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Meeting Minutes, June 2002
WorkLab Posted on 12. June 2002 by Kristen Mathiasen 30. January 2022
Meeting of the Migration, Work and Identity, Culture 2000 Programme,12-16 June 2002, Museum Arbeitswelt, Steyr, Austria
Present:
Myna Trustram, Manchester
Jaume Matamala, Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya,
Cath Birchall, People's History Museum, Manchester
Pete Brown, People's History Museum, Manchester
Catharine Rew, People's History Museum, Manchester
Anne Lise Walsted, Arbejdermuseet, Copenhagen
Peter Ludvigsen, Arbejdermuseet, Copenhagen
Morten Bo Almstrup, Arbejdermuseet, Copenhagen
Mikael Parr, Arbetets Museum, Norkopping
Torsten Nilsson, Arbetets Museum, Norkopping
Maud Fjellman, Arbetets Museum, Norkopping
Rita Klages, Nachbarschaftsmuseum, Berlin
Elisabeth Tietmeyer, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin
Silke Vorst, Museumspädagogischer Dienst, Berlin
Birte Stüve, Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin
Udo Wiesinger, Museum Arbeitswelt, Steyr
Michael John, Museum Artbeitswelt, Steyr
Jürgen Ellermeyer, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg
Kerstin Römhildt, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg
Peter Ludvigsen began the meeting by saying that last year's report was well-received by the Commission. The report for the second year will be done in a similar manner and will go to the Commission early October 2002.
Worklab newsletter will be published in autumn 2002.
Reports from the partners:
They were dismayed to find that the Ausländerbeauftragte officer post has been abolished in Hamburg. Assistance to immigrants is being withdrawn under the new policy. This has altered the focus of their work. They are meeting and interviewing people who use and work in the organisations which will be abolished. There have been demonstrations in Hamburg against the new policy.
Interviews and workshops are being held with young people. Video interviews are being conducted with migrants. They started with friends and then interviewed key people in immigrant organisations. They have done 40 interviews of 1 – 6 hours each, with people aged 20-40 years. It is hard to find older people who will agree to be interviewed. So far they have covered southern Europe, South America and Africa. They plan to cover eastern Europe and Asia. The interviewees offer intense, emotional stories. They deal with the question of how the immigrants and guest-workers are treated and the issue of integration. They are asked about living in Hamburg and being a "Hamburgian". The workshops for young people are based on music, literature and video and there are two for small children. They will produce a small exhibition of material produced in the workshops. They will show short video films in the exhibition. Some people are shy of the camera: there are advantages and disadvantages to the use of video. Fewer school classes have come than anticipated. The work is very time-consuming.
A detailed concept has now been developed for the exhibition. Michael John took us around the museum and showed us where the various parts of the exhibition will be installed. Existing disPeter Ludvigsenays will be adapted and the following themes will be included:
The emotions of migration – fear, joy, love, hostility.
The period of the Hapsburg monarchy and its legacy.
A gasthaus used by migrants.
Reconstructions of migrants' workshops.
National socialism – forced labour and race.
Interwar period (brickworkers).
1945 – 1955.
Reconstruction of migrants' flats 1910 – 1990s.
Living between two societies – two cars, one going to Yugoslavia and one returning.
Demographic, economic and social information.
Film of guestworkers and their children.
Train entering the museum – to attract the attention of non-visitors.
Heimat – using objects borrowed from migrants, students, pupils and organisations.
Hall of fame – testimonials of prominent migrants.
Marketplace – food.
The People's History Museum is now showing Moving Lives, an exhibition about the Caribbean population of Manchester. The objectives of the exhibition are to invite participation; build new audiences; make the museum more relevant to more people and to test living history as an outreach tool. Their outreach officer has made contact with Caribbean community groups, performed the Gabriella show for them and then collected objects for the exhibition and made interviews. They feel their objectives have been met. Their second exhibition, Moving Stories, will be about the South Asian population of Greater Manchester. Here they will be working with an oral historian and a photographer. An Asian living history character will also be developed.
The exhibition, Heimat Berlin?, will open in July at the Museum Europäischer Kulturen. Eight photographers from different backgrounds were invited to choose a topic to reflect aspects of everyday life in Berlin from their perspective as migrants or as children of migrants. There will be an accompanying programme of events. Heimat Berlin? is planned as an "appetizer" for the next exhibition in 2003 which will show everyday objects of the "new" Berliners.
The Deutsches Technikmuseum has run workshops with migrants from Turkey, Russia and people from a mixed language course. In the future they plan to work with Greek, Vietnamese and another mixed group. In the workshops the migrants were given the opportunity to become familiar with the museum and to use the collections to talk about their experiences of work. In further workshops people will select objects and be recorded whilst they talk about what they mean to them. The museum's aim is to learn how they can improve the presentation of their collection so that the experiences of migrants are included.
The Berlin Platform is an initiative (from the Berlin MWI partners) to promote better understanding of migrants and other inhabitants of the city. The Platform aims to involve a wide range of organisations which work with migrants. It will distribute its findings by means of exhibitions, workshops, conferences, publications and a website.
