Tony Chapman has been called a great keynote speaker and moderator, and in post conference surveys he often earns the top ranking. The reason for his success, is his ability to create personalized talks that are relevant and actionable to the audience by drawing upon his three decades of experience as a consumer and media expert, brand strategist, and motivational speaker, to build customized and motivational keynote that motivate, and inspire.
Master storytelling to engage the 'head, heart and hands' of any audience.
Attention is the oxygen of most human endeavour, but in the Age of Noise most brands, ideas and proposals are starving for attention. Too many choices and too much content are competing for a finite amount of our audiences time. So how do we get heard?
We stop telling our story and become part of theirs.
Tony Chapman will draw upon his three decades of crafting powerful stories that engage the 'head, heart and hands' of audiences across all industry sectors. He uses entertaining and enlightening case studies to show why any audience-employees, customers, prospects and investors and all face to face and digital channels respond to this powerful and emotive platform.
Your audience will learn how to craft their message and value proposition into stories and more importantly, why success can only happen when you position your audience, not your offer as the hero, and establish your role as the enabler, helping to bring about the desired outcome.
Learn why attention is the oxygen of your business – Leadership, sales, marketing, operations, service and supply chain.
Learn why most brands, ideas initiatives and marketing campaigns are starving for attention.
Learn shy storytelling is the best way to be heard in the age of noise.
Learn what are the essential pillars are to crafting a story, and what the four human motivators are to get audiences to respond.
Learn to identify the critical roles in the story, and why your audience is always the hero.
Your audience will work in teams to craft stories of well known brands and then act them out to their peers followed by discussion on how it applies to engaging the audiences that matter most to them.
Tony is one of Canada's thought leaders on consumerism, corporate culture, branding and the impact of change. Tony draws upon his three decades designing award winning experiences for clients around the globe. He founded and built three agencies, produced meetings and events, and consumer driven campaigns that engaged the head, heart and hands of audiences.
Tony is the recipient of over 100 Gold and Best of Show Awards, Agency of the Year and one of the Youngest recipients to be inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends. Four different television documentaries have featured his approach to audience engagement. Five years ago Tony sold all of his interests to freely speak his mind in the media, and to Host and Deliver Inspirational Keynote Events at Conferences around the world.
How to get the attention of the people that matter most to you.
Attention is the oxygen of endeavor, yet many ideas, brands, people and even Leaders struggle to be heard. Why? There is 'too much and too many' chasing a finite amount of time, and personal devices and social media are commanding more and more of it.
In Stop Telling Your Story, Become Part of Mine, Tony Chapman will show how to get the attention of those who matter most to you. Learn the secrets of master storytellers, but with a twist that both engages and persuades the 'head, heart and hands' of your employees, peers, customers and key influencers.
+ Workshop: To support the keynote Tony Chapman has created two workshops to teach audiences how to use storytelling, with a twist, to shape how their audience thinks, feels, behaves and buys.
How Retail, Tourism and Hospitality can disrupt their online disruptors.
How to pivot to the heart of your matter.
The five P's that guaranteed our past success, our Product, Place, Promotion, Price and People are under siege by those competing in the platform economy. This fourth wave, powered by digital matchmakers like Airbnb with Tourism, Uber with Taxis, Netflix with content, Amazon with retail, Zillow with real estate Skip with Restaurants, and thousands more. Applications that are disrupting sectors that were recently thought of as too big to fail.
The disruptive competitors access our mobile phone as their Trojan Horse to offer the consumer "More and Less'. More of what matters to each, and will less friction and pain points. They disrupt entire sectors through their ability to curate competitive offers, aggregate pricing, marginalize if not commoditize brands and to use data to 'fly fish' directly into the consumers' wallet.
Tony Chapman, a competitive strategist, and one of Canada's leading media authorities on 'cause and effect' will take apart the Platform Economy to show what we must do to counter these disrupters, stay relevant and give our consumers a reason to visit and spend. He will draw upon case studies from around the world to encourage 'bricks and mortar' to shift from a place to buy, eat or visit, to one that also offers personal experiences that are value-based, emotive and transformative, and that let people be who they want to be.
Learn why the 5 P's – Product, Place, Promotion, Price and People are all under siege by digital based disruptors in the Platform Economy.
Identify the two points of entry where you are most vulnerable to disruption.
Take a deep dive into the experience economy and how and why it is driving consumer spending.
Learn how focusing on the right 'Be's' will enable you to attract guests, increase spend, develop better talent, and guide your messaging and offer, and spark innovation.
In this interactive workshop your audience identifies the Be's best suited to your business by looking at what your customers value, and what your brand promises.
Make things Happen versus Wonder What Happened.
Tony Chapman was the Opening Keynote for Google's Think 2018 Conference. Tony premiered A Brand New World to rave reviews. Drawing upon the last five years, where he has delivered transformative keynotes in China, Brazil, Spain, Poland, Scotland and across North America, and his weekly contribution to the conversation on national television and radio, he offers the following point of view on the future.
Tony outlines the critical forces of change that are rendering much of what we know about leading businesses and even societies obsolete. A growing divide has collapsed the middle ground. You are either making things happen or wondering what happened, there is no status quo.
Tony looks at how to make things happen by first identifying then giving the people that matter most to you – employees, customers, prospects, influencers, and investors 'More and Less'. More of what matters to each of them – value added personalization, with less friction and effort. He shows how do dot the three 'I's'. Insight, Imagination and Intention.
In this Brand New World there is no middle ground. You must make things happen versus wonder what happened.
Humans are social creatures who survive and thrive through reciprocal experiences. We give, learn, go and grow. We pull together, and in doing so, we build communities, countries, collaborative cultures and the human spirit.
Reciprocity, the lifeblood of humanity, is being challenged by many of today's' technologies. Humans are being conditioned to promote themselves in social media and are obsessed with finding their 15 megs of fame. Often we do this, with little regard for others. We clamor to push forward our stories, ideas, content and selfies with the sole purpose of finding others who can give us 'likes', while we offer little or nothing in return.
Conferences that bring people together must now serve an even higher purpose than education and networking, they must combat this insular 'selfie'behaviour. To do so, we must create reciprocal experiences where attendees come engage and share together. Experiences that make our collective minds ignite, eyes shine and hearts beat.
In doing so, we fuel the positive psyche of each attendee and the collective spirit and culture of the organization they belong to. We learn that by giving unconditionally can we gain and earn the trust and loyalty of our peers, customers and our greater community.
Tony Chapman's inspirational keynote uses powerful graphics, video content and stories to bring to life powerful examples of Reciprocity and why it is the lifeblood of humanity. Only by giving and sharing, by pulling together, can we gain as individuals and as a species, and in doing so earn the trust of others. The same holds true for reciprocity in Leadership, Human Resources and Marketing and Sales.
The challenge is that the principles of Reciprocity are being challenged by today's 'selfie' technology where giving to get likes and social media validation is overruling 'giving to gain and earn.
Tony then talks about the need to combat an increasingly insular society. He shares his thoughts on why success will come to Leaders and Individuals who go beyond quotas and transactions to create a greater purpose, to build corporate, sales and marketing culture of reciprocity. A culture where people freely give, share, create and collaborate with generosity and humility gain the trust and loyalty of each other.
Tony begins the workshop by asking a simple sentence.
I work here and do my job because _________________.
After a spirited conversation on the meaning of work, Tony will spend the balance of the workshop looking at the difference between transactional work where people feel marginalized and transformative work where people feel they have a greater purpose.
Tony will then share his recipe for creating reciprocal relationships with employees, customers, influencers and investors.
The Keynote and Workshop will be customized to the audience and their industry sector.


