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Tech industry short on diversity, and same with news media
The problem with the party isn't just its symbolic power as Twitter works to resolve a sex-discrimination suit. The problem runs deeper, because it illustrates the boys' club culture — and often the white boys' culture — that telegraphs to women and minorities that they belong on the margins of the business. This culture is not unique to the tech industry, as there is a long tradition in newsrooms of nostalgia about the golden age when newsmen drank and smoked as they banged out superlative copy. Hard news, it was believed, was the ultimate masculine pursuit, and in some ways, that thinking hasn't changed. If tech and media are truly willing to make their workplaces more equitable, there is a means to do it.
It would be easy to say that the decision-makers at Twitter and in most tech companies are unthinking, but the reality is that gender, sex and minority bias in companies, including in the news media, tends to be more subtle but no less insidious. It's often an unconscious affair that involves split-second thinking and assumptions we make about groups of people who are not like us. This old boys' culture is replicated in industries across the country.
Last month, the Columbia Journalism Review released a study done by a doctoral student from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Alex T. Williams found that the most common reason news organizations gave for the lack of diversity in their ranks was the dearth of qualified people of color. But then he looked at the percentage of people of color who recently completed degrees in journalism. The numbers didn't square.
According to the American Society of News Editors, which has been conducting the newsroom diversity census since 1978 and just released its 2015 figures, minorities make up 12.8 percent of newsrooms. This number has stayed relatively stagnant over the last eight years, but it hit a peak at 13.7 percent in 2006. The numbers in broadcast media are not much different. Yet based on an annual survey of college graduates in journalism and mass communication — the Grady College Survey — minorities made up about 21 percent of journalism or communications graduates in 2013. Women haven't quite made it either. While they made up 73 percent of graduates in the field in 2013, they made up 36 percent of the news editorial staff in newspapers that year, according to the Women's Media Center.
Even so, the numbers in the news media are better than those we see in most tech companies. Twitter's diversity numbers from last year found that women made up 10 percent of tech jobs. And while Asians made up 34 percent of tech jobs at Twitter, Latinos and African Americans made up a total of 4 percent. Should tech companies look to news media companies for answers? Not necessarily. Most of the efforts over the decades to improve diversity in newsrooms haven't budged the needle much. But we have new tools in hand, and with the common intersection of tech and media, working together might bring about a different result.
With emerging research on unconscious bias, we now understand so much more about how bias can play out in the workplace without intention. One initial step companies can take is conducting a blind review of resumes. There are many other remedies, but first companies have to commit to the idea that diversity isn't just the right thing to do, it's also the smart thing to do. One need only look at the changing demographics of America to know that neither tech nor media can afford to disenfranchise the very people it's catering to.
Venise Wagner, associate professor of journalism at San Francisco State University, is the co-editor/co-author of "Reporting Inequality: Methods and tools for covering race and ethnicity," to be released in 2017.


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The Institution of Engineering and Technology Conference on Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology and B (BioSysBio2008)
Venue: Imperial College London
Location: London, United Kingdom
|Event Date/Time: Apr 20, 2008
|End Date/Time: Apr 22, 2008
It is the organiser's intention to provide a unique platform for graduate students and junior faculty to present to their peers via a series of short 10-20 minute presentations. Sessions will be chaired by leading experts who will also discuss their own work. A specific session will highlight some of the European entries in the International Genetically Engineered Machines competition (iGEM).

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But thought I should do a post on my day at Daybreak before I did my MAC Lipstick giveaway.
Here's the "From the Heart" page too :) http://www.itv.com/fromtheheart/
I'm still trying to find a link from my ITV WEST News bit but I did record it on my phone so you can have a look at that instead while I find one :) I FOUND IT!!! http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2013-02-14/from-the-heart-campaign-how-transplants-can-transform-young-peoples-lives/
And guys if even after all the "From the heart" stuff this week on TV you still haven't signed up, then why not? If you are willing to accept an organ you SHOULD be an organ donor and be on the register. If you're on the list but haven't talked to your family then PLEASE PLEASE do. If they don't know what you want they can decide for you and do you really want your parents or next of kin making that decision for you.
Here's the video with photos and the two interview things for anyone who can't access the link and I recorded my ITV West News one on my phone too but please bear in mind I'm not aa video maker nor do I ever intend to be I just wanted to make sure you guys could see them wherever you are in the world.


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Informal Report about the mAAN Design Workshop: The Great Padang Cement Factory Revitalization
By Pina Wu (Taiwan)
"How many of you are willing to put in ten days to discover something new?"
-opening question at the workshop
The 2nd mAAN Great Factory workshop (the 1st one was in Shanghai 2004) brought 80+ students, architects, educators, historians, documenters, journalists from Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and Sweden together. Most of them have never thought someday they would come to spend 10 days in a cement factory in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia from June 27th to July 6th, 2009.
It started out quite random actually. When Mr. Andre heard the Cement Padang Factory was going to take down part of its old facilities built in 1910, the Dutch colonial era. He blurted out "No, you are wrong if you build a museum on top of the old Dutch swimming pool and take down the old factory!"
Mr. Andre told the President his story of growing up as a little boy 200 meters away from the factory, what this place has meant to him and people in this area. He felt this could be a place for people to come together. The President accepted. The Factory started to look for alternatives.
But what to do with these old factory heritage?
Mr. Andre started to search online and found mAAN. He wrote a short email. The email got passed around. And mAAN-Indonesia came in to organize. The Cement Padang Factory supported the endeavor of a workshop.
Three months later, the old factory ruin became an unlikely place for people across world to meet. Locals and internationals, guards, students, architects, historians, professors, UNESCO heritage award recipients, film documenters, journalists, kids, servers, former and current workers, drivers.. all walked up and down this ruin, like some kind of special ceremony. They took photos it, they sketched it, they examined it, they played in it, they developed their own sense of appreciation about this giant rusty forest. And they worked day and night in a studio just 10 meters away from the site.
This was the first time an architecture workshop like this taking place in Indonesia. Unlimited numbers of creative hours were put in. 11 unit masters- leading architects and professors from universities in Asia, led 80+ architecture students through the workshop. It was also a rare opportunity for Asian architecture professionals, scholars and educators to learn from each other in a hands-on setting.
Molly and Manoj, professors from India, had led the students through a magical design process.
On the 1st day, Manoj opened up his intro in a trembling voice: "The factory is in itself made up with very exciting forms. We want to find out exciting new possibilities. Like a cylinder, how would it feel to go through that! If you think like a child, you can go up and down."
Molly asked each of the students to describe a child, they will adapt him or her, make a picture of this child, "When you walk around the factory, it's what that child finds exciting, not you!"
On the 2nd day, they crammed their 8 students into a small van, brought them to meet the kids' in the factory workers' housing. And the next day they sent a bus to invite the kids to come to the factory to play.
The pieces came together on the 4th day. They helped the students to make sense of what they did: "First we become a child, then we become friends with them. What a child would like an adult would like too. So now this child is called a user.."
Students put down all the children's names, taking records of their characteristics, deduced key points from their experiences. From there they generated guidelines, dos and don'ts for their design, coming up programs.
They used their findings to challenge the design of other units. In the group review session, one of the students stood up and asked "my child is on a wheelchair, and I wonder how she can go up and down the tubes that you just said.."
This was just one unit, and there were 8 other different units, all using different approaches and design traditions.
Mr. Adi brought their students to discover underground water sources and hidden mystery about the factory. Mr. Eko brought them to observe local Padang housing.
Mr. Lee Sang Yun helped students to develop their thoughts in a systematic way.
Mr. Tsuto asked the students to "continue express your feelings" through drawing and sketches.
Some kept challenging the students "I can't see what is it that is stopping you from doing this and that!" and worried that students, in facing the pressure of the deadline, will throw their instincts away..
All together, the 9 units exhibited a blend of different training roots and traditions. It came together as:
While the international unit masters encouraged the students to think freely, the Indonesian unit masters were able to discern the darker, softer side about the factory.
An Indonesian unit masters brought up "Local people don't want to come to the factory. The Dutch made the local people work very hard. " This colonial context was often not seen or treated by other international unit masters.
All together, the 9 units turned out a revitalization design addressing different parts of the puzzle, which no other architects could do it alone.
