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Evian, France
October 23- October 27, 2019
Onur Tayşu
G-20Y Summit brings a magnificent group of people together who have adopted a global philosophy and perspective.
The Association has utilized an effective selection process and following this selection came an in-depth work, consultation, evaluation and idea-sharing platform. In my opinion, G-20Y Summit is an efficient international think tank and networking platform that will mark the future.
The way the summit was organized enabled me to learn and at the same time, thanks to the positive synergy existent, led me to contribute as well.
I would like to congratulate everyone who contributed and who attended the summit. I wholeheartedly will continue to support the G-20Y Summits and the G-20Y Association.
Marisol Quirion
I want to express my sincere appreciation to the G-20Y Summit International Organizing Committee. This event was a real opportunity for young business leaders to share their views on today's world main challenges. The ongoing collaborative relation between the delegates was a real pleasure to me.
When an event like this is successful, the credit starts with the organizing committee. Please accept my compliments regarding your team's fine work and excellent planning. The thoughtfulness you have shown has made the G-20Y a worthwhile experience.
I congratulate you on both a successful and a memorable Summit. I hope to work cooperatively with you in the future.
Développement international Desjardins
Holger Erchinger
I believe the vision of the G-20Y Summit is to make a real and independent contribution regarding what the young generation of business leaders think around the issues the G20 has on its agenda. The G-20Y Summit brings together devoted participants from around the globe with diverse professional backgrounds onto a platform of creative thinking in order to develop some fresh ideas regarding potential solutions.
KPMG LLP New York
United States
Philipp von Girsewald
I think it's great to have young business leaders, participating in the G-20Y Summit, who come together from a broad variety of expertise and cultural background, and who come together to discuss certain topics of particularly interest at these times and who try to find the solutions. I think it is not important to have technical expertise in each of the subjects, discussed at the G-20Y Summit. I think it's great to bring in your general expertise, your cultural background and a lot of common sense to come to some proposals which otherwise couldn't be brought up.
Deutsche Bank AG
United States
Ferry Robbani
In my line of work I have attended several summits in the past and most of them are very serious, like the G20 itself back in Mexico last year. I also attended the IMF meeting in Tokyo, the World Economic Forum in Davos. But most of those summits are very serious and most of the participants are not able to really engage in the discussions. I found that at the G-20Y Summit the format is pretty much different, and that you can really actively be engaged in discussions and the debates on the selecting topics that you have. That is the main reason why I chose this Summit.
It's very impressive. It's great to be among 100 young business leaders from various industries with various experiences. And I find that in the last two days during the discussions and the topics on the plenary session the discussions and debates were very lively, very intense, but it really brings all the experience together from around the world and I find it very interesting and very free.
The organisation is very profeccional. I can easily compare it to the other summits I have attended, The G-20Y Summit is excellent.
Bank Mandiri
Rolf T. Pasel
You have many business meetings during the year, you have many seminars where you learn something, but these are always in your industry with the same people talking about the same topics. So bringing together business leaders from different industries, geographies, different levels across the G20 – this is interesting. I mean you don't often have the opportunity to talk freely, open-mindly about these kind of topics and discuss the challenges and thoughts of G20 of today.
The Co-Chairing was an interesting experience, because in the end of the session you had a different perspective, different people to integrate. I thought about it before doing the Co-Chairing: one of the important things is not to lose somebody during the process.
For me it`s the whole experience of G20. Just you have arrived at the hotel, you have special impression about Russian history, Russian culture. You entered the door and it was not like any business hotel you usually stay in.
And big thanks to the organizing committee because you kept this going; all these nice events. You had this feeling you were really welcome in Russia and it was from day one to the end.
Atos International
Frank Klaas
Arriving here I saw very fascinating group of people, acting together, discussing together and for me the first step towards understanding G-20Y was to see that this is like a market place where international global people can, without borders in thinking, be together and this is for me the most important aspect.
G-20Y for me stands for creating a global world of communication. We don`t have problems understanding each other and we are probably not creating results, but we are creating the right solutions to create results in the future.
My job was always communication; I'm probably an expert in crisis communications. I think G-20Y is a fascinating opportunity, where people can start to communicate and start to discuss with each other, have the opportunity to meet people from Europe, from Brazil, Australia or Russia, and Italy, and Spain and to share experiences. That is the fascinating world of G-20Y.
I'm a part of a huge financial organization. The whole financial world is today seen a lot in the media. We have here the opportunity to show that we are interested to have a dialog with a lot of people who want to change the world, to develop a new way of acting together. I think it's very important not only for me but especially also for the industry to have this opportunity to be in an international dialog. I think it's a great opportunity!
Deutsche Börse Group
Ekaterina Petelina
I guess that working for a large bank in the financial industry is global by its nature. I think that the coordination of efforts among twenty of the largest jurisdictions is important especially in our industry. The whole idea of G-20Y Summit is that young people bring their ideas that might be controversial, that might be a little provocative, but are fresh. And they share it with the business community. I think and I hope that what we accomplished during these three days will actually be meaningful and will impact the decisions and discussion of G20 leaders.
I just have a habit – wherever someone asks "who?", I just put my hand up. And this is not the best habit I have but when they asked the volunteer to be Co-Chair – I just thought that I have relevant experience as a former consultant, as a former Head of Strategy of VTB group and a business leader now. I think I have the relevant experience to talk about financial stability and financial regulation, which was the topic of our committee. And I think it's a very important topic and it's really one of the top items on G20 Summits agenda. Because without financial stability as we've seen before it's really impossible to deliver growth, to deliver prosperity. I really enjoyed working with our committee members, we had ten people from different countries, different economies: Europe, UK, Russia, Malaysia, and Japan. It was interesting to see what similarities we have, what differences we have and different and similar ideas that we share. I think it really enriched my understanding of the industry at the global level and I believe we were able to deliver some meaningful and practical recommendations.
The most interesting moment for me of the Summit was the dancing master-class, because I'd never thought that you can learn how to dance tango in 30 minutes. I think our teachers did a very good job: very simple moves that everybody could repeat and learn within 30 minutes. It was a very good G20 and a very fast delivery of results.
Russian Federation
Ananthakrishnan C. Bhoopathy
It's a really good opportunity for people from India because this is the second time we had a delegation to G-20Y Summit. I'm only one person but I hope that probably the message from us will be that more and more Indian participants should be here, because it gives real good chance to interact with people from many countries and to get to know all sorts of issues, global issues which are current and which need to be addressed in future.
The evening events were really enjoyable – especially the day before we had concert over here – it was really enjoyable.
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
Abdullah AlRaushoud
I think Saudi has one of the biggest economies in the world and they will join the G20. And it's part of our role to participate and save the world, to help and develop all the laws or regulations and strategies which would help the world to develop more, to bloom and also to get out of the crisis.
Blominvest Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Barbara Kreissler
I feel very honored that G-20Y Organizing Committee has asked our organization to be part of this. It is the first time we have the opportunity to participate in this event and I'm really excited just reading the program, the agenda and the list of participants on the kind of interaction and discussions that we are going to have on global issues that affect us all.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Manuel Ortigao
Having read the information that was sent to me I immediately concluded that it's a very interesting organization with very ambitious objectives and for me to be part of this Summit would be a challenge and I immediately accepted the invitation and I`m very happy to be here.
I expect that we will be able to put together a few recommendations to the G20 governments and that these recommendations will contribute to improving the working conditions and living conditions of citizens across the world.
