Louis-Marie Craquelin

𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 The U.S. lacks a centralized industrial policy like China or Germany, affecting coordination among academia, government, and industry in robotics development. The 2024 edition of "𝐀 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬," led by UC San Diego, highlights this challenge. Henrik Christensen, the roadmap’s main editor, stresses the need for better federal coordination, not necessarily more funding, to accelerate U.S. robotics growth. Despite excitement in the robotics startup scene, challenges remain, including high interest rates and limited venture capital. Christensen calls for reshoring, workforce retraining, and strategic investment to reclaim the U.S.’s leadership in robotics innovation. Christensen recently sat down with Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre on The Robot Report podcast to discuss the Roadmap and the Intersection of Politics and Robotics. He addresses the challenges of reshoring manufacturing, the impact of current presidential campaigns on robotics, and the significance of tariffs and immigration reforms. Christensen also highlights the effects of recent legislation, including the Build Back Better Act and the CHIPS Act, on the robotics industry, along with the future of semiconductor manufacturing and the importance of international partnerships. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eRAMpQxa

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Saturday morning, not so early. As I am reading this line "But first we need to understand the backdrop, where we've come from, where we are now and where we are going", a thought shows up. How much of this do we really understand? How much of this do we really know? In my workshops I often refer to the idea of "What do we know?". What we know we know (or at least that is what we believe we know, we are educated in, we were taught). What we know we don't know (the topics where we know we are not knowledgeable about). What we don't know we don't know (never considered, never came to our attention, yet the knowledge is out there, we may one day get exposed to it). And then last, what we don't know we know. Knowledge of experiences, memories, moments that we somehow have but we can't access (at the moment). As I combined those 4 areas with the line from the book, where we've come from, where we are and where we are going the attached image appeared. How much of where we've come from do we really know? How much of that don't we know we know? What do we deny? What have we forgotten? What are we not consciously aware of? Some of that may have influenced where we are today and will most probably also influence where we are going. In some coaching conversations this week the coachees shared with me some challenges they are facing in their lives today. Specific activities where it was hard for them to express themselves, to do what they wanted to do to move forward in their lives. In these conversations moments from the past emerged that were not part of active memory, they were in the unconscious. Moments that were hidden, that had a lot of energy connected to it. Shame, anger, misunderstanding. At a young age unfairly not being believed by an adult, told to be lying by an adult, not being recognized and acknowledged for a job well done which makes it difficult to freely create and share today. The memory that all of a sudden shows up, having been dormant for a lifetime. What we don't know we know. The release that insight brought was huge. Wow, has this been influencing my daily life? Feeling challenged in certain conversations with certain people. Triggered. Not feeling heard and seen. Feel insignificant. And then suddenly a memory pops up where a similar feeling was experienced. A moment from the past, maybe even just a split second that is influencing and impacting our life today, where we are in the moment. Based on those moments we experience a lot of challenges in our daily lives. Challenges that stop us from expressing ourselves fully, from living authentic lives, from realizing our potential, from embracing our humanity. Challenges that influence and impact where we are going. Imagine what can happen in our lives and the lives of others if we were able to do what we want to do, to express ourselves, our creativity, our curiosity, our compassion and our courage. What would that do for your life and the lives of those around you?

