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Dynamic duo win grade A* in Chinese
READING and Wokingham school pupils celebrated their GCSEs in style after both boroughs scooped their best ever results.
Among the highest performers were Denefield pupils Jason Chang and Young Tan – who both achieved a grade A* in Chinese.
An impressive 30 Year 10 children at the Tilehurst secondary took their GCSE French exams early – and even more admirably one in four of these youngsters were awarded a grade A* or A.
Headteacher Eric Joint said: "I am absolutely delighted with this year's results for two reasons. Firstly, and most importantly, they reward the hard work of individual students.
"But secondly, these results show that as a school we have consolidated on last year's outstanding results."
Brainy Michelle Spence, a pupil at Little Heath in Tilehurst, achieved six A*s and three As. She was also awarded two Bs in AS-level exams in German and religious education – normally taken in Year 12.
Headteacher of set-to-shut Ryeish Green in Spencers Wood Jenny Garner congratulated pupils at the secondary for coming through under pressure.
She said: "Despite 12 months of uncertainty hanging over the future of the school, Year 11 students matched last year's overall improved results and increased the number of students overall gaining five A* to Cs including in English and maths from 32 per cent in 2006 to 35 per cent in 2007."
A dozen students from Shinfield's Leighton Park school achieved nine or more A*s and/or As including eight students who got 10 straight As.
Star pupils at Tilehurst's Prospect College included Charlotte Folly – who took 14 GCSEs and received A* to C grades in all of them.
Meanwhile Jamie Chaplin was awarded two A*s, seven As and two Bs, Luke Hammond, six As, two Bs and four Cs and Chirag Harendra, two A*s, six As, two Bs and two Cs.
Maiden Erlegh headteacher Dr Peter Thomas paid tribute to "the hard work and efforts" of staff and students.
A strong year group at Bradfield College chalked up a 100 per cent success rate with 15 pupils achieving straight As.
Headmaster Peter Roberts said: "They are a happy, talented and successful group of girls and boys who have flourished in the junior years at Bradfield."
Thames Valley University also celebrated good results with 140 of those receiving grades being aged 16 to 19 and more than 350 aged 20 plus.
Cheryl Pennington, director of Sixth Form studies at the college, said: "Many students have received outstanding GSCE results today and will therefore be able to progress onto Level 3 courses at Thames Valley University in September.
"The qualifications achieved today will provide the students with more options for study in the future."
Wokingham Borough Council leader Frank Browne, who is also executive member for children's services, said: "Our pupils are consistently high achievers and I extend my congratulations to them.
"They are supported by their parents who I am sure are very proud, as I am, of their achievements."
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Q: What is the proof that the rank of a matroid is sub-modular? Recall the definition of the rank of a matroid $(V, \mathcal{I})$:
$$ r(A) = \operatorname{rank}(A) = \max_{I \in \mathcal{I}}\{ | A \cap I | \} = \max\{ |I| : I \subseteq A, I \in \mathcal{I} \}$$
I was trying to prove that the rank of a matroid is a sub-modular function, i.e. that the following inequality holds for all subsets of the ground set (i.e. $\forall A, B \subseteq V$):
$$ r(A) + r(B) \geq r(A \cup B) + r(A \cap B)$$
I tried a "picture proof" by drawing a couple of sets and seeing how their intersection with independent elements behaved and I can only conclude that its in fact an equality. I am sure there is something wrong with that method and its not a real proof but wasn't sure how else to approach it. Does someone have a proof or a suggestion on good direction I might try to actually prove this result?
Also, is this suppose to be "intuitively obvious"? Because its not completely obvious for me.

A: Start with $I_1$ maximal independent in $A\cap B$.  We have $r(A\cap B)=|I_1|$.  By the property of independent sets, we may extend $I_1$ to $I$, maximal independent in $A\cup B$.  We have $r(A\cup B)=|I|$.  Now, partition $I=I_2\cup I_3\cup I_4$, where $I_2\in A\setminus B$, $I_3\in B\setminus A$, $I_4\in A\cap B$.  By construction, $I_1\subseteq I_4$; however by the maximality of $I_1$, in fact $I_1=I_4$.  Hence $r(A\cup B)=|I_1|+|I_2|+|I_3|$.  This takes care of the RHS.
Now, $I_1\cup I_2$ is a subset of $I$, hence independent, and contained entirely in $A$.  It might not be maximal independent in $A$, so all we can say is $r(A)\ge |I_1|+|I_2|$.  By a similar argument $r(B)\ge |I_1|+|I_3|$.
Putting it all together, we get $$r(A)+r(B)\ge 2|I_1|+|I_2|+|I_3|=r(A\cup B)+r(A\cap B)$$

A bit more about the strictness.  Suppose our ground set is the edges of a triangle graph (three vertices, three edges called $a,b,c$), with all cycle-free sets independent.   That is, all subsets are independent, except all three edges together.
Set $A=\{a,b\}$, $B=\{a,c\}$.  $r(A)=r(B)=2$, so LHS=$2+2=4$.  $r(A\cap B)=1$, since $A\cap B=\{a\}$.  However, $r(A\cup B)=2$, since $A\cup B=\{a,b,c\}$ yet all independent sets are of size 2 or less.  Hence RHS=$2+1=3$.

