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Landed! Advice on Landing the Job of Your Dreams
Rebroadcast: Job Searching During a Worldwide Crisis
This is a rebroadcast of episode #18: These are unprecedented times. How do you navigate a job search while most people work from home? Are companies even hiring? How do I network while social distancing is required? Lee and Janie discuss these issues and more in this episode. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
10 New Year's Resolutions For Job Seekers
As we turn the page from 2020 to 2021 it's time for job seekers to reflect on their search. What is working? What is not delivering the results you expect? In this episode Janie and Lee offer 10 New Year's Resolutions for Job Seekers to help jump-start their search in 2021. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Lessons Learned From a Job Seeker, With Nicky Hamm
Nicky Hamm had a successful, 14 year career as a sales professional with a technology company until a corporate restructuring left her jobless. She joins Lee and Janie to discuss the lessons she learned as a job-seeker and how she pivoted into a new career. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Why Companies Should Offer Outplacement Services With Right Management Florida/Caribbean CEO Maureen Shea
Maureen Shea, CEO and Co-Founder of Right Management Florida/Caribbean joins us to talk about the origins of the company and why companies should offer outplacement services to employees who have been displaced. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
How Communication Style Impacts the Executive Job Search
Executive coach and international speaker, Leila Ansart, joins us to discuss how an executive's communication style can positively impact their job search. Links Mentioned In This Episode IMAGO Therapy -https://imagorelationships.org/ 3 Tips For Effective Listening as a Leader, Friend or Attendee - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-tips-effective-listening-leila-ansart/?published=t Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Your Value Proposition; The Reason You'll Get Hired
Years ago it was common practice to begin your resume with an objective statement highlighted what you wanted from your next job. Today, it's no longer about what you want. Companies want to know what you can do for them. Will you help them grow their revenue, reduce their expenses, run more efficiently? How you convey the value you'll bring to an organization is known as your value proposition. In this episode Lee and Janie discuss the value proposition; why it's important and how to create your value proposition. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
The Power and Importance of Listening
Each of us listens each and every day, but do we do it well? How can poor listening skills impact your job search? How can a lack of listening skills affect the person with whom you're communicating? Janie and Lee discuss this important topic in this episode. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Lessons Learned From Transitioning to New Careers
Losing a job you've held for years is overwhelming. How do you land the next job? What do you do if you want to pivot to a new career? What are the common mistakes people make and how can you avoid them? We answer these questions in this episode. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Navigating Career Transition as a C-Suite Executive
If you're a C-Suite executive who's lost your job what do you do? How do you successfully navigate your career transition to land the right role? Paul Quentel, CEO of Envirowaste Services joined us to answer these questions. Paul also shared his advice on finding, and working with Private Equity firms. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
How to Pivot to a New Career
Do you feel like continuing in the same line of work is your only option? It's not! Career coach and innovation expert, Brandon Wetzstein joins us to talk about overcoming your fears of changing careers and how to successfully pivot your way to a new career. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Staying Positive In Your Job Search During a Pandemic
A job search during a pandemic has it's challenges. How do you stay positive while in career transition? We discuss the things you can do personally and professionally to maintain a positive approach to your search even during challenging times. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
LinkedIn Updates For 2020; A Review
LinkedIn rolled out some interesting updates recently. Including: An increase in the character limit of your headline An "Open to Work" profile photo frame The ability to include a 10 second audio recording sharing the pronunciation of your name Lee and Jane review these and more. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Making the Leap; Leaving the Safety of a Corporate Job, With Kelly Merbler
Kelly Merbler joins us to talk about leaving the safety and security of a corporate job and becoming an entrepreneur. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Three Keys to Job Search Success
What are the three things that every successful job search must have? Janie and Lee discuss this and more. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Networking For Career Success, With Serial Entrepreneur Chris Krimitsos
Chris Krimitsos is the CEO and Founder of Podfest Multimedia Expo and author of the book Start Ugly: A Timeless Tale About Innovation and change. In this interview Chris shares how mastered the skill of networking and offers advice on how even the most introverted can be come experts at networking. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Helping Job Seekers Get Unstuck; A Review of the Book "Out of the Maze"
Out of the Maze by Spencer Johnson, MD and is the unofficial sequel to the best selling book, Who Moved My Cheese. In this episode we discuss the relevancy of Out of the Maze to job seekers and anyone who feels "stuck" and unable to move forward in pursuit of their goals and dreams. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
What Job Seekers Can Learn From Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro
Cris De Souza joins us to share her experience climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and how she was able to apply the lessons she learned from the experience to help her navigate through her career transition. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
Using Mindfulness To Ease Job Search Stress
Searching for a new job while unemployed is extremely stressful. Layer on the additional stress of a global pandemic and many find themselves overwhelmed. In this episode our colleague, Deborah Shelton, shares how practicing mindfulness can ease the stress of a job search and every day life. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
How to Conduct a Productive Job Search
In this episode Lee and Janie discuss the seven steps to conducting a productive job search. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com
How To Use LinkedIn To Achieve Your Career Goals
As a follow-up to to the previous episode on creating a powerful LinkedIn profile, we discuss how to use LinkedIn to achieve your career goals. Subscribe to the Show On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams/id1478513628 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3OReMwjKcX89oMc1iWKtaR?si=8aeAsyuHS5q31txpjUqm8g On the Stitcher App: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lee-silverstein/landed-advice-on-landing-the-job-of-your-dreams?refid=stpr. Follow Right Management Via Our Website: https://www.rightflorida.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-management-florida-caribbean/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightFlorida On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightManagementFlorida/ Email the show - podcast@rightflorida.com


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Macau regulator says monitoring Crown Resorts scenario
Jul 31, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck, World
Macau's casino regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, also known as DICJ, has told GGRAsia that it is paying attention to the situation in Australia regarding that country's casino company Crown Resorts Ltd.
Accounts carried in Australian media over the weekend alleged Crown Resorts' Australian casino business had been a conduit for money laundering and Chinese organised crime activities via high-roller gambling.
One of Macau's licensed casino operators, Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd, said in May it would pay US$1.2 billion to acquire a 19.99-percent stake in Crown Resorts, thereby becoming its second-biggest stockholder.
Australia's attorney-general told the country's parliament on Tuesday that he had referred the media allegations against Crown Resorts – including alleged fast-tracking of visas for a few wealthy overseas gamblers with assistance from the authorities – to the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, which would determine whether a further probe were needed.
Macau's gaming regulator told GGRAsia on Wednesday – in response to our enquiry about whether the Crown Resorts controversy had any impact on Melco Resorts' suitability in the Macau market: "The DICJ continues to pay attention to the matter. If it's related to Macau's gaming industry, the bureau will follow up the matter under its competence."
GGRAsia first approached Melco Resorts on Monday asking if it had any comment regarding the weekend media claims against Crown Resorts. Melco Resorts acknowledged the same day our enquiry. We had not received any response to our follow-up enquiry at the time this story went online.
The board of Crown Resorts on Wednesday rebutted the allegations carried in the reports published by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, along with the 60 Minutes television programme carried on Australia's Nine Network, calling the reports a "deceitful campaign" against the company.
"As a board, we are extremely concerned for our staff, shareholders and other stakeholders, as much of this unbalanced and sensationalised reporting is based on unsubstantiated allegations, exaggerations, unsupported connections and outright falsehoods," said the statement filed with the Australian Securities Exchange.
It added: "Crown operates in one of the most highly regulated industries in Australia and takes its responsibility to comply with its obligations very seriously."
Crown Resorts – which has traditionally been strong in high-stakes play – runs a gaming resort in Melbourne, Victoria; one in Perth, Western Australia; and is developing a third at Barangaroo in Sydney, New South Wales.
The casino firm's board also stated that the junkets that it works with "are independent operators who arrange for their customers to visit many casinos globally".
"Crown itself has a robust process for vetting junket operators, including a combination of probity, integrity and police checks, and Crown undertakes regular reviews of these operators in the light of new or additional information," it said in Wednesday's statement.
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Madderns has once again been recognised by the international journal, World Trademark Review in its annual survey, WTR 1000 – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals.
Madderns was ranked as a "Recommended" Australian firm, being recognised as the "dominant force in Southern Australia".
In addition Louise Emmett, who heads our Trade Marks Team, was ranked as a leading Australian trade mark attorney.
We are committed to providing an excellent level of service and our Trade Marks team is dedicated to the task of protecting our clients' brands. It is great that they are being recognised for the quality of their work.


