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Author says 'Catch, challenge and change negative thinking'

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, UK director of Care for the Family Katharine Hill explores one of the themes in her new book A Mind of Their Own – how to help teenagers develop mental strength and resilience

Leah and Maria are spending Saturday afternoon in town shopping. They squeeze into the changing room together to try on jeans and a top, and they both take a selfie. Later, they post the pictures on social media. They both gets lots of likes. Then a comment comes about Maria’s picture saying that she’d better do something about her tummy. Maria laughs to herself and takes a closer look at her photo: “Hmmm, maybe they’re right …” In only a few seconds, though, her thoughts have moved on in a different direction: “It’s brilliant that this top was in the sale. It looks really good on me.”

Just as Maria is looking at her photo and feeling upbeat about her new top, Leah is sneaking a look at her phone. She sees that someone has commented that she has “scrawny arms”. She can’t get it out of her mind and soon her thoughts are in free fall, her inner voice giving her a running commentary on her looks: ‘My arms are really scrawny. I’ll never have a good body. I’m so ugly.’ Suddenly, after a fun day trying on clothes with her friend, the power of her negative thinking has taken the joy away completely. Now she feels bad about herself and demoralised.

It’s not easy to hear our child express negative thoughts about themselves.

It’s true, of course, that no one is positive 100% of the time, but for many parents hearing our children say things that reflect feelings of insignificance, sadness or rejection are all too common.

And if they are getting stuck in a cycle of negative thinking, we would do well not to overlook this because their wellbeing can be seriously affected. Automatic negative thoughts can cause stress, anxiousness and lack of self-esteem and stop them fulfilling their potential and trying new things.

But even if we and our children tend to negative thinking, it’s important to realise that it’s possible to train our brains to think more positively. Scientists used to believe that the brain’s ability to change and grow was only possible in early childhood and that after this, thought patterns became fixed.

However, research shows that the brain continues to change throughout our lives and can be trained to be more emotionally resilient. Scientists call this the “plasticity of the brain” (and the Bible calls it “the renewing of our minds”).

Every time we do or respond to something, different areas of our brain are activated in a particular order, creating a pathway between the parts of our brain that are involved. The more we use that pathway, the stronger it becomes. The brain remembers what we’ve done previously and does it again.

It’s why negative thoughts become so automatic.

For our child to develop a pattern of positive rather than negative thinking, we can help them to teach their brain to use a different pathway in the same situation. The more this new ‘positive’ pathway is used, the more automatically the brain will use it.

So how can we help our children to develop positive thinking? One helpful and effective method is to teach them to ‘Catch, Challenge and Change’ negative thoughts.

Get them to notice or write down when they think something bad about themselves eg. “Dave didn’t invite me to his party. No one likes me” or “I failed my English test. I’ll never pass any exams.”

Ask themselves whether or not it is true, or the situation could be interpreted differently, e.g. “Dave doesn’t really know me yet’” or “I’m not as good at writing essays as some people, but I’m really brilliant at IT and I’ve been improving a lot in Maths.”

                                              Katharine Hill

Think about it differently, e.g. “Jane liked me enough to invite me round to her house last week along with some of the others” or “I probably won’t get loads of As, but I can work as hard as possible to get decent results, and I’ll do some work experience with an IT firm.”

Nurturing positive rather than negative thinking isn’t about pretending everything in the garden is rosy when it clearly isn’t, but it’s wise to be aware of the danger of constant negative thinking.

The good news is that, with practice, this is a challenge to wellbeing that they – and we – can meet head on. And as we do so we will be helping them build that important quality of emotional wellbeing in their lives.

To buy a copy of A Mind of Their Own, click here

Editor's note: This is a really helpful, encouraging and practical book that I wish I'd had when I was parenting teenagers!

Meticulously researched and referenced, it manages to be both thoughtful, perceptive and up to the minute yet accessible and realistic too. Yes, there's plenty of research referred to but there's plenty of personal experience and examples from ordinary life too. You'll find helpful activities and action points, and a light touch through the cartoons and writing style.

And the title makes it clear that this is written for the time we're all walking through now, in a tentatively post-pandemic world, where so many certainties have been challenged and there has been plenty of opportunity for fears and anxieties to run riot.

There are Christian principles and values undergirding the book, but faith is implicit rather than explicit, and it's certainly a book you could give to non-Christian friends and neighbours.

Highly recommended, and likely to become a much valued resource.

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The utility company blamed for September’s natural gas explosions in Massachusetts has settled a negligence lawsuit from a family injured in the disaster.

Columbia Gas of Massachusetts and the Figueroa family didn’t disclose the settlement amount Tuesday but say it includes providing a motorized wheelchair, a mobility van and modifications to the family’s Lawrence home.

Twenty-one-year-old Shakira Figueroa was severely injured and two family members were hurt. A family friend, 18-year-old Leonel Rondon, died when the home’s chimney fell on his SUV.

Family lawyer Socrates De La Cruz says that the settlement is “an important step” toward healing but that the family will never be the same.

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Customer Follow Up

The art of the customer follow-up and delightful customer service

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Part of the ritual of eating a meal in a good restaurant is the waiter asking if you’re enjoying your food and if there is anything else they can get for you.

Now, you might not think much about that particular restaurant practice – after all, it’s just a simple customer follow-up question shortly after your food has arrived.

However, there are a few lessons in this simple example of customer service that are valuable for anyone who works in customer support. How do customers feel about the service they’re paying for? Does our service contribute to a sense of customer delight?

Importance of following up in customer service – asking is what matters

Usually, we can reply that everything is delicious and quickly forget the waiter even checked in with us. Sometimes there will be an inevitable issue – you’re missing some cutlery or condiments, or the food isn’t quite what you ordered – but above all, it is the very asking of the question that shows they care about your experience.

“You’re paying for a service, despite not feeling like you’re getting much of a service at all”

Contrast that sense of care with those occasions when you can’t catch the eye of a waiter no matter how hard you try. Or worse still, you have to ask the waiter where your food is and why it’s taking so long. Those situations are infuriating – you’re paying for a service, despite not feeling like you’re getting much of a service at all.

There are a few elements of this scenario that translates to customer support. A proactive support model, where you follow up with your customers consistently and help pre-emptively solve their problems, signals that you care about your customers and are dedicated to ensuring their continued success. It is this sort of consistent follow-up that will help ensure customers return to use your product or service again and happily recommend it to others. And when you take upselling and customer LTV into account, following up is actually a critical part of the sales process as well.

The art of the consistent customer follow-up

Ensuring your follow-ups are consistent and effective, however, is as much an art as a science, and it involves overcoming the inherent challenges of customer support, which can be relentless (consistent inbound volume, meeting SLAs, having a constant pulse on latest product releases). Agents can sometimes feel the need to just get through it and move on.

“You need to make sure the customer is happy with the resolution, so consistent, thoughtful follow-ups are key”

Support isn’t just about resolving a customer’s first question and moving on, however. You need to make sure the customer is happy with the resolution, so consistent, thoughtful follow-ups are key. They are seemingly simple, but they have a profound impact on the customer experience and people’s sense of being respected and cared for. This is something that small business owners often understand, but that larger companies can lose track of.