Toward the end of the workshop, student spent longer and longer time with the computer. The youngest unit master from India, Amritha said "You know what's breaking my heart is they looked so weighed down, no fun." A student said "The project is too big. We are children, and children are about small things.." The child that Molly and Manoj have developed so carefully seemed to shy away from this very formal review process developed in architecture schools.
Tsuto, unit master now teaching in Singapore National University, talked about in his training in Colombia University, the unit masters and students should have more comfort room to "fight" each other, to contrast out differences, to form a public drama!
Pina (myself), a militant urban planner trained in Taiwan and US, really felt these architects have not done enough to engage the locals, and to poke the underlying political tension.. had nowhere to express her frustration..
The review lost half of the audience from the Cement Padang Factory. Part of mAAN's mission here was to involve the public. But with so many local people from Padang at site, our English powerpoint presentation did not work for them.
What will be a review process that fits the local Asian context better?
What will happen after the workshop? The participants of the 1st mAAN workshop didn't know what happened after the workshop. Molly, for example, mentioned "It will be great to go back to see if the design got implemented, which part had and which part not, to learned from it."
Mr. Eko wanted to bring the students to go to the traditional housing sites. But there were not enough time. Where the Goddesses descended, there were beautiful buildings full of ecological and social wisdom continued to be replaced by cement.
The workshop opened up a lot of realizations, confusions, curiosity, wonder.. at the heart of the hybrid modern Asia, continued to be discovered!
What: Workshop supported by Padang Cement Factory, built in 1910 by the Dutch, now run by the Indonesians, the largest cement factory in Indonesia. It is organized by mAAN-Indonesia.
Who: 80+ architecture students+ professors + historians + documenters from Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, and Sweden.
When: June 27th-July 6th, 2009
Where: Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
What next: Cement Padang Factory's revitalization project and event for its centennial anniversary in March, 2010
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Feds pull plug on cities' green home loans
San Francisco's new, $150 million program to help property owners finance solar and other energy-saving programs is all but dead, according to city officials, after a federal agency announced Tuesday that the program and others like it across the state are potentially risky and inadvisable for mortgage lenders.
The programs have been widely championed as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy bills and to create green jobs. Generally, the programs allow a property owner to obtain a low-interest loan from local governments that are backed by bonds. The property owner then repays the loan over 20 years through a tax assessment, which is attached to the home, even if it is sold.
Several Bay Area cities embraced the energy retrofit plans, which originated in Berkeley and are made possible by 2008 state legislation. Fourteen additional California counties planned to embark on similar endeavors later this year and cities and counties in other states have pursued similar proposals.
The Department of Energy also has said that millions of dollars in stimulus funds should go to installing the energy-saving systems under the programs, which are referred to as Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE.
San Francisco launched its version of the idea, called GreenFinanceSF, with great fanfare in April and $150 million in financing, making it one of the nation's most ambitions efforts.
Loans into liens
The problem, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is that the local loans attach to the properties as liens if they are not paid off and those liens, because they are property taxes, trump banks for who gets paid back first from proceeds of a foreclosed home. In a housing market that is - at best - recovering, the risk of home loan defaults remains high and lenders do not want to risk losing more money.
The FHFA oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which guarantee more than half of the residential mortgages in the United States.
With the energy loans, "you're talking about lending money to people when home values are going down," said Alfred Pollard, general counsel for the FHFA. "You can't just slap a first lien on a piece of property and say that there's no risk to the lender, particularly in this fragile market."
Pollard noted that in some instances, local governments have issued energy-efficiency loans after the existing mortgage loans had been made, and commonly did not consider the extra strain on borrowers' ability to pay their debts.
Warnings to lenders
In May, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac issued warning letters to lenders and loan servicers stating that energy-related liens should not take priority over their mortgages. On Tuesday, the FHFA called for a suspension in the energy lending programs and asked Fannie and Freddie and Federal Home Loan banks to put safeguards in place to protect themselves, including requiring that borrowers seek the lenders' approval for the local loans and increasing income requirements on borrowers to account for their additional debt obligations.
The FHFA statement did, however, direct the mortgage backers, Fannie and Freddie, to honor the PACE loans that already have been issued.
Pollard said that local, state and federal governments need to come together to devise programs that don't allow cities and counties to be repaid before Freddie and Fannie.
Meanwhile, San Francisco has had to halt its loans, and companies hired to administer them have been forced to scale back.
State and federal officials also have weighed in.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Attorney General Jerry Brown, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and some members of Congress have written letters to the FHFA expressing concern.
Johanna Partin, director of climate protection initiatives for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, said that after the program was announced in April, the city saw a spike in residents seeking energy audits, one of the first steps in obtaining a city loan. She said that it was too early to tell how much interest there was in the program because it had just begun, although it was expected to be high.
"This announcement from FHFA today really puts a stake in the heart of our PACE program," said Partin. "And it will have a very serious impact on the many jurisdictions that are implementing or developing PACE programs."


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August 3, 2020 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
3rd October 2014
Britain's services sector has grown at its slowest rate in three months as fears that the economic recovery is waning persist.
The services sector, which makes up for three quarters of the UK economy, has grown for 21 months but September's Markit/CIPS purchasing managers index (PMI) – which measures activities in businesses such as hotels and restaurants – fell to 58.7 from 60.5 in August. While any figure above 50 is classed as expansion the fall is consistent with fears that the recovery is losing steam.
The PMI data follows a drop in the equivalent manufacturing index, from 52.5 to 51.6, seen on Wednesday that showed the sector is barely growing as exporters are hindered by a strong pound and weak Eurozone growth.
The PMI index also suggests overall growth in the UK in the third quarter has slowed to 0.8%, from 0.9% in Q2.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said: 'September's PMI survey suggest that the UK most likely enjoyed another spell of above-trend economic growth in the third quarter, but the recovery appears to be losing its legs.
'Although still strong, the expansion of services activity in September was in fact the weakest since June, and the worry is that slower growth in the manufacturing sector, and potentially construction as well – notably the housing market – will feed through to a further slowdown in service sector growth.'
Economic growth and job growth – which increased in the services, manufacturing and construction industries in September – are key to when interest rates rise. Bank of England governor Mark Carney has made it clear wage increases will need to happen before the Monetary Policy Committee raises interest rates from the historically low 0.5%, where it has sat for over five years.
'The worry is that the economy could slow faster than anticipated,' said Williamson. 'This adds to the case for interest rates to remain on hold until next year, and at least until there are clear signs of wages and household incomes rising in real terms.'
Ben Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the prospect of a rate rise anytime soon is 'receding'.
'Bank of England deputy governor Ben Broadbent has said he doesn't think the UK economy is ready for higher interest rates,' said Brettell. 'Geopolitical tensions, the threat of Eurozone recession and, above all, an extremely benign outlook for inflation make it difficult to see why the Bank of England should even consider raising interest rates at present.
'I expect MPC members [Ian][ McCafferty and [Martin] Weale to remain alone in calling for higher rates at next week's policy meeting, and still expect the first rise to come after next year's election.'


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|Second Street Studios, the Affordable Housing Project in San Jose Financed by Silicon Valley Bank and Tech CU, is Complete
|Thursday, 22. August 2019 21:55
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tech CU (Technology Credit Union) is pleased to announce that Second Street Studios, an affordable housing project in San Jose, will host its grand opening on August 23, 2019 from 10 am – noon PT. In March 2017, Tech CU participated with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) to provide funding for First Community Housing to build the new 135-unit housing project in San Jose. Tech CU's participation totaled $8 million.
Second Street Studios marks the first new construction of permanent, supportive housing in San Jose and reflects the unique partnerships that formed between nonprofits, local government and the tech sector to help address the homelessness crisis.
"At Tech CU, we've always prided ourselves on helping our local community and we know that affordable housing is something that many in the Bay Area struggle with," said Todd Harris, CEO of Tech CU. "This was the first affordable housing project we helped fund, and we're proud to have had the opportunity to help the low-income and homeless population living in the San Jose region find homes. We also had fantastic partners in Silicon Valley Bank, who led the construction loan financing and First Community Housing, who led the project's development."
Tech CU currently serves a community of more than 110,000 members in the Bay Area. The company provides a variety of commercial lending products to help real estate developers, investors and business owners acquire, construct and improve their commercial and residential properties.
