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The State of Montana created a virtual tool to support state and local practitioners of energy savings performance contracting (ESPC) in the face of limited budget and staff. The resource is available in two formats: as an online interactive guide and in a downloadable and fully customizable document.
The online ESPC Virtual Technical Assistant walks users through the steps of developing and implementing an ESPC project in five phases. The tool includes detailed step-by-step instructions, links to resources needed during the ESPC process, and advice for when users should consult the office responsible for ESPC technical assistance in their jurisdiction (or other experts as needed).
The document version of the Virtual Technical Assistant is intended for download, customization, and programming on state and local government ESPC program websites to provide interactive and location-specific assistance for ESPC project owners. | https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/solutions-at-a-glance/state-montanas-virtual-tool-energy-savings-performance-contracting |
Essen Matlab Homework Help
Matlab is an open-source programming language that has the ability to assist with all sorts of tasks that might be required to be performed within a scientific or engineering experiment. Due to the fact that this particular programming language can be used for a number of different purposes, it is possible that some individuals may not have any knowledge at all about its capabilities and use it incorrectly. This is why it is so important to acquire the appropriate assistance when dealing with any kind of project, be they related to mathematics, statistics, or science.
One of the best places to get help with Matlab assignments is to work with a professional. This person should be able to provide guidance throughout the entire process as well as any sort of problem that might come up during the course of the assignment. In addition to being able to provide guidance, this person will also be able to give specific advice on how to make the assignment much easier.
When a person needs help with a particular task, it is always best to ask for help with a step-by-step procedure. This way, the individual will be able to understand exactly what they need to do in order to complete their assignment in the most effective manner possible. However, one of the problems that may arise in Matlab assignments is that certain steps may be difficult to follow and a step may not necessarily need to be followed every single time.
Matlab is a very complex tool. Because of this, there is always the risk of a person making the mistake of trying to do a certain thing without having an understanding of what it entails. Because of this, a person who is working on a project that might involve this particular program may need to have someone around who is experienced in working with it.
Another great place to obtain assistance with Matlab assignments is to find a person who is trained in using this program. This person will be able to provide assistance whenever there are questions or concerns that might arise. Because Matlab is such a complicated program, there is always a great risk of an individual making a mistake or making a decision that they will later regret.
The best way to gain assistance with Matlab assignments is to learn more about the program before using it on a project. There are a lot of people who use this particular program but because it is a complicated program, there are often times that the person using the program will be unable to determine how to use it properly. Once a person becomes familiar with the various options and features that are available, then they will be in a position to be able to use the program properly and create a proper report in the best possible manner.
Another great resource that a person may be able to gain help with is to consult with a Matlab expert. These experts are individuals who understand Matlab and have spent time working with the program. They will be able to guide a person in the proper direction and ensure that all of the necessary steps are taken to make the most of the program.
When a person is looking for help with Matlab assignments, these two resources can help make the entire process a lot easier. By consulting with someone who has worked with this programming language before, they can quickly understand how to work with it properly and make sure that the project is completed in the best possible manner. They will be able to give guidance and help when there are questions or concerns that arise and the job will be completed in an effective manner.
Essen Matlab Project Help
If you have been stuck in a dead end job and need some matlab assignment help from someone who knows what they are doing, then you should look no further than the web. Here is a list of some great sites that will be able to show you where to get your hands on some real good matlab assignments.
o The University of Manchester provides many different people for matlab assignment help. The main department at the university is the Mathematics department and you can get some great matlab assignments from them. The matlab software that they provide is much more up to date than most of the other people that you will find that will be available to you.
o The University of Toronto has a great department that is devoted to helping you with all kinds of matlab projects. You will find that their help will help you with all kinds of things, including your matlab assignments.
o One of the best places to find matlab help is the Matlab Forum. The people there will know if you are having trouble or are stuck and they will give you some great advice that you will not find anywhere else.
o The University of Chicago has a great place to get matlab help. You can get some great help here and you will be able to find everything that you need to help you understand the matlab program.
o The University of California Los Angeles is known for its matlab research. This department provides the best help for your matlab project.
o The University of Washington has a great place that will give you great help and advice. You will find that you can find a great deal of information on their website.
These are just a few of the places that you will find great matlab help. If you want some help and advice on your matlab project, you will want to take a look at all of the great sites and help out at one of these great places.
The best place to start looking for help will be the internet and you will find that there are a great amount of resources that are available. Once you get into the proper frame of mind to figure out what is going on with your matlab project, you will see that it becomes much easier to figure out how to figure things out for yourself.
If you have never used matlab before, you will want to take some time and learn how to use it. If you have used it for a little while and are still having problems, you may want to consider getting some help from an expert.
If you are not sure about how to do something on your own, it is best to get some help. It is always better to figure out how to do something right from the beginning and get a lot of help with it.
You should make sure that you take your time when you are learning and do your homework and get a little bit of help. You should not rush through anything.
You will get better at doing things if you learn slowly. When you are able to learn this way, you will have a much better chance to do well in life and be able to do what you want to do in life as a whole.
There are many people out there that are very good at helping people with matlab help and if you take the time to find someone that has experience in matlab and has been there, you will be better off in the long run. You will also be able to help others a lot better.
Essen Matlab Assignment Help
Matlab Assignment Helps in Essen is available online to students who need help in solving problems and solving assignments. It offers tips on how to use Matlab efficiently and how to use the application tools and the other modules effectively. The guide is also available for students who want to use Matlab for more complex work like scientific computing.
To download the complete Matlab assignment help in Essen you have to sign up to the free service. You will be given the help of a tutor. The tutor will take your queries and questions and answer them. The tutor will also give you hints on how to solve problems and solve homework in Matlab efficiently.
The Matlab guide includes lots of other tutorials that are meant for students who cannot afford to pay the fee. There are even some lessons that are meant for first time users who are trying to learn Matlab. Other tutorials include topics like using the user interface, solving simple mathematical problems, using functions in Matlab, solving linear equations in Matlab, solving quadratic equations in Matlab, using the grid method and using functions and matrices in Matlab. The tutorials provide a quick overview of the different areas in Matlab.
In the tutorials you can find many useful tips on how to work in Matlab and in this way you can become a better Matlab user. When you start working with Matlab you should always keep a notebook by your side. This notebook can store all the data and information that you get from Matlab. It can also hold notes that you make and revise on your own.
This notebook is very useful as it can be used for keeping information and tips on useful application. It is also very handy when you are working on an assignment and you do not have a notebook at your disposal. One of the places where you can get the best Matlab assignment help is the Matlab Forum. The forum is maintained by the Matlab Users Group. The users of the forum have come up with their own ways and means of making their questions and topics visible to other people who need the same.
The Matlab Forum also provides links to other useful resources which can be used by students who want to learn Matlab more efficiently. There are also blogs posted by the Matlab users that give useful information on how to work with Matlab in Essen. You can also access the FAQ and other useful links posted by people on the forum if you want to know more about Matlab.
There are also forums that cater to people who want to share their experience and knowledge on Matlab. This is useful if you need to ask an individual question. These forums are maintained by people who have experience in using the applications. They provide answers to all your questions. Most of the people posting on these forums are Matlab users and have given a lot of valuable information to their fellow users.
The website of Matlab Users Group is another place where you can get help in solving problems in Matlab. On this website, there are links to different tutorials and even answers to your questions about how to use Matlab properly.
The website of the Matlab Users Group is the best place to go when you want to learn more about Matlab. It has been able to provide its users with all sorts of useful help on the software application. There is also a section on the website dedicated to helping the new Matlab users.
All you need to do in order to find answers to all your questions about how to use Matlab in Essen is to simply type in your query into the search engine provided on the homepage of the website. This will provide you with many links. on how to solve different problems.
There are many useful resources that you can access from the website of the Matlab Users Group website. Some of these resources can be downloaded for free, while others will require you to pay a certain amount. | https://www.matlabhelponline.com/essen-matlab-homework-help |
The resources below provide guidance for specific transactions and activities that you may undertake on behalf of the MFA.
Launch a Browser Session
Keep in mind that whenever you are using your MFA computer, your browser stores your MFA Microsoft credentials. So when you try to connect with GWU, the browser thinks you are trying to connect with your MFA account. To prevent this from happening you must open a NEW IN PRIVATE WINDOW (with Edge), or a NEW INCOGNITO WINDOW (with Chrome.)
How to Forward Gmail to Another Account
The following guide will provide instructions for automatically forwarding emails that arrive in your GWMail inbox and send them to another account of your choosing. This is useful, for example, in cases where a person is both a Student and Employee and wishes to only manage one GWmail Inbox, instead of each individually.
- From your web browser log into your GWmail account (The one you wish to forward emails FROM)
- In the upper right of your Inbox, click the Settings gear button and then Settings from the menu.
- Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab along the top.
- From the "Forwarding" section, click Add a forwarding address.
- Enter the email address you wish to forward messages to. Please note, if you are sending to another GWMail account that you own, you will need to enter the full email routing address. Student and Alumni accounts are designated [email protected], Employee accounts are designated [email protected].
- Click Next and then Proceed then lastly OK.
- A verification message will be sent to the address you added for forwarding. Click the verification link in that email.
- Go back to the settings page for the Gmail account you want to forward messages FROM, and refresh the page.
- Select "Forward a copy of incoming mail to".
- Choose your preferred option of what you want to happen with the copy of your emails.
- At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.
Here is a Google Knowledge article that covers the email forwarding process in further detail.
Forms, Guidelines, & Tax Documents
MFA P2P Steps to Access iBuy+ Concur
Connecting to EAS
P2P Who to Call
Introduction to MFA Procure-to-Pay Training
Welcome to Gatekeeper
- Tax Exemption Documents
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- Concur-Related Forms
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The following forms are now setup in the Concur product called "Request". The iBuy+ website contains complete details.
- Animal Procurement
- Gift Card Request
- PCard Application
- Materials Management Stores Order
- Non-Standard Access in Concur
Note: Use solely for additional access within Concur. Not for initial access to Concur.
- Use the Stop Payment and Electronic Payment Recall Request to request a stop payment on a paper check or to recall an electronic payment.
- Doing Business with the MFA including Supplier Documentation
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- 1099 Miscellaneous Income forms can be sent electronically and securely to a designated email address. Electronic delivery offers several benefits. You will receive the form in a timely and secure manner. Therefore, the risks, such as loss, associated with paper delivery are avoided. In addition, valuable resources such as trees that are used to make forms and envelopes are saved. We hope you will join us in promoting timely and secure delivery of your form as well as partner with us to help protect the environment. If you are interested in receiving the forms electronically, please send the completed Electronic 1099 Delivery Consent Form to [email protected]. The form must be downloaded and opened on the desktop before completion, and signed electronically or printed and signed manually before submission.
- ACH/Electronic Payments Authorization (Direct Deposit)
- MFA Standard Purchase Order Terms and Conditions
- iSupplyMFA Existing Supplier Training and Navigation
- iSupplyMFA New Supplier Training and Navigation
- iSupplyMFA Supplier Registration Handbook
- iSupplyMFA Terms and Conditions
- Supplier Registration Form_English; other translations of the Supplier Registration Form are available in French, Spanish, German, Vietnamese, Amharic, and Arabic
- W-8BEN IRS
- W-8BEN-E IRS
- W-9 IRS
- Worker Classification: Each individual service provider (“worker”) must be properly classified as an employee or independent contractor in accordance with federal and state tax and employment laws. Departments that engage workers must submit the required documentation for determination of each worker's status before any services are performed or payment requests are processed. The form needs to be filled out by internal MFA departments. The worker should not fill out the form nor should a copy be shared with the worker.
- MFA to GWU Mapping - Cost Center and Account
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The MFA Cost Center and Account to EAS Mapping workbook provides a mapping from MFA cost centers and account numbers to the values to be entered into the EAS P2P system.
- The 6-digit Oracle cost center determines which budget will be charged for a particular transaction. It is used in lieu of Project/Task/Award for Sponsored Research purchases. Note that there is a unique alias for every PTA. Alias is not the same as Org or Organization Code.
- A valid 5-digit Oracle General Ledger account must be assigned to every purchasing transaction. An account is a financial code assigned to identify the type of goods or services that have been purchased.
- Payables Overview, Guidelines, & Forms
- Please review the Payables Overview and the additional guidelines provided for helpful information in regards to what MFA Payables needs from the departments for quick, effective processing. The Quick Reference Guide for the iBuy+ Invoice system (also known as Concur Invoice) automates invoice processing. This user-friendly system helps simplify and streamlines the processes for invoice submissions, approvals, payment status determination, and reporting. A Concur Invoice Training Session Recording is available as a resource.
Forms
- Departmental Correction Forms are internal forms required to make corrections to grants-related only invoices and payments previously recorded. These forms are used to correct the expense account or department originally charged with the expenditure.
- The Electronic Funds Disbursement Request Form is used to wire funds to suppliers being paid in foreign currency or, as an exception with a valid business justification, wire funds to domestic suppliers. There are instructions for how to complete the Electronic Funds Disbursement Request Form. Please note: the fields of Region and Type of Activity are required for international payments. In addition, a bank source document is required with supporting documentation. A bank source document is a document that supports the bank information provided on the request. Examples are: a letter from the supplier's bank with the account information, or an invoice with the account information, or a letter from the supplier with the bank account information. Note: For international wires with US corresponding bank, the source document should include the US corresponding bank account information in order for the payment to be accurately routed.
- The Honorarium Recipient Form is used to register and pay honorarium Recipients. An honorarium is a one-time nominal payment made to an individual (not a corporation, business or partnership) who is not an employee, student employee, or a student of the MFA, for a special and non-recurring activity or event with a short duration for which a fee is not legally or customarily required and which fixed business price has not been set. Refer to the guidance document for more information on using an honorarium. Detailed guidance for honorariums is available. Please note: Whether you are submitting a new or existing supplier for an honorarium, if sponsored projects needs to approve that should be done prior to sending the form to MFA Payables.
- The Recurring Payment Form is to provide the information required to create a recurring payment in EAS to a commercial supplier who is a contracted partner with the MFA. Payment must be the same recurring amount through the fiscal year. Recurring payments have a duration of one fiscal year. Therefore, multiple year recurring payments will require the completion of this form three weeks prior to the beginning of the next fiscal year. Each form should be accompanied by the contract or other viable documentation to clearly identify the commercial supplier and payment information. Send the completed and approved form to MFA Payables at [email protected].
- The benefits of establishing a recurring payment for a commercial supplier include:
- Annual setup if the contract is multi-year. No invoices are required.
- Payments will be disbursed on the payment interval specified on the form: bi-weekly, monthly, or quarterly. No more late payments.
- The benefits of establishing a recurring payment for a commercial supplier include:
Guidelines
- MFA Payables uses these payment methods, listed in order of preference, to remit payment to the its suppliers. Payments are issued on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
- Payables Frequently Asked Questions provide on information on expense reimbursements and stop payments as well as general payment information. Specific information on Payment Terms and Fraudulent Check Inquiries is also available.
- Paying a Bill provides guidance for specific transactions and activities that you may undertake on behalf of the MFA.
- PCard Guidelines & Forms
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- PCard Applications are now processed through Concur Request. See iBuy+ Request for detailed instructions
- Missing Receipt Acknowledgement and Approval Form (preferred method and instructions)
- Procurement Guidelines & Forms
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Forms
- Justification and Approval Form for Federal Contracts
- Requirements Document
- Supplier Selection Memo
- Liquidation Request Form Download, complete, and submit by email to [email protected].
- Requisition Approval Workflow Document you must submit when you want a new EAS workflow created (for example, when a new organization code is established), or when you want changes made to an existing EAS workflow (new personnel, new dollar thresholds). The document should be submitted as an attachment to a GW IT help desk ticket with the subject line EAS requisition workflow change.
- Business Associate Agreement
Guidelines
- The Contract Process Guide is intended as a reference to assist MFA employees in better understanding the processes and procedures associated with contracts and business transactions.
- The PCard website provides basic guidance and information for the MFA’s Procurement Card (PCard) Program. The website identifies what can be purchased with a P-Card and who can use the PCard.
- The Procurement Manual is designed for MFA staff and faculty involved in requesting, ordering, receiving, and/or paying for goods or services needed by departments. It contains a Procurement Guidelines Matrix which lists threshold values for purchases and the actions required based on the funding source.
- Purchase Requisitions are submitted to Procurement to indicate a request for a payment to a select supplier. Step-by-step training documentation has been developed by the Financial Systems & Solutions team and can be reviewed by users to know how to create and submit a purchase requisition. Recordings of training videos for Creating Requisitions in Oracle (EAS), Reporting and Encumbrance Releases in Oracle (EAS), and Requisitioning on Grants and Reporting in Oracle (EAS) are also available.
- RFP Evaluating Criteria Planning
- RFP Planning Glossary
- Creating and Maintaining Blanket Purchase Order Requisitions
- Informal Bid / Quote Solicitation Procedure
- Travel and Expense Forms & Guidelines
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All MFA employees submit requests for Travel Advances and/or Reimbursements through the iBuy+ Expense Reporting system. Student use is limited to reimbursements.
- Expense Reporting Training
- Travel, Entertainment, and Business Expense Reimbursement Manual
- Hotel and Conferencing Requirements Document
- The Missing Receipt Acknowledgement and Approval form is to be uploaded as the receipt if an itemized receipt is missing from a Concur report being submitted by a delegate. Employees submitting reports should use the missing receipt affidavit within Concur. It is not intended to replace a missing/lost receipt on a consistent basis. Lost/missing receipts should be infrequent and unusual, as receipts can be reprinted or easily requested (i.e., hotels, catering, restaurants if the date is provided) and should generally be for small dollar amounts. | https://p2p.gwdocs.org/procure-pay-resources |
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The National Science Foundation featured a story on a new study by researchers from Cornell and Washington State University, including co-author Jennifer Adam on the impacts of climate change on farming.
Events
Tuesday, July 21 @6:10 PM
Teaching from a Distance: Assessing Students
In this training, we will cover effective ways to assess student learning in your online course space.
Mondays, July 27 @3:10 PM
Blackboard Learn: Tests and Quizzes
This training will provide a review of Blackboards’ full array of powerful question formats and setting options that allow you to precisely control and manage delivery of online assessments.
Wednesday, July 29 @10:10 AM
Blackboard Learn: Grade Center
We’ll explain different setup options, show how to grade and comment on student work, and demonstrate how to use the electronic rubric.
More AOI Learning Initiative Workshops
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Include Your Event
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Center Spotlight
WSU-PNNL Advanced Grid Institute
The WSU –PNNL Advanced Grid Institute is a joint research collaboration of Washington State University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to create and implement a national-scale simulation platform and data framework to enable advanced grid controls and operations for complex power systems of the future.
Opportunities
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) now scheduled for Aug. 4
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for more WSU applications, including Office 365, Blackboard, Adobe, Cougar Card, and others, is scheduled for implementation the evening of Aug. 4.
WSU Research Commercialization Gap Fund Letter of Intent due July 24
The application process is now open for the FY2021 Commercialization Gap Fund (GCF). The CGF awards researchers up to $40,000, with a maximum of $2,000 allocated towards business development activities, to those that demonstrate that their innovation(s) have the ability to make an economic impact in our society.
Crimson Spirit Award
Have you noticed a WSU employee going out of their way to help a colleague or customer? Nominate them for the Crimson Spirit award to recognize their excellent service. Submit a nomination.
Be Safe Cougs
Disinfectants now available for departments from University Stores
University Stores is now distributing disinfectants to departments in need at no cost as Washington State University prepares for the start of the fall semester.
Daily Coug Connect at 10 a.m.
Experts system-wide present 5-30 minute Zoom sessions for WSU employees.
Health and Wellbeing Resources
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available to offer emotional support during this stressful period. You may contact EAP by calling 1-877-313-4455 or visiting the EAP website.
WSU is committed to supporting your overall health and wellbeing. Visit the Wellcoug website for more information and resources to offer support, manage stress and enhance your resilience.
WSU COVID-19 Information
WSU COVID19-related info is available on WSU’s website. | https://vcea.wsu.edu/faculty-staff/2020/07/21/voiland-college-this-week-111/ |
About HowTosEdit on GitHub
HowTos are simple step-by-step instructions to guide you through the process of performing a single task. There are three types of HowTos: Feature HowTos, Glue API HowTos and miscellaneous HowTos for developers.
Feature HowTos can be useful for shop owners, administrators and developers as they explain how to perform tasks related to Spryker features. Specifically, this section contains the following guides:
Glue API HowTos provide guides and instructions for tasks related to Spryker Glue Rest API. These guides will work you through the following topics:
Providing your customers with security, personalized content, and other things that are usually taken for granted by your shop users, may turn out to be challenging for your developers. This is when miscellaneous HowTos for developers come in handy. These guides will navigate you through the process of setting up HTTPS, providing the MVP project structure, setting up the project with MySQL database, along with other useful tutorials on similar subjects.
With these guides you will learn how to:
Thank you! | https://docs.spryker.com/docs/scos/dev/tutorials-and-howtos/howtos/about-howtos.html |
How do universities support researchers in handling research data? We provide an insight into what information, services and self-study courses universities provide for their researchers.
Tutorials are intended to support researchers in research data management.
We have looked at the services, materials, guidelines, self-study courses and the like that universities offer their researchers. In this blog post, we present a selection of universities in Germany, Great Britain and the US that provide particularly extensive research data options.
The Competence Centre for Research Data at the University of Heidelberg offers services for archiving and publishing research data. The services support the various stages of the research process: project planning and data management, data processing in the project as well as archiving and publication.
The Service Center Research Data is the result of a joint effort between the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) and the Centre for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH) of the TU Dresden, the law faculty’s Institute of Intellectual Property, Competition and Media Law (IGEWeM) and the officers for IT security and data protection. The contact point provides information on the basics of research data management, helpful links and comprehensive advice on managing research data as well as services and tools for its users.
Research data management support for scientists at the University of Stuttgart is also provided by the University Library Stuttgart. It is subdivided into the tasks “Plan”, “Save” and “Share or Publish”, and you will find instructions for writing a data management plan, finding suitable data repositories and more.
The University Library of the University of Kaiserslautern offers its researchers information in the following categories: searching for research data, publishing research data as well as funding applications and research data management.
Basic information on research data management, consulting, a course programme and extensive materials and downloads are available from Leibniz University Hannover. Worksheets on the challenges of research data management (and more) are also included.
At the University of Münster Research Data Management Service Point, you will find information on guidelines and instructions for researchers as well as helpful links and references for further reading.
The Research Data Management Services of the Pennsylvania State University Libraries also provide comprehensive information and work materials for their researchers.
The University of Leicester offers its researchers informative materials. These included a step-by-step guide called “Data Planning & Management – What you need to do” and a checklist titled “What would you do if you lost your research data tomorrow?”.
A very comprehensive range of information and self-learning materials is available from the Research Data Service at the University of Bristol; it is part of the library. It includes information on writing a research data management plan, storing and using research data, sharing research data, managing research software and how to handle sensitive data. Interactive Bootcamp tutorials are also available. In addition to the opening tutorial called “Introduction to research data”, these interactive Bootcamp tutorials cover topics such as “Commercialising research data” and “Sensitive research data”.
Compiled on a single website, the University of Portsmouth Library provides a wealth of information for researchers on “Research data: life cycle and archiving”.
“What is research data management” is the title of a guide that is offered by the University of York Library. Good research data management is clearly explained in three steps: before the project, during the project and at the end of the project. A “101 RDM Tutorial” is also available exclusively for university members.
Danke für den Überblick! Möglicherweise sind die Unis aus der Sicht der Forschenden gar nicht die primäre Anlaufstelle hinsichtlich FDM – auch wenn sie sich gerne in dieser Rolle sehen -, sondern eher Forschungsinstitute, Datenzentren und fachlich strukturierte Repositorien?! | https://www.zbw-mediatalk.eu/2018/08/how-do-universities-support-research-data-management/ |
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In this module, I overview how to use American FactFinder in a high school Social Studies classroom and include examples of how teachers have implemented this database into their teaching.
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American FactFinder is a great tool for researching demographic and economic information about the United States and its regions, states, and districts. It includes a wealth of information from the most recent as well as past U.S. Census Bureau data. This type of resource would be extremely useful for research in Geography, U.S. Government, Economics, or even U.S. History courses, though probably more for a high school level. American FactFinder could be used by either students trying to find information for a research project, or teachers trying to find Census data or maps to demonstrate specific points or topics in class. In addition to providing a seemingly endless amount of data tables and statistics, this resource also allows users to make some data visual in the form of maps via the "Create a Map" option to engage visual learners.
This website is very simple and easy to use, but there are many features that users may be unaware of that are particularly useful. For example, the Quick Search is an easy way to get started on finding particular U.S. Census information, but there are also opportunities to create your own maps of information and ways to do specific searches on topics, geographies, population groups, and industry codes. These are all features of this resource many users could easily miss. There are video tutorials for each of these features on the website, with a transcript of the video below in case a user would rather read the instructions.
Video Tutorials of Features
Quick Search: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/quickstart.html
Create a Map: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/create_map.html
Topic Search: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/topic_search.html
Search Using Geographies, Population Groups, or Industry Codes: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/geographies.html
Quick Search
The Quick Search tool is very easy to use. It is located on the front page of the website, and users will simply type in their topic of interest and can add any specific geographic region they may be interested in. As the user types, search suggestions will come up, which the user may or may not click on.
After completing the initial search, there are ways to modify the search results so the user can find precisely what he or she is looking for. For information, see the video tutorial on working with search results: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/search_results.html
Create a Map
Creating a map is a resource many users will probably be unaware of, but it is a useful resource nonetheless. Once a user finds a data table that corresponds with geographic regions, it may be possible to create a map for the table to see the information visually. To create a map, simply click on the "Create a Map" link on the "Actions" bar. The user will be prompted to select a data value in the table to map. Finally, click "Show Map" when prompted, and the map will be generated along the user's particular theme and geography.
Example 1: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752159
This lesson was designed for middle school students to acquaint them with using the American FactFinder tool and to help them research the American Samoa region. It was designed for a Civics and Government class. The teacher provided step-by-step instructions for students to create a "Custom Table" that compared statistics such as population by age, sex, and ethnic origin, statistics about income and transportation options, and even school enrollment and employment status in the American Samoa region. Once students were able to explore American FactFinder's features, they were required to apply their skills to complete a worksheet that forced them to compare specific data. Finally, students came together to share their conclusions about comparisons between the counties in American Samoa and had to explain why they were the same or different. In this lesson, American FactFinder was used almost as the sole resource for statistical information to look up targeted information. In fact, one of the objectives of the lesson was to have students become acquainted with American FactFinder since it is such a powerful research tool. The teacher also offered extra challenges for older or more skilled students: creating a thematic map based on data. For students without classroom computer access, the teacher suggested printing out some simple data for the students to create simple bar or pie graphs.
Example 2: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g68/humanmigration.html
This is another example of a lesson plan designed for middle school students, grades 6-8, for subjects of geography, demography, or history. The lesson focuses on illustrating the concept of human migration, and it is titled "Human Migration: The Story of the Cultural Landscape." In this lesson, students use a variety of websites and resources to work with statistical data and maps illustrating the concept of human migration. The lesson offers step-by-step instructions for students to search on the "Fact Sheet" on American FactFinder to compare local and state data for their local area. It also suggests printing thematic maps and/or having students create their own maps using another technological resource, the Mapmaking Guide. Using the statistical and map data from American FactFinder, students are asked to answer a variety of questions about migration patterns in the state and local area and how they compare to each other and to the patterns in the U.S. overall. In this lesson, American FactFinder is being used as a powerful research tool in a limited and controlled way for students to explore data to answer specific questions. The lesson utilizes both the statistical data and the mapmaking capabilities of American FactFinder.
Example 3: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/making-sense-of-the-census-ideas-for-classes-across-the-curriculum/
This example is designed for all secondary level students, though it seems more appropriate for high school students. This lesson is designed for civics courses, and its purpose is to familiarize students with the U.S. Census and using Census statistical information. Students work with several statistical databases to look at immigration patterns across regions in the U.S., including the New York Times' interactive graphic Immigration Explorer. American FactFinder is used at one point in the lesson to work with historical U.S. Census data on American FactFinder's Population Finder. Students use this resource to compare the nation's population trends to those of their state, county, and town over the past decade, and they plot this data on a chart. Again, American FactFinder is used in a targeted way for students to engage in statistics-based research. This lesson, though, utilizes American FactFinder's ability to compare historical data, not just recent U.S. Census data.
Example 4: http://mage.geog.macalester.edu/mngeog/CitiesMAGElessons/DLFactFinder/AmericanFinderDaveL.pdf
This example is designed for secondary level students in geography or even math classes. The purpose of the lesson was to have students understand spatial patterns of immigrants in North American cities, the demographic characteristic of immigrant neighborhoods, and how to make maps using American FactFinder. Again, this lesson featured American FactFinder as its primary tool. The teacher had students choose from a list of U.S. cities to investigate specific themes of their choice. It has students create thematic maps based on their chosen theme for their city and had students then compare data between blocks and districts within the city. After this, students put their statistical data into Microsoft Excel and ran a correlational analysis to compare districts. Once again, the teacher used American FactFinder as a powerful research tool in a very focused way, and it was used directly by students to complete specific tasks.
Pros
American FactFinder has many great qualities as a technological resource for secondary teachers of geography, civics, government, or even history classes. First, it offers a tremendous amount of statistical knowledge of economic and demographic data. This makes it a powerful research tool, as illustrated in almost all examples. Its breadth of knowledge available on U.S. demographic information since 1990 is unrivaled. Second, American FactFinder is a very simple and easy tool to use, especially since it offers tutorials directly on the site on how to use its features. This means students themselves can often work with the data, though teacher direction will usually be required. Third, American FactFinder not only offers a vast amount of statistical information, but it has a useful ability to make numbers more visual with its "Create a Map" and thematic mapping features. This will greatly aid visual learners to see and understand the concept if numbers are not getting the concept across, and it could be useful for PowerPoint presentations to include specific visuals to get a point across during a lecture. Many of the examples, specifically Examples 2 and 4, used American FactFinder's ability to create thematic maps from specific data in student activities.
ConsWhile American FactFinder has many great qualities, it, like everything, has some limitations. One of the problems that could arise is related to one of the pros, the vast amount of knowledge. Without specific instructions or teacher direction, students could easily get lost in the numbers and have difficulty finding the specific information they need since there is so much information available. This was evident in all the examples, since teachers had to lay out very explicit and specific instructions in each lesson plan on how to direct students to the proper information. Another potential limitation is that its abilities for historic information are limited, since it only goes back to 1990 Census information. Other resources, however, can provide older data to compare to more contemporary data available on American FactFinder. Example 2 exemplified the strategy of using multiple technological resources to accompany American FactFinder. Finally, while American FactFinder has mapmaking abilities, be warned, it only creates maps for certain data tables. Not every data table will have the "Create a Map" option.
After weighing the pros and cons and looking at specific examples, here are a couple of suggestions that will help teachers use American FactFinder in a geography, government, civics, or even history classroom.
Research Activities
This resource is great for student-centered research activities, as shown in each of the examples. Its great amount of knowledge and user-friendly quality make it great for student activities. Certainly, the amount of knowledge on virtually any demographic theme or topic makes it a very powerful research tool for research assignments.
Visual and Mapping Ability
While it's great to look at the numbers and weigh statistical information, some students will not be very engaged by data tables. For visual learners and probably all students in general, the mapmaking and reference maps available on American FactFinder are extremely effective at making the information visual and understandable. The "Create a Map" function and the thematic mapping were used in Examples 1, 2, and 4, and they were powerful compliments to the assignments. The mapping capabilities are highly recommended for use since they are easy to create and very effective.
Teacher Direction
American FactFinder is certainly a great research tool because of its extensive information, but as mentioned before, this can become a drawback. Students may find themselves lost in the long lists of data tables for the seemingly endless list of geographic regions. Therefore, teachers need to offer very explicit step-by-step instructions, as seen in each of the examples. Using assignments that target specific themes or demographic information can be useful, as well as limiting the geographic regions students may research. Assignments can also help keep students on task and directed toward their research instead of becoming distracted by the mapmaking and numerous other features American FactFinder offers. While American FactFinder is a great tool for student activities and research, teacher direction is definitely required for this resource.
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In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Adrian Giordani reports on progress in quantum computing and carbon nanotubes, but finds their commercial application still lies some way in the future.
The fastest supercomputers are built with the fastest microprocessor chips, which in turn are built upon the fastest switching technology. But, even the best semiconductors are reaching their limits as more is demanded of them. In the closing months of this year, came news of several developments that could break through silicon’s performance barrier and herald an age of smaller, faster, lower-power chips. It is possible that they could be commercially viable in the next few years.
In December, Google and Nasa announced that for problems involving nearly 1,000 binary variables, ‘quantum annealing’ significantly outperforms a classical computer – more than 108 times faster than simulated annealing running on a single core computer. The researchers think they’ve found a quantum algorithm that solves certain problems 100 million times faster than conventional processes on a PC.
In the journal Science, published in October, IBM researchers announced they had made the first carbon nanotube transistors that don’t suffer from reduced performance when made reduced in size, thus making the scaling down of chips easier. Another team published in Nature that they had created a quantum logic gate in silicon for the first time, making calculations between two quantum bits of information possible, and a silicon-based quantum computer an achievable reality.
Both results represent milestone scientific achievements and are highly complementary, said Möttönen Mikko, leader of quantum computing and the devices lab at Aalto University, Finland, and professor in quantum computing at the University of Jyväskylä. Mikko was not involved in either research project, and so is in a position to be an impartial commentator.
Beyond silicon?
In the search for speedier processors, material scientists are looking for ways to improve upon Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology. Silicon-based chip performance will eventually bottleneck, in part due to overheating, as they are shrunk to their physical limits.
With the best of today’s technology, a 100 Petaflop machine that runs at 30 per cent computational efficiency would have the same compute power, but about one tenth the energy cost of a proposed Exascale machine, as reported in The new realism: software runs slowly on supercomputers (SCW August/September 2015 page 20).
In July 2015, US President Barack Obama signed an executive order, to encourage faster development of the first Exaflop supercomputer, called the National Strategic Computing Initiative. But without innovation, the power requirements of the first Exascale supercomputer – to find new medicines or solve climate change simulations – become astronomical both in cost and real terms.
Today the most efficient system needs about one to two Megawatts per Petaflop. One estimate has an Exascale computer sucking up 40 Megawatts – enough power for a small town of 50,000 people.
Commercial enterprises are investing a lot in innovation. IBM Research in the US plans to replace traditional silicon by investing $3 billion in chip R&D technologies, which includes carbon nanotubes. These are single atomic sheets of carbon rolled up into a tube. Electrons in carbon transistors can move better than in silicon.
Carbon nanotubes
This October, a team of IBM scientists created a new way to shrink transistor ‘contacts’ of carbon nanotube devices, without reducing performance. This was done with a microscopic welding technique that chemically binds metal atoms to the carbon atoms at the ends of nanotubes.
With this, contact resistance challenges could be overcome down to a 1.8 nanometre node. This means carbon nanotube-based semiconductors will result in smaller chips with greater performance and lower power consumption.
Contacts inside a chip are valves that control the flow of electrons from metal into the semiconductor’s channels. As transistors shrink, electrical resistance increases within the contacts, impeding performance. Some estimates are that the performance of carbon nanotubes will be five to 10 times better than silicon circuits.
But the death of silicon has been predicted many times in the past. Gallium arsenide, for example, was once touted as a better replacement. But silicon is abundant and cheap to process. In addition, a silicon crystal has a very stable structure, can be grown to very large diameter boules and processed with very good yields. It is also a fairly good thermal conductor, thus enabling very dense packing of transistors that need to get rid of their heat of operation. Finally, there is a vast amount of production plant already installed and dedicated to making processors out of silicon, yielding huge economies of scale to the silicon industry. “For this new technology to become commercially viable, it has to beat the current transistor, the development of which has been given decades and billions – if not trillions – of euros,” said Mikko.
Quantum computing
So, instead of some exotic material such as carbon nanotubes, an alternative path could be radical innovation in silicon technology. In Australia, researchers have created the first two-quantum bit (qubit) logic gate within silicon, which may unlock scalable quantum computers sooner.
Principal investigator professor Andrew Dzurak, based at the University of New South Wales in Australia (UNSW), and his team found that qubits were able to influence each other directly, as a logic gate, when performing calculations using the mechanics of subatomic particles.
Like a compass, the magnetic field of an electron dictates the binary code of ‘0’ or ‘1’. In a quantum system, particles can exist in two states simultaneously too – a superposition. A two-qubit system can perform simultaneous operations on four values, and a three-qubit system on eight values, etc.
The team morphed their silicon transistors into quantum bits by ensuring that each one had only one electron associated with it. Then they stored the binary code on the spin of the electron.
‘These two research directions have rather different strategies,’ said Benjamin Huard a CNRS researcher heading the quantum electronics group at the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris, France. Huard, too, is in a position to act as impartial commentator. “The UNSW team… shows that spins in silicon constitute promising candidates. Comparatively, the IBM discovery is more incremental, since it can readily be applied to usual computers if the technology is pushed to its limits.”
Time for development
However, it may take at least a decade before a commercial qubit chip could be ready, even if all goes well. ‘We are aiming to have a prototype chip that demonstrates the manufacturing pathway ready in five years. I think it will be very challenging to have a commercially available processor chip ready within 10 years,’ said Dzurak. The Australian team has just patented its design for a full-scale quantum computer chip of millions of qubits. The engineering programme to scale this technology from chip to a supercomputer-scale system has just begun. ‘If we could do it in less than 15 years, I’d be a very happy man. I think most experts in the field would agree with my assessment,’ said Dzurak.
Back in 1998, researcher Bruce Kane first proposed the idea of silicon-based quantum computer in a Nature paper. In theory, a quantum computer with just 300 quantum qubits could hold 2 to the power of 300 values simultaneously – which is around the number of atoms in the known universe – performing an incredible quantity of calculations at once.
In reality, qubits are prone to errors; you need lots of extra bits or ‘ancilla’ bits, which have a secondary error-correction role in a logic circuit. The actual number of physical qubits for equivalent and, most importantly, accurate computational power could add up to millions when scaled up to silicon semiconductor technology.
IBM scientists recently made a new type of chip that for the first time was able to detect and measure both kinds of quantum errors – bit-flip and phase-flip – simultaneously.
“There are other qubits in the lattice that serve as the data or code qubits, and hold the quantum information. These data or code qubits get checked by the ancillas,” said Jerry Chow, manager of IBM Research’s Experimental Quantum Computing Group.
Quantum decoherence are errors in calculations caused by interference from many factors. These errors are especially acute in quantum machines.
“We do believe we have a promising path forward for scalability… Systems of 50-100 qubits we expect to be possible within the next five years,” said Chow.
Commercial quantum computers
To date, the Canada-based D-Wave system is the only commercially available quantum computer of its type on the market. In 2011 a D-Wave quantum computer was sold to the company Lockheed Martin, and in 2013 a 500-qubit D-Wave Two system was installed at Nasa Ames, where researchers from Google, Nasa, and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) have been using it to explore the potential for quantum computing. This year, the US Los Alamos National Laboratory purchased one.
The computer’s processors use a particular process called quantum annealing to exploit quantum mechanical effects, such as tunnelling and entanglement. In December, research by the team at Nasa Ames showed that quantum annealing significantly outperformed a classical computer for problems involving nearly 1,000 variables. The team thinks it’s found a quantum algorithm that solves certain problems 100 million times faster than conventional processes on a PC.
