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An essential collection of the best songs from Lakewood Church worship leader and multi-Grammy Award winner Israel Houghton and his New Breed band! Includes "Friend of God," "Not Forgotten," "Who Is Like the Lord," "Alpha and Omega," "Hosanna (Be Lifted Higher)," "No Limits (Enlarge My Territory)," and the new global church anthem "Jesus at the Center of It All." Two CDs.
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24. If Not For Your Grace
25. Another Breakthrough
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Top Ten Coaches and Captains of Arsenal – All time
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Thomas Mitchell was the first professional coach of Arsenal. Herbert Chapman made Arsenal to be the dominant team of 1930s by winning the FA Cup and two First Division titles. Joe Shaw became the caretaker manager of the club after the death of Herbert Chapman and Shaw's team won the League title of 1933-34 which is the third title of the club in its history. George Allison is second longest serving coach of Arsenal and under the training of Allison, the club won the third successive League Championship in the year 1934-35. Allison also led the club to win the 1935-36 FA Cup and 1937-38 League Championship. Tom Whittaker took over as the manager of the club after the retirement of Allison. Tom Whittaker led the club to win the League in 1947-48 and 1952-53. Under the coaching of Tom Whittaker, the club also won the 1949-50 FA Cup. Arsene Wenger is the longest serving coach and best coach in the history of the Arsenal club.
Top ten coaches of Arsenal are:
1. Arsene Wenger
2. George Graham
3. Herbert Chapman
4. George Alison
5. Tom Whittaker
6. Bertie Mee
7. Joe Shaw
8. Thomas Mitchell
9. George Elcoat
10. Don Howe
Tony Adams became the captain of Arsenal at the age of twenty one and remained as the captain of the club for fourteen years until he retire. Adams was the first captain from English side to win FA Cup double, League cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. William Gallas captained Arsenal in the year 2007-08 and in 2008-09 he scored 6 goals in Champions League. Gilberto made his debut as a captain against Sparta Prague and Gilberto took part in 2006 FIFA World Cup as a substitute in two games. Patrick Vieira captained Arsenal in the year 2003-04 which is an unbeaten season for the club in the Premier League. O'Leary became the captain of the club in 1982 but he gave way to Graham Rix after one and half years. O'Leary is famous for his elegant style of playing and broke records of appearances. David became the youngest football player to reach 100 and 200 match appearances.
Top ten captains of Arsenal are:
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3. Gilberto Silva
4. Patrick Vieira
5. Gael Clichy
6. Andre Arshavin
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Iconoclasm is the social belief in the importance of the destruction of usually religious icons and other images or monuments, most frequently for religious or political reasons.
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- For Egypt, the greatest horror was the destruction or abduction of the cult images. In the eyes of the Israelites, the erection of images meant the destruction of divine presence; in the eyes of the Egyptians, this same effect was attained by the destruction of images. In Egypt, iconoclasm was the most terrible religious crime; in Israel, the most terrible religious crime was idolatry. In this respect Osarseph alias Akhenaten, the iconoclast, and the Golden Calf, the paragon of idolatry, correspond to each other inversely, and it is strange that Aaron could so easily avoid the role of the religious criminal. It is more than probable that these traditions evolved under mutual influence. In this respect, Moses and Akhenaten became, after all, closely related.
- Jan Assmann, From Akhenaten to Moses: Ancient Egypt and Religious Change, pg. 76, 2014, The American University in Cairo Press.
- When we desire to lead men to God, we must not simply overthrow their idols. In each of these images we must seek to discover what divine quality he who carved it sought.
- Martin Buber, For The Sake of Heaven (1945), p. 117
- Now forasmuch, good children, as images be neither necessary nor profitable in our churches and temples, nor were not used at the beginning in Christ's nor the Apostles' time, nor many years after, and that at length they were brought in by bishops of Rome, maugre emperors' teeth; and seeing also, that they be very slanderous to Christ's religion, for by them the name of God is blasphemed among the infidels, Turks, and Jews, which because of our images do call Christian religion, idolatry and worshiping of images: and for as much also, as they have been so wonderfully abused within this realm to the high contumely and dishonor of God, and have been great cause of blindness and of much contention among the King's Majesty's loving subjects and are like so to be still, if they should remain: and chiefly seeing God's word speaketh so much against them, you may hereby right well consider what great causes and ground the King's Majesty had to take them away within his realm, following here in the example of the godly King Hezekias, who brake down the brazen serpent, when he saw it worshiped, and was therefore praised of God, notwithstanding at the first the same was made and set up by God's commandment, and was not only a remembrance of God's benefits, before received, but also a figure of Christ to come. And not only Hezekias, but also Manasses, and Jehosaphat, and Josias, the best kings that were of the Jews, did pull down images in the time of their reign.
- The Life, Martyrdom, and Selections from the Writings of Thomas Cranmer by Thomas Cranmer, p.139-142, (1809)
- "At least from 1540 onwards," writes Dr. T. R. de Souza "and in the island of Goa before that year, all the Hindu idols had been annihilated or had disappeared, all the temples had been destroyed and their sites and building materials were in most cases utilised to erect new Christian churches and chapels.
- M. D. David (ed.), Western Colonialism in Asia and Christianity, Bombay, 1988, p. 17. Quoted in S.R. Goel: History of Hindu-Christian Encounters (1996)
- Aurangzeb cared nothing for art, destroyed its "heathen" monuments with coarse bigotry, and fought, through a reign of half a century, to eradicate from India almost all religions but his own. He issued orders to the provincial governors, and to his other subordinates, to raze to the ground all the temples of either Hindus or Christians, to smash every idol, and to close every Hindu school. In one year ( 1679-80) sixty-six temples were broken to pieces in Amber alone, sixty-three at Chitor, one hundred and twenty-three at Udaipur; and over the site of a Benares temple especially sacred to the Hindus he built, in deliberate insult, a Mohammedan mosque.
- Will Durant, Our Oriental Heritage, ch. XVI
- What avails, then, the folly of the painter, who from sinful love of gain depicts that which should not be depicted—that is, with his polluted hands he tries to fashion that which should only be believed in the heart and confessed with the mouth? He makes an image and calls it Christ.
- Iconoclastic Conciliabulum, 754 AD, § 16, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Second Series, Volume XIV, P. Schaff, ed. (1900), p. 543
- If anyone shall endeavor to represent the forms of the Saints in lifeless pictures with material colors which are of no value (for this notion is vain and introduced by the devil), and does not rather represent their virtues as living images in himself, let him be anathema!
- Iconoclastic Conciliabulum, 754 AD, § 16, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Second Series, Volume XIV, P. Schaff, ed. (1900), p. 546
- Many strong temples which would have remained unshaken even by the trumpet blown on the Day of Judgment, were levelled with the ground when swept by the wind of Islam.
- Amir Khusrow. About Sultan 'Alau'd-Din Khalji (AD 1296-1316) and his generals conquests in Jhain (Rajasthan). Amir Khusrow in S.A.A. Rizvi, Khalji Kalina Bharata, Aligarh, 1955, pp. 160
- The idols he saw amazed him… Next day he got those idols of gold smashed with stones. The pillars of wood were burnt down by his order… A cry rose from the temples as if a second Mahmud had taken birth.
- Miftahu'l-Futuh by Amir Khusrow. About Sultan Jalalu'd -Din Khalji (AD 1290-1296) in Jhain (Rajasthan) Translated from the Hindi version by S.A.A. Rizvi included in Khalji Kalina Bharata, Aligarh, 1955, pp. 153-54.
- So the temple of Somnath was made to bow towards the Holy Mecca; and as the temple lowered its head and jumped into the sea, you may say that the building first said its prayers and then had a bath…
- Amir Khusrow Khazainu'l-Futuh. About Sultan 'Alau'd-Din Khalji (AD 1296-1316) and his generals conquests in Somnath (Gujarat). Amir Khusrow , in Mohammed Habib's translation quoted by Jagdish Narayan Sarkar, The Art of War in Medieval India, New Delhi, 1964, pp. 286-87.
- And, above all, don't let us forget India, the cradle of the human race, or at least of that part of it to which we belong, where first Mohammedans, and then Christians, were most cruelly infuriated against the adherents of the original faith of mankind. The destruction or disfigurement of the ancient temples and idols, a lamentable, mischievous and barbarous act, still bears witness to the monotheistic fury of the Mohammedans, carried on from Mahmud the Ghaznevid of cursed memory down to Aureng Zeb, the fratricide, whom the Portuguese Christians have zealously imitated by destruction of temples and the auto da fe of the inquisition at Goa.
- Arthur Schopenhauer The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Translated By T. Bailey Saunders [1]
- Monotheistic religions alone furnish the spectacle of religious wars, religious persecutions, heretical tribunals, that breaking of idols and destruction of images of the gods, that razing of Indian temples and Egyptian colossi, which had looked on the sun 3,000 years: just because a jealous god had said, 'Thou shalt make no graven image.'
- Arthur Schopenhauer, Religion: A Dialogue
- Not satisfied with this, after entering Peking, Lord Elgin ordered the burning of the Summer Palace `whose splendours' the conquerors themselves had `found it difficult to describe'. This action Elgin in his ignorance had imagined would impress the Oriental and leave a lasting fear of the European in the Chinese mind. By a strange process of reasoning, the Europeans have, throughout their relations with Asians, convinced themselves that acts of savagery and inhumanity will increase their prestige in the eyes of Asian people. ... The Elgins have been unfortunate in their historical imagination- — whether it be in respect of Greek marbles or Chinese palaces.
- Panikkar, K. M. (1953). Asia and Western dominance, a survey of the Vasco da Gama epoch of Asian history, 1498-1945, by K.M. Panikkar. London: G. Allen and Unwin.
- We now realize that the destruction of the Bamian Buddhas itself was a loud warning signal to the world of far greater devastation that was on the way.
- Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition, James K. Wellman, Jr.
- The Sultan thus wrote respecting it: - "If any should wish to construct a building equal to this, he would not be able to do it without expending an hundred thousand, thousand red dinars, and it would occupy two hundred years even though the most experienced and able workmen were employed." The Sultan gave orders that all the temples should be burnt with naptha and fire, and levelled with the ground.
- About Mahmud of Ghazni at Mathura. Kitãbul-Yamînî, in Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own Historians, Vol. II, p.44-45


