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An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG with students at College Albert Camus, La Norville, France and Universite Paris-Saclay, Saint Aubin, France
The contact is scheduled on Thursday June 17, 2021 at approximately 11.40.45 UTC, which is 13.40.45 CEST.
The link to the ISS will be operated by the amateur radio telebridge station ON4ISS, located in Belgium.
The contact will be conducted in French.
Downlink signals will be audible in Europe on 145.800 MHz narrow band FM.
School Information:
The college Albert Camus (Middle School) is located in La Norville (Essonne) in a rural area, about 40km South of Paris. Since Thomas Pesquet's Proxima mission in 2016, students have been able to join the space project classes. Thanks to the cooperation of different space partners and all through the year, the teachers of the project weave a common thread which has as its main theme the discovery of scientific knowledge related to Space around many activities including English, French, History, Mathematics and Physics including among other things text studying, meetings with professionals, conferences, 3D modelling and printing, animation in virtual reality, street art… In addition to the knowledge related to Space itself, this project aims at developing curiosity, critical thinking, research, thoroughness and imagination through contact with specialists in these fields.
Fourteen middle-school students will ask questions.
Our contact event will take place at the Universite Paris Saclay, one of the top ranked world universities, located near Orsay, Gif sur Yvette and Saclay, near the woody side of Vallee de Chevreuse and agricultural Plateau de Saclay, 20km SW of Paris (Essonne). The University has 275 research laboratories, about 65000 students and 10000 researchers, covering mathematics (ranked 1st in the world), physics (1st in Europe), medicine, space sciences (inc. ESA and NASA space missions), humanities, computer science, engineering etc. The exact location is the CentraleSupelec engineering school, also involved in ESA and nanosat programs.
Five students from first to 4th year enrolled in general physics undergraduate program (Licence), technician school (IUT) and CentraleSupelec engineer school will also ask a few questions, as they are passionate about space sciences and as we wished to mix middle-school and university students as part of our educational program.
Created in 1985, the F5KEE radioclub is in Viry Châtillon (Essonne), which hosted the world's first aerodrome, Port-Aviation, in 1909. Enthusiasm was essential and there were numerous technical and solidarity projects. The association s DNA is to share the passion for radio amateurism with as many people as possible and to offer practical achievements to young and old people alike. From a basic HF station to the creation of the radio club to the installation of satellite tracking and digital transmission, the association has made numerous investments each year. It also organizes courses on Arduino, training in amateur radio license, troubleshooting of TSF, astronomy courses and actively participated in solidarity missions such as the printing of thousands of protective visors during the Covid-19 pandemics. Several members of the radio club participate in ADRASSEC, a structure dedicated to civil security. The radioclub is also invested in the creation of a radio relay for civil security and another, for radio amateurs. Individually, several radio amateurs members have developed personal projects such as the reception of weather satellite images, radiosonde hunting, stratospheric balloon etc...
The audience will also host about 200 middle-school students (collegiens) from the cities of Dourdan, Grigny and Massy, from either rural areas or dense cities in Essonne, and all passionate about science and space.
Pr Raphael Haumont Thierry Marx - both of them involved in Thomas Pesquet's finest French space food - will also attend the event, together with French ESA astronaut Michel Tognini.
The animator will be Fred Courant, a well known TV host in science education, who will broadcast live the event on the web channels of "L'Esprit Sorcier" and of the Universite Paris-Saclay. We hope to have tens of thousands of live viewers.
With this project, we wish to link middle schools, radio-amateurs and the University, to open the minds, enhance curiosity, promote science, exchange with the public about space sciences, and illustrate that "doing mighty things" is possible for everyone.
Students First Names & Questions:
1. Loïs (15): Avez-vous ressenti au second décollage les mêmes émotions qu'au premier?
2. Dorian (13): A votre retour dans l'ISS avez-vous retrouvé vos réflexes?
3. Anna (12): Qu'est-ce que vous trouvez compliqué en apesanteur?
4. Inès (12): Quelle est l'influence de l'apesanteur sur les 5 sens?
5. Sandra (14): Dans l'Espace rêve-t-on qu'on est en apesanteur?
6. Sarah (12): Quelles sortes d'expériences réalisez-vous dans l'ISS?
7. Benjamin (14): Quelles responsabilités aurez-vous en tant que commandant de bord?
8. Gabriel (13): Qu'est ce qui est le plus important pour vous derrière le nom de votre mission ALPHA?
9. Eliot (12): Faites-vous des choses différemment lors de votre 2eme mission?
10. Liam (12): Quand on est en sortie extra véhiculaire, est-ce qu'on pense à l'Espace autour de soi?
11. Alae (14): Appréciez-vous de la même manière les plats de Thierry Marx et Raphaël Haumont qui ont été préparés pour vous dans l'Espace?
12. Eliot (14): Qu'est-ce qui vous émerveille le plus dans l'Espace?
13. Gabriel (14): Quel principal conseil pouvez-vous donner à la future sélection des astronautes?
14. Adrien (15): Quelle influence espérez-vous avoir sur la jeunesse?
15. Julia (19, étudiante L1): Vu de l'espace, qu'observez-vous de la présence de l'Homme et de ses dégâts?
16. Apollonie (20, étudiante L2): Pensez-vous que l'on pourra trouver les moyens d'une alimentation durable lors d'un long voyage spatial, par exemple avec des micro-algues?
17. Pauline (19, étudiante IUT): En quoi votre expérience sur l'ISS permet de préparer les prochaines missions vers Mars?
18. Pol (20, élève 2A Centrale-Supélec): Quelles compétences de votre formation vous sont utiles aujourd'hui pour commander cette mission?
19. Albert (18, etudiant L1): Comment gérez-vous psychologiquement la présence du vide?
AMSAT Belgium annual Statutory Meeting
The meeting is scheduled Tuesday June 22, 2021 at 20.00 UTC.
Due to COVID restrictions, the meeting will proceed per web conference.
Members are invited to join using :
Membership Information :
Gaston Bertels ON4WF
President AMSAT Belgium
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Tips for Using Maple Syrup
You Have Maple Syrup. Now what?
We frequently get asked for advice regarding how to store maple syrup, choosing the right syrup for your needs, and cooking with syrup. Here are some general guidelines that we hope will answer some of your questions.
 - How to store unopened maple syrup
 - Store maple syrup in unopened containers for up to a year at room temperature. Properly packaged syrup will last a year (or even indefinitely) without refrigeration.
 - All of Sterling Valley Maple's syrup is either packed into glass or a special oxygen-barrier plastic container, which will prevent any degradation of the syrup. Syrup stored in old-fashioned tin containers have an oxygen barrier but there is the potential that any bending or denting of the container could lead to rust, which is why we don't use these containers.
 - Maple syrup is naturally resistant to bacterial growth because of its low water content; even though syrup looks like a liquid, there actually is far more sugar than water in it and this limits the ability for most bacteria to grow. Proper packaging (hot packing above 180℉) will prevent mold growth inside the container when sealed.
 - Storing opened maple syrup
 - Once opened, keep the syrup cold to extend the shelf life up to 6 months. This prevents the formation of mold (which can enter the container when opened) and ensures the syrup does not lose quality or taste.
 - Storing syrup for long period of time
 - Syrup can be stored in the freezer indefinitely. This is great news if you like to buy in bulk! Syrup can be frozen easily. In fact, at the temperature of most freezers (around 0℉), syrup won't even become a solidit'll just become "slushy." If you're patient it's fairly easy to pour syrup even straight out of the freezer-- just be prepared for it to take a while. Syrup stored in the freezer won't develop mold, nor will it degrade quickly due to oxidation.
 - Choosing the correct syrup for your purpose
 - Remember that different classes of syrup can have different tastes and therefore are usually used for different purposes. Generally, people tend to prefer a darker syrup (such as our Dark/Robust Syrup) for baking because the stronger maple flavor will be more prominent in your recipes. If you really want to make sure that adding maple syrup adds the taste of maple, the darker the syrup the better. Likewise, many people prefer a lighter, more delicate tasting syrup, such as our Amber Color with Rich Taste, for table use on pancakes, waffles, or ice cream. This isn't to say that there's ever a "right" or "wrong" syrup for a certain usein our family, some people prefer dark on their pancakes, and others like the flavor of a more delicate syrup. We encourage you to not think of maple syrup as a single product, but instead as a range of flavor options that you can select from based on your specific desire.
 - If you're planning to put the syrup on a pastry, muffin, or bagel,
 consider using maple cream instead of syrup, which has a more concentrated flavor and a smooth, spreadable texture that will stay on top of your baked goods instead of soaking in.
 - Tips for cooking with maple syrup
 - Maple syrup is a fantastic sweetener option to replace cane sugar (which is hyper-processed and not particularly sustainable) when you're baking. We recommend you use dark syrup, but you can get the sustainability advantages with any of the color/flavor classes. In addition to adding the sweetening agent, you're also picking up some beneficial minerals, nutrients, and antioxidants that you wouldn't get with another sweetener. Plus, you add maple flavor that complements many different recipes.
