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Podcast Published 26 Nov 2019
The Mess We're In: Episode three in the What Happens Next? podcast series
Susan Carland
Director, Bachelor of Global Studies
Mark Boulet
Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia
Ruth Lane
Senior Lecturer, Human Geography in the School of Social Sciences
Stefan Kaufman
Researcher at BehaviourWorks
Kim Borg
Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia
Fiona Newton
Associate Professor of Marketing
Susan Carland: The state of our environment is something that people care about deeply, and that's growing. In the latest Mapping Social Cohesion report released in November of 2019, the most striking change has been a vast increase in the number of people who rate the environment or climate change as the most important problem Australians face today, and that's been the largest change in the history of the survey. And in the most recent IPSOS Issues Monitor released in December of 2019, it was also found that the environment has for the first-time surpassed healthcare, cost of living and the economy to be the No.1 concern for Australians. The survey asked Australians to name the top three issues facing the nation, and in the November survey nearly one-third of people rated the state of the environment among their top worries. This is a huge jump in the two years since November 2017, when the number was at just 14 per cent. It's clear many Australians care about this, but what are we doing to take action? This year, thousands of people attended the school climate strikes around the nation, calling for action on climate change.
[Audio from protest]: This Friday, many thousands of students across the country will go on strike from school, calling for emergency action on climate change.
Susan: And the recent catastrophic bushfires around Australia have brought the harsh realities of climate change right to the front door for many.
[Audio from Prime Minister]: Mr Speaker, southern Queensland, northeast of New South Wales, has experienced unprecedented fires Friday.
Susan: As we've heard in previous episodes, the global waste crisis has the potential to significantly increase the effects of climate change.
[Audio clip from Mark Boulet]: Food waste emissions account for about one-quarter of agricultural emissions overall. So you think dystopian future ... it's contributing to something that we well know is going to make life a lot harder for humans on the planet, which is climate change.
Susan: So what actions can individuals take? What should we be doing? In this episode, we talk to those helping people to take steps to make change for the better, whether that's reducing your waste at home or at work, or working with governments and industry to get them on board. Let's start with some tips from our experts, Kim Borg and Mark Boulet. The problem seems so big it can feel quite overwhelming. What are some practical, concrete, clear things that the average individual like me can do right now to help with food waste or plastic waste.
Kim Borg: So, with plastic waste, there's a lot that individuals can do. And at a basic level, I look at it as following the waste hierarchy, which, if you're not familiar with that, step No.1 is avoidance. So find those single-use and unnecessary plastic items that you come across in your daily life and ask yourself, 'Do I really need this? Do I need this straw, or can I just use my mouth?' Find an alternative. A reusable option is the next step to go. OK, plastic bags are banned in Victoria now – guess I'll have to bring my own reusable bags. But are there other single-use items that I could be reusing as well, like a Tupperware container, or even an old Chinese food container that I've gotten from previous Chinese takeout? Could I take that back and reuse it? If you've got an older item that's broken down, can you repair it? Can you take it somewhere to fix it? And then once you've exhausted all of those individual options, the next part of the waste hierarchy is about recycling. So, making sure you're recycling correctly as well. So finding out from your local council which items they accept in their recycling, because not all councils are the same. And then once we get down to, OK, we need to do energy recovery and then, ultimately, disposal, which is really based on sort of government and systems from an individual level. What we can do is petition for the government to do things. So write to your MP, sign petitions actually calling for change for something like improving the recycling system in Australia.
Susan: OK. Mark?
