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101 Ways to Learn English
Here are 101 things (in no particular order) you can do to improve your English:
1. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Be confident. People can only correct your mistakes when they hear you make them.
2. Surround yourself in English. Put yourself in an all English speaking environment where you can learn passively. The best way to learn is through speaking.
3. Practise every day. Make yourself a study plan. Decide how much time a week you are going to spend studying and stick to it. Establish a routine.
4. Tell your family and friends about your study plan. Get them to push you to study and also don't let them interrupt you.
5. Practise the 4 core skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. They all need to be worked on for you to improve.
6. Keep a notebook of new words you learn. Use them in sentences and try to say them at least 3 times when you speak.
7. Visit EC's free learn English website at least once a day and complete a lesson.
8. Memorisation of lists is one of the most common ways of learning vocabulary for a test. It's only a good exercise for short term studying because you often do not retain the information that you have learned for a test.
9. Use your body clock. If you're not a morning person, study in the afternoon.
10. You will find words easier to remember if you try to remember an example sentence using that word rather the word on its own.
11. Plan to take a test. You'll find that you work harder when you need to study for something.
12. Saying that, it's better not to study just to take a test. Think of the bigger picture. What can you do when you have a good command of English? How will the quality of your life improve?
13. Give yourself a long term goal. Focus on working towards it.
14. Give yourself short term goals too and reward yourself when you achieve each one.
15. Create an atmosphere in which you want to learn, not because you have to. You'll learn more when you're learning because you want to.
16. Know what works best for you. Think about what methods have been successful for you in the past and stick with them.
17. Figure out how you learn. It can be by memorising, reading, speaking, summarising or other methods. Find out how you study best. It can be in a quiet place by yourself or with a group.
18. Get help! If you don't understand something you've got to ask someone. Ask your teacher, classmates or friends for help.
19. Review! Review! Review! Make sure that you take the time to review things you have studied in the past.
20. It's not a good idea to study on your own for more than 30 minutes at a time. Take regular breaks, get some fresh air and stretch your legs.
21. Don't be in such a hurry to move up a level. Concentrate on the level you are at now.
22. Watch DVDs rather than TV. It's better to use something that you can watch over again to catch information you might have missed the first time.
23. Watching TV only gives you the chance to hear something correctly first time. This is better for high level students. It can be great practice for speaking to native English speakers so you don't have to ask them to repeat themselves!
24. Read graded readers. These books are especially written for your level. Read a whole novel. You can do it! You'll feel great afterwards.
25. Children's books have easier words and are a good alternative to graded readers.
26. Newspapers are a good place to find passive constructs.
Read through an article and see if you can find the passive sentences.
27. Read for the general meaning first. Don't worry about understanding every word, then go back and look up new words.
28. For a word you don't understand in a sentence, look at the other words around it. They will give you a hint. Try to guess the meaning from the context.
29. Learn root words. They'll help you guess the meaning of words. For example: scrib = write, min = small
30. When you learn a new word, think of all its other forms: Beautiful (adjective), beauty (noun), beautifully (adverb).
31. Learn prefixes (dis-, un-, re-) and suffixes (-ly, -ment, -ful), these will help you to figure out the meaning of words and build your vocabulary.
32. English, unlike Japanese or French, uses word stress. For new words, count the syllables and find where the stress is. Only one stress per word and always on a vowel. Two syllable verbs have a stress on the second syllable (beGIN). 2 syllable nouns (TEAcher) and adjectives (HAPpy) stress the first.
33. Use English whenever you can. It's as simple as that!
34. Don't translate into English from your own language. Think in English to improve your fluency. Talk to yourself…but not on the bus otherwise people will think you have gone crazy!
35. You can't learn English from a book. Like driving a car, you can only learn through doing it.
36. The most natural way to learn grammar is through talking.
37. Keep an English diary or journal. Start by writing a few sentences a day and then get into the habit of writing more.
38. Why not start an online blog and share your writings with the world?
39. To become a better writer brainstorm as many ideas and thoughts onto paper without worrying about grammar or spelling. Then think about the structure. After that, write your piece using good grammar and spelling. Finally, read it through or give it to someone else to check for mistakes.
40. Keep an eye on your punctuation as it can totally change what you're trying to say. Check out the difference in meaning between these two sentences: "A woman without her man is nothing" and "A woman: without her, man is nothing".
41. Sing your heart out! Show the world your beautiful voice! Learn English songs and sing along with them to improve fluency and intonation… anyone for Karaoke?
42. Get a penfriend or use chat-rooms, forums and community sites. If you can't speak to someone in English, this is the next best thing.
43. Shadow English CDs. Listen to a few sentences then repeat what you heard. Focus on the rhythm and intonation.
44. Have English radio on in your house. Even if you are not actively listening to it, you will still be training your ears.
45. Mirror CDs. Read out loud along with a CD. Again, this is great for intonation, pronunciation and rhythm.
46. Dictation. Listen to a CD or friend and write down what you hear.
47. Nobody likes to hear their own voice, but be brave and try it! Record your voice and listen to your pronunciation and intonation. It will help you to identify your problem areas.
48. Ask your helpful teacher if you can record his lesson. This is a great way to review. You can also listen to your teachers speaking speed and intonation.
49. Use an English/English dictionary as it will help you to keep thinking in English and not translating.
50. If an English/English dictionary seems scary, there are learner's dictionaries for English students of your level.
51. Don't become too reliant on your dictionary. Your dictionary should be an aid, not your main teacher. Try to guess the meaning of words rather than going straight for your dictionary.
52. Don't give up! Stay positive! Sometimes you will feel that you aren't learning quickly enough. Everyone feels like this, don't worry about it. You'll get there in the end.
53. Enjoy it! We learn more when we are having fun!
54. If you get nervous when speaking, take two deep breaths before you say something. You'll speak better when you feel relaxed.
55. Keep yourself motivated by looking back at the textbooks and CDs you used in the past. You'll be surprised at how easy they seem to you now! Congratulations, your level is improving!
56. You are never too young or too old to start learning English. Don't make excuses not to learn. What are you waiting for?
57. Procrastination can stop you from being successful. To stop procrastinating, it's important you understand if your procrastinating is to avoid studying, or if it is your bad habit.
