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French duo Jérôme Garcès and Romain Poite will referee the Springboks' Tests against England and Wales respectively in November.
The Springboks are scheduled to take on the Barbarians followed by three Tests against England, Italy and Wales during their end-of-year tour.
Mike Frazer has been tasked with handling the Boks' clash with the BaaBaas at Twickenham on 5 November. Garcès will officiate the Test against England at the same venue a week later, while George Clancy will take charge of South Africa's game against Italy in Florence.
The Boks' final game of the season, against Wales in Cardiff, will be refereed by Poite.
In other appointments, South African trio Craig Joubert, Marius van der Westhuizen and Jaco Peyper will officiate two Test matches each.
Joubert’s first assignment is the Test between Wales and Australia in Cardiff on 5 November, followed by the clash between Fiji and Japan on 27 November in France.
Van der Westhuizen will referee Ireland against Canada and Wales versus Japan on 12 and 19 November respectively, while Peyper will wield the whistle in the Tests between Ireland and New Zealand on 19 November, and England against Australia on 3 December.
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Physician Shareholder Agreement, dated May 10, 2019, by and between Thomas Lam, M.D., Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Network Medical Management, Inc., a California corporation, and AP-AMH Medical Corporation, a California professional medical corporation
PHYSICIAN SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT
This PHYSICIAN SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 10, 2019, is granted and delivered by Thomas Lam, M.D. (“Shareholder”), a physician licensed under the laws of the State of California (the “State”), in favor of Network Medical Management, Inc. a California corporation (“Manager”), and Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Apollo”), and for the benefit of AP-AMH Medical Corporation, a California professional medical corporation (“Practice”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given such terms in the Management Agreement (as defined below).
A. Practice is a professional entity organized under the laws of the State to provide professional medical services. Shareholder is the legal and beneficial owner of one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding stock in Practice (the “Shares”). Practice has entered into that certain Administrative Services Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between Practice and Manager (as amended or restated from time to time, the “Management Agreement”), pursuant to which Manager provides exclusive management and administrative services to Practice.
B. As the majority shareholder of Practice, Shareholder will substantially benefit from Manager’s performance under the Management Agreement, including Manager’s or Apollo’s ability to extend credit to the Practice, and has the ability to impact Practice’s compliance with certain terms of the Management Agreement. The purpose of this Agreement is to memorialize the agreement of Shareholder to act in accordance with the Management Agreement, and to the extent of Shareholder’s personal authority, refrain from any action or inaction that would result in a breach by Practice of its obligations under the Management Agreement.
C. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, Manager has the exclusive right to provide management and administrative services to Practice. Manager has expended, and will continue to expend, significant resources, and has undertaken significant obligations, and will continue to incur significant obligations, to be in a position to perform its obligations under the Management Agreement. In consideration of such services, Practice has entered into certain covenants under the Management Agreement that assure Manager the exclusive right to provide management and administrative services to Practice.
D. Apollo, as the sole shareholder of Manager, has the authority to cause Manager to enter into the Management Agreement. In light of the substantial benefits flowing directly to Practice and indirectly to Shareholder from Manager’s performance of the Management Agreement, it is a condition to Apollo’s causing Manager to enter into the Management Agreement that Shareholder execute and deliver this Agreement. Apollo and Manager are relying on this Agreement in their decision for Manager to enter into the Management Agreement and Manager would not enter into the Management Agreement without this Agreement.
E. Apollo is loaning money to Practice pursuant to (i) a Loan Agreement between Apollo and Practice, dated on or about the date hereof (as amended or restated from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), (ii) a Security Agreement made by Practice in favor of Apollo, dated on or about the date hereof (as amended or restated from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), and (iii) a Secured Promissory Note made by Practice in favor of Apollo, dated on or about the date hereof (as amended or restated from time to time, the “Note” and, collectively with the Loan Agreement and Security Agreement, the “Loan Documents”). Apollo has required this Agreement to be executed as a condition to entering into the Loan Documents. The proceeds of Apollo’s loans to Practice will provide substantial benefits and assistance to Practice and to Manager in the performance of Manager’s obligations under the Management Agreement, including Manager’s obligation to extend credit to the Practice; consequently, Shareholder will receive substantial benefits from Apollo’s loans to Practice.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, which are incorporated herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and to induce Apollo to cause Manager to enter into the Management Agreement with Practice and Apollo to make loans to Practice, Shareholder hereby agrees as follows:
1.1 Compliance with Management Agreement and Loan Documents.
1.1.1 Without limiting any other obligation of Shareholder hereunder or of Practice under the Management Agreement, during the term of the Management Agreement, Shareholder shall not take any action, or fail to take any action, in his or her capacity as a shareholder, director or officer of Practice, that would cause Practice to breach the Management Agreement or any of the Loan Documents to which Practice is a party.
1.1.2 Whenever the Management Agreement requires Manager and Practice to agree on the amount of the management fees payable by Practice under the Management Agreement, Shareholder shall use his or her best efforts to cause Practice to negotiate in good faith and to reach an agreement on the amount of such management fees.
1.1.3 Shareholder agrees to be responsible for all damages suffered by Manager due to the affirmative actions or intentional omissions by Shareholder that result in a breach by Practice of its obligations under the Management Agreement or any Loan Document (such that the breach would not have occurred but for Shareholder’s affirmative action or intentional omission in connection therewith).
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1.2 Issuance, Transfer of Shares. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Loan Documents, neither the Shareholder nor his estate, heirs or devisees shall sell, assign, transfer, gift, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, any or all of the Shares which the Shareholder now owns or may hereafter acquire. In addition, the Shareholder shall not cause Practice to authorize, approve or declare any dividend or other distribution with respect to the Shares. In furtherance of the foregoing, concurrently with the execution hereof, Shareholder agrees to place a restrictive legend on any certificates representing Shares that reads substantially as follows:
“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE, AND THE TRANSFER THEREOF, ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF A PHYSICIAN SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT IN FAVOR OF APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND NETWORK MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, INC., DATED AS OF MAY 10, 2019 (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE IN, AND MAY BE EXAMINED AT, THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION), AND NO TRANSFER OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY OR OF SHARES ISSUED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR SHALL BE VALID OR EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL HAVE BEEN FULFILLED.”
1.3 Obligations Concerning Certain Actions.
1.3.1 The Shareholder and Practice shall provide written notice (the “Notice”) to Apollo of any vote or action (an “Action”) to be taken at any time or from time-to-time by the Shareholder in his capacity as Practice’s sole shareholder or as its sole director with respect to any of the matters set forth below:
(a) The lease, sale, exchange, transfer, mortgage or other assignment or disposal of all or substantially all of Practice’s assets;
(b) The merger, consolidation, or reorganization of Practice;
(c) The issuance of any shares of Practice’s stock or any warrant, option, right or other security convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock of Practice, or the creation of any new class or series of stock;
(d) The sale, exchange, transfer, mortgage or other assignment or disposal of any of the Shares;
(e) The adoption, amendment, restatement, repeal or modification of this Agreement, the Articles of Incorporation and/or the Bylaws of Practice;
(f) The formation of any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other entities by Practice or in which Practice has an equity or debt interest;
(g) Any action related to the amendment, modification or termination of any agreements with Apollo and/or Manager (or any successor);
(h) Any action concerning legal matters or the management of financial affairs or resources of Practice;
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(i) The delegation of any authority with respect to the affairs of Practice by the Shareholder to any other person or entity;
(j) The nomination or election of any person other than the Shareholder to Practice’s Board of Directors;
(k) Except in connection with the Loan Documents, incurrence of extraordinary indebtedness (other than indebtedness incurred with respect to normal accounts payable or otherwise in the ordinary course of business) by Practice in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), whether as a demand or term loan, a line of credit, or other form of short-term or long-term debt;
(l) Except in connection with the Loan Documents, entry into any material agreement pertaining to the business of Practice;
(m) Liquidation or dissolution of Practice; and/or
(n) Entry into any agreement with any other person or entity to do any of the foregoing.
1.3.2 No Action Permitted During the Notice Period. The Notice shall be given by the Shareholder at least thirty (30) days prior to taking any Action; provided that, if the Shareholder is required by law to act prior to the expiration of such 30-day period, the Shareholder shall give such written notice to Apollo as early as possible prior to the time that the Shareholder is required to act (such 30-day period, or less if required by law, is referred to as the “Notice Period”). During the Notice Period, the Shareholder shall not take or ratify the Action described in the Notice.
