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Mining for Gold: Searching for the Next NFL Head CoachesDavid Purdy/Getty Images
While the Jets exhibited no lack of effort Monday night against the Dolphins, the 16-13 loss was surely one of the last games for Rex Ryan as New York's head coach. Gang Green will be one of several teams in search of a new coach this offseason, as an off-the-cuff estimate suggests that somewhere between four and eight teams will be looking for coaches. The Dolphins could even find themselves looking for a new leader if they slip during this final month and fail to make the playoffs. So much is still up for grabs.
If the Jets (and/or Dolphins) are in the market for a coach, who should they hire? Nobody knows, but that doesn't stop everyone from compiling the same short list of candidates every season. Take the offensive coordinator of a great quarterback (Denver's Adam Gase, Indianapolis's Pep Hamilton) and the defensive coordinator on a unit that seems to get the most out of spare parts (Arizona's Todd Bowles). Mix in a former big-name coach who works in the media and who might be looking for a new gig if the price and the power are right (Jon Gruden). Add somebody who has the same last name as a successful head coach (San Diego defensive coordinator John Pagano) and throw in a college coach who would only use the rumors as leverage to get a new deal (Oregon's Mark Helfrich). You've got yourself a list of coaching prospects.
That's boring, and it doesn't give us any idea of whether those guys would be any good. Instead, let's work backward. We have a pretty good idea of who the best coaches in the NFL are at the moment. Where were they five and 10 years ago? What did they look like as head-coaching prospects then? And who might be the present-day representation of that archetype? That may serve us well in trying to figure out whether any of these coaches are going to work out, both now and in the years to come. Let's start with the coaching prospects of this upcoming season and move into the future.
The Coaches of 2015
Here we'll be looking at successful NFL head coaches, identifying what they were like in the year or so immediately before they were hired, and comparing them to current candidates for head-coaching gigs who have similar backgrounds or stories. I'm not suggesting they'll enjoy similar success or that these are the favorites for jobs.
Jim Harbaugh, 49ers
Archetype: Dominant college head coach who turned around multiple programs
Comparable: Art Briles, Baylor
Here's a simple one. After Harbaugh retired from the NFL in 2002, he spent two seasons as Oakland's quarterbacks coach before taking over as the head coach at the University of San Diego, where he went 29-6 in three seasons. That led him to Stanford, where Harbaugh made his mark by turning around a program that had gone 16-40 under predecessors Walt Harris and Buddy Teevens. Harbaugh took over a 1-11 team and upset mighty USC in his first season, eventually taking the Cardinal to 12-1 in his final year with the team. He finished 29-21, laid the groundwork for David Shaw and his 41-12 record with Stanford, and then immediately turned around the fortunes of the 49ers.
Briles has the most similar career track record to Harbaugh. Briles doesn't have the famous NFL playing career, but he built his name upon a pair of successful college coaching jobs in one state — Texas. When the University of Houston hired Briles off Mike Leach's staff at Texas Tech, it had gone a combined 32-79-1 during the past decade under its two previous coaches, including an 0-11 season in 2001, just two years before Briles arrived.
He took Houston to 7-6 immediately and went 34-29 in his five seasons with the school before taking over at Baylor, which hadn't posted a bowl-eligible record in 12 years. It took Briles two 4-8 seasons to get going, but once Robert Griffin returned from a knee injury in 2010, Baylor never looked back. The once-moribund Bears have gone 54-33 under Briles's stewardship, including a 21-3 record over the past two seasons. If you want a college coach with a history of turning rebuilding projects into prime-time programs, you'd go for Art Briles.
John Fox, Broncos
Archetype: Longtime defensive guru who wears out his welcome as a head coach, only to immediately get hired and find success elsewhere
Comparable: Rex Ryan, Jets
If anybody knows the feeling of how low Ryan must be right now, it's Fox. After excelling as one of the league's best defensive coordinators for the Giants, Fox took over as Panthers head coach in 2002 and enjoyed almost immediate success, as the 1-15 team he inherited was in the Super Bowl just two years later. Fox never quite reached those heights again, but he held on to his job until 2010, when a 2-14 season brought his reign in Carolina to a close.
While most expected Fox to take a year off and recharge his batteries before taking another job elsewhere, he was out of work for all of two weeks before taking over for the deposed Josh McDaniels1 in Denver. Fox has gone 43-17 since, winning three straight AFC West titles in the process. And for whatever you want to say about Peyton Manning helping Fox win those division titles, remember that he won the first with Tim Tebow as his quarterback. He's doing something right.
And likewise, it's not impossible to imagine the Jets finishing 2-14 and another team seeing Ryan as a very attractive head-coaching candidate in 2015. Ryan's team is still playing hard for him even though he's almost surely a lame duck coaching a team with nothing to play for. He's developed a number of young defensive players into budding superstars and exhibited a steady ability to attract veterans to his organization. Just as Fox looked a lot better when he wasn't coaching a team with Jimmy Clausen at quarterback, Ryan may look like an asset again when he's not fielding Geno Smith under center.
Mike Tomlin, Steelers
Archetype: Talented young defensive coordinator who needs only one season to establish head coach bona fides
Comparable: Teryl Austin, Lions
Tomlin had been an NFL coach for only six years before taking over as the head coach of the Steelers, and most of that time had come as a defensive backs coach in Tampa Bay, where he won a Super Bowl in 2002. Tomlin became an NFL defensive coordinator for the first time in 2006, when he led a Vikings unit that improved from 23rd to sixth in defensive DVOA. The Steelers hired him after that lone season as coordinator.
Austin could make a similar leap. Like Tomlin, he spent the vast majority of his NFL career (nine seasons) as a defensive backs coach, winning his Super Bowl with the Ravens during the 2012 season. When Jim Caldwell left Baltimore to become Detroit's head coach, he installed Austin as his defensive coordinator, and the Lions have been grateful for the move. Detroit has posted the league's best defensive DVOA after ranking 14th a year ago, allowing an NFL-low 17.2 points per game under Austin. It would not be a surprise to see him become a head coach this offseason, either in the NFL or in one of the higher-profile college gigs.
Mike McCarthy, Packers
Archetype: Promising offensive mind signed as a post-hype coach
Comparable: Kyle Shanahan, Browns
The guy in charge of what might be football's best team might have developed Aaron Rodgers into football's most terrifying quarterback, but he was hired away from one of the worst offenses in recent league history. McCarthy spent time as the quarterbacks coach in Kansas City and Green Bay before getting his first notable gig as the offensive coordinator in New Orleans during the Aaron Brooks days.
The Saints let McCarthy's contract expire after the 2004 season, and after flirting with several open coordinator gigs, McCarthy caught on with the 49ers, who would then draft Alex Smith with the first overall pick in the 2005 draft, passing on Rodgers in the process. In his lone year with the 49ers, McCarthy's offense was terrible. They finished 30th in points scored and posted a league-worst minus-40.4 percent offensive DVOA. For context, the 31st-ranked Jets posted a DVOA of minus-19.8 percent and were closer to 14th place than they were to the 49ers in last. Ted Thompson saw past that, hired McCarthy, and the rest is history.
