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The number of companies on the list who make their results public jumped threefold, to 32% from 11% in 2016. "One reason we see employees won't raise concerns is that they don't believe the company will do anything with it," and the other top reason is fear of retaliation, said Ethisphere's Erica Salmon Byrne during a webinar last week. Companies that lack transparency may have what Salmon Byrne described as a "black box" investigation process, where a complaint is lodged but the person making it doesn't know what the process is, how long it should take, and may or may not be told what the results are, or even if the investigation is completed. "Maybe somebody comes to talk to me if I'm a known reporter, maybe...somebody comes to me at the end of the investigation to say 'Thanks so much, we really appreciate you raising this concern. We've looked into it and we've closed the investigation. I can't tell you what happened but I wanted you to know we're done investigating this particular issue,'" said Salmon Byrne. "I don't know who else was talked to. I don't know on average how long it takes to close an investigation. A lot of companies have not historically done a great job with explaining the range of disciplinary actions available to them...so if I complain about [someone] and two weeks later they're still here, I have the perception that nothing has happened." Some companies have acknowledged this is a problem and are working to be more open while maintaining the need for privacy. "That is a real need, you have to keep these investigations confidential," she said. "The question is do you need to keep them as black a box as they currently are, or can you make the box a little brighter?" Everyone loves a story Companies can take this journey in smaller steps, sharing information with ever-widening levels of managers over time, until eventually all employees and maybe the public can see information such as how many days on average does it take to close an investigation, a breakdown of the different numbers and types of cases, how many from each business unit, substantiation rates. This is relatively easy to do, as more than 90% of the companies that made the list use a tracking tool or case-management system to keep track of some or all reports and investigations. Another characteristic of high-performing E&C programs is the use of telling real-world stories to deliver and reinforce messages, even those cases that happened within the company. Ethisphere's research found 91% of the companies on the WME list say they use real-life examples in their communications. Salmon Byrne shared a story about how one company's board and senior management dismissed concerns about #MeToo, saying they were certain nothing like that was happening at their organization. The ethics and compliance officer pulled data from the company's harassment and discrimination investigations, then hired a local theater company to act out the actions described in the complaints before the company's top 30 leaders. The actors used the actual language described in the reports, and the impact on management was profound, said Salmon Byrne. "The feedback was tremendous. The whole crew took that experience back to their business units, and shared that, and helped people on their teams understand this really was something the company was concerned about," she said. It's vital to tell good stories as well to reinforce successes and to call out employees making the right decisions. "These can have a tremendous impact with your ethics and compliance communications," she said. 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Hundreds of successful initiatives located all over the country have directly aimed at enhancing livelihoods, regenerating natural resources (the most important 'infrastructure' of 800 million people in India), using existing or building-up new skills for local production, linking this to local (and a few distant) markets, and empowering people to take control over their lives and fighting social or economic injustice. None of these used 'growth' as a mantra.
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Opened in 1863, and long known as the final resting place of some of history's most notable figures— Irving Berlin, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Robert Moses, F.W. Woolworth, and Herman Melville, to name a few–the Bronx's Woodlawn Cemetery and Conservatory is also home to many treasures of the living variety. When one of Woodlawn's trees (of which there are a whopping 140 different species!) meets its ultimate fate, the cemetery doesn't merely bury it but rather celebrates its life by carving it into an animal that can be found on the grounds.
Spread across the National Historic Landmark's nearly 400 acres (roughly half the size of Central Park) are thousands of beautifully maintained mature trees representing more than 140 unique species and cultivars, five of which have been identified in the "Great Trees of New York" program, including a Japanese Umbrella Pine and a native Eastern White Pine. The collection also boasts one of the largest empress trees in New York, which is native to China, and a native Tulip Poplar that measures over 125 feet tall and 63 inches in diameter!
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Enhancing healthcare options for the residential community in Al Hail and surrounding areas of Muscat, Oman, NMC Health launched its third multispecialty hospital today in an elegant event.
With competent outpatient and inpatient services, the hospital not only addresses the medical gap in the area but also brings qualified clinicians, advanced medical technologies and facilities to citizens and residents.
The inauguration of the new facility was officiated by Sheikh Mohammed bin Marhoon Al Mammari, state counsellor Jalong, with Prasanth Manghat, CEO of NMC Health in Oman in the presence of officials from the Ministry of Health and staff members.
Health Affairs Undersecretary Dr Sultan bin Ya'arub Al Busaidi congratulated everyone present at the event and said: "Oman welcomes global players like NMC Health who are genuinely interested in ensuring the overall welfare of the community via a provision of quality and affordable healthcare."
Manghat said: "NMC Health is committed to working with the Sultanate's key stakeholders to help foster economic growth through the creation of jobs, economic diversification, as well as the promotion of healthcare tourism to further attract foreign tourists to the Sultanate and the GCC region."