 - The main thing you have to remember is that maple syrup contains added liquid; a cup of maple syrup is about ⅔ cup sugar and ⅓ cup water. So, when adding maple syrup to your recipe, you need to find a way to reduce the amount of overall liquid. This is easy if your recipe calls for waterjust cut out ⅓ cup of water for every cup of maple syrup you add. Many people find maple syrup to be marginally sweeter than cane (white) sugar, so you can probably get away with a little less than a 1:1 swapsome websites recommend using a ¾ cup of maple syrup for every 1 cup of sugar the recipe calls for. If the recipe calls for honey, you can do a 1:1 substitution without making any other changes.
 - If your recipe is particularly "fussy" and it's hard to deal with the extra liquid that maple syrup adds, a great option is granulated maple sugar. Granulated maple sugar is all-natural and made by simply removing almost all the water from maple syrup (unlike brown sugar, which is usually made by taking white sugar and adding back in the flavors that had been previously removed). Granulated maple sugar can be substituted 1:1 for cane sugar in almost every recipe without having to do any additional steps.
We hope you have these tips for storing, selecting, and using maple syrup helpful. Remember--in addition to having a great taste, Sterling Valley Maple's syrup is certified organic. We carefully harvest our syrup to provide you with quality, nutrition, and safety. If you have any recipes that you use with our syrup, we would love to hear from you and try your recipe!
Happy February, and Bon Appetit!
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submissive, or that they are ready to be petted. But when ears are down and other body signals, such as bared teeth, are present, it could be a sign that your dog senses danger and is prepared to go into protect mode. When your dog's ears are up, it can mean multiple things. Ears up could simply mean your dog is paying close attention to something. For example, if your dog is napping, but there's activity in the room, you might notice your dog's ears becoming more erect, while nothing else changes in their body. In this case, they're simply listening to his environment to identify if they need to be concerned. If your dog is awake with erect ears and suddenly looks concentrated, but not on anything in particular, they're also listening. Ears up, erect, and tilted forward are a sign that your pet is stimulated and possibly aggressive.
If you have a dog with "up" ears, they may have one ear up and one ear down. This is just another casual ear position that he is listening, but not so intently that they are searching for something.
If you notice a significant change in your dog's body language indicators, such as heavy panting or droopy eyes, contact your veterinarian immediately. They could have experienced an injury or be suffering from an illness, and you want them treated as soon as possible.
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(…) and they were getting stronger with/for every day
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(…) and they were getting stronger with every day
With is correct here because it indicates the "getting stronger" and the "every day" are occurring simultaneously, or with each other. For is incorrect here because it would indicate that whoever/whatever is getting stronger is doing for the purpose of "every day," which is nonsensical.
However, the preposition could be dropped altogether with no loss of meaning:
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How to Use Volume in Your Piano Playing
5 of 7 in Series: The Essentials of Bringing Expression to Your Piano Playing
Volume is perhaps the most easily recognized and executed technique in bringing your piano playing to life. Varying degrees of volume give your piano music a different dynamic. And that's exactly what volume levels are called in music: dynamics.
As with TVs, car stereos, and crying babies, the world of volume has a wide range: from very soft to very loud. Composers are quick to realize this and tell performers exactly where to play in the volume spectrum. Of course, to make things a bit fancier, all dynamics in music are Italian words.
Starting with basic volume changes
When you talk about volume, you say something is loud or soft. From there you can explain how loud or how soft. Music uses the same principle: You start with two little Italian words, piano (soft) and forte (loud), to describe the volume of notes. Abbreviations for these words are now the norm. You see soft and loud marked simply as p and f, written in fancy, stylized fonts.
When you see a dynamic marking, whatever the requested volume may be, you continue to play at this volume level until you see a new dynamic marking.
Widening the range
If soft and loud were the only volume levels available, home stereos would just have two volume buttons, not a turning knob. But, in real life, you have a variety of volume levels. Rather than keep track of some more highly descriptive but multi-syllable Italian words, you need only remember one abbreviation for the in-between volumes: m, which stands for mezzo (medium). Place this word before piano or forte, and you get two more shades of volume.
For extreme volumes like "very soft" and "insanely loud," just throw a few more p's or f's together. The more you have, the more you play. That is, pp means "very soft" (no jokes, please). The written word isn't piano-piano, however. Instead, you use the Italian suffix -issimo, loosely translated as "very," and you end up with pianissimo. The symbol ff would be "very loud," or fortissimo.
The whole range of volume abbreviations is shown here:
Making gradual shifts in volume
Two dynamic symbols that you encounter quite often are those that tell you to gradually play louder — a crescendo (cresc.) — or to gradually play softer — a diminuendo (dim.). Thinking of the symbols as bird beaks can help you remember which is which: A bird gets louder as it opens its beak; softer as it closes its beak:
You can also think of crescendo and diminuendo as the opposite of the math symbols: The arrow points to the softer, smaller sound.
Whether they appear as words, abbreviations, or symbols, these instructions are almost always preceded and followed by dynamic markings that tell you to play from volume A gradually to volume B. Maybe the composer wants you to gradually go from very soft (pp) to very loud (ff), or perhaps the music indicates a subtle change from mezzo piano (mp) to mezzo forte (mf). Whatever the case, it's up to you to decide exactly how to play these volume changes.

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Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Site of Canada
Beaubears Island Shipbuilding
Links and documents
Listed on the Canadian Register:
Statement of Significance
Description of Historic Place
Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Site of Canada incorporates some 24 hectares (60 acres) on the southeastern (downstream) shore of Beaubears Island at the confluence of the Southwest and Northwest Miramichi River, and the adjacent south channel of the Miramichi River. The site includes the remains of an early 19th-century shipyard.
Beaubears Island Shipbuilding was designated a national historic site as an example of a shipbuilding site in the Province of New Brunswick that contained in situ archaeological resources.
The heritage value of Beaubears Island Shipbuilding lies in the setting and landscape which contains archaeological resources defining the former shipyard facilities. These are typical of a New Brunswick shipyard of the early and mid 19th century in an area representing the major concentration of such sites along the Miramichi, the second largest shipbuilding centre in New Brunswick.
Source: HSMBC Minutes, November 2001.
Key features contributing to the heritage value of this site include:
- the combination of natural and archaeological features associated with 19th-century shipbuilding in eastern Canada,
- the archaeological evidence of shipbuilding activities on the approximately 10 hectares (25 acres) of this site,
- the location of the Beaubears site near the mid-stream boundary of the south river channel (into which ships were launched and where repair and refitting work was carried out as typical of the Miramichi sites),
- the location on the south shore of Beaubears Island, near dense woods on the balance of the island (providing ready access to the materials required for shipbuilding),
- the morphology of the Island, 4.5-9 metres (15-30 feet) above the sea-level, sloping towards the river (providing terrain suitable for launching and repairing the small and medium sized vessels),
- the integrity, relative lack of disturbance and visible fabric of both cultural landscape forms and archaeological vestiges of the facilities and distribution of Russell's Beaubears facilities including a two-storey stone house, a well, a wood house, a coach house, outhouses and a kitchen garden), near the house site (a barn, retail and provisioning store, wharf and warehouse nearby; a salt store, a lumber yard, and a timber boom attached to the eastern tip of the island), at the shipyard on the mid point of the southern shore (five slipways, a blacksmith's shop, a joiner's shop, a moulding loft, a storage shed, sawpits, a steam box and boiler), and the support facilities adjacent to the shipyard (a foreman's house, seven workers' houses, a cookhouse, a kitchen and bedrooms and accommodation for 50 workers),
- the integrity and relative lack of recent disturbance of the surface of the cultural landscape as identified by vegetation patterns, changes and surface disturbances that indicate the boundaries of former human activity,
- the distinctive sense of place created by the undisturbed past resources in the cultural landscape, the undisturbed vegetation and similar qualities of the island, and its adjacent river channel.
Government of Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Act
National Historic Site of Canada
1866/01/01 to 1890/01/01
1790/01/01 to 1838/01/01
Theme - Category and Type
- Developing Economies
- Extraction and Production
- Developing Economies
- Communications and Transportation
Function - Category and Type
- Crafts Production Facility
- Harbour Facility
Architect / Designer
Location of Supporting Documentation
National Historic Sites Directorate, Documentation Centre, 5th Floor, Room 89, 25 Eddy Street, Gatineau, Quebec
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It may seen impossible to get an egg into a bottle, but with this article, you can amaze people and let them wonder how you did it!
- 1Get a glass bottle and a peeled, hard-boiled egg. Make sure the bottle has no liquid inside and that it is free of flammable substances.
- 2Stand the glass bottle upright with the opening skywards.
- 3Carefully light three matches. With extreme caution, drop them into the bottle. Wait a second or two.
- 4Quickly put the egg onto the bottle's opening, wide end up.
- 5Wait. After the matches go out, the egg will be pulled into the bottle. Then, amaze your friends.
