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The risk for dementia, a major contributor to incapacitation and institutionalization, rises rapidly as people age, doubling every 5 years after age 65. Tens of millions of new Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementia cases are projected as elderly populations increase around the world, creating a projected dementia epidemic for which most nations are not prepared.
Researchers believed that "there is an urgent need for prevention approaches that are safe, effective, and affordable. This review addresses the potential of one promising candidate, the omega 3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which appears to slow pathogenesis of AD and possibly vascular dementia." DHA is pleiotropic, acting at multiple steps to reduce the production of the beta-amyloid peptide, widely believed to initiate AD. DHA moderates some of the kinases that hyperphosphorylate the tau-protein, a component of the neurofibrillary tangle.
DHA may help suppress insulin/neurotrophic factor signaling deficits, neuroinflammation, and oxidative damage that contribute to synaptic loss and neuronal dysfunction in dementia. Researchers conclude that DHA increases brain levels of neuroprotective brain-derived neurotrophic factor and reduces the omega 6 fatty acid arachidonate and its prostaglandin metabolites that have been implicated in promoting AD. Clinical trials suggest that DHA or fish oil alone can slow early stages of progression, but these effects may be apolipoprotein E enotype specific, and larger trials with very early stages are required to prove efficacy. "We advocate early intervention in a prodromal period with nutrigenomically defined subjects with an appropriately designed nutritional supplement, including DHA and antioxidants" reasearchers state.
Numerous studies support role of DHA on cognition and synaptic integrity. In another recent study researchers at the University of Lorraine in France conclude from a review of the research that the omega-3 fat DHA is one of the "..most valuable diet ingredients whose neuroprotective properties could be crucial for designing nutrition-based strategies able to prevent Alzheimer's disease." DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) makes up a critical component of nerve cell membranes, allowing them more fluidity and enhancing nerve cell communication, as well as increasing their survival, thus reducing risk for degeneration associated with dementia.
Oster T, Pillot T: Docosahexaenoic acid and synaptic protection in Alzheimer's disease mice. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 2010; March 6th. Cole G, Frautschy S: DHA may prevent age-related dementia. Journal of Nutrition 2010; 140:869-874.

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Burnley Football Club is delighted to announce online kitchen specialist Premier Range as the new official website and online media sponsor.
The five-year deal will see the Todmorden-based company return to Burnley after a two-year break.
Nathan Ratcliffe, general manager of Premier Range (pictured), said: "We have always endeavoured to support Burnley Football Club in any way we can.
"We started as sponsors of the youth team a few years ago, before moving on to be a principle sponsor in 2013.
"We were heavily involved with the club, featuring as shirt sponsor and attending many of the matches. We also offered fans special competitions to give a little back.
"Now, we are ecstatic to be returning to Burnley as web and online media sponsors.
"As a Burnley fan myself I spend a lot of time at Turf Moor anyway so I couldn't be happier with this deal.'
Premier Range will also be resurrecting their fan-based giveaways, such as 'Reward a Claret'.
Nathan added: 'We really enjoyed being involved in the 'Reward A Claret' scheme, in which we invite local people to nominate a Burnley fan they believe deserves the VIP treatment at Turf Moor, including a tour, meeting the players, three-course meal in the Neville Gee 1882 Lounge and pitch-side seats.
"We had thousands of nominations over the seasons we were involved, ranging from kids who cared for their parents to local fundraisers and even for long-lost relatives.
"It was a brilliant way to support Burnley and its fans; a real feel good scheme in which everyone was a winner. Frankly, we can't wait to get it up and running again!"
Anthony Fairclough, Director of Commercial Affairs at Burnley FC, added: "It is always a sign of our success when previous sponsors renew and in this case return.
"It highlights the effectiveness that Burnley Football Club delivers to its partnerships and the support our fans deliver to the companies who get involved.
"We are thrilled that Premier Range have reintroduced the very popular "Reward a Claret" scheme, which benefit many people in our community."
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Amadeus Guitar Duo
The first two CD's I've had for awhile: Baroque Moments, and Images from the South. I just recently added Spanish Night, which is a recording of works by Joaquin Rodrigo.
The duo, based in Germany, consists of Dale Kavanagh from Canada and Thomas Kirchoff of Germany. They have been playing together since 1991. They live in Iserlohn, Germany (with a daughter, Melissa-Rachel) and teach at the Musikhochschule in Detmold (for those of you who understand German).
There aren't a lot of guitar duos out there, and music written especially for the ensemble doesn't seem too numerous. The duo handles this by making transcriptions of concerti and works originally written for other instruments.
Baroque Moments weighs in with the usual cast of Baroque composers: Handel, Vivaldi, and Bach. A short piece that ends the recording is a Choral written by Hans-Leo Hassler, who lived from 1564 to 1612, which gets him in under the wire of the year 1600, generally considered to be the beginning of the era. However, there is also a Prelude, Fugue and Variations composed by Cesar Franck, who lived from 1822 to 1890, thus placing him in almost the entire Romantic age.
Being somewhat of a fan of Romantic music, it come as no surprise that that the Franck work is my favorite of the collection. However, the duo has such a great, full sound that there isn't a wasted track to be found on this CD.
Images from the South refers to the music from the south of Europe, although the South American countries of Brazil and Venezuela are also featured. One piece is written by British composer Gerald Garcia, but it is based on Spanish melodies and so it counts as a "southern" composition. One work, entitled Surama, was composed by Alfonso Montes at the request of the duo. The CD notes say this is a play on words; Surama - Amasur, the Amadeus Guitar Duo goes south.
My most recent acquisition to the collection is the duo's Spanish Night. Along with Amadeus, the Eden-Stell Guitar Duo performs on the album. All of the works recorded are composed by Joaquin Rodrigo. They include the well known Concerto de Aranjuez with Dale Kavanagh as the soloist; Concerto Andaluz, which features both duos; and the Concerto Madrigal, featuring Amadeus. The orchestra for the recording is Internationale Philharmonie under the direction of Horst-Hans Backer.
Though I enjoy the multitude of voices that can be played on the classical guitar, my favorite of the three recordings has to be Spanish Night. I have to admit he is one of my favorite 20th century composers.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi condemned Wednesday the massacre of more than four civilians in Arhab province on Wednesday, calling on the United Nations and international organizations to investigate the massacres caused by Saudi attacks on Yemen.