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My PhD thesis on A Future Archaeology of the Mobile Telecoms Industry (completed 2007) is available to read online.
This thesis weaves together two ethnographic stories, one in London and the other in the Orkney Islands. It considers how futures are made in the made in the mobile telecoms industry, and how they might be made otherwise. Rather than simply critique the future of the mobile telecoms industry, the thesis develops two methods that enact two different interferences, and two very different futures. These two methods explore the effect of location and landscape on the making of the future, and the important role of writing-as-method within social studies of science and technology.
You can also listen to podcasts and other outcomes from the research on the project website.
Doctoral research project to refigure how futures are imagined and made in the UK mobile telecoms industry, drawing on ethnographic fieldwork. My approach was this: as archaeologists create accounts of the past from fragments of evidence, so 'future archaeology' creates accounts of the future from fragments of evidence. The future is not unknown, but is made – in design studios, project meetings, prototypes, financial forecasts, imaginaries, and so on. There is evidence of the future, just as there is of the past. And as there is no single past, but only many possible accounts of the past reconstructed from pieces of evidence, so there is no one future but only many futures that can be reconstructed from the evidence.
Watts, L. (2007) A Future Archaeology of the Mobile Telecoms Industry. Centre for Science Studies, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University UK (unpublished thesis).


High Flying Fun: Dublin's Kite Fest promises to be a fun family day out.
It's Father's Day this weekend.
That used to just mean a card and a tie, but nowadays families are celebrating the increased contribution Dads now make to parenting. There are also plenty of ideas for things to do in Ireland this weekend and a lot of venues are letting the Dads & Grandads in for FREE! on Sunday.
The annual celebration of the James Joyce novel Ulysses is now a week long festival of readings, workshops, tours and music all leading up to the day itself, June 16th. EPIC, The Irish Emigration Museum has two special tours on at 11 and 3pm featuring a Bloomsday themed guided tour of the museum.
Bike Week continues through the weekend with different local authorities, bike clubs, community groups and charities organise cycling events. There are events for cyclists of all ages and ability (and none).
On Sunday there is free kids workshop 'From Clay And Wattles Made: Make a Mini-shelter!' Learn how natural materials can be used to build. With the help of artist Veronika Straberger, the kids will have a go at making their own miniature shelter using clay, willow and natural materials. The 'Shelter' project is part of On Sight 2017 a collaboration between the museum and Mayo Arts Squad. Booking required.
Billed as four days of eating, drink and entertainment, Taste returns to Dublin's Iveagh Gardens this week. Enjoy food from some of the city's top restaurants, take part in one of the many interactive attractions or just relax and enjoy the live entertainment.
Loads of fun activities for the kids in this local school fundraiser on Sunday. Live music and dance, Arts & Crafts, tasty home-made food and drinks, raffle, games and lots of fun. All welcome.
The fourth annual Bia Lover Festival will attract thousands to Athenry this weekend with the promise of food talks, demonstrations, exhibitions, tastings, music and dance baking competitions, busking and lots of children's activities.
The festival celebrates the town's colourful past and the events surrounding the "Sack of Baltimore" by Algerian pirates. There are fun events for all for all ages including a dummy pirate competition, sand art for kids and welly-throwing.
The seventh International Sea Shanty Festival takes place in Rosses Point this weekend. It's usually a great occasion with beautiful music, poetry, song and performances. There are the usual fun family activities too, including a duck race in the harbour on Sunday and all proceeds from the weekend are donated to the local RNLI.
A fun and educational family day at the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site in Meath presenting a variety of activities celebrating heritage, farming, food, health and the environment with stories, activities, artisan food and music.
A celebration of one of Ireland's greatest unsung heroes, Polar explorer Tom Crean. The festival in Annascaul includes a performance of the one-man play Tom Crean in his pub, The South Pole Inn.
Twig Bog Car park in Cappoquin will be the finishing line in the Dromana 5 and there will be plenty to keep spectators entertained from 7pm including a DJ, face painting and balloon animals.
A parade to celebrate the diversity of the people in Longford with art stalls, craft stalls, culture exhibition, displays, music and dance from around the world.
Previously voted the best leisure cycling event in Ireland there are courses for all abilities. This Friday night is the popular Family Loop around beautiful Ballyvaughan. You return via the green road where there will be ice cream and face painting.
Please note that the Galway County Show has been scaled back to just include Showjumping at Duffy's Equestrian Centre, Claregalway and that all other events, including the Family Fun Day, have been cancelled.


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Milliman actuaries offer perspectives at the 31st International Congress of Actuaries
Milliman was well represented at the 31st International Congress of Actuaries (ICA) held in Berlin. Masaaki Yoshimura of Milliman's Tokyo office, who is president of the International Association of Actuaries, opened and closed the event. Over 100 countries were represented and there was a record number of attendees, with just under 3000 participants, including more than 50 Milliman consultants.
By Pat Renzi, Principal, Life Technology Solutions, Milliman.
The European Central Bank's (ECB) chief economist Peter Praet made some remarks that received a lot of attention earlier this month at the 31st International Congress of Actuaries (ICA) held in Berlin. Praet outlined the ECB's response to different phases during the steady decline of short- and long-term interest rates and added that low interest rates create challenges for many business models of insurance companies. Praet revealed ahead of a policy meeting later in the month that discussions in this meeting would be key in determining when to end ECB's bond-buying program.
Praet made these statements during a session at the ICA on the future of the low interest rate environment. Milliman's Ken Mungan, in that same session, moderated a panel on the macro-economic aspects and impacts on the insurance sector, which included Praet, Stephen O'Hearn, global insurance leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Klaus Wiener, chief economist of the German Insurance Association.
Masaaki Yoshimura of Milliman's Tokyo office, who is president of the International Association of Actuaries, opened and closed the event. Over 100 countries were represented and there was a record number of attendees, with just under 3000 participants, including more than 50 Milliman consultants.
The event covered a variety of content encompassing all areas of actuarial work, and there were a number of perspectives about that work—including from insurance actuaries, regulators, consultants, and academics. This year, there was a strong focus on potential changes to the industry due to technology and the risks this could introduce to companies and to policyholders. Actuaries were encouraged to think carefully about these emerging risks.
Milliman was well represented, with eight consultants speaking on various topics relevant to the global attendees.
Milliman speakers and their topics were:
• Alexandre Boumezoued. "Individual Claims Reserving: Opportunity as a Challenge."
• Zachary Brown. "Improving Actuarial Communication."
• Joanne Buckle and Chris Bristow (Institute and Faculty of Actuaries). "Life Long Learning in the IFoA."
• Joanne Buckle and Didier Serre. "Alternative Payment Models for High Cost Creative Therapies."
• Naoufal El Bekri. "Mortality Tables Update through Multi-Population Models." Applications to Longevity Risk Transfer and Shock Computation."
• Tigran Kalberer. "Architecture of Internal Models."
• Allen Klein. "Long-Term Drivers of Future Mortality."
• Allen Klein. "Underwriting around the World: An Update."
• Noriyuki Kogo. "Predicting Incidences of Acute Myocardial Infarctions: Are Big Data and Machine Learning Algorithms Useful for Predictive Models?"
• Bridget MacDonnell. "Recovery and Resolution Plans in Banking and Insurance."
• Pat Renzi. "New Developments in Insurance IT."
This post first appeared on TheBusinessofRisk.com.
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Today is the day of DRE! Its is his BIRTHDAY and if you would be kind enough to send him some love that would be the dopest so in homage to the Head director of Y.O.U. Multi Media heres is some of his most glorious work!


