Congratulations to Harry McLaughlin (3rd Year) who has been shortlisted as a finalist in Mental Health Ireland's Art and Photography awards for his photo entry.
Harry will attend the awards evening in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin on Thursday 28th March.
All the shortlisted entries will be on display in the Cathedral form the 25th – 28th March and will be open for the visiting public to view.
I thank Mr Wyer for his organisation of this opportunity.


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2) You'll notice that payments for a membership will now go through the point of sale interface, instead of through the member accounts screen.
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4) We've added a graph on the dashboard that will show you membership movement.
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Life and Religion
Church's outreach earns following and national recognition
The Fellowship Place builds relationships on Westside
Published Wednesday, February 10, 2016 1:41 pm
by Ashley Mahoney
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The Fellowship Place's community outreach earned a $35,000 Sam and Helen R. Walton Award in 2015.
Love is simple. Meet people where they are.
At The Fellowship Place on Freedom Drive, church does not constitute a building but building relationships within the community. That means meeting people where they are, not where society says they should be.
"We're very different," said the Reverend Michael Robinson, TFP's pastor. "We're a very diverse congregation. What we preach and what we live is that God loves all people."
After receiving a $35,000 Sam and Helen R. Walton Award last year for their service to the West Mecklenburg community, The Fellowship Place has not altered its mission. For instance, it provides backpacks filled with food for homeless children.
"One of the things that we've found out in surveying the community is the needs of the people," Robinson said. "What we try to do is to hear what are the particular needs and then the church tries to meet those needs."
Rather than demand the community come to church, Robinson and the congregation seek out everyone. In a world filled with hurt and pain, The Fellowship Place wants to show everyone they interact with, from the homeless to CEOs that they are loved.
"We do a ministry called TFP on the Corner," Robinson said. "We actually put up tents, we use basically our own clothes and food, and whatever else we can do after hearing the needs of the people, and we give them clothes, food, spiritual advice, counseling, prayer—whatever it is that people say that they need on the corner. We actually go out into the community and pitch tents. Church will be on the corner, and we'll meet them where they are."
Robinson calls for people to see the humanity in their neighbors and build relationships with them, rather than only see the labels placed on them by circumstances.
"A lot of the time, we dress like them, look like them," said Robinson. "We try to show the love of God out on the corner. Thus those persons will return, and follow us back to the church—3148 B Freedom Drive."
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I like the theology of TFP. God bless Rev. Robinson and the members and friends of TFP.
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A look from his eyes..
How could this hope dry ??
And all what we pass was such a lie.
This post was submitted by asma.
I think it is better 2 lie bcos d truth is bitter, wat people want to always hear is d opposite, some people can even hurt u 4 saying d truth.


The International Federation of Exhibition and Event Services (IFES) is bringing its annual Master Class to South Africa. The event will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from 23 to 25 November 2016.
This is not the first time that Cape Town has hosted an IFES event: In 2013, the Mother City did the events industry proud by hosting the annual IFES World Summit, with 150 delegates from around the globe attending.
IFES was founded in 1984 to provide members of the exhibition and events industry with a global network, to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and international collaboration. Today, the Association has more than 250 members representing companies and federations from 36 countries and every continent.
The IFES Master Class is a fantastic opportunity for local industry professionals to network with international professionals, exchange ideas and generate industry knowledge. Local Associations, EXSA (Exhibition & Event Association of Southern Africa) and AAXO (Association of African Exhibition Organisers), are partnering with IFES for the event.
This year's IFES Master Class theme is 'Translating Marketing Messages into Exhibitions and Events.' Speakers will define the topic, explain how to translate marketing messages into event messages, and address the impact of marketing strategy on exhibitions and events.
The programme will be jam-packed with insights from internationally-recognised experts, best practice examples, interactive workshops and a variety of networking opportunities.
Interactive workshops will be moderated by Karla Juegel, CEO of Messe-Management in Germany, focusing on 'Different Perspectives of Marketing Content and Events.' The Master Class' Best Practice segment will feature examples of the successful integration of marketing messages into exhibitions and events.
There will be fantastic opportunities for local delegates to build their international network. In addition to the tea and lunch breaks, there will be a Welcome Dinner at a stunning beachfront golf course, and a fun evening at The Grand Café and Beach in Granger Bay.
For more information or to register online visit www.ifesnet.com. Alternatively contact IFES' Executive Director, Uta Goretzky, on +49 69 951 03 944 or [email protected].


This month seems to be all about portable careers here at Future Expats. No matter what portable career you choose, you'll need a computer — even if it's just to handle email and bookkeeping.
And when your career is portable, you'll probably want a computer that's, well, easily portable.
After my first visit to Panama, I wrote about the computer I chose to bring with me on my scouting trip.
I knew I didn't want to haul my 10+ pound laptop with all its associated paraphernalia. So I went shopping.
I opted for a 10″ netbook which looked like it had everything I was looking for.
The netbook got the job done for me, but it was slow. Slow enough that it drove me crazy and I decided to look into alternatives.
On my last visit to the US I brought an Android tablet and a bluetooth wireless keyboard back with me.
It requires me to do more work "in the cloud" than I was used to, and it uses Apps instead of programs. It syncs with my Android phone and I can transfer files between the tablet and my big computer.
I had to buy an adapter to download files from my camera. Not a big deal.
Now, I'm a Windows/Android girl, so I can't speak to Apple's array of products. Their MacBook Air devices are fully fledged computers and are extremely lightweight, so if you lean toward Apple that might be all you need. Apple's iPads are also very popular.
Some Windows computer makers have come out with ultra lightweight models. When my big laptop joins that great hard drive in the sky, I'll be looking at those. But with a tight budget, I'm not about to replace it until I have to.
For those who are comfortable doing most of their computing in the cloud, there's also Google's Chromebook series. These are lightweight computers that run on the Android system and they are extremely affordable — how's $199 or $249 grab you? Instead of expensive programs, they use inexpensive Apps. The downside is, you need internet to do a lot with it.
And that brings us to the big tradeoff: in computing today, the more you can do in the cloud, the lighter weight your device can be.
That's great if you are living and working in places with plentiful, affordable WiFi. If you're not, you'll have to choose a more traditional — and less portable — computer.
I still have the slow netbook. In fact, I'm writing this article on it right now. Why, when I have my serious computer and my tablet, would I use the netbook?
And the answer to that is frustratingly simple.
The power is out, which means our cable internet is down and the battery on my big laptop is drained. My backup internet for these situations is a USB device which works well on my Windows machines, but can't be used with the tablet.
So when the power goes out for any length of time, I haul out the frustratingly slow netbook, which I keep charged for just such emergencies. I plug in the USB internet device, and my business can limp along.
You may be able to avoid this issue if you get a tablet with its own data plan, or if you have a smart phone and a plan that lets you use it as a WiFi hub. For either of those to work, you still need to be in a place with a signal.
There's no one-size-fits-all solution. You need to weigh your own computing needs, your tolerance for downtime and your willingness to change your habits.
Check out some of the most portable computing devices available currently.
Do you have a favorite, easily portable computer you'd like to recommend? I'd like to hear about it.