The Al Hail facility, a top-notch primary and critical care 45-bed hospital, is equipped with modular operation theatres, ICU beds, labor and delivery suites, comfortable inpatient rooms, state of the art laboratories, 15 OPD clinics, and a 24/7 emergency department. The hospital also offers a wide range of specialty facilities including Orthopedics, Urology, Obstetrics, Gynecology, ENT, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology amongst others.
The new modern multi-specialty hospital in the heart of the Seeb district shall cater to major areas of Seeb (Mabela, Mawaleh) and Barka districts of Muscat, Oman. The hospital shall serve an approximate population of around half a million.
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Hi friends! I hope you've all been well. It has been a while since I talked about a couple books I've read all at once and today, I thought I'd just do that with two books I've read recently and really, really enjoyed.
These books also arrived to my endless TBR thanks to some of my bloggers' friends recommendations and I can't thank them enough. Book bloggers have the best recommendations.
📝 Related blog post: 10 books bloggers made me read.
A Very Large Expanse of Sea, Tahereh Mafi
Published by HarperTeen, October 16th, 2018.
I love the Shatter Me series by this author so, so much and was eager to discover what she could do in the contemporary genre and…I wasn't disappointed.
The biggest thanks to my friend Kat for her warm recommendation!
- A Very Large Expanse of Sea was not an easy read, at all and yet, that's one of the things I appreciated the most about it, somehow. It doesn't shy away from showing us the casual racism, bullying, micro-aggressions happening to Shirin every single day and for that, I think that this book is such an important, necessary read, too.
- I immediately cared for Shirin, found myself hurting for her, wanting her to be okay. She was such an endearing main character.
- The romance had my heart just as well and, despite its pushs and pulls, its moments of frustration and times where I just wanted the characters to get together, I also found Shirin's hesitations and the slow development of the relationship believable, from meeting to slowly, gradually falling in love, this made my soft marshmallow heart happy and melting overall okay.
- I loved the family! I loved how protective Navid, Shirin's brother, was and how adorable, too. I also had such a great time with the rest of Shirin's family, her parents were so so endearing.
- It was such a quick, engrossing read and, even if it felt so different from Tahereh's poetic writing in her Shatter Me series, it still was really good and heartbreaking to read, too. It felt so personal.
- I'm a marshmallow and if everything was realistic, I somehow expected a little more from that ending, or something a little more concrete?
Such an important and such a good young adult contemporary, definitely recommending it if you're looking for a powerful, yet soft book just as well. I loved it.
Final rating: 4 drops!
Trigger warnings: racism, bullying, islamophobia, xenophobia, violence, mention of a dead animal.
Diversity: Muslim cast of main characters, Iranian-American main characters, Lebanese character (Yusef), Bisexual side-character (Bijan), Indian side-character (Amna). Dyslexic main character (Navid). The main character wears the hijab.
Check out these #ownvoices reviews for the book: here and here. If you have an #ownvoices review for this book, feel free to let me know!
Foolish Hearts, Emma Mills
Published by Henry Holt and Co, December 5th, 2017.
I have been meaning to read Emma Mills' books for a long time now and, I'm so glad I got into them, because I've been LOVING THEM a whole lot. Foolish Hearts is, I think, so far, my favorite.
The biggest thanks to everyone talking about Emma Mills (really), I'm just sad I can't recall all of you.
- THE FRIENDSHIPS! Emma Mills is officially one of the queens of friendships in YA books okay. I'm not making the rules.
- I just loved the friendship between Iris and Claudia, an unexpected friendship that developed over the course of the book and ughhhhhhhhh this was easily my favorite part of it all OKAY. They're bonding over a boysband and if that didn't speak to my heart then I don't know what will ever. I adored this okay I could make this whole bullet-point review about them.
- Oh also the friendship is at the HEART of the book, before the romance so POINTS FOR THAT.
- Okay I'll mention something else, so I can talk about the romance. Slow-burning and developing from friends to more, it was freaking adorable and I rooted for them and Gideon was just one soft and adorable, caring and one of the greatest love interests.
- Claudia really spoke to teenager-me. Not so popular at all, feeling not-so-interesting at all, just plain Regular Claudia. I don't know, but I could feel myself really relating to her and I loved that about it, too.
- I couldn't stop smiling while reading this book. I'm all for books giving me all the happy feels and this one will DEFINITELY make it on a potential upcoming list.
- The family vibes in this! Claudia's parents were present (YAY!) and I loved seeing her relationship with her much older sister, soon-to-be-mom as they met on an online role-playing game and played together too. I loved this.
- I…. I honestly am having a hard time pinpointing what went really wrong in this book, because thing is… nothing did. I had a really, really fun time reading Foolish Hearts, yet somehow it didn't quite hit the "wow" factor for me to rate it higher?