Mark Boulet: Food waste is not ... it doesn't actually happen when we put food in the bin. Essentially, that's just hiding the evidence. Yes, you can put it into a compost bin, and that's great. But the food has still been wasted, and food waste actually occurs as a result of, I suppose, a series of events that happen to do with food in your home. It occurs when you plan or don't plan when you go shopping, it occurs what you do in the supermarket. It occurs when you come home from the supermarket, how you store food and it occurs, how ... how much you cook and then what you do with leftovers. So at each one of those stages, we actually already waste food, and really the kind of food at the bin is just the outcome of the decisions, bad or good, that we make in those steps. So a bunch of easy things that we can do, which actually are often far removed from the time that we put the food in the bin, we can, before we go shopping, check what we have in our pantry and our fridge. We can write a shopping list. In the supermarket, we can only stick to the shopping list and don't get caught up by promotions and discounts. When we get home, store things properly, put them in the fridge. The food should be at four degrees – that's the optimal temperature to keep food fresh longest – use Tupperware, keep things stored well so that they last longer. Cook only the amount that you know you're going to eat, and that often comes from experience, and then reuse your leftovers. So each one of those are behaviours that we can do throughout the entire process of food within our home. Which means that probably the amount that we put in the bin, or if we're ... if we have a backyard, we put in the compost bin, is actually quite small.
Susan: Have you ever thrown out a bag of uneaten spinach?
Mark: Once or twice, yes. Well, it's been a while, and now that my family know that I'm studying food waste, the guilts that I get from my children becomes much greater. So either eat it or it goes to ... well, for us it goes to the compost bin, or the chickens as well.
Susan: So you, of course, could never be seen with the plastic straw.
Kim: So, not a plastic straw. I had to take a plastic bag when I was in Singapore, but I kept that bag, and it's currently folded up and lives in my handbag, and I've had it for about a year now as one of my emergency, 'Oh no, I haven't brought enough bags to the supermarket', so even in those situations where you can end up with the single-use item, funnily enough, you can reuse them sometimes.
Susan: In a previous episode, we spoke to Associate Professor Fiona Newton about the plastic promotions a lot of supermarkets are doing at the moment, and asked her what we could do about them. Here's some great tips, she offered ... What advice would you give to people who are frustrated by campaigns like the Ooshies or Little Shop, or any other plastic-focused promotion? What can they do to let the supermarkets know that they're not happy about how things are? And they'd like to see something different or a different approach?
Fiona Newton: That's a really, really good question. I think I've got three different ways to approach that; some of them are pretty similar. First of all, write to the company. Actually, letters do count, because they take effort, and that's recognised. I would say that writing, but being factual, not just getting out there. I know we can feel outraged by any of these, but the more that we are calm, we're factual, we get out the information, that can be a really great way of them realising somebody's taken this effort. Of course, then you can also post onto the company's social media sites your concerns. Again, do that homework so that you can really present a cogent kind of case.
There's always petitions around these types of campaigns, so signing those. Some of them got huge numbers of signatures, and I think that does send a very concerted message to the retailers. I think we can also start a dialogue with family and friends, and I think it's at that level, where the parents are at the school pick-up that teachers are talking to parents and we're starting to actually saying, 'Look, maybe don't participate in it'. I think, though, if we go down that track of talking to family and friends and peers, we need to be careful about the tone of voice that we use, or we could make matters worse; I kind of think we need to be non-judgmental. Again, you might be outraged, but expressing that, you could induce a sense of psychological reaction in the person that you're trying to convince not to do it, and what that actually means is that they're going to feel, 'You're taking away my free choice, you're taking away my alternatives', and you will get them doubling down on the behaviour rather than listening. So I think if we're going to do that kind of conversation, we need to take a moment to chill, and just to come in with a, 'Well, look, have you thought about the consequences? Is there another way to do this?'
And I think that that, at a slow pace, starts to build momentum where people are going to say at the checkout, 'No, thank you'. And therefore the supermarkets are going to say, 'Well, hey, we've got heaps of this stuff left, people are no longer interested in it'. So I think if you take all of those approaches, we might get to a point where the supermarkets are thinking, 'OK, enough, what do we do next?'.