Shanahan doesn't have quite as long of a track record as McCarthy did, but he helped bring along a competent offense in Houston before leaving to coach underneath his dad in Washington, where he struggled before building a hybrid of the Baylor offense and Shanahan's traditional zone-run attack for Griffin during the quarterback's stunning rookie season. Things went south last year, but Shanahan has quietly done an impressive job this year in Cleveland, given that he has spent the season with Brian Hoyer at quarterback and been without Josh Gordon for most of the campaign. He's going to be a head coach someday.
Bill Belichick, Patriots
Archetype: Failed head coach who returned to again become the right-hand man to a Hall of Famer
Comparable: Josh McDaniels, Patriots2
It's so wrong! And then, somehow, it's so right! I recapped the events that led to Belichick's arrival in New England last month, and it's easy to forget just how skeptical people were of his abilities as a head coach. While Belichick was regarded as a defensive genius during his time under Bill Parcells with the Giants, he washed out of Cleveland on bad terms and was regarded as socially inept and a fan-base killer. He quietly rebuilt his reputation under Parcells in New England and then with the Jets, eventually making his way to the Patriots via trade in 2000, where he's … well, you know. He's good.
McDaniels isn't that far off. He was the offensive coordinator at the helm of one of the greatest attacks in NFL history, the 2007 Patriots, before managing to make Matt Cassel look good when Tom Brady went down with a season-ending injury in 2008. That earned the then-33-year-old McDaniels a head-coaching gig with the Broncos, where he started 6-0 before losing 17 of his next 22 games. McDaniels alienated Jay Cutler enough that the Broncos were stuck trading their franchise quarterback to the Bears, and when he couldn't mold Kyle Orton or first-round pick Tim Tebow into an above-average starter, he was fired before the end of his second season.
After a disappointing season as St. Louis's offensive coordinator, McDaniels returned to New England and picked up where he left off. The Patriots have ranked among the top three in points in each of McDaniels's three seasons in his second stint with the team, even while Brady has aged and the team lost the likes of Aaron Hernandez and Wes Welker. Along with Belichick, McDaniels successfully maneuvered the offense through the team's early-season offensive crisis this year, a problem that seems like ancient history by now.
No, McDaniels probably isn't going to turn into Belichick at his next stop. But he's still only 38 years old, and it's impossible to imagine that he hasn't learned from what went wrong during that brief time in Denver. He'll be a head coach again, and if he gets a better quarterback this time around, it wouldn't be a surprise to see McDaniels exceed expectations.
The Coaches of 2020
All right. Here's where it gets a little confusing. Think about it this way: We're looking for coaches who would be suitable candidates for head-coaching jobs five years from now. With that in mind, we're going to look at some current head coaches and see what their career was like roughly five years before they were hired. Let's run through the first example and it will make some more sense.
John Harbaugh, Ravens
Archetype: Special teams coach with a famous last name and a higher ceiling than most
Comparable: John Fassel, Rams
When the Ravens were looking for a candidate to replace Brian Billick in 2008, Harbaugh was hardly on the radar. He had spent the bulk of his previous nine seasons as the special teams coordinator under Ray Rhodes and then Andy Reid in Philadelphia, a role that virtually never transitions directly into an NFL head-coaching gig. The move has obviously paid off; Harbaugh has gone 69-39 during his time with the Ravens, winning a Super Bowl in 2012.
Harbaugh's final season with the Eagles was 2007. Five years before that, in 2002, he was entering his fifth season as the team's special teams coordinator, where he had helped mold David Akers into a Pro Bowler.
Thinking about somebody who fits that role right now — relatively young, several years of experience as a special teams coordinator, clear success developing talent during his time — brings Fassel to mind. St. Louis enjoys two of the best specialists in football with kicker Greg Zuerlein and punter Johnny Hekker, and the unit's work on a series of famous fake punts speaks to Fassel's ability to coach what can be a transient unit of players. The 40-year-old Fassel, who enters his sixth season as a special teams coordinator (having spent three years with the Raiders before moving to the Rams), stands out as the obvious pick for a special teams coordinator who could become a head coach without ever serving as an offensive or defensive coordinator.
Bruce Arians, Cardinals
Archetype: Much-maligned-yet-successful offensive coordinator who is driven out of town, only to succeed elsewhere
Comparable: Greg Roman, 49ers
Few coaches have had a more topsy-turvy ride over the past few seasons than Arians, who is a viable candidate to win his second coach of the year award. It wasn't this way a few years ago. Even after Arians helped deliver a Super Bowl to Pittsburgh as the team's offensive coordinator in 2008, he eventually attracted scorn from Steelers fans (and owners) who wanted the team to return to its roots as a run-first offense. Arians was forced out by the Steelers, announcing his "retirement" before taking over as Chuck Pagano's offensive coordinator in Indianapolis. When Pagano was sidelined by leukemia, Arians took over and led the Colts to the playoffs before becoming head coach of the Cardinals, with whom he's 19-9.
Roman is one of the few coaches who can relate to Arians's professional highs and lows. Jim Harbaugh brought Roman with him from Stanford, and the 49ers immediately turned things around while building a dominant, old-school rushing attack behind their bruising offensive line. Despite making three consecutive NFC Championship Games, Roman has received heavy criticism this year, notably related to the stagnation of starting quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Roman might follow Harbaugh out the door this season, and the 49ers offense might benefit from a fresh mind, but there's no guarantee that Roman is a spare part who won't make the team look foolish if he gets tossed aside. His stock is low, but so was Arians's.
Pete Carroll, Seahawks
Archetype: Twice-failed NFL coach who turns around a West Coast college program and finds his third job to be the charm
Comparable: Jim L. Mora, UCLA
This is … weird. Carroll took over in Seattle after Mora, so it has a real sense of circling around on itself. But hear me out. Carroll, a legendary defensive backs coach, spent four years as defensive coordinator of the Jets in the early '90s before taking over for Bruce Coslet as the team's head coach. In 1994, Carroll's Jets were 6-5 and had an 18-point lead on the Dolphins in the second half, only for the Dolphins to win with three late touchdowns, culminating with Dan Marino's infamous fake spike on Miami's final drive. The Jets lost their last five games and went 6-10, and Carroll was fired after just one season.
After spending two years as the defensive coordinator for the perennially contending 49ers, Carroll was hired as Patriots head coach, this time lasting three seasons before being fired. His tenure looks much better in hindsight; Carroll went 27-21 in New England, and he was the sandwiched option between a pair of Hall of Fame coaches in Parcells and Belichick. Carroll went to college, where USC hired him as its fourth or fifth option. The Trojans, 19-18 under previous coach Paul Hackett, went 97-19 under Carroll. You know what happened next: Carroll went to Seattle, built a legendary secondary, found his quarterback, and won a Super Bowl.
Mora hasn't been as successful as Carroll at any of his stops, especially in the college ranks, but the stories share some similarities. Mora spent five years as the 49ers' defensive coordinator, helping to rebuild the team under Steve Mariucci during the lean years, before getting hired to coach the Falcons in 2004. He spent three years in Atlanta, and while the perception at the time was that he didn't get enough out of Michael Vick, Mora did go 26-22, losing his job to a far worse hire in Bobby Petrino.