1.3.3 Notice Requirements. The Notice shall include a description of the contemplated Action and copies of all relevant documents and materials. Within ten (10) days after Apollo’s receipt of the Notice, Apollo may reasonably request additional documentation and materials related to the contemplated vote or action, and the Shareholder shall promptly provide the same to the requesting party; provided that, unless otherwise required by law, the Notice Period shall be extended by the number of days between the date of any request for additional documentation and the date such additional documentation is delivered to the requesting party.
1.3.4 Action Taken in Contravention is Null and Void. Any Action taken by the Shareholder or Practice in contravention of the Shareholder’s obligations to provide the Notice or to refrain from taking an Action within the Notice Period, shall be null and void and of no force or effect to the extent permitted by applicable law.
1.4.1 Shareholder agrees that his obligations hereunder are absolute and unconditional, and such obligations shall not be discharged, limited or otherwise affected by (i) any amendment, modification, supplement to, discharge or waiver of any provisions of the Management Agreement or Loan Documents or (ii) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense available to Practice or Shareholder.
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1.4.2 No obligation of Shareholder hereunder shall be discharged other than by complete performance of such obligation.
1.4.3 Shareholder agrees that, pursuant to this Agreement, Shareholder shall deliver to Apollo, for Apollo to hold for the term of this Agreement, (i) an undated and signed irrevocable stock power with regard to its stock in Practice, (ii) an undated and signed resignation of Shareholder’s position as officer and/or director, as applicable, of Practice, and (iii) Shareholder’s stock certificate in Practice.
1.4.4 Shareholder shall maintain Shareholder’s license to practice medicine in the State, and Shareholder shall notify Apollo immediately upon the loss of such licensure or the commencement of any proceeding or action that may result in the loss of such licensure.
APOLLO’S ACQUISITION RIGHT
2.1 Apollo’s Acquisition Right.
(a) In support and furtherance of Shareholder’s obligations under this Agreement and for the consideration received herewith, Shareholder agrees that at any time or from time to time during the term of this Agreement, Apollo may designate a third party who is permitted under California law to be a shareholder of Practice (a “Permitted Transferee”) with the right (the “Acquisition Right”) (a) to acquire Shareholder’s Shares for a purchase price of $100.00, or (b) to acquire from Practice, for a purchase price of $100.00, a number of equity interests in Practice that, if issued to the Permitted Transferee, would result in such Permitted Transferee’s holding a 51% ownership interest in Practice (the “Share Transfer”).
(b) The Acquisition Right shall be exercisable by Apollo by delivering written notice of such exercise and payment to Shareholder or Practice, as applicable, and upon exercise, Shareholder shall be obligated to assign and transfer the Shares or to cause Practice to issue new equity interests (as applicable), free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims of third parties, security interests, mortgages, pledges, agreements, options and rights of others of any kind whatsoever, whether or not filed, recorded or perfected. In furtherance of the foregoing, at any time an “Event of Default” is in existence under the Loan Documents, Apollo shall have the right to exercise its Acquisition Right in favor of a Permitted Transferee approved by Apollo. On or before the Share Transfer, the Shareholder shall execute all such documentation, if any, required or convenient to transfer and convey all of the Shareholder’s right, title and interest in and to the Shares.
3.1 Term. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until such time as Shareholder no longer holds an ownership interest in any capital stock or other equity interests of Practice.
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3.2 Arbitration. Any dispute hereunder shall be settled exclusively by binding arbitration before a single arbitrator in accordance with the Rules of Procedure for Arbitration of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Alternative Dispute Resolution Service, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Such arbitration shall occur in the city where Practice is located within sixty (60) days after a party gives notice to the other party of its election to trigger this arbitration clause. The arbitrator shall be chosen in accordance with the rules of the AHLA Alternative Dispute Resolution Service then in effect. If the AHLA Alternative Dispute Resolution Service is no longer in effect, then the arbitration shall be conducted as set out above by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. The arbitrator may award attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party. The parties shall share the costs of the arbitrator equally between them. Each party shall bear its own expenses of preparation for and participation in arbitration. The statute of limitations applicable to any claim shall be determined as if such claim were being asserted in the State where Practice is located, and such statute of limitations shall apply to preclude arbitration of any claim hereunder not brought within the applicable limitation period. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties reserve the right to proceed at any time in any court having jurisdiction or by self-help to exercise or prosecute the following remedies, as applicable: (i) all rights of self-help, including peaceful occupation of real property and collection of rents, set off, and peaceful possession of personal property, (ii) pre-judgment garnishment or attachment of property, (iii) a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order to preserve the status quo or to enforce a party’s rights under any provision set forth herein, and (iv) when applicable, a judgment by confession of judgment. Preservation of these remedies does not limit the power of the arbitrator to grant similar remedies that may be requested by a party in a dispute. The agreement to arbitrate set forth in this Section may only be enforced by the parties to this Agreement and their permitted successors and assigns, shall survive the termination or breach of this Agreement, and shall be construed pursuant to and governed by the provisions of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §1, et seq.
3.3 Waiver of Jury Trial. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the parties hereby waive the right to trial by jury.
3.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement expresses the entire agreement between the parties hereto regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous written or oral understanding or agreement.
3.5 Legal Events. If any law is adopted or amended or any rule or regulation is published for public comment, promulgated or modified, any administrative ruling, advisory opinion or judicial interpretation in any jurisdiction is issued or modified or any court or administrative tribunal in any jurisdiction issues any decision, judgment, order or interpretation, which, in the reasonable judgment of one party draws into question the terms of this Agreement in a manner that may materially and adversely affect a party’s or any party’s affiliate’s licensure, accreditation, certification, or ability to bill, to claim, to present a bill or claim, or to receive payment or reimbursement from any payor or that may subject such party to a substantial risk of prosecution or civil monetary penalty, then the parties shall modify this Agreement to the minimum extent necessary to eliminate the illegal or unenforceable aspects hereof, while remaining consistent with the intent of this Agreement in its original form.
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3.6 Amendments; Waivers. No amendment, modification, or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be binding unless in writing and signed by the party against whom the operation of such amendment, modification, or waiver is sought to the enforced. No delay in the exercise of any right shall be deemed a waiver thereof, and no waiver of a right or remedy in a particular instance shall constitute a waiver of such right or remedy generally. In addition, this Agreement shall not be amended, terminated, supplemented or superseded without the prior written consent of Apollo’s Board of Directors.
3.7 Waiver. A waiver of any breach on any one occasion shall not constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach whether of like or different nature. No delay or failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any term of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy available upon any breach of this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise of any right or remedy under this Agreement shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. No course of dealing between the parties shall be effective to change, modify or discharge any provision of this Agreement or to constitute a waiver of any default hereunder.
3.8 Assignment. Neither Practice nor Shareholder shall assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Apollo. Each of Apollo and Manager shall have a right to assign this Agreement in connection with a transfer of all or substantially all of such party’s business, whether by sale, merger or otherwise. Shareholder specifically agrees that Manager shall have the right to perform its obligations hereunder through any affiliate without Shareholder’s consent.
3.9 Successors and Assigns. All of the provisions herein contained shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto to the same extent as if such heirs, successors and permitted assigns were in each case named as a party to this Agreement.
3.10 Severability. If any provision contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained therein, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that if a court determines that any of the covenants contained herein is unreasonable, void or invalid for any reason whatsoever, then such covenant shall be modified as the court, or jury if applicable, shall determine to be fair and reasonable, IT BEING THE INTENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO BE SUBJECT TO AN AGREEMENT FOR THE NECESSARY PROTECTION OF THE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS OF APOLLO AND MANAGER, WHICH IS NOT UNDULY HARSH IN CURTAILING THE LEGITIMATE RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDER. Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that the provisions herein do not deprive him/her of the ability to find employment and maintain a reasonable personal income.
3.11 Covenants Independent. The covenants contained herein shall be construed as independent agreements and the existence of any claim which Shareholder may have against Apollo and/or Manager will not constitute a defense to the enforcement by Apollo and/or Manager by injunctive relief or otherwise, of the provisions contained herein.
