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(StatePoint) If your kids are like most, their backpacks, desks and lockers quickly become a disorganized mess of homework papers, permission slips and notebooks. Teaching children how to make sense of it all is critical to helping them become more successful in school.
"Organizing schoolwork and materials allows kids to organize their minds so they are better able to focus on their studies," says Jodie Watson, Founder and President of Supreme Organization and the Organizing Expert from TLC's "Real Simple. Real Life."
Here are some simple and helpful tips from Watson to get children organized for school success:
- Get your children involved in creating systems to get organized. The more involved they are in the process, the more they will stick with it. Create a system that encompasses everything from the right school supplies to designated study areas at home to daily routines for completing homework and getting organized.
- Create a binder to hold your child's class work as he or she goes through the year, or individual binders for each class. Use durable or heavy duty binders so they will withstand wear and tear throughout the school year, which will save money in the long run. Watson recommends buying school supplies from a manufacturer such as Avery Dennison, which participates in the "Box Tops for Education" program helping schools raise cash for classroom equipment, library books, computers and other supplies.
- Color-code and label prominently. Use different color binders for each subject so your children can easily find the one they need in a hurry. Label the front cover and spine with your child's name, year and semester. Label the inside with their name and a contact number in case the binder gets lost or left at school.
- Create a desktop file system in your child's study area at home. Color-code file folders for each subject to match the color-coding system they have in their binder(s). Make file folder labels on the computer or using a permanent marker so each folder can be easily identified.
- Have your child update and organize their assignments, backpack and binder each evening as part of their homework routine to be ready for the following day. Getting them to stick to routines is important. A great way to get your child enthusiastic about their organizational binder is to create a fully personalized, custom binder such as those from Avery Signature Binders (www.averysignaturebinders.com). This will help them continue using it to keep work organized throughout the year.
- Place a dry erase monthly calendar in your child's room or study area at home. Use dry erase markers to note days/times of classes, and when assignments or papers are due. Use different color markers for each class to easily differentiate them and to give a good overview of your child's schedule and deadlines.
- Insert a copy of your child's class schedule into a sheet protector and place at the front of his or her binder. Be sure to include class name, teacher, room number, location, and days/times of classes.
"Getting organized helps children to be less stressed. When they know where their work is and are able to find what they need when they need it, they don't waste time and energy looking for lost or misplaced papers and have more time to get their assignments done well and in a timely fashion," emphasizes Watson.


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Quora is an excellent free resource for business information you need. Your questions will be seen by other professionals and experts, and unlike some Q&A sites, you'll actually get solid advice from people that know more than a thing or two about your question.
Quora is much more than a Q&A site, however. With the right approach and practical knowledge you can apply to your contributions, you can drive Quora traffic to your website. If you have a small business you're trying to develop, and also a wealth of information in your head that others might find useful, you can capitalize on both by applying your expertise to helpful answers.
Don't Promote Directly, and You'll Be Fine
A major no-no on Quora is direct promotion. If you're joining the site solely to spam questions with your website or promotional copy as a "promotional tactic," you'll be looked down upon in the community and will potentially get yourself removed. You can promote your company indirectly through a number of different ways, however.
You can start a question anonymously asking about your own company. This is a sneaky strategy, but it works: users will give you genuine answers as to the worth and validity of your company's services and the question will stay online for other visitors and search engines to see later.
For the non-anonymous approach, you can speak from your company's experience in answers, and discuss how you have applied useful strategies at your business. This leverages your professional knowledge as well as your business, but if you are confident in both, you will gain authority in the process. Authority is a valuable asset on Quora, and will be the driving force behind building more valuable leads on the service.
The Power of Authority
On Quora, you can build a complete profile about yourself for others to see. This is one of the first things you should do after you join—build your profile so that it represents you professionally. Your business can be represented in your profile as a source of your expertise or a result thereof. No matter what your field, you can establish yourself with your business and promote yourself at the same time.
As you continue to use Quora and answer questions, the value of your answer will be determined by other users with up or down votes on your replies. If your replies are deemed valuable by the community, you'll be respected as a more trustworthy authority on the website. This reflects in search engine results, as well; if someone researches a question you've answered and arrives upon your valuable answer through a web search, they will benefit from your posts outside of the Quora community and you'll earn valuable name recognition for the future.
There Are No Stupid Questions
You can almost guarantee that if you've ever wanted to know something, someone else has wanted to know the same thing. If you didn't find any information on the internet through search results, maybe there haven't been any answers to your questions posted online yet. Quora is the best solution to this problem, and if you're promoting yourself as well as seeking knowledge, it is doubly effective.
There is no such thing as a stupid question on Quora, and the likelihood that someone will eventually ask your same question or seek your answers in the future is very high. By participating on the site, you are producing evergreen content that is easily related back to your name and professional brand. From a marketing perspective, this is an excellent deal: long-term, effective content that will attract new leads over time, hosted offsite on a service that adds authority to your brand, with minimal overhead expenses and minimal effort involved in production. By helping others, you help yourself in the process.
SEOMoz founder and young entrepreneur Rand Fishkin is an active Quora member, and commonly answers questions on the service by speaking from his own experiences. Not only does he attract attention to himself online with his valuable responses, he also attracts interest in his company. Rand's success with SEO strategies comes from an understanding that every social outlet is a potential lead-building tool for your business, and you can bet that Quora contributions are part of his personal SEO strategies.
Anyone that has anything worth saying can take advantage of this valuable service for their own business. All it takes is a quick sign-up, and some helpful knowledge that others would like to know, and the road to building new business contacts and leads through helping others can open up to your business as well.

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I'm exporting an 8.0.5 database into an 8.1.6 database. The 8.0.5 database is using the WE8ISO8859P1 character set, while 8.1.6 is using US7ASCII.
When I tried to import it, I got
IMP-00038 Could not convert to environment character set's handle
Cause: This is an internal error.
Action: Contact Oracle Customer Support
I'm in the process of opening a tar (Metalink is SLOW today)
I'm wondering if it's something I can just fix myself. Maybe set my environment NLS_LANG to US7ASCII and export the 8.0.5 again, and maybe export will do the converion.
Any other ideas I can try while I wait for support to get back to me?


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Since 1927, The Hundred Year Association has honored the achievements of organizations that have been in existence for more than a century, while also recognizing outstanding acts of public service that enhance the present and future prestige of New York City.
We are proud to celebrate the many contributions of our members – the corporations, family-businesses and non-profits that have played important roles in the history of New York. For the most part, their successes and civic-minded support goes unnoticed. One of our primary goals, therefore, is to bring much deserved attention to these establishments, the work they've done, and the work they continue to do.
Additionally, we are committed to thanking civil servants who significantly contribute to the city's future success through their hard work and dedicated public service. Every year since 1930, The Association has awarded the Richard A. Cook Gold Medal "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York."
The prestigious list of honorees includes civil servants like Robert Moses, E. Virgil Conway and Ray Kelly; Mayors Fiorello LaGuardia, Robert Wagner and Rudy Giuliani; entertainers Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers and Tony Randall; corporate stalwarts like the Rockefellers; and city icons such as Carnegie Hall, the Museum of the City of New York and the New York Post.