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A rational expression is a fraction in which either the numerator, or the denominator, or both the numerator and the denominator are algebraic expressions. For example, and are rational expressions.
In these lessons, we will learn how to add rational expressions with the same denominator and how to add rational expressions with different denominators.
When the denominators of two algebraic fractions are the same, we can add the numerators and then simplify when possible.
How to add rational expressions that have a common denominator, and how to simplify if it is possible to cancel?
How to add or subtract rational expressions with same denominators?
When the denominators of two algebraic fractions are different, we need to find the LCM of the denominators (also called the LCD) before we add or subtract the fractions.
Step 2: Express each fraction with the LCD as the denominator.
Step 3: Add the numerators and simplify when possible.
Now we apply the above 3 steps in the following examples.
How to add and subtract rational expressions when the denominators are different?
How to add rational expressions with different denominators?
How to add rational expressions with different monomial denominators?


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Nathan Singapore City Race 2014: 15km route review | JustRunLah!
I love exploring places running, so when I first heard about this "free form" event, I knew I had to sign up. For those not familiar with the concept (I for once had never heard of such an event before), runners are given a map just before the flag-off with a number of checkpoint stations marked. There is no predefined route or road closures, and you get to choose the order you clear the checkpoints. After clearing them all, you have to get back to the starting point (Marina Barrage). There were four categories, namely, 5 km (Mini distance), 15 km (Short distance), 25 km (Mid distance) and 45 km (Long distance). I went for the "Short distance", which was proven to be not so short after all!
Flag-off for my category was at 9:00am (a bit too late!), so I was at Marina Barrage around 8:00am. I was a bit disappointed that there was no baggage deposit, as I use public transportation and have no place to leave my stuff. So, this time I had to carry on a change of clothes (along with keys etc). At least we were informed about this in advance. In any case, no long queues at the starting pen and pretty much a lax atmosphere. Runners had to check-in half an hour in advance, this is when you are given a string backpack and the map with the check-in stations.
Study the map for 15-20 mins and chit-chat around to discuss optimal routes, and off we go. I decided to clear Masjid Sultan Mosque first, then Orchard Rd since those were the two most distant ones. Then I would go for Fort Canning, Sri Thendayuthapani Temple and finally Chinatown before heading back to Marina Barrage. The majority of the people I talked to were thinking to do it the other way around but I stuck to my original plan.
Getting ready for the run!
Getting to Arab Street was easy, as was getting to Orchard Rd from there. Running on a Sunday morning in Orchard is not an easy task; talk about an obstacle course! After clearing that check-point, my plan was to get on Scotts Rd and then Orchand Boulevard, Devonshire and Oxley, all the way down to Clemencau Avenue. Here is where I got a bit lost. I am not familiar with this area and I got a wrong turn on Scotts Rd. I was running in circles for a while, so I decided to change the plan and retrace along Orchard Rd for a while. After clearing Sri Thendayuthapani Temple, I made my way up to Fort Canning, and it was rather easy to find the Buddha Tooth Relic station after that. One of the highlights of my run had to be the refreshing coconut I got along the way in Chinatown! While trying to make my way back to Marina Barrage I missed a turn so I ended up to Clarke Quay instead. From there, I ran by the Esplanade and finally got back to Marina Barrage.
Plenty of food and hydration was waiting for us, along with a nicely-designed ELM medal. According to my GPS, I tracked about 20 km for the "15 km" route; it was fun getting lost!
A unique and fun concept.
Flag-off should be earlier, the heat was almost unbearable.
Baggage deposit should be available.
More items in runners' entitlement would be nice.
I agree that they should provide baggage deposit. Running with a backpack isn't ideal. Loved the refreshment. Plus the atmosphere was a big thumbs up especially when fellow runners provided supplementary assistance in giving directions and words of encouragements. Definitely will sign up again next year!
that's true! seeing somebody running in a blue t-shirt today was such a relief you are still on the right track!
Definitely a run to look forward to every year. Hope that the organizer do refresh the routes each year though. No fun running the same route which you have already "explored" this year. The biggest con is definitely the weather…. towards end of my last 2 checkpoints of my 15km, my entire team already started walking due to the heat and not to fatigue. (Anyway we are glad we decided to take a break and enjoyed Ice kachang at Newton Circle : ) Sure helps alot.
Don't mind a night run if safety is not an issue.
yeah same route next year will surely defy the purpose of this run. Have you been tracking your route? How many km did you end up doing? And how about order of check points?


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She works on Renaissance literature and cultural history, with special emphasis on travel and cross-cultural encounters between Europe and Asia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and has published widely in the fields of travel writing, transculturality, and early modern literary studies. She has undertaken a number of research projects funded by the AHRC, the Leverhulme Trust, the UK-India government funded UKIERI grants, and currently leads the 'Travel, Transculturality and Identity in Early Modern England' (TIDE) project, funded by the European Research Council.
She is a long term member of the Peer Review College of the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and has served on a number of UK research committees and consultations, including AHRC Moderating panels, Global Challenges Research Fund evaluation panels, Strategic Reviewers' groups, EqUIP and FP9 Consultations, among others. She regularly presents television and radio programmes on her research as an AHRC-BBC New Generation Thinker. She is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (HEA).


