Germany-based, AI-powered sponsorship analytics firm Shikenso Analytics formally announced that Benedikt Becker has been promoted to the role of vice president of marketing. According to his LinkedIn profile Becker joined the firm in October 2022 as marketing director where he helped the company grow its brand as one of the top platforms for esports companies—tournament organizers and esports organizations—to evaluate the performance of sponsorships and partnerships Shikenso said in its announcement that Becker helped it improve lead generation drive “record” revenue from marketing-generated activities helped create a pipeline into the European sports ecosystem and other clients more “transparency and real-time data in measuring sponsorship performance.” “Benedikt isn’t just a marketing leader – he’s a builder,” said Tarik Amhamdi “He quickly became an essential part of Shikenso spotting opportunities and executing with the same data-driven precision that defines our company He’s a problem-solver who consistently goes the extra mile and his strategic vision has transformed how we position ourselves in the sponsorship industry I’m excited to see how he contributes in Shikenso’s scaling and growth mission.” © 2023 - 2024 The Esports Advocate His purview extended to the design of the standalone furnishings.Save this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links There’s a fairy-tale quality to the home that artist Jorge Pardo conjured for publisher Benedikt Taschen and his wife One almost expects to find Hansel and Gretel wandering nearby seduced by the hints of toothsome color and pattern visible from the exterior of the otherwise quiet moody woods one associates with the Brothers Grimm—instead of the Black Forest this enchanted cabin is surrounded by palm trees and California live oaks a sense of something truly strange and bewitching awaiting visitors just beyond the front door Colored panels set in the shingled exterior envelope pop against the verdant Malibu scenery Taschen acquired the old ranch house—a surprising survivor of the wildfires that regularly plague the area—and the 200-acre plot on which it sits roughly 13 years ago an entirely different world,” the publisher says underscoring the physical and cultural distance from the Malibu of super-expensive beach houses and posh restaurants packed cheek by jowl along the Pacific Coast Highway Fruit and vegetables are cultivated on the ranch much of it earmarked for the popular Jon & Vinny’s restaurant group and buck-buck-bucking chickens only add to the land’s rustic charm and ravishing natural beauty Taschen left the reimagining of the ranch house entirely in the hands of Pardo with no preconceived conceptual directive and no prescribed program beyond the utilitarian “Benedikt and I have been friends for 30 years and he leaves his friends alone,” the artist explains “This project was an investigation into what was possible As long as we maintained the footprint of the original house and stayed within the existing envelope I just wanted to ornament the shit out of it,” he adds emphatically The kitchen has CNC cut/engraved MDF cabinetry panels and orange Corian countertops Despite the eye-rolling hauteur of the word Gesamtkunstwerk it is the mot juste to describe what Pardo has wrought: a dizzying kaleidoscopic fantasy interior in which the floors and furnishings filigree into a single orgasmic organism brought to life through the artist’s signature experiments with form There’s a primary bedroom suite at one end of the structure the latter two mediated by a floor-to-ceiling storage volume clad in quotidian prefab wood shingles that strike a dramatic contrast note amid all the calligraphic finery but when you step inside it’s optically extreme,” Pardo says all fabricated using CNC computer-driven machining processes Pardo deployed a variety of pattern languages on the ceramic tile floors and bath walls the CNC-engraved plywood shutters with glass inserts the vaguely Western-inflected wall and ceiling panels and the clustered pendant lights of laser-cut wood “There’s a bit of midcentury California and a bit of Old West in the colors and patterns,” the artist notes “Some of the ornamentation on the furniture refers to the stitching on cowboy boots or the native flowers The iconography is subtle but present.” Natural light is a critical component of Pardo’s alchemy animating the interior and amplifying the overall pattern play with a dappled light show that is particularly dramatic as the late afternoons kindle into night View of the hallway from the sunken living room to the primary bedroom “It’s hard to compare this place with any other,” says Taschen, who counts John Lautner’s Chemosphere House among his portfolio of architecturally significant private residences “What Jorge has conceived is nothing short of magical.” This article appears in AD's November issue. 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The other obstacle for AI in IR involves problems with data management and a lack of structured reporting Structured data collection is only employed in selected hospitals and there are still no vendor-independent solutions that collect all the data at the local level useful public datasets like the ones used elsewhere in radiology AI research and development are not available "When we talk about national or international databases we have a really big need for these databases to aggregate interventional data so the only thing to do is collaborate," Schaarschmidt said During his talk, Schaarschmidt cited a retrospective German study published in May that analyzed 754 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients from six tertiary care centers (between 2010 and 2020) All were to undergo transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) patients with intermediate-stage disease are a heterogenous group with remarkable variations in tumor burden and remaining liver function .. and the patient heterogeneity makes it exceptionally difficult to perform risk scoring and prognosis prediction in patients treated with TACE," the research noted "To achieve a more holistic picture of patients and to have an objective indicator of patients’ remaining capacities body composition assessment (BCA) parameters have become vital as opportunistic imaging biomarkers in patients with hepatobiliary malignancies." researchers investigated a fully automated AI-based quantitative 3D volumetry tool to evaluate the roles of different BCA parameters researchers used an infrastructure platform (provided by the German Cancer Consortium) to distribute the software to each site for federated data analysis Inclusion criteria included but were not limited to the following: They used automated AI to show that patients with less skeletal muscle volume performed worse than patients who had more muscle volume and the same was true with total adipose tissue "You have a really interesting predictor that you can only identify by passing loads of data," he said adding that the only approach to perform high value interventional radiology is to "think big." Moreover "projects like this are really great to form broad databases for AI projects in interventional radiology." Schaarschmidt suggested videos during interventions be saved and used to assess quality when it comes to IR more data should be saved For full 2024 RSNA coverage, visit our RADCast Gruetz will lead strategic initiatives aimed at delivering customized financial solutions to mid-market companies across Europe and mergers and acquisitions advisory services With headquarters in San Francisco and a global presence extending to key locations such as Las Vegas US Capital Global stands as a premier full-service global private financial group specializing in corporate finance Gruetz joins US Capital Global with over 15 years of experience in the financial sector he held senior roles at leading financial institutions where he successfully managed complex transactions and developed strategic partnerships across various sectors bringing his vast experience and extensive network back to banking leveraging his robust network to strengthen the group’s presence and operations The appointment underscores US Capital Global’s commitment to expanding its leadership team and enhancing its presence in key international markets “I am honored to join US Capital Global and contribute to strengthening transatlantic economic ties,” said Mr “With a deep commitment to supporting the German ‘Mittelstand,’ I look forward to leveraging US Capital Global’s comprehensive investment banking services to unlock new opportunities and foster strategic partnerships between Germany and the United States My goal is to bridge these dynamic markets and facilitate sustainable growth and collaboration.” “We are delighted to welcome Benedikt as Managing Director in Germany,” said Jeffrey Sweeney “Benedikt brings a wealth of experience in finance and strategic advisory services His expertise in navigating cross-border transactions will be invaluable as US Capital Global seeks to enhance its service offerings and expand its footprint in Europe and beyond We are confident that Benedikt will be a strong asset to our team contributing significantly to US Capital Global’s continued growth and success.” To learn more about US Capital Global, email Jeffrey Sweeney, Chairman and CEO, at jsweeney@uscapital.com Julia Wehrle moves to POLITICO in Brussels as CRO Europe / New management team: Mathias Sanchez becomes COO is set to join POLITICO as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) for Europe in January 2025 a subsidiary of Axel Springer that focuses on reporting on politics and political processes As CRO she will be responsible for overseeing the marketing of POLITICO’s journalistic products across Europe She has served as a managing director at Media Impact since 2019 and has played a pivotal role in transforming the company for a digital future by driving digital growth and establishing a corporate culture based on transparency and innovation and culture have all evolved under her guidance Julia Wehrle: “My time at Media Impact has been incredibly enriching both personally and professionally I am proud of what we have achieved as a team over the past few years The move to POLITICO now offers me the opportunity to apply my experience in an international setting and embrace new challenges I would like to sincerely thank all employees and my team for their trust and effective collaboration.”  