"Second Street Studios was a challenging project to finance and build, but all of us involved felt the urgency and responsibility to make sure that the project is successful," said Fiona Hsu, Managing Director of Community Development Finance at Silicon Valley Bank. "Improving the homelessness crisis in Silicon Valley requires a collective response by every stakeholder in this region. SVB will continue to do our part and support impactful projects like Second Street Studios. We look forward to partnering with Tech CU again on more transformative projects in the future."
Located at the corner of South Second Street and Keyes Street, the four-floor Second Street Studios building features 135 energy-efficient studio and one-bedroom apartments. The project began construction in March 2017 and is now complete. The project has provided nearly 150 chronically homeless and low-income people with a safe, comfortable place to call home.
"The day I handed the keys to our first resident at Second Street Studios was one of the best days of my professional life," said Geoffrey Morgan, President and CEO at First Community Housing. "All of us at FCH are grateful to be able to serve over 150 formerly homeless in this historic first 100 percent permanent supportive housing project and the first modular construction affordable housing in San Jose. None of this would have been possible without the steadfast support of all our partners, including Silicon Valley Bank and Tech CU."
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More than a month after developers announced a plan to purchase and redevelop the site of the Capri Lynbrook Motor Inn, many residents said they were pleased to see it go, while others said they were concerned about the future of the site.
The Capri has a history of drug, prostitution and assault arrests at or near the motel. In July, Mayor Alan Beach announced that developer Anthony Bartone, of the Farmingdale-based Terwilliger & Bartone Properties, planned to purchase the building and redevelop it into luxury apartments.
Bartone met with residents for an open house at the Knights of Columbus on Tuesday. The sale is contingent on the village board's approval of Bartone's plan. Until then, the Capri will continue to operate. Calls to the motel's general manager, Harry Wagner, had not been returned at press time.
"Very glad it's going away," resident Ed Farrell said of the Capri. "It was a stain on Lynbrook."
Resident John De Luca said the Capri was a "black eye for Lynbrook," while Joan Schaefer-Miller called the motel "horrible" and said that "anything would be better than having the Capri Lynbrook motel there."
Some residents, however, expressed concern about Bartone's plan to redevelop the site because of the controversy that grew out of his proposal to build a $75 million luxury apartment complex and $10 million parking garage in the village. Lynbrook officials scrapped the plan — dubbed the Cornerstone at Lynbrook — last November, after resident backlash over a perceived lack of information about the project and because of its scope.
Though reaction was mostly positive, resident Nick Dazzo said he was concerned that the Capri project might turn out to be similarly controversial. "It's going to end up being a Cornerstone 2.0," he said. "They'll want to listen to the residents, but end up building apartments."
Some residents also expressed concerns about what an influx of residents would mean for parking, a common concern in the village.
In learning from the Cornerstone fallout, Bartone said he intended to keep an open dialogue with residents. The purpose of Tuesday's open house was to give them a chance to meet with the development team and shape the vision for the project by offering input on design and architecture.
"We don't have a plan drafted yet, because we want to make sure the community is engaged in the process," Bartone told the Herald last month. "We want to meet with our neighbors and talk with them. At the end of the day, tearing down the Capri motel, it doesn't get much better than that."
He added that developers "heard loud and clear" that the Cornerstone plans were too large, and that they have also heard the outcry stemming from the Capri. He has been trying to build luxury apartments in the village since 2011.
Several administrations have tried in vain to coax the Capri owners to sell the site for many years. In 2017, then Mayor William Hendrick created a panel, made up of village officials, that hosted several hearings with the motel owners in the hope of gathering enough evidence to have their room-rental license revoked. After Hendrick died in October 2017, Beach and former Village Attorney Peter Ledwith remained on the case. Last November, village officials unanimously voted to revoke the licenses, but the owners appealed the decision to the Lynbrook Zoning Board before negotiating a private sale to Bartone.
In 2017, Capri Manager Joe Pizzuto said that village officials' claims about prostitution at the motel were unfounded. "There's no prostitution there," he said. "There's nothing going on."
The village board did not mention the Capri sale or open house at Monday's board meeting. However, it did unanimously adopt a resolution for more transparency at the request of a committee that Beach formed to tackle the issue. The recommendations included communicating with residents about potential projects that exceed 25,000 square feet on all available platforms, including the village's website and TV channel and social media outlets.
Though he did not raise the subject of the Capri at the meeting, Beach told the Herald afterward that he had heard only positive feedback from residents.
"I've been approached everywhere I go that they're so happy that the Capri is going," he said. "They can't believe that our team got it done."
For updates on the project, visit www.teardowncapri.com.


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LEGO is huge right now. From the gigantic success of "The LEGO Movie," to their partnership with "Star Wars," Marvel and DC movie properties the brick builders dominated New York's Toy Fair, and the toy shelves on a year round basis. That doesn't look to stop anytime soon, either: at Toy Fair, we got a glimpse of upcoming sets for "Guardians of the Galaxy," "The LEGO Movie," "Star Wars Rebels," and even "Ghostbusters."
So who you gonna call? LEGO, that's who:
"Guardians of the Galaxy"
As with any big Marvel movie property, most of LEGO's "Guardians of the Galaxy" line was under wraps. But we can show you the previously revealed "Milano Spaceship Rescue," a 665 piece set that retails for $74.99, and features Chris Pratt's "muscle car" of a spaceship from the movie.
We can also give you details on the other two sets, though pictures will be coming later:
» "Knowhere Escape Mission," a 433 piece set for $39.99 that features Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Nebula, and shock-trooper The Sakaaran. Of note, the Groot figure is about three inches tall and needs to be built as part of the set.
» "Starblaster Showdown," a 196 piece set for $19.99, featuring Star-Lord and The Sakaaran, each with their own ship.
"The LEGO Movie"
Though the first batch of "LEGO Movie" toys played it safe, they rapidly disappeared from toy shelves. Wave two should double that business with several gigantic sets including:
"Metal Beard's Sea Cow," a 2,471 piece set for $249.99 that comes packaged with the movie's signature double-decker couch. That'll hit stores next month.
"Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!" which features the iconic ship from the movie, and Charlie Day's Benny.
For more LEGO check out our flipbook!
"Emmet's Construct-o-Mech," a 708 piece set.
And "Super Secret Police Dropship," an 854 piece set that has the distinction to be the only set featuring LEGO Batman.
The LEGO "Ghostbusters" Ecto-1 is an interesting case, because it was fan submitted through the LEGO Cuuso website, eventually winning the opportunity to become a real LEGO set. It's $49.99, 508 pieces, and will be available in June.
"Star Wars Rebels"
Last but not least are the first toys for the new animated show "Star Wars Rebels." Featuring the main ship The Ghost, the set is 929 pieces, costs $89.99, and will be available in August.
For plenty more LEGO awesomeness from Toy Fair, check out our Flipbook. And as pointed out by the rep at LEGO we spoke to, they have Chris Pratt in two properties, "LEGO Movie" and "Guardians of the Galaxy." In honor of that, we give you the "Guardians of the Galaxy" trailer, but with footage from "The LEGO Movie." Enjoy:


text: In December 2013 we were joined by 25 enthusiastic eighth standard students for a special four-month-long intervention. As with our other programs, girls received support in English, Social Studies, Maths, Science, Marathi and of course, discovering their Leadership capabilities. These girls completed their course in April 2014. We loved having them for the short time they were with us.


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|Mission founder to speak in McFarland
|Around the Diocese
|Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 -- 12:00 AM
MCFARLAND -- Fr. Stan Martinka, the founder of San Alfonso Mission in Mexico, has been visiting Christ the King Parish in McFarland for approximately 25 years requesting support for the mission's education and health programs aiding the poor of Juarez, Mexico.This August, Father Martinka will speak at all three parish Masses the weekend of August 22 and 23.
In search of a better life
Juarez is a city located in the northern part of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, directly across the border from El Paso, Texas. This city is known throughout the country for the large number of people who move from the south in search of a better life. Most of the population comes from large families who do not have anything beyond an elementary education.
