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In the strange times we are living through, keeping fit is going to be so important.
My regular Saturday sessions at Harrold Odell Park at 9:30 are continuing and I'm hoping to add more sessions very soon. I think this especially important, as its a matter of time before gyms close down soon as they are breeding grounds for the virus. The shared equipment and mats can harbour Covid 19 for two to three days.
Given that Covid 19 is highly infectious, I have asked all my regulars to ensure that they exercise at a 2 metre distance from each other. In addition, we won't be having any pair or team exercises, nor will we be using any shared kit.
As we may all soon be told to stay in as much as possible, the danger is that we will just slump in front of Netflix and our fitness will suffer.
So what better way to blow away those cobwebs than to exercise in the great outdoors and meet some great friends, which will also help with your mental wellbeing. Vitally important as we spend more time on our own.
Being outside is the important part of this. The fresh air and vitamin D is so beneficial and even if it's your one hour outside the house, it's safe as long as you follow the latest government guidelines.
The body produces endorphins when you work out. The first thing you might think of when it comes to exercise is what is commonly known as "runner's high." This describes the release of endorphins that your brain experiences when you physically exert yourself. Endorphins are a type of neurotransmitter, or chemical messenger. They help relieve pain and stress.
So you will feel better in yourself, it will help with your mood and mental wellbeing and best of all – you will have fun. Now that is really something we are all going to need in the next few weeks and months.
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Hiring a new employee for most companies is a straightforward process. You know the drill.
Candidates apply for positions, participate in phone screens and testing, and then attend an interview. Interviews are generally with the hiring manager (but sometimes include another independent person). Following successful interviews, reference checks are normally conducted and assuming nothing untoward is discovered, an offer made to candidates.
This recruitment process has been the norm for decades and for the most part is successful. But is it the best way to recruit top talent that will stay and grow with your organisation?
Removing the hiring manager?
This subject greatly intrigues me and led me to exploring what top companies might be doing differently in the hiring space. My research came across our good friends at Google, who, as we know, make it their business to turn traditional practices on their head.
Google's novel way to hire employees is to remove the hiring manager from the final decision-making process. Interestingly, this approach may mean that not only the candidate but also the hiring managers could be anxiously waiting by a phone to find out if the candidate has been successful or not.
At Google, final hiring decisions have been delegated to an independent hiring committee, who make decisions based entirely on the contents of a 'hiring pack'. This pack contains all the information collected about a candidate during the recruitment process.
So what are the benefits of this approach?
- It helps removes unconscious bias
- It ensures hiring decisions are made purely on a candidate's skills and experience and not because of personal relationships.
- It slows down the recruitment process and ensures that decisions are made based on a candidate's merit and not just to fill a gap.
- It also broadens the recruitment spectrum, in that a hiring manager might be recruiting for now, but a hiring committee may be recruiting for their future workforce and the changing needs of the organisation.
A bold new way to recruit
Could we take this concept even further, and consider remove the hiring manager from the recruitment process altogether? Imagine a situation where the first time you meet your new employee is on their first day. For many managers this would present a scary scenario and not one they would want to see eventuate. For others, it might be a welcome relief, particularly if recruitment is just not their 'bag'.
What if you're a lousy recruiter?
Just because you're a good manager doesn't necessarily mean you are good at recruitment. Recruitment is a specialist field, and while many dabble in it, it may not always result in a successful outcome for either party. It reminds me of the adage: 'putting a round peg in a square hole.'
The answer to this could well be to remove yourself from the process altogether and let someone else find your talent for you. While recruitment might not be your speciality, it could be a passion of others who voluntarily sit together on hiring panels to recruit for the organisation.
Can assessing cultural fit be outsourced?
But can recruitment really be done by someone completely unrelated to the position being recruited for? Certainly technical skills can be assessed independently against qualitative benchmarks, but what about cultural fit? Professional working relationships go two ways after all; the fit must be right for both parties.
As much as a manager wants an employee to be the right fit, a prospective employee wants the same: to know that the manager is the right fit for them. How can either party know this if they don't meet until after the recruitment process is complete?
Personality testing can help assess a candidate's cultural fit and give insight into their emotional resilience, but it's a one-way street. It doesn't give the candidate any insight into the person they will be working for. In a tight employment market where candidates are in the driving seat, they can afford to be choosy. It's not just the company they work for but also who they work for.
It would seem we are more prepared to outsource the hiring decision to an independent party but less inclined as managers to absolve ourselves of recruitment entirely. There are just somethings you cannot delegate!
Until next time…

