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Q: What is the level of interest among Chinese students in studying at Heriot-Watt's Dubai campus?
A: I had a meeting with one particular university in China recently, Tianjin Chengjian, and it was amazing how keen the students were to know more about our Dubai campus.
Q: What courses are popular with Chinese students studying at Heriot-Watt's Dubai campus?
A: Engineering and construction-related courses are very popular, as is architectural engineering. In fact we will also be offering architecture starting this September at our branch campus in Dubai. And we have been offering civil engineering for a number of years now, which is another popular course.
Q: Does this reflect the fact that so many Chinese construction firms operate in Dubai?
A: Absolutely. Chinese companies tend to employ Chinese staff, and we have a number of students who work for big construction firms who are studying for part-time Masters courses with us. For example, we offer construction project-management post-graduate programmes in the evening, meaning those students can attend classes when they finish work. We have about 20 Chinese students currently doing Masters degrees at our Dubai campus.
'In Dubai you can choose what degree you want and what education system you want – whether it's American, Australian, British, Indian or Russian'
Q: What else attracts them to Dubai?
A: We are a British university offering them a British education. But by studying here they learn about Middle Eastern culture, which gives them a tremendous advantage because later on they return to China and get jobs with companies that want to conduct business in the Middle East.
Q: How important is Dubai Week in China for Heriot-Watt in terms of attracting more Chinese students?
A: Vey important. At the moment we have 100 nationalities in our campuses, with Chinese students a relatively small proportion of the whole. If we can develop that market we'll be very happy. I was really pleased to see that KHDA [Dubai's Knowledge and Human Development Authority] is one of the event partners here. They are working hard to develop the Chinese market for education.
Q: What might surprise Chinese visitors to this event in terms of Dubai's offering?
A: Actually, the education story is probably one of the surprises. Dubai is known worldwide for tourism, construction, and development. But I don't think that its offering in the sphere of education is as well known. What people may not be aware of is the amount of work that has taken place over the last ten years in terms of the number of overseas campuses that have opened in Dubai. There are more than 30 branch campuses in the emirate. In Dubai you can choose what degree you want and what education system you want – whether it's American, Australian, British, Indian or Russian. And all the campuses are in close proximity, which means the student community gets to meet fellow students from other universities, creating a very collaborative environment.


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* I have tremendous respect for our nation's Constitution. In 12 other states around the country, including my own state of Wisconsin, there are already State protections for gun ownership during bankruptcy proceedings. When the Federal Government, and other States, already give basic protections for personal property like jewelry and musical instruments, I believe that it is fundamentally unfair to deny a second amendment protected item from being included in this list.
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Things are starting to work themselves out on the recruiting trail. It's time to start looking more intently on Oklahoma's "wish list" for the Class of 2016.
Here is an idea of where OU stands in May, the first list of the cycle. The number in parentheses indicates the number of recruits OU is looking to sign at the position for the Class of 2016. The names do not necessarily reflect OU's official board but are the best guesstimate of who OU is targeting.
Defensive end (2-3)
Committed: None.
Favorite: Cibolo (Texas) Steele's Mark Jackson. Everything is trending toward OU right now with Jackson, a Scout 300 prospect. Jackson has hinted toward wanting to make a decision here soon, but there's no real way of knowing if he will follow through with that. Jackson has been a big priority of the coaches, including Bob Stoops.
Next in line: Wichita (Kan.) East's Xavier Kelly. One of OU's recent offers but definitely one where the Sooners can absolutely make ground up in a hurry. The proximity to Wichita is always going to be a nice bonus, and he could make two visits to Norman in the next couple of months. The relationship is growing fast and furious with Diron Reynolds.
Lawrence (Kan.) High's Amani Bledsoe. One of those early offers by Jerry Montgomery, it will be up to Reynolds to make sure things stay in a good direction. Bledsoe will be battling it out with Kelly as one of the top prospects in the Sunflower State and they could both end up being lucrative targets for the Sooners.
Trophy Club (Texas) Byron Nelson's Brandon Bowen. OU would love to pull off the double with Bowen and Kellen Diesch, but the Sooners could easily end up with neither of them. Bowen's offer came a long time ago and have to think OU is a player but no idea how big of a factor at this point.
On the radar: New Orleans Edna Karr's Andre Anthony. A recent offer as well, but Reynolds is making sure Anthony realizes he's a priority. OU continues to try to make an imprint in New Orleans and Anthony seems at least initially interested in OU. Following the offer, Reynolds visited Anthony the very next week.
