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Projectified™
Transformation—The Future of Work
With guest Bob Safian 4 December 2019
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The future of project management is changing fast. On Projectified™, we'll help you stay on top of the trends and see what's really ahead for the profession—and your career.
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TEGAN JONES
Hello, this is Tegan Jones for Projectified™.
Projectified™ recently hit the road and set up our very own recording booth at PMI Global Conference. And while we were there, we met with one of the keynote speakers, Bob Safian, who is the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company.
He's been tracking innovation and technology for years so we wanted to hear more about the changes he's seeing in the business world—and what it will take to succeed in the future.
Let's go to that conversation now.
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I'm here with Bob Safian, the founder of The Flux Group and one of this year's keynote speakers here at PMI Global Conference. Thank you so much for joining us, Bob.
BOB SAFIAN
It's my pleasure to be here. It's been a lot of fun.
So I know one of the themes of your keynote address was The Project Economy. We're hearing a lot about that lately, so I was hoping you could start with a little level-setting. What exactly is The Project Economy? What do people mean when they use that term?
So The Project Economy is an umbrella term really that describes the way the economy overall is moving, where opportunities are, and what's going to define both successful businesses and successful careers. There's a lot of discussion, has been discussion, of the gig economy. This idea that you have contract work where you work for Uber or Lyft, or whether you are doing lots of different jobs all at the same time.
And to me, the gig economy is a subset of a much larger phenomenon. And the larger phenomenon is The Project Economy. That project-oriented work is expanding throughout all industry and all kinds of jobs, and not simply through unicorns and what has traditionally been looked at as gig work, but even inside large organizations. That more and more of the structure that is built around work, and the structures that are succeeding as organizations are trying to become more nimble in a world that's moving faster and faster. That projects provide that extra energy and that structure. And that's what The Project Economy describes. That basically the world is moving in this direction, right? And project work will become a bigger part of what everyone is doing.
Why is this project-oriented structure more successful? Why do you think that is?
Because it's more fluid. You know, the traditional hierarchical structures in organizations can be incredibly efficient, right? But they can also become stilted. And in a world where technology is moving through so fast, and so many things are shifting all the time, you need to have structures that are more flexible. And so organizations that have been built around hierarchy of different kinds are trying to find ways to inject more of that speed into their operations. And projects become a really effective tool in doing that, and as they do that and it succeeds, the question starts to be raised: Well, why are we structured the way we're structured? Why shouldn't we be structured more and more as groups of projects that people come together, they get that task done, and then they re-form in other areas.
Yeah, technology really has made life so much simpler in so many ways. But the massive amount of change technology has introduced has made the business landscape a lot more complicated. So, how can organizations shift and adapt to new ways of working in this environment?
All of these technologies that we have become so used to so quickly, they've changed everything. We operate way more efficiently. We have access to way more information. And the barriers to entry for new businesses and new ideas is much lower because of the scale the technology can provide, and because the cost of that scaling is so restrained. Right? And this is what generates pressure on existing organizations. If you keep doing things the same way you've always done them, someone else is going to do them newer, faster, better. And so we all have to be newer, faster, better, every day just to stay in the same place.
And listen, you can look at this and say, "Oh my gosh, this is exhausting. This is relentless." But it can also be exciting, right? Because those opportunities are out there if we keep pushing forward. So when you're working in the project world, you know, things that are new and that scare you, those are things you should run towards instead of run away. And anytime that you find yourself doing something because, well, we did this last time and it worked, at least look at it. Don't just assume that because it worked last time, it's the best way for it to work. It doesn't mean it's ineffective, it's just: Is there a more effective way to get there? And that's really the imperative that we all have.
So how do leaders need to think differently in order to be able to lead their teams in this way? Right? Because it's easy to say, "Oh, don't be afraid." But then when you're looking at a balance sheet, right, that has millions, billions of dollars, it's a lot harder to throw that fear away. How can they change the way that they're thinking?
Yeah, there's a lot of assumptions in business that if you set things up the right way, you can eliminate risk. Okay? And that's always been fiction, but that fiction is being revealed more and more. All right? And so the reality is that there is risk in business. There is risk in every action we do. And what risk means is that sometimes stuff isn't going to work out, right? You're going to try things and it's not going to work. Is that not working failure, or is that not working learning? Right? If you think of what an iterative model is, you try something, it doesn't really work. You try the next thing. You keep making it better. Every time you, quote, fail, you're actually learning, you're getting better. And that's really the way project leaders and all of us have to look at the tasks we're in.
You know, you're going to take risks. Some of it's going to work. If it doesn't work, you will have learned that that doesn't work. You'll learn more about the area, and your chances of being successful the next time are that much better. But if you don't take that risk, you are exposing yourself to an even bigger risk. Right? And that's the risk of becoming irrelevant, of being passed by. That is the biggest risk that we all face in this world. Because whatever job you're in and whatever you're doing right now, I guarantee you that there is someone who is running as hard as they can, as fast as they can, to take that space away from you. Everybody's after you.
And obviously managing risk requires understanding risk, and the speed of business is one huge risk that every organization is facing, struggling with. And I was wondering: What are your thoughts on some of the other major risks that organizations are grappling with right now around the world?
There's great opportunities in new technologies, technologies like AI and machine learning. There are also a lot of risks in them. As we're seeing, there are unintended consequences of things that can happen when you rely on technology too much, and you don't fully understand what your technology is doing, and you're not tracking it in a close enough way. Right? So AI and machine learning, it is inexorable. It is not stopping. We can't necessarily expect the government is going to protect us from every bit of the way technology evolves. At the same time, there's risk in it. And so those are among the risks that we have to, you know, be aware of.
We also have to be aware of the human risks that are part of our world. There are so many terrific ideas and communities out there that can help feed and grow the way we go about doing things. And if we keep to the narrow community that we're used to talking to and working with, we're going to leave ourselves exposed because new perspectives will help find new solutions.
New solutions, right, because the upside of risk is always opportunity.
Yeah, for sure. I mean, listen, that's what it's all about. You're taking the risk in quest of the opportunity. You have a vision for a place you want to go to, right? There's a professor at Harvard Business School named Hiro Takeuchi, who talks about the difference between an outside-in theory of business and an inside-out theory, right? And the outside-in theory is the sort of the traditional historical way, which you look out at the marketplace and you see there's a gap in the market somewhere. And so you're going to create a product to fill that gap and sort of use that as a beachhead and then kind of expand out from there. Right?
What Hiro talks about is an alternate way, which is an inside-out theory of business, which is basically saying you have a vision of a future world that doesn't exist. Right? A future world, a future product, a future way we interact. And so what your enterprise then is geared to do is to bring that vision of the future to reality. Right? And that's starting from a very different place. You can imagine things that are very different than just filling a spot that's vacant in an existing product line.
Now, all organizations need to do both. I'm not saying that inside-out is better than outside-in. I think we need to have both of them to be sophisticated, but recognizing and being able to envision what is that world that we want to have? That's where the opportunity is, and it's exciting. You know, we all want to dream. That's what we do, and then we can bring those dreams to reality. That's one of the things that I love about the project community. That project work brings these dreams and makes them tangible, makes them real.
And when you're talking about opportunities as visions or dreams, right, then the opportunities seem limitless.
They are limitless.
It's only our imagination is the only thing that keeps us from finding something new and dreaming something new. We have to lean into that imagination and allow and create environments. You asked about what managers do. You have to create environments where people are allowed to dream. Right? Where ideas can flow and flourish. That doesn't mean that you can do everything. Right? As one of my colleagues said to me, we can do anything, but we can't do everything. But you can dream for everything, to be able to find the dream that you can coalesce a team around where you can really have impact.
So what are the dreams that you think are gaining the most traction right now? Where are some of the opportunities that are materializing in this Project Economy? If I'm a project manager, trying to imagine my future career, where are some of these opportunities that are opening up for me, in your opinion?