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6 reasons why group travel around Europe rocks!
Europe needs no introduction. If it does, you've been living under a rock bigger than Uluru. But what's the best way to travel around Europe? I'm so glad you asked….
Travelling within a group, particularly those that are age-specific, means you'll usually come across like-minded, social and outgoing people. In every group you'll have the Party Animals, the Social Surfers, the Chillers, the weird guy*, the couples…this is starting to sound like an Attenborough transcript. You're pretty much guaranteed to meet friends for life.
Your tour guide, trip manager, possessor of one of the best jobs in the world, whatever you want to call them, genuinely care about each individual on the trip. Their knowledge is often unrivalled, even when compared to locals. Forget trawling through Urbanspoon for hours looking for somewhere for a quick bite and have faith in your trusty guide; he or she will know.
If I had a dollar for every time I heard a couple say that they met on a group tour in Europe *cough Contiki cough*, I would have be a millionaire by now. OK $10, but that's more than nothing. With average group sizes between 18 and 50, your odds are looking pretty shweeet!
In my view, one of the more underrated things in life is peace of mind. While some nomadic explorers have popularised travelling without an itinerary/map/backpack/trousers, it can be a relief to have a plan. With accommodation and transfers organised for every leg of the journey, you'll have peace of mind knowing that you'll have a roof over your head each night. Let others take care of the travel jargon and T&Cs while you're out in your own little care-free world, soaking up everything Europe has to offer.


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Justin's products are all natural and yeah, they also make a swell line of nut butters too! Yummmmm!!
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NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 9 Sequences and Series Ex 9.2 are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 9 Sequences and Series Ex 9.2.
Find the sum of all natural numbers lying between 100 and 1000, which are multiples of 5.
In an A.P., the first term is 2 and the sum of the first five terms is one-fourth of the next five terms. Show that 20th term is -112.
Let a = 2 be the first term and d be the common difference.
How many terms of the A.P. -6, , -5, ……. are needed to give the sum – 25 ?
In an A.P., if pth term is and qth term is prove that the sum of first pq terms is , where p±q.
If the sum of a certain number of terms of the A.P. 25, 22, 19, …. is 116. Find the last term.
Let a be the first term and d be the common difference.
If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is (pn + qn2), where p and q are constants, find the common difference.
We have Sn = pn + qn2, where S" be the sum of n terms.
The sums of n terms of two arithmetic progressions are in the ratio 5n + 4 : 9n + 6. Find the ratio of their 18th terms.
If the sum of first p terms of an A.P. is equal to the sum of the first q terms, then find the sum of the first (p + q) terms.
Let the first term be a and common difference be d.
The ratio of the sums of m and n terms of an A.P. is m2: n2. Show that the ratio of mth and nth term is (2m -1): (2n -1).
If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n2 + 5n and its mth term is 164, find the value of m.
We have Sn = 3n2 + 5n, where Sn be the sum of n terms.
If is the A.M. between a and b, then find the value of n.
Between 1 and 31, m numbers have been inserted in such a way that the resulting sequence is an A.P. and the ratio of 7thand (m – 1 )th numbers is 5:9. Find the value of m.
A man starts repaying a loan as first instalment of Rs. 100. If he increases the instalment by Rs. 5 every month, what amount he will pay in the 30th instalment?
Hence he will pay Rs. 245 in 30th instalment.
The difference between any two consecutive interior angles of a polygon is 5°. If the smallest angle is 120°, find the number of the sides of the polygon.
Let there are n sides of a polygon.
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Voice assistants grow in importance as businesses reopen
By Brian Byer
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The use of voice assistants, and voice technology more generally, has been on the rise over the past few years thanks, in large part, to consumer adoption of smart speakers and devices.
However, the coronavirus pandemic is making clear the fact that in order to return to a semblance of normalcy, voice technology has now become imperative where it was once simply a nice-to-have.
For businesses and workplaces, the implementation of voice technology will no longer be a novelty or a simple means of asserting a commitment to innovation. As businesses reopen and later in a post-pandemic world, it will come to signal a commitment to employee, customer and community health.
As states reopen and many of us begin to contemplate a return to shared workspaces, we're taking this opportunity to look at the role of voice technology.
The voice-activated office
The pandemic has caused a dramatic shift in many human behaviors and it's turned navigating everyday tasks into a minefield of possible viral exposure. Consider the doorknob, for example. What was once a completely innocuous object is now a potential harbinger of deadly disease.
Virtually every hard surface we touch has some potential to carry and transmit the virus. Knowing this, companies are scrambling to find ways to retrofit offices to reduce the number of surfaces employees touch throughout any given workday. Voice technology has a huge role to play in redesigning office spaces so employees can feel safe returning to work.
In China, for example, the government is redesigning elevators in high-traffic public spaces with voice-activated controls to eliminate the need for button-pushing.
Shared devices in offices — think conference room computers and monitors, conference call speakers, and projectors — can also be upgraded to voice-assisted models which continue to enable collaboration while simultaneously reducing the amount of equipment multiple people touch in a shared space.
Contactless keycards, facial recognition and voice recognition also will likely form at least part of the building security picture in the near-term and post-pandemic workplace.
Voice technology powering customer service and experience
It seems likely that most consumers will experience a greater level of anxiety and wariness around germs at least until a COVID-19 vaccine becomes widely available. Restaurants, retailers and other service providers will have to do everything they can to mitigate these concerns if consumers are going to return in the meantime.
This means that things like contactless chip card payments will almost certainly see greater rates of adoption. Kiosks powered by voice technology will begin popping up in places like airports, limited-service restaurants, mass transit hubs and high-traffic retailers. Stores using technologies like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay and other contactless transaction options are already widely available in most US cities.
Models like that of Amazon's contactless grocery stores, which have received a lot of press but are still nothing close to widespread, may begin to proliferate at a greater rate as consumers seek to avoid as much human interaction and contact with high-touch surfaces as possible.
Voice assistants fill a gap when human contact isn't an option
The pandemic has put tremendous strain on call centers, a problem which in turn has created long wait times and frustrated customers. Virtual assistants will increasingly be employed to fill this gap. Chatbots and voice AIs can respond to customers at all hours of the day without interruption, substantially alleviating the burden on call centers and improving customer satisfaction.
Connected speakers and devices also have a role to play in keeping people connected, happy and entertained even as we self-isolate or shelter at home. For example, the Amazon Alexa "Drop In" feature allows users to check in easily on elderly relatives who are isolating. These devices can provide entertainment for the whole family, but are particularly useful for children, the elderly and people with disabilities who may otherwise have difficulties using a traditional device.
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting behavioral norms and changing the nature of human interaction across the board. As we look toward reopening the economy, businesses are contemplating how to do so responsibly and with an eye to the future.
In general, we expect the pandemic to play a role in accelerating digital transformation across industries as companies try to safeguard against future disruptions. Voice technology is one of the most relevant and essential components of digital transformation in a post-COVID world.
Brian Byer is vice president, GM of Blue Fountain Media, a PacteraEDGE Company. He has 20 years of operations, technology, marketing, management and business analysis expertise. He manages the New York City agency's activities relating to the creation of professional content and commerce websites and facilitates the growth of the company's technology partnerships.
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Hi! My name is Michel. Originally from France I have been living in Norway since 2006. The amazing nature in this beautiful country made me stay here and call it home. I am very fond of outdoors activities like climbing, skiing, paddling and hiking. Norway provides me with many opportunities to do these in fantastic sceneries. I started my career as a mechanical engineer in the oil industry. I learned about biomimicry thanks to a TED talk and decided that I wanted to do something with it. I saw in it a good opportunity to balance my karma after many years of work with an oil company ;) This lead me to take some online courses in biomimicry with the Biomimicry Institute / ASU. While doing that I got inspired to start BiomimicryNorway as I noticed that there was no local network in my country and the topic was very little known. Together with my friend Nina Havermans we co-founded this organization and have since 2015 run a number of initiatives. We have done many workshops on biomimicry and the circular economy, we have set up an exhibition on the topic at the Natural History Museum of Oslo and are visiting lecturers at a university near Oslo. We're hoping to get more work done with the industry so that we can live from our activities while contributing to paving the way for a sustainable future.