Hope (Ark.) High's McTelvin Agim. Arguably the 2016 prospect who had the best relationship with Montgomery and only now is Reynolds trying to get that train rolling once again. It is going to be one heck of an uphill climb with Arkansas looking like the heavy, heavy favorite.
McKinney (Texas) North's Justin Madubuike and Manor (Texas) High's Erick Fowler. Combining these two Scout 300 prospects from Texas because they're two really early offers from OU with neither who have said much of anything regarding their interest in the Sooners at this time.
Defensive tackle (1-2)
Committed: None.
Favorite: Fort Worth (Texas) All Saints Episcopal's Mike Williams. If there's one prospect where first-year coach Diron Reynolds is knocking it out of the park right now, it's with Williams. A fantastic junior day visit has only been bolstered during the spring evaluation period. OU is sitting pretty with Williams.
Next in line: Duncanville (Texas) High's Marcel Southall. OU's most recent offer at defensive tackle and could end up being one of its most crucial. Southall is picking up steam like crazy in the last couple of weeks and Reynolds is making sure the Sooners don't get left behind. The key will be to get that first campus visit. The secret's out, though, with the Alabama offer Monday evening.
Euless (Texas) Trinity's Chris Daniels. Reynolds is doing everything right with Daniels, but it might not matter anyway. TCU and Arkansas are going to be so tough to beat when it comes to Daniels, but OU has already been able to get him to campus. Reynolds has made sure Daniels realizes what a top target he is for OU.
On the radar: Houston Westside's Jordan Elliott. Pretty big longshot right now. OU's only saving grace is that OU made his initial top 10. No school seems to stand a chance against USC right now for the one-time Baylor commit. A commitment to USC seems more likely than a trip to OU as of today.
Linebacker (3-4)
Committed (1): Tulsa (Okla.) Victory Christian's Jon-Michael Terry. Surprised everybody by showing up to OU's first junior day in February, being offered and committing right then and there. Since then, his film has gotten out and nobody is really questioning OU with this one. Sooners simply ahead of the curve.
Favorite: Fresno (Calif.) Clovis West's Caleb Kelly. You want OU to land one five-star prospect for this class? Kelly is your guy. He has already visited for OU's spring game the last two seasons, and OU is doing a full-court press for Kelly. At least four coaches, including Bob Stoops, are going all-in for Kelly.
Houston Alief Elsik's Dontavious Jackson. This is going to be the biggest battle for Tim Kish in this recruiting cycle. So far Kish has pressed all the right buttons, and adding Jackson's friendship with OU linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, has the Sooners in a great spot. But all the top dogs are coming for Jackson so it won't be easy.
Next in line: New Orleans Easton Charter's Pernell Jefferson. Teammates with OU signee Arthur McGinnis, OU would love to snag another one from New Orleans. Jefferson had an incredible trip to OU for junior day but was unable to make the trip for the spring game. The offers are starting to come in for Jefferson, but OU is right where it needs to be.
Dallas South Oak Cliff's Marvin Terry. Who knows if this would have been different had Terry made OU's spring game? Maybe he would be another commitment for OU. He said OU was his dream school, and he was offered at junior day. Texas Tech is going to be the one to watch, especially with his former high school coach now on staff in Lubbock.
On the radar: Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) Los Osos' Bryce Youngquist. OK, the bad news is Youngquist wasn't shy about saying Oregon is his leader so the Ducks will be one to watch. Good news is OU continues to do everything right regarding his recruitment and has been active with him during this spring eval period.
Manvel (Texas) High's Jordan Carmouche. OU made a very nice impression on Carmouche at junior day a couple of months ago. Since then, things have been kind of quiet so tough to pinpoint where OU stands right now with the Scout 300 prospect.
Cornerback (1-2)
Committed: None.
Favorite: Sachse (Texas) High's Jared Mayden. Will OU get Mayden? We'll find out in two months at the Opening. But we definitely know OU is in the running. It sure feels like it will be the Sooners, TCU or Ohio State. Two visits in the last couple of months are a good sign as is his quickly developing relationship with Kerry Cooks.
Next in line: Miami (Okla.) Northeastern Oklahoma A&M's Maurice Chandler. After Mayden, the most realistic choices start looking like junior college targets. Nobody is going to stand out more than Chandler, who was a top OU target back for the 2013 class when he was at Lawton. OU and Nebraska look to be the early schools to beat here, but we'll see.
Kilgore (Texas) CC's J'Marcus Rhodes. This is one of those gut feelings that a spring eval offer is going to pay off in the end. Rhodes has real interest in OU, and it sure feels like the Sooners will take at least one junior college cornerback for the class. Rhodes could definitely be that guy.