This was a sweet, soft, adorable contemporary that had me smiling from page one and, friends, I love these kind of books.
Final rating: 4 drops!
Trigger warnings: panic attacks.
Diversity: there is a f/f relationship between two side-characters.
Did you read any of these books? Did you enjoy them, or do you want to read them?
What are some YA contemporaries you've read and enjoyed lately? Let me know in comments!


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This is a small project that will take the form of either a little comic or a bit of a image slideshow in a video!
I'm a noob at voiceacting, but give me a chance ok.
Teyran is 19 years old
Oooh, you'll see it's a lot of fun! Everyone's always selling pretty stuff and I just wanna buy it all!!
You two can go play, we will place the stand here.
Sergui has a bit of a French accent, most notably with how he changes his "th" with "z"
A flea market? I don't think I've ever been at one of those!
Well, if selling is about exposure then I'm not very good at it... I'm a mystery guy after all.
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I have an idea! We have to run all over the flea market to tell EVERYONE about Sterna's* flower stand!


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Jeremy Hicks, managing director of Jaguar Land Rover, has seen huge growth since taking over at the helm of the West Midlands car manufacturer. Here he talks leadership, learning from challenges and the next stage of car connectivity
I was obsessed with cars from an early age. My dad was a car dealer so I was brought up around cars; if ever a round object was missing at home, there was a good chance I was using it as a steering wheel!
I had to work really hard at school to get anywhere and scrabbled around in the class to make sense of stuff. Then one day my economics teacher told me that intelligence is the ability to make connections. That lodged deep in the back of my head. I draw on that so often – it's what I try to do, connect things together.
It's really important to work in a business that is thriving and growing. Spotting growth has been a flavour of all my career choices. I could tell when a business was on the way up. More than once people have raised their eyebrows when I've taken a job but either through foresight or luck, I've managed to back winners.
I'm very careful when I'm recruiting. I like people who are inquisitive, engaging, determined and prepared to make tough calls.
I have always been a believer in that expression which says 'and this too will pass…' That has been a significant learning for me. Economic circumstances change and your business can alter overnight, but it passes.
A challenge is as tough as you want it to be. It depends on how you enter it. I've seen people who have literally frozen in the face of uncertainty but, when faced with a difficult situation, I set myself up to be calm and have a really clear plan. It's that simple.
Black Monday was a great example. I was at Vauxhall when base rate went to 15 per cent. They had invested in about 65 dealerships, many of which were highly geared because they had high borrowing. Their debt repayments went through the roof through no fault of their own – just economic circumstance. That was tough. I was in my thirties, a director of these businesses and I had never experienced receiverships before. But we focused on finding buyers for the businesses – and we managed that.
Never shy away from the moment. Always be prepared to put yourself out there in front. That's the mark of a strong leader. If there's a creditor to be talked to, talk to them. If there are staff members that need to be talked to, do it. Don't let anyone else do it. Weak leaders hide away but people respond really well to strong leaders who are prepared to take it on the chin.
Coming to JLR for me was a chance to join a brand with a great British heritage. We are owned by Tata but to all intents and purposes we are a British company and the chance to contribute to Britain was a big driver for me. My responsibility is to run the UK business for JLR but I feel very close to HQ.
My proudest moment? Right now. When I joined Jaguar Land Rover there were 30,000 of us here, now there are over 40,000 of us.
I am a great believer in relevant technology. I'm in the tablet camp – I do everything with it, it's my primary connected piece. The ability to connect that technology with our cars is the next area to explore. We can move a journey from the phone to the car and back to the phone again. But to get, for example, a parking space at the station booked, train tickets sent to my device and a car to pick me up at the other end is the next stage and we're not a million miles away from it.
I hadn't prepared myself fully for the sense of responsibility that comes with the job. I'm very involved with Business in the Community – we won responsible business of the year back in 2013 and now I chair the Marketplace Leadership Team. Of course we understand that companies have to make a profit, but we also have to contribute to the world that we all live in and leave this place in a better situation than we found it.
I'm swimming the channel on 20 August. It's in aid of Ben [the automotive charity] – I'm a trustee. Ben is there to support everyone in the motor industry in their moment of need and it's very important to me. Training is going well so far.
I'm not very good at doing nothing. My favourite places are the Lake District and the Alps. You get a great sense of privilege in places like that and it's something I continually enforce with my kids. Whenever we are on the first ski lift on a trip they say, 'Dad, when's the privilege conversation going to come? And I always say to them 'About now.'