One of the key elements of the follow-up is the timing – after all, waiters know to ask how you’re doing shortly after the food has arrived, long enough for you to gauge if there are any problems but not so long that any issues can’t be corrected without ruining your meal.

How to follow up with a customer

Below, we share six examples of how you can follow up with a new customer after a sale. Regardless of your relationship with your client one of the best ways to follow up with them is through a modern business messenger. You’ll be able to proactively send targeted messages to help customers at the precise moments they need it, seamlessly send relevant help content, and even hop on a call for more complex conversations.

1. Say thank you

This is the most common type of follow-up message for a reason: it lets you express appreciation for the customer’s purchase and establish consistent contact into the future. For example, for conversations with VIP customers, you can include a phone number or email address where they can reach you if they have questions or run into stumbling blocks.

2. Help them get started with your product or service

Just as a maître d’ can set the tone for your whole experience at a high-end restaurant, a well-crafted welcome message or onboarding product tour sets the tone for your product or service. These types of messages should focus on things that will actually help the recipient get value from your product from day one. Things like:

  • The most impactful next steps for them to take, e.g. send a message or add five teammates.
  • The three most common questions customers have on the first day. Address them right upfront so they don’t have to hunt around for the answers.

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3. Inform them of new features

Proactive support helps customers get the most out of your product or service. Sending periodic messages updating them on new features is a great way to do this – especially if you’ve just released a feature they’ve requested before.

4. Ask if there’s any way you can help

If you see that a customer isn’t engaging or using a particularly powerful feature in your product, it might be time to send a follow-up message offering to help. For example, if you have a finance app, you can send a message to customers who haven’t created their first invoice yet and share some best practice tips. This will not only show you’re engaged, it’s also a great opportunity to get some customer feedback on the product.

5. Upsell

If you think there’s a product, service, or feature that the customer might find useful, then your sales team should let them know about it and try to upsell! You don’t want to bother your customers too much, so only do this if you’re confident that they’ll be interested.

6. Send them articles that might be helpful

Your knowledge base is full of useful information on how to get the most out of your product. If the customer has expressed concern or interest in using some part of your product, send them articles or information that will help them use it. You can also automatically trigger messages to send to customers at the exact moment they’ll need help while you’re using your product or browsing your website.

How we follow up with customers at Intercom

With proactive automation

At Intercom, our Support and Product Education teams work hand-in-hand to deliver automated proactive messages to our customers at critical moments throughout their customer journey. For example, after a customer signs up on day one, rather than leaving them to fend for themselves, we send them a relevant onboarding product tour. The tour gives them a warm welcome and offers to show them around and introduce them to the most important few features that will get them up and running.

Hitting the snooze button

For more manual conversations, like those with VIP customers, we use a feature called snooze to help us follow up with specific customers and check if they’re happy with their resolution. You can set the snooze feature to automatically remind you to follow up on an important conversation a day, week, or month from now. Or you can choose whatever custom date works best. The conversation then gets shelved into a designated snoozed folder and reopens at the perfect follow-up moment.

Intercom Snooze feature use to better follow up with customers

Here are some valuable tips on how to check in with customers:

  • Be purposeful. Customers appreciate when you’ve put in the extra effort to ensure their issue is resolved. But it’s crucial that your follow-up message with the customer should always be meaningful for them – don’t just “check in” on your customer. A generic one liner with no real goal can cause noise and interrupt your customer’s day. Give it a purpose, whether that’s updating them on a product update or a resolved bug, and keep it personal.
  • Be personal. While it’s good to use a saved reply to create a “follow-up snippet,” try to personalize the query where applicable.
  • Be timely. I find mornings can be overwhelming – catching up on emails, Slack, updates, retros, scrum meetings … never mind grabbing some coffee and breakfast. The last thing I need is an overflowing Intercom Inbox all requiring follow-ups, so I schedule them to reopen at a time I know I’ll be able to pay them attention. Most days that’s in the afternoon.

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A proactive follow-up approach is key to customer engagement

The sense of being cared for, similar to how you feel after a fine meal in a friendly restaurant, is what you should aim to provide with your support. A proactive follow-up approach helps keep your customer interactions more personal, authentic, and helpful – even after the initial sale is made.

“Just like with a welcoming restaurant, you’ll retain more customers and keep them coming back for more”

With proactive support, you can onboard and educate your customers and empower them to achieve continued success with your product or service. Just like with a warm, welcoming restaurant, you’ll retain more customers and keep them coming back for more.

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Apple Spruces Up Ping Social Net

It didn't take long for Apple's Ping social music network to catch on with iTunes fans. One week after its inclusion in the refreshed digital media store update, it garnered more than 1 million users and a bunch of annoying spam links and messages.

As eSecurity Planet reports, Apple quickly jumped on the spam scourge this week and also tweaked the site with "back" and "forward" buttons for better navigation.

Just one week after its debut, Ping now joins the likes of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter as social networking sites that have and will continue to be targeted by hackers and spammers looking to take advantage of users' misguided trust in social networks and their eagerness to share information quickly among their friends, family and colleagues.

Ping, the social network built into its updated iTunes 10 digital media store which eclipsed the 1 million-user mark within a couple days of its release, received a thorough scrubbing by Apple engineers this week after discovering that its comments section had quickly and predictably become a spammer's paradise.

A bevy of comments and links on various artists' pages were inundated with links to bogus surveys promising free iPhones or iPads in exchange for completing the questionnaires. Instead, they were just spreading more spam and malware to unsuspecting victims' PCs and mobile devices.

"We’ve seen these types of 'win a free iPad or iPhone' scams hitting Facebook and Twitter for some time now as it fits the modus operandi of cybercriminals to latch on to the latest technologies or platforms that users will use to spread their spam or scams," Bradley Anstis, vice president of technology strategy for security software provider M86 Security, said in an advisory.

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Introversion Doesn’t Need to Be Defended; It Just Needs to Be

Just about every time I go to the local YMCA, I see a guy I used to work with — during the Reagan administration.

He doesn’t recognize me, or so it appears, as he’s lifting his weights or chatting quietly with one of the other pre-lunchtime regulars. But I easily recognize him as I’m doing my three-mile run around the track. He’s, well, recognizable, a pretty well-known member of the local media, and I’m fairly sure he’s friends with my sister-in-law as well.

I was just an intern when we worked together — if you can call being in the same department and occasionally having occasion to talk working together — so he truly may or may not remember me. It really could go either way. Sometimes I think he’s thinking the exact same thing I am (“I know that guy”), but sometimes I think he’s simply doing the same thing I am: trying to stay alive at the health club and focusing on that and that alone.

He isn’t at all full of himself. He wasn’t back then and he certainly isn’t now. He’s not an unapproachable celebrity or anything even close. He’s just a guy, same as me.

Part of me wants to go up to him and re-introduce myself. But I don’t. I haven’t yet, at least, and it’s fifty-fifty as to whether I’ll ever do so.