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How community colleges help students struggling with housing and food
A new survey of students at LA's Community Colleges finds that one in five is homeless, and two-thirds are food insecure. Meanwhile, a leader from Santa Barbara City College launched a tuition-free program last year. Is it enough to help the neediest. Do community colleges need to start building housing for homeless students?
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Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. Sign up to receive Media and Politics Must Reads in your inbox each week. Also connect with us on Twitter and Facebook for more updates.
This Week at the Shorenstein Center
Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with Nancy Gibbs: "The Divided States of America." Nancy Gibbs, editorial director of Time Inc. News Group and former editor of Time Magazine, delivered a thought-provoking speech on American values, polarization, and the impact of social media and journalism. Also at the event, Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe columnist, received the David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism. Watch the video.
Edward Morris: Art and Activism. Edward Morris, Professor of Practice in the Department of Transmedia at Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, discussed how art can complement and further the goals of activism.
News from Fellows and Students
Could Russian trolls have helped elect Donald Trump? Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Joan Shorenstein Fellow, writes that "We also don't know how social media amplification and news media preoccupation with the Russia-hacked Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign emails affected voters' perceptions of Clinton. But the wide distribution of strategically aligned messages increases the likelihood that Russian efforts — including posts, ads, tweets and the release of stolen emails — changed the outcome of the 2016 election."
How did the news go 'fake'? When the media went social. Claire Wardle, Research Fellow, and Hossein Derakhshan write that "Consumption of the news has become a performance that can't be solely about seeking information or even entertainment. What we choose to 'like' or follow is part of our identity, an indication of our social class and status, and most frequently our political persuasion. When we try to understand why people are sharing misleading, manipulated and fabricated information, we need to appreciate that those shares and retweets are playing an incredibly important function, which is less about their veracity or truth."
Research on CrossCheck journalists and readers suggests positive impact for project. In the unease that followed a U.S. election in which voters were bombarded with mis- and dis-information, First Draft, founded by Claire Wardle, pulled together 37 newsrooms, universities, nonprofits and tech companies to fight rumors and fabrications around what was widely perceived to be their next target: the 2017 French presidential election. This project, called CrossCheck, has now been evaluated by independent researchers, through a series of in-depth interviews with CrossCheck journalists and readers. A new report released this week indicates that CrossCheck appears to have gained the trust of a large and politically diverse audience. Participating journalists learned to be smarter about when and how to report on falsehoods, and journalists and readers learned valuable skills for assessing information and its sources.
Donna Brazile Criticizes Clinton Camp In Campaign Memoir. Donna Brazile, Joan Shorenstein Fellow, discusses her new book on NPR's Weekend Edition, and weighs in on where the Democratic Party should go next. "I want my party to lead, I want my party to be victorious at the ballot box as you saw last week … but I also want my party to learn from the mistakes of the past."
What Hillary Knew About Putin's Propaganda Machine. Richard Stengel, former Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, writes that "Russian disinformation around Ukraine set the stage for the Kremlin's election meddling here. Clinton saw it coming, but couldn't stop it."
China's rise didn't have to mean America's fall. Then came Trump. Zachary Karabell, fall 1997 fellow, writes that "There's room for two superpowers to maintain influence in Asia and beyond. But in his nearly-completed first year in office, culminating in last week's trip abroad, Trump has nearly ceded the field to China."
Facebook's Russia Problem Proves Feds are Missing the Point. HKS student Matthew Spector writes that "Rather than applying blanket rules to tech companies' growth, Congress must mandate the platforms' data be made accessible enough that their uses, and users, can be regulated, and consumers themselves are empowered to opt-out."
2016 Election Reflection: The Parties One Year After Donald Trump. A special series from the Kennedy School Review, an HKS student publication. Voters on both sides of the aisle take stock of how their party has changed over the past year and provide input on where it should head.
New Findings on News and Social Media
48 News Outlets Experimented For Five Years To See What Drives Twitter Politics, from BuzzFeed News.
New research: Small-market newspapers in the digital age, from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism.
After a decade, it's time to reinvent social media in newsrooms, from American Press Institute.
Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy, from Freedom House.
How social media fires people's passions – and builds extremist divisions, from The Conversation.
Battling Misinformation
'Way too little, way too late': Facebook's factcheckers say effort is failing, from The Guardian.
EU to Beef Up Efforts to Counter Fake News, from Fox Business.
Somaliland is blocking social media to keep its election free of "fake news," from Quartz.
Newsonomics: The New York Times' Mark Thompson on regulating Facebook, global ambition, and when to stop the presses (forever), from Nieman Lab.
Here's why your local TV news is about to get even worse, from The Conversation.
The video push against Google and Facebook, from Axios.
In Search of a Healthy Future, Alt Weeklies Experiment with Stories and Revenue Strategies, from Editor & Publisher.
The News Industry Has a Sexual Harassment Problem. #NowWhat? From Nieman Reports.
Reflections of an Affirmative-Action Baby, from The Atlantic.
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Off-duty police officers part of group involved in NYC motorcycle road rage incident
Black SUV driven by Alexian Lien, 33, is seen surrounded by motorcyclists who police say followed Lien and eventually pulled him from his car and beat him.
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(CBS News) At least three off-duty police officers say they were part of a motorcycle group that was involved in a violent assault of an SUV driver last weekend in New York City.
One of them, a detective who works undercover, even saw the attack. But apparently fearful of revealing his identity, he did not intervene. The undercover detective waited several days before coming forward. It's unclear if the other two off-duty officers also witnessed the beating.
They will all be stripped of their guns and badges and have been placed on desk duty, pending an investigation.
CBS News senior correspondent John Miller, a former New York deputy police commissioner, said this case is about when the officers decided to come forward. He explained on "CBS This Morning," "On Wednesday of last week the undercover detective comes forward and says, 'I was there, I saw the beating, I didn't want to break my cover.' He's assigned to the intelligence division and some of the people there are under deep cover and they're training is, even under pressure, you don't admit who you really are. He would be in a lot less trouble if he would [have] come forward the first day instead of four days later. Since that, now this is what's happening. They reading in the papers, they're hearing on television that a police officer has come forward. Two other police officers who were also riding with the group that day. One of whom was a sergeant. That's a supervisor and another of whom is a detective, who is a police officer who is undercover in internal affairs. The irony there is that's the group that enforces police discipline and misconduct have come forward or notified the department about their intention to come forward, and they're going to be sat down and (asked), 'Where were you, what did you see, what did you do, what did you not do, why did you wait to come forward'."
Sorting through the officers' stories is the next step in this investigation, Miller added. "We know of one (officer) who was there at the initial beating, but these other officers, one of the ones that's come forward says after the guy got run over by the SUV, 'I wasn't there for the rest of it.' ... Here's the problem they're going to face, which is whatever they did or didn't do that day is one issue, but not coming forward right away actually could rise to official misconduct for hindering an investigation once they were aware of it and that's a potential criminal charge."
The officers, Miller said, are going to be placed on modified assignments after their stories are weighed. "They could be suspended. This could be grounds for dismissal, especially if the -- this is the D.A.'s call. If the district attorney looks at their conduct and says that rises to official misconduct, 'Everybody knew this investigation was going forward, we needed this information and these guys didn't step forward as law enforcement officers' -- that could be violation of law."
Police arrested two of the alleged assailants over the weekend, and more arrests could be on the way. Police say the man seen pulling the Range Rover's door open is 35-year-old Robert Sims, of Brooklyn. And they say the man who later slammed his helmet against the driver's side window is Reginald Chance, 37, also from Brooklyn. Chance, CBS News has learned, already has 21 prior arrests on his record, including robbery and drug charges.
Chance's lawyer Gregory Watts says his client overreacted and broke the window, but denied taking part in the beating. He said, "If you look at the video, you will see my client immediately after smashing the window, returning to his bicycle. And there are still photographs in the possession of the district attorney that will show you that he's not physically present."
Watch Michelle Miller's full report below.
Speaking of Chance, Miller said, "The idea that people who ride in motorcycle gangs may involved in criminal activity or drugs is not strange. The idea that they're riding with police officers is a bit of a head-turner."
Miller said he expects changes to come in police policy. "What you're going to see is the police commissioner step forward and say, 'We're going to change the rules about what groups you can be a part of and what groups you can be a part of,' because this was as really bad example."
Both Chance and Sims have been charged with gang assault and other felonies. Sims, according to court documents, stomped on the head and body of the SUV driver, Alexian Lien.
An unknown attacker tried to yank his wife and 2-year-old daughter out of the vehicle.
Witness Sergio Consuegra said, "I heard a lot of people screaming, telling the man -- 'No not the woman! There's a child! There's a child! Not with the child!'"
Consuegra was late for church when he saw Lien being attacked by up to five men. Asked if he was being hit with a helmet, Consuegra said, "Yes, real hard, real hard. In the head."
Consuegra said he went straight to the man who was beating and got in the way. He said, "When they were attacking, they took a pause. That's when I stepped in. I said, 'That's it!' There were more coming. I said, 'That's it guy, let it go! Let it go!'"
Consuegra said he was shocked to hear police officers were on the scene and did nothing. He called the situation "like unbelievable." He added, "It made me angry, it made me sad, yeah, that knowing that it could have been avoided."
This weekend, police released pictures of two more persons of interest. They also continue to scour the video for clues about the other assailants.
As for the motorcyclist who took the video, Kevin Bresloff -- his attorney says he is cooperating with police and is not considered a suspect.
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Oil industry in Davos: torn between Greta and Trump
(This January 23 story corrects to add attribution in paragraph 28)
By Dmitry Zhdannikov
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Oil majors are at the sharp end of the climate debate and face a bewildering balancing act to secure their futures.
