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Have you ever run into a coworker in the breakroom and felt a little awkward or uncomfortable?
Maybe you felt like you should try to engage them in a brief conversation, but you didn't know what to say.
Whether you cross paths in the hallway, are taking a quick break between meetings, or are pouring yourself a cup of coffee or refilling your bottle at the water cooler, you likely have plenty of opportunities to interact with your coworkers.
In these situations, it pays to be prepared with a simple but effective question:
What's keeping you busy these days?
Since you're at work, you probably feel like you should be busy completing assignments, so the word "busy" acknowledges the tasks on your to-do list and enables you to stay focused on work-related topics.
Beyond the office, this question is also appropriate for when you run into a friend or acquaintance that you haven't seen in a while.
You may not know what's going on in his or her world, so you can't ask a more specific question.
Starting Conversations with Open-Ended Questions
"What's keeping you busy these days" is a classic example of an open-ended question.
As with the question "What brings you here?", you're not guiding the conversation in a particular direction.
Instead, you're giving the other person control of the conversation (which is actually a polite thing to do!).
They can decide how much information they want to share.
Their response will help you judge whether they're ready to engage in conversation with you at this particular moment.
If so, you can start steering the conversation to other topics.
The Best Time to Ask "What's Keeping You Busy These Days?"
As I mentioned above, you're most likely going to ask this low-pressure question if it has been a few weeks or even months since you saw your friend or acquaintance.
(Same thing at the office; you wouldn't ask this question if you just got out of a status meeting!)
If you *do* know what's going on in the other person's life or work, then you want to ask a question that's a little more specific; this shows that you were paying attention.
Think of "What's keeping you busy these days?" as an invitation to open up dialogue.
As the conversation evolves, you can ask more specific questions and steer the conversation towards other topics.
Keep Your Conversational Goal in Mind When Answering the Question
To create a strong response to "What's keeping you busy these days?", be sure to consider your goal for the conversation.
After all, your answer to this question is going to guide the conversation. No pressure, right? ?
I once had a client tell me, "My coworker keeps asking me what's keeping me busy or what's new with me. To be honest, I don't have an interesting response! What's keeping me busy is my child!"
I want to remind you that you DO NOT have to answer this question literally!
(Literally is when we share the precise, exact truth.)
In this case, a literal answer might be "I have a two year old, and he's not sleeping. I'm staying up all night, I'm exhausted, and I hate my life!"
As you can imagine, it's not usually necessary to share these personal details in the workplace.
Or you may not want to tell a casual acquaintance all about your frustrations or challenges.
Rather than answering with the 100% truth, remember your goal for this conversation.
What is necessary or appropriate to share with the other person at this moment in time?
This helps you craft a stronger answer that can get the conversation going.
Rather than answering negatively – such as saying "I'm working on this stupid report for my boss even though it's a big waste of my time" – think about how your answer can help you connect with the other person.
Leave Room for More Related Questions
A strong answer to this question will give enough details to answer the question while still encouraging more questions.
A vague response doesn't engage the other person because they haven't learned enough details to find something in common.
An exact, precise answer often ends the conversation because there's nothing else to say.
Your response should give the other person a chance to ask questions if they'd like to go deeper into the conversation, or allow them to share their own experiences.
This is why you don't want to just say "I've been busy," but specify and explain what you've been busy doing (and even better, why).
From there, they can ask clarifying questions for more details, ask for your advice on strategies and approaches, share stories and compare your experience with theirs, and more.
Examples of Stronger Answers to This Question
Questions like "What do you do?", "Tell me about yourself" and "Where are you from?" often require a more complete answer because they're asked by people who don't know you at all.
"What's keeping you busy these days?" is a question that you ask someone you already know; this person is more invested in what's occupying your time or curious about what you're passionate about.
This is why you should see this question as an opportunity to connect.
The truth is, we all have to do boring things during our day. You might sit at a computer writing reports most of the day, or spend your whole weekend cleaning up after your kids.
But talking about it is pretty boring and doesn't encourage the other person to continue the conversation with you.
We all understand that much of life is pretty routine and unglamorous – you don't need to say it!
For example, if someone asks me what's keeping me busy these days, I'm likely to talk about my professional life.
I might mention that I work with non-native English speakers through online courses and that I share video lessons on YouTube.
In response, the other person might ask, "Wow, how do you do that? How many followers do you have? How do you teach on YouTube? How do you work with people online?"
Even if the truth is that you're doing a lot of homework, you can share more details about the reason why: maybe you're studying for an entrance exam or coming up on your last semester of university.
From there, the other person can ask, "What are you interested in studying? What school do you want to go to? What motivates you? How do you avoid procrastination?"
The trick is to give just enough information so that the other person will be able to think of questions to ask you. This will keep the conversation flowing.
Think About How You Can Invite the Other Person Into the Conversation
In addition to having a conversational goal and giving just enough detail to invite questions, you want to think about how you can invite the other person into the conversation.
Can you share an experience that the other person may relate to?
Since this question is exchanged between friends, acquaintances, or coworkers, you probably already have something in common!
If your colleague from marketing asks the question, you can respond "Well, I'm working with a new client, and I'm interested in hearing if the marketing department might be able to help me."
This is a simple, straightforward way to invite the other person into the conversation.
If you truly don't have a good answer to the question, ask "What about you? What's keeping you busy these days?"
Remember if you don't find a way to invite the other person in, the conversation will probably end there.
Better Questions Than "What's Keeping You Busy These Days?"
We can't talk about this question without addressing the word "busy."
Personally, I don't even like the word; Americans often talk way too much about how busy they are!
In fact, complaining about busy you are is actually a point of pride, suggesting you're in high demand; it has been called the "busy trap."
So if, like me, you'd like to avoid using the word "busy," ask a question like the following:
- What's inspiring you these days?
- What's keeping you inspired these days?
- What's motivating you these days?
- What's keeping you motivated these days?
- What's keeping your attention these days?
- Where are you focusing your attention these days?
- What are you curious about right now?
- What's piquing your curiosity right now?