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R. C. Hagwood, J. Bernal, M. Halter, J. Elliott, T. Brennan (2013)Testing Equality of Cell Populations Based on Shape and Geodesic DistanceIEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 32(12) 2230-2237
K.W. Phinney, R.C. Hagwood, et al (2013)Development of a Standard Reference Material for MetabolomicsAnal Chem 85(24) 11732-11738
R. C. Hagwood, J. Bernal, M. Halter, J. Elliott (2012)Evaluation of Segmentation Algorithms on Cell Populations Using CDF CurvesIEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 31(2) 380-390
R. C. Hagwood (2009)
An Application of the Residue Calculus: The Distribution of the Sum of Nonhomogeneous Gamma Variates
The American Statistician 63(1) 37-39
R. C. Hagwood, G. W. Mulholland, M. K. Donnelly, V. A. Hackley, D. Y. Pui (2006)
Measurement of 100 nm and 60 nm Particle Standards by Differential Mobility Analysis
Aerosol Science and Technology
R. C. Hagwood (2006)
First Entrance of DNA into a Nanopore
Journal of Physical Chemistry
B. Toman, A. Hornikova, R. C. Hagwood, H. Liu, N. Zhang, E. Garboczi, J. Bullard (2006)
Uncertainty Analysis for Virtual Cement Measurement
Proceedings of the section of Physical and Engineering Science of American Statistical Association, 147 - 149
R. C. Hagwood, W. F. Guthrie (2006)
Combining Data in Small Multiple Method Studies
Technometrics 48(2) 293-302
H. Liu, R. C. Hagwood, N. Zhang (2004)
Comparisons of Bayesian approaches to combining results from multiple methods
Proceedings of the 2004 Measurement Science Conference
K. Ehara, G. W. Mulholland, R. C. Hagwood
Determination of Arbitrary Moments of Aerosol Size Distributions from Measurements with a Differential Mobility Analyzer
Aerosol Science and Technology 32, pp 434-452
R. C. Hagwood, R. Clough, R. J. Fields
Estimation of the Stress-Threshold for the Weibull Inverse Power Law
IEEE Transactions on Reliability 48(2) 176-181
A. Hornikova, B. Toman, R. C. Hagwood, H. Liu, N. Zhang, E. Garboczi, J. Bullard (2006)
Sensitivity Analysis of VCCTL Measurements to Various Input Quantities
Proceedings of the Section of Physical and Engineering Science of American Statistical Association, 1732 - 1734
R. C. Hagwood, K. L. Stricklett, O. Petersons (2004)
Operating Characteristics of the Proposed Sampling Plans for Testing Distribution Transformers
NIST Technical Note 1456
Margolis, S.A. and R.C. Hagwood (2003)
The Determination of Water in Crude Oil and Transformer Oil Reference Materials
Anal Bioanal Chem 360(2), 260-269
R. C. Hagwood, D. Shepherd, R. J. Fields (2001)
Evaluation of the Elevated Temperature Creep Strength of Three Lead-Free Solder Alloys in Soldered Joints
Journal of Testing and Evaluation 29, pp 380-386
R. C. Hagwood, L. S. Rosenthal (2001)
Reliability of conformance tests
IEEE Transactions on Reliability vol.50, no.2 , 2001
J. H. Yen, D. Banks, P. E. Black, L. J. Gallagher, R. C. Hagwood, R. N. Kacker, L. S. Rosenthal (1999)
Software Testing: Protocol Comparison
Proceedings of International Software Assurance Certification Conference, Chantilly, VA 1999
R. C. Hagwood, Y. Sivathanu, G. W. Mulholland (1999)
The DMA Transfer Function with Brownian Motion, a Trajectory/Monte Carlo Approach
Aerosol Science and Technology, 30, 40-61
R. C. Hagwood, R. N. Kacker, J. H. Yen, D. Banks, L. S. Rosenthal, L. J. Gallagher, P. E. Black (1998)
Software Testing by Statistical Methods
The Eleventh International Software Quality Week, San Francisco, CA, May 26-29, 1998., Session 8, pp 2-19
R. C. Hagwood, R. N. Kacker, J. H. Yen, D. Banks, L. S. Rosenthal, L. J. Gallagher, P. E. Black (1998)
Reliability of Conformance Tests
COMPSAC98, The Twenty-Second Annual International Computer Software & Applications Conference, Vienna Austria, August 19-21, 1998, pp 368-372
K. Ehara, R. C. Hagwood, K. J. Coakley (1996)
Novel Method to Classify Aerosol Particles According to Their Mass-to-Charge Ratio-Aerosol Particle Mass Analyzer
Bulletin of NRML 45, 265-282
K. Ehara, R. C. Hagwood, K. J. Coakley (1996)
Novel Method to Classify Aerosol Particles According to Their Mass-to-Charge Ratio
Journal of Aerosol Science, 27, 2, pp. 217-234
R. N. Kacker, N. Zhang, R. C. Hagwood (1996) Real-Time Control of a Measurement Process
Metrologia, 33, 433-445
R. C. Hagwood, K. J. Coakley, K. Ehara (1995)
Stochastic Modeling of a New Spectrometer
Journal of Aerosol Science and Technology, 23, pp. 611-627
K. Ehara, R. C. Hagwood, K. J. Coakley (1995)
Motion of Charged Aerosol Particles Under Coexistence of Electrostatic and Centrifugal Forces
Journal of Aerosol Research, Japan, 10, 1
S. Yudaya, R. C. Hagwood, E. Simiu (1995)
Exits in Multistable Systems Excited by Coin-Toss Square-Wave Dichotomous Noise: A Chaotic Dynamics Approach
Physical Review E 52, 4669-4675
D. P. Bentz, J. G. Hwang, E. J. Garboczi, K. Synder, R. C. Hagwood, N. Buenfeld, K. Scrivener (1994)
Interfacial Zone Percolation in Concrete: Effects of Interfacial Zone Thickness and Aggregate Shape
Materials Science Society
J. Galambos, R. C. Hagwood (1994)
An Unreliable Server Characterization on the Exponential Distribution
Journal of Applied Probability 31, 274-279
E. Simiu, R. C. Hagwood (1994)
Exists in Second Order Nonlinear Systems Driven by Dichotomous Noise
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Stochastic Mechanics, Spanos, P. O. and Shinozaka, M.
M. L. Pollack, R. C. Hagwood, C. M. Croarkin (1993)
Surveillance Schemes with Applications to Mass Calibration
R. C. Hagwood (1992)
The Calibration Problem as an Ill-Posed Inverse Problem
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 31, 179-185
J. Galambos, R. C. Hagwood (1992)
The Characterization of Distribution Function by the Second Moments of the Residual Life
Commun. Statist.-Theory and Methods 21, 1463-1468
R. C. Hagwood (1990)
A Mathematical Treatment of the Spherical Stereology
M. T. Souders, R. C. Hagwood, G. Yang (1990)
The Effects of Timing Jitter in Sampling Systems
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, 39, 80-85
R. C. Hagwood (1989)
A Renewal Theorem in Multidimensional Time
Australian Journal of Statistics, 31, 130-137
H. Teicher, R. C. Hagwood (1983)
A Multidimensional CLT for Maxima of Normed Sums
Annals of Probability 11, 1048-1050
R. C. Hagwood, M. Woodroofe (1982)
On the expansion for Expected Sample Size in Nonlinear Renewal Theory
Annals of Probability 10, 844-848
R. C. Hagwood (1980)
A Nonlinear Renewal Theorem for Discrete Random Variables
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What to see at the British Museum. Boasting more than 250 years of history, the British Museum is the second most visited museum in the world (it is on the list of the most visited museums in 2015, as well).
It houses almost 6 million objects, and in this post I'll briefly tell you the history of the museum, suggesting you the artworks you must see.
The British Museum was founded in 1753, when Sir Hans Sloane, physician, naturalist and collector, left to King George II and to the country a collection featuring more than 70,000 objects, which was opened to the public in 1759.
During the 19th century the original building was continuously transformed and expanded, in order to house new collections and to adapt it to exhibit masterpieces such as the Rosetta Stone, which provided the key to modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Between the 19th century and the 20th century due to the quantity of objects housed in the museum, a division of the artworks among different departments was necessary, and in 1998 that caused a definitive detachment of the British Library, which became an autonomous institution.
Masterpieces you can't miss at the British Museum
The Rosetta Stone
The rock stele was recovered during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, and it is inscribed with a decree in three scripts: Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script and Greek script.
Thanks to the Rosetta Stone it was possible to decode Egyptian hieroglyphs, providing an unimaginable knowledge of Egyptian culture.
The stele has been on public display at the British Museum since 1802.
The Nereid Monument
It is the most beautiful sculptured tomb from Turkey.
The name derives from the female statues depicted while running on the water, and known as the Nereids, daughters of Nereus, a sea-god.
The most famous Nereids are Amphitrite, Poseidon's wife, and Thetis, Achilles' mother.
The Elgin Marbles (also known as the Parthenon Marbles)
The sculptures coming from Athenian Acropolis's Parthenon are objects of controversy and calls for restitution to their country of origin.
From 1801 to 1805 British ambassador Lord Elgin took the statues from the Parthenon to bring them to England, where were housed at the British Museum.
Since then Greece has been claiming the marbles.
The Portland Vase
It was found in Rome in 1594, it passed into several possessions and suffered severe damage, and arrived at the British Museum in the 19th century.
The Lycurgus Cup
This cup is proof of the exceptional ability of the Romans in glass processing.
The cup has an external glass cage, which depicts a scene taken from the myth of King Lycurgus (who attempted to kill the nymph Ambrosia, a follower of Dionysus).
The cage contains the actual cup, also made of glass and which changes color according to the light. If it is frontally illuminated it becomes green, while if it is illuminated from the back it turns red.
This is not magic, however, but it is due to the presence of a silver and gold alloy in the vitreous material and that the master glassmaker, who made the cup, knew how to dose perfectly!
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London
Free, open daily 10.00–17.30.
Fridays: open until 20.30.
Entrance to the British Museum is free for all, but being one of the most important museums in the world, it might be worth paying special attention to your visit.
I advise you to see the British Museum with a guided tour, the only solution to not miss the important works and to discover anecdotes and curiosities about this museum.
Visit the page that compares all the guided tours available for the British Museum and choose according to language, duration and cost.


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Sharp has announced the launch of portable Car Purifier IG-GC2. The highlight of Sharp Car Air Purifier IG-GC2 it that it is equipped with Plasmacluster technology. This technology enables the purifier to dispatch the ions to each and every corner of the car which result in reaching out to the source of the hidden smell in the mat, ceiling, seat covers and dashboard; destroying them not only form the air, but even from the surface.
This car purifier comes with washable PM10 filter which ensures that most road dust particles that penetrate the AC filter can also be trapped which makes drive safe and pleasurable. This car purifer is claimed to have no recurring cost and can be used for up to 19000 hours or 10 years.
This purifier has front-tilt cylindrical design and adjustable lower angle; it comes with 2-port USB car adapter to charge the device. The purifier also combats the dangers posed by exposure to VOCs, PBDEs and phthalates in your car. It weighs approximately 265g (excluding accessories) and has a capacity of approximately 3.6m3 applicable for high-density. It has an approximate ion density of 75,000/25,000/7,000 ions/cm3 with a 3 (Turbo/Med/Low) operation mode. With the quiet design and standard air flow, the purifier is barely audible even in a hybrid car.
According to Sharp, Plasmacluster Technology is for next generation of Air Purifiers. They work by using an electrical discharge to create both Positive and Negative ions, which are then surrounded in water and then released into the air. This process can clean the air and surface from irritants including dust, fungi, viruses, pollen, smell, gases and mould apart from improving skin texture. These high density Plasmacluster have been proven to be safe and effective by 28 independent labs. Sharp's Plasmacluster technology has already earned accolades when it announced the sales of 70 million units, the highest in air purifications.
Commenting on the launch, Mr Shuvendu Mazumdar, National Manager- SHARP Air Purifier Business said: "The beer glass design makes it easy to handle and the colour options of Champagne Gold & Black makes it perfect to compliment the car décor. The built and design speaks about Japanese commitment towards quality. The fan is placed on the level with the air suction channel to allow effective flow of air into the cabin. One may adjust the fan speed from low, medium to high depending on the size of the car and the intensity of the smell. Thankfully, we can now stop using perfumes and depend on the Sharp IG-GC2E to make our drive pleasurable."
The Sharp IG-GC2 is priced at Rs. 12000 and is available in major cities across India through online & Offline partners.