He expressed his condolences to the victims of this aggression, adding that the escalation of attacks on residential areas and non-military targets, and the prevention of the arrival of responsible international organizations and institutions is a clear violation of humanitarian principles and rules.
The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman called on the United Nations and the influential countries in the Yemeni crisis to redouble their efforts to put an immediate end to the attacks and take the necessary measures to protect the safety and security of civilians, especially women and children in Yemen.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Saudi aggression carried out horrific crimes in which dozens of people were killed and wounded in a series of raids on a hotel in the province of Arhab in Yemen.


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Uzbekistan-Based Hamkorbank Outlook Revised To Positive On Sustainably Strong Operating Performance; Affirmed At 'B+/B'
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Uzbekistan-Based Hamkorbank Outlook Revised To Positive On Sustainably Strong Operating Performance; Affirmed At 'B+/B'
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Uzbekistan-based Hamkorbank JSCB to positive from stable. At the same time, we affirmed our 'B+/B' long- and short-term issuer credit ratings on the bank.
The agency believe that Hamkorbank's creditworthiness may benefit from the bank's long track record of sustainably high operating performance, supported by its solid franchise in commercial banking in Uzbekistan, especially in retail and SME lending.
Over the past two years, Hamkorbank sustained its leading positions in micro, SME, and retail lending despite increasing competitive pressure from state-owned banks. Hamkorbank's market share in retail deposits increased to 8.1% by mid-2019 from 5.4% at end-2017, while its market share in unsecured retail lending was close to 6.8% as of mid-2019. Despite constraints on its net interest margin, the bank maintained solid profitability, with ROAE of 30%-35% in 2018-2019. We note that the bank's diversified business mix--with about one-third of its loans provided to large corporate customers and the rest almost evenly spread to SME and retail customers--support the bank's business stability.
In 2018, the Swiss Development Fund, the "responsAbility Participations Aktiengesellschaft," became the bank's new international shareholder when it acquired a 7.66% stake from the International Finance Corporation (IFC); the fund will acquire 5.0% of additional issuance of ordinary shares before end-2019. The IFC and the Dutch Development Bank continue to hold shares of 7.66% and 15.3% stakes, respectively. The bank's founder, Mr. Ikram Ibragimov, retains control of the bank. In our view, Hamkorbank will continue benefiting from international investors in its capital through better corporate governance, enhanced expertise and risk management in SME lending, and new funds in the form of capital and credit facilities.
We expect that Hamkorbank will maintain adequate capitalization; we project our risk-adjusted capital (RAC) ratio for the bank will increase to 8.1%-8.3% over the next 12-18 months from 7.7% at end-2018. We assume that the bank's lending growth will gradually slow to 30%-40% in 2019-2020 from 58% in 2018, while the bank's profitability will remain high with ROAE between 25% and 30%. As of Sept. 1, 2019, the bank's prudential capital adequacy ratio (CAR) was 14.3% versus the regulatory minimum of 13.0%. We think that the bank will likely maintain its CAR above 14% over the next two years and not put its capital position in risk of breaching the regulatory minimum.
The bank's asset quality has remained broadly stable over the past two years, with new credit losses sustainably below 100 basis points. The bank's Stage 3 loans stood at 3.6% at end-2018--a notable increase from 1.2% a year earlier that stems from a technical delinquency of a large borrower. This loan became performing again at the beginning of 2019. As a result, we expect the bank's Stage 3 loans will recover in 2019 to the 1.5%-2.0% range, which is in line with the system average. In our view, the bank's generally good asset quality reflects its relatively sound risk-management practices, sound expertise in the traditional business areas of micro and SME lending, and advanced scoring models developed with the assistance of the IFC.
Over the past year, the bank has progressed significantly in reducing concentrations of its depositor base and lengthening its term structure, which was part of the bank's previous strategic initiatives. Growing retail deposits (+100% for 2018-2019) and reducing large balances from corporate customers helped to achieve these goals. At end-2018, the top-20 depositors represented 35% (versus 55% in 2017), and time deposits represented 67% of the bank's depositor base (versus 39%). Long-term project funds attracted from IFIs, which represents about 41% of total liabilities as of Sept. 1, 2019, are still an important source of SME and retail lending and uphold the bank's funding base. The bank's key funding and liquidity metrics remain broadly comparable with peers'.
We now consider Hamkorbank a systemically important financial institution for Uzbekistan. This stems from its large share in the system-wide retail deposits and material position on the market of unsecured retail lending. As of mid-year 2019, the bank served about three million retail customers and approximately 45,000 private corporates in the country, positioning the bank in the top-3 largest banks in the country by client base. We believe that there is a moderate likelihood that Hamkorbank would receive extraordinary government support if needed. This does not lead to any uplift to the ratings on the bank since the bank's credit quality is already very close that of the sovereign.
The positive outlook on Hamkorbank indicates the possibility of an upgrade in the coming 12 months. This is based on our view that the bank's creditworthiness may improve if it continues to demonstrate high profitability and to be a leader in commercial banking, while keeping adequate capital buffers and asset quality.
A positive rating action in the next 12 months would hinge on the bank continuing to increase its business volumes in SME and retail banking, as per its strategy. This would support the bank's margin and profitability and allow it to withstand intensifying competition from the state-owned banks. Sustainably high earnings capacity, exceeding that of peers' and supporting the bank's capital position, may also prompt us to upgrade the bank. A positive rating action is only possible, however, if the bank maintains prudent risk and capital management, with local capital regulatory ratio remaining sustainably above 14% and with credit losses no higher than those of peers with a similar business mix.
We could consider a negative rating action if we saw the bank pursue a more aggressive capital policy that dropped our forecast RAC ratio to below 7% or with a buffer to minimum regulatory threshold remaining sustainably below 100 basis points, which could jeopardize compliance with the regulatory ratio. We could also consider a downgrade if we saw Hamkorbank demonstrate higher-than-expected lending growth with credit losses and problem assets exceeding those of peers.
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text: This week, while it was cold outside, we were delighted to offer a very warm Dulwich Puxi welcome to Mitchell and Amen, School Captains from Dulwich College London. Meeting with Student Council leaders from our own College, Mitchell and Amen exchanged ideas about developing the House system and introducing student-led activities. It was a valuable opportunity for our students to find out more about Dulwich tradition, and reflect upon how we can develop student leadership here at Dulwich Puxi. The London Captains also spent time with a wider group of Senior School students, giving them highly sought after and valuable advice on developing effective study skills for IGCSE. Mitchell and Amen are going on to study medicine at Oxford and chemistry at Warrick so their study advice was extremely well received. Our students found their time with Mitchell and Amen incredibly helpful from an academic perspective, as well as a group experience; bringing our fellow students in London a little closer to home.