- What's making you interested in the world these days?
These are better questions because they direct the person to a more positive, even passionate topic.
While someone might want to hear about your work, family or school (the most typical topics when catching up with someone), they might also be interested in hearing what matters to you.
And let's be honest, what's most important right now is not always work, family or school – these parts of our lives can often feel like obligations!
While our work, studies, and families are essential elements of our identities, we are multidimensional and have many other passions and interests.
Rather than listing off your upcoming tasks and projects, you may want to share a piece of music that you love, a podcast or TED talk that inspired you, or a hobby you have.
In fact, these are more likely to spark an interesting conversation because they go beyond the day-to-day routine.
Talking about creative people, entrepreneurship, or humanitarian work often leads to more motivating, inspiring conversations.
When you reveal your interests, you're much more likely to have a deeper, more memorable conversation.
As an added bonus, when the conversation flows easily, you sound more fluent!
Why You Want to Focus on What's Happening Right Now
Last but not least, let's talk about the phrase "these days."
In order to encourage the person to share something that's happening in their life right now and emphasize that you want a current answer, be sure to add "these days" to the end of the question.
(In fact, the question sounds unnatural without "these days.")
You're not asking about events six months, a year, or even five or ten years ago. You're also not asking them to predict the future.
You simply want to know what's important to them at this precise moment.
After all, we're more likely to have more interesting thoughts and feelings about current events because they are on our mind.
Your Turn
So now it's your turn! After hearing about why this simple question can be so effective, I want to hear how you answer it!
You can choose to talk about what's keeping you busy, inspired, or motivated these days.
Leave a comment sharing your current interests and be sure to leave your response open enough so that I can respond to you!
Remember, you want to share something that you really do care about in order to invite the other person into the conversation. Give it a try in the comments below.


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Oklahoma regulators denied approval of OG&E's proposed DG tariffs, instead deciding to examine OG&E's proposed updated DG tariffs in its ongoing rate case. In its final order, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission:
- Found that while OG&E's existing tariffs "could" create the opportunity for cross-subsidies that benefit DG customers, but it was not persuaded that a subsidy had been demonstrated in this case.
- Stated that it was not convinced that OG&E's proposed DG tariffs charge DG customers "only the amount required to recover the full costs necessary" to serve them.
- Found that it is appropriate to address DG issues in OG&E's ongoing rate case, noting that review of the proposed DG tariffs in the rate case will allow the Commission to perform a thorough evaluation based on related information.
- Found that there is no basis to deem OG&E's application and proposed tariffs as constituting alleged inappropriate single-issue ratemaking.
- Clarified that OG&E's existing net metering tariff remains in effect until further order by the OCC.
OG&E filed its proposed DG tariffs in July 2015, pursuant to S.B. 1456 of 2014.

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Experience the New Luxury on a Celebrity Cruise!
New Luxury is on a Celebrity Cruise! Celebrity has long been a favorite of mine with their upscale accommodations, unique itineraries, and inclusive policies. But I've always considered them more of a premium line than the luxury they've tried to emulate. Luxury cruise lines often have most or all expenses included in the cruise fare. In addition to the basics, a luxury cruise usually also includes tips, drinks, WIFI, shore excursions, butler service, upscale dining, and all the other luxuries that you'd expect to find on the highest end cruise ships.
Celebrity is making waves this month by announcing their Always Included pricing, which now includes just about everything you'd expect to experience on a cruise. You'll continue to get your basics, but now they also include WIFI, Drinks, and Tips in the base cruise fare. This brings Celebrity squarely into the New Luxury category.
With Celebrity's Always Included base fare, cruisers can experience luxury without having to worry about spending an additional penny. Repeat cruisers appreciate the idea of just boarding a ship and walking off a week later without having anything charged to their credit card. But in practice, this has always been difficult to achieve. Given how easy it is to scan your card to get a drink or a quick round of bingo, the concept remains elusive for most. This is entirely possible on a Celebrity cruise without needing to skimp back to just water and the buffet.
With their new base fare, Celebrity has rolled out two additional tiers that provide an upgraded experience. These tiers are Elevate Your Cruise and Indulge in More, which I'll go over in more detail in a moment. But I want to reiterate that these are optional upgrades. When we have our consultation, I'll speak to these tiers' benefits to your specific travel style.
Elevate Your Cruise includes the three benefits of Always Included (WIFI, Drinks, and Tips) and upgrades your drink package from classic to the premium drink package, and a per person shore excursion credit is based on the length of cruise. You can Elevate Your Cruise for $30 per person, per day, or $420 for two on a seven-night cruise on top of the Always Included price.
Indulge in More takes the experience even further by swapping out streaming quality WIFI, increasing the shore excursion credit, and including an onboard credit so you can splurge while on vacation. The Indulge in More upgrade is $30 per person, per day over the first upgrade, or $60 per person, per day, or $840 for two on a seven-night cruise on top of the Always Included price. For the ultimate cruisers, the top tier is automatically included for all suites booked on Celebrity, adding to the already impressive list of what's included for suite guests.
Typically, Celebrity sails year-round from South Florida and has seasonal homeports around the globe. They also have a purpose-built ship (really closer to a large yacht) that sails to the Galapagos Islands, which provides an up-close and personal experience to this bucket list destination.
Rainbow Getaways is a full-service travel agency that specializes in travel for the LGBTQ community and our allies. Celebrity is one of our preferred cruise lines as they have a consistent history of welcoming all and encouraging diversity. Schedule your free consultation to share your dream trip and hear about how we will make it happen!


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Histogram and density plots are a good way to quickly visualize and analyze the distribution of the dataset. You may be familiar with histograms, but not much with density plots. In this article, I'll walk you through how to visualize histogram and density plots using Python.
Histogram and Density Plots using Python
Histogram and density plots are a good way to analyze continuous variables. Histograms are generated by bining data to count the number of frequencies in the data set. We can therefore say that the appearance of a histogram depends entirely on the choice of the width of the bin. When analyzing the distribution of data, the bin width is usually set to the default values, but there is a greater chance that the default bin width is not always the most appropriate for any type of data.
