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SINGAPORE - Singapore shares closed by a hair's breath in positive territory as bargain hunters managed to overcome market bears that had sent the bourse down 0.8 per cent at the opening bell on Wednesday.
The Straits Times Index closed flat, up 0.01 per cent, or 0.35 point, to 3,191.39, as traders continued to square their positions ahead of the long SG50 weekend and release of US nonfarm payroll data on Friday which can provide clues on the timing of the interest rate lift-off by the Federal Reserve.
Weighing down the index was Genting Singapore, whose second-quarter profit warning sent the casino counter sinking 8.3 per cent or 7.5 cents to 82.5 cents, with 61.4 million shares traded.
The mainboard-listed casino operator, which is releasing its results on Aug 13, said that it expects to report a "significant decline" in net profits after tax for the second quarter ended June.
"This is due mainly to fair value loss on derivative financial instruments as a result of unfavourable market conditions and unrealised foreign exchange translation losses," Genting said in a statement to the Singapore Exchange on Tuesday.
CMC Markets analyst Nicholas Teo said: "The market knows Genting has been suffering losses from declining VIP gaming revenues and they are having a hard time collecting debt from the highrollers. But how much did they lose investing in financial derivatives?"
Noble Group continued to hog the most actively traded list, dropping 5.8 per cent or 3.5 cents to 56.5 cents, with 160.4 million shares traded.
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Turnover fell 5.8 per cent to S$2.39 billion for the second quarter, with weaker contributions from its utilities, marine and urban development segments.
But those declines were mitigated by higher contributions from a unit dealing with "specialised construction activities," the group said.
Bargain hunters also zoomed in on Sembcorp Marine, Keppel Corp and Global Logistic Properties (GLP). Sembcorp Marine gained 4.7 per cent or 12 cents to S$2.69; while Keppel Corp rose 3.3 per cent or 24 cents to S$7.62. GLP gained 0.4 per cent or one cent to S$2.36, with 60.2 million shares traded.


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The Kings Cross venue will be seeking a new home after 18 months on Darlinghurst Road.
The venue made the announcement via Facebook today, indicating that the Kings Cross club is now shut and all upcoming gigs have been postponed. The post cited "many reasons" for the closure, lamenting that "what once was safe place that many of us called home, is no more." The statement does, however, indicate that the team is searching for a new site for the club and that they are "confident in finding a new venue very soon."
Over its 18-month run, Zoo Project played host to artists like Carl Craig, Mr. Ties, DJ Pete, Dax J and Blanck Mass, and held events run by local promoters like IF? Records, The House of Mince and Darkroom.
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Mayor Jennifer Roberts is out in Charlotte. She lost the Democratic primary to the city's Mayor Pro Tem Vi Lyles. While surprising and perhaps disappointing to some who appreciated Roberts' stand on HB2, the Lyles win assures that Democrats will be lead by a progressive in the November election in the state's largest city. Lyles will face Republican Kenny Smith. Conservative Democrat Joel Ford, who had support from many Republicans in Raleigh, was a distant third in the Democratic primary.
This is from the Charlotte Observer lead story:
"Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Vi Lyles Tuesday won the Democratic mayoral nomination by upsetting Mayor Jennifer Roberts – a polarizing leader who made national headlines over House Bill 2.
Lyles, a former city budget director and assistant city manager, won in virtually every corner of the city, from the northwest to the southeast. She carried African-American precincts off Beatties Ford Road as well as those in Myers Park and Dilworth. She faces Republican Kenny Smith in November….
Lyles said she will emphasize affordable housing, the need for good jobs and the need for trust between the public and police department in the upcoming general election.
Meanwhile, City Council member Smith rolled past two rivals – Gary Dunn and Kimberley Paige Barnette – for the Republican nomination.
With 165 of 168 precincts in, Lyles had 46 percent of the vote to Roberts' 36 percent. Ford had 16 percent.
Lyles had the support of the Black Political Caucus as well as establishment leaders such as former Bank of America Chairman Hugh McColl Jr….
Lyles starts the general election campaign at a distinct financial disadvantage. At the end of August she had $43,000 in her campaign account compared to Smith's $325,000.
But she overcame a financial disadvantage in the primary. Through August, Roberts raised $468,000, far more than her rivals. That helped her stay on TV consistently since Aug. 21, while none of her Democratic opponents aired a single ad."


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Feds Break Up Giant Ring of Brothels
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Ten people made so much money running a string of 40 Bay Area brothels that they wired more than $288,000 to Asia for their recruiters to hire more prostitutes, federal prosecutors say in a 32-count indictment.
Lead defendant Allen Fong, 58, of San Mateo is charged in all 32 counts, including racketeering, conspiracy, money laundering and prostitution conspiracy.
According to the 45-page indictment, the ring recruited women from Asia to work in 40 brothels throughout the Bay Area. The "enterprise," as the indictment calls it, allegedly operated for 12 years.
Prostitutes kept two-thirds of their earnings and the enterprise took one-third of the money, prosecutors said. The enterprise rented the apartments, through straw men, and advertised it on the Internet, on craigslist and elsewhere, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The defendants also allegedly ran the day-to-day operations of the brothels. They hired telephone operators to take calls from the social network sites and coordinate the prostitution.
Prosecutors say the enterprise ran brothels in Pinole, San Mateo, Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Belmont, Fremont, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Foster City, San Bruno, Colma, and South San Francisco.
In addition to Allen Fong, who used eight aliases, the defendants include:
Ya Huai Hung, 53, of Taiwan;
Leow Wan Ru Veron, 53, of Singapore;
Robert Chun, 54, of San Francisco;
Jie Mu, 43, of San Francisco;
Laurence Shu Kwan Lee, 36, of San Francisco;
Kevin Hartig, 58, of Daly City;
Waylen Fong, 70, formerly of San Mateo;
Angelina Chuong, 39, of San Francisco;
and Chonthicha Jaemratanasophin, 48, of Thailand.