The city itself has many problems. There is a notable difference in economic status between the rich and the poor. There are a few parts of the city where families have enough money to fulfill all their dreams, while other parts west of the city face extreme poverty and often are without basic services such as water and electricity.
Families in these situations simply work to survive and live from day to day. In Juarez, a great number of the poor work at the maquiladoras, or factories. These maquiladoras are the main source of work in the city.
People who haven't completed their higher education are hired as operators or workers in these places of employment. They earn approximately $50 each week. This is barely enough money to survive on a week-to-week basis.
All children of these workers usually complete their elementary education and occasionally go on to middle school. However, attending high school or college becomes an almost impossible feat.
Priest's plan
Father Martinka started the San Alfonso mission in 1975 with money he saved while serving as an army chaplain and later as a member of the Reserves. He used his background as priest, teacher, sociologist, handyman, and beggar to help those impoverished families with a contagious energy, bringing literally thousands of people into his plan for a solution to poverty in that huge Mexican city.
His plan has evolved into an effective and excellent system of education for the poorest of the poor in Juarez. That same plan has involved hundreds of people from Christ the King Parish and the McFarland, Madison, Plain, and Baraboo communities. People from many other states have aided this far-reaching ministry.
At San Alfonso Mission, the educational facilities have grown to where there are at least 150 young students who have scholarships through the BECA (which stands for scholarship) Program to attend high school and/or college. These are young people who have excellent grades and a great desire to continue their education.
The students work and study industriously to support their families with the hope of breaking the cycle of poverty within their families and make their communities better places in which to live.
The request for continuing education beyond sixth grade level has increased drastically. Presently San Alfonso schools have very limited space. Double shifts of school scheduling have been initiated. These shifts also are overextended and the need to acquire another school building is inevitable.
Also, Mexican students attending college sponsored by the mission are increasing. Graduates have been choosing to return to Juarez as teachers, lawyers, nurses, doctors, engineers, and skilled laborers, proving the overall success of the program.
For more than 25 years, Christ the King Parish members have responded generously to this missionary effort, providing ongoing support to the schools and the BECA scholarship programs, helping the poor help themselves.
Turning lives around
Eleven years ago, Southern Exposure, a component of Spirit of Christ Church in Arvada, Colo., developed a house building program with the mission. As of February 2009, approximately 230 homes have been built by participating groups in several states.
Christ the King Parish has participated in this program for eight years with missionaries from within the parish and surrounding area finishing 22 houses plus building the shell for a free-standing kitchen/dining room at the mission.
The building crews have included friends and relatives of parishioners, members of McFarland UCC, McFarland Lutheran Church, and various other parishes in the Madison area.
These house builds are a total immersion experience into the everyday lives of the Mexican poor. It enables those participating in the builds to see first hand what Father Martinka has observed for so many years. It also fosters an understanding of Mexican culture and family life.
What seemed almost hopeless years ago is now turning around. Innumerable poverty stricken Mexicans have been helped by Father Martinka's programs, giving entire areas of the city cause to hope and better the lives of families too numerous to count.
In 2010, one more Christ the King house build is planned. It will take place the week of January 10 to 16. Any group or organization interested in conducting a house build should call Lindy or Clyde Birringer at 608-838-3617 for more information. Houses and workers are always needed.
The people of McFarland, Madison, and the surrounding communities through Christ the King Parish have helped provide young Mexican students hope for a better future. Thanks to monetary donations and much physical effort, our Mexican neighbors can continue to study and live out their dreams in Mexico, assured that fellow Christians in the U.S. are ready and willing to support them, enabling them to lift entire families above the poverty level.
Anyone further interested in helping the San Alfonso Missions and Fr. Stan Martinka support the poor of Juarez are invited to hear him speak and meet him after Masses the weekend of August 22 (5 p.m.) and 23 (8:30 and 10:30 a.m.) at Christ the King Parish.


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The desire for vibrant worship resonates with congregations throughout the church. Community of Christ has a free-form worship tradition with few prescribed words or required actions. We have been free to develop methods and styles that particularly minister to our congregations. During the past decades, we have enjoyed increased creativity in worship planning and a wider base of participation.
People in the church have given themselves and others permission to explore and experience widely varied styles of music, drama, preaching, prayer, and meditation. In-creasingly we realize that, as God lovingly made each of us unique, we relate with and worship God in different ways. As part of a loving community, we value the opinions and creativity of all people. This can make worship planning creatively invigorating and sometimes difficult.
Vibrant worship includes expanded opportunities for people to use their giftedness. Rather than a few ministers being the givers and the rest of the congregation the receivers, all can be givers and receivers. Good worship planning involves recognizing the gifts and potential of each person in the congregation.
Careful planning of each service involves integration of a variety of worship elements into a seamless whole with purposeful integrity. Planning that uses a variety of elements, where worshipers truly participate instead of passively observe, is a vital foundation for vibrant worship.
Worship Planning Basics
Congregational worship planning throughout the church is shared among many people—individuals of all ages, ordained and unordained. This collaboration on the worship-planning task has enriched the services and made them more representative of the entire congregation.
Worship planning takes different forms, depending on the structure of the congregation and worship needs. In most cases, a service planned by two or more persons, in cooperation with the pastorate, produces better results than a service developed by an individual. Including the presider, speaker, a creative worship planner, and the musician in a planning group addresses the major functions frequently found in worship services. The sharing and synergy of the group process enhances worship planning.
Worship planners should give focused attention to the following: first, identify the focus or theme of the service; then, select the elements of worship that best communicate the focus; and finally, choose the people who will provide the needed leadership. Worship participants should be given the parameters of their leadership responsibilities and enabled to share their unique ministry within those parameters. For example, preachers, storytellers, or "pray-ers" need to understand their roles within the context of the complete service, including the time allotted. It is important to select worship leaders after the service elements are planned, but the presider should be identified early in the process and be involved in the planning.
Develop services with the needs, circumstances, and gifts of the congregation in mind. Service outlines may contain familiar elements: hymns, scriptures, prayers, Disciples' Generous Response, and the spoken word. However, with a little creativity, these traditional elements can become more vibrant. For example, the spoken word is not always a sermon; it may be several brief statements, testimonies, or a dramatic presentation.
When trying new things in worship services, there are bound to be some conflicts. Keep the following suggestions in mind:
Changes need to make sense; use them only if they fit. You need to be able to explain why you are making a change or doing something new. Don't rush—prepare and practice new things carefully. Hasty, shabby construction guarantees collapse. Overhauling a long-held worship pattern is a long-term effort.
Keep your congregation in mind—prepare the people and be sensitive to the preferences you know exist. Tell people what to expect. No one should be surprised (unless, of course, surprise is the desired effect). If you know an innovation is going to be a problem for a certain person, talk with him or her ahead of time and encourage him or her to worship with an open mind.
Accompany new elements with a generous helping of the familiar. People need the security of the familiar. Do familiar things in different ways. Employ your traditions, but do not be bound to them. Strike a balance by using new in combination with old.
Maximize participation. Worship is not a spectator sport. Participation usually means a higher degree of preparation and investment in the outcome.
Learn from books, classes, and observation, but don't copy—personalize it. Listen and observe. Visit other congregations and denominations. Learn all you can; then personalize worship. What is God's calling for your group?
Ask for feedback. Solicit specific, balanced feedback. Don't just poll your friends and family. Be sure to include a wide variety of people when asking what worked and what did not.


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Land drainage is principally used to alleviate waterlogging in fields and gardens. Land drainage is NOT the same as a soakaway, although they may both be used to dispose of surface and/or ground water.
If you are looking for information on waterlogged gardens, you may want to check your soil type, before opting for drainage excavations rate.
Other uses for land drainage are as dispersal drains for septic systems and as collector drains where more formal drainage fittings would be inappropriate.
Returns water to the ground
Removes water from the ground
Land drainage works by providing an open conduit for groundwater to follow to a disposal point, or, in the case of dispersal drains, to a dispersal area. There are a few variations on this theme, involving the type of backfill material, and the type of pre-formed conduit that is used, but all rely on two simple principles; that the land drain provides a 'path of least resistance' for groundwater to follow, and that, left to its own devices, water flows down even the gentlest of slopes.
