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Change Management
This post is going to focus on having appropriate Change Management during your project and after your processes have been changed..
Why is this important? I carried out a small (and unscientific) survey a short while back which asked people to identify the main cause of project failure. The overwhelming number one reason projects fail is that there is inadequate or inappropriate change management on them.
In this context 'change management' relates to the following items specifically:
- Managing scope.
- Managing users.
- Managing expectations.
This is what a lot of people equate to 'change management' in a project context: managing the change within the project. This includes understanding what a baseline is, what constitutes a change to the baseline and managing how that is defined, approved and implemented. One of the major causes of change management is scope creep. This is - of course - where the originally defined boundaries of the project start to expand to include items, functions or areas not originally identified. Scope creep is deadly in a project as it can undermine the whole basis of the project as well as setting inappropriate expectations with the user base
Managing Users
To my mind this is one of the most critical facets of change management. Users generally do not like change - although there are exceptions. One key to project success it to appropriately manage the users transition from one state to another. This includes items such as : Including the end users in decisions regarding the new process; Allocating user representatives to be on the project team; Ensuring user views are communicated to the project team in a timely fashion; Responding to comments and questions from the users; Communicating the scope, timeline, impact and responsibilities to the user to help set and manage expectations.
All of the above are vital in any project and the larger the project the more important they become. Traditional change management theory tells us to identify change agents from within the user base and utilise these to help push the project forward within the user base. I support this completely. I have mentioned elsewhere on this blog that one of my key early career challenges involved change management within a project: At the project kick-off meeting in Germany for a new ERP system (in an affiliate that was already running a well established - German - SAP implementation) we were introduced by the Finance Director as follows "Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for attending this kick-off meeting today. Gary and Luc are here to put this package in and replace our SAP system. We know that it isn't as good as SAP and we will lose a lot of functionality because of it, but let's let them explain it to us". He then turned around and sat down leaving my boss and I to try and salvage the situation. Needless to say we had to implement some strict change management principles to save that implementation. This involved - amongst other things - acknowledging that their existing implementation was a successful one, ensuring they understood that the functionality they would be receiving with the new system was as good as their current functionality but maybe focused in a different area, and stressing the benefits to the organisation as a whole in having a single, European-wide implementation of software.
We also identified a number of individuals in the organisation who would be able to assist us as 'change agents' and used them to work at the problem from the inside. We discovered that having a couple of ex-SAP guys from the affiliate promoting our solution helped to break down internal barriers and resistance far more effectively than trying to work at this as an external resource.
Managing Expectations
Managing expectations is, possibly, the key item that can cause major problems with a project. Imagine you are a user and have been told at the project kick-off meeting that you are going to have a completed implementation within 6 months that will replace your existing software. Your expectation, naturally, would be that the incoming software package will completely replicate the functionality of your outgoing package. Otherwise that would be seen as a retrograde step for you. Unfortunately a large proportion of new systems are different to existing systems and will, therefore not work either the same way, or with as much specific functionality as before. You will, therefore, not have your expectations met as a result of this. This is an example of bad expectation management on behalf of the project team. If the expectation is set in advance that the functionality will be different - or similar but focused in different areas - then the user will be less inclined to feel the system is a failure than if the expectation is not met.
In the SAP example listed above we were careful to set the expectation that the new system would not be a 'like-for-like' replacement of the SAP system they already had. This would deflect a large number of the 'Our current system does this...' kind of questions.
Managing change in a project is a three faceted item. It is important to remember that users are key to making a project work and they need to be treated appropriately. Ignoring change management within your project is one of the quickest ways to ensure project failure.
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Did French President Nicolas Sarkozy push the Libyan intervention to boost his re-election bid?
Read more of Slate's coverage of the Libya conflict.
The French Socialist Party triumphed in local elections last weekend. The Libyan rebels triumphed in Brega and Raz Lanuf. In France, attention turned to the presidential election of 2012. In Libya, the rebels set their sights on Tripoli. You may not think these things are connected. But, of course, they are.
We Americans have a long tradition of declaring war in the run-up to election campaigns: Hollywood once mocked the idea in Wag the Dog, a movie starring Robert De Niro as a political consultant who covers up a presidential sex scandal and wins an election by launching a fake war in Albania. In this real-life Francophone sequel, there is no sex scandal. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is unpopular because of government corruption, because the French economy is weaker than it was supposed to be, because he and his now ex-foreign minister chose the wrong side in Tunisia, and because he's erratic and unpredictable. Nor is the war a fake. The no-fly zone in Libya is real enough, as is a bombing campaign designed to aid the Libyan rebels.
No sly consultant lurks in the wings, either. Au contraire. The man who introduced Sarkozy to the Benghazi rebels is none other than Bernard-Henri Lévy, a pop philosopher so French that I can't think of an American equivalent. We just don't have philosophers who wear their shirts unbuttoned, marry blond actresses, and take sides, enthusiastically, in wars in Bangladesh, Angola, Rwanda, Bosnia, and beyond. By siding with Lévy's emotional plea for humanitarian intervention—a decision that surprised even his own foreign minister—Sarkozy apparently thinks he might share some of the philosopher's glamour.
Sarkozy clearly hopes the Libyan adventure will make him popular, too. Nobody finds this surprising. At a conference in Brussels over the weekend, I watched a French participant boast of France's leading role in the Libyan air campaign. A minute later, he heartily agreed that the war was a ploy to help Sarkozy get re-elected. The two emotions—pride in French leadership and cynicism about Sarkozy's real motives—were not, it seems, mutually exclusive.