Pausing to remember and learn from the past is critical today as the speed of life continuously increases, businesses come and go, and the global landscape constantly changes. We hope that our efforts to preserve a small but important part of history will help others in accomplishing the great work of addressing the challenges of the future.
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text: Waterfalls are fascinating in their seemingly never-ending variety, constantly changing in mood and appearance, and variations in flow and power. Here I have a collage of some of the waterfalls that I have photographed, each with its own features and distinct beauty. I am just beginning this gallery collection, so more images will be added as I have an opportunity.Read More


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Vigilant Reports
The Economist 2015 Cover is Filled With Cryptic Symbols and Dire Predictions
The magazine The Economist published an issue named "The World in 2015". On the cover are odd images: A mushroom cloud, the Federal Reserve in a game called "Panic" and much more.
I wouldn't normally dedicate an entire article analyzing the cover of a publication, but this isn't any publication. It is The Economist and it is directly related to the world elite. It is partly owned by the Rothschild banking family of England and its editor-in-chief, John Micklethwait, attended several times to the Bilderberg Conference – the secretive meeting where the world's most powerful figures from the world of politics, finance business, and media discuss global policies. The outcome of those meetings is totally secret. It is, therefore, safe to say that the people at The Economist know things that most people don't. For this reason, its "2015 prediction" cover is rather puzzling.
The bleak and sinister cover features political figures, fictional characters and pop culture icons that will surely make the news in 2015. However, most importantly, it also includes several drawings that are extremely symbolic and allude to important elements of the elite's Agenda. Here's the cover :
(You can view a larger version of the cover here).
At first glance, we see political figures like Obama and Putin, references to the Rugby cup and the new Spider-Man movie. But a closer look reveals a plethora of disturbing elements. Here are some of them.
Two-Faced Globe
One side of the globe gazes stoically towards the West while the other side appears irate. Does this represent a confrontation between the East and the West? The cover features a few other symbols referring to the "rise of the East". What's more unsettling is that immediately under that angry globe, are pictured a mushroom cloud (the kind that happens after a nuclear bomb goes off) and a spy satellite launching into space.
The Color of the Faces
Take a closer look at the faces of the personalities featured on the cover. Some of them are in full color while others are in black and white. Why is that?
Among those in black in white are Putin, Merkel, Obama, Hilary Clinton and David Cameron. Among those in color are David Blaine, a young person holding a "Singapore" banner (Singapore is the host of the 2015 SEA games) and a random guy wearing virtual reality equipment. A quick compilation of this data reveals that those in black and white appear to be part of the elite (including the ISIS guy who probably works for them) and those in color are "outsiders". Is this how the elite perceives the world?
Pied Piper
The presence of the Pied Piper on this 2015-themed cover is downright unsettling. The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a German legend about a man who used his magical flute to lure away the children of the city of Hamelin, never to be seen again.
This folkloric figure dating from the Middle-Ages is said to represent either massive death by plague or catastrophe, or a movement of massive immigration. It also perfectly represents today's youth being "lured" and mystified by the "music" of mass media. Conveniently enough, there's a small boy right under Piper's flute.
Clueless Boy
Right under the Pied Piper, we see a young boy with a dumbfounded look on his face. He is watching a game called "Panic". The words "Federal Reserve" and "Chi" (which probably stands for China) are on top while the words "Green light!" and "sis!" (which probably stands for "Isis!" or "Crisis!") are at the bottom. The little boy watches as this twisted game of Plinko unfolds the same way the clueless masses watch powerlessly while various events unfold on mass media. As the name of the game states, the ultimate goal is to cause Panic around the world as crises are almost randomly generated by those who control the game. And that's on a magazine cover owned by the Rothschilds.
In front of Putin is a small aircraft on which is written Crop-O-Dust. This refers to the concept of crop dusting which is "the process of spraying crops with powdered insecticides or fungicides from an aircraft." Right under the helicopter is a kid … eating something. Unsettling.
A panda bear wearing a China-flag Speedo while flexing its muscles is a rather clear way of portraying the fact that China is gaining power. Next to it is a sumo wrestler holding a big battery on which the polarities (+ and -) are clearly indicated. Are they alluding to a switch in polarity in world power from the West to the East?
Emerging from behind Obama's leg is a ghost reading a magazine entitled "Holiday". Why is this ghost, which represents a dead person, planning a vacation? Does it represent the fact that the masses will be so impoverished that the only time they'll be on a holiday is when they're dead? Does it relate to the countless people who died while traveling in the past months? Creepy.
Standing in front of everything else, gazing right into our souls is a turtle with emphasis lines around its shell. What does it represent? Will turtles make a huge comeback in 2015? Probably not.
An angry tortoise is the symbol of the Fabian Society, an extremely powerful organization that has been working for over a century towards to formation of a single world government.
The philosophy behind Fabian socialism is basically the blueprint of what we call today the New World Order.
The Fabian Society is a very old group originating in England in 1884, with the purpose of forming a single, global socialist state. They get their name from the Roman general Fabius, who used carefully planned strategies to slowly wear down his enemies over a long period of time to obtain victory. "Fabian Socialism" uses incremental change over a long period of time to slowly transform a state as opposed to using violent revolution for change. It is essentially socialism by stealth. Their original emblem was a shield with a wolf in sheep's clothing holding a flag with the letters F.S. Today the international symbol of the Fabian Society is a turtle, with the motto below: "When I strike, I strike hard."
– The Fabian Society, The Weather Eye
The Fabian Society used to openly advocate a scientifically planned society and supported eugenics by way of sterilization. Its original logo was a wolf in sheep's clothing … But I guess that was not the best way to conceal the wolf from the masses.
Bringing forth a global system through small incremental changes is exactly what the world elite is currently doing. This is probably why there's an angry tortoise on the cover of this Bilderberg-connected publication – standing in front of the chaos behind it.
11.3 and 11.5
The lower right side of the cover features some more cryptic symbols. There's a pile of dirt on the ground and two arrows on which are inscribed 11.5 and 11.3. Are those dates to remember? Why are they next to a pile of dirt? If you look up these figures as coordinates, they point to somewhere in Nigeria. Displaying numbers that can only be truly understood by "those in the know" is one of the occult elite's favorite hobbies.
Standing in front of the dirt is Alice in Wonderland looking upwards towards the Cheshire Cat.
This iconic cat is known for disappearing entirely, leaving only visible its creepy grin. We, therefore, see another allusion to a world of fantasy, illusion, and deceit as perceived by Alice – a representative of the masses. Along with the somewhat unnecessary inclusion of David Blaine – a magician – the cover mixes real-world events with illusions.
Other notable symbols on this cover include a piggy bank flying from James Cameron's pockets; A model wearing an Alexander McQueen creation (the elite's favorite designer who died in strange circumstances) and an Asian officer wearing a facemask to protect him from a deadly disease.
2015 seems great, doesn't it?
In Conclusion
The Economist is not a random newspaper that publishes quirky 2015 predictions to sell a few additional copies. It is directly connected to those who shape global policies and who make sure that they are applied. The publication is partly owned by the Rothschild banking family of England and its editor regularly attends Bilderberg meetings. In other words, The Economist is connected to those who have the means and the power to make "predictions" a reality.
