Imagine getting a daily paycheck -- or cashing out whatever money you've already earned from your job. It would mean no more strain waiting for payday.
Most people continue to get paid every two weeks or even once a month, even though the technology exists to pay people in real time or as often as they'd like.
"It's not a technology question," said Jim McCarthy, who helps develop high-tech payments at Visa. "Money is fundamentally becoming digital."
So why hasn't money caught up with technology?
Businesses are stuck in their old ways, sorting through paper stacks to pay their bills.
That sluggish approval process -- office manager gets a paper invoice, CEO personally signs a paper check, it gets mailed -- is too ingrained in the business model right now.
That's according to René Lacerte. He's the CEO of Bill.com, which helps small businesses digitize and automate how they pay their bills.
Think of a business transaction as a huge iceberg, he said. Payment is just the tip.
"Everything below the waterline is the process that businesses have in making decisions," he said. "Everywhere you go, it's a paper-based process."
Right now, businesses are flooded with incoming invoices. And contractors normally find themselves getting paid late, which in turn slows down how contractors pay their own employees too.
With that chaos, companies are hesitant to speed up paying their bills. Only 2% of companies that join Bill.com use the next-day bill pay feature.
Convincing them to pay employees and vendors on a daily basis would require completely ditching the existing payroll system.
Meanwhile, banks are slow at processing transactions.
Retailers have to wait several days to actually receive the money a customer spent when they swiped their credit card. And even when businesses make "instant" bank-to-bank transactions to pay employees or bills -- it's not really instant.
Banks rely on something called the Automated Clearing House system, an interbank payment network that dates back to the 1970s. ACH transactions only get logged a few times a day in massive batches.
ACH has several daily deadlines that seem terribly outdated. For example: Make a payment by 2 p.m. E astern Standard Time -- or it won't go through until tomorrow.
That delay is the biggest frustration to businesses right now. SurePayroll, which caters to small businesses, sees it first hand. It watches businesses take out money on Wednesday to pay employees or a bill Friday, needlessly extending the time they're short on cash.
"Right now, the process pulls out the money too soon and gives the money too late," said Steve Kania, SurePayroll's vice president of strategy and product management.
"The only people who would want to lag that time is banking, where they collect interest on the money that they move slowly," Kania said.
Major players are already working to solve these problems.
Visa (V) is tapping into its worldwide electronic network to start making near-instant payments called "Visa Fast Funds." Instead of dealing with ACH deadlines, it moves money directly from one debit card to another. By the end of 2016, the company thinks 96% of Visa debit cards will have the Fast Funds feature.
It says Facebook (FB) and Square are already using this system, absorbing the Visa fee and offering it to customers for free. This is how ride-sharing service Lyft lets drivers claim their paychecks on demand, Visa said. Lyft now lets its drivers cash out every time they've earned at least $50.
Then there's Square (SQ), which has an "Instant Deposit" feature for customers that get paid using Square Cash or its credit card dongle.
"A contractor remodeling a bathroom could get a down payment, then use that to buy supplies and tiles to do the job that day," said Brian Grassadonia, head of Square Cash.
Another way to really speed up money is to reduce risk of fraud. The digital money system Bitcoin, which is still quite experimental, does this through an instant fact-checking accounting system called the blockchain.
"Bitcoin has created the only real-time engine for moving value," said Micah Winkelspecht, whose startup Gem installs Bitcoin technology for internal use at major American banks.
Bitcoin isn't catching on as a digital currency. But it is being used successfully to quickly settle payments.
Circle, a money-sending app that works instantly, conducts trades in established currencies like dollars and euros. But on the back end, it's actually moving them across the Bitcoin network.
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire thinks that person-to-person payment apps will be the catalyst for faster paychecks.
"When people start experiencing personal payments the same manner they do with email and text, consumers are going to start saying, 'Why can't my company pay me this way?' It's going to be a consumer led phenomenon," Allaire said.


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Kirk's Story
What is Parkinson's Disease?
Living With Parkinson's Disease
Virtual Kirk Gibson Golf Classic
The 2020 Detroit Marathon has gone virtual
5th Annual Golf Classic
Gibson, 60, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the March 29 season opener against the San Francisco Giants in Dodger Stadium. He will also be on hand March 30 when a special-edition Gibson bobblehead will be given to the first 40,000 fans in attendance for the second game of the season. An additional 88 limited-edition bobbleheads signed by Gibson will be auctioned off along with game-worn jerseys from the Friday game, with proceeds going to Gibson's foundation. And 50% of the proceeds from the opening-day 50-50 raffle drawing will go to the foundation.
LA DODGERS AND THE KIRK GIBSON FOUNDATION
I'm proud to say the Dodgers have stepped up in a huge fashion to join forces with me and my foundation while celebrating the 30th anniversary of the home run.
The Dodgers and former World Series hero Kirk Gibson have joined forces on a ticket-price increase that should be easy for fans to rally around.
Gibson, whose dramatic Game 1 walk-off homer off Oakland Athletics closer Dennis Eckersley catapulted the Dodgers toward their last championship in 1988, and the team announced on Monday that the seat in the right-field pavilion where the home-run ball landed will be painted blue and signed by Gibson.
The price of Seat 1 in Row D of Section 302, normally about $50 a game, will be raised to $150 a game this season, with $100 from each ticket going to the Kirk Gibson Foundation to help raise funds for Parkinson's disease research.
"Anything anybody can to do help raise funds for and the awareness of Parkinson's, I'm very interested in talking to," Gibson, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2015, said on a conference call.
Mike DiGiovanna, LA Times
© 2020 The Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson's. All rights reserved.

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CNL Commercial Real Estate Completes 232,000 Square Feet Lease on Behalf of GEICO
--Insurance company signs on for 12 years at its new Dallas headquarters--
DALLAS (August 5, 2015) – CNL Commercial Real Estate announces today the completion of a 232,000 square foot, 12-year lease on behalf of GEICO.
CNL Commercial Real Estate, in partnership with CenterSquare Investment Management, purchased the former Fossil Watch Headquarters building complex, located at 2280 North Greenville Avenue, at the end of last year. The Complex includes a 192,000 square foot, two-story office building and accompanying 135,000 square foot warehouse building.
CNL Commercial Real Estate is renovating the office building and, in lieu of converting the warehouse building into more office space, the company will instead transform the warehouse into covered parking for GEICO employees, giving the building one of the highest parking ratios in the entire market and making it one of the most attractive back office buildings in Dallas. CNL Commercial Real Estate will also be expanding the office building by an additional 40,000 square feet to accommodate GEICO's needs.
"We are honored to play a role in the GEICO's journey to its new home," said Pryse Elam, principal and president of development and investment at CNL Commercial Real Estate. "Our team brings an enormous level of passion and creativity to every project, and this one is no different. We couldn't be more excited for the entire GEICO team."
CNL Commercial Real Estate was drawn to the Richardson submarket due to high activity in the area, evidenced by the new two million square foot State Farm Headquarters building. Following its success with GEICO, CNL Commercial Real Estate is continuing to survey the region for additional opportunities.
About GEICO
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and is the second-largest private passenger auto insurance company in the United States. GEICO, which was founded in 1936, provides millions of auto insurance quotes to U.S. drivers annually. The company is pleased to serve more than 13 million private passenger customers, insuring more than 22 million vehicles (auto & cycle).