Seven of the defendants were arrested Thursday; six were released on bonds of $100,000 to $500,000; one is still detained.
Fong is due in Federal Court on Dec. 16.
The others are due to appear in Magistrate's Court on Oct. 29.
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Berlin: Borussia Dortmund appear to have suffered a setback in their quest to sign Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel from Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian in the current transfer window. Dortmund are reportedly eager to activate a 20-million-euro ($23.2m) buy-out clause in Witsel's contract, but Quanjian head coach Paulo Sousa poured cold water on a potential transfer with the World Cup star's deal to run until December 2019.
"I haven't received any information on Witsel's transfer, neither from the club nor the player himself," Sousa told Chinese broadcaster CGTN. "It is my understanding that the player may have a transfer clause in his contract, but the clause could only be triggered during the transfer window.
"Now that the Chinese transfer window has closed (on July 12), the transfer won't happen. "I'm convinced that Witsel will be back. He is an integral part of our team." Quanjian owner Shu Yuhui echoed Sousa's stance in a later interview in the Tianjin media by saying "Witsel will return (to China) on August 5".
According to German media, Witsel is currently on holiday on the Spanish island of Ibiza and is reportedly eager to join Bundesliga side Dortmund, who have qualified for the Champions League for 2018/19.
The deal seemed set to be wrapped up on Monday when Belgian broadcaster RTBF claimed the 29-year-old, who helped Belgium finish third at the World Cup, was already in Dortmund for a medical, which turned out to be untrue.
However, Germany's top-selling daily Bild still expects Witsel to become a Dortmund player in the coming days. New head coach Lucien Favre is reportedly eager to include him in a new-look Dortmund midfield alongside Germany midfielder Julian Weigl and new signing Thomas Delaney, who has joined from Werder Bremen.
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Rather than focus on the recent big changes and additions to picWorkflow microstock photographer's tools such as the image keywording service (which is becoming very popular), it's api-based interface, the microstock export lightroom plugin, or the portfolio promotion tools… just a quick post today to highlight some of the recent smaller improvements to make using […]
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Do You Know What You Own And Why?
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An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. - Benjamin Franklin
In the complex world of investing, it is often difficult to explain many of the mechanics which go into the investment process.
For example, as a portfolio manager and investor, I keep at the core of my investment philosophy the fundamental premise, Know what you own and why you own it.
To me, knowing what you own and why provides an investor a level of greater clarity many investors do not own in their investment portfolio.
In other words, if you are going to invest, you should think like a business owner. Why? Because owners of businesses have great knowledge of what they own and why they own it, including a long-term investment time horizon-typically three years or longer.
If you are going to invest in companies through the stock market (whether directly or through mutual funds and ETFs), then I believe you must think like a business owner. This means you should at least have the ability to know what you own and why you own it if you choose.
Or, if you work with a Financial Advisor like many investors do, you should at least have the ability to discuss what companies you are invested in (and why) with your Advisor. Hopefully, they know what you own!
Why Is It Important to Know What You Own and Why You Own It?
There are several reasons this knowledge is so important.
First: business owners are used to the ups and downs of their business. Economies expand and contract over time. However, well-run companies with great products and services will continue to grow over time.
When a business owner's business goes through a downturn, do they sell their business and hope to buy it back at a cheaper price down the road? Of course not! Rather, in difficult times they continue to invest in their business for future growth-a tactic of a long-term thinker!
However, it has been my experience that when markets are in a short-term correction or economies are in a period of contraction, many investors have a tendency to become emotionally connected to the short-term noise. Many investors revert to attempting to time the market by selling their investments with the hope of buying them back at cheaper price.
Other investors give up on investing in the stock market indefinitely or move their investments to another investment manager who's historical returns give the investor a sense of comfort they will achieve similar success in the future.
All three scenarios are unfortunate. As statistics and history have clearly taught us, investors who attempt to ime the market routinely under-perform he market.
Investors who pull out of the equities markets risk missing out on great investment opportunities for the longer term, effectively choosing to hold cash instead.
And lastly, has historical data has shown, investors who chase historical returns have been left with the disappointment that the future returns they achieved did not meet the expectations of the investor.
Second: it is my belief that the more you know about what you own and why, the less likely you will be to get emotionally attached to short-term noise or stock market corrections. Instead, as an investor who knows what you own and why, you will look at stock market corrections and economic slowdowns as opportunities to buy businesses on sale-to strategically cost average into the companies you want to buy. This tactic is similar to how a business owner behaves.
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Energy efficiency in cognitive radio network: study of cooperative sensing using different channel sensing methods
Degree Type
Date of Award
Degree Name
Master of Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Sang W. Kim
When cognitive radio (CR) operates, it starts by sensing spectrum and looking for idle bandwidth. There are several methods for CR to make a decision on either the channel is occupied or idle, for example, energy detection scheme, cyclostationary detection scheme and matching filtering detection scheme [1]. Among them, the most common method is energy detection scheme because of its algorithm and implementation simplicities [2]. There are two major methods for sensing, the first one is to sense single channel slot with varying bandwidth, whereas the second one is to sense multiple channels and each with same bandwidth. After sensing periods, samples are compared with a preset detection threshold and a decision is made on either the primary user (PU) is transmitting or not. Sometimes the sensing and decision results can be erroneous, for example, false alarm error and misdetection error may occur. In order to better control error probabilities and improve CR network performance (i.e. energy efficiency), we introduce cooperative sensing; in which several CR within a certain range detect and make decisions on channel availability together. The decisions are transmitted to and analyzed by a data fusion center (DFC) to make a final decision on channel availability. After the final decision is been made, DFC sends back the decision to the CRs in order to tell them to stay idle or start to transmit data to secondary receiver (SR) within a preset transmission time. After the transmission, a new cycle starts again with sensing.