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On the 8 and 9 November, she shared her knowledge with a new audience in Nigeria at the Nigeria Investment Conference and Women In Investment Management workshop organised by the Chartered Financial Analyst Society Nigeria (CFA) which held at Eko Convention Centre, Lagos.
It was Harris' first-ever event in the West African country and questions from the crowd where numerous as she doled out career tips she's learned over her 31-year career at Morgan Stanley where she started right out of business school in 1987, and of which she is now vice chairman of Wealth Management and senior client advisor.
During the session, Harris spoke passionately about the two kinds of currency people earn at work: performance currency, which is about how good you are at what you do, and relationship currency, which is about the relationships you've built with decision-makers in your company. Harris, who in August 2013, was appointed by President Barack Obama to chair the National Women's Business Council, emphasized how relationship currency is more valuable in the long run. "Performance currency will get you noticed, but it has diminishing marginal returns," she said. "It is your relationships that allow you to maximize your success."
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- Ms. Harris in her speech advised everyone to "Be Intentional". Be Intentional about clarity, about creating other leaders in your career, about teaching your team to fail, and also, about your voice: call a thing a thing!
- Leadership is contact sports. If you have been invited into the room, you have earned a right at the table. Leverage that to your benefit.
- When you submerge your voice, you become irrelevant, and you become a target. "Authenticity is your competitive advantage," she said. Don't think for others. Be strategic about making connections. Expect and Strategize to win.
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- You can have it all. You just need to define what "all" means outside of the general definition of society.
- "People often make the mistake of thinking their work will speak for itself," Carla Harris revealed to the attentive audience. "Well, guess what? The work does not speak." Relationship currency is key to career progression. Relationship currencies are investments you make with the people in your environment. "You must have relationship with every seat that touches your seat," Ms. Harris strongly advised. "The higher the compensation, the greater the dependence on relationships."
- Don't let money be a reason that you don't go for something, especially academically.
- Never go into a new opportunity not knowing what success looks like. When people give you a role that has never been occupied or ask you to do something that has never been done, it means they have a very high view of who you are. They need you to figure it out and develop the proper value for that seat.
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- If you want to grow your power, give it away. To this, Ms. Harris speaks to the notion held by older professionals in an industry who say a younger person has to go through a lengthy process to get to the position they did, and withold resources that can enable them get there faster. "Get over yourself," she admonishes.