Christoph Eck-Schmidt: “Julia’s dedication and strategic insight into the market and our company have significantly shaped Media Impact over the past five years we have optimized Media Impact’s portfolio and laid the groundwork for new growth I thank Julia for our time together at Media Impact and look forward to seeing POLITICO benefit from her outstanding experience at the European level We will miss Julia at Media Impact very much.”  Mathias Sanchez and Benedikt Faerber are the new managing directors of Media Impact   who serves as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Commercial Officer overseeing marketing and sales activities at Axel Springer is restructuring the management team of Media Impact as of January 1 Mathias Sanchez (40) will become Chief Operating Officer (COO) he will primarily focus on strategically advancing marketing processes as well as marketing products and technologies – particularly in programmatic advertising and AdTech – and strengthening collaboration with agencies A special emphasis will be placed on harmonizing these processes and technologies while enhancing international cooperation and leveraging synergies within the group Mathias Sanchez will continue to serve as Senior Vice President of Global Strategic Partnerships where he shares responsibility for Axel Springer’s international collaborations Executive Vice President Global Strategic Partnerships currently Chief Sales Officer for the BILD Group & Portfolio at Media Impact will take on the cross-brand role of Chief Sales Officer (CSO) he will oversee advertising sales for Media Impact’s cross-media portfolio as well as strategically manage national and international sales teams targeted 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Advertise on Cineuropa Logos and Banners SERIES MANIA 2025 “How would it feel if Pippi Longstocking or Rambo were your neighbours?” by Marta Bałaga the duo introduces us to a new action hero – a lovely lady with a past in the Danish Secret Service the show was written by Erlingsson and Ólafur Egill Egilsson I was talking to someone about the Yellowstone phenomenon and we came to the conclusion that we like seeing characters who refuse to back down Ditte does.Benedikt Erlingsson: You are right – it’s a play on that figure of “the capable person” a superhero – they are in the same business She tries to turn it into something positive but can you help someone who doesn’t want to be helped It’s an issue we are dealing with on an everyday basis She operates within this one block of flats Did you find it funny that she can only use her skills in a restricted way like this?Ólafur Egill Egilsson: It makes it more nuanced It brings more depth to her relationships with these people because they are not just some strangers BE: We were wondering how we could categorise her How would it feel if Pippi Longstocking or Rambo were your neighbours I was also thinking about Voltaire’s Candide this eternal optimist who sees a world full of misery and tries to do something about it or she could be seen as a “Karen” [an upper-middle-class woman perceived as entitled].BE: That was the challenge: to introduce a protagonist you want to follow There is this idea that main characters need to be sympathetic Or we add some childhood trauma because they need an excuse people would tell us: “We need more insight into her trauma.” ÓEE: Or: “We need to understand her more.” Instead we took a chance and decided she’d just have to win the sympathy of the audience We live in a world of complex problems and complex solutions But maybe people are running out of patience and want to see some results finally tells off the guy who always leaves the rubbish bin open BE: They say this in the business environment: “A leader comes in with a good strategy but culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Maybe that’s the hard lesson in this show: it’s difficult to unite people around one idea Her warrior methods suddenly don’t work any more The first episode is funny because we all know that screenwriting textbook called Save the Cat Saving a pet makes you root for the character; 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copyright laws About us | Contact us | Logos and Banners Mission | Partners | Team | Donations | Terms and conditions Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in conjunction with the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology (CMIST) hosted an engaging event on September 26th entitled Digital Diplomacy: Building Solidarity in Cyberspace The night began with welcome remarks by CMU's Provost Jim Garrett and CMIST Director Audrey Kurth Cronin Ambassador Nathaniel Fick, the inaugural U.S Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy at the U.S Department of State provided the keynote address exploring cutting-edge trends in tech and digital diplomacy on a global scale After which a panel discussion with distinguished international diplomats Minister Paula Bogantes Zamora of Costa Rica and Ambassador Benedikt Wechsler of Switzerland ensued and opportunities in the cyber and digital realm.   EVENT TRANSCRIPT 5:30 pm:  Registration and networking happy hour in the Phipps Conservatory rainforest 7:30 pm:  Welcome by CMIST Director Audrey Kurth Cronin 7:35 pm:  Opening remarks by CMU Provost Jim Garrett 7:45 pm:  Keynote address by Ambassador Nathaniel Fick 8:05 pm:  Panel discussion with esteemed foreign dignitaries moderated by CMIST Director Audrey Kurth Cronin Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy Ambassador Fick was a technology executive and entrepreneur He was CEO of the cybersecurity software company Endgame from 2012 through its acquisition by Elastic in 2019 he led Elastic’s information security business globally Ambassador Fick spent nearly a decade as an operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners working with management teams to build technology businesses he was named by Fast Company magazine as one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business,” and Endgame was selected by Forbes as one of the “100 Best Cloud Companies in the World.” Ambassador Fick was CEO of the Center for a New American Security a national security research organization in Washington he served as a Marine Corps infantry and reconnaissance officer including combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq a Washington Post "Best Book of the Year," and one of the Military Times's "Best Military Books of the Decade.” Ambassador Fick graduated with high honors in Classics from Dartmouth College and holds an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA from the Harvard Business School was named provost and chief academic officer of Carnegie Mellon University in January 2019 and was appointed for a second term in January 2024 Garrett previously served as dean of CMU's College of Engineering from 2013 to 2018 he spent six years as head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering As the university's chief academic officer Garrett is responsible for leading CMU's schools and campuses and is instrumental in institutional and academic planning and implementation he has partnered with leaders across the university to expand access and affordability efforts to meet the full financial needs of our student body He has also had a strong focus on student success and experience so that students have the tools and opportunities they need to thrive at CMU and beyond Garrett has made investments in supporting the holistic graduate student experience recruiting and retaining world class faculty and promoting equitable access to a CMU education via the launch of initiatives such as the Tartan Scholars program the Rales Fellows program and the Student Academic Success Center graduate-level certificate programs with initial offerings in artificial intelligence He also chaired the Commission on Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression Garrett is deeply committed to the values of diversity and to fostering an environment where all members of our community have a sense of belonging Audrey Kurth Cronin is Trustees Professor of Security and Technology and Director of the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST) Cronin’s best-known book is How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns (Princeton which the New Yorker called a “landmark study.” Her latest book Power to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow’s Terrorists (Oxford analyzes emerging technologies and devises a new framework for analyzing 21st century military innovation It was short-listed for the Lionel Gelber prize and won the 2020 Neave prize Cronin was a Marshall Scholar from Princeton University earned a DPhil from the University of Oxford Formerly Distinguished Professor at American University she founded and directed the Center for Security Innovation and New Technology in Washington She has been director of the core course on War and Statecraft at the National War College Director of Studies for the Changing Character of War program at the University of Oxford and Specialist in Terrorism at the Congressional Research Service She has also served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy and frequently advises at senior levels She was Chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Terrorism and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations Bogantes holds a master’s degree in international Trade and Markets from LEAD University as well as a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Universidad Internacional de las Américas Bogantes has a specialization in organizational leadership from Georgetown University and is currently pursuing a diploma in Digital Transformation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Prior to her appointment as Minister of the Ministry of Science Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT) Bogantes served as Vice Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica and was the President of the National Trade Facilitation Council (CONAFAC) She also worked at the Costa Rican Coalition for Development Initiatives (CI NDE) as the manager for the Digital Technologies she has worked as a consultant for international organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on public policy issues related to competitiveness She also contributed to the development of a national proposal for the creation of an Innovation Agency and a Public Innovation Laboratory Bogantes Zamora has extensive experience in developing strategies to attract foreign investment in industries such as cloud computing She is native speaker of Spanish and is fluent in English.  