A: I am writing an answer to make sure I understand vadim's answer.
proof:
let $I_1 = \max_{I \in \mathcal{I}}\{|(A \cap B) \cap I|\}$, i.e., the maximal independent set of $A \cap B$. Recall the property of independent sets in matroids; if $|I| > |J|$ then there exists a sequence of elements $x_i \in I \setminus J$ such that at some point $|I| = |J \cup \{ x_1\} \cup ... \cup \{ x_k \}|$.
Now lets consider $I$, the maximal independent set of $A \cup B$. Obviously the size of $I$ cannot be less that $I_1$. i.e. $|I_1| \leq |I|$ (if the opposite where true, then clearly $I$ wouldn't be a maximally independent set of $A \cup B$!). Anyway, in the case where the inequality is strict $|I_1| < |I|$, then there exists one or more elements in $I$ not in $I_1$ that we can add to $I_1$ until $I_1$ matches in size to $I$. i.e. $|I| = |I_1 \cup \{ x_1\} ... \{ x_k \}|$.
Once that last equality is true then we can reason about where the elements $x_i$ came from.
Clearly, none of the $x_i$'s came from the intersection $A \cap B$, since if that were true, then $I_1$ wouldn't be maximal. Hence, they came from $A \setminus B$ or  $B \setminus A$. Hence we have:
$$ I_1 \cup \{ x_1\} ... \{ x_k \} = I_1 \cup I_2 \cup I_3 $$
where $I_2 \subseteq A \setminus B$ and $I_3 \subseteq B \setminus A$.
Now $I_1 \cup I_2 \subseteq A$, however it might not be maximal. Hence $r(A) \geq |I_1| + |I_2|$. Similarly for $I_1 \cup I_3 \subseteq B$ we have $r(B) \geq |I_1| + |I_3|$.
Hence we get:
$r(A) + r(B) \geq |I_1| + |I_2| + |I_1| + |I_3|$
However, notice that $r(A \cup B) = |I| = |I_1 \cup I_2 \cup I_3| = |I_1| + |I_2| + |I_3|$ and $r(A \cap B) = |I_1|$. Hence:
$$r(A \cup B) + r(A \cap B) = |I_2| + 2|I_1| + |I_3|$$
Which Concludes the proof:
$r(A) + r(B) \geq |I_1| + |I_2| + |I_1| + |I_3| = r(A \cup B) + r(A \cap B)$

A: For a quick counterexample to equality, let $B$ be a basis and suppose there's an $e$ not in $B$ such that $C(e,B)$ is the the $B$-fundamental circuit of $e$. Then:

*

*$r(B) = r(M)$,

*$r(e) = 1$,

*$r(B \cup e) = r(M)$, and

*$r(B \cap e) = r(\emptyset) = 0$.

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Ubisoft Forums > For Honor > General Discussion > Fix aramusha!
View Full Version : Fix aramusha!
This is absolutely ridiculous! If you don't block an attack from this guy it's over! You're just stuck in a flurry of light attacks until you inevitably DEAD, no matter who you play you cannot keep up with the attacks it's impossible! I will never play this hero or any other broken Metas like Valkyrie until you fix them! I'm tired of Meta Trash sending me mail to get good or calling me or my friends trash because they got legendary kill streak because they just bombard us until we're dead! It takes no skill of effort to play Aramusha while my friends and I have to train and suffer through games to get a good grip on our characters, I don't know how long he's been like this but it's high time that he gets nerfed. Now I don't want to see any Aramusha mains on this post because of course you're going to defend your broken meta main, y'all clearly got upset when they fixed Conq and Valk (the first time around) so of course y'all are gonna get upset when I trash talk your favorite Meta trash character. Ubisoft please do a better job of fixing your characters because the toxic behavior from those who abuse the Metas is getting old and so is losing because we just don't stand a chance against these metas.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but he's one of the weakest in the game right now, he will be getting no nerfs, that's for sure.
Is he using only his infinite light chain then it has to go top every second attack.
Aramusha is one of the worst characters in the game, all the way down there with lawbro and shugoki.
This has to be a troll post.
Well, at least on console it's an issue because it's a mix of his infinite chain with his soft feints. People have learned to capitalize on the poor reaction time console has afforded us and mix in these with his [balanced for PC] kit. He'll output just enough of the infinite chain to offbalance opponents then immediately start the soft feinting. It's frustrating for sure, however Ara doesn't seemed to be a frequently picked hero in my experience so it's relatively manageable.
Ara is fine right now. dont change anything.
Certain Aramusha's can be pretty insane with their dead feint mixups, I've even got lucky with him and 100 to 0'd a few people while using him, I can see where you're coming from, but many heroes are stronger, and most have their own version of the deadly feint type mixups with fast feints and nearly unreactable attacks, I think Aramusha is fine where he is, no nerf needed until his possible rework, if he ever gets one.
As someone with over 80 reps on console, Aramusha is still bad, even on console. The poor guy needs a buff. Console play has not "afforded us poor reaction time". 500ms is still 500ms, it's just less frames. Aramusha is completely reactable like all the "Light Spam Characters." I had to go practice against a generous friend who was willing to light spam me as Orochi, but after ~50 rounds I was doing much better, and while I think it's still quick, I can handle it (I highly recommend practice). The only big issue is just Light Spam plus ping, as certain moves will hit when they shouldn't and move timing will become a bit varied.