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"Boston . . . busily employd in communicating the Infection"
Having returned to Cambridge from Concord, HANNAH WINTHROP wrote to her friend MERCY OTIS WARREN in July 1776. She described the condition of her home, the reopening of Harvard, and life in Boston after the British evacuation (pictured) on March 17.
Last Saturday afternoon we went into Boston the first time since our removal from Concord . . . . Our Barrack or Wigwam, or whatever name you may please to give it, when you see it unornamented with broken chairs & unleggd tables with the shatterd Etcetteras, is intirely at your service. . . . we breath as sweet an air as ever Cam [bridge], afforded, the peacefull shades & meandring river conspire to give us delight. The Sons of Harvard who are collected here seem to be as well Settled & as happy as if they had not known an interruption, with zeal they are attending the Philosophic Lectures.
What an unexpected Blessing! the change from the din of arms & the shrill Clarion of war. Come my Friend taste & see if your too much dejected spirits will not revive in this Salubrious Soil. . . .
As to Political matters, Consonant to my natural ingenuity they appear rather gloomy, but the Settlement of these important points I hope an opportunity for, when you make me happy & indulge me with Laying our Political heads together.
The reigning Subject is the Small Pox. Boston has given up its Fears of an invasion & is busily employd in
communicating the Infection. Straw beds & cribs are daily carted into the Town. That ever prevailing Passion of following the Fashion is as Predominant at this time as ever. Men Women & children eagerly Crouding to innoculate is I think as modish, as running away from the Troops of a barbarous George was the last Year. . . .
But ah my Friend I have not mentioned the Loss I have met with which lies near my heart the death of
my dear Friend the good Madam Hancock, A powerfull attachment to this life broken off, you who knew her worth can Lament with me her departure. Ah the incertainty of all Terristrial happiness. . . .
Yours in Affection
Hannah Winthrop
The British forces, threatened by cannon mounted on Dorchester Heights, left Boston in March 1776 for Nova Scotia. Many Loyalists departed as well; some blacks and Native Americans joined them. Those inhabitants who remained faced the scourge of smallpox. The disease had once again become widespread in 1775. George Washington, concerned for his troops, had advised them not to associate with Bostonians leaving the city during the siege. When the British evacuated they left behind their soldiers infected with the disease, which further fueled the outbreak. Washington sent an occupying force of 1,000 troops who had already had smallpox and were therefore immune. Many fearful residents sought to be inoculated, a precaution strongly recommended by Benjamin Franklin, in spite of possibly serious complications. Hannah Winthrop, rather scornfully, termed this surge of interest "modish." In 1777, Washington ordered that new recruits who had not had smallpox be inoculated. It was one of the most important decisions he made as commander of the Continental Army.
The correspondence between Hannah Winthrop and Mercy Otis Warren is at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The letter in this post can be read in its entirety HERE. The illustration of the British evacuation is a German woodcut c. 1776. It is at the Library of Congress. The title page of Zabdiel Boylston's An Historical Account of the Small-pox Inoculated in New England is from Wikimedia Commons.
Meryl Streep and Deborah Sampson
Did you watch Meryl Streep do her bit at the Democratic National Convention? If you hadn't, check it out here. That memorable introductory scream and the "ungh" at the end were really something!! Streep then told the story of DEBORAH SAMPSON, a woman who disguised herself as a man so that she could join the Continental Army in the Revolution. It's time to reread the two posts I did on Deborah Sampson some time back to refresh your memory. It is NOT confirmed that Deborah herself removed a bullet lodged in her body to avoid having her sex revealed if she had been treated by a doctor as Streep claimed— although she could have.
Here is the text of the first post on the "gender-bending" Deborah Sampson.
In The New York Times of January 13, 2014, there was a review of a novel by Alex Myers called Revolutionary. I was interested because Myers based his work of historical fiction on the true story of a 22-year-old Massachusetts woman named Deborah Sampson who cut her hair, bound her breasts, donned men's apparel, and, as Robert Shirtliff, enlisted in the Continental Army in 1782. She lied about her age, claiming to be in her teens, which would account for the lack of facial hair, and collected the bounty paid to those who volunteered.
Deborah Samson (her name was later misspelled as Sampson) was one of seven children of Jonathan Samson, Jr. and Deborah Bradford, both of whom had ties to the earliest settlers in Massachusetts. The family was poor and when the father left when Deborah was five, her mother had to place some of the children with friends, relatives or employers. As soon as possible Deborah was "bound out," that is indentured, and worked until she was freed at age 22. Tall for a woman, and strong and muscular from doing farm chores, she was, to put it mildly, plain, with a prominent nose and bulky jaw. Sent to West Point with other recruits, she was outfitted (there were no physicals), trained, and participated in skirmishes in Westchester County where there, and elsewhere, guerilla warfare still went on after the defeat of the British at Yorktown in 1781. She was wounded near Tarrytown, New York, but managed to maintain her disguise. Eventually, however, she was revealed to be a woman and was honorably discharged in 1783.
Returning to Massachusetts she discarded men's clothes and married Benjamin Gannett. The couple lived on a small farm in Sharon and had three children. But Benjamin was not a good provider and in 1792 Deborah petitioned the state of Massachusetts for compensation for her service in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army. A resolution granted her back pay of £34 and stated "that the said Deborah exhibited an extraordinary instance of female heroism, by discharging the duties of a faithful gallant soldier, and at the same time preserving the virtue and chastity of her sex unsuspected and unblemished."
The second post reads as follows.
To support her family, with a man named Herman Mann as her "agent", Deborah Gannett undertook lecture tours—a first for a woman. Mann, a hack writer, put together a memoir, an assemblage of fact and fiction, and published it in 1797 as The Female Review or Memoirs of an American Lady. He even commissioned a painting by Joseph Stone, an engraving of which appeared in the frontispiece (see previous post). A small print run sold relatively well. Mann booked and orchestrated Deborah's "performances": first she delivered an address to her audience (written by Mann) then, in soldier's attire and armed with a rifle, she presented the exercise from the soldiers' manual of arms, the conclusion being the singing of "God Save the Sixteen States."
With the help of the poet and editor Philip Freneau—he wrote a poem in her honor—Deborah petitioned Congress in 1797 for a pension. Her claim was denied. In 1803 she submitted another petition and was granted $4 per month as an "invalid pensioner" because of her war wounds. In spite of the award she and her family still struggled. Several times during her married life Deborah was compelled to apply to friends for loans to keep the family going. Here is one of two surviving letters, this written in 1806 to Paul Revere, who was acquainted with the Gannetts.
Honoured Sir—After my unfeigned regards to you and your family, I would inform you that I and my son have been very sick—though in some measure better—I hope Sir that you and your family are all in the injoyment of helth which is one of the greatest of blessings.—My own indisposition and that of my sons causes me again to solicit your goodness in our favour though I with Gratitude confess it rouses every tender feeling and I blush at the thought that after receiving ninety and nine good turns as it were—my circumstances require that I should ask the Hundredth—the favour that I ask is the loan of ten Dollars for a Short time—as soon as I am able to ride to Boston I will make my remittance to you with my humble thanks for the distinguished favour—from your Humble Servent—Deborah Gannett.
Deborah subsequently submitted other petitions to Congress seeking pensions and assistance. It was a struggle. Historian Alfred F. Young noted that: ". . . from the time of her discharge late in 1783, it had taken eight years to win back pay (1792), twenty-two to get a pension as an invalid veteran (1805), and thirty-eight to get a general service pension (1821)." He further observed that "it was only after repeated, angry appeals that she had gotten anywhere. . . . She received a pension because she fought for it; no one handed it to her, and at that it was paltry." Deborah Gannett died in 1827. Her passing was not much noticed at the time. However, the advent of feminism and the accompanying interest in women's history led Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, in 1983, to proclaim Deborah Sampson Gannett the official heroine of the state.
Back to Alex Myers and his book The Revolutionary. A couple of twists should be mentioned here. Interestingly, Myers is a distant descendant of Deborah Gannett. Further, this book about a woman who disguised herself as a man is by a woman-to-man transgender author, Alice to Alex. And that's quite revolutionary, don't you think?
Check out the author's website and buy his book HERE. For those whose interest in Deborah Sampson Gannett has been piqued, read the excellent biography Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier, by Alfred F. Young (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004) available HERE. Deborah's letter appears on page 230, courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Alex Myers conferred extensively with Mr. Young on historical background and other details in writing his novel.
posted August 1st, 2016 by Janet, comments (0), CATEGORIES: Continental Army,Sampson (Gannett), Deborah