Migration is a very topical issue in Sweden, as indeed it is everywhere. It is said that Sweden needs migrants but not refugees. They have been working in 21 towns and villages with a museum and a migrant group. The Museum of Work in Norrköping is the coordinator and gives tools and guidance. Seventeen exhibitions, a book, video and a film have been produced. They have worked with migrants from Finland, the Baltics, Italy and Yugoslavia. 300,000 Finns have come to Sweden in the last 50 years. The material from the 21 locations will now be presented in Norrköping. Each project will be presented with a textile banner. There will be programmes, debates and seminars on the theme from September to Christmas.
The aims of the Danish programme are to attract a different audience to the museum and to document the lives of migrants. Migrants normally only come if they are brought by a teacher. They are working with people from Yugoslavia, Turkey and Pakistan who came in the 1960s and 1970s. They want to produce a "cheerful" exhibition using the colours of the rainbow and want to provoke discussion. They want to avoid the usual text and photographs on boards: texts will be in suitcases. The exhibition will include, amongst other things, a historical look at migration into Denmark; a portrait gallery of famous Danes revealing their varied origins; an interactive element; homes and workplaces; language and music; shared values. Visitors will exit the exhibition via the rainbow.
Discussion about the travelling exhibition "Crossing Borders"
The designer of the exhibition showed the partners a sample of the display method for photos and brief text (no objects).
Partners must provide their own lighting.
The text will be in English.
Translations will be on leaflets, along with the sources of the photographs.
The exhibition will also be on the website.
Sound equipment will be included.
Any parts which get damaged can be replaced relatively cheaply.
Costs of repairing damage is to be covered by the venue responsible.
Each venue is responsible for maintenance costs.
Partners will be told the value of the exhibition for insurance purposes.
Each venue will be supplied with two perfect copies and a copy on a CD.
Each venue is responsible for sending it to the next venue and for making sure
the next venue gets two perfect copies and the CD.
There will be instructions on how to assemble it.
It is washable.
There will be two or three spare supports.
Caps (hats) can be put on supports.
Each section of the run consists of 3 parts each 160cm long i.e. a total of 480cm.
It will come with a video for showing films and slides.
There will be a computer.
The exhibition will be packed in cases.
Transport costs can only be paid during the life of the project i.e. up to 1.11.03.
Each venue must provide its own publicity which can be based on the general leaflet.
Copyright needs to be cleared by each partner before sending material to Steyr. There is no money in the budget for copyright costs.
The exhibition will be a collage. It will start with a historical dimension, multiculturality in Europe and end with a section showing how Europe will be a more diverse place because of immigration. It will show dreams and difficulties.
Michael John outlined the material sent so far and repeated the themes of the exhibition:
A kaleidoscope/collage about migration to Europe.
Constraints and dreams.
Migration as part of a common European experience.
Reasons for migration.
Relations with indigenous population.
Identity.
Racism and zenophobia.
The photographs will be ordered by time and region.
There will be three sections:
1. History of migration into Europe.
2. Migration in the different cities/countries represented in the partnership.
3. Conclusion -about today.
Discussion about the conference and meeting 2 – 5 October 2003
The conference will be held at Museu de la Ciència I de la Tècnica de Catalunya,
Terrassa. It will be free.
Jaume Matamala i Cura outlined ideas so far. He will invite Yasmin Alibhai Brown and Ismael Haidaja to speak. Yasmin is a journalist from the UK and Ismael has written on African-European relations. He teaches at the University of Granada and is responsible for the Biblioteca Mahmud Kati.
Proposed schedule:
2-3 October – conference.
4-5 October – meeting for MWI partners.
It will be the last meeting of MWI and so we will discuss the final report.
It will be the official opening of the travelling exhibition in Terrassa.
We will invite someone from the Commission to attend.
There will be two lead languages – Spanish and English. The museum will arrange interpretation.
We discussed the objectives of the conference and the target audience. A suggested theme is recent migration into southern Europe. This can be compared to earlier times when the pattern was for migration from southern Europe. This will mark a shift for MWI to a whole of Europe perspective rather than the northern perspective. Michael John mentioned a book, Majorca de los Alumanos by Carlos Garrido, (about German migration to Majorca) as an interesting source of themes. Interchange between Spanish and Islamic cultures.
One speaker will present the achievements of MWI. Michael John will speak about the Crossing Borders exhibition. Jaume Matamala i Cura will send information on hotels in Barcelona.
Discussion about the website
Torsten Nilsson introduced the website. In March it received 120 visits, in April, 166 and in May 91. The purpose of the website is to provide information to other professionals about the project. The travelling exhibition and samples of the partners' exhibitions will go on it. There will be links to partners' websites. Suggest information on Worklab and MWI is added to the bottom of emails. Torsten Nilsson will update the information on activities and the links. Email addresses also need updating. Pete Brown will check the English if you send it to him.