This thesis report is organized as followed: Chapter II review some of the papers on optimizing CR energy efficiency. In Chapter III, we study how to achieve maximal energy efficiency when CR senses single channel with changing bandwidth and with constrain on misdetection threshold in order to protect PU; furthermore, a case study is given and we calculate the energy efficiency. In Chapter IV, we study how to achieve maximal energy efficiency when CR senses multiple channels and each channel with same bandwidth, also, we preset a misdetection threshold and calculate the energy efficiency. A comparison will be shown between two sensing methods at the end of the chapter. Finally, Chapter V concludes this thesis.
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Chenxuan Cui
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47 pages
Recommended Citation
Cui, Chenxuan, "Energy efficiency in cognitive radio network: study of cooperative sensing using different channel sensing methods" (2015). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 14749.


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Fighting was all they did,
Bicker, squabble, bark
Sometimes in the house and
Sometimes in the park.
For no reason did they do this,
Their life was good and pure
They were meant for each other,
They were lovebirds, I'm sure
Not a soul could separate them,
Not a stone in their path
Then why did they bicker so,
Come on, let's do the math!
They were perfect for each other,
They still are now, so
How come they're divorcing?
Oh no, oh no!
Now they're not together,
The world has gone dark
Devoted to another,
Bicker, squabble, bark


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Top 4G LTE smartphones 2016 available for under RM600
If you are looking for a smartphone equipped with 4G LTE but priced at less than RM600, you can check out the following ones to see whether they meet your demands…
1. Xiaomi Redmi 2
Xiaomi Redmi 2 specs include a handy 4.7-inch HD screen, so you can put it in your pocket easily. Besides, it is powered by a Snapdragon 410 chip, MIUI 6.0 based on Android 4.4.4 KitKat OS, and a 2,200mAh battery coming with Fast charging tech (Quick Charge 1.0) enabling the phone to reach 30% in 30 minutes. As for the RAM and ROM, you have 2 choices: 1GB/8GB and 2GB/16GB and each version's internal storage can be expanded up to 32GB. In terms of camera, there are an 8MP f/2.2 rear cam with autofocus and LED flash and a 2MP 720p front-facing shooter to help you take photos.


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Global Medical Production Co., Ltd.
- Recipient:
- Global Medical Production Co., Ltd.
United States
- Issuing Office:
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health
United States
Department of Health and Human Services
|Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration
|10903 New Hampshire Avenue
White Oak Building 66
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Jeff Dai
General Manager
Global Medical Production Co., Ltd.
2nd Floor, No. 4 Building
No. 3288, West ZhougShan Road
Xiuzhou District, JiaXing City
314031 ZheJiang
General Manager
Global Medical Production Co., Ltd.
2nd Floor, No. 4 Building
No. 3288, West ZhougShan Road
Xiuzhou District, JiaXing City
314031 ZheJiang
Dear Mr. Dai,
During an inspection of your firm located in ZheJiang, China, on April 27, 2015 through April 30, 2015, an investigator from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that your firm manufactures laparoscopic instruments. Under section 201 (h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), 21 U.S.C. § 321 (h), these products are devices because they are intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or function of the body.
This inspection revealed that these devices are adulterated within the meaning of section 501 (h) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 351 (h), in that the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, their manufacture, packing, storage, or installation are not in conformity with the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the Quality System regulation found at Title 21 , Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 820.
We received a response from you dated May 20, 2015, concerning our investigator's observations noted on the Form FDA 483 (FDA 483), List of lnspectional Observations, which was issued to your firm. We address this response below, in relation to each of the noted violations. These violations include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Failure to validate a process with a high degree of assurance and approve according to established procedures where the results of a process cannot be fully verified by subsequent inspection and test, as required by 21 CFR 820.75(a). For example:
a. Your firm's packaging validation procedure, Document 34205, Rev. 1, requires (b)(4) and (b)(4) for (b)(4) used for Tyvek packaging of sterile class II devices. However, your firm did not document (b)(4) for the (b)(4). Additionally, the (b)(4) did not establish acceptance criteria.
b. The (b)(4) used in the manufacture of laparoscopic stainless steel instruments has not been validated.
We reviewed your firm's response and conclude that it is not adequate. Your firm's response states that it plans to perform a revalidation of the (b)(4) with established criteria. However, it is not clear if your firm evaluated other manufacturing processes, to assess that adequate validation was performed. Additionally, your firm's response does not address its failure to validate its ultrasonic cleaning process.
2. Failure to establish and maintain procedures for implementing corrective and preventive action, as required by 21 CFR 820.100(a). Specifically, your firm's Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) procedure, Document 28501, Rev. 1, does not require the following:
a. Analysis of quality data, including processes, work operations, concessions, quality audit reports, quality records, complaints, returned product, to identify existing and potential causes of nonconforming product, or other quality problems.
b. Appropriate statistical methodology to be employed where necessary to detect recurring quality problems.
c. Verifying or validating the corrective and preventive action to ensure that such action is effective and does not adversely affect the finished device.
d. Ensuring that information related to quality problems or nonconforming product is disseminated to those directly responsible for assuring the quality of such product or the prevention of such problems.
We reviewed your firm's response and conclude that it is not adequate. Your firm's response states that the CAPA procedure was modified to include the missing elements, and is translating the procedure to English. However, your firm's response did not include plans for implementation of the procedure, nor a retrospective review of past CAPAs to ensure adequate evaluation and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
3. Failure to establish and maintain data that clearly describe or reference the specified requirements, including quality requirements, for purchased or otherwise received product and service. Purchasing documents shall include, where possible, an agreement that the suppliers, contractors, and consultants agree to notify the manufacturer of changes in the product or service so that manufacturers may determine whether the changes may affect the quality of a finished device, as required by 21 CFR 820.50(b). For example, your firm's purchasing control procedure, Document# 27401, Rev. 1, does not:
a. Establish and maintain data that clearly describe or reference the specified requirements, including quality requirements, for purchased or otherwise received product and services.
b. Require an agreement with suppliers and contractors to notify of changes in the product or service, which may affect the quality of a finished device.