The economy is shifting, right? Because of technology, and, you know, there's this expression that's used, "knowledge workers." In the future economy, almost everyone's going to have to be a knowledge worker, right? Anything that can be done by a computer or by a robot is going to be done that way. It's going to be more efficient. But knowledge workers can delve into many different areas, right? And so as that knowledge work grows, there will be opportunities in lots of different spheres. If you try to conceive what, I don't know, what retail is going to look like, right? Or what healthcare is going to look like. All of these things will look different when we remove the places where human interaction isn't needed. But then we lean into the things that humans can do.
And this is the line that I think we need to get comfortable with is knowing really what the human interaction is versus, you know, what we rely on machines for, which make our lives wonderful and much better and much simpler. But there are some things that you still enjoy doing with people, like this.
Right, and change is incredibly exciting. It's incredibly empowering, but also it can be a little bit scary.
It's like surfing, right? And if you're in the ocean and you try to fight the waves, you know, you get tired. It can be dangerous. Not a lot of fun, right? But if you're in the water and you're like, you know, I'm going to ride these waves, I'm going to surf these waves. Then it is fun, right? And the more you do it, the better you get at it, and the more fun you have with it.
We're all going to wipe out sometimes. This is the reality of the risk of this world. But you have to acknowledge where you really are, right? We really are in a place where the waves are coming, and they're going to keep coming. And so let's get to be better swimmers and better surfers and ride those waves as opposed to pretending that tomorrow the waves are going to stop, because they're not.
They're not. And I think for young professionals, young project managers entering the workforce, this can be a little disorienting, right? Because it's: Before I knew I needed to study this, I needed to learn these skills, I needed to pass this test, and then I would be able to do my job really well.
But now, there's a lot more nuance and a lot more factors that influence their success. So I'm interested to hear, what are your thoughts around the types of skills that these people, these project managers in particular, need to develop and need to focus on in order to make sure that they're positioned for success in this environment?
I was asked this by actually someone on the PMI board just earlier today, sort of what is the most important skill for people to learn right now? And the most important skill is to learn how to keep building new skills. That's the skill, and that's the habit that we all have to have. And part of the reason why is whatever skill I might give you today, and say, "Oh, these are the three skills that you need most in the economy today," three months from now, three years from now, it's going to be something different. Right?
And that's one of the reasons people come to conference, right? To learn. But, of course, we also come to celebrate, and this weekend we are celebrating PMI's 50th anniversary and all of the amazing projects that have changed the world over the past 50 years. So, I'd love to get your thoughts on that. What are some of the projects that stick out in your mind as being particularly inspirational and influential?
One of them that really gets my imagination, because I remember it growing up, was the Live Aid concert, right, that was sort of geared to raise money for famine in Africa. And I remember it being great fun to listen to the music. You know, it was a 16-hour concert that took place in London and in Philadelphia overlapping, and something like a third of the planet watched it. It was broadcast all around the world.
They were looking to raise US$10 million, and they raised US$125 million for communities that really needed it in Africa. I mean, tremendous. And this project came to fruition in just 10 weeks' time. You know that there was a news report that got the attention of, you know, Bob Geldof, who was a musician in the Boomtown Rats. And he got his friends together, he used his human connections, right, to build enthusiasm for something that did not exist before.
And the impact, you know, not just in that case, but all of the follow-on things that have been done to raise money and to raise awareness for issues and communities. All of that comes back to that one idea, that one creative, crazy thought of like, "Hey, let's see if we can raise some money to help people who are starving in Africa." I mean, to me, that's a super inspiring and really influential project.
You know, I think that Live Aid is a great example, right? You see so many charity festivals these days where for all sorts of different causes, Farm Aid, right? Everything. And so I was wondering, what do you think it was about Live Aid? What is it about the projects on this list that really made them able to have an influence that lasted beyond that project?
You know, when projects have outsize influence and outsize impact, there are two things that they're doing at the same time. They're sort of identifying and tapping into a particular inflection point. Right? And then at the same time, they are accelerating that inflection point to the future. You know? So if Bob Geldof had tried that five years earlier, maybe the technology wouldn't have existed to be able to get that exposure. Maybe you know it wouldn't have captured imagination quite the way it did. But at the right time, it reaches that cultural tipping point. Right? And then by doing it, and doing it so effectively, so expertly... Listen, you didn't have to care about famine in Africa to really enjoy watching Live Aid and listening to the concert. Right? It was sort of the hook.
But if you were listening, if you were paying attention, it inspired you to act. I just think that that's what projects have the power to do. Imagine something that doesn't exist. Wouldn't it be great if, they said it couldn't be done, and then here it is, right? And listen, you can do that with the ... wouldn't it be great if cars didn't have any toxic emissions, right? Well, how do we make an electric car? You know, like, well, let's start with a hybrid car. These kinds of dreams are what create and generate these projects that create impact.
So as we look towards the next 50 years at PMI's 100th anniversary when we've got the most influential projects of those 50 years, what do you hope is at the top of that list? What's your imagination?
What's going to be on that list?
Yeah, your dream that you want to see a reality.
Yeah, I mean, listen, at the session that I just talked with, one of the questions was about climate change. And I would love to be able to look back and say, "Here is the project or probably the series, the sequence of projects, that helped us get ourselves under control and how we interact with the planet." It is the one resource we all need to rely on. And we have become somewhat cavalier about how we use it. You know, at the same time, there is a life that all of us on this Earth are entitled to and should be able to enjoy. And as larger populations around the globe get to enjoy that life, right now that means we're going to use up a lot more of our planet. And so I hope we can find ways to do both, that we're not excluding people in the process, but we're helping make the planet healthier and also helping all of us be healthier also.
I hope so, too. That's a great vision for the future. Thank you so much for joining us today, Bob. It has been a wonderful conversation.
All right, well, thank you. Thanks for having me.
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Birmingham: Undeterred by the coronavirus outbreak, Indian shuttlers will continue to chase glory at the All England Championships beginning here on Wednesday, with reigning world champion P V Sindhu spearheading the campaign.
The season's first Super 1000 event witnessed a dramatic build-up in the wake of the COVID19 outbreak, which has claimed over 4000 lives and infected more than 100,000 people globally.
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Saina, who had made it to the finals in 2015, is in dire need of some ranking points to qualify for the Olympics and she will face a stern test against third seeded Japanese Akane Yamaguchi in the opening round.
Former world No. 1 Srikanth, who had reached the quarters in 2019, will have to get across Olympic champion and third seed Chen Long to have any chance of going deep in the draw and retain his ranking points.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) — For this week's What's Right with Schools, we are bringing you to Rocky Hill's CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering.
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Researcher Mariska Bot from Amsterdam UMC reported: "Daily intake of nutritional supplements over a year does not effectively prevent the onset of a major depressive episode in this sample. Nutritional supplements were not better than placebo. Therapeutic sessions aimed at making changes towards a healthy dietary behaviour did also not convincingly prevent depression." Dr. Bot is first author of a paper showing these results in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Although the behavioural therapy to encourage a healthy dietary behavior and improve diet was not effective at preventing depression overall, there was some evidence that it prevented depressive episodes in those participants who attended a recommended number of sessions. This may suggest the food behavioural therapy only works if the participants get sufficient exposure and are able to sufficiently improve their diet and dietary behaviour.
"Several studies within, and outside the five year MooDFOOD project show that consuming a healthy dietary pattern is important for European citizens, not only for physical health, but it may also help to prevent depressive symptoms. " Based on a large number of studies and careful analysis, MooDFOOD researchers have come to three important conclusions at the end of their project. First, a healthy dietary pattern, typified by a Mediterranean style diet high in fruit, vegetables, whole grains, fish, pulses and olive oil, and low in red meat and full-fat dairy products, may reduce the risk of developing depression. Second, in people with obesity, weight loss can lead to a reduction in depressive symptoms. Third, current evidence does not support the use of nutritional supplements in order to prevent depression.
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import java.net.URL;
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import org.flowable.common.engine.api.FlowableException;
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import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.context.support.GenericXmlApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;