Susan: Even taking individual action can be a challenge when the systems around us don't enable change. Monash Arts researcher and waste expert Dr Ruth Lane says it's a common barrier, and that's why we need government and industry to step in. Dr Ruth Lane, we talk a lot about the individuals. I wonder, really, in the end, how much can an individual do? Should we really be turning our attention to what government and industry should be doing? I could use my keep-cup as much as I like – in the end, if we're not going to honour the Paris Accord, for example, this is a drop in the ocean.
Ruth Lane: I think there's a lot of individuals can do, but we need to feel part of something larger. A lot of people do undertake these sorts of, like, lifestyle initiatives off their own bat. However, they do meet resistance. They meet resistance through their social networks, even, you know, an immediate partner. Often it's kind of it's … so having a capacity to link up with others who are likeminded becomes quite important, and I think ultimately these sorts of personal initiatives need to have a more public political orientation for them to be able to gather momentum more broadly as a sort of a social change movement.
Susan: BehaviourWorks researcher Dr Stefan Kaufman is concerned our federal government might not only be loath to step in, but it actually might want to discourage individual action as well.
Stefan Kaufman: OK, my name is Stefan Kaufman. I'm a researcher with BehaviourWorks Australia at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute. I'm someone who's been interested in the links between behaviour change and system change for much of my career in a variety of different roles, which has ranged from applied behaviour change efforts in organisations right through to the theory and research of it.
Susan: Why are the government, in particular, so reluctant to try to enforce some of these things, whether it be state or federal? Why won't they show a bit more leadership?
Stefan: I've interviewed enough people in business, and in government as well, to be reasonably believing that many people making some of these policy decisions genuinely feel limited by what they believe consumers and citizens will accept and support and – not to get too political here – but I thought Scott Morrison's speech to the Queensland Resources Council was pretty interesting in that regard.
Susan: Tell us what he said.
Stefan: Well, I'm paraphrasing here, and obviously you should read it yourself and listen to the speech if you want to hear what he actually said, but what I was hearing was, he was saying that you know, the ideal Australian is a quiet Australian who just gets on with living. And the government takes care of these bigger issues like droughts and bushfires and climate change in a way that makes as minimal an impact on your day-to-day life as possible, no costs or inconvenience, and that people who are making your life difficult are the enemy, not people who are causing these problems. And they were talking a lot about the need to prevent things like shareholder activism and secondary boycotts, and to make things like activism illegal. So, you know, if you have doubts about whether or not the current government is prioritising action on climate change and other things, he's also telling you, I guess, that they'd actually prefer that you didn't become an activist and you didn't do shareholder activism – that 'quiet Australians' are much preferable than noisy Australians or ones that are at least constructively vocal.
Susan: Agitating Australians
Stefan: So I mean, I think there's a clue there that, you know, again, I'm probably being a little bit cynical and jaded, but this is the Prime Minister who fondled a piece of coal in Parliament. He would see his interest as being very aligned with the fossil fuel industry in Australia, and is telling people to get back in their seats and be quiet.
Susan: Perhaps the government hopes their thoughts and prayers will be enough. Ruth's view is that this attitude could have serious impacts, not just on the environment, but also on the Australian economy. What are your particular areas of concern?
Ruth: I think that Australia is very economically dependent on the export of extracted resources, particularly coal and iron ore. And because of their enormous importance as revenue-raisers for state and national governments, I think that the approvals that go through for extracted industries are really not doing the job they need to for environmental protections, and governments are really too beholden to extractive industries in Australia.
Susan: Do you think there's something in our psyche, in the Australian view of itself, that keeps us reliant on things like mining? That we see it as part of … it's connected to our identity. Is that why we can't let it go?