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Who is Nathan Chen's Girlfriend?
Who is Nathan Chen's girlfriend? That's the question on plenty of people's minds. Let's go through what we know:
Nathan Chen's girlfriend Amber Glenn
The last girlfriend we know of, was confirmed by…. Nathan Chen. Chen first confirmed that he and fellow figure skater Amber Glenn were dating in response to a fan's question on Twitter. From there, the love affair continued publicly across social media.
@nathanwchen love and miss you too?
— Amber Glenn (@AmberGlenn_) February 17, 2016
Amber posted about him regularly in her feed. Information is scant about why, when, or if they even split. However, in May 2016 she wrote him a special note for his birthday. Amber then posted the note. She said he was the one person she can rely on not to judge her. Amber called him the one person she needs to talk to when she has a bad day. The note and post came on his 17th birthday.
Unfortunately things have gone radio silent on that subject. But, the fact they haven't deleted any of the lovey fodder to one another, still says something. What, exactly that is, we're not sure. By early 2017, the open affection was done, and the two rarely interact since.
Already missing the snow and @nathanwchen ❤❄
A post shared by Amber Glenn (@amberglenniceskater) on Jan 27, 2016 at 5:44pm PST
If not Amber Glenn, then who?
Speculation on the topic points to Nathan Chen's girlfriend potentially being Mai Mihara. Mai Mihara is another fellow figure skater. She began to appear in his social media feed in May of 2017.
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Mai appeared in an interview for the International Skating Union in May of 2017. In the interview, Mai gives a comprehensive overview of her technical skills and ambitions. She also mentioned one of her goals for training in the summer was to improve her posture and expression. Since the music is important to a routine, Mai said she enjoys the "Cinderella Theme" to skate to. Her goal at the start of last season was to gain her jump abilities back since she suffered acute arthritis. Mai mentioned she gained them back and accomplished her goal.
If we're being honest, this one doesn't look like it has any legs. The two seem to have mutual professional respect for one another. Heart eyed emojis be damned.
SO THEN WHO IS IT?
Who is Nathan Chen's girlfriend? It all remains to be seen. Can't no one be an answer? Sometimes the most likely option is the best option.
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I'm a figure skating fan and this is news to me… and a bit surreal because I didn't think anyone cared about figure skaters… I doubt he has a girlfriend now tbh.
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i don't think that mai is nathan's gf, we fs fan just ship them together,but i personally don't think that mai is nathan's gf
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South London Club Discount: 10% off Senzala Creperie is an independent Brazilian creperie restaurant in Brixton, South London.
Brixton, Lambeth Borough, South West London, Restaurants 2
Shhh Burger Club & Bar
South London Club Discount: 10% off purchases over £10 Shhh Burger Club & Bar is an independent burger restaurant in Brixton, South London.
Restaurants 2, Brixton, Lambeth Borough, South West London
Receive 20% off everything with your South London Club Card. Cabana is an independent Brazilian restaurant in Brixton, South West London.
Cafes, Brixton, Lambeth Borough, South West London
Stir Coffee
South London Club Discount: 10% off Stir Coffee is a relaxingly simplistic yet stylish coffee shop on Brixton Hill, South London.
Bars and Pubs, Brixton, Restaurants, South West London, Lambeth Borough
The Shrub and Shutter
South London Club Discount: 10% off purchases over £10 The Shrub and Shutter is an independent cocktail bar and restaurant in Brixton, South London.
Brixton, Lambeth Borough, Bars and Pubs 2, South West London
LONDON BEER LAB
South London Club Card holders receive 10% off takeaway beer and brewing supplies. London Beer Lab is an independent brewery in Brixton, South London.
Brixton, Lambeth Borough, Gifts And Jewellery, South London, Flowers, Education
Janet Edwards Florist
South London Club Discount: 5% off purchases over £5 & 10% off purchases over £10 Janet Edwards is a charming independent florist situated in Brixton, South London.
Yoga, Lewisham Borough, South East London, Sydenham, Forest Hill, Brixton
Purple Palm Yoga
Receive your first session free & 20% off private, mini-group & Skype classes. Purple Palm Yoga is a yoga class in Sydenham, Forest Hill and Brixton, South London.
Brixton, Health And Wellbeing, Lambeth Borough, South West London
Brixton Therapy Centre
South London Club Card holders receive £10 off your first session. Brixton Therapy Centre is a multidisciplinary complementary healthcare centre based in Brixton, South London.
Health And Wellbeing, Brixton, South London, Lambeth Borough, Art
Pempamsie
South London Club Discount: 10% off Pempamsie is a holistic health, wellbeing and culture hub situated on Brixton Hill, South London.
Brixton, Lambeth Borough, Music, South West London
Lion Vibes
South London Club Card holders receive 5% off new records and 10% off second hand records. Lion Vibes is an independent record shop in Brixton, South London.
Brixton, Clothes, Gifts And Jewellery, Homeware, Lambeth Borough, Lifestyle, South West London, Clothing, Miscellaneous
Rachel And Malika's
South London Club Discount: 10% off over £10 Rachel and Malika's is an independent lifestyle boutique in Brixton, South London.
Health And Wellbeing, Brixton, Lambeth Borough, South West London, South Central London
South London Club Card holders receive 15% off monthly subscription payments. Vala is an independent private GP and healthcare provider based in Brixton, South West London.
Art, Brixton, South London, Lambeth Borough
South London Club Discount: 10% off all art and 10% off bespoke framing Studio 73 is a unique gallery space providing original artwork, prints and bespoke framing in Brixton.
Gifts And Jewellery, Brixton, Lambeth Borough, South West London
Full Moon Designs
South London Club Discount: 10% off & 15% off purchases over £50 Full Moon Designs is an independent jewellery shop in Brixton, South London.
Brixton, Clothes, Lambeth Borough, South West London, Clothing
Leona Vintage
South London Club Discount: 20% off Leona Vintage is, as the name suggests, is a vintage clothing boutique situated in Brixton Village Market, which is owned and managed by local fashionsta-come-entrepreneur; Leona.
Clothes, Gifts And Jewellery, Brixton, Lambeth Borough, Clothing, South West London
South London Club Discount: 10% off Make do and Mend is a vintage clothing shop in Brixton, South London.
Clothes, Brixton, Lambeth Borough, South West London, Clothing
South London Club Discount: 10% off The keep is an inspiring clothing and lifestyle boutique, situated in the heart of Brixton Village Market, Brixton.
Brixton, South London, Clothes, Lambeth Borough, Clothing
South London Club Discount: 10% off Omnis is an independent lifestyle boutique in Brixton, South London.
Clothing, Brixton, South West London, Lambeth Borough
Hunky Dory Vintage
South London Club Card holders receive 10% off. Hunky Dory is an independent vintage clothing shop in Brixton, South London.
Miscellaneous, Brixton, Lambeth Borough, South West London
South London Club Discount: 10% off room hire Studio B is a multi-purpose studio for hire in Brixton, South London.
South West London, South London, South East London, Lambeth Borough, Brixton, Dance
Kizomba Addiction
South London Club Discount: 10% off Kizomba Addiction is an exciting Kizomba dance class held at multiple venues in South London.
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Prairie Ridge co-ops Maddy Kim takes the podium after her first-place finish on the uneven bars Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 at the IHSA Girls Gymnastics State Meet in Palatine.
Prairie Ridge co-op's Maddy Kim reacts after winning the state title in uneven bars Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 at the IHSA Girls Gymnastics State Meet in Palatine. Kim won with a score of 9.60.
Whitney Rupp for Shaw Media Prairie Ridge co-op's Kira Karlblom performs in the vault finals at the Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 at the IHSA Girls Gymnastics State Meet in Palatine.
PALATINE – Prairie Ridge junior Maddy Kim was overcome with emotion as one competitor after another greeted her with hugs.
Tears of joy streamed down her cheeks as the reality that she was the uneven bars state champion set in.
Kim added a skill near the end of her routine and scored 9.6 to win bars, edging Glenbard West's Maddie Diab (9.55) in the individual event finals Saturday at the IHSA Girls Gymnastics State Meet in Palatine.
Prairie Ridge's Ciara Ryan tied for second in vault (9.625), and Kira Karlblom tied for fourth on floor exercise (9.55), giving all three Wolves' competitors state finals medals.
Prairie Ridge, a co-op team that draws athletes from Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South and Prairie Ridge, saw its string of state team titles end at three. Glenbard West scored 150.05 to win, with the Wolves second at 149.1.
Kim, who placed fifth on bars last year, added a blind pirouette just before her double-back-flip dismount. On her third swing around the high bar, she shifted her hands to make a complete turn.
Before her routine, Kim made a big "X" in chalk on the landing mat, as she has done for years. She then landed one of the best bars sets of her career.
Battaglia said the plan all along was to add the blind pirouette if Kim made the finals.
Ryan took third in all-around, which was completed after Friday's individual event preliminaries, at 37.9. She came back and scored one-tenth better on her vault Saturday to tie for second.
Karlblom qualified for three finals events and repeated as a medalist in floor exercise.
Battaglia thought Karlblom had a strong state meet.