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Red All Over
The Republicans are (still) cruising in Texas, but there's drama in the November elections if you know where to look.
Brian D. Sweany
https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/red-all-over/
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Rick Perry has held a double-digit lead in the governor's race all year long. Republicans are heavily favored to run the table in all the other statewide races. Does anything matter in these contests?
Strangely enough, second place matters—for the Democrats. If Chris Bell finishes behind independent candidates Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman, it will be a morale buster that will make it harder to recruit candidates and raise money for 2008. Political junkies will also be looking at obscure races like court seats and railroad commissioner to get an idea of what each party's base vote is going to be in the next election cycle.
Can Texas affect the national midterm elections?
Absolutely, and we can thank Tom DeLay for that. His redistricting scheme of 2003 netted the GOP six new House seats. Without them, the Republicans would have little hope of retaining control of the House this year. But his ill-judged attempt to get off the ballot in the Twenty-second Congressional District, and subsequent withdrawal from the race, left the Republicans without an official candidate. Former Democratic congressman Nick Lampson is gunning for that seat, and he's a heavy favorite to fend off a high-profile write-in campaign by Republican Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, a Houston City Council member. Two other races could affect the national picture. The Seventeenth District, centered in Waco, is the most Republican seat in the nation occupied by a Democrat; nonetheless, incumbent Chet Edwards should be able to beat the GOP's Van Taylor. Another close race is in the Twenty-third District, which stretches from San Antonio to El Paso. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that the boundaries violated the Voting Rights Act, a federal panel redrew the lines in August and opened the race to all comers. Republican incumbent Henry Bonilla faces several Democratic challengers, including former congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez, who is 0-2 in his past two races for Congress. Bonilla's edge in fund-raising and name identification gives him the advantage in a shortened campaign. But pundits are taking delight in this scenario: The battle for the House results in each party's winning 217 of the 435 seats. Then, if Bonilla is in a runoff, every political hack in the country will descend on San Antonio for a winner-take-all slugfest.
Is there any drama in the races for the Texas Legislature?
That's where the real action is. Both parties think they can gain seats this year—Democrats because of Perry's lack of popularity and the Republicans' problems in Washington, Republicans because of their superiority in fund-raising and get-out-the-vote techniques. Of the 150 House districts, the one most likely to change hands is the West Texas seat currently occupied by former Democratic Speaker Pete Laney, who is retiring. Republicans have also targeted a handful of conservative rural districts whose incumbents are known as WD-40s (white Democrats of middle age and middle politics). Democrats see Republican weakness in urban districts whose demographics are changing (see "Vo, Hubert: upset victory over Talmadge Heflin in 2004"). Democrats have hopes for other pickups, especially in west-central Houston, where Ellen Cohen is challenging vulnerable GOP incumbent Martha Wong, and in southwest Travis County, where realignment favors the Democrats.
So which party will pick up seats?
A swing of more than two seats either way would be a surprise. But the real question is whether Speaker Tom Craddick will have a working majority that will allow him to impose his will on issues that matter to him and Republican activists, such as capping property appraisals and implementing school vouchers. On a number of key votes involving education, a coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans has sometimes prevailed over party-line Republican voting. Craddick needs to defeat some Democratic incumbents to reestablish control, and it would shock nobody to see big Republican donors like vouchers advocate James Leininger spend millions of dollars—as he did in Republican primaries this spring—to influence close races.
Are there any tight races in the state Senate?
Probably not. The only race that has generated any chatter is so far away from the Capitol it's in another time zone: Democratic state senator Eliot Shapleigh, of El Paso, faces a no-holds-barred challenge from businessman Dee Margo, a friend of George W. and Laura Bush's. If Margo can win the seat, Republicans will have the two-thirds majority in the Senate that is necessary to pass legislation unimpeded. But he can't. As in the House, the real question is not which party will dominate but whether the leadership maintains control. That depends on how well Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst can manage the Senate's incoming freshman class of aggressive, seasoned politicians. Democrats Kirk Watson, a former mayor of Austin, and Carlos Uresti, currently a San Antonio state rep, should be considerable upgrades in talent and vitality over their predecessors. On the Republican side, Houston talk-radio host Dan Patrick comes into office vowing to pass appraisal caps and an abortion trigger bill; everyone assumes he'll run for statewide office (maybe for governor against Dewhurst) in 2010. Robert Nichols, a former member of the Texas Transportation Commission, and Glenn Hegar, a state representative from Katy, know their way around the Capitol too. With the Republican caucus giving indications of desiring independence from Dewhurst as well, this session could make or break the lite guv's political ambitions.


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A man took himself to hospital this morning after a shooting around 8:30am on Old Pearson Street.
The incident occurred near Jam Woolfe school as children were heading to class. Upon reaching the scene police found bullet casings but no victim. He later arrived at hospital himself.
If you saw anything you can contact police by calling 101 and quoting 1483/08OCT.
This is getting really out of hand.
I'm afraid the police have lost control of the streets.
I've lost count of the violent crimes that have happened in the borough in the last month or so.
Only today when I was walking home from work, I saw a couple run out to chase some wannabe moped theives on old dover road (where it meets shooters hill road).
It's a busy main road, and the group just strolled off through the alley to the cherry orchard estate.
Only last week, also on the way home from work, I walked pass the bus stop on shooters hill road (nexy to old dover road)., only for a teenager to casually kick my bag.
I believe he was trying to see if it contained a laptop and then decide if to mug me. I stopped and starred at him and just walked off, otherwise it could have easily escalated.
The police MUST crack down on this low level crime and anti-social behavoiour, otherwise these lowlife criminals feel emboldened to get into more serious crime as they know the police won't do anything.
Are there any neighbourhood watch schemes in the borough where these 'low' level incidents can be discussed with local police?
I bet there is a wealth of knowledge/intelligence from local residents that can be useful for the police to concentrate their resources (I know I could give plently of info on criminal/anti-social hotspots).
Please let's not get partisan Steph. I'm a traditional Conservative voter, but I (and many of the Conservative base) totally disagree with the police finding cuts (and many other policies). The current Conservative party are Conservative in name only, but that's a general problem with politics of colours.
Politics and political correctness is also a problem when it comes to policing.
You can justifiably criticise the Tory cuts, but yet we've seen many many incidences where police go after people who send mean tweets.
Sadiq Khan created an 'online hate crime' hub! Is this really a priority when you have stabbings and shootings on a regular basis?
Does anyone know of how to informally meet a Neighbourhood officer to discuss the problems and provide information/intelligence? I don't mean info of a specific crime (i'll just contact the police ), but general info of what areas are hotspots for certain types of 'activity' to help the local booby on the beat?
There are dates on the Blackheath neighborhood policing team Twitter account for September meetings, but none on there yet for October.
The people concerned will carry knifes guns and be in gangs etc whoever, is in Government as that is the type of people they are sadly are.
I also totally disagree with cuts to front line policing. However, both the Labour Mayor for London Sadiq Khan and Central Government both need to do more to tackle these crimes.
Whoever, would want to fire a gun near a school when innocent children are going to school is beyond me. Thankfully no children were hurt on this occasion.