It’s not because I’m shy. That much I know, although social anxiety does get to me in some situations. It’s actually a function of the energy involved — for me, at least, and in my mind perhaps for him as well, as it seems like he’s an introvert too and would prefer, in his heart of hearts, to be left to his workout.

But there’s more to the story. I also hold back because I can’t (yet) answer the $64,000 question that always plagues me in these situations: “why?” As in “why bother?”

As soon as I ask the question I receive an unwelcome but inevitable injection of “shoulds” into my brain, shoulds that have been drummed into my introvert head all my life and that only add to the messy, frustrating concoction of shoulds already in there, mucking things up: “You should go say hi.” “You should go talk to him.” “You should go connect with him.” “You should this.” “You should that.”

Followed in each case, as I said, by: “why?” Endless internal debate. It’s exhausting.

My friend Barbara Winter, author of the liberating book Making a Living Without a Job, has a saying: “Do talk to strangers.” Because, she says (and even I know it’s true more often than not), good things can happen as a result. She’s apt to talk to the person sitting next to her on the plane, for example. I’m not, which somehow makes me feel crummy.

So Barbara’s unspoken “should” is part of my already overflowing mind mix. And I have no reason to doubt her wisdom.

Meanwhile, in her thought-provoking book The Law of Divine Compensation, which I just finished reading, author Marianne Williamson talks about a mutually beneficial interaction she once had with the taxi driver who took her to the airport, concluding:

He had introduced himself to me; I had asked him about himself. Those two things — seemingly meaningless moments of human connection — opened the door through which the universe could provide its gifts to both of us. … Most of the time, we block our reception of a miracle by believing it couldn’t be that easy.

Yikes. I have no reason to doubt Marianne Williamson, either. And yet, again, I’d be prone to not chatting too much with someone driving me to the airport.

So add Marianne’s “should” to the cognitive dissonance sauce too. Might as well.

This is my introverted life. Wanting to preserve my own energy and be true to myself on the one hand, not wanting to block my (or anyone else’s) reception of a freaking miracle on the other. All the while knowing that other people aren’t focused too much on me to begin with. They’re focused on themselves, on doing their own thing.

I don’t have any tips on how to deal with this little psychological war. I just hate shoulding all over myself, as behavioral psychologist Albert Ellis once put it.

I’m learning, though — slowly — that I don’t have to. No one does.

A few months ago, the counselor I work with did a spontaneous exercise with me. She held up a pretend chocolate ice cream cone in one hand and a pretend vanilla ice cream cone in the other. “Pick one,” she said.

“Is this some kind of trick?” I asked. Sad, but true.

“Nope,” she replied. “Pick one.”

[Pause to think (and to see if I could pinpoint the trick she’d denied … no luck).]

“Because vanilla is so blah and chocolate is richer,” I said.

“Wrong,” she replied. “Pick again.”

[Pause for initial frustration to set in.]

“I thought you said this wasn’t a trick!”

“It isn’t. Pick again.”

“Chocolate,” I said.

“Because I like it better than vanilla?”

“Is that a question or a statement?”

“Because I like it better than vanilla.”

“Closer,” she replied, “but still wrong. Pick again.”

I couldn’t figure out what she was trying to do. I kept picking chocolate and coming up with a litany of reasons for my choice. “Wrong. Pick again,” she patiently repeated.

Finally, in desperation, I picked chocolate yet again and, when she asked why for the fifty-seventh time, I blurted out: “Because I just want it, that’s why!”

“Right!” she (finally) said.

[Pause for confusion to set in.]

“Pete,” she continued, “you don’t have to justify yourself. You can pick chocolate because you want chocolate. That’s enough. There doesn’t need to be any further explanation.”

[Pause for realization to set in.]

[More pausing.]

[More pausing.]

[Light dawns.]

The same is true where my introversion is concerned, where anyone’s introversion is concerned: It doesn’t need to be defended, justified, explained, rationalized. It just needs to be. That’s enough.

Will I ever go up to my old colleague at the gym and say hey? I don’t know. I really don’t. It will almost certainly depend on my mood and my energy in the moment.

What I do know for sure is that I get to choose, we all get to choose. Really choose. And that whichever pathway I pick, I can just pick it. No defense necessary.

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Bad Boys from Belgium: Meet the Muslim directors of 2020's first blockbuster

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah reveal how their outsider identities at a white Belgian arts school geared them up to take over from Michael Bay to helm 'Bad Boys for Life.'

For the first time in a long time, Michael Bay wasn’t in control. While shooting his cameo in the movie Bad Boys for Life, the long-awaited third film in the buddy cop action films starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, the veteran filmmaker took directions from two millennial Muslims from Belgium who grew up loving Hollywood movies -- Bay’s explosive blockbusters most of all.

On the set, dressed in a summer suit and playing the role of wedding DJ, Bay gave only one piece of advice to the 30-somethings making their first studio picture. “Don’t fuck up my baby.”

“It was like meeting a teacher,” co-director Adil El Arbi tells Inverse. “We reminded him of him when he did Bad Boys.”

That day, Adil El Arbi, 31, and Bilall Fallah, 34, were 5,000 miles away from the LUCA School of Arts (also called St-Lukas) in Belgium, where they’d flunked out their first year and nearly gave up on movies altogether. Instead, they beat the odds, embraced their cultural identities, and made it to the big time to direct the bombastic Hollywood action flick they’ve forever dreamed of. But however much of a fairy tale ending that sounds, it’s not where their story ends. Because, for El Arbi and Fallah, Bad Boys for Life is just the beginning of a lifelong effort to change how the world sees the Muslim community beyond the narrow stereotypes Hollywood still falls back on more often than not.

“As a kid, I thought we were Americans, because the Americans are the good guys in Hollywood movies. So, you just assume, you know?” El Arbi says. “You hope that being a filmmaker here, you can show another vision of Muslims and Moroccans. We got an opportunity that nobody else [has] maybe in the world.”

In theaters now, Bad Boys for Life stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith reprising their roles as two hotshot Miami detectives who become targets of a vengeful South American drug lord. The film picks up the dormant Bad Boys series first directed by Bay, who rose through Hollywood in the ‘90s from his iconic “Got Milk?” commercials and blockbusters like The Rock and Armageddon. He directed four out of five films in the Transformers series, which have a combined gross of $4 billion worldwide.

Although regularly criticized for his objectification of women and ostentatious directing style, nicknamed “Bayhem,” Bay’s movies remain quintessentially Hollywood, and exactly the films El Arbi and Fallah obsessed over when they met thirteen years ago as film students. It was an instant friendship.

The two saw in each other something they never saw anywhere else: Themselves.

Adil El Arbi, left, and Bilall Fallah, right, on the set of 'Bad Boys for Life.'Sony Pictures

Besides being the only second-generation children of Moroccan immigrants at St-Lukas, the duo also held a deep affection for American cinema. Hollywood big shots like Jerry Bruckheimer, Steven Spielberg, and Michael Bay carried more weight to them than the indie directors their white classmates raved about.