We reviewed your firm's response and conclude that it is not adequate. Your firm's response states it has modified its purchase order form, and specify that contractors agree to notify of changes in the product or service if something changed before the order is accepted. Your firm has yet to demonstrate implementation of these changes. Additionally, it is not clear if a retrospective review to ensure previous changes did not affect the quality of the finished device was performed.
4. Failure to establish and maintain procedures to ensure that formal documented reviews of the design results are planned and conducted at appropriate stages of the device's design development, to include representatives of all functions concerned with the design stage being reviewed and individuals who does not have direct responsibility for the design stage being reviewed, as well as any specialists needed, as required by 21 CFR 820.30(e). For example, your firm's design control procedure, Document# 27301, Rev. 1, does not ensure inclusion of the following in design reviews:
a. Representatives of all functions concerned with the design· stage being reviewed,
b. Individuals who do not have direct responsibility for the design stage being reviewed, and
c. Specialists, as needed.
The adequacy of your firm's response cannot be determined at this time. Your firm's response states the design control procedure was modified to include a requirement that participants at each design review include representatives of all functions concerned with the design stage being reviewed and individuals who do not have direct responsibility for the design stage being reviewed. However, your firm has not provided documentation of its implementation.
Given the serious nature of the violations of the Act, laparoscopic devices manufactured by your firm are subject to refusal of admission under section 801 (a) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 381 (a), in that they appear to be adulterated. As a result, FDA is taking steps to refuse entry of these devices into the United States, known as "detention without physical examination," until these violations are corrected. In order to remove the devices from detention, your firm should provide a written response to this Warning Letter as described below and correct the violations described in this letter. We will notify you regarding the adequacy of your firm's responses and the need to re-inspect your firm's facility to verify that the appropriate corrections and/or corrective actions have been made.
Also, U.S. federal agencies may be advised of the issuance of Warning Letters about devices so that they may take this information into account when considering the award of contracts. Additionally, premarket approval applications for Class Ill devices to which the Quality System regulation deviations are reasonably related will not be approved until the violations have been corrected.
Please notify this office in writing, within fifteen business days from the date you receive this letter, of the specific steps your firm has taken to correct the noted violations, including an explanation of how your firm plans to prevent these violations, or similar violations, from occurring again. Include documentation of the corrections and/or corrective actions (which must address systemic problems) that your firm has taken. If your firm's planned corrections and/or corrective actions will occur over time, please include a timetable for implementation of those activities. If corrections and/or corrective actions cannot be completed within fifteen business days, state the reason for the delay and the time within which these activities will be completed. Please provide a translation of documentation not in English to facilitate our review.
Your firm's response should be sent to: Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Office of Compliance, Field Inspections Support Branch, White Oak Building 66, Rm 2622, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993. Refer to CMS case# 475365 when replying. If you have any questions about the contents of this letter, please contact: Daniel Walter, Chief, Foreign Enforcement Branch, at +1 (240) 402-4020 (phone), or +1 (301) 847-8139 (fax).
Finally, you should know that this letter is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the violations at your firm's facility. It is your firm's responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations administered by FDA. The specific violations noted in this letter and in the lnspectional Observations, FDA 483, issued at the close of the inspection may be symptomatic of serious problems in your firm's manufacturing and quality management systems. Your firm should investigate and determine the causes of the violations, and take prompt actions to correct the violations and bring the products into compliance.
Sincerely yours,
Jan B. Welch, MHS, MT (ASCP) SBB
Acting Director
Office of Compliance
Center for Devices and
Radiological Health


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Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is one of the most popular young playwrights to have appeared on the Parisian theatre scene lately. Since 1993, 38 year-old Schmitt has collected three major hits with Le Visiteur, Variations Enigmatiques and Le Libertin. He has also written a novel and adapted Mozart's opera Nozze di Figaro and Maury Yeston's musical Nine into French.
Le Visiteur, Schmitt's first big hit, was created in 1993 and won three Moliere Awards (Best Author, Best Newcomer and Best Production in a Private Theatre). A new production of Le Visiteur has just opened at the Theatre Marigny, under the direction of Canadian Daniel Roussel who had previously created the English version of the play in Montreal. Starring Rufus and Tom Novembre, the play takes place in pre-World War II Vienna, in Freud's office, on the night where the Gestapo takes away Freud's daughter, Anna. Freud is alone and desperate when a mysterious man appears and starts talking to Freud. Could this man be God Himself ?
Rufus plays Freud while Tom Novembre plays the mysterious visitor. Markita Boies is Anna and Jerome Frey the Nazi officer. Sets and costumes are created by Carlo Tommasi. Light designing is by Franck Thevenon.
Rumour is that Schmitt will reach the biggest stages of the world sometime in 1998. There is talk about a Broadway production of Le Visiteur starring Elie Wallach and Christopher Plummer, as well as a West End production of Variations Enigmatiques starring Donald Sutherland, but no further information was available at press date. With Yasmina Reza's Art currently running in the most prestigious theatre cities and Schmitt's plays likely to follow the same path, French playwrights might be the next sensation on the international stages.
For tickets and information on Le Visiteur at the Theatre Marigny - Salle Popesco, call 331 42 25 20 74. -- By Stephane Ly-Cuong
France Correspondent


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Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping added to UFC Fight Night 83 in London on UFC Fight Pass
Thursday December 24, 2015— Dana White Tweeted today announcing that former middleweight champion Anderson Silva will face Michael Bisping in February for UFC Fight Night 83.
Anderson Silva vs Michael Bisping is the main event in London on Feb 27 on @UFCFightPass!!! pic.twitter.com/8Ybof2BbMZ
— Dana White (@danawhite) December 24, 2015
The event will take place Feb. 27 at The O2 in London. The entire event will only stream on UFC Fight Pass. Below is the fight card so far.
This will be Silva's first fight since his January victory over Nick Diaz, which as we all know resulted in a no-contest and a one-year suspension as he failed drug tests due to multiple banned substances.
Bisping was supposed to fight Gegard Mousasi but so far officials haven't announced why the change, but there is a chance that he could stay on the card with a new opponent.