58. If you haven't gotten the results you wanted yet, it's not because you're bad at languages, it's because you haven't found your own special way of learning yet.
59. Use resources which match your level. Don't use texts/listening exercises which are too difficult or too easy. Use materials which challenge you but don't frustrate you.
60. Don't worry about making your accent perfect. It's an important part of your cultural identity to keep your accent. Native English speakers enjoy hearing English spoken with an accent.
61. There are many types of English: British, American, South African and so on. None of these are wrong or not as important. English is English.
62. Instead, be aware of the differences in American and British English and use your words accordingly. For example: Elevator (US) / Lift (British).
63. Carry cue cards with you. These are small cards which you can write new words on. You can pull them out and look at them whenever you a free minute.
64. Use post-it notes and stick them around your home. You can use them to label things. Stick one on your pet dog!
65. You can't ignore phrasal verbs (two words verbs), there are hundreds of them in English and they're widely used. The more you focus on their meaning, the more you'll be able to guess the meaning of new ones. You'll start to recognise their patterns.
66. Use your intuition. Go with your gut feeling, you'll be surprised how often your first guess is the right guess. Like we said before, be confident.
67. Gather your thoughts. Take a second to think about what you're going to say. You know the grammar, but maybe you don't use it correctly when you speak.
68. Meet new people. Make the effort to mix with English speakers in your town. You could join a club or go to bars where foreigners hang out. Buy one a drink, they love that!
69. Be the person to start conversations in English. Try to keep the conversations moving and use listening words ('really?' / 'go on…'/ 'what happened then?') Don't wait for others to speak to you. Get in there!
70. Debate. Discuss topics in a group. Each person should choose a viewpoint (even if you don't agree with it) and debate it within the group. Make sure you get your point across. Learn to listen actively. Active listening will help in the classroom and it will help you get more out of, and contribute more to, group study sessions.Focus on the person who is talking. Don't fidget or become distracted by other people or events. Concentrate on the speaker with your ears and eyes. Follow the movements the speaker makes in an effort to hear more. It may help to repeat what you hear others say in an effort to understand their thoughts.
71. It's not enough to only learn English words. You can teach a parrot English words but that doesn't mean it can speak English! You still need to have an understanding of grammar.
72. Verb tenses are used by English speakers to talk about the timing of actions. You might not have the same expressions in your own language. It's important that you know these tenses and when to use them.
73. English has many irregular verbs. You should drill yourself on them.
74. Keep it up! If you take a break from speaking English, you will find that your level decreases and all your hard work has been wasted.
75. Don't be put off by a bad test score. Sometimes students have the ability to pass an English test, but can't communicate well with English speakers. If you can speak freely in English, you should be proud of yourself.
76. Remember that as long as you have tried your hardest, you have succeeded!
77. Learn English with a friend. You'll have someone you can practice with and you can motivate each other to study.
78. Remember, the way we write English is not the same as how it's pronounced. For example 'Ough' has over 6 pronunciations. Familiarise yourself the Phonetic Alphabet. It will help you correctly pronounce words in the dictionary.
79. Get used to the 'schwa' sound [ə] - an unstressed and toneless neutral vowel sound. 'Schwa' is the most common vowel sound in English. For example, the 'a' in about and the 'u' in supply.
80. Keep in mind that it takes longer to improve when our level is high. Usually the fastest progress is made when we are beginners. Don't think that you're suddenly not learning anymore, it's just a less noticeable progress.
81. Make sure that your English matches the occasion. It's OK to use slang with friends but not in a business meeting. Decide in which situation it's appropriate to use the words and phrases you have learned.
82. Textbook English is often different from the way we casually speak. To learn casual 'slang' watch movies.
83. Idioms can be difficult to memorise, but they are great fun to use and they'll make your English more colourful.
84. When talking we usually link words together so that two words can sound like one. Simply put, we link words ending with a consonant sound to words beginning with a vowel sound (consonant > vowel). We link words ending with a vowel sound to words beginning with a vowel sound (vowel > vowel). Practice these to improve your listening and pronunciation.
85. Make use of the internet. It's full of resources to help you learn: BBC Learning English ; learnenglish.ecenglish.com
86. Think about your strong and weak points. Write down which areas you want to improve on and work on improving them. Of course, don't ignore your strong points. Congratulate yourself on how well you've done!
87. Unlearn your mistakes. You probably make the same grammar mistakes over and over again. Use English tests results as a study tool. Go over your mistakes and choose one or two that you want to focus on. Use your favourite grammar book to check rules.
88. Use the correct article (a/an, the).Be aware that there is more to this rule than a/an= non specific, the=specific. For example: A university (not an university because it begins with a consonant sound). An hour (not a hour because the 'h' is often silent).
89. For fluency, try image training. Before you go to that restaurant think through what the waiter is likely to say to you. Think of what phrases you are going to use.
90. Much communication comes through body language and gesture. These can be different between cultures and countries. For example, the two-fingered "V" for victory symbol is fine palms-out. If you make it with you palm facing toward you, you'll offend a British person. It means…well, you ask a British person and find out for yourself!
91. The easiest one - Sleep! You'll learn more after a good night's sleep. You'll be able to concentrate more.
92. Take an English course in an English speaking country.
93. If you studying abroad, mix with people from other countries not only people from your own country. It's not a good idea for you to live in a shared house with people from your own country. Enjoy a more cultural experience by spending time with other nationalities.
94. Have you thought about getting a job or doing an internship abroad?
95. Get yourself a qualified teacher. Who wants to learn wrong things?
96. Nobody can learn all of the English language. No need to worry about trying. A useful shortcut to learning is that in English we have lots of words that have the same pronunciation, but a different spelling and meaning. For example, 'come here' has the same pronunciation as, 'I can hear the birds'. You might find it easier to build vocabulary by knowing the different meanings.
97. Once you have a basic level of English explore the different ways you can say the same thing. This makes your English more interesting to the listener and it shouldn't be too difficult for you because you already know the basics. For example, how many ways can we say, 'Goodbye' in English?
98. When you are on your English course, be prepared for your class. Do your homework as soon as possible and hand it in on time. Review your notes and your last lesson a few minutes before the class. Doing this will refresh your memory and you'll be warmed up for lesson.