Ruth: Look, Australian identity used to be more bound up with agricultural industries. Now it's more mining. It's not actually an employer of a large ... of a very large portion of the labour force. It's more important for cashflows and export revenue from exports. I think because of the importance of this industry, we've turned away from local manufacturing. And it's kind of interesting, because now, at a time when there's more trade wars. The world in the future may not work like it did in the past in terms of the flows of commodities – exports, imports; we may need to be more self-sufficient, and I don't think we're prepared for that. I don't think we're having those sorts of conversations and, worse still, I think we're lagging on climate policy big-time, and that's actually likely to blow up in our faces in terms of embargoes on trade in the future.
Susan: Stefan's advice is to choose the issues most important to you and focus on those. Change takes energy and attention, and most of us are spread pretty thin already. I know I am. Stefan wants us all to stop being so hard on ourselves.
Stefan: Like, if it is almost impossible to recycle correctly, you know – if you go to the Monash food court here and you find it's actually quite difficult to buy lunch in anything other than disposable packaging, you could beat yourself up for not being able to bring the right thing, or bring food from home. Or you could have a friendly but constructive conversation with the shop that you favour, or talk to the student union management or Monash, and encourage them to do it. And this rolls out all over the place. So I think if you are, sort of, clear about what you're trying to achieve, believe that you're trying to do the right thing, but it's well beyond your personal resources and capacity to do it, it's time to get organised and talk to other people and connect with other people as well, and try and influence some of those actors and systems that constrain that behaviour. So you can be a conscious agent while forgiving yourself that it's difficult to do everything right yourself and be a change agent.
Susan: But, like in all situations, as Stefan points out, don't expect a quick fix.
Stefan: So I think there are useful things you can do on a personal level about how you live, and you just need to acknowledge that it'll probably take a little bit more time and effort to do these things. But that can also give you clues about where activism and change can be useful. There's other people who have the temperament and interest to go out there and wave banners and protests, or do often quite creative and interesting direct-action things. I mean, I think most of us probably draw the line at non-violent protest. We wouldn't go beyond that. But there are models of social change that people like Fran Peavey talk about, for example, which says that, you know, you work out where you can fit in the model of change, and if you've got the appetite and desire to be an activist, be an activist, but you can be someone who supports those activists by doing petitions or helping with funding or just showing up at the rallies they organise, while trying to do your day-to-day life things, too, and I think all these things create the preconditions for change. And the emergence of media shows like this also do as well, but we need to sort of keep in mind that these are complicated, multifaceted processes that are going on. You know, I don't think just being reactionary about things is going to help stuff. There's a simple solution to every complex problem, and it's wrong.
Susan: Thanks so much to all our guests today for their tips and their insights. And if you want more information on what you could do to help tackle the waste crisis, whether at an individual or community level, there are plenty of resources available. Sustainability Victoria is a great place to start. Run by the Victorian government, Sustainability Victoria provides guidance and advice on everything from recycling to renewable energy, and you can find them at sustainability.vic.gov.au. Or, Monash's own ClimateWorks Australia at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute also has plenty of information and advice designed to help Australia transition to net zero emissions by 2050. Visit monash.edu/sustainable-development. Special thanks to Kim Borg, Mark Boulet, Ruth Lane, Stefan Kaufman and Fiona Newton. If you like the podcast, please give us a five-star rating and tell your friends.
Next time on the podcast, we'll delve into a brand-new topic: modern slavery. Thanks for listening. See you on the next episode of What Happens Next?
We're not going to recycle our way out of this one. It takes awareness and education to change our behaviours surrounding waste.
Find out what you can do – this episode includes small steps to take at home that can make a major difference such as:
"Write a shopping list and only stick to that shopping list. Don't get caught up by promotions and cook only what you need."
Mark Boulet, Research Fellow
Monash Sustainable Development Institute
Sustainability Victoria
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Director, Bachelor of Global Studies & Lecturer, School of Language, Literature, Cultures and Linguistics
Susan completed her PhD in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash in 2015. Her research and teaching specialties focus on gender, sociology, contemporary Australia, terrorism, and Islam in the modern world. Susan hosted the "Assumptions" series on ABC's Radio National, and in 2012 she was named on the 20 Most Influential Australian Female Voices list by The Age.