- This trick works because when the matches burn, they heat up the air inside the bottle and release steam (water) as a part of the combustion reaction. This process causes the air inside the bottle to expand, forcing some out of the bottle. Once the egg seals the top of the bottle, the matches quickly run out of oxygen and go out. As the air in the bottle cools, the volume of air inside the bottle drops due to condensation of the water vapor (look for the little "cloud" inside the bottle just as the match goes out) and the cooling of dry air. When the volume of the air drops, it exerts less pressure on the egg, while the air pressure outside of the bottle doesn't change. The egg is pushed into the bottle once the difference between those forces is sufficient to deform the egg and overcome friction with the neck of the bottle.
- To get the egg out of the bottle again, see this article
- Most of the time the egg will be intact once it's been sucked in, but results will vary.
- You can also do this with a balloon. Stretch the opening of a balloon over the opening of the bottle and it will get blown up inside the bottle.
- Do not wait too long after you light the matches. They will burn out.
- The mouth of the bottle should be small, but still at least half the diameter of the egg.
- Want to leave the eggshell on the egg? Simply soak the egg in vinegar for 24 hours until the eggshell is soft and then follow the same instructions. Then wait another 24 hours and the eggshell will be hard again. You can even do this with a raw egg.
- If you have long hair, make sure to tie it back, because hair is flammable.
- Do not do this project if you don't know how to use a lighter.
- Do not attempt this over a rug or similar objects.
- If you are under eighteen, do NOT attempt this without adult supervision. Have the adult light the matches for you if you are unsure.
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- A glass bottle with a large enough mouth to admit an egg (see "Tips")
- 3 matches/lighter
- A hard boiled egg, peeled
- Safety goggles
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TracajŠ Turtle, Sideneck Turtle, Yellow Spotted River Turtle, Amazon River Turtle, Taricaya Scientific Name: Podocnemis unifilis
An immensely large turtle, the Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle averages between 14 and 27 inches in carapace length. The olive green, brown, or gray carapace is a very high carapace with a raised ridge, known as a keel, in the middle. The plastron, or underside of the shell, is usually yellow and may have dark blotches. The Amazon River Turtle's head is quite long with an obvious snout. The head is marked with yellow spots on the gray, olive, or brown skin. Most Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtles have a barb on the chin and some specimens have two such barbs. Female Amazon River Turtles are much larger than males. The shell of both males and females has a groove next to the front leg, between the two halves of the shell, into which the turtle places its head when threatened.
Yellow Spotted Amazon River Turtle turtles health information
Breeding Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtles have a mating season that lasts several months. The mating season depends on the region in which the turtle lives. When courting, the male turtle nips at the female's feet, swims around her and curls his tail around her shell. He then injects semen from his cloaca into hers. Several weeks after copulation, the female Amazon River Turtle lays a clutch of between 15 and 25 eggs in a nest. The babies hatch after about two months of incubation into hatchlings about the size of a quarter. The hatchling turtles have very vibrant yellow markings and are preyed upon by many types of animals. The sex of the babies depends on the temperature of incubation; if incubated at temperatures below 90 degrees Fahrenheit, males will result, if above 92 degrees, the progeny will be female.
Natural habitat of Yellow Spotted Amazon River Turtle turtles
Generally found in the lagoons and backwaters of South America
What do Yellow Spotted Amazon River Turtle turtles eat?
The Yellow-Spotted River Turtle feeds primarily on fruits and vegetables, although they are omnivorous in captivity.
Yellow Spotted Amazon River Turtle behavior and personality
The Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle is sometimes known as the Sideneck Turtle, Yellow-Spotted River Turtle, Amazon River Turtle, or Tracaja Turtle. They are found in the Amazon rainforest and are quite large. They are rarely kept in captivity because they are highly threatened in the wild. The Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle is generally found in the lagoons and backwaters of South America. During the mating season, they will move to rivers and streams. They are aquatic animals, meaning they very rarely venture onto land, and they usually feed on aquatic vegetation. The Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle enjoys spending time basking in the sun. If their basking spot is threatened by other turtles, they will bite and nip, though usually the confrontation is not serious. Yellow-Spotted Turtles are highly vulnerable to predators because they are side-necked turtles. This means that, instead of pulling their head and neck into the shell as other turtles do, they tuck the head and neck sideways under the edge of their shell.
The origin of Yellow Spotted Amazon River Turtle turtles
History of Yellow Spotted Amazon River Turtle turtles
While once quite common, the Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle is rapidly decreasing in numbers in the wild. They are found in swamps and tributaries along the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers in South America, including Venezuela, northern Brazil, and Surinam. Although the huge sizes of their native habitats are capable of supporting large numbers of turtles, they are regularly hunted not only for food, but also for their shells, their eggs, and oil. They are also dying out because the water levels of their homes are rising because of river navigation and hydroelectric dams. The Yellow Spotted Amazon River Turtle is sometimes called the Taricaya. This name is related to the kechwa verb "tariy", meaning "to find". Perhaps this name was chosen because these turtles were very abundandt in the past.


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Croatia - Land under cereal production
Land under cereal production (hectares)
The value for Land under cereal production (hectares) in Croatia was 549,991 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 722,634 in 2001 and a minimum value of 543,505 in 2005.
Definition: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Agricultural production


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THE ROLE OF FOLKLORE IN PRESERVING WILDLIFE AND HERITAGE – A STORY ABOUT FROGS AND SWEET WATER
Samson Phakathi, Field Officer, EWT's People in Conservation Programme, _EMAIL_
As in most cultures, folklore has played an essential role in influencing social norms and values in most African communities. Folklore is oral history attached to a particular place, group, or activity, communicated through tales, proverbs, riddles, songs, etc.
Folklore is typically passed down by word of mouth, although sometimes people write down collections of folklore to preserve the stories of a particular community. The fundamental premise is that folklore has no author – it slowly emerges and evolves from within a culture, and is carried forward through constant retelling. Some folklore is a product of indigenous knowledge about species and natural ecosystems. In Africa, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal, many of the folklore legends relate to the environment and specific species. Folklore has both positive and negative effects on the environment and species, determined by how much species are valued in a specific tribe. For example, if a species is deemed harmful and of no use to man, folklore will prescribe that it be persecuted, whereas if it is useful to man, folklore projects a glorified image of the subject, motivating for people to care for and conserve it. Folklore sparks the imagination of children, strengthens bonds between generations, and helps to shape people's cultural views on biotic utilisation and preservation.
Folklore has always played an important role in preserving heritage in KwaZulu-Natal. Legends have it, for example, that upon discovery of signs of damage to Itshe LikaNtunjambili, the cliff head above the Tugela Valley, a narrative was spread warning that anyone who tampers with the cliff will develop misshapen legs, and to this day the cliff head is intact for all to see and enjoy. Older women are traditionally the narrators of folklore, and young people would sit around an open fire and enjoy stories in the dark. As we celebrate Heritage Month, we recognise the role of folklore in preserving our cultural and natural heritage.
A story about the role of folklore in preserving wildlife and heritage
Once upon a time when people's existence could be directly affected by how well they understood and respected their environment, Indlovukazi-the Queen Mother once embarked on a long trip from the Zululand to the South Coast in KwaZulu-Natal. She was accompanied by six warriors who were instructed by the King to ensure her safety, not only from physical dangers but also against unseen nature-related obstacles that might come to the fore. They walked gracefully for days using species like Honey Badgers, starlings, and weavers to provide signs of what lied ahead. Honey Badger would lead them to honey, starlings and weavers warned them about the presence of slippery friends (snakes). They walk for days until their supplies were beginning to run out. They had to find a suitable spring to collect water, but unfortunately, they walked for days without much luck because springs in their midst did not fit the description of a water source that is suitable for Indlovukazi.
An instruction from Indlovukazi was clear, croaking frogs and running water signalled a sign of water suitable for Indlovukazi. None of the springs they found showed signs of life, and the wise Indlovukazi decided that they would take a well-deserved break and brainstorm strategies to ensure that there is life in every stream the next time they travelled this way. They sat under a tree of great cultural significance, and as they deliberated on what to do to bring back the frogs, they heard the loud croaking sound of a frog in the distance. The Indlovukazi immediately instructed two warriors to search for the stream where the croaking was coming from, and if there was a sign of frogs, they dare not touch the water as the Indlovukazi should be the first to enjoy the sweet waters, or Amanzimtoti (of the spring). They found the stream, inundated with frogs of all species, shapes, sizes, and colours, and returned to inform the Indlovukazi about their finding. The thirsty Indlovukazi walked to the stream and scooped a cup full of the water and, instead of quenching her thirst, insisted that before they enjoy the water, they come up with a plan to bring life back to the other streams that they had passed. The men thought long and hard and soon realised the association of frogs to the sweet water the wise Queen had described earlier.
As the sun was setting, Mpeku, one of the lead warriors, began to put the pieces together and remembered how, as young boys, they used to go to play in the streams, throwing stones at the frogs and throwing their rubbish into the streams, until there were fewer signs of life in the area. He relayed what he thought was a contributing factor in the decline in frog numbers, and the Indlovukazi felt that what he shared was genuine. They all felt that there was a need to educate young boys about the importance of frogs in streams and folklore stories were an essential method of reinforcing a particular narrative in communities.