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Luke Keeler believes he holds a psychological edge over Conrad Cummings ahead of their WBO European middleweight title rematch at Ulster Hall.
After Keeler (15-2-1-KO5) outpointed 'Mr Dynamite' in April 2018 before injury forced him to vacate the title and as the pair prepare to renew hostilities on March 29, Keeler is brimming with confidence.
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Justin Bieber has been praised for taking a moment during a performance in LA to pray for the victims and survivors of the latest French terror attacks, as well as those affected by an earthquake off the coast of Japan.
The singer announced he would continue his scheduled run of "An Evening with…" shows at LA's Staples Centre despite the global tumult, tweeting, "we decided we are going to continue with the livestream at 6PM to hopefully bring some light & hope to those hurting".
Bieber was able to silence his usually raucous audience at the beginning of the performance, which he led through a plaintive prayer for peace.
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The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason.
A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it.
We live in a society where pizza gets to your house before the police.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.
Please be patient even a toilet can handle only one asshole at a time.
Battery about to die, I am about to live !
Went to a fish market and shouted at them saying "What is this, a classroom?", thereby maintaining the balance of the universe.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather.. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
I want to get close with you like, shoes with laces,
teeth with braces or ASentenceWithoutSpaces.
If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea… does that mean that one enjoys it?
I tried to be normal once. Worst two minutes of my life.
For Geeks!
Everyone on this earth is self-centered, the difference is the radius.
An opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
CGPA available for adoption… can't raise it myself.
Cleaning is just putting stuff in less obvious places.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Study economics-when you're unemployed, at least you'll know why.
Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.
Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.
Mohabbat to sab karte hai par,Main karun to sala character dhila hai.
The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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Aaj bhi log hamari itni ijjat karte hain, Hum jise message karte hain wo Sir Jhukakar padhte hain!
WhatsApp par message utne hi karo ki berozgaar na lago
Aise mat dekho, lagta hai marinated murgi ko tandoor dekh raha hai.
Holi khelne ka shauk hai, par teri pichkari me dum nahi.
The two best times to keep your mouth shut are when you're swimming and when you're angry.
Hum tum mein itne ched karenge, ki confuse ho jaoge ke saans kahan se le aur paade kahan se.
Jo sheeshe ke ghar me rehte hain, woh basement mein kapde badalte hain.
Khuda Bachaye Hume In Hasino Se,Lekin In Hasino Ko Kaun Bachayega Hum Jaise Kamino se.
Babuji Exam se dar nahi lagta.. slow internet se lagta hai.
Yeh sala pyar ho gaya ki UPSC ka exam ho gaya pass hi nahin ho raha.
Dard hai to zandu balm hai aur,Zandu balm hai to munni badnaam hai
Teri DP Se nazar nahin hatati, notification hum kya dekhein!
Agar tum ladki ko izzat doge, woh tumhe apni izzat degi.


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If you liked Hockey Girls, please check out the sequels!
Gael Trouble: A companion piece to Hockey Girls. Derek's POV of the events. Short Multichapter.
Hey Baby: The McDonald-Venturi family is about to change forever. Oneshot.
Faulty Relations: Derek and Casey decide to make a change in their relationship, and it doesn't turn out the way either of them expected. Oneshot. Co-written with WhenLighteningStrikes.
Summer Lovin': Derek and Casey head home to London for their first summer break from university. Multichapter.


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Submission Grappling Intermediate
3 Ways To Escape The Triangle Lock
The triangle lock is one of the most popular…
Side Control To Mount & Armbar Transition
From the side control position, you can begin to…
Mount To Back Control Transition
From the top mount position there are a wide…
Transition From Half Guard To Back Control
From the bottom half guard position, the objective is…
Knee Lock From Top Half Guard
From the top half guard position, you can work…
Triangle Choke From Guard
From the guard position there are a wide range…
Taking The Back From Turtle Position
The turtle position is a dominant position in grappling…
Closed Guard To Back Control Transition
From the closed guard position there are a wide…
Taking The Back From Turtle Position
The turtle position is a dominant position in grappling from which there are many options to attack. One of the most effective attacks from turtle position is to take the opponent's back. In this video, BJJ Champion Almiro Barros teaches how to take the back from turtle position.


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Have a jolly molly Christmas!
This LO made specially to all my "new" friends at Tara Dunstan Design:
Wish our friendship continues in the year of 2008!
Tara Dunstan - Date Tags
Tara Dunstan - Christmas Jingles
Kristin Cronin-Barrow - Scallop Edges
A very inspiring kit!
May this Christmas bring hope and bless to all of us!
Warm wishes,


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Moving Elderly Family Members
September 15th, 2016 5:07 pm by Zach Williams
Moving elderly family members can seem like an overwhelming venture. Change is often hard on the older members of the family. To ease your transition we have come up with some tips.
Balance of Involvement and Planning
You want to make sure involvement is consistent with every party. You want to have your loved one feeling like they are being independent, involved and given choices. However, you also want to show that you are being supportive and involved in the move as well. A great way to engage them early in the process is getting them involved in the planning/scheduling of the move process.
Organization of Downsizing
Make sure things are organized in a way that makes everything easily accessible to your loved one. Cleaning out house and downsizing is difficult; you want to make sure you help with this process as much as possible. A great method is completing 3 "piles" of belongings. 1 is keep, 2 is maybe, 3 is donate. Then you take the number 2 "maybe" pile and split by keep and donate. Make sure that you give your loved one plenty of time to accomplish this task. They may have been attached to certain items for decades so do not rush them.
Picking an Appropriate Mover
This is the most important step in the process. Although things may be stressful and taxing on your loved one building up to moving day, it all sinks in when that moving truck pulls up. When picking an appropriate mover you want to factor in things like customer service, experience, and reliability. As a seasoned moving company Highland makes sure to use our experience moving elderly family members and apply that to our customers. By assigning you a moving coordinator to walk you through the steps we make sure your customer experience is positive! Moving an elderly family member can seem like a daunting task but making sure you have an experienced and empathetic mover by your side makes all the difference.


text: Whatever fitness goals you have, at Diamond Valley Sports and Fitness Centre we have the facilities and expertise to help you achieve them. There's all the equipment you need to push yourself, including a range of cardio equipment, strength machines, free weights and multi-purpose floor areas. As an added benefit, our friendly and fully qualified team are always on hand to help out and offer expert advice on all your fitness needs.