Well, I have been a bad blogger lately, huh? I love pretending like I am too busy to blog. Makes me feel really cool.
The truth is, yeah, actually, I am just too busy to blog. Booyah.
Anyways, I love blogging. And I made these Oreos kind of a long time ago. Never posted them.
I made these Oreos for mothers and friends. Mailed them out in care packages. First, these were not my favorite cookies of the bunch (these were). Second, they were just about everyone else's favorite cookie. Could it be that people got a kick out of "homemade Oreos"? Or maybe it was because they were the only real chocolaty cookie out of the four I made? Maybe they are just amazing? Probs.
I have what I call a negative sweet tooth. I have no idea why. But I can't take it when desserts are too sweet. So, for me, these were just a tad too sweet. The chocolate wafer recipe calls for a range of sugar...I would suggest using the least amount. And, I would prefer that the filling had less vanilla in it. I would suggest 1/2 tsp rather than 2 tsp. I didn't change the recipe below because I am no dessert queen and everyone else really liked them. But Scot agreed about the vanilla. And I would call him the dessert king. Or at least the chocolate king.
I have made these too...and everyone loved them. I like them, but they weren't my favorite. I guess nostalgia plays a big part in the appeal?
mmm. I'd go for the oreos too. I love lemon, but the words "too sweet" do not exist in my vocabulary! Sometimes I wish they did!


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Episode 87: Mortadella and Mortality
"It's the best thing I've seen on television in a really long time," Jessica says of Succession, the HBO series about an aged media mogul and the future of his empire.
"It seems like a crazy, almost to a surreal degree, fantasy. But it's a little bit more real than I'm comfortable with," says Michael, who speaks from his professional experience:
Before I moved to New York, I never really met anyone who I thought was fabulously rich. And it's so happened that we were designing the invitation, say, for some kind of fancy gala dinner. And you'd meet with a big donor to the dinner, who would have to sign off on the invitations. And you think, Well, this person is really wealthy. They must be incredibly smart and poised and everything else.
And I swear to God in my career I probably met versions of the patriarch, Logan Roy, and all of the Roy children in various configurations. Like, it's dead accurate. They're exactly like that.
Also mentioned this week:
Jessica on Eataly World: What's it like? Who is there in August? How crowded is it? What did you eat? How does it feel?
Eater, Tasting Table, New York Times on Eataly World
Guardian, Eataly World opens but leaves a bad taste in Bologna
The Cape May Bread Lady on Facebook
Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, "Succession": An Irresistible Family Power Struggle
Jen Chaney, Vulture, Succession Is a Compelling Portrait of Untrustworthy Power Players
Matt Brennan, Paste, The Exquisite Sliminess of Succession's Matthew Macfadyen
Kate Wagner, Vox, Betsy DeVos's summer home deserves a special place in McMansion Hell
Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere
Jessica Helfand, Reinventing the Wheel
Open Culture on the Coltrane circle
That Charles Eames drawing
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A few weeks ago I got a call for a gig. Now, I have to admit a secret. All the years I've been an NYC-based drummer I have NEVER owned a drum kit… I DO own hardware and some cymbals. To play this gig, I need a very basic setup. I needed a snare [drum], hi-hat cymbals, and a bass drum. So far I'm one for three, had the hi-hat already. With a tight budget to work with, less than $50, it was off to Craigslist to find a suitable snare drum.


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Justice orders Rotte, Stinktier to meet after Sunday's Spoken Word incident
Mr. Justice Augustus Dindon has ordered the legal representatives of Gunnar Rotte and Faramund Stinktier to arrange a meeting between the two parties within the next ten days.
The Superior Court justice took the unprecedented action after an incident that occurred between the two on Sunday afternoon at the Beats of Burden Music Festival's Spoken Word stage.
Rotte took the stage mid-afternoon in front of a significant crowd, many of whom he'd invited via Twitter to witness his first ever SWE performance (Spoken Word Extemporaneous). He was just about to leave the stage after finishing his number, "Chock Tock," when he noticed Stinktier in the crowd. Claiming the audience was calling for an encore, Rotte took back the microphone and embarked on a takedown of everything Stinktier, including his music, his band, and his decision to transition to a Zebra.
While some in the audience egged him on, many were deeply offended and called for him to be pulled from the stage. Stinktier refused to get involved and left the area, which seemed to incite Rotte further. Finally, three Does of Peace moved him from the stage and into the custody of Park Police.
Rotte, who was charged in August with disturbing the peace and inciting violence at The Park's weekly Stereotype Sunday, is already scheduled to appear before Mr. Justice Augustus Dindon in October. Those charges are also related to his behaviour vis à vis Stinktier.
When news of the SWE matter reached the justice, he put out the call for a meeting.
"Mr. Justice Augustus Dindon is of the belief that much of this matter could be resolved through personal discussion. He does not believe the courts should get involved unnecessarily," said a spokesAnimal for the Court.
Rotte is represented by Pernilla Varghund, junior partner in Terrier, Terrier, Wolfhound and Shepherd, while Stinktier has engaged the services of Zvonimir Kojot of the law firm founded by Ingmar Prärievarg. Neither has spoken publicly about the justice's order.
Filed Under: Breaking News, Park Life, Politics/Law/Crime Tagged With: inciting hatred, Mr. Justice Augustus Dindon, Rotte, Stinktier, violence


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COX MEDIA VP/Programming STEVE SMITH is on the prowl for a "5 Star Programmer" who can oversee and manage the content of the COX MEDIA/ORLANDO cluster, which includes Country WWKA, Top 40 WPYO, and Urban WCFB.
This person will work with existing programmers and help strategize wins in multiple formats. SMITH tells ALL ACCESS, "We rarely have an opening like this ... and this is a long-term post for the right person." Send materials to SMITH here for this EOE post.