99. Don't get distracted in class. Focus on the lesson, don't stare out of the window. Don't be late, arrive a few minutes before the start of the lesson. Don't sit next to people who won't speak to you in English. Switch off yo
how to speak fluent English
These are some steps to help you guys to speak fluent English
1. Don't study grammar
This rule might sound strange to many ESL students, but it is one of the most important rules. If you want to pass examinations, then study grammar. However, if you want to become fluent in English, then you should try to learn English without studying the grammar.
Studying grammar will only slow you down and confuse you. You will think about the rules when creating sentences instead of naturally saying a sentence like a native. Remember that only a small fraction of English speakers know more than 20% of all the grammar rules. Many ESL students know more grammar than native speakers. I can confidently say this with experience. I am a native English speaker, majored in English Literature, and have been teaching English for more than 10 years. However, many of my students know more details about English grammar than I do. I can easily look up the definition and apply it, but I don't know it off the top of my hea
3. Reading and Listening is NOT enough. Practice Speaking what you hear!
Reading, listening, and speaking are the most important aspects of any language. The same is true for English. However, speaking is the only requirement to be fluent. It is normal for babies and children to learn speaking first, become fluent, then start reading, then writing. So the natural order is listening, speaking, reading, then writing.
First Problem
Isn't it strange that schools across the world teach reading first, then writing, then listening, and finally speaking? Although it is different, the main reason is because when you learn a second language, you need to read material to understand and learn it. So even though the natural order is listening, speaking, reading, then writing, the order for ESL students is reading, listening, speaking, then writing.
Second Problem
The reason many people can read and listen is because that's all they practice. But in order to speak English fluently, you need to practice speaking. Don't stop at the listening portion, and when you study, don't just listen. Speak out loud the material you are listening to and practice what you hear. Practice speaking out loud until your mouth and brain can do it without any effort. By doing so, you will be able to speak English fluently.
I often ask my native English friends some grammar questions, and only a few of them know the correct answer. However, they are fluent in English and can read, speak, listen, and communicate effectively.
Do you want to be able to recite the definition of a causative verb, or do you want to be able to speak English fluently?
2. Learn and study phrases
Many students learn vocabulary and try to put many words together to create a proper sentence. It amazes me how many words some of my students know, but they cannot create a proper sentence. The reason is because they didn't study phrases. When children learn a language, they learn both words and phrases together. Likewise, you need to study and learn phrases.
If you know 1000 words, you might not be able to say one correct sentence. But if you know 1 phrase, you can make hundreds of correct sentences. If you know 100 phrases, you will be surprised at how many correct sentences you will be able to say. Finally, when you know only a 1000 phrases, you will be almost a fluent English speaker.
The English Speaking Basics section is a great example of making numerous sentences with a single phrase. So don't spend hours and hours learning many different words. Use that time to study phrases instead and you will be closer to English fluency.
Classroom Expressions
Every effort should be made to conduct the language class using the target language extensively. The following list is by no means exhaustive but permits students to communicate effectively and carry out classroom routines
In preparing this list of classroom expressions, we have opted to place into groups a number of expressions, we have opted to place into groups a number of expressions. Certainly, they do not necessary fall always in that category. They are so categorized for easier access. The list is by no means exhaustive. It is, nevertheless, a good start. Teachers may wish to illustrate some of these expressions and place the illustrations and the text on the bulletin board as a constant reminder and as an aid to learning
- Good morning
- Good afternoon
- Good-bye
- Hello
- Until tomorrow
Formulas of Courtesy
- Please
- Thank you
- You're welcome
- Excuse me
- I beg your Pardon
Warm-up Period
- What's your name
- My name is
- Where is (name of student) today
- Present. / Absent
- He/She is ill
- Come in
- Close the door
- Open the door/window
- Turn on/off the lights
- Erase the backboard
Inquiry questions
- What's this
- How do we say ( word ) in ( target language )
- How do you spell ( word ) ?
- Use the five "W"s: Why? What? Where? Who? When
Classroom Management
- Are you ready
- Quiet/ Silence!
- Distribute these sheets
- Collect the test
- That's enough
- Pay attention
- No talking
- Listen
- One at a time, please
- Stop talking to (name of student), (name of student)
- Faster/ More quickly
- Stand up
- Sit down
- Read quietly
- Read aloud
- Louder
- Come up in front of the class
- Go back to your seat
- Line up here
- Excellent
- Very good
- Bravo
- Good
- Well done
- Correct
- Perfect
- Great
- Terrific
- Congratulations
- Repeat after me
- All the boys
- All the girls
- All together
- Everybody
- For example
- Close your notebooks
- Close your books
- Is this clear
- Do you understand
- Look at the blackboard
- Look at the screen
- Answer the question
- Look at the bottom of page
- Look at the top of page
- Look at the middle of page
- Once more
- copy down the examples in your notebooks
- Open your notebooks.
- Open your books.
- Open your books at page
- Turn to page
- Open your workbooks at page
- Write
- Continue
- Repeat once more
- It's ( name of student ) turn
- Go to the blackboard
- Write the answer on the blackboard
- Go back to your seat
- Choose a partner
- Play the role of
- Look it up in the dictionary
- For homework, do exercise
Students' favourites
- May I sharpen my pencil
- I don't have a pencil
- I forgot
- I don't remember
- I don't know
- I left the book in my
- I can't hear
- May I get a drink of water
- May I go to the bathroom


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Blessing and Crowning following 12 p.m. Mass at the Grotto Cave
A beautiful ceremony accompanies the traditional Crowning of Mary in May - a month dedicated to her - let's honor her with both our prayerful thanks and petition her powerful intercession. A 12 ft. long silk flower crown will be hoisted over 100 ft. in the air to crown our 25 ft. tall gold-leafed bronze statue of our Blessed Mother.
Help us shower Our Blessed Mother, Queen of Heaven, with a beautiful bouquet of flowers!
Between the May Crowning, May 3, and Mother's Day, May 10, the National Shrine Grotto will place a rose for each donation made online at the altar of the Shrine Chapel.
With a donation of $100 or more, a dozen roses will be placed in front of our Blessed Mother in the name of your loved one(s). With a donation of $50, half a dozen roses will be placed, with a donation of $25, three will be placed, and with a donation of $10, one will be placed.