public class SpringEventConfigurationHelper {

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        try (GenericXmlApplicationContext applicationContext = new GenericXmlApplicationContext(new UrlResource(resource))) {
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How to Use: Using an Anoint's incense pot, put sand, salt, or a combination in the pot, place the charcoal on the salt-sand. Light it with a match. It will begin to spark. Place it back on the salt-sand. Let the charcoal begin to develop grey ash on the side, before placing incense blend on top of the charcoal. Do not leave unattended.


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Chris O'FlahertyPrintmaker & Painter
"My recent drawings and prints depict teenagers in the suburbs looking for a sense of escape through small house parties, and other mischievous behaviors. Drawing from personal experiences, the work is semi-autobiographical, and relies on the combination of memories and imagination to create the narrative. The awkward characters that fill the pictures are constantly in a state of falling in or out of the pictures. With arms flailing into the picture, the characters are often cropped abruptly and in sensitive areas such as their necks or wrists adding to the awkward compositions. The inconsistent and shifting view offers a playful look into a world of binge drinking and strange love triangles.
This work was heavily influenced by early 20th century German Expressionist woodblock prints where I found inspiration in the expressive use of black. Soon after studying the works,I began to incorporate this black along with a strong pop element in my own woodblock prints. I was looking to balance humor and horror within the work with this new aesthetic through the use of bright colors and black. This idea carried into the drawings as well, and I started using cut paper with decorative patterns as a new pop element."
Christopher O'Flaherty is an artist who currently lives in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated with a BFA in painting and minor in art history from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in 2014, and while he attended school Chris exhibited in numerous exhibitions. He left to attend a summer residency program at Chautauqua Institution School of Art. There he studied under Sharon Louden, Stanley Lewis, Don Kimes, and was introduced to the medium of wood block printing by Tom Raneses. He soon adjusted his focus to include relief printing in addition to his painting practice. He returned to Lyme to finish the last year of his bachelor's degree,and prepared for his senior thesis show. During the spring of 2014, as he was creating his first cohesive body of artwork, he interned as a printmaking assistant for Jim Reed,where he learned basic etching and lithography techniques andrelief printing. He continued to focus on the woodblock printing, and he soon graduated from Lyme Academy with honors and a series of paintings and prints. His first solo show was in February of 2015 where he displayed those drawings and a series of new woodblock prints at Marquee Gallery. Later that year, he organized a group show Inner Portraits with a combination of local, and international artists. Learn more