Jeremy Hicks CV
Education BA (Hons) in business studies from the University of Central Lancashire
1984-88 Sales and marketing director, Vauxhall Motors
2000-2003 Head of retail operations, and head of group services, Volkswagen Group UK
2005-2011 Director, Audi UK
2011 Managing director, Jaguar Land Rover UK
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lterrat's bookmarks 2017-08-22
"In the digital age, 'print run' does not exist. 'Number of copies' can only be guessed at. Granting a license 'for a term' as though it is time limited is ridiculous. But what should be clear is that "fair dealing" for purposes of review and criticism should be allowed. Using copyright to extort valid academic commentary on poetry seems, to my mind, obscene."


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I wonder if those of you who went to do field service abroad could tell me what made you go, what did you think of the prospects of leaving your home country for areas that are not the best in the world, and whether you got any compensation from the WTS for your work. I'm asking this question as a non-JW. I'll appreciate your posts. I'm not thinking about missionaries, but families who move abroad to do field service. i wonder if this is the same as missionaries. Thank you.
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I went with my parents in 1961.
The object of the game was to take an urgent message to our chosen target to 'save' them from Christianity and Armageddon.
The Mormons arrived after us and made the converts that my father had dreamed of.
Watchtower Killer God never showed up with our Armageddon. We were trying to sell Paradise to people who were already living there. Every nasty little shit who ever laughed at our family and our pathetic doomsday cult were better prophets than we were.
I passed the cancer on to my children.
I did field service in a non-English-speaking country abroad, although I didn't move there for field service. (Does this count?)
What was interesting to me was how we had to try to find English-speaking people in the territory. Trust me, there aren't apartment blocks or gated communities sign-posted "English speakers only".
So service by the English-language congregation was done in places like refugee camps, where there was a chance that English would be some sort of a lingua franca.


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Last dictated letter by Netaji
Posted By Author on October 5, 2011
From this day to December end No diary. In the mean time, mother became serious and was removed to Irwin Hospital. She vomited lot of clotted blood. Escaped death narrowly. God is merciful.
I wrote a letter to Ramanidada. Got reply on New Year's Eve. The letter was dictated by Baba and written by Ramen Roy dated 25/12/76, Christmas. It was probably the last letter dictated in Baba's life. Ramen dispatched it on 28/12/1976 from Dehradun by registered post. It is in the safe. On the same day, I came to know that a letter was sent to Brajendra Swarup, the timber merchant of Etawah. Both the letters were dictated by Baba and dispatched on Christmas i.e. 25th December 1976. Ramen Roy took it down. I received this letter on 4th January 1977'. It is a registered letter. On the envelope sender's address is," From: R.K.Roy, Advocate. 37 South Kumar Para Lane, Calcutta-42. On postal tickets the postal stamp is of 28-12-76 of Dehradun. Postal stamp of receipt is of 4-1-1977 of post Vidarbha Mahavidyalaya, Amravati.
When JMCI took my deposition at my home, Mr. Sengupta was curious to see this letter and I showed it to him. He read the letter and put JMCI stamp on the envelope as well as the letter. He stamped the Xerox copy of the letter and took into his possession.
Last dictated letter by Netaji in his life.
Posted on 28/12/1976
From Dehradun
Dear Suresh,
I reached here 20th instant. Dada fell seriously ill of pneumonia.
Since day before yesterday the temperature has become normal and condition has been improving. Yesterday cereal diet was given.
Due to sudden illness of Dada the anticipated programme for the end of December has been postponed. After full recuperation of Dada new programme will be formulated and you will be informed accordingly.
With deepest love for you Sri Baba has directed me to convey to you His love and blessings for you all. Do convey to Chandrashekhar His love and blessings.
P.S. The photo you took of Chinu, Dipali and Gita with Chinu on the lap of Dipali on the bed of Mandakini (Okhimath) with water gushing out from all direction is missing here. If you have any copy with you or the negative, do bring it here when you come here next.
Note Baba had prodigal memory. After eleven years he remembered the photograph with its details.
Also note that the negatives and prints of the above mentioned photographs were handed over to Gita as per Baba's order. They got burnt in accidental fire in the Himalayas. Copies were with me but they are misplaced. I am frantically searching for them.


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Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
But as for me, my feed had almost slipped;
I had nearly lost my foothold.
For I envied the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
They have no struggles;
their buodies are healthy and strong.
They are free from the burdens common to man;
they are not plagued by human ills.
This is what the wicked are like–
always carefree, they increase in wealth.
When I tried to understand all this,
it was oppressive to me
till I entered the sanctuary of God;
then I understood their final destiny.
When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before you.
Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
Those who are far from you will perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds.


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At 15 weeks pregnant, you are starting to feel more pregnant. You've probably gained about 5 pounds by now (a little more or less is fine, too) and are well into the swing of your pregnancy, but you may still be surprised by an unexpected symptom now and then. Some women start experiencing some unexpected side effects well into their pregnancy. For example, excessive salivation is not uncommon during pregnancy. This is nothing to be alarmed about, though it can be a bit inconvenient at times.