Some elements of this story are familiar. France has long resented not just America's leadership of the world, but also America's status as democracy-in-chief: They reckon they have as much to do with inventing liberté, egalité, et fraternité as we did, and they want a share of the credit. But this French president's willingness to take real risks in order to play a role—any role, at any cost—in the interests of the glory of France and himself are unprecedented. Charles de Gaulle defied NATO at a time when France was safe beneath the American nuclear umbrella. Sarkozy's enthusiasm for a war the outcome of which he cannot predict comes at a time when NATO is divided, and the European Union—the centerpiece of France's foreign policy since its creation—has never been weaker.
In the interests of what remains of alliance solidarity, none of NATO's members actually vetoed the Libyan operation, thrust upon the organization by President Barack Obama. But Germany and Turkey—two historical pillars of the alliance—vehemently and publicly objected. A host of others are quietly fuming. According to one insider's account, Sarkozy himself only agreed to put the operation under a NATO flag after the White House threatened to withdraw completely. He had apparently assumed that the U.S. military would continue to underwrite an intervention he was leading.
The European Union emerges looking even worse. Indeed, had Sarkozy's primary aim been to expose the weakness and incoherence of European foreign policy, he could not have done so any more effectively. Europe's "foreign minister," Catherine Ashton, has been sidelined in Libya. Europe's institutions have played no part. An editorialist in (pro-European) Le Monde put it best: The Libyan affair "demonstrates the immaturity of European security and defense policy, the poverty of the political debate, and the inadequacy of personnel." No one thinks Europe is going to emerge from this affair any stronger, either, even if the French president does.
Napoleon—Sarkozy's antecedent in so many ways—once said that "luck" is the most important quality in a general, and Sarkozy might get lucky in Libya. The rebels might win. His popularity might be restored. The results of this weekend's local elections in France don't point in that direction—not only did the socialists win big; the anti-European, anti-immigration National Front did very well, too—but the president might as well keep rolling the dice. At this point, it's double or quits.

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Rural Business Tasmania runs the Rural Financial Counselling Service throughout the state, with acting executive officer Susan Renton welcoming the extension.
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A design contest for St Petersburg Pier, a new visitor centre at St Albans Cathedral and regenerating Rome's Malagrotta landfill. The editor's pick of this week's top competitions
St Petersburg in Florida has opened an international design competition for the £27 million overhaul of its iconic pier. The winning team will either renovate or completely rebuild the waterfront landmark. A previous competition-winning regeneration vision by Michael Maltzan was abandoned last year [Deadline for requests to participate 5 September]
The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban is on the hunt for an architect to design a new £1.5 million visitor centre. The new building is part of a major redevelopment programme which will also see the chapter house transformed into a new learning space and pedestrian and vehicular access improved [Deadline for applications 10 September]
An international ideas contest has been launched to regenerate the closed Malagrotta landfill in Rome. Open to students, graduates and young architects, the contest seeks future visions for the enormous municipal landfill and its surrounding areas. The five best proposals will feature in an upcoming research publication [Deadline for submissions 15 September]
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I teach English at Middle and Diploma and I am M4 form teacher. I graduated from Szczecin University finishing English Philology where I specialized in English Literature. I am responsible for preparing students to IGCSE and IB exams. In my free time I enjoy spending time doing sports or reading a good book.
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Fluorochemicals Market
Fluorochemicals Market Overview:
Fluorochemicals market has seen a remarkable growth over the past few years. In 2006, the global market for fluorochemicals was estimated about USD 16 billion. As per MRFR analysis, the growth of global fluorochemicals market will keep on escalating during the forecast period. Fluorochemicals has a number of chemical properties which makes it predominantly desirable for a wide range of different commercial, industrial, and even in medical applications. The global demand for fluorochemicals is mainly come from the continuously growing application segments. Geographically, APAC is expected to be the leading contributor to the global fluorochemicals market by capturing around 40% of global volume. China will continue to be the leading producer.
Fluoropolymers segment holds the major portion of the market due to extraordinary features offered by the product such as efficiency, thermal as well as chemical resistance. The fluorocarbons segment are used in cooling applications to operate as refrigerants, solvents, lubricants, owing to its strength and stability of covalent bonds generated by fluorine attached to the carbon atom. Therefore, it is predicted that the rising environment concerns such as global warming and ozone depletion are set to hamper the fluorocarbon product penetration in the market. Additionally, the inorganics & specialties is predicted to witness a rapid growth due to growing consumption of sodium fluoride as an additive in toothpaste. Refrigeration, aluminum, automobile, electrical & electronics, blowing agents are segregated on the basis of applications.
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Fluorochemicals market are 3M (U.S) DuPont (U.S.), Solvay (Belgium), DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, Ltd. (Japan), Arkema (France), Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd (India), Halocarbon Products Corporation (U.S.), Asahi Glass Co., Ltd (Japan), Air Products and Chemicals, Inc (U.S), and Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico) among others.
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Fluorochemicals market is segmented across five regions: Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa. Among these, North America holds the major share of the market due to the growing consumption of fluoride materials in refrigeration, aluminum, blowing agents, and others. The refrigeration segment holds the major portion of the market due to growing consumption of cooling agents in the industry. Thus, this segment is predicted to witness a rapid growth in the market during the forecast period. Therefore, countries such as the U.S., Canada, and Mexico are the major players in the market.
The Asia Pacific region is growing significantly due to an increased consumption of fluoride chemicals in refrigeration, automobile, and electrical & electronics sectors. It is predicted that the growing population and rising per capita income in the region are likely to drive the market during the forecast period. The growing consumption of fluoride chemicals in the automobile and electrical & electronics industries has propelled the countries such as China, Japan and India to achieve a stunning growth in the market.
Fluorochemicals Market Segmental Analysis:
Fluorochemicals market is segmented into product, and application. On the basis of the product, the market is further categorized into fluorocarbons, fluoropolymers, inorganics & specialties. Among these, the fluoropolymers segment holds a majority of the market share due to extraordinary features offered by the product such as heat stability, durable nature and strength. The fluorocarbons segment is projected to witness a moderate growth in the market due to hazardous impact generated by the product. The market by application is further categorized into refrigeration, aluminum, automobile, electrical & electronics blowing agents, and others.