Who do you think will win? Sound off below!!
UFC Fight Night 83 lineup:
- Michael Bisping vs. Anderson Silva
- Gegard Mousasi vs. opponent TBA
- Makwan Amirkhani vs. Mike Wilkinson
- Rustam Khabilov vs. Norman Parke
- Tom Breese vs. Keita Nakamura
- Henry Briones vs. Brad Pickett
- Davey Grant vs. Marlon Vera
- Arnold Allen vs. Yaotzin Meza
- Martin Svensson vs. David Teymur
- Teemu Packalen vs. Lukasz Sajewski
- Jarjis Danho vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
- Nikita Krylov vs. Jimi Manuwa
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Release:2017, Vol. 3. №4
About the author:Elena O. Smoleva, Research Associate, Department of Living Standard and Lifestyle Studies, Vologda Research Center of the RAS; email@example.com
This article deals with the problem of social vulnerability and how it is reflected in the views of the Russian society and groups living in these conditions. Social vulnerability is discussed in the context of the restriction of rights in the labor sphere and relationships between individuals, social groups and society. This study aims at analyzing public attitudes towards disabled people, pensioners, large families, single mothers, young specialists. The methods include sociological survey of the population of the North-West Federal District (the sample value is 3,101 people; sampling error does not exceed 3%). The opinion of the Russians and representatives of the studied groups coincides, while the representatives of groups with the exception of young specialists more frequently note their vulnerability. The analysis shows the citizens do not experience the sense of protection from age and gender harassment, as well as from the arbitrariness of the officials. All the studied categories feel insecure towards poverty. The representatives of socially vulnerable categories more frequently face problems with work (job loss and employment refusal) because of their social status, whereas people with disabilities consider themselves the least protected. This situation can be explained by the public policy and social attitudes. The majority of the population believes that socially vulnerable groups need help; yet, only about 10% of them speak of this issue. It corresponds to the external locus of control of socially vulnerable people experiencing hardships. Today, in Russia, despite the predominance of paternalistic discourse, there is a lack of effective mechanisms to overcome the infringement of the labor rights of socially vulnerable groups. In the society, there is a division into "us" and "them" from the perspective of social vulnerability, yet, there is no evidence that the former create groups in order to protect their rights.


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November 6, 2019
The big news of the week—kind of—was Trump's starting the paperwork for getting the US out of the Paris Climate Accord (Accord). Although Trump announced his intentions in June 2017, the rules of the Accord prohibited any formal action before a few days ago. The US won't actually be off the Accord until November 4, 2020—a day after the next presidential election.
At one level, the Accord with or without the US has not achieved what had been hoped. Only a few nation-states have upped their voluntary greenhouse gas reduction pledges to the point needed to keep global temperatures from crossing the temperature threshold the science community warns of as being points of no return.
Trump's withdrawal, however, sends the wrong message. It will be used by populist leaders in Brazil, central and eastern European nations, and elsewhere as an excuse for them to retract their country's support for the Accord.
The withdrawal diminishes US standing in climate negotiations, as well as its moral leadership position—not just now but into the future. As in so many other areas, Trump's willingness just to walk away—with no regard for what's left in his wake—is making the US an unreliable partner.
US manufacturers are going to have to build their products to the higher environmental standards of the EU and elsewhere if they want to do business in global markets. Trump's deregulation of the US environment doesn't change that.
Rolling back US environmental regulations and instituting policies distinctly anti-climate runs the risk of making the US the dumping ground for products that fail to meet the stricter environmental standards of other nations.
Trump's having acted on his June 2017 promise, therefore, is hardly a surprise. Should a Democrat win the 2020 campaign for president, I would imagine one of his or her first acts will be to take back the letter that just went out over Trump's signature. It won't restore the US to the global community, but it will be a start.
A taxing time? Probably not. Efforts to extend and revise an assortment of expired or soon-to-lapse energy tax breaks before the end of the year are struggling to find air in a crowded agenda. Policy and process disagreements are also getting in the way.
Lawmakers and interest groups for months have eyed the end of the year to enact an extenders package to revive more than two dozen tax breaks — including key biofuel and efficiency incentives — that have expired or will lapse by Dec. 31.
But the lack of progress on appropriations and daily partisan rancor over the House's impeachment inquiry may deprive congressional tax-writers of one crucial ingredient: a legislative vehicle.
Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has been looking to the Nov. 21 expiration of the current stopgap funding measure for moving extenders, but with the annual appropriations process already months behind schedule, there's talk of simply punting spending decisions into February or March
- There are significant differences between the parties as to how laden a tax extender bill should be.
- Even if there were a vehicle ready and waiting, it would be hard for Democrats and Republicans in both chambers to come to some agreement.
- A few powerful Republicans are also peeved by some of the renewables groups, e.g., electric vehicle folks, coming back for more after they promised the last time credits were passed that it was the last time.
Rolling dunder. The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to relax rules that govern how power plants store waste from burning coal and release water containing toxic metals into nearby waterways, according to agency officials.
The proposals, which scale back two rules adopted in 2015, affect the disposal of fine powder and sludge known as coal ash, as well as contaminated water that power plants produce while burning coal. Both forms of waste can contain mercury, arsenic, and other heavy metals that pose risks to human health and the environment.
The new rules would allow extensions that could keep unlined coal ash waste ponds open for as long as eight additional years. The biggest benefit of the regulation governing contaminated wastewater would come from the voluntary use of new filtration technology.
Trump administration officials revised the standards in response to recent court rulings and to petitions from companies that said they could not afford to meet stringent requirements enacted under the Obama administration. They also reflect President Trump's broader goal of bolstering America's coal industry at a time when natural gas and renewable energy provide more affordable sources of electricity for consumers. (Washington Post)
- The rollbacks were high on the wish list of Robert Murray—head of the now-bankrupt Murray Energy Corporation—and a friend and contributor to the president.
- There is a serious possibility that the rule changes will be rejected by federal courts because of EPA's dubious impact analysis—starting with its initial assumptions.