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Vassilis Christakis
I wanted to be part of something that is interesting and happening now among young leaders, but I didn't choose it. It was my organization that wanted to participate because it's important and also because it's in St. Petersburg. And it is city in Russia and Russia is one of our member states. So things which are going on in our member states we try to support as much as possible. Especially when it has a progressive and forward looking agenda.
G-20Y Summit is a good opportunity to bring people that would never meet otherwise together and they would be able to exchange here ideas and some arguments that they would not do in their normal working environment. In that sense it is very important that it brings people together from all walks of life in different industries and let them brainstorm without inhibitions. This is exactly what we would be looking forward as a generation of people who want to see a better world.
The evening events were great, I especially like the concert of the classical music. I think the performances of the opera singers were amazing, the violinist was excellent and the tango was fabulous. I congratulate you for that, for selecting and for the perfect organization and implementation. I also like the sailing experience in the Gulf of Finland – it was quite unique.
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
Yousook Hong
The composition of delegates was excellent. People were inspired by each other, provoking different ideas and exchanging diversified opinions. I think the G-20Y Summit IOC's decision to have different industry involved in different committees was an excellent choice.
Also I see practical and realistic approach by getting G20 local governments involved in the G-20Y Summits. The young business leaders were the people who created the G-20Y Summit Communique. However, our Communique are eventually about the global policies, which should be conducted each government of G20 countries. Therefore, the idea to have local government ministers or vice ministers in the G-20Y Summit Committees worked very well, as we let them hear our innovative ideas and we made our communique reflected onto their policy.
Hana Bank
Anton Kotov
I think we all, participants of G-20Y Summit, care about our planet and we are not indifferent to what is happening in the world.
The organization is fabulous. I can only say the words of compliments and I have been very impressed with both: the quality of participants and the way the event is organized.
I would be very delighted to continue and I definitely recommend this event to my colleagues in Schneider.
Schneider Electric
Valerie Ruiz-Domingo
I think it's a really great opportunity for people like me to be part of this kind of organization to go outside of your business and to try during a few days to think about topics that everyone is concerned about. And I think it's also an opportunity for me to meet other people to share different ideas and to share a point of view and a part of your current business.
It was nice because there were maybe 7 or 8 people in the Committee so we were trying to share different points of views – it's not so easy. It's quite nice people from India or China and of course from Europe. It was nice to see how the people were concerned about the topic and they were not all thinking in the same way – I think it'll be very useful.
Emmanuel Caeymaex
It is a wonderful opportunity to contribute and influence the potential agenda of the G20 Summits in the future. It's such a great opportunity to network. And I'm actually really impressed by the background and the experience and the diversity of the participants. So I hope to be able to count on that network in the future. And finally it's going to enable me for find the reason why I'm in business, my sense of mission.
Valerie Diele-Braun
Having been nominated by DSM, I felt very honored to be able to attend this event as it had always been a dream for me to participate in such a venue. The G20Y is for me the small version of the WEF and a learning ground for young executives to exchange thoughts and ideas, make connections and work on the future with other smart people. Having more and more burning issues in the world, such as the economic crisis, the change of demographics and the environmental shifts to name just a few, I think it's fantastic to exchange views with a wide variety of people and to come up with suggestions that might help to shape our future positively.
Royal DSM
Ann Haugh
Thank you so much for a challenging, entertaining and worthwhile G20-Y summit event in Mexico City. I thoroughly enjoyed the people, the atmosphere and the challenging opportunity presented to us.
Zurich Global Corporate
United Kingdom
Ricardo Levy Dosualdo
I want to thank you for the excellent event you put together in Mexico City. The quality of the participants and of the discussions at the plenary sessions and committee meetings was excellent and I believe we produced a very good communiqué.
I also wanted to thank you for your companion and positive attitude during the summit. I have myself organized a few less ambitious events and know how hard it can be. Thank you for making it so easy and fun for us to participate.
I hope that your trips back from Mexico City are uneventful and enjoyable. Please let me know how I can be of assistance during the next steps and next summit.
United States
Paolo Sarcinelli
It's pleasure for me to be invited for the G-20Y Summit for the first time. It's been interesting two and a half days of work. There was a lot of discussion. I think at the end we have been in a position to have a positive dialogue between different members of the Committee. And we have been able to find and put together a nice compromise on a number of controversial matters.
Intesa Sanpaolo
Alistar Rose
We are fortunate that we had participants across a multiple different countries across the world, from different types of organisations, from different sectors. We had a very interesting lively debated times. I think it was of a very high quality. I realized the depth of the conversation to be going on in the each of different committees. I think the whole concept behind the G-20Y is great.
Tesco Plc
United Kingdom
Olga Ryabova
I loved the whole idea of top executives coming from financial part of life, mostly, which is quite a serious one, and delivering their professional experience, their personal experience to make the best of recommendations for G20 countries heads and for international organizations. You know there was such mood of cooperation, of future understanding I would say. That was really great.
Russian Federation
Maxim Marchenko
For me it's excellent and a unique opportunity to meet a lot of people from different origins, different countries, and different industries. And this is a really unique opportunity sharing ideas: I can give my ideas and get others. We all became much stronger for the future challenges and the future development. For me it's very important.
TOTAL EP Russie
Andreas Holler
Our group recognized the responsibility towards let's say international questions of the future of the community and the society and we wanted to get involved and also give our input to this event and also collect information of other international talent people.
Immofinanz AG
Kartini Sally
The working process was wonderful. Because we can see a lot of people from other countries: Brazil, from Malaysia, even from UK –a UK person works in China, he shared his experience in China and also from US. We share all information and all the practices of how to fight corruption in our country. We are very surprised that there is actually only one conference – United Nation Conference about fighting corruption and also UOECD conference against bribery. But I think not all the countries have ratified and implemented the conference, maybe we should give some views, some recommendations that all G20 countries and other countries can implement the United Nation Conference and UOECD conference against bribery. There have been discussions that fighting corruption, money laundering and also bribery and financial terrorism are linked together, so every country should be aware about these issues, this not only a problem of developed countries.
My president attended G-20Y Summit last year in Mexico, he asked senior level manager in Bank Mandiri, he shared his views of G20 of last years, so this is a good opportunity. We are going to send our senior manager to G-20Y Summit.
I think it's a very good opportunity for me to attend G-20Y Summit. This is first time I have attended an international Summit with different views and different subjects. I usually attend workshops or meetings about banking, just only banking but there are more issues we can discuss together.
Bank Mandiri
Maxim Meshcheryakov
I was surprised how simmilar problems we have in different countries. It`s very interesting to understand that you are a part of the global world.
We had a good brainstorm. I hope all the rest of us staying here will be structuring these themes, these issues which are about corruption; about the problems related to the corruption and then will come the Communiqué.
OAO Arkhangelskgeoldobycha
Russian Federation
Roel Staes
I'm very hopeful that we can find some very good common recommendations that bit by bit will be translated somewhere into actual regulatory form that will help businesses and communities where we are working and increase prosperity globally.
FedEx Express EMEA
United States
Marcio Morais
I decided to be a participant of G-20Y Summit because it's a great opportunity to meet other people, to know the ideas of other countries. Brazil is a great country and most of the time we stay only in Brazil – we have to discuss with other people. That is a reason I decided to came here.
Government of Pernambuco
Caio Ramos
For me it was a big honor to come here because I think it's a good forum in which many countries in the world including the emerging countries can discuss and debate all the problems that they have and try to come up with some suggestions for the future.