A cryptocurrency malware targeting Blockchain.com and MyEtherWallet users was downloaded over 200 times before Google deleted it. The malware presented itself as a tool to prevent the users from cryptojacking malware.
The malware, which disguised itself as a harmless Google Chrome browser extension, was discovered by Harry Denley, a security researcher behind the crypto security database, EtherscamDB.
Some 230 Chrome users had already downloaded the extension before Google took it down. On the Chrome Web Store, the extension went by the name NoCoin – Block Coin Miners.
"From the start, it looked like it did what it should — it was detected various CryptoJacking scripts (CoinHive, MinerAlt, WebminerPool) and there was a nice UI to let me know it was doing its job," Henley wrote.
The extension required its users to input their public addresses so as to participate in the fake Huobi airdrop. For those who did, it redirected them to a fake Huobi Global site. This site prompted the users to input their private addresses. As soon as they did, the hackers would gain access to their crypto wallets and drain them immediately.
Henley further advised crypto owners to be on the lookout as such phishing scams have become worryingly common. For one, you should never "install a browser extension that has the ability to modify the DOM that you/trusted source has not audited," he wrote.
You also shouldn't "blindly trust legitimate looking warnings to get you to install software." Hackers take advantage of most people's unwavering trust in any program that seems to be protecting them.
And lastly, you should "never enter your secrets online — always use an offline signing mechanism," he concluded. Offline signing mechanisms such as Trezor and Ledger ensure that you have that one more layer of protection should hackers decide to target you.
Malware targeting cryptocurrencies have become quite common as cryptos increase in popularity. It has also become very versatile to adapt to the efforts of the security experts who try to stop them. As we recently reported, one new malware named Razy was able to discover crypto addresses on various websites and replace them with the hackers' addresses. For those who don't double-check addresses before sending a transaction, they could end up playing right into the hackers' hands.


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Project Gotham Racing 4 es la secuela del juego lanzado para Xbox 360, Project Gotham Racing 3.

Project Gotham Racing 4 (abreviado comúnmente como PGR4) es un juego de conducción arcade exclusivo de Xbox 360. En él se pueden conducir modelos reales de coches y (por primera vez en la serie) de motocicletas.

Aun siendo un juego de manejo arcade, cada vehículo tiene un comportamiento diferente y este se ve afectado de forma realista por la climatología; a diferencia de otros juegos que tienen una conducción mucho más sencilla e independiente del realismo que debieran tener (Burnout Paradise o Need for Speed, por ejemplo).

El juego fue confirmado oficialmente durante el X06 mostrándolo con un tráiler. El tráiler está ahora disponible en el Bazar Xbox Live. El videojuego fue lanzado en 2 de octubre de 2007 en Estados Unidos.

El lema del juego es "La velocidad no es nada sin estilo", y esto se traduce en que el juego premia a los jugadores habilidosos y/o temerarios. El participante recibe Kudos (la moneda ficticia que se usa en el juego para desbloquear extras) por realizar maniobras habilidosas como curvas bien tomadas, adelantar rivales o por realizar maniobras temerarias como caballitos, invertidos o derrapes.

Los modos de juego Offline son principalmente dos: Carrera Gotham y Máquina recreativa.

Carrera Gotham: Es el principal modo de juego para un solo jugador. Consiste en avanzar temporadas en un campeonato a nivel mundial y avanzar en la clasificación, pudiendo completar infinitas temporadas hasta llegar al número uno de la clasificación o hasta que el jugador desee. En este modo además hay tres Grandes Premios (Grand Prix), que son eventos que dan muchos puntos de clasificación y en esta entrega del juego desbloquean un logro al completar los tres.

Máquina recreativa: Es un modo de juego independiente del anterior. Consiste en superar eventos individuales tanto con coche como con moto, para acumular medallas y así tener acceso a más eventos del mismo modo.

Ha sido confirmado por Peugeot en una competición para diseñar un automóvil que será incluido en la versión final del videojuego y que además será fabricado en una versión real.

El juego contará con 300 vehículos, 70 más que su predecesor, y se podrán disfrutar alrededor de 200 circuitos, incluyendo todas las ciudades que han aparecido en las anteriores entregas, más la inclusión de Shanghái y otras dos nuevas ciudades que aún no han sido confirmadas.

Recepción
El videojuego superó a sus dos anteriores entregas PGR2 Y PGR3 vendiendo más de 1 millón de unidades,con las puntuaciones de 7.7/10 y en E3GAMES 7.9/10. El videojuego ganó en la nominación de "Mejor Sonido de Opciones" en los 1UP.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Página oficial de Bizarre Creations (en inglés)
 Página oficial de Project Gotham Racing 4 (en inglés)
 Análisis Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360)
 Project Gotham Racing 4 Xbox 360 (en español)