Discussion about evaluation of the project
The commission doesn't require internal evaluation. But a discussion was held to assess the importance of the project to the partners.
Jürgen Ellermeyer: To do an exhibition you must have a European dimension. It has been useful "conflict training"! The funding has been insufficient for what they want to do but it can be used to attract further funding. Politicians can "boast about it".
Udo Wiesinger: They have learnt about different methodological approaches. It is interesting to see the different conditions in each country. We must tell the Commission in the final report of the importance of the meetings with partners which have been held. Personal meetings are very important. We are learning about working with partners and dealing with conflict.
Pete Brown: We are all in similar museums but it is interesting to see the different approaches.
Elisabeth Tietmeyer: They didn't join for the money because they get very little! It is good to get contacts and to work with sister museums. It is useful to discuss together and to get different perspectives and to discuss methodology.
Rita Klages: It is useful to compare methods and to work with different partners.
Catharine Rew: Agrees that the funding can be used to attract further funding. In Manchester the European dimension is not so relevant because they are dealing with Caribbean immigrants. It is good to be able to bring three people to the meetings because they take enthusiasm back to the museum.
Peter Ludvigsen: From his involvement in the Euroclio programme he can see that the cash flow has not been handled as efficiently as it might have been. It would have been better to centralise the money and pay invoices directly. It is good to be able to steal ideas from partners and to use the network.
Anne-Lise Walsted: Would have liked more time to discuss the travelling exhibition. Without the funding they would have done the same exhibition but not so soon.
A discussion on what the partners would like to do once MWI is compludvigseneted in November 2003
The travelling exhibition will continue to tour after the end of the project. Peter Ludvigsen will ask the Commission for funding to send it to Expo in Japan 2004.
Udo Wiesinger is waiting to hear the result of an application for an EU grant to produce material for interpreting migration in museums, in particular with adults. The aim is to assist the education of interpreters. Will start in September if successful. The partners are Steyr, Norkopping, Copenhagen, Vienna, Athens and Ljubljana.
The criteria for Culture 2003 is music. No details yet for 2004.
Mikael Parr said that Norrköping would like to continue to collaborate with Worklab and wants to find new topics. He is interested in a documentation project, not necessarily an exhibition. Also, women's and gender history in museums. Torsten Nilsson said they want to do further projects and mentioned a tyre company.
Udo Wiesinger would like to build a large international network to work on migration. Peter Ludvigsen said they will incorporate migration themes into the planning of future activities in the museum so that it is a natural part. The Commission won't fund the same network again. He would like to do a project which will attract older school students (14-18 years) to the museum. How can museums give this age group a good experience? Udo Wiesinger is also interested in this age-group and in bringing young people and adults to meet in the museum.
Discussion on other migration projects
Peter Ludvigsen will go the meeting in Bottrop of the Migration Network in Museums group (Jan Motte and Rainer Ohliger). He will offer them the travelling exhibition. Elisabeth Tietmeyer knows of another group in Berlin that wants to set up a museum on migration. She believes the subject should be integrated into existing museums. Jürgen Ellermeyer said he was sceptical too. He thought that Génériques (a French initiative) and the Swiss initiative, Verein für ein Migrationsmuseum, are good, developing projects.
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If you look at my books, you'll see that next to style and fashion tomes, I have interior design books. I always marvel at how interior designers work with color, texture, space, etc. to create not just livable spaces, but spaces that inspire us.
I asked my good friend Nicole Lanteri, also one of my favorite local interior designers, to give me her top design rules. We talked about how interior design and personal style/fashion have similar principles, and I wanted to test out our theories. Would some of the tried-and-true rules of interior design also apply to personal style?
Nicole: Instead of focusing on the piece and whether you like the piece a lot, think about what you will pair it with and the effect you want to create. In this client's home, we wanted a fun everyday dining space that had a lot of color but also felt calm. We started with the blue paint color, then needed a second color. I found these bold yellow chairs that worked perfectly. A wood table would have been too much with the wood floors and a black table too dark. White was perfect. Then we needed just a little pattern. We brought in these stools where the black and white added a bit of pattern while the wood legs blended in with the floor. All the pieces worked together in harmony.
Rosana: We apply this design rule when we add new pieces of clothing to our clients's closets. A good rule of thumb for whether or not you should buy a garment is to see if you can think of five different pieces of clothing you already own that will go with the new garment. Your closet is like the room above — things should go together. If you can't, you probably should hang it right back on the sale rack. Your wardrobe should work in harmony — patterns, colors, textures should mix and match with relative ease. This is especially true if you want to try capsulizing your wardrobe.
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Nicole: Sometimes I have clients who love really fun, bright colors but still want a tailored, chic space. In order to use a bold color but still maintain a tailored look, use the color in the largest space as your main color. Then add more neutral texture and pattern so that color can shine. Here my client loves pink so we found the perfect shade of pink to be the main focal point of the room. Then we layered in lots of texture – velvet, boucle, acrylic, cowhide, sisal – to diffuse the pink with texture and make the room still feel pulled together and chic.