Suape Port and Industrial Complex
Rama Kishore Erukulla
G-20Y Summit is going to be an important event for up grading my skills, up gradating my understanding. Make myself more understanding in the subject speaking in public.
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
Nosipho Maphumulo
When I heard that it is about G20 I thought it is an opportunity for me as a leader to contribute to making a difference to my world.
The thing I enjoyed most was the Committee work but I also enjoyed the ball last night. I particularly liked the ballroom dancing – that was my highlight.
The organisation was excellent. But I think that there is some work that can be done in terms of integration of the work that was done by the committees into the real G20.
South Africa
Mathieu Staniulis
I think G-20Y is such an important event in the world because as the young leaders we have to tell the world what we think and what we should accomplish in the next few years, because we have a responsibility to make things change and make a better world.
I worked on the "City of tomorrow" Committee – we had a broad issue to talk about, we tried to figure out what the city of tomorrow would be like and one of the things that I'm very happy to see in the result is that we talked about local communities – how we should design the cities of tomorrow with strong local communities where you can actually get involved as a citizen in your community to share services and actually go further with the challenges the city now faces.
The G-20Y events are nice because you actually have a lot of real work during the day it's so much fun to work with a bunch of people from all around the world with different backgrounds – this is very interesting. And then at night you can socialize, talk to those same people by the way with a more personal feel – this makes the entire experience, so much fun.
My favorite event was the opening Gala ceremony. Our company Desjardins, we got an award for our 3-year friendship with the G-20Y. So it was quite nice experience for us to receive that award.
Jorge Lukowski
This is my second time on G-20Y Summit. The first time was last year in Mexico and I have very good impression from first participation and that gave me an opportunity to come back to G-20Y here in St. Petersburg.
I think the most important thing is to have different cultures, different people, different companies with different interests and all of them in different committees; that they are working together, merging ideas and arrive at consensus. And I think the young perspective which is a different thing – we don't need to make recommendations under any precision of politics or different kind of pressure you have if you are only a company or if you are only representative of government. So I think we can have an opportunity to be fresh, innovating, and creative in order to present a proposal that more recommendations could be actions. I think that the young people would like to take action more than make recommendations.
It was the first chance to have a voice and be presented to the people who make a decision I think this is a very big advantage to participate and be involve in Recommendations to present to the decision makers of the countries which are involved to the G20.
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Irina Bakhtina
There was no question of whether to participate or not actually when the invitation arrived because, for our company, it is incredibly important what exactly is on G20 agenda, not only this year, but in general. Over the last period of time Unilever was Co-Chairing the "Food security" Committee on the B20 initiatives in Rio with a quite valuable contribution, I hope, to the Communiqué which was produced by this committee. For us food security is not just an empty word and we really look to this agenda and how it's being approach by the government on the G20 level.
What was specifically interesting about the Summit, actually, was the combination of participants which attended. The executive level of the biggest international corporations and some of the real big and significant Russian corporations, as soon as we are in Russia we are speaking about this, representatives of the international non-governmental organizations as well. I believe, this is an incredible group of people, I believe, team of people, who got together in St. Petersburg are really invested their time, not having to open e-mail and stuff which we left behind in office, but really invested our time, being focused on the agenda, which is with us today; and really trying to share the best ideas, many fresh ideas by the way, the most creative ideas I've ever heard, on those important areas of real G20 interests.
The program is really sophisticated: dance master-classes, the whole atmosphere of the classical music, combination of it and really amazing atmosphere of the city itself. It's the best season in the city. I believe it's something that going to be quite memorable.
Unilever Rus Ltd.
Russian Federation
Cornell Basson
It's nice to get together and get all the different minds from different countries together. We are really having a hard discussion regarding the specific groups of agenda. I'm on food security group, dealing specially with everything that`s happening in the world economies, food is generally the most sensitive topic. We are trying to understand the needs of poor people and we are trying to represent them on the international stage.
Shoprite Holdings
South Africa
Darren Austin
I think this is a great opportunity for Atos to network with people with a really broad diversity and also this is an organization which wants to influence the business of the future. It is great opportunity to get involved and potentially influencing some of the policy making of the next ten, fifteen or twenty years.
Atos UK
United Kingdom
Jose Joao Batista Stival Jr.
It`s important to be here: from the political part and also from the private part.
It's a unique experience to meet 20 countries partners and discuss the same themes. It's shows that we are going to the same direction – we want to have the same result. For sure a discussion of the mid or long term will be useful for me and for Brazil and for all the countries.
About the organisation I just have to say that everything is perfect!
Vladimir Shapovalov
I think you are doing the right thing because it's very important to collect the opinions from various parts of society from business, from governments especially from the young generation and that you are transmitting to the global, to the big G20 – it's very important. I'm happy to be part of it.
Ryazan Region Corporation of Development
Russian Federation
Michael Rösmann
I think for me it's interesting to get to know more people and talk to them and also to talk about the different topics that they usually deal with at work.
All the participants are involved in big businesses. The leaders, they have the same ideas about going forward and sharing lots of different views. And they all want to be part of the decision making.
ThyssenKrupp AG
Juuso Virtanen
I heard about G-20Y Summit actually through the Finish embassy from my ambassador. They were discussing in the Finland chamber of commerce about the possibility of a person who might be interested in this. They send me initial information about the Summit, then I decided to apply for the meeting.
I think the expression "G-20Y" is the first generation where people generally in the G20 countries have the possibility to freely cooperate together – and things like these are really good. It's a really good expression for the generation.
Virtanen Yhtiöt Oy
Raimund Kirchleitner
In my eyes, the G-20Y Summit is a unique opportunity to interact and communicate to motivated young ambitious c-executives; and to also interact with people from other business sectors.
I think it is super important to have the young generation of c-executives round one table at such aconference to exchange ideas,and to forward these ideas to those who are really on the steering-wheel regarding the future of our planet. I believe by havingworked out our papers we can somehow, let's say contribute to the future and a better development of the world, whereby in our working group`s case especially regarding the financial world.
I believe it was quite useful, quite interesting, even if we were discussing theoretical topics mainly,but this is the purpose of this one. It was in any case also interconnected withreal life and with taking concrete action in the future. I was also able to extend my network, meet interesting people, which I will follow up with in the future. I found it quite useful, also to experience St. Petersburg, which is truly a nice place for this event. I also enjoyed very much the side events.
My favorite one was the yachting regatta – it was really good fun. We had perfect weather, even if we were lacking wind, so we were not really going that fast, but nevertheless it was good fun. Unfortunately we only got the second place – so we were the first loser. But nevertheless it was not really about competition – it was much more about fun and communication. For me it was alsoa nice opportunity to have my daily swim in the Gulf of Finland. I really enjoyed it very much.
St. Moritz Bäder AG
Alastair Grier
G-20Y benefitted both me personally and also RBS. The different cultures and points of views were interesting and refreshing. What came out most is that the challenges that our customers have in the UK are also the same challenges that customers have in many different countries from India to France. This gave me excellent insight into new solutions for our customers and also into how RBS could better support at a macro level, the UK economy.
The Royal Bank of Scotland
United Kingdom
Johan Forssell
Actually it was more because as an Investor, AB is actively involved in G20. We hold a meeting and thought that I should attend it. And I'm happy to be here, work more with people and learn more.
Investor AB
G-20Y Summit 2019 Agenda and Format
G-20Y Summit 2019 format:
Session I -Thursday 24th October - Identification of top challenges the company and/or industry faces.
Session II - Friday, 25th October - Refinement of suggestions and innovative ideas to cope with aforementioned challenges
Session III - Friday 25th October – Workshop on new skills the company leaders require to enable growth in this disruptive era.