“When you study in art school and you mention Hollywood, it's a bad word,” El Arbi says. “You mention Michael Bay, that’s no bueno. But, the fact is, Michael Bay is one of the directors who's movies we've seen the movies. We studied his movies. We studied parodies of his movies. You don't go to Michael Bay to see something going to Palme d'Or, you go for entertainment and the mastery in how he shoots action.”

He adds, “You have Michael Bay, it's an event.”

"As a kid, I thought we were Americans, because the Americans are the good guys in Hollywood movies."

Adil El Arbi was born the child of Moroccan market vendors in Antwerp, the second most populous metropolitan city in Belgium. “I grew up in a not so chill neighborhood, you could say,” El Arbi recalls. “Antwerp in the '90s was a very racist city. You just felt the atmosphere because the racist party was the most popular party during this period. It was great growing up in Antwerp, but at the same time, if you're Moroccan, it was not the easiest thing to be.”

The hostile world outside compelled El Arbi to stay indoors and get lost in movies like Indiana Jones and Back to the Future. “I was not very sociable. I would only go home and watch movies. Television was my best friend.”

At eight years old, El Arbi learned a famous name that stuck with him forever: Steven Spielberg. “It started with Jurassic Park,” he says. “It was the first time I would see behind the scenes footage, and this guy with the hat and the beard and the glasses seemed to be making all the movies. I thought, I want to have his job.”

Meanwhile, 40 minutes away, Fallah was growing up in a middle-class family in bilingual Brussels. “There, you have two languages,” Fallah explains. “You have Flemish and you have French. If you talk French, you were cool, and if you talked Flemish, you were not. You were a sellout as you grew up there. So for me, it was really difficult to find myself in the beginning.”

Adil El Arbi, Martin Lawrence, Pitbull, and Will Smith.Universal/Alexander Tamargo

Somehow, the two convinced their parents to let them attend Sint-Lukas, the only independent art school in northern Belgium. “My parents were very old [school],” El Arbi says. “I was an only child. They were worried that I would be fucked up or whatever.”

Despite being Muslim, El Arbi’s parents sent him to Catholic school, where “there were only white people.” The colors of El Arbi’s classrooms hardly changed at Sint-Lukas, where El Arbi attended on a government scholarship. “Our film school was an art school, and it was very white. White Belgians studied art.”

At Sint-Lukas, El Arbi and Fallah connected over their similar “cultural education” — most especially the guilt that comes when you’re the child of immigrants studying the arts, not medicine or business. You know, a “real job.” Also, they looked like each other. “There was no public figure of any color. No actors, no politicians. So you felt isolated,” El Arbi says. “That's why we connected right away, because we had the same background, the same struggles.”

And then there were movies. “We were big fans of Hollywood movies. Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott,” says Fallah. “In our school, they were more European oriented. We had to watch Godard and all those geniuses, but that’s not the cinema we wanted to make. We learned a lot from it, but we wanted to make big Hollywood movies.”

"When you study in art school and you mention Hollywood, it's a bad word. You mention Michael Bay, that's no bueno."

The two worked on each other’s student films, acting as production assistants when they weren’t directing. It was an invaluable experience that allowed them to sync up their creative visions. “We were really on the same level,” says Fallah. “Every time I was making my short movie, he was on my set. Anytime he was making a short, I was on his. We organically started to work and became a duo.”

Then they hit their first major roadblock. They flunked out of school.

“Both of us didn't pass,” says El Arbi. Based on his tone, I can tell he’s still irritated all these years later. “Our movies were not the greatest, but other people, they made even worse movies and they passed! I was like, what the fuck is going on?”

“When I said to my parents, I want to do movies, my father said, ‘You better make it work,’” Fallah says. “Because every parent wants a secure job [for their kids], and being a director was not. It was super important the first year I pass. And we didn't pass. I felt devastated.”

Their failure wasn’t for lack of trying. “I studied like a motherfucker,” El Arbi says. They passed their written exams, too, but “the most important exam is the short film you make.”

Titled Etikettieren (“Labels,” in Dutch), El Arbi’s movie was about racism in Antwerp. By his own admission, Labels was not good. “It was really very cheesy,” he says, laughing about it now. “It had no plot. There was a racist character and a super artsy character. It was just cliches. I deleted the movie. It doesn’t exist.”

But the experience was a necessary kick in the ass. “What it made us understand is that when we made those shorts, they were not personal. They were just a game. We would make movies distant from our lives. That’s what we learned. We understood we get to tell stories, and our stories are not told. That's how we started to make more successful movies.”

“One of the teachers said to me, ‘You will never be a filmmaker,’” says Fallah. “There was a point I was thinking, ‘Let's go to the army and go to war and make documentaries there.’ But by being flunked, it pushed me to be more serious with what I was doing.”

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return to the 'Bad Boys' series, after 17 years, in 'Bad Boys for Life.'

In 2014 the directors worked on their first feature (funded through the Flemish Audiovisual Fund) Image, an urban drama about an ambitious reporter shooting a documentary about Moroccan immigrants in Brussels. But it was their acclaimed second feature, 2015’s Black, that put them within spitting distance of Hollywood.

A retelling of Romeo and Juliet, Black takes place in modern Molenbeek, a Belgian city closely tied to Islamic terrorism; a 2016 report by Politico called Molenbeek “a terrorist safe haven.” The film’s young cast was made up of unknowns native to Molenbeek, all telling a story about the streets they roamed every day. The success of Black at the Toronto International Film Festival gave them a chance to meet their heroes, including Jerry Bruckheimer, the legendary producer of Arbi and Fallah’s favorite movies including the original Bad Boys.

"We understood we get to tell stories, and our stories are not told."

Fast forward several years and one FX pilot (Snowfall) later, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah found themselves on the set of Bad Boys for Life, directing none other than Michael Bay himself for his cameo. “He was kind stressing his lines, but he did it perfectly,” remembers Fallah. “We did a 360, Michael Bay-style shot around Michael Bay. That was, for us, super important.”

With Bad Boys for Life in theaters, El Arbi and Fallah are a lifetime away from the film buffs who bonded over a love of action movies. They now know first-hand what goes into making “Bayhem.”

“Michael Bay is an innovative director. I always looked up to him,” says Fallah, “But I have even more respect now because when you make an action movie, it’s so fucking difficult. When I look at those scenes now, I know the pressure, the budget, having all this crew to lead. That alone is difficult. I learned by making this movie.”

“‘Bayhem’ is, in our mind, how you get the camera moving,” says El Arbi. “It's kinetic, it's extravagant. And it's difficult to achieve. Lots of people will try and it will not work. We're not Michael Bay. We're different directors.”

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, together with musician DJ Khaled, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, at the Amsterdam premiere of 'Bad Boys for Life.'Sony Pictures

But as Muslims, have El Arbi and Fallah ever felt alienated by Hollywood’s stereotyping of the Middle East?

“Only sometimes,” says El Arbi. “When a movie has stereotypical Middle Eastern characters, I'm like, ‘I'm not like these guys. These are bad guys. I'm the Americans.’ We all want to be American when you grow up, even if you’re Muslim. My family would say they’re portraying a racist view of Islam. I'm like, ‘But the movie's cool, so it's good.’ That's how you grew up.”