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Following the defeat of Germany and Austro-Hungary at the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles was drawn up and signed on 28 June 1919 in an attempt to weaken Germany and punish it for its aggression, which was seen as the cause of the conflict. In addition to vast financial reparations to Germany's wartime enemies and severe restrictions to Germany's future military potential, territories that were important to its economy were ceded to other countries. This was in line with US President Wilson principle of self-determination – redrawing the frontiers of eastern Europe to grant self-rule to different ethnic groups. Germany's wartime ally, Austria Hungary, fared even worse than Germany as it ceased to exist by the end of the war on 11 November 1918. Increasing internal pressures from the various distinct ethnic groups within the empire, along with the Triple Entente's realization that their victory was inevitable, led to the position of Emperor Charles I becoming gradually more untenable as the war progressed. A number of new states were formed from Austria-Hungary's former territories.
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Computer-Supported Education
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
Information and Systems Security
Simulation and Modeling
School of Informatics, University of Bradford
10 Papers
E-MAIL VISUALISATION - A Comparative Usability Evaluation
Topics: Human Factors; Internet HCI: Web Interfaces and Usability; Multimedia Systems
Authors: Saad Alharbi and Dimitrios Rigas
Affiliation: University of Bradford, United Kingdom
Proceedings of ICEIS 2008, ISBN: 978-989-8111-40-1
As the number of e-mail accounts and messages grow rapidly, traditional e-mail clients that are used nowadays have become difficult to use. Therefore, this paper shows how the usability of e-mail clients can be improved using information visualisation. An experimental e-mail visualisation tool was developed in order to organise e-mail messages in the inbox. It visualises messages based on the date of receiving messages with senders' e-mail addresses. An experiment was carried out to test whether information visualisation could significantly enhance the usability of e-mail clients. The performance of 30 users was observed in a standard e-mail client and the proposed prototype. The results showed that information visualisation could significantly improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of e-mail clients.
Multimedia Systems
Internet HCI: Web Interfaces and Usability
Physiological Computing Systems
THE ROLE OF AUDIO-VISUAL METAPHORS IN AIDING THE COMMUNICATION OF CUSTOMER KNOWLEDGE - User Satisfaction Prespective
Topic: User Interfaces and Usability
Authors: Dimitrios I. Rigas and Mutlaq B. Alotaibi
Proceedings of ICE-B 2008/ICETE, ISBN: 978-989-8111-58-6
The purpose of this paper was to examine the implications of employing multimodal user interaction in Electronic Customer Knowledge Management Systems (E-CKMS). There are various challenges to E-CKMS mentioned in current literature and reported (trust and knowledge hoarding, structured transfer of knowledge and content and relevancy issues). As empirical CKM studies that examine the role of multimodal interaction in this field are generally lacking, this paper reports research conducted to evaluate this role and measure user satisfaction. This evaluation was undertaken empirically by developing two E-CKMS experimental platforms (text with graphics only and multimodal). The major findings indicated that user satisfaction was significantly improved by using multimodal metaphors. Further investigation is needed to determine the usefulness of two multimodal versions on E-CKMS instead of comparing text with graphics only with multimodal.
User Interfaces and Usability
Web and Mobile Business Systems and Services
A NEW HORIZON BECKONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL AGE OF E-COMMERCE & ON-LINE SHOPPING
Topic: e-Learning, e-Commerce and e-Society Applications
Authors: Khalid Al-Diri , Dave Hobbs and Rami Qahwaji
Affiliation: Informatics school, Bradford University, United Kingdom
Proceedings of SIGMAP 2007/ICETE, ISBN: 978-989-8111-13-5
Electronic commerce is a worldwide phenomenon. Its diffusion has apparently taken different paths in different nations. This is partially because of the significant differing characteristics of national infrastructural and the political and socio-economic environments for e-commerce adoption. The growing use of the Internet in Saudi Arabia provides a developing prospect for e-shopping. Despite the high potential of online shopping in Saudi Arabia, there is still a lack of understanding concerning the subject matter and its potential impact on consumer. This paper is part of larger study, and aims to establish a preliminary assessment, evaluation and understanding of the characteristics of online shopping in Saudi Arabia, based on a sample of 144 Internet users, it explores their information-seeking patterns as well as their motivations and concerns for online shopping. Consumers in Saudi Arabia still lack of trust in the vendors' websites when utilizing the Internet as a shopping channel. They are mainly concerned about issues related to security and privacy when dealing with online vendors, and also about issues regarding the Saudi Internet network, English language as a dominant Internet language. While the most motivators for Saudis to utilize the online shopping were convenience, product/service not available offline, and the price respectively. We present and discuss our findings, and identify changes that will be required for broader acceptance and diffusion of online shopping in Saudi Arabia.
e-Learning, e-Commerce and e-Society Applications
Multimedia Systems and Applications
ARE MEDIA CUES REALLY A KEY DRIVER TOWARDS TRUST IN BUSINESS TO CONSUMER E-COMMERCE
Topic: Trust and Privacy Issues in Social Networks
E-commerce B2C yet suffers from consumers' lack of trust, and most of the research in e-commerce field focuses on how to build trust through cues that appeal to pursue consumers to do on-line purchasing. Since the nature of the Internet is lack of interpersonal exchanges that enhance trust behaviour, in this study we compared on-line consumers' initial trust on four on-line vendors with the interpersonal cues of a person representing customer supports (Western photo, Saudi photo, Western video clip) and without photo through an extensive lab experiment. We found that the photograph and the video clip enhanced the initial trust than no photo and that the effect of the culture was stronger with Saudi than Western photo. Nevertheless, we presented many results that benefit the academic and the practitioner respectively.
Business and Social Applications
Trust and Privacy Issues in Social Networks
EMBRACING E-COMMERCE: A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE OF ON-LINE SHOPPING IN SAUDI ARABIA
Topic: e-Marketing and Consumer Behaviour
The growing use of the Internet in Saudi Arabia provides a developing prospect for E-shopping. Despite the overwhelming potential of online shopping in this country, there remains a lack of knowledge and potential impact on consumers regarding this matter. This paper, part of a larger study of 144 Saudi Internet Users aims to establish a preliminary evaluation and understanding of the characteristics of online shopping. It explores their information seeking patterns as well as their motivations and concerns for this rapidly evolving technology. Consumers still lack a trust in the vendor's websites through concerns related to security, privacy when dealing with online vendors, the Saudi Internet Network and the dominant English language as a medium of interaction. Whilst motivating factors for the Saudi public to utilise online shopping have shown to be convenience, unavailability of offline products/services and price, we present and discuss a range of findings and recommend changes that will represent a paradigm shift that is required to achieve a broader acceptance and diffusion of online shopping in Saudi Arabia.
e-Marketing and Consumer Behaviour
Global Communication Information Systems and Services
USING IMAGE TO FOSTER BUSINESS TO CONSUMER ONLINE TRUST
Topics: e-Learning, e-Commerce and e-Society Applications; Human-Machine Interface
Much of the latest research on business to consumer (B2C) e-commerce has focused on ways of building trust through cues that encourage consumers to purchase through online since it suffers from the lack of face to face interpersonal exchanges that enhance trust behaviour in conventional commerce. To bridge the human interaction dilemma, an extensive laboratory based experiment was conducted to assess the trust of consumers using four online vendors' websites. This paper addresses the issues and findings of a study that uses Western and Saudi images as well as video clips to mimic customer support in increasing the behavioural purchasing trust of the online vendor. The findings from the study clearly highlight that images have an imperative role to play in increasing the trust of online consumers with Saudi images playing a pivotal role in increasing this kind of trust.
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND BODY GESTURES AS METAPHORS FOR B2C INTERFACES - An Empirical Study