- Over 500 power generating units at approximately 260 facilities may be impacted by the new rule. Ninety percent of the 260 are believed to be leaking unsafe levels of toxins.
A case of flagrancy? The EPA inspector general has raised the alarm about a top political appointee sparring with investigators.
EPA Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson is the subject of an Oct. 29 "seven-day letter" from the IG, a tool used sparingly by EPA's internal watchdog to report to the agency's head "serious or flagrant problems" it has uncovered. The letter must then be submitted to Congress seven days later, which gives the document its name.
"The particularly serious or flagrant problem I am reporting concerns two instances of refusal to fully cooperate and provide information to the IG, one during an audit and one during an administrative investigation. They center on a single employee — Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson," said acting EPA IG Charles Sheehan in the letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler.
Sheehan discussed two matters for which the IG office sought help from Jackson. "Mr. Jackson's cooperation has been patiently sought multiple times over protracted periods by OIG auditors and investigators," he said.
Sheehan had harsh words for Jackson in his letter to the administrator.
"If information is choked off, we cannot fulfill our congressional charter and produce work of the rigor and quality expected by the American public," Sheehan concluded.
"To countenance open defiance even in one instance — much less two, both by a senior official setting precedent for himself and all agency staff — is ruinous." (E&E News)
Give us land, lots of land—to bomb. The U.S. Air Force is seeking to assert control over as much as two-thirds of a wildlife refuge in Nevada for training troops and testing weapons, according to a legislative proposal sent by military planners to the Department of the Interior and obtained by The Washington Post.
The military's Nevada Test and Training Range already encompasses much of a vast stretch of southern Nevada desert originally set aside for bighorn sheep, desert tortoises, and other wildlife. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service retains primary authority over the refuge to halt military drills that would otherwise disturb key habitat for plants and animals.
The draft legislation would instead carve out 1.1 million acres of Desert National Wildlife Refuge to be used "primarily for the military purposes" and only "secondarily" as a nature preserve. The military wants to add as much as 260,000 acres of the refuge — the largest in the contiguous United States — to the testing range. (Washington Post)
With liberty and justice for all. 2020 Democratic presidential contenders are giving new attention to the idea of "environmental injustice," heartening green advocates who argue that polluting industries have gone unchecked.
A number of candidates have rolled out ambitious plans to tackle decades of pollution and harmful practices that have been concentrated in the nation's poorest neighborhoods and communities of color. (The Hill)
Oil, oil everywhere. The flood of crude will arrive even as concerns about climate change are growing, and worldwide oil demand is slowing. And it is not coming from the usual producers, but from Brazil, Canada, Norway, and Guyana - countries that are either not known for oil or whose production has been lackluster in recent years.
This looming new supply may be a key reason Saudi Arabia's giant oil producer, Aramco, pushed ahead on Sunday with plans for what could be the world's largest initial stock offering ever. (New York Times)
The molecule that would roar. Scientists at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg have figured out how to harness the energy and keep it in reserve so it can be released on demand in the form of heat—even decades after it was captured.
The system starts with a liquid molecule made up of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen. When hit by sunlight, the molecule draws in the sun's energy and holds it until a catalyst triggers its release as heat.
The most advanced potential commercial use the team developed is a transparent coating that can be applied to home windows, a moving vehicle, or even clothing. The coating collects solar energy and releases heat, reducing electricity required for heating spaces and curbing carbon emissions. (Bloomberg)
- It's being reported that the scientists are now seeking investors to bring the discovery to market.
An increasingly frequent barrier. Electrical-generating facilities are often controversial in the communities that host them, and projects along Lake Ontario and in the North Country have fizzled amid concerns about noise, view-sheds, and impacts on migrating birds. (Wall Street Journal)
A full fifth. Brazil's National Institute of Space Research, which tracks forest damage, calculates that one-fifth of Brazil's Amazonian rain forest-the world's largest remaining "green lung," which absorbs billions of tons of carbon dioxide—has been destroyed since the nineteen-seventies. (The New Yorker)
All Americans. "Climate refugee" is likely a new term for most Americans. Also referred to as environmental migrants, climate refugees are people who are now forced to seek refuge from the life-threatening impacts of the climate crisis.
The article is an opinion piece by Representatives Yvette Clark (D-NY) and Michael Shank, a professor at New York University and Director of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance.
- Climate change is not tomorrow's problem. It's here and now.
- Although poor Latinos from Central and South America are now among the most prominent climate refugees, the time is coming for US citizens.
- Recurring fires, floods, and water problems will soon have everyone on the mover in search of greener pastures.
He really, really hates California. Trump commented on California's recent stretch of wildfires for the first time this weekend, saying that the state needs to do a better job managing its forests to prevent fires.
"The Governor of California, @GavinNewsom, has done a terrible job of forest management," Trump tweeted Sunday. "I told him from the first day we met that he must "clean" his forest floors regardless of what his bosses, the environmentalists, DEMAND of him."
Kamala Harris, the California senator, and presidential candidate tweeted back to Trump:
"Raking leaves is as effective at combating the climate crisis as your phone's spellcheck is at fixing your tweets," she tweeted "@GavinNewsom is doing his job. Maybe you should try it."
- Trump continues to take California personally rather than politically.
- It's resulting in a lot of lawsuits at the expense of the environment and taxpayers.
Influence run amok. Major homebuilders have, for years had a secret pact to block climate-friendly changes to building codes, The New York Times reports. The agreement has enabled the industry's top trade organization "to prevent changes that would have made new houses in much of the country more energy-efficient or more resilient to floods, hurricanes, and other disasters."
- This really is unfortunate. Homebuilders should be at the forefront of climate defense.
- Homes accounted for nearly one-fifth of all energy-related carbon dioxide emissions nationwide last year.