Benedikt Wechsler held several journalism and editorial positions upon completion of his traineeship at the European Commission as well as in the private sector After studies in Business Administration and Political Science at the University of St he joined the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs His early diplomatic career took him to the Permanent Mission of Switzerland and to the UN and EU in New York and Brussels Benedikt’s professional portfolio includes his appointment as five-time Diplomatic Advisor to Swiss Presidents (2001/2002 and 2006-2007) and Ambassador Chief of Staff of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008-2012) the Swiss Embassy in Denmark invented the “Open Embassy and Pop-up Embassy” approach which won the Danish Design Award in the category of Game Changer He strengthened the science diplomacy in Greenland and initiated a multistakeholder expedition to the Arctic Benedikt Wechsler has been serving as the Consul General of Switzerland in San Francisco representing his country in 13 U.S States and pioneering in the Silicon Valley in the field of tech diplomacy Benedikt Wechsler is heading the first Division for Digitalisation as an Ambassador within the State Secretariat and is charged with the implementation of the Swiss Digital Foreign Policy Strategy « Back Limited (CATL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Benedikt Sobotka a leading diversified natural resources group said: "I am pleased that Mr Sobotka is joining our Advisory Board vision and role as an advocate of the green energy transition aligns with our values and makes him a great fit for this role CATL has worked closely with Benedikt in his capacity as both the CEO of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and Co-Chair of the Global Battery Alliance (GBA) including developing the world's first Battery Passport - a pioneering initiative using data from both CATL and ERG." commented: "CATL is a global leader in innovative energy technologies ranked first in the global electric vehicle battery market for many years I am delighted to join the company's Advisory Board to work with and contribute to the company as it continues to innovate and grow internationally." 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All Rights Reserved.闽ICP备14008486号-3闽公网安备 35090202000349号 has been honored for his academic achievements with the “Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae” award Federal President Alexander van der Bellen awarded the honorary rings at a ceremony held at the Presidential Chancellery in the Vienna Hofburg Benedikt Simbrunner studied medicine at the Medical University of Vienna with exchange semesters in Heidelberg and Zurich he completed his PhD studies in gastroenterology and hepatology (N094: Endocrinology and Metabolism) with the highest honors (Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis) Simbrunner worked as a research assistant in the laboratory of Thomas Reiberger's research group before completing his basic training and beginning his specialist training in internal medicine with a focus on gastroenterology and hepatology at MedUni Vienna/University Hospital Vienna he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the ‘Hepatic and intestinal immunobiology lab’ (headed by Prof Rubén Francés) at the Universidad Miguel Hernández in Spain Benedikt Simbrunner focuses on the mechanisms of advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD) immune disorders and the gut-liver circulation His scientific training already included research work on serotonin transporter function during his medical studies and later on the pathophysiology of liver fibrosis and portal hypertension Award for outstanding academic achievements The “sub auspiciis doctorate” (Latin for “doctorate under the auspices of the Federal President”) also known as the “sub auspiciis promotion” is a specifically Austrian form of award for outstanding academic achievements It is the highest possible distinction for academic achievements in Austria The requirements for admission to a sub auspiciis praesidentis doctorate are: completion of the upper school with honors completion of the relevant studies with honors (this includes all examination subjects of the diploma examinations or all modules in the bachelor's or bachelor's or master's program and a grade of “very good” for the diploma or master's thesis) and the assessment of the dissertation and passing all oral exams or the final exam with the grade “very good” We use cookies that are technically necessary for the functionality of our website marketing and analysis purposes to optimise the user experience on our site data is processed both by us and by third-party providers some of which are based in third countries (e.g You can find more information about the tools and the partners in our data protection declaration in which we also explain exactly what data transfer to the USA can mean You can individually adjust or revoke your cookie settings at any time if you wish These cookies are necessary for the basic functions of the website You can block or delete them in your browser settings but you then run the risk that some parts of the website will not function properly Necessary to obtain consent for certain cookies and thus for the use of certain tools To track users on your website(s) or app(s) the default Matomo Tracking code in JavaScript uses 1st party cookies which are set on the domain of your website But he is also a man of flesh and blood—of emotion Tattooed on his forearm are the words “the unbearable lightness of being : a kind of compass guiding him through life filmmakers Alexander Tank and Tobias Scharnagl draw close to Enrico capturing him in all his complexity and contradiction would become both infamous and overexposed: the graveyard of the Mediterranean what it truly means to remain human." Anne Delseth The documentary, 'Only Ghost in The Waves' edited by S ECs Benedikt Strick will have its world premiere at Visions du Réel After spending four hours in the world of Star Wars Outlaws (which you can read that preview here) we had the opportunity to talk with some of the people who made that happen Art and World Director Benedikt Podlesnigg and Associate Art Director Marthe Jonkers agreed to an interview and gave us a lot of insight on just what makes Star Wars Outlaws tick Listening to them passionately speak on Star Wars Outlaws only makes us more excited to get hands-on with the full game At what point did it hit you that you were working on a Star Wars project It’s such a big franchise and cultural phenomenon that you’d imagine someone might freak out at the prospect of bringing their own ideas to Star Wars Benedikt is no stranger to working on Star Wars projects In a conversation with his associate art director on The Division “Wouldn’t it be awesome to work on a Star Wars project with the Snowdrop engine and doing an open-world Star Wars game?” This was well before the Outlaws discussions began so when they started it felt like a dream come true; the project they had always dreamt to do but working on the game and with Lucasfilm Games brought a new level of understanding of the lore with it It was a realization of surface level knowledge and going back to the basics and origins of Star Wars Marthe had a similar dream of working on an open-world Star Wars project along with the same realization of just how little they knew of the massive breadth of Star Wars Working on Outlaws brought a lot to the table in terms of learning with Lucasfilm Games providing access to concept art photos of the set from the Original Trilogy The process of getting to where they are now was fantastic and a wild journey for her How do you manage to create something fresh while still staying in the guidelines of an already established world especially one already as dense as the Star Wars universe Star Wars is humongous and a lot of things at this point was to avoid looking at just Star Wars references look to what inspired Lucas as he created the franchise the space battles were inspired by WWII dogfights all things that kindled the imagination of Lucas Star Wars Outlaws itself even has drawn inspiration from the swashbuckling in Errol Flynn movies Marthe followed up with how they wanted to create something original while staying in line with what’s established and following that same methodology that was used in the Original Trilogy the vehicle designs were made from models of WWII-era planes and racecars and they found a list of the kit models they used they used the exact same models to create new vehicles in Outlaws Toshara is a moon developed just for Outlaws Our previous question dealt with creating something fresh in the large Star Wars universe What was it like collaborating with Lucasfilm to craft something of this magnitude Were