Sessions IV - Saturday 26th October - Finalisation of Perspectives. Creation of practical outcomes implementable to businesses. Take aways and further steps
Optional Exclusive Session: Strategy review - Corporate strategy review and advice by experts and other change agents, as well as market disruptors (confidential discussions in small groups).
G-20Y Summit 2019 Preliminary Agenda
We are facing a crucial stage in human history as we witness the confluence of many innovative and disruptive technologies. Together, these will lead to an influx of changes. Disruptive technologies such as AI, robotics, the Internet of things, and blockchain have the potential to transform economic structures, business models, companies, and jobs.
The business ecosystem is undergoing an enormous transformation, as a result of the combination of more agile and innovative players and the intrusion of new technologies in all aspects of the business. Consequently, traditional market players ought to be ready to lead the change, or risk being disrupted.
In the face of the threat of new competitors and changes in consumer preferences, there is an urgent need for market players to reinvent themselves in order to remain competitive.
The G-20Y Summit permanent Committees will come together to discuss some key point. These are as follows: the best strategies that will govern the market growth in the near future; how to seize potential opportunities from breakaway business models and value chains; as well as working out what elaborate proposals implementable to businesses will help ensure long-term success.
I. RE-thinking Energy Markets
We are seeing a considerable disruption in the energy sector arising from a combination of policy, technological and customer change. The current business models in the energy sector won't be sustainable long term and the need for change might become even more imperative. In 2019, the G-20Y RE-thinking Energy Markets Committee will look at some areas where disruption is taking hold and where it will be important for companies to assess their strategies:
- New technologies changing the conventional ways through which energy can be generated, transported and used throughout economic activities and daily life.
- Customer behavior characterized by a more active participation in generation and procurement and affecting the speed and extent to which new technologies transform the way we use energy.
- Existing and new business players competing with each other on the market by exploring the potential of new and sometime disruptive technologies, service models (e.g. centralised/concentrated or decentralised/diverse energy sources) and distribution channels (e.g. innovative means of reaching customers including a number of different digital solutions).
- Changes in policy and regulation sometimes leading, but often struggling to remain up to par with, the ever changing energy world and its new requirements in terms of institutional capacity and resources.
II. The Future of Banking - Beyond Financial Services
The banking sector faces an experiential threat with the rise of digital. The traditional methods of banking are being transformed by disruptive competition, driven by dynamic changes in technology. Fintech firms and bigtech organizations are dominating more and more of the banking value chain, providing services such as payments, checking and even savings accounts that could threaten the traditional bank revenues in the foreseeable future. These newcomers pose a threat to banks by raising service expectations and coming between banks and their customers. The banking organization of the future will need to make use of the vast amount of insight it possesses in order to become indispensable to a customer's financial and non-financial digital ecosystem. In 2019 the G-20Y Future of Banking Committee will explore the following challenges and priorities for the banking sector:
- The future of the banking ecosystem: leveraging data and partnerships in a revolutionary manner.
- Embracing new technologies: strategic objectives are changing for banks and technology innovation will become key. Embracing new technologies is a key strategic priority – ahead of increasing profitability and improving security.
- Improving customer service and reducing costs: new digital technology is playing an increasingly central role in banking, leading to disappearance of human interaction in retail banking
- Combatting competitive threats: emerging financial start-ups are growing fast and attracting customers at a quicker pace than ever before. Big brands, such as Google, Amazon and Apple are entering the banking space and threatening traditional banks' market share and profitability.
- Developing the customer experience and expectations: customers now expect a more innovative and personalized digital experience. The customer behaviours and expectations are changing, rendering traditional banking services somewhat obsolete.
- Building an effective digital leadership.
III. Innovative Insurance and InsurTech
The insurance industry is in the midst of a modification towards a new reality. The whole picture must be understood, from every aspect. Those who do not adjust will be left behind in this transforming market. Upcoming technology and unmanaged big data of insurance industries are the biggest challenges, which have a direct impact upon productivity. These processes require sufficient funds, workforce and time frames that affect other core activities. Taking a comprehensive view on the development of global insurance industry, challenging the different views of the world's biggest insurance companies, regulators and representatives of the InsurTech start-ups ensures a unique learning experience. In 2019, the G-20Y Innovative Insurance and InsurTech Committee will review some challenges that an insurance business faces:
- How will digitalisation, big data and the emergence of the sharing economy shape the business model of insurance companies in the future? Increased risk appetite, mass personalisation and, increased eco-system usage open up a number of topics on future strategic positioning of the insurance industry.
- Can the envisaged reshaping of mobility services change motor insurance business substantially, forcing insurance industry to find new sources of profit? Are we addressing the emerging cyber risks fast enough?
- InsurTech became one of the major topics in the agenda of global insurance companies. Are we looking to a world of distortion or collaboration? Robotics and AI, connected with younger generations looking for a different work environment, are opening a number of questions on how to balance new technologies and future workforce strategies.
- Which are the regulatory challenges accompanying the imagined reshaping of the insurance industry? Can overregulation throughout endanger the business model?
- How to address key data protection challenges?
IV. Emerging Technologies and Industries Strategy
Technological disruption is not a new concept. World history has always been influenced by technological innovations. Emerging technology strategy ought to be a central part of every company's corporate strategy. Business executives must block out the noise in order to make clear decisions about the most relevant technologies that will sustain revenue growth and enhance business operations. In 2019, the G-20Y Emerging Technologies Committee will evaluate key challenges and end-to-end solutions from strategy and innovation through to execution, in order to find a solution to the most complex and pressing business challenges.
- AI and ML: a must have tool to expand businesses and transform the industries - enabling faster, more informed decisions, increasing operational efficiency, and creating new products and services.
- Blockchain, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning: integrating use of breakthrough technologies to attract customers and better understand their behaviour.
- Use of cloud-based applications to enable global expansion and to address growth needs. Maintaining security around cloud integration and mobility.
- Skills: how to bridge the AI skills gap?
- Utilising virtual reality for employee training, education and learning and operations related tasks.
- Leadership: need for closer collaboration between IT and business leaders.
- The Augmented Boardroom: bringing AI to the C-Suite.
V. The Future of Jobs
It is no secret that we are going to live longer. The life cycle is changing and we are no longer as prepared to stay in one job for our whole life. How are we going to feel in this changing environment? How will artificial intelligence disrupt – or how is it already disrupting - the usual manner in which we live and work?
In 2018 the G-20Y Future of Jobs Committee concentrated intensely on the following two areas:
- Life long learning: Moving from "learn-work to "learn-work-learn-work" makes a sufficient challenge for the employers as well as employees. The work-life balance is also a hot issue. Motivation – where does it come from and how do we maintain iit?
- Inclusion: New technologies can provide more inclusive moments. Why is it so important that we have a workforce that is diverse and inclusive? What role do individuals, governments, corporations and educators have in making a fully inclusive workforce a reality?
These two issues will be the focus of the work during the Summit 2019. In addition, the G-20Y Future of Jobs Committee will centralise its work around the following key topics:
- Gig Based Economy: Contingent workers will dominate workplaces. How should companies best utilise this? What about social issues such as retirement funds?
- Loyalty in digital age: Millennials will dominate the workforce and are bound to switch easily. Is loyalty appreciated nowadays? Is it still possible to keep loyal employees and attract new ones, taking into account that recently almost half of the job market are Millennials? Not forgetting that Centennials are joining soon.