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Messi's free kick may have been the most beautiful goal I've ever seen— Madds (@MaddieRe13) June 22, 2016
Congrats to messi not only for the insane goal! But for being the all time lead scorer in Argentina history!— Bradan Hansen (@bhans_21) June 22, 2016
It's only right for Messi to confirm his place as the best Argentinian player ever by honoring the last one and scoring a hand goal lol— Ariana Venti (@le_ariana) June 22, 2016
And the goal he's scored to take the record, naturally, a world class free-kick. Enjoy him, every single time you see him. #Messi 🇦🇷— Dan O'Hagan (@danohagan) June 22, 2016
What a way to become the all time leading goal scorer for Argentina. Only you #Messi— Alvaro Magaña (@magana_21) June 22, 2016
Messi's assist. Messi's goal. Messi's beard. Messi. Messi. Messi. #CopaAmerica #USAvARG— Rachel Walker (@rachel_roo) June 22, 2016
i'm not ashamed to admit that i yelled "yaasss queen" at the messi goal— Micro BigBird (@cheeseburgers) June 22, 2016
I'm an American who wasn't raised watching soccer. That Messi goal - that was pretty good, right?— briandonohue (@briandonohue) June 22, 2016
What a freekick goal by lionel messi.Certainly the bst i hve evr seen.Now Argntna's leadng top screr with 55 Goals.Cngrts #Messi#USAvARG— Shreyansh Jain (@sjb1578) June 22, 2016
Before the game I said, Messi will score 2 with 1 assist and lavezzi would score lol— Damn Daniel (@DANi3lM_93) June 22, 2016
That #Messi assist was wizardry. He knew exactly what was going to happen. #CopaAmerica— Ryan Hickey (@WhatTheHelicon) June 22, 2016
Messi is just tearing up the Copa America. Sumptuous assist from him !— Muhammad Motala (@MMotala10) June 22, 2016
That assist by Messi got everyone in office like.. #CopaAmerica pic.twitter.com/MO2x9cHUOk— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) June 22, 2016
When Messi gets the first assist pic.twitter.com/GmsaCAFchi— Maddie Dallman (@maddiedallman) June 22, 2016
That assist from Messi! #CopaAmerica #USAvARG pic.twitter.com/RK16INPWlm— Will Burnett (@WilliamBurnet91) June 22, 2016
Messi with yet another brilliant assist to enable Lavezzi.— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) June 22, 2016
Great feeling to be able to say that I've seen Messi play live and score / assist— :) (@TinoMarrer0) June 22, 2016
Messi is the type of alien to make the assist look better than the goal 🔥 #d10s— Chentedimaria (@Chentedimaria) June 22, 2016


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by: Tony Suh
The workhorse is hobbled. Asked to plow a field and yield harvests that no 3 oxen could ever do. The current workhorse CA Legislature has 3 short of a 2/3 Democratic majority in the Senate and similarly in the Assembly. It takes 2/3 of the legislators of each branch to adopt a budget or to raise taxes. The Legislature failed to yield the harvest of miracles. The media (failing to educate the public in favor of simplistic / popular claims), the political parties (wishing to duck votersâ wrath) and voters (willingly led by the media, their political parties and by corporate interests that finance most voter drives and ads) claimed that THE LEGISLATURE FAILED! But, WE hobbled the workhorse Legislature.
But, it is we (legislators, media, monied interests, political pundits and, most of all, we, the voters) who failed. Most of all, the Republican legislators failed. They, in lock-step, said NO Taxes â no matter what. They came up with no alternatives to a cuts-only budget. Yet, they lacked the courage to identify specifically what and how much they would cut. Nearly everyone let them get away with such irresponsible behavior without publically and loudly calling them to task. Very few had the guts to directly identify the culprit Republicans. Instead, the media, the general public, even Democrats blamed the Legislature and âpoliticiansâ? as a whole, not the 14 Republicans in the Assembly and 28 in the Senate who created our current catastrophe – the dimensions of which are being detailed now and in the coming weeks and months. The resulting mess will, in turn, drag California much further into the Recession and make it more unattractive to newcomers and investors everywhere in the years ahead. Likely, nearly all will, again, blame the easy but wrong targets: the Legislature and âpoliticiansâ?.
Rather than taking responsibility to assure that the powers invested to our representatives is exercised to maintain those things we cherish well into the future for ourselves and future generations; we have hobbled them and trashed our State Constitution by our too-easy citizen initiatives. Our Propositions have been overtaken with emotionally-charged irritations of the moment that have been cast into the long future â including Proposition 13, 2/3 legislative vote requirement to adopt a budget, term limits and the newly passed Prop 1F (the latter 2 only diminishes the viability of our legislature to attract the âbest and brightestâ?). Successful constitutional initiatives cannot be overturned by the Legislature alone; they have to be amended by another vote of the voters â another proposition. Our state government has become the results of temper tantrums of our past and present. We have enfeebled our elected government representatives. We now have to reap what we have sown. We have representative democracy because citizen plebiscite government is too capricious and to easy to manipulate. With representative government, we can always vote them out.
Digging out of the current morass will take careful deliberations with long-range perspectives â and, no more âquick fixesâ?. We will need to find ways to not sow anymore of our own bitter harvests that we now face and will for too long.


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Details of the programme for the inaugural Times Higher Education World Academic Summit in Singapore have been released.
The summit, which takes place at Nanyang Technological University between 2 and 4 October 2013, brings together world leaders from universities, government and industry to explore the role that world-class universities play in fuelling the knowledge economy.
The summit, which also hosts the official worldwide launch of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings on 3 October, will have sessions looking at, among other things: research collaborations across national borders; fostering intercultural understanding in a globalised world; sharing and benchmarking best practice in research; commercialising ideas and ensuring real-world impact of academic activity; bringing together the best ideas from industry and academia and nurturing top talent for an uncertain future.
"We have brought together a truly exceptional group of people, all at the very top of their fields, from all over the world to provide practical advice, and plenty of inspiration, on this crucial aspect of a university's mission," said Phil Baty, editor-at-large of Times Higher Education magazine, and editor of the THE's global rankings portfolio.