It wasn’t until El Arbi grew into adolescence, alongside the events of 9/11, that he reckoned with Hollywood’s xenophobia. “As racism becomes more clear in your life, you start to be more critical of it. But Hollywood still remains your first love, and you still love America.”

Just by being here, El Arbi and Fallah hope to inspire real change. “To have Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and Sony say, hey, let's give this big-ass franchise to two Moroccans and Muslims, that is something you cannot forget. They didn't care. They just thought, let's give them a chance."

Bad Boys for Life is in theaters now.

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PCS Invitation Homes – Military Veterans Hiring Program

Find out more about PCS Invitation Homes, a program that’s focused on creating career opportunities for military veterans. We believe that hiring veterans is not only right for America – it’s right for our business. In this video, you’ll hear from veterans who work at Invitation Homes, and learn how the core values of our company match those they learned in the military. Invitation Homes is America’s leader in single-family homes for rent, and we have jobs of all kinds for individuals who have proudly served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Find your place in our growing company and take advantage of a competitive salary and a strong benefits package. Find out more about available positions at invitationhomes.com/careers.

John: Hello, I’m John Bartling, CEO of Invitation Homes. Invitation Homes is the largest owner of single-family residential housing for rent in the United States. We provide housing for over 50,000 families. We improve neighborhoods, homes, parks. We serve those who live in our homes and are looking for those who are serving our country to come and work for us.

Greg: Yeah, I think a veteran should come to work at Invitation Homes because I think our core values of commitment, trust, and respect dovetail perfectly with that of the military. There’s a commitment at the organizational level to be the best at what we do, to deliver exceptional customer service, whether that’s to our investor customer, to our resident customer, or to our fellow associates, our internal customers. There’s the aspect of trust, knowing that as we’re out doing our business on a day-to-day basis, that we’re going to have the tools and resources that we need, that we’re working together as collectively as a team, and that we have each other’s backs. And then there’s the respect aspect of it, that we’re going to treat each other with dignity and respect, much like people in the military do.

Gavin: A veteran with a background in IT or networking, it’s a great fit here at Invitation Homes because our network is becoming more robust on a daily basis and our skills are directly applied and used every single day.

Tim: When we’re looking at military veterans, we’re looking for people that have great leadership skills, great follower-ship skills, also folks that are great multi-taskers. Those are all skills that you learn serving in the military. To date, we’ve rehabbed over 40,000 homes, and veterans play a very important part in that. We know that a veteran is managing a rehab project that he or she is going to show up on time, they’re going to hold contractors accountable, they’re going to make tough decisions on the spot, in order to keep that project going, and they’re going to deliver that home on time and under budget.

Tanisha: I’ve been able to expound on a lot of my military experience. Invitation Homes is a platform for growth. This job requires someone that’s dedicated, someone with a lot of integrity, someone that knows what it means to be a true team player. The Army taught me a lot about that. I hold the values dear every day. I practice each and every day in and outside of the office. So I think a veteran would definitely benefit from being employed at Invitation Homes.

Mack: I think that most of the skills that I learned is what I got from the military: serve with discipline. It don’t matter what you do, there is some kind of discipline that is needed, and I think the Army has taught me a lot of that. My goal is to satisfy the customer, satisfy the resident, and make sure I do my job right the first time.

Ruben: The three main things that I bring to Invitation Homes from my military training is hard work, dedication, and my ability to adapt.

Sam: It’d be a great place for a veteran to come to work here because of the challenges. You have so much to do here.

Tim: I think veterans can serve in any capacity. Our group specifically, we think that veterans make great superintendents, they make great maintenance technicians, but they can serve in any capacity in our company.

John: If you’re a veteran and you share the same three values that we share, commitment, respect, and trust, come join the team at Invitation Homes.


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Missouri seeks end to economic border war

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)  Some Missouri lawmakers are pushing legislation that could end a long-running economic border war between their state and Kansas that has prompted both states to spend millions of dollars in the last decade to lure businesses in the Kansas City metropolitan region across the state line.

Kansas spent $184 million in incentives since 2010 to entice businesses to move, while Missouri spent about $151 million in the same time period, according to the Hall Family Foundation. Those millions resulted in a net of about 1,200 jobs in Kansas.

Were using (economic development incentives) to divide the pie, not increase the pie, said Bill Hall, president of the foundation and a Kansas City metro area civic leader.

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Everyday life is full of commitments, thoughts and chores to be done. It can happen to forget to take a tablet or check that a dear one of ours has done it.

The Internet of Things is getting closer to our needs and needs, and precisely because of this, smart objects develop fast, meeting the different needs of each of us. AdhereTech has developed a wireless wireless smart pillbox, which collects all data related to taking medicines in real time, analyses them via a software internal and, in case of forgetfulness, send patients, or their guardians, notifications and alerts, via automatic calls or text messages.

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This magnificent IoT device has been studied, developed and built by a team of American specialists, leveraging the latest technology and knowledge in the medical field. A perfect combination to improve, and save, the lives of all of us. Using this smart pillbox is simple and intuitive, you do not need to proceed to a complex setup, and sending data is immediate and automatic, wherever you are. Alerts and notifications can be customized according to individual preferences: you can choose between automatic calling, text message, lighting and warning lights or bells and sounds. All these warning modes are absolutely adjustable and customizable. Easy to use, the product made by Adheretech has the classic shape of a pill container with unscrewed cap and child safety system. This smart device complies with the strictest and strictest safety rules, certified according to all American and European regulations. The battery has an average life of 6 months, and smart pillboxes are rechargeable in the same mode as smartphones.

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the Tyler Bannister FBI series

371 Pages, 6 x 9

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Publication Date: April 2020

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Book Two in the Tyler Bannister FBI series, written by former FBI Special Agent C.W. Saari

Fugitive Terry Hines, suspected of involvement with terrorists, has been on FBI Agent Tyler Bannister's radar for some time when Federal prosecutor Kendall Briggs is murdered, a microbiologist at the CDC is stabbed to death, and a biotoxin is missing. Bannister suspects the crimes are all related. The investigation takes a personal turn when Bannister's daughter is kidnapped and he is in a race against time to save his daughter and neutralize a biological attack.

For The Mile Marker Murders: "The Mile Marker Murders" is a plot-driven suspense novel, written so convincingly and with such detail that at times I forgot I was reading a book and felt like I was watching a movie.

Author Biography

C.W. Saari is a graduate of Whittier College, Willamette University Law School, and the National War College. He served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps, then spent twenty-seven years as an FBI Special Agent, where he supervised undercover operations and espionage investigations. He is experienced as a private investigator and currently resides in Lexington, SC with his wife, Carol. In his spare time, he enjoys bicycling, playing golf, and traveling.


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Block Champz – Addictive and Competitive Block Puzzle Game

There are tons of different type of puzzle games developed for our smartphones, to play on the go. If you are looking for a more interesting puzzle game, where you get to compete against others, test your skills and win big prizes for your achievements, we found the right block puzzle game for all puzzle lovers. Read more about Block Champz.