On Thursday, millions of Americans will take time to celebrate and give thanks during a meal with family and friends on the day known as Thanksgiving. But do you know where this tradition came from, or when the national holiday actually came to be? How about why everyone flocks to the store in search of a turkey for their holiday meal? Well, take a few minutes before the football games or plotting your Black Friday shopping strategy to learn some history and a few fun facts about the holiday.
People have given thanks through food and feasts for a variety of reasons over several centuries, but one of the most famous feasts – now known as the "first" Thanksgiving in America – happened in 1621 with Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people. That three-day feast took place after the Pilgrims' first corn harvest in the new world. It also served as a celebration of surviving the first year in New England since nearly half of the Pilgrims perished during the brutal winter.
Unlike Thanksgiving feasts of today – or even Thanksgivings of the early 1900s as highlighted in this LIFE magazine from our collection – the feast of the Pilgrims did not have pies, cakes or other desserts that are now a large part of the holiday meal, because the sugar supply had dwindled by the fall of 1621. The meal was more likely to have been made up of deer, which were presented to Pilgrims by the Native Americans, or fish and shellfish. Wild turkey might have been one of the dishes as they were plentiful in New England.
One of the reasons the bird became a staple to the Thanksgiving meal near the turn of the 20th century was because of the number of turkeys in the United States. The birds are native to North America, like some other foods found on the Thanksgiving table, such as cranberries. Other foods – like potatoes and stuffing – became common after immigrants brought the food items and recipes to the United States.
This menu in our collection from the 1875 Thanksgiving meal at Hotel Bates in Indianapolis included pork, saddle of mutton, domestic duck, ribs of beef, ham, goose, chicken and veal, as well as entrees of baked quail pie, macaroni au gratin, welsh rarebit on toast, cutlets of venison and chicken pot pie. Turkey also is an option, but not the featured item.
Turkey becomes more of a focus just a few years later during the 1898 Thanksgiving meal at The Denison in Indianapolis. The menu features a meal including roast turkey with chestnut dressing, cranberry jelly, roast prime beef and natural gravy, as well as roasted prairie chicken, English bread sauce, browned sweet potatoes, ice cream, pies and assorted cakes.
This Dec. 5, 1863, edition of Harper's Weekly magazine – part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection at the Indiana State Museum – features the music and lyrics to the song "The President's Hymn," which was a musical version of Lincoln's first Thanksgiving proclamation.
Lincoln called for Thanksgiving to take place on the final Thursday in November, which continued until 1939 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday up by one week. In 1941, Roosevelt signed a bill making Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in November.
Although Thanksgiving celebrations once had religious significance, it's now all about the traveling, cooking and sharing of a meal with family and friends - or maybe watching a football game or kicking off your holiday shopping.


From the streets of working class Scotland, and on occasion, a little beyond our solar system, comes one of the country's most hilarious debut writers. Putting surreal and witty twists on the everyday, Chris McQueer creates recognisable characters you will love and want to avoid like the plague.
Peter's earned his night off, and there's not a bloody chance he s covering Shelley's shift. He just needs to find some pals for the perfect cover story. Deek is going to be at the forefront of the outsider art movement and do Banksy proud. Davie loves tattoos and his latest is going to be a masterpiece. Tam is one of the most creative minds in the galaxy (apparently), but creating parallel universes can cause problems. Everybody on Earth wakes up with their knees on backwards.


Decorated shipping containers beneath the cliff on the road to Sumner, Christchurch.
En route to Sumner, I spotted this awesome painting on one of the containers, placed to stop rockfall on the road. The girl walking in front of the painting just made the photo even more captivating - highlighting the vibrant colours. Art, beauty and safetly all in one!


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Bagdádská baterie je označení předmětu, který byl objeven roku 1936 v lokalitě Khujut Rabuah v Iráku a v roce 1938 ho popsal Wilhelm König, německý malíř pracující pro Irácké národní muzeum. Nález tvoří cca 14–15 centimetrů vysoký džbán z pálené hlíny s měděným plechem stočeným do tvaru válce a se železnou tyčí. Hrdlo nádoby bylo ucpáno asfaltem. Artefakt byl datován do období mezi lety 248 př. n. l. a 225 n. l., kdy v oblasti vládli Parthové nebo Sásánovci.

Teorie o funkci
Účel předmětu je nejasný. König přišel s hypotézou, že šlo o galvanický článek: pokusy prokázaly, že když se nádoba naplní vinným octem (později byly provedeny i pokusy s grapefruitovou šťávou), dokázala vyvinout napětí 1,5 V (resp. 0,85 V). Elektřina mohla sloužit k elektroléčbě nebo galvanickému pozlacování nádob. Objev, že starověké civilizace dokázaly vyrábět elektřinu, vzbudil značnou pozornost záhadologů. Principem fungování baterie se zabývala řada televizních pořadů, např. Bořiči mýtů.