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3.12 Notices. Any notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in writing to each other party and shall be deemed to be given (i) if deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, certified mail, return receipt requested, on the third (3rd) day following mailing or (ii) if deposited with a commercial overnight delivery service, on the day following deposit. Notice shall be addressed to the recipient at the address set forth below, or such other address or addresses as Party may designate from time to time by notice satisfactory under this section:
Thomas Lam, M.D.
AP-AMH Medical Corporation
Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.
Network Medical Management, Inc.
3.13 Further Assurances. At any time and from time to time, each party agrees, without further consideration, to take such actions and to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
3.14 Captions. The paragraph captions contained in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience of reference and in no way define, limit or describe the scope of this Agreement, nor the intent of any provision thereof.
3.15 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which, when taken together, constitute one and the same document. The signature of any party to any counterpart shall be deemed a signature to, and may be appended to, any other counterpart. Signatures transmitted by facsimile transmission or electronically shall be deemed originals for this purpose.
3.16 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State.
3.17 Construction. Notwithstanding the general rules of construction, both parties were given an equal opportunity to negotiate the terms and conditions of this Agreement and agree that the identity of the drafter of this Agreement is not relevant to any interpretation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
3.18 Number and Gender. In this Agreement, the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each be deemed to include the other, whenever the context so requires.
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3.19 Spousal Consent. Shareholder shall cause his or her spouse to execute an Adoption, Ratification and Consent of Spouse, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, signifying such spouse’s consent to this Agreement and such spouse’s agreement that any rights that such spouse may have, as a result of a community property or other interest in the Shares, shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement. It is intended by this Agreement that Shareholder shall subject his or her entire interest in the Shares to the terms of this Agreement, irrespective of any community property or other interest of his or her spouse. The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Shareholder has executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.
|/s/ Thomas Lam, M.D.|
|THOMAS LAM, M.D.|
ACCEPTED AND AGREED
as of the date first above written:
|APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.||NETWORK MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, INC.|
|By:||/s/ Mitchell Kitayama||By:||/s/ Mitchell Kitayama|
|Name:||Mitchell Kitayama||Name:||Mitchell Kitayama|
|Title:||Independent Committee Director||Title:||Independent Committee Director|
|By:||/s/ Eric Chin||By:||/s/ Eric Chin|
|Name:||Eric Chin||Name:||Eric Chin|
|Title:||Chief Financial Officer||Title:||Chief Financial Officer|
|AP-AMH MEDICAL CORPORATION|
|By:||/s/ Thomas Lam, M.D.|
|Name:||Thomas Lam, M.D.|
|Title:||Chief Executive Officer|
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ADOPTION, RATIFICATION AND CONSENT
|1.||I am the spouse of Thomas Lam, M.D., and do hereby certify that I have carefully read the foregoing Physician Shareholder Agreement attached hereto (the "Agreement") relating to the shares of capital stock of AP-AMH Medical Corporation, a California professional corporation, owned by my spouse (the "Shares").|
|2.||I am aware that, under to the terms of the Agreement, my spouse agrees to sell and have fixed the value and terms of any sale of all of his shares of AP-AMH Medical Corporation, including any community property interest I may have therein.|
|3.||I understand the meaning and effect of the Agreement, and I fully and freely consent to, approve, and join in the purpose of such Agreement. I do hereby subject, to the terms of the Agreement, any community property interest I may have in the Shares, and I promise and agree to execute any and all instruments and to do any and all things necessary or proper to accomplish the purposes set forth in the Agreement. In consideration of the benefits to me, I hereby agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Agreement, as surviving spouse, heir, devisee, or legatee in the event that I survive my spouse.|
|4.||I hereby agree that my spouse is the manager of the Shares subject to the Agreement.|
|5.||I acknowledge that my execution of this Adoption, Ratification and Consent of Spouse will affect (i) my ability to dispose of any community interest I may have in the Shares at my death, and (ii) my succession to said interest in the Shares. I direct that the residuary clause of each of my wills shall not be deemed to apply to my community property interest, if any, in the Shares.|
|6.||I HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO SEEK INDEPENDENT LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO ADVISE ME OF MY INTERESTS AND RIGHTS, IF ANY, IN SUCH SHARES AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK SUCH INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL.|
Executed at Los Angeles County, California.
Spouse of Thomas Lam, M.D.:
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President Biden’s new State Department special representative for subnational diplomacy, who has urged Americans to “embrace China,” has worked with two prominent Chinese Communist Party front groups regarded as influence organs to promote relations with Beijing.
Nina Hachigian, as deputy mayor of Los Angeles, met with the president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, a major Communist Party influence group, to discuss “exchanges and cooperation,” the Washington Free Beacon reported.
And at the liberal think tank Center for American Progress, she was part of a delegation with officials from the CCP-backed China-U.S. Exchange Foundation.
The group proposed “exchanges of military personnel” between the U.S. military and the People’s Liberation Army.
Further, she collaborated at the Center for American Progress with an official from a government think tank overseen by China’s main intelligence agency, the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.
Hachigian is only the latest State Department appointee who either has worked closely with CCP groups or espoused sympathetic views toward China.
BlackRock executive Tom Donilon advises the State Department on “strategic competition” with China. BlackRock has invested heavily in the communist nation.
Dominic Ng, who advises the State Department on trade in Asia, has criticized U.S. tariffs on China and has downplayed the regime’s threat to the West while urging American leaders to take a soft approach.
Hachigian, who at times has criticized China’s abuse of human rights and aggression toward Taiwan and Tibet, has repeatedly urged American leaders to take a soft approach to China.
In a 2007 opinion piece, she urged Americans to “embrace China,” and one year later, she opposed a Western boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympics over China’s human rights record.
That year, she called China “a security partner” and “not a threat” with regard to terrorism, pandemics, and relations with North Korea and Iran.
Hachigian was part of a Center for American Progress delegation that met in 2013 with the China-U.S. Exchange Foundation, a group that CIA director William Burns said during a hearing last year was engaged in covert influence activities.
A State Department spokesman, the Free Beacon reported, said the agency has “full confidence” in Hachigian.
Hachigian’s background, the spokesman said, “will be integral in engaging local partners and fostering collaboration on many of the Department’s key priorities CIA director William Burns expressed alarm over the China-U.S. Exchange Foundation’s covert influence activities during a hearing last year – including the priorities surrounding our competition with the PRC.”


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Re: Have a Question - Posted by JohnBoy
Posted by JohnBoy on March 09, 2002 at 15:44:06:
Sure, it’s possible. The only problem is that title remains in the seller’s name until the contract is paid off. Meanwhile you are stuck to deal with any potential liens being recorded against the property caused by the seller and dealing with any potential problems should the seller file BK. You can record a performance mortgage to protect your interest, but then you would still have to foreclose on that to get clear title if the seller was unable to take of any liens recorded behind your performance mortgage.
By getting the deed you eliminate all that because YOU are the owner. You can put a clause in your contract that would allow the seller to be able to get the property back from you by giving them an option to buy it back from you for $10 if you were to ever default on the payments being made on their loan.
If you were looking to assign a deal to get in and out with a quick profit then I like using a contract for deed or a L/O to buy on and then assign my contract to my buyer by getting their down payment as an assignment fee. That way I’m not putting the seller at any risk by allowing someone else to have legal title to the property while the seller’s loan remains in place. The seller would retain legal title and would have recourse to get the property back easier should my buyer default on their end.
I can offer the property by advertising something like:
NO BANK QUALIFYING!
$5k Down and Just Take Over Payments!
Nice 3 bed / 2 ba House
There are lots of ways to do deals like this depending on what your goals are with the property.
If I’m buying where I plan to remain in the deal then my first choice is to get the deed. If that is a problem for the seller then I would consider buying on a contract for deed or a L/O depending on how the numbers pencil out and how I would need to sell to generate the best profit. If selling on a L/O wouldn’t work because I couldn’t get enough rent on the deal under a L/O then I would need to be able to sell on contract to make the deal cash flow by getting a good interest rate increasing the payments enough. Then I would want the deed or at the very least to buy on contract so I can resell on a contract at a higher price and carry the balance at a higher interest rate to my buyer.