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2.2 Scope of the Study
2.2.1 Research Objectives
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3.1 Research Process
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3.3 Primary Research
3.4 Forecast Model
4 Market Landscape
4.1 Five Forces Analysis
4.1.1 Threat of New Entrants
4.1.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
4.1.3 Threat of Substitutes
4.1.4 Segment Rivalry
4.2 Value Chain/Supply Chain of Global Fluorochemicals Market
5 Industry Overview of Global Fluorochemicals Market
5.1 Introduction
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Date: Sunday, 14 May 1944
Place: Ausonia, Frosinone province, Italy
Photographer: George Silk
Free French colonial troops supported by American tanks during the fighting of the Italian campaigns, May 1944 (LIFE has wrongfully captioned the month as August 1944!). They passed in front of abandoned Italian M42 Semovente 75/18 850(i) from German Panzerjäger-Abteilung 171/71.Infanterie-Division "Kleeblatt" (Cloverleaf). The Airfix White M3 Halftrack comes with an optional "canvas tilt" piece to cover the back (omitting the Five-oh and mount), and Red Cross markings. These Free French Forces will be some of General Alphonse Juin's mainly colonial troops who cut a swathe through Italy in more ways than one. The French Expeditionary Corps advances into the Ausente Valley, capturing Ausonia, and continue to advance over the Aurunci Mountains toward the next German defensive line, which is not occupied in strength at this time. In December 1943, the 2.Kompanie (also known as StuG Abteilung 1171) has 4 Semovente 75/18 and 10 Semovente 75/34. In the spring of 1944 the 71. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Wilhelm Raapke) moved in central Italy, south west of Cassino. During May-June retreat, division took severe losses and moved to Adriatic sector. On 8th July 1944, the only 3 available M42 SP fought in Filottrano and in Ancona.
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At the end of the season in late September we had visit from good friends from Finland filming and fishing in our two great rivers in east Iceland, Breiðdalsá and Jökla. We have not seen aerial photos from those rivers before so they did kindly put togheter for Strengir a short video which can be seen here.
First part is from Breiðdalsá river which clearly show the stunning landscape of the Breiðdalur valley and beauty of this uniq river. Then we see fishing on the main river Jökla where the wader is then little green following á small spate. At the end we can see crystal clear tributary of Jökla named Kaldá river which is close to our Jökla lodge. Great video and well done!
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Paul won about 24 percent of the state's primary vote. It was an improvement from his showing in Iowa, where he placed third behind Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
Inside a Manchester banquet hall, Paul told a cheering crowd the results repudiated critics who've warned that his views — particularly his anti-interventionist approach to foreign policy — were dangerous.
"They are telling the truth. Because we are dangerous — to the status quo," Paul said to loud cheers.
His New Hampshire showing represented a dramatic shift in fortune for Paul, a largely ignored also-ran in the 2008 Republican contest who placed a distant fifth in New Hampshire that year. This time, Paul's pledge to adhere to the Constitution, audit the Federal Reserve and reduce the size of the federal government found an audience among voters angry over government spending and bailouts and disillusioned with both parties in Washington.
While far behind Romney in New Hampshire, Paul was comfortably outpacing his other GOP rivals in the state.
The 76-year-old Texan ran strongest among young voters, according to exit polls conducted for the AP and the television networks. Paul carried nearly half of voters under age 30. About 4 in 10 new voters backed Paul, though first-timers made up just 1 in 8 voters in the state.
Paul ran even with Romney among voters with household incomes below $50,000, and among those who cited the deficit as their top issue.
Paul garnered about 4 in 10 votes among those who said it was most important that their candidate be a true conservative or have strong moral character. He ran even with Romney among those who said a candidate's issue positions were more important than their leadership skills or personal qualities.
Still, a majority of New Hampshire voters said they ultimately would be dissatisfied if Paul became the nominee.
Paul told supporters he had called Romney to congratulate him on his strong showing.
"He certainly had a clear-cut victory But we are nibbling at his heels," Paul said, declaring a win for "the cause of liberty."
Paul planned to fly to South Carolina on Wednesday for a noon rally in Columbia. The state holds its primary Jan. 21.
AP Deputy Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta in Washington contributed to this report.


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Farnham House Hotel
Farnham House Hotel is a beautiful country mansion nestled up a very long and romantic winding drive just outside of Farnham Surrey – the perfect venue for a traditional English country wedding.
I say traditional, but as with all venues the mood and style can be easily changed through venue dressing and styling, and your own personal touches. What I love about Farnham House Hotel, is that everything is right there, in one gorgeous little package. There is an area if you wish to have a wedding outside, or a more traditional oak panelled room if you fancy a more intimate and cosy feel. The inside space and staircase are gorgeous should the whether make you stay indoors, or the gardens at Farnham House Hotel are, well, what can I say, inspirational. I usually find it hard to narrow down the locations for photographs, and it works on so many levels photographically as a venue, with gorgeous light, trees, blossom, fields of horses, quirky gates and unique nooks and textured walls. It really does have it all whatever style of wedding that you are planning!
Farnham House Hotel can offer either a civil ceremony option (as I said, indoors or out – weather depending!), or in this case as a local Farnham venue after a traditional church wedding. I always love a church wedding, especially one as pretty as this one in Wrecclesham. It also meant that there was a long and windy drive up the long approach to Farnham House Hotel, where we also stopped the car momentarily to get some photographs with the horses that were there to greet us!
The cars for this wedding were also very special, the groom being able to borrow and drive an Aston Martin from work. Of course we also made the most of that in the photos, although I am not sure how easy it was for the bride to get in and out of!