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⏪ In case you missed it, read our latest BPF spotlight featuring our Head of Communications Dominic Curran to find out more about our new Government and the many new faces seen at Parliament: ❓ The new PM has appointed his top team, for our industry, who are the key players? 🗣 There’s been a welcome carry through from Shadow Ministerial roles into Government. The key team for us is of course at MHCLG – a reversion to its previous name and a clear signal that ‘Levelling Up’ as a slogan, if not intent, is being dropped. Angela Rayner and Matthew Pennycook have, as we expected, moved across into the Cabinet and Ministerial roles there, bringing their experience and energy with them. We understand that the PM wants to keep Ministers in place for the long term. This alone would be a positive change from recent Ministerial musical chairs, particularly in housing. ❓ There's also lots of new MPs, how much built environment experience is there amongst the 2024 cohort? 🗣It’s true – something like half of all MPs are newly elected and Labour MPs have less business experience than other parties. However, around 10 have come from housing associations, one from Shelter, and many more from local government roles. So there’s a reasonably large pool of Labour MPs with a good understanding of the key issues. The former head of the Town & Country Planning Association is also a newly elected LibDem MP, and there are others with relevant interests or backgrounds that we’re looking to develop relationships with through meetings and site visits. ❓If we're to look ahead to the Government's first 100 days, what do you think its priorities are going to be, and could there be any surprises in store? 🗣It’s clear that the Government is banking on economic growth to plug the tax gap, and so planning reform, as it supports growth will be key, as evidenced by the Chancellor’s speech only three days after being appointed. The mantra of this Government is change but allied with no surprises. So they’ll be promoting new towns, unblocking planning, setting up GB Energy, unlocking pension fund investment and boosting grid capacity, as promised before the election. I think they will want to give comfort to domestic and international investors that they are a stable, predictable and maybe even boring Government, which I think they would see as a positive thing after the turbulence of recent years. ❓One criticism of Labour is that it is big on ambition, but light on detail. Are we starting to see that detail? 🗣As yet, not so much, but we’re only in week 1. We’ll see what next week’s King’s Speech heralds, and as Bills get published and time goes on we will of course see more detail emerge. I think they haven’t got to the detailed thinking yet on a lot of policies (with the possible exception of planning, and we expect a consultation NPPF reform to be published later this month), not least as there is limited capacity in opposition to develop detailed policies

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The actual age of starting a modeling career is between 13-18 years. As you go through the history of modeling, top models have been selected near this age group by scouts. **1\. Model like "Alex Consani" was in her high school when she worked for Versace for the first time at the age of 13.** ## 2\. Model: Kimora Lee-Simmons was eleven years old when her mother admitted her to a modeling agency. At the age of 14 she came to a contract with Chanel. ## 3\. Model: Kate Moss was spotted by founder of storm model management at airport when she was 14 years old. These are a few examples of models who started at a very young age. Now you can also start your career at a very young age, until you become 18 years old, till the time you will be in the minor category of modeling where you will always have a elder one with you to be your companion at every job and help you in legal works. Now how can you finish your school with a modeling career simultaneously? At a level you will compromise some of your school days and even some modeling jobs due to high priority of school days & Modeling jobs, but overall if you can manage both then you will rock both segment in you career and school life. We can say model who are also pursuing studies along with modeling career, manages both 1. They have their special class and extra hours session to study & Manage school work, Especially when they miss their classes or projects. 2. Their weekend remain usually busy, they have to manage up whole school in week days. Weekends are dedicated for shoots only. 3. Some time campaigns are the most challenging thing in their life, specially during important times of school. Campaign jobs are 2-4 days planned shoots where model must present for all days or half days as per the requirements, then missing school can be difficult. If they have exams, then probably they will miss the shoot. 4. As we have seen how it become difficult to manage it regularly, but their fame & fan Following will rise high, when their school mates, class teachers, and entire school will see them on billboards and hoardings outside the school. I can say it surely because in my brothers school this thing happened, when a girl from his section did an advertisement shoot for a cosmetic brand and we can see the huge banner outside the school. For an entire month this was the hot topic in the school. 5\. Rest I can say, their school life is not remain like a normal school teen, who play games and hangout with friends, because they models have free time either they day shoots or practice session or they do any other shoot related work. I think these small points give you basic information about how a school going teen manages a modeling life. If you are interested in modeling programs, then contact us at +91 7042847507 or DM us on social media or on WhatsApp. Check out our website [Retrocolor - A Creative House](https://lnkd.in/gAsZcM3z)

