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Ewan McGregor is back for a six-episode "Star Wars" limited series, set in between the events of the prequel trilogy and the original "Star Wars" LOS ANGELES - When Ewan McGregor first played a lightsaber-wielding Jedi hero in the much-maligned "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, he didn't feel much love from the fans. Initial audience excitement about returning to a galaxy far, far away in 1999's "The Phantom Menace" was quickly doused by the prequels' corny dialogue, arcane inter-galactic politics and Jar Jar Binks. But as he steps back into his role for Disney+ series "Obi-Wan Kenobi," out next Friday, McGregor says he has been pleasantly surprised by a major re-evaluation of the prequels, particularly among younger viewers. "One of the difficult things about being in the prequels was that when they came out, they were not seemingly well received," McGregor told a virtual press conference Thursday. "Because there was no social media, there was no direct avenue to the fans at the … [Read more...] about McGregor return to ‘Star Wars’ inspired by love for ‘difficult’ prequels

- A + A KUALA LUMPUR (May 19): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has updated its Investor Alert List. In an alert on Wednesday (May 18), the commission said the following persons/entities had been added to the list: Potential clone entity — NordFX Asia FXOpen AlexisFX The Investor Alert List contains a list of unauthorised websites, investment products, companies and individuals, including: Persons carrying on or holding themselves out as carrying on the following regulated activities without a licence from the SC: dealing in securities dealing in derivatives fund management advising on corporate finance investment advice financial planning, and dealing in private retirement schemes. Persons operating a recognised market without authorisation. Persons issuing or offering securities without approval, authorisation or recognition. Persons misusing the SC’s logo and misrepresenting the SC. … [Read more...] about SC adds three entities to Investor Alert List, one of which is a potential clone

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Last October there were just around 90 or so people playing Wordle, the web-based word game that was developed by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle. It quickly grew in popularity as users began to share their results on Twitter and other social platforms. That attracted interest from The New York Times Company, which purchased the game in January 2022 for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. Soon after came the wave of clones. While many lack the originality of the original Wordle , one that now stands out is also seeing its own meteoric rise. Nerdle , a numerical-based viral puzzle game, was created by British data scientist Richard Mann after his 14-year-old daughter said she wished there was a version of Wordle for "math nerds." The game's development has also been a true family affair. Daughter Imogen created the design of the logo and the creative for the visual layout, while Mann's 17-year-old son Alex … [Read more...] about Nerdle Promises To Be More Than Just Another Wordle Clone

I come from engineering and manufacturing. In other words, I'm literal. And so, when I first began recruiting, I took a very face-value approach. I walked the manufacturing or warehouse floor, found the gaps, and observed the people doing similar work quite well. That's all I needed for a job description; that's all I needed for an interview. Today, I'd call this performance benchmarking. Back then, I called it focusing on the 'doing,' not the 'having.' And all these years later I still think it's the best approach to recruiting: Figure out what the best performers are doing differently, and hire people with a proven track record of doing the same. Degrees and skill sets matter far less than an ability to deliver results. It sounds so simple, yet few leaders or recruiters take this systematic approach to hiring . Here are four case studies to illustrate my point -- real-life examples of clients who have mismatched job descriptions to necessary deliverables so … [Read more...] about Hire Clones of Your Best Performers: Performance Benchmarking

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin If you are networking company, a cloud network, or a content delivery network (CDN), you are probably watching Cloudflare very carefully. The rapid expansion of the company’s business model shows how fast traditional networking and technology functions are being subsumed into the cloud. In a recent earnings release, the company completed another solid quarter of growth driving its stock price back toward new highs. Revenue in the three months ended in March rose 51%, year over year, to $138.1 million. The company is almost at the breakeven line on profits, as it continues to invest in new growth. The company’s network is located in 200+ cities and it has more than four million free and paying customers. From 2018 through 2020, it had a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50%, reaching $431 million in revenue in 2020. This should serve as a vision, or a warning, for what is to come. Cloudflare has taken the CDN model, … [Read more...] about Cloudflare’s Manic Growth Hints at The Future of Cloud Networks