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Metallica and Foo Fighters Lead Chris Cornell Tribute Concert Lineup
(hennemusic) Metallica and the Foo Fighters will lead an all-star lineup of rockers to honor late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell with a tribute concert event in January.
"I Am The Highway: A Tribute To Chris Cornell" will take place at The Forum in Los Angeles on Wednesday, January 16. Hosted by ABC-TV late night host Jimmy Kimmel, the event will feature performances from the members of Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog and Audioslave, Ryan Adams, and many more
The event will benefit both the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation and The Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to raising funds for the painful genetic disorder which Cornell supported.
"We are honored to have all these amazing artists and friends come together to pay tribute to and show their love and appreciation for Chris, his music and the mark he's left on the world," says Vicky Cornell. "We look forward to sharing this night with all the fans." here.
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Back in 2015, Redding Historical Society & Town Historian Charley Couch had an idea. Why not have a July 4th celebration in town, complete with music, fireworks, games and tasty addons like a pie tasting contest for the ages, a notion not thought possible given just how difficult it would be to pull it off. Well, the esteemed Mr. C made it happen and now, at the age of 5, Charley's Rock'n Roots Revival 2019 jumped off on Saturday, June 29 and was a success. CC would be proud without question.
Credit cards accepted.
Volunteers needed. https://www.signupgenius.com/


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A lot of the time it's the simple things that can make the biggest impression on your training progress. Take for example Creatine Monohydrate, adding just 5g (approx 1 teaspoon) of the white stuff to your post session protein shake can result in significant improvements in power endurance, output and overall muscle size and bulk. Creatine has had as much and if not more research around its ergogenic (benefit) effect to training as protein has, meaning it's well supported too!
Adding creatine to your protein shake is a great option as it enables you to get your supplements down you in one go, but there are a few things to note when taking creatine 1.) Only take it for 4 weeks at a time (4 week cycle), and 2.) Do not exceed the recommended dosage which is approx 0.2-0.3 grams of creatine monohydrate per kg of bodyweight for the first 3 days (loading phase to achieve tissue saturation), followed by 3-5 grams a day in order to maintain the muscle creatine stores (maintenance phase).
Check out the infographic Creatine : Loading, Maintaining, Flushing…Do It, But Do It Right! for more info on good practice for creatine supplementation.


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Difference between IADC Well Control and an IWCF Certificate
LearnToDrill now offers both IADC and IWCF Well Control training, which begs the question–What is the difference between IWCF and IADC Well Control training?
At the core level, both IADC and IWCF certificates are the same. Both organizations exist to offer accredited Well Control training, and both organizations typically have the same standards. Here, we walk through a few of the differences.
Geographic Focus
The IWCF, or International Well Control Forum, is based out of Aberdeen, Scotland. The IWCF's sole focus is well control and well control training. Generally, IWCF training and IWCF certificates are more focused on European, Asian, and Middle Eastern markets.
Consequently, the IADC, or International Association of Drilling Contractors, is based out of Houston, TX in the United States. While it has global reach, and is constantly working to expand this reach, the IADC is primarily focused on the United States. As a result, for many US-based land drilling contractors, IADC Well Control is used almost exclusively.
With that being said, both IADC certificates and IWCF certificates are used interchangeably in many parts of the world. In the United States, for example, many operators and contractors exclusively accept IWCF certificates. Similarly, IADC Well Control training is accepted in many parts of Europe and Asia.
Course Levels
Currently, the Well Control training world is experiencing some fundamental changes. A recent report released by the OGP (Oil and Gas Producers Association) recommended some fundamental changes to Well Control training. As a result, both the IADC and IWCF are fundamentally revamping their well control school processes.
IWCF has moved first; IADC regulations are still to come.
The IWCF has mandated 5 levels of Well Control training:
3-Driller Level
4-Supervisor Level
5- Engineer Level
IWCF will be offering Level 1 for free on their website. LearnToDrill offers IWCF Level 2, which is now required for any students before they are allowed to take Level 3 or Level 4 training. Level 5 is still being developed.
IADC is still, as of now, following the old training standard of just three levels:
Introductory Well Control
It is anticipated that the IADC will also move towards IWCF regulations in the coming months. LearnToDrill offers the IADC Introductory Well Control course.
Course Length
We will focus, here, on the IADC Introductory and IWCF Level 2 courses that are offered by LearnToDrill.
The IADC mandates the IADC Introductory course to be 8 hours long. The IWCF mandates their equivalent IWCF Level 2 course to be 20 hours long.
As a result, the IWCF course is a lot longer and more comprehensive than the IADC course! Our IWCF course includes entire sections on subsea drilling, crew drills, and risk management.
Testing Process
The biggest difference between IADC and IWCF Well Control training is the testing process.
The IADC allows individual test providers to create and deliver their own testing. In LearnToDrill's online course, students can take our Final Exam of well control questions to demonstrate competency in well control fundamentals. With LearnToDrill, this entire well control testing process is completely online .
Consequently, the IWCF requires all students to come into a regulated classroom for a proctored, testing session with an IWCF proctor. The IWCF Exam and all IWCF questions are created by the IWCF and administered by an IWCF invigilator. With LearnToDrill, after finishing the online well control training, students must go to a physical classroom to take the IWCF exam.
What does this mean for ME?
If you're choosing between IWCF and IADC, it's not always an easy decision. The IADC course is cheaper, easier, and simpler- this might be a great place to start.
However, if you are planning on working in Europe, Australia, or the Middle East, the IWCF course might be required.
To be safe, you can always take both! LearnToDrill can give you some great discounts if this is what you choose. Happy well control training!