So it is always very important to try different bin widths to check whether the histogram represents the distribution of the data accurately or not. If the bin width is very small, your histogram will appear as a peak, and if the bin width is very large, it may hide smaller features in the dataset.
So, when creating a histogram to analyze the distribution of the dataset, it should be explored across multiple bin widths if you are not satisfied with the default parameters. Here's how to visualize a histogram using Python:
Density Plots:
Just like histograms where the appearance depends on the bin width we choose, the appearance of density plots is dependent on bandwidth. The bandwidth parameter of density plots behaves the same as the bin width of histograms. If the bandwidth is very small, the density plot will look very sharp, and if the bandwidth is very large, the smaller features in the dataset will disappear.
Density plots are created in such a way that the area under the curve is always equal to 1. Here's how you can visualize a density plot using Python:
We can also visualize both histograms and density plots at once. Below is how you can visualize both of them using Python:
Both histograms and density plots are used to analyze the distribution of continuous variables. While visualizing histograms you should play around with multiple bin widths if the default bin width doesn't satisfy you, and while visualizing the density plots you should play around multiple bandwidths if the default bandwidth doesn't satisfy the appearance of the density plot. I hope you liked this article on how to visualize histogram and density plots using Python. Feel free to ask your valuable questions in the comments section below.


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Dear UVA Families:
I hope you are enjoying the fall and that many of you will be on the Grounds this weekend for Family Weekend. Be sure to check the Family Weekend schedule for the most up-to-date information. I'm writing to share a few updates for you and your student(s):
Travel Preparations
As you probably realize, it's not too early for you and your student to think about travel around the upcoming holidays: Thanksgiving (Nov. 24-28) and Winter Break (officially begins Dec. 18). Below is a message from Dean Julie Caruccio sent to students earlier today. Please make sure your student plans ahead for travel and testing, following the important guidance below.
Flu Shot Clinic
We also recommend that all students get a flu shot. Our new Student Health and Wellness Pharmacy is offering flu shot clinics on several dates between now and early November. Details are below.
The Virginia Film Festival: Oct. 27-31
Another topic, not mentioned in the below email but shared in other ways with students, is the upcoming Virginia Film Festival . The festival features more than 80 films in five days on Grounds and in the Charlottesville community, and students can get a free ticket for most of the films through the UVA Art$ Program. Encourage your student to take advantage of this exciting opportunity to enjoy the arts and enjoy some downtime on their own or with friends.
Robyn S. Hadley
Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer
Dear Students:
Advance planning will be important this year if you are interested in obtaining a COVID-19 test before leaving for the Thanksgiving or Winter Break. Please make note of the below guidance. More detailed information is available in the Preparing for Travel infographic.
Additionally, we encourage you to get a flu shot this year to protect yourself, friends, classmates, and family members from becoming ill. It takes about two weeks after receiving the flu vaccine to get the full immunity benefit, so aim to get your shot as soon as possible. Student Health and Wellness Pharmacy is offering walk-in appointments on certain days between now and early November. For more information, see below and check the SHW Flu Shots webpage.
Meeting Requirements for Air Travel
- Plan ahead. Check your airline's specific requirements since carriers vary in terms of type of test required and timing.
- UVA BeSafe is unable to offer travel testing outside of the normal saliva testing. Test results for travel are NOT guaranteed.
- Community resources for possible travel testing include:
- UVA Riverside: Asymptomatic testing is available Monday-Friday, and appointments can be scheduled up to a week ahead.
- Commercial providers, such as CVS and Walgreens, may offer a feasible option for antibody or antigen tests. To find testing sites, go to the VDH COVID-19 testing locations webpage.
- Be prepared for other requests, such as a letter of recovery or proof of vaccination. See the infographic for more details.
Proactive Testing Prior to Being with Family or Friends
If you are traveling and not flying, but still want to ensure a negative test before gathering with friends or family, BeSafe is a great option to use. Keep in mind:
- All BeSafe sites will close Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 4:30 p.m.
- All samples submitted on Nov. 23 will be processed by Nov. 24.
- Emmet-Ivy Garage site will reopen Monday, Nov. 29, at 8 a.m.
- All testing will be at Emmet-Ivy Garage from Nov. 29 until the start of the spring semester (no Scott Stadium collection).
- More details.
If You Receive a Positive Test Result Outside UVA
As a reminder, if you are traveling and obtain a positive COVID-19 test result from outside UVA systems, please upload the positive test result to HealthyHoos AND schedule a "COVID Questions" appointment online by using the HealthyHoos patient portal or call Student Health & Wellness at 434-924-5362. Please do not upload a positive test result to HealthyHoos without also scheduling a "COVID Questions" appointment.
Airport Transportation Available for Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks
Student Council's Airbus program will be offering Thanksgiving and Winter Break bus service from UVA to Washington Dulles International Airport (and potentially to Richmond Airport, depending on demand). The Thanksgiving service will run on Wednesday, Nov. 24, while the Winter Break service will tentatively run on Sunday and Friday, Dec. 12 and 17. All three bus services are expected to leave at 7:30 a.m. from the UVA Grounds. The tickets are $10 per person. Watch for more information coming soon from Student Council.
Flu Shot Clinics at the Student Health and Wellness (SHW) Pharmacy
Get your flu shot at the SHW Pharmacy, on the first floor in the new SHW building at 550 Brandon Ave! Walk-ins are welcome on Oct. 26, 27, and Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Be sure to bring your insurance information – flu shots are usually $0 with insurance. Without insurance, the cost is $20. Wear short sleeves or layers, and if you are feeling sick, stay home and choose a different day to get vaccinated. Visit the SHW Flu Shots webpage to learn about additional options for getting the flu shot.
Thank you for taking steps now to prepare for travel and to stay healthy in coming months.