Rosana: We always tell our clients to pick a statement – as in one statement. That could be a cobalt blue pant, which you could make the centerpiece by pairing with black pumps and a black blazer. Making multiple statements is not an across-the-board no-no (hello Solange Knowles), bu it is tricky. No one wants to necessarily look like their outfit is everything-but-the-kitchen-sink. So, whether it is oversize chandelier earrings or a green moto jacket or a printed trouser, keep the rest of your look tailored and neutral. Like Nicole's pink wall above, let that statement — in this case a pair of printed pants — be the statement. The other elements in your look should support that statement for a cohesive, purposeful look.
Nicole: If you like animal prints, every room can use one. It's a classic pattern generally found in a neutral tone that can pair with so many other pieces. It's a little whimsical but still classic and chic.
Rosana: I second this love of animal print! The easiest way to add interest and texture to any look, in our book, is with an animal print. You can't lose with an animal print pump whether it is cheetah (fall/winter) or snakeskin (spring/summer). It acts as a neutral and is easy to match, pair, etc. with most everything. At the same time, it adds style and fun to your look. I like playing with animal print in unexpected ways as well. The look below, with the loose sweatshirt-style sweater, puts a fun tomboyish spin on a pattern that is intuitively bombshell. The plum velvet clutch adds a ladylike touch.
Nicole: You are just as fun if you like a mix of neutral colors and patterns! The key with neutrals is to keep mixing patterns – stripes, trellis, herringbone – and textures – wool, linen, glass, chrome, wood, wicker, brass to create a layered, complete and styled look.
Rosana: Works for style too! An outfit of grays and beiges has an unbeatable lux, polished look. Mixing neutrals also has a refined and grown up feel to it without feeling dull or matronly. A fun way to mix neutral is to play with texture in the different pieces — as Nicole does in her room above. For example, below we have leather, cashmere, suede and wool in a perfectly perfect all-neutral outfit.
So the verdict? A resounding yes. Personal style and interior design principles do walk hand-in-hand. So tell us…have you used guidelines from another creative field to inspire your personal style?


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Total Qatar budget expenditures amount to QR 204.3 bn in 202...| MENAFN.COM
Total Qatar budget expenditures amount to QR 204.3 bn in 2022: Minister
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA
Doha: The total revenue estimates in the 2022 budget amount to QR 196.0 billion, which represents an increase of 22.4 percent compared to the 2021 budget estimates, Minister of Finance HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari announced.
The Minister said in a press statement that the general budget for 2022 was based on an average oil price of $ 55 a barrel due to the remarkable recovery in global energy prices, which still reflects the continued adoption of conservative estimates of revenues in order to maintain fiscal balance and limit the effects of oil price fluctuations on the performance of public finances.
His Excellency added that the total planned expenses in the new budget rose by 4.9 percent from last year to reach QR 204.3 billion during 2022, mainly due to the temporary increase in operational expenses related to the World Cup hosting activities, which include security and operating costs for all related events to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
His Excellency indicated that the expected deficit is estimated at QR 8.3 billion, as the Ministry of Finance will work to cover it through available cash balances and issue of local and foreign debt instruments if the need arises.
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Chökyi Gyaltsen Pälsang, ook wel Geleg Pälsang, was een Tibetaans tulku. Hij was de vijfde tai situ, een van de invloedrijkste geestelijk leiders van de karma kagyütraditie in het Tibetaans boeddhisme en van de kagyütraditie in het algemeen. Als jaar van geboorte worden zowel 1560 als 1586 genoemd.

Chökyi Gyaltsen Pälsang werd herkend door de 9e karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje, waarvan hij alle leringen van de incarnatielijn ontving.

De 9e karmapa gaf de 5e taï situ een rode Vajra-hoofdtooi, die de Zwarte Kroon weerspiegelde en de onafscheidelijkheid van de karmapa en de taï situ symboliseerde. Sinds deze periode heeft de taï situ zogenaamde rode kroon-ceremonies uitgevoerd die vergelijkbaar zijn met de zwarte kroon-ceremonies van karmapa's.

De Taï situ ontving eretitels van de keizer van China Chongzhen. Een belangrijke activiteit van Chökyi Gyaltsen Pälsang was de renovatie van het Karma Gön klooster, hij liet een nieuwe gebedshal bouwen en deze decoreren met beelden en schilderijen.

In 1638 was Gushri Khan, leider van de Khoshut-Mongolen, Centraal-Tibet binnengevallen. In 1642 doodde hij de koning van Tsang, Tenkyong Wangpo, en dwong de 10e karmapa Chöying Dorje Tibet te ontvluchten naar Jang Sadam, het huidige Lijiang in Yunnan. Chökyi Gyaltsen Pälsang bood hem aan om zijn eigen dood te veroorzaken om vervolgens te reïncarneren als prins van de nieuwe Qing-dynastie, en daarna een Chinese invasie in Tibet te organiseren om de karma-kagyu-macht te herstellen. De 10e karmapa verwierp het voorstel van de 5e taï situ, omdat hij zich niet kon verenigen met het toepassen van geweld.