Despite this progress, doubts remain. “I do not rule out a quantum-annealing design, but it is not clear if such a technology will really scale in the way it needs to, in order to overtake conventional processors,” said Dzurak.
Although technically impressive, the D-Wave is not faster than classical computers. “It is not clear if the current D-Wave computers are truly quantum computers. There is no evidence that they are faster than classical computers,” said Dr Menno Veldhorst, a UNSW research fellow and lead author of the two-qubit paper.
Future developments include chips directly interfacing with other components using light, rather than electrical signals. “One problem with photon-based quantum computers (QCs) is that there are a lot of overheads to make the chip function,” said Dzurak. “I wouldn’t rule it out. There is a lot of interesting work on photonic-based QCs. If I had to place a bet, I would say the first commercial system will either be a silicon-based QC or a superconductor-based QC.”
Quantum dots
Veldhorst also thinks large-scale architectures will likely come from silicon-based quantum-dot qubits and superconducting qubits – something Professor John Martinis’ research group at the University of California Santa Barbara and Google is currently working on.
A quantum dot breakthrough was recently achieved by a team of physicists at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Stanford University in the US. They produced a system of a single electron trapped in a semiconductor nanostructure, with the electron’s spin used as the data carrier.
The team found data-loss problems caused by strains in the semiconductor material, but these were solved when an external magnetic field with the strength of a strong permanent magnet was applied. This system of quantum dots (nanometer-scale hills) was made of semiconductor materials that are compatible with standard manufacturing processes. ‘A large-scale quantum computer will take another decade or two,’ said Veldhorst.
This story appears here as part of a cross-publishing agreement with Scientific Computing World. | https://insidehpc.com/2016/01/a-quantum-leap-in-processors/ |
After a century of formal forestry management, deforestation in Malawi is widely considered an “irresolvable problem.” Despite growing evidence that the link between population growth and environmental degradation is not straight-forward nor unidirectional, and often weak or non-existent, macro-scale Malthusian explanations dominate “crisis narratives” of deforestation. Many studies ignore the interplay of population with social, institutional, economic, and ecological factors that shape environmental change in specific locations, or focus too narrowly on population growth. This paper uses multiple research methods, in particualr 1) remote sensing analysis of satellite data and geographic information systems (GIS) to determine the spatial extent and pattern of forest cover nationally since 1972; 2) geospatial logistic regression models to identify the main drivers of such change and their relative importance; and 3) social surveys and participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools to examine local perceptions and the interplay of socio-economic and biophysical factors in shaping such change in 58 villages in southern districts of Blantyre and Chikwawa. | https://uaps2007.popconf.org/abstracts/70869 |
Preliminary analyses of the longitudinal household surveys indicate there has been a widespread process of land subdivisions since 1990 on sample fincas located along main roads and in close proximity to Lago Agrio, the central community within the region, and the other towns in the region. This process of subdivision, resulting in substantial plot fragmentation (and a decline in mean plot size), is due to both sales of parts of plots to new agricultural colonists migrating into the region and to subdivision of plots among the children (heirs) of settlers. Other interesting differences in farm conditions between 1990 and 1999, which have implications for this analysis, includes: (1) the near doubling of the population, linked to the subdivision of property, (2) expansion of off-farm employment due partly to the expansion of the service sector in towns, (3) decrease in the average distance from farm to market, indicating that fincas closer to market towns tend to be subdivided more, (4) expansion of the electrification grid along main roads, and (5) a dramatic decline in farm size through land subdivision, thereby affording the new owners less land in forest and pasture and more in the intensive forms of land use – perennials (mostly coffee) and annual crops.
Preliminary spatial simulation models developed by Messina and Walsh (2001) through cellular automata or CA procedures indicate the important role of Lago Agrio, and of road networks that connect farms to community services and off-farm employment to changes in LULC in the region and particularly around the central community within the region. The models indicate the effects of urbanization on the absorption of land and the increasing fragmentation of agricultural plots through population growth and agricultural extensification, resulting in forest areas being more patchy with increasing distance from Lago Agrio, where urbanization dominates, but at some distance threshold from Lago Agrio forest regains its LULC dominance in the landscape matrix and patchiness subsides. Areas surrounding Lago Agrio are developing a land use pattern characterized by a mix of crops, pasture, and residential/commercial development, while high-density forest areas, previously in large tracts, are being converted to heterogeneous low to medium density forest tracts on fincas intermixed with agriculture and pasture. House lots or solares have been created by “parcelization” near several major towns within the region, reflecting incipient urbanization (Walsh et al. 2002).
For this study, we focus on the provinces of Sucumbios and Orellana. The 1990 censuspopulation of the Amazon region as a whole, including the other provinces, Napo, Pastaza, Morona Santiago, and Zamora Chinchipe, was 371,000, of which 273,000 was rural. The early results of the 2001 census show a population of 547,000, indicating continuing high population growth. The population of the Amazon region of Ecuador has grown at over double the national rates in the last three intercensal periods, at 8% per year in 1974-1982, 5% per year in 1982-1990, and 3.5% in 1990-2001. Lago Agrio, in Sucumbios, is the largest city in the Oriente, but as of 2001, its census population was 34,000.
Data
In this proposed research, we extend our examination of human-environment interactions in the Oriente through a Geographic Information Science (GISc) perspective in which (1) a remote sensing time-series from 1973 to 2001 is used to represent LULC dynamics, (2) GIS coverages to characterize local resource endowments and connections of farms to other farms and to communities within the region, (3) longitudinal socio-economic and demographic survey at the household-level conducted in 1990 and 1999, and (4) a community-level survey, administered in 2000 to community leaders, farmers, teachers, women, and health workers in places ranging from tiny communities to the largest city, Lago Agrio, that collected data on population, labor force, land, transportation linkages, and infrastructure.
Methods
A CA system consists of a regular grid of cells, each of which can be in one of a finite number of k possible states, updated synchronously in discrete time steps according to a local interaction rule. The state of a cell is determined by the previous states of a surrounding neighborhood of cells (Wolfram 1984). The rule contained in each cell is essentially a finite state machine, usually specified in the form of a transition function or growth rule that addresses every possible neighborhood configuration of states. The neighborhood of a cell consists of the surrounding (adjacent) cells. Within CA and the broader theoretical framework of Complexity Theory, it is expected that there will be both non-linear and hierarchical relationships among the biophysical, spatial, and socio-economic factors that govern LULC change within the Oriente.
Preliminary space-time simulations of LULC patterns have been developed for the Northern ISA (containing Lago Agrio) and Southern ISA (containing Coca) through the use of CA models (Messina and Walsh 2001) that did not incorporate any household- or community-level data from the surveys.
New efforts are currently underway to incorporate social data from the household- and community-level surveys. In addition to these new data inputs, the next version of the CA model will incorporate a more detailed LULC classification scheme and additional parameters to better recreate the patterns of land use visible in the satellite imagery.
Expected Outcomes
From the preliminary model runs, LULC is significantly affected by the urban environment. While only Lago Agrio, the central city, has been included in prior efforts, the importance of smaller communities will likely be confirmed as they tend to act as socio-economic attractors in which lands are converted from forest to agriculture, and then to urban uses through spatial diffusion processes. A fragmentation of forest and a transition to a mixed land use has been observed in field studies. Modeling this behavior through a technology that is spatially- and temporally-explicit, and sensitive to “what if” scenarios, offers insights on the interplay between urbanization and LULC dynamics in frontier environments that has important policy implications regarding deforestation, agricultural extensification, and urban development.
References
Messina, J.P. and Walsh, S.J., 2001. 2.5D Morphogenesis: Modeling Landuse and Landcover Dynamics in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Plant Ecology, 156(1): 75-88.
Walsh, S.J., J.P. Messina, K.A. Crews-Meyer, R.E. Bilsborrow, and W. Pan. 2002. Characterizing and modeling patterns of deforestation and agricultural extensification in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In Linking People, Place, and Policy: A GIScience Approach, ed. S.J. Walsh and K.A. Crews-Meyers, 187-214. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Wolfram, S., 1984. Cellular Automata as Models of Complexity. Nature, 311: 419-24. | https://ecuador.web.unc.edu/overviews/simulating-the-effects-of-urbanization-on-landuse-and-landcover-patterns-in-the-northern-ecuadorian-amazon/ |
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Moira Zellner’s academic background lies at the intersection of Urban and Regional Planning, Environmental Science, and Complexity. She has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator in interdisciplinary projects examining how specific policy, technological and behavioral factors influence the emergence and impacts of a range of complex socio-ecological systems problems, where interaction effects make responsibilities, burdens, and future pathways unclear. Her research also examines how participatory complex systems modeling with stakeholders and decision-makers can support collaborative policy exploration, social learning, and system-wide transformation. Moira has taught a variety of workshops on complexity-based modeling of socio-ecological systems, for training of both scientists and decision-makers in the US and abroad. She has served the academic community spanning across the social and natural sciences, as reviewer of journals and grants and as a member of various scientific organizations. She is dedicated to serving the public through her engaged research and activism.
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My name is Roberto and I am a graduate student at The Pennsylvania State University. I am in the “Information Sciences - Cybersecurity and Information Assurance program”, through which I discovered my interest in ABM. I am conducting my capstone research project on how to make ABM more effective in the disaster recovery planning process of IT companies. I am currently looking for interview candidates to conduct my research. If you or anyone you know have experience using ABM for disaster recovery planning in IT or tech, please reach out!
I learned about ABM through the Intelligent Agents course at Penn State, where we modeled everything from terrorist attacks to social relationships. I was immediately interested in ABM due to the potential and capabilities that it provides in so many areas. I hope to make ABM more popular in IT disaster recovery planning through my research, while learning more about ABM myself.
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I have developed several agent-based and cellular automata applications combining agent-based modelling, geographical information systems and visualisation to understand the complex mechanisms of decision making in land use change and environmental stewardship in order to analyse:
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Isaac IT Ullah, PhD, (Arizona State University 2013) Dr. Ullah is a computational archaeologist who employs GIS and simulation modeling to understand the long-term dynamics of humans and the Earth System. Dr. Ullah is particularly interested in the social and environmental changes surrounding the advent of farming and animal husbandry. His focus is on Mediterranean and other semi-arid landscapes, and he conducts fieldwork in Jordan, Italy, and Kazakhstan. His field work includes survey for and excavation of early agricultural sites as well as geoarchaeological analyses of anthropogenic landscapes. His specialties include landscape evolution, complex adaptive systems science, computational methods, geospatial analysis, and imagery analysis.
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My broad research interests are in human-environmental interactions and land-use change. Specifically, I am interested in how people make land-use decisions, how those decisions modify the functioning of natural systems, and how those modifications feedback on human well-being, livelihoods, and subsequent land-use decisions. All of my research begins with a complex systems background with the aim of understanding the dynamics of human-environment interactions and their consequences for environmental and economic sustainability. Agent-based modeling is my primary tool of choice to understand human-environment interactions, but I also frequently use other land change modeling approaches (e.g., cellular automata, system dynamics, econometrics), spatial statistics, and GIS. I also have expertise in synthesis methods (e.g., meta-analysis) for bringing together leveraging disparate forms of social and environmental data to understand how specific cases (i.e., local) of land-use change contribute to and/or differ from broader-scale (i.e. regional or global) patterns of human-environment interactions and land change outcomes. | https://www.comses.net/users/?tags=land+planning&page=2 |
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This research analyzes the relationship between the environmental and social elements in Mexico’s Payment for Environmental Services (PES) program in the Huasteca Potosina region from 2003-2011. Both the regional and local scales are examined to understand patterns of deforestation and identify the factors influencing community forest conservation. The multi-scale approach to deforestation on social properties is based on GIS analyses of land tenure and forest change in 613 agrarian nucleos, or social properties, from 1980 to 2010. At the community scale, a sample of 43 agrarian nucleos in 12 municipios was selected to explore the potential correspondence between implementation of the PES program, the National Forest Comission (CONAFOR) prioritization scheme, deforested areas and extreme poverty. To assess the PES’ impact on raising social awareness about the environment and decreasing deforestation and to analyze the potential linkages between poverty, land tenure systems, and forest management a combined methodology including GIS analysis, participant observation, questionnaires and interviews with participants and stakeholders involved in the program at different levels were used. The research shows that poverty and the lack of certified property rights have not been the major triggers of deforestation as forest conservation policy-makers in the country have claimed. The analysis of forest coverage from 1980 to 2010 points to different factors leading to changes in deforestation rates. Although it is true that forest conversion into agricultural lands has been the leading cause of deforestation, it has been strongly promoted by government programs, especially during the first decade of study for valley forests (as opposed to mountain forests). In comparison, the last two decades showed a significant decrease in the deforestation rates, mainly because few remnants of forest remained in the valleys. The land reform of the 1990s altered deforestation rates differently according to which agrarian nucleos participated and how. From the 613 nucleos examined in the Huasteca Potosina region, the majority, 76 percent, certified their properties at the individual parcel level, 13 percent certified only the perimeter of their boundaries along with a few communal parcels like school plots, and the remainder either stayed uncertified or privatized some or all of their individual plots under dominio pleno (meaning full domain of the property). On the whole, forest coverage decreased by a little less than seven percent during the first decade of the certification process from 1990 to 2000; however, there were important variations depending on types of land tenure chosen. The nucleos with dominio pleno lost 24 percent of their forest, and nucleos that certified individual parcels saw a six percent decrease. Contrary to predictions, the uncertified nucleos and those that certified only the perimeter of their territories lost virtually no forest (two percent). Over the last decade deforestation rates have decreased, and nucleos that certified their perimeters, those that certified all individual parcels, and those remaining uncertified even saw increases in forest coverage by three percent, one percent, and less than one percent, respectively. Those with dominio pleno continued to experience deforestation by two percent. Still, when taking into consideration how land availability, population, and traditions have influenced deforestation before, during, and after the certification process, the results show that the certification program has had little impact in increasing or decreasing forest coverage over the decades. In regard to the Payments of Environmental Services (PES) program, intended to prevent deforestation on social properties, the economic impacts were low, as seen in the lack of land use diversification and forest under communal lands. A marked geographical variation can be seen, however, between the more successful northern mestizo area dominated by temperate forest, and the less successful southern indigenous areas dominated by shade-grown coffee in more tropical forests. Despite the different economic impacts, PES projects proved to be sustainable where community organization and land use traditions were stronger.
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By Dr. Michael Pittaro, Faculty Member, Criminal Justice at American Military University
My role as an educator is not simply to help students acquire entry-level jobs; it is to help create successful future leaders. I have always defined my success by the success of others whom I have worked with both in and out of the classroom.
On February 28, I had the privilege of serving as a community leader during a dinner reception for young men who aspire to become leaders. The leadership dinner, My Brother’s Keeper, brought together men from all different professions and was hosted by East Stroudsburg University (ESU). In addition to serving as a full-time faculty member with American Military University, I also serve as an adjunct professor within ESU’s Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice.
My role as a faculty member and local community leader was to answer questions and provide advice and guidance about navigating through one’s respective career. I discussed leadership characteristics that typically separate leaders from followers and can be applied to any profession. As an educator, one of my many research interests is in the area of leadership. There are certain leadership traits or characteristics that are foundational and therefore must be embraced, regardless of the profession.
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Since my education and work experience are within the criminal justice field, I naturally gravitated toward explaining how I first entered my profession and, essentially, what it took to continuously move through the ranks in my criminal justice career as well as my career in education, which I have aptly dubbed, “my second career.”
Leadership Advice for those Entering Criminal Justice
My graduate degree is in public administration. Through my coursework, I was introduced to a number of leadership theories and suggested practices to motivate and inspire employees. Here are some of the common themes discussed throughout the leadership literature, which I have embraced:
- Lead by Example. There are leaders and there are followers. If you want to be a leader, you must lead by example by always exhibiting the highest level of professionalism and ethical integrity. It’s also critical for leaders to stay true to their word. Always give 100 percent in everything you do.
- Remain Humble. Be comfortable in sharing the spotlight and crediting others when credit is due. Leaders can adopt all kinds of different practices like publicly praising individuals for good work. It’s a very simple gesture, but simply recognizing someone for a job well done can be very motivational and inspire other officers to excel.
[Related: Transformational Leadership Can Improve the Culture of Corrections]
- Communicate Openly and Effectively. An open-door policy in which everyone has a voice is empowering to employees. Be the type of leader who communicates openly, is transparent in relaying information, and remains open to the views of others.
- Keep Meetings Productive. There is nothing worse than holding a meeting for the sake of having a meeting. Meetings should be organized, have a clear agenda, and conversations should be concise and stay on topic. Lengthy meetings are counterproductive. Good leaders respect everyone’s time and conducts brief meetings only when necessary.
- Understand and Acknowledge Your Strengths and Weaknesses. There are areas in which I excel and areas where I do not. Good leaders know the difference and do not try to master all tasks.
- Find a Mentor. The best leaders know when they need help, and they know where to turn to in order to get it. Nobody can know everything, so find someone you trust for advice when things get tough. Having a good mentor can make all the difference in your success.
- Be Emotionally Aware. Good leaders must be emotionally intelligent. They need to be sensitive to different points of view and different backgrounds.
[Related: How Emotional Intelligence Benefits Correctional Officers]
- Be Aware of and Avoid the Common Pitfalls of Leadership. Being aware of common mistakes is often the first step toward not repeating them.
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- Failing to clearly define goals. All communication must be clear and concise. Leaders must be approachable, particularly if employees are unsure or require additional information.
- Failing to Recognize Employee Accomplishments. Praise employees on their accomplishments. A pat on the back can go a long way in motivating employees.
- Not “Walking the Walk.” You must remember that you are a role model for your employees. Be present and take an interest in your employees and their day-to-day activities.
- Not Delegating. You must trust that your employees can and will carry out assigned tasks. Delegate tasks based on the strengths of the employees.
- Learn from the Past. To quote an adage, “those who don’t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.” Lessons can be found everywhere.
- Never Stop Improving. This is undoubtedly my favorite piece of advice and one that I wholeheartedly embrace. Great leaders are constantly learning and always trying to improve themselves. There is always something you can work on or a new skill you can master. Be sure to keep your mind open to new ideas and possibilities and never be afraid of change.
How to be Successful in Your Career
Reach Out Beyond Your Field
Criminal justice is a unique profession because there are a number of other fields that must contribute to it such as sociology, psychology, social work, law, public administration, and countless others. After all, crime does not occur in a vacuum and is a larger issue that negatively impacts society’s overall well-being beyond the perpetrator, victim, and police. Therefore, it is important for those pursuing a career in law enforcement to maintain a wider perspective of how the criminal justice system interacts with other fields and professions. That is why I am a member of The American Society of Criminology, which is focused on the pursuit of scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.
Find a Mentor
As mentioned above, one piece of advice I always give to students and young professionals is to seek out mentors. Mentors who have experience in your desired field can provide career guidance and answer complex questions. The advice passed down from a mentor is simply invaluable, especially to someone just starting out in a field. A mentor is someone with the knowledge and experience the mentee respects and someone whose wisdom and knowledge can support a mentee’s professional growth and development. If you do not have any specific person in mind, locate organizations in your field and look to their leaders. LinkedIn is also a great resource for networking with today’s leaders.
Have a Sense of Humor
From my own experience, humor is one of the most underutilized leadership attributes. I am not suggesting that you become a stand-up comedian, but a sense of humor can go a long way. Individuals with a sense of humor tend to be more approachable and followers tend to be more attentive to someone who takes their job seriously, yet can make light of the good and bad. Individuals who have doom-and-gloom type of personality tend to instill fear and followers tend to lose confidence in their ability to lead.
Always Be Yourself
Another piece of personal advice that I have found to be advantageous is to always be yourself and remember “your roots.” The majority of leaders started at the bottom of the career ladder in an entry-level position. Remember where you came from. An elitist attitude, to me, exudes arrogance and a perceived disdain for those beneath them. Leaders should never belittle, demean, or otherwise discount the abilities of others. Leaders should always lift others up, not put them down.
In the words of Simon Sinek, a motivational speaker and bestselling author whom I admire, “A leader’s job is not to do the work for others, it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.”
About the Author: Dr. Michael Pittaro, assistant professor within the School of Security and Global Studies at American Military University, is a 28-year criminal justice veteran, highly experienced in working with criminal offenders in a variety of settings. He has lectured in higher education for the past 15 years while also serving as an author, editor and subject matter expert. | https://amuedge.com/inspiring-a-new-generation-of-leaders/?utm_source=police1&utm_medium=link&utm_content=32019&utm_campaign=Blog%20-%20In%20Public%20Safety%20-%20LT%20-%20AMU |
What makes a great leader? What causes a leader to inspire others to go the extra mile to make a project succeed? What traits and habits should you cultivate to be the kind of leader that people want to follow? Most people would agree that the following traits are essential in a good leader:
- Confidence. This is one of the top qualities people think of. Leadership isn’t for the timid or the shy, although there are plenty of those that lead quietly. People respond to confidence, and are naturally attracted to it. A leader that does not project confidence cannot lead effectively.
- Integrity. No one will follow a leader that can’t be trusted, at least not for very long. Trust is one of the most important things to inspire in others.
- Decisiveness. Leaders must make decisions, often quickly, and must stick by them. Wishy-washy does not cut it; people tend to follow those who act, not those who talk about acting. A decisive leader makes others feel safe and confident.
- Optimism. Inspiring confidence and trust is much easier with a good outlook. The optimist has an open mind, and the ability to see the bigger picture. This is incredibly important, because when there are setbacks, and there always are, the optimist is able to step back and look at the problem with an open mind, often seeing the hidden opportunity.
These are traits that many good leaders share. Confidence, integrity, decisiveness and optimism are qualities that we all should strive for. These are assets, as well as equipment rentals in summit, that are valuable to any organization. There are other qualities, though, that are sometimes overlooked. These qualities can make a good leader a great leader. If you look at some of the most-loved leaders, both past and present, you will no doubt see the following traits:
Humility
This is an often undervalued trait that truly good leaders possess. Someone with humility knows who they are. He or she knows their weaknesses as well as their strengths, and they don’t feel a need to hide either of them. They are not afraid to be wrong. They do not have overblown egos, and they know how to ask for help.
Compassion
There have been many leaders in history that have lacked this quality, of course, but the leaders who have truly made a positive difference, whether in an organization, or leading a movement or a country. Compassionate leaders do not need to intimidate or throw their weight around to get things done. A compassionate leader is approachable, and welcomes ideas and input from others. A compassionate leader inspires honesty, creativity and cooperation.
Humor
The ability to make people laugh is a gift, and a leader who can laugh with others has the ability to put people at ease. Who doesn’t love someone with a good sense of humor?
Accountability
The buck stops with them. A natural leader does not throw people under the bus when things go awry. He or she takes responsibility and protects those who work for them. A leader who is accountable inspires those around him to be as well.
Anyone in a leadership position would do well to cultivate all of these qualities. Being a leader is a balancing act. Balancing decisiveness and confidence with humor and compassion, steering away from ego in favor of humility, and consistently practicing integrity and accountability are the keys to becoming and remaining a leader who is well-respected.
You will notice that intelligence is not on the list. This is because the leader is not necessarily the smartest person in the room, nor the most experienced. They know when it’s best to rely on their masters degree in leadership and when to step back and say, “this project is out of my wheelhouse” or, “someone else would be better suited.” This is helpful to know in the event you are put in a position of leadership over people who are more educated, experienced or older than you. If you possess the essential qualities that make a good leader, the rest will come naturally. | http://search-pavilion.net/qualities-that-make-a-lasting-leader/ |
There are some soft skills that most people do not realize are important. Yet, they can be crucial for achieving success in life.
Each of us has unique traits and abilities which in many ways determine our whole life. Certain qualities of a person sometimes become decisive when it comes to a new position or promising career advancement. Achievements can become a regularity, not an accident, if you consciously develop the qualities and skills that demonstrate your loyalty to principles and purposefulness. Such qualities tend to be classified as soft skills.
Soft skills help you be successful regardless of the specifics of the activity and the direction in which you work. Traditionally, in psychology, they are classified as social skills. They include the ability to persuade, to find an approach to people, to lead, the art of interpersonal communication, negotiating and teamwork. There are also cognitive skills like concentration, erudition, creativity, etc.
Let’s talk about soft skills which do not always receive sufficient recognition but can be more than effective.
This evaluation will depend on the person’s reaction. Thus, there are two different types of behavior that can be called “impudence”: it is arrogance and confidence.
In the first case, a person’s behavior is a reflection of their arrogance and selfishness. As a rule, this person tries to humiliate and embarrass their interlocutor. They will raise their voice tone, will behave defiantly and will try to show their superiority in every possible way.
This individual always wants to be the first and receive all the best from life. Strangely enough, their desire to feel confident at the expense of others is caused by their fear of being humiliated. They really want to prove their worth and show that they are an important person. A typical reaction of others to this behavior is irritation and contempt.
In the second case, the person takes unexpected actions. At the same time, they often go against the opinion of the crowd because this person clearly understands their value, individuality, and significance.
Such behavior can cause confusion and even shock among others. But deep inside, these people will feel impressed and even envious because they are well aware that they themselves are not capable of such actions. At the same time, we all know that success is achieved by those who think and act outside the box.
Creativity is the ability to create something fundamentally new and different from the traditional ways of thinking. A creative person is able to solve the problem in a completely new way by introducing just one original element or completely changing the concept of problem-solving.
Many psychologists consider creativity to be the highest manifestation of the human potential. In work and business, creativity is one of the most important soft skills and keys to success, especially in the face of fierce competition.
A person who has a good sense of humor copes with difficult situations more easily. At the same time, sense of humor gives you an important bonus in communication.
People who are able to look at the situation with humor win the admiration of those around them without even trying. Recognition, respect and attention come naturally to them because everyone likes positive people.
A person with a good sense of humor can easily overcome life difficulties and deal with failure. And this is one of the most important skills for anyone who wants to reach success.
Millions of people live in obscurity and hate their lives just because they do not want and/or do not take real actions to change something.
These people fear change or just do not want to try something new, initially considering it nonsense. They are guided by biases and stereotypes, without even trying to look at the situation in a new and more open-minded way. For the same reason, many people of the older generation refuse to use the Internet or to look for free essays here, ignoring the convincing examples of practical benefits.
But successful people, on the contrary, are open to new knowledge, ideas, and technologies. That allows them to easily navigate in a changing environment and establish useful contacts with other people.
One of the most important soft skills successful people have is to be open to new information and learn on a continuous basis. Have you noticed that the more you learn, the more you understand how little you know?
This approach allows you to take advantage of opportunities that appear on your way. Successful people are always open to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and constantly challenge their beliefs.
The ability to discover new connections between the elements of a creative task by similarity, contiguity, and contrast.
There are a number of opinions that curiosity is one of the human vices. This opinion, in particular, is upheld by representatives of religious movements because, allegedly, this feeling is an excessive or even immoral manifestation of interest in something.
Whenever we show interest in any matter or object, we are motivated by nothing more than curiosity. It is this that prompts us to try a new dish, listen to new music, watch a new film, etc.
Whenever we think about whether we should act in a certain way or not, we rely not only on logical arguments but also on our intuitive feelings. And curiosity plays an important role here. Curiosity has the role of a motivator of human actions in absolutely all spheres of life.
Curiosity is a manifestation of the unconscious desire for knowledge. Moreover, this is a feature of behavior that indicates a person’s ability to solve problems in an original, creative way. This conclusion was reached by American scientists who conducted an experiment with students.
This list can be continued and it is possible to name a variety of useful soft skills. However, it is worth remembering that all the secrets of success are hidden inside ourselves. We can become both creators and enemies of our own success.
Our soft skills and personality traits can either help us or become a real obstacle to our success. Only persistent and continuous work on yourself and your personality will bring you fruits. And Lady Luck will surely smile upon you. | https://www.learning-mind.com/soft-skills-succeed/ |
The concept of great leaders has changed since I started developing leaders 20 years ago, then the emphasis was on management development rather than developing leaders, it was very functional, the process managers went through in order to achieve the outcomes. ‘Doing the right thing’, implementing the policies and procedures, the behavioural side of leadership was often deemed ‘pink and fluffy’.
We now need something different in our leaders. We need a change in perspective about what a leader’s role is and who you need to be to lead. Leaders in businesses provide the competitive advantage.
The challenges facing organisations is globalisation increased competition and change, this is when strong leadership becomes even more important for businesses. Brilliant leadership can be the difference between outstanding organisational performance and disappointing failure. Great leaders steer organisations to success, inspire and motivate followers, and provide a moral compass for employees to set direction. They spearhead change, drive innovation, and communicate a compelling vision for the future (ILM Report: Creating Future Leaders, 2010).
On top of that, in a world where change is constant, leaders need to be able to help people through the pain of change. And people won’t go through that pain unless they trust the people taking them there. Few leaders would disagree that trust is an essential ingredient for sustainable organisational success. Trust helps organisations to run smoothly, increasing positivity and co-operation, improving processes and driving individual and team performance. Trust underpins effective working relationships. The more someone trusts a colleague, manager or team member, the greater the likelihood they will co-operate, share information and work effectively together. However according to a CIPD (2013) report trust between employees and senior managers is more likely to be weak (34%) than strong (29%).
Given the current levels of distrust in leaders, being someone who can develop authentic human connections with people, someone who is trusted and respected, someone who is a fully rounded person is increasingly important.
If a man’s associates find him guilty of being phony, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings and actions must square with each other. The first great need, therefore, is integrity and high purpose.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The literature tells us that trustworthiness is based on four characteristics: ability, benevolence, integrity and predictability (Mayer et al 1995, Dietz and Den Hartog 2006). These four characteristics form the foundational pillars of trust (Fig.1):
- Ability describes perceptions of leadership competence in doing their job or fulfilling their role.
- Benevolence describes a concern for others beyond leaders’ own needs and showing levels of care and compassion.
- Integrity defines how trustworthiness is linked to being seen as someone who adheres to principles of fairness and honesty while avoiding hypocrisy.
- Predictability emphasises how leadership behaviour has to be consistent or regular over time. (CIPD Report 2014, Cultivating trustworthy leaders)
In my experience of working with businesses in the development of leaders and identifying the behaviours that great leaders have within the organisation, on the whole employees want a fairly simple and common sense style of leadership to engender and create a climate of trust. Employees talk about ‘approachable’, ‘competent’ and ‘consistent leaders’ who ‘act with honesty and integrity’ and ‘lead by example’.
We want to see that our leader is a real person, authentic, shares the same values and beliefs as us, which means that leaders need to be honest, transparent and open themselves up to others. This requires leaders to abandon their ego to show empathy, consider others first and set out to improve other’s lives rather than their own. It is a selfless role.
Leaders strengthen credibility by demonstrating that they are not in it for themselves; instead, they have the interests of the institution, department, or team and its constituents at heart. Being a servant may not be what many leaders had in mind when they choose to take responsibility for the vision and direction of their organization or team, but serving others is the most glorious and rewarding of all leadership tasks.
— James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Only those who are driven by something bigger – a sense of purpose greater than their own ego – will be able to truly call themselves leaders in the 21st century.
At FP Training we specialise in developing the behaviours that make leaders great. | https://fptrainingltd.co.uk/why-is-engendering-trust-so-important-as-a-leader/ |
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Everyone makes common mistakes. But when a leader makes them, the repercussions can be greater than that of a team member. Mistakes can make a leader ineffective and lose respect.
Here are nine common mistakes leaders need to avoid making:
1. Trying to Do Everything Yourself
Micromanagers may think they are exceptionally efficient and productive, but the opposite is the case.
A leader who tries to do everything themselves or who constantly monitors their team is not actually leading.
What is the end result for the leader?
- Their team does not feel trusted
- They are wasting time on tasks that could and should be delegated to other people
- They make themselves exhausted
- People being micromanaged become frustrated and resent being monitored
Understand that your role is to guide people, not to do everything or constantly watch over them.
People need to feel that they have confidence in their abilities.
2. Being too Much of a Friend
A good working relationship benefits everyone on your team. But if you place too much emphasis on being a friend, and not enough on being a boss, you run the risk of your team seeing you as a “soft touch”.
Indeed, you may come to feel uncomfortable about reprimanding them or giving any criticism of their work. Your job is to be the leader of a team, and you need to be able to demonstrate firmness when necessary.
Some managers feel awkward when they are promoted above people who used to be at the same level.
But if you can’t fully accept your new status with a professional attitude, you’re implying that you don’t deserve it, and your team will pick up on that.
3. Failing to Listen
A politician who fails to listen to what voters want is likely to find themselves removed from office in the next election.
In business, a leader who ignores what people working for them has to say will create resentment, and one who confines himself to barking orders at team members won’t be a popular one.
Staff wants to feel valued and be able to address any concerns or ideas to you.
A good leader should:
- Remember that communication should go both ways
- Listen to your team’s ideas
- Create a workplace where people feel you are approachable
- Provide feedback with constructive criticism
4. Believing You Are Irreplaceable
In most cases, leaders have reached their position because they have unique qualities.
However, this can make them become overconfident. They then assume that their position is untouchable.
This arrogance can prove to be their downfall. No leader is irreplaceable, as many businessmen have found when they are maneuvered out of the very company that they built up.
5. Evading Confrontation
While you don’t want to be antagonistic towards your staff, some managers go to the opposite extreme and will do anything to avoid confrontation.
They prefer not to handle the unpleasant side of leadership or believe that it will create a negative outlook. This means that conflict remains unresolved, and staff is able to get away with poor behavior.
A manager must be prepared to make unpopular but fair decisions in the interests of the company. They should not be reluctant to carry out the duties of a boss for fear of upsetting people.
6. Not Adapting
Every company has to move with the times, or risk losing business to more adaptable competitors. But some leaders make the mistake of presuming that what has worked in the past will continue to work.
This leads to stagnation and a culture where staff feels unable to progress.
7. Failing to Praise and Credit Your Team
We’ve all encountered a boss who takes credit for our work. But even if you don’t do this, you should never fail to give due credit for work or ideas to the person responsible. It will boost morale and encourage your staff to see that there is a benefit to working diligently.
If you don’t praise your staff for their successes, they will lose motivation to keep working for the company. Staff may end up seeing a more rewarding career elsewhere.
8. Assuming You Know it All
A good leader listens to their team members. They understand that their team is part of the company’s success and that people at every level have something to contribute.
Assuming that your ideas are always superior is a sign of arrogance and dismisses the contribution and innovation that others can bring.
9. Cutting Corners
While a timescale may be important when pursuing a project, a leader should not be tempted to cut out necessary steps in order to save time.
Attention to detail is important, and if a poor impression is given of the company, the buck stops with the person in charge.
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Being a leader is not for everyone. It takes a special set of skills and sensibilities to be a successful, strong leader. Are you curious to see if you have what it takes? Take the 20-question quiz below to see if you have the skills and sensibilities that indicate you're a natural-born leader.
1. Do you have strong communication skills?
This is a key attribute of a successful leader. Why? You'll know how to communicate to your team so everyone "buys in" and understands what needs to be done.
2. Are you honest?
Honesty is the best policy. That is especially true when you have to set the example for your team. If your people get one whiff of dishonesty from you, you're on your way towards losing their loyalty already.
3. Do you delegate tasks?
You're only one person and you can't do it all. Good leaders know when to pass the torch and entrust team members with important tasks.
4. Are you confident?
Leaders will usually be the ones who make tough decisions. Making them with confidence encourages your team to trust your judgment and look to you during hard times. It's not always about whether your decision creates the best outcome, but whether you make it with confidence after careful consideration.
5. Do you work hard?
Are you willing to get down in the trenches with your team? A great leader will know the difference between telling the team how to operate and showing them.
6. Are you intuitive?
A good leader has a knack for what will work. If you're intuitive, you may find that you know when to take risks and when to take the safe route. This usually comes from people who have experience as well as common sense.
7. Do you assess yourself?
No one is left untouched by a good leader's evaluation, including the leader. Continual self-improvement is key to being a strong leader. You can't grow and adapt by stubbornly sticking to your ways.
8. Do you foster creativity?
Making room for creativity and being open to new ideas is an integral part of company growth. A good leader will not only be open to those ideas, but will encourage his or her team to think creatively.
9. Do you maintain a positive attitude?
It's important to keep your cool and always have a positive outlook when you're managing a group of people who look to you daily for inspiration and assurance.
10. Are you humble?
Having humility, among other things, means having the confidence and awareness to know that you could be wrong. It can also mean that you may not have the answers and are willing to give credit to other people.
11. Do you live out your organization's values?
Living and breathing your company's value sets the example for your entire team. It shows them that you truly care about the company's organization and its growth.
12. Are you empathetic?
Putting yourself in your team members' place, as well as understanding how they feel, is an essential part of being a good leader. You can't disregard their thoughts or emotions and expect to be respected.
13. Do you inspire others?
A good leader will inspire their team in everything they do - from bettering themselves to achieving company-wide goals.
14. Do you communicate uniquely?
An insightful leader will understand that not everyone communicates the way he or she does and that one must tailor how they communicate to different team members.
15. Are you perceptive?
Do you tend to see what others don't? Good leaders look for signs (in people, projects, etc.) that indicate whether or not they'd be a good addition to the company for instance.
16. Do you motivate your team?
If you don't inspire your team to be the best they can be, who will? Being a leader means motivating your team to challenge and better themselves on a daily basis.
17. Are you responsive to your team's needs?
Being approachable when your team needs something is a key to good leadership. If they don't feel like they can come to you with a problem, they won't be able to trust or respect you as a leader.
18. Do you take risks?
Risks are an unavoidable part of leading an organization and a good leader understands when and where to take them.
19. Do you set and achieve goals?
Do you take charge in setting attainable goals? A good leader will do so and assist his or her team in achieving those goals.
20. Do you build team relationships?
A good leader understands that team members need to have good relationships with each other in order to achieve their goals.
If you answered yes to most of these, then congratulations! You have the skills and sensibilities of a natural-born leader and have what it takes to lead your team on a successful journey. | https://www.inc.com/john-boitnott/are-you-really-a-leader-ask-yourself-these-20-questions-to-find-out.html |
Taking on a new role is a critical leadership challenge. In the first 90 days, you must demonstrate competence as well as character while gaining trust with all the stakeholders: direct reports, supervisors, peers, suppliers and customers. While many advise these new leaders to bring their whole self to work and be authentic, Professor Herminia Ibarra cautions there are many authenticity paradoxes new leaders must be aware of. First, leaders should find the balance between being chameleon-like and being true-to-self. Next, they need to learn to walk the tightrope between building influence and being decisive and authoritative. Lastly, they may need to update the stories of how they got here to adapt to a new leadership identity.
While “chameleon” may have a negative connotation in the professional setting, those who are quick to adapt to new situations do tend to advance quickly due to their flexibility. But chameleons can also come across as disingenuous or lacking moral conviction. Alexander Hamilton famously called out Aaron Burr accusing him of lacking conviction when Burr switched his political party. In contrast, being completely transparent can also lead to disaster, as Alexander Hamilton found out in revealing the letters of his affair with Maria Reynolds. The balancing act here between being chameleon-like and being fully transparent is fundamental to how you evolve your leadership style.
Driven by conviction like Hamilton, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady, is another example of being over-reliant on beliefs and past successes. Despite notoriety and policies enacted as prime minister, her own power eventually became her undoing — she was ousted by her own cabinet.
Navigating between authority and accessibility is not only challenging for political leaders like Thatcher, but also for true-to-self leaders. In coping with unfamiliar situations, they might come to rely on only hard facts and past knowledge in lieu of building consensus. In those first 90 days, there are valuable opportunities to learn, to become keen listeners and to allow time for your own perspective to emerge. Being a taskmaster can quickly distance new leaders from their team. Yet, when they become too approachable and vulnerable, it may be emotionally draining and exhausting. Building relationships and influence will take time, but in these new roles, leaders may also need to take decisive action in order to build momentum.