Mora then spent two years as a secondary coach in Seattle before being elevated to the head job, where he took a 4-12 team, went 5-11, and got fired by incoming general manager John Schneider after one season and was replaced by Carroll. Mora went back to college, taking over for Rick Neuheisel at a UCLA program that had won nine games or more just once in the previous 13 seasons. Mora has won nine games or more in each of his first three seasons at UCLA, and he's now 28-11. It's not exactly the UCLA basketball dynasty, and I have my doubts about Mora, but he's probably a better candidate than we're giving him credit for, just as Carroll was in 2009.
Chuck Pagano, Colts
Archetype: Defensive motivator from perennial contender
Comparable: Cory Undlin, Broncos
Another defensive backs coach! Like Tomlin, Pagano spent virtually all of his professional career as a secondary coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator in Baltimore after Greg Mattison left for Michigan. Pagano spent one season as defensive coordinator before the Colts picked him up, and after successfully beating leukemia during the 2012 season, he has been another in a long line of successful Ravens products turned head coaches.
Five years before being hired by the Colts, though, Pagano was the secondary coach in Baltimore. When looking around the league for a successful defensive backs coach with a high ceiling, Undlin stands out. Having started his NFL career with the Patriots, Undlin has gone on the sort of itinerant path that young coaches go through. Romeo Crennel brought him along to Cleveland, where he eventually became defensive backs coach. When Crennel was fired, Undlin found a home in Jacksonville, where he again became defensive backs coach. And when Jack Del Rio was fired, Undlin followed Del Rio to Denver, where he took over as secondary coach in 2013.
If Del Rio leaves to take another head-coaching gig, Undlin could very well follow him again and become defensive coordinator, or stick around in Denver and assume a bigger role in Del Rio's absence. He could also be a secondary coach for 10 more years. Projecting coaching career paths is tough, but Undlin — or somebody like him — is capable of making the same sort of aggressive leap that Pagano made during his time in Baltimore.
The Coaches of 2025 … and Beyond
OK, here's where the projecting gets a little extreme. It's useful, though, to see just how far one particular coach has come in 10 years.
Chip Kelly, Eagles
Archetype: The small-school genius
Comparable: Brandon Streeter, Richmond
Ten years before the Eagles hired Kelly, he wasn't even somebody who would get a callback for a head-coaching job at most colleges, let alone at the professional level. He was the offensive coordinator at the University of New Hampshire, and while he would use UNH as a lab for his ideas, it wasn't as if Kelly consistently dominated the competition. His offense was scoring points, but UNH went 12-22 from 2001 to 2003. My mighty Northeastern Huskies, who no longer even have a football team, held Kelly's offense to a combined 28 points in a pair of blowout defeats. He was a small-school offensive coordinator with some cool ideas.
And then things broke in 2004. UNH went 10-3, beginning a stretch of nine straight playoff appearances. Kelly's offense, which had averaged just 18.1 points per game in 2002, made it all the way up to 34.7 points per regular-season game and never fell back to earth. He stayed with New Hampshire through 2006 before taking over as Oregon's offensive coordinator, eventually becoming the head coach in 2009 before joining the Eagles in 2013. In 10 years, Kelly went from relatively anonymous college offensive coordinator to arguably one of the best — or at the very least, the most interesting — coaches in football.
So, why not try to pick another coordinator from UNH's conference as the Chip Kelly of the future? In three years at Richmond, Streeter's offense has ranked among the best in the Colonial Athletic Association, finishing third in points scored in both 2012 and 2014, while setting school records in just about every passing category. OK, so maybe I'm reading from Streeter's biography on the Richmond website. I don't know a ton about Streeter beyond the fact that he was once the starting quarterback at Clemson in the late '90s.
But that's the exciting thing — there's another Kelly out there somewhere, tinkering with ideas, trying to get the most out of the limited resources available to him. Maybe it's Streeter. Maybe it's not. Chances are that there's one coach who is going to revolutionize the NFL and push it forward into a new era, even if he won't be showing up for 15 years or so. And we don't even know his name. Nobody in 1996 could have imagined a league where the guy who got tossed aside by the Browns and the running backs coach at UNH would be the most interesting coaches in the NFL.
In looking through these coaching archetypes, one thing became very clear: Change happens way quicker than we realize.
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- Physical education twice per week in gymnasium with specialized teachers
- Music and Movement semester with classes twice per week
- Art skills, history and appreciation semester with classes twice per week in well-appointed studio
- SmartBoard Technology, classroom computers, lap tops and computer center
- League sports teams for boys and girls (Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball)
- Lectures and seminars with professionals
- Full club program
- Three seasons of varsity sports
- Boys and Girls Independent School Athletic Leagues
- International group trips
Grades 9–12
- Rigorous curriculum, clubs and activities
- Five academic courses required each year
- Departmentalized classes with specialists in core subjects
- Daily academic classes-English, history, mathematics, science and language
- Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses in all academic departments
- Extensive Electives for grades 11–12
- Extensive Writing Program and research reports
- Language Institute classes daily – Students choose either Spanish or French
- Physical education twice per week in gymnasium with specialized teachers
- Well-appointed studio with courses in Renaissance, Impressionism and Portfolio Art
- SmartBoard Technology, classroom computers, lap tops and computer center
- League sports teams for boys and girls (Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball)
- Lectures and seminars with professionals
- Full club program
- Three seasons of varsity sports
- Boys and Girls Independent School Athletic Leagues
- International group trips
Garden School's educational philosophy stresses learning for learning's sake. Our students are taught that no one can know everything but that they have the ability and teacher support to learn anything, be it on their own, as part of a team project, or as a contributor to their class, grade, or the school as a whole.
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- English 7
- U.S. History
- Pre-Algebra (Regular and Advanced)
- Life Science
- French or Spanish I
- Art/Music
- Physical Education
Grade 8
- English 8
- Area Studies
- Algebra I (Regular and Advanced)
- Physical Science
- French or Spanish II
- Music/Art
- Physical Education
Grade 9
Starting in grade 9, students are part of our detailed and targeted college planning program. Through the years, students follow a continuum of courses that prepares them for the college application process.
- English 9
- Ancient and Medieval History
- Geometry (Regular and Advanced)
- Biology
- French I or II, or Spanish I or II
- Renaissance Art/Writing
- Physical Education
Grade 10
- English 10
- European History or AP European History
- Algebra II/Trigonometry (Regular and Advanced)
- Chemistry
- French II or III, or Spanish II or III
- Impressionism
- Physical Education
Grades 11&12
- AP English (Grade 12)
- English Electives (include, on a rotating basis):
- Shakespeare
- The English Novel
- The American Novel
- Poetry
- Science Fiction
- Modern Drama
- American Identity through American Literature
- The Epic Hero
- Bible as in Literature
- Greek Mythology
- Drama to the Renaissance
- Comedy
- Creative Writing
- Journalism
Social Studies:
- U.S. History or AP U.S. History
- Social Studies Electives include:
- Revolution and Terrorism
- Current Events
- Political Philosophy (Advanced)
- Macro/Micro Economics
- Pre-calculus (Regular or Advanced)
- AP Calculus (Grade 12)
- AP Biology
- Physics
- Science Electives (include, on a rotating basis):
- Forensic Science
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Engineering
- Marine Biology
- Bioethics
World Languages:
- French III or IV
- Spanish III or IV
Additional Courses:
- Computer Science
- Art elective
- Physical Education
Advanced Placement (AP) Courses:
- European History
- U.S. History
- Biology
- Calculus
- English
- French
- Spanish
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The Prime Minister said that while social media attacks were nothing new, they did appear to be disproportionately aimed at women.