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Sitting on the back porch drinking a beautiful glass of Cabernet Sauvignon, the sunset painted the sky with colors of saffron and gold; there, a veteran wine producer in Napa Valley took in the recent catastrophe that destroyed so much of his community while he contemplated the luck of no loss of human life in the disaster, and less importantly, that five of his best barrels of wine survived. All of a sudden the song "That Old Black Magic" started to play in his head, and he knew "Black Magic" would be the perfect name for those special barrels of wine as it was a "black moment" for his winery as they lost a lot of wine yet at the same time those barrels have an "aura of real magic". That moment happened after the 2014 massive 6.0-magnitude Napa Valley earthquake that violently destroyed wineries, structures and catapulted people out of their beds around 3 am. The victims were randomly selected as "some wineries lost … [Read more...] about $100,000 Wine Gamble Turned Into 100-Point Scores From Top Wine Critics

Hong Kong customs officers have confiscated HK$22 million (US$2.8 million) worth of fake brand-name products ranging from high-heeled shoes to watches and arrested five people in a two-week citywide operation. An investigation suggests most of the nearly 80,000 counterfeit products seized in the operation were destined for countries such as the United States, Britain, Germany, Czech Republic, India, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, the Post has learned. Items seized by officers from customs’ intellectual property investigation bureau between April 26 and Monday included handbags, high-heeled and sports shoes, fashion accessories, sunglasses, watches and mobile phone accessories. Do you have questions about the biggest topics and trends from around the world? Get the answers with SCMP Knowledge , our new platform of curated content with explainers, FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. The fakes replicated well-known brand names … [Read more...] about Five held as Hong Kong customs seizes HK$22 million worth of fake luxury goods with big names pirated

SEPANG: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has departed for Abu Dhabi to pay his last respects to United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan who died on Friday (May 13). The special aircraft carrying His Majesty departed from the Bunga Raya Complex at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here at about 4.20pm Sunday (May 15). Sultan Abdullah was accompanied by Comptroller of the Royal Household for Istana Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, Foreign Ministry Chief of Protocol Datuk Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah and Chief Protocol Officer of the Malaysian Government Datuk Rozainor Ramli. Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar and Prime Minister’s Department senior deputy secretary-general Datuk Sollehuddin Alyubi Zakaria were present to bid farewell to His Majesty. Prior to his departure, Sultan Abdullah went through the guard-of-honour mounted by the First Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment … [Read more...] about King leaves for Abu Dhabi to pay last respects to Sheikh Khalifa

Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar - A + A JOHOR BAHRU: Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on Sunday (May 15) received the interim report by the Special Task Force set up by the Federal Government to review actions and legal issues regarding the Pulau Batu Puteh (Pedra Branca), Middle Rocks and South Ledge case. According to a post on Sultan of Johor's official Facebook, Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Law and Parliament) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, accompanied by Task Force Chairman Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali, presented the report during a briefing at Istana Polo here. Also present was the Tunku Mahkota of Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim and Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi. The Cabinet on Oct 29 last year had agreed to form the Task Force, following a decision during the tenure of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 2018 to drop a review application for the Pulau Batu Puteh case in the … [Read more...] about Sultan of Johor receives interim report on Pulau Batu Puteh case

Koo Kyo-hwan [NETFLIX] Koo Kyo-hwan is back in a role that he excels in, in Tving original series “Monstrous.” Koo is playing the strange but brilliant archeologist Jeong Ki-hoon who chases after supernatural phenomenon. Ki-hoon also runs a supernatural magazine titled “Monthly Ghost Stories” and a YouTube channel with the same name. Ki-hoon always seems to have a response no matter what kind of predicament he’s in, but his past has scarred him. After losing his young daughter in an accident, he separates from his wife, Soo-jin, who decides to lives alone in Jinyang County, South Gyeongsang. The couple each suffer from the loss of their daughter alone. Koo Kyo-hwan portrays a brilliant yet eccentric archeologist named Jeong Ki-hoon who encounters a cursed Buddha statue in Jinyang County, South Gyeongsang, in Tving series “Monstrous.” [TVING] Nothing seems to faze Ki-hoon anymore until he encounters a cursed Buddha statue discovered deep in a forest in Jinyang … [Read more...] about [CELEB] Koo Kyo-hwan takes a walk on the weird side