Telecom operators are showering cashback offers on the users, especially in the last couple of months. Today, Idea Cellular has come up with a new offer, namely, 'Jeeto Bejhijhak,' aiming at driving data usage. Under this new offer, the telco will be providing a cashback coupon of Rs 20 on every recharge of Rs 100 for prepaid customers. The Rs 20 cashback coupon can be used on the subsequent recharges of Rs 199 and above. Do make a note that the recharges of Rs 100 should be done on Idea's website or MyIdea application. And as expected, the coupons can only be used on Idea's website or application.
On top of this offer, Idea Cellular has launched a new television campaign "Kal Dekhe So Aaj Dekh, Aaj Dekhe So Right Now." In the campaign, Idea promises that it will provide its prepaid customers with offers on a constant basis. Idea states that it will deliver unlimited calls with abundant data, assured cashback and exciting prizes such as bikes, cars, smartphones on the recharges done through My Idea application.
Furthermore, the ad reiterates Idea Cellular's motive of increasing data consumption among its users alongside providing the users cashback offers and other prizes. The cashback offer is valid from June 5, 2018, to August 15, 2018.
Telecom operators such as Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are already providing cashback offers on various smartphones through their applications. However, Idea Cellular is providing Rs 20 cashback to every prepaid user who recharges through My Idea application.
No I won't!!!!!Idea as a operator still far better than Airtel in my honest opinion!!!!!There is no way I am going to deny that!!!!!
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How do you get books into the hands of students who rarely venture into a school library to look at books let alone borrow them? How do you help students appreciate that reading books can be a calming and pleasurable experience? How do you show students that books have the power to move us and take us into the world of our imagination? In short, how do you get students to fall in love with reading books?
Well you take some balloons, roses, hearts, tables with lots of books, throw in lollipops and chocolate, add a dash of romance and mix it with almost 100 Year 10 students and you create something very special… Book Speed Dating!
Over the past two weeks Year 10 students came to visit the library and experience something different compared to their usual English classes. February is the month of romance which provided the perfect occasion to celebrate by giving students the opportunity to 'fall in love' with a book!
Tables were set up with a variety of books to choose from – fiction, non-fiction, picture books, graphic novels, autobiographies/biographies and books that looked at the theme of prejudice which students are currently studying in class. Students selected their first book for their first 'date'. A timer was set for 5 minutes. When the timer went off everyone filled out their 'Rate Your Date' sheet and moved to the next table. By the end of the period students had 'read' six books. It was great to see students choose books they had never seen or heard of before, although favourites like Divergent and Fault in our Stars were popular choices.
One book in particular provoked a mix of bewilderment and curiosity from students as they tried to work out how to 'read' it. Tree of Codes created by Jonathan Safran Foer is an object of art where Jonathan took his favourite book, Bruno Schulz's Street of Crocodiles, and by removing words carved out a whole new story". You can watch a short video below to see how this book was created.
Overall 'Book Speed Dating' was loads of fun for Year 10, especially when they could choose a sweet treat to savor at the end. I challenged students with the idea that books are our 'friends' and that God Himself wrote a Book for us which will transform our lives if we read it!