Topics: e-Commerce and e-Business: B2B and B2C; e-Marketing and Consumer Behaviour; e-Retailing and Web Design
Authors: Dimitrios Rigas and Nikolaos Gazepidis
Affiliation: School of Informatics, University of Bradford, United Kingdom
This paper describes an initial survey and an experiment that investigate the use of facial expressions and body language in e-Business applications. Our aim in this research is to investigate the usability aspects of B2C interfaces that utilise speech, non-speech, avatars with facial expressions and gestures in addition to the typical visual graphical metaphors that are currently used. The initial survey was performed with 25 users and the main experiment with 42 users. Results were encouraging and enabled us to understand some of the research issues involved in the use of multimodal metaphors in e-Business. The results indicated that avatars with facial expressions were most preferred by users for e-transactions and the full animated body was the second most preferred option by the users. The text was the least preferred option. These findings enabled us to understand several design issues of multimodal systems for e-Business applications. For example there were issues of multimodal presentation and combination of the different modalities, e.g. speech, avatars, facial expressions, graphics, and text.
Communication and Software Infrastructure
e-Retailing and Web Design
e-Commerce and e-Business: B2B and B2C
MULTI-MODAL WEB-BROWSING - An Empirical Approach to Improve the Browsing Process of Internet Retrieved Results
Topics: e-Learning, e-Commerce and e-Society Applications; Human-Machine Interface; Perceptual/Human Audiovisual System Modeling
Authors: Dimitrios Rigas and Antonio Ciuffreda
This paper describes a survey and an experiment which were carried out to measure some usability aspects of a multi-modal interface to browse documents retrieved from the Internet. An experimental platform, called AVBRO, was developed in order to be used as basis for the experiments. This study investigates the use of audio-visual stimuli as part of a multi-modal interface to communicate the results retrieved from Internet. The experiments were based on a set of Internet queries performed by an experimental and a control group of users. The experimental group of users performed Internet-based search operations using the AVBRO platform, and the control group using the Google search engine. On overall the users in the experimental group performed better than the ones in the control group. This was particular evident when users had to perform complex search queries with a large number of keywords (e.g. 4 to 5). The results of the experiments demonstrated that the experimental group, aided by the AVBRO platform, provided additional feedback about documents retrieved and helped users to access the desired information by visiting fewer web pages and in effect improved usability of browsing documents. A number of conclusions regarding issues of presentation and combination of different modalities were identified.
Perceptual/Human Audiovisual System Modeling
Multimedia Signal Processing
COLOURED PETRI NETS TO MODEL GEOGRAPHICAL INTERLOCKING FOR RAILWAY
Topic: Petri Nets (System Design/Verification with Nets, Protocols and Networks)
Authors: S. Ingram 1 , M. A. Hossain 2 and S. Cox 1
Affiliations: 1 Balfour Beatty Rail Technologies, United Kingdom , 2 School of Informatics, Bradford University, United Kingdom
Proceedings of ICINCO 2005, ISBN: 972-8865-30-9
Petri nets have been widely applied in different aspects of railway modelling and analysis. This paper presents an insight into how coloured Petri nets can be used to model geographical interlocking. We start with a generalisation of coloured Petri nets and follow with an overview of interlocking. In the main body we present a generic unit model and demonstrate how it can be used to represent a simple junction, comprising of three fundamental components; namely track, signal and point units.
Petri Nets
COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF INTELLIGENT IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL ALGORITHMS FOR A FLEXIBLE BEAM VIBRATION
Topic: Real-Time Systems Control
Authors: M. A. Hossain , A. A. Madkour and K. P. Dahal
This research presents an investigation into the comparative performance in implementing intelligent system identification and control algorithms. Several approaches for on-line system identification and control are explored and evaluated to demonstrate the merits in implementing the algorithms for similar level of error convergence. Active vibration control (AVC) of a flexible beam system is considered as a platform for the investigation. The AVC system is designed using three different on-line identification approaches, which include (a) genetic algorithms (GAs) (b) adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and (c) recursive least square (RLS) estimation. These algorithms are used to estimate a linear discrete model of the system. Based on these algorithms, different approaches of the AVC system are implemented, tested and validated to evaluate the relative merits of the algorithms. Finally, a comparative performance of the error convergence performance in implementing the identification and control algorithms is presented and discussed through a set of experiments.
Real-Time Systems Control
Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modeling and Control
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Dimitrios I. Rigas (4)
Rami Qahwaji (4)
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Mutlaq B. Alotaibi (1)
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Saad Alharbi (1)
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Q: Retina MacBook Pro and external Thunderbolt display resolutions in Windows 8.1 I just replaced my 17″ MBP with a brand new 15″ rMBP. I still need to do a lot of Windows work, therefore I have Windows 8.1 installed (bootcamp and parallels).
I use my external Thunderbolt display at native resolution with the lowest scaling.
However I am not able to have both displays deliver crisp images. Either the built in display is blurry or the external Thunderbolt display is blurry.
The best setup I have found so far is:
Enable 'Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays' and set the size to 'Smaller - 100%'. Now the Thunderbolt displays works as it should. However everything is now waaaaay to small in the built in MBP Screen. I then switch the resolution to 1920x1200 and now items display at an acceptable size, however they are a bit blurry.
This is an alternate setup (rMBP display is fine here, but not the Thunderbolt display):
Disable 'Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays' and choose the recommended size. Now things look great on the built in display.
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Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), America's greatest, most uncompromising realist, dedicated his career to depicting the human figure—in oil and watercolor, sculpture and photography. ...Eakins was in the vanguard of young painters who would shift the focus of American art from landscape to the figural subjects favored by the European academies.
Crushed German pioneer Adam Elsheimer in Round 1.
Soundly defeated Belgian James Ensor in Round 2.
Racked up a strong victory on late votes against Jan Van Eyck in Round 3.
Beat Lyonel Feininger in Round 4.
Beat Caspar David Friedrich easily in Round 5.
Over the course of his decade-long career (1880–90), he produced nearly 900 paintings and more than 1,100 works on paper. Ironically, in 1890, he modestly assessed his artistic legacy as of "very secondary" importance.... By the outbreak of World War I, with the discovery of his genius by the Fauves and German Expressionists, Vincent van Gogh had already come to be regarded as a vanguard figure in the history of modern art.
Lambasted Giotto in a Round 4 13-1 blowout.
Beat Atkinson Grimshaw in Round 5.
Thomas Eakins. And, obviously, this is not because I think van Gogh is bad.
This is incredibly hard. Obviously, Van Gogh is a master. But so is Eakins. And Eakins' work is very arresting and even daring.
So I'm going to say Eakins, just because he deserves to have a wide audience.
I like Eakins a lot, only though I've only really noticed him for the past few years, and only learned to pronounce his name right the day before yesterday. (Apparently, it's "achin' heart" not "eek! an armadillo") But Van Gogh, he's always been there for us, yet can still startle and delight. He's got my vote.
One for van Gogh on Facebook.
Love Eakins, but, for me, van Gogh is the best artist in this tournament.
Oh, well, Van Gogh for me.
Van Gogh, but... I don't know, there was a really great Dr. Who episode featuring Van Gogh, and if it had featured Eakins it might have been an even better episode and I might be voting for him right now.
TIME'S UP! Eakins kept this one interesting through a four-four tie, but after that The Flying Dutchman racked up all five of the last votes and so moves on with another win under his belt, this one with a 9-4 margin.
Left Bracket Fifth Round: Bosch v. Balla!
Left Bracket Fifth Round: Cézanne v. Dürer!
Left Bracket Fifth Round: Caravaggio v. Church!