As leaders, there are defining moments in life that motivate us to keep striving forward and stay on our own personal narrative arc. However, over time, we may become too dependent on these narrow interpretations of our life story and lose the opportunity to grow. Dan McAdams, author of The Redemptive Self, talks about needing to not only believe your own story but to embrace how it changes over time. Do not stick to only version 1.0 of your own life story — update and revise through introspection and share these stories with your stakeholders. Someone who falls in the category of true-to-self may find that the revision process feels disingenuous, while chameleons update too quickly and find it difficult to stick to any one version. Be patient and allow these stories and identities to emerge. Your leadership identity should grow as you grow.
New leaders can prepare to take on the challenge of adapting their leadership style and identity with incremental improvements in a new role. It requires them to become aware of the limits of being completely true-to-self, the urge to invoke authority and the tendency to get stuck on only one version of one’s own life story. Knowing that the journey ahead is not about the chameleon-like superficial changes but rather a steady evolution into a mature version of themselves as leaders is the true promise of authentic leadership.
Kelly is a Genesis Leadership Consultant, executive coach, facilitator, and expert in leadership transitions. She works with Fortune 500 clients to speed up and support transitions at all levels. | https://news.genesisadvisers.com/how-to-lead-authentically-in-your-first-90-days |
There are several different kinds of documents that are persuasive, but I am going to discuss two you should consider writing once you compose school uniforms
They truly are exactly about applying writing to persuade the reader, and thus don’t be afraid to utilize examples and phrases that may be a little bit more graphic than normal.
One means you may make a persuasive essay is always to use your own ideas to raise objections into the points you’re trying to create. You are interested in being able to show that the reader why your viewpoint would be the one that is right, and also yet one way is to use your illustrations why they must not wear their pajamas adria-hunt.hr to show them.
By way of example, in the event that you should be trying to persuade a teacher allowing boys to don their own uniforms, you need to work with a persuasive composition to point out the effect of uniforms on their students’ health. Perhaps you may show the viewer just how awful that the clothes cause you to try looking in comparison and looks tidy and well-groomed.
Yet another way to earn a persuasive composition which produces points about uniforms and also different topics is to use examples to back up your own points. A excellent example within this case might be a passing from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
This example’s appeal is it’s also a persuasive composition as it makes things relating to literature. It’s a very good example as there are passages from literature that use cases of this particular entities who are perhaps not or that uniformed students do not do exactly what they truly are assumed to accomplish at a school setting.
This sort of essay is appealing because a lot of people feel that colleges have a way of controlling the behaviour of pupils in order that they don’t really clothe themselves yourself in ways which can be contrary to faculty policies or they’re not permitted to use clothing that is certain. These individuals think that the clothing policies that follow them are strictly enforced to help keep the kids protected.
The argument against using this sort of essay is that it doesn’t show the students that there is any option other than just to be more clubbed. But, I will reveal you a means to make use of this type of informative article to make disagreements that lead to the judgment which uniforms and their coverages really are a necessity for those children of now.
Right after outlining the ways uniforms and their coverages are traditionally utilised in educational institutions, you will need to show an passage from a study written by a teacher. Make certain this passage also demonstrates the reader that uniforms can benefit everyone else involved, for example, pupils.
You want to demonstrate the way the passage will be utilised to make a persuasive article about the advantages of pajamas. You can achieve so by showing an instance or simply by describing some circumstance.
You would like to use this kind of article that is persuasive to create arguments that you think are solid enough to convince a reader to trust you. You might have to use a small amount of humor in your essay, but you should be positive that the debate you’re making is robust enough to have the reader.
As soon as you are generating a persuasive composition about toddlers, you need to show that you understand the problems that educators face in attempting to restrain students’ behavior. You want to provide examples that show that uniforms are a breeze to get rid of from pupils’ clothing and it generates more sense to have uniforms compared to any uniforms.
I’ve given you a number of ideas to take into account when writing for uniforms in school. Just bear in mind that there are lots of distinctive types of persuasive documents, also these two examples need to supply you with ideas that are terrific to utilize when you are composing for school uniforms. | https://www.adisma2000.co.il/articles/creating-for-school-uniforms-in-school/ |
Leaders should possess values t... ... middle of paper ... ...thers. Living authentically and with integrity enables the leader to develop their passions, resulting in a commitment to hard work and dedication, as well as growth and learning. Pushing through the challenges of a full commitment to this lifestyle of leadership requires a sense of humor and a willingness to re-align one’s life to one’s passions. A leader who stands out will motivate their followers to reach success through their individual and collective efforts. A good leader must be faithful to his team and activities which will create an atmosphere of assurances with the team.
Basically, a leader is a person that sticks to the commitment of a company or an organisation to achieve its goals using the necessary skills. The leader isn’t just a member of a team; Buckingham described the responsibilities of a leader as a person who rally others to a better future. He shouldn’t control people but rallies them into realizing the goals to achieving a better future. A leader must always carry a vivid image of what the future could be, and that will define his responsibility and drive him into achieving certain goals adopting necessary skills. A leader must have range of skills, strategies and techniques which will allow planning of strong communication, interpersonal skills and awareness of the wider environment to be applied within which team will operate.
Also to make the right, timely and sound decisions are another quality of a leader. Setting the examples as I added before is another positive approach to good leadership. This can be practiced by teaching our people how to set their goals. The Leader should work hard to develop the sense of responsibility among his/her people. Another base for a strong leadership is to bring out all the capabilities of your people by making them enjoy the team spirit.
Trust is a very valuable quality that a leader can use to mange their organization. If a leader makes honest and ethical behavior a key value, their team will also follow in their footsteps. A leader should also not be afraid to delegate and take control of their organization. When handling conflicts ... ... middle of paper ... ...firm the company’s visions and values. Strong leaders should only hire personnel with the skills and experience, as well as personality and drive that are necessary to move forward.
In order to be an effect team you must have trust, communication, loyalty, selfless service, respect, and discipline. Successful teams put the good of the team first and work together to accomplish their goals. They thrive on challenges and learn from previous experience in order to improve in the future. These teams show pride in what they do and their accomplishments. After Action Review (AAR) is one more principle and powerful tool discussed in the book.
A leader is relational and those relationships are what allows them to lead effectively. They are communicators and visionaries they can make people see what they see. A manager, simply manages those things that they are responsible for, they are not necessarily communicators and they likely are not able to influence in the way that a leader does, management can often be learned they are task masters. There are people like Martin Luther King, Ghandi that
What is leadership? When examining this question it is important to understand what it means to be a leader within an organization. “Leadership is the influencing process of leaders and followers to achieve organizational objectives through change (Achua, 2010, p. 6). Leaders serves people best when they help them develop their own initiative and good judgment, enable them to grow, and help them become better contributors (Thomas S Bateman, 2010, p. 66). Unlike management leadership flows from the core of a personality and cannot be taught; although leadership can be learned and may be enhanced through coaching and mentoring.
One of the most powerful ways to create and maintain a healthy work environment is by cultivating the next generation of leaders to lead by the example he or she sets. Every generation of leaders is influential in molding and shaping the generation of leaders who follow. Leaders should recognize that although they may greatly impact an organization, reign as a leader will eventually come to an end. Good leaders will notice leadership traits in employees who work for them and take the time that is needed to nurture those traits. The leader does not need to advertise the fact that they are trying to create future leaders, just live the life and demonstrate compassion, competence, and convictions to these potential leaders.
These behavioral traits are essential in being a successful leader. Organizations need leaders that can work with their employees, build team work and be open to new ideas, (Lawler, 2003). In order for progress to be made, employees need to believe in their leader, and in turn, the leader needs to believe in their employees. Trust is obtained through mutual respect, building that bond of commitment to insure organizational success, (Lawler, 2003). The employees will follow a leader that promotes a positive attitude and enjoys expressing their ideas and stories.
A leader makes people achieve the goal not because the leader forced them to do it but because the supporters want to do it. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”- Dwight D. Eisenhower. A great leader is someone who’s knowledgeable, who has great communication skills to communicate with one or other, and someone who has a tolerate work ethnic. All of these qualities make a good leader. Furthermore, this is one of the most important things that make a remarkable leader. | https://www.123helpme.com/essay/Culture-And-Defining-The-Role-Of-Leadership-164456 |
As a leader, you can never get to a place where you think we have mastered all leadership skills. There is always room for improvement. In this article by Matthew Beamont, highlights some of the basic leadership skills we so often neglect.
Stepping into a leadership role is often a very attractive prospect for most people. However filling a leadership role is just as often much more stressful and difficult than many realize. It requires a certain skill set to lead people effectively.
In fact, these leadership skills are so valued that many business and public administration graduate school programs have incorporated basic leadership courses as part of their requirements.
For you to become good at leadership it is necessary to cultivate the following 6 skills.
A Good Leader Communicate Effectively
You are communicating with many people in many different ways on a daily basis. Above average communication skills are therefore essential for effective leadership. If you are not able to communicate clearly, your team members will most likely misunderstand your message. This can lead to confusion about roles, goals and outcomes, leading to problems further down the line.
A Good Leader is Able to Resolve Issues
Because you work with people it is inevitable to avoid conflict and issues within your team. It is your job to make sure all issues affecting the team are resolved. This could be something as simple as a lack of communication between certain team members. A more difficult, but important issue to resolve is when somebody is not pulling their weight. You are therefore responsible to make sure these issues are resolved in a timely. If not, it could affect overall productivity.
When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves." Lao Tzu
A Good Leader is Extremely Dedicated
Taking responsibility is one of the core elements of successful leadership. When things go wrong within the team, no matter who is at fault, you cannot pass the buck and plead ignorance to the situation. Ultimately, it is down to you. Of course, this requires extreme amounts of dedication on your part in order to ensure a situation like this does not arise.
A Good Leader Praise Where it is Due
It can sometimes be tempting to take all of the credit for successful projects. However, this is leadership suicide, causing people to lose trust in you. You must make sure credit is given where it is due, praising the whole team for their efforts.
A Good Leader is Assertive
Being assertive is, by far, one of the most important traits for successful leadership. However, there is a very fine line between assertiveness and aggressiveness. It is therefore important for you to find the balance. A good level of assertiveness will get results, whereas aggressiveness will ultimately lead to failure.
A Good Leader has a Sense of Humor
It is important for your team members to know they can approach you at any time. Being approachable is a quality all successful leaders possess. This is why a sense of humor is essential.
Good leaders make sure they are continuously learning. Leadership training will allow you to make sure you get the most out of your team, enhancing your leadership ability. | https://www.leadershipconnexion.com/6-leadership-skills-good-leader/ |
Posted 2017-10-19 ; filed under Leadership.
Organizations face more complexity in the type of work they do, the problems they face, and the markets they interact with. This is due to increasing connections between everyone and everything. To deal with this complexity, organizations should loosen hierarchies and strengthen networks. This challenges command and control management as well as the concept that those in leadership positions are special. Leadership in networks is an emergent property.
In networks, everyone can be a contributor within a transparent environment. Effective networks are diverse and open. Anyone can lead in a network, if there are willing followers. Those who have consensus to lead have to actively listen and make sense of what is happening. They are in service to the network, to help keep it resilient through transparency, diversity of ideas, and openness. Servant leaders help to set the context around them and build consensus around emergent practices.
Traditional management and planning models strive for order and use periodic change management to deal with complexity and chaos. But complexity is becoming the more common state in the network era. This means shifting the focus from analyzing situations, to making constant experiments and learning from them.
Managers acting as servant leaders should spend much of their time focused on complex situations, where the relationship between cause and effect can only be seen after the fact. Actively listening requires an engagement with networked contributors who are closely in touch with their environment. Everyone should continuously question the contexts in which the enterprise is working. Appointed servant leaders have an even greater responsibility to look at the big picture, not manage the contributors, who for the most part can manage themselves when everyone’s work is transparent. Managers can then propose changes and build consensus around suggested responses.
Here is a recent example of making the network smarter. Canada’s electronic spy agency, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) has just released some of its malware detection tools as open source software, so any organization or individual can better detect threats.
“Whatever it detects, whether it be cybercrime or [nation] states, or anybody else that are doing things — well that’s a good thing, because it’s made the community smarter in terms of defence,” said [Scott] Jones [who heads the agency’s IT security efforts].
Accepting responsibility for these approaches and relationships is undoubtedly very challenging, but I believe the qualities of servant leadership as envisioned here, will be an essential key to success in our emerging, tech-enhanced, net-construct post industrial organizational landscape. Excellent! | http://jarche.com/2017/10/leadership-is-helping-make-the-network-smarter/ |
by Amy Franko
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be an executive-level leader or CEO?
I have had the privilege of moderating a panel of well-known CEOs. The topic was on perspectives from the CEO suite, and our panelists shared insights on their pathways to the top – along with the challenges, the rewards, and the lessons.
These CEOs came from a range of industries, representing large organizations in banking, insurance, and aviation. I had no idea what twists and turns to expect in the conversation, as moderating a panel of major CEOs was a new experience for me. I think we all have our pre-conceived ideas of what a CEO may be like, and this group was a breath of fresh air – candid, approachable, and very willing to share their experiences.
Many ideas were shared, and I’ve created list of some of the real-world strategies that helped them to reach the CEO suite. Even if your leadership goals don’t include the C-suite, these strategies will still help you on your personal leadership journey.
1. Be approachable and accessible. Treat others equally and fairly. I have to say that each of the panelists embodied these traits. Their positive demeanor, sense of humor, and openness were very apparent.
2. Learn everything you can about your industry. Each of these CEOs has been in their respective industries for decades, and mainly working their way up from entry-level positions. One of our CEOs began his career in the mailroom, and another as an executive assistant! This enabled them to learn the intricacies of their industries from the ground up, and they were prepared when those executive-level opportunities presented themselves.
3. Leadership is a daily practice. Every year the new “it” leadership book hits the shelves, with the latest trendy philosophies. While it’s great to know what’s out there, keep in mind that it’s your daily practice and personal experiences that will make you a better leader.
4. Embrace opportunity and be willing to take risks. Each one of our CEOs had a “sixth sense” for opportunity – whether in the form of a promotion, a move, or learning a completely new side of their respective industries. With new opportunities come risks and rewards. They were willing to put themselves out there, knowing that the risk may not pan out – but that it was worthwhile to their leadership aspirations and personal success.
5. Build relationships. I know this one may seem like a no-brainer, but when it comes to everyday practice, those who are contenders for the C-Suite make this one happen. One of our CEOs interviewed the top 50 people within the organization – to learn what was working, what wasn’t, and what they wanted from the company’s leadership. This approach opened the doors of communication, building valuable relationships and loyalty.
6. Support is critical. Each of our CEOs said that asking for help and building a strong support system were integral to their success. I think this one is especially tough for our women leaders out there who are inclined to do it all themselves. Creating this support system requires us to find and hire the right people, and from there we have to trust them to do what they were hired to do.
The shadow side to this was what one panelist coined as “CEO disease.” Often, the higher you climb, the more people are inclined to tell you what you want to hear, rather than telling you what’s really going on in the business. A support system with the courage to give you the full story is priceless. For these CEOs, it goes back to #1 on this list – being approachable and accessible.
7. In a role such as CEO or other C-level executive, give yourself 2-3 years to become “good” at the job. This one surprised me a bit, but our panelists consistently mentioned that it took time to develop a comfort level and become good at the job. It reminds me of the phrase that “what got you here won’t get you there.” I think many women leaders are waiting to have all the traits and skills necessary to even consider themselves ready for high-level positions. This insight just goes to show that there’s a lot of learning to do once you reach the top, and to accept you won’t have it all out of the gate.
8. When building a team, know what is “teachable” and what should be inherent. Hire values and build skills. Do you know the difference between skills and values when building your team? Skills can be taught, values cannot. When asked what they look for in building their C-suite teams, our CEOs listed values like integrity, energy, and ambition as non-negotiables. They also shared the importance of chemistry and fit with the company’s culture. Without these, the executive leadership team won’t make it in the long run.
9. Be prepared. One of our CEOs shared the importance of an “open-door policy” to the CEO suite, and the price for admission was absolute preparedness! When you have that opportunity to present an idea or to participate in meetings with high visibility, you get one chance. Make the most of it by doing your homework, asking intelligent questions, knowing what outcomes are important to achieve, and practicing your content to present. You’ll be sure to leave a positive impression wherever you go.
10. If you bring a problem forward, bring possible solutions with it. Every one of our CEOs emphasized the importance of bringing forward solutions. Anyone can bring a problem or complaint to the table. Leadership is taking it a step further and proposing potential solutions to the problem. If you want to make a huge impression, the next time you bring forward a problem, present a possible solution or two to go with it.
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What do we need to feel satisfied in conversation?
But what makes for good conversation, or the feelings associated with good conversation? In a 2019 human-machine study titled “What Makes a Good Conversation? Challenges in Designing Truly Conversational Agents,” there were four human-human needs most commonly identified in surveys and interviews:
- Mutual understanding & common ground,
- Trust-worthiness,
- Active listenership, and
- Humor (Clark et al. 2).
In workplace environments, where most conversation is task oriented, the authors write “transactional conversation pursues a practical goal, often fulfilled during the course of one interaction. In these types of exchanges, both interlocutors know what the goal of the dialogue is. They have different clearly-defined roles, and success is measured by the achievement of the transaction’s purpose” (Clark et al. 2). Simply put, we want our workplace interactions to include purposeful conversations, where our unique contributions are appreciated, while feeling consistent clarity on how to “move forward” on a task.
“Ah, good conversation – there’s nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.”
-Edith Wharton
Let’s review these four areas of need a bit deeper:
Mutual Understanding & Common Ground
In “What Makes a Good Conversation…,” the authors write: “Participants stressed the importance of understanding the intent and meaning behind what other speakers are saying… As well as providing a mutually understood focus during interaction, a knowledge of others, supports attempts to reach a common understanding” (Clark et al. 4). In layman’s terms, this means that the researchers found we seek alignment between what a speaker is saying and the intentions behind it (sarcasm or passive aggressiveness are examples of tactics that may thwart this), as well as a mutually agreed upon focus (or an agenda) for a conversation to feel successful.
This means that what you say is often as important as how you say it. Tone, volume, and content are playing an important role here in establishing a foundation from which a positive conversation can be held (Ebenstein 26-32). In a work world that has become increasingly collaborative, creating understanding and common ground becomes more and more essential.
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The desire for mutual understanding is not a new concept. In Mary Parker Follett’s 1924 book, Creative Experience, she points out that establishing common ground does not mean establishing agreement. Rather it is an act of information and experience sharing that explores a concept through to a point where conversationalists begin to see eye to eye, even if they do not yet agree on how best to move forward.
We need experts, we need accurate information, but the object is not to do away with difference but to do away with muddle. When for lack of facts you and I are responding to a different situation—you to the situation as you imagine it, I to the situation as I imagine, it—we cannot of course come to agreement… If I think I am looking at a black snake and you think it is a fallen branch, our talk will be merely chaotic. But after we have decided that it is a snake, we do not then automatically agree what to do with it. You and I may respond quite differently to “black snake”… Difference based on inaccuracy is meaningless. We have not done away with difference, but we have provided the possibility for fruitful difference (Follett 6).
Thus, explaining our viewpoints regarding the shared situations, agendas, or outcomes are helpful steps to satisfying our need to establish mutual understanding and common ground in conversation. By erasing the muddle first, we can begin to converse upon how best to move forward.
Trustworthiness
Another important quality the researchers identified in “What Makes a Good Conversation…” was humans’ desire to trust our conversational partners. They write: “having trust in a partner seems to be a gateway to open the possibility of more personal conversations” (Clark et al. 4). In the workplace, where communication can often be superficial or short term, trust can be elusive to cultivate; we jockey for roles, we lose important bids, we may not see certain members of a team day to day. This makes it difficult, though not impossible, to develop any workplace as a deeply rooted “safe space” in the same way we can in our personal lives.
Our intrinsic need for trust is reiterated in a The New York Times Magazine article titled “What Google Learned from Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team” where researchers in Google’s Project Aristotle team found that:
“…to be fully present at work, to feel ‘psychologically safe,’ we must know that we can be free enough, sometimes, to share the things that scare us without fear of recriminations. We must be able to talk about what is messy or sad, to have hard conversations with colleagues who are driving us crazy” (Duhigg).
When we trust our co-workers, colleagues, team members, managers and leaders, we feel safe to be vulnerable, think outside the box, challenge ourselves and our preconceived ideas, and apply failure as an essential step towards success, rather than a reflection on our capabilities.
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In I Hear You, author Donny Ebenstein discusses the role vulnerability plays in establishing trusting relationships and open conversation in the workplace.
Many stuck situations become intractable because neither side wants to share emotions for fear of appearing weak. This can lead to a standoff, with no progress being made. Sometimes expressing one’s emotions in a non-threatening and vulnerable manner can elicit empathy from the other side, changing the entire dynamic (Ebenstein 28).
Trust can be built by opening yourself up, expressing your true feelings and creating a safe place for others to share their impressions and reactions as well. However, this cannot be a manipulative tactic to get what you want, otherwise long-term trust will never be achieved. Genuine care and a true desire to move a conversation forward must be at the heart of any purposeful conversation.
Active Listening
“Participants described that paying attention, demonstrating engagement and a willingness to participate in conversation was important in two-way interactive dialogue” (Clark et al. 4).
Yet in today’s information-overloaded workplaces (and lives!) gaining true active listenership can be challenging. We have all been in meetings with our colleagues who are tapping away on laptops or cell phones as we wonder if they are taking engaging notes or replying to an unrelated email. Even we might look actively engaged, but instead are making mental notes about our children’s schedules or grocery lists.
In Let the Story Do the Work, author Esther Choy acknowledges this reality: “There’s no question that setting aside our thoughts and worries to focus on what others have to say can be challenging and energy-consuming” (Choy 141). She promotes the concept of aggressive listening and provides ideas that may aid in letting go and truly plugging in (Choy 142-147). Her advice (given to her by her former Northwestern University professor Paul Arntson): “For every one part talking, do three parts listening” (141). Adhering to a 75-to-25% listening to talking ratio (141) may, at first, feel slightly awkward while in the midst of a conversation – but with some practice and awareness, it isn’t too difficult to achieve.
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Listening well goes beyond two-person and group situations within the organization. Listening is an important quality of leadership as well, helping to engrain the quality as an essential expectation of operations. In “Leadership is a Conversation” Groysberg and Slind promote “conversational intimacy” by the leadership level of an organization: “True attentiveness signals respect for people of all ranks and roles, a sense of curiosity, and even a degree of humility” (Groysberg and Slind 79).
Listening becomes especially important as technology allows managers and leaders to blanket workers with messaging. “For many executives and managers, the temptation to treat every medium at their disposal as if it were a megaphone has proved hard to resist. In some companies, however, leaders have fostered a genuinely interactive culture – values, norms, and behaviors that create a welcoming space for dialogue” (Groysberg and Slind 80).
In The Art of Focused Conversation, this need for organizations to shift from top-down information flow systems to those with information flows going “in every direction, up, down, sideways and diagonally” requires leaders to move away from “being charismatic decision-makers and infallible bosses to becoming people who facilitate questioning” (Institute for Cultural Affairs 12-13). Leaders who see facilitation as an important skill will be increasingly desired in today’s marketplaces. “…These days everyone wants to participate in everything, and those who can facilitate a useful conversation will be at a premium” (Institute for Cultural Affairs 13). Shifting this approach to leadership will require managers to see their roles as drivers of information by asking the right questions to elicit useful knowledge; listening will be an essential component of this style of operating.
Humor
In “What Makes Good Conversation…” participants often noted humor as an essential element of good conversation, but warned against that which is disingenuous. It needs to have “substance and relevance to the conversation” noting humor’s ability to “soften serious intentions or deliver substantive message in conversation” (Clark et al. 5).
This means that while humor may be welcome, it must be used appropriately and respectfully. We’ve all seen an episode of The Office where Michael Scott’s version of humor made us cringe; it is important to recognize when it is appropriate to insert humor and how to craft it in a way that adds rather than undermines.
That said, humor comes in a variety of forms and can often provide a sense of fun into a long work week as well as be a source of brevity; we’ve all chuckled at the Southwest announcer who playfully turns the safety lecture into something more palatable. In the 2016 article “Getting Serious about funny: Psychologists see humor as a character strength” Janet Gibson writes: “Positive psychology, a field that examines what people do well, notes that humor can be used to make others feel good, to gain intimacy or to help buffer stress… And humor activities or exercises result in increased feelings of emotional well-being and optimism” (Gibson). In other words, when co-workers are having a good time, it feels a lot less like work.
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In the 2013 study, “Laughing and liking: Exploring the interpersonal effects of humor use in initial social interactions,” researchers performed a series of experiments to understand the relationship between humor and liking. The authors conclude: “Our results supported ideas of prior researchers who have proposed that people can use humor to signal liking or to simply establish closeness with an unacquainted other… One of the most fundamental and powerful human motivations is to form bonds with others” (Treger et al. 540). In workplace settings where there is a plethora of unacquainted co-workers and infrequent team members, activities that include humor may aid in more quickly creating the intimacy needed to successfully tackle a project.
all the ingredients
Are our needs being met?
In reality, these four areas of identified needs are not neatly wrapped up into clear cut categories. Humorous activities designed to foster openness, for example, may also allow us to both actively listen as well as to build trust. It is important not to view each of these as segregated concepts, but rather as a way to identify ingredients that are all needed in the pie, often in different proportions, but each a necessary area to identify and consider.
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If we look back at a previous post, “Why Design the Conversation?” we can see that many of our workplace conversations are not achieving this degree of satisfaction. We are dealing with an epidemic of workers who often leave conversations feeling stuck, frustrated, devalued, or lacking clarity about our specific role in the project or next steps. | https://designtheconversation.org/2021/01/07/human-needs/ |
When preparing for an interview, it’s likely you have been given the advice to be serious when you meet with people at your prospective job; it’s important to know that advice is absolutely wrong (unless you’re interviewing to be a funeral director, banker (of doom), or to play Buster Keaton in a biopic).
It’s true that interviews are an important part of the hiring process, and as an interviewee, you have a very personal stake in wanting it to go well, but the perception that avoiding humor during an interview is the safer option is fundamentally flawed.
Desire to control the outcome of the interview often leads people to not use humor because it feels unsafe, but the safest path is to be the greatest job candidate that any of the evaluators have ever seen. Unless you have abilities far beyond those of mortal men, you’re better off being the kind of person they want to work with.
So here, to dispel any misconceptions or misunderstandings, are 5 Reasons to Use Humor in an Interview.
1. To Show You’re More than Just a Good Worker
If you’ve been asked to come in for an interview, then either you’re already qualified for the job or the company likes wasting its time. Being a good fit for the company on paper makes you a shoo-in only if you and the other candidates are all robots.
No matter how great your resume is, people still have to work with you, so a significant portion of any interview will be spent evaluating your facility in working with others. By using humor during the interview, you demonstrate how well you’d fit in to their office environment, and showing you belong there puts you one step closer to being there.
2. To Model How You’ll Behave in the Job
Given the current trend of behavioral interviews, sometimes you may wonder how to answer interview questions diplomatically. Humor is a tool you can use to truthfully answer these interview questions while simultaneously avoiding negative behaviors like assigning blame or complaining.
When questions like “describe a time when you had to work in a challenging work environment” come up (and they will), humor is an especially good way of discussing the difficulties in a positive manner.
By showing you have a sense of humor about a situation that was likely stressful when you were in it, you clearly demonstrate that you have moved on from negative aspects of the situation and now see it as a learning experience. In other words, you’re showing your interviewer that you’re a model employee.
3. To Demonstrate Your Social Skills
It’s hard to be successful and a misanthrope unless you own your own business or happen to be a fictional character. Not many people interview themselves before starting their own business and I have it on good authority Gregory House doesn’t visit this site, so neither of those audiences will be addressed in this article.
Unavoidably (and luckily), workplaces are filled with people. Depending on your role at work, you may be called on to interact with these fellow humans occasionally, or even more frequently than that.
In fact, several times a year you may be called upon to interact with coworkers in a purely social setting, rather than a work-related setting. Using humor during an interview sends a strong signal that you can navigate the professional and social dynamics of the company.
4. To Show You Can Roll with the Punches
Just like when you’re on the job, things can go wrong during an interview. Rather than being bad, these moments are opportunities to show how calm and unflappable you are. Being able to bring levity to a situation that would cause stress in other people provides a very concrete example of you handling a potentially frustrating or stressful situation without becoming unpleasant to work with.
5. To Get To Know The Other Person Better
At a fundamental level, every interview is the same, because every interview is a conversation. When approached this way, an interview is an opportunity for you to engage with the interviewer and, all job considerations aside, forge a connection with another human being.
Humor is a powerful tool for creating an open and honest feeling. When someone smiles, you know if it’s genuine or forced (just ask Guillaume Duchenne).
The base honesty involved in sharing humor acts to build trust where everyone involved can be more open, which makes it more likely you and the interviewer will have a great and memorable talk.
Just look at it from the interviewer’s perspective. After interviewing a number of people over the course of several days, are you more likely to remember the person who answered every question perfectly by rote, or the person who you had a great conversation with and actually made the time you spent with them enjoyable?
Got your own thoughts on using humor in interviews? Share them in the comments. | https://www.humorthatworks.com/benefits/5-reasons-to-use-humor-in-an-interview/ |
Daniel(TR #1): "Greetings my friends, I am Daniel, your guide and teacher. Welcome to this gathering this evening. It is our joy to be with you in sharing your week as we travel amongst you and then to be witness to your sharing before this lesson time. Truly you have a very united and bonded group. Truly you are each unique individuals. It is an analogy to say that as you watch television series shows or as you read a book there is character development. As we watch and listen to your comments do we see your individual characteristics shine forth and we feel also the love and respect you have for one another. You rejoice in each others up times. You are compassionate in others down times. Your ability to feel for one another is growing and connecting in ways you are not always conscious of. Truly you are a cohesive, well matched and strong group.
This evening's lesson will transgress from the heavy lessons of the last few weeks. Tomas is here as well as several others. I will turn this floor over that others may speak at this time."
Morontia Companion(TR #2): "Good evening friends assembled. I am a visitor. I have visited with you before and spoken with you before. I am a Morontia Companion and am not named.
The break from the lesson plan has afforded me the opportunity to be with you a time. The merits of my station are such that we Companions find our greatest opportunity for being when you cease your growth struggles, when you have come to a period of rest, repose, and comfort. Your teachers, indeed much of the organism of ongoing life is occupied with stimulating your growth, with challenging your thinking and decision making processes. You have recently studied how many entities are specifically engaged in making your lives more difficult to bring about your own growth, but we Companions have the decided privilege of simply being with you in your times of rest. We are not the same as Reversion Directors, no, but we are most appreciative of humor and diversion. We are supporters of a type of relaxation and community engagement which is supportive of your well being as a group and as individuals.
Morontia Companions have been known to give lessons as they, we, are companionable, philosophic, and wiser. Therefor we enjoy sharing our knowledge and encouraging your growth. But our primary purpose is to visit, to sense your realities and encourage your morontial reality, your developing selfhood. Unlike your teachers we are not in a situation to invite growth promoting questions. Yet as in any conversation that you might have among yourselves it is always deemed appropriate to enquire of one another as to your thoughts, opinions, or circumstances; and we are no exception in that context. It is perhaps a subtle suggestion that the teachers, Daniel and Tomas, have afforded me the opportunity to meet with you this evening as a respite from your struggles.
In your destiny career you will come to rely more and more upon Morontia Companions as compatible inspirations in learning how to spend more quality gracious time with yourself and each other. There is not a constant and incessant clamor for improvement and soul searching and spirit grasping in the presence of Morontia Companions. Of course I am not suggesting that your teachers are brutal or work you too hard for your own loyalties and hunger to grow provide you all with that ability to carry on in the fashion that you do so well together. We observe from our armchairs and discuss your growth. Indeed, your teachers often enjoy the company of us in their reflections on your growth and potential. (long pause)
I am not gone. I am still here although the TR could not find me for an instant. I am, however, resuming my armchair position. I would invite you to learn the ways and means of morontia companionship."
Klarixiska(TR #1): "Many thanks to our unnamed guest this evening. I am Klarixiska. I have been afforded this time slot appropriately this evening to speak with you regarding the ability to be light hearted, to let go and not take yourselves so seriously.
During the course of your week all of you find yourselves engaged in activities, in situations, in trying to fit more into seemingly less and less time. It is our hope and our work to convey to you that, yes, life is busy; a commitment made is one that needs to be fulfilled; however, there is a point at which you must look at commitment and at times scale back those things which only contribute to stress building and create within you a sense of 'have to' rather than a sense of 'wanting to' or fullfillingly doing. Time away, a period of rest, a time of laughter helps in bringing the body, mind, and spirit back into an alignment which will benefit not only your schedule and your relationships but also your own ability to further your study of knowing yourself and of finding your way along the path to following God's calling.
I would like to ask each of you this week to look at the lighter side, to allow more humor and laughter within your life. It has great healing potential as well as allowing the body to forget the stresses of an ongoing busy life. Your ability to allow laughter, humor and lightness also is freeing and by means of doing so you actually find a way to free up time slots that had previously seemed booked.
My words this evening are not being conveyed as picturesquely as I would like. However, I know that you are all understanding perfectly well the intent. The joyousness and the laughter of the time before this teaching lesson was a wonderful healing and productive part of this meeting. It is welcomed and should not ever be considered the opposite, for those who are able to laugh and see the humor in situations are understanding and sensing on a higher level. So be joyous and as the song goes, 'be happy'."
Tomas(TR #2): "Good evening, I am Tomas. I am pleased to speak with you, as always. This evening reminds me and many of us of our Monday afternoon sessions in that the format is less formal and more open to visiting energies and personalities. This, in itself, is a diversion and a break in the routine. Any break in a routine is a pause to perceive life from an altered vantage point. The more often you in your busy days stop to smell the roses, ponder the presence of spirit personalities such as the Companions, or find some humor as has been suggested by our associate Klarixiska, you have the opportunity to give thanks and step forward anew as if you had spent a moment in the shower in your mind and emerged refreshed.
The rewards and benefits of developing spiritual muscles as we have been doing involves also the realization of fitness, strength, confidence and a rightful sense of well being. These qualities of being are realized effectively through lightheartedness and humor, through laughter, through love. As we have all repeatedly advised, the phrase, 'be of good cheer', an admonition to radiate your joy, is a result of your beingness, not a job that you must feel you must do."
Daniel: "I am Daniel. Tomas and I are now available for any questions."
Virginia: "Good evening Tomas and Daniel and Klarixiska and the Morontia Companion. Thank you very much for this diversion and for the reminder that it is good to laugh and to not take ourselves so seriously. I truly appreciate all the comments and especially hearing Klarixiska from another TR is really encouraging to me. Thank you very much."
Daniel: "Your comments are noted and Klarixiska sends you her love and her admiration."
Virginia: "Thank you."
Bill: "This is Bill. Everyone, thank you all (without listing all your names) for being here and the others that are here but didn't speak. It occurred to me and I would like commentary on, if you desire, the relationship, perhaps, of taking ourselves too seriously and being unwilling to forgive. To me it seems like they might have some sort of correlation. Am I on to anything with that? (pause) Perhaps I should elaborate a little bit. What I am thinking about is a sense of offended honor...'I have been offended and I am so important and take myself so seriously that I will not forgive!' I am using this in a hypothetical sense. That's what I was referring to."
Daniel: "Indeed there is a correlation in what you say. Forgiveness is a many faceted process. Those who feel they are above, those who feel they are unto themselves do, in fact, regard themselves and take themselves too seriously. When one is able to view themselves from the understanding that life is not perfect, that they are not perfect, that their brothers and sisters are not perfect, that situations are not perfect, there is then a sense of incongruity, a sense of irony, a sense that not everything can be viewed therefor from one perspective. And, in a sense, this is the basis for humor, being able to see through the cracks, the crevices, being able to realize that in spite of what is on the surface, that underneath there can be something more. And it is those who are able to grasp this sense, to maybe even see a little humor in what has transpired who will undoubtedly find forgiveness to be an easier process. Of course, each situation is different. Not every situation can be remedied through humor. But there are far more situations in which humor can be a catalyst in helping one to forgive if only so much seriousness could be laid aside. And so in your words, Bill, there is truth."
Tomas: "I have been asked by the Morontia Companion to remark further in response to your hypothetical situation of aspiring for forgiveness. He suggests the merits of companionability that in a heartfelt yet lighthearted conversation, one with the other, many grievances may be put to rest, which grievances are resultant from lack of understanding. For in understanding your fellows you begin to love them and many times your alienations from your fellow beings are a result of not understanding clearly how you have affected others or they have affected you.
Many times a conversation can bring about the probing and congealing factors that heal the core of misunderstanding and the light of truth can then be conveyed/portrayed in furtherance of your communication. Unfortunately, the lower natures are not inclined to communicate and the more advanced natures have inexperience and fears of expressing how their integrity has been besmirched by the misunderstanding. The human mind in harmony with the evolving soul is a real and yet sometimes fragile reality. The wise being knows with whom he has come into contact; and whether or not to defend his or her realities against this assault is something to ponder, for many assaults are not worth the effort to attempt a reconciliation. These have been the remarks from one experienced in working through barriers of understanding."
Bill: "Thank you both for your words. I am going to look forward to reading them in print which will help me ingest fully their meaning."
Virginia: "One of the things that you just said reminded me of the many times when I had felt there had been a break in a certain relationship and I have wanted to try and bridge that break. I found I was talking to people or persons who absolutely did not understand where I was. Part of my problem is that I expect everyone to be thinking as I am thinking or feeling in a situation as I am feeling, and it just isn't true. I would like you to comment on that if you understand what I am saying."
Tomas: "I understand our desire to communicate, yes. You are not the only one who suffers under this misconception. It is common but it is not fatal.
I would respond somewhat by saying that the sensitive and connected are more likely to be on a similar wavelength, as you might say, in terms of understanding. The sensitive and imaginative being has more depth perception and reads more into his or her communications or attempts at communications or responses to communications for and with other human beings. The more dense are those who are not as intrigued by the differing layers of potential and actual in any display of communication, not only in words but in gestures and in energy outpourings. Those of you who are becoming intertwined as a result of your individual and group commitments to serve the Father, to honor the Mother, to work the plan are being upheld and supported in your understandings. These communications, these networks, these circuits make you even more sensitive to the possibilities.
Do not be dismayed when you are misunderstood. This is a condition of your(plural) imperfection, relative perfection at this point in time. It is getting better! The communications are improving daily. Look forward to the time when those with whom you interact merge more completely with an understanding of what goes on between you in your communications. Has that addressed your concern?"
Virginia: "Yes, Tomas, thank you. I'm not sure it was a concern but I just realize that many times I put my foot in my mouth because of the lack of understanding from others that I want. Thank you very much."
Tomas: "You are welcome."
Nancy: "Tomas, you said not to be dismayed when we are misunderstood. I find that very difficult to do! I am very dismayed when I am misunderstood!! And I am frustrated. In depends in what context the misunderstanding is and how big of a misunderstanding. But when the misunderstandings are such that the realities totally differ it just seems completely unbridgable to me. I am not meaning to say that I should be dismayed but I don't understand how not to be!"
Tomas: "I appreciate your remarks. In saying, 'do not be dismayed', I realize that such is often the case; and that not being dismayed at being misunderstood is something to attain, as well as enjoy. But it is not impossible to experience letting go of misunderstandings.