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Nominations open for UGA's fulfilling the Dream Awards
by Matt Weeks
Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia, along with its Freedom Breakfast cosponsors Athens-Clarke County government and school district, is accepting nominations for the 2008 President's Fulfilling the Dream Awards, which will be presented at the annual Freedom Breakfast on Jan. 18, at 7:30 a.m., in the Magnolia Ballroom of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel.
Award recipients, individuals from both the community and UGA, will be recognized for significant efforts to build bridges of unity and understanding among residents of Athens-Clarke County.
Nominations should be based on significant contributions an individual has made toward the spirit of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday: Equal opportunity and justice for all. The deadline for nominations is Dec. 10.
Nominations should contain a letter of nomination, which includes the nominee's name, address and telephone number; a description of the nominee's acts supporting the application of Dr. King's ideology and leadership; and two letters of recommendation.
Send nominations to the Office of Institutional Diversity, The University of Georgia, c/o Awards Selection Committee, 204 Bank of America Building, 110 E. Clayton St., Athens, GA 30602.
The Freedom Breakfast commemorates the life of Martin Luther King Jr. by providing fellowship and honoring community members who strive to make a reality of his dream for equality. The event's theme this year is "The Power of the Dream: Transforming One Life at a Time."
Tickets run $12 for individuals or $96 for a table of eight. They may be purchased through Jan. 15 through UGA's Office of Institutional Diversity. Tickets bought by Jan. 8 can be mailed to recipients, after that those wishing to buy tickets must do so at the OID. To buy tickets or learn more about nominations, contact Joan Pittman at 706/425-2998.
News Release Office of Institutional Diversity
Peabody Awards ceremony moves to Los Angeles
Enforcement key to mandatory voting
Student among first recipients of LAF Ignite…
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In 2017, the median household income of 67211 residents was $30,681. 67211 households made slightly more than 66782 households ($30,313) and 67334 households ($29,375) . However, 35.3% of 67211 residents live in poverty.
The median age for 67211 residents is 32.9 years young.
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Lexie Green
Lexie Green is a singer-songwriter from Cambridgeshire (UK) who describes her influences as Americana, Country, Vintage Blues and good old-fashioned Rock 'n' Roll.
Bob Harris / BBC Introducing – Lexie was chosen by Bob Harris, the BBC Radio 2 production team and The Long Road Festival organisers to perform on the BBC Introducing stage at the first Long Road Festival (2018). She has had multiple local BBC Introducing performances, airplay and regular pick of the BBC Uploader choices by presenters.
International Recognition – Lexie's 2019 live album release 'Live at Bobs Records' is attracting national recognition with Maverick Magazine awarding it a Maverick seal of approval plus a 5 Star review. Lexie is also catching the attention of multiple international magazines and radio stations with notable mentions of her songwriting strength and her 'Raw yet soulful voice with a timbre that that mixes Melissa Etheridge and Katie Melua' (Blues Magazine)
Live – Lexie is always 'out there' performing, touring nationally around the UK either solo, duo or accompanied with her full band of good friends Steve, Sam, John and Kat she fondly collectively calls 'The Indigo Blue'. Over the past few years she has built up a strong reputation for her live performances. Recognised and respected by venues, promoters, radio presenters and audiences as a crowd loving and excellent live act.
Whether performing solo or accompanied by 'The Indigo Blue' her fun filled and happy presence shines through, winning over venues and audiences alike. Loving nothing more than to write and perform great music, bring a smile, raise an audience to their dancing feet and make you feel like you are a huge part of that moment.
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Q: Calculating difference of values between two dates with pyspark My data is like this:

year_month
user_id
pageviews
visits

2020-03
2
8
3

2021-03
27
4
3

2021-05
23
75
7

2020-05
23
17
7

2020-08
339
253
169

2020-08
892
31
4

2021-08
339
4
3

And I wanted to group by year_month calculating the difference of pageviews and visits from one year(2020) to the next(2021).
So, I was thinking the output should be something similar to (without the content inside the parenthesis):

last_month
diff(pageviews)
diff(visits)

2021-03
-4(4-8)
0(3-3)

2021-05
58(75-17)
0(7-7)

2021-08
-280(4-284)
-170(3-173)

But I'm not sure how to do it vectorized, I was thinking of passing it to pandas and doing it with a for loop, but wanted to learn how to do this kind of things in a vectorized way with pyspark or sparksql that I think they will be much faster.

A: The main idea is using window function to compare months. Check my comments for more explanations
from pyspark.sql import functions as F
from pyspark.sql import Window as W

(df
    # since you'd want to compare month and year separately,
    # we have to separate them out using split function
    .withColumn('year', F.split('year_month', '-')[0].cast('int'))
    .withColumn('month', F.split('year_month', '-')[1].cast('int'))

    # you have multiple rows per year_month
    # so we have to group and sum the similar records
    .groupBy('year', 'month')
    .agg(
        F.sum('pageviews').alias('pageviews'),
        F.sum('visits').alias('visits')
    )

    # now, you need to compare 2021's months with 2020's months,
    # you'd have to use lag window function, pay attention to the orderBy window
    .withColumn('prev_pageviews', F.lag('pageviews').over(W.orderBy('month', 'year')))
    .withColumn('prev_visits', F.lag('visits').over(W.orderBy('month', 'year')))

    # with current pageviews/visits and previous pageviews/visits on the same row
    # you can easily calculate the difference between months
    .withColumn('diff_pageviews', F.col('pageviews') - F.col('prev_pageviews'))
    .withColumn('diff_visits', F.col('visits') - F.col('prev_visits'))

    # select only necessary colums and rows
    .select('year', 'month', 'diff_pageviews', 'diff_visits')
    .where(F.col('year') == 2021)

    .show()
)

# Output
# +----+-----+--------------+-----------+
# |year|month|diff_pageviews|diff_visits|
# +----+-----+--------------+-----------+
# |2021|    3|            -4|          0|
# |2021|    5|            58|          0|
# |2021|    8|          -280|       -170|
# +----+-----+--------------+-----------+

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The Family Dollar on Winston Road is scheduled to close in mid-May, according to a representative from its parent company.
Kayleigh Painter, who works in media relations, said Dollar Tree is optimizing its real estate portfolio by opening 550 new stores this year, while renovating 1,000 Family Dollar stores, re-bannering 200 Family Dollar to Dollar Tree stores and closing as many as 390 Family Dollar locations.
The company is working with employees impacted by the closures to offer jobs at neighboring stores.


Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson paid tribute to the victims of medical errors in his speech on patient safety delivered to the NHS Confederation.
He urged delegates to learn from mistakes and spread best practice to increase patient safety.
He said the NHS had got away from the bad headlines concerning the bad practice of individuals, which compromised the service, and that now safety was not focused on individuals but on whole systems.
'The other thing that challenges us greatly is that the media and public seem to think that things go wrong and kill patients and it can't be stopped,' he said.
The CMO said new technologies were helping increase patient safety and gave the example of tracking technology - used in football to track shots - now being used by Professor Sir Ara Darzi's team at Imperial College to monitor the eye movements of surgeons. He also said that simulated surgery is helping prepare novice surgeons before they actually perform an operation.
Professor Donaldson said that reassessing doctors during their career was a way to drive up quality and that it was something patients and doctors wanted.
He added that harnessing technology and standardising clinical processes would also be important ways of increasing patient safety.


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British Man Stabbed To Death In Tenerife
By Laura Kemp • 07 May 2021 • 14:50
British Man Stabbed To Death In Tenerife. Image - Pixabay
A 31-year-old British man has been stabbed to death in Tenerife.
A 31-year-old British man has been stabbed to death in Tenerife in a suspected burglary. The man is said to have made a desperate attempt to escape his attackers following a knifing incident on a residential complex on the island of Tenerife, a popular holiday destination for British holidaymakers and expats.
As reported by the Daily Mail, the tragic incident happened just before midnight on Thursday in the Island Village close to Playa de las Americas.
Local reports have said that the stabbing may have occurred during a break-in at the home of the deceased man. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
A National Police spokesman confirmed this morning, May 7: "The dead man was a 31-year-old Brit. The death was a violent death and occurred at a property in the municipality of Adeje.
"There have been arrests. The matter is still under investigation and there is nothing more we can add at this stage, although we may be able to say more later."
Reportedly, the victim left a trail of blood as he attempted to escape up a set of stairs that led to the street above the property that is thought to be his home and where the attack took place.
He apparently collapsed on the steps inside the residential estate before he reached the street, leaving bloody handprints on the walls of the apartments as he tried to escape.
It is believed that two men and a woman have been held by police in relation to the attack and were taken to the area today by detectives who inspected the crime scene.
El Dia, an island newspaper, said that the three suspects were accompanied by their lawyers.
Another similar crime happened in February when a middle-aged man was stabbed to death in his home of Torviscas Alto. The victim is alleged to be separated from his wife and spending his time between southern Tenerife and Russia. There have been no arrests made yet.
The same National Police force is in charge of both crimes.
Laura Kemp
Originally from UK, Laura is based in Axarquia and is a writer for the Euro Weekly News covering news and features. Got a news story you want to share? Then get in touch at [email protected]


In aroma, Orange Blossom is exactly that (truth in advertising!). The liquor is a bit yellowed, possibly from long exposure to the round paper infuser. Flavor-wise, it's a bit like orange zest meets bourbon? The cocktail fan will probably appreciate Orange Blossom. However, the texture is probably where Orange Blossom really shines: a Tippy White with a scratchy, barky consistency.
Not stellar, but not bad considering it's a CTC.
Orange Blossom (Republic of Tea) ~ CTC by Jocilyn Mors is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Orange Blossom (Republic of Tea) ~ spent by Jocilyn Mors is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Orange Blossom (Republic of Tea) ~ liquor by Jocilyn Mors is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


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function alm = spharmonic_tran_irr(theta, phi, f, l_max)
%SPHARMONIC_TRAN_IRR   Spherical harmonic transform for irregularly spaced
%observations of function f at locations (theta, phi). It estimates the
%spherical harmonic coefficients empirically using the weights determined
%by the Voronoi diagram of these locations on the sphere.
%
%   alm = spharmonic_tran_irr(theta, phi, f, l_max)
%
% Inputs:
%   theta - the co-latitude of the locations, N-by-1 vector
%   phi - the longitude of the locations, N-by-1 vector
%   f - the values of the function at the locations
%   l_max - the maximal l
%
% Outputs:
%   alm - the spherical harmonic coefficients, (l_max+1)-by-(2*l_max+1)
%   matrix, alm(l+1, m+l_max+1) is the spherical harmonic coefficient with
%   subscripts l and m
%
% Author: Minjie Fan, 2015

n = length(theta);