Mark's research interests lie in the area of environmental sustainability, behaviour change and education. He has worked on a range of projects involving the identification and design of behavioural change interventions to tackle issues such as food waste, noise pollution, sustainable transport, stormwater pollution and wildlife management.
Stefan is a researcher at BehaviourWorks, part of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute. He has used his interest and expertise in applied social and behavioural science to help organisations be more effective and reflective in what they do. His 17 years' experience in social research and pro-environmental behaviour change includes transport, green office programs, climate and health risk communication, energy and improved business environmental performance.
Kim's research interests include the impact of human behaviour on the natural world, road safety, health, wellbeing and the environment. Prior to joining BehaviourWorks, she worked with a number of large organisations and departments such as Australia Post, DHHS, WorkSafe Victoria and TAC. She's also played an active role in designing and testing best-practice methods for survey data collection. She's recently started a behaviour change PhD via the Monash Graduate Research Industry Partnership (GRIP) program.
Fiona is an Associate Professor of Marketing in the Department of Marketing in the Faculty of Business and Economics. Her research is around influencing behaviour and the drivers behind decision-making in consumers. She is currently working on a project with a major supermarket on healthy eating.
Episode 2: No Time to Waste
In this episode we talk to a campaigner who forced a major supermarket to better consider sustainability in its promotions and discover how marketing research can help organisations do it better.
Susan Carland Director, Bachelor of Global Studies
Episode 1 : Trash Talk
Susan Carland is joined by researchers and behaviour change experts from BehaviourWorks Australia – together they talk global waste.
Kim Borg Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia
Reality check: EdTech is killing the planet
Despite our reliance on digital technologies in the classroom, there are too few natural resources to produce and sustain them at the levels we expect.
Neil Selwyn Professor, Faculty of Education
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Blasi GmbH manufactures automatic doors, partitioning walls and security sensors. The lineup includes more than 5000 products and countless components. The calculation of estimates was complicated and time consuming, so the solution was to use 4D-based TOPIX:8 and its order processing module.
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The Bleu Vert company was founded in 1998 by a co-founder of Rapunzel, a well-known actor of organic food in France. As a distributor with expertise in cosmetics, Bleu Vert offers natural and organic products based on fair trade and sustainable development from German laboratories. In 2010, more than 2 million organic products distributed by Bleu Vert had been sold online or via retailers.
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Calderón Sport is a Spanish company with over 30 years of experience in sales and distribution of sporting goods. In its 30 stores, the Spanish retailer uses 4D-based PowerShop for sales, cashiers, purchasing, billing, reports, inventory control and more.
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Identification of a Platelet-aggregating Factor of Murine Colon Adenocarcinoma 26: Mr 44,000 Membrane Protein as Determined by Monoclonal Antibodies
Masahiko Watanabe, Etsuko Okochi, Yoshikazu Sugimoto, Takashi Tsuruo
The interaction between platelets and tumor cells plays an important role in the hematogenous spread of certain malignant cancers. We found that metastatic clones of murine colon adenocarcinoma 26 induced platelet aggregation in a membrane protein-dependent manner. Two mono-clonal antibodies (mAbs) of IgG2aclass were generated against a highly metastatic colon 26 clone, NL-17. These two mAbs, designated 8F11 and 20A11, showed a two-fold higher level of NL-17 binding than a low metastatic clone, NL-14, which possesses low platelet-aggregating ability. Both mAbs retarded platelet aggregation induced by NL-17. Western blot analysis showed that both mAbs recognized the same Mx44,000 membrane protein as antigen under reducing conditions. Trypsin treatment of NL-17 diminished the ability of the cells to induce platelet-aggregation and resulted in a decrease in the reactivity of the cells to 8F11. These results suggest that the Mr44,000 membrane protein recognized by the two mAbs is a platelet-aggregating factor of colon 26 cells.