"But it is the quality of the delegates, as much as the quality of the speakers, that will really make this a special and unique event. We have had already had registrations from sector leaders from the UK, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, France and Switzerland and the programme is designed to be highly interactive and discussion-led, so we are very excited about the opportunities for networking and sharing new ideas and opportunities that the summit will provide."
Kicking-off the first full day of the conference will be Jean-Lou Chameau, who was president of the California Institute of Technology from 2006 until he took over this month as the president of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia.
After a period as President of Golder Associates, a geotechnical consulting company, and as Provost of Georgia Tech, Dr Chameau developed Caltech into the world's number one ranked university, topping THE's World University Rankings in both 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Dr Chameau will set the scene for the event with a presentation on "Global collaboration in research and higher education", which will explore the unprecedented recent growth in international collaborations among researchers, which he says is moving at a "more rapid pace than academia is used to" and is "reshaping major aspects of higher education in ways that are profound".
Dr Chameau will be followed by a panel debate on "solving the world's grand challenges through global research collaboration", which will have contributions from Marcus Storch, who was chairman of the Nobel Foundation from 2005 to 2013, Brigitte Plateau, the president of the Grenoble Institute of Technology and Ihron Rensburg, president of the University of Johannesburg, among others.
Other speakers include Sir Keith O'Nions, President and Rector of Imperial College London, which is ranked among the world's top ten institutions. Sir Keith will examine "the future landscape of research and innovation", with a particular focus on the challenges of bringing together academics, business investment and entrepreneurs.
Sir Keith will be followed by a special panel discussion on "the role of the private sector in supporting and delivering world-class research", which will include contributions from Hubert Jager, chief officer for technology and innovation at the SGL Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of carbon-based products, and Jan-Eric Sundgren, senior advisor to the chief executive at Volvo Group.
The final day of the summit will include a focus on the leadership challenges for world-class universities. A keynote speech will be given by Baroness Virginia Bottomely, who was the UK's Secretary of State for Health between 1992 and 1995 and worked in the Cabinets of British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major prior to her current role as chair of the Board Practice at global recruitment consultants Odgers Berndtson. Baroness Bottomley has been involved with the appointment of numerous university vice-chancellors and education leaders both in the UK and internationally.
Other speakers include: Liqui Meng, senior vice-president at the Technical University of Munich; Arnoud De Meyer, president of the Singapore Management University, who will talk about the management of international communication and multi-cultural teams; and Ed Byrne, vice-chancellor and president of Monash University, who has just been confirmed as the next vice-chancellor of King's College London.
Robin Grimes, the chief scientific advisor to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office will examine the question: "how should governments incubate science more effectively to ensure a high rate of science-based prosperity?" Lim Chuan Poh, chairman of Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research will also provide a presentation on how government's can support and deliver world-class research.
The summit will be closed with a keynote speech by multiple Oscar-winning film producer, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate, who is now chancellor Open University and a trade envoy to the British Prime Minister David Cameron.
The exceptional high quality of the speakers and the delegates, coming together on such a crucial matter, will, I am sure, make this one of the most important and fruitful gatherings of global research leaders and funders ever put together," said Mr Baty.
The worldwide launch of the 2013-14 Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The World Academic Summit will also host the formal worldwide launch of the THE World University Rankings results for 2013-14 as a special fringe event open to summit delegates only.
The rankings launch will include an in-depth "masterclass" on the rankings methodology and underlying data. Rankings editor Phil Baty will present the results on the morning of their worldwide release, looking at the methodology of the rankings and the long-term trends emerging from the work, while Simon Pratt, manager of the Institutional Profiles project at Thomson Reuters, which is the source of the data for the THE rankings, will give a behind-the-scenes look at the data collection process, and give some exclusive insights into the raw data behind the rankings.
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Since the advent of farming, growers have been engaged in a timeless battle with nature. Harsh weather conditions, pests, and disease decimate growing fields and reduce crop supplies. As a result, farmers are fighting to preserve their crops and livelihoods. An increasing global population has fueled the demand for food, putting farmers under more pressure to investigate methods to improve existing crop production and expand the capabilities of growing fields. As farmers work to meet global demand, there are more than food supplies at stake. Perhaps most alarming to some is the diminishing cocoa supply that threatens to affect chocolate production over the course of the next five to 10 years.
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Deep in the Amazon, the birthplace of chocolate, farmers collect cocoa pods in much the same way as their ancestors did. Not much has changed in the fields among the cocoa plants. Cocoa farming is a labor-intensive process that involves the use of machetes and other dangerous tools to grow and harvest crops. In order to manage demand, a large numbers of workers is needed to harvest and produce the cocoa plants scattered across the countryside on small farms.
Similarly, farmers on the other side of the world are producing cocoa in the same manner of their ancestors, although they are generally working on larger farms. Cocoa farming is a family affair, as well, with both young and old working alongside one another in the fields that their forefathers planted.
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Ghana, the number-two cocoa producer in the world, is struggling to meet the demands of chocolate users. A higher demand for chocolate in China and India, where chocolate was once considered a luxury that only the wealthy could afford, has added to the need. With the emergence of new markets, there has been a sharp increase in the amount of chocolate needed, and costs have increased nearly 40% in the last five years. Government subsidies, which are designed to support and maintain cocoa growers, have changed. Instead of supplying farmers with fertilizer and seedlings, they paid higher subsidies and required farmers to purchase the needed supplies. However, the plan backfired. Farmers grew accustomed to higher payouts, but neglected to purchase fertilizer, so the crops suffered. Others simply decided that the effort to grow cocoa was too labor intensive and sold their fields to gold prospectors. While government officials have reverted the subsidy program back to the original plan, cocoa companies fear that it may be too late.
A lack of rainfall threatens the crops, as well. The worst drought in over 30 years is wreaking havoc on the fields, coupled with dusty winds that have damaged cocoa pods. In addition, a new focus on child labor has provided protection for youth and has made provisions for young children to attend school rather than work in the fields. Despite the long-term benefits, the immediate result has been a dramatic reduction in the workforce. Locating younger farmers to replace aging cocoa growers has become increasingly difficult.
Introducing Agro-chemicals
Next door to Ghana is the Ivory Coast, the number-one cocoa producer in the world. By adopting the new measures introduced by sustainability experts, the Ivory Coast has produced record-breaking back-to-back crops. This bumper crop, however, is not even half of the potential crop if all of the farmers adopted good agricultural practices.