The Indlovukazi and her combatants manufactured a folklore narrative that those who kill frogs and pollute water will have an unpleasant period in their lives, and this narrative has played a role in the conservation of frogs and streams in Natal. Mpeku was rewarded and entrusted with a responsibility to develop folklores intended to preserve local natural heritage, associating certain species with good luck and positive experiences.
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The Operations Supervisor will effectively direct and manage all activities related to drivers and dockworkers at End of Line facilities. Utilize resources to move freight in the safest and most cost effective manner to meet or exceed customer expectations.
* Develop daily delivery plan utilizing equipment, manpower, and other resources to ensure effective and efficient operations and that work assignments are completed properly. * Supervises all activities of drivers and dockworkers responsible for efficient loading/unloading of trailers along with productive pick-up and delivery of freight at customer locations. * Ensure necessary resources of labor, equipment and time are available to all employees to allow maximum productivity of operations staff. * Ensure load quality, timelines, and work efficiency goals are met. * Recruit, develop and retain qualified personnel to ensure effective operations in support of company's mission and goals. Responsible for the selection, training, motivation and discipline of terminal employees. * Conduct performance reviews and focus on development and career planning. * Communicates company safety program, trains, and enforces safety rules and compliance with all government regulations. * Administer safety programs which encourage a safe work environment and focus on prevention of accidents and injuries. * Ensure compliance with government, company, and local labor regulations, policies, and procedures.
* High Levels of Integrity and Trust - Adheres to moral, ethical, and professional standards, regulations, and organizational policies; keeps commitments to promised actions. * Composed in Extreme Pressure Situations - Maintaining stable performance under pressure or opposition (e.g., experiencing time pressure, conflict, or job ambiguity); handling stress in a manner that is acceptable to others and to the organization. * Prioritizes Key Tasks - Identifies more critical and less critical activities and tasks; adjusts priorities when appropriate. * Focused on Customers - Ensuring that the internal or external customer's perspective is a driving force behind strategic priorities, business decisions, organizational processes, and individual activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value. * Effective Planner - Plans work for team and self to create efficiencies. * Great at Motivating Others - Motivating increased employee effort by communicating a compelling view of the organization's purpose and its future state in a way that helps others understand the importance of their contributions and feel how outcomes will be different when progress is achieved. * Effective Time Management - Effectively managing one's time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently. * Perseveres Through Difficult Times - Demonstrates an understanding of own emotional triggers, strengths, and development needs as well as the impact of own behavior on others. * Highly Effective Communication Skills - Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listening actively to others. * Skilled Problem Solver - Has operational capacity that allows an understanding and ability to work through the challenges of the position. * Goal Oriented - ambitious in nature, working to better the team as a whole by exceeding key metrics. * Delegates Effectively - Identifying and leveraging opportunities to accelerate results and build capability by assigning tasks and decision-making responsibilities to individuals or teams with clear boundaries, expectations, support, and follow-up. * Develops Subordinates - Planning and supporting the development of individuals' knowledge, skills, and abilities so that they can fulfill current or future job responsibilities more effectively. * Action Oriented - Ability to learn quickly and apply learning when decisions need to be made and work is being accomplished.
* High school diploma or equivalent. * Experience in the transportation industry with a deep knowledge of operations and logistics. * Effective organizational, planning and prioritization skills. * Effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills. * Demonstrated Leadership and supervisory capabilities. * Must be flexible, willing to work any schedule, including weekends and holidays, in all types of weather.
* Bachelor's degree in transportation, business, engineering or related area. * Knowledge of local applicable collective bargaining agreements. * Knowledge of company policies and procedures. * Safety/OSHA knowledge or certifications. * Forklift certified.
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At this point in your work out from home routine, you likely have an arsenal of go-to exercises. And, if you're following us on Instagram and Facebook, we hope you've drawn inspiration from our Workout Wednesday series. Now that you've mastered a variety of movements, you can put them together to create a full-body workout. Think of it like choosing your own adventure.
Here's how it works:
- Choose one exercise from each of the first four categories (upper body push, upper body pull, lower body, and core). This will create your circuit.
- Perform each exercise in for 45 seconds, getting as many repetitions in as possible.
- Rest at least 15 secs before moving to the next exercise.
- Repeat the circuit four times.
- After you complete the circuit, choose one exercise from "the finisher" category.
- Do this exercise Tabata style: eight rounds of 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest.
- Really push yourself in this last round. You should be going all out during the 20 seconds of work.
Upper Body Push
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ALPS - Analyzing and Modeling Transitions of Common Property Pastures in the Swiss Alps
The common property pastures in the Swiss Alps provide significant services to the mountainous regions, such as income sources for farmers and tourism industry, protection from soil erosion, water-run-off, landslides, and high biodiversity. These services are highly dependent on continuous management of the alpine pastures. In Switzerland, most alpine summer pastures are common property and have been managed by local governance systems since the Middle Ages in order to avoid over-use of the scarce resources. Societal changes, like industrialization, rapid economic growth, and new agricultural policies, induced major transitions of the pasture management system, which led to abandonment of marginal land or intensification of productive areas ensuing reduction of biodiversity on the long-term.


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Individual deciduous trees mark the turning of the seasons with pale buds in the spring, densely packed green leaves in summer, vibrant red, orange, or yellow tones in fall, and bare branches in the cold of winter. Forests also mark the changes, but on a grander scale. In this series of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite, forests mark the time along the southern ridges of the Appalachian Mountains, where the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina all come together.
The area shown in the images include different types of land cover, such as hardwood forests, pine and oak forests, and farm or grassland. Each reacts in its own way to the advancing seasons. The most striking change occurs in the hardwood forest that covers the ridges. The forest in this region is widely intact, preserved as part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and a series of state and national forests. The forest stands out most clearly in the fall, when the maple and birch trees take on tones of orange. The loss of leaves in the winter makes it possible to see the underlying ridgelines and valleys with greater clarity.
The pine and oak forests that grow in drier areas, particularly on the west side of the mountains, remain green throughout the year. They are easiest to identify in the fall and winter, when everything else is brown, yellow, or orange.
The non-forested area beyond the mountains varies greatly in color. White and gray areas are cities; Dalton, Georgia, and Cleveland, Tennessee (on the left side of the image) are the most obvious. Farmland shifts from pale green in the spring, to a brighter shade of green or gold during the summer and fall, and to brown in the winter.
The four images illustrate why it is critical to pay attention to the date and season of a satellite image when you try to interpret what you see. Seasons can completely alter the appearance of a landscape. Read more at How to Interpret a Satellite Image.
NASA images courtesy LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.