there any expectations from them or intimidation in working on it The answer to that question was how the team had worked on their previous series – The Division and The Division 2 saying they really dug deep into the world building things like the African savannah-style plains and even built a history that fits into the greater Star Wars timeline There’s full documentation that you could make a book from what the team assembled down to even the gravity winds in the space region Listening to Benedikt discuss how the debris in space affected the planet or the different vegetation and edible plant life influence what the Tosharans wear fills you with an appreciation for how dedicated the group is to Star Wars and their craft Being able to work with Lucasfilm Games allowed Massive to understand what was going on in the higher timeline This allowed Toshara to be connected in the right ways Creatures are another big part of Star Wars and Marthe brought that up in answering this particular question They wanted to make sure these were consistent and connected as well We asked a follow up question in regards to this Are there any new creatures skittering around the world you’d like to talk about and show off Which one (including any existing ones) is your favorite She went right away to the Gushiro (pictured above) little marmoset-like creatures I remember petting on Toshara from the colors to their hiding in the grass Benedikt also mentioned how petting them would influence even the others around as one time as he petted a Gushiro and the pack started following him as Kay walked away Our final question stuck with the theme of creatures but was in regards to our favorite little merqaal and deciding to make him the co-star of Outlaws It was easy to see the smile the mention of Nix brought to the face of Marthe as she replied with him and Kay being a duo rather than him being just a companion It was important to the team to create a creature that was believable as the merqaal didn’t exist in Star Wars prior to Outlaws They made sure he was a capable and strong animal; it would be feasible that Nix could actually do the things you’d be asking him to do via the story and your commands they wanted him to be relatable and be able to be close to Kay even if the team was inspired by their own Speaking with both Benedikt and Marthe was a highlight of our time with Star Wars Outlaws and continues to show us the dedication Massive Entertainment has to their game Star Wars Outlaws releases August 30th (this month!) on Xbox Series consoles One of the longest running independent gaming news Benedikt Braun’s deep roots in the wine industry have shaped his passion for the beverage sector leading to a lifetime of working with wine around the world. His passion has led him to Okanagan College where he is working with communities across the Okanagan and Shuswap to solve real world issues “Having grown up around vineyards in Germany, I’ve always felt a deep connection to wine and nature,” said Braun, an Okanagan College (OC) student and research assistant with the College’s Applied Research department. “Being able to support the industry in new and innovative ways is very exciting We are working directly with industry partners on ways to support our community.” Braun is bringing his passion to a research project at OC aimed at finding sustainable solutions to beverage industry by-products. The project is exploring ways to reduce and repurpose by-products generated by the region’s wineries and other beverage makers—matter that often end up in landfills or municipal wastewater systems “Working on this project allows me to merge my passion for winemaking with meaningful academic research,” said Braun, who is in the Bachelor of Business Administration program OC “Contributing to a study that supports sustainable practices in the beautiful Okanagan region feels both inspiring and fulfilling.”    Professor Berninger delivered his inaugural lecture as a Professor of Developmental Neurobiology at IoPPN opened the night by welcoming attendees and introduced Professor Berninger as an accomplished researcher who has contributed greatly to the IoPPN community Professor Benedikt Berninger is a Professor of Developmental Neurobiology at the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology (CDN) and the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MRC CNDD) His research addresses the fundamental question of why neurons cannot regenerate or repair themselves when damaged His group focuses on initiating neurogenesis in the adult mammalian brain where neuron generation is typically impossible the group can convert support cells into neurons Professor of Neuroscience and Head of CDN and MRC CNDD closed the evening by praising Professor Berninger for his wide-ranging interest It was wonderful to have taken the time to reflect and share my journey to becoming a professor at King's My experience of interacting with colleagues and students at King’s has been truly transformative for my research and I am looking forward to building on this in the years to come Thank you to all who have attended that special evening." Join us in celebrating Professor Berninger's inaugural lecture on 'The Art of Forging Neurons.' 11 September 2024 – Rapid economic integration and technological advances have spurred unprecedented prosperity in Southeast Asia but these same forces have also created fertile ground for cross-border organized crime to flourish effective international cooperation in criminal matters is key―a need that was front and centre as experts gathered in Vientiane last month for the 2024 South East Asia Justice Network plenary meeting “Organized criminal groups don’t stop at borders knowing that crossing them too frequently hampers investigations and prosecutions Delays or even lack of cooperation between criminal justice institutions often really means letting organized criminal groups win,” said Benedikt Hofmann Deputy Representative of UNODC’s Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Representatives of central authorities highlighted the importance of SEAJust in bridging gaps between formal legal processes and the urgent demands of cross-border crime fighting The idea behind SEAJust is to create an informal channel through which countries can easily be in close contact when international prosecutions are taking place formal mutual legal assistance mechanisms that exist between countries by encouraging prosecutors to maintain regular contact and speed up processes “Delays in international cooperation often allow these criminal organizations to evade justice further entrenching their influence across Southeast Asia,” Hofmann added “International cooperation in criminal matters lies at the core of efforts to respond to organized crime more effectively.” Promoting informal cooperation across borders Networks such as SEAJust are critical in a region like Southeast Asia where often long complicated processes to recover digital evidence and assets across borders are being exploited by criminals to obscure their operations expedites legal processes and is essential in facilitating swift mutual legal assistance (MLA) requests the fast-growing network has facilitated over 110 cases proving its effectiveness in navigating the legal intricacies that often impede justice It now includes 22 member countries and territories with the recent additions of China; France; Hong Kong As the guardian of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) UNODC has been working alongside Member States for over two decades developing key tools to facilitate these efforts which help law enforcement and legal professionals understand the specific procedures and rules for preserving and obtaining digital evidence from foreign service providers international cooperation in criminal matters especially when criminal justice practitioners do not know the criminal justice systems of other countries their requirements in terms of MLA requests and the right persons to contact Examples showcased the importance of fostering strong informal networks and the role of competent authorities in ensuring the expeditious execution of MLA requests “We have differences in our legal frameworks Prosecutorial and Judicial Advisor for UNODC’s Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific “But when there are some barriers arising from these communication is the key to overcome those barriers and to allow us to move forward towards cooperation.” By 2024-09-27T13:58:00+01:00 Higher apple prices helped lift BayWa Global Produce’s revenue to €540.7m for the first half of 2024 compared to €518.1m for the year-earlier period The company said the business had recovered significantly in the first half of this year “While the previous year was still affected by the negative consequences of a cyclone in New Zealand [cyclone Gabrielle] this year the segment is benefiting from higher prices in both the domestic and international apple business,” it said part of the outstanding insurance payment for the storm damage in New Zealand was recognised in profit or loss in the reporting period EBIT improved to € 5.7m (versus -€2.1m in the first half of 2023).” write-downs on the goodwill of its wind and solar subsidiary BayWa re pushed BayWa AG into the red in the first half of the year Presenting its results for the first half of the year 2024 the German agriculture and commodities group reported revenues of €10.7bn down from €12.6bn in the first half of 2023 Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) before impairment tests totalled €0 versus €186.9m in the year-earlier period The most recent impairment tests resulted in an impairment loss totalling €222.2m BayWa said all cash-generating units with their non-current assets had to undergo these impairment tests in recent weeks after the company’s market capitalisation fell below the carrying amount of equity “These write-downs have no negative impact on the BayWa Group’s ongoing reorganisation efforts