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We live in the High Arctic. Both work for Territorial government presently but have a varied past employment history. We just bought our first RV this year and have much to learn. We did some renting in the past to test the waters so to speak. We are just in our 60s now. At home in Nunavut we drive ATVs/side by sides and snow-machines. I do hunt and we both fish and we enjoy going to our cabin for week-ends by snow-machine in the late winter and by Rhino during the summer/fall. We also enjoy cold beer/wine and friendly, relaxed people.
As we start our RV journey we expect to go slow and build our selves up to longer trips/stays. We see our selves, at this time in our life, as travellers who move around a fair bit as there is much to explore.
We are just off the boat and just getting started in the RV area.
I have no problem doing minor mechanical things as I do all our own fixing. Things are getting heavier now though. Or am I just getting older!
We are somewhat of a open book at this point in time. We were thinking to start close by so that would mean Alberta area and then expand from there.
Our RV will be based out of Edmonton, Alberta. We live in Nunavut where there are only community roads.
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Ever wonder what its like to live and work far up north? These folks are true northerners, real salt of the earth. It was a delight to share our boondocking spot with them and we hope their travels bring them back this way soon.
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We cashed in Sunday night and Monday on our first lake effect snow event of the season. The snowfall total ranged from 2-6" across our region. The biggest impact was slippery roads for the Monday morning commute.
It was a different story across the Tug Hill. By late morning, the bands exploded and brought heavy snow. This picture is from Laurie in Turin, where 8.5" of snow fell in only a few hours.
As we move forward, much warmer weather will briefly return on Tuesday. A strong southwest flow ahead of a storm system passing well to our north will bring a surge of warmer temperatures to the region. We're thinking high temperatures could break 50 degrees - impressive for a day after lake effect snow.
A cold front will return Tuesday night into Wednesday, bringing a round of rain, changing to snow. Cold weather will settle in for the Holiday and Holiday weekend. The long range forecast for Sunday and early next week does favor for a return of lake effect snow, but it's way too early to know how much, when, or where that will happen. Stay tuned!
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Sorry Rudy Giuliani: Collusion isn't a crime, but aiding and abetting is [Opinion]
Rudy Giuliani can't seem to get the law right. The president's lawyer suggested Monday on CNN and Fox News that Donald Trump didn't commit a crime even if he colluded with Russians during the 2016 campaign by encouraging them to hack Hillary Clinton's email server. "I don't even know if that's a crime, colluding about Russians," Giuliani put it. "You start analyzing the crime - the hacking is the crime. The president didn't hack. He didn't pay them for hacking."
That's just wrong. Although there is no formal charge known as "collusion," federal criminal law covers anyone who "aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures" a felony. The elements of the crime need to be broken down to see how they might potentially apply to Trump's actions during the campaign. And to be sure, not all the facts that would bring Trump under the federal statute have been proved.
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But the law definitely doesn't require Trump to have hacked himself or to have paid the Russians to do the hacking, as Giuliani argued. And the First Amendment wouldn't protect Trump if the facts showed that he counseled the Russians to commit a federal hacking crime.
In the U.S. Supreme Court's formulation, to be found guilty of aiding and abetting, "it is necessary that a defendant in some sort associate himself with the venture, that he participate in it as in something that he wishes to bring about, [and] that he seek by his action to make it succeed."
The Justice Department usefully summarizes what must be proved at trial to get a conviction:
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team would first have to prove that Trump intended for the Russians to hack into Clinton's campaign when he said on July 27, 2016: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing."
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Trump could defend himself by saying that he was joking. But that interpretation is arguably belied by the fact that he also told the Russians, "I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press" - which sounds like a rational argument, not a joke.
Second, Mueller would have to prove that Trump intended for the hacking to be done knowingly by the Russians. This would be easy, because there's no way to hack Clinton's emails by accident.
Third, and hardest, Mueller would have to show that Trump in some way "assisted or participated" in the offense. The proof would presumably have to show that Trump was both assisting and participating by telling the Russians what they should hack next.
The Russians made their first attempt to hack into the servers in Clinton's personal office on the same day that Trump made his statement. This was alleged by Mueller in his most recent indictment of Russian intelligence officers on hacking charges.
To extend the charge to Trump, Mueller would have to show that the fact that the Russians were possibly taking guidance from Trump tends to prove that he was intending to assist them by providing direction.
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The final element, that the attempted hacking of Clinton's campaign actually took place, is also easy to prove. Ironically, this is the element that was unclear when Trump initially made his statement - but which is now demonstrable through the evidence that Mueller is relying on his indictment of the Russians.
If Trump tries to claim that his statement was just an exercise of his free political speech, he shouldn't be able to prevail - at least not if prosecutors could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was assisting or participating in the crime.
Lots of crimes are committed by words. Aiding and abetting is a prime example of a crime that can be committed just by talking. But free-speech law doesn't extend to the speech used to commit such crimes.
If Trump was really just joking when he suggested that the Russians look for Clinton's emails, then his speech would be protected by the First Amendment. Given that he was running for president, it would be appropriate for a court to bend over backward to make sure he wasn't being convicted for making a joke.
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But "I was joking" would be a defense against the crime of aiding and abetting. It wouldn't be a separate free-speech defense. That is, if Trump really wasn't joking, he could be criminally convicted.
Of course, Mueller isn't going to issue an indictment of Trump while he's in office. At most he will make a recommendation to Congress that would be relevant to impeachment.
Scholars disagree about whether the "high crimes and misdemeanors" required for impeachment under the Constitution must be actual statutory crimes - I tend to think not.
But everyone agrees that genuinely criminal conduct may count as a high crime when it is related to the office of the presidency - which this conduct certainly would be.
The bottom line is that Giuliani is either intentionally or unintentionally misstating the criminal law. That's pretty bad for a former federal prosecutor. Aiding and abetting isn't some obscure corner of criminal law. It's the second section of the U.S. criminal code.
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One of the dominate features of the coastline of the southern Fleurieu Peninsula is the movement of the southern ocean along the shoreline. My access to the shoreline is set by the tides and the waves. The sea dumps the dead birds and fish, the seaweed, shells, and the flotsam on the beach or amongst the granite rock, and it then washes them away.
It is the sea as well as the winds that represents the flux of the shore, and shifts the sand on the beaches at Petrel Cove and at Dep's Beach. The sea is also an ever-present danger.