The 2015-themed cover basically reflects the overall Agenda of the elite and is peppered with cryptic symbols that appear to be included for "those in the know". And the masses, like Alice watching the Cheshire Cat disappear, will focus on illusions while the wolf in sheep's clothing will strike … and strike hard.
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- Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines
- Washington Post: "The rise of 'Chinese Communist Party' as a pejorative"
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Emirates airline will serve Dublin with a second daily non-stop flight from September 1, 2014. The airline's Boeing 777-300ER aircraft will add capacity of more than 5,000 seats a week in both directions.
The new daily service will complement Emirates' Boeing 777 operation that commenced in January 2012. Timings have been scheduled to facilitate more effective onward connections from Dubai to major destinations in Australia and New Zealand, with shorter journey times into Auckland, Melbourne and Brisbane. Following the partnership agreement with Qantas, Emirates will continue to offer connections to almost 60 cities across Australia and New Zealand.
Furthermore, the new flight introduces new connections to the Far East, India, East and Southern Africa. Passengers travelling on business trips will be offered a convenient overnight flight option with an early morning arrival into Dubai.
The second service will feature 360 seats in a three-class configuration - eight seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class and 310 in Economy Class. Flight EK163 will leave Dubai at 1600hrs to reach Dublin at 2050hrs. The return flight EK164 will depart Dublin at 2220hrs, and will arrive in Dubai at 0855hrs the next day.
"Air travel is indispensable for tourism and trade, the major engines of Ireland's resurgent economy. Emirates' expanded schedule will offer better connectivity for our customers when travelling between Dublin and Dubai and onwards to the rest of our network, increasing access to emerging markets and encouraging investment and innovation. There is a clear traffic flow taking place from Dublin to a number of destinations in our network, therefore boosting connections makes business sense" said Tim Clark, President, Emirates airline.
"The doubling of Emirates' Dublin services will be extremely valuable in helping us to build upon the connections made during the Government's recent trade mission to the Gulf region as well as supporting additional export trade. It will also provide a boost to our efforts to increase tourism business as the Government continues, through the Action Plan for Jobs, to prioritise sectors which can provide sustainable jobs growth," said An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who welcomed the announcement.
"We are delighted that Emirates has decided to go double daily on the route just two years after launching its Dublin service. I know that Dublin has been one of Emirates' most successful ever route launches and the seven new flights per week will offer additional choice to both business and leisure passengers travelling to and from the Middle East and beyond," said DAA Chief Executive, Kevin Toland, who welcomed Emirates' announcement that it intends to add a second daily flight from Dublin to Dubai from 1st September.
Over 440,000 passengers have travelled on the Dubai Dublin service since it commenced. Tourism Ireland estimates that average growth rates from Asia & Middle East passenger traffic to Ireland by 2020 will be over 6%. Middle East traffic grew by 3% just after the launch of the first Dublin service in 2012, according to the same source.
All classes of the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft will be equipped with Emirates' award-winning ice entertainment system with up to 1,600 channels of on-demand entertainment, including movies, television programmes, games, audio books and music from across the world.
Emirates SkyCargo, the airline's award-winning cargo division, will offer an additional 25 tonnes of belly-hold capacity on every flight, supporting trade and commerce links out of Ireland. Key exports from Ireland include seafood, dairy products, chocolates, beef and botox.
Emirates currently employs 442 Irish nationals across the group. Last week, an official visit took place in Dubai as part of the Irish Government Trade Mission to Gulf States. It was headed by the Irish Prime Minister, who was accompanied by a trade delegation of Irish businesses to explore trade opportunities. It is estimated that up to 100 new jobs in Ireland are expected to be created as result of the synergies made by Irish and Dubai based companies.
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Ustream, a service that provides live video streaming across the Internet, has attracted $20 million in investment from Japan's Softbank and is planning an expansion into Asia, it said Tuesday.
The investment by Softbank gives the Japanese company a 13.7 percent stake in the company and could be followed by additional cash. Softbank holds options that, if exercised by July 2011, could see its investment reach $75 million, at which time it would become the single largest shareholder in the company with a stake of more than 30 percent.
Explaining why Softbank wasn't making the entire investment immediately, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son told a Tokyo news conference, "We have learned recently that instead of investing a lot at the beginning, investing portions over time will help maintain healthier relations [with the target company] and maintain free cash-flow."
"We do not want to have any veto but would like to be a strategic partner," he said.
Ustream also said it expects additional funding commitments from other investors in the U.S. and Asia. It didn't name the investors.
"Asia offers a significant, untapped market opportunity for streaming video," said Ustream founder and CEO John Ham, in a statement. "Softbank will enable us to develop this opportunity and deliver on our vision of live streaming video everywhere. We look forward to deploying these resources to accelerate our growth in the United States and Asia Pacific."
Ustream had previously raised $11 million in a March 2008 financing round led by Doll Capital Management (DCM) so the money from Softbank considerably adds to its finances.
The tie-up with Softbank could open doors for Ustream at other companies in which Softbank has invested. Softbank holds stakes in a string of Internet ventures across East Asia and is the largest shareholder in Yahoo Japan. It also operates Softbank Mobile, a nationwide cellular network in Japan that had 22 million users at the end of 2009 and is the sole carrier for Apple's iPhone in the country.
Ustream streamed the Tokyo news conference at which the investment was announced, attracting an audience of several hundred people.
"In the era of Web 2.0, Twitter is equivalent to the newspaper and Ustream is equivalent to TV stations," said Son. "With the live streaming users can exchange messages on Twitter so it's not one-way but interactive."
Ustream began operations in March 2007 and has grown to attract more than 50 million viewers per month. Viewers can watch live broadcasts through Flash video in a Web browser in a manner similar to YouTube. Ustream also archives broadcasts for later viewing.
A live stream it offered of the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama attracted 3.8 million viewers and a live red-carpet show ahead of the American Music Awards 2009 drew an audience of 3.4 million.
Usage of the service has expanded with the launch of an application for the iPhone that allows for live streaming from the handset to views on the Internet. More than 1.5 million copies of the application have been downloaded. Last week Ustream launched a desktop application that allows professional content providers the ability to offer a more polished feed of their video.


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Katy Perry Leaves Las Vegas Party to Avoid 'Going Out J. Lo Style'
While Katy Perry had a good time in her first public outing since her breakup with Russell Brand, she still made a swift exit. The 'Teenage Dream' singer split from the party she co-hosted when a fight broke out between two billionaires.
The New York Post reports that Perry got up and made a beeline for the back door when oil heir Brandon Davis and Dole fruit heir Justin Murdock got into a scuffle. Murdock stood too close to Davis, which led to shooing, then to shoving and bodyguard involvement — and our girl wasn't having any of that! Spies told the paper that Perry "immediately got up when Brandon and Justin started arguing and pushing each other."
That was a smart move. She's probably dealing with enough drama right now! Of course, Katy Perry being Katy Perry, she exited with a sense of humor. "There were no punches thrown, it was just pushing and shoving," a spy said. "Katy immediately walked away. She joked to her friend that she wasn't 'going out J.Lo-style.'" Zing! She was referring to the 1999 nightclub shooting involving Diddy and then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez.