You have answered your question somewhat by acknowledging that there are varying degrees of importance attached to whether or not you are understood. In some cases it is a matter of reconstructing your communication so that it is better understood by the recipient. In some cases no matter how clearly you communicate what it is you need to convey it will not be received by the recipient of your communication. This is the difficulty, for sometimes it is not that you have not conveyed yourself clearly but it is that they refuse to hear what you are trying to say.
This is something we teachers know intimately for you can conjecture that we say many things that fall upon seemingly deaf ears. However, we have great faith in you and in Supreme reality. For although these words may seem to fall upon deaf ears, they have been heard in some deep corner, in some deep recess. And the same is true in your communication with your fellow beings. For if you have with deep sincerity conveyed your reality to another as clearly and lovingly as possible that message has been heard in some deep recess of that entity. And although the response may not be immediately forthcoming in time you may be immediately assured that the tentacle of communication will reach out and acknowledge that reality. These are the fingers of circuitry which we are working upon in our group efforts and in our mission. Communications."
Nancy: "Thank you Tomas. I believe that what you say is true. I feel like I am operating under different time constraints as a material being than all of you are as morontial beings."(laughter)
Tomas: "All you have told me is that you acknowledge your impatience."
Nancy: "Yes, I was acknowledging that too but.. There is impatience but I do think there is a distinction there because there are certain things that if not attained materially will never occur, because we do have, according to the Urantia Book, this one material existence, and then we have morontial existence becoming more and more spirit. So, yes, I am impatient about material things."
Tomas: "You are not alone."
(long pause)
Daniel: "At this time this meeting will be called to an end. In concluding let me say this. As your teachers of the last three years we have spent many a time in this aspect of communicating. And while there have been times when the clarity has not been manifested we of the Teaching Mission are grateful that you are willing to look past the inadequacies of this type of communication to the greater purpose, and that it to find the truth that will set you free within our words. And with that I am being most serious.
In the lighter vein that we have spoken about of seeing humor, joyousness, and lightheartedness in your life, you must all agree that communication in its many forms, its many irregularities affords you many opportunities to chuckle and laugh and feel good. Think back to the instances of how children can only understand from one perspective and how they misunderstand many adult situations because of their limited perspective, and the lightheartedness which that creates.
And so in concluding, allow that even the inconsistencies and the defects of communication, while they should be serious, can also be taken lightheartedly. Go this week and see the lighter side. Rejoice in each day. Think a happy thought, a humorous thought. Override the tendency to bring in the negative. In peace and love we all say good evening." | http://tmarchives.com/readdoc.php?tid=264 |
My biggest worry about being a parent is that I will forget to help my kid enjoy life. I am worried about providing everything for him that I might end up failing somewhere else. I don’t want him to become a bully so I’ll talk to my wife about changing up our parenting style.
How To Bully Proof Your Children by Building Their Resilience
The heartwrenching stories and startling statistics coming out about bullying are commanding a justified level of concern in parents. With new data revealing that more kids are affected by bullying and cyber-bullying than we ever imagined and that both bullies and victims are at higher risk for suicide, our eyes are opening to the fact that we’re faced with a potentially life-threatening situation. So what can we do to protect our children against the painful effects of bullying?
The primary step in helping our children persevere when being bullied or facing other sources of trauma is equipping them with a solid foundation of emotional resilience by ensuring that they feel accepted at home. It is important that we accept our kids for whoever they are, no matter how different they are from us or from how we expected them to be. When kids feel consistently accepted for who they are, they are more able to cope with stress and adversity.
According to NPR, a study conducted Dr. Caitlin Ryan, Director of the Family Acceptance Project, has “found that the gay, lesbian and bisexual young adults and teens at the highest risk of attempting suicide and having some other health problems are ones who reported a high level of rejection by their families as a result of their sexual orientation.” Dr. Ryan further found that if kids are bullied, being accepted by their families has a buffering effect, making them less susceptible to negative outcomes.
As parents, we want our kids to feel confident within themselves, so that even if they experience bullying, they will be able to recover. As PTSD expert Dr. Donald Meichenbaum has said, “Resilience reflects the ability to ‘bounce back’ … [and] move from being a victim to being a ‘survivor’, and even to becoming a ‘thriver’.” If we want our children to have the ability to adapt to, handle, and overcome the tough situations they encounter in life, the effort to provide them with these skills must begin at home. Here are some of the dos and don’ts of building resilience in our children.
Do:
- Inspire Positive Emotions: It’s essential that we provide our kids with opportunities to have positive emotions. This sounds simple, but very often we get so distracted by the practicalities of parenting (making sure our kids change their clothes, brush their teeth, and do their homework) that we fail to provide them with enough opportunities to be joyful. We should always encourage our children to find pleasure and humor in life.
- Find an Area of Interest: Helping our kids find an area that interests them and that they can excel in is a gift that can shape their lives. Get them involved in activities that help them feel good about themselves. Provide them with a variety of opportunities to find what specifically appeals to them. In doing this, we should be flexible in our expectations of children. If they prefer sketching cartoons when we’d prefer they were playing the cello, it is important to support them in their excitement. It is also important not to confuse false praise with encouragement. Kids can tell the difference and often feel confused when our compliments don’t match their accomplishments.
- Teach Mindfulness: Children must be taught how to calm themselves down when falling apart or feeling aggressive. We can read young children books like The Peaceful Piggy, which introduces them to the benefits of mindfulness and how it can help them develop the ability to remain calm, even in the face of bullying. For advice on teaching mindfulness to children, parents can read The Whole-Brain Child, which offers techniques for developing “mindsight,” the ability to see what is going on in our minds and the minds of others. This helps our children be able to recognize their own reactions and better understand others, so they can more effectively cope with bullies.
- Promote Problem Solving Skills: To equip our kids with invaluable problem solving skills, we must show them how to be flexible in their responses. If a child faces a challenging situation, it’s important to sit down with them and encourage them to think about the many possible courses of action available and which will yield the most benefit. If, for example, they endure teasing from a friend, what can they do? Is revenge really the best option? Does ignoring it really solve the problem? Should they talk directly to the friend about how the teasing makes them feel? Should an adult be present in the conversation?
- Orient Them Toward the Future: Part of ensuring that our kids stay hopeful involves orientating them toward the future. Helping them plan for their future doesn’t necessarily mean knowing what college they want to get into or how many children they plan to have. It also doesn’t mean creating a fantasy of a future that could never exist. It is more a matter of helping them focus on their real, everyday goals, like visiting a certain city or learning to drive a car. It can mean making them aware of a heroic person who inspires them or introducing them to slightly novel situations that open them up to new ideas and opportunities. Teaching our kids that the future holds brightness and possibility is a lesson that can lift them through low times.
- Lead by Example: In each of the previous suggestions, it is vital to lead by example. Telling our kids what to do and how to behave will rarely influence them as much as showing them how to handle difficult situations. Exposing them to the constructive approaches we take in finding solutions to problems in our lives encourages them to handle matters in a similar way. If we come home complaining about our responsibilities or feeling victimized by our boss, we encourage kids to take the same attitude toward their own challenges.
Don’t:
- Support Maladaptive Thinking: Negative thoughts contribute to a child’s insecurities and low self-esteem. Allowing our children to focus or dwell on a perceived weakness or negative trait is not constructive. Rather, it is productive for us to encourage them to challenge their hostile self-criticisms and self-attacks. This form of maladaptive thinking, which is referred to as the “critical inner voice,” leads a child to feel mentally defeated and victimized by circumstances. Allowing our kids to ruminate or act on these critical inner voices can have harmful effects. Instead, encourage them to identify these negative thoughts and challenge them in their actions. Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice, a book I co-authored with Dr. Robert Firestone and Joyce Catlett, provides exercises for recognizing and overcoming this internal bully.
- Be Critical, Coddling, or Ignore Issues: We should always support our kids in new challenges. We can help by putting them in somewhat novel situations in which they’re slightly uncomfortable, but we’re there to back them up. We shouldn’t over-push them, leading them to feel abandoned or afraid, nor should we overprotect them by speaking for them or stepping in too often, which teaches them to feel dependent or helpless. Most importantly, we should never pretend not to notice that there’s a problem. Ignoring the fact that our children are struggling will not encourage them to toughen up and move on. It will only leave them feeling more alone than ever.
- Dwell on the Negative: When a child goes through a negative experience, it is important to give them the platform to talk about it. Encourage the child to express what happened and how it made him or her feel. We can help our children resolve any traumas they experience by reframing the experiences so that they can learn from them. This is not to say we should attempt to alter reality or ignore the fact that they were hurt. However, the more people mull over painful events or tell themselves stories about being victims, the worse off they are.
- Avoid Dealing with Painful Events: When a traumatic event occurs, we shouldn’t help our kids engage in avoidant behavior by steering clear of anything that reminds them of the occurrence. Never avoid talking about painful events. One of the challenges in stopping bullying is that many children fail to disclose incidents of abuse. When we encourage our kids to talk about bad things that happen to them, we help them make sense out of these experiences. Memories that are not made sense of can have negative effects on children. They may start to show behavior problems, increased fears, stress, or anger. Creating a coherent narrative helps make meaning out of experiences and form a sense of personal agency and closure.
As parents, we may not be able to protect our children from the bullies that exist in the world, but we can help our kids build the resilience required to not allow bullying to have the devastating impact it is capable of having on a child’s life. And this will provide them with an essential coping tool that they can take with them into adulthood. | https://www.psychalive.org/bully-proof-your-children/ |
At Trilogy Dance Center, we believe in encouraging the human, expressing the artist, and educating the dancer. Trilogy offers a comprehensive curriculum in a nurturing environment to create a well-rounded dancer and expand their confidence and creativity. We recognize that many of our students will continue their education in dance, and some will become professional dancers, but all will become professional humans.
Our purpose and what we offer:
A well-rounded philosophy of dance
A thorough dance education
Traditional dance technique and contemporary dance theory
A performance-based school
A dance class for everyone and every goal
Support and fostering of the San Antonio Arts
An arena for guest artists and master classes in South Texas
A training ground for our elite youth company, Insight Dance Ensemble.
Code of Ethics:
Every dancer at Trilogy Dance Center will be treated equally and fairly. Every family will be welcomed and respected. Our faculty will lead by example as great mentors, coaches, and advisors. The faculty and staff of Trilogy will always expect the environment of Trilogy to be positive, physically, and mentally healthy, and encouraging. All music, choreography, and messages to students will be age-appropriate, motivating, and constructive to the dancer’s self-worth. | http://www.trilogydancecenter.com/mission |
Our unique sports-specific training focuses on increasing performance while preventing injury. Classes are taught by certified professionals with medical backgrounds and first-hand knowledge of injury prevention.
Work to make the muscles in your body function properly as a unit to obtain optimal performance.
Learn how to create efficient and optimal activation of the entire musculoskeletal system while it is in action. | https://pt-cpr.com/academy/athletic-performance-and-injury-prevention |
Our AWANAs program is directed by Kristi Taylor and her staff. Our program aims to impact and shape the lives of kids and adults by equipping leaders to reach kids with the gospel and engaging them in long-term discipleship. AWANAS meets Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM.
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Psalms 95:1
Our Sunday School is lead by Greg Gritts, Sunday School Superintendent. At Temple Baptist we aim to promote discipleship and training through the word of God no matter what stage of life you are in. We offer classes for Youth, College and Career, Young Families, Seniors, and every walk of life in-between.
Sunday School starts at 10:00 AM on Sunday mornings.
Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Psalms 34:11
Our Teen Department is lead by Dana Auten. At Temple Baptist our youth is our future. We strive to create lasting bonds through the teaching of God's Word and fellowship.
Our Teens meet Sunday mornings at 10:00 AM for Sunday School and Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM for Bible Study. As well as a variety of activities planned throughout the year.
Stay up to date on all the exciting events for IGNITE TEENS.
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Our Music Director, Paul Blake, leads our worship services.
We strive to combine the traditional hymns with praise and worship songs to achieve a well-rounded worship experience for all in attendance.
At Temple Baptist, we believe it is with the heart that one truly worships and glorifies God.
Our Children's Ministries Director is Darla Auten. High Voltage is a children's church program aimed at teaching kids lessons from God's Word. High Voltage is held Sunday mornings at 11:00 AM.
Temple Baptist Church supports many missionaries both at home and overseas. To learn more about the missionaries we support click below.
We have a place for you... | http://www.templebaptistmarshfield.org/our_ministries |
In this barre focused ballet class, Tara Ghassemieh and assistant Autumn Miller give you exercises focused on upper back strength and hip opening.
Level: Adv.
Your Instructor: Tara Ghassemieh
Assisted by: Autumn Miller
First up, we’ll start with a warm-up with an emphasis on leg strength and stretching the inner thighs and hips. Then, let's work on proper placement of second jumps and the best way come into and out of them. We’ll then put all those tips to practice as we work on traditional second jumps, surpri...
Let’s take it back with a classic jazz combo and clean jazz lines! We’ll work on your lines, your technique and your cleanliness, with lots of accents in this song to hit, so make sure you find your timing and stay in the pocket of the music!
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Your Instructor: Mark Me...
Krista Miller presents a traditional technique class, from a well-rounded warm-up to across the floor training with a focus on battements, chaine turns, tilt jumps, and more! | https://www.thespace.tv/intermediate-advanced/videos/ballet-barre-tara-ghassemieh-ep08 |
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Danceline LA’s youth program strives to provide training,
guidance, and performance opportunities for our dancers.
The Danceline LA youth program offers our students a variety of classes to incorporate technique and style. We pride ourselves with providing the community with professional and friendly environment in which to train in the art of dance. We offer a registered curriculum, performance opportunities, studio rentals, as well as, hosting birthday parties. We aspire to train our dancers to become well-rounded in many styles including, but not limited to Ballet, Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, and Tap. Our faculty is committed to training our dancers professionally and helping them express themselves creatively.
For ages 2 1/2 -18 years, this 36-week program runs from September to June, culminating with an annual recital that takes place at one of Los Angeles most prestigious theatres.
If you need additional information, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]. | http://www.dancelinela.com/about2.html |
Program Overview of the Radiation Oncology Residency Program
Goals of the Radiation Oncology residency program guide the efforts to promote training in patient care and research. They are:
- To provide a well-rounded educational experience for clinical training in radiation oncology, with comprehensive understanding of oncologic principles, radiation oncology treatment techniques, radiation dosimetry, radiation physics, and experimental radiobiology.
- To provide an environment that promotes clinical expertise in oncology, with exposure to the details of treatment for the full spectrum of disease sites, the pathology in each disease site, the key radiographic findings and the surgical and medical options.
- To foster a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care through participation in disease site-oriented conferences that combine highly specialized medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, pathologists, and radiologists.
- To introduce and promote clinical research through retrospective and prospective evaluations of patients treated at The Nebraska Medical Center
The residents will be responsible to attend the didactic sessions, participate in the new case conference, chart rounds, mortality and morbidity conference and journal club as they are scheduled. The residents will also enhance their education by attending various multidisciplinary tumor boards and conferences. | https://www.unmc.edu/radonc/education/rorp/overview.html |
Join WESST Farmington Women’s Business Center and NM Manufacturing Extension Partnership for Manufacturing Days as we celebrate women in Manufacturing. Manufacturing has traditionally been a male-dominated industry—fewer than one third of manufacturing employees are women. Working women who are moms and leaders within their family and community often go unrecognized and balancing of work life is particularly tough on women. Though there have been improvements in recent years, women are still underrepresented in the manufacturing industry.
To inspire future women in the industry and recognize those that are paving the way; we want to start a conversation about what can be improved. Join us for a panel presentation with Moms in Manufacturing where we start a greater conversation around closing the opportunity gap, showcase the opportunities that abound in the manufacturing sector, and shine light on the impact women are making in manufacturing.
Guest Speakers Include:
- Sue Mueller, Tooling U-SME, Senior Workforce Development Strategist. Sue has 30 years’ experience in the training and development industry. Sue has spent her time designing, developing, and delivering training in the US and abroad. Sue holds a MA in Sociology and has designed over 60 modules of training for use by manufacturing and service organizations. As a workforce development specialist at Tooling U-SME, Sue works to build partnerships between local educational institutions and manufacturers to build flexible training solutions that help fill the skills gap. She has been employed by several training and development organizations throughout her career, including AchieveGlobal, VisionPoint, and BizLibrary. Sue resides with her husband and two children in Sussex, WI.
- Carey Beam, President of Eelahas Resources, LLC. Carey Beam followed an unconventional path to realize her true potential for leading teams and building communities, both inside and out of the workplace. Her passion for sharing stories and articulating complex ideas give her a well-rounded skill set to operate at all levels from the production floor to the boardroom. A passionate certified educator, Carey is accredited in public relations and has an extensive background in continual improvement and quality assurance.
- Mary Ben, Mary Ben and her partner Zachariah Ben have a 5-acre farm in Shiprock, NM, where they grow Navajo White Corn. They produce a value-added traditional Navajo food, known as “neeshjhizhii.” This year, they established Bidii Baby Foods, in an effort to start manufacturing this traditional food in a more formal market, and to create a new product focus on early childhood nutrition. Mary served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia (2012-14). She holds a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology and is currently a doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University, pursuing a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree in Health Equity.
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals. Please notify Holly Patterson at (505) 566-3715 when you register for the class, or no later than 24 hours prior to your class, so that WESST can make sure necessary accommodations are available. All programs and services are provided to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.
The Women’s Business Center is funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.
Speaker(s): Dawn Facka, Regional Manager, WESST Farmington Women’s Business Center
Co-Sponsor(s): Denise Williams Monaghan, Innovation Director, New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Please Note: THIS CLASS IS BEING OFFERED ONLINE. AN INTERNET CONNECTION AND A COMPUTER (or highly capable tablet-type device) ARE NECESSARY. Video conferencing instructions will be sent to you after you have registered for the class. This training class will be delivered in English. Please check your junk mail or spam folder for your zoom link. | https://www.nmsbdc.org/event/women-in-manufacturing/ |
133: What’s Your Bottom Line?
Time Block C - Friday, 10:30am-12:20pm
Presented by: Abbie Appel
Session Format: Workshop
With a special focus on lower-body work, this program discusses the benefits of glute training on an unstable surface. Incorporating mind, body and traditional training methods, progress from the least challenging base movements to the most difficult progressions. Learn proper technique using the Resist-A-Ball® and create effective lower-body exercises utilizing body weight and minimal external loads.
Related: | http://www.ideafit.com/conference/idea-world-fitness-convention-2007/what-s-your-bottom-line |
Our choral program focuses on performing a variety of musical styles including traditional and contemporary repertoire. Emphasis is given to learning proper choral vocal technique as well as exploring modern vocal styles. Music theory, music history, sight reading, and ear training are also important components, as we seek to develop well-rounded musicians within the choral setting.
Wow! I first want to say how impressed I am with the talent at BA! THANK YOU to all the students who auditioned for the Academy Juniors and the parents who supported them through the process. I am proud of the preparation and courage each of you showed in the auditions. I am blessed and excited to be teaching at BA with so many talented students!
For those students who are not on the list (at this time), I hope and pray that you will continue to develop your singing voice, confidence, and musicality for future opportunities. I would love the opportunity to work with you and encourage each of you in your gifts. In fact, I encourage all students who will not be participating in the group this year to take chorus! Chorus will be a great way to shine, grow, and improve as a singer through active and regular rehearsals. I also encourage you to come and talk to me. I would absolutely love to discuss skills, techniques, and feedback you can use to strengthen your future auditions. Again, each of you has a special, unique, and amazing gift given by God. Please continue singing and pursuing your passion for music and I hope to see you in class! Thanks again! | https://www.brentwoodacademy.com/arts/chorus |
Citrus Health Network, Inc. received program accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to host a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program in addition to their existing Adult Psychiatry Residency Program.
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship is a two-year program that will welcome four fellows per training year. Citrus Health Network’s fellowship is one of only two ACGME-accredited Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship programs in South Florida.
In partnership with the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, the goal of the residency and fellowship programs at Citrus Health Network is to create a stimulating learning environment that produces well-trained and well-rounded physicians.
Training for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship will take place in various Citrus Health Network programs, and at the nationally recognized Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. | http://citrushealth.com/node/381 |
We gratefully acknowledge the Lekwungen-speaking peoples (also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations), on whose traditional territory the college stands, and on whose home we learn, create, and perform.
The Canadian College of Performing Arts is built on education, artistic excellence and community. Our three unique conservatory style post-secondary training programs offer emerging artists intensified skill-based alternatives to academically oriented university programs. Classes are rigorous and offered to the highest professional standards by elite faculty and guest artists, to produce well-rounded performing artists of exceptional caliber with a strong work ethic and business acumen.
Founded in 1998, the College has over 650 alumni who have successfully entered the industry as performers and active artistic leaders. As one of the most uniquely focused training programs in western Canada, the College has brought hundreds of artists together in collaboration as coaches, educators and trainers. Having an institution like the College in Victoria BC, national in its scope and ambition, is a rare gateway for emerging Canadian artists to find success in the professional performing arts industry.
I tell my friends that I get to make my dreams come true every day because I go to school here.
Our graduates are performers working on nearly every stage in Canada, on Broadway, and in film, television and recording studios.
Our graduates are creators: writers, composers, and choreographers adapting their art form to the ever changing mediums of performance.
Our graduates are arts administrators leading Canada’s cultural community.
Our graduates are teachers and mentors nurturing the artists of tomorrow.
85% of our graduates reported working professionally or continuing studies one year after graduating.
To offer the highest quality of training in a broad spectrum of skills which will prepare the students for careers of excellence in the performing arts locally, nationally or internationally.
To provide a stimulating, positive and constructive environment where students are encouraged to develop high standards of work ethics and conduct which will serve them in any field of endeavour in their future.
To create a versatile, well-rounded performing artist with a strong professional work ethic.
In particular, to continue to offer unique training programs in Canada where students can develop their performance and career management skills under the close supervision and guidance of highly qualified professional teachers, mentors and theatre artists. | http://www.ccpacanada.com/about/ |
The mission of the undergraduate degree program in English is to offer a well-rounded, culturally balanced approach to English Studies through introductory and specialized courses in composition, literature, film, and creative writing. Our program reflects the diversity of our student population, our institutional values as expressed the UH Hilo Strategic Plan, and our location in the Pacific. Our curriculum aims at developing students' critical thinking and writing, strong communication skills, and cultural awareness through the study of literature, composition, and language.
In addition to offering a foundation in the traditional literary canon, the English department is committed to fostering student excellence through a variety of venues such as critical self-assessment, interdisciplinary collaboration, effective student-centered pedagogy, award recognition of outstanding student writing, and career-relevant training in the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate program.
Our program goals are to facilitate student success and ensure program quality by responding effectively to institutional developments and social change. Courses offered within the English program range from Composition(ENG 100) to Single Author Studies (ENG 488A-488B).
Outside of the classroom students have the opportunity to participatein field-related internships and work positions through the Office of Applied Learning Experiences (ALEX) and the SECE system , as well as the opportunity to publish writing and art in UH Hilo's student-run publications.
The mission of the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate Program is to provide students a theoretical foundation and practical tools for teaching English as a second/foreign language. Students who choose to participate in the TESOL program will learn the fundamentals of lesson planning and participate in teaching ESL students in real-life scenarios in order to prepare them for post-graduate career opportunities. Many students in the program also choose to participate in UH Hilo-hosted study abroad programs in order to apply their learning and gain confidence in their respective fields before choosing a career path.
A Creative Writing Certificate is also offered to students who complete the 18-credit requirement during their time at UH Hilo. The certificate aims to provide students with a foundation in creative writing forms, technique, and professionaly opportunities. Students who choose to complete the certificate will produce a collection of creative work in a variety of genres, review other students' work, and plan and carry out a short creative writing teaching practicum. The courses required for the certificate overlap with both the English major and TESOL certificate, to allow students to pursue multiple areas of expertise. | https://hilo.hawaii.edu/depts/english/AboutTheEnglishDepartment.php |
The first priority is to thoroughly understand the personal care requirements and preferences of the clients and their families in order to make appropriate recommendations.
An initial in-home (or hospital) evaluation assesses the senior’s physical condition, cognitive/emotional state, ability to care for their own needs, special circumstances, familial support, socialization desires and capacities, financial means and environmental situation.
This includes consultations with other professionals and the senior’s loved ones. | http://bonniesandler.com/en/multiple-pages/evaluation |
When you commence your therapy with Brain Treatment Centre, you will be taken through a series of consultations to ensure you have adequate information at your disposal and are assessed as a suitable candidate for MeRTsm.
An initial two-week assessment period is a requirement for every new client, which allows us to both validate the treatment’s effectiveness on each individual and provide you with a degree of certainty for ongoing sessions. Ongoing sessions will be determined based on treatment results and desired outcomes.
Below is a summary of what you can expect from your treatment:
STEP ONE
You will be introduced to our Client Liaison Officer who will address most of your initial queries by phone and email and undertake a series of MeRTsm evaluations prior to an appointment with our Clinicians. This will enable us to evaluate individual suitability for MeRTsm therapy.
STEP TWO
Your Clinician will assess the your needs in preparation for MeRTsm therapy. Your Clinician will also provide authorisation for you or your loved one to undertake an EEG. In many cases, this can be arranged on the same day.
An EEG is performed to evaluate brain activity, which effectively enables us to set a personalised protocol.
STEP THREE
The MeRTsm Treatment is generally 40 minutes in duration. Treatment begins on Day 2 and runs every day thereafter. At the end of the assessment period, we record another EEG and undertake a clinical evaluation and appointment.
STEP FOUR
At this appointment with your clinician, we compare baseline and follow-up EEGs, as well as clinical evaluation. These evaluations will determine if the individual is a responder or not. Whilst the majority of patients do respond to MeRTsm, there is a small percentage of people (5-10%) that do not.
STEP FIVE
Once all reports and results are assessed, your Clinician will discuss treatment options with you. For those responders, continuing MeRTsm for a total of 4-6 weeks is recommended to achieve a stable and sustainable results. | https://braintreatmentcentre.com.au/treatments/the-process/ |
Amerigroup combines our team’s insight, know-how, and passion to create impactful solutions for members with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). We collaborate with states and system partners to build sustainable, high-quality health care delivery systems that meet the unique needs and preferences of individuals and families.
Our employees work hard every day to build trust, credibility, and lasting partnerships with members, their families and caregivers, advocates, community stakeholders, and providers. We do this to best support members with I/DD and their families and coordinate the delivery of services that add value to their lives.
We help families and caregivers provide better care for members. For example, we are piloting a program to offer education, training, and support to families struggling with how best to respond to new or escalating behaviors by their loved ones with I/DD.
We coordinate the full range of health and support services - including housing, employment, and transportation - that address members’ evolving needs, preferences, and priorities. Our goal is to help members work, go to school, and participate in their community.
We understand that unpredictable situations—like a family caregiver’s illness—can disrupt members’ routines. Our enhanced respite and personal service programs (available in some states) take special circumstances into account, offering members extended services even after they’ve used their initial allocations. With this extra support, we help members stay in their homes even when the unexpected happens.
Our teams take the time to listen, learn, and understand members’ daily lives and long-term goals. We assist members and their families to reach their goals, support their independence, foster community inclusion, and promote choice in services. Our employees uphold the values of self-direction, self-determination, dignity, and respect in every interaction with members.
In 2007, Amerigroup and a culturally diverse group of community advocates, health care experts and academics launched a first for the industry: the National Advisory Board on Improving Health Care Services for Older Adults and People with Disabilities.
Our affiliate plan decreased 30-day readmission rates by 52% through a transitional care program that focused on discharge planning efforts and intensive, short-term supports.
We think past health care to give members the right resources and supports to live their best lives, their way. | https://www.amerigroup.com/individuals-with-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities.html |
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Completes psychological and psychoeducational evaluations as part of the IEP and 504 process for students throughout the district.
● Facilitates and chairs IEP meetings for students on caseload, participates as a member of 504 and IEP teams
● Evaluates the needs and educational programs of referred students
● Provides counseling and social skills groups and services as needed
● Acts as a consultant to staff and parents regarding student learning concerns; and assists in team planning and district screening efforts within assigned buildings
● Possesses knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, regulation, and policies regarding children’s special education eligibility and programming.
● Guide the learning process toward the achievement of district and school curriculum goals
● Plan instruction based upon explicit goals regarding what students should know and be able to do
● Create or provide learning experiences that develop students’ abilities and require the application of thinking skills
● Conduct classroom observations and individual psychological evaluations, and consults with appropriate professional persons regarding implications and results.
● Provide direct support to students as needed in a classroom by delivering SEL instruction and ensuring learning through a variety of models and strategies.
● Ensure appropriate accommodations to the curriculum, lessons and learning environment.
● Design activities and lessons with multiple levels so that all students both meet their IEP goals, and can access the curriculum.
● Formally and informally assess the student learning (rather than relying solely on standardized curriculum) to create a comprehensive learning program.
● Set high expectations that are suitable based on the student’s needs.
● Participate in school wide crisis team and participate in district offered Safetycare training
● Complete Medicaid reimbursement documentation per state regulation including time sample and treatment plans
Family and Community Engagement:
● Build a partnership with families, encouraging their active participation in students’ learning.
● Communicate student progress and development to parents/guardians
● Consults with private and/or public practitioners regarding student progress and/or needs
● Consults and/or counsels with students, school staff, and parents regarding academic and/or personal/social needs; provides information regarding community services available to students; makes appropriate referrals regarding vocational needs of students
Professional Culture:
● Conduct evaluations and write thorough reports for initial and three year evaluations
● Maintains accurate records of all psychological services provided.
● Completes clearly written and comprehensive reports which provide practical recommendations.
● Submits all required paperwork within a timely manner, adhering to all federal, state, and local laws and policies. | https://career.assumption.edu/jobs/wilmington-public-schools-school-psychologist-elementary/ |
Are the IDEA's Procedural Protections Necessary?
Students with disabilities have needs that have not been met in the typical classroom. Providing supplemental services is expensive and presents challenging budget issues to local school districts. Students with unusual, persistent educational problems often need advocates to ensure that schools provide them with appropriate services. The IDEA's procedural protections were designed to enable parents to be effective advocates for their children. Not only do parents have a unique concern for their child, but in most instances, they are the primary repository of information about the child's medical condition, academic history, behavioral patterns, and responses to previous interventions.
While parents want the best for their individual child, school districts must deal with pressing budgetary constraints and must balance the needs of all students in the district. These different perspectives frequently conflict. The IDEA's procedural protections have been designed to encourage cooperation and the development of mutually agreeable plans for individual children. The IDEA requires that parents of students with disabilities be notified, informed, given full opportunity for involvement, and consent to all evaluations and change in services or placement. If the school district and parents are unable to agree, either may appeal to an impartial hearing officer or ultimately to the federal courts. These procedures are described by Martin, Martin, and Terman in this journal issue.
Ideally, the parent and school will agree upon services to meet the child's needs. In practice, the time allocated for discussing the child's needs and developing an individualized education program (IEP) is often short, parties are sometimes not well informed, parental input may not be sought or considered, and parents or school officials sometimes have unreasonably high or low expectations for the child.49 There is no shortage of anecdotes about parents demanding extensive, possibly unnecessary, evaluations or services, or, at the other extreme, about school districts refusing to provide important services.
Despite the challenges of conflicting interests and shortages of time and money, most parents and schools do agree to individualized education programs. While some people may be accused of "taking advantage of the system," the numbers appear to be small, relative to the 3 million to 5 million students helped each year by the IDEA.
The requirements of parental information, involvement, and consent are important and should be retained. At the same time, parents need a source of information about their rights and an impartial analysis of reasonable goals and services for their child. Currently, the IDEA provides information and consultations for parents through at least one parental resource center in every state. Such services are greatly needed.
RECOMMENDATION
- The IDEA's procedural protections are critically necessary and should be retained. Additionally, parental resource centers should be maintained.
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Contents
- Introduction
- Why Are So Many Students Considered Disabled?
- What Are the Educational Needs of Students with Disabilities?
- How Should Appropriate, Individualized Services Be Funded?
- Are the IDEA's Procedural Protections Necessary?
- Can Regular Education Meet the Needs of More Students? | http://www.futureofchildren.org/publications/journals/article/index.xml?journalid=57&articleid=337§ionid=2251&submit |
What is START?
START stands for Short Term Assessment and Reablement Team and we provide short term care and therapy under the guidance of social workers and therapists.
The START team provides a flexible short-term care and reablement service, assisting people to maximise their level of ability and independence within their own homes. The Service operates daily from 07:00 to 23:00 every day of the year.
The service is a short term intervention to be provided for no longer than six weeks and frequently for as little as one to three weeks or less to provide one or more of the following;
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A detailed assessment of activities of daily living and any risks to your safety and independence, which is undertaken with your full involvement and in your home environment.
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A period of intensive reablement which focuses on improving your confidence and abilities, in order to regain as much independence and control as you can.
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Assistance to help you complete a programme of rehabilitation which has been recommended by a health professional such as an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.
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Advice and support to help you access information, services and other resources which will support you in maintaining independence and control.
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Support, advice and informal training for family or friends who are involved in looking after you.
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A care plan to meet your ongoing care needs, which reflects your individual strengths and preferences and is aimed to support you in achieving your goals.
Who do we support?
We work with adults in Sutton who are referred through a social worker or health practitioner to facilitate discharge from hospital and prevent admission to hospital for clients referred from the community.
We work with adults who are vulnerable and in need due to age, ill health, physical or sensory disability, learning disability, or mental health care needs including dementia. We will also work with families with children where a parent is classed as a vulnerable adult.
How long does the service last?
The duration of START reablement is time limited depending on a person's needs and progress, normally this is no longer than six weeks and frequently as little as one to two weeks.
The START service will continually assess an individual’s ability to manage activities of daily living independently throughout the service, and will adjust their input in line with progress. The likely duration of every START assessment is entirely dependent on the individual’s circumstances and needs. Individual goals, level of care support required, including anticipated timescales, will be discussed and agreed with the individual and their family or Social Worker in the first few days of service and progress is reviewed at least weekly, either by phone or through a home visit.
Any person, requiring on-going care services will have their care and support needs assessed under the Care Act 2014 by a Social Worker within the START service, if required we will develop a support plan which reflects your individual strengths and preferences with agreed plans to transfer to appropriate long term services. | https://www.sutton.gov.uk/-/support-to-live-at-home-start |
IntoGreat Evaluation We custom develop and facilitate evaluations that help boards of directors effectively evaluate their chief executive officers and assist CEOs with evaluating their direct reports. IntoGreat Evaluation uses best business practices to provide exactly the right tools boards of directors and CEOs need to assess executive performance, provide constructive feedback, establish appropriate goals and timelines and validate compensation decisions. An IntoGreat Evaluation ensures every organization’s unique work culture and business circumstances are honored to help directors and CEOs maintain their legal and fiduciary responsibilities. We serve as the neutral facilitator of executive evaluations to help ensure a smooth, consistent and comprehensive process that reflects a range of opinions and recommendations clearly. | http://intogreatmanagement.com/ourservices/ |
I use an integrative style of massage & specialize in treatment-focused muscle work using trigger point/deep tissue/neuromuscular techniques. I also have training in many other modalities including Swedish, sports massage, reflexology, lymphatic, & prenatal. Whether you are an athlete training for a major event or someone who needs quiet relaxation & relief from everyday stressors, there is a place for you on my massage table. Before each session, we will assess your issues/pain/treatment goals in order to create a unique treatment for your individual needs. Feel free to contact me with any questions regarding technique, contraindications, pressure preferences, session structure etc. | http://movingmindful.massagetherapy.com/services-and-rates |
Underwater welding, by far, is one of the most challenging professions out there. It is not as simple as regular welding. In underwater welding, welders need to spend quite a lot of time underwater to repair underwater pipes beneath drilling platforms, on some parts of the rigs, or the platform structure itself, and various other challenging tasks.
Now you may ask how deep do underwater welders go. Below 15 meters, underwater welders seldom conduct any actual “welding,” although there is plenty of other marine work available for which underwater welders need to go deeper.
Today, we will talk about everything you need to know to understand the depth an underwater welder needs to go and many more.
How much underwater welder make? Read this article.
How deep do underwater welders go to perform welding jobs?
Underwater welding can take place at depths ranging from 30 to 400 feet in saltwater.
But, due to the physiological capabilities of divers to operate welding equipment at high pressures and practical issues surrounding the installation of an automated pressure or welding chamber at depth, dry hyperbaric welding has been limited to less than 400 m or 1,300 ft of sea depth.
For wet welding, divers can travel rather deep, with a maximum depth of roughly 100 FSW. Depending on the welder, wet welding works well at depths less than 60 FSW.
Whereas for dry hyperbaric welding, divers go to a depth of 1,000 FSW in most situations. Depending on their experience and profession, divers can sometimes go much deeper. (Read more about underwater welder lifespan).
What’s the problem when over diving?
If you dive for too long, there are numerous sicknesses that you can suffer from. Below, we will discuss a few of the most common diseases or injuries you can suffer from due to over diving.
Nitrogen Narcosis
To breathe underwater, deep-sea divers utilize oxygen tanks. Typically, these tanks contain a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, and other gases. The increasing pressure can cause these gasses to change after divers swim deeper than roughly 100 feet.
When breathed, the changed gasses might cause odd symptoms, giving the impression that the individual is inebriated. Nitrogen narcosis is a short-term condition with substantial health implications.
Decompression sickness
Decompression sickness is another serious health condition that divers can suffer from. During decompression, dissolved gases emerge from the solution as bubbles inside the human tissues, resulting in decompression sickness.
DCS most usually happens during or shortly after an underwater decompression ascent. It can cause a variety of symptoms, ranging from joint discomfort and rashes to paralysis and death. (Read more about Delta P).
Barotrauma
Barotrauma occurs when your body’s tissues near air-filled areas, such as your ears, sinuses, dental roots, and lungs, are harmed because your body can’t balance the pressure between it and the surrounding water. Water pressure rises as you drop, and the volume of air in your body decreases.
This might result in issues such as sinus discomfort or an eardrum rupture. The water pressure in your lungs lowers as you rise, and the air in your lungs expands. This can cause the air sacs in your lungs to burst, making breathing difficult. If air bubbles enter an artery, they can obstruct it, causing organ damage. You might suffer a heart attack or a stroke depending on where the bubbles are
Top 5 tips when you diving
Diving is not that risky, and it’s rather fun even if you’re working underwater. But, to make sure that you don’t suffer from any injuries or danger, we are giving these tips that you can follow during diving.
Never hold your breath
It’s critical not to hold your breath. Just remember to breathe regularly when scuba diving. An air embolism can be caused by holding your breath.
Never dive alone
The golden rule of diving is never to dive alone. Whether diving for fun or underwater welding, make sure you have a buddy or a co-worker with you.
Before you begin, introduce yourself to your companion. It’s for your own safety’s sake. Before you get in the water, do a buddy check of each other’s diving gear to ensure that none of you has forgotten anything.
Ascend slowly from each dive
When you come up quickly after a dive, nitrogen is pushed into your system, causing decompression sickness. The nitrogen in your body gets an opportunity to evaporate and do no harm by gently ascending from a dive and performing the safety stop.
Keep track of your air gauge.
You can only remain below for as long as your tank is filled with air, and you must be aware of when your tank is half full and a quarter full in order to plan your return to the surface.
Equalize frequently during descending
When scuba diving, you must equalize your ears due to the shift in pressure when you descend to depth. To avoid harm to your inner ear, do this regularly and before you feel any discomfort.
Conclusion
How deep underwater welders go is a bit complicated to understand. In this article today, we tried to answer this question and many more questions related to this.