Groundwater is held by soils within pores, which are the small voids or interstices between the grains that make up the soil. The bedding material surrounding a land drain has significantly larger pores between each stone, providing more space for the groundwater to occupy. The centre of the pipe itself can be thought of as one big pore. Therefore, in a collector drain, there is a 'gradient' of hydrostatic pressure from the soil, via the bedding into the pipe, along which the groundwater will migrate to the point of lowest hydrostatic pressure, ie, the inside of the pipe. Hydrostatic gradient
The flow of groundwater in a typical land drain
In a dispersal drain, the gradient is reversed because water is being continually added to the pipe from the septic tank or other source, and so the hydrostatic pressure is greatest inside the pipe, causing the flow to be from pipe to soil, rather than from soil to pipe.
Soil mechanics and hydro-dynamics is a major field within the discipline of civil engineering and is far beyond the remit of this site, but, hopefully, this will have given some insight into the basic principles involved in groundwater management.
The disposal point of a land drain system, whether it's a manhole, a soakaway, a leach field or an outfall, is always at the lowest point of the system. Try as we might, we haven't yet managed to get water to flow uphill! wink
land drain markings
During the Summer, land drainage can sometimes be identified by parched growth of vegetation over the line of drainage. However, this phenomenon may be reversed in situations where land drainage has been used to disperse the processed effluent of a septic tank, where surface vegetation, trickle fed by a near constant stream of nutrient enriched moisture, is that bit more lush.
Types of Pipes
Most land drainage systems consists of lengths of perforated or slotted plastic or clayware pipe laid in a trench with a porous surround. There is a wide range of sizes, from 80mm flexible plastic, up to 1000mm or more for large agricultural or commercial schemes, and they come in a wide variety of materials, including uPVC, clayware, fibre-cement, concrete and ductile iron.
80mm diameter perforated flexible/corrugated plastic pipe is ideal for garden drainage. Larger diameters are also available and they are typically used on larger schemes, such as carriageway edge interceptor drains. The smaller flexible plastic type is readily available in 25m coils from your local builders' merchant at around £1-2 per metre. It is very simple to install, well within the capabilities of a DIY enthusiast. This type of land drain has holes or perforations around the entire circumference, so there is no 'top' or 'bottom'. perforated plastic
Perforated Plastic
Rigid land drain pipes may be fabricated from clayware, plastic or other some other solid material. Some types will be perforated or slotted around the entire circumference while others will be 'half-perforated', ie, have holes on only one face of the pipe. As with their non-perforated cousins, rigid land drain pipes are normally joined together by means of a coupling, although some systems use 'sockets and spigots'. See Drainage Installation page for more details on couplings. clayware land drain
Perforated Clayware
Land drain being installed at the foot of a stone wall As mentioned above, there are a variety of different types of land drain available. Clayware and rigid plastic perforated pipes are generally more expensive than the flexible type and they should always be used where a land-drain passes beneath a trafficked area, such as a driveway, or where the depth of the drainage is such that the weight of the backfill material would cause a flexible plastic pipe to collapse. As a general rule of thumb, we do not use flexible plastic pipe at depths greater than 1.2m.
And don't be confused by colour. Some pipes may be yellow, white, blue, black or faux-terracotta. It means nothing: once buried, they are all just pipes!
Theoretically, a rigid perforated clayware land drain could be used at depths up to 6m, but this would require machine excavation and shoring, and is best left to professionals.
Historic land drains
Clayware pipes
Land drains or field drains or field tiles as they are variously known have been used for hundreds of years and, historically, they didn't rely on perforated pipes.
The most commonly encountered 'historic' version is the field tile - so historic it was still being used in the 1960s! These consisted of nothing more than short lengths (12"-18" or 300-450mm) of fairly crudely formed plain-ended clay pipes with a diameter of anywhere from 2½" - 5" (65mm to 125mm) which were butted up against their neighbours in a basic trench, all too often with no gravel surround, and then covered over with the excavated material. They were, as the name suggests, commonly used to aid drainage in soggy fields and many of them have carried on that function for decades without a problem. land tiles
Occasionally, they can be found silted-up, which is often a result of the outfall being blocked or obstructed in some way rather than any real problem with the pipes themselves, which were nearly always laid to a respectable gradient of 1:60 or thereabouts.
They are sometimes encountered when landscaping works are undertaken on a property. Sometimes, there are remnants of an old field drain system that was left in place when the land was originally developed, but in some cases, particularly with pre-war houses, they were deliberately installed as an aid to drainage for lawns or gardens.
Another commonly encountered form of land drainage from the days of yore is the so-called French Drain, which is essentially nothing more than a gravel-filled trench. Nowadays, the industry prefers to use Fin Drains which are much more reliable.
A big part of the problem with French Drains was that the vast majority of them were poorly constructed. As already stated they often comprise nothing more than a trench backfilled with any old gravel that happened to be lying around, but a true French Drain should include an unjointed pipe and the better ones would be surrounded by a graded filter of selected gravels and sands. french drain cross section
Roman Drains
There is archaeological evidence to show this type of drain in use over 2,000 years ago when it was probably part of a combined system, carrying surface water and foul, and they can occasionally be found, still functioning, on properties dating to the 17th - 19th centuries. However, in some parts of the country where flagstone was more readily available than gravel, they were sometimes used as a crude land drain.
roman drain The structure is pretty basic. There would usually be a flagstone base (invert) with parallel stone edges and then a flagstone cap, all of which served to create a rectangular-section 'hole' through which water and worse could flow.
Before discarding any historic land drain or blocking them off, it's best to ensure they are actually redundant. In extended rain-free spells, they can sometimes seem dry and unused, but are actually working, and working well, once the rain (inevitably) returns. They should be tracked, if at all possible, using drain rods or cctv, to determine whether or not they can be disregarded or whether, in fact, they'll need to be repaired.
A drain which is demonstrably capped-off or breached at both ends of a run can be disregarded or removed. However, if there is even the slightest suspicion that the drain is functioning, then it's best to replace it with a modern equivalent, either a perforated pipe or a filter drain as appropriate.
Land drainage systems rely on a combination of gravity and hydrostatic pressure to create a flow within the pipes. Systems are typically installed with a gentle slope in the region of 1:100-1:200 towards the outfall or disposal point. For this reason, it is best to lay land drainage 'uphill' i.e. start at the outfall, which should be the lowest point on the land drainage system.
The trench width is usually calculated as external pipe diameter (abbreviated to OD, as in Outside Diameter) plus 150mm sidefill to each side, so, for a pipe with an OD of 115mm, the trench width would need to be....
115 + (2 × 150) = 415mm
Trench sizing
The trench should be excavated in advance and lined with the geo-textile if one is to be used. The bedding material is placed in the base of the trench, then the pipe itself laid and checked for alignment and gradient before the sidefill is added and finally the backfill.
Ensure a clean gravel is used for the surrounding material, and do not use limestone chippings unless nothing else is available - Limestone can precipitate calcium carbonate in wet conditions, depositing minerals that can clog up the drain. Make sure there is at least 75mm of gravel around and above the perforated pipe. The geo-textile filter is not essential, but will prolong the life of the drain by filtering out smaller clay and soil particles, and deter thirsty roots from seeking refreshment in the land drain. Small rootlets in a land drain can quickly expanded to a pipe-blocking mass!
Also known as an Interceptor or Interceptor Pit
On filter/collector land drainage systems that have not used a geo-textile to minimise soil particle or sediment migration, a catch-pit should be considered preceding any outfall to a natural watercourse or sewer system, to remove grits, silts and excess sediment. A catch-pit is, essentially, an empty chamber with an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe set at a level above the floor of the pit. Any sediment carried by the system settles out whilst in the catch pit, from where it can be periodically pumped out or removed.
Land drainage, whether it has been installed in order to drain an area of soggy ground, or to disperse water collected from hard surfaces or the effluent from a septic tank, must have an outfall, ie, a point where it can 'empty' itself.
Filter and collector systems (see below) often discharge, or "outfall", into a ditch or stream, but they can be connected to the surface water system of a property if there is absolutely no possible alternative, or if your local water board do not permit outfalls to natural watercourses. Only in the most exceptional of circumstances should land drainage be outfalled to a combined or a foul water system, and, if it is, the connection MUST be via a trap to prevent smells, effluent and/or raw sewage entering the land drainage system.