Melbourne: Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has described social media users who posted abusive comments beneath a photograph of Australian Rules player Tayla Harris as "cowardly grubs".
Harris, who plays for Carlton in the Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) competition, was pictured with her leg fully extended as she kicked a goal in a photograph posted online by a broadcaster on Tuesday.
The post was pulled after a rash of comments that Harris described as "repulsive" and "sexual abuse" appeared underneath it, although the broadcaster later put it up again with an apology.
The Prime Minister waded in on Thursday, saying that while social media attacks were nothing new, they did appear to be disproportionately aimed at women.
Leaning heavily on the Australian vernacular, Morrison utilised the local word for a person indulging in disgusting behaviour to describe the online abusers.
"I think they're grubs," he told reporters in Melbourne. "I think they're cowardly grubs, who need to wake up to themselves.
"They're acting out some kind of hatred in a way that lessens them as people. We should give them no quarter and we should treat them as the grubs they are."
Harris, who also boxes professionally, described the online abusers as "animals" and received backing from around the world on social media.
The 21-year-old Queenslander said on Wednesday she would not be issuing a complaint to police but hoped the widespread coverage of the incident would make abusers think twice.
"I'm fine with people commenting on and critiquing my football ... but it's the comments that are severely inappropriate, comments that my family will read," she said.
"The support that has come from this has been phenomenal. I think that has shut down anyone who would have made a comment ... I hope they'd be thinking 'I've mucked up here' and hopefully they won't do it again."
Harris, listed as an All-Australian in AFLW's inaugural season in 2017, has helped Carlton to the last four of this year's edition. They play Fremantle Dockers in Melbourne on Sunday for a place in the final.


text: Dr. Mamun Miah is a Project Scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences with an emphasis in Civil Engineering from the University of Mississippi in June 2016. Upon receiving a dissertation grant from LBNL, he worked on modeling fluid-induced seismicity by coupling a nonisothermal, multiphase flow code TOUGH2 with an earthquake simulation code PyLith. He is currently working with David McCallen on furthering his knowledge of structural engineering and engineering seismology. Prior to coming to the US, he completed his Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2009.


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General Hospital on 12/15/2014 – Julian makes bail, Nina & Ava face off, Sonny gets an offer he can't refuse..
Franco yells from his holding cell that he wants to see Nina, when Carly arrives – she's happy he is in a cage. She says she should have stabbed him, but instead she trusted him, and is disgusted she thought she loved him. If he threatens another member of her family, including Ava's baby, she will kill him. He tells her he is probably going to Pentonville, and the only loved one he can threaten will be Sonny! Franco asks how her relationship with Sonny is going, but Carly turns the tables on him, labeling him and Nina the kidnapper and the freak! She tells him Nina is just as screwed as he is, and he will never see her again.
Franco remembers Carly's words that he will never see Nina again, calls the guard and convinces him he needs to use the washroom.
Nina and Ava face off
Nina and Ava are in their holding cells, and both tell the guard they need to see their baby! The guard tells them to settle things quietly among themselves.. Ava reminds Nina it's HER child, she kidnapped her… Nina taunts Ava about being a cold-blooded killer. She also knows Ava framed AJ, which makes her more crazy than Nina. Nina says when this is over, she will be reunited with Jamie.. Ava is furious she named the baby, and tells her she is delusional of she thinks she will be awarded custody. She blew her chance at motherhood, and won't even be able to adopt. No one is coming to her rescue, but Nina insists Franco is coming! They are going to be a family.
Franco walks by with the guard, handcuffed, but stops in front of Nina's cell.. she asks if he is going to fix this, they will be a family? He can't promise her that.
The baby is healthy!
At the hospital, Morgan holds the baby while Kiki looks on… Silas arrives with the results of her tests, she is in perfect health! Morgan asks him to run a test on HIM.. he needs to know if he is the baby's father, but Silas says he can't do that, he would need Ava's consent for a paternity test. But while Ava is in prison, the baby does has a legal guardian.. Kiki realizes it's her, she is her mother's next of kin!
Ned and Alexis – a Metro Court breakfast
Liv arrives for work at the Metro Court, only to see Ned and Alexis sit down for breakfast. He asks about Ric, and is annoyed that she spoke to Julian – he wants to be there next time she sees him. Alexis says he is behind bars, and not getting out soon.
Olivia decides to serve them, flirts with Ned and makes a couple of wisecracks at Alexis. Alexis wonders if there is tension between them, but Ned thinks it's all a joke, why would Liv be mad at her? Alexis grabs her arm and asks if she has offended her in any way.. does she have a problem with her? Liv says yes, she has a problem with BOTH of them, they are totally wrong for each other! They have nothing in common, they don't like the same things, and Alexis is only using him to get over Julian. Ned is the sweetest, honest and kindest man she knows.. but they could be great together… Alexis interrupts her, the outburst was all in her head! She says she likes her and runs away.
Julian makes bail!
In the courtroom, Julian is being bailed out by Carlos and wants to know who his boss is.. Carlos admints it's Johnny, who has been making major moves from Pentonville. He is working on an alliance between the three families – Zaccharas, Corinthos and Jeromes.. and will take over the entire eastern seaboard. He tells Julian he will have a place, but Julian says he wants something the alliance can't give him.. Alexis. Carlos scoffs – he can't have her, it's just like him and Sabrina, who chose someone else over him. Guys like them don't get the happy ending, they burn bright and fast and die young. All Julian has to do is plead not guilty and they will take care of the rest.
An offer he can't refuse…
In prison, Sonny presses down on Johnny while he's lifting weights.. they have to talk about his brother. Johnny's thugs pull him off and Johnny shows him the statement that proves Ric is alive and innocent all along. His death was a ruse, but Johnny's boys got to him before he could be released from the witness protection program. He paid the price for Sonny's mob war, but Sonny can now fix this. He just needs to play ball, he wants his territory.. Sonny says no deal, but Johnny informs him the only way Ric gets out alive will be if Sonny tells Shawn and Duke they now work for him. He tells Sonny the three families are coming together as one… he's certain Julian will accept his offer.
Carly joins Morgan and Kiki at the hospital with the baby and tells them she won't be seeing Sonny anymore.
Julian flashes back to Alexis visiting him in the cell, and tells the judge he pleads not guilty, while Carlos smugly looks on and presents the bail money. He is free to go.
Olivia comps Ned and Alexis' breakfast, and Ned grabs Alexis for a kiss before she leaves the Metro Court. He comes over to Olivia to thank her, and asks what's really going on?