If the deal won’t cash flow enough and/or the back end profit would be minimal then I would want to just flip the deal by making a decent profit off my buyer’s down payment and taking that as an assignment fee. Then my buyer would just take over my existing contract I have with the seller!
It all boils down to how the numbers pencil out as to what way would be best to do the deal and how motivated the seller is to get out from under the property.

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The Cincinnati Reds locked up a playoff spot on Friday night in Minnesota. What were the players saying after the game?
13 days ago, the Cincinnati Reds woke up with a 20-26 record and a 17.1% chance of reaching the postseason. Tonight, the Reds beat the Minnesota Twins to reach the postseason. The Reds have won 10 of their last 12 games with their backs against the wall.
If you are a member of this community, chances are very good that you have invested a substantial portion of your life following the Cincinnati Reds. The folks here are people who I would definitely call die-hards.
The Cincinnati Reds' bats continued their early-season slumber tonight, as the team recorded only six hits against a replacement Chicago Cubs starter and a bullpen that prior to tonight has been consistently raked over the coals. The 8-5 loss to Chicago dropped the Reds to 1-4 in a 60-game season in which avoiding a bad start was seen as critical to any team's hopes of success.
In this week's randomized 2020 Cincinnati Reds simulation we get multiple links to current manager David Bell and his family.
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Michael Lorenzen followed up his solid season in 2018 with an even better season in 2019, as a pitcher and as a position player.
Desperate times call for desparate measures, Redleg Nation. If we're going to stick in this Wild Card race, cheering for the Cubs is a must.


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Australia is one of the most popular countries for tourism thanks to its 37,000 km coastline, lively cities, and unique nature. The most popular destinations include Sydney, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, the beautiful beaches of Whitsunday Islands, and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, which is famed for the sacred Ayers Rock.
For those who wish to visit Australia from Cyprus, there is now an easy and simplified procedure to obtain the Australian visa for Cypriot citizens. Travellers from Cyprus can easily apply for an electronic visa, avoiding the need to visit an embassy in-person, filling out paperwork, or having to schedule an interview with an immigration officer.
Do Cypriot citizens need a visa for Australia?
Yes. All citizens of Cyprus will need to hold a valid visa before they can enter Australia. The Australian eVisitor for Cypriot citizens is valid for short stays for the purposes of tourism or business.
The Australian eVisitor visa is a multiple-entry visa that is valid for 1 year from the date of issue (or until the traveller’s passport expires — whichever comes first). Travellers can enter Australia via air or seaports with their eVisa and stay for a maximum of 3 months at a time.
Please note that there are some restrictions when travelling on an eVisitor visa to Australia. Paid work (employment) is not permitted with this type of visa, although travellers can still conduct business-related activities such as general business inquiries, negotiating a business contract, or attending business-related conferences (although they must not be paid to do so). Travellers are also able to do unpaid work (volunteering) and conduct studies as long as these are not the main purposes of the trip.
In order for travellers to apply for their Australian eVisitor visa, they must first check they meet all of the Australian visa requirements for Cypriot citizens. These include the following:
- The Cyprus-issued passport must be valid for at least 3 months from the intended date of arrival
- The applicant must be outside of Australia when applying for their visa
- The traveller should also be in good health. This includes being free from any disease or condition that could lead to significant cost to the Australian community. Health insurance for Australia is recommended.
- Travellers must ensure that they, or their relatives, do not have any outstanding debts to the Australian government
- Travellers must have enough money to support themselves fully while in Australia. The traveller must also have enough funds to leave the country at the end of their stay (i.e. to buy an onward ticket).
- Travellers must not have any substantial criminal record. If the applicant has a criminal record, he or she may still be able to enter Australia if they meet certain guidelines and procedures.
How long does it take to get a visa for Australia from Cyprus?
The average processing time of an Australian visa from Cyprus is about 24 hours, but in many cases, it is much faster. On rare occasions, it may take longer.
When applying for an Australian visa, we advise all applicants to go through their completed application and double-check to make sure that the information provided is accurate. If there are inconsistencies or errors in the application, it may lead to delays or even a rejection of the Australian eVisitor visa.
How do I apply for an Australian visa from Cyprus?
The first step to obtaining the Australian visa for citizens from Cyprus is to begin an online application.
This online application will ask a few questions about the traveller and takes most people less than 30 minutes to complete. Applicants are asked to provide their full name (first name and surname), date of birth, and nationality, among other details. It will also ask for the traveller’s contact information (email and current address) and passport information (passport number and expiration date).
Afterwards, applicants will need to pay the processing fee with a valid form of payment (credit card or debit card) in order to submit the application for consideration.

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The New York Times published a piece today, “Can Islamic and European Civilizations Coexist?” and it is incredible (as in beyond belief, hard to believe, far-fetched, implausible). The headline sucks you into thinking that, finally, maybe there might be a discussion of this existential question with a (sadly) obvious answer, but that would be delusional. In reality, the Times is not asking the question. It mocks you into thinking the question is a legitimate one. The real title should be: “Muslim grievances, why we are right to whack and whine.”
The piece is not written by a legitimate, reasoned and brilliant scholar of Islam like, say, Ibn Waraq, Bat Ye’or, or Robert Spencer. No, this absurd propaganda is by one of the Times’ resident sharmutas for Islam, Atossa Araxia Abrahmian.
This piece is one huge pile of steaming dung — like the huge piles of excrement the Muslims would leave outside of synagogues on Shabbat in Morocco in the oppressive heat (knowing the Jews could not clean it up until after sundown the next day).
The finger pointing at the infidel for the violence and holy wars of devout Muslims is at its apex in this indictment of Western compassion and open borders.
“Many patterns of discrimination, Ahmed notes, are rooted in colonial legacies that vary by country….” Ah, yes colonial legacies – nothing about Islamic imperialism and annihilationism. Nothing about the centuries of jihadi wars, land appropriations, cultural annihilations and enslavements. Robert Spencer’s much anticipated tome on Islamic history, The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS, details this very thing, and should be part of every school curriculum in the country.
And speaking of those horrible colonial legacies, they brought with them 20th-century science, technology, industry to these shitholes, made them rich, rich, rich beyond their wildest expectations, and was essential in the return of the caliphate post-Ottoman defeat at the hands of the once brave and confident British empire.
This whole piece seriously made me want to slit my wrists. It is an extraordinary lie, and the left’s relentless promotion of the big lies have rendered us ill prepared for what’s coming.
In this “book review,”lls us that the author was invited to speak at a mosque in Athens.
What he saw there took him aback. The facility was less a house of God than an underground parking lot “of a particularly sinister aspect,”
“These men had nothing to lose, and I could imagine the most desperate among them prepared to lash out in an unpredictable and even murderous manner,” Ahmed writes in “Journey Into Europe,” the latest installment of his series on Muslims around the world. “This, I felt, was Europe’s ticking time bomb.”
Oh yes, because the mosque in Athens, Greece — a country whose suffering in jihadi wars is incalculable and little spoken of (like the Armenians) — is smelly and not pretty, it only makes sense that the Muslims destroy Europe. Are we to believe that if the Greeks built shrines to their executioners, all would be well?
The Greek genocide, part of which is known as the Pontic genocide, was the systematic genocide of the Christian Ottoman Greek population from its historic homeland in Anatolia during World War I and its aftermath (1914–1922). It was instigated by the government of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish national movement against the indigenous Greek population of the Empire and it included massacres, forced deportations involving death marches, summary expulsions, arbitrary execution, and the destruction of Eastern Orthodox cultural, historical, and religious monuments. According to various sources, several hundred thousand Ottoman Greeks died during this period. Most of the refugees and survivors fled to Greece (amounting to over a quarter of the prior population of Greece). Some, especially those in Eastern provinces, took refuge in the neighbouring Russian Empire.
Thus by the end of the 1919–1922 Greco-Turkish War, most of the Greeks of Asia Minor had either fled or had been killed. Those remaining were transferred to Greece under the terms of the later 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey, which formalized the exodus and barred the return of the refugees. Other ethnic groups were similarly attacked by the Ottoman Empire during this period, including Assyrians and Armenians, and some scholars and organizations have recognized these events as part of the same genocidal policy.
So the jihad in Europe is the Greeks’ fault, but Christians in Muslim countries who can’t pray and whose houses of worship are systematically destroyed have no recourse, no voice, no New York Times article that speaks to truth of their oppression and destruction. On the contrary, in the view of the NY Times, the Christians are the problem.