- Terra - MODIS


text: Mapping network drives and other locations on your Windows laptop or computer is a good way of keeping remote data at hand in your local area network. However, at some point, you might also want to delete some of these drive mappings and keep only those that you regularly use. In this article, we show you exactly how to do that. Here are five methods for deleting mapped drives and network locations from Windows 10 or Windows 11:\r\n\r\n\r\n1. How to delete a mapped network drive from Windows 10 using File Explorer\r\nIf you\u2019re using Windows 10 and you need to delete a previously created drive mapping, the first thing you must do is open File Explorer. Then, on the left side of the window, select This PC. All of the mapped drives are available in the Network Locations group, beneath your solid-state drive, hard-disk drives, and other similar devices such as CD/DVD units or USB memory sticks.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe mapped network drives are shown in File Explorer\r\n\r\nTo delete a drive mapping toward a network location, right-click (or press-and-hold) on it and select Disconnect.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDisconnect a mapped network drive from Windows 10\r\n\r\nTo remove a drive mapping towards a network folder or FTP site, select it and press Delete on your keyboard. Alternatively, you could also right-click (or press-and-hold) on it and choose Delete in the context menu.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDelete a network location from Windows 10\r\n\r\nThe deleted mapped drives then stop showing. If you want to restore them, you have to recreate them, using this guide: How to map FTP drives, network drives, and web shares, in Windows 10.\r\n\r\n\r\n2. How to delete a mapped network drive from Windows 11 using File Explorer\r\nThe steps to remove a network drive from Windows 11 using File Explorer are similar to the ones in Windows 10. Start by opening File Explorer (Windows + E) and, on the navigation section from the left of the window, select This PC. Then, you\u2019ll see all your mapped network drives listed under Network Locations.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMapped network drives are listed in Windows 11\\'s File Explorer\r\n\r\nTo unmap a network drive from Windows 11, select it, click or tap on the \u2026 (See more) button from the top toolbar, and press \u201cDisconnect network drive\u201d from the menu displayed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHow to remove a mapped network drive from Windows 11\r\n\r\nAlternatively, you can also use File Explorer\u2019s context menus to remove a network drive from Windows 11. First, right-click or press-and-hold on the mapped network drive that you want to disconnect and select \u201cShow more options.\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nShow more options in the context menu\r\n\r\nThen, in the expanded context menu shown, select Disconnect to remove the mapped network drive.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDisconnect a network drive from Windows 11\r\n\r\nIf what you wanted was to delete a network location mapped towards a network folder or FTP site, things couldn\u2019t be simpler. Select it, and either press Delete on your keyboard or the Delete button from the top toolbar of File Explorer. Alternatively, you can also right-click (press-and-hold) on the network location and click or tap Delete in the context menu.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHow to remove a network location from Windows 11\r\n\r\nOnce you delete a mapped drive or network location, File Explorer no longer displays it. If you want them back, you\u2019ll have to recreate them using this tutorial: How to map network drives and add FTP locations in Windows 11.\r\n3. How to unmap a network drive in Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Terminal with the \u201cnet use /delete\u201d command\r\nIf you prefer command-line environments, you can use the net use command to delete mapped network drives. Net use works in Command Prompt, PowerShell, and also in the new Terminal app, both in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Open CMD or the command-line interface you like best and run this command:\r\n\r\nnet use [Mapped Drive Letter] /delete[/DC-CODE]\r\n\r\nFor example, I had a drive mapping to which I assigned the letter Z, so the command I needed to run to unmap the drive was:\r\n\r\nnet use Z: /delete[/DC-CODE]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUsing the net use /delete command to remove a mapped network drive\r\n\r\nOnce you run the net use /delete command, you are informed that the mapped drive has been deleted successfully, and the network drive disappears immediately from File Explorer.\r\n\r\nIMPORTANT: The net use /delete command only works for drive mappings that have a letter assigned. It doesn\u2019t work for network location mappings such as FTP servers or web servers.\r\n\r\n\r\n4. How to delete all mapped network drives with the \u201cnet use /delete\u201d command\r\nIf you have more than one mapped network drive configured and you want to delete them all at once, you can use the same net use command to disconnect them all at once. Open Powershell, Windows Terminal, or start Command Prompt and run the following command:\r\n\r\nnet use * /delete[/DC-CODE]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRunning the net use * /delete command to remove all the mapped network drives\r\n\r\nCMD (or, depending on what you\\'re using, Windows Terminal or PowerShell) then shows you all the active network connections that are going to be canceled. It might also ask whether you are sure that you want to continue. Type in Y if you do, or N if you don\u2019t.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTyping Y to confirm the removal of all the mapped network drives\r\n\r\nTIP: If you want to use the net use to disconnect all the mapped network drives, and you want to force the process to go on without asking for any confirmations, add the /y parameter to the command, like this:\r\n\r\nnet use * /delete /y[/DC-CODE]\r\n5. How to remove a network location (FTP, web server) from Windows by erasing its shortcut\r\nA network location mapping is a shortcut stored as a file on your Windows computer. If you can\u2019t delete it using the first method we\u2019ve shown, you can try others. One of them is to use File Explorer to delete its shortcut. Open File Explorer and navigate to\r\n\r\n%appdata%MicrosoftWindowsNetwork Shortcuts[/DC-CODE]\r\n\r\nwhich is the same as\r\n\r\nC:UsersYour_User_NameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsNetwork Shortcuts[/DC-CODE]\r\n\r\n\u2026 where Your_User_Name is the name of your Windows user account.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Windows folder where network location shortcuts are saved\r\n\r\nIn the Network Shortcuts folder, you can find all network location mappings. Select the ones you no longer want to use. Then, if you\u2019re using Windows 10, right-click (or press-and-hold) on them and select Delete or press the Delete key on your keyboard.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHow to unmap a network location by deleting its shortcut from Windows 10\r\n\r\nIn case you\u2019re using Windows 11, select the network location(s) you want to unmap, and then press Delete on your keyboard. Alternatively, you can also right-click (or press-and-hold) on the network locations and select Delete in the context menu.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHow to unmap a network location by deleting its shortcut from Windows 11\r\n\r\nRegardless of whether you\u2019re using Windows 11 or Windows 10, the selected network mappings are deleted immediately, without additional confirmation.\r\nTroubleshoot network drives and locations that won\u2019t go away\r\nThere are times when none of the methods we described above work as they should. What if you just cannot remove a disconnected network drive from Windows 10 or Windows 11? How do you unmap a drive in Windows in such a situation? Well, if you stumble upon such an issue, here are a few things you could try to disconnect and delete mapped drives:\r\n\r\n \tIf you disconnect a mapped network drive or delete a network location, but it doesn\u2019t disappear from File Explorer, the reason might be that File Explorer didn\u2019t get to refresh its contents. Try pressing the F5 key on your keyboard or click/tap on Refresh in the right-click menu inside File Explorer.\r\n \t If you tried to remove a network mapping from your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC, but you get an error about that location no longer being available, your Windows operating system is likely outdated. We\u2019ve tested to see what happens when the PC with the mapped network drives and locations is disconnected from the network or when the network resources are no longer available (target devices are shut down or are no longer part


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07 Mar Carbon Management in the EU – Interview with Cristina Raventós, Carbon Clear
A few weeks ago, to prepare our free training on carbon emissions reporting, we sat down with Cristina Raventós, a senior consultant and Spain portfolio manager at Carbon Clear.
Carbon Clear specialises in carbon footprint calculation and the creation of sustainability and emissions reduction strategies. In this exclusive interview, Cristina helps us understand the state of the European market when it comes to carbon management (and the regulation of other greenhouse gases).
Carbon Management and Regulation in the EU
Cristina, Carbon Clear works in Spain and the UK, almost polar opposites in terms of regulatory environments despite being EU countries. What differences would you highlight?
Cristina Raventós: The most relevant difference between these two countries is really the moment they awakened to environmental issues. While the UK is considered a leader in greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation, having the largest number of environmental laws in force in the world in 2011, Spain has always trailed one step behind the EU. For example, the UK Climate Change Act, in force since 2008, has allowed them to make significant changes to the country's development system over the years, from climate change taxes to punishing companies that do not reduce their emissions. Emissions, which are used in full to support energy efficiency and low carbon technologies, to subsidised tariffs for renewable energy in the electricity market, or green housing contracts that allow consumers to make their homes more energy efficient at no additional cost…
Considering the EU has some of the most stringent environmental legislation in the world, Spain's position on the environment at the legislative level makes sense. The greatest problem comes when implementing and prioritising the changes required at national and state level, as the process can take years, significantly affecting the impact of these laws and, therefore, their introduction into commercial markets. In this sense, the difference is reflected in the types of services that are requested by businesses in Spain compared to those we serve in the United Kingdom.
Tell us a bit more about mandatory emissions laws in Spain.
In addition to those established by the European Union, all environmental policies in Spain are based on Article 45 of the Constitution, which governs "the right to enjoy an adequate environment for human development, as well as the duty to preserve it" by public authorities, and the existence of criminal or administrative sanctions for those that fail to comply with this opinion. From this article, Spanish legislation has branched out to cover all areas related to environmental protection. For example, for environmental liability we have Law 11/2014 and Law 26/2007. While the former seeks to integrate environmental aspects into the drafting, implementation and execution of public and private plans, projects and programs, the latter applies to all types of economic activities and regulates the responsibility of preventing, avoiding and repairing damages from environmental impacts.
If we talk about emissions, we would first consider Law 5/2013 (formerly Law 16/2002) on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control, which dictates the need to obtain an Integrated Environmental Authorization to start and carry out any industrial activity. The aim of this law is to regulate any type of emission that adversely affects the quality of the atmosphere, water or land, increase information transparency, and apply the concept of Best Available Techniques (BAT) as a mandatory measure of environmental protection. In addition, all polluting activities that are not subject to this law are covered by Law 34/2007 on air quality and protection of the atmosphere, which aims to achieve optimum levels of air quality. In both cases, the government is responsible for defining and establishing the minimum objectives and requirements of evaluation systems, and serves as a regulatory framework for the preparation of national, regional and local plans.
In the field of energy management, the most significant change in Spanish legislation is Royal Decree 56/2016. Based on the European Directive on Energy Efficiency, it obliges large companies to carry out energy audits every 4 years. Despite these positive developments, these companies are not yet required to take measures derived from audits, which we believe should be the next step. At the same time, we believe that the new law on climate change that will be derived from the Paris Conference will boost the growth of renewable energy development in Spain in order to achieve the goals set by the EU.
European regulation is becoming increasingly restrictive in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. What does Carbon Clear expect for the future? What deserves energy managers' attention?
Climate change is an unequivocal fact. Although there is still some uncertainty about the magnitude of its impacts, a global average temperature rise of more than 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels can have devastating effects.
The solution entails a rapid transition to a low carbon economy on a global scale. As evidenced by COP 21 and the Paris Agreement, the current political moment reflects the need for carbon management. Reducing dependence on fossil fuels is therefore one of the clearest areas of action if long-term legislative and economic risks are to be mitigated. Renewable energy of certifiable origin is undoubtedly one of the areas with the greatest potential, as well as of course energy efficiency.
The Carbon Management Opportunity
Let's go back to our Spain – UK comparison. Which Carbon Clear service is the most in-demand in each country?