In 2014, 10 of the largest cocoa farmers agreed, in an unprecedented move, to share their private data related to crop yields and farming methods.
Many believe that one of the most effective methods to reduce crop loss due to severe weather and to improve plant development is to encourage farmers to use fertilizer. Agro-chemicals, in the form of fertilizer can improve plant stability, maximize plant yields, and reduce the amount of farmland needed. In order to encourage farmers to utilize new growing techniques, including the use of fertilizer, chocolate companies are developing training programs for farmers. Some of these programs can last up to three months and teach farmers new business practices, as well as how to capitalize on the benefits of fertilizer. Introducing fertilizer to farmers allows them to produce more and reduce crop losses.
The widespread acceptance of the use of fertilizer has been challenged by government officials in some countries that do not understand the positive impact of agro-chemical solutions. Additional training and protocols that make the acquisition of fertilizer affordable and efficient for farmers will increase the likelihood that they will use them.
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Farmers who produce cocoa plants are in high demand. Companies that depend on growing fields filled with cocoa plants are scrambling to secure what they need to meet demand. In order to assist with increased crop needs, scientists and analysts are teaching farmers new ways to farm in order to maximize crop production and yield a stronger and more efficient crop.
Cocoa production is big business. After a dramatic decline in cocoa commodities in 2011, prices have been climbing slowly. In 2015, there was a sharp increase in the price per ton of cocoa, which increased to nearly $3,500. Globally, over $1 billion is spent annually on projects to improve cocoa sustainability. However, with a two-year growth cycle for cocoa, farmers and companies must think both short- and long-term. By developing new farming techniques and adopting the use of fertilizer, cocoa production can continue to thrive around the world, both now and in the future.
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State reports unprovoked bear, panther attacks
By David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel
1:30 a.m. EDT, April 27, 2014
The large, hairy predator struck fast, left a few claw wounds and was gone.
As Byron Maharrey of central Palm Beach County stalked wild turkey near Lake Kissimmee, he felt something hit him on the back.
"He knocked me over," he said. "He immediately turned straight and ran. From his tawny color and his long tail, I could tell it was a Florida panther. Guessing 80 to 100 pounds."
The March 17 attack left him with puncture wounds to his thigh, a 4-inch gash on his arm and an unusual status as the first victim of a suspected Florida panther attack since the 1800s.
For decades authorities have said that panthers and black bears in Florida have never made an unprovoked attack on a human being, at least in modern times. But in 2012 a bear bit a Seminole County woman who was walking her dog, and in the past few months, the state has seen two more bear attacks and a possible panther attack.
"The amount of conflict we're having between wildlife and people is going up," said Kipp Frohlich, deputy director of the Division of Habitat and Species Conservation for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "Both populations of bears and panthers are up in Florida, and we think that's a good thing, not a bad thing. And of course we've had an increase in people. We need to work with people and get them prepared for panthers in areas that haven't seen panthers for maybe the past 100 years."
The number of black bears in Florida has increased from a low of 500 in the 1950s to more than 3,000 today. The two recent attacks took place in Seminole County neighborhoods on the fringes of bear habitat. Susan Chalfant, 54, was attacked Dec. 2 while walking two small dogs, suffering bite wounds to her face, head and neck. On April 12 Terri Frana, 44, discovered bears going through her garbage. One of them knocked her down and bit and clawed her on her head, arm, leg and back.
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The FWC killed seven bears in the neighborhood, saying they had become accustomed to obtaining food from garbage. Protesters accused the agency of punishing bears for the errors of people, but others say the agency had no good options.
"I regret deeply that seven bears were killed, but I would not second-guess the FWC," said Charles Lee, advocacy director of Audubon of Florida. "You are not doing a bear a favor by giving it food; you are handing that bear a death sentence.''
For years hunters have tried to overturn Florida's 1994 ban on bear hunting. A new call for hunting came this month when a dozen state legislators, including state Rep. Katie Edwards, D-Plantation, signed a letter to the FWC calling for an educational program for residents, more bear-proof trash containers and "select hunts in the hot spot areas."
But FWC Commissioner Ron Bergeron of Weston, an outdoorsman with vast experience with Florida's wildlife, opposes the idea.
"I don't feel the problem that we have here is due to overpopulation," he said. "I would hate to see a reaction to these incidents that I feel has a lot to do with garbage and bears coming to get an easy meal than we knee-jerk into overpopulation and possibly hunting."
Frohlich said the agency's main focus with bears and panthers involves educating the public on securing garbage, not providing handouts and what to do if you encounter a large predator.
South Florida's population of bears and panthers is concentrated in Big Cypress National Preserve and adjacent lands. Both species venture into Broward and Palm Beach counties, with panthers sticking largely to levees that keep them above the sawgrass. Visits by bears to residential neighborhoods – which have taken place in Weston and west of Boynton Beach – are so rare they receive extensive press coverage.
Although the panther's prospects of survival remain far shakier than the bears, the endangered cats have also seen their numbers surge from a low of as little as 30 in the 1970s to as many as 160 today.
Wildlife officials say attacks are highly unlikely, since the species tends to avoid people and does not regard people as a prey, preferring deer, wild hogs and small mammals. But they don't dismiss the possibility and have relocated panthers that frequent residential neighborhoods.
While Maharrey's panther attack remains unconfirmed because it was reported too late for evidence to be obtained from the scene or from his wounds, he is a veteran hunter whose account was taken seriously by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Maharrey considers his encounter with a panther a case of mistaken identity. The panther approached from a direction from which it could not catch his scent, and as soon as the panther was on him, it sprang off and ran away, apparently realizing that he was neither a turkey nor a deer. Although he favors a limited bear hunt, he says panthers should remain off limits to hunters.
"I think it's something we have to live with," Maharrey said. "I've been back twice and nothing happened. They haven't had any reported cases since the 1800s. As for the panthers, I say live and let live."
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Lapa is one of Lisbon's most charming neighbourhoods, characterised by impressive views and wide, peaceful, tree-lined streets that run between Jardins da Estrela and Santos.