On the radar: Houston Alief Taylor's Benjie Franklin. A very curious recruit here as Franklin hasn't said much one way or another regarding his recruitment. But Franklin does come from a school where OU has done well so it's hard to see OU not being a factor going forward.
The interesting thing will be if any of OU's offers on the east coast pan out. Not enough evidence to put any of them in this bunch, but they'll be names to monitor in the upcoming months.
Safety (1-2)
Committed: None.
Favorite: Shreveport (La.) Calvary Baptist's Chanse Sylvie. The battle is on for the Sooners against some SEC schools that are trying to make a strong push. OU has done well in getting Sylvie to campus twice. The third time could be the charm. The lingering question is all about if OU can get that third trip.
Edmond (Okla.) Santa Fe's Calvin Bundage. Seems like an open-and-shut case here, right? No. 1 prospect within the state, offered early by OU, no-brainer? Not quite so fast. Yes, the Sooners are absolutely sitting pretty right now. But a very interesting offer from Michigan is going to make this one worth watching.
Next in line: Dallas Wilmer-Hutchins' Demarkus Acy. A recent offer by OU, this one seems like it should end up going in OU's favor. Acy is getting offers across the board from the Big 12, and it feels like one trip to Norman would end this in a hurry. Another recruit where Kerry Cooks is doing a great job of making things click nice and early.
On the radar: Nashville (Tenn.) Father Ryan's JoeJuan Williams. Only in this list because of his phenomenal relationship with Cooks. The early offer was nice, but there has been nothing since to indicate OU is a real player with Williams.


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African leaders held a rare fund-raiser in Ethiopia Thursday in a bid to plug a $1.1 billion shortfall in aid for millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades.
Only four heads of state -- African Union chairman Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Djiboutian President Ismael Omar Guelleh and Somali leader Sharif Sheikh Ahmed -- were present at the start of the meeting.
The fund-raising conference is the first of its kind by the pan-African body, which has so far pledged only a tiny fraction of the sums needed to deliver relief to the region.
"We are still not reaching all the people who need help, and the crisis still has not peaked. The cost in human suffering will rise even higher. We must do all that we can to stop the acceleration," UN deputy secretary general Asha Rose Migiro said.
"The future of an entire generation hangs in the balance," she told the conference.
"We don't want words, we want action," said Noureddine Mezni, the AU commission spokesman, calling for contributions to plug the $1.1 billion funding shortfall.
A total of $2.4 billion (1.6 billion euros) is required to assist the 12.4 million drought victims. The AU has pledged $500,000.
The AU's envoy to Somalia, the former Ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings appealed to both African governments and private sector.
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The Horn of Africa is suffering its worst drought in decades which, combined with conflict and resource mismanagement in Somalia, has led to what the UN describes as the world's worst unfolding humanitarian disaster.
The world body for the first time this century has declared a state of famine in five Somali regions and said it could spread to engulf the country's entire south.
The drought has also left millions in parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda facing starvation.
A pan-African fundraising campaign, Africans Act 4 Africa, criticised African governments and the AU for not responding quickly enough to a crisis that blew up two months ago.
So far, African governments have pledged $21 million, but only from a few countries, the fundraising group said in a statement, adding that Africa should offer a minimum of $50 million.
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European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton also Wednesday urged world governments to meet a "moral obligation" and increase emergency aid to the drought-hit Horn of Africa.
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|2010-08-06, 12:57
|Link #41
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Hungary
Age: 33
Character art is still strange, but this trailer is a lot more promising than the 1st one.
Animation is top quality (at least in the trailer).
Looks like many things happening story wise and it's just the first(?) ova. 45 min. runtime?
|2010-08-06, 16:33
|Link #42
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 30
Also it's funny how the new trailer spoilers so much of the chapter it's going to cover.
|2010-10-08, 22:28
|Link #44
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
What's up~~~ Day before was the sale of OAD and ... second OAD is coming april next year =P along with the sale of volume 10 (wonder if we see a 3rd one with release of volume 11 =P).
Homepage has the announcement. Here's the product page for release of volume 10 and staff list. Everything is relatively the same, only the OP and ED group changed as well as the storyboard writer.
|2010-10-11, 05:54
|Link #47
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Australia
From the opening alone, seems that the animation and style is nicer but I still can't seem to like the character designs (Mariabelle, what have they DONE to you =[), really doesn't look like Yasuda Suzuhito's style. Tbh, some parts of the OP felt like I was watching a doujin animation on nico. Whether that's in a good way or a bad way, I'm still not sure. The song's sorta growing on me after a few watches.
|2010-10-11, 08:52
|Link #48
Che! Che! Che!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brazil
Age: 27
Seriously though: I've been following the fans' reactions (western ones, I should actually see what the japanese think about it) over the Internet and it worries me that 99% of them are unable to say anything other than "the art is different from Yasuda Suzuhito's!". Alright, we get it. It's different, but that doesn't mean it's bad. Personally speaking here, I quite like ryochimo's take on it. Rin looks cute, Akina is actually recognizable now, and not just another Mikado/<insert character with dark short hair here drawn by Yasuda>. Same goes for Touka.