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Reports to: Craig Langlois, Chief Experience Officer
Effective dates: 6/10/2019 to 8/16/19
Rate: $12 an hour
For more than a century, the Berkshire Museum has been an important part of the Berkshires community. Founder Zenas Crane wanted to provide a "window on the world" to the people of the Berkshires, and the Museum has stayed true to Crane's vision of service ever since offering innovative exhibitions and programs for an intergenerational audience.
Today, the Museum is focused on serving its diverse community of stakeholders – children, families, and Berkshire county residents and is preparing to implement its new Interpretative Plan. The Plan will focus on interdisciplinary interpretation, exploring the connections among science, history, and the arts, inspiring curiosity and helping audiences of all ages better understand themselves and the world around them. Objects from the Museum's collection will be displayed in innovative new ways that will allow visitors to see more of the collection than ever before.
The Berkshire Museum summer intern will receive broad exposure to all facets of the Experience Team management, including Interpretative Plan implementation, exhibition and program planning, curriculum development, and collections management. The intern will work directly with the Chief Experience Officer and other senior members of the Experience team who will share their experience, knowledge and insights.
The Experience Team Management Consulting Internship is a unique and exciting opportunity for a student eager to engage in creative problem solving, critical thinking, and risk taking. The intern will work with the staff to research, plan and implement interactive school, youth, and family programs, which may include gallery programs, outreach, camps, and special events.
Applicants should be strong writers with standard computer skills, and strong communication skills. They should be comfortable interacting with visitors of multiple ages, particularly young children The Berkshire Museum summer internship begins on Wednesday, June 12 and concludes on Friday, August 16. Work hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Attire is business casual. The Berkshire Museum team is excited to offer this unique internship experience. Please submit a cover letter and resume.


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If you are the type that loves the outdoors, than Sweden is the perfect country in Europe for you to visit.
Gamla Stan
For tourists who want to travel back in time and revisit Sweden in the early 1700s, than Gamla Stan is the best place to take a stroll. Gamla Stan literally means old town, and this little town was first built in the 1300s. However, most of the buildings you get to see when you go there are from the 1700s to the 1800s.
There are only 3,000 people living in Gamla Stan, so you can expect a peaceful and serene atmosphere.
You don't really need a tour guide to go around, since it's only a small town – a little strolling around is all you need to really appreciate this old town in Stockholm, Sweden. Expect a lot of cobble stone streets, old buildings, and a lot of homey restaurants to hang out in with your family and friends.
The oldest restaurant in the area is the Den Gyldene Freden, which has been operating since 1722! It has also made it to the Guinness Book of world records as the oldest restaurant with unaltered interiors.
Other places to visit in Gamla Stan are the Stockholm Cathedral and the statue of David and the Dragon.
Moderna Museet
For artists and people who want to know what Swedish art is like, better head to the Moderna Museet.
The Moderna Museet is Stockholm's Museum of Modern Art. This is the country's state museum, and to visit this famed museum you have to head over to the island of Skeppsholmen located in central Sweden.
This is the perfect place for tourists who want to appreciate art to go to since the Moderna Museet houses some of the best Swedish art in the land.
This museum features some of the works of famed artists such as Picasso, Salvador Dali, Henri Matisse, Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois, and Marcel Duchamp. Just like most famed museums,
Moderna Museet also has its share of art robberies. Back in 1993 burglars came into the museum and took 6 of Picasso's paintings and two by Georges Braque. Only three of the stolen Picasso paintings were retrieved.
One very distinctive characteristic of the Moderna Museet is its gigantic handwritten logo seen outside the museum.
Lake Siljan
For those who want to see more of Mother Nature in Sweden, better go and visit the country's sixth largest lake, Lake Siljan. To see the lake, you have to go to the heart of Dalarna, which is a small province in Sweden.
Around 360 million years ago, the very area of Siljan was the site of Europe's largest meteorite impact site. Who would have thought that this once dead giant crater could someday teem with life?
It is now one of the favorite summer destinations for locals and foreign tourists. The place is perfect for family get-togethers and hang-outs with friends. You can just camp by the lake side or bring a canoe and paddle in a serene and quaint environment.
For music lovers, head over to the lake during July because a massive music fest called the Musik vid Siljan is held there every year.
You can also join the short daily cruise that has stops to some of the little towns in Siljan like Rattvik, Leksand, and Mora.
Gotska Sandon
The Gotska Sandon is an uninhabited Swedish island found in the Baltic Sea. This is just a tiny island measuring 9 km long and 6 km wide, but don't underestimate it because this place is purely sun, sand, and Mother Nature.
There are no houses or cars in Gotska Sandon, so the only way to get around is by foot. A ferry brings the tourists to this island, which was declared as one of Sweden's national parks in 1963.
The moment you arrive at the Gotska Sandon Island, you will notice a lot of trees; 85% of the island is covered by pine trees, and the rest is plain sand.
Since there are no hotels or inns on the island, camping is really popular and the island has its own campsite, with just a few Swedish houses that serve as kitchens and toilets for people who are not used to "doing their business" the natural, open-air way.
Great Copper Mountain
The Great Copper Mountain, or the Stora Kopparberget, is different from all the other tourist destinations in Sweden. Here you won't find any fancy restaurants or pretty buildings, because the Great Copper Mountain was actually a mining site.
Today it is considered a museum and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001.
Archeological finds state that mining in the Great Copper Mountain may have started at around the year 1000 and may have started its official business in the year 1080.
The Great Copper Mountain was a rich source of copper not only for Sweden but also in the building of some of Europe's palaces and cathedrals.
When you visit the Great Copper Mountain, check out the Great Pit. Caused by a big explosion back in 1687, the pit is almost 65 meters deep.
A few steps from the Great Copper mountain is the mining museum, which houses some of the relics from the mining site, including mining tools used when the mine was still operational.


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Back in October, Doug signed the four of us up for a local gym. Ten bucks a month each. Not bad price-wise, I had wanted the YMCA but we don't really have a local one (nearest two of those are 20 minutes away if you're lucky, and the things like open swim never seem to be convenient).
We started going regularly, I was walking to work most days, getting in about 3 miles at least. Then, I blew out my knee and everything else broke.
December, January and February my membership languished.
In March, I started going again. My doctor and hematologist told me that it would be good for me, and I had learned a lot of exercises from going to PT which would help with my knee problem. I'm not clear to go back to PT yet for the knee, so doing exercise that doesn't make it WORSE is better than doing nothing at all.
A half mile on the exercise bike was torture at first. Lifting the weights, I had the pin on the absolute lowest setting with the "dial up" feature set to zero. This is about 10 pounds. For the lower body things, my legs have always been incredibly strong. My abdomen was healed up nicely by the end of March so I could push on things and bendy knee things at somewhat higher weights, like 25 or 30 pounds.
Gradually, I added 5 pounds to some of the exercises.
Today I rode 5 miles on the bike. I had been setting a half hour goal or 4 miles, whichever came first. I thought of my son and his troop. I watched a TV spot on the news with former President Bush riding with wounded warriors on their bikes and doing sweet jumps. I imagined all the miles these guys were doing, some with prosthetic legs.
I pushed myself to the 5 miles, and did it in 39 minutes. Hell yeah look at me go.
I did all the upper body machines set on 30 pounds and two of them on 50. There is only one that I can't do regularly on anything higher than 20 pounds... For my legs, I'm up to 50 or 70 pounds, depending on which exercise it is. Some of the bendy knee thingies I am not ready to push above 50. In fact, there are two of them that I sometimes do at 30, just because I can feel the tendon on the inside of my knee arguing with me.
I went to the gym twice this past week, and have been trying to do 2 if not 3 visits a week. We went after church today, and I didn't want to but I'm glad I did.
Bigger, faster, stronger? Maybe. I still am having great difficulty just WALKING any distances. I walked a half mile on the treadmill on Monday of last week and thought I might die. Literally. My legs still feel like they are 40 pounds each. I want to be able to hike by Aaron's wedding in August so we can have some fun while out in Oregon.
There be hills there, you know. There be hills...