Before you go underwater, make sure to understand everything properly that including depth of diving and injuries, to ensure proper safety for yourself. | https://fixitmanblog.com/how-deep-do-underwater-welders-go/ |
Bibasilar atelectasis is a condition that happens when you have a partial collapse of your lungs. This type of collapse is caused when the small air sacs in your lungs deflate. These small air sacs are called alveoli.
Bibasilar atelectasis specifically refers to the collapse of the lower sections of your lungs. It’s less common, but bibasilar atelectasis can also refer to a total lung collapse.
Difficulty breathing is the primary symptom that you’ll notice.
Bibasilar atelectasis usually occurs after you’ve had a surgical procedure that involves general anesthesia, especially chest or abdominal surgery. However, there are additional causes as well.
The causes of bibasilar atelectasis fall into two categories which are obstructive or nonobstructive. The obstructive category of this condition means it’s caused by something that’s in the way — or obstructing — the airway.
The nonobstructive category means it’s caused by something creating pressure on the lungs that’s not allowing your lungs to fill with oxygen.
Mucus accumulating in your lungs which causes a mucus plug to form. This usually occurs after various types of surgery.
A foreign object that has been inhaled into the lungs. This may be a small piece of food, a small piece of a toy, or something similar. It’s most common in children.
The major airways are made narrower by disease. This may be from tuberculosis, chronic infections, and more.
A blood clot in the airway, but only if there’s a large amount of bleeding into the lungs and you’re not able to cough it out.
An abnormal growth (tumor) in the airway.
Injury to your chest, where the pain from the injury may make it difficult for you to take a deep breath.
Pneumothorax, which occurs when air leaks out of your lungs into the space between your chest wall and your lungs, making it difficult for the lung to inflate.
Pleural effusion, which happens when fluid builds up between the lining of your lungs (called pleura) and your chest wall, preventing the lungs from inflating.
A tumor which isn’t blocking your airway but instead is putting pressure on your lungs and not allowing them to inflate.
Using large amounts of opioids or sedatives.
Some neurologic conditions that reduce the ability to breathe deeply.
An inability to move due to injury, illness, or disability.
Obesity may also be a risk factor or cause for nonobstructive bibasilar atelectasis. If your excess weight pushes on your lungs, it may be difficult for you to take a deep breath which may lead to this condition.
Hypoxemia. This is when there are low oxygen levels in your blood.
Pneumonia. Pneumonia can be both a cause as well as a complication that develops with this condition.
Respiratory failure. Most bibasilar atelectasis is treatable. However, if you have lung disease or a full lung is lost due to the condition, you can go into respiratory failure. This can be life-threatening.
Treatment for bibasilar atelectasis is based on what’s causing it. If the cause is a blockage, then that blockage will be removed with medication, suctioning, or sometimes surgery. Your doctor may need to suction out excess mucus to allow you to take deep breaths and clear up your lungs. An obstruction like a tumor may need to be treated with chemotherapy, radiation, or other medications.
Once the cause is treated, you may need additional treatments to help with your symptoms until they’re cleared. These additional treatments may include extra oxygen or antibiotics to clear up any infections.
If you have one of the causes or risk factors, your doctor may want to check your lungs or oxygen level periodically. If bibasilar atelectasis is suspected, then your doctor will conduct a physical examination as well as a history of recent medical conditions and treatments.
An X-ray of your chest will confirm the diagnosis. Once diagnosed your doctor may perform additional tests to find out what’s causing the condition. These additional tests may include a CT scan or bronchoscopy. A bronchoscopy is when your doctor views your lungs through a viewing tube into your bronchus.
Bibasilar atelectasis often occurs when you’re in the hospital recovering from surgery. This means that it can be diagnosed and treated quickly and effectively, which can help prevent any further complications.
However, since there are other possible causes that happen outside of the hospital, it’s important that you visit your doctor if you have any symptoms or risk factors for bibasilar atelectasis. The earlier this condition is diagnosed, the lower your chances are of having serious complications.
Learn about pneumomediastinum, including causes and treatment. | https://www.healthline.com/health/bibasilar-atelectasis |
The boa constrictor can move different parts of its ribcage independently, allowing it to breathe even while it crushes prey using its body.
The mammals, reptiles and birds that this snake hunts can survive for several minutes as the constrictor squeezes the life out of them using the upper third of its body. But that part of its body also contains the lungs, so at first glance this might suggest these snakes risk suffocating themselves while killing prey.
John Capano at Brown University, Rhode Island, and his colleagues have worked out how the snakes cope. Capano says they draw air into their constricted lungs by selectively rotating ribs farther down the body.
“They seem to have very refined control over which segment of their body they actually are ventilating with,” he says. “This explains how it is that they’re using a ribcage to ‘kill’ another ribcage, but that they themselves are fine.”
Snakes lack diaphragms, which means they have to move their ribs in order to inhale and exhale. While they have very long lungs that extend beyond the bodily region used for constricting, the bottom part of the lungs is “literally just like a balloon” and can’t actually respire, says Capano.
Like many biologists, Capano and his colleagues wondered if this so-called “saccular” lung region played a role in helping boas breathe during the relatively long constriction process. They placed a human blood pressure cuff over different parts of three boa constrictors (Boa constrictor) and observed the body movement of each during hissing – which requires deep breathing.
X-ray videos revealed that when any one section of ribs was constricted by the cuff, the snakes moved other ribs elsewhere in the body to compensate. In particular, when the cuff covered the region over the upper lungs, the snakes would start moving the ribs around the saccular lung region. And when the higher ribs weren’t constricted, the saccular region ribs stayed still, says Capano.
The researchers realised that when the upper lung region was constricted, the snakes were using these lower ribs to inflate and deflate the saccular lung area, says Capano. This would draw air through the upper lung region, where oxygen could exchange with carbon dioxide so that true respiration could continue to occur.
This activity was a “wilful” choice by the snakes, he adds. Using a technique to study muscle activity revealed that the boas can control which rib muscles to move.
“These snakes can very discreetly shift which subset of ribs they are using to ventilate, at will,” Capano says. “That means turning on two sets of ribs, or turning on nothing, or turning on another set in the hind and then immediately switching it back to the front.”
Reference: | https://blog.scientiststudy.com/2022/03/boa-constrictors-shift-ribs-to-avoid.html |
Last reviewed by Dr. Raj MD on January 12th, 2022.
What is Atelectasis?
This is a medical condition that is characterized by the full or partial collapse of your lung. When this happens a person will have impairment of the ability to breathe deeply. Many times this medical condition will occur in people who do not have enough pulmonary surfactant. This is the material that reduces the surface tension of their alveoli so that they do not collapse when you breathe out. Many physicians do not feel this is a disease but is better classified as a secondary lung condition which in turn can cause other serious lung diseases and problems.
Atelectasis Symptoms
If just a small number of your alveoli are affected there may not be any detectable symptoms. If it starts to grow quickly you may start to notice a serious shortness of breath.
Other symptoms can include:
- Oxygen saturation becomes less
- Cannot take deep breaths
- An increase in your heart rate if you cannot breathe deeply.
- Cough
- Pleural effusion
- Fever
If a person is suffering from an acute condition of atelectasis they may notice that their skin has a bluish color but this is a rare symptom. You may also develop a lung infection if it is not treated for a long period of time.
Atelectasis Causes
Although there are many different reasons for this happening basically atelectasis affects the tiny air sacs that line the lung which are called alveoli. These little sacs are extremely flexible. This allows them to inflate to take in oxygen and then deflate as the oxygen is pushed through the blood rich tissues of your lungs so it can be carried to other parts of your body. If your alveoli cannot inflate there is a chance that your lung will start to collapse which in turn will prevent your lung from inflating with air. This is restricting the supply of oxygen that is available to you.
Some of the causes can include:
- Surgery – this is one of the most common causes which is why after surgery your airway is carefully monitored. If you are a smoker and going to have surgery it is advisable to stop smoking six to eight weeks before you have your surgery because if you do not it puts you at a greater risk for getting atelectasis.
- Trauma to your lungs
- Buildup of mucus
- Obstruction such as a tumor or foreign object.
- Congenital – this happens when a baby is born and does not have the ability to inflate one or both of their lungs. This is normally seen in babies that are born premature because their bodies are not completely developed. This is also referred to as infant respiratory distress syndrome. It can also happen in babies with a genetic condition that causes them to have surfactant production reduced.
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Compressed airways – this can happen because of having a small chest wall, a neuromuscular disease, chest deformities, neurological disorders, or severe asthma attacks.
- Smoking
- Lung problems such as emphysema or COPD
Diagnosis
In order to treat atelectasis correctly it is important to know what the cause is. In order to find out the cause the physician will normally order chest x-rays to be taken. In order to confirm the cause the physician may also have a bronchoscopy done after the chest x-ray is taken.
Treatment
As there are many different causes for atelectasis the treatment that is done will depend on what the cause is. The main focus of any treatment is to make sure that you have enough oxygen, which is a vital requirement for your body, before the physician can find the exact cause. This medical condition does need to be treated because if it is not it can be fatal but in adults it is usually not life-threatening because only a small part of your lung is normally affected. In children younger than ten years of age it is a different story. Because their bronchial tubes are very narrow atelectasis can be critical for them. If a large part of your lung is affected you could have lung damage even after it has been treated.
Some of the different treatments that can be used include:
- Congenital atelectasis – the treatment involves giving medication to help their lungs build up surfactant while a ventilator helps to inflate their lungs, helping the baby to breathe easier.
- Entire lung collapsed – ventilators may be used to breathe for you.
- Blockages of foreign objects – using suction to clear the blockages so you can breathe easier and allowing the alveoli to inflate by themselves.
- Trauma or tumor – surgery may need to be done to correct the problem. If it is a tumor they may also need to use chemotherapy or radiation to get rid of it completely.
- Mucus blocking the air passages – many time the physician will give you a medication to thin out the mucus so they can get rid of it. One of the medications that are often used is acetylcysteine. You may also need to use percussion on your chest to loose the mucus. The physician may also suggest that when you lay down your head is lower than your chest to get it to drain out. This procedure is called postural drainage. The physician may also choose to suck the mucus out and/or have you cough to loosen the mucus.
- Buildup of fluid – sometimes you can get fluid buildup between your lungs and your ribcage or around your lungs. When this happens the fluid will be drained out.
- Compressed airways – this can happen when you have a severe asthma attack or even when you have anesthesia. There are many different ways this cause can be treated. To help open up your bronchial tubes you may be given medication called bronchodilators to inhale. You may also be instructed to do incentive spirometry, which is deep breathing exercises.
- Partial lung collapse – the physician could have you lay on the side of the lung that is not damaged so the other lung that has collapsed has less pressure on it, making it easier to expand.
- Infection of your windpipe – you will most likely need to have an artificial windpipe replace your infected one and have it regulated by a mechanical ventilator. | https://healthool.com/atelectasis/ |
The Peripheral Perfusion index (PI) is the ratio of the pulsatile blood flow to the non-pulsatile or static blood in peripheral tissue. Perfusion Index thus represents a non-invasive measure of peripheral perfusion that can be continuously and noninvasively obtained from a pulse oximeter. A site with high pulse amplitude (high PI number) generally indicates an optimal monitoring site for other pulse oximetry and Pulse CO-Oximetry measures. The fingertip is the standard monitoring site for pulse oximetry. The difference between the rate of oxygenated haemoglobin and reduced haemoglobin as arterial oxygen saturation is measured by the amount of light absorbed by the tissue when light is transmitted through the finger.
Ventilation/perfusion scans: Ventilation/perfusion scans, sometimes called a VQ (V=Ventilation, Q=perfusion) scan, is a way of identifying mismatched areas of blood and air supply to the lungs. It is primarily used to detect a pulmonary embolus. The perfusion part of the study uses a radioisotope tagged to the blood which shows where in the lungs the blood is perfusing. If the scan shows up any area missing a supply on the scans this means there is a blockage which is not allowing the blood to perfuse that part of the organ. Myocardial perfusion imaging: Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a form of functional cardiac imaging, used for the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease.
These two free ions bind together forming a carbonic acid intermediate that reacts further with carbonic anhydrase converting it back into a gas. Ventilation is controlled by respiratory centres in the brainstem. Ventilation is modified in response to inputs from sensory afferents in order to maintain homeostasis of partial pressures and pH of the blood. There are multiple types of sensory afferents related to ventilation: central and peripheral chemoreceptors, pulmonary stretch receptors, irritant receptors and proprioceptors. These sensory afferents send impulses to two anatomical regions within the central nervous system; the pontine respiratory centre and the medullary respiratory
The Cardio respiratory wellness, something many refer to as cardio, cardio perseverance, continuance, oxygen consuming wellness, or vigorous limit, is one of the fundamental segments of physical wellness. Cardio respiratory wellness is a condition in which the body's cardiovascular (circulatory) and respiratory frameworks work together, particularly amid exercise or work, to guarantee that sufficient oxygen ids provided to the working muscles to create vitality. Physical wellness can be thought of as an incorporated measure of most, if not all, the body capacities (skeletomuscular, Cardio respiratory, Hematocirulatory, Psycho neurological and Endocrine-Metabolic) engaged with the execution of day by day physical movement and additionally
A spirometer generates a spirogram which is used to measure a person’s total lung capacity (the maximum amount of air the lungs can hold), tidal volume (the amount of air moving into or out of the lungs during one breathing cycle), and functional residual capacity (the volume of air left in the lungs after passive respiration) (Michailopoulos, et al., 2015). A spirometer can also measure additional air that is inhaled and exhaled from a person’s normal respiration called inspiratory reserve volume and expiratory reserve volume (Michailopoulos, et al., 2015).
Respiratory sounds can also define as breath sounds or lung sounds. It is generated through the turbulence of airflow in our respiratory tract. The air breath in and out are transmitted through air, liquid and solid and to the chest wall. Each properties of substance that the air attenuated lead to different degree and intensity of breath sounds (Jones, 1995a). Breath sounds can divided into three type, normal, abnormal and diminished (Alexandra Hough, 2001).
Causes: kidney disease, smoking, alcohol and diet. Effects: angina, strokes and heart attacks. Describe the condition Hypotension: This is consistent low blood pressure that remains below the normal level of 120/80. Causes: temporary shock, hemorrhage, dehydration, anemia and allergic reaction. Effects: dizziness, poor balance, fainting, confusion and disorientation.
Introduction: Blood pressure is the measure of the force on arteries applying by blood as pumping out of the heart. Blood pressure measurement includes systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) is the force that the heart needs to create to get the blood start to flow in our circulatory system; and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) is the pressure on arteries when the heart relaxes before pumping the blood out of the heart. Another factor that helps us to have a better understanding of blood pressure is mean arterial pressure (MAP) which is the average pressure in a person’s arteries during a single cardiac cycle. Resting blood pressure in a normal and healthy person is defined as 120/80 mm Hg with a resting heart rate
Safe use of NPPV and regional anaesthesia combination for caesarean section have previously described with several case reports in patients with respiratory failure due to kyphoscoliosis, neuromuscular diseases, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia and non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (3-5). In our patient, acute pulmonary oedema developed presumably because of tachycardia caused by anxiety and pain caused by preterm labour in our patient with pre-existing multivalvular heart disease and limited cardiac reserve. Management of these patients is difficult, because guidelines and standards are lacking. Some authors have described the use of general anaesthesia with good maternal outcome, whereas others have reported increased pulmonary arterial pressure during laryngoscopy and
S. No Mode of recovery No. of cases 1 Total lung expansion 19 2 Lung expansion with pleural thickening/fibrosis 20 3 Chronic pneumothorax referred to thoracic surgery 6 4 Absconded 5 5 Expired 0 Discussion: Pneumothorax is an abnormal collection of air in the pleural space that causes an uncoupling of the lung from the chest wall; pneumothorax interferes with normal breathing. Symptoms typically include chest pain and breathing difficulty leading to a collapsed lung. A primary pneumothorax is one that occurs without an apparent cause and in the absence of significant lung disease, while a secondary pneumothorax occurs in the presence of existing lung disease. A pneumothorax can be caused by physical trauma to the chest wall or as a complication of a healthcare intervention which is referred to as traumatic pneumothorax.
Nursing consideration: Require regular monitoring of activated partial thromboplasitn time (aPTT) and needed frequent heparin dose changes (Brunner and Suddarth’s, et al, 2010: 765). Fibrinolytic therapy: This therapy is given to dissolve the thrombus in the artery and restore the blood flow. There are two fibrinolytic drugs which are streptokinase and Recombinant tissue plasminogen activators (r-TPA) which includes Alteplase, reteplase and tenecteplase (Brunner and Suddarth’s, et al, 2010: 772). Fibrinolytic therapy would be commenced within 4-6 hours of myocardial infarction to restore blood flow, reduce oxygen demand and reduce myocardial tissue damage (Silvestri,
The HAS-BLED score is recommended for bleeding risk assessment. HAS-BLED assigns one point for the presence of each of the following: hypertension (uncontrolled systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg), abnormal renal and/or liver function, previous stroke, bleeding history or predisposition, labile INR, elderly, and concomitant drugs and/or alcohol excess. The HAS-BLED scores range from 0-9, with scores of 3 or more indicating high bleeding risk. HAS-BLED allows providers to identify bleeding risk factors and correct modifiable risk factors in order to decrease the patient’s risk of bleeding. HAS-BLED bleeding risk assessment should not be used as a tool to exclude patients from getting anticoagulation therapy but rather identify patients in whom caution should be used with such
The trade names are Proventil, Ventolin, and Volmax. Indication(s): It is appropriate to administer albuterol to a patient who exhibits signs and symptoms of a respiratory emergency, who has a physician-prescribed inhaler, and with the specific authorization from medical direction to use it. Effects: Albuterol is used as a bronchodilator, which means it enlarges the patient’s respiratory passages to make breathing easier for a patient experiencing respiratory difficulty.
PULMONARY OEDEMA Introduction Pulmonary oedema is defined as the build-up of fluid in the lungs usually due to Left ventricular failure and also a result of non-cardiogenic complications (Deepak, 2010). In this essay the three main causes of oedema will be explained, the pathophysiology, the intensity factors and the management in a pre-hospital setting. Causes of Pulmonary Oedema The two main causes of oedema are cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic. Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is defined as the build-up of fluid in the lungs usually due to Heart failure. When the heart loses the ability to pump out blood to systemic circulation, it back flows into the pulmonary circulation.
The estimation of preload is based on the assumption that pressure and volume are equated. Therefore, pressures are used to estimate end diastolic volume. Likewise, RA pressure is used to assess end diastolic volume of the RV, and PAWP is used to evaluate left ventricular preload. Afterload is the resistance to ventricular ejection and is influenced by PVR. PVR assesses the right ventricular afterload, and SVR indexed to BSA estimates left ventricular afterload (Morton & Fontaine, 2013). | https://www.ipl.org/essay/Duo-Positive-Airway-Pressure-A-Case-Study-FCJJDKZVYT |
Rising Voices Lecture featuring Calvin Terrell
Ten years after the election of Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American president, America still is walking the line between hope and hate. How might we engage in honest explorations of America’s past, present and future that will encourage reflection, discourse, and foster change?
Calvin Terrell, an acclaimed thought leader in and beyond Arizona, will use rhetoric, art, science and religion as lenses through which we can consider this moment of possibility and civic responsibility. Join us as Terrell delivers a dynamic, interactive lecture that examines the past decade and inspires each person to take an active role in influencing and shaping the future of their communities.
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
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As a new year unfolds, I’ve been thinking about what the future has to bring.
While these thoughts have been intermittent throughout the past few months, I’ve finally decided to take the time to process them rather than just have them pass through.
One year ago, I was in Portland, unsure of where I would be in the coming year. I had just applied to Fulbright, as well as to three programs in Japan. While coming to Fuzhou was a possibility, it was not one I thought was likely—especially considering the stringently selective evaluation process. Besides, given my obvious bias towards applying to programs in Japan, it was more likely that one of my Japanese routes would come through and I would end up in Tokyo, Yokohama, or elsewhere on the archipelago for my first year after graduation.
I still remember the day I emailed my advisor in a panic when I received that fateful email from Fulbright telling me not that I was accepted, but that I would have to wait for further decisions.
“I think you’re just going to have to wait at this point,” he relayed to me via email.
And so I waited.
It wasn’t long before I received an official Fulbright offer, which came with a request for a prompt acceptance. I didn’t have time to consider my other options—which at that point had yet to arrive—and perhaps that’s for the best. It was quick, easy, and simple.
After my accepting my Fulbright, my future seemed relatively assured for the next year. I would be in Fuzhou, China doing tea research. While the details were murky, the overall sense of time and location was set. But it was not until late-summer—weeks before my arrival in China—that I finally got my last few documents ensuring that I would actually be able to execute this project.
This reflection has made me realize how uncertain this world is.
Our vision of the future, no matter how we might envision it, is merely that: a vision conjured by our skewed perceptions of reality and our limited projections of what might happen.
If you were to ask 12-year-old Andrew what he thought he would be doing in the year 2020, he probably would have said something along the lines of being in pharmacy school or starting his first year at Google as a software engineer.
Twelve-year-old Andrew had never heard of the word “Fulbright,” nor did he know that people actually made careers out of researching Asian history and culture. How could he have possibly predicted he would eventually seek this path?
Thus, I have no strict predictions of where I will be in 2030.
I tell myself now that I will (hopefully) be done with school, perhaps with a doctoral degree in hand, and that I will be gainfully employed by some liberal arts college where I can teach a small seminar on tea to a group of engaged and curious students, and then spend entire afternoons in my office chatting with undergraduates over cups of steaming tea, an iron kettle eternally bubbling next to my desk.
But just as 12-year-old me was woefully inaccurate about where I would be as a 22-year-old, I know I will be equally wrong about my current predictions. However, this doesn’t bother me in the slightest.
While I recognize the need to have a goal and a sense of direction, I also have no qualms about shifts in direction. Paraphrasing one of my past teachers, the circumstances we are currently in are the best circumstances for us. Our circumstances constantly change, but as we adapt and respond to the changes around us, we are able to make the best of our circumstances.
Objectively, who is to say that one circumstance is ultimately better for us than another circumstance? While I might wonder what my life would be like had I gone to Japan rather than China, or if I had stuck with Computer Science rather than study the evolution of loose-leaf tea culture, these thoughts quickly fade as I come to the conclusion that I do not know—and will never know. These paths might exist in alternate universes, but in this present universe, I will only know the effects of my past choices and influences.
Surely, I would not be where I am today if I had stuck with the Computer Science or even the Psychology route. But would I still be here if my senior thesis was on calligraphy rather than tea? Who knows.
Looking back at these past choices, from the most impactful decisions to the minutest of thoughts and actions, each one has molded and shaped my path—even if I did not have the foresight to know what I was creating. Taking the Daoist example of the uncarved block, what starts as a canvas of infinite possibilities is gradually whittled down with each scrape, cut, and sanding, losing its realm of possibilities until its final shape is complete.
Does the carver know what the finished product will be? Can he see it within the uncarved block, using each of his precise movements to manifest it?
Perhaps a skilled carver is able to, but I am not a skilled carver.
My vision of the future is hazy—and not just because of the increasing wildfires ravaging our planet. I do not know what my finished product will look like. Besides, how do I know that my initial vision of the final product is the best that can be produced?
As I go through life one phase at a time, I try to make the choices that align with what I hope the future will be. Will my choices hurt others? Are they generally beneficial? Will they come back to haunt me later? Should the answers be sound, I proceed, venturing another step forward into the unknown and committing another slice to the uncarved block.
Granted, while my vision is hazy, having a general vision ensures that I don’t step too far away from where I want to be heading. I won’t lop off half the block with a sudden, impulsive addiction, nor will I suddenly decide that on second thought, I want to be an accountant and veer my life in a completely different direction.
While I am barely at the quarter-point of my life, I feel like there has been so much shaved off of the block that I am left with the task of fine-tuning the details. How much of these were decided when I was born in Portland, OR, where I was offered 13 years of public education, a cocktail of immunization shots in infancy to minimize my chance of dying young, and brought home by two loving parents who were committed to my well-being?
By these statistics alone, much of my life was decided in the instant the hospital’s florescent lights bathed my fresh skin. I was differentiated from billions of others in the world simply through the conditions at my birth, and these distinguishing traits compounded as the years went by. My upbringing, my education, my interests and pursuits—each of them influencing each other—created (and still continuously creates) the personality that I am able to call “me” today.
The web of factors that lead us to where we are now is too complex for me to begin to comprehend. Despite not knowing the full outcomes of our decisions—and the decisions made by those around us—these actions and thoughts made every single day reverberate through time, rippling into the depths of the unknown, affecting future decisions, future habits, and future outcomes.
Now, as I near the midpoint of my time in China, I have been pondering my next steps. Where will I live upon my return to the US? What will I do? How will these choices close or open doors in the future?
Recently, a few routes have presented themselves—often as half-jokes—but I am left pondering about their potential. I purposely avoided graduate school applications this round to leave time for another gap year (or two), but which projects will I pursue in the interim?
When it is time for me to make the decision, I will decide it based on my limited understanding, and it will irreversibly influence my future in ways I can and cannot see or even begin to comprehend.
But at the same time, I don’t feel like it will be a very difficult decision to make. Given that all of my choices lead to paths I am passionate about and eager to explore, I think I will be happy with any of them. My present choices are already limited by my past choices, and what I choose now will further my journey while defining my path just that much more. And with that, I know that whichever decision I make, the circumstances they lead me to will be the best circumstances for me. That is all I can ever know, after all. | https://www.zhaoluzhai.com/2020/01/04/into-the-unknown/ |
This year, the Lunar New Year falls on Friday, February 16. Contrary to the conventional solar New Year’s Day, which falls yearly on January 1, the Lunar New Year date will always be different from that of the year preceding it. Traditional New Year has naught to do with the beginning of winter or the beginning of spring. It shadows the cycles of solstice and equinox, solstice specifically. Lunar New Year, conversely, has everything to do with the seasons. It is the herald of spring. In a way, this makes more sense, as the cycles of human activity are also seasonal.
The seasons are cyclical; each is in balance with the other. The seeds of the spring lie in winter, waiting their awakening. The fullness of summer is contained within the promise of spring. The activity, abundance and color of autumn are presaged in the nurturing growth of summer. The stillness and rest of winter are begun in fall, when the harvest is gathered in and the energy of preparation is complete. Winter and summer balance each other. Spring and fall are complementary. Everything is a whole.
The Asian symbol of the yin and yang give a visual picture of this unity and balance. Curled around each other, the light and the dark embrace to form a circle; in the center of the light is a dot of dark; in the center of the dark is a dot of light. So is it with Creation. Because we are happy, we can know sadness; because we are sad, we can experience joy. We may not like the experience of sadness; it is uncomfortable. It is a mistake to perceive sadness as wrong. It is there to generate joy. It is cyclical, like the seasons. Problems arise when the cycle stops, when we get stuck in sadness or demand only joy. The two are part and parcel of each other.
So is it with the shadow self, the parts of ourselves which we do not like, are ashamed of and bury deep within. Traits such as anger, envy, incompetence, helplessness, need for nurture, desire for attention, or the greed of always wanting “more”. These each have their balancing positive trait, such as calm, appreciation, skill, productivity, nurturing and giving, generosity. Like light and dark, these traits live linked to one another. How can we give generously if we have not gathered in that which we can give? Envy can tell us what it is we need to produce. Anger can alert us to what we need to deal with to enter calm. The shadow, too, must be given appropriate expression. Submerged, it will eventually surface, but in an uncontrolled and often destructive manner. Acknowledged, it can be channeled to an effective path. It is all part of the whole.
There is an adage that history (especially unexamined history) repeats itself in an endless cycle of events. Humans tend to look at time, hence historical events, as linear – past causes present which creates future, inevitably. Another way to perceive time is as a circle – past, present, future exist simultaneously within it, each influencing the other. Some people call this Eternity; quantum physics is discovering how malleable is the linear concept of time. In a sense, everything is happening at once, our personal shadow and illuminated sides as well as those of humanity as a whole.
Things, then, are not hopeless, though they may certainly at times seem so. We, like the seasons, are cycling; with us, each cycle lifts us a bit higher in understanding than we were before. It is not necessary to embrace chaos, violence and inhumanity; it is necessary, though, to acknowledge and experience them so that they may be released, transmuted to their joyful sides, in order that we may grow thereby.
Now, as spring proceeds out of winter, from Lunar New Year to Spring Equinox, let us remember that winter does not last forever. Let us acknowledge our personal shadows as well as the shadows through which the world is passing, with the intent that an even more beautiful world is waiting to emerge, and with confidence that the beauties of the past will not be forgotten in the emerging present. | http://thevoicefromthebackrow.com/the-cycling-of-time/ |
A Jewish view of history.
We live in the present, fantasize about the future, and distort the past. The mind, homo sapiens’ greatest tool, can imagine a beautiful future and set in motion the plan to implement it. Alternatively, man can be weighed down by the past, unable to escape preconceptions, negative experiences, or abuses imagined or real. Both the positive and negative echoes of the past may be exaggerated, distorted or simply expunged from memory. In fact, it may be impossible to separate fact from interpretation when looking back; our personal memories are often colored by opinion and emotion, and so much of our collective memory has been shaped by the opinions and agendas of historians.
As opposed to previous generations, modern man is far more engrossed by the future than by the past. The past is seen as primitive and depressing, while the future is unlimited, a fascinating mosaic ready to be filled with dazzling colors.
The coming days are an ideal opportunity to consider Judaism’s historical consciousness, our relationship with the past and our attitudes towards the future. The Jewish new year which we are now celebrating is commonly known as Rosh HaShanah, yet is referred to in the liturgy as Yom HaZikaron, the day of memory, based on the verse in Vayikra (23:24). On this day, God remembers our actions; on this day, we recall our own actions, review and reconsider our personal and collective behavior.
Fittingly, the parasha that is read this Shabbat charges us to remember the past:
Remember days long gone by. Ponder the years of each generation. Ask your father and let him tell you, and your grandfather, who will explain it. (Dvarim 32:7)
We are enjoined to recall the great contributions of the past, to read the books penned by our ancestors, to open our hearts and minds to receive the orally transmitted wisdom of the ages, to become a living link in the chain of tradition. Indeed, a part of us still lives in the past.
And yet, we have an honest view of the past, not a deconstructionist “nostalgia isn’t what it used to be” attitude. Everything that we are taught about the past, from the biblical narrative through modern Jewish history, teaches us to see the roses as well as the thorns. Authentic Jewish scholarship aims to teach us to be inspired by the beauty while at the same time to learn from the mistakes. Unlike revisionist historians, we do not whitewash the past or obscure inconvenient truths. We acknowledge the mistakes, the sins, the lapses in our personal and collective biographies and own up to them.
But Judaism does not stop there. Beyond the realm of historical accuracy and the insight into the human condition that can be gained from the study of history, Judaism’s view of history concerns itself with the transcendent: Not only can we learn from the past, not only can we apply the lessons of the past to the future, but through historical consciousness, we can change the past. Thus, during the days leading up to Rosh Hashana through the end of Yom Kippur the liturgy repeats the seemingly strange formulation: “however we and our ancestors have sinned”.
The Jewish concept of confession before God is not unfamiliar, yet the additional phrase seems to do no more and no less than malign the dead. What good can come out of slandering our ancestors? Herein lies the key to the concept of teshuva: when we look honestly and sincerely at our own behavior and take responsibility, when we express remorse and make a commitment to change, we take our relationship with God to a higher level than it was even before the sin. The negative behavior becomes the basis of a new, more honest and loving relationship with God. This same dynamic holds true for sins committed by previous generations: When we take an honest look at the negative behaviors of previous generations, when we see ourselves and our lives as part of the dynamic set in motion by those that preceded us, when we take responsibility as a living link in that chain, we can use the mistakes of our ancestors to forge a stronger relationship with God. We can change sins committed in the past to points of departure on a new path toward holiness. Sins of the past are elevated, re-formed.
The greatest expression of man’s free will is not simply deciding what we will do as we move from the present toward the future. When we use our newfound understanding to give new meaning to past misdeeds, we re-cast negative behavior and change the past. This is Judaism’s true historical consciousness: It is within our power to give form and meaning not only to the present, not only to the future, but to the past as well. | https://aish.com/dont-look-back-2/ |
Selassie's speech on Agriculture
Since Ethiopia's economy is predominantly agricultural, agriculture must play a large role in the plans which have been drawn up, at our command, for our empire's development.
It is the duty of all to apply the skill of their minds to the factories, the trading centres and the roads and communications which are also evidence of Ethiopia's prosperity, of Ethiopia's strength.
During the past year (1958) the abrupt cessation of rainfall during the growing season caused considerable damage to Ethiopia's crops. This experience has demonstrated that the rivers of our country should be devoted to irrigation, so that the food needs of our ever growing population will no longer be left at the mercy of the whims and caprices of the elements.
The fruits of the farmer's labour must be enjoyed by him whose toil has produced the crop.
The uses of trees are many and varied. Groves of trees protect our fields and plantations from being desiccated by the desert winds which blow from neighbouring regions During the summer months, they provide moisture and shade. If trees are not presently planted to replace those being cut down from time to time, our constant efforts to conserve and develop the wealth of our country through the welfare of present and future generations will be rendered ineffective and futile.
We are greatly grieved to observe the many thousands of gashas of rich forest land being destroyed every year by reckless timber-cutting, thoughtless forest burning, unregulated forest grazing and other misuses of our forest wealth, due to popular ignorance and desire for temporary advantage on the part of our people.
The existence or non-existence of forest wealth in a country is one of the most important factors influencing its development and progress. The increasing pace of deforestation and the growing dearth of timber in Ethiopia, caused by unregulated tree-cutting and the failure to replace these by new plantings, give us occasion for anxiety that a severe economic problem will confront the coming generation. It is essential that steps be taken here and now to stop this wastage and check this destruction.
In these days when all nations of the world, in recognition of the tremendous importance of forest wealth, have launched intensive programmes for forest conservation and re-forestation, it behoves our county also to take the appropriate measures to solve this problem.
It is our wish and our desire that each and every citizen of our country follow the example we set on this Arbour Day in planting this tree, and himself plant as many trees as he can, for his own benefit as well as for the benefit of future generations.
Without agricultural expansion, industrial growth is impossible. Great strides, it is true, have been made in introducing industries into Ethiopia in recent years. But in any less-developed agrarian country possessing only limited possibilities for selling the products of its factories in world export markets, industry can grow only if there exists an increasingly prosperous rural consumer population. Industrialisation is not an alternative to the development of agriculture; rather, the development of agriculture is the essential pre-condition to the growth of industry.
Measures will shortly be proposed to Parliament for action to be taken to preserve, for the benefit of present and future generations, the nation's forests which are not only valuable in themselves as a source of wood, but act as nature's guardian against the forces of erosion, which, unchecked, can transform fertile areas into barren and sterile desert.
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This work is in the public domain worldwide because it has been so released by the copyright holder. | https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Selassie%27s_speech_on_Agriculture |
I’ve now been on Earth for 36 years and though I walk on it like each day is my first, I often find myself walking backwards, toward the past. Perhaps I simply enjoy a good bout of nostalgia or perhaps there is actual worth in looking back in order to learn and move forward?
I’m going to hypothesis that we do not spend enough time thinking about the past, in fact nor the present but only the future. Ask yourself this question, how often do you look back in time in order to help yourself determine which way forward?
If we are to invest in the future we must invest in ourselves in order to develop new ideas and innovations that support our social fabric, infrastructures and environments, for “we are not makers of history, we are made by history” (Martin Luther King Jr.).
My challenge then, is to better position 21st century children to take advantage of the opportunities and the challenges posed in a 21st century world. This means children need to possess 21st century competencies. But, what does this actually mean?
In my line of work, I aspire to spend as much time as possible in nature’s wilderness in order to share what I believe to be of the greatest value; appreciation and awareness.
Whilst 21st century children need 21st century competencies, this does mean our education system needs to be completely overhauled to reflect that of a scene from Star Wars. Unquestionably there are now new teachable moments and certainly ways in which we can engage student learning better. However, the needs of the student are the same as they were in the past and as they were during the times before that. We are fuelled by our innate ecocentric desires, principles which enables us to be creators, problem-solvers, reflective, cooperative, imaginative, and resilient.
Any pedagogical framework needs to reflect the interconnectedness of our (own) existence in terms of context, mutuality and relativity, for every breath we take, what we subsequently breathe out contributes toward influencing that environment, which in turn provides multiple dimensions that become teachable moments.
As the emergence of a ‘green economy’ takes hold there is an opportunity for us to reconnect our value systems, reconnect pathways to realign our thinking in sustaining the health of systems, our biosphere and ourselves. This includes allowing future generations to play a part in such opportunities as well as the greater conversation. In order for that to happen, they need a safe space to explore, engage, empathise, evaluate. They need a learning environment which supports the needs, not of a value system premised on economics, but rather one that is founded on a greater system than our own, an ecosystem that is more complex than any human-designed system can ever create. | https://tedxsydney.com/idea/can-learning-from-the-past-better-prepare-us-for-the-future/ |
Shaping our future as if we will live forever
Inspired by the movie, The Bucket List, and the song, Live Like You Were Dying, I hope this mantra of “Shaping our future as if we will live forever, yet living today as if we will die tomorrow” will serve as a guide for the new year. This mantra is from my soon-to-be-published book, The Inner Journey to Conscious Leadership. The three major themes in the book are: noticing what is going on, setting intention, and acting responsibly.
My reflections while writing the book have caused me to pause and take stock, to begin letting go of some of my past experiences, to practice being in the present moment, yet all the while keeping an eye on the desired future state. Conscious leadership is about learning how to shape the future while living mindfully in the present moment.
We all tend to live to some degree in each of the past, the present, and the future perspectives. The past perspective represents a degree of certainty that something has happened in a particular way, enables learning, and helps us avoid making the same mistakes again. The present perspective is about living mindfully in the now, not being concerned about the past which cannot be changed and limiting our concern about the probability or likelihood of future events. The future perspective of possibility thinking enables us to look forward and embrace opportunities based on our dreams and aspirations. Considering these three perspectives as interdependent polarities helps us consciously select the perspective we are living in at any moment without losing sight of the other two perspectives.
What are you noticing in your life right now? What are your intentions about what you are noticing? What responsible actions will you take in the coming year in response to what you are noticing? What is your level of commitment to taking responsible action? What is the future you are wishing to shape? Wherever you are on your inner journey to conscious leadership, if you are looking for an accountability partner, let me know via the contact page. For a limited time, as my gift to you, I am offering support for you as your Conscious Leadership Accountability Partner during the coming year, shaping the future as if you will live forever, while living today as if you will die tomorrow.
Best wishes for a Conscious New Year. | http://futureshapersflorida.com/558-2/?replytocom=1 |
But I recently had a new revelation about the classic story of a man being visited by spirits who showed him the past, the present and the possible future. In a new book called The Akashic Records, author Sandra Anne Taylor points out: "But did you know that this tenderhearted and moving story is about the Akashic Records?"
I hadn't realised it before, but you can certainly read it that way.
The Akashic Records are described by Sandra Anne Taylor as: "A vibrating storehouse of information and energy... Embodying all the mysteries of life - your life, my life, the entirety of life from before life began, as we know it - the records will go on long after the world we know disappears."
The Name of the Rose, but infinitely bigger and more mysterious.
There are other names for the records, of course. The Buddhist term Alaya Consciousness is similar. As someone who follows a path of Jungian spirituality, I like to think of the Akashic Records as being connected to the collective unconscious.