In Spain, the market is less mature and requires measurement and impact communication services, as well as legislative compliance. Important services to highlight include carbon footprint measurement, a type of report that is growing in Spain in line with the development of sustainability trends in the business world. Measuring a company's carbon footprint and value chain gives it tangible benefits in terms of energy and economic efficiency. However, the fact that several IBEX35 companies have yet to set emission reduction targets as a result of these calculations reflects an insufficient rate of change and ambition level that Carbon Clear aims to boost.
In the United Kingdom, we generally have a high demand for more strategic services, such as the establishment of action plans against climate change, commitment to the value chain, risk and opportunity analysis, etc.
What is more complicated for Spanish companies, reducing emissions or compensating for them? Why do you bet higher on sustainability planning?
As we saw in our sustainability report for IBEX35 companies, Spanish companies tend to reduce their own emissions, since the impact they have on bottom lines is direct, plus they contribute more energy efficiency and, therefore boost economic savings. Once their emissions are internally optimised, the next step on the roadmap of a growing number of Spanish companies is to influence value chain activities, carried out through the study and subsequent reduction of the carbon footprint of Scope 3.
We can therefore observe how compensation is not yet an all too common practice in the Spanish market, perhaps due to a lack of information. Of course at Carbon Clear we advocate a combination of the two practices for good environmental management.
Cristina Raventós is a senior consultant at Carbon Clear, a leading global organisation offering sustainability solutions for business. Carbon Clear has offices in Spain, United Kingdom, United States and Turkey, where it advises companies on:
- How to reduce environmental impact by reducing emissions
- How to communicate efforts internally and externally, so that the impact of the sustainability plan is reflected in the corporate social responsibility of the company
- How to comply with current legislation: carbon management, GHG inventories, questionnaires, etc.


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: not able to be trusted : causing feelings of doubt or suspicion
: a person who is believed to be possibly guilty of committing a crime
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: to think that (something) is possibly the cause of something bad
: to think that (a crime) has possibly been committed
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If your child has drafted their holiday wish list, it's likely that some type of tech item is at or near the top. And there's a good chance that you'll purchase it—or another tech gift.
A recent survey of parents with kids between the ages of 2 and 10, found that more than half (54%) of parents plan to purchase or give a tech device to their children this holiday season. At the top of the list for all parents planning a tech purchase this holiday season are tablets. With all those tablet purchases, nearly 7 in 10 parents say they currently purchase or plan to purchase apps for their children.
To help parents navigate successful selection and use of apps for their kids, PBS KIDS is offering the following five tips:
- Think about what your child is passionate about. Look for content that builds on your child's excitement. Media should engage kids and spark their curiosity about the world around them.
- Distinguish what is truly educational. Consider whether the content of the app is curriculumand research-based. Mobile platforms can amplify learning gains for children.
- Develop a media plan for your family. A balanced media diet includes setting limits. This is also something for parents to keep in mind, too, as kids often model their parents' behavior.
- Play together. For kids two and up, apps are another opportunity to explore with your child. Talking with kids about the game or activity as you play offers both the opportunity to bond as a family and also identify teachable moments.
- Avoid apps that try to sell: Select apps from trusted, reliable sources, and make sure that they are not trying to market to your child.


Contrary to appearances, Netflix's hit movie Marriage Story is not a story about divorce. It is, as its title indicates, a story about marriage. More specifically, it is the story of how a good marriage goes bad for one simple reason: Appreciation Deficit Disorder.
What is appreciation deficit disorder?
While Appreciation Deficit Disorder isn't a clinical disorder, if it was it would be defined as something like this: a "disorder" characteristic of couples like Marriage Story's Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson)– who are in decent, functional relationships, but who are "appreciation-deficient" with regards to themselves, their spouses, and their relationship as a whole.
In fact, the failed marriage between Charlie and Nicole could be considered a textbook example of this as-yet undiagnosed "disorder" because it displays all the classic symptoms of this brand-new, made-up malaise.
Here are the symptoms of appreciation deficit disorder:
1. Physical and emotional withdrawal
Example: Charlie and Nicole have been living parallel lives for the last joyless and sexless year of their marriage.
2. Criticism
Example: Nicole repeatedly criticizes Charlie for being selfish, whereas Charlie repeatedly criticizes Nicole for being… Nicole;
3. Contempt
Example: Charlie claims that Nicole hated him during the last year of their marriage, whereas Nicole feels Charlie has been contemptuously ignoring her core needs;
4. Negative sentiment override
Example: The spouses are both so flooded with negative emotion that they each accuse one another of rewriting their shared past, as when Charlie insists that Nicole has only decided, after the fact, that she wasn't happy with their life in Brooklyn, when at the time she was.
Fortunately, appreciation deficit disorder contains, embedded within itself, its own obvious cure: appreciation.
Indeed, the renowned couples therapist Terry Real considers appreciation not only the single "most effective" strategy for improving a relationship, but he goes so far as to say, "This one principle is equal to all the others combined." As we will see, most of the top couples therapists in the world agree.
How to avoid appreciation deficit disorder:
Step 1. Appreciate one another
Marriage Story opens with tender and heart-warming expressions of mutual appreciation between Nicole and Charlie. At first sight, it certainly doesn't seem like they suffer appreciation deficit.
The world's pre-eminent marriage researcher, John Gottman, would say (with one important reservation) that Charlie and Nicole both have good "love maps," a term that evokes the amount of "cognitive room" one has for all the little quirks of their spouse's personality and personal history, as well as the marriage itself.
Gottman's research shows that having good love maps is the very foundation of the seven-story "sound marital house" that constitutes a strong, sustainable relationship. His research also shows that having good love maps is a necessary prerequisite for building the next level up in the sound marital house, "fondness and admiration."
Step 2. Be grateful for the things you appreciate
Researchers like Sara Algoe, Amie Gordon, Emily Impett, and Samantha Joel would also be impressed with the way that Charlie and Nicole express gratitude for how their partner invests in their relationship– a tendency that functions as a "booster shot" for relationship commitment and overall happiness.
For instance, even when Charlie complains about Nicole's untidiness – "It's not easy for her to put away a sock, or close a cabinet, or do a dish" – he nevertheless expresses his gratitude for her effort and attributes it to her fondness for him: "but she tries for me."
Likewise, Nicole peppers her appreciations of Charlie with generous expressions of gratitude, singling out, for example:
He takes all of my moods steadily, he doesn't give in to them or make me feel bad about them.
As the marriage historian Eli Finkel explains in his widely-praised book The All-or-Nothing Marriage, "In the long run, people who experience elevated levels of gratitude also experience stronger relationship commitment and are less likely to break up."
But if Charlie and Nicole are so good at appreciating one another in all of these ways, then why do they break up?
Step 3. Express your appreciation
While they feel appreciation, Charlie and Nicole don't express their appreciation out loud to one another. When we finally hear Nicole's appreciation of Charlie articulated out loud, we come to understand that one of the main factors that causes both their marriage and their divorce to unravel is the unwillingness to give voice to appreciation.
Most of the top couples therapists in the world – John Gottman, Sue Johnson, and Terry Real – emphasize the crucial importance of not just appreciating our partners but expressing that appreciation.
For instance, Terry Real writes, "When I speak of cherishing, I do not mean just feeling warm and fuzzy inside. I mean doing something to let your partner know what you are appreciating."
Gottman makes the same basic point:
When you acknowledge and openly discuss positive aspects of your partner and your marriage, your bond is strengthened.
Why is expressing appreciation so important? Perhaps for the same reason that it's so important not just to appreciate a house plant, but also to water it.
Step 4. Appreciate one another's life dreams
Why does Nicole refuse to read her appreciations out loud to Charlie? While there are many answers to this question, they all ultimately boil down to another, more fundamental symptom of ADD.
Nicole is both hurt by and angry at Charlie because he has failed to listen for and appreciate her deepest needs and most-cherished longings.
According to Gottman, whenever there is a gridlocked conflict in a relationship the thing to do is dig down to what he calls the "dream within the conflict."
By "dream" he means the hopes, aspirations and wishes that are part of people's very identity and that give purpose and meaning to their lives. In Gottman's experience, the best way to drill down to the dream beneath the conflict is to explore the underlying symbolism of the surface-level desires at play in the disagreement.
If he had taken me in a big hug and said 'Baby, I'm so excited for your adventure and of course I want you to have your own piece of earth' then we might not be getting divorced.
The marriage researchers Shelly Gable and Harry Reis have shown that when partners communicate and celebrate their individual successes with one another they both feel greater positive emotions and mental health, and also experience increased feelings of trust, intimacy, and satisfaction in the relationship.
As Eli Finkel explains, "Enthusiastic responses are beneficial because they convey the listener's shared joy in the event and appreciation of the personal significance of the event for the discloser."
Step 5. Appreciate (or, at the very least, accept) your partner's influence
In Marriage Story, Nicole complains that all of the furniture in their apartment was Charlie's taste. She bemoans the fact she didn't even get to pick their apartment but just moved into his.
More generally, and perhaps most significantly, she remarks that during their marriage:
It would be so weird if he had turned to me and said 'And what do you want to do today?'