That aside, though, let's go beyond character designs. The first series was plagued with stills everywhere. It was a pain to watch, seeing as I'd like to have some actual animation on my animated series.This one? It has all-around great production values, the animation is very well done throughout the whole episode, and you still get the bonus of having some great scenes. Rin's dynamic noodle catching, Yae kicking the burglars' asses and Rin going berserk all looked awesome. Definitely the work of some talented key animators there.
Then there's the actual adaptation job. They handled the material perfectly, hardly any boring moment with unncessary exposition and talking heads. The story is faithful to the manga and next DVD the Hoshi no Umi arc will kick off. The music was - and now this was the first season's saving grace - spot-on as well, with Suemitsu doing a fine job. The piano bits sounded great, as expected. And so on. It's hard to find any real complaints about a show that was this well produced, and it really bugs me that people are ditching it solely because of how they changed the character design a bit.
But oh well. I guess I'll never understand the way the fans' heads work. All in all, though, the above is how I feel about this first episode. To sum it up, I enjoyed it, yes, and I can't wait until February for the 2nd episode. Now god allow it to be longer, because these 28 minutes passed far too fast, and having to wait months is the only con that this OAD format has.
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|2010-10-11, 09:45
|Link #49
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Australia
I did say "seems that the animation and style is nicer" before going on about the designs. That's virtually the only thing I'm not very comfortable with in the ova. Everything else is good or even better, hence the nicer animation and style portion of my post. I don't even think anyone else here has actually expressed worry about the adaptation job itself. I certainly didn't.
On the subject of character design, I'm not one of those who go "they changed it so it sucks now" regarding adaptations, this is very much my own personal preference speaking. Had I never had exposure Yasuda Suzuhito's work, I'd still find the designs to be not quite my liking except I wouldn't harp on it as much as I currently have. Also fyi, I hold the doujin animation scene in rather high regard, both in and out of nico, so comparing it to that is by no means an insult. What I meant by some parts were mostly about the look like the lineart background at the beginning, somewhat flat colouring and slightly rougher lines. You could say Ryo-chimo's visual style itself makes me think of doujin animation, except with far more fluidity and choreography and to me most of the time it's not a bad thing.
Hell, there were parts of the OP I loved (The brief fight + tuning of the fallen lizard, Hime slapping her scarf around Akina's head and overall direction, to anme a few.) that I was planning on commenting on when I've finished watching the whole thing.
Long story short, no one's ditching it just because of the designs. We just don't quite like them, but that's it. It's Yozakura Quartet, it's gonna take a lot to make me dismiss anything related to it. So I dislike the new look, but other than that I have no real complaints. Heck, if I hadn't used up my hobby funds the past few months I'd have purchased vol.9 with the OVA by now. Only speaking for myself, I do admit I have been beating on the chara design dislike like a dead horse (here and elsewhere) so I'll apologise that much.
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|2010-10-11, 19:55
|Link #50
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: France
Age: 28
To my mind his OAD is really great specially for a first direction.
ryo-chimo was the principal reason for which I looked forward to checking out this OAD since I'm a fan of his works like his scenes in Noein or his chara-design and animation supervision for Birdy series.
People accustomed to Yasuda's design may be repulsed by the fluffy art but I think this design is great.
Needless to say the animation is gorgeous and fits the dynamism of the manga.
Many people tend to give priority to design and in preference something very close to the original source (just take a recent example like Naruto Shippuden 167 by Atsushi Wakabayashi) than animation. So people who read the manga will have difficulties to bear ryo-chimo's design which isn't close to Yasuda's art even if the animation is good.
But let's rather talk about the OAD itself.
Opening directed by ryo-chimo is visually and musically pretty cool. It's indeed well animated, we've nice animators like Shingo Yamashita (the part when Hime holds a bar ?). I love the fact they use the illustration with their black suits.
Spoiler for 1st OAD:
So in a nutshell we have great animation and something close to the source but with a value-added and the Rin's dynamic noodle catching mentionned by Blue-kun can illustrate this.