It's a Catch-22 situation: to meet ambitious emissions targets by investing in low-carbon technologies, they will have to rely on revenue from expanding their businesses in oil and gas, for which there is still growing global demand.
On one hand, they must satisfy the big investors who are rewarding companies with progressive climate policies and dumping heavy polluters; yet on the other, they can't risk cutting the generous dividends that keep shareholders sweet.
How energy companies navigate this maze could determine the winners and losers in a lower-carbon future, and help govern whether the world can rein in warming. So no pressure, then.
The confusion has been thrown into stark relief this week at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, where oil majors, state oil giants and ministers have been debating behind closed doors in their biggest gathering of the year.
While climate activists, notably Greta Thunberg, have called for all fossil fuel production to be halted to avert catastrophe, U.S President Donald Trump has decried "prophets of doom" and hailed the economic importance of oil and gas.
"It feels like we are at the epicenter of this debate. We sit right there between energy needs and climate change," said Al Cook, executive vice-president of Norway's energy giant Equinor.
"If you listen to Davos speeches, you've got some people who say only economic growth and energy matter. Others ask to stop oil and gas immediately. We need to find a way to balance this but the challenge is that you cannot always be popular with either side," Cook told Reuters.
CLEAN ENERGY: FRACTION OF CAPEX
Repsol is at the vanguard of an industry climate drive, announcing this year that it plans to become carbon neutral by 2050. As a result, Norway's wealth fund has doubled its stake in the Spanish energy firm.
Equinor has meanwhile launched a target to reduce emissions to near zero in Norwegian offshore production by 2050, and is co-investing in a $10 billion wind farm in Britain, the world's largest.
French oil major Total this year announced investments into one of the world's largest solar power plants, in Qatar. It also plans to open 20,000 power charging points in the Netherlands and invest in planting millions of trees in Peru.
Europe's top oil firms have all set carbon reduction goals of various breadth. Shell has set out an "ambition" to halve "Scope 3" emissions by 2050 from fuels and products sold to customers rather than from its own operations.
Reuters reported this week that BP is also looking to significantly broaden its targets.
Companies might tout green credentials to satisfy sustainable investors and activists, but how can they pay the bill?
Fatih Birol the head of the International Energy Agency, the energy watchdog for industrialized nations, said the reality was that industry investments in clean energy represented a small fraction of their spending.
"Last year only 1% of total capex went into clean technologies. But those investments will grow as companies have to balance their short-term profit goals with long-term social license," he said.
"Some companies won't need to borrow more, some companies may need to borrow more, but no company will stay unaffected by the energy transition."
He said the industry would focus in coming years on reducing methane emissions from their own operations, which constitute 15% of all global greenhouse emissions.
"This part can be done relatively inexpensively," he added. "The more expensive part will include carbon capture and storage, offshore wind and increased use of hydrogen."
THE TRUMP EFFECT
Another major challenge to climate action is a lack of a global consensus.
In the United States, where Trump is encouraging oil and gas production and has exited the Paris climate deal, oil majors lag their European rivals on emissions goals. Chevron has set limited reduction targets while ExxonMobil has no targets.
A U.S. energy boom has helped make the country one of the world's biggest gas flarers.
"No-one has been able to fill the previous political leadership role on climate change that was played by the U.S. in the past," said Majid Jafar, chief executive of UAE-based Crescent Petroleum.
Jafar argues that if the world replaced all coal with gas, it would achieve the Paris climate target of by keeping global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius. The problem is that the biggest coal consumers, China and India, would need incentives to switch from cheaper coal, he said.
Birol also said coal-fired plants were the main global source of emissions. "The problem is how to address this coal issue without hurting those developing countries."
"The efforts of the West will be futile without bringing on board Asia and Africa, which are driving the growth in energy demand and emissions," Jafar added.
Richard Herrington, head of earth sciences at London's National History Museum also said a speedy energy transition may simply be impossible.
"If the UK were to turn tomorrow all of its cars into electric ones, we would need twice the world annual cobalt and half of annual copper production," he said. "You can imagine what happens if you scale it up to the whole world."
(Reporting by Dmitry Zhdannikov; Editing by Pravin Char)
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Indiana Pacers vs. Charlotte Hornets - 4/10/18 NBA Pick, Odds, and Prediction
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Randy Chambers April 10, 2018 1:23 am
Charlotte Hornets (35-46) at Indiana Pacers (48-33)
NBA Basketball: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 7:00 pm (Bankers Life Fieldhouse)
The Line: Indiana Pacers -5.5 -- Over/Under: 217.5 Click to Get Latest Betting Odds
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The Charlotte Hornets and Indiana Pacers meet Tuesday in NBA action at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
The Charlotte Hornets look to end their season with a victory after losing five of their last six games. The Charlotte Hornets are averaging 108.1 points on 45 percent shooting and allowing 108.1 points on 46.9 percent shooting. Kemba Walker is averaging 22.2 points and 5.6 assists while Dwight Howard is averaging 16.7 points and 12.4 rebounds. Jeremy Lamb is the third double-digit scorer and Frank Kaminsky is grabbing 3.6 rebounds. The Charlotte Hornets are shooting 36.8 percent from beyond the arc and 74.7 percent from the free throw line. The Charlotte Hornets are allowing 37.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 45.3 rebounds per game. The Charlotte Hornets have split their last six road games.
The Indiana Pacers look for yet another victory after winning seven of their last nine games. The Indiana Pacers are averaging 105.7 points on 47.3 percent shooting and allowing 104 points on 46.5 percent shooting. Victor Oladipo is averaging 23.1 points and 4.3 assists while Bojan Bogdanovic is averaging 14.3 points and 3.4 rebounds. Myles Turner is the third double-digit scorer and Darren Collinson is dishing 5.4 assists. The Indiana Pacers are shooting 37 percent from beyond the arc and 78 percent from the free throw line. The Indiana Pacers are allowing 34.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 42.2 rebounds per game. The Indiana Pacers have won eight of their last 10 home games.
The Hornets are 3-8-1 ATS in their last 12 Tuesday games, 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS loss and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Pacers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games, 6-2 ATS in their last 8 Tuesday games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The home team is 7-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings, the favorite is 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings and the under is 21-7 in the last 28 meetings in Indiana.
We've made a lot of money fading the Charlotte Hornets a lot this season, and I'll continue to fade this team now that there's nothing to play for. The Charlotte Hornets have given up defensively now that the playoffs are out of reach, and the Indiana Pacers are a fiesty club that hopes to keep their edge heading into the postseason. The Pacers also just beat the Hornets a few days ago on the road by six points. I'll take the Pacers and the reasonable chalk in this spot.
Randy's Pick Indiana Pacers -5.5
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News can be defined by reporting information regarding recent events and happenings, locally or even worldwide (Media College 2016) . Most of us always turn to sources of news, including the ones online, because we always perceive it as a reliable medium which caters to all individuals. There is no exact age limit to read the news, its open to everyone single person, depending on their preference of sections. People often find the news to be truthful which in cases like speculation, this factor would be very helpful. But not many know how stories are checked if their newsworthy before inserting them into sections within the news. So, let's take a look at what makes news newsworthy.
The first news value that affects stories to be newsworthy would be impact. In this phase, stories are first off evaluated on how they would affect readers's lives. Just like impact, the second news value proximity plays a role within newsworthiness too. When it comes to proximity, the journalist distinguishes if the story matters to the audience. Proximity reveals the depth of the story, according to how it would impact and relate to its readers (Digital Third Coast 2016). Another example of news value would also include timeliness. Timeliness ensures the latest news regarding events and happenings are published for the public's knowledge. Among the other few, another important factor which affects news value would be 'the bizarre'. At this phase, bizarre happenings usually attracts people to read the news. People often are taken into things which are unexpected, disgusting or dangerous. Hence, journalists who gather information are in search of good bizarre stories to entertain their audiences. Using all eight news values; prominence, conflict, currency and human interest (Digital Third Coast 2016) , it is evident how news stories are filtered through these processes to ensure that the story published is newsworthy.
The purpose of journalism is pretty much simple. Journalism keeps us informed of any changing events, issues and characters out in the world (American Press Institute 2016). Rather than being defined by technology, or views and techniques journalists employ, journalism stands for something more true and provides us with information in the form of news. By engaging with news, the public, people like us, create this sense of belonging to the world. We are made aware of past incidents and future predictions where we are able to decide on the best possible decision which affects our lives, communities, societies and governance.
On a similar note, peace journalism creates one of the biggest impacts to people like us. The whole term could be defined by Lynch and McGoldrick (2005) as a set of choices of what and how to report which creates an opportunity for readers to consider and value nonviolent responses to the conflicts happening worldwide (Lynch, Hussein 2015). According to Galtung (1998), war journalism which is often embedded into peace journalism could be categorized into four components, such as 1) towards war and violence, 2) towards propaganda, 3) towards elites as peacemakers and 4) towards victory (Lynch, Hussein 2015). In a few words, we could say peace journalism uses conflict analysis and transformation in order to update the public with the concept of right judgement, balance and accuracy in reporting (McGoldrick, Lynch 2000).
In another article, authors have also distinguished peace journalism into five key aspects. The first would be to explore backgrounds and contexts of conflict formation which are transparent for audiences. Next, it would venture into giving voices to all parties, not just the leaders of two antagonistic groups (Lynch, Hussein 2015). Where else, the third reveals creative ideas to resolve the conflict and development for peace making. The fourth however speaks on exposing lies, cover-ups and culprits on all sides. The last factor includes to pay attention to other peace stories and postwar developments from other authors (Lynch, Hussein 2015). By following these key aspects, peace journalists are believed to report accordingly, without being bias and true to their story. Audiences are able to detect the sequence of the incident depending on story's transparency, hence allowing them to relate and give feedbacks on the incident.
