need to promote these things in the people around us, too, and be mindful and observant about how they're doing.
We all need to look out for the whole human, not just the tiny sliver of a human that is responsible for completing tasks relevant to the work we do. And we need to take it seriously.
Vulnerability plays a critical role in building trust among teams. How much does showing humanity help in building a resilient team?
Culture is the most important thing in any team. By a mile. Your collective norms, beliefs, and practices will define how everyone acts and reacts, how safe they feel to be themselves at work, and as a direct result, how high quality the work itself is.
Showing someone that you're human gives them permission to do the same. It also gives them permission to be more honest with you; you'll get better feedback, catch issues earlier, and understand when someone is having struggles. It makes it easier to create an environment where everyone can do their best work.
Who's the most resilient person that you know? Why?
I'm inspired by all the people who have literally been fighting for equality for their entire lives. I can't begin to imagine the resiliency required to fight for the human rights of you and your community, day in, day out, with no end in sight. I wish it wasn't required.
If you could leave people with one piece of advice about how to deal with what's happening right now in the world, what would it be?
Listen to the experts, center their lived experience and expertise - and then participate. We're all part of what happens next.
Ben in the great outdoors!
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