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Children's Books Branded Seditious in Hong Kong
China Power | Politics | East Asia
A recent court case drives home concerns about the overly broad use of Hong Kong's resurrected sedition law.
By Michael C. Davis for The Diplomat
Credit: Depositphotos
After letting it lie dormant for several decades, the Hong Kong government, as part of the current crackdown on the opposition, has dusted off a sedition law under the local crimes ordinance to apply in numerous prosecutions. Public advocacy that had previously passed as legal public protests and critical debate has now been branded sedition, with over 60 arrests so far. This narrowed public sphere in Hong Kong should be of concern to anyone dealing with the formerly vibrant city.
In the parade of sedition prosecutions, a recent case involving a children's book about sheep and wolves has attracted bemusement worldwide, as observers puzzle over how a satirical children's book of cartoons can land its authors in jail for 19 months. Readers are reminded of the case of Bo Yang, who in 1968 was sentenced to nine years in prison during the authoritarian period in Taiwan for simply translating a suggestive Popeye cartoon.
In convicting these children's book authors, the legal hoops the judge had to jump through to uphold the prosecution's stance reveals a lot about the wider Hong Kong government agenda to crack down on public debate. Three core elements of the court's analysis adopted from the government's case to justify weaponization of the sedition ordinance are of especially grave concern.
The first core concern – one that has been criticized by many, including the U.N. Human Rights Committee in its recent very critical concluding observations on Hong Kong – is the vagueness of the statutory principles being applied. Defendants in the sheep case raised this with reference to the sedition ordinance's prohibition on speech "to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection" or "to promote feelings of ill-will or enmity."
The judgment simply waves off this vagueness objection by noting that "these are just words with ordinary meaning … best left to the trial judge or jury." But do such ordinary meanings provide sufficient guidance in judging appropriate limits on speech in public life?
Can a speaker imagine a criticism of government that does not cause some degree of disaffection or ill-will? Would it be possible, if the speaker is employing satire or mocking speech, to effectively advance a public policy argument without running afoul of these vague prohibitions? Certainly, in finding the children books' authors guilty simply in using cartoons to explain contentious politics to children, there is little critical speech not covered by the sedition law.
A second core concern relates to the application of international human rights standards. To the court's credit it at least mentions human rights – unlike earlier national security-related judgments that have been issued since a new national security law was imposed on Hong Kong. In speech cases involving incitement in the context of national security regulation, the international human rights standard articulated in the Johannesburg Principles emphasizes protection of free speech, requiring the speaker to intend imminent violence and that such violence be likely to occur.
Instead of applying this standard for intent, the court in the sheep and wolves case jumps over human rights and discusses common law sedition, concluding that it does not impose a requirement that the speaker intend violence.
The court does invoke another comparable set of principles, the Siracusa Principles, in defining "legitimate national security interest" to include protection of "the existence of the nation or its territorial integrity," but then ignores the strict limits on such regulation the Siracusa Principles require in the free speech context. The court claims that Hong Kong is an exceptional case, such that overseas practice, presumably including the Siracusa Principles, is "of little assistance."
The Siracusa Principles aim to provide guidance in navigating the boundary between protection of national security and human rights under the ICCPR, a treaty to which Hong Kong has long been bound and that has been fully incorporated in the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and the Basic Law. The limitations dismissed under the heading of Hong Kong exceptionalism include Siracusa requirements that national security cannot be invoked against "local or relatively isolated threats to law and order" or as a "pretext for imposing vague or arbitrary limitation." The Siracusa Principles emphasize that "violation of human rights undermines true national security."
It is hard to imagine that these children's books pose any threat to law and order, local or otherwise.
The third move of core concern that brought these convictions home is a factual one that drives Hong Kong's much wider growth of prosecutions in the national security and public order areas – with over 10,000 public order and over 200 national security arrests. This relates to the characterization of the massive 2019 protests in Hong Kong, which saw up to 2 million Hong Kong people take to the streets in massive largely peaceful protests.
The court judges that tens of thousands of 2019 protesters "did not recognize the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China over the HKSAR and did not support the policy of the 'One Country, Two Systems,'" while supporting calls for "independence and self-determination." From this characterization it then appears that the defendant book authors, by raising awareness of the protest in children's books, suffer guilt by association with such allegedly illegal protests.
This view surely underlies the government's account as to why such extreme measures to crack down on the 2019 protests were justified, but it ignores the reality that most protesters were merely demanding compliance with Basic Law commitments and the rule of law, as reflected in the five demands of the protesters. The five demands had demanded withdrawal of a proposed extradition bill (which would have allowed extradition to the mainland), retraction of the characterization of the protests as riots, release and exoneration of arrested protesters, an independent investigation of police behavior and implementation of the Basic Law commitment to universal suffrage. From public reporting, it appears that a small, frustrated minority were invoking independence, though with no evident capacity to carry forward such demand.
This official view of the protests, which the court fully embraced in its judgment, drives the massive arrests and prosecutions. Might the defendants in this case simply have used a children's fairy tale to mock the government's massive crackdown and arrest during and after the 2019 protests, without intending any view on independence?
In the court's account, "The wolves are the aggressors, and the sheep are the oppressed." Do the wolves simply symbolize abusive law enforcement and intimidation, leaving the sheep in a quandary as to what is permitted and what is not?
Many commentators and the millions that marched in Hong Kong in 2019 clearly concluded that the Extradition Bill profoundly ignored Basic Law requirements respecting the rule of law and basic rights and further that aggressive law enforcement tactics were being used to silence their protests. Whether officials fully agreed with this assessment or not, the proposed extradition bill, police behavior and the lack of the promised democratic reform were matters of legitimate public concern. Is speaking out on such issues sedition?
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Professor Michael C. Davis, formerly a professor at the University of Hong Kong, is currently a global fellow at the Wilson Center and a professor of law and international affairs at the Jindal Global University
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Blueberry vinegar is the superfood you didn't know you needed. A recent study showed that mice with amnesia experienced a revival of their memory after being fed the condiment.
Produced by fermenting fresh blueberries, the uncommon vinegar could have potential for preventing dementia and other types of brain degeneration. Currently, 50 million people live with dementia, and this number is expected to reach 75 million by 2030. With little research finding an effective cure or method of prevention for the disease, researchers have been keen on investigating foods and tonics that may help.
One group of Korean researchers was particularly interested in the compound acetylcholine. People with Alzheimer's have been shown to have lower levels of the compound, and blocking acetylcholine receptors is known to disrupt learning and memory. Therefore, many researchers suspect the compound is intricately tied to the development of dementia.
Drugs that stop the breakdown of acetylcholine have been invented, but are deemed unsafe for regular use. They don't last very long, and excess consumption could be toxic to the liver. Blueberry vinegar, however, seemed to have a similar effect without any of the drawbacks of the dangerous drugs. Rodents treated with the blueberry vinegar showed better outcomes on cognitive performance tests and markers of memory.
Researchers agree that further testing is necessary before people start rushing to buy the fermented fruits; but since there's really no drawback to cooking with it, blueberry vinegar could be a great superfood for boosting your brain health as you age.
Vinegar is a main ingredient in most salad dressings - hence the term "vinaigrette" - so if you're crafting your own or looking for a healthy way to dress your salad, blueberry vinegars could be a great ingredient.