I'm sad it's just an OADs series instead of TV series and April seems so far...
|2010-10-13, 05:43
|Link #52
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Australia
I could watch Yae waltzing through the city all day. Once you get past the initial adjusting to new designs phase, OAD was superbly done. There were some really nice shots where the designs stood out well though. I have zero complaints about Zakuro's look, which imo was the best. Production was really high level. Lots of dynamic movement and angles, with much livelier camera work. Music is good as well, took a few listens to like the OP but the ED was instant love. The use of photos of what I presume is the real life Sakurashin was a neat choice to go with Rin running. I wish it were longer though, a lot of nice scenes had to be changed/cut. The way the events leading to the final scene unfolded in particular, but I suppose it was a necessary change due to constraints. Can't wait for some real action to kick in, which will have to wait till next year ;_;. Hopefully I'll be able to buy it this time.
|2010-10-23, 18:36
|Link #53
Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kagurazaka, Tokyo
Weighing in late, I thought this was excellent. It really calls to mind what an awful job the TV series did adapting the material. Though the look was quite different from the manga I thought the essence of the character designs were somehow closer than the TV were - but even if you don't buy that I still liked them in their own merits. Everything about the look of this OAD was sharper, stranger and more interesting than the series. All in all this is a really nice debut as director by Ryochimo.
|2010-10-24, 03:47
|Link #54
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 30
I'm still not pleased they changed the character designs, but ah well. The manga is best for it's slice of life chapters, and that's what the first episode was. Plus, added foreshadowing of the upcoming arc was nicely done.
|2010-10-24, 04:56
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Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 30
|2010-10-24, 04:56
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Yo-poko! O_O
Join Date: Jul 2008
Yeah I wasn't too fond of the character designs, the characters look a bit childish. Although there was nothing childish about Juri and her nurse uniform...damn. Anyways, I did find the episode somewhat enjoyable even though they changed some things, it was still okay. Will be checking out to see how closely they'll follow the manga.
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Hi one of my users is geting the following error and is unable to connect to their home share other network drives are also intermittently loosing connection . The profile loads correctly on other machines.
Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service
Date: 16/02/2012 13:40:56
Event ID: 1521
Task Category: None
Level: Error
User: Computer:
Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is attempting to log you on with your local profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied to the server when you log off. This error may be caused by network problems or insufficient security rights.
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Feb 17, 2012 at 4:30 UTC
Login as an Admin and delete the user's profile from that computer. Since its working fine on other computers. The profile of the user is fine from the server side. Its just the profile stored on the machine that is the problem. Delete that and let the user log in back again
Feb 17, 2012 at 4:38 UTC
I have already tried that issue still occurs
Feb 17, 2012 at 4:44 UTC
It sounds networking to me - On the faulty machine:-
Have you verified that IP is configured correctly and that the NSLOOKUP resolves the correct server on the correct address?
Can you browse to the correct share and folder on that server?
Just an idea...
Feb 17, 2012 at 4:54 UTC
yes its resolving correctly. you can browse to the share where the user profiles are stored but when you go into the users folder it appears empty when trying this from another machine the folder contains docs etc. We have had this issue before with another user we ended up formating the machine the user has not had the issue since. so i guess that rules out a problem with the physical network card ?
Feb 17, 2012 at 5:13 UTC
Check the event viewer . are you getting Userenv error Event ID 1054." Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer"
Feb 17, 2012 at 5:22 UTC
This sounds like a corrupt profile.
Couple of things to try:
Try creating a new user in AD and logon to the users PC and see if the problem goes away. If it doesn't then see below:
On the server:
Rename their existing profile folder on the network. Create a new folder with a slightly different name even to the original folder and amend in Active Directory to point to the new folder. Don't copy any of the contents over yet. Check permissions on the profile folder so that the user has full control.
On the local PC:
Rename the local profile folder to a slightly different name. Don't create a new one.
Show hidden files/folders and rename the 'default user' folder. If there is a TEMP folder also rename this.
Don't delete anything until you are sure you have backups of the users data.
Feb 17, 2012 at 5:32 UTC
If the folder's contents are visible on one machine and not on the other, with the same user loged on, you can rule out NTFS security and so on but the question remains "Are you looking at the live folder from both machines?"
Is Folder Caching turned on here? Or is this folder part of a DFS structure?
Just a thought...
Feb 17, 2012 at 7:05 UTC
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1-create a backup copy of affected profile on the affected machine and in profile store.
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Let's get to the point: Sugar is toxic! Sugar? Some sugar? Most sugar? All sugar? Toxic? Well, we will say that refined sugar in any significant quantity is toxic to many human bodies, and it certainly helps make many bodies fat. Moreover, significant quantities of sugar are derived in our digestive system from carbohydrates and starches. Certain of these foods cause a definite strain on the health of the body, probably the mind, and certainly the waistline. Fructose, sugar in fruit, will not normally hurt you, but eaten at the wrong time or in the wrong combinations can create both digestive and metabolic problems. Therefore, what we are recommending is a low-sugar diet. Surprisingly, that cannot be achieved simply by putting away your sugar canister.