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Dance conference in Stockholm. The theme of the conference will be POSTDANCE - beyond the kinesthetic experience and back. Together Gabriel Smeets (artistic director of Cullberg Ballet in Stockholm), Andre Lepecki (professor at New York University and guest professor at DOCH) and Danjel Andersson (artistic director of MDT) joined forces to organize this 3 days conference on the theme POSTDANCE. The conference wants to be an opportunity to really find time and space to reflect on the developments and forces that have shaped choreographic imagination from the 1960s up to today. The conference is envisioned as oscillating between moments where guest speakers would make more focused interventions and then longer sessions throughout the day of more informal debates and roundtables. The conference wants to bring together theorists, students, teachers, curators for these 3 days to discuss dance from the sixties till now.
So far, confirmed speakers are: Adrian Heathfield, Mette Ingvartsen, Mårten Spångberg, Bojana Kunst, André Lepecki, Paz Rojo, Samlingen (collective of choreographers: Amanda Apetrea, Nadja Hjorton, Stina Nyberg, Halla Ólafsdóttir and Zoë Poluch), Jefta van Dinther, Florentina Holzinger, Jens Östberg, Ivana Müller, Mette Edvardsen, Francois Chaignaud, Manuel Pelmus, Cecilia Bengolea, Andros Zins-Browne, Jonathan Burrows, Hooman Sharifi, Poste Restante, Charlotte Vandevyver, Siegmar Zacharias, Benjamin Vandewalle and Erna Òmarsdóttir.
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Emek is a graphic designer and illustrator who was born in Israel. His works are drawn by hand and then silkscreened. Emek often utilizes tiny details in his art, and is therefore known for the many layers of deep meaning in his designs.
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If the American liberal media had been around at the time of Jesus birth, one can just imagined.
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2 comments:
- AB5SY said...
I'm afraid to imagine the headlines the birth of Jesus would generate in this day and age....
- January 20, 2008 at 1:39 PM
- Lynn said...
I can't imagine what the press would say about the birth of Jesus, but I can hear Jesus address them when He's older as "a brood of vipers".
I just wonder if they'll be able to write when He returns? :D
- January 23, 2008 at 2:31 AM
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In the year the UK has voted to leave the European Union (EU), charities are increasingly cautious about the future, while environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and alternative investments represent growing areas of interest.
Here are some of the key findings from our third annual Charity Investment Survey, which we are publishing today:
ESG factors are increasingly important for charities, with fossil fuel-free investing rising up the agenda
73% of charities now rate environmental, social and governance factors as either very or quite important in the management of their investment portfolios. In terms of charities' ethically screened portfolios, tobacco remains by far the commonest exclusion, but more portfolios now exclude fossil fuels than alcohol. 16% of charities surveyed have adopted a policy to exclude some or all fossil-fuel investments from their portfolio, a fourfold increase in 12 months.
Charities report a significant reduction in overall total returns, and are increasingly cautious about the future
Reflecting tough market conditions, the weighted average total return of charities surveyed was just +1.6% over the year to 31 March 2016, while almost a third of respondents report a decline in their investment portfolio value. Moreover, the majority of charities expect annual total returns of 6% or less over the next 3-5 and 10 years.
Most charities believe the UK's vote to leave the EU will have a significant impact on their investment activity
When asked whether a vote to leave the EU would have an impact on their investment activity, only 17% of charities felt there would be little or no impact, and over half (56%) thought a vote to leave would have a significant impact in the short term, with less of an impact longer term. In general, charities that completed the survey once the result of the referendum was known were a bit more downbeat about their prospects than those who completed the survey beforehand.
Charities are withdrawing less to spend on their charitable objectives
In aggregate, charities are withdrawing less to spend in 2016 than in 2015, with both the weighted average and median withdrawal rates lower, at 2.9% and 3.2% of portfolio value respectively. However, charities still consider a sustainable withdrawal rate to be higher than this, with weighted average and median figures of 3.4% and 3.5% respectively.
Although commodities have declined in popularity, attitudes towards other types of alternative investment are increasingly positive
There has been a decline in the popularity of commodities in the latest survey, perhaps driven by the falling prices of industrial commodities and hence disappointing returns. However, the three most popular categories of alternative investments (property, hedge funds and private equity) all show increased take-up year on year. In addition, there appears to have been a big shift in attitudes towards the future use of alternatives, with 73% of charities in the current survey (compared to 39% in 2015) saying they would consider using alternatives in the future.
Most charities contract out investment management to external fund managers, with smaller charities less likely to change their arrangements
In 2016, 43% of charities (down from 49% in 2015 and 57% in 2014) indicated that they had changed a manager following their last review. Small charities appear much more loyal to their incumbent managers than large charities: 80% of charities with under £20 million of assets did not change their manager following their review, while 86% of charities with over £500 million of assets did make a change.
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Between mid-May and the end of July 2016, we surveyed a total of 80 UK charities, representing some £15.0 billion of investment assets, with a record date for data responses of 31 March 2016. With three years of data for many of the questions in the survey, we have been able to identify certain trends that are developing within the charity sector, as well as where opinions have changed since 2015 and 2014. The average charity in the 2016 survey has investment assets of £188 million, making respondents to the survey among the largest charities in the UK. Participants were well spread across size and type of charity organisation.


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It's final here, the long overdue mix CD collaboration from Skamrok and his long time breakbeat collecting partner Johnny Dett! Skamrok sets off the first half of this CD with breaks new and old, classics and obscure jams from around the world, then Johnny Dett kicks in with a full 30 minutes of crazy B-Boy Breaks, many unheard gems! This is a mix not to be missed!
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Deejay Skamrok and Johnny Dett.Let It Be Broke Sampler by DEEJAY SKAMROK
OUTER SPACE IS THA SHO NUF PLACE by SOLO 138 - £5.00 GBP (inc worldwide shipping)
This dope as hell CD by Florida's SOLO 138 features Electro, Funk, Boogie, Vocoder & Talkbox rarities cut up fresh for poppers, lockers, and all funkstyles and street dancers! Also check out the super fresh artwork by Rock Steady Crew's Tuf Tim Twist!
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INTERNET LOVER by SOLO 138 - £5.00 GBP (inc worldwide shipping)
Just like it says on the case "FUNK, ELECTRO, BOOGIE, DISCO & CLUB CLASSICS AND RARITIES" cut up fresh (as usual) by the man they call SOLO 138!
This is a real feel good mix, perfect to bump loudly in the summertime… which I will be!!!