Before we get into transnational comedy, let us define what transnationalism means. Transnasionalism refers to multiple ties linking people or institutions across borders of nation-states (Chalaby 2005, Straubhaar 2007). There is an ongoing debate regarding transnational flow within television comedy. Since these sitcoms are given culturally influenced assertions and specificity, researchers believe this would make it harder for them to export any comedy recordings worldwide. Features like -namely, ambiguity, interpretive diversity and contradictions- are fundamental factors which only exist within television comedy (Lockyer, Popa 2016). Unlike the singularity interpretation that exist in serious programmes, television comedy depends on the discursive display of opposing interpretive possibilities where everyday commonsense and assumptions about the world are turned upside-down or inside-out. In the midst of these all, researchers have also found a strategic increase to the numbers of transnational flow specifically in British television comedy in new Eastern Europe markets (Lockyer, Popa 2016) .
Most of the examples found are mainly derived from the U.S. as their musicians and songwriters often get involved in social evolutions which uses songs and political messages to move the public's hearts. One of the greatest examples of all time would be Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit' (Martin 2014) . Apparently, she was illustrating the events- lynchings and abominations- that were happening in American South. As audiences tend to draw themselves closer to resistance music, Aretha Franklin had brought her gospel music into the streets as protestors were marching and demanding for respect during the Civil Rights Movement. Another artist named Curtiss Mayfield had also joined in the resistant music group as he united everyone using his song of hope 'People Get Ready' (Martin 2014) . In addition to that, the famous Stevie Wonder had continued the ongoing trend as he played more resistant music to uplift the spirits of Americans.
The list does not end here. There are several other music artists who have also joined in the same circle as the ones mentioned above. But the reason for their commitment towards resistance music is hard to display. However, we have found an article which predicts the reason as to why resistance music is powerful. For one it says, music gets people talking and thinking (Martin 2014) . I suppose that 'assumption' is good enough as people are obliged into following trends which music brings them. We see the public paying for concerts, dressing up exactly like the artist, and willing to record songs mimicking the singer. In a way, it displays society as a vulnerable group who keeps receiving ideas and absorbing them. At times active, but very often audiences are passive. They do not question why or what is going on, but they often follow what others are doing and this creates the ripple effect within their community.
So, what is diaspora? The term diaspora is originally derived from the Greek word diasperien. It illustrates the shift of a selected group of people from their own country to another continent. The diasporic movement had come about for many reasons; it could be political, economical, or even social related factors (Film Reference 2016) . Sometimes, the move is not all voluntary but forced for a certain diasporic group. For instance, diaspora back then meant the exile of the Jews from Palestine (Film Reference 2016). However as time moved on, the term was often associated with slave trade and forced migration of Africans to the 'New World' in the sixteenth century (Film Reference 2016) . Furthermore, the term was also recognized for its use against Palestinians and Armenians who had constantly shifted due to their formations in the twentieth century. Among the few reasons people had accelerated the idea to a diasporic movement would be because of 1) globalizing economic processes, 2) labor market, 3) effects of political instability, 4) population pressures and 5) human rights violation (Film Reference 2016) .
Diasporic groups who cultivate hybridity from varies ethnics is believed to be some sort of a threat as locals perceive them as a challenge to their norms and social practices of the land. For one, their movies are observed as a combination of different groups and languages which are far from being culturally monolithic (Encyclopedia 2007) . Their culturally diversed background provides diasporic movie makers with compelling sets of narratives and styles while addressing the issues of exile, belonging and xenophobic communities (Encyclopedia 2007). In a way, it helps diasporic groups familiarize into their new environment while giving them the confidence to increase in participation when it comes to media production (Cottle, 2000). A very good example would be Eugene Lee Yang's efforts when it came to Asian American You Tubers case study. He had demanded only the use of Asian-American on their staff production instead of diversifying the people in the video content. Yang stated how he saw this as a perfect opportunity to represent a community which was largely ignored in other outlets.
As for crossover cinema, the term is defined by movies which are filmed through varies types of cultural representations; especially at the stage of conceptualization and production, hence manifests into a hybrid cinematic grammar (Khorana 2013) . The movie Slumdog Millionaire would be the perfect example for crossover cinema which made its debut in 2008. India is currently observed as maintaining a steady growth in crossover films as they are establishing it as a genre on its own (Gupta 2013) . Danny Boyle's famous movie depiction 'Slumdog Millionaire' has the potential of being a diasporic crossover Indian film as they have collaborated using a Western director and Indian co-director. According to Khorana (2013), the movie which was shot in London and India is acknowleged as a possible first globalised film in history. Remarkable movies such as these could be perceived with a positive outlook as it signifies indifferences between culture, and places them on an even platform. Personally, I think crossover movies could be the next best thing on earth.
At present, media flow is perceived as a constitution between two types of flows; dominated and contra. Though dominated flow does have a higher impact towards worldwide media today, we are here to acknowdlege the rising of contra-flow too. Entertainment industries in India (Bollywood), Korea, Japan, China and Nigeria (Nollywood) are several good examples of contra-flow and how they have impacted worldwide audiences around them. It is true how people use to prefer entertainment when it was broadcasted in their own language as it represents cultural identities from their very own continent (Elavsky 2016). However, viewers are more complex these days as they have access to multiple media formats through advanced technology and Internet which gives them ample access to anything local, regional, national and international (Elavsky 2016) .
Industries such as the cinema have incorporated acculturation to their movies as a spread of global culture. Since there is an expansion to media appliances, this has only made cultural landscape more complicated than it used to be. The rising platform has given the perfect opportunity for smaller industries to voice themselves and get into the competitive global market. But what makes this really interesting, industries involved with contra-flow are manifesting themselves with 'new' media values which are indirectly conspired with the idea of dominancy. Rumours have it the dominant Western media like Hollywood provides the framework/ measuring stick for other cinematic industries to follow.
A very prominent example would be Bollywood's cinematic industry, which is stated to consciously mimic American norms while attaining their Indian culture in order to ensure its success among the diasporic of South Asians (Hirji 2016). Most Bollywood films are seen oozing with Hollywood's idea of media content yet continues to primarily market using Hindi language to satisfy the lingusitic diversity of its people (Hirji 2016). In other words, we could argue how contra-flow is still suppressed by the dominant media industries which makes us look into the idea of neo-colonialism. It makes us realize how smaller countries are still struggling to make a name independently based on their own materials and how much further this would prolong.
In a nutshell, we could summarise the whole thing into a few words. Clearly, neo-colonialism is an ongoing process. The idea of Western influences remains quite dominant up in the hierachy while continents involved in contra-flow are still placed lower than the dominant. We need to admit that people have been blind-sided into consuming all the free media content the Internet provides without realizing the flow of colonialism it instills.
International students have always faced trouble when it comes to studying abroad. Most of these students, Asians going to the West or vice versa, have confronted complex situations especially when it comes to adjusting themselves to a new background. Alike to this situation, a recent article has provided us an insight on how Chinese students have the most trouble adapting to the American Educational System (Zhang 2016). Looking into international education, we can best describe it as an external mediated 'adjustment' or 'acculturation' which obliges to the requirements of the host country (Marginson 2012). These students who have transferred miles away from their original country are usually kept under observation as they proceed with a rigorous progression substituting their home identity for a host identity. However, the progression period between two individuals varies as it depends on their willingness and acceptance level to adapt change.
Although there are several other factors, language is always seen as the biggest obstacle for international students (Armstrong 2014). Chinese students who have to go abroad are usually given a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) before they transfer to America. Based on observations, most of them have resulted poorly when it came to speaking in English however excelled quite well when it came to the written portion (Zhang 2016). Students from Eastern continents have usually displayed problems when it comes to speaking as they have trouble catching up with the language and slang used in the University. Based on experience, international students have always tried to catch up with their syllabus by having translations from their friends or peers in order to grasp what is going on in class. Their less-ideal situation also comes as a frugal when it comes to making friends or having a normal interaction with locals abroad.
Another factor which implies as a barrier would be the cultural changes an individual has to go through due to the move (Armstrong 2014). An international student is very likely to find discomfort emotionally and physically as they are trying to embrace another culture's beliefs and traditions. Habits like smoking and drinking which is accustomed to westerners might be hard for a Chinese, Indian or even Middle Eastern student. Their morals and principles are different, as Westerners are more individualistic while Eastern people are into collectivism. International students are likely seen with their group as they move and prefer deciding things together rather than alone. A few other cultural dimensions which supports this idea would also consist of Hofstede's cultural factors like Power Distance (PDI), Masculinity versus Femininity (MAS) and Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI) which simplifies the difference between Western and Eastern culture.
In addition to that, climatic changes are also considered a barrier. International students have to get themselves adjusted to different environmental temperatures as they move around abroad (Armstrong 2014). The beginning of adaptation is stated to be quite challenging. Most of them do fall ill, as their body takes time to adjust to the new climate changes. Furthermore, students are also reminded to change their dressing styles according to the new conditions they would be facing. And for the last barrier, international students do get 'homesick' quite often (Armstrong 2014). The need for them to leave their families and stay apart for an ample amount of time indirectly affects them physically and emotionally. Most of the time, international students would consider their mates as their new family members as this would avoid them from overthinking about their families.
In a nutshell, we have learned how there are plenty of barriers for international students once they are studying abroad. However, to overcome those problems, I believe they need to be strong-willed as this would help them sustain while going through acculturation. Also, extra guidance from school would help them cease these barriers for an extended amount of time. International students need to give it a chance in order to welcome changes while holding on to their identities in order to sustain themselves in a foreign country.