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Everyday stemware for people that like to have fun. Pleasant shapes at a pleasant price and they're dishwasher safe.
Move up to bigger and better things with the Colossal wine glass. Simply add a small splash of red to its spacious bowl and this oversized wine is equally big on style. Generous size and classic shape combine well for swirling and holding the bouquet.
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Our Bella Wine Glasses are taken out of the ordinary and into the realm of elegance with their uniquely formed stems. Tall and slender, these European wine glasses are machine-blown for extraordinary clarity, sparkle and a bit of a ring when pinged. Suited for all varietals, these stems have the look and feel of something much more expensive. Hand-washing recommended.
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Not too light, yet oh so elegant! These European machine-blown stems are crystal clear with nice sparkle and very fine rims. They're also well balanced and perfectly shaped for a good swirl. Only your logo or monogram could make these look any better. Hand-washing recommended.
Our Reflections Stemware represents the best when it comes to machine-blown stemware. These functional shapes feature clarity, fine rims, graceful stems and just enough weight so that they are not too delicate. Dishwasher safe.
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The introduction of flat smartphones created a lucrative marketplace for another new product that has taken the world by storm: the smartphone cover. Sophisticatedly sedate, boldly colored, or blinged out with rhinestones, this snap-on accessory reveals something about the owner's personality. Taking it to the next level, many people get one customized with a photograph of their children or pet.
Digital printing has become a popular way to personalize everything from a smartphone to a temporary structure. (To read about digital printing for interior decor, see the June issue of Specialty Fabrics Review.)
"The printing technology on tents since I started in this industry 40 years ago has come from hand painting to full digital printing," says Brad Gleason, chief operating officer for Economy Tent International. Most of the digital printing done by the Miami, Fla.-based manufacturer is for event marketing.
Logos, brand names and colors, and images that "say something" about a company's product can be appliquéd on a tent or printed directly on the vinyl.
"When it makes sense to print on the tent itself is when you want to brand that tent as yours," Gleason says. "Usually when we print on a tent, it's not going into someone's rental inventory; it's being sold to a marketing company."
According to Gleason, the time to use digitally printed decals is for "informational things" like first aid and registration tents at temporary setups.
"When the event is over, you peel it off and you don't have a tent that can only be used as an information tent," he says.
Gleason notes, however, that some appliqués leave an outline or shadow on the vinyl and banners attached to the outside of a tent are the most economical way to give the structure particular status.
"If you are digitally printing, now you own that textile and it can't be used for any other purpose," says Jim Gallagher, CEO of Partytime-HDO Productions Inc. in Niles, Ill. "We tell clients that if they plan on having a vinyl cutout for a gable or sidewall to request a moderate adhesive."
"Digital printing best serves brands," says Christopher B. Starr, vice president of Starr Tent in New Rochelle, N.Y. "For a lot of Fortune 500 clients, the visibility of their logo is of utmost importance. Decals are not the best option when you have a soft vinyl sidewall that buffets in the wind. Wrinkles could create a challenge for that signage."
That said, he continues, "We provide tents for food and wine festivals that use decals to keep their costs down from year to year."
"If the brand purchases the tent, then digitally printing it makes sense," says Suzanne Warner, vice president of Tentnology Co., B.C., Canada. "But if the buyer is a tent rental company, then it's better to have the branding removable so that you can rent the tent to Coca-Cola this week and to Pepsi next week."


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FORTRESS CUBA.; Russia's american base
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1965. First edition. Paperback. 192 p., wrps. Very Good. Item #157619
A United States correspondent from Time magazine provides his analysis and interpretation of the events in Cuba during the late 50s and beyond, having covered the revolution up to the Bay of Pigs invasion. This includes Fidel Castro's overthrow of the Batista regime and Cuba's subsequent relations with the Soviet Union.
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VSA Updates |
Updates from the VSA meeting of Feb. 17, 2019 Consensus Agenda – Passed Pre-Approved Allocations: 397.94/397.94 from Capital to Future Waitstaff of America 150/150 from Pre-Organizations to VC Doubletime 1000/1000 from Capital to VSA Op- erating Allocations 900/2400 from Community to Carib- bean Students' Alliance 8,000/10,000 from Discretionary to Traditions 3050/3100 from Speakers to Latinx Student Union 750/750 from Community to Philale- theis Society 2405.22/2405.22 from Capital to Bare- foot Monkeys 2500/3000 from Speakers to ASA 750/750 from Social Consciousness to EPI Arts Working Group Fund Finance Committee The Board of Elections and Appoint- ments (BoEA) will be sending out ap- plications for new members of Finance Committee in the coming week. Programming Committee The committee will be running shut- tles to New York City on two dates: March 30 and April 27. Academics Committee The committee will be holding a ma- jors fair on Monday, April 18. Operations Committee Filing to run in VSA elections for the upcoming academic year will begin on March 7 and be open until the end of spring break. Elections are tentatively planned for the end of March. President Upcoming forums with College ad- ministrators are as follows. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend this forums and to come with questions for the administrators. Feb. 24 — Associate Dean of the Col- lege for Residential Life and Wellness Luis Inoa and Associate Dean of the College for Student Growth and En- gagement Wendy Maragh Taylor March 3 — Director of Equal Oppor- tunity & Affirmative Action and Title IX Officer Rachel Pereira, Professors Rueda and Cohen March 31— President Elizabeth Brad- ley and Interim Dean of the College Carlos Alamo April 7 — Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Student Conduct and Housing Rich Horowitz April 21 — Director of SAVP Nicole Wong and Director of Health Promo- tion and Education Andrea Pesavento —Julian Corbett, VSA General Intern |


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Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) contributes to significant health problems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Most vulnerable are the young children and pregnant or lactating women. Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is an important source of energy and beta-carotene, which is converted into Vitamin A in the body. This brief is reporting on project seeking to explicitly integrate agriculture and nutrition interventions into antenatal health care services to maximize the potential benefits of OFSP on the health status of mothers and children less than 2 years of age. Particularly, its seeking to provide solid evidence for the effectiveness of this innovative approach to integrate OFSP promotion and production with public health care services. Initial results unexpectedly showed high rates of participation from pregnant women during the pilot phase suggest that the integration of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP), nutrition education and vine distribution into antenatal care is reaching target audiences. It promises to not only increase use and awareness of the benefits of OFSP among targeted populations but also attract more women into timely antenatal care services.
Authors: Carol Levin, Hermann Ouedraogo, Carol Levin, Hermann Ouedraogo
Contributors: Hilda Munyua, Hilda Munyua
Pages: 2
Publisher: International Potato Center
Publication Date: 2011
Rights: Open access
Keywords: Beta-carotene, OFSP, Orange-fleshed sweet potato, VAD, Vitamin A deficiency, Western Kenya
Ouedraogo, H. and Levin, C. 2011. Integrating health and agriculture to maximize the nutritional impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotato: The Mama SASHA proof-of-concept project in Western Kenya. International Potato Center (CIP).


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University level Hotel management education in the Netherlands is internationally renowned for its high standards and regarded as one of the best in the world. Graduates of this programme can be found in management positions in the hospitality businesses all over the world.
Since the International Hotel Management programme prepares you for an international career, you will have plenty of opportunities to gain international experience like study trips and a work placement abroad. Moreover you will have the possibility to participate in an exchange programme
You will study Operations Management and Management Information Systems in hospitality management organizations, in combination with practical training in the in-house training company Sibelicious. You will work in several outlets such as catering, service desk, store room, restaurant and kitchen.
Each semester also offers a combination of language classes and courses like Finance, Accounting, Economics, Marketing, Organizational Behaviour, Business Law & Ethics, Management information Systems etc.
Besides that, you will also take part in the Management Development Programme, with activities that evolve around the development of personal and professional skills.
The academy admits only 165 students every year.
Starting date: September 2018
You can apply until: August 15, 2018
Degree title: Bachelor of Business Administration
Programme intensity: Full-time
Program duration: 4 years
Fast track: 3 years
Language: English
Program location: Breda
Tuition fee per year: € 2.060


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Oct 19, 2020
Top 10 Benefits of using DFR for PLM/PIM
Convergence Data is a Software as a Service (SAAS) company. This means that we use our software every day along with our customers. Doing so keeps us on top of the refinements and enhancements we need to make to make DFR the best classification software it can be. We have mitigated the challenges other systems like PIM and PLM can have with managing this information.
We have summarized what we think are the top 10 areas in which we provide the maximum benefit in a classification project for your PIM or PLM system deployment.
- Classification structure can be imported from different sources - PLM, excel then fine-tuned to global standards while adhering to best practices in DFR.
- Classification changes are simplified with DFR's multi-select capabilities - copy and paste multiple categories at once or prune and graft to move parts and categories all in one operation
- Convergence provides best practices in classification category development to ensure your structure is optimal for your business mitigating common mistakes based on our 20 years experience
- Classification projects are highly collaborative and may involve a lot of people working on structure and classify parts - DFR's workflow and task tracking process lets you know where you are each step of the journey
- Bulk data cleansing tools allows users to update values in seconds to adhere to approved lists, description templates, and approved units of measure
- DFR allows any type of data to be loaded – even if it's not correct – then points out the errors and makes it easy to fix. It's very forgiving and makes fixing errors easy.
- DFR's Validation tools allows a user to select the error type to check or check all errors and run on an entire category – exposes errors and what needs to be fix for every item.
- Data Exporting - DFR Policy manager contains all the rules needed to validate exports to insure publishing to other systems is as efficient as possible. DFR export tool supports exporting item data, classification structure, lists of values, in different formats – CSV, excel, XML and custom formats.
- DFR includes analytical tools used to spot trends in the data – e.g. what part characteristics is driving part proliferation for a category; its clustering capabilities can expose duplicate and near duplicate parts for rationalization. DFR integrates supplier pricing to expose real cost saving opportunities.
- Role based security ensures only the right person can make changes to structure or data or approve and/or reject changes.