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An exciting new challenge exists for a suitably skilled Communications and Engagement Manager with Arrow XL. About Arrow XL Arrow XL are the leading shared-user 2-man home delivery company in the UK. They deliver 2 million consignments per year and they are growing. With a 25 year history, they have performed over 20 million deliveries on behalf of leading retailers and manufacturers. Their business commitment is to client management and partnership, developing solutions to meet the changing needs of the retail industry, investing in new technology and services. About the Role Arrow XL are on a journey. As a growing Business with a bright future they are looking to attract a Communications and Engagement Manager t o champion and facilitate effective communication with their employees. To encourage collaboration and the effective sharing of information amongst their employees, creating a sense of pride in working for Arrow XL. Reporting into the People and Support Service Director, this broad role will evolve with you and will ask you to: Design and deliver an integrated and actionable internal communications plan to convey company strategy, explain and reinforce business practices, support cultural change, and communicate people-related initiatives and issues to internal audiences. Support the CEO and Executive team with their internal communication requirements Provide expert advice and guidance to the Management teams to enable them to develop and deliver an annual internal communication plan Manage the effective distribution and collation of the people engagement survey project with follow up once data is received Define, develop and deliver dynamic internal communications using a variety of channels to reach the national audience Implement robust measurement approaches to measure effectiveness of internal communications, facilitating workshops and applying other research tools, and producing insight which identifies key issues Work with the HR team to support the people plan and communication associated with this. Establish effective relationships across all levels through consultancy, influencing, engagement and coaching. Plan and manage the Company annual events calendar. About the Person The Communications and Engagement Manager will be able to develop this role from inception. Key traits of a successful candidate will be: · Self starter with a positive attitude Strong planning and organisation skills Communications and engagement knowledge Digital communications channel knowledge Excellent writing skills and the ability to simplify messages and translate into compelling stories Ability and confidence to influence and challenge at all levels Focused and determined to deliver to a high standard Flexible and adaptable to work in an extremely fast paced business and 'industrial' culture Value driven with high integrity Used to delivering change Open and collaborative listener Able to travel nationally (4 sites) What is on offer Salary between £35,000 - £45,000 car allowance and benefits If you feel ready to grow your career with a new challenge and feel confident to develop a role then do not hesitate to submit your CV today. Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Robert Walters. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/66756386


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Jagdeo slams SARU claim about billions
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today lambasted claims by the State Assets Recovery Unit that the country lost up to $313b per annum in corruption and illicit capital flight among other causes while the PPP/C was in office.
A statement from Jagdeo's office follows:
The State Asset Recovery Bill, Bill No. 3 of 2017 was tabled on January 30, 2017 and the administrative State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) in the Ministry of the Presidency has been silent in defending or even answering the many criticisms made of the bill in the media.
Coincidentally on February 16, 2016, the day of the opening of the CARICOM Heads of Government Conference in Guyana, today's media ran stories emanating from the SARU in defense of the bill.
As a result of the SARU's statement, one headline screamed "SARU says country was bleeding $313B per annum", another shouted that "$306 B per year stolen under the PPP" whilst the third exclaimed that "Guyana was losing $300B annually through corruption under the PPP."
In an economy of $600B, these repeated lies perpetuated ad nausem by the 82 year old Clive Thomas, Head of SARU, are laughable. According to Thomas's figures half of the economy was lost annually to corruption. If $300B were lost annually due to corruption then the APNU/AFC government should have saved $600B ( USD $3 B ) in the almost 2 years in office. Could Clive Thomas advise if this is so?
We need not remind everyone that Guyana under the PPP/C government achieved eight (8) consecutive years of positive economic growth, one of only two (2) countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
These claims, repeated lies in fact, have never been substantiated. After 45 forensic audits in the last 20 months costing the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars with hand-picked auditors and the sole objective of finding the state assets, money and property, that the APNU/AFC government and Clive Thomas allege were stolen by the former PPP/C government, these findings have delivered not the bonanza they have obsessed about but instead delivered a "mouse". Two interesting little findings were uncovered—the first was the grand figure of USD $3,500 from GO-INVEST and the other $8,500USD from the New Guyana Marketing Corporation!
It is the PPP/C parliamentary opposition which brought a motion in 2016 calling for all Members of Parliament to publicly declare their income tax declarations for the past 10 years which was defeated by the APNU/AFC government. The government even defeated an amendment calling on all MPs to comply with the Integrity Commission Act and to also make those declarations for the last 10 years public.