Other women start experiencing more stuffy noses. This is due to swelling in the mucous membranes of the nose, largely the result of increased hormonal production. You may also find that you have a cold at 15 weeks pregnant. Pregnant women are more susceptible to common illnesses, in part because their immune systems are compromised during pregnancy. Be sure that you take great care to wash your hands religiously when out in public.
Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your baby's a boy or a girl! (Don't be too disappointed if it remains a mystery, though. Nailing down your baby's sex depends on the clarity of the picture and on your baby's position. He or she may be modestly curled up or turned in such a way as to "hide the goods.")


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Update: Kaepernick praised Castro's education system on Friday. Hours later he died. Castro that is.
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Can we coerce Kaepernick to say that he knows a deep secret about Hil, Bill and several of their minions and that he is going public with the info on 12/01/16 at noon? Maybe their hit-squad can relieve us of Kaepernick's pain.


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Los Angeles Marathon officials have expanded the charity program for the 2010 race to help 60 nonprofit organizations, including Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay, raise funds for their various causes.
The larger charity program is in line with the vision of mara-thon owner Frank McCourt, who believes the marathon has the potential to be a huge philanthropic force in the community, race officials say. In addition to the increased program, the 2010 marathon has also changed its route, beginning at Dodger Stadium and ending near the beach in Santa Monica for the first time.
McCourt says he envisions a time when every marathon participant will raise charitable dollars for critical environmental, community and health-related causes.
Based on this long-range goal, McCourt, who last year became steward of the race, asked marathon organizers to make the charitable component of the race a much higher priority. The result is a program that is nearly 50 percent larger and significantly revamped to provide non-profits the tools and incentives to expand participation and fundraising, officials said.
"Expanding our charity program is a natural extension of our mission statement, which is 'to inspire athletes and connect communities,'" said LA Marathon President Russ Pillar. "We look forward to enabling our runners to make ever-increasing charitable contributions this coming year and in the many years ahead."
Under the direction of a new executive who is managing the charity program, participating non-profits are receiving more assistance to grow their race-related fundraising efforts. Longtime participants such as Team in Training and AIDS Marathon are also mentoring non-profits seeking assistance.
These efforts have helped draw new participants, such as Heal the Bay, which works to keep Southern California coastal waters safe, healthy and clean. President Mark Gold pointed out that the new "Stadium to the Sea" course reminds people of the connections between Los Angeles and the ocean that has drawn so many people here.
"With the finish line just a few short blocks away from the Santa Monica Pier, I can't think of a better partner than the Los Angeles Marathon to support us in our mission to protect the Santa Monica Bay," Gold said. "We're excited to work with the organizers to help green the race and increase community environmental stewardship."
Other new participants include A Better L.A., a Los Angeles-based anti-violence, community-building non-profit that was co-founded by USC football Coach Pete Carroll.
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Every business is run by its employees. The main heads can only take decisions and implement rules. Majority of tasks that are crucial to keep running your business is always done by your employees.
What happens if those employees of yours are unhappy?
They would stay dejected and depressed all the time, looking out for ways to exit this unhappy atmosphere. As a direct result, your productivity would greatly decrease. So, the onus is upon you to keep your employees happy.
And one of the best ways to do so is by keeping them healthy. When your employees stay healthy, they would stay happy. In general, the efficiency of an unhealthy employee is less. When they fall sick regularly, their mental health also takes a toll badly. And this would, in turn, affect your company.
If they are healthy, they will stay tension free, thereby increasing your company's productivity. Now the question comes, how can you take care of the health of your employees. Since this is directly related to productivity of company, each company works on taking care of its employees' well being.
Here are some ways you can ensure that.
Provide Health Insurance
One of the best ways you can keep your employees happy is to cover their health insurance. People fall ill very easily these days. And the number of accidents is also rising tremendously. So it makes great sense to cover your employees' health insurance. This way, they would feel highly grateful towards you.
And happier the employee, better the productivity of your company. Plus with HIPAA training made mandatory in USA for health insurance employees, your own employees can stay assured of their data's security.
I knew of a company which along with health insurance, also offered burial insurance for relatives of employees. It wasn't free but heavily subsidized. So that is another good way to keep your employees happier.
Mental exercises
There are numerous ways in which you can keep your employees happy. While being healthy ensures happiness, reverse is also true. If you stay happy all the time, you will fall sick very less. Because most of the sickness is caused due to depression and non happy working atmosphere. For that, you can
- Plan monthly outings
- Plan annual international outing
- Keep fun competitions monthly
- Keep a friendly, non serious work atmosphere
- Have lunch together in your company, and so on.
There are unlimited ways for you to explore if you decide upon taking this action into your strategy. Overall, taking care of the health of your employee will cause you great benefits.