and the implementation of the restructuring concept currently being developed,” the group said Site powered by Webvision Cloud Senior (2011-12)Benedikt Lindheim finished his career near the top of the Husker record books He ended his career with a 163-87 combined singles and doubles record Lindheim added a 74-44 career doubles mark Lindheim captured second-team All-Big Ten honors after producing a 47-20 overall record in singles and doubles He amassed a 25-11 singles record playing primarily at the No Lindheim's 25 singles victories as a senior ranked No He teamed with Christopher Aumueller to close the regular season as the No 31 doubles team in the country according to the ITA rankings Junior (2010-11)Lindheim played a major role in the Husker lineup in 2010-11 Lindheim was the only Husker to produce a winning record in Big 12 Conference action closing with a 4-2 mark against league foes He played the majority of his doubles matches with Aumueller and the pair notched a 3-3 record while playing all six matches at the No Lindheim earned second-team academic All-Big 12 accoloades for the second straight season He also claimed a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll Lindheim went 19-6 while playing the majority of his matches in the bottom half of the Husker lineup he posted an 11-13 mark with the majority of his matches at the No 3 spot with playing partner Francois Van Impe The duo combined to go 10-4 while playing at the No Lindheim earned second-team academic All-Big 12 accolades while capturing a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll.Freshman (2008-09)Lindheim was a staple in the back part of the Nebraska lineup going 14-8 on the season while playing at the No Lindheim won his first three matches against David Galic (Baylor) George Chanturia (Oklahoma) and Anton Bobytskyi (Oklahoma State) but was unable to find a victory in his last four tries Lindheim finished third on the team in victories with 14 trailing only Hendrik Stahmer (19) and Christopher Aumueller (18) Lindheim and Aumeuller joined forces to go 14-8 while playing primarily at the No Lindheim earned a spot on the 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll.High SchoolLindheim competed for Werner-von-Siemens Gym in Germany and earned a national ranking of No and is the son of Berthold and Brunhildle Lindheim earning his bachelor's degree from Nebraska in August of 2012 He was a two-time second-team academic All-Big 12 performer He has also claimed three spots on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll Southeast Asia has become the “ground zero” for the multi-billion-dollar global internet scamming industry according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Transnational criminal groups working across the region are targeting victims around the world from so-called scam farms which are operating clandestinely - often alongside legal businesses Many of the workers are coerced into scamming activities against their will and can be tortured if they do not meet targets for stealing money from victims Benedikt Hofmann, the UNODC Deputy Regional Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific visited a scam farm in the Philippines that was raided in March this year Daniel Dickinson caught up with him there and began by asking him to describe what he saw Melting of ice is slowing planet’s rotation and could disrupt internet traffic The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet The phenomenon is a striking demonstration of how humanity’s actions are transforming the Earth rivalling natural processes that have existed for billions of years The change in the length of the day is on the scale of milliseconds but this is enough to potentially disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions and GPS navigation The length of the Earth’s day has been steadily increasing over geological time due to the gravitational drag of the moon on the planet’s oceans and land. However, the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets due to human-caused global heating has been redistributing water stored at high latitudes into the world’s oceans leading to more water in the seas nearer the equator This makes the Earth more oblate – or fatter – slowing the rotation of the planet and lengthening the day still further “We can see our impact as humans on the whole Earth system altering how it moves in space and rotates,” said Prof Benedikt Soja of ETH Zurich in Switzerland we have done this in just 100 or 200 years Whereas the governing processes previously had been going on for billions of years Human timekeeping is based on atomic clocks the exact time of a day – one rotation of the Earth – varies due to lunar tides such as the slow rebound of the Earth’s crust after the retreat of ice sheets formed in the last ice age These differences have to be accounted for said Soja: “All the datacentres that run the internet We also need a precise knowledge of time for navigation and particularly for satellites and spacecraft.” the rate of change also accelerated to 1.3ms/cy Free weekly newsletterThe planet's most important stories Get all the week's environment news - the good “This present-day rate is likely higher than at any time in the past few thousand years,” the researchers said “It is projected to remain approximately at a level of 1.0 ms/cy for the next few decades even if greenhouse gas emissions are severely curbed.” If emissions are not cut the slowing rate will increase to 2.6 ms/cy by 2100 overtaking lunar tides as the single biggest contributor to long-term variations in the length of days Dr Santiago Belda of the University of Alicante in Spain, who was not part of the research team, said: “This study is a great advance because it confirms that the worrying loss of ice that Greenland and Antarctica are suffering has a direct impact on day length This variation in day length has critical implications not only for how we measure time but also for GPS and other technologies that govern our modern lives.” Insurance Asia website works best with Javascript enabled Please enable your javascript and reload the page He was previously with World Bank’s Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Programme The SEADRIF Insurance Company appointed Benedikt Signer as executive director and board member Signer has been a core part of the SEADRIF Insurance Company team since March 2023 acting as an advisor to the board in the areas of strategy public-private partnership and operational management Signer will oversee the organisation's growth and progress whilst ensuring adherence to good governance practices Signer previously worked in the World Bank’s Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Programme The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience welcomes Benedikt Berninger as Professor of Developmental Neurobiology we invite you to attend Professor Berninger's inaugural lecture followed by a drinks reception 17:30: Welcome by Professor Matthew Hotopf 17:40: Inaugural lecture titled "The Art of Forging Neurons” 18:15: A Vote of Thanks by Professor Oscar Marín Centre for Developmental Neurobiology and Director MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders All are welcome to attend this is in-person event Allison will serve as a senior editor in the department Read more in a note from Opinion leadership Kathleen Kingsbury and Patrick Healy We’re delighted to announce that Allison Benedikt is joining Opinion in a newly formed role: editorial director Most recently the executive editor at Slate helping to direct coverage across the report Her first priority will be working closely with Patrick and me on identifying and actualizing opportunities and goals to enhance and elevate our work across the department She will also be a key partner to Opinion Audio assisting in the search for a new executive producer and working closely with them to ensure they have a successful transition She’ll have a hand in our Op-Ed operation as well helping us pursue ambitious ideas and take bigger swings that harness the strengths of each team in Opinion She launched and managed Slate’s daily morning news podcast “What Next” — and always pushed Slate to be more ambitious Slate thrived in the audio space while publishing ideas-driven text pieces and experimenting with form We’re so excited to have Allison bring that sensibility and creativity to Opinion: she is full of ideas and is a close and devoted reader (and listener and viewer!) of our work She’s eager to have conversations with all of you to listen and learn about what we do (and what we want to do more of and do differently) and help come up with ideas and strategies to deliver on your ambitions along with great reporting at The Washington Post She was also a founding co-host of Slate’s parenting podcast “Mom and Dad Are Fighting,” and worked with many amazing writers like Isaac Chotiner and even our own Michelle Goldberg and Jamelle Bouie Allison was the film editor at The Village Voice and an arts and lifestyle editor-writer at the Chicago Tribune Her first job was as a fact-checker at the late Allison has an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and now thanks to New York Times Cooking’s sheet-pan recipes she can basically function in the kitchen without melting down We use cookies and similar technologies to recognize your repeat visits and preferences, as well as to measure and analyze traffic. To learn more about cookies, including how to disable them, view our Cookie Policy By clicking “I Accept” on this banner you consent to the use of cookies unless you disable them The authors examine how susceptible jobs are to computerisation by implementing a novel methodology to estimate the probability of computerisation for 702 detailed occupations they examine expected impacts of future computerisation on US labour market outcomes with the primary objective of analysing the number of jobs at risk and the relationship between an occupation’s probability