In Lijiang werd Chökyi Gyaltsen Pälsang door de koning uitgenodigd om daar onderricht te verzorgen. Als jaar van overlijden worden zowel 1632 als 1657 genoemd.

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The Best Board Games for Kids on Amazon, According to Hyperenthusiastic Reviewers
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Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we'd like to, we can't try everything. Which is why we have People's Choice, in which we find the best-reviewed products and single out the most convincing ones. (You can learn more about our rating system and how we pick each item here.)
And while we've written before about all sorts board games — including the best four-player board games, two-player board games, and board games for adults — here we've rounded up the best board games for kids as praised by the most enthusiastic reviewers on Amazon.
Best-rated board game for kids
4.8 stars, 4,524 reviews
"It's rare to find a game that everyone in the family loves. This is that game," says one of over 3,500 five-star reviewers. They add, "There's enough strategy in it that you can make or break your game on your own merits, but there's also enough element of chance (and the strategy isn't too deep) that younger kids will enjoy it too." One reviewer describes the concept as "relatively easy, but it's a lot of fun," explaining, "The board is set up like a map of the United States, and each person is given routes that they have to complete. You get points for completing your route, or you lose those points if you don't get them." It's rated for ages 8 and up, but some report younger kids picking it up quite easily. "Believe the hype on this one," says one gamer, who's since purchased a bunch of expansion packs. "I was skeptical at first, but I'm so glad I gave it a try. We are now huge fans of the Ticket to Ride series. We own Europe, Africa and the original, all of which are super fun to play, and they only take about an hour to complete, making it perfect for any evening."
Best-rated (less expensive) board game for kids
Connect 4 Game
4.7 starts, 3,091 reviews
Over 2,300 five-star reviewers weigh in to praise the classic board game Connect 4. Many purchasers highlight how easy it was for their kids to learn and understand how to play, and they also love that it doesn't take too long to finish a game. "As a busy mom to three kids, it's hard to juggle all I have to get done and still get in quality time with my children," one reviewer writes. "It's short enough that I can play a few rounds and then let the kids play each other while I finish up cleaning or whatever." Many parents found themselves getting a little nostalgic too. "This is the same classic game that I played when I was a kid, and now I can play it with my children," writes one. "We got the game at Christmas, and it's now eight months later and they still pull it out to play all the time. I think this one will be a keeper."
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And now, some micro-picks for every type of board game for kids you might be looking for
Best simple board game for kids
Candy Land Game
Candy Land is rated for ages 3 and up, and a great deal of reviewers praise it as a great game to play with young kids. "I simply cannot think of a better beginning board game for your toddler," writes one purchaser. "They will love the bright colors, as well as the speed and simplicity of the play. This familiar fame sets up simply and teaches basic concepts of rules, turn taking and paying attention." Another reviewer agrees, calling Candy Land "the perfect game for little ones who can't really use logic or strategy yet. They only need to know their colors and they're set to go." They add, "My grandchildren love playing when the come to visit. It's definitely a hit in our family."
Best collaborative board game for kids
Richard Scarry's Busytown, Eye Found It
"This game was the big winner at Christmas. We played it six times that day and have been playing it daily since," writes one reviewer. Many also praise the "collaborative" nature of the game, which they say makes for a fun and accessible way to introduce the value of teamwork, like one who says, "I bought this for my 4-year-old daughter. She usually doesn't like board games because she doesn't like losing. But nobody loses in this game, so it is a hit." Summarizing the concept of the game, one reviewer writes: "There are about ten magnifying glasses, a cardboard boat, six cardboard pieces of food, cards, a spinner, and a timer. The goal? Everyone has to make it to the boat and the boat has to make it to Picnic Island before the pigs eat all the food. The youngest person goes first."
Best interactive board game for kids
The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game
$15 (was $22, now 32% off) 4.7 stars, 2,375 reviews
This board game has over 1,700 five-star reviews, and we featured it on our roundup of the best gifts for 3-year-olds. Parents love the simple concept of the game, where kids pick up plastic acorns with a tweezerlike "squirrel grabber" and place them in their corresponding color-coded spots in a plastic tree-trunk piece. (And over 200 reviewers mention the "squirrel grabber" tool as a great way to practice "fine motor skills.") One reviewer calls it, "Such a fun game to play with a toddler! I was nervous about playing a board game with him as sometimes I think it's hard for me to explain the rules, but this game is literally SO EASY (in a good way!)." Another says, "The game's concept is easy for my toddler to grasp and the gameplay is short; maybe ten minutes, short enough for little one's attention spans." As one purchaser puts it, "If you're on the fence, GET this game for your kiddos, you won't be sorry. It's perfect for teaching turn taking and matching colors."