Julie I. Caruccio
Interim Dean of Students


text: "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" starring Sacha Baron Cohen is up for three Golden Globes. (Photo/Amazon Studios) Culture TV & Film 2021 Golden Globes: All the Jewish nominees, from 'Borat' to 'Unorthodox' to 'Schitt's Creek' Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By Emily Burack, JTA | February 3, 2021 "Schitt's Creek" is trying to pick up in the Golden Globes where it left off in the fall with its historic Emmys sweep. The show about a wealthy interfaith Jewish family was nominated Wednesday for five awards, including four for the main actors and one for best series. There are plenty of other Jewish nominations, too, notably "Mank," the acclaimed film on the story of Jewish screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, with six. The Golden Globes, taking place virtually in the new pandemic normal, will be held Feb. 28 and hosted for the fourth time by comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. This time they'll be on different coasts. Unlike the Oscars, the Globes divide their film categories into musical or comedy and drama, allowing for a wider range of actors and actresses to be nominated. The television categories are divided, too, similar to the Emmys. Check out all the Jewish nominees below. Television "Schitt's Creek" is up for best series and Eugene Levy, Dan Levy, Catherine O'Hara and Annie Murphy are all nominated in the best television series, musical or comedy categories. The show follows the well-to-do family that loses its money and is forced to live in a small town they once bought as a joke. "Unorthodox," the hit Netflix drama based on Deborah Feldman's memoir of the same name about a young woman leaving the haredi Orthodox world, is nominated for best limited series. The Israeli star of the show, Shira Haas, is also nominated for best actress in a limited series. Up against "Unorthodox" in that category is "The Undoing," a not-very-Jewish HBO miniseries adapted from Jewish author Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel "You Should Have Known." Jane Levy, a Jewish actress, is nominated for her role in "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist," a musical NBC comedy. Last but not least: Al Pacino is nominated for his role as Meyer Offerman, a Jewish Nazi hunter with a Yiddish accent in the Amazon Prime show "Hunters." Movies "Mank," starring Gary Oldman (in a controversial casting decision), leads the pack with its six nominations: for best motion picture (drama), best screenplay, best supporting actress, best actor (drama), best original score and best director. "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm," starring Jewish actor Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, a fictional journalist from Kazakhstan, was filled with Jewish moments and timely commentary on antisemitism. It received three nods from the Globes: for best motion picture, musical or comedy, for best actor in the musical or comedy category (Cohen) and best actress in the same category. Maria Bakalova, the Bulgarian actress who plays Borat's daughter in the film, delighted viewers with a wacky breakout performance (and a memorable scene with Rudy Giuliani). "Palm Springs," the "Groundhog Day"-style time-loop comedy from Hulu starring Jewish actor Andy Samberg, is up for best motion picture, musical or comedy. Samberg also notched a best actor nomination in the comedy category. "The Trial of the Chicago 7," also starring Sacha Baron Cohen, is the story of Jewish anti-war activist Abbie Hoffman from Jewish writer-director Aaron Sorkin. The film is up for five awards: for best motion picture, drama; supporting actor for Cohen; best director and best screenplay for Sorkin; and best original song for "Hear My Voice." Sophia Loren's Holocaust film "The Life Ahead," which tells the tale of survivor and former sex worker Madame Rosa, is up for two awards — best motion picture and best original song. Jewish actress Kate Hudson was nominated for her role in "Music," the musical drama film from singer-songwriter Sia. Emily Burack JTA correspondent JTA Content distributed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency news service. Also On J. Recipe These meatballs mix Jewish culinary traditions Music Flory Jagoda, champion of Sephardic music, dies at 97 Youth Voice As young activists, we're the change we want to see in the world Celebrity Jews Long live Larry King; Tiffany Haddish is 'ready'; etc. Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up


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Leadership lessons from Richard Branson
Richard Branson has just published a new book, Business Stripped Bare. Hot off the press, here are a couple of insights from it:
"Inspire people to think like entrepreneurs, and whatever you do, treat them like adults. The hardest taskmaster of all is a person's own conscience, so the more responsibility you give people, the better they will work for you."
"One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes. When you are pushing the boundaries this is inevitable—and it's important to realize this. Even when things are running well, there is always the prospect of a new reality around the corner. Suddenly, all the good decisions you made last week are doing you untold damage. … Failure usually occurs when leaders avoid the reality of business. You have to trust the people around you to learn from their mistakes. Blame and recriminations are pointless."
And my favourite one…
"There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again. What everyone tells you never to do may just work, once. There are no rules. You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over, and it's because you fall over that you learn to save yourself from falling over. It's the greatest thrill in the world and it runs away screaming at the first sight of bullet points."
Hat tip: Michael McKinney's Leading Blog


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New Yorkers! Lend me your ears! Actually, get ready to give those ears to some very talented comedians come the New Year. Tickets are now on sale for Garden of Laughs, a night of comedy that will benefit the Garden of Dreams Foundation (more on that in a second) on Saturday, March 28th, in New York.
For the second year, the showcase will be held to benefit the Garden of Dreams Foundation at Madison Square Gardens and features some of the funniest people in comedy. Last year, it was hosted by Bob Costas and featured Adam Ferrara, Darrell Hammond, Ray Romano and Wanda Sykes. The line-up for 2015 is looking equally impressive with Lewis Black, Bill Burr, Dane Cook, Billy Gardell, and J.B. Smoove already on the roster to perform, and Steve Schrippa set up to host.
The Garden of Dreams Foundation is a non-profit that wants to make dreams come true for kids facing obstacles in their lives. Thanks to the foundationâs close relationship with the Madison Square Garden Company, they are able to work with exciting professional athletes from the Knicks, Rangers and Liberty, as well as great entertainers from MSG Entertainment and MSG Media. Together, they work together to create one-of-a-kind unforgettable events and develop strong relationships with their beneficiaries that change lives.
So if youâre planning on being in New York City this March, make sure you hustle on over to TheateratMSG.com and score yourself a seat at what is sure to be an incredible night of laughs. We canât wait!


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These photos are inside and outside of Russo's Grocers at 156 Glasgow Road, Blantyre.