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Videojuegos de 2007
Videojuegos exclusivos para Xbox 360
Videojuegos ambientados en el Reino Unido
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David L. Cole Arbitration Transcripts
David L. Cole Arbitration Transcripts, 1947-1948
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Transcripts, records (documents).
Kheel Center for Labor- Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Records, transcripts and exhibits of several of Mr. Cole's arbitration cases.
David Lawrence Cole was a graduate of Harvard University (BS., 1921) and Fairleigh Dickinson University (LL.B., 1924, LL.D., 1964.) Although he practiced law in Paterson, N.J. from 1926 until his death as senior partner in the law firm of Cole, Berman & Belksy, David Cole will chiefly be remembered for a distinguished career as a government arbitrator and mediator. In this field he served on numerous state and federal boards and in various governmental agencies. Cole was chairman of the New Jersey State Board of Mediation; a public member of Region 2, United States War Labor Board; and chairman of the Presidential Boards of Inquiry in the bituminous coal industry (1948) and in the longshore industry (1953, 1968). Cole was also a member or chairman of numerous Presidential Emergency Boards which settled disputes in the railroad and airline industries (1948-1958); the chairman of the conciliation service for the New York City transit service (1961-1965); director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (1952-1953); chairman of the New Jersey Governor's Committee on Public Utility Strike Service (1952-1953); member of the President's Labor-Management Advisory Committee (1961-1964); and member of the New York Governor's Public Employee Relations Committee (1966-1968), which established the New York State Public Employee Relations Board. Cole was also appointed as chairman of the President's Commission on Industrial Peace in 1973.
Beyond his public service, Mr. Cole was active as a counsel for employer groups in the textile industry (1926-1942) and as an impartial chairman for other labor-management contract disputes. He was also impartial arbitrator for the AFL-CIO Internal Disputes Plan (1954-1976), served as a visiting professor at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University (1954-1955) and was Kestenbaum lecturer at Harvard in 1962. Mr. Cole was the author of INDUSTRIAL PEACE (1963).
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David L. Cole Arbitration Transcripts #5122. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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5085: U.S. National Mediation Board Transcripts Regarding American Air Lines and Transport Workers Union of America
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Barbara Jordan: 'I never had to apologize'
Search on women and public speaking -- or ask your network about eloquent women, as we did recently on Linked In -- and Barbara Jordan's name always seems to come up more than once. For many who heard her in the 1960s and 70s, it's her voice that still resonates--and her ability to put simply some of the most complex ideas in democracy.
She's another barrier-breaker: the first African-American since Reconstruction to be elected to the Texas Senate, the first female African-American from the South to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first woman--and African-American--to deliver a keynote address to the Democratic national convention.
But this was no shy role model for women in public speaking. The citation for a late-career award from West Point noted her early interest in public speaking:
Deciding early in life to be something out of the ordinary, she honed her gift for public speaking in high school and later at Texas Southern University, where she won national recognition in competitive debate and oratory. After graduating magna cum laude, she enrolled in the Boston University School of Law.
Many feel her finest speech happened on July 25, 1974, as her opening statement to the House Judiciary Committee's proceedings on the impeachment of Richard Nixon. With speed, eloquence and just a touch of humor, she opened with an acknowledgement that a black woman member of the House of Representatives might have a grievance with the Constitution she was about to uphold--and solved that issue neatly for the audience, establishing her authority to question the President under the law, never once mentioning her gender or race, but letting the televised image speak for itself:
Earlier today we heard the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, "We, the people". It is a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed, on the seventeenth of September in 1787, I was not included in that "We, the people". I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision I have finally been included in "We, the people".
Today I am an inquisitor. I believe hyperbole would not be fictional and would not overstate the solemnness that I feel right now. My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.
An oral history interview with Jordan by the LBJ Presidential Library lets her describe that subtle approach: "You don't have to focus on that [race] specifically nor stridently, you just have to be there. And when you are there, black people are represented." Jordan also notes that "wherever I travel no one has forgotten that speech." Televised in prime time and watched by millions, it prompted an enormous public reaction, swaying many citizens about the case for impeachment--and offering what many considered the best civics lessons they'd ever had on the Constitution. It ranks number 13 in the top 100 American political speeches -- and Jordan, one of a handful of women on that list, is the highest-ranked woman political speaker, the only woman in the top 10 and on a par with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy in placing twice in the top 15.
The same oral history discovers that her confidence came from an independence instilled in her by her grandfather:
I never had to apologize for whatever I was doing. I was not self-effacing. Now, some people may say that that's bad, but I always figured that if he said that I was to be my own person, that I could just go out there and be it, which I did do. So I didn't look back and I didn't look around for excuses for non-achievement. I just decided that what one wants to do, one proceeds to do it.... That doesn't work for everybody...I have to remind myself that it worked for me, but it does not work for everybody.
Earlier this year, her speeches were collected in Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder (Louann Atkins Temple Women and Culture Series) , edited by her friend Max Sherman and published by the University of Texas Press. Sherman notes that, in an interview shortly before her death, she was asked to define ethics and did so in an eloquent--and utterly simple way:
Ethical behavior means being honest, telling the truth, and doing what you said you would do.
The book also includes some of the speeches on a DVD; you can see an interview with Sherman and an excerpt from the DVD here. The university includes an archive of text, audio and video of Jordan speeches here. The texts are moving, but the audio's even more so. If you remember Jordan's speeches, tell us what made them memorable to you; if you're new to her speaking, listen, read and react in the comments below. (Photo credit: Larry Murphy, University of Texas at Austin News and Information Service.)
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Die 68. Verleihung des Deutschen Filmpreises (Lola) fand am 27. April 2018 im Palais am Funkturm in Berlin statt. Die Auszeichnung ist mit 2,955 Mio. Euro die höchstdotierte Kulturauszeichnung Deutschlands und wird von der Deutschen Filmakademie in bis zu 18 Kategorien vergeben. Die Nominierungen wurden am 14. März 2018 bekanntgegeben. Emily Atefs Filmbiografie 3 Tage in Quiberon, die mit 10 Nominierungen das Favoritenfeld anführte, erhielt insgesamt 7 Auszeichnungen.

Dem Regisseur, Schauspieler und Drehbuchautor Hark Bohm wurde im Vorfeld der Ehrenpreis für herausragende Verdienste um den deutschen Film zuerkannt. Gemeinsam mit Fatih Akin erhielt Bohm außerdem für Aus dem Nichts den regulären Drehbuchpreis. Mit einem undotierten Preis für den "besucherstärksten deutschen Film des Jahres" wurde Bora Dagtekin (Fack ju Göhte 3) geehrt.

Die Preisgala wurde zeitversetzt vom Fernsehsender Das Erste ausgestrahlt. Als Gastgeber durch die Veranstaltung führten Moderator und Schauspieler Edin Hasanović und die Filmakademie-Präsidentin Iris Berben. Die künstlerische Leitung oblag der Regisseurin Sherry Hormann.

Preisträger und Nominierungen

Bester Spielfilm

Außerdem nominiert:
 Der Hauptmann – Produktion: Frieder Schlaich, Irene von Alberti
 In den Gängen – Produktion: Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach
 Das schweigende Klassenzimmer – Produktion: Miriam Düssel

Bester Dokumentarfilm
Beuys – Produktion: Thomas Kufus
 Das Kongo Tribunal – Produktion: Arne Birkenstock, Oliver Zobrist
 Taste of Cement – Der Geschmack von Zement – Produktion: Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert

Bester Kinderfilm
Amelie rennt – Produktion: Philipp Budweg, Thomas Blieninger, Martin Rattini
 Die kleine Hexe – Produktion: Uli Putz, Jakob Claussen

Bestes Drehbuch
Fatih Akin, Hark Bohm – Aus dem Nichts
 Lars Kraume – Das schweigende Klassenzimmer
 Nicolas Wackerbarth, Hannes Held – Casting

Beste Regie
Emily Atef – 3 Tage in Quiberon
 Fatih Akin – Aus dem Nichts
 Valeska Grisebach – Western

Beste weibliche Hauptrolle
Marie Bäumer – 3 Tage in Quiberon
 Diane Krüger – Aus dem Nichts
 Kim Riedle – Back for Good

Beste männliche Hauptrolle
Franz Rogowski – In den Gängen
 Andreas Lust – Casting
 Oliver Masucci – HERRliche Zeiten

Beste weibliche Nebenrolle
Birgit Minichmayr – 3 Tage in Quiberon
 Sandra Hüller – In den Gängen
 Corinna Kirchhoff – Casting

Beste männliche Nebenrolle
Robert Gwisdek – 3 Tage in Quiberon
 Alexander Fehling – Der Hauptmann
 Charly Hübner – 3 Tage in Quiberon

Beste Kamera/Bildgestaltung
Thomas W. Kiennast – 3 Tage in Quiberon
 Jens Harant – Das schweigende Klassenzimmer
 Rainer Klausmann – Aus dem Nichts
 Christoph Krauss – Manifesto
 Peter Matjasko – In den Gängen

Bester Schnitt
Stephan Krumbiegel, Olaf Voigtländer – Beuys
 Michał Czarnecki – Der Hauptmann
 Jan Ruschke – Es war einmal Indianerland

Bestes Szenenbild
Erwin Prib – Manifesto
 Erwin Prib – Jugend ohne Gott
 Josef Sanktjohanser – Zwei Herren im Anzug

Bestes Kostümbild
Bina Daigeler – Manifesto
 Maurizio Millenotti, Gianni Casalnuovo – The Happy Prince
 Esther Walz – Das schweigende Klassenzimmer

Bestes Maskenbild
Morag Ross, Massimo Gattabrusi – Manifesto
 Heike Merker – Der Mann aus dem Eis
 Ljiljana Müller, Hanna Hackbeil – 3 Tage in Quiberon

Beste Filmmusik
Christoph M. Kaiser, Julian Maas – 3 Tage in Quiberon
 Ali N. Askin – Teheran Tabu
 Ulrich Reuter, Damian Scholl – Beuys
 Martin Todsharow – Der Hauptmann