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Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings and in doing so damned himself. His life was torn apart. He was imprisoned, brutalized.A TIME OF TORMENT will be published on April 7th. For more, clickety-click here …
But in his final days, with the hunters circling, he tells his story to private detective Charlie Parker. He speaks of the girl who was marked for death but was saved, of the ones who tormented him, and an entity that hides in a ruined stockade.
Parker is not like other men. He died, and was reborn. He is ready to wage war.
Now he will descend upon a strange, isolated community called the Cut, and face down a force of men who rule by terror, intimidation, and murder.
All in the name of the being they serve.
All in the name of the Dead King.
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Hi, loves! Emma here. I've talked about my admiration for mint wedding ideas in the past, but add peach to the color palette and I'm in love! Today we've rounded up ten of our favorite peach and mint wedding ideas to inspire your color palette. This color combination is ideal for spring or summer weddings and you can decide to do mostly peach, mostly mint, or a healthy mix of both. They're beautiful shades that complement each other nicely. Plus, to sweeten the post, we've teamed up with the ladies of Rustic Gem Jewelry to offer one of our favorite finds below as our newest wedding giveaway item! What is it? Read on to find out!
where to buy //
1 – peach and mint wedding bouquet | curious floral
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5 – peach and mint wedding backdrop | handmade by jennifer chase
6 – invitations | diva gone domestic too
7 – heart cupcake toppers | kiwi tini creations
8 – mint save the date | the roche shop
9 – mint teardrop infinity necklace | rustic gem jewelry
10 – peach brooch favor box | glamourwed
Peach and Mint Wedding Giveaway: Win a Pair of Earrings
If you like this color palette, you'll really love the item up for grabs! Rustic Gem Jewelry is giving away a pair of their peach and mint wedding earrings, one of their best sellers, as seen above (#3) and below.
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I managed my first largish game for many months when invited to the relaunch of Keith's Wargames Room on Friday night, and 'dang, it felt good'!!! We fought a Volley and Bayonet game using 1813 Prussian and French lists, and Keith's 6mm armies. It reminded me that even though I am a Spearhead fan, VnB is still my all time favourite games system. Here are just a few random shots.
Keith's commentary on the relaunch of his games room, and this battle, can be found here.


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It's time to share an Humour me Wednesday creation over at Catch the Bug.
I used the image JJ Housework Makes you Ugly image to create this card.
Did you know that April 7th is No hosusework Day?
I didn't either, but I'm pretty happy to hear this so I created this card for this occasion.
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From Don Knuth's Theory Lunch Talk at Stanford on Oct 6. I found a blog post talking about the exact same thing, so won't repeat. The idea behind the proof of this rather combinatorial theorem is interesting. The main idea is to construct a nice mapping between a permutation of (1,2, …., n) and a pair of (finite) sets: (A, B) based on the elements inside the sets.
You can try to figure out and prove when the equality holds by yourself as an exercise.
When is this Theorem useful? For example, in making representative families <– so that we have better memory performance. Think about it!
Too lazy D:< Plzzzz let me know if you made a nice drawing for the proof of the theorem (Shouldn't be too hard) so that I can include your image here rather than this textbook cover.
The following theorem of Bollobas is an important result from extremal set theory. It has apparently been rediscovered several times by others. It implies certain classical results, such as Sperner's Theorem, and has some interesting extensions.
Theorem (Bollobas). Let $latex A_1, ldots, A_m$ and $latex B_1, ldots, B_m$ be sequences of $latex a$-element and $latex b$-element sets respectively. Suppose that $latex A_i cap B_i = emptyset$ and $latex A_i cap B_j neq emptyset$ whenever $latex i neq j$. Then $latex m leq {a+b choose a}$.
Proof. Let $latex X$ be the union of all the $latex A_i$'s and $latex B_i$'s. Consider an arbitrary permutation $latex pi$ of $latex X$. We claim that there is at most one pair $latex (A_i, B_i)$ such that all of the elements of $latex A_i$ precede those of $latex B_i$ in the ordering $latex pi$. Suppose to the contrary that there are two…
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Bill Gullo
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In 2017 First Look Media optioned Bill's original psychological thriller screenplay, Bastard. The project has Martin Scorsese attached to executive produce and Academy Award nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Silence) attached to direct as his feature film directorial debut.
Primarily a screenwriter, Bill's creative work also includes directing and producing. His work ranges from the dramatic to the comedic, from science fiction to thriller to musical comedy.
He wrote the screenplay for the genre-bending film, +1, a New York Times Critic's Pick. In 2014, The Quitter, a feature film he wrote, was described by The New York Times as a "textured, heartfelt drama." His original comedic web series, Couples, launched on Vimeo in 2015.
Bill's debut as a writer/director came with his short film, One Year Down, which premiered the same year as his full length stage musical, You Again, a Musical about Cloning, which he wrote, produced, and directed for the The New York International Fringe Festival. His collaboration with director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning) resulted in The Ignorant Bliss of Sun and Moon, a short film Bill adapted from his own short story by the same name.
Bill has worked with filmmakers Dennis Iliadis (Last House on the Left), John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning), Bart Freundlich (Trust the Man), and Matthew Bonifacio (Lbs). Additionally, he has worked closely with producers Alix Madigan (Winter's Bone), Tim Perell (Shortbus), Annie Marter (Transcendence), and Jordan Horowitz (La La Land).
Bill has been selected for Hollywood's Black List, named a semi-finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, and won the Best Screenplay Award at the IFP Market in New York City. He is represented by ICM and Management 360. He lives in Brooklyn.