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Houston Riots Timeline: History of African-American Servicemen
Since Crispus Attucks took the first lethal bullet during the Boston Massacre, African Americans have been eager to display their patriotism and have served, in many cases, honorably for United States military units – even though, for many conflicts, their enthusiastic desire to serve was at first denied. Here's a look at some of the key moments in American military history involving black servicemen, including comments about their use and fighting ability, all leading to the Houston mutiny and its aftermath.
- March 5, 1770 -- Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave and seaman, is among a crowd of Bostonites who confront a group of British soldiers and becomes the first casualty of the
American Revolution when he is fatally shot during what would become known as the Boston Massacre.
- January 1776 – Alexander Hamilton, then a 22-year-old aide to Gen. George Washington, in a dispatch lobbying slave owners in South Carolina and Georgia to loan their black men to the Revolution's cause: "I hear it frequently objected to the scheme of embodying negroes, that they are too stupid to make soldiers. This is so far from appearing to me a valid objection, that I think their want of cultivation (for their natural faculties are probably as good as ours), joined to that habit of subordination, which they acquire from a life of servitude, will make them sooner become soldiers than our white inhabitants…The contempt we have been taught to entertain for the blacks, makes us fancy many things that are founded neither in reason nor experience; and an unwillingness to part with property of so valuable a kind, will furnish a thousand arguments to show the impracticability, or pernicious tendency, of a scheme which requires such a sacrifice."
- January 1776 – As the tide turns towards the British army, Gen. George Washington and the Continental Congress allow the enlistment of blacks to the Continental Army. At the war's outset, neither the future president nor the Congress had any desire to integrate blacks into the army. An estimated 10,000 blacks respond and when Washington makes his famed crossing of the Delaware black soldiers are with him. Through service for the Army or the British forces, 50,000 slaves would earn their freedom.
- September 10, 1813 – During the Battle of Lake Erie (in the War of 1812), the U.S. Navy
defeats the British Royal Navy. Going into the skirmish, Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry had
complained about having black sailors helping to man his ship. However, after their gallant performance he writes to the Secretary of the Navy lauding their courage: "I have yet to learn that the color of a man's skin can affect a man's qualifications or usefulness."
- July 17, 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln authorizes enlistment of blacks for the Union Army through passage of the Second Confiscation and Militia Act, the first time the federal government officially sanctions the employment of blacks. The act frees slaves whose masters are fighting for the Confederacy. However, Lincoln doesn't approve the participation of blacks in the war until January 1, 1863 when the Emancipation Proclamation takes effect – only in the Confederate states (slavery would not be officially outlawed in all states for another two years with the 13th Amendment). However, blacks were recruited to "garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. Collectively, they were officially known as the United States Colored Troops.
- September 1862 – Black volunteers in Cincinnati sought to join the Union Army during the Civil War through the formation of local units called "Home Guards." They were soundly rejected by the city's police chief: "We want you damn niggers to keep out of this; this is a white man's war!" If the chief's statement was in any way unclear, Ohio Governor David Tod later amplified: "Do you know that this is a white man's government, that the white men are able to defend and protect it, and that to enlist a Negro soldier would be to drive every white man out of the service?" However, over 700 black men would come together under the command of Judge (Col.) William Dickson to form the Cincinnati Black Brigade. Though their duties are primarily as construction labor, they are essentially war's first black military unit.
- May 1863 – Establishment of the Bureau of Colored Troops to coordinate and organize
regiments from all parts of the country. The bureau was responsible for handling "all matters relating to the organization of Colored Troops."
- July 18, 1863 – During the second battle at Fort Wagner, the famed 54th Massachusetts, the first major military unit of all black soldiers, sacrifices most of its 600 men in the unsuccessful attack in South Carolina. "Well, I guess we'll let (Gen. George C.) Strong lead and put those damn niggers from Massachusetts in the advance; we might as well get rid of them one time or another," Union commander Gen. Truman Seymour had said before the battle. Despite Seymour's death wish for the regiment and the mission's failure and carnage – 272 dead, wounded or captured – the unit's gallantry and courage is praised. A post-war New York Times piece underscored the importance of the 54th's performance: "It made Fort Wagner such a name to the colored race as Bunker Hill has been for ninety-two years to the white Yankees." For his heroic deeds during the fight, Sgt. William Carney of the 54th became the first black to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
- March 1865 – Confederate President Jefferson Davis approves the enlistment of 300,000 slaves for his army, promising the men their freedom over widespread objections from others in the Confederacy, including General Clement H. Stevens: "I do not want independence if it is to be won by the help of the Negro…The justification of slavery in the South is the inferiority of the Negro. If we make him a soldier we concede the whole question."
- August 20, 1866 – More than a year after Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender (April 9, 1865) at Appomattox, President Andrew Johnson formally declares the end of the Civil War. For their part, 16 black soldiers would receive the Congressional Medal of Honor as almost 179,000 black men (10% of the Union Army) served, another 19,000 served in the Navy. The war would claim the lives of 40,000 black soldiers. With the war's end, black units were maintained through the creation of the 9th and 10th Cavalries, and the 24th and 25th Infantries, who will patrol the Western frontier and fight in the Spanish-American War, and become known as the "Buffalo Soldiers."
- December 26, 1872 – Seaman Joseph B. Noil's rescue of a shipmate who had fallen overboard earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was one of only six black sailors so honored for similar acts of bravery.
- June 25, 1876 – At least one African American, Isaiah Dorman, a black interpreter with the 7th Cavalry, was reported killed during the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Dorman had lived with the Lakota Sioux, who called him "Black White Man."
- June 15, 1877 – Henry O. Flipper, born into slavery in Georgia, became the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. After joining the 10th Cavalry, 2nd Lieutenant Flipper served as the Army's only black officer until 1882 when he was court-martialed for embezzling funds from the Fort Davis, Texas commissary. Although acquitted, the Army still discharged him for "conduct unbecoming an officer." Almost 100 years later, his innocence was substantiated during an official records review, which cleared Flipper's name and changed his dismissal to an honorable discharge.
- February, 1881 – After a local rancher kills a member of the 10th Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers), stationed at Fort Concho, the Texas Rangers are called in to quell the ensuing riot. Members of the 10th as well as some white soldiers storm the town and fire numerous bullets into the Nimitz Hotel, where they believed the shooter was being held.
- October 22, 1896 – The 24th Infantry Regiment arrives at Fort Douglas near Salt Lake City, Utah. White townspeople responded by sending a delegation to Washington, D.C. to protest. However, the professionalism shown by the black troops later prompted a public apology in the newspaper for the town's earlier action. Well-wishers gave the unit a rousing send-off on April 19, 1898, when the 24th was ordered to Tampa, Florida, to embark for Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
