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Some people think the workplace is no place for funny business. But the upside of humour for our careers is significant. A recent survey of more than 700 CEOs showed that 98 per cent prefer job candidates with a sense of humour and 84 per cent think that funny employees do better work. Psychologist Dr Jennifer Aaker and comedian Naomi Bagdonas' research has shown that humour makes us feel more competent and confident, strengthens relationships and boosts resilience during difficult times.

It's 2010. Staggeringly successful and brilliant tech entrepreneur Bix Bouton is desperate for a new idea. He's 40, with four kids, and restless when he stumbles into a conversation with mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or 'externalising' memory. Within a decade, Bix's new technology, Own Your Unconscious—that allows you access to every memory you've ever had, and to share every memory in exchange for access to the memories of others—has seduced multitudes. But not everyone.

On August 5th, 2003, Ryan Atwood found himself a long way from his home in Chino—he was in The O.C., an exclusive suburb full of beautiful girls, wealthy bullies, corrupt real-estate tycoons, and a new family helmed by his public defender, Sandy Cohen. Ryan soon warms up to his nerdy, indie band-loving new best friend Seth, and quickly falls for Marissa, the stunning girl next door who has secrets of her own. Completing the group is Summer, Seth’s dream girl and Marissa’s loyal—and fearless—best friend.

It is Super Bowl Sunday in the year 2022. Five people are due to have dinner in an apartment on the east side of Manhattan. The hosts are a retired physics professor and her husband; they are joined by one of her former students and await the arrival of another couple, delayed by what becomes a dramatic flight from Paris. In the apartment, talk ranges widely. The opening kickoff is one commercial away. Then something happens, and the digital connections that have transformed our lives are severed.

Austin joins Dallas and Houston in Akashic's deep dive into the Lone Star State's darkest dimensions. Featuring brand-new stories by: Gabino Iglesias, Ace Atkins, Amanda Moore, Jeff Abbott, Scott Montgomery, Richard Z. Santos, Alexandra Burt, Lee Thomas, Miriam Kuznets, Jacob Grovey, Chaitali Sen, Molly Odintz, Amy Gentry, and Andrew Hilbert.

Playwright Kenneth Lonergan has made a career of creating characters whose considerable flaws often get in the way of their good intentions. In Lobby Hero, two menial security guards are embroiled in an unexpected family fiasco… and the local beat police are divided by their own romantic and political allegiances. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Tate Donovan as Bill; Cedric Sanders as William; Emily Swallow as Dawn; Michael Weston as Jeff. Directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, June 2011.

Frumkin’s latest book is a deliciously entertaining collection of five genre-defying stories that range from downright hilarious to brilliantly unhinged. Taken together, they celebrate a wide variety of human experiences. In the title story, a queer young adult with bipolar disorder drops out of college in a fog of depression, aimlessly drifting between maintaining their job at a fast food restaurant and dodging their mom’s texts. But when they fall in with a group of sex workers starring in BDSM films, they find radical freedom, love, and community.

Im Garten der Sängerin Sophia im Pariser Faubourg St. Jacques steht eines Morgens ein Baum, der am Tage zuvor noch nicht da stand. Niemand hat ihn gepflanzt. Sophia empfindet ihn wie eine Bedrohung. Wenige Tage später ist sie spurlos verschwunden. Ihr Nachbar Marc, ein junger Historiker, derzeit ohne Job und ohne Frau, beginnt auf eigene Faust zu recherchieren, da weder der Ehemann noch die Polizei sich zunächst für den Fall interessieren. Und je tiefer er gräbt - unter der rätselhaften Buche wie in der Vergangenheit der verschwundenen Diva - , um so mehr Steine bringt er ins Rollen, die zwei Morde auslösen, bis er am Ende auf einen uralten Hass stößt, der beinahe auch ihn das Leben kosten wird.

Michael Sander als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter des Instituts für Technik und Bildung (ITB) der Universität Bremen betreut die zahlreichen schulischen und betriebliche Projekte insbesondere im Sanitär-, Klima- und Heizungshandwerk. Hier steht die Berufsausbildung vor mannigfachen Herausforderungen und muss sich neu positionieren, um den Handwerksberuf wieder attraktiver zu gestalten. Profitieren Sie von der Erfahrung und Fachkompetenz des Referenten und nutzen Sie die weiterführenden Impulse dieses Vortrags.