- New skills/Uniquely human skills: Transformation of the skills of professionals focusing on human niche. What about social responsibility? Training that builds upon new skills such as business trends. Is it achievable? How can we link training hours to productivity? Low immigration and low birth rates lead to severe skills shortages. What do we do? (education/training).
- Structure and Org Charts: Do we need well defined org charts and job descriptions? How best to achieve agility and freedom for the workforce of the future?
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November Bird Walk
- Date: 11/18/2017 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
- Location: The Hudson Gardens & Event Center
6115 S Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80120
Join us to explore Hudson Gardens and visit with its feathered residents! Each month we team with an Audubon Master Birder from the Front Range Birding Company to discover the rich bird habitats in and around Hudson Gardens. You'll come away with a better understanding of bird ecology, useful tips on how to ID birds by sight and sound, and when and where to find different species. Whether you are new to birding or an experienced birder, there is always something exciting to see through your binoculars at Hudson Gardens!
This walk will be held outdoors. Participants will meet in front of the Welcome Center at 8 AM. Dress for the weather and bring a bottle of water and a pair of binoculars. No prior birding experience is necessary.
Registration: $8/member, $10/nonmember. Space is limited and advance registration is required.

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Coddle That Bump of CURIOSITY! (Aug, 1950)
Cute article explaining why you should act on your curiosity because you never know when you'll get rich off of it. Examples include the inventors of: saccharine, synthetic dyes, the carburetor, Kraft pasteurized cheese, mayonnaise, safety razors and my favorite: Thomas Edison's voice activated sewing machine (top left image on the page.)
Coddle That Bump of CURIOSITY!
Don't stifle your urge to inquire about the nature of simple things —you may be cutting yourself out of a million-dollar windfall.
LABORATORY assistant Constantic Fahlberg was late for his lunch so he didn't stop to wash his hands. To his astonishment, when he ate a piece of bread it tasted sweeter than the sweetest cake he had ever eaten.
So, he questioned the waitress. No, she said, the bread was unsweetened and the butter was the ordinary unsalted variety. Then he touched his tongue to his unwashed fingers: they were many times sweeter than honey! Thinking back, he concluded that his fingers must be invisibly smeared with the crystalline compound he had been mixing just before lunch hour.
All agog with curiosity, Fahlberg hurried back to the laboratory and tasted the mixture. Sure enough, it was sweeter than sugar—five hundred times sweeter! More experiments followed, and soon the medical profession had wonderful news for diabetics—saccharine!
How big is your bump of curiosity? Are you inquisitive about the world you live in? Well, don't stifle your natural urge to inquire into the little things that catch your eye and puzzle you because maybe they'll mean millions to you. For instance, one man's inquisitiveness about honey led to the development of a valuable commercial process. Once, while dipping a spoon in a jar of honey, he noticed that when he pulled the spoon out quickly a lot of honey came with it. He tried slow motion. Most of the honey drained off in a hair-fine taper at the end of the spoon. Curious, he dipped and pulled again, and noted that the tapering effect varied with changing rates of speed. Interesting! You see, his company Devoe & Raynolds, Inc., had been trying without success to find a simple process for making finely tapered bristles. Maybe this was it.
What would happen if a thread were pulled through a bath of a synthetic material, thick and gooey like honey, at changing rates of speed? Would the coating taper finely at the end of the thread? He tried it and—it worked! Today this company makes its tapered bristles by the "honey process," the direct result of one man's curiosity at the dinner table.
A curious man, W. E. Gaine, was intrigued when he saw what happened to a sheet of cotton rag paper that fell accidentally into a pan of sulphuric acid. Most of us would have cast aside the ruined paper. But Gaine noticed that the sheet was no longer opaque or absorbent. It was now translucent and completely resistant even to boiling water. The curious fellow threw more paper into the acid: the result was always the same. Thus was born Gaine's Paper, today commonly known as vegetable parchment, a godsend to every seller of food.
An equally curious man, William Perkin, gave the world its first synthetic dye. One day he was trying, with no luck, to synthesize quinine. His experiments resulted only in black, tarry solutions of no apparent usefulness. But it was strange-looking stuff, and Perkin's curiosity wouldn't let him dump it down the drain. Maybe it was good ior something! Just to see what would happen, idly he dipped his silk handkerchief into the dark liquid. To his amazement, out came the fabric dyed a beautiful deep purple that resisted fading when washed! Perkin's curiosity had paid off— and is still paying off.
The truly curious man, layman or scientist, delights in what Charles Darwin called "fool's experiments." Latex was developed because a man wondered if rubber as well as metal could be drawn through an old wire-drawing machine he saw rusting in the corner of his shop. Cold rubber came about because somebody wondered what would happen if synthetic rubber were "cooked" at a low instead of a high temperature. Somebody else, worrying about intestinal adhesions, wondered if the talc used on surgical gloves was absorbable in human tissues. His curiosity was dramatically rewarded—the talc was not absorbable and its inflammatory effect was often the cause of adhesions. After more than a hundred experiments a perfectly absorbable powder, now used by all surgeons, was developed.
David Burpee wondered what would happen if he crossed two radically different kinds of snapdragons, one a German variety, the other an English one. Nobody had ever tried such a marriage, and probably nothing would come of it, but Burpee was curious. Two years later his curiosity paid off: the mating yielded two new varieties—one a gorgeous double flower that comes from a single seed, the other the tallest snapdragon ever grown. Just because a curious man wondered!
Idle curiosity—a casual observation—led to a train of thought that made millions for Charles E. Duryea. Impatient to be off to the theater, he twiddled his thumbs while he watched his wife spray herself with a perfume atomizer. He fell to wondering how gasoline would behave if it were atomized into the cylinders of the new automobile engine he was developing. Sure enough it worked, and his chance idea resulted in the world's first practical carburetor!
It was Irving Langmuir's inquiring mind that produced the tungsten lamp. He wondered, out of sheer curiosity, what would happen if he introduced certain gases into a lamp bulb. It was a chance idea—a non-sensical one—and Langmuir had little faith in his odd notion. But his curiosity refused to be stifled, and in the end he had a lamp that is saving the world millions of dollars on its light bills every night. And making millions for Langmuir!
In 1903, twenty-nine-year-old James L. Kraft was peddling cheese from door to door. Cheese, in those days, wasn't anything to cheer about as a commercial product. Frequently soiled, fly-specked and dried out, it wasn't the immaculate and wholesome food we know today.
The only cheese generally known was the huge wheel sitting on the grocer's counter. Two wheels were seldom the same in quality so the sampling of wary customers took a heavy toll of profits.
Peddling cheese from his wagon, Mr. Kraft would see the safe, pasteurized milk which the milkman left on doorsteps. Why couldn't the same thing be done for cheese? Could it be pasteurized and packaged successfully so that it would be more uniform in flavor, more sanitary, dependable in quality and non-perishable? He wondered.
So, he began experimenting with the blending and pasteurizing of cheeses. His first tests were made in a 69c double boiler. After long days of selling cheese by day, he spent his evenings blending and pasteurizing cheese over a home cook-stove. Experiments soon proved that the cheese peddler had the right idea, and before long he was marketing pasteurized cheese in sanitary packages.
Today, James L. Kraft, thanks to his idle curiosity, heads the largest cheese business in the world.
Speaking of food, consider the origin of the succulent oyster cocktail. It was the invention of an irritated old mining prospector. Just off his diggings, his taste buds hankering for something with zip and zing, he eyed with distaste the oysters which were the only food the bartender had to offer. Under the startled gaze of the barman, the old miner angrily ladled out a few of the gray bivalves into his highball glass and poured over them liberal portions of tomato catsup, horseradish and tobasco, Curious, he tasted the concoction—and something new had been added to the joy of eating!