Despite the scuffle, sources told the Post that Perry was in good spirits and that she kept a low profile while sitting with her bestie, co-host Markus Molinari. The party celebrated the opening of 1OAK Las Vegas and benefited GiveLove, an organization that provides sanitation and housing to victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
We're happy to hear she left unscathed and smiling. Keep your chin up, Katy!


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Every week, I have the privilege to hold a discussion about grief with colleague Dr. Geoff Warburton.
We have both have experienced grief from the inside during the course of our lives and have now devoted ourselves to the practice of grief counseling.
We share a sentiment about grief in Western culture. That is, in general, grief is widely misunderstood, castigated, affronted, and bypassed in practice, theory, the media, and even in some spirituality. Most recently, we discussed the spiritual bypass, and a more thorough triadic diatribe about this topic is forthcoming. I digress (as usual)...
Fast forward to today.
Another dear friend, a medical doctor and researcher in Canada working in refugee health (note: plenty of grief and trauma in this population), recently attended a conference in the U.S. One of the days in this conference was devoted to "bereavement care".
She was so upset by what she'd heard that she abruptly exited two workshops that were intended to help grieving parents.
She sent me some of the materials to review and I shared her deep concerns. Actually, I was mystified and astonished.
Two clinicians who presented as "experts" posited "therapies" which were not only (less than) pseudo-science but more than that: They are potentially harmful to the bereaved. Their suggested "interventions" may even further disenfranchise, stigmatize, and pathologize normal, albeit painful, traumatic grief. Their strategies promoted the "unfeeling" and "unseeing"and even medicating of grief... precisely the opposite of what research in traumatic grief suggests as most efficacious, and it was some of the most 'unmindful' and experientially avoidant propaganda I have ever seen.
Experiential avoidance (that is the chronic turning away from or distracting of painful emotions/memories unconsciously), in fact, in the SCIENTIFIC literature is closely linked with substance abuse, physical illness, and other maladaptive behaviors and affect.
Look, I get it.
Clinicians are not often researchers so they may or may not be able to discern the rigor of a study's outcomes. Many of them don't even have time to read the research and may not understand methodology.
So, herein lies the dilemma: Bad therapy happens. And bad therapy isn't just bad therapy- it's not like a bad haircut. These are people's lives. And not just any people. The most vulnerable population on earth. Very, very dangerous, indeed.
So here is a rare offering of advice - maybe an invitation - for bereaved persons: caveat emptor.
Be careful with whom you share your grief.
Be careful with whom you share your grief.
Be careful with whom you share your grief.
And be wary of advice wielding, arrogant "clinicians" who think they know it all.
The clinicians who know best are the ones who admit they know nothing. The best therapists are the ones who admit their impotence in the face of such trauma and suffering. They are the ones who say, "There aren't words... I have no cure... And I will join you in the abyss..." The best therapists are those who understand humility and deference.
They are some duplicitous charlatans who are out to exploit. But there are also many well-intended who can harm you and me and us all. They often don't read or understand the research, they believe what others in positions of authority tell them without question, they may not be prone to dialectical thinking, and they often pretend to know the unknowable. Even if unwittingly, they end up preying on those who are desperate for any help, presenting themselves as the experts.
They are on the internet, on Facebook, at conferences, in clinical interactions, in schools, churches, post offices, and grocery stores. Be mindful of your input: Don't believe everything you hear from others, even self-purported experts. Don't believe everything you read in books or out there on the web. The internet, particularly, is filled with writings that are wonderful and useful. Other writings, when not plagiarizations of those who are wise about grief (please cite your sources people), can be incredulously harmful and misinforming.
Western culture, by its nature, promotes the use of nearly any strategy to bypass grief. Drugs, sex, alcohol, shopping, food, gambling, exercise, work, hedonism, any distraction you can name. Even therapy. But the sages knew what we seem to have forgotten in contemporary society: No 'intervention' and no interventionist can 'cure' your grief. There is no panacea. You are not broken, you are broken hearted. And as Rabbi Mendel of Kotzk said 'there is no more whole heart than a broken heart.'
You are not in need of repair. No alphabet soup intervention (ABC therapy, XYZ medication) and, certainly, no drug can assuage your grief. The only way is through, and the only way through is with loving, nonjudgmental support, good self care and self compassion, and some other things demonstrated in the literature to be helpful in coping with, not eradicating, grief. And frankly, the source of many concerns about the prolongation of grief resides within our own social groups- others pressuring mourners to 'get over it,' 'move on', 'feel better.' Others who do not remember with us. Others who ostracize us and treat us as lepers. This kind of social reaction is not helpful, and actually is quite isolating and harmful for grievers. So let's focus on an intervention for a sick and intolerant culture that coerces us into believing we are entitled to happiness and comfort and immortality at all times and at all costs.
So if you need some extra support because you are feeling lonely, withdrawn, and confused, that help can come from those who are innate helpers from within your circle of friends/family/faith community and/or from those trained to help you to integrate your grief (like one of these individuals here), not push it away, decry, avoid, repress, or otherwise deflect it. Surround yourself with others who have a "PhD" or "MD" or advance degree in common-sense and loving kindness.
Hell, I've seen animals give better 'therapy' than plenty of 'therapists.'
Again my unsolicited advice: Do not believe everything a so-called professional tells you. If it offends your soul, follow Whitman's advice and "dismiss" it. Rather, trust the wisdom of your own grief. Get help if and when you need it from others who will embrace and uphold you and who understand what SCIENCE says about trauma, grief, and love. Yes, love.
Little in this conference's literature I read as it related to grief was based in science. And, nothing in any of the literature I read from this "conference" felt like love. And this saddens me beyond words.
Because in the end, grief is not a medical issue. Grief is not an issue to be solved or cured. Grief is an issue of the heart.
Heed Goethe's harbinger: Beware the massman, the troubled guest on the dark earth.


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- identify files in a specified region of an NTFS volume
ntfscluster [options] device
The ntfscluster utility has three modes of operation: info, sector, and cluster, described as follows.
The default mode, info is currently not implemented. It will display general information about the NTFS volume when it is working.
The sector mode displays a list of files that have data in the specified range of sectors. This mode is put in effect by the -–sector option.
The cluster mode displays a list of files that have data in the specified range of clusters. When the cluster size is one sector, this is equivalent to the sector mode of operation. This mode is put in effect by the -–cluster option.
Supported options are listed below. Most options have both single-letter and full-name forms. Multiple single-letter options that do not take an argument can be combined. For example, -fv is the equivalent of -f -v. A full-name option can be abbreviated to a unique prefix of its name.
Any files whose data is in this range of clusters will be displayed.
Display information about filename.
Overrides some sensible defaults, such as not working with a mounted volume. Use this option with caution.
Show a list of options with a brief description of each.
Show information about this inode.
This option is not yet implemented.
Suppress some debug, warning, and error messages.
Any files whose data is in this range of sectors will be displayed.
Show the version number, copyright, and license information.