Franco tells Nina he can't fix things while Ava taunts her.. she rests easier knowing Nina won't be with her daughter either.
Silas returns, to determine the baby's father, they will have to run more extensive tests as Morgan and Sonny are father and son. It could take weeks, but he can run the test on Carly – to see is SHE is related to the baby.
Alexis arrives at the courtroom to see Julian.. he tells her he made bail thanks to Carlos, they go way back. She knows Carlos has no money, so he's already back in business now..? He tells her her had no choice, has nothing to lose anymore and walks out.
Sonny asks if Ric is a victim or his partner..?? He doesn't trust him, but Johnny says he doesn't have a choice. He has 48 hours or Ric is a dead man!


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The Walking Dead is back on AMC for its seventh season, but plans for season eight are already in motion. Maria Bello revealed in a recent interview with People Now that she will appear on the zombie drama next season.
Bello said the following about her love for the drama:
"I am obsessed with the show. I have a friend who's a producer on it and I've asked them to write me a part, which apparently they are for next season. Even if I just play a zombie. I said, 'I'll just come out and play a zombie for an episode, I don't care!' But it is my favorite show."
On television, Bello has appeared on Touch and Prime Suspect. Her most recent television role is on Amazon series Goliath.
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by Kellie Baker, MiCAFE Outreach Coordinator
September is Disaster Preparedness Month, Food Safety Month, Guide Dog Month, all important issues to be discussed, but it is also Suicide Prevention Month. While this isn't the most exciting thing to talk about, it is incredibly important that it is talked about. Suicide has touched many in some way. Elderly suicide is a serious problem in the United States.
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, completed suicides for those 65 and over make up nearly 16% of all suicides while individuals 65 and over make up only just over 12% of the population. There are many reasons for these numbers and it will take all of us working together to make an impact. Often older adults give fewer warning signs of their intent to end their lives. The attempts are more planned and they use more lethal means reducing the likeliness if survival.
The most common cause for elderly suicide is untreated depression. Depression is not a normal part of aging. Recognizing the signs and symptoms of depression is important so that it may be treated. Depression can be successfully treated at any age. Approximately one third of seniors 65 or older experience depression.
What are the risk factors? According to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, there are many risk factors to predict if someone may be thinking of killing himself or herself. (None by itself indicates someone is suicidal.)
- A mental health issue such as depression, anxiety and certain personality disorders. Mental health disorders are present in nearly 80% of completed suicides.
- Chronic physical pain, an illness or functional impairment.
- Social isolation and decreased social support.
- Single, divorced or widowed.
- A recent loss.
- Easy access to lethal means
- History of trauma or abuse
Suicide among the elderly is a growing issue that needs to be addressed. Suicide is preventable! The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available at 1-800-273-8255. The hotline is staffed 24/7 with individuals trained to listen. The hotline also has a special line for Veterans so they can speak to another Veteran by calling that same number.
Kellie Baker is the MiCAFE Outreach Coordinator at Elder Law of Michigan. She joined Elder Law in April 2014. Kellie received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Central Michigan University.
Kellie comes to Elder Law with a background in coalition building, community collaboration and training. Prior to joining Elder Law, Kellie worked as the Prevention and Community Relations Manager at LifeWays, Community Mental Health in Jackson, Michigan where she advocated on behalf of individuals with substance use and mental health disorders.
Kellie is a Certified Mental Health First Aid Trainer for the National Council for Behavioral Health and an Approved Instructor for Critical Incident Stress Management for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.


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NEW YORK, May 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group has named the best indie books of 2015.
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The books are winners of the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the largest
not-for-profit book awards program for independent publishers and self-published authors. The winners and finalists will be honored in New York during BookExpo America next week.
The awards are judged by leaders of the indie book publishing industry, including many coming from long-standing careers with major publishing houses, to identify books that deserve to reach a wide audience.
"Our awards program is known as the 'Sundance' of the book publishing world," says Catherine Goulet, Chair of the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards program.
In an article at CNN.com titled "If it's cool, creative, and different, it's indie," journalist Catherine Andrews wrote: "The term 'indie' traditionally refers to independent art – music, film, literature or anything that fits under the broad banner of culture – created outside of the mainstream and without corporate financing."
Independent book publishing companies are independent of the major conglomerates that dominate the book publishing industry. Indies include small presses, larger independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors.
According to Goulet, "Like other independent artists, many indie book publishers face challenges that the industry giants don't experience. The indies have to work much harder to get their best books into readers' hands."
"Authors and publishers who compete in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards are serious about promoting their books," adds Goulet. "They aim to stand out from the crowd of millions of books in print."
According to Bowker's Books in Print database, more than 2.3 million books were published or distributed in the United States alone in 2012. A majority of these were "non-traditionally" published, including print on demand and self-published titles. The number of self-published titles produced annually has increased dramatically, growing 437%.
To help indie authors and publishers reach a wider audience, the top 70 books in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards will be reviewed by New York literary agent Marilyn Allen of Allen O'Shea Literary Agency or one of Ms. Allen's co-agents for possible representation in areas such as distribution, foreign rights, film rights, and other rights. Ms. Allen has worked with best-selling authors and served in senior positions with major publishers including Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin Books.
The top prize winning books in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards are:
Top Non-Fiction Books
First Place Winner ($1,500 Prize)
Thrown, by Kerry Howley (Sarabande Books)
Second Place Winner ($750 Prize)
The Sky and Earth Touched Me, by Joseph Bharat Cornell (Crystal Clarity Publishers)
Third Place Winner ($500 Prize)
The Wild Horse Dilemma, by Bonnie U. Gruenberg (Quagga Press)
Honorable Mention ($250 Prize)
The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four, by Kenneth Womack (Greenwood Press)
Top Fiction Books
First Place Winner ($1,500 Prize)
Topeka, ma 'shuge, by Raymond Hutson (Gilliss Books)
Second Place Winner ($750 Prize)
The Magdalene Mystery, by Christine Sunderland (OakTara Publishing)
Third Place Winner ($500 Prize)
River Talk, CB Anderson (C&R Press)
Other Winners
In addition to the grand prize winners, top indie books were named as winners and finalists in 70 publishing categories ranging from Action/Adventure to Young Adult.
A complete list of 2015 winners and finalists is available at the Next Generation Indie Book Awards website at www.indiebookawards.com.
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Entries are now being accepted for the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The awards are open to fiction and nonfiction books released in 2014, 2015, or 2016 from independent authors and publishers worldwide. Visit www.indiebookawards.com for information.
MEDIA CONTACT: Catherine Goulet 888-322-5621
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Om Nom just can't get enough of that sweet, sweet candy. Seriously, I think he has a problem. The lengths he would go to were pretty intense before, but in Cut the Rope 2 things are even crazier. He's got more worlds to snack in, more obstacles to overcome, new creatures to help him, and unfortunately a few unwelcome monetization methods.
Spiders have stolen Om Nom's candy stash using a hot air balloon (naturally), and the little addict is dragged along with them as they make their escape. Literally: his adorable little foot gets tangled in the anchor line and he goes for a ride. Once free, players must stuff him with sweets as they work their way through 120 all-new levels. Cut the Rope 2 is in many ways similar to the original - what with the rope cutting and all - but a number of new elements have also been introduced that change the formula up quite a bit.