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John Oliver & Sarah Silverman Slam Payday Loan 'Motherf***ers' On 'Last Week Tonight'
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On the latest edition of "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver continued his mission of educating viewers on a little-understood topic that has enormous impact on our culture. Previous episodes have seen the host take on native advertising, our broken prison system and even Dr. Oz.
This time around, Oliver devoted his lengthy main segment to the "Payday Loan" industry, whose business model he described as a "circle of misery" designed to keep people coming back for ridiculously high-interest loans again and again.
After outlining how the companies take advantage of their customers and how they're nearly impossible to regulate -- "it's like playing legislative Whac-A-Mole ..." -- Oliver enlisted the help of Sarah Silverman to encourage Americans to do "literally anything else" for a loan.
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When you quit your job you have become mindful of expenditure. While planning to sleep in my swag or a tent most nights, I simply couldn't be arsed setting up a campsite in the dark and while tired. I treated myself to a motel room on the main drag into Rockhampton, Australia's beef capital.
And what a treat it has been!
Paper thin walls meant I was woken by a woman discussing bread. I went to sleep to the sounds of a guy talking on his phone. He kept on thanking his caller for ringing. Over and over.
I can feel every spring as I lie on this mattress. The sheets are white, crisp and clean though. It's always with trepidation that I slowly peel back the sheet, as if waiting for something to jump out at me. There's no carpet or even a little cake of soap in this highway motel.
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Biden Hails Israel, Hamas Ceasefire, Sees 'Genuine Opportunity' To Move Forward
May 21, 2021, 7:07 a.m.
US president thanks Netanyahu for bringing end to Gaza fighting, backs Israel's right to self-defense, promises to replenish Israel's Iron Dome interceptors, stop Hamas rearming
US President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed a ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas, saying that he saw it as a "genuine opportunity" to push forward toward building a lasting peace in the Middle East.
"I believe we have a genuine opportunity to make progress and I'm committed to working toward it," Biden said, crediting the Egyptian government with playing a crucial role in brokering the ceasefire and said he and top White House aides were intensely involved in an "hour by hour" effort to stop the bloodletting.
"I believe the Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely and securely and enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy," Biden said. "My administration will continue our quiet, relentless diplomacy toward that."
Biden gave a four-minute speech in the Cross Hall of the White House, hours after the sides had agreed to the Egyptian-brokered unconditional cessation of hostilities.
The president began his remarks saying he had just gotten off the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their sixth call since Israel launched Operation Guardian of the Walls in response to Hamas rocket fire on May 10.
"I commended him for bringing the current hostilities to a close within less than 11 days," Biden said.
"I also emphasized what I've said throughout this conflict: The United States fully supports Israel's right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks from Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorist groups that have taken the lives of innocent civilians in Israel," he added, sticking to a line that critics in the progressive wing of the party claimed was being viewed by Israel as a blank check continue its bombing campaign in Gaza.
Biden said that during the call, Netanyahu expressed his appreciation for the Iron Dome missile defense system, funding for which was first approved by the Obama administration and was responsible for intercepting the vast majority of Gaza rockets headed for Israeli civilian areas. The president said he assured Netanyahu that the US would replenish its Iron Dome missile supply in the future.
The president offered his "sincere gratitude" to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi for his country's efforts in brokering the ceasefire. Biden spoke with Sissi for the first time as president earlier Thursday and was updated on the efforts. The Biden administration has been seeking to take a tougher stance on Cairo's human rights record than former president Donald Trump, who once called Sissi his "favorite dictator."
Biden made a point of highlighting the US efforts aimed at deescalating the situation on the ground, in an apparent effort to rebuff criticism that the US had been disengaged and even blocking diplomatic measures aimed at bringing about a ceasefire. The US mission to the UN stood alone at the Security Council to block three joint statements calling for an immediate ceasefire and was slated to oppose a French resolution on the matter as well. Washington argued that such measures, which Israel opposed, would not have helped advance ceasefire efforts.
But Biden officials stood by the position, with former Obama special envoy Martin Indyk tweeting Thursday that it had been part of an "arm around Israel" that proved effective in bringing about an end to the violence.
Before Operation Guardian of the Walls commenced, the State Department had been critical of Israel's actions in Jerusalem, including the looming eviction of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and the police crackdown on protesters there as well as at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif compound.
But that criticism was largely tabled once the rocket fire began on May 10, with US officials repeatedly defending Israel's right to defend itself and that there was no equivalency between Hamas firing rockets indiscriminately firing rockets at civilians and Israel's response in which it seeks to avoid civilian casualties.
However, patience in Washington began to run out as the conflict dragged on, as civilian casualties began to pile up, and as pressure from within the Democratic party and from allies abroad grew.
A major turning point came last Saturday, the fifth day of the conflict when Israel's bombing of a media tower in Gaza that housed the offices of AP, Al Jazeera, and according to the IDF, Hamas operatives. The strike led to calls from Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, demanding an explanation for the strike. Israel passed along intelligence proving the Hamas-connection, but Yedioth Ahronoth reported that those involved in signing off on the strike have come to regret it as they only took out a cleared out Hamas office building while damaging Israel's relationship with foreign media.
From Saturday, engagement from the US stepped up a notch. By the next day, officials including Blinken began speaking of a need for an immediate ceasefire. On Wednesday, Biden told Netanyahu in a phone call that he expected an immediate de-escalation by the end of the day.
"We held intensive high-level discussions, hour by hour," Biden said in his Thursday speech. His administration has highlighted over 60 calls and meetings senior officials have held with Israelis, Palestinians and other relevant regional players since the violence started.
The president mourned the high civilian death toll, particularly children, from the conflict. "I send my sincere condolences to all the families, Israeli and Palestinian, who have lost loved ones and my hope for a full recovery for the wounded," he said.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says 232 people, including more than 66 minors, have been killed by Israeli strikes over the past 10 days. According to the IDF, more than 120 of those killed were members of Hamas and over 25 were members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad as of Monday night. The IDF also says some of the Gaza civilian fatalities were killed by the terror groups' own rockets falling short and exploding in Gaza.
Twelve people in Israel, including a 5-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, have been killed in rocket fire, and hundreds have been injured. Hamas and other Gaza terror groups have fired over 4,000 rockets and other projectiles at Israel.
Biden said the US "remains committed to working with the United Nations" in providing humanitarian assistance to Gaza and in reconstruction efforts in the enclave.
"We will do this in full partnership with the Palestinian Authority, not Hamas, the Authority, in a manner that does not permit Hamas to simply restock its military arsenal," he emphasized, referring to a challenge that Israel and international donors have had a hard time meeting in the past.
"I believe the Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely and securely and to enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy," he said, adding that his administration will continue its "quiet and relentless diplomacy toward that end."
The president stopped short of saying the US would push for Israelis and Palestinians to enter diplomatic talks aimed at a two-state solution as many countries were pushing this week at the UN. The Biden administration has maintained that the sides are currently too far apart for such intensive efforts to be effective and that smaller steps toward that eventual goal of two states are preferred in the interim while unilateral steps by either side should be prevented.
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El pensament estratègic es defineix com un procés mental o de pensament aplicat per un individu en el context d'assolir un objectiu o un conjunt d'objectius en un joc o un altre esforç. Com a activitat cognitiva, produeix pensament.