Beste Tongestaltung
André Bendocchi Alves, Eric Devulder, Martin Steyer – Der Hauptmann
 Gregor Bonse, Thomas Neumann, Marc Parisotto – Der Mann aus dem Eis
 Joern Martens, Martin Steyer, Kai Tebbel – 3 Tage in Quiberon

Besucherstärkster Film
Fack ju Göhte 3 – Regie: Bora Dagtekin

Ehrenpreis
Hark Bohm, deutscher Regisseur, Schauspieler und Drehbuchautor

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website
 Offizielle Facebook-Seite
 Offizielle Instagram-Seite
 Deutsche Filmakademie: Ergebnisse der Vorauswahl 2018
 Deutsche Filmakademie: Nominierungsübersicht 2018

Einzelnachweise

2018
Preisverleihung 2018
Filmjahr 2018
Preisverleihung in Berlin
Palais am Funkturm
Film (Berlin)


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It's a good year to be Ace Frehley! Not only is the legendary KISS guitarist about to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but he also has his first solo album in five years about to hit shelves. Frehley has announced that his latest disc, 'Space Invader,' will be released June 24 via eOne Music.
Fans can look forward to nine original new cuts, plus Ace is taking on the Steve Miller Band classic, 'The Joker.' This will be Frehley's first release as part of his new record deal with eOne.
In other Ace Frehley news, the guitarist will be part of the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards. He's signed on to be one of the presenters, joining Zakk Wylde onstage as they reveal the winner of this year's Dimebag Darrell 'Best Guitarist' Award. Frehley stated of his participation, "It's exciting to finally be part of the Golden Gods Awards and an honor to be part of any Dimebag memorial award. He was a friend and I know everyone misses him, as do I." The 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards take place April 23 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
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The no-man's land, a 3-mile strip of dusty desert between Morocco and Mauritania, was what I had expected. A potholed dust track lined with car wrecks, rusting refrigerators and computers piled up between the dry shrubs, and one scavenging species approaching every living thing that crossed: human beings. Some lead you to a dead-end where your car gets stuck then rob you, my driver says. I see a camp of thugs and rowdies but don't feel afraid. These are petty thiefs, not armed robbers. Arriving at the paved road on the Mauritanian end felt good. I got my stamp quickly but my driver was held up and we had to say goodbye.
It took me about twenty minutes to be picked up by two friendly Mauritanian men in a comfortable black car. The road to Nouakchott is good, and at sunset we pulled over for prayer in front of a roadside tent. As travelers, they combined several of the five daily prayers into this one just after sunset. Sitting next to them, head down to communicate respect while they were saying their prayers felt – pure.
Impression of the desert, with dromedars.
Sitting there, in the Mauritanian desert in the evening cool, the traveler's spirit came back to me. I understood this was a designated praying point consisting of a pitched tent and the availability of camel milk. Lakhlaf (whose name I remembered the second time because it sounds like "luck love") and the other man nicknamed "papá" sat down direction Mecca and said their prayers. I sat down cross-legged and listened to their calm and sincerely voiced "Allahu Akbar" and felt truly happy.
Why? What is my own religion? I let some desert sand run through my fingers. Nature, perhaps, feeling connected with mother earth.
A while later, we stopped for another pause at a roadside restaurant to have tea. On the pole next to the entrance a freshly cut off goat's head and a Tajin lid. They laid down on the plastic carpet and asked me to do the same. Goat served on a bed of rice – this would be my diet during my stay in this fascinating country.
We arrived in Nouakchott and drove straight to the house of monsieur "papa", where he introduced me to his younger brothers. I also saw some women (his wife, his daughter?) in the house but they were living in a different room and a different world just a few generations of emancipation away.
In a large spotless room, the only one in the house with air conditioning an a large flatscreen TV I could lay my head down.


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Q: How to see apple watch home screen into simulator? Is there a way to see apple watch appliactions in simulator with icons same as iPhone? How we are tapping application icon in iPhone simulator same thing i want to do it in apple watch simulator. As of now i am just running my watch application into simulator want to see apple watch icon as well.

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When discussing loans, each financial institution has a grading scale that measures the quality of a loan. Sometimes client financial factors and history carry financial risk to the bank lending the money. These loans are called substandard loans, and they can place a bank into a difficult situation even as they comply with regulatory policies. When conducting an investigation into a loan, there are five key items to consult when classifying a loan as a substandard loan.
The borrower can be an individual or a company, but a company may have more success in the process as they can have a more robust financial history with a bank. Experience with the lending bank and information from other lenders creates a credit history that can help determine a person's ability to repay a commitment.
Some loan purposes are seen as more favorable than others if they can bring a return on the bank's investment. For example, a loan to purchase new equipment for an already successful business may be classified better than a loan to purchase a new house for a first-time homeowner.
Since substandard loans carry a risk for the bank, the third factor of assessment is the ability of a person to offer collateral property valuable enough to cover a loss in the event it occurs.
Banks will analyze a person's source of income and delinquency accounts to help determine a person's ability to repay their loan commitment.
Problems with payments on past accounts can be a red flag when classifying a loan. When looking at a substandard loan, a bank needs to investigate any underlining problems that can cause repayment to be difficult and whether these difficulties are temporary or permanent in nature.
By looking at these factors when classifying a loan as substandard, a bank can protect themselves from unnecessary risk.


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Mr Predrag SEKULIĆ
Democratic Party of Socialists
ME - 81000 - Podgorica
predrag.sekulic@skupstina.me
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2020 , 2019 , 2018
In the political groups
Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 21/01/2019 to 24/01/2021
Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 22/01/2018 to 20/01/2019
Member: Socialist Group from 25/01/2016 to 31/07/2017
Vice-Chairperson: Socialist Group from 25/01/2015 to 24/01/2016
In the Assembly
from 07/04/2014 to 24/01/2021	Representative-Montenegro
from 21/01/2013 to 07/04/2014	Substitute-Montenegro
In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)
Full Member: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 16/03/2018 to 24/01/2021)
Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 07/04/2014 to 25/01/2015)
Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 07/04/2014 to 25/01/2015)
Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (from 24/03/2014 to 24/01/2021)
Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 18/03/2014 to 24/01/2021)
Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 21/01/2013 to 25/01/2015)
Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (from 30/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas (from 24/01/2018 to 28/01/2020)
Full Member: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (from 24/01/2018 to 24/01/2021)
Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 28/01/2015 to 24/01/2021)
Full Member: Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD (from 28/01/2015 to 22/01/2019)
Full Member: Sub-Committee on Population (from 27/01/2015 to 25/01/2017)
Full Member: Sub-Committee on Co-operation with non-European countries of origin and transit (from 27/01/2015 to 21/01/2018)
Full Member: Sub-Committee on Environment and Energy (from 23/01/2013 to 25/01/2015)
Alternate of Ms Marija Maja ĆATOVIĆ (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 16/03/2018 to 24/01/2021)
Alternate of Ms Marija Maja ĆATOVIĆ (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 22/05/2015 to 15/03/2018)
Alternate of Mr Zoran VUKČEVIĆ (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 21/01/2013 to 17/03/2014)
Reports and committee opinions
Motions, Written Declarations, Questions
27/03/2020 | Doc. 15094 | Motion for a resolution COVID-19 – an effective and human rights-compliant response 03/10/2019 | Doc. 14980 | Motion for a recommendation Ratification of the Istanbul convention by the United Kingdom 24/04/2019 | Doc. 14813 | Written declaration Upsurge of violence against Roma communities in Europe 25/01/2019 | Doc. 14823 | Motion for a resolution Countering ill democracies in Europe 23/01/2019 | Doc. 14813 | Written declaration Upsurge of violence against Roma communities in Europe
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27/01/2015 | Doc. 13665, vote on the draft text for resolution The honouring of obligations and commitments by Montenegro 27/01/2015 | Doc. 13655, vote on the draft text for recommendation The implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Council of Europe and the European Union 27/01/2015 | Doc. 13655, vote on the draft text for resolution The implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Council of Europe and the European Union 27/01/2015 | Doc. 13651, vote on the draft text for resolution The humanitarian situation of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons 09/04/2014 | Doc. 13482, vote on the draft text for resolution Recent developments in Ukraine: threats to the functioning of democratic institutions