The new stuff in Cut the Rope 2 is nothing to sneeze at, either. Sure players still have to get a piece of candy within an inch or two of Om Nom so he can gobble it up, but the ways they can go about it have changed quite a bit. Balloons can be attached to various elements in a level to lift them, water comes into play at points and forces players to rethink their strategies (both candy and Om Nom float), etc. However the most interesting additions are the Nommies: five new creatures with their own unique talents players can utilize to solve puzzles. Some multiply when tapped (great for creating a tower to block a rolling piece of candy), others will grab on to objects (even Om Nom himself!) and carry them around, one can extend a tongue to act as a ramp or barricade, and so on.
The only problem I have with Cut the Rope 2 is its weird attempt at monetization. There are no energy timers or premium currencies here, but power-ups are limited and tied to real money. Levels that require a specific power-up to complete will supply it, but outside of those instances players basically have to shell out for more on their own. That in itself doesn't seem so bad until one tries to three-star every single level. A few of them (not many, but a few) are all but impossible to net 100% on without some outside help. Thankfully it's still possible to progress to later worlds without dipping into the personal funds.
Gripes about the IAPs aside (they're more an inexplicable nuisance than a hinderance, really), Cut the Rope 2 is all-around great. The puzzles are incredibly clever and varied, Om Nom and his pals are as cute as ever, and players will absolutely get plenty of bang for their (single) buck. So long as one doesn't mind "more of the same, only better," there's really no reason to miss out.


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We look forward to Saturday every week. The Midtown Farmers Market is the perfect size. It's not an overwhelming market, so you can slow down and see it all. We are also developing our 'favorites' list of vendors we must stop and see what they have new for the week. For Scott, it's the vendor who sells the freshest Brussels sprouts. He heads there first thing. For me, it's a mixture of vendors: florals, boho, and plants. (Sidenote: I'd love to sell my propagated plants there someday. And some plant merch. Someday, someday, someday.)
Golden Hour Designs has such cute macrame' rainbows, earrings and stickers. Speaking of which, I am SUCH a sucker for stickers. Cabbage patch kids… Convenient store gum that came with stickers… The current sticker craze is speaking my childhood language! The owner of Golden Hour is also so engaging and always nice to chat with. I've started taking my bags back to her to get them refilled with something new and delicious each week.
And while the farmers market offers all kinds of organically grown produce and adorable boho accessories, it's also a fantastic place to people watch! I mean – look at this fantastic dad! I think if I threw three balls at him, he'd be able to juggle them while doing all the rest. Superman
We haven't taken Tilly to the market yet, but we are almost (mentally) ready. She would love it, of course. But when it comes down to it every week, we get selfish and want to stroll aimlessly without the responsibility of watching her (see: super dad above.) The dogs come in all shapes and sizes and are plenty fun to watch too. I heard that someone was walking around with a plastic-domed backpack this week so their cat could also enjoy the people. -ha!
Each week we try something new. The bakery booth was filled with delectable things. Scott picked a cinnamon roll twist that I might have taken a few bites of.
We haven't purchased anything from this jam booth yet, but their signage is straight up awesome. Love the creative simplicity of it.
Umm. A schoolbus converted into a vintage clothing shop?? Be still my heart. And again, watching the uber cool people coming in and out of it is worth pulling up a seat and taking notes. (Oh, and here's another sidenote: skoolies. I'm thinking retirement??!)
A few weeks ago we purchased this market bag. It's hard outer shell is perfect for tossing our veggies and flowers and goodies inside while we browse around. This particular booth features fair trade baskets from West Africa. It's a very small way to help a family with healthcare and school supplies through each purchase.
And come on… how cute do flowers and carrot tops look, peeking out of the top??!
Live musicians, avocado trucks, seafood booths and freshly bagged chai leaves. The diversity and community-feeling that farmers markets bring to my soul is refreshing and renewing. Thank you, Sacramento, for bringing us all together to browse the streets, supplement our own garden and plan our weekly meals.


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Eileen Fisher has dedicated her career to challenging the ways of the fashion industry. In 2015 with Vision2020, the company took a bold step in reaching its ambitious environmental and social goals. DesignWork is the company's latest initiative; a creative exchange between makers who felt and stitch consumers' used garments into beautiful and unique wall hangings, upholstery and accessories for interiors, hospitality and public space. The zero-waste works have been developed by longtime collaborator and artist Sigi Ahl, in partnership with a team at Eileen Fisher's sorting and recycling facility in Irvington, New York. DesignWork is being displayed internationally for the first time at the 2018 Salone del Mobile in Milan and is curated by Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano.
Fisher notes how "Textiles and apparel have a huge environmental impact — and our industry's current model is unsustainable. We're using up natural resources faster than they can be renewed. We're making more and more stuff. And after each season, we toss out the old and move onto what's next. Where does this mountain of used and unsold clothes go? Roughly 85% becomes waste in a landfill — including many of the items donated to charity."
Edelkoort, observes how DesignWork blurs the boundaries between design, textiles and activism, fueling a new creative momentum for the company, calling it "A lifestyle brand found in the debris of overconsumption. When waste becomes wealth and culture, the circle has come around twice, empowering new ventures, gifting the world with true beauty." Fisher expands upon how fashion's modus operandi can be disrupted by providing renewable solutions: "What is new is how we're scaling our systems to create a truly sustainable business model that's circular by design."
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Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Mini Kisaku 50 - Hybrid. Non-GMO. Brassica rapa Pekinensis group. 50-55 days. Cool season annual. This small, early maturing variety is easier to handle than the large heads produced by other varieties. It weighs only 2-3 lbs when mature and has a yellow core that is very crisp, tender and delicious. Chinese cabbage prefers cool temperatures for its main growing season. ~ 11,400 seeds per oz.


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Kylian Mbappe scored his 100th goal in France's top flight as Paris Saint-Germain swept aside title rivals Lyon 4-2 on Sunday to move to the top of Ligue 1 following a shock defeat for previous leaders Lille earlier.
Mbappe netted twice at the Groupama Stadium with Danilo Pereira and Angel Di Maria also on target as PSG raced into a four-goal lead before Islam Slimani and Maxwel Cornet pulled goals back for the home side.
The result allowed Mauricio Pochettino's side to move into first place on goal difference from Lille, who were beaten 2-1 at home by struggling Nimes in a huge blow to their own title hopes.
Lyon would have gone top themselves with a victory but instead they remain three points off the lead in third place, while Monaco are another point back in fourth after a 4-0 victory at Saint-Etienne on Friday.
It was a perfect night for PSG, as the reigning champions bounced back from a surprise 2-1 home loss to relegation-threatened Nantes last time out and claimed a win against a direct rival in the title race for the first time this season.
They also saw Neymar return to action after a month and a half, and nine games, out injured. The world's most expensive player came on as a substitute, replacing Mbappe midway through the second half.
Mbappe was close to his electrifying best and the World Cup winner opened the scoring 15 minutes in, following up to find the net after Marco Verratti's shot had been parried by Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes.