However you visualise the Akashic Records, or whatever term you use for them, they are a way of comprehending how one can use psychic techniques to find out information about our past, the forces that are influencing us in the present, and what the possible outcome might be in the future. We can also use that information to alter our actions and behaviour to bring about changes in our lives in the future. Just like Scrooge.
Sandra Anne Taylor's new book, which has the subtitle Unlock the Infinite Power, Wisdom and Energy of the Universe, offers techniques and exercises to help you access the Akashic Records and use what you find there for insight, personal development and help with overcoming problems.
It is in the Hay House Basics series, so is an introductory guide, starting with the simple concepts and working up to more advanced techniques.
As publisher Hay House says on its website, the book covers:
- What the Akashic Records really are and how to tap into their ever-present power
- How to travel the eternal timeline to investigate the past, present and potential future
- How past lives are influencing you today and what you can do to rewrite those records
- How you can use the Akashic Records to find your purpose, expand your talents and find greater success and joy in this life
- How to programme future events within the records of this life and in lifetimes to come
- Techniques to open the records anytime you desire
Hay House Basics - The Akashic Records can be ordered via Amazon.
The pictures show The Akashic Records, "Marley's Ghost", original illustration by John Leech from A Christmas Carol, and "The Ghost of Christmas Present" from A Christmas Carol, 1843. | http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2016/12/books-akashic-records-and-christmas.html |
Time is a mysterious concept that we have yet to fully understand. It seems to be an ever-changing entity, constantly moving forward and never looking back. But while time may appear to be an illusion, it is actually how our minds shape our perception of reality.
We can map out timeless realities through our internal understanding of karma, the consequence of actions in the past influencing events in the present and future. In this way we create a timeline for ourselves where each moment has its own purpose and meaning. We are able to look at our lives with more clarity as we become aware of what lies ahead and recognize the power of our decisions on how we move through space and time.
It’s amazing how something so abstract can have such an impact on us – by being mindful of time, we gain insight into who we truly are and nurture relationships with those around us. | https://samadhipath.com/mapping-out-a-timeless-reality-how-human-mind-shape-our-perception-of-time/ |
Bioengineering sophomore Pavithra Nagarajan received an SCU Diversity Works Award presented to five students who thoughtfully articulated how diversity and inclusion is shaping their journey and values, and their commitment to making an impact in their future path and career. Read how dance affects Pavithra’s engineering.
Pavithra Nagarajan '20 (bioengineering) received an SCU Diversity Works Award presented to five students who thoughtfully articulated how diversity and inclusion is shaping their journey and values, and their commitment to making an impact in their future path and career. Here's what she had to say: "As a Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer, over 13 years I have been trying to understand an art that is deeply intertwined with Tamil culture, Hindu spirituality, and South Indian mythology. This rich landscape that I try to recreate to exist in the present during each performance, after understanding the hope and inspiration it once induced in the past, has shaped me to be more curious and open to the hidden stories of different ethnic groups. The key lesson from this art that I will take with me in my future career is that I must actively seek to listen to the words of the people I may serve through bioengineering, as an innovation could transform the only way of life that a society knows. In the future, I also hope to link the encoded patterns I may help find in genetics through computational methods, with underlying patterns linked by race or ethnicity." | https://facilities.scu.edu/engineering/stories/pavithra-nagarajan-20--receives-scu-diversity-works-award.html |
Time flies when you’re having fun, and it flies at Mach 5 when you’re not. When I hear my kids complain, “I’m bored,” I tell them how much I envy them. Oh, to be bored! To have no immediate demands on my time, energy, and attention! Boredom may appear to be an unpleasant state, but it’s also a harbinger and a breeding ground of things worth doing. It’s the preamble for activities of choice, not obligation.
By mere coincidence I read in succession two pieces on how terrible we humans are at perceiving time and its passage, and how we might alter those perceptions in a more meaningful and satisfying way. They are both entirely convincing, and yet they each offer conflicting ideal states of mind. Or they might not.
First, Alan Jacobs in The Guardian. (I have never met this man, but I swear I count him among the most valuable teachers of my life.) Jacobs refers to our culture, as driven by our various media, as “presentist.” He writes, “The social media ecosystem is designed to generate constant, instantaneous responses to the provocations of Now.” There’s no way to think deeply or consider alternate or broader perspectives because the fire hose of stimuli never ceases.
The only solution is to cultivate “temporal bandwidth,” which Jacobs defines as “an awareness of our experience as extending into the past and the future.” Less “now” and more “back then, now, and later.” And the way we do that is to read books. Old books, preferably. “To read old books is to get an education in possibility for next to nothing.”
That education sets the stage for one’s mind to not only absorb the wisdom and the mistakes of the past, but to contemplate how they “reverberate into the future”:
You see that some decisions that seemed trivial when they were made proved immensely important, while others which seemed world-transforming quickly sank into insignificance. The “tenuous” self, sensitive only to the needs of This Instant, always believes — often incorrectly — that the present is infinitely consequential.
But cultivating temporal bandwidth is happening less and less, it seems. And as Jacobs says in a separate post, “Those who once might have been readers are all shouting at one another on Twitter.”
But while Jacobs recommends steering us away from believing the present to be of prime significance, David Cain at Raptitude urges us to grasp the present more tightly, and let concerns about the past and future fade to periphery.
And it is all to address the same basic problem: we feel washed away by the force and flow of time. Comparing an adult’s perceptions of time to a child’s, Cain writes:
As we become adults, we tend to take on more time commitments. We need to work, maintain a household, and fulfill obligations to others. […] Because these commitments are so important to manage, adult life is characterized by thoughts and worries about time. For us, time always feels limited and scarce, whereas for children, who are busy experiencing life, it’s mostly an abstract thing grownups are always fretting about. There’s nothing we grownups think about more than time — how things are going to go, could go, or did go.
Cain doesn’t point to social media or cultural illiteracy as culprits, but rather our disproportionate fixation on the past and the future. It may be that Cain is largely discussing a different scale of time than is Jacobs. Cain seems to be referring to our fixation on what has happened in the relatively recent past (10 minutes ago or 10 years ago, for example) and what the immediate future bodes (say, the next couple of hours or the next couple of months). Jacobs, by emphasizing the reading of “old books” (and by quoting lines from Horace) is certainly thinking of a much deeper past and a more distant future, spans that transcend our own lifetimes.
But as I said, Cain recommends regarding the past and future less, and home in on the present. “The more life is weighted towards attending to present moment experience, the more abundant time seems,” he says. And the way to attend to that present moment, as clichéd as it might sound these days, is through mindfulness, which can mean meditation or any activities “that you can’t do absent-mindedly: arts and crafts, sports, gardening, dancing.” Here’s why:
It’s only when we’re fretting about the future or reminiscing over the past that life seems too short, too fast, too out of control. When your attention is invested in present-moment experience, there is always exactly enough time. Every experience fits perfectly into its moment.
Note that Cain never mentions reading as one of those activities that one can’t do absent-mindedly. I don’t know about you, but if I read absent-mindedly I’m probably not actually reading at all, or at least not in such a way that I’ll retain anything. So whether or not he intended it or agrees with it, I’m throwing “reading books” into that list.
This is the bridge that connects these seemingly-conflicting viewpoints, making them complementary. Much of this rests on the difference in time scale I referred to, which, if taken into account, begins to form a complete picture. Few would argue with the idea that fretting about the immediate past and future is detrimental to one’s experience of time, or that contemplation and consideration of history and the long-term repercussions of our actions is a waste of time.
They key word here might indeed be “fretting.” In this sense, the definition of “fretting” isn’t limited to “worrying,” but describes a broader practice of wasting energy and attention on things within a narrow temporal scope without taking any meaningful action to address whatever concerns might be contained within. We fret about choices we’ve made and what such-and-such a person is thinking about us or how we’ll ever manage to get through the day, week, or year with our sanity intact. We rarely fret about how the Khwarazmian Empire was woefully unprepared for the Mongol army under Genghis Khan in 1219, or how the human inhabitants of TRAPPIST-1d will successfully harvest the planet’s resources to support a growing populace.
And of course, nothing engenders fretting like social media. Already primed for fretting by the demands of work, family, and self-doubt, now we can fret in real time (and repeatedly) over anything relatives, acquaintances, total strangers, politicians, celebrities, and algorithms flash before our awareness. It is possible to exist in a state of permanent fret.
Let me tell you, time really freaking zooms when you’re fretting.
So let’s combine the recommendations of Jacobs and Cain to address our temporal-perception crisis. Let’s get off of Facebook and Twitter, let’s turn off the television, and let’s get to that stack of books (or list of ebooks if you prefer) and read. Let’s allow our brains to expand our awareness, considerations, and moral circle beyond this moment, this year, this era. Let’s not burden ourselves with the exhausting worries about what we’re reading or how long it will take to read it or what else we should be reading but aren’t. Let’s make time to chat with our kids and our parents, and write, tinker, draw, arrange, organize, build, repair, or tend as best suits us. Let’s stop and breathe and think of nothing for a few minutes as we focus on the present instant in time and space, even to the atomic level. And then let’s think big, daring, universe-spanning thoughts beyond all measure.
Let’s be bored, and let that boredom nudge, inspire, or shock us into activity, be it infinitesimal or polycosmic.
It will take practice. It will not be easy. Let’s accept that this, too, is a journey of time and effort and moments.
And let us fret no more.
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Words by Kyle Ramiel Dalangin
Pananaw XV conducts the first Usapang Pananaw – an online art forum that welcomes various artists from the Los Baños art community and beyond. Reflecting on the current theme “Pagtatapat sa Hinaharap,” guest speakers from various artistic fields shared their insights for the folio’s fifteenth issue.
Art holds a vital role in the community, and the pandemic either restrained or gave freedom to it. Today, when the past is used to reconstruct the truth, artists have their own ways of archiving the history and taking part in building it. From literature to textile, Usapang Pananaw’s guest speakers, Pananaw XV staff, and guests took part in discussing their art as a tool in historicizing the present and facing the future.
Art of the past as the mirror of the future
While we can never predict the future, we can always write, paint, or draw about it. Art reflects the present, but it can certainly warn you about the future. Prof. Dennis Aguinaldo and Prof. Adam David both use art as guides for what comes next in our society.
Prof. Dennis Aguinaldo, faculty member at the Department of Humanities (DHum) of UP Los Baños, analyzed two art works from the previous issue of Pananaw. He highlighted the timelessness, or the time-defying nature of art, using these works as an example which maintain the past and inspires the future.
Prof. Adam David, comic book artist and high school teacher for comics, intersected societal issues with environmental ones. He discussed the possible future of the Philippines if the people of the world continue to exploit the environment. He reflected this future on his life-long comic entitled “Terrorium” which depicts a dystopian future. With this, he wanted to show that art and history can be the blueprint to take action for the future.
Art in changing the future
“Change the future.” We always hear these kinds of sayings from generations above us. Raffy Ugaddan and JC Castro both think we are all capable of shaping the future through concrete action. How can we try to mobilize then, when we are confined in our own homes? For them, it is through their art.
Raffy Ugaddan, virtual artist, thought of the lockdown as an opportunity to look through and discover more of himself. As a program coordinator of the Linangan Art Residency, he handles the Amuyong mentorship program which is an alternative learning platform for young artists by artists themselves.The 8-week art residency consists of workshops that helps in developing skills during the pandemic. Its purpose is to build an alternative culture wherein artists help each other, and assert that artistic validations should not only come from institutions.
Multi-instrumentalist JC Castro, or Lik Ha, believes that the future of music is in improvisation. The beauty of improvisation is in its flaws and the effort to correct it in the future. In his talk, he emphasized the ability of everyone to change the future in light of the past. We can always make mistakes and we can also make amends.
Art as the archive of history
Every brushstroke, every melody, every word, every line— all of these are representations of reality, if one looks closely. Cultural norms and societal issues are reflected in many art forms, may it be a literary work or a painting. Prof. Roma Estrada’s and Ms. Judith Castro’s perspective towards Pananaw XV’s theme focuses on how art historicizes the present to build a future full of awareness and truth.
Prof. Estrada, faculty member of the Department of Humanities (DHum) at UP Los Baños, views necessity as the muse of artists. She advocates #ArtistsFightBack wherein artists respond against the anti-people policies of the Duterte regime through a variety of artistry. These creative works archive both the Filipino art history and Philippine history itself.
Judith Basco of The Art of Yarn at SAKA (Sama-samang Artista para sa Kilusang Agraryo) shared textile works that amplifies advocacies. Activism through art is one way to tell the future the truth and act on it. One of the ways artistic work coincides with community work are in the livelihood workshops that The Art of Yarn conducts in marginalized areas, further blurring the line between art and activism.
Pagtatapat sa Hinaharap
“Usapang Pananaw” put the spotlight on art and its efforts to depict the past, analyze the present, and reshape the future, but also a step to emulate the community of inquiry pre-pandemic.
During the first forum hosted by Pananaw, Graphics Editor Jael Apostol states the importance of the program does not only lie in discussing the folio, but also a platform to reconnect with, reintroduce and inspire more artists from Southern Tagalog. “Sa isang banda, napagtagumpayan din nitong initiative na makilala ang iba’t iba pang art practitioners mula sa loob at labas ng Southern Tagalog.” Apostol says. | https://uplbperspective.org/2021/12/09/https-uplbperspective-org-2021-12-09-usapang-pananaw-tackles-art-in-the-past-and-for-the-future/ |
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- PhD, University of Memphis (2019)
- MSc, University of Edinburgh (2013)
- BA, Villanova University (2012)
My primary research interests focus at the intersection of philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of performance, and aesthetics. An important bridge between them concerns how to best conceptualize and model the cognitive processes underlying artistic practices. Consider the case of jazz improvisation, for example. How do jazz musicians create novel performances “on the fly” that obey the various musical conventions of jazz? How do groups of jazz musicians spontaneously coordinate their actions to produce new and cohesive performances, sometimes without appealing to any existent tune or standard? When doing so, does the group intentionally act as a set of individuals or perhaps as a single agent? Understanding improvisation, moreover, is not only important for better understanding the cognitive processes of jazz musicians. Improvising is an essential part of everything from mundane and everyday decisions through highly-skilled and specialized activities. Having a better sense of what it entails, as well as what sorts of cognitive explanations are best able to capture fundamental features of improvisation, will therefore have ramifications for a variety of areas. In addition, I have research interests in topics such as joint action, social cognition, collective authorship, and artificial general intelligence, especially the Learning Intelligent Decision Agent (LIDA) cognitive model.
Selected Publications:
- Ryan, K.J. Jr. & Gallagher, S. (2020) Between Ecological Psychology and Enactivism: Is There Resonance? Frontiers in Psychology. 11:1147. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01147.
- Ryan, K., Agrawal, P. & Franklin, S. (2020). The Pattern Theory of Self in Artificial General Intelligence: A Theoretical Framework for Modeling Self in Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architecture. Cognitive Systems Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2019.09.018.
- Ryan, K. & Schiavio, A. (2019). Extended Musicking, Extended Mind, Extended Agency. Notes on the Third Wave. New Ideas in Psychology, Vol. 55: 8-17.
- Tollefsen, D. & Ryan, K. (2019). Group Cognition. In Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology. 2nd Ed. (eds.) S.K. Robins, J. Symons, and P. Calvo, pg. 766-782, New York, NY: Routledge. (Invited Submission).
Recent representative presentations:
- Songs, Solos, and Standards: The Role of Shared Intentions in Collective Music-Making, University of Nebraska at Omaha, November 2019 (Invited)
- Nested Niches, Artistic Affordances, and Ecological Psychology. Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Rhodes College, March 2019.
- Musicians in the Moment: Improvisation and Intentions-In-Action. Cognitive Futures in the Arts and Humanities, University of Kent, July 2018.
- Pattern Theory of Self in the LIDA Cognitive Model. International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) Annual Meeting, Warsaw, PL, June 2018 (Paper co-written with P. Agrawal & S. Franklin).
- Playing in the Pocket: Joint Action and Musical Improvisation. IMPROV Workshop, Lund University, June 2018 (Invited).
- Musicians-in-Action: Jazz Improvisation, Cultural Affordances, and Embodied Music Cognition. Culture and Mental Health Research Unit Meeting, McGill University, May 2018 (Invited).
- Musical Improvisation and Embodied Music Cognition: An Overview. Center for Embodied Cognition, Creativity, and Performance, Stony Brook University, February 2018 (Invited).
- Take it from the Top: Jazz Improvisation, Ways of Knowing, and Embodied Cognition. Cognition and Culture Group, University of Exeter, November 2017 (Invited). | https://philosophy.utk.edu/staff/ryan.php |
This article is copyright 2004 by Antonio J. García and originally was published in STYLE Weekly, January 12, 2005. It is used by permission of the author and, as needed, the publication. Some text variations may occur between the print version and that below. All international rights remain reserved; it is not for further reproduction without written consent.
Free Expression
by Antonio J. García
How long has the saying “The Beauty is in the Difference,” been around? This phrase has been a center of my perception of the world for my entire adult life. For example, when I was a dating teenager — or a lot of the time, more accurately, a teenager looking for a date — I was just stunned by the variety of attractive women. They were all over. Yet they had such pressure to conform to the cultural standard of the time for beauty, be it hair-length, shoe-height, style of glasses or no glasses. Guys had fewer pressures put upon them for style and fashion. We were just ... guys.
During college I had a steady girlfriend, so I was non-threatening enough that other women would talk to me about their lives. I could see that these pressures on women hadn’t lessened. Some friends had serious self-esteem issues because they didn’t match the fashion ads’ version of womanhood. And I thought — and sometimes outright told them: “HEY! ‘The Beauty is in the Difference!’ The things that make you unusual are the things that make you individual — and to me, attractive.”
This has a lot to do with my creative life in jazz music and education. Young musicians seeking to grow in jazz expression often seek the day when instead of wondering what they might play during their solo improvisations during a given performance, they’ll “just know” — and thus jazz expression will be safer, more predictable.
But eventually they realize that safety is not their goal, that this would actually be the enemy of learning how to improvise solos. Their true goal is to be different, to be individual — and in large part to do so by observing “The Beauty in the Difference” around them at that given moment of performance and incorporating that into their solo expression.
Jazz musicians would be bored if they could predict what would happen. Any comfort comes in having spent a creative lifetime responding spontaneously to surprising possibilities — and enjoying the ride those surprises give. In his book “Free Play: Improvisation in Life and the Arts,” author Stephen Nachmanovitch writes: “An improviser may have to practice for years before being able to play a totally spontaneous minute of music in which every detail is right for its own fleeting moment. ... The fruits of improvising, composing, writing, inventing and discovering may flower spontaneously; but they arise from soil that we have prepared, fertilized and tended in the faith that they will ripen in nature’s own time.” That’s not necessarily what an 18-year-old future jazz musician wants to hear, but it’s true in life as well.
Through it all, we seek balance. Jazz musician David Liebman defines the following: “An ideal aesthetic combination for an improvising musician would be total control of the rules of music, instrumental virtuosity, mental and intellectual depth and the looseness of personality which allows these factors to mix spontaneously in a balanced fashion.” That wish list also has parallels in real life.
I can’t teach a jazz musician what to musically “say.” But if I’m fortunate, I can teach musicians how to express what they want to say — even if it’s something I’m not a big fan of. I should have a high tolerance for “The Beauty in the Difference” of their views versus mine. That, too, has great parallels in life.
Tolerance of the differences among us is crucial to positive growth in our humanity. After the conclusion of such a bitter presidential campaign, we now approach Inauguration Day. I have witnessed many occasions when conversations took an ugly turn. “Things were fine in my neighborhood until all those DemoPublicats moved in. They’re so ignorant.” Or, “Our lives will go to hell if the DemoPublicats run the country for the next four years.” No matter which way the election turned out, I knew I was going to have some depressed friends.
But I was struck by how sweeping and intolerant the conversation was. Try substituting: “Things were fine in my neighborhood until all those Hispanics moved in. They’re so ignorant.” Or, “Our lives will go to hell if women run the country for the next four years.” When did it become more acceptable to stereotype voters than it would be to assume that all Jews have identical beliefs on issues — or that all gay people would vote the same on a given civic referendum?
I say, “The Beauty is in the Difference.” To me, there is no greater day on the political calendar than Inauguration Day, when civic powers change hands without violence — because of the close-second-greatest day of Election Day, when each individual gets to declare his or her views as the same as or different from the next person’s.
Those days may not be my preference any more than I can control the musical expression of my students — or any more than I can predict the outcome of a jazz solo I’m about to take. But each of those expressions strikes me as the individual, creative, artistic “Beauty in the Difference.” I invite you to celebrate that at every opportunity in your lives.
Musicians — artists — create because they must. Yet each person on this earth creates, differently, often beautifully, each day. As Stephen Nachmanovitch says, “The free play of creativity ... is the ability to experience life as it is.” I wish you that experience, each and every day.
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Antonio J. García is a Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he directs the Jazz Orchestra I; instructs Applied Jazz Trombone, Small Jazz Ensemble, Music Industry, and various jazz courses; founded a B.A. Music Business Emphasis (for which he initially served as Coordinator); and directs the Greater Richmond High School Jazz Band. An alumnus of the Eastman School of Music and of Loyola University of the South, he has received commissions for jazz, symphonic, chamber, film, and solo works—instrumental and vocal—including grants from Meet The Composer, The Commission Project, The Thelonious Monk Institute, and regional arts councils. His music has aired internationally and has been performed by such artists as Sheila Jordan, Arturo Sandoval, Jim Pugh, Denis DiBlasio, James Moody, and Nick Brignola. Composition/arrangement honors include IAJE (jazz band), ASCAP (orchestral), and Billboard Magazine (pop songwriting). His works have been published by Kjos Music, Hal Leonard, Kendor Music, Doug Beach Music, ejazzlines, Walrus, UNC Jazz Press, Three-Two Music Publications, and his own garciamusic.com, with five recorded on CDs by Rob Parton’s JazzTech Big Band (Sea Breeze and ROPA JAZZ). His scores for independent films have screened across the U.S. and in Italy, Macedonia, Uganda, Australia, Colombia, India, Germany, Brazil, Hong Kong, Mexico, Israel, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
A Bach/Selmer trombone clinician, Mr. García serves as the jazz clinician for The Conn-Selmer Institute. He has freelanced as trombonist, bass trombonist, or pianist with over 70 nationally renowned artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, Mel Tormé, Doc Severinsen, Louie Bellson, Dave Brubeck, and Phil Collins—and has performed at the Montreux, Nice, North Sea, Pori (Finland), New Orleans, and Chicago Jazz Festivals. He has produced recordings or broadcasts of such artists as Wynton Marsalis, Jim Pugh, Dave Taylor, Susannah McCorkle, Sir Roland Hanna, and the JazzTech Big Band and is the bass trombonist on Phil Collins’ CD “A Hot Night in Paris” (Atlantic) and DVD “Phil Collins: Finally...The First Farewell Tour” (Warner Music). An avid scat-singer, he has performed vocally with jazz bands, jazz choirs, and computer-generated sounds. He is also a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS). A New Orleans native, he also performed there with such local artists as Pete Fountain, Ronnie Kole, Irma Thomas, and Al Hirt.
Mr. García is a Research Faculty member at The University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, South Africa) and the Associate Jazz Editor of the International Trombone Association Journal. He serves as a Network Expert (for Improvisation Materials) for the Jazz Education Network and has served as President’s Advisory Council member and Editorial Advisory Board member. His newest book, Jazz Improvisation: Practical Approaches to Grading (Meredith Music), explores avenues for creating structures that correspond to course objectives. His book Cutting the Changes: Jazz Improvisation via Key Centers (Kjos Music) offers musicians of all ages the opportunity to improvise over standard tunes using just their major scales. He is Co-Editor and Contributing Author of Teaching Jazz: A Course of Study (published by NAfME) and authored a chapter within The Jazzer’s Cookbook (published by Meredith Music). Within the International Association for Jazz Education he served as Editor of the Jazz Education Journal, President of IAJE-IL, International Co-Chair for Curriculum and for Vocal/Instrumental Integration, and Chicago Host Coordinator for the 1997 Conference. He served on the Illinois Coalition for Music Education coordinating committee, worked with the Illinois and Chicago Public Schools to develop standards for multi-cultural music education, and received a curricular grant from the Council for Basic Education. He has also served as Director of IMEA’s All-State Jazz Choir and Combo and of similar ensembles outside of Illinois. He is the recipient of the Illinois Music Educators Association’s 2001 Distinguished Service Award.
Regarding Jazz Improvisation: Practical Approaches to Grading, Darius Brubeck says, "How one grades turns out to be a contentious philosophical problem with a surprisingly wide spectrum of responses. García has produced a lucidly written, probing, analytical, and ultimately practical resource for professional jazz educators, replete with valuable ideas, advice, and copious references." Jamey Aebersold offers, "This book should be mandatory reading for all graduating music ed students." Janis Stockhouse states, "Groundbreaking. The comprehensive amount of material García has gathered from leaders in jazz education is impressive in itself. Plus, the veteran educator then presents his own synthesis of the material into a method of teaching and evaluating jazz improvisation that is fresh, practical, and inspiring!" And Dr. Ron McCurdy suggests, "This method will aid in the quality of teaching and learning of jazz improvisation worldwide."
About Cutting the Changes, saxophonist David Liebman states, “This book is perfect for the beginning to intermediate improviser who may be daunted by the multitude of chord changes found in most standard material. Here is a path through the technical chord-change jungle.” Says vocalist Sunny Wilkinson, “The concept is simple, the explanation detailed, the rewards immediate. It’s very singer-friendly.” Adds jazz-education legend Jamey Aebersold, “Tony’s wealth of jazz knowledge allows you to understand and apply his concepts without having to know a lot of theory and harmony. Cutting the Changes allows music educators to present jazz improvisation to many students who would normally be scared of trying.”
Of his jazz curricular work, Standard of Excellence states: “Antonio García has developed a series of Scope and Sequence of Instruction charts to provide a structure that will ensure academic integrity in jazz education.” Wynton Marsalis emphasizes: “Eight key categories meet the challenge of teaching what is historically an oral and aural tradition. All are important ingredients in the recipe.” The Chicago Tribune has highlighted García’s “splendid solos...virtuosity and musicianship...ingenious scoring...shrewd arrangements...exotic orchestral colors, witty riffs, and gloriously uninhibited splashes of dissonance...translucent textures and elegant voicing” and cited him as “a nationally noted jazz artist/educator...one of the most prominent young music educators in the country.” Down Beat has recognized his “knowing solo work on trombone” and “first-class writing of special interest.” The Jazz Report has written about the “talented trombonist,” and Cadence noted his “hauntingly lovely” composing as well as CD production “recommended without any qualifications whatsoever.” Phil Collins has said simply, “He can be in my band whenever he wants.” García is also the subject of an extensive interview within Bonanza: Insights and Wisdom from Professional Jazz Trombonists (Advance Music), profiled along with such artists as Bill Watrous, Mike Davis, Bill Reichenbach, Wayne Andre, John Fedchock, Conrad Herwig, Steve Turre, Jim Pugh, and Ed Neumeister.
The Secretary of the Board of The Midwest Clinic, Mr. García has adjudicated festivals and presented clinics in Canada, Europe, Australia, The Middle East, and South Africa, including creativity workshops for Motorola, Inc.’s international management executives. The partnership he created between VCU Jazz and the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal merited the 2013 VCU Community Engagement Award for Research. He has served as adjudicator for the International Trombone Association’s Frank Rosolino, Carl Fontana, and Rath Jazz Trombone Scholarship competitions and the Kai Winding Jazz Trombone Ensemble competition and has been asked to serve on Arts Midwest’s “Midwest Jazz Masters” panel and the Virginia Commission for the Arts “Artist Fellowship in Music Composition” panel. He has been repeatedly published in Down Beat; JAZZed; Jazz Improv; Music, Inc.; The International Musician; The Instrumentalist; and the journals of NAfME, IAJE, ITA, American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Percussive Arts Society, Arts Midwest, Illinois Music Educators Association, and Illinois Association of School Boards. Previous to VCU, he served as Associate Professor and Coordinator of Combos at Northwestern University, where he taught jazz and integrated arts, was Jazz Coordinator for the National High School Music Institute, and for four years directed the Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Formerly the Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Northern Illinois University, he was selected by students and faculty there as the recipient of a 1992 “Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching” award and nominated as its candidate for 1992 CASE “U.S. Professor of the Year” (one of 434 nationwide). He was recipient of the VCU School of the Arts’ 2015 Faculty Award of Excellence for his teaching, research, and service. Visit his web site at <www.garciamusic.com>.
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Brice Gatinet is a French composer currently living in Montreal. Along his musical path, he has discovered many ways to express unique musical ideas, infusing his works with elements of jazz, improvisation, death metal and classical. These influences are at the heart of his writing and musical thought, where technique, poetry and structure are intimately linked to create a personal expressive dynamic. In France, Gatinet studied musicology at the Grenoble University, as well as Jazz and Musique Actuelle at the Chambery conservatory. Since moving to Montreal, he has obtained a Masters in Composition at the Université de Montreal, and he is currently completing a doctorate in Music Composition in McGill University under the direction of Philippe Leroux. In 2016, he received a funded three-month residency at the Casa Velasquez in Madrid, and in the next year, he has already committed to commissions by Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne among others.
2019.20 Artistic Research Residency
Development of software component using participatory design to generate musical materials using Artificial Intelligence.
In collaboration with the Musical Representations IRCAM-STMS Team.
During my residency, I will create a large-scale piece for piano, electric guitar, ensemble and electronics using software tools designed especially for this project by ACIDS team and myself. These softwares will focus mainly on Human/AI creative partnership as improvisation and machine learning. My goals for this residency are to innovate novel modes of expression, provide exploratory tools for musicians, and create companion systems based on Artificial Intelligence to help human creativity.
This project uses a participatory design method to explore and augment research already taking place within different axes of the ACIDS team. This team based in IRCAM is specialized in Artificial Creative Intelligence and Data Inference. In my work, I intend to engage directly with research oriented around several approaches, including learning-based inductive orchestration, orchestral waveform generation, co-improvisation and learning. The outcome will be used to create orchestration based on a piano score, using real-time improvisation from the computer during the live performance to generate a tape part based on a specific dataset encompassing piano and electric guitar sounds. These results will be harnessed for the creation of a large-scale piece for piano, electric guitar, ensemble and electronics. Broadly speaking, my work will be realized in three phases: 1) an analysis of different on-going projects being undertaken by the ACIDS team in order to ascertain the needs and expectations of the distinct software to be developed during my residence at IRCAM, 2) a conceptualization and implementation of specific prototypes for software tools, and 3) a post-creation evaluation to measure the usability of the resultant product. | https://www.ircam.fr/person/brice-gatinet/ |
From the New York Times’ obituary:
Butch Morris, who created a distinctive form of large-ensemble music built on collective improvisation that he single-handedly directed and shaped, died on Tuesday in Brooklyn. He was 65.
The cause was cancer, said Kim Smith, his publicist and friend. Mr. Morris, who lived in the East Village, died at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fort Hamilton.
Mr. Morris referred to his method as“conduction,” short for “conducted improvisation.” He defined the word, which he trademarked, as “an improvised duet for ensemble and conductor.”
He would often begin a performance by setting a tempo with his baton and having his musicians develop a theme spontaneously and then seize on the musical ideas he wanted to work with, directing the ensemble with a vocabulary of gestures and signals. An outstretched upward palm, up or down to indicate volume, meant sustain; a U shape formed with thumb and forefinger meant repeat; a finger to the forehead meant to remember a melodic phrase or a rhythm that he would summon again later.
He introduced this concept in 1985 and at first met resistance from musicians who were not willing to learn the vocabulary and respond to the signals; he was often in a position of asking artists to reorient themselves to his imagination and make something new out of familiar materials. But he demanded to be taken seriously, and he was. After 10 years he had made enough recordings to release “Testament,” a well-received 10-disc set of his work. After 20, he had become an internationally admired creative force, presenting conductions at concert halls worldwide and maintaining regular workshops and performances at the East Village spaces Nublu, Lucky Cheng’s and the Stone.
Mr. Morris, who also played cornet, began his career as a jazz musician in Los Angeles. After settling in New York in the early 1980s, he took his place among both the downtown improvising musicians of the Kitchen and the Knitting Factory and the purveyors of multidisciplinary, mixed-media art flourishing in the city.
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In decades of workshops around the world, and for a stretch, from 1998 to 2001, at Bilgi University in Istanbul, he taught his signals and gestures. Some of these were common to all conductors; some were adapted from the California jazz bandleaders Horace Tapscott and Charles Moffett, whom he had known early in his career (he also cited Sun Ra, Lukas Foss and Larry Austin’s “Improvisations for Orchestra and Jazz Soloists’’ as influences); many were his own.
He said he didn’t care whether people thought his music was jazz or not, although he himself saw it as derived from jazz but not beholden to it. “As long as I’m a black man playing a cornet,” he reasoned, “I’ll be a jazz musician in other people’s eyes. That’s good enough for me. There’s nothing wrong with being called a jazz musician.”
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WKCR-FM (Columbia University) is devoting much of today’s programming to a Butch Morris Memorial Broadcast, featuring his music until 3 p.m. (EST). | https://musicclipoftheday.com/2013/01/ |
The duo’s rather intimate and chamber-music-style instrumentation offers lots of leeway for any participating musicians.
The music is very honest, thrives on exchange with others, live music entertainment and improvisation by all parties involved.
In 2014, Franck Tortiller and Alexandra Lehmler met each other for the first time to perform together on stage. Since then, they have released two albums in a quartet formation, and another one is planned with their smaller formation.
‘Aerial’ represents the freedom to spontaneously develop new ideas on the basis of compositions created for the duo. You never know where the journey will take you, but you will definitely arrive somewhere.”
Alexandra Lehmler, born in 1979 in Bad Ems/Lahn, trained in Mannheim, Stuttgart and Paris, winner of „Jazz Award Baden-Württemberg 2014“ and ‚Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis Award for Composing‘, with a grant from the Arts Foundation Baden- Württemberg, is really a model musician in Germany. A brilliant go-getter with the tendency to look for the extraordinary, aiming for a rather personal balance between passion and expressiveness, as well as a sensuousness of grooves and melody. She's known to have searched beyond the German border, among the French jazz scene with its stronger influences by regional traditional music as well as migrants from former colonies and globalisation in general. This is where Lehmler finds those musicians who share her boldly permeable way of access to music. Her signature sound with trailing tones from her soprano sax, flexible drives from her alto sax or the soft roar of her baritone sax benefits from her boldness. She naturally and confidently embeds elements from world music, firmly incorporates minimalist and electro soundscapes, dark and rock-style, dirty and rough. It is neither a question of musical styles, nor any specific style for that matter. It's simply her very own style! | https://www.alexandralehmler.de/francktortiller-alexandralehmleraerial |
Hannah Brady is a musician and teacher with a passion for improvisation at all levels. She is the creator of “In the Gap! Fun improvisation for young musicians”, as well as being a performing musician, workshop leader and promoter of jazz and improvised music.
This practical, fun session will use Hannah’s teaching method to introduce simple, accessible improvisation and composition to music lessons, using repertoire and activities that pupils will love! It is suitable for all teachers and no specialist knowledge is required. It will feature:
- Warm-ups and games – expression through sounds
- Raps and chants - using words in a musical way
- Original songs – easy to learn, fun to perform pieces in a range of styles, with specific, creative activities
- Development - spontaneous ideas become micro-compositions, pupils develop their own versions of the song
- Moving on – using the method and resources to prepare for the transition to KS3.
Ideas, examples and a free download from the session will be made available on the day.
To register please complete the online form. | https://www.sheffieldmusichub.org/events/creative-ways-to-use-your-voice-at-ks1-ks2 |
Gluten is a protein complex in wheat, spelt, kamut, triticale, rye, and barley. Flours containing the complex provide a light and springy texture to breads, which is very popular with consumers. Some people are intolerant to gluten, however. This intolerance can produce some unpleasant and even dangerous effects in the body. Fortunately, many gluten-free flours are available today as well as substances that at least partially replace gluten's properties. I make and eat some baked goods that lack the complex. I've included one of my recipes for gluten-free muffins in this article.
One of the most serious results of gluten intolerance is celiac disease, which is an autoimmune disorder. In people with this disease, components of gluten cause the body’s immune system to damage the intestinal villi. The villi are tiny projections on the lining of the small intestine that absorb digested food. People with celiac disease must completely avoid gluten in their diet, thereby allowing the villi to regrow. Continued ingestion of the complex increases the risk of other diseases, some of which are serious.
Gluten is found in most store-bought baked goods, though the number of products without the substance is increasing where I live. Gluten is frequently used as a food or cosmetic additive. Someone who is intolerant to the substance can still follow a healthy and delicious diet. They need to be very careful when choosing their foods and drinks as well as their medicines, toothpastes, and cosmetics, though.
People who may (or do) have celiac disease or a related disorder must consult their doctor to obtain a diagnosis, treatment, and dietary advice.
Is a Gluten-Free Diet Necessary?
The gluten-free diet appears to be increasing in popularity. Most nutritionists seem to regard this increase as a fad, but a few suspect that gluten—or at least the relatively large amount of the substance found in some of today's grains or in some people's diet—may be responsible for more health problems than we realize. In the case of celiac disease and some other health problems diagnosed by a doctor, gluten has been medically acknowledged as a problem and must be avoided. In other people, the avoidance of the substance is controversial.
Some people decide to avoid gluten without a diagnosis of intolerance and experience renewed health, which is a great reason for avoiding the substance. The grains that contain gluten are otherwise healthy and nutritious, however, so it's a shame to avoid them unnecessarily. A person may find that they can tolerate one of the gluten-containing grains and not another. Wheat may be troublesome while rye may not be, for example.
Some people choose to eliminate a food or substance from their diet temporarily to see if a health problem improves. If it does, they may then eat the food again as a challenge to see if the health problem returns. If the problem does return, they conclude that they are intolerant to the food and eliminate it from their diet permanently. If someone reaches a stage where they decide to eliminate a healthy food from their diet, it would be a good idea to visit a doctor and a dietitian for advice.
Someone with a medically-diagnosed intolerance to gluten must never follow a food challenge. Gluten ingestion will further damage the villi in a person with celiac disease, for example, and will also increase the risk of other diseases, including osteoporosis and intestinal cancer.
Gluten-Free Foods
Meats, fish, vegetables, legumes or pulses, fruits, nuts, seeds, eggs, and milk (if a person isn’t dairy intolerant in addition to being gluten intolerant) are good foods for a gluten-free diet. As soon as these foods are processed, packaged, canned, or preserved, though, gluten may be introduced as an additive. The ingredients in packaged and processed products should always be checked carefully. Even non-dairy milks may contain small quantities of gluten.
A person with an intolerance to gluten can still eat grains, as long as the grains don't contain the substance. Luckily, the number of gluten-free grains, flours, and baked products available in stores seems to be increasing in many areas. A few years ago only specialized stores like health food markets sold gluten-free baked foods such as breads, cakes, cookies, and breakfast cereals; now even my local supermarkets are selling them. The problem is that most of these foods contain refined grains, such as white rice, as well as a lot of sugar or fat and artificial additives. They also tend to be more expensive than their gluten-containing counterparts. Making baked grain products at home can produce nutritious, less expensive, and often delicious results.
How to Blend Flours
In Latin, the word gluten means “glue”. Gluten acts as a binder in baked goods, preventing the final product from falling apart. It contains two proteins—gliadinin and glutenin.
Guidelines for Baking
If you buy a flour from a manufacturer that also makes products that contain gluten, check that the flour is made in a separate facility to avoid gluten contamination. When you buy gluten-free flours in stores, make sure that they are packaged instead of being located in bins, where the scoop may have been in contact with a grain that contains gluten.