For outfalling to a ditch or other watercourse (assuming there is no problem with consent from the land-owner or water authority), the outfall pipe, preferably clay or rigid plastic, needs to be anchored into the bank with a large block of concrete. It's essential that the section of bank directly beneath the outfall pipe is adequately protected from erosion by means of a stone or concrete apron. A typical cross-section is shown opposite.
Most local authorities and/or water boards have their own specification for an outfall detail, but the illustration opposite shows the the type of scheme favoured by many authorities for small outfalls. Larger outfalls, such as those serving an extensive land-drainage or surface water system, those discharging into a fast-flowing watercourse or those with pipes of diameter greater than 225mm, may involve cast in-situ concrete structures and possibly steel piling driven into the river-bed. In all cases, consult your local authority before commencing work.
Where land drainage is used to drain a larger garden, it should be installed in the classic herringbone pattern to ensure no point within the area is more than 2.5m from a drain. Some pre-planning is essential to ensure the best use of the drain and to allow for unavoidable features such as trees, walls, etc., and to ensure that the drainage runs to a convenient outfall at an acceptable gradient.
When used to drain fields or other agricultural land, the distance between individual drain runs can be 10 metres or more, depending on local conditions. Such systems are almost always installed by specialist contractors, often on behalf of the local water authority, and a full survey is usually undertaken before the ground is opened.
Another use for land drainage in the garden is as a collector drain, installed as a single line, 300-450mm from the edge of a pavement to carry away the surface run-off and prevent the garden from becoming water-logged. In this sort of scenario, a decorative gravel can be used to dress the surface of the drain, making it a feature of the hard landscaping.
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I talked to a few people about my week going 'vegetarian' (see previous post) and since then a few of them have asked 'Are you still vegetarian?' The answer to that is 'no', but, to me, the interesting thing is binary-ness of it. It's like you are either a vegetarian or not. There is no middle ground in that you're allowed have meat every now and again. This seems like a bit of a problem if we're going to try and encourage more people to eat less meat.
This is because being a 'vegetarian' seems to come with certain criteria. Firstly, you've got to have a reason not to eat meat. And that reason has to be quite strong in order to overcome the pleasure of eating meat. And those reasons usually are (meat is murder; Climate Change; poor animal conditions; animals have feelings too). Further, the vegetarian's have their own bit on the menu (usually at the bottom), their own restaurants and their own brands (e.g Linda McCartney). So, in many ways they are set apart and 'different' from the mainstream. To what degree this is desired as a means to make a statement about themselves or to what degree this is merely for the ease of making choices, I don't know. But what I do know is that it makes them different and I don't think that most people want to be seen as 'different'. Especially when it comes to something as basic and fundamental as food. So, I think that the vegetarian's are shooting themselves in the foot. By creating segregation, they are deliberately creating a line that people will be unwilling to cross. People don't want the finality of restricting their choices.
So, one answer is to create a new 'label'. In walk 'Flexitarian'. It's the term for vegetarians who eat meat now and again. (Apparently Gwyneth is one darling). Now other than it being the most ridiculous label I've heard in ages (Hi, no, I'm not a vegetarian, I'm a flexitarian), it just adds to the desire to cut things up into neat piles. There are thousands of different foods which make up millions of combinations to eat. To try and categorise what you eat seems a bit daft to me.
So, what to do? Well, on the one hand I'm just going to keep my mouth shut and just cook and eat what tastes great. However, people need to eat less meat. How to do that? Using the stick of 'vegetarian' to seems counter-productive. Perhaps instead it should be about how great meat tastes if you only eat it once a week. Make it about the pleasure of rarity, rather than the evil of eating it at all. Might just work.


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Slipknot mark debut album anniversary at Download
Tens of thousands, from toddlers with Mohawks to those old enough to know better, turned out to help Slipknot celebrate the original release of 'People = Shit'. "You're watching a dream come true," inspirational frontman Corey Taylor said from the stage.
The masked band caused havoc on and offstage, with spinning drum kits, dropping snare drums and churning up the crowd with a hate-filled 'End Of Everything' and savage classic single 'Duality'. But it's not just about the brutality, Taylor in contemplative mood as he talks onstage about how important not only tonight is, but his band are to people. The band closed with a rip-roaring rendition of 'Spit It Out'.
Over on the Second Stage, The Prodigy made tough competition for Iowa's finest, setting the bar high early on with 'Omen' and going on to prove why they've bagged a bigger crowd than some Main Stage bands today. Maxim's banter may be limited to "where the fuck is Donnington?" for most of the night, but for an hour thousands of strangers were united by dance. The grateful crowd were treated to an extra 20 minutes of dance mosh, 'Smack My Bitch Up' bringing absolute chaos in front of the stage.
After a 27-year hiatus, Anvil also made an outstanding return to Donington on the Tuborg, wowing a three-quarter full tent with their classic 80's metal and some impressive guitar duel moves. "It's so cool to be here, I don't know how to put it into words," said frontman Lips, before launching into 'Jackhammer'. Meanwhile over at the Red Bull stage, The Blackout (filling in for The Ghost Of A Thousand) made sure their second set of the weekend counted, brushing aside requests for 'Freebird' and Bon Jovi for the crunching riffs of 'Hard Slammin', 'The Fire' in a harder-edged selection.
Earlier in the evening, Marilyn Manson ripped through a set that saw three costume changes and four makeup checks as he romped through 'Beautiful People' and 'The Dope Show'. At the same time, Chris Cornell churned through a pedestrian set highlighted by a rendition of 'Black Hole Sun' by his former band Soundgarden.
The afternoon brought Thunder's final Download performance, frontman Danny Bowes was determined to make the legendary band's last its best. Dancing around the tent, he spun out the end of 'Gimme Some Lovin'' by leading a crowd stretching to hundreds outside in a call and response routine.
Classic rock fan Andy Rice from Staffordshire said, "I was crying! It definitely brought a tear to my eye."
Pendulum also celebrated their 150th live show, slipping in a cover of 'Master Of Puppets' into 'Blood Sugar'. Devildriver attempted to break the record for biggest Download circle pit - or pits - five swirling masses of people opening up right across the Main Stage mosh.
Download was making history all by itself. More than 400 punters, joined by The Blackout, smashed the Guinness world record for Largest Air Guitar Ensemble, playing along to Motorhead's 'Ace Of Spades' at the EA Hub. The Second stage had to deal with its own buzz - not the bands this time, but an infestation of bees, which was eventually removed during The Answer's set.
Download Festival 2009 continues today with performances from Def Leppard, Whitesnake and Journey.


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Cradle cap is not itchy or painful and does not bother your baby.
It's not clear what causes cradle cap. It cannot be caught from another baby.
Things you can try to get rid of cradle cap
- wash your baby's hair regularly with baby shampoo and gently loosen flakes with a soft brush
- gently rub on baby oil or a vegetable oil (such as olive oil) to soften the crusts
- use baby oil, vegetable oil or petroleum jelly overnight and wash with baby shampoo in the morning
- do not use peanut oil (because of the allergy risk)
- do not use soap
- do not use adult shampoos
- do not pick crusts – this can cause an infection
Hair may come away with the flakes, but do not worry, your baby's hair will soon grow back.
You can ask a pharmacist:
- about cradle cap treatments


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7 Things You Should Do To Demonstrate A Strong Work Ethic To Your Employer
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You've often heard the words "work ethic" being bandied around. In fact, it has become one of the many phrases often included in many want ads and job descriptions, as a trait that you must possess so you can be considered for an open position.
Something about how you must have a "strong work ethic", or something along those lines.
And then, once you are already part of the company or organization, they'd go on and on about how all employees must have a good work ethic so they can contribute to the achievement of the organization's goals.
But what is work ethic, really? Is it a personal trait that must be possessed by individuals? Or is it a standard of behavior that everyone should follow so they can actually be of use to the organization?
Let's start off with defining work ethic. There are so many definitions attached to the phrase. If we're going to use a simple definition for work ethic, we could go with the one describing it as a set of moral principles that an employee uses in the performance of his job.
Another business definition describes work ethic as "the belief in the moral benefit and importance of work and its inherent ability to strengthen character."