Outrageous. The Trump administration has not responded to dozens of Congressional document requests related to its environment and science policies, reports The Hill. "The agencies that have failed to turn over documents include the Environmental Protection Agency, Interior Department, Department of Commerce and Department of Agriculture, according to [House Energy and Commerce] committee staff." (The Hill)
- Checks, balances, and each branch of government respecting its co-equal counterparts are fundamental to our constitutional form of government.
- I'm sure Trump and many Republicans like Senators Graham (SC) and McConnell (KY) will be the first to decry a Democratic administration following in this administration's footsteps.
Just being lazy, you think? The Trump administration is chasing down fewer environmental crimes than any administration since the mid-1990s, according to new data from an independent research group.
During fiscal 2019, the Justice Department reported 302 new environmental prosecution cases, the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse said in a recent report on environmental crime prosecution.
That contrasts with the 850 cases the Justice Department filed in fiscal 1999, 491 in 2009, and 335 in 2014. (Bloomberg Environment)
- Not only is the Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations, but they also seem not to be enforcing the ones that are still on the books.
Bulb-us. Dual lawsuits filed in a federal appeals court in Manhattan seek to block the Energy Department from withdrawing an Obama-era requirement that requires bulbs commonly used in recessed lighting, track lighting, bathroom vanities, and decorative fixtures meet the same energy efficiency standards that effectively phased out the traditional incandescent bulb.
The standards, which had been scheduled to take effect in January 2020, applied to roughly half of the six billion lightbulbs in use today and would save consumers billions of dollars in energy costs and avoid millions of tons in carbon dioxide emissions, according to environmental groups backing the rules. (Bloomberg)
- Among the allegations in the suits are that the US will become the dumping ground for banned bulbs around the world.
- Makes the US kind of third-country-ish, don't you think?
Time well spent. Italy will next year become the world's first country to make it compulsory for schoolchildren to study climate change and sustainable development, Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti said. (Reuters)
- Can you imagine the melee that would break out in the US—especially in red states—if this were tried?
Psst, pass it on. Investment banks have begun quietly sounding alarm bells about climate change. Their worries are showing up in the documents that accompany municipal bonds they underwrite. (Morning Consult)
Can 11K scientists be wrong? The world's people face "untold suffering due to the climate crisis" unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists.
"We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency," it states. "To secure a sustainable future, we must change how we live. [This] entails major transformations in the ways our global society functions and interacts with natural ecosystems."
There is no time to lose; the scientists say: "The climate crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than most scientists expected. It is more severe than anticipated, threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity."
The statement is published in the journal BioScience on the 40th anniversary of the first world climate conference, which was held in Geneva in 1979. The announcement was a collaboration of dozens of scientists and endorsed by further 11,000 from 153 nations. The scientists say the urgent changes needed include ending population growth, leaving fossil fuels in the ground, halting forest destruction, and slashing meat-eating. (The Guardian)
Ghost gear. Lost and abandoned fishing gear, which is deadly to marine life makes up the majority of "large" plastic pollution in the oceans, according to a report by Greenpeace.
More than 640,000 tonnes of nets, lines, pots, and traps used in commercial fishing are dumped and discarded in the sea every year, the same weight as 55,000 double-decker buses.
The report, which draws on the most up-to-date research on "ghost gear," polluting the oceans, calls for international action to stop plastic pollution, which is deadly for marine wildlife.
Lease to suit. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that its annual oil and gas lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska would be on Dec. 11. The sale will be the 15th in a series of oil lease sales held by the BLM for that region on the western side of Alaska's North Slope. (Reuters)
Not just wind and solar. Getting the power grid to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 will be far less costly if nuclear power, along with wind and solar energy, can be expanded, according to scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (The Chronicle)
Worse than we thought? If it feels like the Paris withdrawal has been coming for years, that's not wrong. It was already clear on the day he was elected that President Donald Trump would leave the Paris Agreement. After some vacillating early in his term, Trump made a sunny, pomp-dense Rose Garden speech in June 2017 and promised to depart the treaty. But under the agreement's terms, he could not formally notify the United Nations of his intent to leave until this week, and American diplomats attended climate negotiations in the interim. (The Atlantic)
Companies are judged by the company they keep. The company has spent decades building its image as an environmentally-friendly automaker, touting its investments into hybrid cars. Toyota owners who were attracted to the company's green image have responded to the move by submitting complaints to the company and on social media and promising to buy cars from those automakers who have sided with California. Experts believe automakers that sided with Trump could face potential losses from environmentally-focused consumers, but it is not clear how the backlash will play out over the long term. (Washington Post)
- Consumers have an excellent opportunity to let car companies know what they think by their purchases.
- Four auto companies—Ford, Honda, VW, and BMW of America—entered into an agreement with California that set fuel efficiency standards close to those of the Obama administration and gave the companies the flexibility they required.
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MAINZ, GERMANY / ACCESSWIRE / March 18, 2020 / Which character traits are necessary to make a difference? Do you really have to be a universal genius, a visionary or a lateral thinker? How do you turn an idea into a million dollar business?
The name "Marvin Steinberg" should be a household name for those who deal with digital currencies and blockchain technology. Marvin Steinberg is doing pioneering work in Germany by helping other companies tokenize their assets with blockchain technology with his company CPI Technologies, so that external funds are easier than ever before.
In the following, we list the most important stages in Marvin Steinberg's entrepreneurial career and draw conclusions from what it takes to be successful as an entrepreneur.
Marvin Steinberg: You have to be aware of your strengths
According to Marvin Steinberg, it doesn't take Steve Jobs' vision or Warren Buffett's expertise to be successful. Rather, you have to be aware of your own strengths and know how to use them skillfully on the market. CPI Technologies, Marvin Steinberg's newest company, helps companies of all sizes generate capital by tokenizing their assets – mostly even more than would be possible through a traditional IPO process.