Their refusal to support the amended motion is no mystery – since the enactment of the Integrity Commission Act, 2000, the PNC MPs have never complied with the Act. More telling is that the APNU/AFC government has made no effort in the last 20 months to appoint the Integrity Commission and most recently have moved all the records of the Office of the Integrity Commission to the Ministry of the Presidency and sent home all the staff.
The SARU was created explicitly to target and intimidate PPP leaders and members, and, as practice has shown members of the business community; its objective is vindictive and its practices violate the Guyana Constitution. The State Assets Recovery Bill before the National Assembly intends to enshrine these violations.
If the APNU/AFC government was genuine in going after corruption and protecting state assets why has the SARU taken no action on any of the 26 scandals that have taken place in the 21 months of this government's term? If one chooses just a few of these scandals that have been publicly exposed – Durban Park Development Project, the Sussex Street Drug Bond, the multi-million settlements to the financiers of their 2015 electoral campaign using billions of dollars of tax payers money estimated modestly at over $80B, the silence and inaction of the SARU speaks volumes of its real agenda. Unashamed, this government is prepared to squander and raid the treasury to return the political investment of their electoral financiers.
The Parliamentary opposition continues to reiterate its demand that an international firm be hired to track down state assets held abroad by current and former government officials, as well as those managing public entities. The APNU/AFC government and its SARU "henchmen" remain silent on this matter. If there was a genuine desire to go after misappropriated assets, as is being alleged, then why has the government not acted?
SARU's baseless unsubstantiated allegations once again expose the APNU/AFC Coalition Government's intention of witch-hunting political opponents, destroying reputations and intimidating members of the business community.
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The modern recipe for vocational training begins with partnerships between industry, education and workforce development. However, it's the right application of technology that provides the secret ingredient in delivering training to meet the individual learning styles of students across a wide range of learning, language and reading skills. In turn, qualified workers are prepared to meet the skilled labor needs of industry and the trades.
This is exactly what is happening at the Energy Innovation Center (EIC) in Pittsburgh, which began operations late in 2014 at the former home of Connelley Trade School. Founded by Robert Meeder, Ph.D., president of Pittsburgh Gateways Corp., the Energy Innovation Center acquired the 6.7 acre campus located in downtown Pittsburgh in 2011. Its mission: To contribute to socially responsible workforce development, foster energy and sustainable technologies advancement, assist in job creation through a commitment to diversity, innovation and comprehensive education across the entire spectrum of the energy industry.
An important part of its mission includes providing workforce development training for at-risk populations, including women, minorities, veterans and disenfranchised young adults, and it sources workforce development for employers. Central to the effort of "dragging instructor-led training into the 21st century," a phrase repeated by several people interviewed for this article, is the creation of a learning curriculum based on emerging technologies. United Academy, the training arm of United Rentals, and Serious Labs Inc., a simulator and game-based industrial training developer, are partnering in the creation of curriculum for the EIC. The curriculum makes use of gaming, simulation, short-form video and mobile methods that are wrapped up in adaptable and measurable content.
One of the workforce training programs developed by the EIC is called the Energy Safety Passport, which is designed to standardize basic worker safety awareness and competencies in the upstream energy industry.
"The concept for the Energy Safety Passport began with energy producers working together to standardize safety and environment training," said Rich DiClaudio, an EIC founding board member and officer.
DiClaudio also is EIC's director of corporate workforce development. The Energy Safety Passport program is designed to streamline site access approvals for workers, vendors and subcontractors.
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"Not everyone can comprehend information in the same way," said Jim Dorris, vice president of environmental, health and safety for United Rentals. "Blended learning transcends those disparities and bridges the generational divide between baby boomers still in the workforce and incoming millennial workers."
This is a concept United Rentals has been deploying at United Academy for several years.
"There's inherent risk associated with the products we rent, whether in the transportation, operation or application," said Dorris, adding that safety is a core value at United Rentals. The organization follows the principle that it has a moral duty to offer its customers and the industry at large training that could reduce that risk.
"There's a reason why video games and virtual reality are so prominent in our society. It's complete immersion in an environmental experience that can't be replicated except in real life," he said. But real life in heavy industry, such as oil and gas production, comes with inherent risk, so immersive environmental instruction provides a risk-free way for workers to learn.
Introducing current technology in learning allows various interactions with the material, and also provides new methods of assessing students while keeping them engaged. Because instructors can assess competency along the way, teaching becomes more effective, he said.
"With the right tools, it becomes possible to teach complex concepts in a simple way," added Dorris.