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"Hi Mitch. I'd like to connect with you on LinkedIn. We share similar services. Can we schedule a phone call…"
I get messages like this all the time. The wording might be slightly different but it's pretty much always the same. A variation on this is when someone says they've seen my profile and wants to consult with me about something and also want to speak to me on the phone.
Me & Star Wars guy
What's the problem you might be asking? If you're on LinkedIn you already know. If not, the problem is that either these people didn't actually read my profile, didn't understand it or are only reaching out because I posted something that got a lot of views.
For those of you who don't know, for my career I'm a health care finance consultant. I'm not going to go deeper here; if you want you can click on the link above and check me out… though there's probably nothing for most of you there. lol
Anyway, I've been doing a bit of brand marketing lately on LinkedIn. In the post area, I've been sharing scenarios of things I've run into over all the years I've been in health care… which is 38 at this juncture. When you write posts there, you're limited in how many characters you get to use, so you have to write your message tight.
If you want them to have a chance to succeed, you need to add specific hashtags to reach the people you want to see them, which means you have to tighten your message more. So far I've put out 11 of them; one of them had had almost 6,500 views; not so shabby!
This means I've been getting a lot of attention; that's not necessarily a bad thing. What's bad about it is the number of people who want to connect with me for all the wrong reasons… which leads me back to the opening sentence of this article.
Here's where I get a bit more specific on what I do and don't do, and why many of these people are reaching out to me improperly. I'll take these one at a time; you don't need to know what they are, just understand where I'm going with them.
First, I don't do medical billing. I consult on processes and help them become better and be compliant with national and state laws, but I don't sit down and bill, and I don't offer those types of services. I don't even mention it on my LinkedIn profile.
Second, I don't do diagnosis coding; I do procedure coding. It's a drastic difference between the two, but what I do as a consultant is review the listed procedures along with the codes associated with them, as well as validate the pricing and determine if there are things they should be charging for.
Third, I consult on charge capture for all departments in a hospital. This is a specific art form if you will; not a lot of people do this independently, and the skill set of the people doing it. For instance, many hospitals believe they need someone with a nursing background handling this, but if their hospital is in financial distress, they need someone like me who understands the monetary importance as well as the compliance aspect.
I'll start with just those 3 things, which you probably don't fully understand even with that brief description of those services. You're in good company. You see, many of the people reaching out to me work in sales for companies that offer the services I don't specifically provide, along with services that they automate, which isn't a bad thing in general terms, but it's not as deeply reviewing the things I look at, and in a way they're competing against me.
Why are they reaching out to me? They all want my help… to market them! It doesn't compute that if I'm marketing their business I can't market my own. It also doesn't compute that I don't actually do what they do, and even if I did it's a conflict of interest.
Here's another thing that's irritating. I've never heard of or seen any of these people on LinkedIn; why would I immediately want to talk to them? Don't they realize I'm going to look at their profile, see what they do, realize they're not a good fit and that I'm not only NOT going to talk to them on the phone, but I'm not connecting with them either? I'm obviously not the master of the hard sell, which pretty much means I don't like it being done to me either.
Okay, the rant part is over. Now let's talk about what they should do and what I do instead. It's passive, but I think it's better to make positive connections instead of immediately selling to people I don't know.
One, the posts I'm writing. Many people think it's a waste of time writing copy, but the truth is it only takes a couple of well viewed posts to help establish a sole entrepreneur or a company on LinkedIn. When I was writing articles it was tougher, but all it takes for a post to be seen by a lot of people is first reaching people you know, then having people those folks know seeing they've liked or commented on something you've put out… and you're good to go. Sometimes those folk comment or ask questions; it's always better when a potential client reaches out to you first.
Two, when you want to connect with someone, don't immediately start selling to them. Find something in common with them based on their profile, or ask them if there's something you can help them with. I tend to respond to those people better, and I'm more willing to talk to them on the phone. What's strange about that is it's never people in health care doing it that way (unless it's me trying to connect with someone first); it's mainly sales people in general, marketers who understand the rule that it's best to learn more about the other person's needs before you start selling to them, so you can find out if you're a match.
Three, never immediately ask someone if you can talk to them on the phone. Instead, offer the opportunity to talk with them on the phone at their convenience, or even email you. Don't give them the information; wait to see if they're interested before you do so. Almost no one likes feeling pressured into doing something, but if they have a true need they'll let you know. I know many sales people will say you're missing out on an opportunity; I say you can always contact them at another time as a follow up.
That's enough for now. However, I don't want you leaving thinking I'm the only one with a gripe about this. My friend Scott Gardner wrote this article and posted it on LinkedIn titled "Collaborate" Doesn't Mean "Screw Me Over". Check it out and see if you agree with both of us. LinkedIn can be good for business, but it can also be irritating. Which one do you want to be considered as?


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Traders trucked in 3.28 million bags of cheaper maize from Uganda in five months through May, fresh official statistics indicate, helping price out maize farmers from Kenya's food basket regions, reports the Daily Nation.
Data released by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) shows 295,200 metric tonnes of staple maize was imported from the neighbouring country in the period, which was 47,610 tonnes more than what was bought in the whole of 2017 and 2016.
Uganda accounted for 70.36 per cent of the nearly 419,548 tonnes of maize, an equivalent of about 4.66 million 90-kilo bags, which was shipped into Kenya in that period.
The rest of the maize was bought from Zambia (64,800 tonnes), Tanzania (56,245 tonnes), Mozambique (3,300 tonnes) and United Arabs Emirates (1.45 tonnes), KRA Commissioner for Customs and Border Control Julius Musyoki said in a report to legislators.
No Mexico maize
There was no maize that was shipped in from Mexico where 584,095 tonnes (6.49 million bags) was bought last year, representing nearly half (44.36 per cent) of the 1.32 million tonnes that was imported to bridge a drought-induced shortage.
The maize imports in the January-May period of the year were valued at nearly Sh8.78 billion, Mr Musyoki told the National Assembly's departmental committee on Agriculture and Livestock, chaired by chaired by Mandera South MP Adan Haji.
The committee is investigating alleged irregular purchase of maize by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) from traders at the expense of farmers.
Maize from six-nation East African Community such as Uganda and Tanzania is exempted from duty and levies.
Import declaration
Traders buying from Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) countries such as Zambia and Mozambique are only subjected to Import Declaration fee (IDF) and Railway Development Levy (RDL) charged at two per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively, of their total value.
Maize shipments from non-EAC and Comesa countries attract 50 per cent import duty.
"Shipments of duty-free yellow and white maize must be accompanied by a certificate of conformity issued by a company appointed by the Kenya Bureau of Standards," Mr Musyoki says in the report.


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Wiggly Tail Wednesday: It's Benjie!
Benjie's certainly a cuitie! This little 5-month old rascal came to visit 95.3 WBCK this week. He's part Wire-Haired Terrier. When he first arrived, he was scared and shaking. Part of that could be that it was 17 degrees outside.
But he took to us right away and made himself at home in no time, ready to talk on the microphone.
Carrie and Jessica say he's very vocal, and loves to play. Download a form and go check him out.


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The sales journey is a defining customer engagement experience. Aligning customer 'desirements' with your product or service is a highly personal interaction. While the retail experience has been transformed (we're looking at you Amazon), will the strategic procurement process be automated. Unlikely, though the sales process will increasingly consist of a combined sales representative and automated sales support agent partnership. Tasks such as product demonstrations, customer use cases, and post-sales fulfillment can be assigned to AI-powered bots allowing sales professional to maximize their client management activities. Some interesting thoughts on the trend by Close.com on the potential of CRM to deliver on the transformation..
Will automation ever replace the role of a sales rep?
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A mother and her children celebrate the events and traditions of Fiesta San Antonio. This book was written in memory of my mother and her scrumptious Fiesta Pie.
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I have been painting for over 20 years and have exhibited both locally and nationally. My art is colorful, whimsical and illustrative. Playing the violin had a large influence on my art. My art has been featured on the covers of music magazines and journals and recently I had a mural installed with the San Antonio Public Library System.