We have mayonnaise because of Due de Richelieu was as fond as Darwin of fool's experiments. In celebration of his victory over the English at Port Mahon, the Duke, no mean cook, decided to make the sauce for the meat. Alas, the royal cupboard was bare of cream, an absolute must for the sauce. But the Duke, always a curious man, fell to wondering. Why not olive oil instead? No harm trying. The result? The distinguished guests rolled their eyes in ecstasy. One celebrant proposed in a toast that the duke's masterpiece be named "Mahonnaise" in honor of the victor of Port Mahon. Curiosity, they say, is a form of ignorance. But for Charles Kettering, one of the world's foremost scientist-engineers, it's the kind of ignorance that pays off. He lets his curiosity lead him to solutions to simple problems which other people often ignore and then makes millions from them. Kettering wants to know why grass is green, and he has spent thousands of dollars trying to find out. He says that if we could discover how the green in grass captures energy from the sun's rays, we might build a machine that would capture enough energy to run all the machines in the world!
Maybe you're no genius with tools, no scientist, no worker in a laboratory. So what! King C. Gillette, inventor of the safety razor, was a salesman of bottle caps when he thought up his idea. The inventor of the typewriter was Christopher Sholes, a piano-tuner. Lewis Waterman, inventor of the fountain pen, was an insurance salesman. Susan Stavers, inventor of "Minute Tapioca," was a waitress in a Boston restaurant. Eugene F. McDonald, Zenith Radio sparkplug, began his inventive career as a lad repairing doorbells door-to-door. They didn't have the technical training but they did have curiosity.
Most of what is valuable in life has come out of childlike inquiry. The man who is constantly prodded by an urge to dig into things,
to discover their whys and hows, finds that every day is an exciting adventure in living.
"Daddy, why does a top stand up when it spins?" was the question the young son of Elmer Sperry put to him one day. Sperry thought about the query and stumbled about for an answer.
Then, he went to work. And eventually, this chance remark, the result of a boy's idle curiosity, led to the invention of a fabulously useful and profitable invention—the Sperry Gyro-Compass.
So, coddle that bump of curiosity. The kind of inquisitiveness that prompted young Sperry to ask "Why, Daddy?" may win you fame and fortune, too.


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Retail Development Representative
- Recruiter
- Field Sales Solutions
- Location
- Romford
- Salary
- £20,000 + up to 10% bonus + company van
- Posted
- 14 Sep 2018
- Closes
- 14 Oct 2018
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- Function
- Sales
- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Description
40 hours per week, Monday – Friday
Opportunities like this for driven individuals are a rare beast. Early responsibility and rapid progression opportunities. The chance to work with some of the UK's best-loved retail brands. Company vehicle and the chance to make a serious bonus. It's the dream start you've been after, except it's not a dream, it's a sales role with Field Sales Solutions and it's right here for the taking.
This is your chance to represent brands like Ferrero Rocher, Tic Tac, Nutella, Bueno and Kinder Surprise to local retailers from the beginning of your career. What a head start! For a persuasive, articulate and seriously ambitious person like you, educating retailers on customer behaviours, product display and sales techniques is the ultimate route to an amazing career.
We'll give you a geographical territory to look after and targets to meet within it. It'll then be up to you to smash those targets and reap the glory. Don't worry, there's a structured approach and we'll teach you it. You'll learn all about sales, merchandising, stock management and product visibility. You'll need to be passionate and enthusiastic about sales and able to provide exceptional customer service to retailers. If you can add this to a willingness to learn new techniques, a hunger to learn and the ambition to progress then we should talk.
Driving licence essential.
FSS is an equal opportunities employer.


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text: Bogdan Costescu wrote: > On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Robert G. Brown wrote: > >> RHEL/Centos are good where vendors require "binary compatibility" on >> closed source software, as the standard of said binary compatibility. > > What strikes me in this whole discussion is the ideea of 'one > distribution fits all' when applied to all nodes of a cluster and all > applications that run on that cluster. In the days of PXE booting, with > several solutions readily available for either building a node from > scratch (like kickstart) or booting a prebuilt setup with NFS-root or > ramdisk, what's so difficult in matching on request a node, an > application and a distribution/custom setup ? > [...] Hello, Bogdan. I use a combination of PXE booting, NFSROOT and ClusterNFS to set up individual 'dataless' nodes the way I want - I'm using UNFS3, with ClusterNFS extensions: http://unfs3.sourceforge.net/ I know NFS gets a panning on this list, but it suits our needs! Best wishes, Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:ajt at rri.sari.ac.uk Rowett Research Institute, | http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK. | fax:+44 (0)1224 716687


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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine cayenne, white pepper, salt, dry mustard, Worcestershire, lemon juice, seafood seasoning, mayonnaise, bread crumbs, and eggs in a large bowl and mix until thoroughly combined. Place crabmeat in another large bowl and gently fold egg mixture into crabmeat, being careful not to break up large crab pieces. Shape into 4 crab cakes.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the crab cakes, in batches if necessary, and cook until lightly browned, approximately 1 minute on each side. Transfer crab cakes to a sheet pan (or place skillet in oven if oven-safe) and finish cooking the crab cakes in the oven until heated through. Serve with lemon wedges and tartar sauce, if desired.
*Cook's Note: If removing fresh cooked crabmeat from shells, be careful not to break large crabmeat nuggets.


text: Funeral Services Coming together with friends and family, whether in a formal funeral or a more relaxed memorial service, gives everyone the opportunity to share memories, express emotions, and find comforting support. Whether you choose burial or cremation, the need for acknowledgement of the loss with family and friends is ever present. Together we can create a unique meaningful ceremony to express the genuine individuality of your loved one. We offer families a beautiful setting in which to gather together with friends and family. With reception facilities and catering services, you can create an event that will be long remembered. A service that will make a difference in the lives of all who attend. Burial Services When your loved one has chosen to be buried, the ceremonies you design revolve around the casket being present. Traditions may be followed, with a viewing, and then a funeral service in the chapel. Or you could choose to have a more relaxed memorial service, even in the family home. A private service at the graveside could then follow these more public events. But let's just say this: there is no 'hard and fast' formula for honoring your loved one when burial has been selected. We're here to listen to your concerns, share our experience, and help you to arrive at the perfect way to gather together, prior to your loved one's interment in a cemetery of your choice. Cremation Services Cremation refers solely to the manner in which you or your loved one has chosen to deal with the physical remains. It doesn't limit the ways you can honor your loved one's life. We heartily suggest that you have a funeral or memorial service, because your need for such a healing experience is not lessened by the decision to be cremated.


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The CSLSR has decided to cease its operation as of October 25, 2011.
Please refer to the bottom of this page for further information.
The 5th Annual CSLSR Meeting was held at
New Residence Hall, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
August 13 & 14, 2010
CSLSR is a society bringing together Canadian researchers
at the undergraduate, graduate, professional and
post-graduate levels to promote research in all
life science disciplines, including Public/Community
Health. Uniting student researchers across the country,
CSLSR members have the unique opportunity to present
their research at an annual conference. Furthermore,
they have the chance to learn from a diversity of
backgrounds through the website, the quarterly newsletter,
and an annual publication. CSLSR also helps bring
students together with potential supervisors for
summer or graduate life sciences research work.