Display more debug, warning, and error messages.
Example 1 Displaying Information About a Volume
The following command displays information about the volume /dev/dsk/c0d0p1.
# ntfscluster /dev/dsk/c0d0p1
Example 2 Displaying List of Files in a Cluster Range
The following command looks for files in the first 500 clusters of /dev/dsk/c0d0p1.
# ntfscluster -c 0-500 /dev/dsk/c0d0p1
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ntfsinfo(1M), ntfsprogs(1M), parted(1M), attributes(5)
ntfscluster was written by Richard Russon, with contributions from Anton Altaparmakov.


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Bill Burr didn't exactly "burst" onto the comedy scene. Instead, the Massachusetts native has built a slow but sure-footed reputation over the years with appearances on Chappelle's Show, HBO's One Night Stand, late-night talk shows from Conan to Letterman, and up to 300 other performances annually. His renown as a crack-shot stand-up gained greater notoriety among comedy circles in 2006 due to an impromptu tirade in defense of fellow comedian Dom Irrera and against the city of Philadelphia, which unexpectedly earned a standing ovation from the locals in attendance. Before gearing up for his latest road trip—which includes a three-night stint at DC Improv—Burr sat down with The A.V. Club to discuss life on the move, the infamous Philly incident, and the effect the Internet has had on comedy.
The A.V. Club: You were in New York for more than a decade—why the move back to L.A.?
Bill Burr: I just felt like I was in a rut. I had done everything that I felt like I could do: I was in all the clubs, I had met a bunch of casting directors, and nothing was happening for me. I didn't feel challenged in New York, but I moved to LA and it was a whole new mountain to climb. I keep doing specials because I think there are a lot of people who make movies and TV who are fans of comedy—if they start to like you, they'll get a project going and call you in.
AVC: Especially with your comedy clips all over YouTube.
BB: The Internet is awesome and annoying at the same time. I was just in Stockholm, and there were a handful of people who knew who I was—that was awesome. The other side is "free art." Everyone wants everything for free. It's my new material! What I do like is it puts you in control of your career. Anybody that wants to shoot an hour of stand-up and put it up in clips on Youtube can have an hour special, too. You just gotta write it. [Laughs.]
AVC: What happened during the Dom Irrera incident in Camden?
BB: That was during Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour. It was a rowdy Philly crowd of about 10,000 people. They booed the first guy off stage, and they were rowdy the rest of the night. It was one of those situations where the crowd is in control, and that annoys me. I went out there more offensive, I went out with the wrong joke, and I did another joke they had been promoting on the radio unbeknownst to me, and they didn't laugh.
AVC: Is that tough when that happens?
BB: I've been booed before. It's not a new song. I was so fucking pissed—that's what I remember. I was thinking backstage, "I didn't need to come here. These guys are watching some of the best comics in country and acting like a bunch of idiots." It felt like that was a show where I wasn't any happier with them than they were with me. It's a weird thing. In the end it was a great thing because I got a ton of respect. Another thing is people think I don't like Philly, which isn't the case. I was trying to say stuff that would make them mad, so I made fun of their sports teams and their moms and staying disease-free. It's a simple formula; find out what they do love and attack it.
AVC: Have you ever had anything like that happen before?
BB: Oh yeah. Big time. Take the first 12 years of my career—pick a weekend, and something happened. From 1995 to 2004, on any given show on any given night, people would throw stuff at you and yell at you. I had way more good sets than bad, but the possibility of a bad one is always there. The Camden thing happened 14 years into my career, and it is the reason why 99 percent of people will never go on stage.
AVC: Do people think they can fuck with you because you're a comedian?
BB: I don't know. It's hard to describe. You say something funny [outside of a comedy set], and people are all, "You gonna use that?" or "You gonna put me in your act?" No, I'm not. I actually have the ability to say funny things without it being an act. It's rough now on my personal life going out, but it is a great life. When I'm done here I'm going to go see a movie in the middle of the day. Most people at work hate their jobs.
AVC: Has the audience seemed different since the economic collapse?
BB: Maybe they are more selective, maybe they won't go out to comedy club all the time, but they want to laugh. I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, but it took about 10 days and comedy clubs were packed.
AVC: It's good for people to have something to look forward to.
BB: I do my podcast on Mondays for that specific reason. A lot of people go to work and don't like their jobs. If you give people something to laugh about, it's good. Monday was the worst when I had jobs. Monday Night Football is awesome.
AVC: Those MNF commercials are geared toward that idea of escaping.
BB: I wish they would teach it in schools: Give people the belief that they are going to do well. A lot of people are really talented and scared to follow their talent because you don't know where it's going. Being a comedian is an incredible thing, but it can be scary sometimes. I did a gig in Brooklyn years ago and this guy was featuring. He had headlined in the '80s, and was driving a bus during the day. I forgot his name, but I never forgot how he made me feel when I was talking to him. I didn't know much about myself then, so I just absorbed it. I was like, "Oh my God." [Laughs.]
AVC: Did you ever think about giving up?
BB: I've always been positive. Everybody has that moment of, "Am I gonna be that guy driving the bus when I'm 50? Am I going to be dropped down to a feature trying to mindfuck the host because he's young?" I knew I wasn't going to do that. You have to understand how bad I wanted to be a comedian, how much I loved doing it. I still can't believe I get to do this for a living and have people come up and want to see me. I still remember the first gig where I got people going, it was Rascals in New Jersey, and the place was packed. I was scared. People were expecting me to be funny. I gotta be honest, every time I walk into a club, it's that same fear.


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HOUSTON, TX – Billionaire energy mogul T. Boone Pickens has announced a revolutionary alien technology as the next step in the campaign for US energy independence.
After making his fortune in the Texas oil industry, Pickens has recently joined the crusade for green, renewable energy technologies that will allow the United States to break free of the stronghold of foreign oil.
"The only way for this nation to reverse the effects of global warming, boost the economy, and put millions of Americans back to work, is to invest in revolutionary energy sources," Pickens told a summit of energy and environmental experts.
"Wind, nuclear, solar, and biofuel are just the first steps. With energy needs growing every day, we need to look further. I am proud to announce that in conjunction with the Qwoak Delegate to the United States, we will bring Alien power cell fusion technology to America for the first time."
While it is unclear where exactly this energy source originates from, the Qwoak Delegation claims that it is a renewable energy resource that allows them to travel the length of the galaxy and back on just one power cell.
"Its clean, its green, its renewable. Not to mention a fraction of the price of buying crude oil from the Saudis or Venezuelans."
The Qwoak guarantee that no animal, human, or alien is part of the mysterious cell fusion process. This comes as a great relief to environmentalists still decrying the failed attempt to integrate Martian baby-smelting into the automotive industry in the 1970s.


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- Eight boys from a Thai soccer team trapped in a cave have now been brought out after two days of rescue operations
- Four boys were rescued on Monday. Four more boys and their coach remain in the cave
- The five- to six-hour rescue route involves diving through the cave's dark, tight and twisting passages
Four more of the youth soccer players trapped for over two weeks in a flooded cave in northern Thailand were brought out on Monday, an official said, bringing to eight the number extracted in the ongoing high-stakes rescue operation.