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Goals defining and its advantages
How to define goals to make them happen?
It is just one week to the new year, so what? Many of us plan to do many things, many wonderful things in the coming year. Some of us find a paper and a pencil and start writing our goals down. Some, write them in an email to remember it every time. But what will happen to our goals at the end of the year? How do we track them? How should we claim at the end if we have spent enough time, effort and motivation to achieve our goals?
Why goals are important and tracking them is necessary?
Goal defining is the first step of doing the big things. It gives us a long term vision, motivation and focus needed to complete whatever we've set out to achieve. But the most important thing to achieve them is to write them down. Goals should be trackable and the way to achieve them should be clear and imaginable. According to various data, only 3 out of 100 adults write down and track their goals. Our brain needs Dopamine to feel successful and proud, Dopamine is the feeling of achieving and accomplishing the hard things. We are visually oriented and if our brain would not be able to see the planned goals and the clear ways to achieve them, It can not imagine the results, the proud and the good sense of accomplishment. So the brain wouldn't really like to do something which doesn't have any good sense of success.
How to define the goals more precisely?
There are different methods of defining goals, but by far the most common approach to define them is making the goals SMART. SMART is an acronym that stands for:
Specific – clearly define what you're aiming to achieve.
Measurable – have an indicator of progress you'll measure the success by.
Attainable –having appropriate knowledge, skill and expertise to achieve it.
Results-focused – it should focus on results not actions.
Time-bound – and you need to specify the timeframe for reaching the goal.
Here is an example of a SMART goal:
"To increase organic traffic to the site from 35000 visits per month to 100000 visits per month by the end of December 2019."
SMART goals are easy to reach as they are clear, have a specific deadline, clarify the vision and make you to do the required actions to achieve them. By defining your goals SMART, your brain focus on the results and obliges itself to accomplish them. By using some applications to define your goals they would also help you track your progress easily and at the end you can find the enjoyable sense of proud by accomplishing your plans.
Most of the managers define the main business goals in their meetings and never track them to achieve. As a survey conducted by Staples, 80% of company leaders don't track their goals. As a result, accordingly to the same survey, 77% of them don't achieve their company visions anymore.
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Womens Lounge Pants Are Versatile: Workout, Walk, Lounge, Be Free
Can you imagine a life without the invention of loungewear? Oh, how we love the freedom of lounge pants. If you throw on a pair of jeans, it's unlikely you will want to also lounge in them, sleep in them, or head to the gym for a workout. In lounge pants, you can go from lounging around to running errands or for a walk and still feel completely free.
They aren't restrictive and allow freedom of movement. Did we mention you just feel free? After eight hours of wearing restrictive pants for work, most of us can't wait to come home and pull on our most comfy lounge pants.
We all need something we can wear in between the rush of work and life outside of work. One of the great things about lounge pants is they are also incredibly easy to take care of, and they are an option outside of pajamas.
In reality, if you decide to keep it casual and head for a coffee or outdoor activity, your lounge pants are even first-date material. How's that for a versatile piece?
The Versatility Of Women's Lounge Pants
It wasn't until the 1800s that the rules and restrictions regarding clothing started to relax. Prior to this, clothes were quite restrictive and confining. Before you even put on an actual dress, there were layers and layers of undergarments.
It can take women a notoriously long time to get ready, even today. Can you even imagine what it would be like to have to put on a chemise, bloomers, silk or wool stockings, garter belts, and a corset before you could even put on your regular clothes?
Thank goodness the rules have changed. Lounge pants are versatile for several reasons. Let's take a closer look at how they fit, where you can wear them, and our personal favorites.
Flexibility & Fit
With all of the innovations in the way clothes are made, you can find lounge pants that fit your lifestyle. Why worry about odd pulling or bunching in weird places when it comes to your pants? It's important to find a style that is right for you.
They can be tight, loose, or come with a drawstring so that you can adjust the fit. There is a lounge pants style for everyone.
Whether you like your workout gear form-fitting or a little bit on the loose side, lounge pants offer supreme comfort while working out. The last thing you want while working out is for your clothes to leave marks or restrict your movement. You know the sports bras and pants we are talking about: the ones that leave a distinct red ring because they don't fit properly.
Moisture-wicking, lightweight clothing that fits you comfortably is the ideal thing to look for when selecting what you'll wear to exercise. No matter the temperature outside, it is always important to find pants that will help keep you dry and comfortable.
Walking is one of the easiest things you can do to get some physical activity in for the day. Not only is walking free, but you can enjoy the scenery and unplug from the world for a while.
When we go out for a walk, we definitely want to be as comfortable as possible. A long relaxing walk requires your pants to be able to move along with you. Lounge pants with 4-way stretch allow you to fully stretch out your legs with each step—no more worrying about being restricted by your clothes.
After a long day, all we can think about is slipping on something comfortable and relaxing. There is an art to lounging. Some lounge pants can be extremely uncomfortable. It's important to find your go-to lounge pants so that you can lie on the couch for a nap in comfort.
We have prepared a list for you so that the next time you go to relax, you know exactly what to put on!
Allways Wide Leg Pant
The ALLways Wide Leg Pant is made from bamboo fabric that allows for the ultimate luxurious comfort. Featuring a wide crossover ponte waistband, there will be no tight cinching around your waist.
Wide leg pants make for a great lounging option. Their free form allows for maximum movement and relaxation. These pants are the perfect drapey, casual pants that can be worn everywhere.
Nola Pant
If you are looking for your new staple pants, look no further than the Nola Essential Pant. These pants give the feeling of your favorite pajamas but can be worn anywhere.
Made from soft bamboo fabric, you will never want to take these pants off. Whether you want to wear them to bed, out to grab groceries, or anything in between, these pants are sure to be your go-to.
Varsity Lightweight Jogger
The Women's Varsity Jogger is made from bamboo fleece and is a semi-fitted style. This comfy, lightweight fleece jogger is built for any season. Featuring a drawcord to adjust to your ideal fit, it also has side pockets to carry all of your essentials.
We love a jogger that fits just right and helps you pull off an effortlessly stylish look. These cool joggers will have you strutting around town, running errands, grabbing a coffee, or lounging in the comfort of your own home.
Weekender Elastic Jogger
This jogger isn't just for the weekend. For starters, who doesn't love an elastic waistband? The Women's Weekender Elastic Jogger is sure to give you all the feels. Featuring side pockets, an elastic waistband, and elastic around the ankles, these joggers are lightweight and comfortable in all the right places.
Lounge pants are no longer just for lounging around at home. Now, the right pair is a sign of good fashion sense. Whether you're taking your dog for a walk, running errands, or exercising, these pants are more versatile than ever.
Your lounge pants can convert to a hip casual outfit. There are so many styles when it comes to lounge pants, you have slim fit, wide leg drapey pants, joggers, and in any fabric you can think of.
Lounge pants have evolved so much over the years. They were shapeless and baggy at one point. Now, rather than hide them away in the back of your closet, you want to show your loungewear off to the world.
Finding a brand you can trust to deliver quality clothing is something we all strive for. At Tasc Performance, we always have your comfort in mind and will never compromise on the quality of products we use to get there.
We are constantly focused on the latest innovations in order to produce quality clothing in the most responsible way possible. Our mission is to bring you clothing in a variety of textures, weights, and fabric blends to carry you through any season of life.
9 Reasons You Should Wear Comfortable Clothes On A First Date | bustle.com
Victorian fashion: Restrictive, uncomfortable, and a little dangerous | thevintagenews.com