La Société Canadienne de Recherche
des Sciences de la Vie (SCRSV).
La correspondance pour nos membres francophones
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Sadly, I must announce that the CSLSR has decided to cease its operation as of October 25, 2011. We have had a great 6 years with successful annual conferences with renowned keynote speakers, and generous funding from CIHR and the like for events and our student research awards.
I have taken much pride in being involved in the CSLSR from the start and feel we've had much success in building a great organization for Canadian students involved in life science research. For those of you who have been with us for a few years, I hope you have gained something in your career through your involvement in the organization.
We will be donating the remainder of our funds to a studentship through the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. This coincides with our mission/mandate and our bylaw agreement.
We wish you the best of luck in your future careers in the life sciences.
CSLSR President , on behalf of the executive committee
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Don Nelson: Hey Chris.
Chris Webber: Coach.
Nellie: Nice place.
C-Webb: Yeah, it's turned out pretty well. Did you get a drink?
Nellie: Yeah.
C-Webb: We have, y'know, the Johnny Walker Blue here.
Nellie: No, it's cool. I've a ride back. Plenty of little bottles in the back of the limo.
C-Webb: Cool.
Nellie: Yeah.
C-Webb: So Mullin wants me?
Nellie: Guess so.
C-Webb: You cool with that?
Nellie: Whatever.
C-Webb: Because the Pistons ...
Nellie: Just stop.
C-Webb: Yeah.
(12 second pause.)
C-Webb: They don't want me.
Nellie: I know.
C-Webb: What'd you guys get for me, originally?
Nellie: Tom Gugliotta.
C-Webb: Good player.
Nellie: Good player.
C-Webb: And you turned him into ... ?
Nellie: They turned him into Donyell Marshall.
C-Webb: You weren't around then. And the Warriors got ...
Nellie: Danny Fortson and Adam Keefe. Four-way deal. I wasn't around for that.
C-Webb: No, no. It's cool. Just curious. You were with the Knicks, by then, right?
Nellie: No. I was with the Knicks during the Googs-for-Marshall deal.
C-Webb: Right, right. The Knicks. Anthony Mason as point forward, right?
Nellie: Yeah.
C-Webb: Convince Patrick to play off the ball?
Nellie: Yeah.
C-Webb: Yeah.
Nellie: Can you still dunk?
C-Webb: Yes.
Nellie: Cool. Just asking.
C-Webb: After the Knicks ... that was Dallas, right?
Nellie: Yeah.
C-Webb: Traded Sam Cassell, Jim Jackson, a bunch of guys for Shawn Bradley.
Nellie: It was an 11-player deal. There's a lot more to it than ...
C-Webb: But he was the main cog, right?
Nellie: Yeah.
C-Webb: But, you got rid of Chris Gatling. All-Star that same month. Traded him at his peak for Bradley, right? Good deal.
Nellie: Are you still with Tyra, or ...
C-Webb: No, but we're cool.
Nellie: Is she on your cell phone? Could we call her? Could we talk to her, say, right now ... or do you have to call into her office?
C-Webb: No, but we're cool.
Nellie: That's good. That's good.
C-Webb: Yeah.
Nellie: I do have to say, it was a shame the way the refs let Samaki Walker guard you in the 2002 playoffs. I mean, there's no way Samaki Walker could stop Chris Webber from getting 30 and 15. No way he could stop you from getting to the Finals.
C-Webb: Yeah, well, that thing wasn't fair. Ralph Nader, in fact, put together a protest on our behalf.
Nellie: I hear he had to do that for Bob Pettit, after the 1958 Finals.
C-Webb: Really?
Nellie: No.
C-Webb: Yeah. Kind of set myself up for that one.
Nellie: Yeah.
C-Webb: Let the son pass on re-signing Steve Nash in order to grab Erick Dampier?
Nellie: Are you still in touch with any of your 76ers teammates? You did play for them, right? I want to see what Calvin Booth is up to.
C-Webb: Why didn't you keep that mustache? That looked good.
Nellie: Did you shoot a free throw last year, or was that ...
C-Webb: Do you ask Baron Davis to stop shooting threes, or does he just hit you a lot?
Nellie: Has Michigan paid off its student-athlete loan, yet?
C-Webb: Did the NBA outlaw fish ties, or did they just manage to stop the Dewar's truck from hitting Milwaukee, first?
Nellie: Are you not allowed to show your championship rings at the restaurant, or ...
C-Webb: Are you only allowed to see yours once Dave Cowens has his yearly "Salsabration?"
Nellie: "Salsabration?"
C-Webb: It's a celebration, with lots of Mexican food and chips and salsa and the championship rings you earned off of his hard work.
Nellie: First of all, it's called "Cinco de Mustache," and that's where we don't shave for a month and show up on the fifth of July with our best mustaches, and secondly ... I don't know why I'm telling you this.
C-Webb: Because you want to sign me.
Nellie: I'm bored.
C-Webb: I know you are. It's cool.
Nellie: Seriously?
C-Webb: Yeah.
Nellie: Sorry about trading for Billy Owens.
C-Webb: He had skills.
Nellie: So did you.
C-Webb: What?
Nellie: Nothing.
C-Webb: I don't want to play defense, rebound, or play in the low post.
Nellie: I don't like defense, rebounding, or you.
C-Webb: What?
Nellie: You ... playing in the low post. If you're going to come back, you'll have to stop interrupting me.
C-Webb: Can I wear number 75? My cousin saw it in a dream about a license plate that was on the back of a swordfish.
Nellie: Does Austin Croshere wear a piece?
C-Webb: Deal. (To a waitress, who isn't listening) A Johnny Walker Blue neat, and a new round of mini southwestern wraps for my new coach!
Nellie: Do you want to work past May?
C-Webb: No.
Nellie: Cool.
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Census must change to survive
Director says costs are outpacing the bureau's resources.
The Census Bureau cannot afford to continue operating the way it does and unless the agency fundamentally changes the way it does business, it won't be able to fulfill its mission, the bureau's director said Thursday.
"Our costs are [expanding] at a rate that is exceeding inflation every year," said Census Director Robert M. Groves at a 2010 census advisory committee meeting. "This is unsustainable," he said.
Speaking at the bureau's headquarters in Suitland, Md., Groves said Census is trying to be responsive to its mandate, but the world it is measuring is changing rapidly "in a way that challenges our old methods of measuring it."
As participation rates in the decennial census have declined, the historic response has been for bureau personnel to work harder to track down nonparticipants. But by doing that Census has inflated its costs even more, Groves said. Instead, the bureau needs to adapt new technologies and innovate its processes.
"We will either change or be changed; we cannot go on the way we are," he said. "If we keep doing what we're doing were in trouble."
Groves said he encouraged Census employees nationwide to suggest ways to improve the bureau, but he was dismayed to find many supervisors brushed off the ideas. He then had employees send their ideas directly to him, and he promised to read them all.
Groves expected about 100 ideas, but received almost 700. Some were simple and could be implemented immediately, such as replacing some written communications with e-mail, or purchasing annual traffic passes in lieu of paying daily tolls when Census workers travel. Others were more complex and would require further analysis and potential investment.
The bureau's divisions are under pressure to cut their budgets by 1 percent every year, Graves noted, and said any ideas requiring investment must recoup enough savings to pay for themselves within three years.
"We're in [the] business of getting more efficient," he said. "We have teams working on this already."