Marquinhos then nodded down a Presnel Kimpembe cross for Pereira to slam in and make it 2-0 just after the half-hour mark, and any hopes Lyon had of coming back into the game were blown away at the start of the second half.
First Di Maria whipped in a free-kick from wide on the right that evaded everyone on its way into the net, and then Verratti released Mbappe to break clear and finish for his second of the game on 52 minutes.
Ligue 1's leading scorer now has 20 goals for the season and has reached a century of goals in France's top flight in 142 appearances at the age of just 22.
PSG took their foot off the pedal after that and allowed Lyon back into the game with Algerian striker Slimani firing in from outside the box just past the hour mark before Cornet made it 4-2 inside the final 10 minutes.
Pochettino's side are next in action after the international break on April 3 when they entertain Lille in another top-of-the-table encounter.
Lille had been top at the start of the day but their hopes of a first Ligue 1 title in a decade suffered a major blow against Nimes.
Goals from Senegalese striker Moussa Kone and captain Renaud Ripart, either side of Xeka's equaliser for Lille, gave Nimes a victory in far northern France which lifted them out of the automatic relegation places.
Lille have now won just twice in their last six league games and been eliminated from both the Europa League and French Cup in recent weeks.
"Incredible, but that's football. PSG lost against Nantes as well," Lille captain Jose Fonte told Canal Plus Sport.
"We didn't perform well. There is no excuse, but there are eight matches left until the end of the season and the battle goes on.
"Our rule number one is to defend well, not concede goals, and then we will get chances in every game, but we didn't do that and when you don't defend together as a team it is always difficult."
Nimes move up into the relegation play-off position while Nantes, who were held 1-1 by Lorient, slip to 19th.
Among the other games on Sunday, South Korean star Hwang Ui-jo scored his ninth league goal of the season but could not prevent Bordeaux losing 3-1 at Montpellier.


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IMT Ghaziabad and Genpact Limited have signed a MoU to develop and implement analytics elective for the two year PGDM program. The term of the MoU is five years and students of the program will be eligible for employment in Genpact's analytics practice upon completion of the course.
IMT Ghaziabad would develop and design the course in detail whereas Genpact will add the industry perspective in the course conceptualization, skills development and the training faculty. Genpact will also provide the necessary support through guest lectures and arranging mid-term and extended internship projects for the IMT Ghaziabad students in order to gain experience on real time data, projects and research papers at Genpact. The course aims to provide both theoretical and practical experience in analytics as applied in different industries.
Talking about the MoU, Dr. Bibek Banerjee, Director, IMT Ghaziabad said, "This is a great opportunity for our students as this program gives them the liberty to speed track their careers in one of the fastest growing areas in the industry. Our students will also get valuable industry experience which will help them grow and build successful careers." He also added, "This initiative is yet another step towards the bigger goal of a new academic curriculum that IMT has developed around the theme of 'Global Breadth, India Depth', a first of its kind in the arena of management education. Further, it is a significant example of synergistic collaboration between academia and industry that is designed to focus on future needs of the economy – a cause that IMT Ghaziabad is firmly committed to."
"The emergence of big data, regulatory changes and social media are causing a big shift in the way businesses operate and students of IMT will learn how to combine process, analytics and technology to make organisations smarter in this dynamic new world, " said Pankaj Kulshreshtha, senior vice president and business leader — Smart Decision Services — analytics and research, Genpact.


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To get the jackpot - or a share of it - players must match all six of the main numbers in the Lotto draw.
The numbers range from one to 59, and tickets cost £2.
The results for Saturday, March 17, will be below as soon as we have them:
The winning Lotto numbers are: 7, 8, 13, 24, 45, 46. The bonus ball is 39.
The winning Thunderball numbers are: 18, 19, 29, 33, 37. The Thunderball is 5.
Matching two main Lotto numbers (excluding the bonus ball) gets you a free lucky dip game; three main numbers wins £25; and four main numbers varies but is usually around £100 for four matched numbers.
Matching five of the main balls picks up an estimated £1,000; while five main numbers plus the bonus ball could scoop you around £50,000.
The Thunderball draw is a separate draw with the chance to win £500,000 (which is never shared). Players win by picking five main numbers from 1 to 39 and, and one Thunderball from 1 to 14, all of which need to come up to win the main prize.
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An on-demand webinar on the things you should know as you design the Post-Market Clinical Follow-up plan for your Medical Device will be taking place on the 16th of January. Hosted by Jon I. Bergsteinsson ,VP of Business Development for SMART-TRIAL together with Wiebe Postma, Senior Consultant and CRO Lead for Qserve Group.
According to the KPMG/RAPS survey results published in September 2019, 43% of Medical Device respondents had not started updating their Post-Market Surveillance (PMS) procedures, and 13% didn't even have a PMS strategy in place.
A PMCF plan plays a big role in the new requirements for PMS introduced by the MDR. But the lack of guidance from the European Commission leaves many uneasy and unsure of how to implement a strong PMCF plan to comply with the regulations.
The MDR is very clear on what a PMCF plan should include, but the choice of strategy can greatly vary from one device to another. If you are looking for guidance on your choice of strategy for your medical device PMCF plan, this webinar is for you.
In this webinar the hosts will go through:
Jón I. Bergsteinsson, M.Sc. Biomed. Eng. is the VP of Global Business Development and the co-founder of SMART-TRIAL, he also served as the CTO until 2017 where he paved the way for the platform's quality standards, data security, and compliance. With a strong technical background, and 10 years of experience in clinical informatics, research, and medical devices, Jón's primary mission is to share valuable insights and know-how on clinical data management with the MedTech industry.
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Perhaps some fourth walls just aren't made to be broken. The blowsy Irish market trader Agnes Brown first appeared on screen, played more or less straight by Anjelica Huston, in 1999's Agnes Browne [sic], the actress's shrug-inducing adaptation of Brendan O'Carroll's novel The Mammy. That movie did no business whatsoever, leading writer-performer O'Carroll to reassert control over the character in much the same way Robin Williams did over his family in Mrs Doubtfire: by dragging up. O'Carroll repositioned Agnes as the star of an old-school sitcom that didn't even feign the vaguely progressive leanings of its primetime stablemate Citizen Khan: this really was just a man in a dress, Dick Emery-style, hitting another man repeatedly over the head with a tea tray.
You either found this funny or you didn't, but enough viewers did around the moment of the wildly profitable Inbetweeners film for the BBC beancounters to justify the existence of this latest exercise in brand expansion, announced onscreen as Brendan O'Carroll Mrs Brown's Boys: D'Movie. (Anjelica Huston can, presumably, feck off.) It would not be unfair to say only modest levels of time and money have been expended on it: unlike Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, where you sensed the presence of a huddling team of writers, striving to craft new material up until the very second the cameras rolled, D'Movie runs with a plotline – Mrs. Brown has to defend her business from multiple threats – which could equally have served any Steptoe and Son or Are You Being Served? spin-off.