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Modern Principles: Microeconomics 3rd Edition
Book Preface
That is the opening from Chapter 1 of Modern Principles: Microeconomics, and only an economist could write such a sentence. Only an economist could see that incentives are operating just about everywhere, shaping every aspect of our lives, whether it be how good a job you get, how much wealth an economy produces, and, yes, how a jail is run and how well the prisoners end up being treated. We are excited about this universal and powerful applicability of economics, and we have written this book to get you excited too.
In the first two editions, we wanted to accomplish several things. We wanted to show the power of economics for understanding our world. We wanted to create a book full of vivid writing and powerful stories. We wanted to present modern economics, not the musty doctrines or repetitive examples of a generation ago. We wanted to show—again and again—that incentives matter, whether discussing the tragedy of the commons, political economy, or what economics has to say about wise investing. Most generally, we wanted to make the invisible hand visible, namely to show there is a hidden order behind the world and that order can be illuminated by economics.
Make the Invisible Hand Visible
One of the most remarkable discoveries of economic science is that under the right conditions the pursuit of self-interest can promote the social good. Nobel laureate Vernon Smith put it this way:
At the heart of economics is a scientific mystery . . . a scientific mystery as deep, fundamental and inspiring as that of the expanding universe or the forces that bind matter. . . . How is order produced from freedom of choice? We want students to be inspired by this mystery and by how economists have begun to solve it. Thus, we will explain how markets generate cooperation from people across the world, how prices act as signals and coordinate appropriate responses to changes in economic conditions, and how profit maximization leads to the minimization of industry costs (even though no one intends such an end).
We strive to make the invisible hand visible, and we do so with the core idea of supply and demand as the organizing principle of economics. Thus, we start with supply and demand, including producer and consumer surplus and the two ways of reading the curves, and then we build equilibrium in its own chapter, then elasticity, then taxes and subsidies, then the price system, then price ceilings and floors, then international trade, and then externalities. All of this material is based on supply and demand so that students are continually gaining experience using the same tools to solve more and deeper problems as they proceed. The interaction of supply and demand generates market prices and quantities, which in turn lies behind the spread of information from one part of a market economy to another. Thus, we show how the invisible hand works through the price system.
In Chapter 7 we show how the invisible hand links romantic American teenagers with Kenyan flower growers, Dutch clocks, British airplanes, Colombian coffee, and Finnish cell phones. We also show how prices signal information and how markets help to solve the great economic problem of arranging our limited resources to satisfy as many of our wants as possible.
The focus on the invisible hand, or the price system, continues in Chapter 8. As in other texts, we show how a price ceiling causes a shortage. But a shortage in one market can spill over into other markets (e.g., shortages of oil in the 1970s meant that oil rigs off the coast of California could not get enough oil to operate). In addition, a price ceiling reduces the incentive to move resources from low-value uses to high-value uses, so in the 1970s we saw long lines for gasoline in some states yet at the same time gas was plentiful in other states just a few hours away. Price ceilings, therefore, cause a misallocation of resources across markets as well as a shortage within a particular market. We think of Chapters 7 and 8 as a package: Chapter 7 illustrates the price system when it is working and Chapter 8 illustrates what happens when the price system is impeded.
Students who catch even a glimpse of the invisible hand learn something of great importance. Civilization is possible only because under some conditions the pursuit of self-interest promotes the public good. In discussing the invisible hand, we bring more Hayekian economics into the classroom without proselytizing for Hayekian politics. That is, we want to show how prices communicate information and coordinate action while still recognizing that markets do not always communicate the right information. Thus, our chapters on the price system are rounded out with what we think is an equally interesting and compelling chapter on externalities. The subtitle of Chapter 10, "When the Price Is Not Right," harkens directly back to Chapter 7. By giving examples where the price signal is right and examples where the price signal is wrong, we convey a sophisticated understanding of the role of prices.
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In 1970, Vilhelm Helander and Mikael Sundman published a pamphlet on the city planning in Helsinki, titled Kenen Helsinki – raportti kantakaupungista (Whose Helsinki – a report on the downtown). The pamphlet lashed car-centric planning, rampant demolition of in the downtown and undemocratic, devious, undemocratic real estate business deals of the 1960s. In hindsight, it simultaneously introduced human-centric planning, although the term was not coined yet by then. The scathing criticism of the pamphlet sunk in the leftists of the 1970. It had quite an impact, not least because it named dignitaries such as popular Prime Minister Mauno Koivisto and his share in a company planning lucrative pedestrian tunnels in the city centre. The pamphlet drove its publisher WSOY to a crisis.
Human-centric planning focuses on how people use public space instead of viewing the city abstractly as forms, demographics, infrastructure or real estate. It relies on therefore on observations of everyday life, a theme that I will open up in a forthcoming publication (related to a study on urban revitalisation with music and dance). Jane Jacobs's had written the seminal critique on such modernist city planning, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, in 1961. It is based on insightful observations on street life. Influential studies on human-centric urban design emerged in the 1970s, such Jan Gehl's research that culminated in the book Life Between Buildings in 1971. Helander and Sundman's pamphlet was a timely contribution to the planning in Helsinki and it was riding on international discourse.
Watch Helander talk about the book in the 70s.
Lessons from Kenen Helsinki for today
While the pamphlet was a contemporary account of the 60s, it still offers lessons for today's readers.
Polemical style
Vilhelm Helander had recently graduated and Mikael Sundman was a student when they wrote Kenen Helsinki. What determination they had to deliver their message. What courage to criticise planning, politics and the construction industry, to bite the hand that feeds architects. Helander, though, was probably already working on his licentiate study on renovation that was published in following year. Kenen Helsinki is then is a great example of how to make social impact with research. Perhaps the radical zeitgeist of the 60s and 70s nurtured pamphlets. There is no shortage of critical issues today, but maybe pamphlets are difficult in the modern, dispersed social media cacophony. It does favour polemic, but blurters rather than efforts like Kenen Helsinki.
The authors build their argument marvellously with a polemical style. Without any introduction, the book starts with spreads of photographs and compelling captions. Particularly before-and-after photographs are powerful. Photographs play an important role throughout, because they render broader topics of planning and conservation to concrete cases. The authors employ a captivating rhetoric especially in the image captions. They address the reader directly, typically with questions, short catchy sentences and witty wording. "A bomb? No, it is the 'restoration' of the city hall." "Stockmann intends to demolish. The balconies were pulled down. The plaster decorations were taken apart. Soon you are ready to judge the building ugly and even dangerous to its surroundings. Other big companies use this method, too."
Stories of city planning and repeating tropes
It is fascinating to read about the nearly forgotten debates, especially when they sound oddly familiar. The Finlandia hall was built controversially on valuable parkland, while historical buildings and popular cinemas were demolished in the downtown. Did you know that a skyscraper was planned to the Sinebrychoff Park? The stories in Kenen Helsinki are clashes between public and private interests. While building conservation and democratic planning are stronger today, there are comparably debatable big development projects and similar tropes are used to argument for their necessity.
When the highly controversial Garden Helsinki project in the Central Park was approved in the city council lately, Mayor Jan Vapaavuori said that any city would be overjoyed of this kind of private investment. He considers the global attractiveness of Helsinki a crucial goal. That rings a bell. Helander and Sundman write in Kenen Helsinki, how Mayor Teuvo Aura used international competitiveness to argument for building the hotels Intercontinental and Hesperia on a prime site in Töölö. A library on the site was relocated (to valuable parkland elsewhere) and the plot was leased with under-price for the hotels.
Progress in human-centric planning
Ideologies have changed since Kenen Helsinki, mostly for the good from the current perspective. Traffic planning has different emphasis today. Pedestrians are today much more considered and cycling is recognized as an important mode or transportation. Protection of built cultural heritage seems better safeguarded. There is more regulation on public procurement and possibly more vigilance for corruption. Communication and public participation in planning are institutionalized. These are developments to be proud of.
Helander and Sundman warned of institutionalized participation, though. They saw it potentially leading to pseudo-participation, which presents the public with virtual options, but no real alternatives that have radically different consequences. True participation necessitates open, versatile and informed public debate. That is the key to better decisions. (Even then, I am afraid, there looms a risk that people prioritize shortsighted individual benefits at the expense of common good.)
Open questions in conservation
Kenen Helsinki posed a question on renovation that still seems to haunt: is light renovation possible? In the 1970, the building regulations did not distinguish between old and new buildings. That is, an old building needed to be modernized thoroughly to meet the standards of new buildings, which makes restoration or extensions expensive. Today, the law distinguishes between new building and renovation, but requires expertise to judge the sufficient standard of upgrade. In practice, it errs on the side of safe standard regulations easily.
The ideology of restoration has changed, too, in 50 years. Vilhelm Helander had a subsequent influence on it through his later work. From the façadism of the mid-20th century that Kenen Helsinki mocks, layers of history and cultural heritage value of buildings, neighbourhoods and landscapes are seen more holistically. Finding a middle ground between of renewal and restoration remains challenging. Helander himself said recently "deconstruction is an honourable death and a better option than spoiling a building" (my translation). I interpret the quote out of the context, since the article is behind a pay wall, but I take it to indicate a dogmatic view on restoration. It echoes UNESCO's Venice Charter of 1964, article 12 that states "Replacements of missing parts must integrate harmoniously with the whole, but at the same time must be distinguishable from the original so that restoration does not falsify the artistic or historic evidence."
The Venice charter has become a canon of restoration, never mind that historic buildings have often been through interventions and adaptations. Contemporary idea of conservation is increasingly about sustaining cultural assets than protecting the appearance of monuments (this, too, is a shift to human-centric planning). The Venice Charter dogma leaves out a range of possibilities of reuse. Is it not sometimes more environmentally friendly than deconstruction? Could there be more experimentation in renovation?