The complaining and the whining continues. Ahmed, in this book, says: “Pakistanis in Britain are better integrated than, say, French citizens of Algerian and Moroccan descent. But even absent empire, many of the Muslims he speaks to find it hard, if not impossible, to fit in. ‘In Denmark they strangle you slowly, slowly,’ one interviewee proclaims.”
Pakistanis in the UK are better integrated? Tens of thousands of Muslim rape gangs which the police never pursued for fear of being perceived as “islamophobic.” Daily acts of jihad written off as some generic form of extremism.
Ahmed “hopes Europeans can form new, hybrid identities that broaden the criteria for who belongs.” Where have Muslim societies ever allowed a hybrid of identity? What he is saying is, he hopes that Europeans will go quietly into the cold Islamic night.
Using Islamic historical lies to bolster his argument:
Europe happens to have a homegrown example of this philosophy in medieval Andalusia, when people of multiple faiths in parts of modern-day Portugal and Spain enjoyed convivencia, a state of relative pluralism, peace and prosperity under Muslim rule. “The answer to the violence and tensions between religions in Europe today and the sense of alienation and confusion in Muslim youth is to revive and strengthen the Andalusian model as an alternative to that of a monolithic tribal society,” Ahmed writes.
Andalusia was hardly golden for the Christians and Jews living under Islamic rule.
Islamic Spain was far from being a paradise. Cordoba was no “ornament of the world.” Maimonides had to flee the city because of the persecution of the Almohads, but even before the Alhomads the treatment of non-Muslims was dismal. When the Jewish viziers Samuel ibn Naghrela and his son Joseph were both murdered, and then the entire Jewish community of Grenada was massacred as well – yes, in Grenada, home of the “Alhambra” of which Washington Irving sung — it was not something without deep Islamic roots.
How pleasant it would be to make of history what it was not. How wonderful to think that at least once, just once, in the whole long history of Muslim conquest, there really was one spot where there was real tolerance — not the tolerance that is purchased by the Christians and Jews through payment of the jizya and submission in a hundred ways to a crushing regime of permanent degradation, humiliation, and physical insecurity. No wonder it is not only non-Muslims who like to imagine such a world, but also those Muslims who feel they must stick with Islam, they cannot jettison that belief-system with which their entire civilization, their ancestors, and they themselves are so identified. These believers must create, or must believe in, a mythical world of past tolerance that is now being “ruined” by these Bin Ladens and the others who have “hijacked a great religion.”
Oh, the Will to Believe is strong. One wants to believe in Eden, and Santa Claus, and Endless Peace (das ewige Frieden), and once upon a time living happily ever after, in the thrice-nine kingdom, over hill and down dale, and the princesse lointaine awakened by her prince, and in the “buzzin’ of the bees/In the cigarette trees/Near the soda water fountain/At the lemonade springs/Where the bluebird sings/On the big rock candy mountain.”
Dream-worlds do no harm — except in cases of civilizational peril. If dreams about the past or the present prevent sensible measures from being taken to prevent mass war, and to prevent the disappearance of one’s own imperfect, silly, but still-worth-defending Infidel civilization, then the hollowness of those dream-worlds, whether the creation of Romantic writers or of slapdash historians, aided by a publishing industry without standards, must be exposed.
The reality of Muslim Spain should be based on a familiarity with Levi-Provencal and other scholars of that period. One’s views should not consist of repeating phrases about “how wonderfully people of all faiths got along in Andalusia — gosh, why can’t we just do that again?” Schoolgirl gush is not permissible in current grim circumstances. Some “congress of dialogue.” Some “springwell (sic) for the enlightement.” Some convivencia.
Atossa Araxia Abrahmian closes with this pearl:
The fundamental message of “Journey Into Europe” is that throughout history, Islamic and European civilizations have often been not just compatible, but complementary. It’s crucial to acknowledge their shared past to reject today’s resurgent tribalism. The stakes, as Ahmed puts it, are “Andalusia or dystopia.”
Intellectually, his conclusion is hard to argue with. But since 9/11, popular perceptions of Islam in the West have been informed by emotion, not facts or reason.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 106th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Mark Lenard guest stars as Sarek and Leonard Nimoy appears briefly as Spock. The events of this episode tie in with the movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Star Trek: TNG: Unification, Part I
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Newly re-signed Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic and starting forward Al-Farouq Aminu took questions from the media at Blazers Media Day 2018. Here are some highlights from Twitter.
"We lost two important guys but to add two shooters is good for us" pic.twitter.com/daB90gvwUm— Peter Sampson (@PeterSampson) September 24, 2018
Nurk on what kind of shape he's in, smiled and said "I played all summer"— Peter Sampson (@PeterSampson) September 24, 2018
"Of course. I can be All-Star." - Jusuf Nurkic on whether or not he can be a dominant big man in the league.— Danny Marang (@DMarang) September 24, 2018


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Reply To: I want this game to succeed (Feedback to devs)
Home › Forums › Battle Brothers: Game Discussion & Feedback › I want this game to succeed (Feedback to devs) › Reply To: I want this game to succeed (Feedback to devs)
Well respected developers, foremost i want to clarify the following: I bought this game – and I’m very pleased with it. I advised to buy it to my friend, who does buying games once in a hundred years – when great Jewish holidays are taking place)) – and if you can imagine – he does bought this game too – and pleased either. Surely you don’t know all the details, but believe me this is enough to state – this game is awesome, based on an excellent foundation and is playable already. That’s why a long term question appeared.
We all understand, that the most exciting part in such game – is the beginning… and further party development, new features discovering, won battles over the previously prohibitive enemies, looting better equipment, completing quests marked “Impossible”. But afterwards 11th level will come.. or 100th doesn’t matter. What IS matter – that the playing process loosing most of fun – when your talented (or not) tactical solution works well. It IS great that there are no ultimate imba weapons, armors or “get X level and win ’em all”-perks in BB. It IS great but there’s still question: well, they’ll rise level cap from 11 to 111, they’ll design 3 perk branches more, but what about the opponents?
And main question emerges now: What would we wait from the game? Will developers go by the easiest way of opponents leveling system? Will we encounter an Orc with dragon-like HP-stripe? Will we face 200 bandits in everyday battle? This way is simple and boring. Or maybe our mercs will age, get perk-penalties with wounds or retire to organize their own parties. I think such a question generates some interest not only for me. So I want to know what do you think about this? And if your choice (as I hope) is not a simple way – so what future “late game content” do you prepare with this point of view?
And last for now – I’m sure you understand such a question had appeared only because BB deserves many hours of gameplay, and shouldn’t be complete fast.

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Change is the word of the year and of the decade—and never before has it been more certain than for the entrepreneur. It is not uncommon for everything in your business to be modified: the logo, the website, the revenue model, the brand, the team…. Getting good at change is the most important skill to develop, yet, we’ve never really been taught how to manage it. So, are there ways to make it any easier?
I became fascinated with this question about 10 years ago after working with several startups from a vice-chair and advisory-board perspective, and realized that everybody one meets is either facing or thinking about change. I have interviewed more than a thousand people and heard very common phrases from entrepreneurs: “Change is hard,” “I hate change,” “I’m not good at change,” “I feel alone, I don’t know what to do now.” Typical excuses included: being too old or too young; not having the skills or the time; not having the money; not knowing where to start.
And yet, we all know those who seem to do just fine when change comes along. So how are these people able to navigate change successfully while others simply get stuck?
I developed the following nine principles from my research that formed the basis of my book, The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making Any Change Easier. They apply to you as a future or existing business owner, but also in other areas of your life: your relationships, your finances, your health, and your family—all of which have a huge influence on how you show up as an entrepreneur.
1. Stay positive and choose your beliefs
Your beliefs shape your reality and your world: beliefs about yourself, what you’re good at, your inner dialogue about being a founder, speaking in public, taking a risk, creating a product and launching it, etc. Next, there are beliefs about life: Is it on your side, conspiring for good, or are you unsafe with no net below to catch you? Beliefs about raising money, hiring people, or being successful are the foundation of how you will navigate change in your business. Cleaning up some of these beliefs will rewire what you believe about running your own business. People who are good at change are optimists at their core.