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A special exhibition at the 2018 George Old Car Show, proudly driven by Oakhurst Insurance Co, which will focus on vehicles manufactured in Britain.
Some 40 of these vehicles will be displayed in the main arena, and among them will be Marilyn Houseman's 1946 MG TC, which she restored almost single-handedly.
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The couple bought the car in Knysna and she set out to restore it. "I decided I was up to the challenge," she said.
The car was in a poor shape, as the engine was not running and some alterations had been made to the original. So she stripped the car to the bare chassis. Every part was refurbished. Dennis did the paintwork and the engine was rebuilt. Spare parts, including the soft top and tonneau, were ordered and imported from Britain. When all the parts had been restored, Marilyn reassembled it, until it was restored to its former splendor.
In addition, the toolbox of Marilyn's MG TC is lined with white felt, a surplus of the Red Cross's supplies.
She loves the car she so lovingly restored: "I always liked the lines of the MG TC – in my eyes it has a real classic shape," she said.
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Walter Max Fabian (né le  à Berlin - décédé le  à Cologne) était un homme politique socialiste, résistant, journaliste et traducteur.

Bibliographie
Après des études de philosophie, de pédagogie, d'histoire et d'économie à Berlin, Fribourg, Giessen et Leipzig, il obtient un doctorat en 1924. Il entre au SPD en 1924. Rédacteur de la Volksstimme à Chemnitz, Fabian fait partie de l'aile gauche du parti. En , il est exclu du SPD et entre au Parti socialiste ouvrier d'Allemagne (SAPD). Élu à la direction du parti en , il est à la tête de l'organe du parti Sozialistische Arbeiter-Zeitung conjointement avec August Enderle. Après que les nazis ont obtenu le pouvoir, il vit clandestinement sous le nom de Kurt Sachs. Il est en effet d'origine juive. Fabian s'exile en . Après avoir critiqué les procès de Moscou, il est exclu du SAPD en 1937. Il continue toujours ses activités de journaliste. En 1957, il s'installe en RFA et dirige les Gewerkschaftliche Monatshefte jusqu'en 1970. De 1958 à 1964, il dirige l'Union allemande des journalistes. En 1966, il a une chaire de pédagogie à l'université de Francfort. Fabian reçoit en 1970 la médaille Carl von Ossietzky.

Œuvres

 Die Friedensbewegung: Ein Handbuch der Weltfriedensströmungen der Gegenwart. Berlin 1922. (en commun avec Kurt Lenz)
 Die Kriegsschuldfrage. Grundsätzliches und Tatsächliches zu ihrer Lösung. Leipzig 1925
 Klassenkampf um Sachsen. Ein Stück Geschichte 1918 - 1930. Löbau 1930
 Mit sanfter Beharrlichkeit. Ausgewählte Aufsätze 1924-1991. Frankfurt/Main 1992

Bibliographie

 Anne-Marie Fabian (Hrsg): Arbeiterbewegung, Erwachsenenbildung, Presse. Festschrift für Walter Fabian zum 75. Geburtstag. Köln 1977

Journaliste allemand
Résistant allemand au nazisme
Naissance en août 1902
Naissance à Berlin
Décès en février 1992
Décès à Cologne
Décès à 89 ans


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Heavy rain in Sri Lanka, 6 killed | Heavy rain accompanied by strong wind in Sri Lanka, 6 people died – Bhaskar
Digital Desk, Colombo. Six people have died in Sri Lanka due to heavy rain and strong winds over the weekend. Strong winds caused flooding in many areas of the island nation. The Disaster Management Center (DMC) gave this information.
The DMC said that 13 districts have been affected by heavy rains, bringing 891 people to safer areas, Xinhua news agency reported. The DMC said that a landslide warning has also been issued in 10 districts, including some areas of the capital Colombo.
The Meteorological Department said that more rain is likely in many areas of the country in the coming days and urged people to remain alert as it may cause flooding in low-lying areas. The Sri Lankan Navy said it has deployed relief teams to flood-affected areas for search and rescue operations in case of a meteorological disaster.
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Indonesia: Will start Covid booster after full vaccination of 50 percent of the population | Kovid Booster will start after full vaccination of 50% of the population – Bhaskar


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Is achileas of Greece Greek?
Is the prince of Greece Greek?
Does Crown Prince Pavlos speak Greek?
What is achileas of Greece studying at NYU?
How are Greece and Denmark related?
Who is current king of Greece?
Who are the princes of Greece?
Do the Greek royal family speak Greek?
Does Prince Philip know Greek?
How old is achileas of Greece?
Does Greece have a king?
Which prince will attend NYU?
Does Greece have royal family?
Is Greece still a monarchy?
Where is the Greek royal family now?
Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Αλέξιος; born 29 October 1998) is a member of the Greek royal family, the eldest son and second child of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece.
Crown Prince Pavlos was born on 20 May 1967 in Athens, to King Constantine II of Greece and Queen Anne Marie, by birth a Princess of Denmark. … Pavlos was raised bilingually, speaking both Greek and English. He also speaks German, French, Spanish and Italian.
Prince Achileas-Andreas, age 17, might just be the next big royal heartthrob. The second son of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal, Achileas is currently studying acting and made his debut this year on the daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful.
They are connected for two reasons: (1) The Greek royal family is descended from a member of the Danish royal family, who was selected to be King of Greece; and (2) the last King of Greece married a sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who became Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.
IT\'S FUNNING: Do UK citizens need a visa for Greece?
Family tree of members
The King The Queen
The Crown Prince The Crown Princess
Princess Maria-Olympia Prince Constantine-Alexios
Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
Pavlos
Born 20 May 1967 Tatoi Palace, Tatoi, Kingdom of Greece
Spouse Marie-Chantal Miller   ( m. 1995)
Issue Princess Maria-Olympia Prince Constantine-Alexios Prince Achileas-Andreas Prince Odysseas-Kimon Prince Aristidis-Stavros
House Glücksburg
The family speaks Greek at home and her three older children all speak Greek fluently. The two younger ones, Princess Theodora and Prince Philippos are learning very quickly. The family maintains close links with all the royal families of Europe – and particularly with the British, Spanish and Danish Royal Families.
Because Philip left Greece as an infant, he did not speak Greek. In 1992, he said that he "could understand a certain amount". Philip stated that he thought of himself as Danish, and his family spoke English, French, and German.
Olympia of Greece attended her first couture show around the age of 11 in Rome together with her parents. She studied art history, theatre, photography, and graphic design while in boarding school in Switzerland with hopes of pursuing a career in art or fashion.
Constantine is the only son of King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece.
Constantine II of Greece.
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Born 2 June 1940 Psychiko, Athens, Greece
Spouse Anne-Marie of Denmark   ( m. 1964)
Issue Princess Alexia Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece Prince Nikolaos Princess Theodora Prince Philippos
IT\'S FUNNING: Best answer: Where did the saying Greek to me come from?
Crown Princess Marie-Chantal and Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece helped settle their 19-year-old son Prince Achileas into his NYU dorm over the weekend.
The Monarchy of Greece was created by the London Conference of 1832 at which the First Hellenic Republic was abolished. … There was a referendum in 1920 to restore Constantine I as monarch, but four years later the Second Hellenic Republic was established and the monarchy was abolished following a referendum in 1924.
On June 1, 1973, the military regime ruling Greece proclaimed a republic and abolished the Greek monarchy. A referendum on July 29, 1973, confirmed these actions. After the election of a civilian government in November 1974, another referendum on the monarchy was conducted on December 8.
King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie currently live in Greece. The exiled King sold his Hampstead property in London in 2013 when he returned to Greece. King Constantine spent 46 years living in the Hampstead property with his wife and their children.
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My wife and I did this walk on the 25th May 2003, It was relatively easy with some steep places on the way.
A third of the way down to Bossiney Cove there is a stile on the left, go over this and there are steps taking you down to the bridge over the Burn.
Once over the bridge this is the steepest part of the walk, after this the rest of the walk is less taxing. There are a few short cuts but for the best views stay with the paths closest to the Cliff outline.
The walk ends at Tintagel Castle and if you wish you can extend your walk by visiting it. If not the Castle road will take you into the town where the Gift shops, The Old Post Office and places for refreshments are well worth a visit.
Remember on windy days keep well away from the edge of cliffs, gusts can often change direction without warning.