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5: Judicial and extra-judicial conversation on the Constitution
Constitutions are not changed every day. However, changes have been made throughout constitutional interpretation and judges have become the main actors of this dynamic.
This issue has already been the object of the previous Mexico City World Congress. The use of foreign precedents by Courts still remains a matter of great theoretical and practical importance. However, we would like to broaden the scope of the use of foreign law in the constitution making and amending.
- What might be the reasons behind the imitation of foreign constitutions?
- What is the role played by constitutional borrowing in the constitutional drafting or in the amending process?
- Is there a linkage between constitutional foreign sources and constitutional interpretation based on foreign constitutional dispositions and/or foreign precedents?
- What are the main areas in which the constitutional borrowing takes place?
- Are there constitutional models?
- What is the role played by the élites in the reception of a foreign model?
- Is the imitation of foreign models freely decided or imposed (and, in this case, by which channels?)?
The same considerations can be applied to the legislative activity, in particular with reference to those areas more closely related to the implementation of constitutional provisions.
This issue must be considered within the context of the circulation of constitutional ideas and the exportation of foreign materials in constitutional law. It does not include research on European law within the well-known regional context of the Council of Europe as well as the European Union. However, supranational or international sources could be relevant, whenever they exercise influence outside the regional context itself (as it is the case of the European Convention on Human Rights).
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December restaurant survey data indicated that same-store sales (SSS) have hit their worst industry result in over two years, with an overall 2019 SSS decrease of 0.1%. This slight decline, relative to significantly decreasing traffic figures, represents how rising guest checks have impacted the sector. Although the industry would rather see strong positive sales growth consistently at 1%-2% every month before confirming the sector's recovery, there may be no further clarity in the coming months, as only modest growth is expected in the face of declining traffic and rising turnover.
2018 proved to be a strong year in consistent SSS growth, but since then the industry's movement has been unpredictable. The third quarter of 2019 experienced a 3.5% decline overall in guest traffic, but restaurant sales improved 0.3% from Q3 to Q4 of 2019.
In reality, the industry has not moved much over the past two years. Given the traffic challenges restaurants are battling, long-term sustained sales growth is likely not feasible. The only element offsetting decreasing traffic numbers is higher check averages, which are likely due to large groups ordering takeout and delivery.
The only subsector performing extremely well throughout the declining third quarter is fine dining, which is stimulated by business spending and a typically wealthier consumer market. Family and upscale dining is the only other segment to experience SSS growth during the fourth quarter.
Outlook for the restaurant industry remains predicated on uncertainty in the overall economy, where income growth is slowing. Unlike in the past two years, restaurant employment has also slowed down as the available workforce is shrinking.
Source: Nation's Restaurant News, TDn2K's Black Box Intelligence report and The Wall Street Journal.
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This Essay will discourse my apprehension and application of National Standards paying specific attending to the conformity and enforcement procedure within said Standards. I will discourse the context of the policy and its impact on the wrongdoer. I will besides analyze how the Probation Service works in this country and how this might hold changed over clip.
To contextualise enforcement policy ; National Standards was developed in 1992 in order to supply minimal demands, that the wrongdoer had to stay by, whilst functioning their Order in the community. The National Probation Service felt that they needed ' … consistence, so that the character and frequence of traffics with the service no longer depended on the opinion ( and possibly foibles ) of the oversing officer.' ( Canton et al 2007 ) . This suggests that prior to 1992 ; the frequence of wrongdoer conformity fell to the oversing officer. Besides, the Probation Service's accent seemed to switch to the attack that 'offender management' should offer more construction, presenting ; ' … duty and answerability for the direction of each offender.' ( NOMS 2007 ) . The Probation Service moved towards taking a corporate duty for its clients to apparently cut down the single duty the oversing officer had prior to the alterations that were made. National Standards have apparently been developed in order to guarantee a minimal criterion of pattern is uniformly exercised and is to a mensurable and acceptable 'standard' .
National Standards is a topic that is instantly broached at any initial supervising interview. The wrongdoer needs a clear apprehension of the demands of their Order and of the enforcement procedure if they of all time failed to run into any demands. Trotter ( 1999 ) explains that when re-enforcing pro-social behaviors such as conformity and disputing anti-social behaviors within a professionally negotiated relationship, where outlooks are explicitly stated and agreed, provides a professional principle that is considered curative and portion of a consistent civilization that the wrongdoer will react positively to. In my experience it has been the instance, on juncture, where wrongdoers have responded to enforcement and have fed back a positive response to that consequence. Concentrating more on the enforcement procedure was something that I modelled my direction of wrongdoers on thereafter and this externally went some manner to bettering future conformity for most, but non all. It seems that if I had suitably addressed enforcement with wrongdoers at earlier phases of my development, they could hold felt more sceptered and the portion of power would hold been more balanced.