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LG Launches the Optimus One and Optimus Chic Android 2.2 Smartphones
If Samsung has fascinated us with the recently released Samsung Fascinate running on Android 2.2, LG is not going to take this just sitting down. And so LG Korea has just officially launched not just one but two new Android 2.2 smartphones – the LG Optimus One and LG Optimus Chic. With Android 2.2, both LG Optimus One and LG Optimus Chic earned the honor of getting the latest Android OS upon launch. This also ensures that you'd get one of the fastest and smoothest internet browsing, web page loading and a slew of other nifty features that Froyo brings to Android phones. Both new Android phones can be used as mobile Wi-Fi hotspots for sharing 3G connection. And of course, both devices will enjoy the slew of Google services such as Maps, Voice, Goggles, Shopper as well as full access to more than 80,000 Android apps. When it comes to features and specs, the LG Optimus One sports a 3.2-inch wide HVGA screen, 1500mAh capacity battery, touch-sensitive buttons, and the will be loaded with the LG App Advisor and LG UI. Plus it also comes packed with a carkit cradle. The LG Optimus Chic on the other hand comes in two-color variants, touch-sensitive buttons, wireless sync through LG Air Sync and it is compatible with DLNA which allows you to share multimedia content from the phone to your DNLA-compatible TVs, AV systems and laptop computers. The LG Optimus One will be available in Europe this coming October, while the LG Optimus Chic come one month later in November. Other international markets will follow soon thereafter. Image credit: LG Facebook Fan Page


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Goalie has ball in hands, then starts motion to punt,then drops ball from hands, defender cleanly redirects ball before ball touches ground or goalie's foot, without touching goalie. Has a foul been committed?
Hi Tom As described yes it is a foul.When you say defender I assume you mean opponent. If that is the case the opponent cannot challenge the goalkeeper while he has the ball in his possession which includes making a punt. When the opponent prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his hands that is an offence punished by an indirect6 free kick Now the referee has to consider did the goalkeeper throw the ball to the ground or drop the ball as a mistake without any interference whatsoever from an opponent in which case the ball is available to be played by an opponent. Now if the opponent is so close that he can touch the ball before it touches the ground then that is almost certain that the opponent prevented proper release and that is a foul.
Yes. This is considered interfering with the keeper's release of the ball.
Yes it has and an Indirect Free Kick is awarded the keeper's team.
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The Slow Turtle Wins the Race to Happiness and Success!
My students and I just spent about ten days in Ghana, gaining insights into this wonderful country's political, economic, and cultural history. The first thing that strikes you about Ghana is how friendly its people are. Starting with the immigration officer, I encountered smiling faces and helpful hands all the way down to the receptionist at the hotel who checked me in. Researchers find that helpful, altruistic, people are happier than those who are not and thus, it's not surprising that Ghana is among the happiest nations in West Africa.
Another thing that strikes you about Ghana is how slow-paced life is out there. The waiter at the restaurant took a solid 40 minutes to serve me my meal of Banku and Tilapia. Similarly, the street vendor took her own sweet time to pick out the mangoes for my consumption.
Within an hour of soaking in the Ghanaian culture and sun, a question popped into my head: Could there be a connection between pace-of-life and happiness? Specifically, are people happier when life is slow-paced?
Awe-inspiring Sights Slow Down Perception of Time
To address this question, it is useful to look at findings on the link between feelings of awe and perceptions of time. In a recent paper, my colleagues, Melanie Rudd, Kathleen Vohs, and Jennifer Aaker reported that the experience of awe slows down perceptions of time, such that people believe that they have more time on their hands when they have just experienced awe.
At first glance, it might seem odd that awe should have anything to do with perceptions of time. However, if you think a little more about it, it does make sense. Typically, the feeling of awe is induced by the perception that one is in the presence of something bigger and grander than oneself—such as an imposing mountain, a beautiful sunset, or a mind-bending concept. In the presence of such a "force," you are better able to put your own trials and tribulations in perspective: you recognize that, in the grand scheme of things, your problems and challenges are not as significant as they appear to be in your default state of self-centeredness. From a self-centered perspective, we lie at the center of the universe and thus, our problems and goals appear all-important. Awe allows us to step outside of such a self-centered perspective by presenting a grander vision to us; it makes us recognize, in a good way, that we don't need to take ourselves too seriously. And in enabling the adoption of this broader perspective, awe allows us approach our problems and challenges with less seriousness and more serenity, thus making it seem like we have more time on our hands to do the things we want (or have) to do. (Rudd et al. propose a different mechanism by which awe impacts perceptions of time, but I believe that their explanation is compatible with mine.)
If awe slows down perceptions of time by lowering the perceived seriousness of life's challenges, then surely awe should also enhance happiness levels, since the less serious our problems appear to be, the more relaxed we will feel. Indeed, in one study, Rudd et al. find that those who experienced awe (as opposed to a neutral mood) felt more satisfied with their life.
Humility is One Among Several Non-Egotistical Emotions that Boost Happiness
At first glance, it may be surprising that a non-egocentric emotion such as awe should be a potent happiness-enhancer; after all, most people believe—judging from their responses in surveys—that it is fulfillment of egocentric desires, such as, the desire for of wealth, fame, power, beauty and control, that leads to happiness. But consider this: awe is only one of several non-egotistical emotions—two others being love and gratitude—that have been proven to enhance happiness. In on-going and exciting work, Sonja Lyubomirsky and Joseph Chancellor, are discovering that another non-egotistical emotion—humility—may have a similarly salubrious effect on happiness.
If non-egotistical emotions enhance happiness by helping us realize that we needn't take our problems and challenges as seriously as we normally do, then anything else that helps us adopt the same light-hearted perspective should have a similarly positive effect on happiness.
Could being in the presence of people who take it slow and easy—as opposed to being surrounded by those who are in a big rush—help us adopt this perspective?
Seeing Others Take it Slow can Make You Take it Slow too
It could, but only if being surrounded by such people leads you to think that, if they do not take their problems and goals so seriously as to be in a big rush, then perhaps you shouldn't take your problems and goals so seriously either. Objectively speaking, the typical Ghanaian's problems are arguably more serious than our own, given that Ghana is a developing country in which a far greater proportion of people are struggling merely to make ends meet. Thus, you could justifiably adopt the perspective I have just mentioned.