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Fisher, A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh)4
Aubertin, J. J. (John James)1
Elias, Frank, 1878-1
Foss, Cyrus D. (Cyrus David)1
Newland, A. G. E.1
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religious structures4
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1. Through India and Burmah with pen and brush Page 88A
Fisher, A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh)
London, T. W. Laurie, 1911, pg. 88A
2. Through India and Burmah with pen and brush Page 106A
London, T. W. Laurie, 1911, pg. 106A
6. Wanderings and wonderings : India, Burma, Kashmir, Ceylon, Singapore, Java, Siam, Japan, Manila, Formosa, Korea, China, Cambodia, Australia, New Zealand, Alaska, the States Page 226A
Aubertin, J. J. (John James)
London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., Ltd, 1892, pg. 226A
7. From the Himalayas to the equator; letters, sketches. and addresses, giving some account of a tour in India and Malaysia Page 124A
Foss, Cyrus D. (Cyrus David)
New York and Cincinnati, Eaton and Mains, 1899, pg. 124A
8. History of the Indian Archipelago : containing an account of the manners, arts, languages, religions, institutions, and commerce of its inhabitants, vol.1 Page 156B
10. The boy travellers in the Far East, part third : adventures of two youths in a journey to Ceylon and India with descriptions of Borneo, the Philippines Islands and Burmah Page 314


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require 'ansible/ruby/modules/base'

module Ansible
  module Ruby
    module Modules
      # Create, remove, update monitoring policies (and add/remove ports, processes, and servers). This module has a dependency on 1and1 >= 1.0
      class Oneandone_monitoring_policy < Base
        # @return [:present, :absent, :update, nil] Define a monitoring policy's state to create, remove, update.
        attribute :state
        validates :state, expression_inclusion: {:in=>[:present, :absent, :update], :message=>"%{value} needs to be :present, :absent, :update"}, allow_nil: true

        # @return [String] Authenticating API token provided by 1&1.
        attribute :auth_token
        validates :auth_token, presence: true, type: String

        # @return [Object, nil] Custom API URL. Overrides the ONEANDONE_API_URL environement variable.
        attribute :api_url

        # @return [String] Monitoring policy name used with present state. Used as identifier (id or name) when used with absent state. maxLength=128
        attribute :name
        validates :name, presence: true, type: String

        # @return [String] The identifier (id or name) of the monitoring policy used with update state.
        attribute :monitoring_policy
        validates :monitoring_policy, presence: true, type: String

        # @return [Boolean] Set true for using agent.
        attribute :agent
        validates :agent, presence: true, expression_inclusion: {:in=>[true, false], :message=>"%{value} needs to be true, false"}

        # @return [String] User's email. maxLength=128
        attribute :email
        validates :email, presence: true, type: String

        # @return [String, nil] Monitoring policy description. maxLength=256
        attribute :description
        validates :description, type: String

        # @return [Array<Hash>, Hash] Monitoring policy thresholds. Each of the suboptions have warning and critical, which both have alert and value suboptions. Warning is used to set limits for warning alerts, critical is used to set critical alerts. alert enables alert, and value is used to advise when the value is exceeded.
        attribute :thresholds
        validates :thresholds, presence: true, type: TypeGeneric.new(Hash)

        # @return [Array<Hash>, Hash] Array of ports that will be monitoring.
        attribute :ports
        validates :ports, presence: true, type: TypeGeneric.new(Hash)

        # @return [Array<Hash>, Hash] Array of processes that will be monitoring.
        attribute :processes
        validates :processes, presence: true, type: TypeGeneric.new(Hash)

        # @return [Array<Hash>, Hash, nil] Ports to add to the monitoring policy.
        attribute :add_ports
        validates :add_ports, type: TypeGeneric.new(Hash)

        # @return [Array<Hash>, Hash, nil] Processes to add to the monitoring policy.
        attribute :add_processes
        validates :add_processes, type: TypeGeneric.new(Hash)

        # @return [Array<String>, String, nil] Servers to add to the monitoring policy.
        attribute :add_servers
        validates :add_servers, type: TypeGeneric.new(String)

        # @return [Array<String>, String, nil] Ports to remove from the monitoring policy.
        attribute :remove_ports
        validates :remove_ports, type: TypeGeneric.new(String)

        # @return [Array<String>, String, nil] Processes to remove from the monitoring policy.
        attribute :remove_processes
        validates :remove_processes, type: TypeGeneric.new(String)

        # @return [Array<String>, String, nil] Servers to remove from the monitoring policy.
        attribute :remove_servers
        validates :remove_servers, type: TypeGeneric.new(String)

        # @return [Array<Hash>, Hash, nil] Ports to be updated on the monitoring policy.
        attribute :update_ports
        validates :update_ports, type: TypeGeneric.new(Hash)

        # @return [Array<Hash>, Hash, nil] Processes to be updated on the monitoring policy.
        attribute :update_processes
        validates :update_processes, type: TypeGeneric.new(Hash)

        # @return [:yes, :no, nil] wait for the instance to be in state 'running' before returning
        attribute :wait
        validates :wait, expression_inclusion: {:in=>[:yes, :no], :message=>"%{value} needs to be :yes, :no"}, allow_nil: true

        # @return [Integer, nil] how long before wait gives up, in seconds
        attribute :wait_timeout
        validates :wait_timeout, type: Integer

        # @return [Integer, nil] Defines the number of seconds to wait when using the _wait_for methods
        attribute :wait_interval
        validates :wait_interval, type: Integer
      end
    end
  end
end