In their long-term study of 131 newly-wed couples who they followed for nine years, Gottman and his fellow researchers found that even in the first few months of marriage, men who allowed their wives to influence them had happier relationships and were less likely to eventually divorce than men who resisted their wives influence.
"Statistically speaking," he writes, "when a man is not willing to share power with his partner there is an 81% chance that his marriage will self-destruct."
Marriage Story Adam Driver Scarlett Johansson
Step 6. Appreciate and assert your own needs and dreams
It seems fair to say that Nicole also fails to appreciate her own dreams and assert her influence in a way that Charlie can understand.
She says, "I made noises about wanting to move back to LA, but they came to nothing, but "making noises" is a far cry from clearly and insistently articulating your dreams and desires. And unfortunately, as Terry Real writes:
You cannot create an extraordinary relationship unless you're willing to do the hard work of identifying what it is that you want and pursuing it.
It is for this reason that, out of the many possible forms of appreciation that exist, Real prioritizes the cultivation of self-appreciation.
"First and foremost," he says, "I want you to cherish yourself. I want you to value your own wants and needs. I want you to value your voice."
Real has a confrontational way of encouraging people to appreciate and express their own wants up front. He invites them to swallow this bitter pill:
You don't have the right to complain about not getting what you never asked for.
Step 7. Appreciate relationality
If Nicole had discerned and appreciated her own dreams more fully, she might have been able to summon the courage to not only stand up for herself but to speak up for herself and ask for more out of Charlie and for more out of their marriage.
This is the very essence of what Real calls "fierce intimacy" or "daring to rock the boat." Grabbing your partner by the collar and saying, 'Such-and-such is really important to me. You better take it seriously. I'm not kidding."
Unfortunately, because Nicole doesn't fully appreciate her own needs, she cannot articulate them to Charlie, let alone roll up her sleeves and fight like hell to make sure he meets them.


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I think I better understand what you are asking now.
Noise is not random - it's random-looking but is completely based on a mathematical formula and is repeatable. All the information is encoded in the formula. This means that you can have a formula that potentially covers an infinite area, and just use the formula on the coordinates of the area you need. When you need an adjacent area, you just re-use the formula on the new coordinates, and since the formula yields continuous values, the areas will join seamlessly.
Here's a simplified example, using sine instead of perlin noise for the height generation, and imagining the world is infinite in the X axis but only 1 unit high in the Y and Z axes.
height(x,y) = sin(x/20)
The game starts, and we generate heights for the nearby area, ie. (0,0) to (9,0):
[0.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 0.30, 0.34, 0.39, 0.43]
We have a hill, rising up towards the right. Let's say we walk to the end of it and need to generate the values from (10,0 to 19,0) now:
[0.48, 0.52, 0.56, 0.61, 0.64, 0.68, 0.72, 0.75, 0.78, 0.81]
Notice how the hill keeps rising steadily, and that the value at (10,0) follows on nicely from the one at (9,0). This is because the sine function is continuous, which basically means that if you feed it 2 adjacent numbers in, you'll get 2 adjacent results out - for a certain definition of adjacent. So if you use your world coordinates as the parameters to the function that defines your world, you will get a continuous landscape that fits together no matter how much or little of it you generate at once. When you generate new parts, they will flow on from the existing parts automatically, because the heights are already pre-determined.
If the world isn't going to change, you don't even need to store anything, since you can calculate exactly what the height is at any given point from the formula. Obviously with something like Minecraft the world is totally deformable so you just save each chunk as you create it. Given that there is a high degree of coherence between adjacent chunks (ie. if 1 block is grass, it's more likely than not that the block next to it will be grass too) you can compress the data very efficiently - run length encoding would work well, but then so would almost any standard compression algorithm.
Whereas I have talked about height as the most obvious value, you can use the same system to generate any characteristic you want. Use a mathematical function with continuous properties and where the inputs are your world coordinates and that can decide the presence of landmarks, mineral deposits, spawn points, whatever you like. (Obviously the values in one formula may affect another - no point placing a coal deposit in mid-air, so you generate the world height map and then only calculate coal possibilities for the blocks that are far enough below ground.)


Saturday, June 11, 2016
"Anxiety" is a modern term that does not have an exact equivalent in Chinese medicine.
There is no Chinese medicine term that corresponds exactly to what we call "anxiety" but several ancient Chinese disease entities closely resemble anxiety. The four main disease entities that correspond to Anxiety are:
"Fear and Palpitations" (Jing Ji)
 "Panic Throbbing" (Zheng Chong)
 "Mental restlessness" (Fan Zao)
 "Agitation" (Zang Zao)
Fear is the emotion that pertains to the Kidneys and I would like to make three points. Firstly, "anxiety" does not correspond only to "fear": it also corresponds to "worry" and "pensiveness" in Chinese medicine.
Secondly, we normally say that fear depletes Kidney-Qi and it makes Qi descend. The Su Wen in chapter 39 says: "Fear leads to loss of Jing which results in obstruction of the Upper Burner, when this is obstructed Qi cannot return [to it] and this causes distension of the Lower Burner, that is why it is said that Qi sinks."
This statement from the Su Wen is interesting in that it says that fear blocks the Upper Burner (resulting in Qi of the Lower Burner to descend): this would imply that fear does not simply "make Qi descend" (as we usually say) but that it also causes some Qi stagnation in the Upper Burner.
I personally think that fear actually makes Qi rise and fright makes Qi descend. The description of Jing Ji by Zhang Jing Yue implies that, in fear, Qi rises: "In Fear and Palpitations [Jing Ji], the Heart, Spleen, Liver and Kidneys are involved. Yang is connected to Yin and the Heart to the Kidneys. [In this disease] the upper part of the body is restless because it cannot link with the lower part; Heart-Qi is deficient and cannot connect with the Jing [of the Kidneys]."
Dr Zhang's description of the pathology of Zheng Chong also implies that fear makes Qi rise: "In Panic Throbbing [Zheng Chong] the heart is shaking in the chest, the patient feels fear and anxiety. There is Yin deficiency and exhaustion; there is Yin deficiency below so that the Zong Qi has no root and Qi cannot return to its origin. For this reason, there is shaking [or throbbing] of the chest above and also throbbing on the sides of the umbilicus.
The above statements by Zhang Jing Yue are interesting because they confirm my experience according to which fear makes Qi rise (rather than descend). In fact, in the statement above, Zhang Jing Yue says that in "Fear and Palpitations", there is restlessness above and a disconnection between the Heart and Kidneys with Qi rising.
Thirdly, although fear is the emotion pertaining to the Kidneys, other organs also give rise to fear and anxiety and I am presenting below passages from the Su Wen and Ling Shu highlighting connections between fear and organs other than the Kidneys.
Su Wen chapter 39
Fear leads to loss of Jing which then results in obstruction of the Upper Burner, consequently leading to return [back up] of Qi and distension in the Lower Burner."
This passage is actually similar to the passages by Zhang Jing Yue quoted above. It makes the point that fear leads to obstruction of the Upper Burner. It confirms the relationship between fear and Kidneys as it says that it leads to loss of Jing.
1979 The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine-Simple Questions (Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen ), People's Health Publishing House, Beijing, first published ca 100 BC, p. 221.
Su Wen chapter 62
Surplus of Blood leads to rage while insufficiency of Blood results in fear."
This passage correlates fear with the Liver saying that Liver-Blood deficiency results in fear. This is an important correlation as it is a common one in practice, especially in women (in whom Liver-Blood deficiency is common).
The "fear" deriving from Liver-Blood deficiency is related to timidity, lack of initiative, fear of acting, inferiority complex.
Su Wen chapter 19
Excessive fear lead to subjugation [of the Kidneys] by Spleen-Qi."
This is an interesting and unusual view according to which fear leading to a deficiency of the Kidneys may be caused by a pathology of the Spleen (Earth overcoming Water). This would occur when the Spleen is affected by pensiveness and worry. This type of fear therefore is close to worry.
Su Wen chapter 23
The disorder of Heart-Qi causes belching; the disorder of Lung-Qi causes cough; the disorder of Liver-Qi causes excessive talking; the disorder of Spleen-Qi causes acid reflux; the disorder of Kidney-Qi causes yawning and sneezing; the disorder of Stomach-Qi causes rebellious Qi, hiccup and fear."
Note by Wang Bing: "When the Stomach is hot, the Qi of the Kidneys is feeble and weak; hence this causes fear. When the Earth harms the Kidneys, the Shen has fear."
This is an interesting passage that relates fear to rebellious Stomach-Qi. I think this would be particularly Panic Disorder (panic attacks). The Great Luo of the Stomach (called Xu Li) goes to the heart and it affects it on a physical and mental-emotional level. On a physical level, it may cause palpitations or tachycardia. On a mental-emotional level, it may cause a panic sensation with a feeling of energy rising to the chest and head. ST-40 Fenglong would be the point to use for this.