- June 6, 1898 – Members of the 24th and 25th Infantries attacked white soldiers and segregated businesses in Tampa, Florida, after hearing that drunken Ohio volunteers had used a black child for target practice. Members of both groups were seriously injured during the melee.
- July 1, 1898 – Approximately two dozen members of the 10th Cavalry charged up San Juan Hill to assist Lt. Colonel Teddy Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" during the Battle of San Juan Ridge, the only full-scale infantry engagement in Cuba during the Spanish American War. The 10th advanced under heavy fire, and according to a reporter, "firing as they marched, their aim was splendid. Their coolness was superb and their courage aroused the admiration of their comrades." It was this action that led a grateful Rough Rider corporal to proclaim, "If it hadn't been for the black cavalry, the Rough Riders would have been exterminated." Edward Baker, Jr., won the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving a wounded comrade while under fire and became one of five black soldiers awarded the medal for bravery in the war.
- 1898-1917 – Both federal and several state governments restrict black access to the military. Southern National Guard units prohibit blacks from enlisting, the U.S. Navy limits them to mess duties and the U.S. Army limits their roles, as well (no artillery duty). The official excuse was blacks' supposed lack of mechanical skills and general intelligence for the more technologically advanced assignments.
- 1901 -- As on-board racial tensions escalate, decreasing opportunities for promotion, mounting restrictions on assigned duties, and increasing racial bias in recruiting practices, the Navy no longer solicits black recruits.
- 1902 – After the Militia Act limited federal jurisdiction over the National Guard, only six states (none in the Deep South) and the District of Columbia allowed blacks to continue to serve in what had once been the state militias.
- 1906 – A U.S. Army War College study recommends blacks continue to be denied admission into the artillery branch because of their supposed inferior intelligence and inability to master the required technical skills.
- 1906 – Beginning this year and continuing every year for the next decade, various congressmen introduced bills attempting to prevent blacks from serving in the U.S. armed forces. The War Department's opposition to this legislation helped to prevent any of the bills from being voted on, but it was becoming more and more apparent that the military was no longer an option for black men.
- August 13-14, 1906 – Stationed at Fort Brown, in Brownsville, Texas, members of the 25th Infantry supposedly raided the town, killing a bartender and wounding a policeman, both white, the night after a white woman had reportedly been attacked. The men of the 25th denied any knowledge of the shooting. However, while evidence and testimony from Brownsville citizens was dubious, at best, President Theodore Roosevelt presumed the mens' guilt and issued the largest summary dismissal in U.S. Army history as three companies (167 men) were dishonorably discharged. However, in 1972, U.S. Congressman Augustus Hawkins (D-CA) successfully had the discharges reversed to "honorable."
- March 1916 – Members of the 10th Cavalry are with Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing during his unsuccessful two-year pursuit of Mexican rebel and bandit Francisco Pancho Villa along the border and into Mexico.
- April 6, 1917 – America enters World War I during which three black regiments will receive highest honors (the Croix de Guerre) from the French Army, with who the segregated U.S. Army assigns most black troops to fight. Black soldiers receive numerous individual decorations, in general, for their courage. Encouraging blacks to serve during the war, a Howard Universityfaculty and student group theorizes: "If we fail, our enemies will dub us cowards for all time; and we can never win our rightful place. But if we succeed, then eternal success."
- May 18, 1917 – Congress passes the Selective Service Act. Prior to the war, there were only 75,000 men in the American army, 20,000 of whom were soldiers in the 4 all-black regiments — the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry. The act requires the registration of all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 31 and blacks will comprise almost 10 of all registrants. About 700,000 black men volunteered for the draft on the first day, while over 2 million ultimately registered. Despite African-American support for the war effort, some Army leaders had doubts about enlisting large numbers of blacks because senior officers either feared the negative response of southern politicians, believed blacks could not fight, or were concerned about possible subversion by an "oppressed minority." Because of the large number of blacks seeking to enlist, the War Department ordered that African- Americans not be recruited.
- June 18, 1917 – First all-black officer training school opens in Des Moines, Iowa with 1,250 aspiring candidates.
- July 1-3 – East St. Louis, Illinois is the site for one of the bloodiest race riots in the nation's history. A Congressional committee reported that 40 to 200 people were killed, including one black child who is allegedly shot and then burned, hundreds more injured, and 6,000 driven from their homes. The riots stem from white resentment over the employment of blacks in a local factory.
- July 24, 1917 – In Houston, construction begin on Camp Logan, a training facility for National Guard units.
- July 29, 1917 – At Camp MacArthur, in Waco, Texas, black soldiers become involved in a
shoot-out with local police.
- July 28, 1917 – In response to the East St. Louis riot, 10,000 African Americans march silently down New York's 5th Avenue in protest of black oppression, lynchings, race riots, and the denial of rights.
- August 18, 1917 – Company G of the Eighth Illinois National Guard Regiment departs Chicago for Camp Logan to prepare the camp for the rest of the regiment's arrival. The Eighth Illinois will become the 370th U.S. Infantry and the only regiment in the U.S. Army called into service with almost a complete complement of black officers, including regiment commander Col. Franklin A. Denison. The unit serves with distinction in Europe and are hailed by the Germans as the "Black Devils" because of their fighting spirit. Though they are at Camp Logan during the riots, none of the Eighth Illinois men will be involved in the incident. That was due primarily to their discipline and behavior. They viewed their placement in southern cantonments as an opportunity to allay whites' concerns by conducting themselves honorably. Such an attitude is exemplified by an officer of the 370th Infantry, who, upon his arrival at Camp Logan in Houston, Texas remarked: "Hardly had we arrived at our Training Camp before we were impressed with the fact that it was up to us to make good by converting the whites of Houston
from hate to love, to make a people who regarded the regiment as a bunch of lawless men, to realize that we would wade through the fires of Hell to gain and hold for our race a large place in the sun."
- August 23, 1917 – The Houston Riots take place.
- October 15, 1917 – Six hundred and thirty-nine members of the first, and only, class of black officer candidates at Fort Des Moines receive their commissions as either Captain or First and Second Lieutenant and are assigned to infantry, engineer, and artillery units with the 92nd Division.
- December 11, 1917 -- Thirteen black soldiers are hanged for their alleged participation in the Houston riot.
- December 12, 1917 – The first African American combat troops to arrive in France are the 369th Infantry of the 93rd Division, "The Harlem Hellfighters."
- September 3, 1918 – Five more soldiers are hanged for alleged participation in the Houston riot.
- 1917 -- The American Red Cross rejected the applications of qualified African-American nurses on the grounds that the U.S. Army did not accept black women.
- September 29, 1918, -- Five more soldiers from the Houston riots are hung. One week later, a sixth is also hung.