Walmart has become a retail superstore, offering one-stop shopping with very low prices. But over the years, the company has been criticized for its large ecological footprint and other social concerns. Walmart just released its 2012 Global Responsibility Report that boasts of notable achievements from the past year including 80% waste reduction, locally grown produce expansion, the women's economic empowerment initiative, more affordable healthy food choices, use of 1.1 billion kWh of renewable energy, supplier tracking, and improvements in diversity and inclusion.
Just over two years ago, BP faced the nation's most catastrophic offshore oil disaster. As a result, BP has been forced to clean up environmentally, economically, and socially. Despite the events of 2010, BP is no stranger to sustainability. The company changed its logo in 2001 to the current green and yellow sunflower symbol, and introduced the slogan, "Beyond Petroleum." BP's recent sustainability efforts in 2011 focused on safety and risk management. The company has also invested over $6 billion dollars in alternative energy, including oil sands, shale gas, biofuels, and wind. BP is not shy about the mess they have been in and is attempting to move forward by correcting their mistakes and focusing on the global energy crisis.
It is clear these 2 companies have faced their fair share of criticism, while making great strides in sustainability. Is society ready or willing to forget the past and see these companies in the new light that they are casting as they move into the future?
Reading any oil and gas company sustainability report is an exercise in parsing carefully bland wording — "responding to stakeholder concerns," "extracting resources responsibly," and so on — but never more so than in reading BP's 2010 Sustainability Review. In the company's first CSR report since the catastrophic Gulf oil spill nearly one year ago, BP has, perhaps to its credit, put the issue front and center. The report's cover consists of a photo from the spill, and the first third of the 50-page report focuses on the disaster and BP's response. Despite all the ink given to the spill throughout the report, you could make the argument that BP is trying to start over, inasmuch as a global energy conglomerate can start fresh. Among the most notable elements of the report is that there are essentially zero goals for future performance listed. Sure, BP says it plans to invest an additional $1 billion in "low-carbon energy markets" in 2011, but when you get to the alternative energy section, you only find that statement repeated, with no hard goals or even suggestions as to where they will invest that money. The report offers a broad overview of the benefits of biofuels, wind and solar, but it seems likely that BP will plug a good chunk of that commitment into natural gas extraction, given its prominence in the report's section on "meeting the energy challenge." There is one chart that, for me at least, really lays out the gist of the report. A small version is below, you can click on the image for the full-sized version.