"The eighth person is out and the operation is done for today," Sitthichai Klangpattana, flag officer to Thailand's navy SEAL commander, told The Associated Press. "Four boys were brought out today."
They are "safe and conscious" and now in a hospital, Chiang Rai acting Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn said at a news conference. He added that Monday's operation took less time than Sunday's because of the experienced accumulated and more people involved.
After Monday's rescue effort, four boys and their coach were still inside the labyrinth cave. Narongsak said he's not sure if the remaining five people will be extracted in one or more operations.
On Sunday, when the high-risk rescue operation to rescue the 12 boys and their coach began, teams of divers brought out four of the boys but waited several hours before confirming their safe rescue.
The Facebook page of the Thai Navy SEALs, who have been central to the rescue operation, was updated Monday night to say "two days, eight boars" — a reference to the Wild Boars, the name of the boys' soccer team. The message, like most posted by the SEALs, ended with the fighting cheer adopted from the U.S. Navy: Hooyah.
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Narongsak said earlier Monday that the second phase began at 11 a.m. (12 a.m. ET) and authorities "hope to hear good news in the next few hours."
"All conditions are still as good as they were yesterday," Narongsak told a news conference. "The boys' strength, the plan — today we are ready like before. And we will do it faster because we are afraid of the rain."
Authorities have been rushing to extract the boys, ages 11-16, and their coach from the cave as the annual monsoon bears down on the mountainous region in far northern Chiang Rai province. Workers have been laboring around the clock to pump water out of the cave, and authorities said Monday that heavy downpours overnight did not raise water levels inside.
The four boys guided from the cave Sunday in an urgent and dangerous operation that involved them diving through the cave's dark, tight and twisting passages were happy and in good health, authorities said.
"This morning they said they were hungry and wanted to eat khao pad grapao," Narongsak said, referring to a Thai dish of meat fried with chili and basil and served over rice.
Still, the four were undergoing medical checks in a hospital in the provincial capital and were not yet allowed close contact with relatives due to fear of infections. Relatives were able to see them through a glass partition, the governor said.
The boys and their coach went exploring in the massive Tham Luang Nang Non cave on June 23 after a soccer practice, and were cut off when a rainstorm flooded the cave. A massive international search operation was launched and it took 10 days to locate the boys, who had taken shelter on a dry slope deep in the complex.
The search and rescue operation has riveted people both in Thailand and internationally, with journalists from across the globe traveling to this town along the border with Myanmar to report on the ordeal.
Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda had said early Monday that the same group of expert divers who took part in Sunday's rescue would return to extricate the others because they know the cave conditions and what to do. He had said fresh air tanks needed to be laid along the underwater route.
Authorities have said extracting the entire team from the cave could take up to four days, but Sunday's success raised hopes that it could be done faster.
Sunday's mission involved 13 foreign divers and five Thai navy SEALs. Two divers accompanied each of the boys, all of whom have been learning to dive only since July 2, when searchers found them.
Cave rescue experts have said they consider an underwater escape to be a last resort, especially with people untrained in diving.
The death Friday of a former Thai navy SEAL underscored the risks. The diver, the first fatality of the rescue effort, was working in a volunteer capacity and died on a mission to place air canisters along the passage to where the boys are, necessary for divers to safely travel the five- to six-hour route.
There were several concerns that prompted authorities to move forward with the plan to dive the boys out. One was that it was unknown how safe and dry the area where they had taken shelter would stay as Thailand's rainy season, which lasts until at least late October, picks up pace.
The other, and perhaps more worrying, was that oxygen levels in the complex were falling close to dangerous levels.


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Mount Ararat, Turkish Ağrı Dağı, volcanic massif in extreme eastern Turkey, overlooking the point at which the frontiers of Turkey, Iran, and Armenia converge. Its northern and eastern slopes rise from the broad alluvial plain of the Aras River, about 3,300 feet (1,000 metres) above sea level; its southwestern slopes rise from a plain about 5,000 feet (1,500 metres) above sea level; and on the west a low pass separates it from a long range of other volcanic ridges extending westward toward the eastern Taurus ranges. The Ararat Massif is about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
Ararat consists of two peaks, their summits about 7 miles (11 km) apart. Great Ararat, or Büyük Ağrı Dağı, which reaches an elevation of 16,945 feet (5,165 metres) above sea level, is the highest peak in Turkey. Little Ararat, or Küçük Ağrı Dağı, rises in a smooth, steep, nearly perfect cone to 12,782 feet (3,896 metres). Both Great and Little Ararat are the product of eruptive volcanic activity. Neither retains any evidence of a crater, but well-formed cones and fissures exist on their flanks. Towering some 14,000 feet (4,300 metres) above the adjoining plains, the snowcapped conical peak of the Great Ararat offers a majestic sight. The snowline varies with the season, retreating to 14,000 feet above sea level by the end of the summer. The only true glacier is found on the northern side of the Great Ararat, near its summit. The middle zone of Ararat, measuring from 5,000 to 11,500 feet (1,500 to 3,500 metres), is covered with good pasture grass and some juniper; there the local Kurdish population graze their sheep. Most of the Great Ararat is treeless, but Little Ararat has a few birch groves. Despite the abundant cover of snow, the Ararat area suffers from scarcity of water.
Ararat traditionally is associated with the mountain on which Noah's Ark came to rest at the end of the Flood. The name Ararat, as it appears in the Bible, is the Hebrew equivalent of Urardhu, or Urartu, the Assyro-Babylonian name of a kingdom that flourished between the Aras and the Upper Tigris rivers from the 9th to the 7th century bce. Ararat is sacred to the Armenians, who believe themselves to be the first race of humans to appear in the world after the Deluge. A Persian legend refers to the Ararat as the cradle of the human race. There was formerly a village on the slopes of the Ararat high above the Aras plain, at the spot where, according to local tradition, Noah built an altar and planted the first vineyard. Above the village Armenians built a monastery to commemorate St. Jacob, who is said to have tried repeatedly but failed to reach the summit of Great Ararat in search of the Ark. In 1840 an eruption and landslide destroyed the village, the monastery of St. Jacob, and a nearby chapel of St. James, and it also killed hundreds of villagers.
Local tradition maintained that the Ark still lay on the summit but that God had declared that no one should see it. In September 1829, Johann Jacob von Parrot, a German, made the first recorded successful ascent. Since then Ararat has been scaled by several explorers, some of whom claim to have sighted the remains of the Ark.


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Not surprisingly, less than a week after Chinese toymaker In Icons began promoting a Steve Jobs action figure, Apple is threatening a lawsuit, claiming the Cupertino, Calif. company owns Jobs' likeness.
"Apple reportedly stipulates in a letter to the Chinese manufacturer that any toy that resembles the technology company's logo, person's name, appearance or likeness of its products is a criminal offence," according to The Telegraph (UK.)
We were thinking about this, and unless Jobs signed away his likeness to Apple in some Faustian pact, his family and heirs own the rights to his likeness -- and VentureBeat seems to agree. Previously when Apple famously put the kibosh on MiC Gadget's Steve Jobs figurine in 2010, Jobs was still alive and likely objecting to the use of his likeness. Now after his death, we're not sure if Apple owns Jobs' likeness. However, it does own the Apple logo and may have a case for the "One More Thing" backdrop -- if they ever trademarked the phrase, that is.