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ROCKMASTER 001 by SOLO 138 - £5.00 GBP (inc worldwide shipping)
Here's what THEY had to say…
*BUSHWICK JOE (LIL DAVE ROCKERS) -This is real Rock, you the man SOLO138, nasty track mix love it! If you like Rock you'll love this.. yo Solo I love what you did here...This kid solo138 has played in some really nice clubs in NY trust me bad ass DJ Solo138 if you don't know you better ask somebody...
*CHUCK DE JESUS - Great set, Solo. I've never been a fan of mixing rock but the several times you did worked nicely. As a matter of fact, Get Ready was probably one of the only records you could cut being that it was about 15 minutes long. As a matter of fact, if you touched a rock jam in the early 70's, they'd chase you out the club~
Great Job and nice tracks!
*ABY 183rd TBB - Woke up did my thing and boom solo hit us w/ sum combustible shit! thaswasup baby!
*TRAC2 (STARCHILD LA ROCK) -The real Sounds of what Moved us!! Dope Shit SOLO138!
*RICHARD DOMENECH - Early 1970's ORANGE PEEL and RED LIGHT ... A lot of freestyle with the ladies and outlaw rocking battles... some SALSA, but the majority of the music was ROCK, FUNK, and SOUL... if you dance freestyle no problems, but if you were rocking be prepared to go to war!!
A lot of beat riders....crazy times tripping all over NYC...
If you want to listen to music of that era SOLO138 is on point!
PS: Not all dancing was about jerks and burns.
*MIKE BADRAN (TBB) - Real dope mix Solo, for all those that didn't know, Solo is the real deal, a great dj wit dope skills, and wit the knowledge of music that allows him to put great mixes together....a student and a great dj!
For all you ROCKMASTER's or wannabe's (ME) here is some music to make you move by SOLO138. Great selections in this mix!
I just scanned the music selection and it was top notch!!! Now I am gonna sit down and enjoy the mixes. Thanks SOLO. This has some of the best selections of ROCK music I heard in a mix yet
*PJAY (ROCK DANCE FORUM) -Very dope!
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SONGS FROM MY CHILDHOOD, SESSIONS TWO – DANNY DAN THE BEAT MANN - £5.00 GBP(inc worldwide shipping)
Danny Dan has been DJ'ing in the Bronx since the early 70's, is an original member of The Bronx Boys (TBB) and is the man behind the infamous Dusty Fingers compilations so you know these CD's are the real deal! On these mixes Danny Dan cuts up all the classic breakbeats from the early days, a history lesson from a man who was there when it started!
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BEAT MANN SESSIONS 4 – DANNY DAN THE BEAT MANN - £5.00 GBP (inc worldwide shipping)
Danny Dan has been DJ'ing in the Bronx since the early 70's, is an original member of The Bronx Boys (TBB) and is the man behind the infamous Dusty Fingers compilations so you know these CD's are the real deal! On these mixes Danny Dan cuts up all the classic breakbeats from the early days, a history lesson from a man who was there when it started!
(contains 42 individually divided tracks)
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Brgy. Mailag, Valencia City
About This Property
BRIA HOMES VALENCIA, BUKIDNON is a 26 hectare project located at Brgy. Mailag, Valencia City. It is the ideal community for homebuyers from Bukidnon who wants to attain AFFORDABLE, HIGH QUALITY, and BEAUTIFUL HOMES amidst a peaceful community.
- Covered Basketball Court
- Parks and Play Grounds
- Perimeter Fence
How To Get There
Via Commute
Brgy. Mailag, Valencia City
Via Private Vehicle
From Valencia City Proper, ride a bus or multicab for Php15.
From Malaybalay City Proper, ride a bus or multicab for Php20-Php25.
(Property is then 400m-walking distance from highway.)
- Mountain View College
- Valencia Polymedic General Hospital
Places of Worship:
- 7th Day Adventist Church
Commercial Establishments:
- Robinson's Mall
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Hello all,
I would like to add "Tri-speed-ethernet" IP to HDL Designer that I generated from Altera Megawizard. I used the flow inside the HDL Designer and imported my IP variation file but when I try to make a simulation with Questasim I got "unbound component" error from the IP that I generated.
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'Tis the season for craft fairs and artisan goods, and we're here to tell you about one of the largest in town!
For the 30th year in a row, Out of Hand Modern Market will be setting up shop at the Victoria Conference Centre next weekend.
To celebrate the milestone, out of hand is bigger than ever with 125 artists and makers participating. The organizers have also renamed the event from the original "Out of Hand Artisan Fair," added "Modern Market" and updated the branding to better reflect the atmosphere.
If you want to experience a real deal, the first 30 people through the door each day will get in for free!
For three days, a wide variety of beautiful goods handmade by artists and makers will be on display including stunning pottery, jewellery, artisan food, wines and spirits, wood and metal art, fashion, and sculptures.
Over 125 artisans and makers from across Western Canada will be on hand to transform the Conference Centre into a veritable shopping wonderland.
The fair not only showcases the works of well-established artisans but will also feature products made by new, up-and-coming designers.
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For all you early birds, this is the perfect opportunity to start your Christmas shopping as, in addition to goods on display, vendors offer custom orders just in time for the holidays.
And like last year, this year's event will feature a pop-up Etsy boutique, so you can actually meet the creators from your favourite online store, while you munch on some delicious food from the artisan food market.
There will be live entertainment, a bistro, coffee bar, selfie station and amazing door prizes to make you never want to leave this holiday wonderland.
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30th annual Out of Hand Modern Market
- When: Friday, November 23rd, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Saturday, November 24th, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, November 25th, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Where: Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St
- Admission: Tickets: $9 – Adult Day pass
$7 – Senior and Youth Day pass
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I find the keytrack device incredbly hard to set up. To start, it doesn't even show the whole MIDI range on the interface, and control handles can be moved outside the interface.
Anyway, I'm trying to do this for more than 30 minutes now, accurate octave tracking seems to be impossible to do. With relative mode a straight line is easier to get, but since the modulation always starts from a negative value, it messes up the modulation of the frequency.
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Are You Stuck in
Yesterday's Decisions?
It may be hard to remember, but once upon a time the ultimate smartphone you could own was a BlackBerry.
At the start of 2007, Research in Motion (RIM), the producer of the BlackBerry, had strong relationships with carriers, a loyal base of business users, and the best hardware on the market when it came to text-input. Its competitors had none of those things. When Apple released the iPhone in June 2007, RIM's CEO Mike Lazaridis was unimpressed by Apple's decision to replace the traditional keyboard with a touchscreen:
"It's the most expensive phone in the world, and it doesn't appeal to business customers because it doesn't have a keyboard."