'Hey James, this photo was taken on 8 December 2009 looking into the waters of Lake Rotoma while we were doing aquatic weed surveillance on a sunny day with a moderate breeze from the south-west. Remember to 'check, clean, dry'!!' wrote Mel from Environment Bay of Plenty.
Sunset showing a typical Northwest arch over Hanmer Springs looking southwest, after another hot blustery day at 20:10 on 1 January 2010.
Anja wrote 'Happy New Year. This photograph shows the first sunrise of the year, 1 January 2010, taken at the Pahiatua Track close to Palmerston North. The picture was taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5.


In which Zayn is an English major who hates frats, Harry is a frat bro with great arms, and these things cause Zayn problems.
Ignite my fire and leave me to burn.
"He knew that they'd never leave him alone, no matter where he went. He knew the only way to be free of them was to kill them. But they were a part of him, lived in him."
Or the one where Zayn had been struggling with depression and no one knew until it was too late.
A little shorter than the first part. If you haven't read the first part, please do. Or you'll be kind of a lot lost. Just. Please read it.


Arcade Fire are performing at Earls Court in London this weekend and you can hear them live and exclusively on Radio X.
On Saturday night (7 June), Radio X wil be broadcasting the whole gig 100% live.
You can join Dan O'Connell from 7pm when he'll be crossing to Earls Court for one of the year's biggest shows.
You can hear Radio X on 104.9FM in London, 97.7FM in Manchester and 96.3 FM in Glasgow, on digital radio across the country, via our app and online at www.radiox.co.uk.
Fancy dress or formal attire not required.