Basically, work ethic can refer to how you feel about your job or career, so it covers your attitude and behavior. It also pertains to how you do your job, or the responsibilities that come attached with it. The level of respect you show your co-workers and people you come into contact with at work, and how you communicate and interact with them, also defines your work ethic.
From that definition, we can also surmise that work ethic is also used to refer to key characteristics that you should have, and they include honesty, integrity, humility and accountability, among others. These traits or characteristics will dictate how you will react or do in a certain situation, or when you are faced with a particular circumstance. How you respond will reveal the kind of work ethic that you have.
Obviously, work ethic is important in defining your identity. It becomes part of who you are, and there is no doubt that a huge part of how people will view and know you will come from what they perceive to be your work ethic.
Why is it so important to have a good and strong work ethic? Ultimately, it will show the strength of your character and present you as an all-around positive person. In the workplace, this will be to your advantage. If you are looked at favorably by your co-workers and superiors, you'd have better chances at advancing your career. You'd be viewed as someone who can interact with, and even lead, other people very well. This show of leadership will increase your chances of rising up the ranks of the organization.
From the point of view of the organization, it will be to its benefit to have employees with solid work ethics, because their traits and personalities will contribute to the attainment of the vision and goals of the organization.
Work ethic, on its own, isn't going to be of any use to any organizational setup, though. If you want to become effective as a contributing member of the organization, then you should have a good and strong work ethic. Then, and only then, can you hope to be viewed and recognized favorably by your employer.
But when can you describe your work ethic to be good and strong? Several authorities named key factors, and we'll try to name all the elements that serve as a solid foundation for a strong work ethic.
Integrity should permeate every aspect of your job, from how you deal with your clients to how you treat your co-workers and your superiors. It means doing the right things, at all times, even if no one is watching, much less your boss. Its greatest impact is seen in your relationships with the people around you, which is why integrity is seen as one of the most important ingredients of Trust.
According to Robert Shaw, you can earn a certain level of trust if you are able to achieve results while demonstrating concern for others and acting with integrity the whole time. Hence, the formula:
Results + Integrity + Concern = Level of Trust
Acting with integrity, in this context, also means behaving in a consistent manner. For example, if you are part of a team, your behavior should be in tune with everyone, in accordance with a clear set of guidelines in working together toward a clear purpose.
Emphasis on Quality of Work
If you show dedication and commitment to coming up with very good results in your work, then your work ethic will definitely shine. While some employees do only the barest minimum, or what is expected of them, there are those who go beyond that.
They do more, they perform better, and they definitely go the extra mile to come up with results that surpass expectations. Clearly, these employees are those who belong to the group with a solid work ethic.
The word "professionalism" is often seen as something that is too broad or wide in scope, covering everything from your appearance to how you conduct yourself in the presence of other people.
It is so broad and seemingly all-encompassing that many even go so far as to say that professionalism equates having a solid work ethic.
Work ethic is something that emanates from within. You can tell an employee to do this and that, be like this and like that, over and over, but if they do not have enough discipline to adhere to the rules and follow through with their performance, then there is no way that they can become the productive employees that the company wants.
Discipline involves focus, dedication and determination on your part to do what you should.
Sense of Responsibility
The moment you became part of the organization and assigned tasks and duties, you have a responsibility that you must fulfill. If you have a strong work ethic, you will be concerned with ensuring that you are able to fulfill your duties and responsibilities. You will also feel inclined to do your best if you want to get the best results.
Sense of Teamwork
As an employee, you are part of an organization. You are simply one part of a whole, which means you have to work with other people. If you are unable to do so, this will put your work ethic into question.
Work ethic is also continuously shaped by relationships, specifically on how you are able to handle them in achieving goals, whether shared or individual.
It is one thing to proudly declare that you have a strong work ethic to your boss, but it is another totally different thing to convince him that you really do. In fact, bosses are not inclined to take such claims at face value, instead wanting you to convince them with actions and not just words.
So what are the things that you can do in order to convince your employer that you have a strong work ethic as you claim?
1. Put the company first.
Trying to demonstrate a good work ethic if you don't actually care about the company will be acting, and no matter how good of an actor you are, it won't be long before you are discovered. You need to actually have the good work ethic before you try to show it to the world.
And this starts with putting the company first in your thoughts and actions. Once this is done, half the battle is won.
2. Manage your time wisely.
Time management is not limited to being on time for work and meeting deadlines. It actually involves more than that.
- Be punctual. They say that punctuality is one of the first indicators of professionalism. Brett and Kate McKay pointed out several reasons why punctuality is very important. Important points were made on how punctuality strengthens and reveals your integrity while also demonstrating your level of discipline, humility and dependability. It is also one way to show your respect for others, while allowing you to build your self-confidence and always put your best foot forward. For many managers and supervisors, lack of punctuality is a deal-breaker. If a new employee is habitually tardy in coming to work, this is likely to drive them to have a low opinion of the capabilities of that employee to continue working in the company.
- Maintain a good attendance record. It's not just your punctuality and how you observe work hours that will be closely looked into. A high rate of absenteeism certainly does not bode well, even if it is unintentional or there are unavoidable circumstances, such as if you are frequently ill that you have to take days off from work. If this is the case, it is important to take up the matter with your superiors in order for both parties to come up with a solution that will benefit everyone. If there are truly unavoidable circumstances causing you to miss work, bringing it up before you are confronted shows that indeed you are concerned about the company and it makes your bosses more open to suggestions that you might have. An example would be allowing you to work remotely from home. Your bosses will know if you are taking a day off work to avoid performing a particularly rigorous or complicated task. This will not reflect positively on you, and any chance you might have of getting a raise or a promotion won't look too good.
- Observe deadlines. Between an employee who barely beats the deadline, rushing at the eleventh hour to get things done and finishing his task just as the clock hits 12, so to speak, and an employee who finishes his task well ahead of time, without any rushing and stressing out, who will be more favorable in the eyes of the supervisor? Obviously, it is the second employee.
If you are able to finish your task ahead of time, that means you are able to manage your time wisely. That will also give you ample time to make any adjustments, if necessary, since there is still some time left before the actual deadline. Better yet, you should take the initiative to set your own deadlines.
If there is a timetable provided by the company, it will be to your advantage to create your own timetable. This will enable you to prioritize better. You'll be able to avoid distractions easily, and any potential delays will be dealt with before they can actually arise.
3. Be honest.
Although the phrase may seem a bit of a cliché nowadays, there is still truth to the adage "Honesty is the best policy". The esteemed Warren Buffet said it best when he cited three qualities to look for when hiring new people: integrity, intelligence and energy. There is no way that a person can hide his dishonesty forever. Sooner or later, it will manifest itself, and that will not do your work ethic any favors.
The biggest problem that a dishonest employee will encounter is the lack or absence of trust from other people. Therefore, if you want to go far in your career, or go up the hierarchy in the organization, then you should make it a point to be honest in your dealings so that you can be trusted by your seniors and fellow colleagues.
Since we are on the topic of honesty, other things that you can do are:
- Give honest feedback. This shows that you are capable of objectivity. Managers, co-workers and even clients will value you more if you show that you are able to provide honest feedback. Sure, this may be a sensitive area, which is why you have to take extra care on your delivery of your feedback. If you are able to get your message across without openly offending anyone and igniting hostilities, then that will prove even further the strength of your work ethic.
- Own up to your mistakes. If you did something wrong, it is best to man up and own up to it, instead of denying all blame and, worse, pinning it on other people. This is a sign that you are unable and unwilling to take responsibility, a sure sign that your work ethic is less than solid.
4. Maintain a balanced and consistent performance in performing your work.
An employee with a strong work ethic is a productive employee. This productivity is seen in the pace of work and your persistence in maintaining that pace. If you can work at a fast pace, that means you'll be able to accomplish more within the limited time that you are given. You are not the type to give up just because you are exhausted or you suddenly feel lazy. You do not quit until you have completed what you have started.
As an employee or worker, your main concern is to perform your core functions, or the tasks and duties that are in your job description. Therefore, that is the first thing that you should focus on. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense if you score high in punctuality and have a perfect attendance record, but you're only churning out what is needed, instead of producing great work.
- Do quality work. Employers want employees who care about the quality of the work that they churn out, going a step above and beyond the minimum of expectations with regard to the quality of their work. An employee who is committed to quality in his own work is an employee worth keeping because, at the end of the day, his work will form part of the overall quality of the output of the organization.