Ling Shu chapter 8
The Liver stores Blood and the Blood houses the Hun. Deficiency of Liver-Qi causes fear while excess of Liver-Qi causes anger. Constant fear and pensiveness will damage the Shen and damage of the Shen in turn will lead to fear and seminal emissions. Excessive fear and fright will scatter the Shen and make it difficult to be contained [to be gathered]. Excessive fear and pensiveness will damage the Shen. Damage of the Shen in turn will lead to deprivation of the ability to control oneself due to fear. Constant fear without relief will damage the Jing and damage of the Jing will cause weakness of bones, impotence and habitual seminal emissions."
The first sentence of this passages relates fear to a deficiency of Liver-Qi (chapter 62 of the Su Wen related it to Liver-Blood deficiency). Liver-Qi deficiency does exist and it usually causes depression: therefore, in this case, the person would be anxious and depressed.
The further sentences of this chapter say that fear damages the Shen and the Jing (and therefore Kidneys).
1981 The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal MedicineSpiritual Axis (Ling Shu Jing), People's Health Publishing House, Beijing, first published ca 100 BC, p. 23.
1. Unschuld P Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, University of California Press, Berkeley, 2011, p. 401-2.
Friday, May 13, 2016
The Shen of the Heart plays a prominent role in memory partly by itself and partly because it coordinates the Yi of the Spleen and the Zhi of the Kidneys which also play a role in memory.
The Shen of the Heart plays a role in memory in the sense of memorizing but especially also in intrinsic memory (see below).
Information that we have to consciously work to remember is known as explicit memory, while information that we remember unconsciously is known as implicit memory. Implicit memory is not always unconscious as it includes what we call "muscle memory" which in psychology is called "procedural memory" (see below).
Explicit Memory
When we are trying to intentionally remember something (like the names of acupuncture points or a list of dates for a history class), this information is stored in our explicit memory. We use these memories every day, from remembering information for a test to recalling the date and time of a doctor's appointment. This type of memory is also known as declarative memory, since we can consciously recall and explain the information.
Some tasks that require the use of explicit memory include remembering what we learned in a class, recalling a phone number, writing a research paper, and remembering what time we are meeting a friend, etc.
There are two major types of explicit memory:
1. Episodic memory: These are our long-term memories of specific events, such as what we did the day before or our high school graduation.
2. Semantic memory: These are memories of facts, concepts, names, and other general knowledge information.
Implicit Memory
Things that we do not purposely try to remember are stored in implicit memory. This kind of memory is both unconscious and unintentional. Implicit memory is also sometimes referred to as non-declarative memory, since we are not able to consciously bring it into awareness.
Procedural memories, such as how to perform a specific task like swinging a baseball bat or sewing, are one type of implicit memory since we do not have to consciously recall how to perform these tasks. While implicit memories are not consciously recalled, they still have an influence on how we behave as well as our


A cashier is a member of a wider team at any business that deals with the monetary transactions from selling a good or service. A cashier is responsible for dealing with large amounts of money, in cash, cheque, and credit card form.
Cashiers also must interact with customers daily, and have a comprehensive knowledge of the products and services offered by the business, so that they are able to answer any customer queries. They must be aware of any sales or discounts at any time, so that they can always calculate the correct price, and charge and collect the correct amount from customers.
A cashier is directly involved with the customer experience as well as collecting money from the sales made, so it is vital that they are friendly, reliable, knowledgeable and trustworthy.
Day-to-day tasks of this role:
 - Calculate and process customer purchases.
 - Collect payment from customers for purchases.
 - Answer customer questions.
 - Bag or wrap products for customers.
 - Process refunds/exchanges for customers.
Recruitment Process
Skills profile for a Cashier
A cashier does not need to have any formal qualifications in order to be successful in the position, however, past on-the-job experience may be favourable. There are some common skills required for this position.
A successful candidate will need to understand the challenges that cashiers face today with maintaining hygienic distances and dealing with stressed customers. They also need to be willing to learn, be customer-centric, as well as being flexible with shift times, and able to fill in extra shifts from time to time.
A cashier should have excellent communication skills. They must be able to effectively liaise with a range of customers and people from various backgrounds, and confidently engage with a culturally diverse customer base. They must be able to be friendly with customers, but also maintain a professional manner.
Cashiers must also have strong customer service skills. They must prioritise customer service in every interaction, provide a happy service, and treat every customer with the same level of respect. They must make an effort to understand the customer's point of view in every circumstance, and respond to this in a positive manner.
Cashier Job Description
 - Why is this role being filled?
 - What makes your company unique?
 - What would it be like to work for you?
 - What technical skills are needed for this role?
 - Which soft skills are applicable?
 - Include availability preferences in this section
 - What are the key deliverables for this role?
 - Compensation & bonuses
 - Employee benefits & perks
 - Ongoing training benefits
As a cashier will be dealing with large sums of money on a daily basis, it is important to ensure that the candidate is comfortable and confident doing so. They may have to do some simple addition and subtraction sums in their head from time to time, so it is essential that they are able to do so and feel assured that they are charging the correct amount to the customer, or give back the correct change. It is important to outline this in the application, to ensure you hire somebody who is competent handling money.
Ensure to include in the job description what it is like to work for your company, what your company values and what your expectations are for the successful candidate. This will ensure you identify the right person for your company.
Sample skills assessment
Cashier 1
Question 1
Question Type: Document
What area do you think you will need the most support in if you were to commence in this role? Please explain this in the document below.
Cashier 2
Question 2
Question Type: Text
How would you communicate with someone who didn't speak your language?
Cashier 3
Question 3
Customer Service
Question Type: Video
How would you ensure you provided great customer service to every customer, even if they were disgruntled or angry?
Interview guide for a Cashier
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Local groups are working to plant these tiny forests in cities around the world, from India to Jordan to France to the Netherlands, working with experts to determine the exact right mix of trees needed. Now they need the help of SumOfUs members to multiply their efforts, and if enough people donate, we can plant tens of thousands of trees this year.
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For women, several considerations can have a big impact on your financial life — longer lifespans, the persistent gender pay gap, greater time spent out of the workforce and growing wealth are just a few. As the world continues to feel the effects of the pandemic and roles at home and work are in flux, these realities are emphasized even more.
Here are four actions that can help you take control of your financial future:
1. Understand real impacts of the gender pay gap
Despite advancements, the gender pay gap remains a reality. Women who work full-time earn an average of 83 cents to every dollar that full-time, working men earn.1 This discrepancy can cost American women between $700,000 to $2 million over a working lifetime.1
What you can do:
- Where appropriate, don't be afraid to negotiate for a higher salary.
- Consider regularly saving a greater percentage of your income than the average man.
- Think about partnering with a financial advisor early in your career. They can develop an investment strategy for you that is personalized to your goals and may help you reap the benefits of having savings grow more over the long-term.
In the chart below, the difference between the person who begins investing at age 35 versus the one who starts at age 55 is $335,178, even though the 55-year-old saves more per year, on average.
Source: Investment Returns Calculator, calculated for time horizon and annual contribution amount. The example is hypothetical and assumes a 6% annual rate of return. The figures do not reflect taxes, investment or product fees or expenses which would reduce the figures shown here or imply any guaranteed rate of return. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
2. Be mindful of your financial and/or career progress
Women often juggle multiple responsibilities and are more likely to face career interruptions due to childcare, caring for aging parents or providing other family assistance. Since the pandemic began, this has become even more apparent. Time away from the workforce can impact financial and career progress.
What you can do: Take time to review your finances with your financial advisor, who can help you make adjustments to stay aligned with your goals and priorities.
3. Invest with intention
Women's wealth in the U.S. and around the world is increasing. With that, so is women's impact on the economy. In fact, women now control a third of U.S. household financial assets — more than $10 trillion. And by 2030, a massive wealth transfer is expected: American women are projected to be the recipients of the majority of $30 trillion in financial assets from baby boomers.2
What you can do: Make your money work for you. Investing with intention and confidence can be one of the best ways to build savings and help you achieve your financial goals. An Ameriprise financial advisor can help you develop a long-term investment strategy that can help you improve the growth potential of your investment portfolio over time, while considering your:
- Goals such as retirement, travel, home improvement and college for your children or grandchildren.
- Time horizon to achieve your financial goals.
- Investment risk tolerance, or your ability to ride out short-term market volatility for potential long-term gains.
4. Prepare to potentially live longer
Women live an average of 5.9 years longer than men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.3 With more time in retirement, your money will need to last longer to cover living and healthcare expenses.
What you can do: With an advisor, consider balancing growth-oriented investments with guaranteed and more stable income sources in retirement. Growth-oriented investments often include stocks, while guaranteed and stable income sources include:
- Social Security benefits, which are available to you beginning at age 62, unless you meet certain requirements
- Annuities in payout
- Certificates of deposit through a bank, which earn a fixed interest rate
Your financial advisor will help you develop a strategy that considers the expenses associated with a longer lifespan.
Feel more confident in your future
The unique circumstances women face highlight the importance of building financial confidence throughout a lifetime. Your Ameriprise financial advisor can help you evaluate these varying factors, among others, to help you stay on track to achieve your financial goals.