% get weights
dirs = [phi, pi/2-theta];
faces = sphDelaunay(dirs);
[voronoi, duplicates] = sphVoronoi(dirs, faces);
voronoi = sphVoronoiAreas(voronoi);
area = voronoi.area;

% estimate alm
alm = zeros(l_max+1, 2*l_max+1);
tmp = zeros(n, 1);
for l = 0:l_max
    for m = 0:l
        for i = 1:n
            tmp(i) = conj(spharmonic_eval(l, m, theta(i), phi(i)));
        end
        alm(l+1, m+l_max+1) = sum(area.*f.*tmp);
    end
end

end

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Sharing with you 15 of my favorite healthy and lite smoothies that will help you loose winter fat fast! Most of these smoothies are gluten free and vegan. So, are not high in fat calories, yet rich in fiber and anti-oxidants.
During weekdays, I love blending a smoothie for breakfast or lunch, since there is no cooking needed and it takes only 5 minutes to make any one of these recipes.
With fulfilling at-least 2 (even three) daily recommended serving of fruit and vegetables, these raw smoothies will fill you up but will not weight you down! say bye-bye to after-lunch-sluggish feeling and recharge your health, one healthy smoothie at at time!
And did I mention, all of these smoothies taste delicious and fresh!!
Great collection of recipes Savita, hard to pick a favorite! :) I'll definitely try these!
Thank you, Oriana! You too have a great weekend!


I have several pictures both in my personal users\username\gim2.8\patterns folder and in the patterns grid/list. I am now attempting to add three pictures (png,jpg) to that list. They do appear in the personal pattern folder all right but refuse to enter the pattern grid. I have used the green refresh button with no result. What can I do?
It might be there, but not under the name you expect. Check the name "Created with Gimp".
Also, the max size for a pattern is 1024 x 1024 pixels.
If you are using Gimp 2.10 (as indicated) no use putting anything in "users\username\gim2.8\patterns2"
Thanks for both answers. No, there are no "created by Gimp" patterns in both system and personal grids/lists.
what would be my next step? By the way Rich2005, since I see you are an administrator, I want to modify my user name, the current one is cumbersome (my email address), and replace it with my first name (Guillaume), but I see no way to do it unless I register again. How do I do it?
When I upgraded to GIMP 2.10 I was surprised that version 2.8 still showed in the directory. But there was no problem using GIMP. Well, Rich2005 has done me a little favor by mentioning the new access to 2.10. GIMP 2.8's pattern folder entries do not all show in GIMP 2.10. I pasted the missing pictures in the 2.10 pattern folder and, bingo, they all now appear in the pattern grid. Thank you Rich2005.
(11-23-2018, 05:17 PM)bluevanda@GMX.com Wrote: Thanks for both answers. No, there are no "created by Gimp" patterns in both system and personal grids/lists.
We already have a Guillaume, registred in August 2017, and whose email is also bluevanda-something, and using the same IP as you . Last posted on October 28, 2018, so maybe you should take your memory pills.
We can merge your new id into that one (and give it a new password), if you forgot it.


The lack of prosecution so far of any bankers in connection with the Wells Fargo scandal has also given ammunition to critics who argue Wall Street executives too often are given a pass for wrongdoing.
A new Observer analysis has also found more than half of the 60 regional community-banking presidents in place in 2011 – when authorities say the "widespread illegal" account activity began – remain in those roles or other positions in the company.
Some of those same people still have oversight in the West and Southwest, which had heavy concentrations of unauthorized customer accounts.
Speaking to employees in Charlotte on Tuesday, Sloan said the bank still has "weaknesses within it that we must change." The 29-year Wells Fargo veteran said he and the bank's senior leadership are personally committed to taking "decisive actions" to prevent a repeat of bad behaviors.
Changes at the top and elsewhere could be coming: The bank's board is conducting an ongoing investigation, which might result in more departures.
It's unclear when that investigation will wrap up. Meanwhile, the bank continues to face questions from lawmakers like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who signed a letter in October asking the bank's board if it addressed the question of whether Sloan played any role in the scandal.
One of the problems with that senior executive floor is they've all been at Wells for 20-plus years....That's where they needed to make some outside changes, and they didn't.
Paul Miller, banking analyst at FBR & Co.
Paul Miller, a banking analyst at FBR & Co., said Wells Fargo needs a "new, fresh set of eyes" to change its culture.
"This is a major, major crisis for a major institution," Miller said.
For its part, Wells Fargo notes a growing list of changes it has already made to rebuild trust with customers and others – starting with the 5,300 employees it dismissed over a five-year period for the misconduct. The terminations ranged from branch bankers up to an area president, former CEO John Stumpf testified to U.S. lawmakers in September. Weeks later, the bank announced Stumpf himself would step down.
Also, Wells Fargo in July named Charlotte-based Mary Mack, who had been running the brokerage unit, its new head of community banking, replacing San Francisco-based Carrie Tolstedt, who has left the company. Other steps the bank has taken included getting rid of product sales goals for retail bankers in branches and call centers. Sloan has also said the bank will use outside "culture experts" to help pinpoint weaknesses.
"Our entire leadership team is focused on fixing what failed and building a better and stronger Wells Fargo," bank spokesman Mark Folk said in a statement.
Wells Fargo agreed in September to pay $185 million in government fines to settle allegations over its sales practices. The bank has also said Stumpf will forfeit all of his outstanding unvested equity awards, worth $41 million. He is still expected to walk away with millions in stock, deferred compensation and retirement benefits.
Some investors also want new members on the bank's board, even after the board split the chairman and CEO roles and appointed a vice chair in response to the scandal. Nearly half of the 15 members on the bank's board have been in place for a decade or more.
Two Charlotte-based Wells Fargo executives said the bank's 2008 purchase of Wachovia showcased Sloan's skills as a leader in times of change.
Sloan, who was then Wells' head of commercial banking, was responsible for analyzing Wachovia's investment banking business, a Wall-Street style area in which Wells was not a top player. In those turbulent days, Wachovia employees were on edge, uncertain whether their jobs were in jeopardy. In the end, Wells Fargo kept the business and has continued to grow it.
"He's a very calm, thoughtful, deliberate critical thinker, and I saw him very methodically get his arms around, in very short order, a business that was very different than what Wells had," said David Carroll, who at the time headed Wachovia's capital management group. He now reports directly to Sloan as head of wealth and investment management. "Unlike a lot of people he's not bound by the past," Carroll said of Sloan.
Carroll said Sloan, 56, has also led efforts to decentralize and modernize Wells Fargo, even before he became president and chief operating officer last November. For example, Carroll said Sloan was architect of an ongoing initiative, known as Efficiency and Effectiveness, launched in 2015 to streamline parts of the company. In recent months, Wells' efficiency efforts have included cutting technology jobs, some in Charlotte.
Unlike a lot of people he's not bound by the past.
Wells Fargo's strong sales culture hasn't always sat well with former Wachovia employees. As the two banks combined operations, some former Wachovia executives said they didn't understand how Wells was selling so many products and why it didn't add up to more revenue.
Those who had come over from Wachovia "were priding ourselves on doing the right thing, not selling but really servicing client needs," one former Wachovia executive said, speaking on a condition of anonymity to protect business relationships.
If former Wachovia executives asked questions about the numbers, "we were ostracized," the executive said.
Rob Engel, head of investment banking and capital markets at Wells, called Sloan "a complete package around leadership." Engel, who was Wachovia's co-head of investment banking and capital markets, began reporting to Sloan after the merger with Wells Fargo. "From day one (he) was very candid, open, honest," Engel said.
Both Carroll and Engel described Sloan as a down-to-earth, family man who also plays competitive basketball and is also known to promptly reply to 6 a.m. emails from his office in California, where it's still the middle of the night. "I think he's kind of nocturnal," Carroll said.
George Johnson, chairman of Spartanburg-based Johnson Development Associates, which does business with Wells, says he supports the idea of an insider taking over as CEO to make fixes more quickly.
While Wells Fargo has fired workers for their involvement in the scandal, many regional presidents in the community banking segment at the center of the controversy remain in their positions.
The Observer analysis found more than 60 percent of the presidents in place in 2011 still hold such roles, including in Charlotte and elsewhere in North Carolina.
The group includes presidents overseeing the West and Southwest. Those two markets had more fraudulent account activity than elsewhere in Wells' footprint, Stumpf testified to lawmakers in September.
In other shifts in the executive ranks, the bank this month disclosed that San Francisco exec Kenneth Zimmerman, who headed Wells Fargo's deposit products group and had reported to Tolstedt, left the company in July in a personal decision. Minneapolis-based executive Ed Kadletz was promoted as replacement.
In September, Wells disclosed Minneapolis-based Claudia Russ Anderson, top risk manager for community banking, had taken a leave of absence and been replaced in her role. Charlotte-based executive Vic Albrecht was shifted into Anderson's post.
Companies facing scandals or crises have been known to tap both insiders and outsiders for senior leadership roles.
In 2002, Tyco International brought on Motorola CEO Edward Breen as chief executive and chairman as the industrial conglomerate was rocked by fraud indictments of some top executives. In 2004, HealthSouth Corp. named HCA executive Jay Grinney as replacement for its former CEO who was dismissed over fraud charges.
Other companies looking to navigate a crisis have promoted from within.
Charlotte's Bank of America elevated Brian Moynihan to replace CEO Ken Lewis when Lewis retired in 2009 as he came under fire for the bank's Merrill Lynch acquisition. At the time, Moynihan was running the bank's consumer and small-business operations.
Earlier this year, Toshiba named a company veteran its new chief executive as that company seeks to recover from an accounting scandal.
"It's hard to say an outsider is always going to be the right answer," said Suraj Srinivasan, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School.
"Culture doesn't happen overnight," Srinivasan said. "It is something that the next management, whoever that is, has to start talking about.
Observer staff writer Rick Rothacker contributed.