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Fuel issue to the development of the country Around these 5 years the country of Burundi losing in the terms of economy more than it was before added that it is placed among the first poorest countries in the World because of the issue of the fuel in the country. Comparing to other countries in the East African Community, Burundi is scoring in lack of fuel. Anyway, this lack of fuel should be explained at a certain time by several facts as explained many times by the concerned. In the former years, any vehicle was able to make full-tank at any time, at any place but now it is not the case. You should found half-tank in the previous days at least but now it none exists. Now the vehicles are kept at fuel stations waiting for long time and they are pushed by force of men to leave the place without getting getting fuel. SHAMEFUL! Issue resort The issue of lacking fuel does not affect only one sector but all sectors of activities of the country. Jobs are not executed as well, schools are not attended as it would be, and goods are not exported or imported in a good way. In few words, it becomes calamity in all area but the most terrible is the famine in the country because the country now is affected by famine due to this issue. A food from one province to another is now being done nowadays. Provided that all provinces of the country don’t get the same harvest at the same level they could collaborate and exchange and famine should not affect the country. Note that the more suffering one remains the ordinary people. Why do government's vehicle not stop? The community they would serve is perishing. Was this the same case before? Before most of the fuel stations had the access and authority to import the fuel at their capacity and according to the station owner capital. This was so and the businessmen tried all their best and they served the community as well. After pretending that the fuel stations are generating the fuel in the bad condition, the fuel importation has been assigned to the be controlled by the government. Moreover, it has been said that the tax of OBR was not fulfilled by those businessmen. In the explanations given by the concerned, they highlighted the lack of dollars that disturbs the trade system. Anyway, this doesn’t have the solid explanation because they would give opportunity to the businessmen and do the trade themselves by following OBR obligations. Going deep, all the explanations given are not on the favor of resolving the issue. In this issue, they don’t give the value on the free market and this market is controlled by the committee and institutions of the government. This issue will not be over till the government is limited and give access to the business owner themselves. Recently, on 03/01/2024, the government gathered together the Ministers and reorganizes the committee charged on controlling the fuel market. Will this pass and resolve the problem?

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Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman A buddy turned me on to this book a while back and said if anyone needed to read it, it was me. As with most books I jump into, the timing of Burkeman’s message was perfect. I’d been feeling a strong tug lately to reassess where my priorities stacked up and honestly assess if my time was being appropriately allocated to the endeavors that moved the needle for me. The book’s title is derived from the assumption that if one lives to be 80, they will have about four thousand weeks to live. The author makes the case that despite it being “harder to imagine a crueler arrangement: not only are our four thousand weeks constantly running out, but the fewer we have left, the faster we seem to lose them,” it is liberating because by confronting the certainty of death we can start to become truly present with our lives. Living in the moment has always been a struggle for me. I have always emphasized a future reward instead of basking in the beauty of the now or taking a second to enjoy the accomplishment earned. He also hit me between the eyes by articulating that becoming uber-efficient with our time allows us to take on more things that don’t matter in the grand scheme of things. For example, if you respond to emails at a breakneck pace, the reward is merely more emails (at an even faster cadence). There is no denying that if you want to receive something of significance in the future, you will have to sacrifice in exchange for it today, so the message is not to throw care to the wind and live a life cloaked in hedonism. Rather, it is to find joy in all things, even if they are hard, disappointing, or mundane, because each experience or interaction could be our last. Our problem isn’t limited time but rather how we spend it. The world sells us an image of what it means to be successful or how life is supposed to be lived, but the truth is that those things are different for everyone. “It is impossible to feel as though you are doing well enough. Instead of simply living our lives as they unfold in time, it becomes difficult not to value each moment primarily according to its usefulness for some future goal or some future oasis of relaxation you have to reach once your tasks are finally out of the way.” - Oliver Burkeman In closing, I’d like to leave you with two questions: If you let everything in your life crash to the ground, what pieces would you pick back up? What would it mean to spend the time you have only in a way that makes you feel as though you are making it count? To me, the meaning of life is relationships, experiences, and feeling alive. Every second I spend on one of those equates to a life well lived in my eyes. I want more of that with the weeks I have left. Keep Punching, Nathan Fore more Weekly and Weekend Alignments - subscribe today! https://lnkd.in/e8BuUJfs