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1st Edition
Power in North-South Trade Negotiations Making the European Union's Economic Partnership Agreements
Advancing a constructivist conceptual approach, this book explains the surprising outcome of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union and developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (the ACP countries). Despite the EU's huge market power, it had limited success with the EPAs; an outcome that confounds materialist narratives equating trade power with market size.
Why was the EU unable to fully realise its prospectus for trade and regulatory liberalisation through the EPA negotiations? Emphasising the role of social legitimacy in asymmetrical North–South trade negotiations, Murray-Evans sets the EPAs within the broader context of an institutionally complex global trade regime and stresses the agency of both weak and strong actors in contesting trade rules and practices across multilateral, regional and bilateral negotiating settings. Empirical chapters approach the EPA process from different institutional angles to explain and map the genesis, design, promotion and ultimately limited impact of the EU's ambitious prospectus for the EPAs.
This volume will be particularly relevant to students and scholars of international trade and development and the EU as an international actor, as well as those researching international political economy, African politics and international trade law.
1. Introduction 2. Power, Institutions and Legitimacy in Trade Politics 3. The Evolving Rules and Practice of Trade with Developing Countries: From Lomé to Cotonou 4. North-South PTAs and the Multilateral System: Contesting The EPAs 5. Regionalisms Collide: The EPAs in Africa 6. Institutions and Agency on the Periphery: The SADC EPA 7. Conclusion
Peg Murray-Evans is a research associate in the Department of Politics at the University of York. Her research explores the way in which power in global economic governance is shaped by claims to legitimacy and the institutional structures in and through which these claims are made, with a particular focus on development and the Global South. She has worked and published on topics including the role of South Africa as a 'rising power' in global governance, European Union trade and development policy and the UK's relationship with the Commonwealth after Brexit. Her research has been published in European Journal of International Relations, Third World Quarterly and The Round Table.
"Murray-Evans persuasively argues that trade politics is about more than just market power. Combining a bird's eye view with a detailed empirical examination of EU negotiations with developing countries, she offers a compelling account of the understudied role of ideas in underpinning the social legitimation of trade policies. As such, this book offers some of the most important insights to date into the rapidly shifting contours of the global trading system. An absolute must-read." - Gabriel Siles-Brügge, University of Warwick, UK
"With its combination of deep empirical insight with theoretical lucidity, this outstanding book develops a distinctive understanding of the limits of the EU's market power within the politics of international trade. Peg Murray-Evans challenges us to think anew about how power works within the institutionally complex international trade regime and in so doing makes major contributions to both constructivist International Political Economy and the study of the EU's external relations." - Ben Rosamond, University of Copenhagen
"In this important and engaging work, Murray-Evans explores the promise and pitfalls of the exercise of power in the global political economy. Empirically rich and theoretically innovative Power in North-South Trade Negotiations challenges received wisdom about the capacity of the EU to act assertively on the world stage as well as conventional understandings of the inability of developing countries to exercise agency in crafting their futures." - Rorden Wilkinson, University of Sussex


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With a goal of educating women on the vast world of waste to inspire more to get involved, Julie Stilo, Owner of Stilo Disposal, believes that the industry can benefit from sharing knowledge with one another as that will all help us grow to our highest potential.
Stilo Disposal (South Plainfield, NJ) was established in 2015 by Bob Stilo who found the need for dumpsters on his own construction job sites. With much of his time and focus on being devoted to his established and successful construction company, Stilo Excavation, he handed the company over to his daughter Julie Stilo in 2017 when she graduated from Rutgers Business School. "I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Accounting and a concentration in Supply Chain Management," says Julie, who now has the day-to-day job of the Manager of Disposal Operations, focusing on dispatching and scheduling. "I was able to root my business in the fundamentals I learned at Rutgers. I'm also grateful for other owners and business people in the industry who took the time to share their knowledge on how their businesses operate. Through this, I was able to find my own way of operating Stilo Disposal and I built the company from the ground up, establishing the current systems and processes that we now have. It was always my father's vision for Stilo Disposal to be more than just for his personal use on his own job sites."
When Julie took over the company, she grew the fleet of 23 dumpsters to more than 100 dumpsters and seven figures in revenue within three years. "We have seen a steady increase in business each year and I can accredit this to our service. We try diligently to never let a service call go over 24 hours. Our customers can contact me at any time to schedule service or if they have any questions or concerns. I feel as though that makes the biggest difference in our business. Our customers are more than just that to us. They are the lifeline of our business. We establish a personal relationship with each one and hope to continue to do so for years to come, for customers new and old."
Servicing Middlesex, Somerset, Union, Hunterdon, and Monmouth Counties in New Jersey, Stilo Disposal is an A-901 licensed business as well as licensed to haul hazardous waste. Most of the material that is disposed of is type 13C, construction debris. A large part of their dumpster fleet is rented out to commercial clients for large jobs such as demolitions, renovations, or new builds.
Dealing with Change
During COVID-19, small businesses around the country felt the wave of impact that this had on operations and Stilo Disposal was no different. "It was devastating to see so many people sick and pass away due to COVID. I think I can speak for many people when I say that was a very fearful time in our lives, both personally and professionally. Thankfully, we were able to operate throughout the duration of the lockdowns," says Julie. While there was a slight decrease in service initially when the lockdowns were enforced, Stilo Disposal soon began to see a tremendous increase in the number of rentals for homeowners. With people staying home, many reallocated their travel funds, for example, to improve their homes where they were spending most of their time. "To deal with the changes in increased residential collection, we acquired a few more dumpsters to keep up with the demand and were diligent with implementing a rental time frame. Regarding operations, we had to adhere to the laws and regulations enforced by state and federal governments, so we provided our employees with the proper PPE needed and ensured that all service orders were digital to minimize social contact with customers."
The current state of the economy, as it is now, is certainly affecting the business. The company recently had to implement a fuel surcharge due to the rising cost of gas. "Gas prices have made an impact on not only our business, but also many trucking and hauling companies nationwide. Each transfer station that we dump at has increased the cost per ton to dispose of waste. All throughout the waste management industry, the impact of the current state of the economy has been felt," comments Julie. "The price of steel has also made an impact on our business regarding us expanding our dumpster inventory. A brand-new dumpster a few years ago was significantly lower than what they currently cost. Even used containers are being sold for prices close to what a new one would cost. While we are grateful that we're in a position that we can expand, the high costs of doing business now impacts the future of other entrepreneurs hoping to break into the waste management industry."
In addition, other challenges that they have encountered over time is adjusting to and implementing the numerous waste regulations and laws being enforced regarding the disposal of various types of waste. "To stay ahead of the curve, we make sure that we stay up-to-date on current policies and regulations to minimize the impact that they can potentially have on business operations." Current policies and regulations that Stilo Disposal must stay current on are various waste flow laws, such as dumping at specific transfer stations when disposing of waste in various counties in New Jersey. The most recent regulation that is being enforced is known as the Dirty Dirt Law, which will regulate the flow and disposal of dirt throughout the state of New Jersey. "In terms of this law affecting operations, this means that more reporting will need to be done and sent into the NJDEP as required. However, at the current moment, we aren't accepting dirt as a material that we dispose of," says Julie.
Growing the Business
Stilo Disposal not only has GPS in all of their trucks, which is crucial for their daily operation, but the company also recently integrated a new software system from ServiceCore that digitalizes their entire process. While this was a large undertaking, now that the conversion is complete, they have been able to streamline the process of dumpster management and order taking systems, making it much more efficient for daily operation.
Training programs include keeping drivers up-to-date on their software programs through training when needed. Julie explains that they train employees as needed or when new updates are released through ServiceCore. "When we train new hires, we have them shadow our current roll-off drivers, usually for a few days to a week, depending on their level of comfortability with our system. I feel very grateful that our drivers are welcoming and willing to train new employees along my side. I have always felt proud of the communication and eagerness to learn and grow together amongst our team."
Safety is also the company's top priority. Safety procedures include performing vehicle checks daily to maintain the integrity of the equipment, ensuring all loads are properly secured and tarped, wearing high visibility clothing, etc. They also keep a maintenance log of all dumpsters and update that as needed with information regarding the integrity of each container. Should a dumpster need to be repaired, they have a welder that is able to do so. "We are proud that due to always operating in a safe and efficient manner, we have never had any injuries in our workplace," says Julie.
She says that they are proud to be an integral part of their community outreach by supporting their local sports team in the city of South Plainfield and donating to the various sports clubs in the school district when applicable. "It is a pleasure to be able to give back to our local community. Knowing that the work we do here has a ripple effect on our community means so much to us and I hope to be able to continue to support various organizations in the surrounding area."
Sharing Experiences
For now, the company's future plans are to continue to establish their customer base and grow within the counties that they currently service. "A personal goal of mine would be to get involved with speaking to other female entrepreneurs to share my experience and expertise within the industry with hopes of helping others develop and succeed in their own businesses," explains Julie. "It's empowering to be a female in a male dominated industry and my hopes would be that by educating women on the vast world of waste that more would be inspired to get involved. It's a fast-paced work environment, but that's what makes it thrilling. I believe we can all benefit from sharing our knowledge with one another as that will all help us grow to our highest potential."
Julie is proud of their business growth over the last several years. "We are repeatedly being told by people we know and have met that they see our containers all over the counties that we service. This is a tremendous accomplishment for us. I have said it many times before—without our loyal customer base using our service and recommending us, we wouldn't be where we have gotten today. Our service sets us apart from our competitors and that shows." | WA
For more information, contact Julie Stilo, Owner and Manager of Disposal Operations, at (908) 754-0776 or e-mail [email protected].