Archeologové však teorii o baterii odmítají. Paul Craddock z Britského muzea dokázal, že nádoby se v té době pokovovaly pomocí roztavené rtuti, nikoli galvanicky. Energie získávaná z baterie by byla příliš slabá, aby mohla mít praktické využití. Nejčastěji přijímaným vysvětlením je, že šlo o schránku na papyrové svitky, namotané na kovovou tyč a chráněné před poškozením měděným obalem (podobná kovová pouzdra byla nalezena v nedaleké Seleukii).

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Externí odkazy

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2804257.stm
 http://www.technischesmuseum.at/objekt/bagdad-batterie
 http://technet.idnes.cz/jak-se-blesky-z-oblohy-ocitly-v-nasi-kapse-historie-baterii-paw-/tec_technika.aspx?c=A071109_004120_tec_technika_pka

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For past few months, our Instagram feed is dominated by artfully arranged Buddha bowls also known as power bowls, hippie bowls and a few more names. Apart from being popular for drool-worthy pictures, Buddha bowls are a wholesome package- think of them as a one pot meal that offer a balance of nutrition, flavors and visual appeal in a limited portion.
One of the reason for increasing popularity of Buddha bowls is that they are a complete meal and can be customized as per choice or availability of ingredients. Not satisfied and want more reasons? Buddha bowls can be improvised quiet easily as one learns to add or subtract ingredients and play around with varied flavors, textures and ingredients that they like. Apart from the ease and convenience of putting together a Buddha bowl, they are also super nutritious as they incorporate a type of protein, whole grains, leafy and other vegetables along with a flavorsome sauce into one meal.
Lets look at the Buddha bowl trend and why its on everyone's menu.
Though there are many theories about how the name came into existence, the most popular one states that the low key food offered to Buddha as donation, by local people inspired the name. The original Buddha Bowl was essentially a big bowl of food shared by villagers that became Buddha's meal.
Why Should I Opt For A Buddha Bowl?
With our busy lives prompting us towards choosing convenience over health in our food habits, Buddha bowls offer a smart option and can be turned into a power breakfast, healthy lunch or a satisfying dinner. A well put together Buddha bowl, combines all the main food groups which are an excellent form of nutrition. The easiest formula to craft a satisfying Buddha bowl is to start with the base ingredient of your choice – choose between whole grains and/or leafy greens and then add chopped fresh raw or sauteed vegetables, a good source of protein and bring it all together with a light drizzle of low fat dressing.
Once you have all your favorite ingredients in place, assemble the Buddha bowl for lunch/dinner by tossing the grains/noodles in the dressing to make the base. Layer with chopped veggies and add protein. Adjust the flavor by adding extra dressing if required and top with chopped nuts or roasted seeds. Enjoy! For a breakfast Buddha bowl, simply assemble chopped fruits like bananas, strawberries, mangoes or any fruits of choice, add Greek yogurt/ almond milk, add granola and top with slivered almonds or chia seeds. Oh, what a fabulous way to start the day.


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Cassper Nyovest and Thobeka Majozi welcome a baby boy
South African rapper Cassper Nyovest and his fiancee Thobeka Majozi have welcomed their first child together. The rapper had taken to Instagram on Sunday evening, September 13, to post a picture of himself dressed in medical scrubs and preparing for the birth of his son. The photo came with the caption "Let's f*cking go". Cassper announced the birth of his son shortly after on Twitter and also revealed that he's been named Khotso. He wrote; This album means sooo much more and it makes sooo much sense now that my son, Khotso is here. #AnyMinuteNow The rapper had announced in June that he and Thobeka were expecting their first child together, as he shared a photo of an ultrasound on an album cover. Cassper wrote then; "I'm going to be a father any minute now so I decided to name my album AMN (Any Minute Now). The album cover is an actual scan of my son in his beautiful mother's womb."I am excited about this album, but I'm more excited about being a dad to a beautiful baby boy." The album was released on Friday September 11. The post Cassper Nyovest and Thobeka Majozi welcome a baby boy appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.


Join OSHA-Authorized General Industry Trainer David Rewitzer, PE, CEM of Hood Patterson & Dewar (HP&D) on Friday, June 28, 2019 for a 1-day Arc Flash Awareness seminar during which participants will learn about the nature of the arc flash problem, OSHA position and enforcement, arc flash labeling, NFPA-70 2018 changes, PPE requirements, and more.
The class will take place from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (lunch will be provided) on Friday, June 28th in the P&D Seminar Room at 850 Center Way, Norcross, GA 30071.
The cost of this class is $495 per person ($50 per person discount for groups of 3+). Participants will earn 8 PDHs.


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Trying to separate the wheat from the chaff: Construct- and faking-related variance on the Implicit Association Test (IAT)
Jessica Röhner, Torsten Ewers
Behavior Research Methods, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media
Using diffusion model analyses to separate construct-related and faking-related variance on the IAT
By reanalyzing a data set containing faked and unfaked IAT effects (Röhner et al., 2013), we investigated the possibility of using diffusion model analyses (Ratcliff, 1978; Voss & Voss, 2007) to separate construct-related from faking-related variance on the IAT.
A multitude of research has shown that the Implicit Association Test (IAT; Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998) can be faked (e.g., De Houwer, Beckers, & Moors, 2007; Fiedler & Bluemke, 2005; McDaniel, Beier, Perkins, Goggin, & Frankel, 2009; Röhner, Schröder-Abé, & Schütz, 2011; Steffens 2004). Recent research has additionally highlighted that identifying IAT fakers is much harder than previously thought (Fiedler & Bluemke, 2005; Röhner, Schröder-Abé, and Schütz, 2013). Nevertheless, the traditional IAT effect (i.e., D measure; see Greenwald, Nosek, & Banaji, 2003a, 2003b) does not allow the researcher to separate construct- and faking-related variance from each other. Hence, in most cases, all variance will be treated as construct-related variance. Research by Klauer, Voss, Schmitz, and Teige-Mocigemba (2007) indicated that diffusion model analyses (Ratcliff, 1978; Ratcliff, Gomez, & McGoon, 2004; Ratcliff & Rouder, 1998; Voss & Voss, 2007) allow users to decompose the traditional IAT effect and thus may be useful for separating different sources of variance from each other. Klauer et al. (2007) found three dissociable IAT effects: IATv, which is suggested to comprise the construct-related variance of the traditional IAT effect, and IATa and IATt0, both of which may indicate faking (Klauer et al., 2007). It has been shown already that IATv is actually significantly associated with construct-related variance (Klauer et al., 2007). However, until now, research had not yet investigated whether and how faking-related variance might affect these newly developed IAT effects. Therefore, we tried to answer the question: Might it be possible to disentangle faking-related variance from construct-related variance by using diffusion model analyses? Our results complement previous findings by showing that diffusion model analyses might provide a helpful tool for correctly interpreting IAT effects.
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Shijiazhuang Tengge Import & Export Trading Co.
We chose this supplier because the SGS had audited him and we found the certificate in their database. The supplier cooperates very professionally and sent the copy of B/L after shipping. The delivery had stones in the container instead of the products we had ordered.