Taken on 21st September 1981, they show the last days of trading, the shop sparsely stocked as everything got sold off. What a shame to see the end of businesses like this and indeed the tenements themselves which had accommodated traders and families for almost a hundred years to that point.
2021 sees the 40th Anniversary of the demolition of the last tenement on Glasgow Road, now coming up on two generations who won't remember these scenes. In a town which is changing fast with full cemeteries, a university, planned coffee drive through and the arrival of a luxury spa, it's as important as ever to document, record and archive all of Blantyre's history from this era so quickly becoming forgotten.


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This page is under construction. It will offer a list of plants that are resistant to deer and some other solutions.
Deer are one of the biggest problems facing NJ gardeners. Deer like the doe pictured above in our mum field, are a pest in Union County. They can be found from one end of the state to the other. They cause damage in several ways. They do the most damage in browsing or eating plants and can strip the leaves off plants in overnight. The other major type of damage deer cause is the rubbing or wearing on tree trunks and saplings by bucks in the late summer/ fall. The antlers of the bucks are covered with a velvety covering as they grow. In the late season this dries and they are driven to rub this off of the antlers. They usually do this on small trees and saplings. This rubbing strips the bark off the trees and causes damage which cannot be repaired. If you are in an area that has deer, you can protect the trees by wrapping them with some material to shield them. Even cardboard can help temporarily. The wrap should go from ground level to 5'.
Repellents can be used to protect plants. There are several different types of repellent. Some work by smell. Others work by taste, bitter or using hot pepper to repel. Some combine the two. Most are liquids which can be sprayed on leaf and stems of plants. This must be repeated throughout the season as the plants grow and, also, as the repellent wears off. "Milorganite" is an organic fertilizer, which has shown good results as a repellent for deer. It is made from sewage sludge but very safe for people and plants. Again, it should be repeated as necessary. In New Jersey, we have found what may work real well in some spots, may not work well at all in others. You may have to experiment to find the one that will work best for you.
Try to choose plants which deer do not like. There are no deer proof plants and deer can vary in their likes and dislikes. In areas of high deer populations, they can eat anything to a damaging level. Usually plants with coarse leaves, like Rudbeckia, Miscanthus, Buddleia, etc., are not in favor with deer. Plants with foliage that has an odor are usually avoided. These include Lavender, Nepeta, Caryopteris, Southernwood, Monarda. Plants with thorns( Hollies, roses, barberry, etc.) are less likely to be browsed, but again in areas of high deer populations, deer will eat any of these starting with the tender new growth, thorns or not.
Deer netting and other types of fencing can be used reduce deer damage by surrounding plants or gardens. Black nylon netting is not as noticeable as fencing is but is also not as durable..


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Dr Krause is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist specialising in teenage and adult mental health. Her clinical expertise lies in variety of areas including eating disorders, self-harm, trauma and OCD. She lectures at post-graduate level and has spoken at many conferences on teenage mental health. Dr Krause is CEO and founder of STEM4, a teenage mental health charity and through this she has worked with over 70 schools in the UK. The media - TV, radio and newspapers regularly consult Dr Krause for her expert view. She is also the creator of MINDYOUR5 and the MERIT programme. Dr Krause has been awarded the Point of Light award by David Cameron and the Team London Award by the Mayor of London for her work. In 2019 Dr Krause received the British Citizen Award for outstanding contribution to mental health.
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- Do disclose how you feel - TALK to an adult, to friends, your GP...
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- If you look after your brain, you look after your mental health, which in turn makes sure your brain runs super efficiently. Practice MY5 daily.
- Learn to relax
- Learn how to get a balance in your life between work and having fun
- You could try the 'calm harm' smart phone app I've developed for STEM4 to help manage the urge to self-harm and to learn alternative behaviours - download as STEM4 calm harm for android or iPhones
- Believe in yourself - you can make a difference. It may take time, effort and learning new ways of thinking and being from a professional such as a psychologist but in the end these techniques will work.
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A log of things have been changed in OS/161 2.x, which may necessitate updating course materials (handouts, assignment text, lecture notes, etc.) or merging local changes. This page attempts to document the important differences. There is probably stuff missing, so if you find something that's been changed around and isn't listed here, please let me know.
The big deal in 2.x of course is multiprocessor support. The kernel's thread system has been rewritten from the ground up. While the high-level thread operations are more or less unchanged, the implementation is quite a bit different under the covers: there's a struct cpu, and struct pcb has gone away. While the spl functions are still present, they should mostly not be used; instead, spinlocks are provided, and thread_sleep is replaced with a wait channel abstraction, struct wchan.
The scheduler is now a traditional scheduler - it is supposed to permute the run queue, rather than manage the run queue's queue/dequeue operations. (The run queue is per-processor, and there's basic code for thread migration included.)
Because OS/161 has always been about fine-grained locking, multiprocessor support has very little direct impact on the assignments or the students. It is now incorrect to fall back to spl synchronization to work around irreconcilable lock ordering, and in some cases the students will need to choose whether to use a spinlock or sleep-lock. Scheduling is somewhat different, and we now make the students think about how to decide when to do thread migration. The system calls assignment is otherwise almost entirely unaffected. When doing the VM system, it can be necessary to do TLB shootdown. (This is done via interprocessor interrupt, for which code is provided.) Thread migration can also require VM hooks. However, because we don't have user-level threads, and System/161 is cache-coherent, the rest of the VM system is unchanged. And the file system assignment is (almost inherently) unaffected.
Several other things have been reworked or strengthened in ways that may require adjustment.
The system now ships with a struct proc, and threads belong to processes. There are basically two ways to implement the interaction of threads and processes; one is to have separate structures, the other is to use threads as processes. The system used to lean toward the second model; we've found that this causes assorted problems for the less seasoned students that can be avoided by providing a separate process structure up front. (Advanced students have no trouble switching to the other model no matter what they're given.)
There's now synchronization for userland. I thought of a way to do it without making the students write anything extra: a special file system. So there's now a sem: file system and you can open "files" on it; reading and writing the files manipulates the semaphore count. A number of the test programs have been updated to use this logic, especially the ones that had previously been using polling loops.