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Religion, and how it's taught in public schools, was at the heart of a controversy at the Arizona State Board of Education meeting yesterday. The board voted on a new set of science, history, and social science standards for K through 12 education. KNAU's Melissa Sevigny reports.
The Board voted 6 to 4 to adopt the standards which Arizona educators have been developing over the past two years.
The approved science standards include language about evolution and climate change, which had been eliminated by the Department of Education earlier this spring, prompting public outcry.
The Arizona Science Teachers Association backs the newly adopted standards. Sara Torres is the association's executive director. She says, "The draft science standards with the highlighted recommendations that are being presented today are well-designed by Arizona teachers and science content professionals."
An alternative set of standards that was rejected by the Board raised concerns at yesterday's meeting. Those standards were developed by a private Christian college in Michigan, and were proposed by Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas. Critics said that choice would have limited the history of world religions.
Eldred Spain represents the Arizona Interfaith Council. He says, "Our objective is to get everybody treated equally, so I would say that our recommendation is to reject anything which is exclusionary."
The new standards will be phased in over the next few years.


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Comments due: March 3, 2021
Reply comments due: April 2, 2021
On October 2, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) proposing and seeking comment on measurable standards and metrics for captioning delay and accuracy in the Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) and Captioned Telephone Service (CTS). The FNPRM also invites comment on guidelines for testing telephone captioning services against performance standards and the appropriate entity for carrying out performance measurements.
On February 1, 2021, the FNPRM comment due dates were published in the Federal Register. On February 8, 2021, the FCC released a Public Notice to announce the comment due dates.
Interested parties may file comments by accessing the Electronic Comment Filing System at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings. All filings must reference CG Docket Nos. 13-24, 03-123, and 10-51. People with disabilities who need assistance to file comments online at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings may request assistance by email to email@example.com.
Press Release:
URL: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-reforms-ip-cts-rates-and-proposes-ip-cts-quality-metrics
Word: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-367241A1.docx
PDF: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-367241A1.pdf
Text: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-367241A1.txt
Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and FNPRM:
URL: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-reforms-ip-cts-rates-and-proposes-ip-cts-quality-metrics
Word: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-132A1.docx
PDF: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-132A1.pdf
Text: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-132A1.txt
Federal Register Notice (86 FR 7681):
URL: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2021-02-01/2021-01191
PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-02-01/pdf/2021-01191.pdf
Public Notice (announcing comment due dates):
URL: https://www.fcc.gov/document/cts-and-ip-cts-metrics-further-notice-comment-dates
Word: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-135A1.docx
PDF: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-135A1.pdf
Text: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-135A1.txt
General information on TRS is available at www.fcc.gov/trs; on IP CTS at www.fcc.gov/ipcts; and on CTS at www.fcc.gov/cts. For further information, please contact William Wallace, Disability Rights Office, CGB, at (202) 418-2716 or email@example.com. Individuals who use videophones and are fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) may call the FCC's ASL Consumer Support Line at (844) 432-2275 (videophone).


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5 takeaways from UNC football's upset decline at Virginia Tech
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BLACKSBURG, Va. — No matter whether dud or thud, it grew to become resounding all the same for North Carolina.
Star quarterback Sam Howell was swarmed and the 10th-rated Tar Heels encounter-planted, slipping 17-10 to Virginia Tech on Friday evening in the period opener in between the Atlantic Coast Conference football groups beneath a packed residence at Lane Stadium.
A rocking sea of 65,632 mostly orange-clad admirers greeted North Carolina listed here, the browsing Tar Heels arriving amid superior expectations for the 3rd 12 months of mentor Mack Brown's 2nd stint in cost of the program — tagged with their most effective preseason countrywide rating because 1997, their selection as the preseason favored to gain the ACC's Coastal Division, and Howell's position as a single of the most noticeable gamers in college soccer.
The Hokies ended up getting none of it, decreasing the junior Howell to 1 of his worst performances. He threw three interceptions for the first time as North Carolina's quarterback — Friday night marked his 26th straight begin — and was dropped for 6 sacks.
The night time ended with a quantity of all those fans pouring out of the stands and storming the subject in celebration, after Virginia Tech defensive again Chamarri Conner picked off Howell with 37 seconds remaining to proficiently cement the consequence.
"Obviously the shine's off and the score sure doesn't matter tonight," Brown reported afterward. "We ended up overrated with the way we performed."
Right here are additional takeaways from the Tar Heels' period-opening loss to Virginia Tech:
Hokies hound Howell
Even with trailing 14- at halftime and 17-7 in the fourth quarter, North Carolina experienced an option to most likely force extra time, immediately after getting more than with 3:17 remaining although in have to have of a landing to pull even with the Hokies.
That generate reached Virginia Tech's side of midfield but went poof in the game's last moment, when Hokies defensive lineman Jordan Williams obtained his paws on the scrambling Howell, spinning him all around and virtually creating an additional sack. Howell momentarily experienced his again to the area he eventually threw towards when Conner grabbed the clinching interception.
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"In that state of affairs, I'm often imagining, 'Don't consider a sack,' " Howell stated, "so I was just seeking to throw the ball away. The dude spun me all-around and it prompted a negative toss. I was trying to put the ball way out of bounds. But (Conner) built a very good perform. He was at the right spot at the appropriate time, and he built a great enjoy. It sealed the match.
"In all those type of situations, I have just obtained to be far better for my workforce. These are the periods the place I really should be at my best, and I was not at my ideal tonight. So I have just received to get superior."
That marked the first-ever interception in the fourth quarter of a university activity for Howell, he of the robust arm and confident face instantly connected to the preseason buzz heaped on the Tar Heels.
So much for his potential Heisman Trophy candidacy. Howell, the ACC's Preseason Player of the Calendar year, completed 17 of 32 passing for 208 yards. He threw one particular landing pass, while frequently hounded into blunders — six sacks, a few interceptions, two fumbles — by the Virginia Tech defensive entrance on ESPN's spotlighted national phase.
Burmeister's massive initially half
Virginia Tech quarterback Braxton Burmeister, building his fifth job start, experienced his way with the North Carolina protection in the course of the first 50 percent, staking the Hokies to a 14- lead that in the end proved ample for victory.
The mobile Burmeister checked in 7 of 8 passing for 126 yards by halftime — the only incompletion was a fall by receiver Tré Turner at the purpose line — although giving equally of his team's touchdowns. His 4-lawn keeper capped the initially possession of the game, Virginia Tech opening the season by marching 75 yards in eight plays, and not encountering significantly resistance from the Tar Heels.
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Late in the very first 50 %, Burmeister strike restricted conclude James Mitchell with an 11-garden touchdown dart on 3rd-and-objective. That made Virginia Tech's sixth straight third-down conversion to start the video game. Burmeister danced away from issues earlier during the generate, turning what could've been a 5-yard decline into a 6-garden attain.
"Give Burmeister credit," Brown explained. "He performed really properly. We authorized him to run a couple of occasions, and the points that have shown up with our street losses past yr with Florida Condition and Virginia showed up once again tonight in that very first half."
Downs performs as advertised
Josh Downs has been hailed as an rising star in the creating for North Carolina, and he once more suit the billing with a vocation acquiring night.
Approximately 50 percent of Howell's completions went to the speedy sophomore, who shipped eight catches for 123 yards and scored the Tar Heels' lone landing. That came on a display play Downs turned into a 37-lawn capture and run, with him racing absent to snap North Carolina's scoreless start off to the sport that had lasted a lot more than 2½ quarters.
The scoring strike was Howell's 69th job landing move, moving him earlier former standout quarterback Darian Durant (68 vocation landing passes from 2001-04) to grow to be the all-time leader in Tar Heels historical past in that class.
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Downs finished final time by hauling in 4 catches for 91 yards and two touchdowns against Texas A&M in the Orange Bowl in January. On Friday night right here, his 6 catches for 97 yards throughout the second 50 % delivered a substantially-required spark for the Tar Heels, and gave him a hot begin to this time.
Conley's two-for-one deal
North Carolina's defense forced two turnovers in opposition to Virginia Tech, recovering a fumble and reeling in an interception. Both equally were being collected by Ja'Qurious Conley, the certain tackler at protection.
In the initial quarter, the Hokies, already foremost 7-, churned out 10 straight operating plays to get to the Tar Heels' 10-property line. There, Trey Morrison's strike on Virginia Tech again Keshawn King pressured the fumble that Conley pounced on.
Conley went total extension in the fourth quarter, with North Carolina trailing 17-7, to snag the interception off Burmeister, in advance of landing on his back. Jeremiah Gemmel's bottom pressure bothered Burmeister's release on that toss, and Conley dived to reel in the wobbler.
Adam Smith is a sports activities reporter for the Burlington Instances-Information and United states of america Today Community. You can achieve him by e mail at email@example.com or @adam_smithTN on Twitter.
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