In gluten-free baking a combination of flours works best, since there in no one flour that is completely suitable as a replacement for wheat or other gluten-containing grains. There are a number of gluten-free flours that you can experiment with, depending on what is available and affordable in your area. Different flour combinations will give a different taste in the final product. Some companies sell flour mixes that are already prepared.
Flours from rice (preferably brown rice, since it is a whole grain and contains fiber), sorghum, quinoa (pronounced “keenwa”), buckwheat, teff, amaranth, millet, and tapioca are all gluten-free. Corn flour is gluten-free too. Oat flour is good, but it must be made from oats that are certified to be free of gluten. This is very important, since oats are often contaminated by gluten-containing grains as they grow or in the grain storage facility. People with celiac disease are sometimes sensitive to corn or even gluten-free oats, though.
Almond flour or meal and other nut and seed meals can be added to a flour mix to add nutrition and taste. Bean and pea flours, such as garbanzo, fava bean, and chickpea flours, are becoming popular. Potato flour and arrowroot are sometimes used in gluten-free recipes, too. They help to produce a light texture.
If you have celiac disease, even when you're using a flour made from a grain that doesn't contain gluten you should make sure that the flour is certified to be free of gluten by an independent laboratory. Grains can be contaminated with other grains in the field, during storage, or during processing.
A Recipe for Gluten-Free Baking Powder
In gluten-free baking, xanthan gum or guar gum is often added to the flour mix to act as a binder. These work well, but some people experience digestive problems when they eat xanthan gum. Guar gum acts as a laxative when eaten in large quantities. Eggs will also bind ingredients together in a muffin recipe. This is my solution in the recipe below.
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Muffins
I don’t have celiac disease, but I do have food intolerances and digestive tract problems. I often find that my body handles gluten-free or low-gluten foods better than foods containing wheat or rye. I do eat muffins containing wheat at times, but too much wheat gives me heartburn and a sore stomach. My body “likes” gluten-free muffins.
Muffins are my favorite cake-like products to bake because they’re quick to make and can be produced in many different variations. Gluten-free foods need to be baked at a lower temperature than foods containing gluten. The recipe below makes about twelve medium sized, moist, and tasty muffins.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of a finely ground flour mix that is certified gluten free (I like to use sorghum flour and millet flour in my mix)
- 2 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup brown rice syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup of unsweetened pumpkin puree
- 1/4 cup of buttermilk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, mix the pumpkin puree, apple sauce, brown rice syrup, buttermilk (or regular milk or gluten-free non-dairy milk), vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla extract together.
- Mix the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients together until just combined. Be careful not to overmix.
- Spoon the batter into paper cups in a muffin pan (or directly into the muffin pan if it has a non-stick surface), filling each cup about three quarters full.
- Bake for about twenty-five minutes (but check the muffins at twenty minutes).
- If the muffins are done they will spring back into shape when their tops are lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffin will come out clean.
- Allow the muffins to cool in the pan for about five minutes, then remove the muffins to cool on a wire tray.
- Store in a small, airtight container, since gluten-free muffins can lose moisture quite quickly.
References and Resources
The websites mentioned in the references below give useful information about gluten-free grains and celiac disease.
Information about the gluten-free diet from the Celiac Disease Foundation
Facts about living a healthy gluten-free life from the Canadian Celiac Association
This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and does not substitute for diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, prescription, and/or dietary advice from a licensed health professional. Drugs, supplements, and natural remedies may have dangerous side effects. If pregnant or nursing, consult with a qualified provider on an individual basis. Seek immediate help if you are experiencing a medical emergency.
© 2011 Linda Crampton
Comments
looks good, gonna try it without the applesauce, as my daughter cannot have fruit.
Great hub! I stopped eating gluten products about a month ago and am still adjusting my diet, but I feel so much better--my sinuses are less swollen and I lost 3 pounds right off the bat--Thank you for this informative hub!
Very interesting and informative hub about gluten intolerance! It is a pretty common intolerance these days so the information is needed. Great recipe too!
Tina
This is SUCH a useful Hub, AliciaC! I am going to have to give those pumpkin muffins a try- just have to get the rice syrup and special flour first. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe- and the information, too!
Very nice information from you. Thank you very much for always give us something new like this one. You have done a great job, Alicia. My vote always for you. Cheers..
Prasetio
I had no idea that gluten could even be in baking powder! More and more people these days seem to be having problems with gluten in their diets. This will be a good hub to keep as a resource. Thanks for writing it! The pumpkin muffins sound delicious.
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Hi, my brother is slightly like this, but not too bad, but as you said, even if you buy it gluten free, it can be added to canned food, this is a really useful hub, and I will show my brother, thanks!
I have been reading so much lately about "Gluten Free Products" and it's about time. Very Interesting and Informative Hub, Alicia, with a Great Recipe to Boot!
Hello Alicia, gluten intolerance is so well explained and your hub nice and easy to read, I agree we should listen to our bodies more!
And thank you for the muffin recipe.
Voting up and thanks for sharing.
Great tip about gluten free products needing lower baking temperatures. I am not gluten intolerant but my O blood type prefers non gluten flours. Thinking about doing some fall baking and I love the pumpkin muffin idea
I am new to HubPages and so I am looking for examples of professional looking Hubs. Yours is a terrific overview of Gluten intolerance and just the right amount of background info followed by a terrific recipe. Well done!
So many people have a gluten intolerance, many without even knowing.
This hub is an excellent source of information. The recipe is great, and adaptable for other cake baking ideas.
Voted up, interesting and useful.
Super overview of gluten intolerance! This will be a good resource for many people, and the recipes look fabulous. Our bodies do talk to us don't they? I will have to adapt this to be cow milk free, but that usually works out well with either goat milk or almond milk. Thanks much! | https://delishably.com/special-diets/Gluten-Free-Flours-and-a-Gluten-Free-Pumpkin-Muffin-Recipe |
What foods do you avoid on a gluten free diet?
Wheat, rye, and barley are the major foods that need to be avoided while following a gluten-free diet. Gluten is also commonly added to processed foods, such as canned and boxed items. Furthermore, some grains, such as oats, may be cross-contaminated with gluten, depending on where they were processed.
What foods are high in gluten?
Processed foods that often contain gluten
- Beer, ale, porter, stout (usually contain barley)
- Breads.
- Bulgur wheat.
- Cakes and pies.
- Candies.
- Cereals.
- Communion wafers.
- Cookies and crackers.
How do I eliminate gluten from my diet?
This article provides 12 simple tips to help you eliminate gluten from your diet.
- Choose gluten-free grains. …
- Look for a gluten-free certification label. …
- Eat more produce. …
- Clean out your pantry. …
- Avoid gluten-containing beverages. …
- Bring your own food. …
- Eat more nuts and seeds. …
- Know the different names for wheat.
Is a gluten free diet healthy?
“A gluten-free diet is healthier.”
This is not true EXCEPT for people who have celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, or other gluten-related disorders. For the general population, the presence or absence of gluten alone is not related to diet quality.
Do potatoes contain gluten?
The simple answer is yes — potatoes are gluten-free. Gluten is a type of protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and other grains. Potatoes aren’t grains, they’re a type of starchy vegetable. That’s good news for people who can’t tolerate gluten because they have celiac disease or gluten intolerance.
Is all bread gluten free?
As a rule, traditional wheat products such as pastas, breads, crackers, and other baked goods are not gluten-free. However, there are many gluten-free options available that use alternative flours and grains. Often, gluten-free bread can be found in the freezer section.
How do I know if I’m allergic to gluten?
The 14 Most Common Signs of Gluten Intolerance
- Bloating. Bloating is when you feel as if your belly is swollen or full of gas after you’ve eaten. …
- Diarrhea, Constipation and Smelly Feces. …
- Abdominal Pain. …
- Headaches. …
- Feeling Tired. …
- Skin Problems. …
- Depression. …
- Unexplained Weight Loss.
Is Rice a gluten?
Rice is generally gluten-free, unless it’s mixed or processed with other products that contain gluten or is contaminated on equipment that processes gluten products. You may live a gluten-free lifestyle because you have celiac disease, a wheat allergy, or non-celiac gluten sensitivity.
Does milk have gluten?
No, milk does not have gluten. Whether you choose whole, low-fat or lactose-free cow’s milk, it is gluten-free.
How long does it take to detox from gluten?
Symptoms improve following two weeks on a gluten free diet and can disappear entirely in about three months3. It takes about six months for the villi to return to normal levels and restore the small intestine to full health3.
What happens to your body when you stop eating gluten?
It could reduce inflammation
If you don’t have celiac, you could also still see your health improve upon giving up gluten. “When you stop eating gluten, you may experience less bloating, lowered inflammation, clearer skin, more energy, and less brain fog,” Snyder says.
How long after cutting out gluten Will I feel better?
Once you start to follow a gluten-free diet, your symptoms should improve within a few weeks. Many people start to feel better in just a few days. Your intestines probably won’t return to normal for several months. It could take years for them to completely heal.
Why are many doctors against a gluten free diet?
If you’re diagnosed with celiac disease, you’ll have to stay on a gluten-free diet even after you feel well because eating gluten can damage the small intestine, cause nutrient deficiencies and malnutrition, keep the immune system from working properly, and make it hard for the body to fight infections.
Can you lose weight by eating gluten free?
A gluten-free diet is key for people who have celiac disease or a gluten intolerance, but there is no evidence to support it as a weight loss diet. If you cut out gluten-containing grains and don’t replace them with gluten-free grains, though, you’ll lose weight by cutting calories. | https://www.healthysolutionstx.com/interesting/how-to-avoid-gluten-in-diet.html |
Undergoing ultra heat treatment for prolonged lifespan, this milk has all the benefits of cow’s milk without the lactose ingredient. Simply drink this milk by itself or use it in a range of dishes to turn traditional recipes lactose-free.
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Lactose-free milk is a fantastic ingredient for anyone with an intolerance to lactose. This versatile alternative has a variety of sweet and savoury uses. Use lactose-free milk as a replacement in a range of recipes, from pancakes to cereal, muffins to smoothies.
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Ingredients
Fresh Cow's Milk, Lactose Enzyme (Microbial Origin), Vitamin D3. Minimum 3% Fat, Minimum 8.5% Milk Solids Non-fat, UHT Treated, 100% Pure Cow's Milk. Lactose content is less than 0.05%
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I am 24 years old and was born with a number of medical problems that required a great deal of treatment in my first years of life. Of these, swallowing difficulties associated with severe reflux, was a significant issue. I could not feed normally for the first two or three years of my life and my dietary needs were a nightmare for my parents.
When I did start eating normally there were a number of foods that suited me most, like light pastries and cakes. The drink that suited me until my late teenage years was milk. As the years have gone on I have been able to enjoy other foods and have developed an ability to eat and tolerate most foods, but banana remains on the blacklist.
From the age of seven my chosen career was a baker, seemingly improbable due to my physical disabilities. Nevertheless, after finishing school, I pursued a catering course at sixth form college. I completed the first year, but as the course was aimed at training personnel for work in professional kitchens, an unrealistic goal for me, I reluctantly left.
I was left, in my later teenage years, unemployed. Despite sending out numerous job applications, all were unsuccessful. Meanwhile my mum and I used to bake cakes at home for us as a family to enjoy, passing the time and exercising my passion. We discussed whether it would be a possible to bake and sell my cakes, but I wasn’t quite sure anyone would enjoy my cakes sufficiently to buy them. Nevertheless, we tried out my tray bake cakes on members of my dad’s amateur orchestra and they proved to be a hit. This was just a single tray bake once a week, but a small and positive outcome.
Adapting to new demands
Around about this time I started to develop a new medical problem, which was devastating. I was 21 years old and I had developed severe gastrointestinal disturbance, in particular diarrhoea, that was frequent and uncontrollable. I was investigated at the local hospital for gluten and lactose intolerance.
While I was being investigated we tried to live a normal life by adapting to the demands of a diet that was gluten and lactose-free. This proved to be a task that was far from easy. I remember taking my Grandma out for a meal that did not contain either gluten or milk – it was almost impossible.
I was diagnosed as having very severe lactose intolerance. My mum and I researched the foods that did not contain lactose, only to find that almost every kind of food imaginable contains it: crisps, margarine, soup, cakes, pies, chocolate, etc.
Establishing a normal daily diet was a mammoth of a task.
Following the first experience of café or restaurant food, there were many almost universally distressing, traumatic and disappointing experiences that followed. Starters frequently contained cream, the mains’ sauces were milk-based and desserts to this day remain an unimaginative combination of meringue, fruit salad and sorbet. Yet my holidays abroad proved this did not need to be the case. The resort we stayed at provided a full and varied menu.
From small acorns…
Although it was initially hard going, I considered using this experience in a positive way. I adapted my cake recipes to be lactose-free and I experimented selling my cakes at church on Sunday, which proved successful. We then explored marketing lactose-free cakes to local cafés. Some wanted them, but many also wanted gluten-free cakes so I started adding these to my repertoire.
As I started getting regular orders I got help from the government scheme supporting small businesses. While this is not as yet a big concern, it has a positive look to the future.
I now have a good understanding of how to manage the lactose-free diet and remain hopeful that restaurants will start to address the needs of lactose-free clients, as this problem affects a wide range of people. I am hopeful in the future they will create more interesting menus that are truly lactose-free. | https://www.freefromheaven.com/lifestyle/your-stories/my-free-from-life-lisa-satur/ |
Diane Marks started her writing career in 2010 and has been in health care administration for more than 30 years. Can one assume these guidelines apply to IBS sufferers even if they’ve tested negative for lactose intolerance? Cheeses in this category include Colby, Edam, Halomi, Cottage Cheese, Feta, or Cream Cheese. Most of these are still classed as low FODMAP cheeses or have low FODMAP serving sizes, however you will need to watch your portion sizes.
You may need to experiment to find the type and brand of milk substitute you like best. Note that lactose-free milk still contains milk proteins, so it not safe for people with milk allergies. Lactose intolerance is far more common than dairy allergy, affecting as many as 65% of people. This content is provided as a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. The NIDDK translates and disseminates research findings to increase knowledge and understanding about health and disease among patients, health professionals, and the public. Content produced by the NIDDK is carefully reviewed by NIDDK scientists and other experts.
Barista-style versions are more resilient to heat and creamier in texture and so are great in hot drinks. Is a good substitute for single cream; if well chilled it will whip. Good commercially-made soya ice cream is widely available. Are getting better and dairy-free alternatives to mozzarella, Parmesan, blue cheeses and Cheddar are all available.
Or, you may only experience issues when consuming large amounts. People with lactose intolerance do not digest this sugar well and become uncomfortable after eating dairy products. These resources should help you figure out what foods are always safe, and what foods you’ll need to double-check before consuming.
Here are the ones you need to pay attention to, and how to know if you may have an anxiety disorder. Call your healthcare provider if you have trouble managing your symptoms. Your healthcare provider can work with you to help keep them under control. In very rare cases, people are born with an inability to make any lactase at all.
In 23 patients with isolated lactose intolerance, a median LT4 dose of 1.72g/kg/d had been required to attain pharmacological thyroid homeostasis. This dose is significantly higher when compared with that observed in the control group and also different from the one measured in those patients with lactose intolerance plus other GI disorders. All patients recruited for the study took their thyroid medication under fasting conditions with a minimum of 1 hour before eating or drinking.
Is Margarine For Cooking And Baking Dairy
Eventually, in the 1960s, it was recognised that lactose intolerance was correlated with race in the United States. Subsequent research revealed that lactose intolerance was more common globally than tolerance, and that the variation was due to genetic differences, not an adaptation to cultural practices. The rise of dairy and producing dairy related products from cow milk alone, varies across different regions of the world, aside from genetic predisposition. The process of turning milk into cheese dates back earlier than 5200 BC. Some populations have developed genetic changes that resulted in ongoing production of lactase. Other populations developed cooking methods like milk fermentation.
If your doctor prescribes lactulose and you develop common lactose intolerant symptoms, you need to inform you doctor. Most lactose intolerant symptoms will develop within 20 minutes or up to two hours after you take the medication. Depending on the severity of your intolerance will determine the degree of your symptoms. You may experience loose stools, stools that float, foul-smell stools, stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, gas and bloating.
Last night’s leftovers of meat and vegetables with some eggs and of cheese thrown into an omelette is a huge energy dense food start. Popcorn is a great snack for children and treat and fills them up. Don’t worry about putting the butter on it as it is a saturated fat. There is a carbohydrate load but by volume it is a low percentage.
If you’re unsure whether a specific food contains lactose, checking the label can be very useful. Meanwhile, certain types of yogurt contain beneficial bacteria that can assist with the digestion of lactose . I hope, now you know what margarine is dairy-free and how much cbd gummies at 250 mg for a heavy smoker how to choose the best tasting butter substitute for you. Pour it into a container; it would be better to use a butter dish. Now you have to refrigerate it because it needs time to set. Recently the company introduced a vegan version of their famous spreads.
Unfortunately, this can cause antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which can make their way into our food system. Such as almond, hazelnut and cashew, can taste quite sweet. Be aware that nut milks contain less protein than nuts or soya milk. Cashew cheese and ice creams do contain the whole nut, which means they have all the protein. There are a number of lactose-free dairy products available to buy that are suitable for people with lactose intolerance.
Stick to eating real foods and consume as little processed food as possible. If you do choose processed products, be sure to double check ingredient labels to make sure there is not gluten or dairy. HFCS is made up of almost half glucose and half fructose and may be absorbed just as well as sucrose . Items with HFCS such as soft drinks, may be tolerated well when limited to 12 oz.
However, make sure the coconut milk you are getting doesn’t have any added sugar or carbs. The most reliable whole milk alternative is coconut milk. In recipes, you can substitute coconut milk in for regular whole milk in a 1 to 1 ratio. Although I suggest how many servings you should eat, this doesn’t mean that they will meet your specific calorie and macronutrient needs.
For example, you might get severely plugged sinuses, itchy skin, hives or rashes, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, an elevated heart rate, and/or have difficulty breathing. Recent research has found a link between dairy intake and acne. Though the association is slight, some data suggest that dairy proteins and sugars may provoke pimples. So, Halloumi cheese does contain a bit more lactose than someone with a lactose sensitivity might typically want to ingest. However, tofu provides a great alternative to Halloumi cheese that can be used in most of the same dishes. I tend to go for the savoury side of meals and stick with the fish and meat proteins.
Your site is not the only one, I am asking anyone for help,direction or even we’re I might find the information I am looking for. Mealtime at my house is so stressful for my dear mom who is my primary caregiver. Unfortunately, many years ago I was miss diagnosed and found I am infected with Lyme Disease. This has now led to a life of disability and chronic inflammation with a lot of food sensitivities, intolerance and food allergies. Many times you will find either my mom or myself breaking down in tears because we just do not know what to feed me. I am allergic to gluten, eggs, milk, soy, almonds, peanuts, walnuts, bean of all kinds, peas and pea protein, carrot, tomatoes, pink Himalayan salt, cola nut, barley, shell fish, radish, agar, msg.
Make sure you use the calorie breakdowns on the meals to guide your decision of how much to eat. Your meals should be big enough to meet your calorie, protein, and fat needs for the day without needing any snacks or dessert. With the perfect combination of sweetness, coconut, and chocolate, these keto-friendly macaroons are the ideal dessert for coconut lovers. Even if you aren’t that much of a fan of coconut, you may still find these macaroons to be your new favorite dairy-free keto cookie. This keto fried rice is like the real thing but without the excess carbs.
Fortunately, there are a wide variety of dairy substitutions and dairy-free recipes that will allow you to live a dairy free keto lifestyle, regardless of what diet you are on. Throughout this guide, we will be focusing on how to follow a dairy-free ketogenic diet — one of the best diet variations for losing weight without any of the issues that dairy can cause. In a milk tolerance test, you’ll be given a glass of milk and your blood sugar levels will be tested. If your blood sugar levels don’t rise after drinking the milk, you may be lactose intolerant.
If you are very sensitive to lactose, read labels carefully to spot the lactose products. This mango halibut recipe is marinated in aromatic spices, then stir-fried and combined with coconut milk and fresh mango. Here’s a sample meal plan to make your transition into lactose-free life easier. A lot of commercial breads, rolls, biscuits, and baked goods are made with milk. You might get lucky with yeast-based breads, but you should def check the label first.
P.S. Have a look at the Keto Academy, our foolproof 30-day keto meal planner. It has all the tools, information, and recipes needed for you to succeed. There are plenty of dairy-free, vegan cheeses on the market right now that are made from soy, coconut, cashew, or other dairy-free ingredients. My personal favorite dairy-free cheese-making companies are Treeline and Miyoko’s Kitchen. However, no matter how diligent you are with tracking calories, you may still have some days where you struggle to meet your fat and protein goals.
We are all uniquely built to handle different foods in different amounts, and we all function best with different forms of physical activity. Embracing this concept of bio-individuality is key to figuring out not only which foods do work for our bodies, but also which foods don’t work for us. Always check the chocolate label for allergens, but eating chocolatey treats when dairy free is easy. Is a blend of rice and water, making it higher in carbohydrate than other milks and quite sweet. It lacks protein, but is a good substitute in pancakes, some desserts and sweet drinks.
How Is Lactose Intolerance Related To Celiac Disease?
To put simply lactose intolerance is the nasty gut signs that some people get after consuming milk or other dairy products in their diet. Lactose is a natural sugar, a carbohydrate that makes up 4-5% of milk. To digest and harvest energy from this carb, body requires an enzyme, lactase. The oral cavity, esophagus or stomach that caters for digestion of other nutritious components of food don’t react to lactase enzyme, so it’s all down to your small bowel. The special cells of which, called enterocytes, secrete this enzyme required for your gut to be milk-friendly.
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Just to say I initially thought I’d got away with it as I felt no symptoms – but then 5 days later suddenly got really sick and that lasted about 5 days too. Not sure if a coincidence or a really delayed reaction but either… On my first day of diagnosis I set out to find out as much as possible about this seemingly rare, but obviously complicated disease. My diagnosis answered a lot of questions for me, yet I was also struck by how many new questions arose. However, for the pass 20 years since I’ve been diagnosed I feel very healthy and have been running in races for years, and yes! I wanted to know if i need to avoid dairy for a while in the beginning.
Symptoms vary widely and can include gastrointestinal problems, joint pain, fatigue and depression. Vitamin D is needed by the body to absorb calcium and the best source is from the action of sunlight on the skin, however young children should not be exposed to the sun for long. Vitamin D is only found in a few foods so a supplement is recommended for everyone.
The Importance Of Lactose
Yes, different fruits can be added to Ensure ready-to-drink shakes and drinks to make a smoothie or a shake. Fruits tend to be high in certain essential vitamins and can contain a moderate amount of calories depending on the amount used. Adding fruit can increase the vitamin and total calorie content of the finished product. All Ensure products contain some lactose but do not represent a medical concern for individuals with lactose intolerance due to the small amount. Lactulose is broken down in the large intestines and causes increased water to be added to the stool in the colon, which causes the stool to pass with greater ease.
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For some people, it can manifest as constipation or diarrhea. Whatever the symptoms, they usually take longer to appear, making identification difficult. Plus, little scientific consensus exists on the nature of dairy protein intolerance. There are no universally accepted lab tests and few medical professionals will be able to help.
As we grow older, we become less reliant on milk and our bodies become less accustomed to processing milk. PLEASE don’t forget WHEY, a byproduct of the cheese making industry. It comes directly from milk and will produce the same symptoms as lactose . Asian Meals – Check the labels, but thus far all frozen wontons, gyozas, dumplings, and egg rolls we have spotted in the freezer section have been dairy free. For a healthy twist, try steaming the gyozas and dumplings, boiling the wontons in soup, and baking the egg rolls with a dusting of heart healthy oil.
What Foods Have Lactose?
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Silk also has an almond milk-based yogurt as well, which is also lactose-free. Other people may avoid dairy products along with gluten because of dairy allergies. Some adopt a vegan or Paleo diet for health or lifestyle reasons and steer clear of dairy. If you’re new to the idea of a gluten-free dairy-free diet, it will help to know the following terms. There is no standardized method for measuring the lactose content of food.
Lactose intolerance is different from milk allergy, which is an immune reaction to milk or milk products that can be serious. An allergic reaction to milk or milk products can cause symptoms such as an itchy skin, rash, swelling of the lips or difficulty breathing. Seek medical advice urgently if you suspect a serious allergic reaction.
In some people, the body stops producing adequate amounts of lactase and they become unable to digest the sugar properly, causing gastric discomforts such as gas, bloating, cramps, diarrhea, and nausea. Some symptoms like rashes and excessive vomiting could indicate an allergy to milk and not merely lactose intolerance. If that’s the case, then your baby’s immune system is reacting against the protein in milk and not the sugars. Show your child to a doctor for a thorough clinical examination just to be safe.
On the surface, this may appear to be true, but it may not be the case. It is a milk drink similar to yogurt but of a thinner consistency. With the lactase enzyme component, these supplements work to help break down the lactose in digestion. However, there is no guarantee they will work for everyone. When you’re gluten-free and dairy-free, many processed foods are off-limits, and so you’ll be doing a lot more cooking.
I have had a similar experience with dermatitis coming back after a period of years. For me the skin rash seems to be closely connected to my difficulty to digest fat. I have had success with liver flushes causing me to get rid of many gallstones.
Symptoms Of Lactose Intolerance
Eliminate all dairy again for another 2-3 days, then introduce other dairy products like butter and heavy cream. Where you fall on this spectrum depends on your genetics, your gut health, your diet, your lifestyle, and your upbringing. Thus, some people may move to the left or the right of the dairy intolerances and allergy spectrum throughout life or on any given day. In fact, some people may even be able to eliminate the dairy intolerance completely with the right diet and lifestyle choices. If one or more of these symptoms occur after drinking the lactose-drink, then you have some degree of lactose intolerance. The severity of the symptoms is a good indicator as to how well your body can handle lactose-containing foods.
Primary Lactose Intolerance
“There is as much calcium in a stalk of broccoli as a glass of milk,” assures Rissetto. “As for protein, [there’s] more in a 4 oz piece of chicken—about 47 grams — versus 12 grams in a glass of milk.” “Foods like margarines, shortening, non-dairy creamers, and salad dressings can also contain lactose, so it’s best to read labels,” Rissetto says. Whether you’re dealing with intolerance, an allergy, or you simply want to be the best, healthiest version of yourself, following a dairy-free diet might be for you.
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It provides 220 calories, 9 grams of protein, and 25 vitamins and minerals. The lactose content of the goat’s cheese will most likely vary depending on how the cheese is made. We know that plain chevre goat cheese is low FODMAP but there are lots of other types of goat cheese. What we suggest you do is check the nutritional label on the cheese you want to try. This means when reading labels look for cheeses that contain 1g or less of lactose per serve.
Combining milk with other foods may help your body to digest lactose, such as adding milk to mashed potato. You can get lactase tablets or drops from your pharmacy to use on special occasions when you need to eat food that may contain dairy, but this is not recommended for daily use. Check with your healthcare provider before using Can delta 8 cause panic attacks? these products because some groups, such as young children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, may not be able to use them. This decline often begins at about 6 years of age, but may begin any time. Children who have lactase deficiency may not experience symptoms of lactose intolerance until late adolescence or adulthood.
Surgical patients are at high risk of malnutrition and need the nutritional support of calories and carbohydrates. Ensure Surgery is calorically dense (1.39 kcal/mL), with high protein to support wound healing and improve outcomes. The caloric density of Ensure Surgery is consistent with most immunonutrition formulas studied Sunday Scaries CBD Gummies to date. Ensure Light is lower in calories, fat, carbohydrate, and sugars and higher in protein than Ensure Original . Once a bottle of Ensure ready-to-drink shakes and drinks have been opened, it should be used or refrigerated within four hours. The remaining product should be used or discarded after 48 hours.
Fortunately however, it’s harmless non-lethal and easily manageable in most cases. And you might me among those who self-diagnosed themselves with the condition where, it may not likely be the actual case. It is important to distinguish lactose intolerance from allergy to milk. A lot of people in developed countries are allergic to various food items, mostly milk, peanuts, eggs, shellfish. Protein content in these foods is responsible for initiating an allergic immune response which may be IgE mediated or may be cellular. Allergy largely presents with gastrointestinal symptoms, skin itching, eczema, redness and general irritation.
For this reason it’s important not to self-diagnose and over-restrict dairy if you normally eat or drink it. Notably, cheese is very low in lactose, particularly hard cheese. One systematic review found that most people can have 12 grams of lactose in one go without getting symptoms . It’s common for suffers of lactose intolerance to be sensitive to other sugars and fermentable carbohydrates. To be diagnosed, a positive breath test is required in addition to digestive symptoms during the test.
Thank you info + meal plan on gluten + dairy free were of great help I have just started living with ciliaec + Lactose problems. This is geared towards people looking to clean up diet and intro to anti-inflammatory. I have a more in depth anti-inflammatory meal plan that’s egg free, nightshade free, and aip. Please do not come here and bash what I intended on being helpful. A lot of simple, sophisticated, delicious recipes, both for every day and for the holidays!
When your body is unable to absorb monosaccharide fructose, a diet known as the low fructose diet is advised by doctors. In this diet, foods that are high in fructose content are restricted so that there is no malabsorption observed in the body. Foods with a higher proportion of fructose to glucose can prove harmful too. Therefore, these foods should be limited, but those who have a balanced proportion of both the sugars are allowed for consumption.
Their severity typically depends on the amount a person eats or drinks. Lactose intolerance does not cause damage to the gastrointestinal tract. 1) Most humans, like other mammals, gradually lose the intestinal enzyme lactase after infancy and with it the ability to digest lactose, the principle sugar in how long does it take cbd gummies to work milk. At some point in prehistory, a genetic mutation occurred and lactase activity persisted in a majority of the adult population of Northern and Central Europe. 2) Persistence of intestinal lactase, the uncommon trait worldwide, is inherited as a highly penetrant autosomal-dominant characteristic.
100 grams of Cabbage contains 0% of the Lactose that you need to consume daily. Crateva religiosa contains more Lactose than 0% of the foods. 100 grams of Crateva religiosa contains 0% of the Lactose that you need to consume daily.
Buttermilk and Lactose Learn More Cutting lactose from your diet may improve your absorption of nutrients from other foods if you have intolerance, according to NIH. Malnutrition, slow growth and weight loss are sometimes experienced by people who are lactose intolerant. Lactose intolerance is more common African, African-American, Asian, Native American and Mediterranean people than among people of northern and western European descent.
But despite its amazing flavor, it can be hard on a lot of people’s stomachs. If you’re one of many who can’t handle cheese, you don’t have to sacrifice taste just yet. Content on this website is provided for information purposes only. The information and materials contained on this website are not intended to constitute a comprehensive guide concerning all aspects of the therapy, product or treatment described on the website. The State of Victoria and the Department of Health shall not bear any liability for reliance by any user on the materials contained on this website. Supermarkets also stock a good range of non-dairy cheese substitutes, such as tofu-based cheese-like products, including cream ‘cheese’, cheddar and pizza ‘cheese’.
You’ll begin to notice certain brands that are known for being gluten and dairy-free. Snacks labeled ‘vegan’ or ‘paleo’ are often safest, but be sure to always double check and weigh the risks of contamination for yourself. It is important to note that if A1 casein and lactose are causing digestive issues, there are other dairy alternatives. Milk from Jersey and Guernsey cows doesn’t contain A1 casein, and goat’s milk has less lactose than cow’s milk. Fructose Malabsorption, on the other hand, is more common and affects about 30% of people. This disorder does not result in kidney or liver damage but it can cause abdominal cramping, diarrhea, nausea, pain, and bloating. | https://logoxcoupon.co.uk/lactose-free-diet-benefits/ |
Too little yeast, your bread won’t rise sufficiently; too much, and it will rise and collapse. It’s important to watch your dough as it rises and bakes; dough that has risen and collapsed may look just like dough that never rose at all, once it’s baked.
How do you keep gluten free bread from collapsing?
The longer you can let your bread rise, the better it will taste and the less likely it will be to collapse. A good rule of thumb is to let the bread rise to the top of your pan before baking; a slower, cooler rise to that level will produce a better loaf, so make sure it isn’t rising in too warm of a spot.
Why does my gluten free bread collapse after baking?
Spreading the Gluten Free Bread in the pan before baking. When making gluten free bread, you can expect a different consistency than that of typical wheat breads. … Letting it rise high above the pan will let too much air into the dough and cause the loaf to collapse either in the oven or after removal.
How do you keep bread from sinking in the middle?
Don’t overmix the batter. Try mixing quick breads together by hand or by machine on the lowest setting just until ingredients are incorporated. Then stir in nuts, dried fruits or other add-ins. Bake quick breads as soon as the ingredients are assembled and place the loaf pans in the center of the oven for best results.
Does gluten free bread need to rise twice?
It is often said that gluten-free yeast dough should only be allowed to rise once. … There are enough recipes in which the dough is successfully risen twice. I could go on and on for hours about gluten-free yeast dough. But these are the most important points for now.
Why is my gluten free bread so heavy?
Inadequate mixing: Consider using a stand mixer if you’re finding the loaves to be denser than you like. It’s certainly possible to get good results by mixing with a spoon or dough whisk, but you really have to work at it, to get a completely smooth mixture, and some of our readers are giving up too soon.
What to add to gluten free flour to make it rise?
Gluten Free Self Rising Flour:
- 1 cup gfJules Gluten Free All Purpose Flour.
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder (not baking soda)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt.
Does vinegar break down gluten?
Distilled vinegars (including vinegars in foods and condiments) are gluten-free because the distillation process filters out the large gluten proteins so they do not pass through to the end product making the finished liquid gluten free.
How do you lighten gluten free bread?
To promote the volume in bread loaves, you can use carbonated water or gluten-free beer in place of the water called for in the recipe. Carbonated liquids contain carbon dioxide bubbles that lighten the batter and gluten-free beer has the added benefit of adding flavor.
Why did my homemade bread collapse?
The reason for this is that the yeast in your bread has exhausted itself and does not have any more energy after you put it in the oven. Also, your bread dough has expanded too much and when you put it in the oven your dough cannot rise anymore because the yeast cannot produce any more gasses and it then collapses.
How do you score bread without deflating?
If your dough has turned out too wet, don’t score it. Dust a little more flour on it when kneading it. This will make the dough firmer and you can score it without causing the bread to deflate.
What causes quick bread to fall in the middle?
If the texture of quick bread is soggy and it sinks in the middle: This is likely caused by too much liquid in proportion to the dry ingredients, insufficient leavening, the batter stood too long before baking, or it’s underdone. When your quick bread has too much fat and leavening, it will have a coarse texture.
Why does gluten free bread taste so bad?
“Historically, gluten-free flour alternatives come from rice, pea, corn, tapioca, and potato. Even when finely milled, these flours are very gritty and/or rubbery in texture, making products taste substandard.”
How do you make gluten free bread rise higher?
Increase hydration.
Carbonated water, even non-diet soda, works wonders in gluten-free bread recipes. The extra bubbles help to lighten the batter, and if you are using non-diet soda, the sugar it contains can provide extra action for the yeast.
Why won’t my gluten free dough rise?
Gluten-free flours are heavy and dense. If you add enough gluten-free flours to make a dry bread dough, you are going to have too much heaviness and denseness. The bread won’t rise. | https://estherschultz.com/clean-food/why-does-my-gluten-free-bread-collapse-in-bread-machine.html |
By-Meena Ganagani,Practicing Clinical Nutritionist,Mumbai.
What is a Food Intolerance?
A food intolerance, or a food sensitivity occurs when a person has difficulty digesting a particular food. This can lead to symptoms such as intestinal gas, abdominal pain or diarrhea.
A food intolerance is sometimes confused with or mislabeled as a food allergy. Food intolerances involve the digestive system. Food allergies involve the immune system. (1)
What are the symptoms of food intolerance?
In general, people who have a food intolerance tend to experience:
- Tummy pain, bloating, wind and/or diarrhea
- Skin rashes and itching
These symptoms usually happen a few hours after eating the food. (2)
What causes food intolerances?
There are many factors that may contribute to food intolerance. In some cases — as with lactose intolerance — the person lacks the chemicals, called enzymes, necessary to properly digest certain proteins found in food. Also common are intolerances to some chemical ingredients added to food to provide color, enhance taste and protect against the growth of bacteria. These ingredients include various dyes and monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavor enhancer.
Substances called sulfites, which may occur naturally — as in red wines — or may be added to prevent the growth of mold, also are a source of intolerance for some people. The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of spray-on sulfates to preserve fruits and vegetables, but sulfates are still found naturally in some foods. Salicylates are a group of plant chemicals found naturally in many fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee, juices, beer and wine. Aspirin also is a compound of the salicylate family. Foods containing salicylates may trigger symptoms in people who are sensitive to aspirin. Any food consumed in excessive quantities can cause digestive symptoms. (3)
What is the difference between a food intolerance and a food allergy?
Physical reactions to certain foods are common, but most are caused by a food intolerance rather than a food allergy. A food intolerance can cause some of the same signs and symptoms as a food allergy, so people often confuse the two.
A true food allergy causes an immune system reaction that affects numerous organs in the body. It can cause a range of symptoms. In some cases, an allergic food reaction can be severe or life-threatening. In contrast, food intolerance symptoms are generally less serious and often limited to digestive problems.
If you have a food intolerance, you may be able to eat small amounts of the offending food without trouble. You may also be able to prevent a reaction. For example, if you have lactose intolerance, you may be able to drink lactose-free milk or take lactase enzyme pills (Lactaid) to aid digestion. (4)
Some common types of food intolerance are:
- Lactose
- Wheat
- Gluten
- Caffeine
- Histamine, present in mushrooms, pickles, and cured food
- Additives such as artificial sweetners, coloring, or other flavorings
Some people experience a reaction after eating bread, but this does not necessarily indicate a gluten intolerance. Anyone who suspects they may have a gluten intolerance should see a doctor before giving up gluten, as cereals can be an important source of various nutrients.(5)
Finding food intolerance
Your physician can order a blood test to find what’s causing your symptoms. More often, your doctor will recommend an elimination diet, in which you stop eating one or more potential problem foods for several weeks and gradually reintroduce them one at a time. As part of this process you should keep a food journal to document what you eat and how it affects you.
Your doctor or dietitian may recommend certain digestive aids or alternatives that help you avoid GI symptoms — such as lactose-free dairy products, milk alternatives (like soy milk) or lactase supplements that can help you tolerate dairy.(6)
Testing
If you have troublesome reactions to certain foods, it’s important to determine whether the problem is an allergy, celiac disease, or an EGID. If you’re diagnosed with any of these conditions, you must avoid the food trigger or risk anaphylaxis (due to food allergy) or gastrointestinal damage (due to celiac disease or EGIDs). Otherwise, you are free to experiment with dietary changes and other remedies for symptom relief. (7)
References: | https://erisnutriverse.in/2020/08/13/food-intolerance/ |
Welcome to Regional School District 13 Food service webpage.
Our goal is to provide the students of RSD-13 a variety of healthy and nutritious food choices. Our meals meet the National Lunch Program guidelines that include limiting fat & saturated fats as well as providing the recommended dietary allowance of protein, calcium, iron and vitamin A & C. All meals consist of the 5 food components; proteins, dairy, whole grains, fruits & vegetables.
If your child is lactose intolerant and would like the district to allow your child to substitute their lunch beverage choice for an approved milk substitute, you will need to provide a note from your physician acknowledging this disability. The district does not offer milk substitutions for non-disability students or for students whose culture, religion or ethical beliefs preclude the consumption of cow’s milk. For those students with a recognized disability who cannot consume cow’s milk, the school will omit or substitute fluid milk based on the written statement from a licensed physician. The written request from the medical authority must identify the student’s medical or other special dietary need that precludes the consumption of cow’s milk. No other information is required.