of computerisation about 47 per cent of total US employment is at risk They further provide evidence that wages and educational attainment exhibit a strong negative relationship with an occupation’s probability of computerisation Protect the Integrity of CITES: Lessons From Japan's IWC Withdrawal to Keep Polarization From Tearing CITES Apart Facilitating India’s Deep Decarbonisation Through Sector Coupling of Electricity with Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Examining AI Safety as a Global Public Good: Implications Ribosome phenotypes for rapid classification of antibiotic-susceptible and resistant strains of Escherichia coli Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics The changing regional faces of peace: Toward a new multilateralism info@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1865 287430 © 2025 Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford One of ERG's production facilities. Photo: ERG ERG appoints Shukhrat Ibragimov as CEO. Mr Ibragimov succeeds Benedikt Sobotka, who has stepped down after over a decade of dedicated service. Benedikt has facilitated a seamless handover and will remain available to the Group. Mr Ibragimov brings broad expertise from extensive top-level roles. Mr Benedikt Sobotka commented: “I am grateful for the opportunity to have led ERG over the past decade, and I would like to thank the Shareholders, the Board of Directors and the whole team for their cooperation and for their trust. Benedikt Sobotka, Exiting CEO, Eurasian Resources Group Mr Shukhrat Ibragimov commented: “ERG has a strong identity and an incredible team of highly professional, talented individuals. I am honoured to have been appointed as ERG’s CEO and I am inspired by what the future holds for the Group. Alijan Ibragimov, who passed away in 2021, is not only my father but also one of the founding fathers of ERG. 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Benedikt Taschen photographed by Peter Lindbergh is it true that your scholastic performance suggested you would lead a less than glamorous life Benedikt Taschen: I had a high school average of 3.4 [a poor mark in the German Abitur system] and I thought it was completely excessive how much time school was costing me I would calculate how much I had to do to just get by My parents accepted that I would go to school at 11am I would type the note that would excuse me from class on my mother’s typewriter and forge her signature When they say they’ve only slept for three hours last night I think it’s daft to view getting too little sleep as a macho attribute I sleep at least eight hours a night and rarely get up before ten It is said that you had a scary sixth sense for making money by the time you were 12 years old I told them they should fire their cleaning lady and that I would clean their practice going forward I divided the rooms into specific squares and was done cleaning in an hour We spent our summer holidays in the Netherlands on the beach There was a café there that stood on a wooden platform I noticed that people often dropped coins down there when they were paying for their ice cream at the counter I would lie down underneath the planks for two to three hours and wait for money to drop to the ground I made up to three guilders in a day like this Do you have an erotic relationship to money Conventional luxury has never interested me either It’s helpful when you want to live an independent A friend of mine who was a gallerist sold me a dozen artworks in 1985 Cologne was the most important art metropolis in the world Crucial exhibitions took place right on my doorstep you could visit the studios of Sigmar Polke You own the world’s largest Kippenberger collection Martin Kippenberger and Albert Oehlen were my first focal points as a collector This young comic book seller is about to buy a lot of art Kippenberger was known to many as half insane and totally egocentric When he was at a table with important museum people he liked to fart or serve After Eight after-dinner mints as appetizers He gave his works nonsense titles like Aschenbecher für Alleinstehende [“Ashtray for Single People”] Sand in der Vaseline [“Sand in the Vaseline”] Arafat hat das Rasieren satt [“Arafat is Sick of Shaving”] aber in Essen nicht ibizen [“In Ibiza One Can Eat (‘Essen’) he looked for weaknesses in every person and made jokes at their expense He did not care at all for the boundaries of civil decency He was driven by the idea of turning his own life into art it was like with James Dean: adulation and fame only set in after his death James Dean became a myth right after his death I was still able to buy major paintings of his years after he died You could have bought the same self-portrait that was auctioned off at Christie’s New York in 2014 for 19 million dollars for 100,000 dollars in 1997 When Jörg Immendorff was caught by police in a luxury Düsseldorf hotel with nine prostitutes and 21 grams of cocaine he said that painters needed “a certain measure of orientalism.” Is the excessive artist type Artists who work as though their survival depends on it will always exist A part of being an artist is feeling lonely and having the urge to constantly reinvent oneself which is why so many have an urge to pursue intoxication and excess The difference is that nowadays a lot of artists place value on being seen with the right people in the right place I often ask myself when they find the time to work during all this networking One of your lucky moves as a collector was that you bought works from Jeff Koons’ 1989 series Made in Heaven Among them was Ilona with Ass Up – a monumental sex scene that hung in your office for many years A decent Warhol cost about 100,000 dollars at the time a Kippenberger between 20,000 and 30,000 deutsche mark Many dealers and collectors said: “This Taschen guy must have a screw loose because neither Kippenberger nor Koons are good for anything Nobody wants to have anything to do with this stuff!” Koons had some money troubles following his divorce from Italian porn actress Ilona Staller I went into a lot of debt to purchase these masterpieces I dropped 1.2 million dollars so I could acquire key pieces by Koons including Michael Jackson and Bubbles [1988] and the “rabbit” sculptures Then the American billionaire Eli Broad bought them they are crowd magnets in his museum – The Broad – in Los Angeles But one could also have bought Amazon shares when the company was founded in 1994 These types of calculation games don’t do any good Karmic happiness: Benedikt Taschen with the Dalai Lama One of Kippenberger’s pieces has the beautiful title Selbstjustiz durch Fehleinkäufe [“Vigilante Justice by Failed Purchases,” 1984] How important is it to you that an acquired work eventually proves itself to have been a smart investment Collectors who announce with utter conviction that the increased value of their paintings doesn’t interest them either bought the wrong paintings But this doesn’t mean that they approach buying art like investment bankers who are thinking about profit margins I’ve been living with my artworks for more than 30 years and I am very lucky that the market is interested in them as well Was there a purchase where the artist kept you in suspense he started painting a piece that I very quickly knew I absolutely had to have and thank god I’m wealthy enough now that I don’t have to sell them.” A game started between us Do you have a golden rule for newcomers who without being able to afford an art advisor But maybe the advice of my friend Simon de Pury who was the longtime chief auctioneer worldwide at Sotheby’s and now works as an art advisor He says that one should look at what the artists themselves are collecting The author Martin Walser sneered: “When art stopped having to be mastered The invention of the 20th century: the artist is the art.” Does an artist have to appear with a story nowadays in order for their art to be marketable It can be helpful for an artist to attract attention with an adventurous sounding resume the clearer it becomes as to whether an artist has created something meaningful or something that will remain a footnote It doesn’t matter if someone’s private life is boring or sensational if the work is assessed in this way he married a woman who had acted in porn films for years Do you think this was a marriage of love or a staged performance piece Jeff introduced me to Ilona in the late 1980s when they were both living together in a rented Biedermeier apartment on Munich’s Knöbelstraße This encounter led us to make a book with her and she later sang at our party at the Frankfurt Book Fair I am certain that Jeff was in love with her The fact that she was also his muse was just an extra addition Art star marries porn star: was this the moment of ignition in Koons’ media strategy for becoming the most popular artist of his time Jeff’s self-staging had begun long before his marriage to Ilona had Koons presented his work under a pseudonym and never revealed his persona would he have become as famous and expensive as he is today But Jeff is an exception because he is able to speak about his work eloquently and with complete conviction – a talent that very few people possess He knows what he is doing and how it is received without being calculated or opportunist about it Do you buy works by artists who you privately think are assholes Every time I walked past this artist’s piece in my home I separated myself from all of the works I had of his Collectors are usually driven by a desire to show off Why have you only exhibited your collection once I was offered to show my collection in Madrid in 2004 and she was representing the Museum Reina Sofia a first-class institution – that’s why I accepted but exhibiting a collection is an enormous production Taschen with Helmut Newton and the photographer's Sumo book on its table Every collection presents a psychoanalysis of the collector I have to find it important and feel a connection to the artist and Koons – they