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Exploring low-oxygen conditions in the Cambrian through trilobites of the Wheeler Shale
John, Douglas Lawrence
The Middle Cambrian Wheeler Shale of Utah is host to one of the most famous trilobite assemblages in North America. These trilobites are exceptionally well-preserved, and many bear an unusually thick encrustation of cone-in-cone calcite. The conditions under which these trilobites lived and were preserved has been scrutinized in many previous studies; however, more detailed study has led only to more outstanding questions about the paleoenvironment in the Cambrian. The environment in the Wheeler Shale has been interpreted as dysoxic in the benthos, based on sedimentology and ichnofabric in the sediment, and on the occurrence of the benthic ptychopariid Elrathia kingii in low-diversity, high-abundance assemblages that are characteristic of such conditions in modern oceans. As a consequence of specialization for extreme low-oxygen conditions, Elrathia was proposed to be possibly symbiotic with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, based on their morphological similarity to olenid trilobites. Olenids were previously proposed as symbiotic low-oxygen specialists, based on their morphology which would be well-suited to harboring symbionts. However, the accuracy of a symbiotic interpretation and the presence of low-oxygen conditions that would predicate such symbiosis have not been directly examined. This study addresses these questions by examining the morphological basis for interpreting symbiosis in trilobites, and comparing putatively symbiotic forms to the spectrum of morphologies among Cambrian trilobites. I search for direct evidence of sulfur-oxidizing bacterial symbionts through molecular biomarkers associated with trilobite exoskeletons. I perform several geochemical analyses that constrain the extent and position of low-oxygen conditions above and below the sediment-water interface. I found that symbiosis was not well supported in trilobites, and morphology may be related more to taxonomic relationships than to environmental constraints such as reduced oxygen. While biomarker evidence of bacterial symbionts was not found, fossils from the Wheeler Shale revealed a suite of other biomarkers indicating more about Anthropocene terrestrial changes, indicating fossils may be a storehouse for information about modern ecosystem dynamics. Geochemistry suggests that benthic conditions were not extremely dysoxic, and the distribution of Elrathia may not be related to specialization for extreme low oxygen.
http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/john_douglas_l_201605_phd


After the separation between Imran Khan and Reham Khan people were thinking that now shooting of upcoming Pakistani movie Janaan will be effected but there is nothing like that while shooting will be done on decided plan.
The coproducer of Janaan film Imran Qazmi said; that they have completed the first part of the movie while now they are working on the second round of janaan movie. He also included that the separation of Reham and Imran is not going to effect the shooting of Janaan.
According to co producer of Janaan movie its confirm that when will Reham Khan return to Pakistan but she have not left Pakistan for a long period of time. He also told that director of the movie is working on the first teaser of Janaan which will be released very soon.
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MPD officer stable; TBI identifies deceased suspect
By Rose Johnson and Sydney Hawkins
Published: Dec. 5, 2022 at 10:19 PM CST|Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 1:04 PM CST
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Memphis police officer was shot and a man was killed Monday night, according to the Memphis Police Department.
A Memphis police officer was shot multiple times and taken to the hospital in critical condition.
At the Memphis City Council meeting Tuesday, MPD Chief C.J. Davis said the officer is in stable condition, and they expect the officer to be released.
Officers responded to the shooting at 9:15 p.m. at the corner of Winchester Road and Lamar Avenue.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigations said officers received a call about a suspicious vehicle at a gas station on Winchester Road.
They say an officer arrived on the scene about three minutes later and tried to make contact with the person inside the vehicle.
"Information from the scene indicates that for reason still under investigation shots were fired by the individual and the officer, both were struck in the exchange of gunfire," said Keli McAlister, TBI.
TBI says the suspect ran to a nearby business off Winchester but was later found in an idle vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect was later identified as James West, Jr., from Sarah, Mississippi.
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Over 90 people attended Sunrise service at Star Lake on the grounds of Alturas UMC. An ecumenical chorus involving four community churches shared the Good News of the Resurrection through song. Following the service, everyone gathered for a continental breakfast in Fellowship Hall. Look closely and you can see a fisherman enjoying the music too!


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Each night after the sun goes down, from Dec. 2 to 23 and 26 to 30, the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas will be transformed into a dazzling winter wonderland during the Garden of Lights. More than 125,000 sparkling lights illuminate the flora of this fantastic 37-acre urban oasis each evening from 5 to 9 p.m. for a magical holiday experience.
The Garden of Lights has events and activities that everyone in your family will enjoy. Nightly entertainment including local blues and jazz bands, as well as holiday crafts, spin art, visits with Santa, Nutcracker displays, and horse-drawn wagon rides, snow for sledding, and holiday carolers on selected evenings. Food and treats will also be available. Come out and experience the holidays Southern California-style at San Diego Botanic Garden's Garden of Lights! Tickets for the Garden of Lights are available at the Welcome Center at SDBG. There are no advanced ticket sales at the Garden or on the website. Admission for members is $8 ($10 on Friday and Saturday); for seniors, active military, and students $10; and non-members $15 ($20 on Friday and Saturday). For children ages 3 through 12, admission is $6 ($5 on Friday and Saturday). The Garden of Lights is presented by the County of San Diego.


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All Saints' Day calls for focus on holy vocation of church, pope says
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The feast of All Saints calls on Catholics to see the church as the communion of saints -- as Christ meant it to be -- and not to focus on it as an earthly institution with members who sometimes sin, Pope Benedict XVI said.
"We are called to see the church, not in its temporal and human aspect, marked by fragility, but as Christ wanted it, that is, as the communion of saints," the pope said Nov. 1 before reciting the Angelus for the feast of All Saints.
The holy men and women who lived throughout history -- whether or not they were canonized -- demonstrate there are different paths to holiness, but they all have one thing in common: "following Christ and conforming oneself to him," the pope said.
The feasts of All Saints and All Souls Nov. 1 and 2 are annual reminders to Christians that God calls them to be holy and to be with him in heaven along with their loved ones who have died, he said.
The practice of visiting cemeteries Nov. 2 and bringing flowers to the graves of loved ones "preserves our bonds of affection with those who have loved us in this life," but also is a reminder that earthly life leads to life beyond the grave, he said.
While it is natural to mourn loved ones who have died or to be sad at the thought of dying and leaving loved ones behind, the pope said, "the object of our hope, in fact, is to rejoice in the presence of God for eternity."
Before the Angelus, hundreds of Romans participated in the annual 10-kilometer Race of the Saints. The pope told the runners, "St. Paul would say that life is a race toward holiness; you have given us a good example."
PHOTO: An elderly woman prays near a grave at a cemetery in the village of Ivenets, southwest of Minsk, Belarus, Nov. 1. Catholics in Belarus marked All Saints Day by visiting the graves of their relatives. (CNS photo/Vasily Fedosenko, Reuters)


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Missa Cantata at the Princeton University Chapel
Missa Cantata in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite celebrated on February 3rd in the Princeton University Chapel by Fr. Carlos Hamel of the Fraternity of St. Joseph the Guardian (yet another remarkable initiative of the diocese of Frejus-Toulon), assisted by Br. Gerhard ( recent graduate of Princeton) and followed by a blessing of the throats. The mass was sponsored by the Aquinas Institute (the Catholic Campus Ministry at Princeton University). The photos are from the Facebook page of the Aquinas Institute.
This was not the first Traditional Mass in the chapel. We do not know if Catholic masses were ever celebrated here in the pre-conciliar days. We were, however, able to find in our archives pictures of at least one nuptial Traditional mass celebrated in the chapel – in July 1989(above and below). That mass, however, was not connected with the Aquinas Institute but was under the jurisdiction of St. Paul's (the parish church of Princeton). Readers may note that the celebrant of the mass is a certain well-known Catholic leader in the Traditionalist and pro-life causes…
introibo said in February 7th, 2015 at 3:51 pm
"In our archives", huh? I remember when you folks were married your traditional Mass at Princeton was mentioned in the Wanderer. We also wanted a traditional Mass for our wedding (October of that same year) and sent the Wanderer article to the Archdiocese of Hartford, showing that this WAS allowed and had been done. Alas, we were not so fortunate…we had to settle for the novus ordo in Latin..
Stuart Chessman said in February 7th, 2015 at 10:51 pm
Sorry it didn't work out for you. It's so much easier today. Jill
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Who is the priest?