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Our Psoas muscles play such an important part in our overall sense of ourselves and our wellbeing. Deep within the core of our bodies connecting upper and lower together our Psoas is a core stabiliser. When it is healthy, well balanced and strong it gives a sense of groundedness, ease and capacity in body, mind and self.
Because we spend a lot of our time sitting or sedentary comparatively for the nature of our bodies our Psoas often ends up shortened, dry and or unbalanced causing many structural, visceral and psycho/emotional issues either subtly or obviously.
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Dealing with habitually absent employees is a tremendous burden on your company and staff in more ways than one. First, they are a financial burden when your productivity levels drop. These absences decrease productivity while increasing costs from a temporary replacement.
Second, their absence threatens department continuity and morale. Other employees have extra work in order for a department to stay on track to meeting important deadlines. This can create a direct hit to moral and affect the overall culture and atmosphere.
Fully understanding how poor attendance affects the workplace is essential to having a successful company. Knowing what this does will also give you ammunition to develop and enforce guidelines for improvements. Starting with an absence reporting system, you will be able to reduce instances of absenteeism.
How Poor Attendance Affects the Workplace
Employees who fail to show up for their scheduled shift results in more than missing a day or two of work. To take advantage of an absence reporting system, you must fully understand the cost of lost productivity.
Continuity of Productivity
Frequent absences affect the entire work group. When every employee is not at his or her work station during regular hours, remaining members of the team have to adjust. A constant flow of temporary workers might move some projects forward.
However, this will also make it difficult for managers and employees to determine how the skill set of the absent employee fits. Temporary workers also mean constantly training and retraining them to perform tasks that the permanent employee was hired to complete.
Diminished Performance Stats
Of course, absent employees impact the performance statistics for their respective departments. Not only are they hurting their performance level, but it is also affecting their coworkers. If management permits a continued practice of excessive absences without penalty, the performance of coworkers will diminish with their morale.
The cycle of low productivity will continue as long as employees who come to work on time each day. They witness concessions and will respond with poor morale and leaving your company with a high turnover rate.
Failure to Meet Growth Objectives
The next fallout from missed work days is low professional development. This puts your company in a noncompetitive position to attract more top talent. Initially, a chronically absent employee was hired for his or her professional experience and educational background.
Smart recruiting would also expect continued professional development as your company grows. However, this is never accomplished – or at the very least overshadowed – because the employee is rarely at work. The employee is never capable of becoming proficient in new job duties.
Conflict from Chronic Absenteeism
Open conflict is never a good idea for a work environment. Employees who constantly cover for a coworker with poor attendance will understandably become resentful. Silent frustration can lead to open hostility and conflict between the employees.
This tension will further decrease productivity while also creating an uncomfortable environment. Eventually, HR will begin massive recruiting efforts to replace good workers. However, not changing the culture will only repeat the cycle.
Absenteeism Costs
Where do you begin to make lasting changes that improves the overall workplace? Start with the realization that unscheduled absenteeism costs. Imagine what you can do to develop strategic objectives if your company had an extra $3,600 per employee.
Instead, you are spending those dollars on:
- Wages paid for unscheduled absences
- Administrative costs to managing absences
- Overtime and/or temporary worker pay
Add to these expenses indirect costs of:
- Poor quality in delivered goods or services due to understaffing and overtime fatigue
- Visible reduction in productivity
- Manager time to deal with disciplinary actions and looking for suitable replacements
- Safety issues when employees are hastily and inadequately trained
Before you allow things to get further out of hand, you should consider a smart solution. Implementing an absence reporting system will alert you to problems before they get to an extreme point.
What You Can Do to Arm Your Company
Employee absenteeism is a difficult problem to tackle if you try to do it without an effective tracking mechanism in place. You will always get legitimate and poor excuses for why employees miss a day or two of work.
It can become challenging to monitor, control and reduce these instances effectively. Unless your attendance policy requires a written doctor's excuse, it is difficult to determine whether an employee is actually sick.
Simultaneously, it is just as important that you consider the extra costs of having a sick employee infect others. Taking time off is not the ultimate problem; taking too much time off that negatively impacts your business is the larger issue.
Resolving the issue begins with recognizing patterns. Once your attendance system alerts your to exceptions and other issues, you may consider several solutions:
- Incentives for good attendance
- Communicate attendance expectations
- Make employees feel safe to discuss personal problems that may be the culprit
Occasional absences are expected. Being prepared to deal with missed work days before your profit margins are affected empowers you to respond to and reduce absenteeism.