communicate with each other about the fundamental questions that concern my generation I feel like I’m in good hands in this group analysis Sigmund Freud said that collectors are compensating for an emotional deprivation experienced as a child – those who missed the love of a mother search for warmth and security in objects later in life I did not miss out on anything on an emotional level as a child But while we are on the subject of Sigmund Freud it is difficult for me to comprehend how one would be able to separate a gut decision from a logical decision when buying art by the mind and the gut – and sometimes other regions of the body are involved in the decision making as well Picasso collector Heinz Berggruen confessed that his obsession for collecting made him a deeply unhappy human being He compared himself to a heroin addict who spent his life restlessly looking for dope Are you familiar with this feeling of ravenousness if you look at the regularity with which I buy art then I guess I am also a junkie – a happy junkie the question of “being” is also a question of “being there.” How important are the high society parties in Basel or Miami to you I don’t care much about this fancy party circus It’s enriching for me to talk to artists in their studios and to be able to watch exceptional people like David Hockney and Jeff Koons in their daily process of creation A lot of books we publish at Taschen originate in this way Is it true that you gifted your children art for their birthdays when they were little They got what was around our household: a Kippenberger or works by young artists who were at the start of their careers Sometimes there would be a fit because one kid would have preferred a Barbie doll over a Kippenberger But they had to go through this valley of tears You don’t always get what you want in life this time to an American woman who built Art Basel Miami alongside Sam Keller I passed the management of the publishing house to Marlene in early 2017 Charlotte is an actor and takes care of Taschen in Los Angeles My son Bene oversees a gallery in Cologne that represents photographers and painters cartels: things that get you into jail anywhere else are common practice in the art world There is a law in the art world that exists in all other markets too: when there’s a lot of money involved people driven by greed show up and don’t abide by the rules Anyone with a functioning radar and a little knowledge of human nature recognizes these vultures from a mile away What I’ve liked about the art world since day one is that you can close a deal with just a word you have to sign a 50-centimeter-deep stack of documents in the presence of a notary What are the reasons behind these anachronisms The art market consists of a small circle of people I’ve known the essential dealers and collectors for years that information will spread like wildfire an oligarch’s wife who will quickly grab a Basquiat or a Bacon on a power-shopping spree I don’t sneer at hedge fund managers who buy art either The art world wouldn’t work without young collectors with new money The new billionaires from Eastern Europe or Asia may not be as experienced as someone who has been in the game for 30 years but many of these people are incredibly smart It is astounding in what short time they are able to build respectable collections One also shouldn’t forget that it was the nouveau riche who acquired the big art collections of the early 20th century – from impressionism to the classic modernism of Picasso and Matisse Or take the Frick Collection in New York: it was payed for with the coal and steel millions amassed by Henry Clay Frick at the end of the 19th century – he was young money as well He started out as an apprentice in a grocery import store There are three artists on Manager Magazin’s list of the 1,001 richest Germans Neo Rauch and Anselm Kiefer share spot 935 Are you astonished that you can get this far with a brush there would be a hundred artists on that list The fact that there are only three is a pathetic display considering the inspiration and vision they give us Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner established a museum in Potsdam to house his collection of erotic art Would something like this ever appeal to you My collection is scattered across half the globe To have it all in one place would be like a reunion of old friends who you haven’t seen in many years you’re at an age at which many successful people start working on their positioning in the afterlife Will you build your own museum to immortalize your name Which city would you prefer for your potential museum The arrival of my paintings would take too long Your publishing house sells 20 million books a year The turnover is estimated at 300 million euros What would be worth more in a sale: your publishing house or your art collection Both are equally valuable and important to me even if the publishing house takes more work than my art collection I used to sketch and paint a lot – mostly vampires I positioned myself at the entrance of the Cologne art fair – And I offered my paintings for sale on the sidewalk I had made more sales than some gallerists in the hall itself and no less than three houses in the Hollywood Hills: your path of success has been on the up and up since your childhood Do you have a theory about who or what is responsible for your good fortune I was born under a lucky star and have a positive-fatalistic attitude to life The saying that man is the architect of his own fortune is sheer nonsense to me Only one out of a thousand people will have a big career and this is most certainly not because they’ve worked extremely hard Successful people tend to dramatically overestimate their own stake in their success That’s why there are so many posers and snobs among successful people Those who have been very lucky in life shouldn’t constantly try to convince others of how great they are With which sentence would you end your autobiography Rest In Paradise: BALKRISHNA DOSHI (1927-2023) The Book of Gucci According to Alessandro Michele Benedikt FischerHt./Wt.: 6-1 / 61Class: SeniorHometown: Dusseldorf 2008); Dean's List (Fall 2006); Tiger Academic 30 (Fall 2006 Fall 2007); Tiger 3.0 Club (Fall 2006 Spring 2007); C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medalist (2006-07 2007-08); C-USA Academic Honor Roll (2006-07 Fall 2008: Opened up the Fall by teaming up with Jordan Smith to win his flight's doubles championship at the 2008 Blue and Gray Invitational in Montgomery Went 1-4 in singles during the rest of the fall with a win at the ULL Invitational over Benjamin Enke of S.E Competed at the ITA Southeast Regional in Lexington where he lost in the first round to Florida's Johnny Hamui Teamed with Leon Nasemann at the ITA Southeast Regional in doubles where the pair lost to Stetson's Filip Kricka and Maksim Levanovich Spring 2008: Finished the 2008 spring season with a 12-6 dual singles mark ranking as the winningest player for the 2008 season .. Was named to C-USA All-Academic team .. first tennis player to be named to a CoSida Academic All-American .. Won six out of his first seven matches as a junior Compiled a record of 11-4 in doubles play .. Teamed with Michael Gaerthoeffner for a 5-2 record at the No Partnered with Jordan Smith to put up a 5-2 mark at the No Fall 2007: Went 2-2 in singles matches during the fall season .. Upended Paul Paige of Florida A&M in the USF Spring Classic .. went 4-1 in doubles play during the fall season .. Teamed with Michael Gaerthoeffner to win three matches at the MTSU Men's Fall Invitational .. Fischer and Gaerthoeffner defeated Michael Moore and Marc Atkinson of Florida A&M at the USF Spring Classic Spring 2007: Capped the spring season with an 8-12 mark in dual singles play and a 5-11 mark in tournament play Also teamed with Amrit Narasimhan for a 6-10 mark at No including a 3-0 mark against C-USA opponents Teamed with Cody Loup when Narasimhan was hurt 1 doubles late in the spring season Fall 2006: Was 4-9 in singles during his first semester in a Tiger uniform .. Opened the season with an 0-2 mark at the tough UVA Fall Classic then went 1-1 at the Middle Tennessee before the consolation brackets were all rained out .. Reeled off three straight singles victories at the ITA All-American Pre-Qualifier defeating UC Santa Barbara's Bijan Hijazi UT San Antonio's Robin Fernandes and Marquette's Trent Hagan before falling to Denver's Nejc Smole in the ITA All-American qualifying draw .. Closed out his fall season with a win over Florida's Geoffrey Barton 6-2 at the ITA Southeast Regional...Was also 8-4 in doubles when teamed with Amrit Narasimhan .. Won a doubles championship title at the Virginia Fall Classic to open the season .. the Tiger 3.0 Club and the Tiger Academic 30 2005-06 Played one year at Tyler Junior College in Texas where he helped his team finish second at nationals in 2006 .. He was named an ITA All-American in both singles and doubles after capping his freshman season at the No 5 in doubles when teamed with fellow Tiger teammate Amrit Narasimhan Germany...Graduated in June of 2005 from Landrat-Lucas-Gymnasium .. Son of Herbert & Gerlind Fischer...His dad is in insurance and his mom is an accountant .. Chose Memphis because of Coach Goebel and Coach Walker and because of the "great schedule including top Division I teams in the country I liked the overall situation and possibilities Memphis offers and the direction of the program and its potential to grow." .. It's time for another edition of our HookedIn Spotlight Series! More than 20,000 Longhorns are connecting on the world’s biggest burnt-orange social network, and these Longhorns deserve to be recognized. Drew Benedikt graduated in 2021 with a BBA in Finance and a BA from the Plan II Honors Program Drew uses HookedIn for career and industry-specific advice We asked Drew to answer some questions about his time at UT and more.  How did UT contribute to your success?  