Best family board game for kids
Sorry! Game
4.4 stars, 545 reviews
Another classic game, Sorry! is a hit with kids and parents alike thanks to its simple gameplay. "I played this years ago when I was a kid, and wanted to introduce it to my family," shares one purchaser. "It was very easy to learn and we were all playing in no time. Good way to disconnect from tablets and TV and get the family together." Another calls Sorry! "the perfect game for children and adults to play together! There's an opportunity for counting and reinforcing rote memory, not many pieces to hang onto, and it's easy enough for even the youngest player." It's rated for ages 6 and up, but many report their 4 and 5-year-olds playing the game without any issues: "My 5-year-old LOVES this game. And it's fun for grownups too. Great for family game night."
Best building board game for kids
Mouse Trap Board Game
$23 (was $25, now 8% off) 4.1 stars, 876 reviews
Purchasers highlight the creative and fun nature of Mouse Trap's gameplay. "The kids enjoy building the game almost as much as they do running the ball through the 'Rube Goldberg' setup," one parent writes. One child therapist says it's especially great for kids who like something more hands on and interactive. "If your child is a builder, I would get them this game," they write. Others praise the quality of the many pieces that come with the game. "It's extremely well made and the board accommodates the plastic trap pieces very snugly. Treat this gently and it should last for years," a reviewer says. They go on to say it's a "family-night favorite" for them and their 10 and 5-year old boys. "Who can resist setting up this trap and setting it off?"
Best card-based board game for kids
Sequence Game
With over 2,400 five-star reviews, Sequence is described by many as pretty easy to learn — but they also tend to have a hard time summing up gameplay. "It's a bit of bingo and poker combined," writes one. Another says, "It's like checkers and tic-tac-toe and rummy mixed." However one chooses to describe it, the common denominator tends to be how much fun it is to play. "So much fun, really for the whole family. It's no secret why this is such a great-selling game. It's the perfect match between a card game and a board game, allowing fans of each to come together and enjoy hours and hours of quality time, face to face." And many note that it has something for players of all ages: "An 8-year-old child will have as much fun as an 80-year-old grandmother," writes one reviewer.
Best maze board game for kids
Ravensburger Labyrinth
Of the 1,400 plus purchasers who left a review for this game, 89 percent gave it five stars. Many love that the board changes a bit with each game since the tiles move and are not fixed. "It has so much replayability since it's never really the same game each time you play," one parent explains. Another says, "The objective is to work your pawn around the game board to the assigned treasure. The trick is, each turn, players have the ability to change the board and the path of the maze." And according to one reviewer explains, it doesn't take long to get the hang of it. "There's no reading needed to play the game, no counting, no questions to answer. It's all about moving pieces on a constantly moving game board, so it works for all ages. It's a game that takes just a minute or two to learn, and just a few turns around the board to get the hang of how to play." Put simply: "If you enjoy board games that require strategy and include a fantasy aspect, this is for you."
Best classic board game for kids
Monopoly Classic Game
"This is the classic Monopoly that everyone loves," writes one five-star reviewer. "It's easy to learn and there's instructions that you can refer to if you think anyone's cheating." Many others praise it as a "classic," and as one purchaser says, "In this day and age of the kids always playing video games, this is something a family can sit down and play together." Some joke about the game's reputation for inspiring some serious competition. "I think you are supposed to let your kids win, but I mopped the floor with them," writes one parent. Yes, plenty of adults are fans of the game, but this is first and foremost a game for kids. As one one reviewer says, "My kids absolutely love it."
Best chess set for kids
No Stress Chess
"If you're looking for a way to teach a kid chess without the pieces being thrown off the board, or them wandering away because they got frustrated, this is the game you need," one reviewer writes. That's because No Stress Chess contains a full chess set, intended to help teach the rules and strategies of the game with the use of an included deck of cards. One satisfied customer who bought this for their son writes, "Even on the first night that we played he was able to grasp the concepts of the game quite easily thanks to the card system that this set uses. Within a few games he was already confident enough to play without the cards. He still has a way to go, but this set has allowed him to enjoy chess, rather than be frustrated and quit learning the old-fashioned way."
Best word-based board game for kids
Scrabble Game
$13 (was $17, now 24% off) 4.5 stars, 891 reviews
The classic word-building game Scrabble has plenty of loyal fans, with just under 80 percent of purchasers leaving a five-star rating. "Educational and the kids don't even realize they are learning," writes one parent, who calls it a "fun game for everyone." Many other parents appreciate its educational bent. "A great game to play with kids who are learning to spell," says one. But many others simply highlight how fun it is to play. "I'm shocked, the preteen enjoys it so much that we play until the wee hours of the night. Highly recommended for family fun," reads one review. As one purchaser puts it: "Who doesn't like a good game of Scrabble?"
Best strategy board game for kids
Catan 5th Edition
Settlers of Catan is intended for older kids and adults, with a suggested age range of 10 and up. The game has many passionate fans, one of whom warns, "Don't try this unless you plan on getting addicted. Your life will forever be altered. You'll find yourself begging strangers to come over to play. Watching YouTube videos to improve your game, bribing your children." One parent writes that it's a big hit for family game nights: "Endless hours of fun for us and the kids. The game involves strategy, making trade deals, and there are several ways to win. Each of my kids has their own strategy, and it's fun to see them learning about honesty and shrewd bargaining." As one purchaser advises, "Buy this game, read the instructions (thoroughly) and then keep your eyes peeled, because your opponents will quickly realize there are no friendships across the board in Catan, and your success hinges on their destruction."