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import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsStringIgnoringCase;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;
import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
import org.junit.*;

import ca.uhn.fhir.context.FhirContext;
import ca.uhn.fhir.model.api.IResource;
import ca.uhn.fhir.model.dstu2.composite.ResourceReferenceDt;
import ca.uhn.fhir.model.dstu2.resource.MedicationOrder;
import ca.uhn.fhir.model.dstu2.resource.Patient;
import ca.uhn.fhir.model.dstu2.valueset.MaritalStatusCodesEnum;
import ca.uhn.fhir.model.primitive.IdDt;
import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation.*;
import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.Constants;
import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.SummaryEnum;
import ca.uhn.fhir.util.PortUtil;
import ca.uhn.fhir.util.TestUtil;

public class SummaryParamTest {

	private static CloseableHttpClient ourClient;
	private static FhirContext ourCtx = FhirContext.forDstu2();
	private static SummaryEnum ourLastSummary;
	private static List<SummaryEnum> ourLastSummaryList;
	private static final org.slf4j.Logger ourLog = org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(SummaryParamTest.class);
	private static int ourPort;

	private static Server ourServer;

	@Before
	public void before() {
		ourLastSummary = null;
		ourLastSummaryList = null;
	}
	@Test
	public void testReadSummaryData() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/1?_summary=" + SummaryEnum.DATA.getCode());
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertEquals(Constants.CT_FHIR_XML + Constants.CHARSET_UTF8_CTSUFFIX.replace(" ", "").toLowerCase(), status.getEntity().getContentType().getValue().replace(" ", "").replace("UTF", "utf"));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("<Bundle")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("<Patien")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("
THE DIV
")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("family")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("maritalStatus")));
		assertEquals(SummaryEnum.DATA, ourLastSummary);
	}

	@Test
	public void testReadSummaryText() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/1?_summary=" + SummaryEnum.TEXT.getCode());
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertEquals(Constants.CT_HTML_WITH_UTF8.replace(" ", "").toLowerCase(), status.getEntity().getContentType().getValue().replace(" ", "").replace("UTF", "utf"));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("<Bundle")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("<Medic")));
		assertEquals("
THE DIV
", responseContent);
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("efer")));
		assertEquals(SummaryEnum.TEXT, ourLastSummary);
	}

	@Test
	public void testReadSummaryTextWithMandatory() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/MedicationOrder/1?_summary=" + SummaryEnum.TEXT.getCode());
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertEquals(Constants.CT_HTML_WITH_UTF8.replace(" ", "").toLowerCase(), status.getEntity().getContentType().getValue().replace(" ", "").replace("UTF", "utf"));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("<Bundle")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("<Patien")));
		assertEquals("
TEXT
", responseContent);
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("family")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("maritalStatus")));
	}

	@Test
	public void testReadSummaryTrue() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/1?_summary=" + SummaryEnum.TRUE.getCode());
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertEquals(Constants.CT_FHIR_XML + Constants.CHARSET_UTF8_CTSUFFIX.replace(" ", "").toLowerCase(), status.getEntity().getContentType().getValue().replace(" ", "").replace("UTF", "utf"));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("<Bundle")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("<Patien")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("
THE DIV
")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("family")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("maritalStatus")));
		assertEquals(SummaryEnum.TRUE, ourLastSummary);
	}

	@Test
	public void testSearchSummaryCount() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient?_pretty=true&_summary=" + SummaryEnum.COUNT.getCode());
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("<total value=\"1\"/>")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("entry")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("THE DIV")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("family")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("maritalStatus")));
		assertEquals(SummaryEnum.COUNT, ourLastSummary);
	}

	@Test
	public void testSearchSummaryData() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient?_summary=" + SummaryEnum.DATA.getCode());
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertThat(responseContent, containsString("<Patient"));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("THE DIV")));
		assertThat(responseContent, containsString("family"));
		assertThat(responseContent, containsString("maritalStatus"));
		assertEquals(SummaryEnum.DATA, ourLastSummary);
	}

	@Test
	public void testSearchSummaryFalse() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient?_summary=false");
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertThat(responseContent, containsString("<Patient"));
		assertThat(responseContent, containsString("THE DIV"));
		assertThat(responseContent, containsString("family"));
		assertThat(responseContent, containsString("maritalStatus"));
		assertEquals(SummaryEnum.FALSE, ourLastSummary);
	}

	@Test
	public void testSearchSummaryText() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient?_summary=" + SummaryEnum.TEXT.getCode());
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("<total value=\"1\"/>")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("entry")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("THE DIV")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("family")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("maritalStatus")));
		assertEquals(SummaryEnum.TEXT, ourLastSummary);
	}

	@Test
	public void testSearchSummaryTextWithMandatory() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/MedicationOrder?_summary=" + SummaryEnum.TEXT.getCode() + "&_pretty=true");
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("<total value=\"1\"/>")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("entry")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString(">TEXT<")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("Medication/123")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsStringIgnoringCase("note")));
	}

	@Test
	public void testSearchSummaryTextMulti() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient?_query=multi&_summary=" + SummaryEnum.TEXT.getCode());
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("<total value=\"1\"/>")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("entry")));
		assertThat(responseContent, (containsString("THE DIV")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("family")));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("maritalStatus")));
		assertThat(ourLastSummaryList, contains(SummaryEnum.TEXT));
	}

	@Test
	public void testSearchSummaryTrue() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient?_summary=" + SummaryEnum.TRUE.getCode());
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertThat(responseContent, containsString("<Patient"));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("THE DIV")));
		assertThat(responseContent, containsString("family"));
		assertThat(responseContent, not(containsString("maritalStatus")));
		assertEquals(SummaryEnum.TRUE, ourLastSummary);
	}

	@Test
	public void testSearchSummaryWithTextAndOthers() throws Exception {
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient?_summary=text&_summary=data");
		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
		IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
		ourLog.info(responseContent);

		assertEquals(400, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
		assertThat(responseContent, containsString("Can not combine _summary=text with other values for _summary"));
	}

	@AfterClass
	public static void afterClassClearContext() throws Exception {
		ourServer.stop();
		TestUtil.clearAllStaticFieldsForUnitTest();
	}

	@BeforeClass
	public static void beforeClass() throws Exception {
		ourPort = PortUtil.findFreePort();
		ourServer = new Server(ourPort);

		ServletHandler proxyHandler = new ServletHandler();
		RestfulServer servlet = new RestfulServer(ourCtx);

		servlet.setResourceProviders(new DummyPatientResourceProvider(), new DummyMedicationOrderProvider());
		ServletHolder servletHolder = new ServletHolder(servlet);
		proxyHandler.addServletWithMapping(servletHolder, "/*");
		ourServer.setHandler(proxyHandler);
		ourServer.start();

		PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager connectionManager = new PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager(5000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
		HttpClientBuilder builder = HttpClientBuilder.create();
		builder.setConnectionManager(connectionManager);
		ourClient = builder.build();

	}

	public static class DummyMedicationOrderProvider implements IResourceProvider{

		@Override
		public Class<? extends IBaseResource> getResourceType() {
			return MedicationOrder.class;
		}

		@Read
		public MedicationOrder read(@IdParam IdDt theId) {
			MedicationOrder retVal = new MedicationOrder();
			retVal.getText().setDiv("
TEXT
");
			retVal.getNoteElement().setValue("NOTE");
			retVal.setMedication(new ResourceReferenceDt("Medication/123"));
			retVal.setId(theId);
			return retVal;
		}

		@Search
		public List<MedicationOrder> read() {
			return Arrays.asList(read(new IdDt("999")));
		}

	}

	public static class DummyPatientResourceProvider implements IResourceProvider {

		@Override
		public Class<? extends IResource> getResourceType() {
			return Patient.class;
		}