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Did EGW ever mention that Noah's Ark or the Ark of the Covenant would be located in the last days? I would greatly appreciate a response. Thanks for your time in this matter.
Thank you for contacting the Ellen G. White Estate. Below my signature I will copy a document for you which addresses this question. I hope you will find it useful.
The Ark of the Covenant, Will It Be Found?
(A statement prepared in 1962 by R. L. Odom, Index editor, and updated by the Ellen G. White Estate, 1989.) In examining the teachings of the Spirit of Prophecy to answer queries concerning the hidden ark of the covenant and the tables of the law of God, it is essential that we keep in mind the fact that there have existed "two" arks of the covenant--one in the earthly sanctuary, and one in the heavenly sanctuary--and that in "each of them "there has been kept a set of tables of stone on which the Decalogue has been inscribed. Both of these arks and both of these sets of the divine law have been hidden from the gaze of men. Therefore, it is necessary to find out which of the two sets of the tables of the Ten Commandments will be brought forth to the view of the inhabitants of the earth in the future.
"I was then bidden to take notice of the two apartments of the heavenly sanctuary. . . . The veil was lifted, and I looked into the second apartment. I saw there an ark which had the appearance of being of the finest gold. As a border around the top of the ark, was most beautiful work representing crowns. In the ark were tables of stone containing the ten commandments."--EW 251, 252.
"The Lord gave me a view of the heavenly sanctuary. The temple of God was open in heaven, and I was shown the ark of God covered with the mercy seat. Two angels stood one at either end of the ark, with their wings spread over the mercy seat, and their faces turned toward it. This, my accompanying angel informed me, represented all the heavenly host looking with reverential awe toward the law of God, which had been written by the finger of God.
"Jesus raised the cover of the ark, and I beheld the tables of stone on which the ten commandments were written."--LS 95.
"But the Lord gave me a view of the heavenly sanctuary. The temple of God was opened in heaven, and I was shown the ark of God. . . . Jesus raised the cover of the ark, and I beheld the tables of stone on which the ten commandments were written."--1T 76.
"It was represented to me that the remnant followed Jesus into the most holy place and beheld the ark and the mercy seat, and were captivated with their glory. Jesus then raised the cover of the ark, and lo! the tables of stone, with the ten commandments written upon them."--EW 255.
"The ark containing the law of God, the altar of incense, and other instruments of service found in the sanctuary below, have also their counterpart in the sanctuary above. In holy vision the apostle John was permitted to enter heaven, and he there beheld the candlestick and the altar of incense, and as `the temple of God was opened,' he beheld also `the ark of His testament' (Revelation 11:19)."--4SP 261.
"In the temple in heaven, the dwelling place of God, His throne is established in righteousness and judgment. In the most holy place is His law, the great rule of right by which all mankind are tested. The ark that enshrines the tables of the law is covered with the mercy seat, before which Christ pleads His blood in the sinner's behalf."--GC 415.
"Sacrilegious minds and hearts have thought they were mighty enough to change the times and laws of Jehovah; but, safe in the archives of heaven, in the ark of God, are the original commandments, written upon the two tables of stone. No potentate of earth has power to draw forth those tables from their sacred hiding place beneath the mercy seat."--7BC 972 (ST, February 28, 1878).
"Do not place your influence against God's commandments. That law is just as Jehovah wrote it in the temple of heaven. Man may trample upon its copy here below, but the original is kept in the ark of God in heaven; and on the cover of this ark, right above that law, is the mercy seat. Jesus stands right there before that ark to mediate for man."--1BC 1109.
"They [the Adventists] had by faith followed their High Priest from the holy to the most holy, and they saw Him pleading His blood before the ark of God. Within that sacred ark is the Father's law, the same that was spoken by God Himself amid the thunders of Sinai, and written with His own finger on the tables of stone. Not one command has been annulled; not a jot or tittle has been changed. While God gave to Moses a copy of His law, He preserved the great original in the sanctuary above."--4SP 273, 274 (SR 379, 380).
"None could fail to see that if the earthly sanctuary was a figure or pattern of the heavenly, the law deposited in the ark on earth was an exact transcript of the law in the ark of heaven; and that an acceptance of the truth concerning the heavenly sanctuary involved an acknowledgment of the claims of God's law and the obligation of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. Here was the secret of the bitter and determined opposition to the harmonious exposition of the Scriptures that revealed the ministration of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary."--GC 435 (SR 380, 381).
"The law of God in the sanctuary in heaven is the great original, of which the precepts inscribed upon the tables of stone and recorded by Moses in the Pentateuch were an unerring transcript."--GC 434.
"Before the temple was destroyed, God made known to a few of His faithful servants the fate of the temple, which was the pride of Israel, and which they regarded with idolatry, while they were sinning against God. He also revealed to them the captivity of Israel. These righteous men, just before the destruction of the temple, removed the sacred ark containing the tables of stone, and with mourning and sadness, secreted it in a cave where it was to be hid from the people of Israel, because of their sins, and was to be no more restored to them. That sacred ark is yet hid. It has never been disturbed since it was secreted."--4SG 114, 115 (1864);1SP 414 (1870); SR 195.
Among the righteous still in Jerusalem, to whom had been made plain the divine purpose, were some who determined to place beyond the reach of ruthless hands the sacred ark containing the tables of stone on which had been traced the precepts of the Decalogue. This they did. With mourning and sadness they secreted the ark in a cave, where it was to be hidden from the people of Israel and Judah because of their sins, and was to be no more restored to them. That sacred ark is yet hidden. It has never been disturbed since it was secreted."--PK 453 (published in 1917); emphasis supplied.
Note particularly that Ellen White stated that the ark "has never been disturbed since it was secreted."
"When the Judgment Shall Sit"
"With His own finger God wrote His commandments on two tables of stone. These tables were not left in the keeping of men, but were placed in the ark; and in the great day when every case is decided, these tables, inscribed with the commandments, will be placed so that all the world will see and understand. The witness against them will be unanswerable."--Letter 30, 1900 (19MR 265).
"The precious record of the law was placed in the ark of the testament and is still there, safely hidden from the human family. But in God's appointed time He will bring forth these tables of stone to be a testimony to all the world against the disregard of His commandments and against the idolatrous worship of a counterfeit Sabbath."--Ms 122, 1901 (1BC 1109).
"When God's temple in heaven is opened, what a triumphant time that will be for all who have been faithful and true! In the temple will be seen the ark of the testament in which were placed the two tables of stone, on which are written God's law. These tables of stone will be brought forth from their hiding place, and on them will be seen the ten commandments engraved by the finger of God. These tables of stone now lying in the ark of the testament will be a convincing testimony to the truth and binding claims of God's law."- -Letter 47, 1902 (7BC 972).
"The holy law of the ten commandments, written on tables of stone by the finger of God, and placed in the ark, is the standard of righteousness. Before the obedient and the disobedient it will appear in the last great day, and all the wicked will be convicted. They will see that their actions proceeded from a depraved character. They will see that the part they acted served to carry on the rebellion begun in the heavenly courts. They will see all the cruelty and all the wickedness that have dishonored their Creator and brought about the wretchedness that fills the world."--Ms 5, 1904 (13MR 381).
"The Holy Spirit traced these truths upon my heart and mind as indelibly as the law was traced by the finger of God, upon the tables of stone, which are now in the ark, to be brought forth in that great day when sentence will be pronounced against every evil, seducing science produced by the father of lies."--Letter 90, 1906 (CM 126).
"There is a sanctuary, and in that sanctuary is the ark, and in the ark are the tables of stone, [on] which is written the law spoken from Sinai amidst scenes of awful grandeur. These tables of stone are in the heavens, and they will be brought forth in that day when the judgment shall sit and the books shall be opened, and men shall be judged according to the things written in the books. They will be judged by the law written by the finger of God and given to Moses to be deposited in the ark. A record is kept of the deeds of all men, and according to his works will every man receive sentence, whether they be good or whether they be evil."--Ms 20, 1906 (20MR 68).
"There are abundant evidences of the immutability of God's law. It was written with the finger of God, never to be obliterated, never to be destroyed. The tables of stone are hidden by God, to be produced in the great judgment-day, just as He wrote them."--RH March 26, 1908 (1BC 1109).
"when every case is decided in the courts of heaven" "in the great day when every case is decided" "when God's temple in heaven is opened" "in the last great day" "in that great day when sentence will be pronounced against every evil, seducing science" "in that day when the judgment shall sit, and the books shall be opened, and men shall be judged according to the things written in the books" "in the great judgment-day" "at the judgment"
Elsewhere in her writings Ellen White describes two occasions when the tables of stone will be exhibited. However, she does not specify which of the two sets of tables of the law are brought to view, and it is possible for one to interpret either occasion as fulfilling the prediction of the revealing of the hidden tables of stone.
"While these words of holy trust ascend to God, the clouds sweep back, and the starry heavens are seen, unspeakably glorious in contrast with the black and angry firmament on either side. The glory of heaven is beaming from the gates ajar. Then there appears against the sky a hand holding two tables of stone folded together. The hand opens the tables and there are revealed the precepts of the Decalogue, traced as with a pen of fire. The words are so plain that all can read them. Memory is aroused, the darkness of superstition and heresy is swept from every mind, and God's ten words, brief, comprehensive, and authoritative, presented to the view of all the inhabitants of the earth. Wonderful code! Wonderful occasion!"--4SP 456, 457.
"While these words of holy trust ascend to God, the clouds sweep back, and the starry heavens are seen, unspeakably glorious in contrast with the black and angry firmament on either side. The glory of the celestial city streams from the gates ajar. Then there appears against the sky a hand holding two tables of stone folded together. Says the prophet: `The heavens shall declare His righteousness: for God is judge Himself' (Psalm 50:6). That holy law, God's righteousness, that amid thunder and flame was proclaimed from Sinai as the guide of life, is now revealed to men as the rule of judgment. The hand opens the tables, and there are seen the precepts of the Decalogue, traced as with a pen of fire. The words are so plain that all can read them."--GC 639.
Here, again, it is clear that God, and not man, is the one who will bring the tables to view. The tables of the law will then be exhibited "as the rule of judgment." This will be done after probation has closed for all men.
"As if entranced, the wicked have looked upon the coronation of the Son of God. They see in His hands the tables of the divine law, the statutes which they have despised and transgressed. They witness the outburst of wonder, rapture, and adoration from the saved; and as the wave of melody sweeps over the multitudes without the city, all with one voice exclaim, `Marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints (Rev. 15:3);' and falling prostrate, they worship the Prince of life."-- 4SP 484; GC 668, 669.
Noah's Ark and the Ark of the Covenant.
Will the Ark of Covenant and Noah's Ark Found?