Despite the Fleurieu Peninsula having a long geological history there are no fossils of extinct boneless animals in the rocks along the granite coast, as is the case amongst the limestone cliffs of the treeless Nullarbor Plain.
However, the sea has been a crucial in the land-forming process in the Fleurieu Peninsula's geological history. What largely accounts for the shape and extent of the Fleurieu Peninsula and its Inman River catchment was glaciation of Antarctic proportions that occurred about 300 million years ago when the Antarctic continent was welded against southern Australia. The Peninsula was shaped by the folding and faulting from the Permian glaciation, which affected much of Australia around 300 million years ago.
The ice mass ground its way across the Fleurieu landscape, and it was channelled through the pre-glacial bedrock valley, such as the Inman Trough. The Peninsula and its Inman River catchment was overridden by a continental ice sheet from the south west, and it moved in a northwesterly direction carving through and across the bedrock.
Much of Fleurieu Peninsula was inundated by the sea about 43 million years ago, after Australia and Antarctica rifted apart. The high sea level was in the Miocene, 20 to 16 million years ago, after which the Fleurieu Peninsula was tectonically uplifted. The Waitpinga area and much of the Inman Catchment was submerged beneath these seas until some 16 million years ago, and the dune sands were deposited after the sea level fell and earth movements uplifted the land.
After the retreat of the seas the topography of the Inman catchment then developed by the processes of weathering, erosion and sedimentation over many millions of years, extending from Permian times some 300 million years ago, through to the present. In Australia during the past 2.6 million years of the Pleistocene, glaciation only occurs in the high country in the south east of the mainland and in the high country of Tasmania. However, numerous climatic and sea level fluctuations resulted in the erosion of the present drainage system of the Inman River catchment and developed three major river terraces in the lower reaches of the Inman River.
Australia was drying around 130, 000 years ago. Beginning about 120,000 years ago environments began to resemble those of the present. Sea level hasn't changed much since then, and the coastal features and shorelines were similar. The continental interior was dry, with stabilised dunes that had formed in previous dry phases during earlier glacial phases.
The coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, which is on the edge of the Inman River catchment, consists of variously deformed, granite rocks are old and they overlay, and intrude into, the bedrock of the older Kanmantoo meta sediment.


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In just six short weeks I am taking part in my first show. The studio where I rent space, Wimbledon Art Studios, has open studio days twice a year, in May and November. I didn't take part last November because I was still trying to fix my press (and also planning for house buying/moving) so this will be the first time that anybody, other than close friends and family, will see what I've made. I'm SO nervous and have so much work to do between now and then. The only saving grace is that it's taking place on my home turf, so to speak, so I don't have to worry about transporting all my stuff or setting up a booth. I hope this deadline is the incentive I need to really buckle down and get things going with this baby business. Even though I haven't been spending much time in the studio, I haven't been completely ignoring printing either, and to prove it, here's a picture:
This is a photo of my first "real" job on the press, some christening announcements for one of my best friends. They aren't perfect, but I think she likes them. What I learned in the process is that I'm probably going to need a bigger base for the photopolymer plates because the longest line of this plate was *just* short enough to fit on the base and I had some inking/impression problems on both ends of that line because of it. Speaking of plates, I ordered photopolymer plates from Boxcar Press in the U.S. before I moved, but the cost to have them make new plates and ship them to the UK was way too much, so I used a new company, Centurion Graphics. The plates didn't seem as rigid as the Boxcar ones so I wasn't sure how they would print, but I was able to get good detail. I want a little more time to test the plates, and if all goes well I'll show some close up shots soon. Hope everyone has a good weekend!
Hi there! I'm an American living in the UK doing letterpress too! Anyway, I saw that you mentioned the difference in Centurion Graphics (who I use) and Boxcar Press plates. I also have an Arab and am not getting the impression I thought I would from the polymer plates. But when I see other letterpressers examples they have great impressions! But I've never had any other polymer plates to compare. What do you think the difference is and have you been able to get a crisp impression from the Centurion polymers?


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Six Cities – Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Chengdu and Wuhan – Expected To Join The "Megacity" Ranks, With Real Urban Populations Exceeding 10 Million, In Next 15 Years
One of the greatest engines of China's rapid economic growth has undoubtedly been the massive in-migration of the rural population into the wealthy coastal area. Although this influx has slowed, and even reversed somewhat, as a result of the global economic slowdown, for China's major cities, its cosmopolitan centers, urban population growth is expected to continue growing for at least the next 10-15 years. As China's top-tier cities, Beijing and Shanghai, become even more competitive and second- and third-tier cities present young professionals with better job options, the rank of Chinese "megacities" — cities with populations exceeding 10 million — are expected to be joined by six cities: Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Chengdu and Wuhan. According to a post today on FT's Dragonbeat blog, the rise of the new Chinese megacity will present new challenges for urban planners. However, I think they will also present unique opportunities.
Tom Miller writes for the Financial Times:
Managing [China's] vast migration in a sustainable manner will require more than steel and cement: creating patterns of urban growth that use resources efficiently and avoid irreversible urban sprawl will determine whether the country's cities become livable economic centres or urban dystopias fugged up with exhaust fumes.
One city attempting to face up to this challenge is Wuhan, the largest city in central China, which already has a population close to 10m if you include its large floating population of migrant workers.
At Wuhan's northern edge, where vegetable patches tended by bent-backed farmers are flanked by the city's massive steelworks, the city government is attempting to transform a rural-industrial no-man's-land into a shiny new suburb.
Down the road, a giant railway station (Wuhan's third) and a 6km bridge (the city's fifth to cross the Yangtze) are both nearing completion. By the river bank, where freshly planted grass lies forlornly under a fine layer of grey dust, workmen hammer at apartment blocks for the suburb's new residents.
The new suburb is part of a city plan for 2020 that planning officials hope will house a rising population without crippling the city's infrastructure. According to the plan, the population of the city centre will be kept to 5m, while the overall population of the city centre plus suburbs will rise to nearly 12m.
Herein seems to lie the key to China's future "megacity" — the middle-class "suburb." Hopefully, planners will have learned from the American suburb, which many find to be out of step with the country's current needs and hopelessly anachronistic, but no matter what shape they ultimately take, it will be the middle-class consumer in these second- and third-tier cities that provide the real sustained growth for businesses in the long term: from luxury brands (as we've discussed before) to automobile dealers (ditto) and everything from mall developers to art dealers and auction houses, all manner of companies and organizations should currently be formulating plans to dovetail with urban planners' grand schemes for China's current "big" cities and future "megacities."