However, being surrounded by a slow-paced life could lead you to take the opposite view as well; it could remind you of how much more difficult it is to get others to work at the pace at which you normally operate, thus making you feel that your talents and skills are "being wasted" here. This, in turn, should lead you to feel not just unhappy, but also rushed because you feel like you "haven't accomplished anything today".
Which perspective are you more likely to take?
Clearly, both perspectives seem equally justified, but one of them holds greater promise if you want to be successful. Perhaps somewhat counter intuitively, findings show that it is when you find yourself adopting the happier perspective—the perspective that allows you to conclude that your problems and goals are not as important as you typically assume them to be—and thus, you perceive time to slow down, that you are more likely to be successful. Indeed, even if your life is, in fact, fast-paced—and thus, to the external observer, you day seems action-packed—it is when you subjectively perceive it to be slow-paced (or relaxed) that you are likely to succeed in your endeavors.
"But how can I possibly adopt the perspective that my life is slow-paced when, in fact, it is the opposite!?," you may ask.
One option is to actively inculcate feelings of awe in your life. Perhaps the most reliable way to do this is to spend more time tuning into nature, since many things in nature—from the sight of starts to the sound of thunder—are awe-inspiring. Another option is to visit a culture or a country in which life is slow-paced and remind yourself that, if other people can afford to take it slow and easy, so can you.


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On his papal flight back to the Vatican from Jerusalem, Pope Francis addressed the thorny topic of celibacy and gave just enough wiggle room to the dozens of women who recently asked him to reconsider the church's stance.
"Celibacy is not dogma," Francis told reporters on the papal flight back to the Vatican from Jerusalem, explaining that while he believes Roman Catholic priests should be celibate, "the door is always open to change."
What's Italian for, "So you're saying there's a chance"?
Just last week, 26 forlorn women sent a letter to the pontiff pleading for him to make celibacy optional for priests.
"Dear Pope Francis, we are writing to you to break down the wall of silence and indifference that we are faced with every day," the group wrote. "Each of us is in, was or would like to start a relationship with a priest we are in love with."
As an added touch, they left their phone numbers in case the pope wanted to discuss it further. Read the full letter.
They reportedly tried a letter like this five years ago to Pope Benedict, but they didn't hear back. Pope Francis has made remarks like this before, but according to Reuters, this was the first time since he donned the official papal mitre.
— Shawn Langlois
More must-read stories from The Margin include:
UCSB tragedy prompts women and men to share their stories of abuse on Twitter
Apple cuts pot-dealing app from the iTunes store
'Happy' Iranians arrest for dance that 'hurt public chastity'


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Russia's EU envoy Vladimir Chizhov believes that in the current situation a "business-as-usual" type of relations between the European Union and Russia is neither possible nor desirable.
At a certain point, he recalled, Russia proceeded from the assumption that "our cooperation is genuinely strategic — long-term, mutually beneficial and mutually dependent, and that our EU partners regard it precisely that way."
"Regrettably, as the Ukrainian crisis has demonstrated, at a certain point of historical bifurcation the European Union made a fundamentally different choice in favor of expanding the geo-political space under its control at the expense of relations with Russia and largely to the detriment of our country's interests," Chizhov said. "Incidentally, we agree with our EU partners in that 'business as usual' in our relations in the current conditions is no longer possible or desirable."
For Russia, he went on to say, that "the previous model of that 'business' is no longer relevant."
"It looks like our partners had been doing business with us with reliance on the far-fetched postulate their own rules and values enjoy superiority and that all other European countries must be adjusted to them by hook or by crook. The European Union's project called Eastern Partnership illustrates this. It was developed and implemented in defiance of the specific traits of each of the countries involved and the set of ties that had been established in the given region over centuries," he said.
Chizhov believes that in the new conditions the fundamental basis of Russia-EU interaction is to be reconsidered.
"It is to be hoped the EU leaders are getting ready for this kind of work. We are prepared to cooperate on the condition these efforts are built on a pragmatic, ideologically impartial and genuinely equitable basis," Chizhov said.
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Mastering Enterprise Content Management
From Personal to Information Development
At LoQutus, personal development is important. I started off as a .NET developer and quickly got started with SharePoint development. Like with process automation, I soon had the feeling that there was more to our projects than just SharePoint. It was process thinking and more challenging integration questions that caught my interest. As I gained more experience, I came to see business analysis as a way to better explore the business side of the story. I felt I could be of great value to business stakeholders by translating their needs into useful designs.
Combining both SharePoint architecture and business analysis led me to Enterprise Information Management programs. Those programs guide customers through their information development journey. Because of my hands-on experience in SharePoint development, I already had a lot to offer with regard to Enterprise Content Management. However, LoQutus offered me the opportunity to take an AIMM course in the matter. And even though I had already gained a lot of practical experience with content types, taxonomies, enterprise search, etc. I have taken a giant step forward by taking an Enterprise Content Management Master course. It has taught me a lot. I started as an experienced ECM, but broadened my scope thanks to MIKE 2.0 and by adding program and change management principles. Conversations with colleagues confirmed my belief that I was heading in the right direction.
The course also allowed me to get certified as an ECM specialist. I had to take an exam, which I passed. In order to receive the title of ECM Master I had to complete a case study. In this blog post, I would like to elaborate on the case study and show you how different the approach taken is. It differs from a classic ECM technical approach by focusing more on Enterprise Architecture (As Is vs To Be, future state and road mapping) and change management, i.e. by adapting your ECM program to the customer's environment and making sure they are involved and ready to begin their information journey.
The Case
GreenPowerOps was founded in 2010 after the privatisation of a government agency and a new commercial agreement between several companies to cooperate as a new entity across international waters. GreenPowerOps consists of a group of researchers and scientists who represent a broad spectrum of the energy industry. They all share experience wit nuclear and petroleum-based energy and have started to explore alternative forms of energy including biodiesel, algae, clean coal, wind and solar energy.