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Now you can, with new bike tour company Ride25… in 25 separate bike tour holidays
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Written by Mike Walker December 03, 2014
If you've ever dreamed of cycling to the other side of the world but could never consider taking the time off work, or away from family that such a big trip would require – let alone the finance – then Ride 25's new cycling tour could be the answer.
Ride 25 allows riders to complete a round the world trip in 25 tours, completed months apart, one tour at a time. Individuals, groups, charities and companies are all invited to take part in however many stages they like, starting wherever they please, whether that be one stage through continental Europe or all 25 from the UK to Australia.
Most tours comprise 4 days cycling and between 70-100 miles in the saddle a day. Hotel accommodation is arranged by Ride25 in shared twin rooms.
Flights and transfers are down to you, but once you join a tour, all meals are supplied, including fruit and water during each day's riding. You and the Ride25 'peloton' will be shadowed by three support vehicles and half a dozen staff – including a first-aider and bike specialist should there be any mechanicals or mishaps.
How many legs you ride, and even in what order, is totally up to you, and you can take anything from 5 to 25 years to complete your ride to down under if you want. There are even three alternative UK starting legs, with the option to ride from either London, Leeds or Manchester to Paris.
Okay, so technically, this isn't 'a ride around the world' because Ride 25 only takes you as far as Australia – but if you don't fancy flying all the way back, there's no reason why you can't simply keep pedalling…
Tour costs vary, but Tour No 4, for example, from Milan to Rome between the 24th and 29th September 2015, which includes 4.5 days of cycling and covers 390 miles, costs £1,350. Ride25.com
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How lockdown shifted an ad agency's focus to being dr...
How lockdown shifted an ad agency's focus to being driven by purpose
Photo: Nick Muzik
By Georgina Crouth
Much like momentous events alter our world, our perception, our relationships with ourselves and others – and even language itself, idiomatically, making the best of a bad situation is what keeps "hope alive". And, as any entrepreneur knows, if you don't respond appropriately to a crisis, you're in the wrong game.
Pivoting: It's one of the most vexing of Covid clichés, down a notch from "unprecedented", "new normal", "social distancing", "agility" and the eternal clanger, loved by politicians with no viable solutions, "challenges".
Out-of-home (OOH) advertising, or outdoor media, as the name would suggest, is not inside the home. And for an industry built on advertising goods and services on billboards, posters, wallscapes, transit media, street furniture and digital billboards, that means engaging eyes on the messaging.
This all changed in 2020, when target audiences were locked down both physically and socially. With little warning, borders closed, only "essential" goods and services were allowed, and entire sectors were declared off-limits.
The advertising sector needed a rethink, which required sales teams to knock on some new doors. For one OOH company, that process triggered some big changes.
Hamstrung by the hard lockdown, Tractor Outdoor used it as an opportunity for introspection and renewal. Working from home forced them to think differently, says CEO Simon Wall: "Our business is centred on selling audiences – when lockdown happened there was none of that."
Instead, Tractor turned inwards, focussing on its people, ensuring their ecosystems remained secure, by providing mindfulness, leadership and other online training.
"We went into lockdown with the mantra of sharpening your tools. As a business we also sponsored training across the entire team," Wall explains.
By mid-April, the sales team started reaching out to more small businesses than before. What they encountered was a devastated market, so Tractor decided to leverage its market strength by launching a R5-million relief fund to give qualifying SMEs free advertising space via its extensive media networks across South Africa. Launched on a Friday, they drowned in applications. With R100,000 digital ad spend on offer, the curtain had to be drawn on the process by the following Tuesday.
Wall says the response to the sales team was incredible: when they called the applicants informing them of their success, some were in tears.
"The sales team took control of onboarding these small clients; to hear their stories made such a huge impact. It just made them better salespeople. They became much more empathetic."
He says the SME fund might have started as a "nice to have" but the company learnt some powerful lessons.
"It was good for the sales team to understand what businesses were going through. That empathy that we felt for the clients, we put it through to the whole business."
A few SME partners qualified as "SME Heroes", with their stories of surviving the pandemic documented in clips loaded on to YouTube. These include Future Champs, a boxing club for at-risk youngsters from Khayelitsha; Okja, an oatmilk product; Foodbox, an online grocery store that grew out of the Red Sofa Café to retain staff and "protect the cash"; Naturals Beauty, an ethical, affordable natural skincare range; and Salushi, a sushi restaurant decimated by business-killing trade restrictions.
Another lockdown project was participating in the #SendingLove digital and social media campaign, which displayed user-generated messages of love and unity on digital out-of-home screens worldwide.
Staff and their experiences in the field gave rise to a metamorphosis in the company's ethos, from being profit-driven to being one balanced by profit for purpose. Tractor is busy attaining B Corporation certification, which is granted only to companies that meet the "highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose". The B Corp community works interdependently, to use business as a force for good.
Although retaining large clients such as Coca-Cola, Nando's and Old Mutual is essential for keeping Tractor buoyant, giving SMEs access to digital billboards allows the company to give small companies a leg up.
Wall says they will always make space available, especially on their digital OOH platforms, for small businesses: "We are lucky to have a fairly robust profit; we need to acknowledge our privilege and give others a platform. We have to support our shareholders and staff, naturally, but we will always accommodate small businesses to make advertising more affordable."
Affordability is a huge factor, he says, and although classic and static billboards are taking a battering due to the expense, Tractor's digital OOH portfolio is growing rapidly.
Wall says what has come out of this crisis is the importance of collaboration.
"The days of large, monolithic businesses going out there and extracting as much budget from agencies are gone. The clients are the winners here. The industry would like to see more people winning – the only way to get out of this is to do it together."
Tractor's journey since 27 March 2020 changed the company, for good. "We became a business that really works with the community. That has become one of the main pillars underpinning our business. What started as a nice thing to do has become the most important thing to do." DM168
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This article discusses the issues fixed and known issues on the 17.2 release. For more information on the 17.2 release, go to RingCentral Contact Center New Features and Enhancements 17.2 Release.
• When loading all of the add-ins for the Oracle Service Cloud Agent Desktop, the Media and Sidepanel windows did not always load (TFS ID 400686).
• In User Profiles, deactivating a user cleared the Telephone 1 and Telephone 2 fields (TFS ID 419564).
• The Scripts version history was not showing in chronological order (TFS ID 420062).
• When creating a new user, if the security profile selected required a password, the password box did not display (TFS 104360).
• When an agent ended a call without selecting a tag, the default tag of Store Related was automatically assigned (TFS ID 414581).
• The received date for incoming customer emails was being modified when agents responded to that email (TFS ID 373708).
• When feedback was submitted during a call transfer or conference call, a Contact ID was generated that did not show in the Contact History report (TFS ID 340994).
• When an agent was in one or more chats, pressing the spacebar allowed additional incoming chats to be accepted unintentionally (TFS ID 394853).
• If an agent had an email open and it was interrupted by an inbound contact, the agent was not able to set a disposition for the call (TFS ID 404153).
• After closing a phone contact, the contact still sometimes appeared in the launch window in MAX (TFS ID 403774). • The outbound phone call option was disabled when multiple emails were parked (TFS ID 397734).
• When using the default window size, the window did not resize to show the Accept/Reject pop-up when a connection came through (TFS ID 410335).
• For non-voice contacts when the Accept/Reject window popped up, the skill name did not always load (TFS ID 393425).
• The number of chats an agent could receive sometimes exceeded the number of chats set at the team level (TFS ID 395186).
• Rarely a call got stuck in an abandoned state if it got interrupted before being delivered to an agent (TFS ID 413546).
• When an agent logged in with just their extension, the Agent application did not take into account the dialing pattern which could sometimes generate an error (TFS ID 418612).
• The Agent List dashboard showed an incorrect unavailable code when set to the system default of Unavailable (TFS ID 418874).
• The Agent State Log Report (350083) showed an incorrect outstate when set to outstate code '0' (TFS ID 418874).
• The InQueue time between the Detail (Comp RT w/ Hold) data download report (350043) and Contact Details pre-built report did not quite match (TFS ID 350043).
• The metric Auto Outbound Time was not capturing all of the agent's time while in a dialer state (TFS ID 421259).
• When ProActive SMS was enabled, Personal Connection dialer skills became uneditable (TFS ID 409306).
• If an agent assigned to a blended PC skill set a disposition while on an inbound call, reports showed that their state immediately changed to that unavailable code instead of when the call ended (TFS ID 402885).
• If an agent was taking inbound calls and the customer ended the call before the agent, the Contact End Reason field was not being captured (TFS ID 383326).
• In the Parameters tab under Delivery Preferences, the Compliance Required Delivery Mode drop-down was not showing even when using a Manager or Supervisor security profile (TFS ID 410684).
• When the timezone was changed for the Business unit, existing scheduled dialer skills did not adjust the start time accordingly (TFS ID 379001).
• An agent assigned to a blended dialer skill would sometimes get stuck in After Call Work (AFW) when they took an Inbound (IB) call (TFS ID 396568).
• The ASR MENU action did not detect utterance if the Timeout Seconds property was set to less than or equal to 3 seconds. (TFS ID 333603).
• If an agent based condition rule was applied to an agent and then removed, skills could still be removed when the rule triggered (TFS ID 386990).