2. The change guarantee
This states that, “From this situation, something good will come.” Write this down somewhere you will see it often. Write it in your office for others to see. We are all obsessed with what to do with our startup. Instead, be obsessed with your attitude, how you show up—especially in the midst of change. Characteristics of people who are good at change include being open-minded and willing to try anything; being in a state of abundance, not scarcity (there are more clients, more investors, more money to be made etc.); they are not focused on the past (the deal they did not get or the bad decision they made); they do not compare themselves to others; they do not play the “poor me” game (how unlucky they have been); and they keep a sense of newness and momentum. We all know of entrepreneurs who failed with their first or second company and then boom! Something better came out of this and they were ultimately successful.
3. The change muscle
You have a part of yourself that is much more resilient and better at change than you have ever thought. Every business has a change muscle. On a scale of 1 to 10, how strong is your business’s ability to go through change? You personally have been through dozens of changes already and need to acknowledge those: You left a safe job, raised some money, built a website, hired or fired people… Look at how you have typically dealt with change in the past. Even though the change you are facing now in your business may be different, you are not coming naked to the change party. You already have a toolbox of go-to strategies that work for you.
4. Meet the change demons!
People who are good at change are very human; they make mistakes, they feel their emotions, but know how to move past them. The top three “change emotions” that are guaranteed to make an appearance are Fear, Blame and Doubt. Others are Impatience, Guilt, Shame, Anger, etc. Which is your dominant one right now? Bring it out of your blind spot so that it does not have as much control over you. Find the emotion that is stronger—for example, instead of blaming someone for the major mess-up that happened, how can you take responsibility for fixing it?
5. Accept change
Change itself is not the hard part; resistance to the change is. As well-known self-enquiry author Byron Katie says, “When I argue with reality, I lose—but only 100% of the time!” Go in the direction of the river. As entrepreneurs, we are constantly trying to have things go our way. Become very mindful of what the market and the people around you are pointing toward, even if it is really difficult for you to accept.
Ask yourself these three questions for successful business change:
- What do you need to stop resisting? (e.g. changing the business model)
- What do you need to get honest about? (e.g. your overspending)
- What are you avoiding? (e.g. firing someone you know is not working out)
6. You can’t control everything
Do not try and control other people. Instead, control your language and the words you use; “difficult”, “nightmare”, “this is killing me”, “worst day ever” are not going to help your situation. Control and change the stories you have: about your team, South Africa, your competitors, what you are weaker at. Control the questions you keep asking yourself—go from “Why is this happening?” to “How can this be a good thing? Who can help me?” Your inner state is the only thing you really can control.
7. Believe in something greater, and in helping others
Power moves through those who serve. Focus your business on ways that contribute and add value. People will pay you for things that help them. More and more entrepreneurs are taking care of their inner world, meditating, journaling, being in nature—in doing so, they are finding this intangible part of themselves they can always rely on. Only when you do this will you realize you are able to find creative solutions to what is needed.
8. Create your Change Team
The worst thing we tell ourselves is that we are alone; we are the only one going through this; no one else has had such a hard time. So, who are the top five people with whom you spend the most time? They are the ones who have a huge influence on you and your business. Are they positive? Are they excited for you? Are they qualified to help? Get around other entrepreneurs. Be honest and specific about what is going on; only then can you get people to help. Who needs to be on your Change Team? A financial person? A tech geek? One new person can take your idea or business in a radical new direction.
9. Take action
The most important action an entrepreneur needs to take at any stage of the business’s growth is to take care of themselves, their energy, and their health. This is your fuel. Have you made this a priority? Without energy, change will be overwhelming. With a calm, rested body and mind, solutions always appear.
When it comes to action, it is the small changes that create the bigger results, over and over. Little things are not little for the entrepreneur—they are everything. If something does not work, continue changing your approach. Do not simply think about it—get on the court and try it. You will get feedback very soon.
In short, focus on the change you are in the midst of, or which you know you need to make. Businesses that do not pay attention to change will not be around for very long. Next, scan the aforementioned principles and see which can most help you navigate this change. Change is not a bad thing, not something to wish away. It is merely life calling you to be more, to have your business be more, and to be more successful in the end.
Ariane de Bonvoisin is a life-change expert, speaker and entrepreneur who now lives in Cape Town. She is the founder and CEO of First 30 Days (www.first30days.com) and author of The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making Any Change Easier, which has just been released in South Africa. Her other publications are: Living Healthier, Pursuing your Dreams and What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Writing A Book. Her latest release is an app, Mindful365, helping people live consciously a day at a time. Visit www.arianedebonvoisin.com for more information.
This article originally appeared in the August 2015 South Africa edition of Fast Company

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A resource list for Finnish institutions and their global partners aiming to engage in equitable academic partnershipsCheck it here
Resource for global academic partnerships
Global academic collaboration helps universities meet internationalisation agendas and build equitable and reciprocal partnerships. This resource toolkit provides materials to support your collaboration efforts. It is a product of the "Responsible Global Academic Partnerships" training held in Spring 2022 and can be applied to your partnership context.
North-South partnerships in higher education are challenging due to imbalances of knowledge, resources and power. This learning bite guides you through a reflective process of power dynamics within the context of identity and privilege.Watch video
In this dialogue, Eva Kagiri-Kalanzi explore the makings of inequitable partnerships - what drives imbalances in these relationships, what systemic challenges make it difficult to navigate and steer equitability in knowledge production and how project partners can better address those challenges.Watch the video
In the fireside chat Eva Kagiri-Kalanzi and Roseanna Avento discuss the inner workings of south-north academic partnerships.Watch video
This short video provides basic information on conducting fieldwork in a different culture. Set against the theoretical framework of E.B Tyler: Primitive Culture and Bronislaw Malinowski: Argonauts of the Western Pacific.Watch the video

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With small lots and small houses, one Florida home builder is taking an unconventional approach to developing affordable housing.
Sep 19, 2006 Bradenton Herald
The LEED green building standards may not be green enough, as critics voice concerns over some allowed materials and an apparent building industry influence.
Sep 19, 2006 L.A. Weekly
The waste generated from demolition, and the large floor space of many new eco-mansions, is an environmentally unfriendly result of the new green home trend.
Sep 18, 2006 LA Weekly
If voters approve a new school construction bond, plans call for eco-friendly school buildings to begin sprouting up all over Portland, Oregon.
Sep 18, 2006 The Oregonian
Architectural securitization measures around public buildings are going from temporary fixtures to permanent ones, and most are turning once-beautiful cities into military zones. Architecture critic Blair Kamin asks, is all of this necessary?
Sep 18, 2006 Capital Times (Madison)
Despite the security concerns after September 11th, skyscraper construction has continued in cities around the globe.
Sep 18, 2006 The Standard
Ten homes on the 2006 tour for "Architecture and the City" month in San Francisco highlight what's hot in local residential design.
Sep 16, 2006 The San Francisco Chronicle
An exhibition challenges stereotypes and explores the role architects will play in shaping the megacities of tomorrow.
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Seaside's New Institutes Program helps communities establish nonprofit organizations different from homeowners' associations.
Sep 15, 2006 New Urban News
The bleak emphasis on the world's urban problems at the 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale overwhelms any architectural aspirations.
Sep 15, 2006 The New York Times


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The scans of the sickest COVID-19 patient’s lungs show distinctive patterns of infection, however, these clues aren’t enough for predicting which patients will pull through. At the moment, doctors are relying on supportive care, which is the standard operating procedure for severe pneumonia.
Doctors in areas that are still fighting the influx of sick patients are scouring medical reports and hosting webinars with Chinese doctors, in order to get the best advice on what works and what hasn’t for them.
Moreover, one thing is clear around the globe: Age makes a huge difference in survival rates. The reason for this is that seniors’ lungs don’t have as much of what geriatrics expert Dr. Richard Baron calls reserve capacity.
“At age 18, you have a lot of extra lung capacity you don’t use unless you’re running a marathon,” explained Baron, who heads the American Board of Internal Medicine. That lung capacity slowly declines with age even in healthy people, so “if you’re an old person, even a mild form can overwhelm your lungs if you don’t have enough reserve.”
Read on to find out what scientists have learned so far about treating those who become severely ill.
How does COVID-19 harm the lungs?