GreenPowerOps realises it has not yet tapped the potential of its corporate knowledge base. Too much content is stored away in local divisions. Despite the presence of a corporate network, content management is fragmented. It is basically an incoherent collection of the various systems inherited from the companies and individual groups that formed GreenPowerOps.
The IS director has asked you to take leadership of the ECM team. She has asked for your help, because you are the only business analyst with ECM expertise within the company. You report directly to the IS director.
The IS director is pleased with the work done so far, but now faces what she hopes to be the final hurdles presented by the board. She is asking you, the business analyst leading this ECM project, how GreenPowerOps can modernise the technology already available and manage the necessary changes before actually implementing them. In order to complete this assignment, you will have to:
- Describe a new way of dealing with content, specifically in order to modernise the customer RFP response process.
- Describe a new way of dealing with content within the GreenPowerOps content delivery process.
- Explore training and development needed throughout the roll-out.
My submission
GreenPowerOps is a global leader in knowledge of alternative energy. It has to address customers RFP's in time and provide qualitative responses. In the past months, a lot of time and effort was put into developing an ECM program to address several of the flaws in today's RFP response process. The current RFP process is slow, takes too much local effort and focus, is mostly paper-based and produces static reports which are not always up to standard. To address these issues, the ECM program discusses three topics: optimisation of the RFP response process, a new content delivery process and a training strategy.
The new RFP response process consist of 5 high-level process stages:
- Global base: provides every RFP response with the best expertise
- Local refinements: makes sure local particularities are taken into account
- Double-check: allows for additional quality control
- Customer review: allows customers to give feedback on draft documents
- Delivery: highly interactive reports are delivered through community sites
This new RFP process is based on a new knowledge management process which features a central Knowledge Base (KB). This makes sure both local and global experts have efficient search experiences as well as great collaboration experiences. Thanks to high quality KB content, GreenPowerOps will be able to us a different billing model.
The new content delivery process is based on the concept of "customer communities", which are used tot deliver RFP response reports. This content is very dynamic and enables easy integration of KB content, fast responses and reviews by customers and higher turnaround for GreenPowerOps.
The training strategy for the ECM program mainly focuses on the cultural change which is needed to support internal and external communities. With regard to cultural change and communitisation, the following paragraphs are worth considering:
"Deal with the sceptics. Make them part of the "double check" group. Make them part of the test team and development cycle. They will continue begin critical. Hear them out. Respond. They will eventually see that they are being heard, take pride in it and push the program further. You will not be able to convince all sceptics. It will, for example, be hard to convince those whose position disappears. Talk to them. Make sure they feel heard. Empathise with them."
"Specific training needs to be provided for the communitisation of GreenPowerOps employees. Most of them will be responsible for activating and supporting the RFP delivery communities for customers and the internal KB. This requires different soft skills and a cultural change which can only be the result of a gentle transition. Make everyone see what communities are. Let employees use Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn during working hours. Let them be part of other communities and let them participate during working hours. Determine how much time they can and should spend in those communities and what they can and cannot contribute. Let them feel the benefit. Then acquaint them with the thinking process of communities. Give them time to see the benefit for the customer. Make them see the new reality. Then find out which of the (key) users are up for the challenge of activating a community. Use one or two customers as test cases. This will be part of the training and change process.
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- Between 2008-2012, I have accumulated thousands of kilometers and hours
exploring the South Korean peninsula. Although politically and geographically land-
locked between North Korea and the turquoise waters of the northeastern Pacific
Ocean, I've successfully completed numerous cycling adventures in South Korea,
as well as, independent expeditions across western China and Outer Mongolia.
Looking back to 2009
From Gangneung City, Gangwon-do where I live with my family, I have ridden to
Busan, Gyeongsannam-do Province (5 times in 2009 alone, 20 days, 2000km)
meeting other cyclists while out riding.
I have bicycled from Seoul to Gangneung through Seoraksan National Park. I have
cycled from Seoul to Andong to Daegu, I have cycled from Ansan to Daecheon Beach
Boryeong and Byeongsanbando National Park. I have cycled many places in between
on simple bicycles.
I have cycled on Deokjeokdo Island, I have competed in the Korea Randonneur SBS
(Seoul-Busan-Seoul) 1000km, 75 hour bicycle endurance race (finishing 478km in 26
hours*), I will return to the event in 2012 and make a second attempt.
Pursuing an interest in cycling and promoting the activity here in South Korea, I have
built a website dedicated to Cycling in Korea, it's called the Korean-World.
Every month, approximately 3000 international guests visit this adventure blog,
enjoy free updates about adventure cycling, expeditions, all packed with ideas to
launch other expeditions. I intend to share all this information and links to many of
my favorite blogs, linking other explorers and adventurers free of charge.
Details of the expedition, HimalayasX2011:
3200km/1800miles by bicycle, 500km by hitchhiking, 3240km by standing-room only train*, 1028km bus*
7968km of extreme travel with a bicycle, train, bus.
I encountered local cultures, languages, food, transportation and used old paper maps as navigation.
This was not an expedition about crossing the longest distances (world circumnavigation riders have done all that).
Body weight: before expedition= 95kg. completing expedition= 70kg.
Objectives of this expedition were about:
*learning to document expedition travel in a journal
*learning to record video and photos that can illustrate, as well as educate from life experiences on the road
*to experience places that I have seen through maps;
*to experience some of the world's best desert highways, mountain routes while challenging the terrain, climate,
topography and elevations (above 4000 meters)
*learn to ride a bicycle self-sustained for an extended journey without ride support, backups, or sag wagons.