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package com.justplay1.shoppist.utils;

import android.support.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentTransaction;

import com.justplay1.shoppist.R;
import com.justplay1.shoppist.test.TestListActivity;

import static junit.framework.Assert.fail;

/**
 * Created by Mkhytar Mkhoian.
 */

public class FragmentTestRule<F extends Fragment> extends ActivityTestRule<TestListActivity> {

    private final Class<F> fragmentClass;
    private F fragment;

    public FragmentTestRule(final Class<F> fragmentClass) {
        super(TestListActivity.class, true, false);
        this.fragmentClass = fragmentClass;
    }

    @Override
    protected void afterActivityLaunched() {
        super.afterActivityLaunched();

        getActivity().runOnUiThread(() -> {
            try {
                //Instantiate and insert the fragment into the container layout
                FragmentManager manager = getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager();
                FragmentTransaction transaction = manager.beginTransaction();
                fragment = fragmentClass.newInstance();
                transaction.replace(R.id.container, fragment);
                transaction.commit();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                fail(String.format("%s: Could not insert %s into TestListActivity: %s",
                        getClass().getSimpleName(),
                        fragmentClass.getSimpleName(),
                        e.getMessage()));
            }
        });
    }

    public F getFragment() {
        return fragment;
    }
}


Ubuntu Builder is an application that allows you to completely build an Ubuntu based distribution. You can choose your own packages, shell, window manager and can do all sorts of customizations you would want in a distro.
A new version (2.1.0) has been released recently adding Linux Mint 13 support, language translations and some bug-fixes.


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