Prior to partnering with United Rentals, United Academy and Serious Labs, the EIC spent about five months meeting with HSE leaders from within the oil and gas community. The challenge was creating training that meets the needs of a diverse population: individuals with graduate level education, individuals who have no formal secondary education, individuals who speak English as a second language and to provide a common jumping off point for all producers/contractors in the region.
"We knew from the beginning that our approach to learning was a very good way to address all of these diverse people in an efficient way," said DiClaudio. "Mixed media learning has a proven track record for being effective and demonstrates strong metrics for student retention of information. This led to our partnership with United Academy and Serious Labs, which has established expertise in this area."


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Brazilian Instruments And Impressionist Art
The Brooklyn Museum of Art's anual summer jazz series, in its 14th year, begins today and will run for three consecutive Sundays.
This year's series, ''In the Natural World,'' explores the use of objects like the Brazilian berimbau, a single stringed gourd, and the conch shell as musical instruments. Today's show will feature Stefon Harris, the Blue Note recording artist; next Sunday's show stars a Brazilian trio playing on handmade instruments; and, finally, Steve Turre, trombonist, and his group, the Sanctified Shells, will play on Aug. 29.
Those whose feet aren't too tired from dancing can check out the current exhibition at the museum, ''Impressionists in Winter,'' open until 6 P.M. on Sundays.
''In the Natural World,'' Sunday, Aug. 15, 22 and 29, 3 P.M.; Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway, at Prospect Park; adults, $8; members, students and people over 65, $6; (718) 638-5000, ext. 230.
Dipping, Printing And Storytelling in Ponds
It's ''Ponderrific Week'' at the New York Botanical Garden and that means hands-on activities for the whole family, including craft making, learning sessions with scientists and nature guides and pond dipping. A 12-acre children's adventure garden features three giant mazes and insect topiaries, a wildflower meadow, a vegetable garden, and ponds spread throughout the grounds.Continue reading the main story
This week the focus is on ponds. Though some scheduled events vary daily, each day one can press pond plant specimens and create art with them, perform chemical tests to see what happens to oxygen in pond water, do water color paintings and use microscopes and pond-dipping tools to study bugs, salamanders and plant life in ponds.
Afternoon storytelling -- ''Pond Stories From Around the World'' -- is scheduled from 2 to 3 P.M. daily for those who need a break from the outdoor action.
''Ponderrific Week,'' through Saturday but closed Monday; the New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, the Bronx; admission to all events and the garden grounds: adults, $10; students and people over 65, $7.50; children 2 to 12, $4; (718) 817-8700.
When Silver Was a Gift For Deeds and Victories
Like heavy metal that's easy on the ears? ''Glimmers of the Past,'' an exhibition of antique silver objects from the collection of the New-York Historical Society, is now on display there.
Silver presentation pieces that were commissioned to mark important events or honorable deeds are being shown to provide a visual history of New York City and to offer a shining reflection of the past.
For example, one can see the water pitcher that was presented to an alderman for his actions during the cholera epidemic in 1832, and a yachting trophy by William F. Ladd, from an 1846 regatta of the New York Yacht Club. It was the club's first regatta to be limited to amateur members, those without paid crews.
''Glimmers of the Past,'' Tuesday to Sunday 11 A.M. to 5 P.M; through Dec. 5; the New-York Historical Society, 2 West 77th Street at Central Park West; adults, $5; students and people over 65, $3; (212) 873-3400.
CHINESE STUDENT MUSICAL -- To celebrate the 90th anniversary of their school, some of the 3,000 pupils at the New York Chinese School are putting on a musical performance, accompanied by their string orchestra, at the Taipei Theater; Saturday, 2:30 P.M.; Taipei Theater, in the McGraw-Hill Building at Rockefeller Center, 1221 Avenue of the Americas; $10; for box office information, call (212) 226-3321.
SKITCH AND THE POPS -- The Snug Harbor Cultural Center is playing host to a New York Pops concert with Skitch Henderson, the founder and music director of the Pops; today 5 P.M.; South Meadow, Snug Harbor, Staten Island; free, no tickets necessary; for directions or more information call (718) 448-2500.
LIVING TRAILER ART -- Dancing in the Streets presents the Eiko and Koma Caravan Project, a living installation created by two Japanese-born choreographers that takes place inside a U-Haul type trailer. It is set to the backdrop of an a capella choir and the sights and sounds of New York City; Thursday and Friday at Bryant Park, 42d Street at Avenue of the Americas; Saturday and next Sunday at Tompkins Square Park, Seventh Street at Avenue A; 9 P.M. to 11 P.M; free; (212) 625-3505.
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