The kernel now supports 64-bit integers (the necessary gcc backend "millicode" is now provided) and includes a more complete set of endianness definitions and byte-swap functions. The practical upshot of this is that the lseek call now requires marshalling the 64-bit off_t argument out of the argument registers, but the "delicate" bits of this are provided. Comments are provided in the MIPS syscall.c to explain why and how.
The waitpid system call is now defined to use the standard WIF* macros, and there are codes for signals provided. The user programs that inspect wait status have all been adjusted accordingly. This is enough support to e.g. have processes exit with SIGSEGV, makes it much easier to build Unix programs, and costs the students nothing. (Students could now in theory also implement real signal handling, but I don't recommend it...)
The array code has been augmented with preprocessor hacks to allow type-safe usage. You can have arrays of any pointer type, and neither the arrays nor the elements can be intermixed. The old untyped form with void pointers is still available.
The array code is no longer used for the thread system run queues; there's linked list code for that now. This has turned out to mean the students don't find the array code unless it's specifically brought to their attention; it is probably a good idea to do so, or they'll be open-coding linked list ops everywhere and racking up bugs.
The array-based queue code has been removed. If anyone really wants it back, I can bring it back, but it never had much use anyway.
The kernel malloc now has guard band and leak-checking and other diagnostic compile-time options. See kmalloc.c.
VOP_TRYSEEK has been removed and replaced with VOP_ISSEEKABLE, which can be checked at open time. This encourages constructing open file objects that don't lock the seek position of unseekable objects, which makes the console work better and is required for semaphores to be fully safe.
The exported kernel headers now provide all the definitions needed to build a real C library, and also include basic handling for namespace control in libc. Much of this is not used, or really needed, but it doesn't cost very much to have it. (The work is from a research kernel that had a real C library, but I haven't tested the OS/161 version against real libc sources yet. If you do for some reason and find any glitches, report them as bugs.)
Both user-level malloc and the shell are now provided in the base system. This is how we've been running our course for some time. Implementing malloc is a good exercise for students... in an environment where they can run a debugger on it. The same is true for the shell; plus, implementing a shell for Unix instead of OS/161 allows going into things like job control that would take excessive work to also implement the kernel-side functionality for.
The system now includes sbin/sfsck, a file system checker for SFS. This was previously available to instructors only, for no particularly clear reason. The current version at least can be imported into 1.x and will work perfectly well there. If there's demand it can be added to the next 1.x release.
There are a lot of new tests:
Some other things have changed that the students will probably never notice.
The pseudorand driver has been removed. It didn't quite generate uniform probabilities and it wasn't a very good generator anyway.
The C library has been beefed up a little, but not very much. I was hoping to get more done before 2.0, in order to allow building more real apps as test cases, but this is probably not happening. Maybe for 2.1...
There are a lot of really minor changes by now, as it's been five years since the 2.x branch was started. I recommend reviewing the CHANGES file -- unfortunately it's hard to know in advance which obscure details might have made their way into course materials that now need updating.
The following things have been moved around:
The toolchain for 2.0 has somewhat newer versions of things; however, the big difference is that instead of reusing the mips-linux and/or generic mips-elf configurations, we now have a proper mips-harvard-os161 configuration patched into binutils, gcc, and gdb.
The build system accordingly invokes the compiler as "mips-harvard-os161-gcc" rather than as "cs161-gcc"; this removes a dependency on our course number (which doesn't mean anything to most other schools) and also reduces the amount of non-standard installation. If you want the shorter names for typing by hand it's easy to create a family of symlinks after installing the toolchain.
The build system requires BSD make. A copy of "bmake" (the portable distribution of NetBSD's make) is posted on the toolchain page. If working on NetBSD you can just use "make". (This may be true on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and/or Dragonfly too; success or failure reports welcome.)
The build system has been modernized. Instead of the traditional OS build method of installing as the build goes, now it installs into a staging area and the final install step copies everything across in one go. Typing "make install" by hand for a single program still installs that into the system root directory; installing into the staging area is done with another target. The userland build also builds everything into a single and potentially separate tree of object files, which can if be desired put somewhere separate from the source tree. Symlinks to the build directories are created for convenience; these can be disabled for building from a read-only tree. In general I've gone to some trouble to make this work nicely, so if you have problems please let me know.
The supplied kernel configs are named rather than numbered, to avoid confusion if not using our assignment sequencing.


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ACTON — In the Acton Plaza Shopping Center, where SUVs and minivans clog the parking lot, "Help Wanted" signs crop up everywhere, from the window of a hamburger spot to the chalkboard of a pet store to the produce section of the Roche Bros. supermarket.
Thirty miles away, in Boston's Mattapan Square, such signs are hard to find. Some storefronts are vacant, including the McDonald's that closed over the summer.
"That was a shock for us," said Patti Powell, a hairstylist who said she has lived in Mattapan all her life. "They were here one day and then, poof, gone just like that."
Massachusetts' booming economy is generating the strongest job growth since the late 1990s, but as these starkly different commercial areas show, jobs are not expanding fast enough where they're needed most. Economists said this mismatch between jobs and job seekers remains one of the most vexing challenges for policy makers hoping to spread the benefits of the recovery and prevent the division between rich and poor from hardening.
In Mattapan and Acton, the gulf is both longstanding and getting wider. In 2000, for example, the median income in Acton was almost $53,000 higher than in Mattapan; in 2013, the gap increased to $64,580, according to the most recent local data from the US Census Bureau.
Poverty in Acton during this period fell by half, to less than 1 percent of families from about 1.7 percent. The share of families living in poverty in Mattapan rose to 16 percent from 14.5 percent.
In Acton, a well-to-do bedroom community, the median household income is $110,000 — more than 60 percent above the state median of about $67,000. Store managers say they struggle to fill job openings.