Like most respiratory viruses, the new coronavirus is spread by droplets from someone’s cough or sneeze. Most of the patients experience mild or moderate symptoms, like fever or cough, however, in some cases, the virus makes its way deep into the lungs and causes pneumonia. For some, this virus can be fatal.
Our lungs contain grapelike clusters of tiny air sacs called alveoli, and when we breathe, the oxygen fills the sacs and passes straight into blood vessels that nestle alongside them. Pneumonia occurs when there’s an infection, of any sort, not just this new virus, and it inflames the lungs’ sacs. in some severe cases, the lungs get filled with fluid, dead cells and other debris, which prevents oxygen from getting through.
If other countries have the same experience as China, about 5% of COVID-19 patients could become so sick that they’ll require intensive care.
How does the damage appear?
Doctors at New York’s Mount Sinai Health System analyzed 121 chest CT scans shared by colleagues in China and saw something unusual.
Healthy lungs should look mostly black on medical scans, due to the fact that they’re full of air, while an early infection with pneumonia tens to present a white blotch in a specific section of one lung. Pneumonia caused by a virus can appear as hazy patches that go by a weird name: “ground glass opacities.”
The scans in people who get COVID-19 pneumonia, that haze tends to cluster on the outside edge of both lungs, by the ribs, a distinctive pattern, said Dr. Adam Bernheim, a radiologist at Mount Sinai.
As the infection worsens, the haze creates rounder clusters and gradually turns more white as the air sacs become increasingly clogged.
How to treat pneumonia?
So far, there isn’t a certain drug that can directly attack the new coronavirus, even though our doctors are trying some experimentally, including an old malaria treatment and one under development to treat Ebola.
“The best treatment we have is supportive care,” said Dr. Aimee Moulin, an emergency care physician at the University of California Davis Medical Center.
This possible treatment centers around assistance in breathing when the oxygen levels in patients’ blood starts to drop. In some cases, oxygen delivered through a mask or tubes in the nose is enough, but for more severely ill patients doctors need a breathing machine.
“The goal is to keep the person alive until the disease takes its course” and the lungs begin to heal, explained Mount Sinai’s Dr. Neil Schachter.
When we talk about some of the more severe cases, the patients developed an inflammatory condition called ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), that fills the lungs with fluid. When that happens, the immune system’s effort to fight infection “is going crazy and itself attacking the lung,” Baron explained.
It’s not only the coronavirus that can cause this condition, and no matter the cause, it comes with a high risk of death.
What else is impacted?
Severe pneumonia can cause shock and other organ damage, however, in a webinar last week, Chinese doctors told members of the American College of Cardiology to look for some additional problems in severe COVID-19 cases, especially in people with heart disease, because they may need blood thinners as their blood starts to abnormally clot, causes the heart to sustain damage not just from the lack of oxygen, but also from the inflammation engulfing the body.
Another caution: The sickest patients can deteriorate rapidly, something a hospital in Kirkland, Washington, witnessed.
Of 21 patients who needed critical care at Evergreen Hospital, 17 were moved into the ICU within 24 hours of hospital admission, doctors reported last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Additionally, age isn’t the only risk factor considering the fact that recent data from China shows that regardless of age, 40% of people who required critical care had other chronic health problems such as heart disease and diabetes.
Does COVID-19 leave lasting lung damage?
Doctors don’t have an answer to these questions yet because it’s too soon to know about any lasting trouble when the most severely ill pull through. The WHO has said that it can take three to six weeks to recover from a severe case of COVID-19.
Moreover, it can take months to get back to normal activity after severe pneumonia, especially if the person had preexisting health problems, too. Recovery mostly depends on how long a patient was breathing with the help of a machine.
“If you’re on a ventilator for four weeks in deep sleep in an intensive care unit, it takes six months to a year to rehabilitate,” Dr. Diederik Gommers of the Netherlands Association for Intensive Care told Dutch lawmakers. “It is very debilitating if you are in intensive care for so long.”

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Studies show that workplaces where employees feel a sense of belonging and more connected have a decidedly positive impact on both the citizen and employee experiences. After all, happy and engaged employees deliver excellent service —resulting in happy and engaged citizens.
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B) can add value to an organization, strengthen its culture, and boost employee engagement and pride.
This Q&A is taken from a UKG Industry Insights session that featured a panel of industry experts discussing the importance of implementing DEI&B initiatives in the public sector and beyond.
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TOP 25 FIRM Wilkins Kennedy has merged with Hertford firm P R Hornsby & Co.
The merger brings together Wilkins Kennedy’s 25 staff and Hornsby’s 13, making it the biggest accountancy practice in Hertford.
Terry Feller, (pictured) managing partner of Wilkins Kennedy’s Hertford office, said: “We are delighted to announce the merger with PR Hornsby & Co Ltd, a well-respected firm which serves a varied portfolio of clients across the south east of England. We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new colleagues and their clients, and we look forward to working together.”
The firm will trade as Wilkins Kennedy (incorporating P R Hornsby & Co Ltd), for a year, changing its name to Wilkins Kennedy by 1 July 2013.
Richard Kateley of Legal & General discusses the advantages of close cooperation between accountants and financial advisers
The Practitioner becomes frustrated with HMRC's approach to a client's VAT investigation
The firm has made key appointments to its executive team, including a new chief financial officer, and a sales and marketing director
Partners at the insolvency firm Craig Povey and Kevin Murphy were appointed liquidators on 2 February

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Axel Schmitt was absolutely brilliant with his solo. With flying hands and almost motionless pose, he beautifully conjured Beethoven's concerto into the hearts of his listeners.
Axel Schmitt gave a commanding recital that vindicated the excitement he had caused earlier this year when he performed Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto. [He] displayed a tender touch on Chopin's Polonaise-Fantasie, with breathtakingly beautiful transparency.
Powerful and expressive in his technique and meticulously planned in his mind, he launched into MacDowells Piano Concerto No. 2. Expression and color determined Schmitt's performance.
The catalyst for such a ravishing Rachmaninoff was piano soloist Axel Schmitt, who completely captured its character in a stunning interpretation. He cascaded over the keys with an absolutely stunning originality that made us sit up and hear it anew.
Wonderfully drastic sounds and incorruptible rhythm in the Vivace of Prokofiev's Eighth Sonata.
The audience experienced an artist of mature, extremely rich ability of expression.
Prokofiev's Sonata No. 8 was written during the difficult time of the Second World War. In the three-movement piece, which is full of powerful, vital, and expressive passages, Schmitt could demonstrate all of his musicality: virtuosity, temperament, but also a great sense of melody and poetry. His interpretation showed high powers of expression and a great technique.
Liszt's "Rhapsody espagnole" was one of the pieces Schmitt played when he won the first prize at the Liszt Competition in Pasadena. In his interpretation, he completely mastered the challenges of this very difficult piece. Here, the young pianist demonstrated a technically flawless, colorful picture of sound, which in spite of all its complexity had a great transparency. He used the keyboard like his playground, which was brought to life by his tender and dynamic attacks and impulses. In the end, the listeners knew that they had experienced an unforgettable evening.
A demonically sparkling Rhapsodie Espagnole by Liszt.
Confidence and control distinguished Axel Schmitt's playing, who showed his greatest strengths in Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto in C minor. It was admirable how he prevailed against the powerful vibrations of the orchestral score. A great evening, which completely inspired the audience.
His full and unforced tone sounded like Grieg at every moment. He knew how to sing with the top voice without getting sentimental. And in his strikingly mature rendition, he was able to structure the chordal passages in the center of the cadenza culminating in a climax of musical tension, which in itself can be praised as a fortunate coincidence.
As a soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, the 18-year-old Axel Schmitt from Titisee-Neustadt proofed a great pianistic talent. The interpretation of the young pianist was characterized by his unforced relaxed manner, technical perfection, and a natural, convincing interpretation especially evident in the mature rendition of the slow movement.
The choice of soloist for Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto could hardly have been better: With his eighteen years, pianist Axel Schmitt played like he is already at the highpoint of his career. His interpretation was characterized by great sense of balance, commanding elegance, and an approach evoking chamber music. Technical problems do not seem to exist for this young musician. Every trill and passage is executed with splendid accuracy. With his rational yet emotional style of performance, Axel Schmitt did the greatest service to the piece. In addition, he displayed a immense sensitivity to the orchestra, to which he always paid attention and gave the crucial cues.