Quan s'aplica en un procés de gestió estratègica de l'organització, el pensament estratègic implica la generació i l'aplicació de coneixements i oportunitats empresarials úniques destinades a crear un avantatge competitiu per a una empresa o organització.

Es pot fer de manera individual, així com de manera col·laborativa entre persones clau que poden alterar positivament el futur d'una organització. El pensament estratègic grupal pot crear més valor en permetre un diàleg proactiu i creatiu, on els individus obtenen les perspectives d'altres persones sobre qüestions crítiques i complexes. Això es creu un benefici en entorns empresarials altament competitius i en canvi continu.

Visió general
El pensament estratègic inclou trobar i desenvolupar una capacitat de previsió estratègica per a una organització, explorant tots els futurs organitzatius possibles i desafiant el pensament convencional per afavorir la presa de decisions en l' actualitat. El pensament estratègic recent apunta cada cop més clarament a la conclusió que la pregunta estratègica crítica no és el convencional "Què?", sinó "Per què?" o "Com?". El treball d'Henry Mintzberg i altres autors, donen suport encara més a la conclusió; i també establir una clara distinció entre el pensament estratègic i la planificació estratègica, un altre procés de pensament estratègic important.

El general André Beaufre va escriure l'any 1963 que el pensament estratègic "és un procés mental, alhora abstracte i racional, que ha de ser capaç de sintetitzar dades tant psicològiques com materials. L'estrateg ha de tenir una gran capacitat tant d'anàlisi com de síntesi. L'anàlisi és necessària per reunir les dades sobre les quals fa el seu diagnòstic, síntesi per tal de produir a partir d'aquestes dades el diagnòstic en si, i el diagnòstic, de fet, equival a una elecció entre cursos d'acció alternatius."

No hi ha una definició generalment acceptada per al pensament estratègic, no hi ha un acord comú sobre el seu paper o importància, i no hi ha una llista estandarditzada de competències clau dels pensadors estratègics. Tampoc no hi ha consens sobre si el pensament estratègic és un ideal o una propietat comuna i observable de l'estratègia. La majoria està d'acord que els models tradicionals d'elaboració d'estratègies, que es basen principalment en la planificació estratègica, no funcionen. L'estratègia en el panorama empresarial competitiu actual s'està allunyant de la "planificació estratègica" bàsica a més de "pensament estratègic" per seguir sent competitius. No obstant això, tots dos processos de pensament han de treballar mà a mà per obtenir el màxim benefici. S'ha argumentat que el veritable cor de l'estratègia és l'"estrateg"; i per a una millor execució de l'estratègia requereix un pensador estratègic que pugui descobrir estratègies noves i imaginatives que puguin reescriure les regles del joc competitiu; i posar en marxa la cadena d'esdeveniments que marcaran i "definiran el futur".

Hi ha moltes eines i tècniques per promoure i disciplinar el pensament estratègic. El diagrama de flux de la dreta proporciona un procés per classificar un fenomen com un escenari en la tradició de la lògica intuïtiva i com es diferencia d'altres enfocaments de planificació.

Pensament estratègic vs. planificació estratègica
Segons F. Graetz, el pensament estratègic i la planificació són "processos de pensament diferents, però interrelacionats i complementaris" que s'han de sostenir i fer-se costat mútuament per a una gestió estratègica eficaç. El model de Graetz sosté que el paper del pensament estratègic és "buscar la innovació i imaginar futurs nous i molt diferents que puguin portar a l'empresa a redefinir les seves estratègies bàsiques i fins i tot la seva indústria". El paper de la planificació estratègica és "realitzar i donar suport a les estratègies desenvolupades a través del procés de pensament estratègic i integrar-les de nou al negoci".

Henry Mintzberg va escriure el 1994 que el pensament estratègic és més sobre la síntesi (és a dir, "connectar els punts") que l'anàlisi (és a dir, "trobar els punts"). Es tracta de "captar el que el gerent aprèn de totes les fonts (tant les idees de les seves experiències personals com les experiències dels altres a tota l'organització i les dades dures de la investigació de mercat i similars) i després sintetitzar aquest aprenentatge en una visió de la direcció que hauria de seguir l'empresa". Mintzberg va argumentar que el pensament estratègic no es pot sistematitzar i és la part crítica de la constitució de l'estratègia, a diferència dels exercicis de planificació estratègica. Segons la seva opinió, la planificació estratègica passa al voltant de la formació de l'estratègia o l'activitat de pensament estratègic, proporcionant inputs perquè l'estrateg els consideri i proporcionant plans per controlar la implementació de l'estratègia després de la seva formació.

Segons Jeanne Liedtka, el pensament estratègic difereix de la planificació estratègica en les següents dimensions de la gestió estratègica:

Competències de pensament estratègic
Liedtka va observar cinc "atributs principals del pensament estratègic a la pràctica" que s'assemblen a les competències:

 Perspectiva de sistemes, es refereix a ser capaç d'entendre les implicacions de les accions estratègiques. "Un pensador estratègic té un model mental del sistema complet de creació de valor d'extrem a extrem, el seu paper dins d'ell i una comprensió de les competències que conté".
 Centrat en la intenció, cosa que significa més determinació i menys distracció que els rivals del mercat. Acreditant a Hamel i Prahalad que van popularitzar el concepte, Liedtka descriu la intenció estratègica com "l'enfocament que permet als individus d'una organització reunir i aprofitar la seva energia, centrar l'atenció, resistir la distracció i concentrar-se durant el temps que calgui per aconseguir un objectiu."
 Pensar en el temps significa ser capaç de tenir en compte el passat, el present i el futur alhora per crear una millor presa de decisions i accelerar la implementació. "L'estratègia no està impulsada només per la intenció futura. És la bretxa entre la realitat d'avui i la intenció per al futur el que és fonamental." La planificació d'escenaris és una aplicació pràctica per incorporar "pensar en el temps" a l'elaboració d'estratègies.
 Impulsat per hipòtesi, assegurant que tant el pensament creatiu com el crític s'incorporin a l'elaboració de l'estratègia. Aquesta competència incorpora explícitament el mètode científic al pensament estratègic.
 Oportunisme intel·ligent, que vol dir ser sensible a les bones oportunitats. "El dilema que comporta utilitzar una estratègia ben articulada per canalitzar els esforços organitzatius de manera eficaç i eficient sempre s'ha d'equilibrar amb els riscos de perdre de vista estratègies alternatives més adequades a un entorn canviant".

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Què és el pensament estratègic?, harvardbusiness.org
 6 hàbits dels veritables pensadors estratègics de Paul JH Schoemaker, Inc.com
 Per a un gran lideratge, aclareix el cap de Joshua Ehrlich, Harvard Business Review
 Com pensar estratègicament de Michael Watkins, Harvard Business Review
 Pensament estratègic: secrets d'èxit dels grans projectes empresarials  Dr David Stevens, McGraw Hill, 1997
 Execució de l'estratègia: assegureu-vos que la vostra cultura proporciona sentit comú mitjançant i-nexus

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