"I have an economic background that is strongly focused on marketing. I am also very interested in new technologies, which helps me to predict future trends faster. This really helped my start-up in the energy sector. As a multiple company founder, I now see myself in a position to help other companies access external finance around the world. "
Every time you hear about successful entrepreneurs and business people, you automatically ask yourself if you don't have what it takes. According to Marvin Steinberg , everyone can achieve great things. Steinberg's recipe for success is logical and simple at the same time: "Walking with the times, believing in your strengths and finding a suitable purpose for this." This principle runs through Marvin Steinberg's entire career and, despite many difficulties, obstacles and setbacks, has always attracted him promoted the top position.
Marvin Steinberg: Every beginning is difficult!
What should not be neglected is how important good persistence is in the beginning. It is better to bring too much of this than too little. Especially at the beginning of a company, when nobody believes in you, you have to grit your teeth and hold on. "I was laughed at by both business partners and bankers when I told them I wanted to gain a foothold in the energy sector," says Marvin Steinberg. Accordingly, he had to find the financial resources for his first start-up on his own. "If a businessman has a similar experience with his start-up, there can be two reasons. Firstly, he has a crazy business idea that can never be successful, or secondly, he is on the right track because his vision is far ahead of the times. "
How Steinberg changed the German energy sector
"I was young, naive, but had a clear goal in mind and knew how to implement it." Marvin Steinberg had his first start-up in the energy sector and had to assert himself in an industry that was shaped by giants and immensely high Had entry barriers. Why had Marvin Steinberg tried to make a name in such a difficult industry to conquer? Marvin Steinberg has a clear answer: "The word 'entry barriers' is only valid if you play according to the rules of the long-established large corporations. If you structure your business model differently, you can elegantly bypass it. "
The energy giants had an advantage that Steinberg didn't have: capital – and plenty. The size of the corporations and the long-established structures made the corporations seem almost lethargic to Steinberg. Above all, antiquated customer acquisition was Marvin Steinberg's main point of attack: "While my competitors tried to acquire customers in the traditional way even a few years ago, my small energy startup managed to pick up the customers where they were picked up want – namely online. I not only have a high level of expertise in this area, but the implementation was feasible even for a small start-up. As a result, we were able to gain a large number of new customers in a very short time – the competition didn't even know how it happened.
What can aspiring entrepreneurs learn from this short lesson? First, entry hurdles can be avoided by focusing on key business aspects that industry leaders ignore. In this example it became clear for the first time how Marvin Steinberg was ahead of his time and who, through digital customer acquisition, practically single-handedly promoted the German energy market into the 21st century. Nowadays, there is probably no longer an energy provider who does not do most of its customer acquisition online.
CPI Technologies: Marvin Steinberg's digital fundraising initiative
After Marvin Steinberg had sold his energy start-up profitably, the businessman looked for new opportunities. Where is the best place to look? The answer is easier than you think. You should listen to your gut feeling and pursue your interests: "Even if I am not a technology expert, I still have a soft spot for new technologies. In recent years, I have been particularly fond of Bitcoin and the associated blockchain technology. I wondered if others had a similar idea, but I didn't find what I was looking for. This was the starting signal for CPI Technologies. "
Blockchain technologies can not only be used for digital currencies alone, but also have many other possible uses. As a former company owner, it was clear to Marvin Steinberg that the external fundraising process is nerve-wracking and often does not generate as much money as the companies originally planned. The traditional IPO process is exhaustive and time consuming. The result was CPI Technologies. Marvin Steinberg's company helps other companies of all sizes to generate capital by tokenizing their assets, mostly more than in the traditional IPO process. This is all possible nowadays thanks to Security Token Offerings (STOs).
STOs are based on blockchain technology and, in simple terms, are digital images of tradable financial assets – very much like a company share or a company bond. STOs are regulated by the state and have less stringent requirements for a company than traditional IPOs. From a company perspective, it is easier to attract large investors from all over the world, which leads to more money. From an investor's perspective, STOs offer sufficient security and other advantages, such as dividends and equity shares. STOs are therefore a real win-win situation for companies and investors.
What does this example show us? Just like in the energy sector, Marvin Steinberg has managed to solve a problem for his customers: How can I get external finance the easiest? To achieve this, both foresight and some technical understanding are required. You don't have to be an engineer, but you should at least have a good overview of the latest technologies and a feeling for using them in other ways.
Marvin Steinberg: Dream big, act bigger!
In order to draw people's attention to themselves, a necessary portion of self-confidence and marketing understanding is required. According to Marvin Steinberg, entrepreneurs have to make a name for themselves: "It is no use having the best business model or the best vision if no one has ever heard of it."
So how does Marvin Steinberg talking about yourself with CPI Technologies? Quite simply – he takes on top-class projects that automatically make headlines. CPI Technologies recently received an order to tokenize parts of the famous New York Time Square. Such a tokenization value has probably never been seen in history – the total tokenization is expected to bring in a total amount of $ 700 million. The mammoth project will start in 2020 and Marvin Steinberg hopes to make the benefits of STOs known around the world. "With our New York project, we want to show companies around the world what modern fundraising looks like in the 21st century. It also gives investors around the world the opportunity to make it clear that a marketing mindset can be of enormous advantage for every aspiring businessman. This mindset helps to promote ideas and to consider every opportunity from a marketing point of view.
This makes it clear that a marketing mindset can be of enormous advantage for every aspiring businessman. This mindset helps to promote ideas and to consider every opportunity from a marketing point of view.
Mindset, skills and self-confidence
What characteristics have made Marvin Steinberg what he is today? He was confident enough to be able to change something. He had the right foresight and a good overview of the latest technologies. He always focused on customers and always tried to solve their problems as best as possible.
Since difficulties will arise sooner or later, you should also have a lot of stamina. In the beginning, the resistance is great and you yourself are in a weak position. If you stay on the ball and have a good idea, your steadfastness will ultimately pay off. Marvin Steinberg was able to demonstrate this as well as possible with his energy start-up and with CPI Technologies .
Of course, every path is different, but it is still advisable to get some advice from the people who have already followed this path. Marvin Steinberg shows us impressively that Germany is just waiting to be turned upside down with fresh and new ideas by young innovators, lateral thinkers, visionaries and business people.
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