		@Read
		public Patient read(@IdParam IdDt theId, SummaryEnum theSummary) {
			ourLastSummary = theSummary;
			Patient patient = new Patient();
			patient.setId("Patient/1/_history/1");
			patient.getText().setDiv("
THE DIV
");
			patient.addName().addFamily("FAMILY");
			patient.setMaritalStatus(MaritalStatusCodesEnum.D);
			return patient;
		}

		@Search(queryName = "multi")
		public Patient search(List<SummaryEnum> theSummary) {
			ourLastSummaryList = theSummary;
			Patient patient = new Patient();
			patient.setId("Patient/1/_history/1");
			patient.getText().setDiv("
THE DIV
");
			patient.addName().addFamily("FAMILY");
			patient.setMaritalStatus(MaritalStatusCodesEnum.D);
			return patient;
		}

		@Search()
		public Patient search(SummaryEnum theSummary) {
			ourLastSummary = theSummary;
			Patient patient = new Patient();
			patient.setId("Patient/1/_history/1");
			patient.getText().setDiv("
THE DIV
");
			patient.addName().addFamily("FAMILY");
			patient.setMaritalStatus(MaritalStatusCodesEnum.D);
			return patient;
		}

	}

}

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Young Writer's Awards 2011
Dec 13, 2011 at exactly 3:55:00 PM in Niexter
Last year was the first Niexter awards, and this year, the second, though it isn't just the "Niexter awards" because it has been joined with a few other projects by NST, also for young people.
Group photo at the end
It was fun, and way bigger than it was yesterday! I met a lot of new friends, met people I know or have worked with before but haven't met in real life, and caught up with Niexters I already know. :) It was really great to meet everyone, and some of their parents too! They're awesome people to say the least.
The food (because you can't go without mentioning food) was yummy haha.
I gave a short speech, which went well I hope. I got two awards this year; one was Inspirational Thoughts for my column, Unwritten Thoughts, and the other was Best Editor's Message for the one I wrote in the Unsung Heroes issue, which was cool, so thank you very much.
There was some entertainment too, and I found out that one of my friends/team mates, Melina Victor, can sing really well! By "really," I do mean it. She covered a Michael Buble song.
The theme for this year was blue and white, and I don't think I've ever seen so many people in blue before! The staff was in red though, haha.
All in all, it was a fun event, and I had a great time. :D
PS. Hi Zarina! *waves* She's on my right in white and an awesome pose. She's awesome too haha. :)
Crafted with love by Alicia Loh


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Protection des civils dans les conflits armés - Rapport du Secrétaire général (extraits)
Report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict
1.	The present report, which covers the period from January to December 2015, is submitted pursuant to the request contained in the statement by the President of the Security Council of 25 November 2015 (S/PRST/2015/23). In the statement, the reporting period was modified from 18 to 12 months and the Council affirmed that it would formally consider the report each year within the same session of the General Assembly. These developments are welcome. The new annual reporting cycle, coupled with the assurance of regular consideration by the Council, will facilitate systematic monitoring and reporting in support of the efforts of the Council to strengthen the protection of civilians in armed conflict. In the report, I review the state of the protection of civilians across a range of conflicts, discuss the progress made and achievements, identify upcoming opportunities and provide recommendations aimed at enhancing the protection of civilians and promoting a more consistent and systematic approach by the Council.
2.	The seventieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations, in 2015, provided a unique opportunity to reflect on achievements and prospects. Significant progress has been made, in particular at the normative level, since the Security Council took the historic step, in 1999, of recognizing the protection of civilians as central to its mandate. Nonetheless, the huge number of civilians whose lives are being devastated by armed conflict makes it clear that much more needs to be done in order to fulfil the pledge contained in the Charter of the United Nations to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. At the end of 2015, more than 60 million people had been forced to flee their homes as a result of conflict, violence and persecution. Humanitarian needs are at record levels and more than 80 per cent of United Nations humanitarian funding is directed at conflict response. The plight of civilians in conflict has been so grave that I issued an unprecedented joint statement with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross on 31 October 2015 in which we called for urgent action to uphold international law and address human suffering.
3.	In the majority of today's armed conflicts, civilians suffer most severely. Every day, they are deliberately or indiscriminately killed or injured, often with complete impunity. Sexual violence shatters the lives of women, men, girls and boys. Towns and cities are pummelled by heavy artillery or air strikes that kill thousands of civilians, destroy vital infrastructure and trigger mass displacement. Data collected in 2015 by the organization Action on Armed Violence indicated that, when explosive weapons had been used in populated areas, an astonishing 92 per cent of those killed or injured were civilians, including those in playgrounds, hospitals and crowded streets and queuing for food. Behind those figures are families separated and in mourning, entire communities devastated, a cultural heritage lost to the world and a generation of children without an education.
4.	The reaffirmation of the Security Council, in the statement by the President of the Council of 25 November 2015, that the protection of civilians remains one of the core issues on its agenda is an important signal that must be translated into action. The year 2015 demonstrated that remarkable results could be attained when the international community acted together. We agreed on an ambitious sustainable development agenda to end global poverty. We adopted a universal climate change agreement, established a new framework to reduce disaster risk and enhance resilience and initiated major peace and security reforms. The inaugural World Humanitarian Summit, to be held on 23 and 24 May 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey, will bring together world leaders, national and international aid organizations, representatives of conflict-affected communities and many others and mark the first major opportunity to demonstrate that those furthest behind must be given priority. In preparation for the Summit, I laid out an Agenda for Humanity (A/70/709, annex) calling upon world leaders to take action to prevent and end conflict, improve the respect for international law, enhance the protection of civilians and strengthen the response to forced displacement.
5.	The international community stands at a critical juncture. Member States must seize the opportunity provided by the World Humanitarian Summit to take concrete and collective action, on the basis of clear targets and indicators, to uphold international law and protect civilians in armed conflict. In addition, the Security Council must make concerted and consistent efforts to protect the lives and dignity of civilians affected by armed conflict. We must all work together to deliver on our pledge to leave no one behind and to reach those furthest behind first.
11.	In the occupied Palestinian territory, the construction of illegal settlements continued in 2015, resulting in the loss of property and sources of livelihood, threats to physical security and restrictions on access to services, as addressed in my most recent report on the subject (A/HRC/31/43). The destruction of Palestinian homes and structures displaced 781 people in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. A new wave of attacks and violence began in October 2015 in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel, leaving at least 141 Palestinians, 22 Israelis and 2 foreign nationals dead as at the end of 2015.
Accountability is crucial to deterring violations, promoting reconciliation and providing justice for victims
In the occupied Palestinian territory, 18 months after the hostilities in Gaza in 2014, during which some 1,500 Palestinian civilians, 4 Israeli civilians and 1 foreign national were killed and nearly 18,000 homes were severely damaged or destroyed, accountability measures remained inadequate, notwithstanding the finding of the independent commission of inquiry that serious violations, possibly amounting to war crimes, might have been committed (see A/HRC/29/52).
22.	International investigative and judicial mechanisms, including fact-finding missions, commissions of inquiry and the International Criminal Court, provide complementary avenues towards accountability where national options prove insufficient. In 2015, the United Nations supported commissions of inquiry into Eritrea, the occupied Palestinian territory and the Syrian Arab Republic,
Greater efforts are needed to protect civilians from explosive weapons in populated areas
In the occupied Palestinian territory, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that only 30 per cent of the 7,000 explosive remnants of war estimated to remain from the hostilities in Gaza in the second quarter of 2014 had been confirmed as removed.
Collective action is needed to address forced displacement
. In Gaza, some 90,000 people remained displaced from the hostilities of 2014, while throughout the region many of the 5 million Palestine refugees became increasingly vulnerable as a result of the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic.