As we have seen in our recent post about antiques collectors springing out of the semi-rural woodwork, I think it's interesting to think of the potential in the Chinese suburban areas for the luxury and art markets in particular. Automotive and real estate markets will always be in demand in these areas; the new thing will likely be "showing off" in a way that is harder to see in places like Beijing. With the potential for individual homes in these newer urban centers, we may be seeing a huge potential open up for steady growth of luxury goods (appealing to car owners looking to accessorize their vehicles, or home owners who want the newest popular designer's furniture) and art (either for individual collectors to decorate their homes, or for the possible museums that will probably pop up in new urban centers).
Although this is just a shot in the dark, just as the United States' rapid development in the postwar era signaled the rise of the second- and third-tier city, and all of the consumeristic trappings — both for good and ill — that their rise brought, the new Chinese megacity will present a wide range of difficulties and opportunities for everyone involved. We'll just have to wait and see which brands and companies capitalize first.


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Dr. Hibbett
Look what I found at the Dump & Run
Or maybe you'd like the Mystery Tape
A pad thing?
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of an X-Files?
This looks like an exciting read
Another thriller
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Pronounced "trad-ay"?
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one is just single
a couple is 2,
several is more
–but less than a few
many is multi,
as is too much. . .
lots is like seconds–
thirds is a bunch
oodles are scads
–or googol by name
from here on the scale–
one and the same.
one is just single
a couple is 2,
several is more
–but less than a few
many is multi,
as is too much. . .
lots is like seconds–
thirds is a bunch
oodles are scads
–or googol by name
from here on the scale–
one and the same.
How to win
and influence people
(made of fiction)
–first, write
a note of apology
. . .
— love letters lamenting & lining up alliteratively
like a
"to do" list, but a "to do" list with character!
maybe even a diphthong or 2, enabling the creation
of prototypes every novel needs, if no perfume before
checking boxes.
invisible boxes in Original PC
a time___
& sending expansive flowered
— purpled prosies,
gilded girdeds, and
rose of sharron–
their way
–somewhere off synapse route #66
(where else!)
followed by changing weighs.
Personal weighs.
Permuting poetic measures of an intrinsically different caliber
that can be hard to discern without rule initially, so skip the acronym–
next honey.
not saccharine, not sugar,
and most decidedly not stevia,
this all natural state of mind is
ensuring the pretend pals are themselves agreeable
to palette, pen, and projection
and making up for better company, instead of just desserts
–finally presence.
undivided presence of mime, and why not?
imaginary friends are
target audience
for the ole
"fake it til you make it" axiom,
tying in coincidentally with checking boxes but
what else?
well, presence.
–of mind, this time
that necessarily implies
of mine
–which in fact AND fantasy–
those same imaginary friends
–gone missing.
the void conjures
. . .
making silence hum
tinting white blue
mirror images long departed
disparate action in quantum fields
hues in darkest nights
the statue in the rock
. . .
its nothingness
the isness on which all
–a tapestry woven
in temporal fabric.
Smith is good with words
(all write)
and Art—with conversation,
Gabby's gift is mainly
–discourse and oration. . .
Cathy likes to chat
(too much)
while Miles keeps the minutes,
Abel will debate the bull–
with doctors if they spin it
Simon's prone to say
(it's said)
all those on stage will whisper
but twisted—I—will scream and shout,
to lookie-loos and listeners. . .
why'd we call them
aren't we talking
'bout the horn?
square in brow
–a peg!
(a stick)
how did veggies
join the mix?
it ain't a kernel
twixt those ears
–or corporal–
from what I hear,
I posit
should be replaced
ascribing roan
with horny face.
we're all so fully fallible–
our foibles→refillable
> inborn & instill-able <
–accept it
–to the syl•la•ble–
Enjoy it!
Make it
$ billable $
As facades
> though employable <
are fables for the
both sappy &
/ implacable /
a go-to for the
p l i a b l e
a fallback
that's detestable
unviable & liable
to render tender
* jest-able *
as bending truth is
^ laughable ^
& also Google trackable
exposing like Pinocchio
a posing braggadocio
it's joke–
(deep breath)
…while frontages more facile…
Will prove that you're no asshole.
Hard to wax poetic about dumbbells, although barbells…well. That's a different story. Soz this. Read and enjoy if inclined…but not upright. Your back will thank you for it. (As do I)
work of peace,
a wind traveler…


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New York City Capital Spending: A Retrospective
April 21, 2010Analyzes the impact of capital investments under Mayor Bloomberg.
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High Time For Higher Education Funding Reform
April 13, 2010Explains why the irrational and inequitable tuition policies at CUNY and SUNY should be replaced by a rational tuition policy that allows for regular increases but also does not reduce financial aid to students.
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May 21, 2014This report highlights the reasons for the surprisingly high cost of this essential service, including inefficiencies that the City should address in its upcoming negotiations with sanitation workers.
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Getting the Fiscal Waste Out of Solid Waste Collection in New York City
September 23, 2014With a new mayoral administration, a new sanitation commissioner, and an expired contract with municipal sanitation workers, redesigning the public and private components of local waste collection would save about $300 million annually in the long term. The Mayor and City Council should make this restructuring a goal and begin a multiyear phase-in.
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The Public and Private Sector Wage Disparity: An Update
May 24, 2010The labor market case for more generous retirement benefits for public sector workers is no longer valid.
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Giving Credit Where It's Due? New York City's $1.3 Billion in Health Insurance Savings
December 28, 2014In its recent mid-year budget modification the de Blasio administration credited a coalition of municipal employee unions with achieving $1.3 billion in savings in the City's employee and retiree health insurance costs. Yet the unions have not agreed to any changes in the plan, and the City and the unions have taken no actions to reduce costs. How can this be?
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August 05, 2014The policy brief, the first in a series on housing affordability, analyzes data from 22 U.S. cities to assess whether affordable housing is a nationwide problem or one particular to New York City.