number of essays I was forced to write in Plan II has made me who I am today: a writer It has taught me how to order and distill ideas and has improved my life along innumerable facets.  How is HookedIn helping you in your career journey?  The mentor/mentee program through HookedIn has proven a very useful networking tool in my professional journey “the wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” I am extremely grateful that I can leverage the wisdom of those who came before me as I trek through my professional and personal life.   My motto is ‘appreciate the little things in life and be grateful for what you have.’ The hedonic treadmill always churns We’ve gone from Clayton Spear to nuclear fission and created a world built on the principles we decided were just My roundtable discussions in many of my Plan II classes most notably those of Professor George Christian I’m a sucker for debating interesting ideas.   Seneca the Younger for teaching me how to live Marcus Cicero for his selfless oath to his republic Leonardo Da Vinci for proving excellence is a choice and my father for showing what one person can accomplish with so little.   What is the best piece of advice you’ve received?  “make use of the opportunities you are given.”  Who was the most helpful person in your professional journey?  has shown me what it takes to be an entrepreneur and has pushed me to be a better professional across all domains He has delegated important responsibilities to me and trusted me to accomplish them I’m forever grateful to him for the experience I’ve been given at such a crucial juncture of life.  What do you consider your greatest achievement?  My Plan II thesis on the devolution of republics I wrote 40 pages over the requirement and did so joyously something I always point to as evidence of my critical thinking and writing ability.   What is one thing you wish you had done differently in college?   Taken more classes on subjects that I found interesting or fascinating Made better use of the abundant free time I now realize I had.  What is the most underrated or surprising thing about UT?   only to flip to the back and learn that the author was an alumni or professor of UT I’ve reached out to professors who I’ve never met asking for help understanding some subject or another None of them have ever turned me away.   Get connected with Drew and other Longhorns on HookedIn the official networking platform of The University of Texas.  highlighting how artificial intelligence (AI) was broadening the scope of what computers could do and so broadening the possibilities for automation The prevailing narrative at the time was that the era of the “average” worker was ending with machines progressively replacing routine and administrative jobs Highly skilled professionals were the ones reaping the benefits as computers made them more productive and enabled them to sell their services locally and around the world what is known as generative AI seems to be disrupting such trends: the era of “average” is making a comeback Paul Dans argues that the system needed smashing and rebuilding The historian says attempts to restrain tyrants are often futile: for them it’s all or nothing The historian on commemorating the shock and horror of concentration camps, 80 years on The former Liberal leader on the threats that come not from Washington but from within It starts with Germany realising that it’s stronger than it feels, argue Thomas Enders and Hans-Peter Bartels ERG's chief speaks on managing operations in turbulent times ERG chief Benedikt Sobotka stood out as a self-proclaimed contrarian at last month's EIT RawMaterials summit where he went head-to-head with government officials on everything from regulation to the China.. 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England and Wales New tasks for the Dynafit boss: Since June 1st Benedikt Böhm (46) has been responsible for the management of the Central Europe (DACH) business unit of the Oberalp Group He will take over the responsibilities of Axel Brosch Böhm remains international managing director of the Dynafit brand and fulfills both areas of activity The Munich native has been with Dynafit since 2003 and has been a member of the Oberalp Executive Board for years who has been Oberalp's managing director for the Central Europe market since 2018 will be responsible for setting up the bike specialist's first branch outside the USA as managing director of Yeti Cycles Climate change is causing the ice masses in Greenland and Antarctica to melt Water from the polar regions is flowing into the world’s oceans –and especially into the equatorial region “This means that a shift in mass is taking place and this is affecting the Earth’s rotation,” explains Benedikt Soja Professor of Space Geodesy at the Department of Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at ETH Zurich “It’s like when a figure skater does a pirouette first holding her arms close to her body and then stretching them out,” Soja says The initially fast rotation becomes slower because the masses move away from the axis of rotation we speak of the law of conservation of angular momentum and this same law also governs the Earth’s rotation Climate change is therefore also altering the length of the day on Earth the ETH researchers from Soja's group have published two new studies in the journals Nature Geoscience and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on how climate change affects the polar motion and the length of the day In the PNAS study the ETH Zurich researchers show that climate change is also increasing the length of the day by a few milliseconds from its current 86,400 seconds This is because water is flowing from the poles to lower latitudes and thus slowing down the speed of rotation Another cause of this slowdown is tidal friction the new study comes to a surprising conclusion: if humans continue to emit more greenhouse gases and the Earth warms up accordingly this would ultimately have a greater influence on the Earth’s rotational speed than the effect of the moon which has determined the increase in the length of the day for billions of years “We humans have a greater impact on our planet than we realise,” Soja concludes “and this naturally places great responsibility on us for the future of our planet.” shifts in mass on the Earth’s surface and in its interior caused by the melting ice not only change the Earth’s rotational speed and the length of day: as the researchers show in Nature Geoscience This means that the points where the axis of rotation actually meets the Earth’s surface move comes to some ten metres per hundred years It’s not only the melting of the ice sheets that plays a role here but also movements taking place in the Earth’s interior where the rock becomes viscous due to high pressure displacements occur over long periods of time And there are also heat flows in the liquid metal of Earth’s outer core which are responsible both generate the Earth’s magnetic field and lead to shifts in mass In the most comprehensive modelling to date Soja and his team have now shown how polar motion results from the individual processes in the core in the mantle and from the climate at the surface Their study was recently published in the journal Nature Geoscience we present a complete explanation for the causes of long-period polar motion,” says Mostafa Kiani Shahvandi one of Soja’s doctoral students and lead author of the study we now know why and how the Earth’s axis of rotation moves relative to the Earth’s crust.” One finding in particular stands out in their study in Nature Geoscience: that the processes on and in the Earth are interconnected and influence each other “Climate change is causing the Earth’s axis of rotation to move and it appears that the feedback from the conservation of angular momentum is also changing the dynamics of the Earth’s core,” Soja explains Kiani Shahvandi adds: “Ongoing climate change could therefore even be affecting processes deep inside the Earth and have a greater reach than previously assumed.” However as these effects are minor and it’s unlikely that they pose a risk the researchers used what are known as physics-informed neural networks These are novel artificial intelligence (AI) methods in which researchers apply the laws and principles of physics to develop particularly powerful and reliable algorithms for machine learning Kiani Shahvandi received support from Siddhartha Mishra who in 2023 received ETH Zurich’s Rössler Prize the university’s most highly endowed research award The algorithms that Kiani Shahvandi developed have made it possible for the first time to record all the different effects on the Earth’s surface The result of the calculations shows how the Earth’s rotational poles have moved since 1900 These model values are in excellent agreement with the real data provided by astronomical observations in the past and by satellites over the last thirty years which means they also enable forecasts for the future “Even if the Earth’s rotation is changing only slowly this effect has to be taken into account when navigating in space – for example when sending a space probe to land on another planet,” Soja says Even a slight deviation of just one centimetre on Earth can grow to a deviation of hundreds of metres over the huge distances involved it won’t be possible to land in a specific crater on Mars,” he says Kiani Shahvandi M, Adhikari S, Dumberry M, Modiri S, Heinkelmann R, Schuh H, Mishra S, Soja B: Contributions of core, mantle and climatological processes to Earth’s polar motion. In: Nature Geoscience, Vol. 17, July 2024, p. 705–710. DOI: external page https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01478-2 Kiani Shahvandi M, Adhikari S, Dumberry M, Mishra S, Soja B: The increasingly dominant role of climate change on length of day variations. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS 2024, Vol. 121, No. 30, e2406930121. DOI: external page https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2406930121.