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British charity regulator examining IRW founder over Yazidi 'slur'
Hany El Banna apologised for Yazidi 'devil worship' remarks
Islamic Relief Worldwide, founded by Hany El Banna, continues to wield influence in the UK.
Nicky Harley
Britain's charity watchdog is investigating remarks made by the founder of Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) referring to the persecuted Yazidi people as "devil worshippers".
Yazidi Nobel laureate Nadia Murad called on world leaders to condemn the language used by Hany El Banna, also chairman of the UK's Muslim Charities Forum, prompting an apology on Twitter hours later.
The Charity Commission has confirmed to The National it is investigating Dr El Banna's comments, and as a result action could be taken against both IRW and the Muslim Charities Forum.
"We will be assessing this information to consider any regulatory response. We are unable to comment further at this time," a
The watchdog presently has an ongoing compliance case against IRW after three directors were forced to step down for making inappropriate comments involving anti-Semitism and support of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Video of Dr El Banna's remarks was posted in September, only five days after IRW announced an independent review into the conduct of the charity's trustees and senior executives.
"I apologise unreservedly for offence caused by unfortunate use of words when referring to Yazidi people in this video. I hope people listen to the full video which preaches tolerance & support towards my Yazidi brothers & sisters & other targeted groups," Dr El Banna declared.
I apologise unreservedly for offence caused by unfortunate use of words when referring to Yazidi people in this video. I hope people listen to the full video which preaches tolerance & support towards my Yazidi brothers & sisters & other targeted groups https://t.co/geWnLlor7L
— Dr. Hany El-Banna (@drhanyelbanna) November 18, 2020
Ms Murad, an Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist who in 2018 won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work tackling sexual violence in war zones, had told The National Dr El Banna's words were "hateful".
"It is disturbing to hear that the founder of IRW is using hateful and persecutory rhetoric against the Yazidi people," she said.
"We have suffered the discriminatory words of so many over the years, but to hear this hate coming from the leader of an international humanitarian organisation is just unacceptable.
Nadia Murad wants action agaist IRW Getty Images
"This type of rhetoric is what fuelled the targeted violence that led to the genocide of my people," she said. "It is imperative that politicians and global leaders condemn this
Hundreds of thousands of Yazidi Iraqis were displaced and persecuted in the reign of terror imposed by ISIS after 2014 – with some ISIS members even describing the Yazidis as followers of Satan.
Yazidi Nobel Laureate calls for action against Islamic Relief founder
IRW founder Hany El Banna called Yazidis 'devil worshippers'
Yazidi girl returns to Iraq after years of ISIS captivity
Ms Murad was kidnapped from her hometown of Kocho in 2014 and held by ISIS captors for three months.
Meanwhile, IRW has defended Dr El Banna's comments. "Viewed in full and in context, this video is a history lecture on the positive contribution of a diverse range of Muslims and non-Muslims to the development of Middle Eastern civilisations," a statement said.
"It makes passing reference to how a number of groups are commonly referred to in the region to identify and introduce them. It references the contribution these groups have made to society and to civilisation, encouraging mutual respect."
The Muslim Charities Forum also came to his defence, stating that Dr El Banna was at the forefront of galvanising aid for the Yazidi people.
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Séverine Schrameck
sschrameck@cgsh.com
"'Highly recommended' by peers who deem her a 'superstar in the making'"
Who's Who Legal, Competition Future Leaders – Europe Partners
"She is 'superb at handling European and French competition law cases'"
Séverine Schrameck's practice focuses on EU and French competition law.
She has extensive experience in assisting clients on merger control regulations, notably on numerous multi-jurisdictional transactions. She has handled many complex merger control cases before both the European Commission and the French Competition Authority.
She also regularly advises companies on antitrust matters and cartel investigations. She notably handled the global cartel investigations by the European Commission into possible price-fixing in the automotive parts industry.
Séverine also worked on foreign investment control issues and has experience in French public law.
Séverine joined the firm as an associate in 2012 and became a partner in 2019.
Notable Experience
Essilor in its €46 billion combination with Luxottica.
Total in its €2.5 billion acquisition of Direct Énergie and its €950 million acquisition of Saft Groupe.
Veolia Environnement on several merger control cases, including the termination of EDF and Veolia Environnement's agreement on their joint subsidiary Dalkia, and Veolia Environnement's acquisition of sole control over Dalkia International.
Valeo in the context of the European Commission's investigations into thermal systems.
Lavazza in its €600 million acquisition of French coffee brand Carte Noire and related assets from Koninklijke Douwe Egberts.
The French State with respect to the partnerships between GE and Alstom concerning Alstom's Energy and Grid businesses and the potential acquisition by the French State of 20 percent of the company's share capital from Bouygues.
Selected Activities
Lecturer, competition law at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and corporate governance law at HEC Paris
EU Foreign Direct Investment Regulation Comes Into Force
New EC Policy Anticipates Merger Referral Even if National Thresholds Not Met
France Foreign Investment Control – New Rules Temporarily Applicable to non-EU/EEA Investments Enter Into Force Today
European Court Raises the EC's Bar for Mergers in Concentrated Markets
New Frontiers of Antitrust 2020
Implications of the Three/O2 Judgment for EU Merger Control
Ex-post Review of Merger Control Decisions: The Pros and Cons
Paris Arbitration Week 2019 Highlights
Arbitration and Competition Law: Follow-on Damages and State Aid Actions
Concurrences Review and Analysis Group Dinner With Jean Tirole
Competing Approaches to Complementary Products?
Areas Of Experience
Language Capability
French (Native)
Spanish (Fluent)
English (Fluent)
Honors and Distinctions
The Legal 500 EMEA
EU Competition and Distribution (Next Generation Lawyer)
Who's Who Legal
Future Leader: Competition
Ecole des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC Paris)
H.E.C.
Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne
Master 2 Professionnel
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris


Latest News: Spring is in the air!
Spring for SROC means the Spring Series, which starts on Saturday 7th April with the Worden Park event. This will be followed on 28th April with an event in Astley Park. Both events cater for beginners and experienced orienteers.