BlackBerry was a product backed by an organization that had grounded itself in the habit of hardware and building "email machines" for its customers. RIM leadership was so confident in their assumptions about what customers looked for in a smart device that they missed the critical insight Apple was chasing: designing an all-in-one device for individual consumers rather than for businesses (and their email needs) would resonate far more with end users. RIM's assumption and the habits underlying it ultimately led to the device's downfall.
Why habits can help—and hurt.
Habits are a ubiquitous part of life. They're neither good nor bad; they're simply how our brains work. Every time you learn something, the circuitry in your brain undergoes a measurable physiological change. The more often you repeat a relatively complex behavior pattern, the stronger the associated brain circuits become and the less you have to think about them in order to successfully repeat the behaviors. Put simply, it's easier and takes less energy to work on autopilot.
In some ways, this is great news for the brain. The more automatic your actions become, the more your energy is freed up to focus on other tasks and decisions. Habits can be simple (how you organize your workspace) or complex (what methodologies you follow to solve problems). However, there's a shadow side to work that's driven by automatic habits: it becomes unconscious. When the time comes that habits need to be broken (like in RIM's case with BlackBerry), it's hard to even know they're present.
Leaders are increasingly faced with stressful, constantly changing environments. Many industries are facing major disruptions driven by globalization and digital forces. The old habits and ways of working will not be sufficient for the uncertain future ahead. For leaders to successfully adapt to this uncertainty, they will need to challenge the habits they've cultivated to get to where they are. Those old habits may not help…and they may even hurt future success.
In psychology, this is known as Maslow's hammer. "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." If you only know how to work according to one habit, then you'll try to solve every problem in the same way—for better and worse.
Organizations build habits too.
Just like individuals, organizations drive increased efficiency through the automatic power of habit. Communication routines, standard operating procedures, and customer service approaches are all habits that have emerged to reinforce a preferred way of working. Sometimes these organizational habits are intentionally designed. Sometimes they are passively adopted. Either way, over time these habits get out of date as customer preferences change and technologies evolve. These routines, processes, and policies all eventually enter the realm of "That's the way we've always done it."
The memory your organization has for these habits becomes the next burden to bear. As time passes and the business shifts how it operates or competes, obsolete policies and practices, outdated assumptions and mindsets, and underperforming products and services remain part of the organization far beyond their relevance. It can be as simple as dress codes that haven't evolved with the norms of office culture and as complex as your company's strategy itself.
What to do about it?
So, what can leaders do to free themselves and their organizations from the inertia of old, unconscious habits?
1. Start with the end in mind. To identify the habits that get in the way of success (individually or organizationally), the best place to start is with the end in mind. Single out a specific goal that has been a challenge to accomplish. Try to be as clear as possible around what your world would look like should you accomplish this goal. Then take inventory of the current approaches to doing this work to help you uncover what unconscious habits might be at play.
2. Ask what others see. Those closest to you are most likely to have noticed the little nuances about how you work, think, and act. Talk with them about how you might be getting in your own way and come into the discussion with an open curiosity. Try to treat everything you hear as though it's the first time you're hearing it. Avoid listening to confirm or validate what you think you already know. The whole point of the exercise is to discover what we are not already conscious of. Questions to ask:
- What is the single most powerful change I could make to improve the way I work (or relate with my team, solve problems, etc.) to achieve my goal?
- For the goal I've set, what's the thing I do (or don't do) that gets in the way the most?
- What are some examples of situations in which I've been observed acting in this way?
3. Look for the pattern. At this point, you might be feeling suspicious of unconscious habits or wondering whether you've really found all of them. It will take some experimenting to really get an awareness of what's happening. Bringing attention to behaviors is a good start…but once you have an idea of unconscious habits you might have, make sure you also ask what beliefs or internalized truths might be driving that behavior. MIT researchers discovered a simple neurological loop at the core of every habit, a loop that consist of three parts: a cue (your trigger), a routine (your response), and a reward (your incentive). What cues, routines, and rewards are in place to reinforce the unconscious habits you suspect are driving your behavior?
4. Make micro-commitments to activate the change. By now you're prepared to let go of old patterns and let new patterns emerge. To do that, create a daily ritual where you "check in" on your old pattern and bring attention to the new desired way of working. You could start a daily practice every morning where you review a list of intentions you want to set for the day. You might start meetings by inviting team members to share distractions they could be bringing into the conversation. For organizations, it might mean redefining investment criteria before pursuing new products or vendors.
5. Pull in an accountability partner. Change is hard work. Pull in an outside observer to help hold you true to your commitments and bring your awareness and attention back into focus along the journey. Most likely this observer will be someone who provided that external feedback you asked for earlier. Now that you know which habit you want to change, you can identify the right person in your network to be your accountability partner.
6. Invest for the long-term. Changing organizational habits to a new way of thinking and operating takes time. It may be an emotional change for some. After all, when the habit kept alive successful business practices for years or decades, it can be difficult to understand why the change should happen at all. These transformations require significant financial and emotional investment, and they involve coordination at a grand scale. Yet, if carefully managed for the long term, organizations can shift their habits to succeed in the future. As a leader, it's important to communicate the new expectations to your people and coach them to shift their behaviors.
Becoming aware of our unconscious mind is not easy work. These recommended steps aren't a hard and fast rule, but rather a resource to help you get started. With that said, no prescribed routine can replace the hard work of bringing mindful attention to the change and creating space in your day to think and reflect on what commitments you can make.
The future we lead into will not become any less uncertain. Cultivating our awareness of and attention to our habits will help us count on ourselves to act deliberately in the present. As a leader, the more you can help yourself and your team let go of the illusion that perfect conditions, perfect processes, and perfect skills exist, the more you will be prepared to bring the creativity, openness, and ingenuity that's essential in businesses today.
Want to learn more? I recommend starting with some of these resources:
- The Startup Way
- The Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making
- Thinking, Fast & Slow
- The Power of Habit
- Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization
- "How to Cultivate Leadership That Is Honed to Solve Problems"
- "When Organizational Memory Stands in the Way"
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Meet the Endeavor Robotics 710 Kobra Robot: a robot for dangerous missions capable of climbing stairs and fitting through doors. It is able to go as fast as 8 MPH and carry 150lb payloads. The 710 Kobra has a portable, compact design.
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