What is Block Champz?

Block Champz is one fun and addictive block puzzle game that is developed for IOS users. Built on Skillz, this game offers you the chance to compete against real people around the world and win big real world prizes for your achievements. It’s a lot like Tetris but you drags the blocks to the board to fill the rows and explode them to score.

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This game will test your strategic skills. Drag the blocks and fill the rows to explode them. Use bombs to clear rows and when you score combos you get scores. Each game is timed at 1:00 but you can win back time to play longer by clearing rows and scoring combos.

Streak bonuses are given for clearing multiple rows and combo bonuses by clearing both vertical and horizontal rows at the same time. Play against real people, in head-to-head or big multiplayer tournaments. The player with the most scores, wins the game. Leaderboards, trophies, cash and other virtual currency prizes are available as well an amazing loyalty program.

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Top 25 Widgets for iOS 10

With iOS 10, widgets have their own dedicated space. They can be designed to look more like apps and they have better capabilities – including a compact and expanded state. Now that widgets are everywhere – the Lock screen, the Home screen, Notification Center and even in Quick Actions when you 3D Touch an app icon, it’s no surprise that developers are taking this opportunity to create quick ways to interact with apps or to view information.

So far, these are the best iOS 10 widgets we’ve found. They really help up reduce the time we spend on our phones, navigating around.

Read: How To Add Widgets in iOS 10

1. Launcher

Even though you can’t use Launcher to directly jump into parts of the Settings app anymore, it’s still a great app and task launcher. You can customize it with a lot of different apps and services, or just use it to launch apps or call people.

Download: Launcher

2. WhatsApp

I wasn’t expecting this but WhatsApp is becoming one of my most used widgets in the Today view. If you use WhatsApp as much as I do, this widget will be helpful for directly jumping into one of the 4 or 8 recent chats.

Read: Top 19 WhatsApp Tips and Tricks for iPhone

Download: WhatsApp

3. PCalc

PCalc is the calculator app for nerds. And their iOS 10 widget now works in both compact and expanded mode. The compact mode puts the entire keypad in just two lines. It’s small but it works. The expanded version shows you the full keypad. PCal costs $9.99. But if you don’t want premium customisation features, you can use the free version – PCalc Lite, that still supports the widget.

Download: PCalc ($9.99)

ESPN’s iOS 10 widget is one of the best I’ve seen so far. Once you’ve added your favorite teams and leagues in the app, you’ll see the scores for current and recent matches right there. The compact state only shows details for one match though.

Download: ESPN

5. Yelp

Yelp’s widget is very simple. It gives you shortcuts to quickly jump to viewing nearby restaurants and other hotspots.

Download: Yelp

6. Wikipedia

Wikipedia has two new widgets for iOS 10. One lets you quickly jump into what you were reading before. Another one talks about the best reads of the day.

Download: Wikipedia

7. Shazam

There’s still no better way to identify what’s playing than to Shazam it. And while you could just ask Siri, it hardly ever works for me. It’s much more reliable to swipe to the right on the Home screen and tap the scan button in the Shazam widget.

Download: Shazam

8. Musixmatch

Apple Music now has lyrics support. Yes. But I still use Musixmatch mostly because of the widget. The new iOS 10 widget shows you the current line in the compact mode. In expanded more you get a line above and below as well.

Download: Musixmatch

9. Fantastical 2

Fantastical is one of the best calendar apps out there. And their new iOS 10 widget proves that. The expanded state shows you the calendar. It’s bright and easily readable, thanks to the dark fonts. The compact state shows you your next meeting.

Download: Fantastical 2 ($4.99)

10. Dark Sky

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When it comes to accurate weather forecasting, down to your specific area, it’s hard to beat Dark Sky. The app itself is very feature rich. The widget’s compact state gives you the current weather in big letters and the condition. The expanded view gives you lot more details.

Download: Dark Sky ($3.99)

11. Carrot Weather

Carrot Weather gives you the weather update, but with a bit of attitude. The comments are usually funny. And you’ll get that in the widget itself. What’s cool is that you get 4 customisable slots.

Download: Carrot Weather ($3.99)

12. Day One

Day One has multiple widgets for iOS 10. You’ll be able to see photos you took in this day, from the past, quickly check in or see usage stats.

Download: Day One ($4.99)

13. Workflow

Workflow’s widget is a great way to execute automation tasks without even opening your iPhone. It use it to log my weight and doing that using the new widget is crazy fast.

Download: Workflow ($4.99)

14. Todoist

Todoist’s widget is pretty simple. It’s a list of all your tasks from your Inbox. You can check stuff off, from right there.

Download: Todoist

15. Trello

I really like using Trello’s new widget’s expanded mode to quickly jump into one of my most recently used Trello boards. You can also use it to quickly add a card or a photo.

Download: Trello

16. Copied

iOS 10 and Sierra’s Universal Clipboard feature is pretty good, but also pretty basic. If you want pro features and more control, you’re going to want Copied. And their new iOS 10 widget shows you the current clipboard, past entries and more right on the Lock screen.

Download: Copied

17. Drafts

Draft’s new widget lets you quickly take a note, or start a dictation. But the best part is when you expand the widget, you’ll see 8 of your most recent entries right there. Very handy.

Download: Drafts ($4.99)

18. Nuzzel

Nuzzle’s widget is a great way to see the most popular articles your Twitter timeline is sharing.

Download: Nuzzel

19. Cheatsheet

If you want to create notes or lists and put them permanently on the Today view in the Lock screen, Cheatsheet is one of the best ways to do it. It also supports icons for list items to make it better, visually.

Download: Cheatsheet

20. Widget Calendar

My favorite widgets app in iOS 9 – Wdgts, hasn’t been updated for iOS 10 yet. So I went looking for a simple, standalone calendar widget. Widget Calendar for $0.99 is one of the better ones I found. It supports both Calendar and Reminders app. You can customize both the week and time layout.

Download: Widget Calendar ($0.99)

21. DataMan Next

DataMan Next has always been one of the best ways to monitor exactly how much 4G data you use, along with monitoring other network details. Their iOS 10 update has 2 different widgets. They look great and they give you different information. I personally like the big data usage widget and one for monitoring data usage in a particular session.

Download: DataMan Next ($0.99)

22. Pedometer++

Hands down, the simplest app for viewing just how many steps you took that day is Pedometer++. And the newly updated widget for iOS 10 has really nice, red typography and it looks great.

Download: Pedometer++

23. Favorites

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Apple’s own Favorites widget is a great way to quickly call, iMessage or FaceTime your favorite contacts.

24. Notes

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I also like the default Notes widget. It’s really useful to open the most recent notes.

25. Music

Apple Music only displays album art for the songs, albums or playlists you played most recently. There’s on controls or anything. But one reason why I love this widget is that once you tap on any song or playlist from the widget, it starts playing right away. No need to go to the app.

Your Favorite Widgets?

What did we miss out? Share your favorite widgets for iOS 10 in the comments below.