At least one commentator has said that the federal prosecutor approach to compliance interviews is not necessarily the best one and, with apologies to former federal prosecutors, this is particularly true in Thailand. (No idea about Taiwan). It's best to start with an exchange of pleasantries and compliments. This is important everywhere, but it is doubly important in Thailand. This may seem like a frustrating waste of time to a US trained lawyer, but many of the tools that are available to compel an interview or press for cooperation are simply not available in Thailand. And a polite manner matters in Thailand. Compliance interviews everywhere often require difficult questions that employees would prefer to avoid answering, and for that you need to develop a rapport with your witness. This is true everywhere, but it is particularly true in Thailand.
Language: A Thai employee of a major multi-national will likely speak some English. She or he might also be able to read and write English near fluently, but often does not understand everything, particularly idioms. And because there is a bias towards agreement and against contention, you may think an employee agrees with your summary of her or his testimony of an issue when the employee does not really understand what you are saying. And lawyers tend to employ idiomatic language more frequently when trying to summarize a complicated subject ("so the big picture here is that…") before moving to the next.
Document Preparation will be Challenge:Even when the documents are in clear English, this can be a challenge. But when they are in a foreign language that uses script most foreign lawyers have never seen before, it can be particularly challenging. What appears to be a smoking gun (an idiom) in an email because of the timing and participants involved, may actually be a heated (idiom alert) discussion about lunch plans. There are many cheap translators in Thailand, but good legal translators familiar with compliance issues are rare and never cheap. Poor translations can lead to catastrophically expensive mistakes. I have seen them.
Staffing the Interview:Generally there should be at least two lawyers present at the interview. In Thailand this is particularly true. At least one of those lawyers should have substantial familiarity with Thai culture and law and, in many cases, be able to assist on language issues. And because Thailand does not have a robust or well-defined attorney-client privilege, one of the participants should be from a jurisdiction that does.
Taping the Interview:There are good reasons for not taping interviews, but they must be balanced against local considerations. One hard reason is set out in point number 6 below. But there are other "cultural reasons" pertaining to face and societal considerations that don't exist in other jurisdictions-even in Asia. And don't be surprised if the witness is also surreptitiously taping the interview.
Work Permits:Thai law has an extremely broad definition of work. It can be found here, but work is defined as "engaging in work by exerting energy or using knowledge whether or not in consideration of wages or other benefits." And the penalties for working without a work permit can be severe, although they typically involve deportation and a fine. But that is enough to delay and add significant costs to a compliance interview. Work permit arrests are often initiated by someone with an interest in having that arrest occur. As polite as an employee may appear to be, if she or he may lost face or if some embarrassing or some incriminating information has or may come to light, you are much safer having a work permit. For short visits, this typically takes the form of a 15-day urgent work permit, which is relatively easy to procure.
Defamation – Truth is Not a Defense in Thailand:An interview will result in a memorandum summarizing that interview (which will likely include the impressions and views of interviewing counsel), discussion about that interview and follow-up questions that are likely to incorporate factual matters raised during the interview. Be careful about what you say during an interview and what you write following an interview. Truth is not a defense to a criminal defamation claim in Thailand. Thai defamation laws are interpreted broadly and if a statement impugns the integrity of a person or company, that person or company can file a criminal claim directly. Private parties can prosecute claims directly (without review by a public prosecutor), and it is not unusual for private parties to file criminal defamation claims when they don't like something they have heard or think has been said. Thai companies do and have filed criminal defamation claims against reporters and others that have made claims and statements they don't like, particularly about sensitive subjects, such as human trafficking and corruption. Your Thai counsel will know this, and she or he will not want to be dragged into a criminal action, particularly if the party asserting the claim is thought to have "dark influence" (อิทธิพลมืด).
There are No Secrets in a Thai Office:This is true, to a varying extent elsewhere, but it is particularly true in Thailand. There really are no secrets in a Thai office. Complicating matters, Thailand is sometimes ranked as the social media capital of the world. Witnesses should be given an Upjohn warning and specifically admonished to keep the contents of an interview confidential, but don't simply assume that everything was actually kept confidential. Even if strong measures are taken to segregate interviewed witnesses from other witnesses, don't be surprised if information leaks back to the office or disseminated to the public at large. And it should go without saying that witnesses should be interviewed individually and not in groups.
Connections Really Matter in Thailand:Connections matter everywhere, but they really matter in Thailand. It's not unusual for an employee to have a cousin or uncle holding a senior position in the government. This is not necessarily nefarious, but it could be. The professional technocratic middle class is still relatively small in Thailand and it can be near impossible to find qualified staff who do not have a relative in a senior government position. This is changing as the Thai economy grows and efforts are made to provide a quality education to larger portion of the Thai population, but it's a risk now.
Employee Cooperation:Thai employees enjoy considerable protections and rights. There is no concept of "at will" employment here. If terminated, Thai employees are typically entitled to mandatory benefits, absent the most egregious of circumstances. This is one of the reasons why extra effort must be put into developing a rapport at the start with employees that will be interviewed. The threat of termination and other disciplinary measures is weak at best here.
Business Practices:Thai parties sometimes engage in practices that are intended to minimize their tax liability or evade regulatory requirements. This type of conduct would often be considered unacceptable in the US. Questionable books and records do not necessarily establish an FCPA violation (but they could), and it is often difficult to know if a party is stone-walling because it fears that disclosure of an FCPA violation (or Thailand's own anti-corruption laws) or because it doesn't want others to know about its questionable practices under Thai tax and other laws.
Red Tape Intensive:Thailand does not have a monopoly on red tape, but it seems to have more than its fair share. It has licensing and permitting requirements that you would not find or expect in the US. Many Thai regulations grant broad discretion to Thai officials. There are expectations that junior officials will provide funding for the extravagant life style of their superiors, and the combination of unnecessary regulation and broad discretionary authority gives junior officials the opportunity to provide that funding.
Government Agencies and SOEs:Thailand is not China, but many businesses that would be private enterprises in the U.S. are actually state-owned enterprises ("SOEs") in Thailand. Fortunately, it is not difficult for local counsel to identify SOEs.
Limits to On-Line Research:It is often impossible to conduct on-line research. Information that could be obtained in a short and simple on-line search in the US (e.g., California State Bar membership) is either not available because its considered "confidential" or requires a manual search and the cooperation of officials. Information that could be obtained with 15 minutes of work in the U.S. could take 15 days or more of work in Thailand.
Not all Thai Government Agencies the Same: Although Thailand fares poorly on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, it would be a mistake to assume that all government agencies suffer from the same transparency problems. Some are much cleaner than Thailand's rating would suggest. And some are worse. The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission, in my experience, is relatively clean. But for reasons mentioned in point number 6, the notoriously corrupt agencies will not be listed here. For that, you need to hire counsel for privileged advice or perhaps, for a high-level overview, take a look a look here.
Sensitivity to Reputation & Face:Many Thais are seriously embarrassed by its reputation for corruption. It's a loss of face, and face is very important and very complicated in Thailand: it's not just personal. Some contend that face is a form of social capital in Thai leadership. Thais also have a deserved reputation for patriotism and taking tremendous pride in their country. A visiting lawyer conducting a compliance investigation gains little and risks much by publicly highlighting transparency problems. Those who live here are already very much aware of Thailand's transparency problems: they live with them on a daily basis. But a foreign compliance lawyer who will soon fly home to Singapore or San Francisco does not. She or he also does not face the very difficult and sometime dangerous repercussions of the full disclosure that is required in compliance investigations. Although this is not an argument for anything less than full disclosure, it is a feature of the social terrain that all compliance investigators must keep in mind.