The Probation Service has a bringing mark of accomplishing ' … at least 70 % of instances to make the six month phase without necessitating Breach action.' ( WYPA 2007 ) . This seems to propose that there is an accent on loosen uping the application of the steadfast construction of National Standards and concentrating on wrongdoers finishing their Orders with every bit small break as is practicably possible. This mark obviously contradicts the statement that Loumans et Al ( 2008 ) makes about a nexus between effectual enforcement and a decrease in reconviction rates. Besides, the Probation Service seems to belie itself by saying ; 'All absences should be regarded as unacceptable unless proved otherwise.' ( Probation Circular 2004 ) .
The mark of avoiding Breach within six months, in my experience would be a really hard one to accomplish if it was non for the opinion of the oversing officer and their reading of National Standards. Using a specific wrongdoer illustration, there could be a illustration where a sensitive household committedness had to be attended to over a National Standards assignment. No physical cogent evidence could be provided but Icouldsee his cogent evidence to be acceptable, utilizing my professional opinion and being mindful of the motivation factors that could impact any future battle and conformity. It would be hard for me to warrant implementing an Order due to a 'un-provable' absence as I would look to hold failed to understand any single fortunes. 'Offenders are non a homogenous group, each is an single with alone needs.' ( Chapman et al. 1998 ) .
Although National Standards is stiff by design, its application by the Probation Service, in some instances, can change. In footings of the Probation Service position ; ' … has sensible history of them been taken in doing any determinations? ' ( WYPB 2006 ) . This suggests that criterions can be interpreted in order to suit single demand. Others have a different position as they argue that I pattern a stiff model that restricts my professional opinion in pattern. Maguire ( 2002 ) surmises that National Standards '…fence-in the liberty of justness professionals by agencies of National Standards and objectives.' ( Maguire et al. 2002 ) . In utilizing my professional opinion, I could warrant accepting any absence, with continued conformity being the motivation factor. However, enforcement could accomplish the same consequence but through the fright of farther penalty instead than working on constructing a relationship of trust between us both.
Wrongdoers are made cognizant of describing instructions in their initial initiation interview. Prior to the national Standards policy changing, assignments were of a fixed criterion of hebdomadal, biweekly, and monthly. This was valuable to be aftering and mark scene. Planning is a really of import portion of my work as a practician and it could be said to be a critical undertaking to set about in order for me to undergo the most appropriate work with the wrongdoer. Millar and Crute ( 1992 ) talk about the importance of planning and by be aftering, I can avoid possible interview mistakes and subjective prejudices and biass, later cut downing them. The ability to program is apparently made easier within the old National Standards model in head. However the flexibleness of the newer Standards seems to see the potency for offender's single fortunes to alter and later offering the ability to guarantee greater conformity via the opinion of the oversing officer.
The discretion of the oversing officer should be used in order to understand that persons have differing fortunes and demands. The National Probation Service stated in 2007 that ; 'Judgements as to reasonableness take history of the nature of the failure.' There is a job with a discretional attack as it could take to offender's being below the belt treated with regard to their coverage committednesss and enforcement on their Order. In some offender's instances, there are occasions within their clip on their Orders where they gain employment. Due to my attack, I may handle a peculiar absence really otherwise than I would hold done if they were non in employment. If he was absent and was non employed, there is a high likeliness that I would hold requested cogent evidence with more energy. I besides treated his absence otherwise to the wrongdoers I was instance pull offing at the clip who didn't have employment. My discretion was arguably prejudiced to wrongdoers who were non employed as I seemed to use that an employed wrongdoer had a far more sensible alibi when neglecting to go to.
I besides have to be cognizant that Breach action could do break to an otherwise compliant wrongdoer and impact any future battle and conformity ; 'Premature curtailment of a potentially effectual intercession – for whatever ground, including Breach proceedings – can forestall effectual treatment.' ( Canton 2007 ) . If Breach action was later non taken against the wrongdoer, the determination is likely based on their current state of affairs, past conformity and any prospective hereafter conformity. In order for me to avoid Breach action, I may hold to partially ignore National Standards and look to another way given by the Probation Service whereby ; 'Staff will take into history issues of diverseness in the appraisal and direction of wrongdoers… ' . ( WYPB, 2006 ) .
It does look that the direction of wrongdoers takes into history the stiff construction of National Standards and the flexible nature of professional discretion and seems to get married the two, ensuing in the most effectual consequence for the wrongdoer. If I were to entirely use National Standards in my enforcement procedure, I would be neglecting to understand the person and it seems that some enforcement actions would be deemed as inappropriate, non merely for the wrongdoer, but besides in a professional context. If I disregard National Standards and the policies that the Probation Service have set out, so there would be no order and construction to an Order served in the community. The duty of enforcement and pattern would fall entirely to the oversing officer and their positions as an single with respect to professional opinion, cognition and accomplishment. However, the policy driven construction National Standards provides, apparently makes the oversing officer's determination doing process simpler. It besides offers a footing of regulations that can be applied to all of the wrongdoers in the Probation Service's attention in order to advance a uniformed and governable service. There is besides range for policies and criterions to be continuously evaluated and reviewed which is vitally of import, being able to accommodate a model which in bend considers and attentions for the individual's demands and values.