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IPEC-Americas and the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) are continuing their advocacy of FDA incorporating a family approach in the toxicology assessment of excipients as they work with the agency on further improving the inactive ingredient database (IID) to support better drug development and more efficient FDA reviews.

IPQ Monthly Update, June 2015

In focus are: ● FDA’s CDER on the role of the control strategy in application approval recommendations and the challenges reviewers face in piecing the story together ● the key role a novel excipient played in the development of a new insulin inhalation product and the broader implications of the experience, and ● ICH’s effort to address the pressing questions on API CMC and GMP through Q&As on Q7 and Q11....

ICH’s API Coverage Deepening with a Newly Released Q&A on Q7 and a Q11 Q&A Project on Starting Materials Underway

A newly released Q&A from ICH on its active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) GMP guideline Q7 and another Q&A being prepared on the more recently issued API development and submission guideline Q11 are intended to address issues that have surfaced in implementing the two guidelines and drive more uniform interpretation across industry and regulators worldwide....

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The development, testing, and use of a novel excipient as part of its formulation enabled MannKind to develop a viable inhaled insulin product after other firms’ insulin inhalation projects had not been successful....

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Implementation of the ANSI NSF-IPEC 363 standard on GMPs for excipients by pharma and excipient manufacturers will help ensure that they are compliant with the supply chain mandates of the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), and the newly-completed EU excipient risk assessment guideline....

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KLH Architects, left to right Martyn Goodwin, Alan Wilkinson and Alan Howard

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Architects expand with a new appointment

Award-winning Ipswich based KLH Architects have expanded their service offering by bringing on board a well-known education sector specialist.

Alan Wilkinson, who has developed the specialism in 15 years of delivering projects in the sector, has joined the 20-strong team, and will head up the new Education and Community Project team.

Rob Keeble, partner at the practice said of Alan joining the team: “Alan brings with him an extensive education portfolio and unrivalled experience in this sector – which as a practice we have highlighted as a discipline we would like to expand into. By bringing Alan on board we can expand our services knowing we have a respected figure at the helm who will continue to deliver at the high standards we are committed to.”

Alan, who previously led the team at WPP Architects added: “When the opportunity arose to join the team at KLH I knew it was the right move for me. They are a fantastic practice with a reputation of delivering high quality design for the healthcare sector, and I hope, with my extensive education portfolio, we can quickly become the first point of call for schools and academies wanting to transform their buildings.”

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“KLH work to the same principles which drive me – being totally client-focused and delivering buildings and facilities that exceed the expectations of clients, stakeholders and users.”

Recent projects across the region which Alan has delivered include Willowbrook Primary School in Brentford, Essex, Honywood FS20, a showcase for innovative learning in Coggeshall, and the Parkside Pupil Referral Unit, Ipswich, which was used as an exemplar in the Department for Education guidance document.

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Alan (pictured with partners Martyn Goodwin (left) and Alan Howard (right)) has also appointed two new team members to make up the new KLH Education department. Graham Page and Robert Gillett-Ratley worked with Alan at WPP also bring with them a wealth of experience of delivering projects in the sector.

KLH were recently given a commendation at the Suffolk Joint Consultative Committee annual awards dinner for the renovation of the Ipswich Regent Theatre.

KLH Architects is a RIBA chartered practice based in Ipswich who provide design, planning and project management expertise in healthcare, residential, commercial and leisure development in East Anglia and London.

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‘Fabio’ fires Drogs to victory

Declan O’Brien’s first-half goal proved enough for Drogheda as they cut Sligo’s lead at the top to a single point with a hard-earned win at Hunky Dorys Park.

‘Fabio’ struck with a fine individual effort in the 21st minute, but the Boynesiders were indebted to their keeper Gabriel Sava, who denied the Students on a number of occasions.

Two saves in particular were outstanding, one from Paul Corry and the other to deny Robbie Benson.

Virtually the entire table separated these sides at kick-off and Drogheda were soon in the driving seat, as shots rained down from O’Brien, Eric Foley and Peter Hynes, all of which were comfortably dealt with by keeper Mark McGinley.

UCD looked sharp when coming forward on the counter-attack, but the home side deservedly went ahead on 21 minutes.

Philip Hand swept a free-kick into the box and UCD defender Michael Leahy headed half-clear to the edge of the box, from where O’Brien deftly chipped over McGinley.

The Students responded impressively, however, as David McMillan sent a 30-yard shot flashing wide of Sava’s right-hand post, before the keeper finger-tipped another fine Corry effort onto the crossbar.

Drogheda almost doubled their lead just before half time when a great move involving Cathal Brady and Hynes ended with a Paul Crowley shot that flew a yard wide.

UCD introduced Chris Lyons for Ciaran Nangle at the break and the sub immediately made an impact, turning his man before forcing Sava into a save.

Two minutes later Drogheda were almost caught on the counter-attack when the ball dropped to Robbie Benson 18 yards out and his firm shot was parried brilliantly by Sava at full stretch.

The Students virtually owned the ball for the entire second half against a jaded-looking Drogheda, but other than wayward headers from McMillan and Paul O’Conor they couldn’t find another clear-cut opening.

DROGHEDA UNITED: Sava; McMahon, McNally, Prendergast, Hand; Brady (Mulvenna 68), Crowley, Foley, S Brennan (Marks 65); Hynes (Byrne 55), D O’Brien.

UCD: McGinley; Douglas, Leahy, O’Connor, Ledwith; Belhout, Benson, Corry, O’Conor (McCabe 71), Nangle (Lyons 46); McMillan.

Referee: Tom Connolly (Dublin).

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New web page and campaign aim to dispel myths about proxy advisory firms

Proxy advisers are fighting back against what they see as a tirade of misinformation about their work by putting the record straight with the launch of a new web page.

Proxy advisers have come under attack from think tanks, the SEC – with the threat of greater regulation – and NIRI for, among other things, their influence on the behavior of issuers and investors.

But pushing back, Steven Friedman, ISS general counsel, explains to IR Magazine the rationale behind the creation of the new web page and campaign: ‘There are calls – largely from corporate interests – for the SEC and Congress to impose new regulations on proxy advisers. As part of these efforts, there has been a distinct lack of facts and accurate information around the important role proxy advisers play in making sure investors have the critical information and data they need to support their proxy voting and governance activities.

‘To help set the record straight, ISS established this web page to ensure that interested parties who want to learn about the true value of proxy advisers have a place to turn for factual, non-biased information. As the page demonstrates, the corporate interests pushing these new regulations on proxy advisers lack the broad support they claim to have.

‘We welcome a robust and meaningful debate on proxy advisers and the valuable role they play in supporting the critical governance and stewardship needs of the institutional investors that are entrusted with helping hard-working Americans achieve their financial goals.’

The narrative may already be starting to shift, with the SEC’s investor advocate Rick Fleming becoming a dissenting voice in the regulator’s approach.

‘Some have criticized proxy advisers and allege that they have conflicts of interest in their business models, factual errors in their analytical processes, and a political agenda that supports social policies at the expense of investment return,’ he says. ‘All of these things would cause me great concern, except for one thing: the investors who are paying for this service are not the ones who are expressing those concerns.