That said, the prototype in publicity photos is strikingly well-made, with a black mock turtleneck, jeans, glasses wedding ring and removable hands so Jobs can point. It also comes with two apples, one with a bite out of it. (It also has New Balance sneakers, and that company could probably sue In Icons, too.)
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Perhaps if the toymaker had asked Jobs' family nicely (and gave it some part of the profits,) his family might have agreed to the action figure. Now we'll see if anyone will actually receive one of the dolls before Apple can halt In Icons' production.


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50% of this score is based on the level of Palme of Excellence of the school
The salary of the 1st employment
Information provided by each program and verified by Eduniversa
Salaries are weighted by country and by the average annual salary of its executives
Three scales are used according to the type of program (MBA full time, EMBA and all other programs)
Students satisfaction
A survey comprised of 11 questions sent by e‐mail to graduating students to assess satisfaction with the completed program.
A minimum of 10% of the students in each program must reply to be scored.
• 1st and 2nd question : 25 % each of the score.
• The 9 questions left : 50% of the score.
Bonus Points
- Programs with more than 7 different nationalities registered in its programs.
- Programs having more than 7 different nationalities from at least 3 different zones.
- Programs which enable at least 20% of their graduates to do an internship or to work abroad
- Programs admicng at least 5 students with work experience
- Programs which offer Distance Learning.
Ranking by stars
By adding the points from each of the 3 criteria in our methodology, each program is given a final score. Eduniversal ranks these programs according to their final score which is also associated with a star ranking as follows :
|Masters with a final score of 1 to 5.99
|Masters with a final score of 6 to 8.99
|Masters with a final score of 9 to 11.99
|Masters with a final score of 12 to 15
The EDUNIVERSAL International Scientific Committee
The International Scientific Committee (ISC), is comprised of 11 members: two executive members within Eduniversal, and nine independent experts in higher education. All members have significant experience in the academic world and within their zone. The Committee is responsible for the Official Selection of the best 1000 business schools, monitors the Deans' Voting process, and oversees the EDUNIVERSAL Business Schools Ranking Methodology
All the nine expert members are experienced and prominent personalities in the academic field of their geographical zone:
AFRICA / Prof. Sherif Kamel
Sherif Kamel is professor of management and dean of the school of business at The American University in Cairo. He served as senior advisor for strategic planning to the president of the university (2017) and vice president of the university for information management (2016). During his first spell as dean (2009-2014), the school achieved triple crown accreditation, introduced the Executive MBA, the master of science in finance, established the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the university accelerator; the Venture Lab. He helped raise close to 10 million US dollars in gifts, scholarships and sponsorships. He was associate dean for executive education (2008-2009) and director of executive education (2002-2008). Before joining the university, he led the training and professional development institute of the Cabinet of Egypt Information and Decision Support Center (1989-1992) and the Regional Information Technology Institute (1992-2001). Kamel is an Eisenhower Fellow. He is a board member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt and the Egypt U.S. Business Council. He was a board member of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund (2013-2016), the World Bank Knowledge Advisory Commission (2012-2014) and a founding member of the Internet Society of Egypt (1996).
His research and teaching interests include management of information technology, information technology transfer to developing nations, organizational transformation, electronic business, decision support systems and entrepreneurship. His work is broadly published IS and management journals and books. He received several academic, professional and leadership awards including the AACSB International Influential Leaders Challenge Honoree, USA (2018); London School of Economics and Political Science Outstanding Alumni Award, UK (2017); best paper award of the International Conference on Information Resources Management, Canada (2016); The American University in Cairo Distinguished Alumni Faculty Service Award (2014); UNDP National Human Resource Development Award (2014); and The American University in Cairo President's Catalyst of Change Award for Citizenship and Service (2013). Kamel holds a PhD in information systems from London School of Economics and Political Science, an MBA, a BA in business administration and an MA in Islamic art and architecture from the American University in Cairo.
CENTRAL ASIA / Prof. Dr. Aneeta Madhok
Prof. Dr. Aneeta Madhok (PhD, PCC, SHRM-SCP) is Managing Director at Open Spaces Consulting and has been the Dean (Center for Human Resources) at S.P. Jain Center of Management, Dubai and Singapore and Dean (School of Business) at NMIMS Deemed University in India.
She has contributed to the consulting profession as Chairperson of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) (2009-2011) over 49 countries worldwide, and is a global expert on Professional Development and Knowledge in the areas of Management Education, Human Resources and Management Consulting.
EASTERN EUROPE / Dr. Virginijus Kundrotas
Virginijus Kundrotas is Doctor of Social Sciences (Education), Dean of Adizes Graduate School (USA), Managing Director of Adizes Institute for Lithuania, and certified Adizes Associate in the Adizes Methodology for Organizational transformation and change. He is President of the Baltic Management Development Association (BMDA), Vice-president of Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN), EDAF committee member (EFMD); Member of Editorial Board of Baltic Journal of Management (UK), member of International Scientific Committee of the EDUNIVERSAL - Official selection of World Business Schools (France), Member of the Board of Trustees of Almaty Management University (Kazakhstan), Kazan Business School (Russia), etc. He also serves as a Board member of Lithuanian Free Market Institute, SC Linas, VilNews on-line magazine, and number of other institutions.
Dr. Virginijus Kundrotas is Founding President of ISM University of Management and Economics, Lithuania (first private HEI in the country) performed in this position from year of establishment in 1999 till 2008. Virginijus Kundrotas delivers trainings and consults various organizations around the World on Change Management, Organizational transformation, Leadership, Business ethics and Corporate responsibility. He also coaches managers of various business and non-profit organizations. His extensive practical experiences and practice of managing organizations as well as deep theoretical knowledge of various management methodologies and approaches, makes him easy understandable and very well accepted among CEOs and other managers within companies.
Dr. V.Kundrotas is visiting professor at number of Business Schools in USA (Adizes Graduate School), France (Kedge Business School), Poland (GFMD), Czech Republic (Prague University of Economics), Latvia (RTU, RISEBA, BA Business school), Lithuania (ISM University of Management and Economics, KTU), Kazakhstan (ALMU), Russia (IBS, Moscow, Kazan BS, Irkutsk Business school), etc.
Dr. V. Kundrotas is a Founding President and member of Kauno Tauras Rotary club as well as member of Vilnius International Club.
EURASIA & MIDDLE EAST / Prof. Nehme Azoury
Nehme Azoury is a Professor and Deputy-President for research at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik – USEK. He is also one of the eight members of the scientific committee of Eduniversal (the representative of the Eurasian region).
Former Dean of the Faculty of Business, he lectures in the fields of marketing, strategy and Corporate Governance in several reputed universities namely, The Georges Washington University, which presented him with an appreciation award. As part of his research activities, he has to his credit several publications in internationally renowned scientific journals. To promote research in the Arab world, he is founder and editor of "The Arab Economic & Business Journal". In addition, and beyond his academic and administrative activities, Nehme Azoury is currently Managing-partner at Widein, a consulting firm headquartered in Beirut.