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Chapman, T. & A ; Hough, M. ( 1998 ) . HM Inspectorate of Probation: A Guide to Effective Practice. London. Home Office.
Maguire, M, Morgan, R & A ; Reiner, R. ( 2002 ) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Third Edition. Oxford. Oxford University Press.
Millar, R. Crute, V & A ; Hargie, O. ( 1992 ) . Professional Interviewing. London. Routledge.
NOMS ( 2007 ) . Standards and Implementation Guidance. London. Home Office.
Trotter, C. ( 1999 ) .Working with Involuntary Clients: A Guide to Practice.London. Sage.
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WYPA ( 2007/08 ) , West Yorkshire Probation Area Business Plan. Wakefield. West Yorkshire Probation Board.
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Datchet Water Sailing Club are holding their annual 'Winter Warm Up' event over all the Sundays in February. There are 2 races back to back each Sunday (which will probably be followed by some very informal training for the Musto Skiffs).
With 11 boats now regularly training at Datchet and more intending to come across from Blackwater and King George the event promises to be well attended and great refresher leading up to the first MPS event of 2012 at Chew Valley SC.
More details can be found on the website: http://www.dwsc.co.uk/winter_warmup.html. (The site also shows real time weather data for those who wish to check before sailing - very handy!).
Who's thinking of sailing at the Warm Up?
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That sounds a great deal to me and at a good price as well, I am on holiday this year but next year would be good, please forward my remarks as this would be good for the fleet next year as well. I have booked to go to Chew as well this year so can only do the first date.
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Hi Ian, I shall join the Datchet Massive for the Feb series.
See you all bright and early for a 10.30 start
Richard Smith MPS 419
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I haven't been online so much of late because I fell ill, got worse, and spent eight days in the hospital receiving IV antibiotics. My recovery is slower than I'd like, but I'm glad to be back home. At the time of this writing, I can't walk well and have to spend most of my time reclining, which is pretty much hell for me.
Like I like to say, it sucks that it happened, but it'd suck more if I didn't learn anything from it. Hopefully you won't make the same mistakes I did if you find yourself in a similar situation. If nothing else, it's nice to be an example for wiser people not to follow.
One last bit of preface: I am amazingly lucky to have fallen ill during the 21st century in an American hospital. All of my healthcare providers have been professional, efficient, and kind, and have taken excellent care of me. Any complaints I have are minor, at best.
A couple of weeks ago I started to feel sick: sore throat, tired, headache. I figured it was a cold coming on until, a day or two later, my left leg started hurting. A lot. Weird. It hurt so much that I couldn't walk on it: only lurch. Couldn't sleep, couldn't eat. So I went to the local urgent care medical center, and after less than a one minute assessment of my leg the physician's assistant declared that I had shingles. I'm younger than the average age for it. She sent me home with an anti-viral drug, an antibiotic, and instructions to go to the hospital if things didn't get any better by Friday.
Things got worse. The pain increased. A day later my foot swelled to grotesque proportions. Do you remember in Big Trouble in Little China when Thunder got so angry he swelled up and exploded? It looked a bit like that. I should've gone to the hospital right there and then, but I blindly trusted the physician's diagnosis and advice. That was a mistake. Always question everything. Even doctors. Even diagnoses. When conditions change that you can independently verify, like your foot and leg swelling horribly, go get that second opinion. So days passed in agony and blind trust, and I went to the hospital on Friday, days later than I should've.
They put me in a wheelchair because I couldn't walk, wheeled me into the emergency room, and set me up on a gurney in a hospital gown. This is when I began to get scared. I'd been to the hospital before: a couple of times as a kid, and a few times as an adult when my son had to get stitches in his face for various booboos. I'd been fortunate. Not anymore. What was going on? Thank God my wife was there. She helped.
They drew blood, did tests, and told me I'd have to be admitted. Some kind of infection in my leg. Nobody could point to what the infection was, exactly. Maybe I'd scratched a bug bite on my calf. Maybe our new cat scratched me and I didn't notice. Maybe Extraterrestrial Biological Entities stuck a needle in my leg instead of probing my anus. We never found out what had infected me. But it wasn't good. And it wasn't shingles. Red lines were traveling up my thigh toward my heart. Hours later I lay in a private room (luckily) with an IV in the back of my hand, pumping antibiotics into my bloodstream. I'd stay like that for eight days straight.