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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals / Ways to Control Mosquitos / Coral in Hawaii - 2004-07-20
Broadcast: July 20, 2004
VOICE ONE:
This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Sarah Long. Coming up this week: a report on efforts to reduce medical mistakes in American hospitals.
Some new ways to kill mosquito eggs in water.
And some underwater competition creates trouble for jewelry makers in Hawaii.
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Five years ago, a study estimated the number of deaths each year caused by medical mistakes in hospitals in the United States. The estimate was between forty-four thousand and ninety-eight thousand -- or one in every two hundred patients.
The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, did the study. The report was called "To Err Is Human." There was a lot of talk about the findings. Some experts called the estimates too high. Others called them too low.
The report called for changes designed to reduce the chance for mistakes to happen in medical care. Not all mistakes are deadly. The report told of a man who was supposed to have his right leg removed. Doctors cut off the left one by mistake.
The report said this kind of medical error is not unusual. It said many people are given the wrong medicine, or too much of the right medicine. New medicines with similar names are part of the problem. For example, Celebrex, Cerebyx and Celexa are three different medicines used to treat very different medical problems.
The Institute of Medicine report said changes in hospital policies could prevent many of these mistakes. The nineteen-ninety-nine study called for another examination later this year to measure progress.
Health care experts say a number of reforms have yet to take place. But they say hospitals have made improvements. Some are very simple. In fact, one of our friends here in the office discovered one for himself. Ten years ago he had an operation on his left knee. The operation was a success. But when he went into the hospital, no one asked him to confirm which knee required the operation.
Recently, he had the same operation on his right knee. This time, a hospital worker asked him which knee was to be repaired. He was asked to place his hand on that knee. Then he was given a pen. He was told to write "yes" on the right knee and "no" on the left one.
After that, he entered the operating room. The nurse and the doctor both asked him which knee was the one to be fixed. They wanted to make sure one last time that the right knee was the right knee.
This month a group that inspects American hospitals ordered that simple safety measures like these be required before all operations. That group is called "Jayco" -- the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Another effort to reduce mistakes involves information sharing among hospitals to improve the treatment of newborn babies. Each hospital can search the collected information for the best way to perform an operation or treat different problems in babies. Safety experts say information sharing can not only reduce mistakes but also improve the quality of medical care.
The Institute of Medicine report five years ago said most mistakes are caused by communication failures. These include mistakes with medicines. There are efforts to increase the use of computers in hospitals to avoid such mistakes. The goal is make sure patients get the correct medicines and in the correct amounts.
Traditionally, doctors have written their orders on paper. The handwriting can be difficult to read. But there is no such problem when the doctor enters the information into a computer instead.
The computer can also be used to avoid other mistakes. For example, it can warn if a medicine will form a dangerous combination with another drug already taken by the patient.
Safety experts hope that health care providers will learn from the mistakes of others -- and not just other health care providers.
It is often said that doctors can learn from pilots. The flight industry has done a lot of work to reduce mistakes. These efforts include training for pilots about the importance of teamwork. But teamwork is not the only solution. Efforts are also made to change systems where misunderstandings and mistakes are easily possible.
This is Science in the News, in VOA Special English.
Mosquitoes spread malaria and other diseases that kill or sicken millions of people a year, mostly in developing countries. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in water. These insects often lay their eggs in old tires or other places where rainwater has collected. This is why public health officials tell people not to leave standing water on their property. But an American man has designed some ways to use standing water to control mosquitoes.
Donald Hall of Virginia is a retired engineer. His inventions target mosquito eggs. One device pushes the water from a bird bath into a filter. The filter crushes the eggs that have been laid in the water. Some mosquitoes too young to fly are also killed.
Another invention by Mister Hall is a special outdoor tray that is filled with water. It serves as an inviting place for mosquitoes to lay their eggs. But the heat of the sun causes a coil device at the bottom of the tray to expand during daylight hours. So the eggs rise to the surface of the water. There they become hot and die. In the evening, the metal coil shrinks back under water, so more mosquitoes can lay their eggs.
Donald Hall says devices like these would be simple and low cost to make for developing countries. He recently received a United States patent to protect his ownership rights to his inventions. We have a link to his patent information on our Web site, voaspecialenglish-dot-com.
Scientists in Hawaii say a beautiful but unwelcome form of ocean life threatens the coral industry in that state. They say snowflake coral is invading an area between the Hawaiian islands of Maui and Lanai. It kills black coral by crowding it out in the competition for resources.
Coral is made up of colonies of small organisms called polyps. One end of a coral polyp has a mouth. The other end usually sticks to hard surfaces. The polyps of snowflake coral are white. So the colonies look like fields of snow.