School districts can choose to offer one or more allowable fluid milk substitutions. These include low-fat (1%) or less lactose-free or lactose-reduced milk or an allowable nondairy beverage (such as soy milk) that meets the USDA nutrition standards for milk substitutes. The USDA recommends that lactose-free or lactose-reduced milk is the first choice for a student who has lactose intolerance.
School districts can choose to offer only one milk substitution. For example, the district can choose to offer only low-fat lactose-free milk. If a student decides not to take this substitution, the district is not obligated to offer any additional milk substitutions. A nondairy beverage that meets the USDA nutrition standards for milk substitutes could also be offered, but is not required.
Juice and water cannot be offered as milk substitutes for nondisabled children at any time. If a school district chooses to make milk substitutions available, they must include either low-fat (1%) or less lactose-free or lactose-reduced milk or a nondairy beverage that meets the USDA nutrition standards for milk substitutes. Lactose-free or lactose-reduced milk (low-fat (1%) or less) and nondairy beverages are the only two options that are allowed for milk substitutions in the USDA school nutrition programs. | http://www.rsd13ct.org/Central-Services/Food-Services/Middle-School-Menus/index.html |
My boys have been eating oatmeal for breakfast since they were toddlers. We started with just some quick oats and milk, and I quickly figured out that they liked applesauce stirred in with their oatmeal. Over the years, I've done a lot of healthy variations with additional whole grains, applesauce, apple butter, raisins or Craisins, and other ideas. But their favorite is the simple way Michael makes it in the microwave, with just whole oats, ground cinnamon, Craisins, and water, and then some honey and milk stirred in at the table. Hockey Guy came up with his own variation a while back with bananas and peanut butter, a combination that Michael tried and starting making for himself, too. It’s like a bowl of peanut butter and banana sandwiches, another favorite in our home.
Now that the autumn weather has truly settled in and my boys are all eating hot breakfast before school, we usually see at least one bowl of this oatmeal at the table. My guys get up in the morning and head downstairs to start their morning oatmeal, which makes this busy mom so happy. I’m glad that they have enough kitchen knowledge to get in and make a healthy breakfast and help out with our family dinners.
The oatmeal is easy enough that all of my boys can make their own, it’s ready in five minutes, and filling enough that it keeps them going at school. And I like that we can easily use low-fat or fat-free lactose free milk in our oatmeal instead of regular milk, because it is still healthy milk with all the essential nutrients but without the lactose. Lactose-intolerance doesn't mean dairy avoidance, you can still keep healthy dairy in your diet. With all the fiber and fruit in oatmeal, you can try regular milk a little at a time to find what works with your tolerance.
You can find more LI-friendly recipes in my lactose-free recipes section and through the links below.
Recipe Notes
Maple syrup is a delicious substitute for the honey. You can also use all milk and no water for even more nutrients. Make sure you use a wide and low microwave-safe bowl so that the oatmeal cooks evenly. My guys use the Corningware Grab It bowls, which are just the right size and have those cool handles and lids.
Look for gluten-free oats online or in grocery stores that carry gluten-free items.
Breakfast Oatmeal with Peanut Butter, Bananas, and Honey
Equipment
- ceramic or glass microwave-safe bowl, 12 to 15 ounces
Ingredients
- 1 cup gluten-free whole oats (divided)
- ½ medium banana (sliced)
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup water
- ½ teaspoon honey (or maple syrup)
- lactose-free dairy milk (or low-fat/fat-free milk, as you like for stirring in)
- 1 tablespoon crunchy or creamy peanut butter
Preparation
- In the microwave safe bowl, pour in ½ cup of the oats and add the sliced banana and dried cranberries. Top with the remaining oatmeal and sprinkle on the cinnamon, then pour in the water or milk. Microwave up to 2 minutes on high. Remove from the microwave and stir in the peanut butter, honey, and low-fat or fat-free lactose-free milk. Enjoy! | https://andreasrecipes.com/breakfast-oatmeal-with-peanut-butter-bananas-and-honey/ |
If the recipe calls for 1 cup All Purpose Flour, how many cups of Quinoa flour should I use to completely replace All-Purpose flour?
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2Can you elaborate what you are trying to make? You can't directly substitute quinoa flour for all purpose flour for many recipes.– JayFeb 12, 2013 at 22:09
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7This question cannot be answered in the general case. Wheat flour is very complex, with aspects of its behavior in recipes deriving from both its starch content, and from its unique protein content which forms gluten. To get some sort of reasonable answer on how to make substitutions, you will need to provide context of what kind of recipe, and what constraints you have for how to do the substitution. It is rare that a single alternate product will completely replace wheat flour. Often, you are better off finding recipes designed for your product of choice.– SAJ14SAJFeb 12, 2013 at 22:09
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3Further to other comments, a huge number of flour-based recipes - quite possibly the majority of them - rely specifically on gluten, which won't form at all with quinoa flour, so there is no correct substitution. It is certainly possible to make (or approximate) many of these dishes with non-wheat flours, or even totally gluten-free, but rarely with straight substitutions; typically these involve a number of other changes to the recipe.– AaronutFeb 13, 2013 at 3:25
1 Answer
If you want to replace 100% of gluten containing flour in a recipe, you will probably need to vary the amounts of the other ingredients, the cooking time and the cooking temperature. It doesn’t behave the same as gluten containing flours in the oven.
Every recipe is different, but some very general rules of thumb are (for which there are probably just as many exceptions – I know, it's so annoying. But look on the bright side: Grain and gluten free living will certainly keep your creative side ticking):
- Reduce the cooking time
- Reduce the cooking temperature
- Increase the amount of moisture in the recipe
- Increase or add more binding agent (such as eggs). The lack of gluten can mean the final result doesn’t hold together as well. This rule is the least likely to be true, but it’s worth keeping in mind if your results are less than amazing. | https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/30869/substitute-quinoa-flour-to-all-purpose-flour |
I got this recipe from Linda Etherton from The Gluten-Free Homemaker.
This was Recipe #27 in the "Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid" event.
All of Linda's wonderful recipes are gluten free, dairy free, and soy free. My kind of recipes! I LOVE any recipes made with almond flour, and Linda beautifully mixes protein and starchy flours together to create a lovely moist muffin with a gorgeous flavour. I used cranberries in my batch, but you could also use raisins. Either way, these muffins are delicious!
For more information about this recipe, check out Linda's original blog post.
Learn more about Linda Etherton at The Gluten-Free Homemaker.
Ingredients You'll Need
1 cup almond meal/flour
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1/2 cup sweet rice flour
1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp potato starch
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/2 cup dried cranberries or raisins
1/4 cup tapioca starch
1/4 cup melted coconut oil or grapeseed oil
3 large eggs
1 Tbsp gluten free baking powder
1 tsp xanthan gum
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
3/4 tsp salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 200 / 400°.
In a mixing bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients with a whisk.
In your stand mixer, lightly beat together the milk and eggs on a low speed.
Add the vanilla.
Pour the coconut oil into the dry ingredients and gently mix with a fork.
Add this mixture into the milk, egg, and vanilla mixture and mix on a low speed until just moistened and combined.
Gently fold in the cranberries or raisins.
Spoon batter into a 12-cup greased muffin tin. The cups will be almost full.
Bake for 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for five minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. YUMMO! | https://www.bakespace.com/recipes/detail/Linda-Etherton-%26-Gluten-Free-Homemaker%E2%80%99s-Gluten-Free%2C-Dairy-Free-Almond-Cranberry-Muffins/51687/ |
We love food, but what happens when food doesn’t love us back, causing unpleasant side effects?
This happens to many people, often as an intolerance or allergy. Food intolerances differ from food allergies. While food allergies produce an immune response to certain foods, intolerances are a result of inadequate digestion of these foods or components. Lactose and gluten intolerance are two of the most common food intolerances seen today.
You likely know someone who is lactose-intolerant, or maybe you identify as lactose-intolerant yourself. Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest lactose, a naturally occurring sugar found in milk. When lactose is not fully broken down, it is fermented by bacteria in the colon, which results in unpleasant symptoms including bloating, cramping, abdominal pain, gas, nausea and/or diarrhea. Lactose intolerance is most common in African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans and Native Americans. While it may seem common, only about 12 percent of the U.S. population are lactose-intolerant. If you think you may be lactose-intolerant, it is important to meet with your health-care provider instead of diagnosing yourself. Abdominal symptoms can be caused by a variety of reasons, so it is important to get an accurate diagnosis from an experienced professional. Lactose intolerance can sometimes be a side effect of chemotherapy, Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, gastric surgery or other diseases of the intestine, and some medications may even decrease the production of the enzyme lactase in your body, which helps digest lactose.
Luckily, if you have been diagnosed with lactose intolerance, cutting out your favorite dairy foods is not necessary. You can comfortably enjoy milk products by consuming small amounts. In fact, many people with lactose intolerance can drink up to a glass of milk with their meals. You may also be able to train your body to adapt by starting with small, more frequent portions of lactose-containing foods and gradually increasing your portions as your tolerance improves. It is also important not to consume dairy products by themselves, but as part of a snack or meal. Natural cheeses are also generally lower in lactose. Some people find yogurts with live cultures to be beneficial, as the “good” bacteria help with lactose digestion.
You may have been at a grocery store lately and noticed more gluten-free products on the shelves, or maybe you recently ate some bread or pasta and experienced some sort of intestinal discomfort. Either way, you may be wondering about a gluten-free diet and whether it is right for you. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. People who need gluten-free products may either have a gluten sensitivity or celiac disease. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that creates antibodies when gluten is consumed, which causes intestinal inflammation and damage. If you think you may have celiac disease, continue eating gluten until you are able to get a blood test from your doctor so the antibodies will be present. Your doctor may also be able to tell if you have a gluten sensitivity, also known as non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS), by ruling out celiac disease and gluten allergies. While celiac disease is life-long, NCGS is something that can develop at any time, even if you had previously tolerated gluten. NCGS is more common than celiac disease, yet only four to six percent of Americans have this condition. People who have NCGS may experience fatigue, headaches and intestinal discomfort, much like in celiac disease. However, those with NCGS do not have the same intestinal damage as those with celiac disease.
If you are diagnosed with NCGS or celiac disease, a gluten-free diet may be right for you. The best way to learn about a gluten-free diet is to consult a registered dietitian nutritionist to ensure that you are getting all the nutrients your body needs. You can also join support groups that share gluten-free recipes. When it comes to label reading, foods that contain wheat, barley or rye may be hidden in the ingredients list. Be sure to familiarize yourself with ingredients that have gluten in order to prevent unwanted symptoms. With celiac disease or NCGS, you can still live a long and healthy life while still consuming delicious foods.
Food intolerances do affect many people, but not as many as we might think or perceive. Sometimes we may misperceive a food as “bad” or dangerous, or have negative emotions tied to foods, which can naturally trigger feelings of abdominal discomfort. Sometimes, simply tasting, thinking about or smelling a food associated with an unpleasant experience can make a person feel sick. For these reasons, if you think you do suffer from a food intolerance, it is important to visit with your health-care provider to get a proper diagnosis and nutrition plan for your specific needs.
(This article was written with the assistance of Annette Washington, a local outpatient dietitian.)
Abigail McAlister is a registered dietitian and an assistant extension agent (general nutrition) for the LSU AgCenter. Her main focus is adult nutrition education and promotion in Caddo and Bossier parishes. She can be reached at [email protected]. | https://theforumnews.com/article-3002-lactose-and-gluten-intolerance.html |
On this tab, students will be able to browse suggested websites, learn more about how search engines such as Google work, explore suggested search terms and ways to narrow Internet results, and learn more about evaluating websites to select the best information for a college level assignment.
A library database and a website can both be advantageous in your research process. Depending on your research need you may decide to use one more than the other.
Suggested Websites:
Search engines are:
You can begin your searches with the suggested search terms below:
Dolphin or Marine Mammals
Sentinel Species
Death or Mortality
Virus or Virology or Microbiology or Epidemiology
Similar to searching a library database, you can combine search terms when searching the web (i.e. dolphin + mortality).
Also consider narrowing your results by adding a term to your search string to help narrow the type of results. For example, you can add news, report, data, statistics, etc. See the example results below for the search terms dolphin + mortality + report.
This short video will provide you with an overview of how Google and similar search engines work. A search engine, such as Google, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, or Bing, uses the company’s search formula to find information on the web.
A key expectation of college-level research is that you will gather information from credible sources. Websites, articles, books, and media can all be credible sources -- or not. There is much to learn about selecting credible sources; however, "The C.R.A.A.P. Test" provides a handy acronym to get you started. The letters stand for five basic criteria you can use to evaluate sources. | https://libguides.valenciacollege.edu/c.php?g=1070066&p=7789248&preview=46b8150236e6071ca4764d3df6bcd2f2 |
- Train and certify fishers and recreational divers in coral monitoring, coral restoration, and best practices for the use of coral reefs.
- Perform Reef Check coral surveys to collect updated information on coral reef health.
- Increase the scale of coral reef conservation and conservation actions that have been carried out in Colombia through our Más Grande, Más Efectivo initiative.
-Empower coastal communities to practice responsible fishing, tourism and diving.
- Conduct and support scientific research that contributes to the efficient conservation of coral reefs.
What are the benefits of your support?
- You might be able to get a tax deduction.
- Receive recognition, if you wish, in different media and channels.
- Participate in our programs and activities (depending on the amount of your contribution).
- Receive our operations report where you will know how we have invested the contributions. | https://donaronline.org/corales-de-paz/support-us |
This competitive program provides funding to institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, and local and Indian tribal government agencies to support coral reef conservation projects in the United States, as authorized under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. §§ 6401-6409).
These awards are intended to support coral reef conservation projects in shallow water coral reef ecosystems, including reefs at mesophotic depths, in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and coral-dominated banks in U.S. portions of the Gulf of Mexico. Projects may be proposed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. Pacific Remote Islands, but these locations are not considered geographic priorities under this announcement.
Priorities are listed by jurisdiction under these four major categories: 1) Fishing Impacts; 2) Land-Based Sources of Pollution; 3) Climate Change; and 4) Local and Emerging Management Issues (coral disease, invasive species, endangered species, restoration, and recreation use). These categories are described in more detail in the full Federal Funding Opportunity announcement. All proposed work should be consistent with the Coral Reef Conservation Program National Goals and Objectives 2010-2015: http://coralreef.noaa.gov/conservation/resources/3threats_go.pdf (still current).
Applicants may propose projects that include a Federal funding amount between $30,000 and $80,000; the average Federal funding amount for successful projects will be approximately $50,000. Applicants must provide a 1:1 match of non-Federal funds or must submit a request to NOAA to waive the matching requirement if the applicant can demonstrate 1) no reasonable means are available through which an applicant can meet the matching requirement, and 2) the probable benefit of the project outweighs the public interest in such matching requirement.
Applicants should apply through www.grants.gov; however, applicants unable to use www.grants.gov may mail a complete application package including the required Federal forms, which must be signed by hand and dated. All applications should follow the specific application requirements described in the full Federal funding opportunity announcement.
Applications must be submitted via www.grants.gov by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time on January 11, 2017. If submitted via mail, applications must include an official postmark or a delivery service that provides a tracking number and receipt, documenting that the application was mailed prior to the January 11, 2017 deadline. Private metered postmarks are not acceptable. In any event, mailed applications received more than 10 business days following the closing date will not be accepted.
Interested applicants may obtain the full Federal Funding Opportunity announcement by visiting www.grants.gov, clicking on the “Search Grants, tab” and searching by funding opportunity number (NOAA-NOS-OCM-2017-2005011) or by CFDA number (11.482). | https://www.icriforum.org/grant-rfp-2017-domestic-us-coral-reef-conservation-grant-competition/ |
East Pacific Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) have undergone substantial population recovery over the last two decades because of comprehensive protection at nesting beaches and foraging areas. Starting in 2014 in southern California (United States), at the northern end of their range, Green Sea Turtles have been seen in more areas and in greater numbers. A resident population of Green Sea Turtles has established near La Jolla Shores (off San Diego Country), a protected site with daily marine tourism (e.g., kayakers, snorkelers, divers). The REEF Volunteer Fish Survey Project, a global citizen science marine life monitoring program, has included sea turtle sightings since 2001. The REEF dataset from San Diego, CA, was used as one of several sources of information to study this local population of sea turtles. This paper summarizes the authors' findings. The study is the first to look at the apparent behaviors and condition of Green Sea Turtles observed in the La Jolla Shores area and the first to provide information about Green Sea Turtle distribution throughout southern California based on opportunistic sightings by the general public.
2021
The impacts of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles) on native coral reef populations in the Western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea can be enormous. However, how much lionfish differ from native predators and whether their effects outweigh the abundant mesopredators that occupy many reefs invite continued examination. The authors of this paper present empirical evidence from Caribbean Panama and beyond, suggesting that lionfish are less abundant than native mesopredators (e.g. small seabass). In addition, their findings show that direct impacts by lionfish and Graysby, a native mesopredator, on survivorship and size distributions of one native prey species (Masked Goby) are similar. The authors used REEF data collected from sites throughout the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Western Atlantic from 2010-2015 to test whether lionfish were less common than Graysby. By leveraging the citizen-science dataset collected by REEF volunteers, the authors were able to evaluate the impacts of native and non-native mesopredators across a much broader geographic region and longer time period than otherwise possible based solely on surveys conducted as part of their field work, which were limited to just one year in Caribbean Panama. REEF data substantially enhanced the evidence used to show that lionfish tended to be much less common than Graysby over the 6-year period. The findings of this paper will help guide lionfish management and control, and provides support for synergies between conservation actions aimed both at the invasion and other consequential problems such as overexploitation and climate change.
Designing effective local management for invasive species poses a major challenge for conservation, yet factors affecting intervention success and efficiency are rarely evaluated and incorporated into practice. As part of a multi-year study with funding from NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program and others, REEF and partners coordinated regional efforts by divers to cull invasive lionfish (Pterois spp.) on 33 U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean protected coral reefs from 2013 to 2019. During each effort, the researchers estimated removal efficiency and efficacy as a function of environmental and habitat conditions, invasion status, and personnel expertise. Highly experienced individuals culling during crepuscular periods (2 hr from sunrise/sunset) are three times more efficient (in terms of minutes) than novice divers during midday, suggesting: (a) retention of experienced individuals is key for efficient programs, and (b) planning culls with personnel and time of day in mind increases the number of sites covered with the same effort. Lionfish behavior and habitat characteristics had little effect on removal efficiency and efficacy, but divers had higher capture success at reefs with higher lionfish densities. The authors suggest reefs with persistently low densities of lionfish be given low priority for management efforts, given that impacts to native fauna are unlikely and culling effectiveness declines to <50% below this level. Incorporating efficiency factors in spatial management planning along with estimates of lionfish density can help ensure that limited resources for control are extended across a greater range of invaded habitats.
Fish usually need to be caught to be measured, but scientists from the Grouper Moon Project and Cayman Islands government have used video camera systems to collect an impressive 17-year dataset of Nassau Grouper lengths from Little Cayman. We combined this with information on growth and abundance to produce a comprehensive assessment of Nassau Grouper on Little Cayman. We found that Nassau Grouper recovered on Little Cayman largely thanks to one strong year class from 2011 spawning, 4-8x average. Length data from Cayman Brac also showed signs of a strong 2011 year class and substantial improvement in population status in recent years. Our analysis demonstrates that video camera systems are effective for monitoring protected fish spawning aggregations and are especially promising for situations where catch, effort, and invasive length data are unavailable.
With 15,000 tube feet and up to 24 arms, the magnificent Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) is found from Baja Mexico to Alaska. Since 2013, this magnificent species has suffered a dramatic decline due to a wasting disease. Many fear that the species may be on the brink of extinction. To quantify the decline and possibly establish grounds for protections and intervention, REEF joined in a partnership of more than 60 institutions led by The Nature Conservancy and Oregon State University. REEF provided data collected through the Volunteer Fish Survey Project to help establish whether the Sunflower Sea Star warranted listing on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List of Threatened Species. REEF shared data from 32,517 REEF surveys conducted at hundreds of sites between California and Alaska from 1998 to 2019, which included 18,035 records of the Sunflower Sea Star. Thanks to the efforts of our volunteer surveyors, REEF was able to contribute almost a third of the data used in the IUCN assessment.
The analysis found a 90.6% decline in the species. The resulting report was issued to the IUCN in fall 2020 and in December of that year, it was announced that the Sunflower Sea Star was placed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered, just one step below extinction. The decline has had cascading impacts on the marine environment. Sunflower Sea Stars are a main predator of sea urchins, whose populations have now exploded in many regions. Higher numbers of sea urchins, which feast on kelp, has led to “urchin barrens” and a significant decline in kelp forest ecosystems.
This paper evaluates population trends in Giant Pacific Octopus (GPO) in the Pacific Northwest using REEF Volunteer Fish Survey Project data and other data sources. The authors found large changes in GPO abundance linked to average water temperatures. GPO sighting frequencies ranged from a high of 39% to a low of 11%. For every additional degree increase of 4-year average temperatures, the Puget Sound GPO sighting frequency dropped about 19 points. That’s a loss of roughly 75% of typical diver sightings for every degree C. The authors also noted that, of the many datasets they used to conduct the analysis (including a transect study in Prince William Sound focused on GPO), the REEF dataset provided the most comprehensive set of information on GPO populations and provided the strongest correlation coefficients.
Managing invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) in the Western Atlantic Ocean is beyond the capacity of natural resource organizations alone. In response, organizations have mobilized members of the public and citizen scientists to help. The authors used a structured survey to assess the activities and perceptions of 71 organizations that engage the public and citizen scientists in lionfish research and management throughout the invaded range of the Western Atlantic. REEF's work as part of our Invasive Species Program is one of five case studies included in the paper. The case studies highlight the varied and multi-pronged approaches to engagement of the public and citizen scientists in lionfish control, monitoring, and knowledge-sharing.
Since 2006, REEF has been working in close partnership with government agencies and partners throughout the region to help develop lionfish response plans, train resource managers and dive operators in effective collecting and handling techniques and conduct cutting edge research to help address the invasion.
Predation by the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish impacts native fish populations within the Caribbean region and threatens to expand further into Brazil and the Mediterranean. Identifying the range-restricted native fish species with high predation vulnerability in these areas ahead of the invasion front combined with the knowledge of the time a lionfish population typically takes to reach dangerously high densities could help conservation planners attain positive outcomes and reduce biodiversity loss. This study estimated the vulnerability of all Caribbean and endemic Brazilian shorefishes to lionfish predation based on seven ecological and biological traits (e.g. body size, habitat preference, etc.). To facilitate the traits analysis, REEF interns compiled data on the body shape of 1,500 Caribbean fishes. Results from that analysis identified 77 Caribbean and 29 Brazilian species with high vulnerability (i.e. small and narrow-bodied reef fishes) and restricted ranges. The REEF Volunteer Fish Survey Project dataset from the Tropical Western Atlantic was then used to test whether this vulnerability score could explain the species' presence in the lionfish diet by using REEF survey data on the average abundance of fish species documented in published lionfish diet field studies conducted in six Caribbean regions. The same REEF dataset was also used to estimate the rate of relative lionfish abundance increase from initial lionfish sighting to peak local density. Those results showed that an average of five years (and a median of nearly 2 years) elapses from first sighting to maximum observed lionfish densities. These findings support that control measures implemented at the invasion front (in places like Brazil) ahead of the ~two-year lag to peak lionfish density may avert species’ extirpation. This finding is especially critical for places like Brazil, where 12 range-restricted reef fishes occur only in oceanic islands, and management intervention could have a large impact. In addition to Brazil, spatial richness analyses revealed hotspots of vulnerable species in The Bahamas, Belize and Curaçao.
2020
This paper, a chapter in a book on Marine Disease Ecology, focuses on global disease outbreaks that have resulted in mass mortality events that have subsequently impacted marine communities. One of the four case studies in the paper is the Sea Star Wasting Disease (SSWD) event that impacted the west coast of the US and Canada beginning in 2013. Data collected by REEF surveyors in this region on several species of echinoderms have been the basis of multiple published studies on the impact of SSWD. These studies are referenced in the book chapter.
This paper summarizes research done as part of the Grouper Moon Project to understand sound made by several species of grouper. Many fishes produce calls during spawning that aid in species and mate recognition. When multiple sound-producing species inhabit an area, the detection range may decrease and limit call function. Acoustic partitioning, the separation of calls in time, space, or spectral frequency, can minimize interference among species and provide information about fish behavior and ecology, including possible response to increasing anthropogenic noise. The authors investigated acoustic partitioning among 4 sound-producing epinephelids, Nassau Grouper Red Hind, Black Grouper, and Yellowfin Grouper, using passive acoustic data collected at the mass spawning aggregation site on the west end of Little Cayman in the Cayman Islands during the spawning seasons of 2015 to 2017. Results indicate separation in space and time between species calls, which aids in acoustic partitioning. When this separation did not occur, unique call structures were present, which may aid in effective intraspecies communication. | https://www.reef.org/news/publications |
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The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. There are presently 154 Contracting Parties to the Convention, with 1651 wetland sites, totaling 149.7 million hectares, designated for inclusion in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance. ... [Information of the supplier]
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The Coral Reef Targeted Research & Capacity Building for Management Program (CRTR) is a leading international coral reef research initiative that provides a coordinated approach to credible, factual and scientifically-proven knowledge for improved coral reef management. The goal of the CRTR Program is to address key gaps in the world’s knowledge and understanding of coral reefs, and put new knowledge and technology into the hands of decision-makers and reef managers where it can make a difference. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
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CAML will investigate the distribution and abundance of Antarctica's vast marine biodiversity to develop a benchmark for the benefit of humankind. [Information of the supplier]
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Die Linkliste der International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (Societas Internationalis Limnologiae, SIL) setzt einen Schwerpunkt auf Links zu aktuellen limnologischen Kongressen und zu Fachorganisationen und Forschungsstätten. [Redaktion vifabio]
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The EPA Wetlands Helpline is a contractor-operated information and referral service which handles requests for information on wetlands regulation, legislation and policy pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, wetlands values and functions, and wetlands agricultural issues. The Helpline acts as a first point of contact for EPA's Wetlands Division, which is part of the Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW). As of January 1, 2002, the Helpline has been co-located within the EPA's Water Resource Center allowing both Helpline and Resource Center customers access to the full spectrum of water-related public information available from EPA. ... [Information of the supplier]
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Der Verband Deutscher Sporttaucher (VDST) startete mit Unterstützung des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz (BfN) einen neuen Wettbewerb, die NEOBIOTA-Watcher-Aktion 2007 um mehr über das Vorkommen von neuen Tieren und Pflanzen in unseren heimischen Gewässern zu erfahren. Vor allem in aquatischen Lebensräumen gibt es viele eingeführte Arten - und abgesehen von Tauchern und Taucherinnen wagen nur wenige Menschen einen Blick unter die Wasseroberfläche. Noch ist zu wenig über die Verbreitung und die Lebensweise dieser NEOBIOTA bekannt. Halten Sie bei jedem Tauchgang in unseren heimischen Gewässern nach diesen neuen Arten Ausschau und melden Sie jede entdeckte Art. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
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The Freshwater Biological Association (FBA), located on the shore of Windermere, in Cumbria and alongside the River Frome at East Stoke in Dorset, is a thriving membership association, independent scientific organisation and a registered charity. Founded in 1929, we promote freshwater science through innovative research, maintained specialist scientific facilities, a programme of scientific meetings, production of publications, and by providing sound independent scientific opinion. The FBA collection of information on freshwater science is one of the finest in the world, covering all aspects of freshwater ecology, as well as pollution, phycology, microbiology, invertebrate taxonomy and ecology, sediment and water chemistry, aquaculture and fisheries management and hydrology. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
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9. BioFresh : Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems - Status, Trends, Pressures, and Conservation Priorities
Scientists and water managers have collected vast amounts of data on freshwater biodiversity. Nonetheless it is often impossible to be certain of the geographic range of a species. Why is this? The existing data from all of these studies are widely dispersed, gathered in locally-managed databases, many of which are not publicly available. In summary, the pieces of the global freshwater biodiversity puzzle are scattered, and it is difficult even to find them. What a story they could they tell if all of the pieces were combined and easily accessible to scientists, policy makers and planners? Such an integrated and accessible dataset will be used to improve and establish effective plans for conservation and for a better understanding of the services provided by aquatic ecosystems. BioFresh will improve the capacity to protect and manage freshwater biodiversity by building an information platform as a gateway for scientific research on freshwater biodiversity, by raising awareness of the importance of freshwater biodiversity and its role in providing ecosystem services, and by predicting the future responses of freshwater biodiversity to multiple stressors in the face of global change. ... [Information of the supplier]
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The ANEBO [Aquatische Neozoen im Bodensee (aquatic neozoa in Lake Constance)], as part of the INTERREG-project of the Institut für Seenforschung (ISF) (institute of lake research), should improve the knowledge of neozoa and develop concepts for biomanagement options at Lake Constance. [Information of the supplier, translated and modified]
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Since World War II, the social sciences have adopted the practice of studying the life histories of ordinary people in order to elicit and examine information about the inherent characteristics of their culture. This practice, known as the biographical method, is common to the medical, psychological, and sociological disciplines, and is especially popular in the humanities. Its aim is to learn more about the historical setting in each of these disciplines by focusing upon individual biographies. The thesis that follows will examine the life histories of four Navajo Indians, two adults and two children, with the goal of identifying nineteen values common to the Navajo culture. Even though non-Indian cultures repeatedly impose their values upon the Navajo society, the author firmly believes that the Indian world still manages to preserve its own value system by using a socialization process which directly influences the children. This course of action is the way in which individuals internalize their values and norms of the cultural surroundings. Children carry the value system throughout their lives, as revealed by a close examination of the four life histories. | https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/7m01bp45t |
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WEDDINGS IN THE 1940S’
World War Two is rife with romance amid the suffering it brought about and the pain of separation and loss.
Those women who stayed at home prepared themselves for only the briefest of weddings, their service sweetheart having only 24 or 48 hours leave. An old acquaintance of mine was serving in the RAF when she found herself pregnant. Dismissed at once and married in haste.
Whether or not a shotgun wedding, when a proposal was made and accepted, there was little time to get a special dress besides which few had enough coupons to buy something new.
Family members or friends donated what they could whether clothes or food, to ensure the bride had a wedding dress and a cake.
Parachute silk was much valued for sewing up into a wedding dress or alterations done to something inherited from mother or a grandmother married in the Victorian era when dresses were made from yards and yards of useable material – perhaps even enough to make dresses for bridesmaids. Gardens were raided for the bride’s bouquet, corsage or headdress and hats were either made from what was readily available or borrowed.
Dame Barbara Cartland, related to Princess Diana and founder member and vice president of the Romantic Novelists Association joined St John Ambulance during the war responsible for women’s welfare. In that capacity she set herself up as a voluntary wedding planner, sourcing wedding dresses from society friends and urging them to donate and lend what they could to service brides without either the time or the means to source anything of note themselves.
Not everyone got married in white or in a dress. Some women had no option but to marry wearing a uniform or utility jacket and skirt or dress. The men of course looked best in uniform. The marriage of Joe and Phyllis Pound took place just after the war. He’s in mufti, but had spent five years including a spell in North Africa and the Far East.
As for honeymoons – whether serving at home or abroad, time was precious to both the War Office and the married couple. Perhaps two nights, but sheer joy if it ran to a week! Some of those marriages lasted a lifetime. After all, a wedding day is just that, a day. A marriage back then was meant to last forever.
I’m writing this on the 6th of June. D Day so very apt for an author who writes a lot of books set in WW2. The fifth book of The Tobacco Girls series, Marriage and Mayhem, will be published on the 3rd of August. In the meantime I’m writing the first book in a new series for Boldwood Publishing (though The Tobacco Girls will continue). The new one begins in 1936. All hush hush but it’s going well.
I’m also half way through the second book of The Celtic Chronicles, a complete departure from what I’ve written before. All I have to do now is get a publisher. Fingers crossed. | https://lizzielaneauthor.com/category/uncategorized/ |
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Easter is only a couple weeks away, and I’m starting my Easter dress shopping now. There are SO many springy, floral and colorful dresses for Easter right now, and I’m so ready to snatch them up and wear them. I’m definitely over winter now! We will be celebrating with lunch at my mom’s house, and we always try to snap some family pictures while there. I’m thinking I may have to get number 9. Which is your favorite? Do you have your dresses for Easter picked out yet? | https://walkinginmemphisinhighheels.com/2018/03/what-to-wear-for-easter/ |
Homes for the Disembodied, 50 continuous yards of silk, 2000
Mary Tuma’s dresses make notice of the absence of the human form, and by so doing, provide a metaphor for the status of a people who are known more for the shadow they cast on current events than for their own personalities and culture. Tuma teaches art at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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This is a tribute to Palestinian women who provide strength in terrible circumstances, but who receive little recognition. A place for the spirits of those forced out of Jerusalem to dwell. The dresses are sewn from one continuous 48 meter length of fabric. Mary Tuma
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What ULM learned from Auburn's dismantling of UGA
There are few things Matt Viator enjoys more than watching a good football team go about its business.
He’d just prefer that ULM wasn’t lining up against said good football team on Saturday.
Viator was among the masses who tuned in to watch No. 6 Auburn dismantle Georgia last Saturday. The Bulldogs came to Jordan-Hare Stadium ranked second in the Amway USA Today Coaches Poll and left with a 40-17 loss.
While it’s easy to get caught up in Auburn’s talented skill players, a prerequisite for any Southeastern Conference team, Viator's eyes were fixated on the line of scrimmage.
“They’re fabulous,” Viator said. “To me, it starts with their offensive and defensive line and they don’t get enough credit there.
“They’ve got four seniors on the offensive line and maybe the best defensive front in the country. They’re really good and make it tough for you with what they do.”
Auburn rolled up 237 yards rushing at 5.2 yards per pop on a Georgia run defense that going in ranked among the best in the country. Vaunted Georgia backs Nick Chubb and Sonny Michel ran for a combined 49 yards against the Tigers.
ULM got a dose of this last season when Auburn held the Warhawks to 112 yards rushing and battered then-starting quarterback Garrett Smith in the pocket.
“Their talent allows them to be front-four centric,” Viator said. “It makes it tough to find windows to throw when you can pressure with four and cover with seven.”
Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele played a four-down, nickel defense that substituted a linebacker with defensive back Jeremiah Dinson starting in place of a linebacker against Georgia. The chances are high Steele will employ a similar tactic facing ULM’s one-back, three-wide receiver offense.
Marcus Green, ULM’s all-purpose weapon, will likely draw Dinson in the slot while Auburn matches up with a talented secondary.
Auburn’s trio of cornerback Carlton Davis and safeties Tray Mathews and Stephen Roberts can all tackle as well as they cover.
“If you spread them out, you have to beat their guys one-on-one. If you bring them in, those safeties are excellent tacklers,” Viator said.
“The challenge is what do you do? We tried to do some of that last year bringing a tight end in there, but then they just double your wideouts.”
Viator was impressed by Auburn’s offensive balance against Georgia. In addition to the gaudy rushing numbers, quarterback Jarrett Stidham passed for 251 yards and averaged 10 yards per attempt.
“It all centers on their power run and they’re going to throw it over the top,” Viator said. “They’re a little bit different than last year and the quarterback has really helped them.”
Kerryon Johnson, Auburn’s leading rusher, ran for 146 yards and two touchdowns against ULM last season while the offense totaled 410 yards on the ground.
New offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey brought some run-pass option (RPO) wrinkles to Auburn from Arizona State similar to the tactics ULM employs. Auburn called 12 passes on its first 19 plays before settling into a more balanced approach.
Auburn’s big plays didn’t come from deep balls, but on a package of plays with Stidham under center. Eli Stove ran 30 yards on a reverse that set up a touchdown, and one series later, the Tigers faked the motion and Stidham threw a screen to Johnson that went for a 55-yard touchdown.
“Auburn dresses up everything with formations and motions but it all starts with that offensive line,” Viator said. | https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sports/college/ulm/2017/11/16/what-ulm-learned-auburns-dismantling-uga/871462001/ |
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During the plastering process, the tradesmen will be booked in to complete their second fix work in order to complete the project. This work is detailed below.
Loft team
- Fit skirting boards and architraves.
- Fit handrails and balustrade to the staircase and landings.
- Hang the doors.
- Fit access panels.
Plumber
- Fit the bathroom or shower room suite.
- Fit the towel rails and radiators.
- Extend the soil vent pipe.
- Connect up and test the hot & cold supply, central heating and wastepipes.
Electrician
- Fit the switches and sockets.
- Fit the light fittings.
- Carry out the part P inspection and test.
Once the second fixes are complete, your project manager will arrange to inspect the works to ensure the work is completed to our high standard. Should there be any unfinished work discovered, it will be detailed on a snagging list for the relevant person to return and complete. If a snagging list is compiled, a copy of it will be forwarded to you for your approval.
At this stage of the conversion the building inspector will make a final visit to carry out the completion inspection, in order to issue the completion certificate.
The final stage is to remove any surplus material, rubbish and take down the scaffolding. | https://www.charlesgrosvenor.co.uk/loft-conversion-completion/ |
It should come as no surprise that you can use a SQL-style "order by" clause to control the order in which your output appears. I've alluded to this several times in earlier chapters, and it works just like you'd expect. You can use any property of the objects being returned to establish the sort order, and you can list multiple properties to establish sub-sorts within results for which the first property values are the same.
Sorting is very simple: you list the values that you want to use to sort the results. As usual, where SQL uses columns , HQL uses properties. For Example 9-13, let's update the query in Example 9-10 so that it displays the results in reverse alphabetical order.
NOTE
As in SQL, you specify an ascending sort using "asc" and a descending sort with "desc".
<query name="com.oreilly.hh.tracksNoLongerThan"> <![CDATA[ select track.id, track.title from com.oreilly.hh.Track as track where track.playTime <= :length order by track.title desc ]]> </query>
The output from running this is as you'd expect (Example 9-14). | https://flylib.com/books/en/2.346.1.52/1/ |
Karachi, October 10, 2014 (PPI-OT): President of the Lasbela Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Yakoob H Karim, has strongly criticized over selection of 77,500 taxpayers for audit through computer balloting. He in a statement said that this would be nothing but to harass the taxpayers.
He said that Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) instead of broadening thetax base and bringing in new taxpayers, disturbing and harassing thosewho are already paying taxes. He asked FBR to provide details of total number of Karachi based taxpayers (Sales Tax and Income Tax) selected for audit in order to fully evaluate the impact of such audit.
Yakoob advised the FBR to FBR to stop any further action such as issuance of audit notices or initiation of audit proceedings, until the issue is resolved in consultation with the chambers’ representatives as well as relevant trade bodies.
He said that that FBR should not take the easy way out to enhance revenues by squeezing the same set of taxpayers who are already paying their taxes on regular basis, instead of making intensive efforts for
broadening tax base by identifying new taxpayers and getting them into the tax net.
He said that FBR could easily bring over 600,000 new taxpayers into the net but is avoiding the more challenging task of laying its hands on those who are leading the lifestyles well beyond their declared
income and assets.
Despite claiming many times that the FBR has compiled the list of more than 700,000 individuals who have a lavish living standard and assets worth millions but are not paying any
taxes, the FBR has neither published the list nor taken measures to register these individuals for recovery of Income Tax and Wealth Tax.
For more information, contact:
Muhammad Farhan
Public Relations Officer
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Ground Floor,
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