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These are the Excel shortcuts we utilize everyday. There are literally hundreds of Excel shortcuts available… but if you learn just these 71, you’ll save a HUGE amount of time Let’s dive in: ➡️ THE EASY ONES These shortcuts are ones you can find in almost any application Ctrl c - copy Ctrl x - cut Ctrl v - paste Ctrl a - select all Ctrl s - save workbook Ctrl n - new workbook Ctrl o - open workbook Ctrl p - print workbook Ctrl f - find Ctrl z - undo Ctrl y - redo Ctrl b - bold Ctrl u - underline Ctrl i - italic ➡️ THE ESSENTIALS These are the ones that will yield massive efficiencies Ctrl arrow - jump to next/last active cell Shift arrow - highlight cells Select row - shift + space Select column - ctrl + space Insert row / column - ctrl + + on numerical keypad Delete row/column - ctrl + - Remove gridlines - alt + w + vg Insert Cut cells - alt + h + i + e Add data validation - alt + a + v + v Freeze panes - alt + w + f + f Autofit cells - alt + h + o + i Create table - ctrl + t Create filter - Alt + H + S + F Change windows - Alt + W + W Group cells - Alt + A + G Ungroup Cells - Alt + A + U Remove Duplicates - Alt + A + M Define name - Alt + M + M Autosum - Alt + = Access dropdown - Alt + ↓ Ctrl + 1 - open cell dialogue box F2 - edit cells F4 - fix references F5 - go to ➡️ BORDERS Borders are a huge part of Excel - and they are really easy to control with your keyboard. Simply hit ALT + H + B and then any of these letters… All - alt + h + b +a None - alt + h + b + n Left - alt + h + b + l Right - alt + h + b + r Top - alt + h + b + p Down - alt + h + b + o Outer edge - alt + h + b +s Change color - alt + h + b + i ➡️ PASTE SPECIAL Pasting is as big part in Excel - but there’s so much more than just pasting with CTRL V. To access these, simply hit ALT + H + V and any of these letters Format - alt + h + v + r Values - alt + h + v + v Transpose - alt + h + v + t Picture - alt - h + v + u Formula - alt + h + v + f ➡️ CELL FORMATTING Need to edit the way one of your cells look? These shortcuts have got you covered Change font color - alt + h + f + c Change background color - alt + h + h Merge and center - alt + h + m + c Wrap text - alt + h + w Indent - alt + h + 6 Decrease indent - alt + h + 5 Make bigger - alt + h + fg Make smaller - alt + h + fk === We couldn’t list all 71 shortcuts due to the character limit… but you can view all of them in the graphic. Which one is your favorite shortcut? and did we miss any? Let us know in the comments below 👇 PS: Looking for help in closing your books each month? We can help you with that, and so much more. Learn more over here: https://bit.ly/47dbyWR