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The State and Local Pension Stretch
June 16, 2010New York stands out for consistently setting aside adequate funds to make its employee pension systems fiscally sound, but political leaders are considering heading down a fiscally irresponsible path.
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The Challenge of Producing a $2 Billion Surplus
January 16, 2014With school aid and Medicaid growing at annual rates at or above 4 percent, all other categories of spending, including agency operations, will face offsetting reductions to the plan if the net increase in overall state spending is to be kept to 2 percent.
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Three Questions about 1,000 New Police Officers
June 18, 2014As the New York City budget for fiscal year 2015 nears adoption, one of the more expensive Council initiatives, at an estimated cost of almost $100 million annually, is the hiring of 1,000 new police officers to increase staffing at police precincts.
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CBC Recommendations on Tax Relief and Reform Proposals in Executive Budget
March 05, 2014This letter expresses support for Executive Budget tax reforms, but recommends that action on the property tax relief proposals be deferred until their design is improved and the surplus necessary to sustain them is achieved.
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Simple But Significant
December 19, 2010As New York's elected officials consider options for balancing budgets in the face of record deficits, they should eliminate a public employee fringe benefit rarely offered anywhere else: reimbursement for Medicare Part B premiums.
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Wise Measures: Three Proposals To Retain In The FY2015 Budget
March 20, 2014Three proposals in the FY2015 budget that are meaningful reforms; they should not be omitted or watered down as they were in the Senate and Assembly "one-house" budget resolutions.
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Testimony to the New York City Charter Revision Commission
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Scherer and colleagues performed chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) and whole-exome sequencing (WES) in a group of 258 unrelated children with ASD to determine the percentage of subjects with a genetic alteration [mutation] that may contribute to the features of autism spectrum disorder present in these individualsof these tests. All children underwent CMA; a random subset of 95 also underwent WES. All children underwent detailed clinical assessments for the presence of any major congenital abnormalities and minor physical anomalies and were stratified into 3 groups of increasing severity: essential, equivocal, and complex. Of the 258 children, 24 (9.3 percent) received a molecular diagnosis from CMA and 8 of 95 (8.4 percent) from WES. The yields were statistically different between the morphological groups. Among the children who underwent both CMA and WES testing, the estimated proportion with an identifiable genetic cause was 15.8 percent. This included 2 children who received molecular diagnoses from both tests. The clinical yield for genetic testing... Survey: Mental health stigmas are shifting By Azadeh Ansari, CNN Updated 9:10 AM ET, Wed September 2, 2015 Mental health has a long-standing public perception problem, but the stigma appears to be shifting, at least in the United States, a new survey reveals. Results from a national online survey on mental health, anxiety and suicide indicate that 90% of Americans value mental and physical health equally. "Progress is being made in how American adults view mental health, and the important role it plays in our everyday lives. People see connection between mental health and overall well-being, our ability to function at work and at home and how we view the world around us," said Dr. Christine Moutier, chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The foundation commissioned a Harris Poll with the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention to gauge public opinion on mental health, anxiety and suicide awareness. In August, the Mental Health and Suicide Survey was emailed to a random sampling of individuals age 18 and older who live in the United States. Despite recognizing a link between mental health and overall well-being, the majority of survey participants view access to mental health care inaccessible and costly. How Americans view mental health conditions Although most people surveyed identified life circumstances, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder as risk factors for suicide, more than half — 53% — did not know that people with anxiety disorders are also at risk for suicide, the survey found. "The findings provide key insights into how Americans view mental health conditions, life circumstances, barriers for seeking help... Many Doctors Have Delayed Autism Diagnosis by Ignoring Parent Concerns Many Doctors Have Delayed Autism Diagnosis by Ignoring Parent Concerns – New analysis of 2011 survey shows that many healthcare providers were dismissing parents' early concerns about autism April 15, 2015 A new analysis of a 2011 national survey finds that many parents of children with autism had their early concerns dismissed by their healthcare providers. In fact, they were more likely to have had their first concerns dismissed than were parents of children with other developmental delays, including intellectual disability. This appears to have resulted in significant delays in autism diagnosis and treatment. The parents reported first raising concerns about possible autism symptoms when their children were around 2 years of age, on average. By contrast, their children's average age of autism diagnosis was close to 5 years of age. The findings appear online in the Journal of Pediatrics. At the time of the 2011 Survey of Pathways to Diagnosis and Treatment, all the children were between the ages of 6 and 17. This included 1,420 children diagnosed with autism and 2,098 children with intellectual disability or another type of developmental delay. "This research shows that a decade ago parents' concerns about possible autism were being dismissed without action far too often," comments developmental pediatrician Paul Wang, Autism Speaks' head of medical research. "Since then we have been actively engaged with the medical community to ensure this no longer happens." Since its founding in 2005, Autism Speaks has taken the lead in raising autism awareness both in North America and around the world. In 2013, the organization launched its "Early Access to Care" initiative to lower the age... Five Point Plan to Improve the Nation's Mental Health Five Point Plan to Improve the Nation's Mental Health February 18, 2015 / Pamela Hyde / Mental Health By: Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Paolo Del Vecchio, M.S.W., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration In the 50 years since the implementation of the Community Mental Health Act, we have learned a great deal about how to improve the mental health of the nation, particularly for those of us with serious mental illnesses. The solutions to improving mental health care in America are clear and have been demonstrated repeatedly by presidential commissions, federal agencies, states, providers, the Surgeon General, the Institute of Medicine, foundations, nonprofit organizations, and others over the last several decades. However, as a nation we continue to lack the economic and political will to put these solutions into place, despite the fact that they would greatly reduce the economic burden of mental illness; increase productivity, achievement, and independence; and improve the lives of millions of Americans and their families. The following are 5 steps America could take that would immediately and greatly improve the existing overburdened mental health system and would help ensure delivery of effective, high quality, coordinated, and evidence-based care for Americans with mental illnesses. 1: Increase Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Despite the ongoing knowledge that 1 in 5 Americans experience a mental illness each year, and that many Americans with serious mental illness die years earlier than other Americans from treatable medical conditions, our nation is often reluctant to make the investments necessary to provide effective prevention, treatment, and recovery services... Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Brief Guide Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Brief Guide April 7, 2015 / SAMHSA / Alcohol / No Comments By: Melinda Campopiano, M.D., and Brandon T. Johnson, M.B.A., Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Alcohol problems are alarmingly common in the general population. Between 10 and 20 percent of patients seen in primary care or hospital settings have a diagnosable alcohol use disorder. However, there are treatment options available. Many addiction experts believe that patients with moderate or severe alcohol-related problems should routinely be offered medication-assisted treatment. Unfortunately, current evidence shows that medications are underused in the treatment of alcohol use disorders. In fact, of the 18.0 million people who met the criteria for alcohol dependence or abuse in 2013, only 1.4 million received any type of treatment (excluding mutual-help groups)—ranging from a single meeting with a counselor to participation in a specialized treatment program. To address this gap, the SAMHSA and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) jointly convened a Consensus Panel on New and Emerging Pharmacotherapies for Alcohol Use Disorders and Related Comorbidities. The panel brought together experts in alcohol research, clinical care, medical education, and public policy to review the current evidence on the effectiveness of available medications for the treatment of alcohol use disorder. Today, SAMHSA and NIAAA are releasing Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Brief Guide, which contains the guidance of this panel of experts. This report is intended for use by primary care and specialty providers, and contains information about: The use of medications in clinical practice to treat alcohol use disorder, The four medications... What It's Like to Live As a Veteran With a Mental Health Stigma Mike Liguori: Author The Sandbox Stories of Human Spirit and War, Advocate of All Things Self-Improvement My heart was racing. I felt the sweat starting to make its way down my face as I attempted to disguise my anxiety about reading the first time I encountered an IED from my tours in Iraq. I stood at the podium, with the eyes of the class and a professor locked in on my position. I felt as if I was alone on a big stage with nothing but a spotlight shining on me. Line by line, I told them about the moment of silence that came before the explosion on a fall night in the northern part of the Al-Anbar province. 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This course will provide a public health perspective of maternal and child health. It will include information on (1) indicators of maternal, infant, and child health, (2) risk factors for pregnancy complications, infant and child morbidity and mortality, and (3) impact of maternal and child health on life course disease risk.
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- Information Resources on Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
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- Population Science and Epidemiology
- Teratology and Congenital defects
- Reproductive Biology and Fertility
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- Environmental Toxicants
- Pregnancy Complications
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- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Intimate Partner Violence
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- HIV/Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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- Childhood Injury
- Adolescent Health
- Childhood Obesity
- Pediatric Diarrhoeal Diseases
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By the end of the course, you will demonstrate the ability to:
- Define public health and epidemiology
- Describe prevalence of major maternal and child health problems and current trends
- Identify social-behavioral, environmental, and biological risk factors of maternal and child health problems
- Describe known underlying mechanisms for risk factor and disease relationships in maternal and child health
- Identify data sources for epidemiologic investigations of maternal and child health
- Review published literature in maternal and child health to identify strengths, limitations, and gaps
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SAP India to enable Union govt to improve operational efficiency of various health programs. TracOHealth leverages the power of Aadhaar (UID) to uniquely identify beneficiaries and has been designed with the ability to work even in the remotest corners of the country. Powered by SAP HANA, with both web and mobile interfaces, TracOHealth provide real time analytics…
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Shifting the department that is managing the Direct Benefit Transfer program out of planning and into the Finance Ministry is a good idea. I was sort of surprised to see it living in the Planning Commission in the beginning. The DBT program has covered over 2.8 million LPG transactions valued at R 116 crore in seven weeks. It said the location…
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Chief secretary R S Sharma, who was earlier the director general Unique Identification Authority of India ( UIDAI), has given a deadline of December 2013 to all the government departments to ensure that the service delivery is linked with Aadhaar cards completely by that time. Sharma said Aadhaar should be made compulsory in issuance of driving licenses, land registration,…
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Last time it was about getting the picture, a mentor or a buddy. There are three more resolutions that will build on this good work to help create a tide of success for you or your professionals' business development efforts over the coming months. These are not complicated things but, if they are missing, the firm's individual/collective success and achievement can be oh-too-easily compromised.
Get proactive
"I have a good reputation with the clients/partners who have the gift of work. They know where I am"
This is the better mousetrap fallacy as applied by some practitioners. In this mind-set, believing that they have a better professional gizmo than their neighbours is sufficient for the world to beat a path to their door. Except it won't be and it doesn't – as some have found to their cost particularly in the leaner times of the past five years.
Part of this problem is about conditioning. Lawyers, accountants, and other experts can grow up in their firms only ever being fed work and then measured on how well they complete it. By the time they are deemed to be mature, it's a big ask to then overlay the bit that says "I must now go and win my own". (NB This is often the point at which the mentors or coaches mentioned in Part 1 can become useful). So early exposure to the skills, practice of, and responsibility for work-winning is vital.
But ultimately, it comes down to a simple realisation for everyone. Assume nothing about what your clients are thinking or about the self-perceived excellence of your mousetrap. Proactivity in finding and delivering ongoing ways to engage with them is the key, particularly with the proliferation of communication media now available to all of us. Plan it and then do it.
Build momentum
So for a number of professionals, BD is not perceptibly a primary business function. If it is treated as a 'nice to do', the consequences for achievement and results are usually serious. Witness the plans and activity being happily implemented from Tip 1 by Practitioner A that are dropped the moment a new significant piece of work comes in, only to be taken up again perhaps months later, if at all.
Disappearing off the grid thus, it becomes extremely difficult to build any sort of momentum with clients and contacts that will deliver a stream of new future work opportunities. The solution is partly a management one: that means supervising partners or department heads delivering on their leadership remit by setting specific agendas for Practitioner A and other individuals for whom they are responsible, reviewing progress regularly against what was agreed, and providing guidance, encouragement, or sanctions as appropriate. But it is also about individuals themselves recognising their overweening deal focus (often not easy so more guidance required here) and then applying coping strategies to deal with it…
Take it bite-size
The boom/bust nature of business development implementation described in Tip 2 requires an adjustment. Instead of working flat out just on fee earning punctuated by infrequently large and indigestible 'chunks' of business development, allocate a small amount of time each day to BD/marketing (say 15 or 30 minutes) and stick to it. If, as often, this is about communicating with people, the beginning and the end of the day are timely periods that minimally impact on work flow and that offer the best chances of success.
Of course, there will also be BD tasks that require more time to complete but this is a good baseline to establish.


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