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Report – Wiggo wins Worlds
Great Britain's Sir Bradley Wiggins has won the men's World Time Trial Championship to add to the Olympic and British titles
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For a decade, Bradley Wiggins has had his eyes on the World Time Trial title and today, in Spain, he achieved that goal beating triple World Champion Tony Martin by 26 seconds. It was in 2005, that Bradley travelled to Spain (Madrid) with GB to have a crack at the Time Trial and he was 7th.
He was then 10th in 2007, 2nd in 2011, 2nd again in 2013 and in 2012, he was Olympic Champion for the Time Trial.
Like the Tour de France and Olympic events before it, what Wiggins focuses on, he has a bloody good crack at and more times than not, he achieves the goal. "I don't know what to say," Wiggins said afterwards. "I knew coming into it that I had the legs. Once I saw the course, I knew if I was ever going to beat Tony [Martin] again it was going to be in course like this."
It was always expected that the battle was going to be between Wiggins and the German Tony Martin. At the first checkpoint, Martin's advantage was 4.14 seconds over Wiggins. Then, at the second split, Wiggins had overtaken his rival, sitting 2.64 seconds ahead of the German. By the third checkpoint, it was clear that Wiggins had taken control, clocking a 9.64-second advantage.
"I knew the difference would be made on that final loop," said Wiggins "On those tough climbs I paced it perfectly, and I still had gas in the final. I heard I was 10 seconds up, but I wanted to keep pushing in the final."
Wiggins beat Martin by 26 seconds whilst the bronze went to Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, 40 seconds off the time of Wiggins. Alex Dowsett for GB was 20th.
Wiggins meanwhile, went on to say "it's been an up-and-down year and I want to dedicate this to my family. My wife and children back home have always been there for me and had to put up with me. This was my last world time trial championships, so to finish it with a gold medal – I don't know what to say."
"I've prepared for things like this so many times in the past and when I know the form and the condition is there, I'm quite relaxed. I know what I have to do once I get out on the bike, so it's just a case of waiting all day. The weather turned out good and I had a good team time trial on Sunday – I knew I was strong there so… job done.
"I knew the difference would be made on that final loop. I paced it perfectly and I still had gas in the final. Even on that last descent, I heard I was 10 seconds up but I was pushing all the way and not taking any risks. It was superb.
"The hour record is my next big goal now, but to add the World title to the British title and the Olympic title means I've got the set, so it's very good; fantastic."
A former teammate of Brad's with Team GB on the track, Rob Hayles, speaking on BBC, said "Wiggins was never chasing the race – he was just 4.25 seconds down on Martin at the first time-check after 12km and, after that, he was always the fastest. It meant he was able to ride within himself and he always had the race under control".
Wiggins is the first British rider to win the World Time Trial title since Chris Boardman in the race in 1994 when it was introduced for the first time.
Martin – "I was motivated and its hard to get beaten"
"To be honest it's really hard to get beaten on a day like this," Martin said. "I was motivated, I had the goal to get the gold medal again today. Nothing else counted for me. Even the silver medal doesn't make it better for me to be honest, but I know it is still a good result".
"I'm really disappointed, but that's cycling, that's sport. I'm not a machine. I know that almost everyone expected me to win, but I always said a few riders, especially Bradley, always have a big chance. I already felt tired in the team time trial. For sure it wasn't best for the morale and preparation for today".
"I was a little tired also today and I think that was the biggest factor. I couldn't battle Bradley in the final of this race with my condition. Now I have to analyze and do better next year. Congratulations to Bradley as he is a great talent in this discipline and deserves to be world champion."
Below: The splits for the top 5 riders ….
1. Wiggins Bradley, Great Britain 56:2
2. Martin Tony, Germany 0:26
3. Dumoulin Tom, Holland 0:40
4. Kiryienka Vasil, Belarus 0:47
5. Dennis Rohan, Australia 00:57
6. Malori Adriano, Italy 01:11
12 Sergent Jesse, New Zealand @1:57
17 Chavanel Sylvain, France @2:28
20 Dowsett Alex, GB @2:35
28 Tuft Svein, Canada @3:18
35 Brändle Matthias, IAM Cycling @3.39
37 van Garderen Tejay, USA @3:44
41 Roche Nicolas, Ireland @ 3.50
Tags: Report, Result, Tag01, Time Trial
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PE REPORTS
The Fall in Cross-Border Deals
By Francesca Bandini
During the last decade, the need for companies to internationalise their supply chains in a search of competitive (cost) advantage, has led to an unprecedented surge of cross-border transactions. Emerging as a way of entering new markets, they allowed companies to get access to new technologies and capabilities, creating new opportunities for both ailing firms and local economies.
Despite their previous tremendous growth, 2019 saw a decrease in the number of these transactions: amounting to $1.2 trillion, cross-border M&A fell by 25% compared to the previous year, reaching its lowest level since 2013. This downturn was caused largely by a series of geopolitical tensions such as the trade war between the US and China and the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, along with its impact on the European market.
Furthermore, this decline has been further exacerbated by the current coronavirus emergency. Ever since the outbreak, Covid-19 has led to a massive disruption of supply chains, bringing the cross-border M&A activity to a halt. According to the Financial Times, cross-border activity fell 17% to $204bn, with respect to 2019.
What is a Cross-Border Deal?
A cross-border merger and acquisition is defined as a transaction involving two firms whose headquarters are located in different home countries. Allowing companies to circumvent tariffs barriers and accessing new markets, this type of M&A is an important tool in a company's armoury. Indeed, it provides significant cost advantages.
Depending on whether the movement of capital is an inflow or an outflow, a cross-border deal can be classified as:
Inbound → takes place when a foreign company acquires or merges with a domestic company. This is an inward movement of capital.
Outbound → takes place when a domestic company acquires or merges with one in another country. This is an outward movement of capital.
Fostered by the dramatic rise in international trade and the greater exchanges of goods, capital, resources and ideas across national borders, more and more companies have started investing overseas. For this reason, during the last decade, cross-border transactions have become fundamental characteristics of the global business landscape.
However, in 2019 cross-border deals lost their momentum. Political uncertainty and sluggish economic growth resulted in a decline of this type of transaction, as they accounted for only 40% of the total M&A activity. On the other hand, since companies were wary of expanding beyond their markets, there was a dominance of domestic transactions, as the top 10 deals of 2019 were all conducted within one country, the US. This negative trend has continued in 2020, aggravated by the coronavirus emergency.
Image: Global M&A Market Share in 2019 (MergerMarket)
The Trade War Between the US and China
During the past two years, trade tensions between the US and China have been a frequent cause of concern for global markets. The conflict, started by President Donald J. Trump to reduce the US trade deficit and increase domestic manufacturing, has weighed on business confidence, forcing firms to reconsider their long-term investments. The severe tariffs imposed by both countries created a protectionist atmosphere, under which several deals have been blocked or even overturned. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) blocking Broadcom's acquisition of Qualcomm, and overturning the already completed Beijing Kunlun Technology Company's acquisition of Grindr are just some examples.
Moreover, the high degree of uncertainty surrounding this conflict has played a significant role in the downturn of cross-border transactions, particularly in China's outbound M&A in the US. As a result of the severe tariffs imposed by the US and the tightened regulatory scrutiny of Chinese companies carried out by the Committee on Foreign Investment, Chinese investments in the US have dropped to $2 billion, a plunge of 80% with respect to 2018, according to Refinitiv. Because of China's economic slowdown and tight capital controls, Chinese companies, which used to rely heavily on debt to finance overseas transactions, were under pressure to cut debt. This further explains the downturn of outbound Chinese M&As.
The prolonged conflict between the US and China has undoubtedly changed the global economic landscape. Companies are now finding themselves at a very important crossroad: reshoring production or keeping it overseas?
To avoid the severe tariffs imposed by the US, more and more companies are modifying their supply chain by moving production outside China. However, while some companies are considering reshoring, others are planning on rebuilding their supply chains in those Asian countries where production costs are low, namely Vietnam, India, Taiwan, and Malaysia. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, Silicon Valley giants such as Apple, Microsoft and Amazon are assessing the cost implications of this maneuver.
Image: Apple's Supply Chain (SupplyChain247.com)
Apple's Supply Chain
Famous for innovation and design, Apple is a leader in supply chain management. First of all, Apple purchases materials from various suppliers and gets them shipped to its manufacturing plant in China. Then, once assembled, the products are shipped directly to customers or sold through other distribution channels.
To avoid the punitive tariffs imposed by the US, Apple has asked its major suppliers - Foxconn, Pegatron and Wistron - to assess the cost implications of moving between 15% and 30% of its production capacity outside China, mainly to India and Vietnam. There is also the possibility of exploring other options like Mexico, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The Impact of Brexit
Another issue that continued to spread uncertainty through European markets was Brexit, which refers to the UK leaving the European Union. Ever since June 2016, when the referendum was held and the majority of citizens voted for "Leave", the legal implications of Brexit along with its impact on the European market have been unclear.
During the past years, to face the great uncertainty that was surrounding Brexit -particularly the structure of the future relationship between the UK and the EU member states and its economic implications - most companies opted for a wait-and-see approach, putting the majority of their transactions involving the UK on hold. This approach has in turn led to a downturn in European deals, which saw a 54% decrease in cross-border M&A activity in Europe.
The Impact of COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak has been responsible both for a demand and supply-side shock. In particular, firms have deferred investment and there has been a general decline in business confidence and international trade, caused by the closure of borders to stymie the spread of the infection. Supply chains have been massively disrupted and cross-border M&A activity has plummeted.
Ever since the virus was first reported in the city of Wuhan, its fast-pacing spread has forced the Chinese government to impose substantial restrictions on production, and even to shut down entire factories. Since a great number of companies - particularly those in the automotive, tech and fashion industries - strongly rely on China as their main supplier, the government measures have been greatly detrimental for their production capacity. Indeed, according to a survey published by the Institute for Supply Management, more than 75% of companies are reporting supply-chain disruptions. This is clearly signalling that the coronavirus outbreak is weighing down the global economy.
Therefore, the Fed and its global counterparts have taken action. Their coordinated response was focused on providing liquidity to the troubled financial markets, which were in the middle of a meltdown. In particular, emergency rate cuts and offers of cheap dollars were enacted, with the aim of restoring market confidence. This has been the first move towards a possible recovery that will be pursued once the lockdown is over. However, restarting is not going to be easy, and companies will be forced to rethink their concept of value chain: perhaps less driven by the systematic pursuit of low-cost labor and components in the Asian continent, and more robust with respect to possible crises'? The pandemic has exposed the excessive reliance of companies on overseas suppliers. Could this be the beginning of a new era of onshore production?
The answer is not so easy. Companies that outsourced production years or even decades ago could have a hard time reshoring, as they would face significant costs. At the same time, hedging against supply chain fragility might represent a necessity. For these reasons, we may see some reshoring, but it is yet to be seen if this trend will continue over the next half-decade.
Deals to Know About
AbbVie Acquisition of Allergan
Announcement Date: 25 June, 2019
Acquirer: AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV)
Target: Allergan (NYSE: AGN)
Acquirer Geography: USA
Target Geography: Ireland
Deal Value: $63bn
Fiat Chrysler Acquisition of PSA Groupe
Announcement Date: 31 October, 2019
Acquirer: Groupe PSA (Peugeot SA, EPA: UG)
Target: Fiat Chrysler Automobile (MTA: FCA, NYSE: FCAU)
Acquirer Geography: France
Target Geography: USA
Industry: Automotive
LVMH Acquisition of Tiffany
Announcement Date: 25 November, 2019
Acquirer: LVMH (EPA: MC)
Target: Tiffany and Co. (NYSE: TIF)
Deal Value: $16.6bn
Cash or Stock: Cash
Industry: Luxury
Newmont Acquisition of GoldCorp
Announcement Date: January 14, 2019
Acquirer: Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM)
Target: Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG)
Target Geography: Canada
Deal Value: $9.96bn
Industry: Energy, Mining & Utilities
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-deals/dealmakers-eye-cross-border-ma-recovery-as-mega-mergers-roll-on-idUSKBN1YZ0YZ
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/business/dealbook/mergers-2019-first-half.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/manufacturers-move-supply-chains-out-of-china-11563096601
https://www.ft.com/content/6124beb8-5724-11ea-abe5-8e03987b7b20
https://www.ft.com/content/ce7823a2-3feb-4d60-b26d-db8daee0705d
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-the-coronavirus-bring-the-end-of-globalization-dont-count-on-it-11584716305
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus-impact-on-global-economy-financial-markets-in-6-charts.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gm-to-announce-up-to-300-million-in-us-investment-after-trump-rips-company-over-layoffs/2019/03/21/94622ab6-4c0a-11e9-93d0-64dbcf38ba41_story.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/more-than-50-companies-reportedly-pull-production-out-of-china-due-to-trade-war.html
https://www.china-briefing.com/news/foreign-high-tech-companies-leaving-china/
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Q: What does the 'hide-identity' gsetting do? On Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.20 I have just noticed that there is a hide-identity gsetting:

I have read its description, but what exactly would be the difference if I turned it on? What information would it stop showing and where exactly? And would turning this option cause any problems?

A: Before GNOME 3.10, the user menu in the top right of the screen showed the user name in the top bar by default.

There was a privacy setting to turn that feature off.

When the user menu was redesigned in GNOME 3.10, the user name was hidden by default from the top bar. I don't think that setting is user for anything now and it was removed from the Settings app.


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From Will Wright's MasterClass
Understanding the fundamentals of system design will help you build more robust interactions in your game. Will shares his tips for what to take into account when designing an interactive system for your players.
Topics include: Systems Define Possibility Spaces • Understanding Parts and Structure • Dynamics Create Paradigms • Consider System Dimensions • Visualize Complex Systems • Games Exist in a Networked System
Will Wright
Teaches Game Design and Theory
Within these games, within these worlds, there are a lot of moving parts, a lot of dynamics. You want this to be a rich, interesting environment for the player to explore. My approach has always been to step back and think of this whole thing as a system. What is the system that's happening here? And actually, when you get down to the engineering of things like simulations, you really do need to think of it as a system. And you need to think about it, what is my paradigm? What is the way in which I'm going to structure the world? How is it going to operate? What are the parts? How do they interact with each other? Systems are interesting. In some sense, what they're going to lead us to is this idea that everybody in a game is going to be exploring the possibility space of that game. Where are all the possible states that that world could be in? For something like chess, it's fairly obvious, although it's a very big, branching tree. It's a branching tree. Every move in chess leads to another set of possible moves. And you unfold that branching tree of all the possible moves of chess and you come up with an astronomical number, but it's still finite. There are a finite number of possible states in chess. The very early games had very simple branching trees, very much like chess. Basically, structure branching trees that were explicitly put there by the designer. And this is very much like one of those old choose your own adventure books. If you're going to go into the cave, go to page 7. If you're going to go to the top of the hill, go to page 20. But basically, the writer's having to fill out every possible branch of that book. So it's a very limited structure, a very limited world to explore. Later games started doing what I call gated experiences, a game like, let's say, Quake or Doom. You're within a level and you have all this agency and freedom within that level, but until you get through the level and get to that locked door at the end, basically, you're in this little room, this little, small regional possibility of space. Once you get through that, it opens another regional possibility of space. So you basically have these little islands of possibility of space with gates between them. And then there have been basic hybrids of these two models over time. But then as players and designers started building more open-ended simulations, it opened up a lot more. So as we started building open-ended games-- sandbox games, Grand Theft Auto, Sims-- we're actually looking at a possibility of space that's vast, large. And this is when we really have to now view it as a system, not as a branching tree of possibility. We're not going to map out every possibility. What we're going to do is we're going to build a set of things that interact in a way to, basically, generate these possibilities for us. For the Sims, the way I visualized it was that, basically, you had two directions you could go for achievement. You go for ...
Explore the Possibility Space
Learn the art and science of game design with Will Wright, the mind behind SimCity and The Sims. In this game design class, Will teaches you how to create games that empower players and unleash their imagination. You'll develop a tool set for understanding player psychology, as well as learn Will's approach to generating and pitching ideas, prototyping, playtesting, and building a community.
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Richard S.
Love this module but get errors trying to download the PDF. Anyone else have issues?
Rich C.
Wonderful app! Thanks so much for providing it. (Link in workbook.) Speaking of Conway's Life, a friend and I attended one of Will's lectures at GDC--this was before Spore had been released. He was talking about similar things as he does here, including cellular automata and the Holy Grail: emergence. I had a decent Life program running on my C64 in elder days, and so was already a long time fan, so I dug what Will and his team were up to. Anyway, within minutes of leaving the lecture both my pal and I said to each other, half-jokingly, "Life shooter!" Our dimwit reaction, right. But once we figured out how to do it (to make a semi-long development story short) we made one and it worked out pretty good, even getting a couple of IGF awards (who'd a thunk?). The game is called Dr. Blob's Organism.
Super interesting how he puts different strands together. Are there any preferred tools or templates of how to model the whole system? A while ago, I had taken a dive into System Dynamics and started modelling with SD software (Vensim), but I ended up going back to Excel because it's much quicker and easier to keep track of the essentials. Are there any best practices of how to do it? For example how was the first draft of the Sim City economy/system modelled?
I would like to have a better example of what a Layer would be. I understand the concept of agents (having their own state) an dynamics showing how state changes in response to stimuli. I also see networks showing relationships between agents. However, what would a layer be? Would they correspond to particular types of state variables? Will mentioned pollution and crime, or are these external factors that affect our agents? (like weather wind, gravity). I'm using an ECS architecture for my game (entity-component-system), would layers map to particular types of components?
Todd H.
Is there more details about the design of sim city? I'd love to hear more about how the game of life and cybernetic theory were combined at a practical level.
The Fundamentals of Game Design
Generating Game Concepts
Early Prototyping
The Relationship Between Story and Games
Exploring Player Psychology
Design Player-Centered Experiences
Develop a Game Language
Designing a Visual Aesthetic
Game Demo: Morey
Iteration and Scoping
Prototyping Case Study: Proxi
Designing a Sound Aesthetic
Pitching Ideas
Game Demo: Flooded Market
Choosing and Understanding Your Platform
Leadership and Collaboration
The Future of Game Design