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Mark Henry recalls the time when Vince McMahon woke him up by dumping a bottle of water on him
Mark Henry reveals what Vince McMahon said to him on the phone when his mother died
Mark Henry details the backstage reaction to the CM Punk-MJF promo segment on AEW Dynamite
Lio Rush on his current relationship with Mark Henry, why Vince McMahon moved Lio to WWE Raw from 205 Live
2K announces more downloadable content for 2K Showcase featuring Mark Henry
WWE and 2K Sports announced the following today:
2K Announces Availability of New WWE 2K15
Downloadable Content for 2K Showcase*
Story-driven content chronicles the history of WWE Superstar Mark Henry,
including eight notable opponents across nine matches in his storied career
NEW YORK – Feb. 17, 2015 – 2K today announced availability of new downloadable content for WWE 2K15, the latest release in the flagship WWE video game franchise. 2K Showcase: Hall of Pain highlights WWE Superstar Mark Henry's rise to dominance from 2011-2013, including high profile matches against Kane and The Great Khali, a broken ring during a match with Big Show at Vengeance in 2011 and a victory over Randy Orton at Night of Champions in 2011 to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The downloadable content offering** via Xbox Live online entertainment network from Microsoft for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system and Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, as well as PlayStation® Network for the PlayStation® 4 and PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment systems, includes the following items:
2K Showcase: Hall of Pain
Story focused on top matches for WWE Superstar Mark Henry;
Playable WWE Superstars (2011 versions): Mark Henry, Big Show, Kane, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Sheamus, The Great Khali, Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan and Ryback;
Playable arenas: SmackDown (2011), Vengeance (2011) and WrestleMania 29;
2K Showcase: Hall of Pain is available from today for a suggested price of $9.99, as well as through the Season Pass program.
Additional downloadable content for WWE 2K15 includes the following items:
Players gain instant access to all unlockable content available in the game (excluding downloadable content);
The Accelerator is available now for a suggested price of $1.99, as well as through the Season Pass program.
WCW Pack
Playable WCW Superstars: Bam Bam Bigelow, Diamond Dallas Page, Fit Finlay, Lord Steven Regal and Lex Luger;
The WCW Pack is available now for a suggested price of $7.99.
New Moves Pack
More than 30 new moves, including an alternate version of Sister Abigail (made popular by Bray Wyatt), the Gutwrench Suplex (made popular by Cesaro), Rack Attack (made popular by Nikki Bella) and Running Knee Smash (made popular by Brie Bella), as well as the Uso Crazy and Spinning Powerbomb (made popular by Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso);
The New Moves Pack is available now for a suggested price of $3.99.
2K Showcase: One More Match
Story focused on the rivalry between WWE Superstars Randy Orton and Christian in 2011;
Playable WWE Superstars (2011 versions): Christian, Randy Orton, Edge, Mark Henry and Sheamus;
Playable arenas from 2011: SmackDown, Extreme Rules, Over the Limit and Capitol Punishment;
2K Showcase: One More Match is available now for a suggested price of $9.99, as well as through the Season Pass program.
NXT Arrival
Playable Former WWE Champion and Monday Night Raw announcer: JBL;
Playable NXT Superstars: Adam Rose and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor);
Playable NXT Diva: Emma;
NXT Arrival will be available in early 2015 for a suggested price of $6.99.
2K Showcase: Path of the Warrior
Story focused on the career of WWE Hall of Famer Ultimate Warrior;
Playable WWE Hall of Famers: Ultimate Warrior (1989-1996), Hulk Hogan (1990), Andre the Giant (1988) and Sgt. Slaughter (1991);
Playable WWE Legends: Honky Tonk Man (1988), Rick Rude (1990), Macho King (1991) and Colonel Mustafa (1991);
Playable WWE Superstars: Undertaker (1991) and Hunter Hearst Helmsley (1996);
Access to WWE Hall of Fame ring announcer Howard Finkel and WWE managers Jimmy Hart, Bobby Heenan, Paul Bearer, Sherri, Sid Justice and General Adnan;
Playable arenas: WrestleMania VI, VII and XII; SummerSlam (1988, 1990 and 1991); Saturday Night's Main Event XXIV and Madison Square Garden;
2K Showcase: Path of the Warrior will be available in early 2015 for a suggested price of $9.99, as well as through the Season Pass program.
About the WWE 2K15 Season Pass Program
Players may purchase select WWE 2K15 downloadable content at a reduced price point through the game's Season Pass program. For a one-time cost of $24.99, a savings of more than 20 percent versus individual content purchases, players will receive the following items as they become available:
Access to exclusive playable WWE Diva Paige;
Access to the Accelerator;
Access to all three 2K Showcasestories (One More Match, Hall of Pain and Path of the Warrior).
*Content available on Wednesday, Feb. 18 in Europe and Oceania.
** Xbox Live or PlayStation® Network account and Internet connection required. Copy of WWE 2K15 required to play.
Developed collaboratively by Yuke's and Visual Concepts, a 2K studio, WWE 2K15 is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and available now for PlayStation® 4 system, Xbox One, PlayStation® 3 system and Xbox 360. For more information on WWE 2K15 and 2K, visit wwe.2k.com, become a fan on Facebook, follow the game on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtags #WWE2K15 and #FEELIT or subscribe to WWE 2K on YouTube.
Related Topics:Mark Henry, WWE 2k15


Abq Jew ® Blog: Feh! Feh!
If A Seagull Flies Over the Sea: Were you there when Keynote Speaker Michael Wex gave the Keynote Address at A Taste of Honey 2012?
Much of what Mr Wex said cannot be repeated - you really had to be there.
And some of what Mr Wex said cannot be repeated - Abq Jew's blog is intended for a family audience (sometimes).
But Abq Jew will tell you this: He will never reach to touch-kiss a mezuzah again without thinking of Michael Wex's definition of the term.
For those of you who were not there - you missed a good one. Not only was Mr Wex right on target - all the mini-course instructors were, too.
After presenting his own Tales of Rabbi Nachman, Abq Jew attended Janet Gaines's excellent presentation, The Heart of Ruth. Which meant he missed Shlomo Karni's 'The Days To Come' and the Messiah in Judaism; Naomi Sandweiss's Jewish Traditions under the Italian Sun; and many, many more.
Abq Jew wishes to thank the Albuquerque JCC's Phyllis Wolf and Robyn Weiner, and the entire ATOH 2012 Committee (of which he was a very small part), for producing this year's A Taste of Honey. How come we do this only once a year?
And what does a bagel say? "Feh! Feh!"
But Abq Jew will tell you this: He will never hear a bagel (or a seagull) say "Feh! Feh!" again without thinking of Michael Wex's story.


At 5S Supply we believe strongly in giving back and investing in the local community and was a proud sponsor of the Third Annual Christmas Tree and Holiday Light Recycling program.
The event was organized by 5S Supply's very own Customer Care Manager, Jennifer Molski. Jennifer founded the program three years ago after moving to the area and being surprised to see so many Christmas Trees at the curb on their way to landfill with vital nutrients being wasted. She knew there had to be a better way and saw this as a great opportunity to bring the community together around an important cause – the environment.
The response to the program has been tremendous! This year's effort collected 500 Trees and 1,500 pounds of Lights. The Trees are chipped and mulched and used on the trails at Irons Oaks while the non-working Lights are separated by plastic, copper and glass then recycled. The event was held December 29 and January 5 at Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center located South of Chicago near 5S Supply's headquarters.
I just wanted to share an article from the Chicago Tribune about 5S Supply's very own Jennifer Molski, Customer Care Manager and her volunteer efforts with her re-gifting program Leave It for Love www.leaveitforlove.org and Christmas Tree and Holiday Light Recycling.
Remarkable Woman: Jennifer Molski. You'll have to sign up to see the whole article, but it's free!
We always knew she was a remarkable woman (and still is) and we're so glad to have her as part of our 5S Supply Team!
At 5S Supply we believe strongly in giving back and investing in our local community. We were a proud Sponsor of the First Annual Community Christmas Tree Recycling Program held the first two weekends in January in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago located near 5S Supply's Headquarters in Frankfort. This event was organized by our very own Customer Care Manager, Jennifer Molski. Jennifer moved to the community about a year and a half ago and after last Christmas was surprised to see so many Christmas Trees at the curb on their way to landfill and vital nutrients being wasted.
She knew there had to be a better way and saw this as great opportunity to make a difference! She approached local government municipalities to see if they could help create a recycling program. When the municipalities said they couldn't help because staff time and limited budgets, Jennifer decided to take matters into her own hands. She gathered together several organizations in the community who were already invested in environmental issues including the Green Team from the local elementary school and Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center. Irons Oaks agreed to be the drop off point for the trees and would mulch the trees and use them on their paths and trails. Jennifer invited local businesses, organizations and individuals to serve as Sponsors and Partners and created an ad-campaign to help spread the word of this recycling opportunity as well as provide education about the benefits of a real Christmas Tree.
The initial response from the community was very positive. A simple, free and most importantly a "feel good" opportunity was created for residents of the greater South Chicagoland Area. We are proud to announce that 300 trees were collected!
Remeber – Lean is Green!