In urban Mattapan Square, only 20 minutes from downtown Boston, jobs are more scarce. One in eight workers in the neighborhood are unemployed, according to the census data, and the $45,000-a-year median household income is one-third below the state median. While some business owners insist there jobs to be had in the square, few say they are actually hiring.
"The nature of the rebound is so uneven," said University of Massachusetts Amherst economics professor Robert N. Pollin. "There is employment, and it follows where the market is. And it's not in working-class communities. It's starkly concentrated at the top."
Bridging the gap between places like Mattapan and Acton has been the subject of research and analysis for decades, said Kevin Lang, a professor of labor economics at Boston University. The government has had limited success with efforts to boost business development and employment in struggling commercial districts by creating "empowerment zones" and offering subsidies.
And without a car, it's almost impossible for someone in Mattapan looking for work to get to a place like Acton, he said. There is no bus service in Acton, a town of 22,000, and the commuter rail is miles from commercial shopping and can cost more than $10 each way.
"That's hard to fix," said Lang. "You're in a vicious circle. No money to afford a car, and without a car you can't get a job."
The pathway to a job at a place like Roche Bros. at the Route 111 shopping plaza begins with a part-time job and can often result in a full-time job with benefits, said Jim Lundy, the supermarket's general manager. Right now, staffing is one of the store's biggest challenges.
"It's tough," Lundy said. "And we're very competitive with wages."
A daytime cashier can make $9.75 an hour, more than the state's $9 minimum wage. A meat counter worker can make $10 or more an hour, and drivers for its new delivery service earn $12 and up.
One of the most popular Mattapan spots for decades has been Brothers, a counter service restaurant that serves hearty portions of smoked pork chops, meat loaf and red velvet cake, and has a wall filled with autographed photos of celebrities, from the Supremes' Mary Wilson to 1980s rappers Run-DMC.
Chris Natale, whose family has run the chain for three generations, said it's easy to find a job in Mattapan Square. But, he added, he's not hiring.
Some longtime shop owners also said it's increasingly difficult to just stay in business, let alone add more employees. Bea Jung, who owns the clothing store J City with her husband, said rent is going up more than $1,500 a month, forcing them to close the business after 30 years.
They will lay off one full-time and one part -time worker when they shut down after the holidays. A giant sign hanging at the storefront says "Everything Must Go" and "God Bless You." Piled on tables inside the shop are Puma sneakers marked down to $10 from $30, Dickies jumpsuits for $29.99, and T-shirts for $3.99.
The couple had hoped to remain in business another decade before retiring, but working 12 hours a day became too much.
"It's not busy like it used to be," Jung said. "The economy's not so good and we work too hard and make no money."
In Acton, a 14,000-square-foot CVS recently opened across the street from the Acton Plaza Shopping Center, built from the ground up and offering an astounding selection of hair products, as well as an increasing amount of food. If anything, foot and car traffic has increased, which has been good for the nearby Not Your Average Joe's restaurant.
Adam Rutstein, the general manager, said sales are up and he's hiring for every restaurant position except host. Filling those jobs is difficult in a town where unemployment was 3.3 percent last month, lower than the state average of 4.6 percent.
"Our talent pool is not Acton, it's people who need hourly jobs," he said, "so we have to pull from 20 minutes away."
Most economists said it's difficult to justify driving any further than that for a lower-paying retail or service jobs.
So the divide, said Megan Way, an labor economics professor at Babson College, ultimately "keeps people segregated."
Rutstein, the restaurant manager, said he draws loads of job applicants from nearby towns like Maynard and Framingham, and yet not enough to fill all the open positions.
"The need for workers," he said, "it's epidemic."
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"Exploring Motivation and Facilitating Change"
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change. Course is currently only delivered online.
The course will provide opportunities to observe and practice the approach in a protected environment. By the end of the course participants will feel able to start using Motivational Interviewing (MI) in their work settings.
Please note, MI does not have an evidence base for working with people with significant learning difficulties.
The two day (or equivalent to) course introduces participants to the theory, spirit and principles in using MI to help people make positive change. The training will use a range of methods including didactic teaching, live demonstrations, audio, video and coaching. The training will aim to create a curiosity to learn more and develop practice.
This course will be delivered by a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) who has worked and trained across a wide range of settings. Attendees must fully attend both days of the course. We also invite all attendees to practice forums post 6 months of attending the course.
Learning outcomes
The aim of the 2 day (or equivalent to) programme aims to equip delegates to:
- Understand Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills and processes involved in how people change behaviour
- Practice core communication skills
- Understand and practice responding to change talk and sustain talk
- Exchanging information
- Developing a change plan
- Integrating skills into current practice
Who is the course for?
The course is aimed at any professional working with adults, young people, children or families, where behavioural or attitudinal change is needed or desired. The course will provide opportunities to observe and practice the approach in a protected environment. By the end of the course, participants will feel able to start using MI in their work settings.
This course is also suitable as a refresher/update for people who trained in MI some time ago. We do not recommend anybody who has has attended MI training in the last 3 years to attend this.
How this the course delivered?
These courses will be delivered using Zoom. This is very easy and safe to use regardless of your level of IT skill.
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Course fee
The course costs £200 PP regardless of mode of delivery.
There are currently limited number of funded places available for health and social care staff working in the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, City & Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Please note booking a funded place and not turning up will incur a £200 charge.
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- FACE TO FACE- DAY 1: Wednesday 28th September 2022, 09:30- 16:30. Day 2 Wednesday 5th October 2022 09:30-16:30. Must attend both dates
- VIRTUAL EVENT- Day 1: Thursday 27th October 2022, 1300-1630 Day 2: Thursday 3rd November 2022, 1300-1630 Day 3: Thursday 10th November 2022, 1300-1630 Day 4: Thursday 17th November 2022, 1300-1630. Must attend all four days
- VIRTUAL EVENT- DAY 1: Tuesday 22nd November 2022, 0930-1430 Day 2: Tuesday 29th November 2022, 0930-1430 Day 3: Tuesday 6th December 2022, 0930-1430 Must attend all three day
- VIRTUAL EVENT- Day 1: Thursday 23rd February 2023, 0930-1300 Day 2: Thursday 2nd March 2023, 0930-1300 Day 3: Thursday 9th March 2023, 0930-1300 Day 4: Thursday 16th March 2023, 0930-1300 Must attend all four days
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Electrical safety standards now apply to all rental properties
- 26th March 2021
- Landlord Property News
Landlords must ensure that electric fittings are regularly checked
Electrical safety standards that were introduced for new tenancies in July 2020, will be extended to apply to every privately rented property in England from April 1st 2021.