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People ask how they can support Wonder Women Tech (and other initiatives like ours.) The truth? Many of us are barely holding on. Some of us are here because of sheer will and the work and support of a team of volunteers and an Advisory Board that roll up their sleeves and help strategize and pool together resources. That's us. For the most part though, our industries (DEIB & women led initiatives) have been attacked, defunded, and devalued. I am going to talk about the elephant in the room because it's now or never. You say you care about women, or people of color, or LGBTQ+, or disabled or neurodiverse humans, but you remain silent when it comes to the leaders and groups who are at the frontlines championing this work, risking their livelihood for equity and human rights. How often do you think about those at the frontlines of impact? How often do you reflect on what they go through on a daily basis to be seen and heard and then valued and supported? Why do they keep going? We are often met with "thank you" and told how commendable our work is, and even to "keep going" but are not always supported in the sustainable ways that matter to our survival. Last night I was talking to a group of women in tech and entertainment who have all heard of WWT, (but hadn't yet attended and will attend the Wonder Tech Fest in Jan,) and they were shocked at what I shared vulnerably with them. How much work I do behind the scenes and what looks like a massive team of humans is actually--not. Their eyes were so wide, I started laughing. Later, I started crying. I will tell you why. For over a decade I've been out here tilling the soil. I root myself in excellence so our marketing materials look amazing, our brands are solid, and I go the extra mile in personal communication. I don't love mass communication so your girl is out here emailing personally thousands of humans a month. I work hard and rarely make the funds I need beyond what it takes to make an event happen. I make just enough to pull off an event and I fight to survive the rest of the time. People say keep going, but won't pay for a ticket to the conference, (even at a discount) but will happily accept the free offers I provide. I give away tables to support entrepreneurs and artists for free every year. More than half our tickets are given as scholarships for the last ten years. How can you save us? Buy a ticket to our events like you do for Taylor Swift concerts. Grab an exhibitor booth. Sponsor! Build an activation. Donate your cup of coffee money for the day. SHOW UP! I saw the pleas Girls In Tech and Women Who Code were making months and weeks before they announced their closure. I've made those same pleas the last three years to silence. We are out here dying. Don't just placate with words and "how can this happen?" Support those of us still standing. While we are still here. Thank you. Lisa Mae Brunson https://lnkd.in/geCifrn3

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Map out your niche, offers, and pricing 🗺️ It's time to wake up motivated and inspired instead of just going through the motions. ✅ You can find joy and success on your terms and still do meaningful work, and I'd love to help you make it happen. ​✅ You can have the freedom and flexibility to work from anywhere, doing what you do best. After over a decade of establishing best practices for remote work​ to improve your quality of (work) life​, I am excited to share my expertise with you. I will help you reimagine and redesign work so that you can take full advantage of the possibilities and opportunities that an agile work model provides. Whether you're starting or scaling a business or looking to maximize your remote team's productivity, we will set clear goals and develop a plan to achieve them. Together, we'll define your goal, determine the best steps to achieve it, and rinse and repeat until you (and your team, if you have one) feel accomplished and are ready to knock out the next challenge. I'm offering weekly and biweekly coaching packages to fit your schedule and provide a comfortable amount of strategy and support that fits your schedule. ✅ Clients who select weekly sessions value regular sessions without long gaps between meetings. ✅ Clients who prefer biweekly meetings still want frequent, ongoing strategies and more time between meetings to implement and take action. ​All of my coaching clients benefit from ​using my signature -ATE Method. You will focus on what you do best, automate, delegate, and eliminate the rest until you find a balance of priorities that brings you results and joy. ​Over the next few days, I'll share some examples of results that my clients have seen, testimonials, and how you can reimagine work to improve your quality of life at work and home. Almost every client at some point questions their rates and offers. They wonder, "Am I charging enough?" "Do my services make sense and appeal to my ideal clients?" "Am I focused on the right niche? I've helped numerous clients map out their niche, offers, and pricing to ensure they are focused on their zone of genius, doing work that maximizes their time, income, impact, and joy! I have worked with them to set their fees to achieve their desired income, ensuring that the time it takes to serve their clients and work on their business is accounted for to use their time wisely. It's common to find that you want to achieve 10k months working 30 hours/week, but when you look at your rates, you're severely undercharging unless you want to work 70-hour weeks to achieve your goal. It's common to find that you want to serve a particular industry, but your offers do not speak the language that attracts your ideal clients. It's also common to need someone to help you recognize your genius zone because you are multi-passionate and have a lot of interests, talents, and experience pulling you in many directions. Feel free to reach out for help sorting out your

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Some interesting thoughts on how law firms view the potential for time savings using Gen AI #lawfirms #efficiency #productivity #Genai #lawfirmprofitability

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