*to raise awareness of several, non-profit organizations
*to build networks with other explorers and share
*to prepare for future expeditions
*to live to face my inner fears, overcome physical and mental challenges and
to live my dreams while on an independent journey.
Travel Route:
Starting from South Korea, I crossed the Sea from the Incheon ferry terminal on a
passenger ferry to Tianjin (30 hours), after I cycled through Beijing, visited the
Summer Palace and Forbidden City, and Chairman Mao's mausoleum, and made new
friendships with many Chinese and found help from other international people while
visiting the capital of China.
I bought a train ticket for Urumqi, Xinjiang/Uyghur Autonomous Region and stood
with my bicycle for 36 hours (3240km), the overcrowded train ticket cost 50,000
Korean Won, an alternative to a 1,500,000won flight to Urumqi airport from Korea.
Finally, I arrived at the start of the cycling expedition, Urumqi, Xinjiang/Uyghur
Autonomous Region of western China. From Urumqi, I immediately started out cycling
in the open desert highways.
From the city of Urumqi, you enter the Borohoro ranges of the Tian Shan Mountains,
these high deserts contain rivers winding through the giant sand colored mountains,
complete with camels walking these tracts, both roads and rivers to the locals.
After crossing the Tian Shan ranges, it's desert again in continuum. I managed to ride
the G314 Karakoram Highway which runs parallel to the original route still used by
locals, a bumpy route, but not the worst in the area.
Along the highway, there were long stretches without settlements or villages.
If you needed water, it was best to ask passerby's on the highway, which is why I
stayed close to this route.
I met two Chinese friends before crossing the Tian Shan, and I promised to visit their
families in Korla, this happened to be a great diversion for the expedition.
More deserts and finally the oasis that is Korla, a mixture of Uyghur and Chinese
cultures, a mixture of foods, music, languages, and development projects, a new and
old city, modernizing in China today.
Once the weekend passed by in Korla, it was a long ride back to the Tian Shan, to
reach Luntai. This is the last official Uyghur settlement entering the Taklamakan
Desert (455km after Luntai/552km from Luntai to Mimfeng).
The exit to the Taklamakan Desert was reached in 5 days, 552km, 6 pieces of Nan
bread, 1 bowl of noodles (cooked at a well station), oatmeal, raisins, apricots, H2O
It doesn't take much to cross the desert with only a small food supply, it's definitely
enough. It's hot and dry, it requires patience and planning to be out in the sun, or
taking cover under a sign post in the middle of the day, under a survival blanket on
the side of the road, sleeping in a pump station, or napping under the sunlight on the
side of the road, which road was it?
The Tarim Desert Highway was built and maintained by Sinopec and China Petro, and
the purpose to keep the oil coming out of the ground.
There are 108 wells across 552km of the Taklamakan desert, although the water
causes bowel irritation (nothing stays inside believe me, this would explain the small
ration of Nan bread), H2O provides basic hydration.
The Taklamakan Desert is a relatively flat landscape, but you will ride over rolling hills.
At night, the sandstorms would whisk across the desert floor and flat treacherously
against the thin walls of the tent.
I enjoyed my time in the desert, and went on to ride the G315 Southern Silk Road,
through some amazing villages and towns along with the Uyghur cultures that have
flourished there since centuries ago.
After Yecheng, I leave civilization and the G315 and follow the S219 towards the
This section of highway had all disappeared into a collosal road construction project
when I arrived here, I navigated on the stone and dirt tracks, dodging transport
trucks and heavy machinery run by sun-baked road construction workers.
Everywhere along this route was dusty, dry, but the people I encountered were
friendly. Further up in the mountains, I hitch hiked with mining workers and spent a
night sleeping at their camp. I repaired my rear wheel, already cracking from the
elevation changes, hard road conditions, and weight of the panniers.
As I reached the Himalayas of Xinjiang Province, China on my own, it was one of the
greatest moments in my life.
The expedition continued from Cudi Mountain of the Himalayas to Kashgar, where I
flew out to Chengdu, Sichuan Province to begin the second stage of the expedition.
Independent travel has been restricted in Tibet for many years, making the journey
either dangerous or illegal according to the Chinese officials that govern there.
The HimalayasX2011 expedition was completed in less than 60 days, an independent
expedition, self-supported and self-sponsored too. The expedition wasn't about
setting a world record for cycling, it was intended to become an educational journey
supporting several non-profit foundations that are involved in community
development, good will missions, and charity.
While living and teaching English in Korea, cycling has become more than a hobby, it
is a living adventure that is continually growing and challenging me.
Brian Perich - Explorer, Adventurer, Teacher, Father.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
HimalayasX2011, Western China Expedition supporting IDEAS & ETE [stage one, Urumqi, Tian Shan Mountains, Taklamakan Desert, Karakoram, Himalayas]
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About the Korean-World Author
Brian has completed his second mountain bike journey, MongoliaX expedition - Crossing Mongolia 2012, an unsupported mountain bike MTB expedition across 2500km of Outer Mongolia from Ulanbaatar to Altai Taven-Bogd National Park bordering China, Russia and Mongolia.
In 2013, as a sequel to a trilogy of cycle tours, Brian enjoyed a more leisure bicycle tour onboard his Koga-Miyata World Traveller seeing the northern tier of the United States and western Canada covering 3400 kilometers / 2000 miles in 30 days. This North American cycle tour was called Totherocktour. Enjoying the adventure of bicycle travel and every great conversation started while traveling on the road - has refueled his inspirations to cycle around the Earth. In 2013, while he cycled solo from the Great Lake State of Michigan, United States to Banff National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He weaved through local communities and reconnected with friends, family and community after spending almost a decade in Asia.
Brian is now supporting several non-profit foundations through expeditions: IDEAS Foundation of Canada IDEAS is the acronym for Intestinal Disease Education and Awareness Society which supports the IBD community, those suffering from IBD-inflammatory bowel disease, also known as Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis.
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