FAR EAST ASIA / Prof. Sung Joo Park
Prof. Sung Joo Park is the former Dean and Vice president of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). He is currently a professor emeritus at KAIST Business School. Holding a PhD from Michigan State University, he was also the founding president of AAPBS (Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools,), and served as board members of the AACSB and the GFME (Global Foundation for Management Education) and is an advisor to EFMD. Also, he served as an advisor to Samsung Group and is a lifetime member of Korean Academy of Science & Technology.
LATIN AMERICA / Prof. Edson Luiz Riccio
Prof Dr. Edson Luiz Riccio is a Senior Professor at the School of Economics Business and Accountancy (FEA), University of São Paulo (USP) and well-established Researcher. His areas of teaching and research are International Management and Business Information Systems with extensive list of published works. He has been active as Visiting Professor in business schools in Europe. He was the Deputy Director of International Relations for the School of Business of USP for 19 years, from 1997 to 2016. He also works as an International Education Advisor. He is founder and Editor of the Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management (ISSN 1807-1775) ; founder and Chair of CONTECSI – International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management (ISSN 2448-1041); Founder and Director of TECSI – Research Lab of Information Systems and Technology Management. He is founder and President of the Brazilian Chapter of AIS – Association for Information Systems. He holds a PhD in Business Information Systems from USP and an SEP in International Management from Stanford University. His professional career includes long experience as top executive in international corporations, in positions such as CIO and General Manager as well as Leader Consultant of Organizational Projects in large consulting organization.
NORTH AMERICA AND MASTERS RANKING BRANCH / Prof. George M. Jabbour
Dr. George Jabbour is the Associate Dean for Executive Programs, Professor of Finance, and Director of the Masters in Finance Program at The George Washington University School of Business. He has been a consultant and conducting professional training for the World Bank Group in Washington DC (USA), Vienna (Austria) and Islamabad (Pakistan), for The International Training Banking Center in Budapest (Hungary), the Center of Excellence in Management in Kuwait, and for Kipco Asset Management Group (KAMCO) in Kuwait. He was a Visiting Professor at Franklin College in Lugano (Switzerland), Dongseo University (South Korea), Holy Spirit University-Kaslik, Sorbonne University in Paris (France) and Renmin University in Beijing (China). He developed curriculum for BBA and Msc degrees in business and finance. He has several publications in professional refereed journals. He co-authored "The Option Trader Handbook" for trade adjustments. His research papers were presented in the US and around the world. He is a member of several leading professional finance organizations. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of five journals. Four of his co-authored papers won the best paper award. He has received several Teaching Excellence Awards. In addition to his academic career, Dr. Jabbour is very active in equity and derivatives trading. He was Senior Financial Analyst at Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and a consultant to several American corporations and international organizations. He has a Ph.D. in Finance, an MBA in Finance, a BBA in Marketing, and BS in Mathematics.
OCEANIA / Prof. Michael Wood
Mike Wood's career is diverse: he has been a journalist, academic, senior public servant as Public Service Commissioner, head of the Department of Local Government, chair of the WA Salaries and Allowances Tribunal, director of his strategy company and Dean of the Curtin Business School, At present, he is an adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia in the Business School at its Fremantle campus where he recently designed two units on leadership in the Catholic intellectual tradition. Mike also undertakes work involving the international accreditation of business schools for the European Foundation for Management Development.
Mike taught public policy at the University of Tasmania, at Curtin and UWA and leadership and strategy at Notre Dame. When in the public service, he contributed to the reform of Cabinet processes and to local government grants funding as chair of the WA Local Government Grants Commission. He has published on Australian local government, state administration, electoral behavior and federalism. He recently completed a period as chair of Member (trustees) for Ruah Community Services, having been the founding chair of its board in the 1990s. He served for several years on the St Thomas More College Council at the University of WA (he was senior student there in 1966) and was for a short time on the board of the former St Anne's Hospital. Mike is a member of the International Scientific Committee at Eduniversal, a French organisation ranking. business schools. He married Judy in Tasmania in 1972 and they have two daughters, a son and a grandson – all of whom live in WA. Mike has had a lucky life and is forever grateful to his parents and for the exciting life he had at university with its academic and social life and the making of friends for life. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com
WESTERN EUROPE / Mr. Axel Schumacher
Axel Schumacher was Director International Relations, Global University Systems (London) from May 2017 to July 2019.
Between January 2016 and May 2017, he was Special Advisor to the Dean of the MCI-Management Center Innsbruck.
From June 2002 to December 2015, he was Associate Dean for International Relations at the Business and Law Schools of the EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht (EBS University of Business and Law) in Oestrich-Winkel and Wiesbaden (Germany).
Previously he was Director of International Programmes at WHU, Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany).
He has been working in the field of International Relations for more than 35 years.
Over this period he has initiated more than 300 university partnerships in 57 countries around the globe, including 50 dual degree agreements at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
He has published research papers and contributed to books on the Concept of Private Universities in Germany and on Strategies of Internationalization for Business Schools.
Eduniversal places a huge emphasis on student opinion, which is why we make great efforts in making their voices heard.
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AjaxUpdateContainer is a particularly cool component that allows any component on your page to be refreshed in the background without a full page refresh. AjaxUpdateContainer uses a WOComponentContent. All content between its webobjects tags will be refreshed when it is ordered.
If your AjaxUpdateContainer contains component actions, you must include the ERExtensions framework in your application and extend ERXApplication and ERXSession as described in the Project Wonder Quickstart guide. If all of your actions are Direct Actions inside the update container, this is not necessary.
Additionally, if you intend to use the "observeFieldID" binding, you must also include the ERExtensions framework (as described above). The requirement is because a partial form submit is necessary (to send the modified observed field back to the server), and WOForm required a change to be able to recognize that it should takeValuesFromRequest for the observed value.
A convenience Javascript function is autogenerated for each AjaxUpdateContainer of the form "<id>Update()". For instance, if your id is "messageBox", then the Javascript function would be named "messageBoxUpdate()". Calling this function will cause the container to refresh.
A series of demos of AjaxUpdateContainer is available in the AjaxExamples project in Project Wonder.
Wonder Bindings
- id (required) - the ID of the generated HTML element that will contain your content
- elementName - the HTML element name of the container ("div" or "span", defaults to "span")
- observeFieldID - This provides support similar to the observe_field helper on Ruby on Rails. The value of observeFieldID should be the id of the form element you want to observe (for instance, set the id = "Something" on a WOTextField and set observeFieldID = "Something"; on your update container). When the field changes, this will cause the field you were watching to submit its new value and the update container will refresh. This allows you to do things like dependent WOPopUpButtons where one popup button changes, causing the second popup button to refresh with new values. I've only tested this where both are in the same form.
Prototype Bindings
- frequency - when specified, the update container will automatically periodically refresh at this rate (in seconds)
- decay - if the container updates and the contents do not change, slow down the rate of update by this factor each request
- evalScripts - whether or not script tags should be evaluated when the container updates
- insertion
- onComplete
- onSuccess
- onFailure
- onException