‘Indeed, at the Roundtable on the Proxy Process the commission held last November, I think the investors made it pretty clear that they are relatively happy with the services they receive from proxy advisers. This is not to suggest that proxy advisers are perfect, but to the extent that any problems exist, it seems their paying customers should be the ones to raise them.

‘The simple fact of the matter seems to be that proxy advisers have given asset managers an efficient way to exercise much closer oversight of the companies in their portfolios, and those companies don’t like it. That’s understandable. And it is also understandable that companies, rather than directly asking the SEC to suppress shareholder voting or give companies more of a say in the advice that is given, would try to cloak their arguments under the mantle of investor protection.

‘But the investors themselves – again, the ones paying for proxy advice – are not asking for protection. In fact, I keep hearing opposition from investors to proposals that might lead to interference in the proxy voting process.’

Summing up the situation, Fleming concludes: ‘I sincerely hope the commission will not prioritize a rulemaking that could impair the independence of proxy advice or lead to even greater inefficiencies in proxy voting.’

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Family dynamics and young adults’ homeownership transitions in Britain, Germany and Australia

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Transition from parental home to the housing system is considered to be an important step in young adults’ independent living. While parents with higher socio-economic status and more wealth are expected to support their children entering the housing market, the ways in which parental background influence young peoples’ housing transitions out of the family home is likely to vary markedly across societies. This study asks how family life course events and parental background shape young adults’ homeownership transitions in Britain, Germany and Australia? We compare and contrast these countries as there are important differences but also many similarities in their structural conditions, welfare systems, institutional arrangements and cultural contexts. Data are drawn from the BHPS, UKHLS, SOEP, and HILDA. The sample consists of young interviewees who are in the parental home at age 18 and who are single and have not yet had a child. We then track these individuals until they either enter homeownership for the first time or exit the sample. We employ discrete time event history models of entering homeownership for the first time in each country. The preliminary results for this indicate that socio-economic status of parents increases the likelihood of homeownership. There are also strong important intergenerational continuities in tenure. Children of homeowner parents are more likely to become homeowners. Moreover, partnership formation is strongly associated with homeownership transition. Although there are many cross-national similarities in the pattern of effects, the results also point to some important differences in how young people enter the housing market in our three study countries.

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History in Iran: Athletes will not be boycotted

Iranian Judo Federation agrees to stop boycotting Israeli athletes and to abide by non-discrimination principles of Olympic Charter.

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The International Judo Federation (IJF) and Iran have reached a historic agreement which stipulates that Iran will no longer boycott competitions against Israelis.

The IJF noted on its website that it decided to intervene after having witnessed on several occasions “a disturbing phenomenon, which involves the sudden ‘injury’ or failure of weigh-in of Iranian athletes, phenomenon which is linked by many observers to the possible obligation of the given athletes to compete against certain countries.”

Following several exchanges and discussions with the Iranian Sports Ministry, Olympic Committee and Judo Federation, the IJF said it received a favorable response and commitment from the Iranian side.

The Iranians promised in a letter to the IJF to “fully respect the Olympic Charter and its non-discrimination principle.”

Iran has a long-time policy of avoiding Israelis in athletic competitions.

In 2010, an Iranian contestant withdrew from a Taekwondo match against Israel’s Gili Haimovitz, who won a gold medal by default.

In 2012, Iranian athletes announced their intention to boycott competitions against Israelis at the London Olympics.

Two years ago, two Iranian players were criticized in their home country after they appeared for their Greek club Panionios in a Europa League qualifier against Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The two were initially banned for life from the Iranian national team as a punishment, but Iran appeared to cancel the ban after a huge outcry from soccer fans on social media and the launch of an investigation by FIFA, which has rules against political interference in national teams.


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The Leccino Oil is made by Leccina olive, the most known variety of Italian olives. It has a delicate flavour and a light intensity.

The Moraiolo Oil is made by Moraiola olive, that has a round shape and it is very widespread in Italy. This product has an intense flavour with spicy notes.

The Frantoio Oil is made by Frantoiana olive, which is known for is deep green color. This oil has a decided taste, ideal for creating dishes with a distinct character.

The Pruneti company is located in the province of Florence, in Tuscany.

The company for four generations is specialized in the production of olive oil, with particular attention to every production phase.

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Currently, Pruneti produces nine types of extra virgin olive oil that differ in tastes and flavors, borned from the perfect mix of tradition and innovation.

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How to Stay Digitally Healthy This Exam Season

As students go into their second summer of exams in lockdown, having been learning only for over a year it is no wonder that everyone from young children to students at university is feeling the rub. Exams are stressful at the best of times with...

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If you are just starting your digital detox journey, or even if you've been at it for a while, it can be difficult to know how to make the most of your digital detox time. We know that even in 2019 adults were spending upwards...

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We Remember More by Writing on Paper than on Mobile Devices

Neuroscientists at the University of Tokyo have found that writing on paper helps our brains to remember information better than taking notes on a tablet or smartphone does. The team of researchers asked 48 students to copy down a schedule given to them, with equal numbers...

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After a tough year stuck at home and living exclusively through our devices it is no wonder that many of us are struggling with screentime. In a Washington Post profile, people from all walks of life examined their screentime as it had increased during the...

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Most of us will know someone who has dealt with burnout (maybe even digital burnout). Perhaps we saw them struggle with the physical and emotional toll of it, or perhaps we have hear about it second hand. Either way many of us will now think...

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The sexiest night of the year, #VSFashionShow aired yesterday, on CBS. And what a show!? Butterflies, Fireworks, top singers, celebrities, the Kardashians and obvious, the ANGELS! A night of luxury, Swarovski, beauty and perfection. And, for me, after watched those women, a decision, I will never miss a crossfit class, LOL.

The amazing, Behati Prinsloo ( Adam Levine’s wife) opened the show with a tribute to the '60s in a segment called BOHO Psychedelic, performed by The Weeknd. And, one of the highlights of this part was the Kendall Jenner debut, at the VSFS.

Adriana Lima, the gorgeous Brazilian Angel, opened Exotic Butterfly - the second part, performed by Ellie Goulding. Also, it was the first appearance of the top model Gigi Hadid, at a Victoria's Secret fashion show.

Called Portrait of an Angel, the third segment was opened by another Brazilian Angel , the beautiful Alessandra Ambrosio.

Performed by Selena Gomez, who looked amazing, Taylor Hill walked on the runaway, to open the PINK part. Her outfit was inspired by the American flag, with big red and blue wings!

The Angel Candice Swanepoel appeared with an awesome Swarovski jumpsuit, to open the Ice Angels, fifth segment of the night's show. It was my favorite part!

And the highlight of the night! The Fireworks Fantasy Bra segment! Lily Aldridge walked on the runway wearing a stunning $2 million Bra. Speechless!

The chosen to close the night was the gorgeous Martha Hunt. She appeared on the catwalk with a corselet set with Swarovski crystals and big golden wings! Absolutely amazing!