- Be organized. A disorganized employee is seen as someone who may have trouble meeting deadlines and producing quality work. It's similar to how your personality is often judged by your personal hygiene. If you have dirty nails or unkempt hair, you'd be immediately judged – especially by those you are meeting for the first time – to have problems keeping things together. It's the same thing if you are disorganized, say, in how you maintain your work area. If you are working with tools and machines, leaving them lying around may even result to accidents and injuries. Being organized shows how you are able to prioritize, and will also provide an indication of how you can contribute to the achievement of the goals and objectives of the company.
- Be consistent. You have to continue working at your peak, getting the best results, even when no one is watching. Some employees, in their desire to impress their bosses, will only visibly put in more work if they know they are being watched. This is not how you demonstrate a strong work ethic. On the contrary, it will only paint you as pretentious, which is one of the worst things that can taint your work ethic.
It is "do, not say", and "act, not tell". At the end of the day, it is your output and your work that will speak the loudest volume about your work ethic. Show great results, and you'll be seen as someone with a great work ethic.
5. Always show respect.
Respectfulness is, sadly, becoming more of a rare commodity these days. But it remains to be one of the traits that supervisors are looking for to indicate whether an employee has a strong work ethic or not.
Using proper etiquette is basic for humans, which is why it is valued greatly in the workplace. Even a slightest shift away from proper etiquette can potentially destroy a relationship that has been cultivated and nurtured for a very long time.
What if you are under too much pressure? Does that not give you a bit of a leeway, so you can use it as an excuse to be rude or let your temper fly?
In the workplace, there should be no excuse to be disrespectful to other people, whether it is with a peer or a subordinate. Tight deadlines? Impossible demands from impossible clients? They're part and parcel of a regular "day at the workplace". Therefore, you should not let your temper get the better of you.
- Stay calm and poised. Good and rational decisions are harder to come by if anger is clouding your judgment. If you show that you are frazzled, this will also fluster the others, and soon you'll be dealing with a roomful of panicking and co-workers.
- Be diplomatic. Choose your words carefully, and be careful not to offend others. Even a misplaced word here and there can potentially lead to a blowout, which you'd definitely want to avoid as much as possible.
- Listen to others' opinions. Even if you might not 100% agree with them in the end, giving them time to voice out their opinions and listening to them is already a sign of respect. Besides, you may just find solutions in those opinions.
- Avoid gossiping and harmful talk about, and against, others. Idle chit-chat is unavoidable at the workplace, but there is a difference between chatting idly about this and that, and gossiping maliciously about other people. This can potentially blow up and lead to conflicts and even bigger problems. Negative talks will definitely affect teamwork if it's not avoided.
- Show fair treatment to others. If you are in a supervisory position, you might not be aware that you are favoring one worker over the others. If you are dealing with clients, you might be showing a bias toward one client while acting passively toward others. This inequity is an indication that you may have a skewed judgment, especially when it comes to dealing with bigger issues.
Demonstrate grace under pressure, and you can definitely convince your boss that you have a work ethic strong enough to merit further notice during promotions to higher positions.
6. Follow the rules.
If you can't follow even one simple rule, such as keeping your work area neat and orderly, or properly clocking in when you get to work, your boss is likely to take that as a sign that you'd find it even more difficult to keep the rules that do matter.
How can you show that you are a law-abiding employee?
- Be aware of company policies. There's bound to be an employee handbook or company manual that covers policies, rules and regulations that employees must abide by. Make it a point to read through it and know the finer points, because you certainly cannot argue ignorance if, at some point, you are called out for violating a company rule. Making the effort to learn about these policies and regulations will also put you in a positive light. Your boss will see this as a sign of commitment on your part about wanting to do good in your work while sticking to the rules.
- Follow the dress code. This is another key characteristic of professionalism. Appearance may not be all that matters in the workplace, but it DOES matter to a certain extent, regardless of the actual work that you do. Even laborers and those who are doing manual labor have a prescribed dress code that they must adhere to, not just for purposes of safety at the workplace, but also as a member of the organization. As employees and workers, they are still representatives of the organization, and if you are able to dress properly, this will reflect positively to the organization.
7. Work with others.
No matter how much you think you are better at working alone, or that you can provide more and better results if you work by yourself, the very nature of being an employee of a company means that you are merely one of the cogs in a larger machine. Therefore, you have to work with the other employees.
- Cooperate. Cooperation is very important. Even if you have personal differences in opinion with a co-worker, or you do not see eye to eye about a matter entirely separate from work, you should still be able to cooperate and work together with him. Set aside those differences, at least for the time being. Your boss will appreciate you more if you are able to prove that you can separate the personal from work and still be able to cooperate with others.
- Socialize. Yes, you read that right. Socialization is also very important. You can't be all work and serious talk all the time. Once in a while, you have to take a step back, relax, and socialize with your co-workers. This is one way to cultivate your social skills while strengthening your relationship with the other employees or members of the team.
8. Stay fit and healthy.
Believe it or not, being sound and healthy in mind and body also contributes to your work ethic. Let me explain why.
If you are healthy, you'll be able to think more clearly, so you can make better decisions and exercise better judgment when doing your work. Being healthy also ensures that you won't have a problem with your attendance record. You'd be able to report to work on time, and absenteeism won't be an issue.
In the same manner, if you are fit and healthy, you won't have problems socializing with your co-workers. You will also be in a positive mood, so tempers and frustrations will not get in the way.
Therefore, make it a point to exercise regularly. Eat your meals properly and maintain a balanced diet. Get out for some air once in a while. If you have vacation days, make the most of them, so you can rest your mind and body. If you're the type to enjoy the great outdoors and commune with nature, make it a point to do that whenever you have the opportunity to do so. This will refresh and strengthen you for when you go back to work and carry on with your tasks and responsibilities.
If you think about it, these things are not all that difficult to do. In fact, they are relatively easy. It is the execution that most people find complicated. Still, it is a fact that building and maintaining a strong work ethic is not a walk in the park. It takes a lot for a person to prove that he has one, but if you are committed and dedicated enough, then you will no doubt be able to convince your bosses that your work ethic is one of the things that make you an asset of the company.
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Only "work with others" if it will NOT be a detriment to producing quality work. Having seen countless examples of the final product being way less than the sum of its parts (I think the internet consensus was to call that "antergy," and it's WAY more common than "synergy"), here's my advice: trust no one until they deserve it.
Yeah. I mean it. Think how much you hated groupwork in school. If you didn't, you probably were one of the ones being carried by the person that actually did most of the work in the group. The workplace is no different. Your coworkers should start with zero trust from you and have to earn it. Obviously, you don't have to say it to them, but for your sake, person reading this, distrust until proven otherwise. Unless you want them to drag you down.
You'll also miss countless opportunities to learn things you wouldn't think you'd ever need to learn if you just easily hand stuff off to your coworkers. And you won't be able to check their work, either, but you'll still be culpable as part of the group when shit hits the fan. You'll come out better personally if you're a little resistant to groupwork. Until you have reason not to be...if that ever happens.
While being cautious is a sign of prudence, the degree of "no trust" as it was presented in this comment, is overly negative. Personally, I've always been the overachiever so I wasn't one of those who was carried by others, contrary to what your piece may say. That's a modern day work ethic issue that so many people are minimal workers, something they learned early in life.
You may not be in a position to be so individual about your work and could easily be mistaken for a problem employee by acting as if you're a "go-it-alone" kind of worker. You may wind up looking like you don't put the company whom you're working for first, which is what you're being paid for, to perform duties and functions essential to their business.
It's actually more advisable and better serving of your own interests while still providing excellent work ethic at the job to DOCUMENT what you do and keep track of your movements/ accomplishments on your job. It can provide for the evidence you need, should it arise, to prove what you're doing and how you're performing on the job, both essential for promotions and raises. It will also show to your job that you take an interest in tracking your own progress, which is paramount in self analysis of your own job performance.
Remember, it's not just what you do, but how you do it that determines how people view you, especially bosses and management. That can be really important in the lean times when cuts might need to be made and the difference between you keeping your job or having to find a new employer in a slim pickings market.
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