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How does the UN assess the work of Syrian rights organizations?
كيف ترى الأمم المتحدة عمل المنظمات الحقوقية السورية
Enab Baladi – Saleh Malas
A prison is a place where individuals are held temporarily or permanently as a punishment for a crime they have committed. The state deprives those individuals of their right to interact and connect with the outside world because it believes that their presence outside the prison may harm the whole society in one way or another. For the state, prison is an opportunity for convicted individuals to be rehabilitated to cope with society again in the future.
Thus, imprisonment should be to rehabilitate prisoners, not take revenge on them.
Governments worldwide uphold prison systems that align with existing international laws' standards. However, the purposes of prisons in Syria are different under the rule of the al-Assad family. They are venues for severe torture and ill-treatment, the execution of detainees, and the use of solitary confinement, which has adverse psychological effects on prisoners.
Thus, prisons and detention facilities run by security and intelligence services are a source of physical and psychological pain for Syria's inmates.
Syria's political prison system includes intelligence agents, security officers, formal judiciary, and martial laws under the historic state of emergency, which was effectively replaced later by the 2012 Counter-terrorism Law No.19.
All tools of the Syrian political prison system are intended to keep Syrian society in a state of fear and anxiety. Syrian people are afraid of being held in detention under inhumane conditions for several years without trial. Most of the Syrian people feel that they will be detained at any time because of a malicious report from an informer.
The Syrian regime increases fear and anticipatory concerns among Syrian people by preventing them from conducting political activities of any kind outside the authority of the ruling Baath party. However, following protests against the Syrian regime in 2011, arbitrary arrest campaigns were intensified against civilians. Thus, prisons and detention facilities were switched from a tool to spread fears and violence into another instrument of war beyond conventional weapons.
In conjunction with the spread of peaceful protests against the Syrian regime, which eventually evolved into an armed struggle, several Syrian associations were formed by victims and survivors of enforced disappearance and detention and their family members to address detention and forced disappearances.
Later, their work developed to be organized collectively within a charter that lays out a shared vision as a first step to create adequate pressure on the international community to release the detainees and to address impunity against the perpetrators of these violations and prevent their recurrence.
"An important complement to HRC Commission of Inquiry"
At the international level, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria was established in August 2011 by the Human Rights Council (HRC) through resolution S-17/1.
The Commission's mandate is to investigate all international human rights law violations since March of the same year in Syria.
The HRC also tasked the Commission with establishing facts and circumstances that may be classified under these violations and investigating the crimes that have been committed. The Commission then identifies those responsible in order to ensure that perpetrators of violations, including those that may constitute crimes against humanity, are held accountable.
In addition to periodic updates, since the beginning of its work in 2011, the committee has issued more than 20 reports about human rights violations committed in all Syrian territories.
As part of its regular work, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria reads and reviews many reports and publications from Syrian and international human rights organizations, the Commission told Enab Baladi in an email.
It liaises and meets with a variety of interlocutors, including NGOs as well as other UN agencies, funds and programs, diplomatic representations, international organizations, international NGOs, and journalists, among others.
"The Commission recognizes and commends NGO work on the documentation of human rights violations as very important and complementary to the Commission's work. Such efforts are especially critical in situations like Syria where access to a country is completely restricted, and Syrian NGOs bring unique perspective and insight."
As an independent and impartial Commission mandated by the Human Rights Council, the Commission applies a consistent methodology based on such commissions' best practices.
This necessitates that the Commission's investigators obtain first-hand (i.e., witness) accounts that are corroborated and examined to determine if the information meets the Commission's "reasonable grounds to believe" standard of proof (namely if the Commission obtained a reliable body of evidence, consistent with other information, indicating the validity of the facts in question). The Commission's personnel conduct interviews with witnesses; it evaluates the credibility of the information and reliability of the source according to accepted international standards.
The Commission's investigators speak in person and individually to a broad range of the refugee population in a secure and protected manner and remotely to witnesses and victims inside the country.
Help with "developing a methodology for investigation"
From the Independent International Commission of Inquiry's perspective, the role of the reports of the Syrian human rights organizations is to help with credibility assessments. For instance, if the information is wholly inconsistent with NGO reports on similar topics, such information will come under heightened scrutiny when assessing whether it is credible. Also, NGOs' information can help the Commission map out an investigative approach or determine a strategy on specific alleged incidents or conduct patterns.
In addition to their reports assisting credibility assessments and providing valuable leads for investigation, NGOs can also help the Commission facilitate direct contact with victims, witnesses, and local authorities and allow the Commission to expand its networks for current and future investigative work.
This includes local and regional NGOs, including, for example, those providing services such as medical care and education, who have established contacts with communities and their leaders. As part of applying the 'do no harm principle,' the Commission attempts to minimize re-interviewing and potential re-traumatization of victims and witnesses.
Awaiting justice
The UN Commission has been documenting arbitrary detention cases, enforced disappearances, torture, and death in detention since its start on the war in Syria. The Commission has consistently advocated for the rights of arbitrarily detained, disappeared, tortured, and murdered Syrians and their families through its reports as well as its 27 briefings at the UN Human Rights Council and nine briefings at the UN Security Council. These are in addition to innumerable meetings with the Member States and various armed groups.
However, the Syrian government has not engaged in direct dialogue with the Commission since the early days of its work, "but the Commission continues to engage with other countries that have good relations with the government and the broader UN community to continue advocating for the rights of Syrians, including those in detention."
In 2020, the UN Human Rights Council gave the Commission a specific, new mandate – namely to prepare a special report on arbitrary detention and imprisonment to the Council's 46th session in March 2021, reflecting on trends related to detention over ten years of the conflict.
The Commission focused on documenting six main types of violations, namely arbitrary detention, forced disappearances, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, sexual violence, and death in detention.
The Commission has previously issued more than 130 recommendations related to detention, over more than 33 reports. Chief among them has been recommended to release all those still held in arbitrary detention and stop the violations in detention – stop torture, stop holding people incommunicado, stop degrading treatment, sexual violence, and executions.
Another has been to call for the perpetrators of such crimes to be held to account and break the impunity cycle for crimes and violations committed in detention facilities across Syria.
The faltering of the negotiations between the Syrian regime and the opposition hampers the resolution of the issue of detainees and forcibly disappeared persons. Although the UN Security Council Resolution 2254 stipulated that the political and humanitarian files do not coincide, the Syrian regime continues to use the humanitarian file in its political interests, according to Human Rights Watch's report.
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights reports, the Syrian regime's security services continue to persecute and arrest people in areas that previously concluded settlement agreements with the Syrian regime's ally, Russia, in contravention of the provisions of Resolution No. 2254. The resolution states that all detainees in the Syrian regime's detention facilities, mainly women and children, must be released immediately.
The UN, represented by its former Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, did not implement a clear path that would lead the two parties to the conflict to a political transition through a transitional governing body, nor did de Mistura give priority to the detainees' file.
On 22 January, Geir O. Pedersen, UN Special Envoy for Syria, considered that what has been achieved in the file of detainees' exchange so far was "disappointing" and that the file has not witnessed any real progress.
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