These polyps form shapes like trees as they grow. Right now, most of the snowflake coral develops at depths as low as one-hundred-ten meters. That is below the level that divers can easily reach.
Snowflake coral connects itself to shells and other objects that live on black coral. Hawaii's black coral is used to make jewelry and other objects. This industry is worth twenty-five to thirty million dollars to the state. Hawaiian coral rings, bracelets and necklaces are especially popular.
Sam Kahng is an ocean science researcher at the University of Hawaii. Last December, Mister Kahng did research with a submarine provided by the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory.
In the area he studied, he noted the presence of snowflake coral in or around all the colonies of black coral. He saw areas of black coral that had been killed by the snowflake coral. He said a single polyp of coral can produce as many as one hundred eggs. It can grow more than a centimeter a week.
Mister Kahng said many new colonies of snowflake coral are just starting to form. Snowflake coral grows much faster than black coral.
The invasive coral is not all bad. It does provides shelter for fish. Still, it competes with black coral and small fish for food supplies.
Snowflake coral was first seen in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor in nineteen-seventy two. Researchers say the coral polyps may have stuck to the bottoms of ships that sailed into Hawaiian waters from the Caribbean.
Several years ago, Sam Kahng explored the area between Maui and Lanai with Richard Grigg from the University of Hawaii. Mister Grigg is now partly retired. He says he does not think snowflake coral will kill all the black coral beds. But he says it reduces the black coral that can be harvested for jewelry. He also says it may reduce the growth of new black coral by killing older beds. These older beds make it possible for black coral to reproduce.
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS was written by Nancy Steinbach, Paul Thompson and Jerilyn Watson. Cynthia Kirk was our producer. This is Sarah Long.
And this is Bob Doughty. Join us again next week for more news about science, in Special English, on the Voice of America.


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Injury questions linger for teams headed to regional finals
By AARON BEARD - Mar. 30, 2019 03:03 AM EDT
Kentucky's PJ Washington (25) passes over Houston's Cedrick Alley Jr. and Houston's Breaon Brady (24) during the first half of a men's NCAA tournament college basketball Midwest Regional semifinal game Friday, March 29, 2019, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Kentucky got PJ Washington back just in time, Duke hung on without Cam Reddish, and Auburn's thrill from a huge win was tempered by a potentially serious injury to Chuma Okeke.
The injury questions piled up in NCAA Sweet 16 games in the East and Midwest regions, all with the potential to affect who earns the final two spots in the Final Four on Sunday.
Washington's status as the Wildcats' top scorer and rebounder had been one of the most discussed topics of the tournament's opening weekend. The 6-foot-8 sophomore didn't play in the first two games due to an injury to his left foot that required a hard cast, and coach John Calipari had been noncommittal about his status entering Friday's win against Houston.
Washington turned in a big performance (16 points on 6-for-8 shooting) but made his biggest play with a critical block at the rim on Corey Davis Jr. to set up Tyler Herro's go-ahead 3-pointer in the final seconds.
Yet to listen to Washington, it wasn't easy. And now the second-seeded Wildcats must see how Washington's foot responds.
"I took some pain pills before the game," Washington said. "Kind of started hurting in the second half, but I had to tough through it. Through the end of the game, it was trying to cramp up. I'm definitely going back to get some treatment after this and try to get a good night's sleep."
Kentucky will face Auburn in an all-Southeastern Conference regional final after the fifth-seeded Tigers beat Midwest Region top seed North Carolina. But amid the Tigers' 3-point barrage and freewheeling flow was the concern over Okeke, who had 20 points and 11 rebounds before crashing to the floor when his left knee buckled on a drive with about eight minutes left.
Okeke was down for an extended period and was helped to the tunnel. Afterward, coach Bruce Pearl was fighting back tears in an on-court TV interview, and there was the emotional locker-room sight of Okeke — with a bag of ice on his left knee — being helped by teammates to apply a sticker to a bracket showing Auburn advancing to its first regional final since 1986.
"We don't know the status," Pearl said, "but we think it could be serious."
For Duke, coach Mike Krzyzewski said the Blue Devils found out right before the narrow win against Virginia Tech that Reddish was dealing with a knee problem.
"He went out, he just said something was wrong with his knee," Krzyzewski said. "He was limping. ... That's another thing for our guys to be able to overcome that adversity, because we've prepared all week with that lineup and then — boom — right before the start of the game he can't play."
Reddish came in as the team's No. 3 scorer (13.6 points) behind star freshmen Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett along with a team-high 87 3-pointers this season. Duke offset his loss thanks to a career-high 22 points by freshman point guard Tre Jones, who bucked his season average (27 percent) by hitting five 3-pointers.
Krzyzewski said he didn't know whether Reddish would be ready Sunday against Michigan State.
The second-seeded Spartans got their own scare with big man Nick Ward appearing to reinjure his left hand in the win against LSU. He had been playing with a brace on the hand after missing five games due to a hairline fracture, but coach Tom Izzo described it as a bone bruise and Ward said he would be ready to go Sunday.
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