The fantastic farewell-scene from the ballet Romeo and Juliet seems even more dense and shocking in the piano version than in the orchestral score. Especially, when it is played with such verve, such elegance, in short such skill. For contrast, Schmitt followed with a masterwork of motor activity: The Toccata op. 11, a perpetuum mobile of energy that satisfies even the highest demands of virtuosity.
He quickly walks to the stage, sits down at the piano, focuses for a few seconds, and places his fingers onto the keyboard. One will not be able to see these fingers for the next minutes -- but to hear. The passages of Liszt’s “Gnomen-Reigen” fill the hall, full of emotion, yet incredibly precise. The raging applause is inevitable.
Mozart’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K 482, was a special treat for the audience. With great self-confidence and brilliant finger-virtuosity, pianist Axel Schmitt shined in the solo parts and interludes in E-flat and C Major. The 16-year-old pianist was completely in his element at Liszt’s “Gnomenreigen”, which he played as an encore.
Mozart's Piano Concerto in E-flat Major K 482 with the sixteen-year-old pianist Axel Schmitt was one of the highlights of the concert. He has an amazing artistic range with a singing sound quality, tasteful power, noblesse, and calmness.
He phrased the first solo with self-confidence; the dialogues between the piano and the accompanying wind instruments seemed completely unforced because the young pianist never left the lead entirely to the conductor. Beautiful the harmonic contrasts, which gave so much color to the performance. Especially in the development, Axel Schmitt displayed a great versatility of touch. Nuances and dynamic changes between mezzopiano and pianissimo and a keen sense of musical development -- all of it distinguished this Mozart performance. Beautiful his rounded legato without pedal, the brilliant execution of trills and embellishments, the phrasing matching the orchestra's, and the long lines.


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Synopses & Reviews
"David Shenk looks at the new face of our world with a curiosity and connection-making responsiveness that make him exhilarating to read. These are bits, takes, provisional sweeps at issues still coming into focus, but taken together they give us a startling glimpse of where we are. Shenk is so close to the present that most readers will mistake it for the future." --SVEN BIRKERTS, author, THE GUTENBERG ELEGIES
"If the world of constant, instantaenous communication makes you a little nervous from time to time, David Shenk can explain why. This book is a very useful antidote to the endless praise lavished on the new electronic mediums. Read it slowly!" --BILL McKIBBEN, author, THE AGE OF MISSING INFORMATION
In this provocative collection of essays, David Shenk expands his enlightened skepticism to include thoughts on the dangers of online journalism, the ethical implications of digital photography, and the misguided hopes for computers in the classroom. Shock-jocks, computerized toys, Microsoft-bashing, and genetic testing are all subject to his incisive and discerning criticism.
Is Shenk just another neo-Luddite determined to bash all things digital? Hardly. This self-described technology enthusiast--and avid fan of the Internet--is simply interested in clear-eyed analysis of how machines we use actually affect our lives. As one of the founders of the Technorealism movement, he insists that new technologies must be appraised for their ability to achieve traditional human ends, rather than embraced merely for novelty's sake. The End of Patience includes vignettes from Shenk's conversations with some of the most provocative technology thinkers of our time, including Mitch Kapor, Steven Johnson, Esther Dyson, Douglas Rushkoff and Steve Silberman.
About the Author
David Shenk is author of Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut, which The New York Times called "an indispensable guide to the big picture of technology's cultural impact," and the Chicago Tribune called "A concise, insightful, and welcome critique of the communications world we have created."
He is also co-author of Skeleton Key, and has contributed to Wired, Harper's, The New Republic, The New York Times, Feed, Salon, and NPR's All Things Considered. He is a co-founder of Technorealism, which seeks to articulate a more balanced approach to technology.
Shenk was a 1995-96 fellow at the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, in New York, and in 1998 traveled to Japan as a U.S.-Japan Foundation fellow.
Table of Contents
Prologue: The Problem with Hypertext
Introduction and Acknowledgments
Part I: The Disease of Images
Stealing Calm: An Ode to Radio
The Disease of Images
Just Sit Still: The Problem with The Java-Infused Web
Part II: The End of Patience
The End of Patience: The Triumph of Button Smackers
The Age of Net Scoops
The Problem wIth Breathless Online Journalism
This Just In: The Problem with Pointcast
When Rushed Is Rash: The Dangers of Super-Quick Email
Part III: From Signal to Noise
The Devolution has Been Televised: Crossfire Turns 15, An Appreciation
More is Less: How Faster News Can Hurt Journalism
A Wrinkle in Cyberspace: The Unreliability of Information on the Web
The World Wide Library: An Immodest Proposal
Disclose Disclose Disclose: What Newt Gingrich Doesn't Get about the Information Revolution
Part IV: The Paparazzi Is Us
The Paparazzi Is Us: How the Democratization of Media Leads to the Tabloidization of Media
The Would Full of Stone Phillipses: The Tyranny of the Hit Count
Not Kissing but Telling Anyway: The Ethical Ramifications of Photoshop
Ph.D., Inc. : Is Extreme Profitability Healthy for Academia?
The World according to You: The Problem with Personalized News
Part V: The World and Redmond, WA
Deep Pockets: The Problem with a Free Microsoft Browser
Hating Gates: The Culture of Microsoft Bashing
To Mac or Not to Mac: One Apple Devotee's Excruciating Purchase Dilemma
Part VI: When Information Costs Too Little
The New Pests
The End of Anonymity?
Spam: Congress to the Rescue
Free Bridge for Sale. Just Click Here
The Problem with Abundance
Part VII: Generation Next
School Bells and Whistles
"Use Technology to Raise Smarter, Happier Kids:" Behold the Toys of Tomorrow
Hall Pass to the 21st Century: The Problem with Putting Schools Online
Stupid Kid-Tricks: The Actual State of "Educational" Material Online
Biocapitalism: What Price the Genetic Revolution?
Part VIII: Technorealism
A Philosophy for the Rest of Us
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Letter from Shinjuku: Japan and the Future of the Information Revolution


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Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria has appealed to federal government to intervene in the lingering scarcity of maize in the country.
This was as government has urged Nigerian Customs and other relevant stakeholders to increase border surveillance to prevent the smuggling of deadly frozen foods in the country.
The association said such shortages had led to the increase of the product which had in turn affected their business.
Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri made the call on Friday when a delegation of the association met with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa, Abuja.
Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the minister said that the intervention was necessary to assist the farmers.
He also warned those hoarding the grains to desist from such practice, warning that the federal government would not buy their grains.
“We had a meeting with the Acting President over some concerns in the poultry industry. Poultry industry is one of the most organised in Nigeria and one of the most important. Input of the industry are maize and soya beans and because of what happened sometimes last year about the invasion of Army worms on maize farms, we have a huge shortage of maize and soya beans in the country.

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RM2GXBKXE–Crystal jellyfish (Aequorea victoria)
RMW7RECE–Mixed assemblage of jellyfish, mainly cross jellyfish (Earleria cellularia), at the surface. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Pacific Ocean.
RM2EN1KJR–Thecate Hydroid, Leptothecata Order, Blackwater night dive, Seraya, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
RM2BND5FP–Sea beard hydroid (Nemertesia antennina) Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK. April.
RM2BF7ETC–Underwater view of toothed feather hydroid (Aglaophenia pluma) with sun in the back in Puerto Naos (La Palma, Canary Islands, Atlantic sea, Spain)
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RM2AADH3T–Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) amongst hydroids (Nemertesia ramosa) and red algae with plankton bloom in background, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.
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MOSCOW, September 30 (Itar-Tass) - A carrier rocket Proton-M with an acceleration unit Briz-M was successfully launched from the Baikonur spaceport early Monday. It carries an Astra-2E European satellite.
"The launch was effected from the cosmodrome's Site 200," an official in the press service of the Roscosmos (Federal Space Agency) told Itar-Tass.
Nine minutes after liftoff, the acceleration unit separated from the carrier rocket.
"The insertion of the satellite into the intended orbit is scheduled for 10:50, Moscow time," the space agency official specified.
The Astra-2E, belonging to the SES Astra Company, is designed to broadcast radio and TV programmes in analog and digital format and provide automobile and Internet services for subscribers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.