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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is an especially sensitive and difficult molecule to work with because it is readily degraded. To help ensure success, steps must be taken to minimize nuclease contamination in RNA purification laboratories. Even trace quantities of RNase can lead to lower yields from in vitro transcription reactions, degradation during RNA purification protocols, and variable results with qRT-PCR.
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Figure 2. Removal of Dried-on RNase Contamination. A 5 µg sample of RNase A was vacuum-dried onto the bottom of two microfuge tubes. One tube was then rinsed with water, and one tube was rinsed with RNaseZap solution. Two micrograms of total RNA was added to each of the microcentrifuge tubes, incubated at 37°C for 30 min, and assessed on a 1.5% agarose gel.
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area World Heritage site, Tanzania
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area, centering around the Ngorongoro Crater, is not only a wilderness area teeming with rare fauna and flora, but also of high cultural value. Established in 1959, the Conservation Area was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1979 for its outstanding natural values and cultural significance. Today it is a leading draw for Tanzania's tourism industry and a vital link in the national system of protected areas to effectively conserve rare and abundant wildlife populations, secure local livelihoods, and help preserve areas of globally-important cultural heritage.
The landscape of Ngorongoro undulates around weathered hills and valleys carved by intermittent water courses. It contains hills, ridges, gorges and a unique mountain caldera as it rises towards the eastern arm of the Great Rift Valley. For centuries this landscape has harboured nomadic peoples and communities, of whom the Maasai and Datoga pastoralists currently inhabit the Ngorongoro region, and whose cultural, spiritual, social and economic wellbeing is intimately tied to the fertile plains and lakes of the area.
The Maasai in particular have access and user rights to the Ngorongoro region, enshrined in the original Ngorongoro Conservation Area Establishment Act. Despite periods of conflict and disengagement, the Maasai community are active in decision-making and are increasingly taking ownership of management actions for the Conservation Area, for both cultural and natural heritage values.
One of the most astounding natural features of the Conservation Area is the Ngorongoro crater itself. The crater is an enormous depression (26,000 hectares) caused by a massive eruption of an ancient volcano that blasted out the core, leaving just a cracked rim amid the vast surrounding plain. From below, there is little evidence of what lies within, just a windswept escarpment leading up to a horizon of stunted trees and rocky outcrops. However, once up on the crest (1800 metres above sea-level) the crater is revealed; an expanse of natural tapestry dotted with fauna and flora and criss-crossed with streams leading to Lake Magadi, the crater's main water source.
View images of the World Heritage site
Size and Location
Ngorongoro Conservation Area covers over 800,000 hectares of the vast expanses of highland savannah, woodlands and forests, rising from the plains of the adjacent Serengeti National Park. The crater itself has a mean diameter of 16 to19 kilometres, a crater floor of 26,400 hectares, and a rim soaring to 400 to 610 metres above the crater floor.
Flora and Fauna
The crater itself is teeming with wildlife, including the rare black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) and herds of buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and Thompson (Eudorcas thomsonii) and Grant's gazelles (Nanger granti). It also has the highest density of lions (Panthera leo) of any place in the world. Lake Magadi, as well as other saline water sources in the Conservation Area, blooms spectacularly every year with flamingo flocks. Connectivity with Serengeti National Park and surrounding areas allows for an ebb and flow of seasonal migration and dispersal to help keep up the integrity and numbers of the significant wildlife populations in Ngorongoro.
The crater is also one of several key archaeological sites within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Excavations within the crater itself reveal many millennia of human use and document the development of stone-age technologies through to the use of iron. Elsewhere in the Conservation Area, findings at Olduvai Gorge have revealed a sequence of evolving proto-human species, including the Homo linage that includes Homo erectus and Homo sapiens. Nearby at Laetoli, actual fossilized footprints reveal a glimpse of the first pre-human steps towards upright movement. It is believed that the area likely contains more as-yet-undiscovered archaeological treasures relating to the evolution and rise of humans as a species.
Visitor experience
With such beautiful scenery, vast numbers of wildlife, and rich cultural and historical values, visits to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area form one of the mainstays of Tanzania's tourism itineraries. Visitor numbers have steadily increased over time since the 1960s. Managing infrastructure and impacts of tourism in the Conservation Area, but also in the surrounding landscape, requires improved planning and investment guidance, as well as provision for sharing opportunities with, and limiting impacts on, local entrepreneurs and pastoral communities.
Threats and how they are being addressed
Many challenges remain for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and surrounding landscape, including tourism and infrastructure development , the impacts of drought and climate change, illegal poaching of wildlife, human population expansion, and the impact of alien and invasive species on fragile ecosystems and wildlife ecology.
However, renewed conservation management and tourism development strategies are in place and under implementation by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, with local, national and international partners. With the support of the Maasai community, better fire-management has recently been put in place. Combined with improved grazing regimes, the last decade of such efforts has encouraged more diversity of habitats and grasslands and helped maintain equilibrium in the landscape to better conserve a diversity of species and habitats.


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VERMONT — In an action that surprised many observers, the U.S. Senate on Sunday passed the Food Safety and Modernization Act.
The bill, which had appeared dead after it encountered a number of technical issues close to the end of this year's congressional session, passed the Senate unanimously by voice vote late on Sunday. From there, the bill headed to the U.S. House, where it was approved on Tuesday and sent to the President's desk.


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Clark will serve on the Council until the November 2015 general election.
Four city residents signaled a willingness to be considered for the position, including Clark, Tom Wiggington, Mike Pehrson, and Matt Keyes.
Seven city residents ran for two available spots on the city council, including Keyes and Clark. They were filled in the November 2013 general election by Steve Duke and George Rice, Jr.
Clark joins Scott Frost, Scott Shakespeare, Duke and Rice on the council.


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Great showing by the Steeler offensive line today. Max Starks looked strong in his return to the team, and that has to be sweet relief for Steeler fans. I'm tired of seeing Ben run for his life, so it was nice to see him get some time out there today.
Isaac Redman and Jonathan Dwyer had a strong day as a dual threat running attack. Dwyer's 76 yard run was the longest run by a Steeler since Willie Parker took it to the house in Super Bowl XL.
Big Ben threw for five touchdowns and really the only mistake I saw out of him was the missed communication interception he threw at the end of the first half. Other than that outstanding work by the Steeler signal caller.
We finally saw Hines Ward get reacquainted with the offense, and it was huge. Not only did he have several big catches and two touchdowns, but you saw him making key blocks downfield to spring the rest of the receivers. Good to see him focused and productive.
Defensively, the Steelers didn't seem to miss James Harrison, Aaron Smith or Casey Hampton. Chris Hoke had a strong day at the nose tackle position, blowing up multiple Chris Johnson scampers and allowing the linebackers to make plays again.
It's no coincidence that LaMarr Woodley had his finest day this year because of the strong play in front of him.
Even the coaching staff had one of their best games of the year. The fake punt call was a huge momentum boost for the offense and really seemed to carry the day. Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians finally woke up and started calling some short passing routes which in turn opened up the running game and gave Roethlisberger more time to make decisions.
It was a strong game all around for the Steelers and a nice change of pace from last week's disaster by the O-Line.
It also adds to my frustration with how stubborn this coaching staff has been. It took three awful games by the offensive line to finally force the team to re-sign Max Starks. It took those same three awful outputs to prove to coach Arians he needed to alter his offensive scheme.
At least we're finally seeing glimpses of what the Steelers showed us in the preseason. Maybe the team is finally getting on track.
Better late than never.
The Steelers wrap up their tour of the AFC South next week against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Gametime will be 1:00 PM at Heinz Field.


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