That a key subplot involves Mrs Brown trying to avoid paying an unexpectedly large tax bill suggests O'Carroll has started writing what he knows, just as George Lucas did around the point the later Star Wars movies got bogged down in committee rooms. Possibly the newly flush writer-star has spent too long negotiating with HMRC, because the comedy here is underwritten at best. Someone mistakes Placido Domingo for a holiday resort. A contrived acronym turns a MP into a PRIC. Film and TV themes (The Pink Panther, The A-Team, The Great Escape) are thrown in, apparently just so we can recognise them. The old-school mildness extends to mild racism: the idea of an Indian trader being mistaken for Jamaican, or a middle-aged Irishman impersonating a Chinese man (introducing O'Carroll's new creation, karate instructor Mr Wang: "Harrow!") is meant to induce big, bronchial wheezes.
Sitcom veteran Ben Kellett directs it functionally, venturing brief, touristy exteriors of Dublin – in which sparse numbers of extras are seen congregating – before retreating to safe, obvious, cheap-looking set-bound business. Yet with the exception of an opening fire safety announcement, the sitcom's meta-ness has been dialled back. In this rushed and cramped context, the inbuilt bloopers just look unprofessional, indistinct from the other fluffed or half-hearted material; the new notes of sentiment and whimsy only recall Agnes Brown-with-an-e. You sense O'Carroll has diluted his own show's essence for wider multiplex consumption: while the sitcom could be broad, it was often clever with it, and never this bland.
Unlike Guest House Paradiso or Kevin and Perry Go Large or Keith Lemon, D'Movie is never aggressively, in-your-face bad; it's more a flatly indifferent cash-in – and the devoted fanbase this character has accrued over the past decade may yet rally to ensure it does indeed become another Inbetweeners-style box-office bonanza: comedy is subjective, after all. Yet poking through the thin stew served up here in vain search of the one belly laugh or handful of chuckles that might justify handing over that hard-earned tenner this weekend, one is led to the conclusion comedy has never been quite as subjective as this.
• Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie is first in a trilogy, says Brendan O'Carroll


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Players finally have a better way to earn more rewards in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, besides the game's unfavorable microtransactions system. This week's update marks the introduction of Contracts on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Contracts serve as a series of rotating challenges that can be completed for in-game rewards. This system functions similar to Call of Duty: WWII's Orders and Black Ops 3's Contracts, but Treyarch has made some tweaks for Black Ops 4's implementation.
Reserve Cases, which are loot boxes containing one random cosmetic item, can still be earned just by playing multiplayer or Blackout, but Contracts offer the option to earn more rewards at a faster rate. More importantly, there's something for everyone. Contracts are available across all of Black Ops 4's game types, meaning players can grind challenges in standard multiplayer, Zombies, Blackout, and the competitive World League. It's great to finally see the Zombies community get included, especially since you can't level up in the Contraband tiers in the same manner with Zombies.
Players can choose between regular or hard Contracts to earn Reserve Cases and bonus XP, and the latter grants a more appealing payout for the extra difficulty. Most of the regular Contracts I received when I tried this week only offered 1000 XP, but the hard Contracts reward 2500 XP and one Reserve Case. So, there are not as many Reserve Case payouts as some probably hoped for, but I think players will still be able to pocket a fair amount of cases after a week of grinding Contracts.
Each of the four multiplayer modes has one global daily challenge and six additional Contracts to choose from. For example, yesterday's global daily for multiplayer was to simply play five matches of Search and Destroy. A hard Contract required me to kill two enemies with one grenade.
So, players will have 28 challenges to grind in a day, assuming they want to bounce from mode to mode. Two player-selected Contracts can be activated alongside the daily global challenge for each mode, and those extra Contracts can be swapped out without losing any progress made. If I choose a Contract for X number of kills in Domination, but then decide I want to play a different multiplayer mode, I can swap the Contract and finish later. I'm pretty indecisive, so it's great to know I won't lose any Contracts or have to start them over. I just need to complete all of them before the refresh period, which appears to be 24 hours in all cases.
It's a shame Contracts were introduced so late into Black Ops 4, but I'm glad to see unity with all platforms getting the content at the same time, and all modes included. Much of Black Ops 4 feels designed to tempt players to reach for their wallet, so Contracts will at least offer some extra rewards to those who want to enjoy the game without spending their savings on COD Points.
Black Ops 4's microtransaction system has felt like a blatant money grab since its introduction last October, but Treyarch has most recently fallen under heavy criticism for locking most of the Days of Summer DLC guns behind the luck of loot boxes. Obviously, Contracts don't fix the game's loot box hustle, but it does give players the option to earn more Reserve Cases, thus increasing the odds of getting what they want from a flooded market of gear.


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The Bargaining for working conditions and social rights of migrant workers in Central East European countries (BARMIG) project assesses the role of established industrial relations institutions in addressing the effects of migration on changing labour markets, and how trade unions and employer organisations in Czechia, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland respond to these changes.
Project activities will shed light on constraints, opportunities and challenges for industrial relations actors stemming from the increased presence of migrant workers in four traditional sectors – healthcare, construction, hospitality and retail services, metal manufacturing, as well as in the digitalized economy(i.e. platform work). Of particular concern to the research is the labour market integration of migrant workers from countries neighbouring the EU, particularly Ukraine and Serbia. More specific aims are to map opportunities for policy influence for trade unions and employer organisations in the areas of migration policy, protection and representation of migrant workers' interests, fair employment, and equal rights and integration for migrant workers, as well as through collective bargaining.
Within BARMIG, national reports and comparative studies will be published covering sector specificstrategies and actions that the social partners have undertaken to: address the working conditions of migrant workers; protect, represent and improve the social rights of labour migrants; adjust industrial relations structures and bargaining procedures to adjust to labour markets that rely on migrant work. Researchers of the consortium will also draft concrete recommendations aimed at improving the existing practices. The impacts ofdigitalizationacross the six Central East European countries on working conditions of migrant workers in all selected sectors will also be evaluated.
The project is supported by the European Commission (EC) and implemented by the University of Marie Curie Sklodowska (UMCS), the Association of Electrotechnical Industry (ZEP SR), the Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), and the University of Tartu (UT).


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Vietnam's internal party election is underway with plans to promote economic growth, bolstering the country-specific exchange traded fund and lifting the emerging market benchmark to its largest single-day surge in almost four years.
While the broader emerging markets were lower along with global markets on increased economic uncertainty and the slide in oil prices, the Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (NYSEArca: VNM) gained 4.0% Monday. Vietnam's VN Index increased 3.9% Monday, its strongest single-day jump since March 2012, according to Reuters.
"The fact that congress is taking place smoothly boosted the
positive sentiment of the market," Ha Le, analyst at
Vietcombank Securities, told Reuters.
On Tuesday, delegates will be presented with 222 candidates in an election for the 180-member Central Committee, who will elect at least 16 members of the Politburo, which handles daily governance of Vietnam, ABC News reports.
While Vietnam is a communist country, the government has steered toward a quasi-free market economy that is strictly controlled by the state.
For instance, the government is setting a stronger tone to support private businesses over the next five years, Bloomberg reports. Vietnam's 2016 to 2020 economic blueprint will create "favorable conditions" to support private companies.
The "private sector is an important engine of the economy" and urged for policies to support it, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said in an opening address last week.