Under the regulations, landlords will have to ensure that properties are fully compliant with safety standards. They will be obliged to make sure that safety checks of electrical fittings, including sockets, fuse boxes and wirings are carried out every five years by a qualified electrician.
After checks have been carried out, landlords must provide tenants with a full copy of the report. If any remedial work is required, the landlord should hire qualified professionals to fix any faults and complete the work within 28 days of the original inspection. Once this work has been carried out, landlords must supply tenants as well as the local housing authority, with written confirmation that this work has taken place, along with a copy of the report.
Failure to comply with regulations could lead to penalties of up to £30,000 being issued against landlords. To date ludlowthompson have completed 618 electrical safety inspections since the new regulations came in to effect, and are available at all times to assist with this process.
Stephen Ludlow, Chairman at ludlowthompson says: "Whether you are a seasoned landlord with a large portfolio or a first-time investor, it's absolutely crucial to keep up to date with the new electrical safety standards."
"The overwhelming majority of landlords are diligent in making sure their properties are safe and are proactive when it comes to repair work. By ensuring that checks are carried out on a regular basis, landlords will be aware of any risks to their properties and will be able to take action to rectify these, ensuring they retain their tenants' confidence, thereby delivering higher total returns in the long run."
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With virtualization increasing in every industry and especially during pandemic, spotlight is on simulation for engineering industry. Simulation has many advantages and it has the potential to increase its usage further but there are few challenges as well. Simulation Process & Data Management (SPDM) should help in overcoming the challenges and increase simulation's value proposition and growth opportunities.
What is in it?
Simulation Process & Data Management is a knowledge management application for simulation to effectively manage simulation data configurations, secure & streamline process, facilitate access to globally distributed teams and collaboration, provide traceability & enable decision making for product optimization. This document provides ITC Infotech perspective of the subject and how customers can benefit out of it.


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On 12 December 2019, the FCA updated its webpage on the senior managers and certification regime (SMCR) for solo-regulated firms. The updated webpage provides a note on Approved Persons Regime (APR) applications that were in progress at the commencement of the SMCR.
For core and limited scope firms, the FCA has automatically converted APR applications in progress to applications for the relevant senior management function (SMF). These firms will need to submit a Statement of Responsibilities for their application by 16 December 2019 to their FCA case officer. If a case officer has not been assigned, firms should send the statement by responding to the acknowledgement email received when first submitting their application.
For enhanced firms, the FCA has converted APR applications in progress to applications for the relevant SMF, as long as these applications were included in a firm's Form K.


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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Waiting in the Bread Line
The shop is an old Soviet style full service store with five different tills each with its own staff person. Bread, pastry and chocolate. Fish, meat and canned goods. Dairy and general groceries. Alcohol and tobacco. Water, juice and ice cream. There was only a few other shoppers in the store so I didn't have to wait in line but at going-home time, the store is usually full and you can stand in lines for an hour to get a few things. When you get to the front of the line, you tell the staff person what you want and they fill your order, tally it up, take your cash and wait on the next person. Those who miss the personal touch of the old general store would feel right at home here. Tanya loves it. I hate it because I want to grab what I need and get out.
We both like the store because it has the best bread in town. So fresh from the local bakery it is often warm when we buy it. Their cheese, sausage and fish are also good quality and reasonably priced. Now I will go downstairs and make myself a sandwich.
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- AnonymousFebruary 19, 2009 at 9:06 PM
It's COLD out tonight and I swore that I was leaving the house for NOTHING less than a severed artery. But Lucky was out of dog food, so the three of us (Joe, Lucky and I) found ourselves at Krogers. Joe went in while Lucky and I stayed outside, watching the door he'd just disappeared through. Within minutes he was coming back. Dog food, check. Chips, check. cream for coffee, check. I'm so glad he didn't have to get in three lines.ReplyDelete
So I take it that nobody buys ice cream at the end of the day. When you got home you could pour a glass.ReplyDelete
Well, you don't want to buy the ice cream first, that is for sure. And since most people are walking, my guess is that it is for immediate consumption. It is mostly small individual variety type packages in that store.ReplyDelete
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We loved seeing you at Zendesk Relate 2022. Here are a few highlights—and a peek into what you can still explore online.
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What is customer satisfaction score? (+ how to measure CSAT)
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A new era of conversational CRM connects customer conversations across your business
Conversational CRM is a powerful way to create an open, ongoing dialogue between your business and your customers. Learn more about the product announcements from Zendesk Relate 2022.
The new face of user groups—and 3 reasons to consider joining
User groups offer an excellent way to build your professional profile, grow your network, and further develop your leadership skills. Learn more about new user groups launching at Zendesk.
How to set and reach sales quotas (with examples)
A sales quota is a sales target, or goal, that helps sales orgs make a greater impact and improve rep morale.
How to create effective sales collateral (examples + tips)
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Suggestive selling is a sales tactic where reps recommend additional products or services that will be helpful to prospects. Here's how to do it successfully.
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Bringing the vineyard home: A CX Moment with Wine.com
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Raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, it took Jayson some time to reconcile his LGBT and Jewish identities. After five years of conversion therapy, he came out as gay and founded Hebro — a social group for gay Jews. He also joined CBST seeking a Jewish community and became a founding member of the CBST, the Middle East & Me team.
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As we start a new half term and the festive breaks draws closer, this year's Twenty20 Academy intake are stepping up their training. Both the training groups (U11and U13) have been working on the basics and non-negotiables of playing the game and creating team norms.
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