Published - 1988 Nov
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Watanabe, M., Okochi, E., Sugimoto, Y., & Tsuruo, T. (1988). Identification of a Platelet-aggregating Factor of Murine Colon Adenocarcinoma 26: Mr 44,000 Membrane Protein as Determined by Monoclonal Antibodies. Cancer Research, 48(22), 6411-6416.
Identification of a Platelet-aggregating Factor of Murine Colon Adenocarcinoma 26 : Mr 44,000 Membrane Protein as Determined by Monoclonal Antibodies. / Watanabe, Masahiko; Okochi, Etsuko; Sugimoto, Yoshikazu; Tsuruo, Takashi.
In: Cancer Research, Vol. 48, No. 22, 11.1988, p. 6411-6416.
Watanabe, M, Okochi, E, Sugimoto, Y & Tsuruo, T 1988, 'Identification of a Platelet-aggregating Factor of Murine Colon Adenocarcinoma 26: Mr 44,000 Membrane Protein as Determined by Monoclonal Antibodies', Cancer Research, vol. 48, no. 22, pp. 6411-6416.
Watanabe M, Okochi E, Sugimoto Y, Tsuruo T. Identification of a Platelet-aggregating Factor of Murine Colon Adenocarcinoma 26: Mr 44,000 Membrane Protein as Determined by Monoclonal Antibodies. Cancer Research. 1988 Nov;48(22):6411-6416.
Watanabe, Masahiko ; Okochi, Etsuko ; Sugimoto, Yoshikazu ; Tsuruo, Takashi. / Identification of a Platelet-aggregating Factor of Murine Colon Adenocarcinoma 26 : Mr 44,000 Membrane Protein as Determined by Monoclonal Antibodies. In: Cancer Research. 1988 ; Vol. 48, No. 22. pp. 6411-6416.
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'Electronic' mourning rituals picking up during pandemic
Lubna Jerar NaqviPublished December 20, 2020
A group of people carry the body for burial.—Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: "My sister couldn't reach Pakistan and my father passed away earlier this year. She lives in the UK and she couldn't make it because of the coronavirus travel restrictions. She was devastated and was inconsolable," Tehmina said. "Then her husband suggested we take her online and show her our father's body, the burial and all the rituals. We were a little shocked at this suggestion at first but then realised that it was a brilliant idea to use technology to connect a child to a parent at a time like this."
Relatives are meeting online to grieve. Generally, we tend to come together to mourn and support one another not only physically and financially but also emotionally. With the pandemic and lockdowns, people were alone to grieve — a shocking development in a close-knit society.
However, this vacuum was quickly filled by electronic mourning — a healthy alternative for a society used to gathering to mourn — and soon online spaces were used to gather people at such times.
With almost everything online — online classes, meetings, webinars — it was only a matter of time before people used technology to connect for mourning.
For a society like ours it is unthinkable that one does not visit an ill family member or attend a funeral
People are visiting ill relatives and friends online, as well as attending funerals, religious rituals and prayers.
As the coronavirus pandemic persists and the lockdown prolongs, people are getting used to virtual events and visits with their relatives. More and more people abroad are using online spaces to virtually attend funerals and other rituals of friends and families.
"My siblings are abroad — one is in the UK and the other is in Germany. Both of them couldn't travel to Pakistan to attend the funeral of my mother. It would have been devastating for me to be alone to go through the whole process," said Shamim Ali. "However, my siblings were with me online throughout — technology not only allowed them to bid farewell to mother but also to virtually attend her burial and the fateha."
Shamim Ali says the coronavirus has turned everything around and so we have all evolved. "Who would have thought that my siblings could be part of my mother's last journey. I know it isn't the same as being there, but it is something to be able to have access to this."
A religious obligation
For a society like ours where the extended family is closely connected, it is unthinkable that one does not visit an ill family member or attend a funeral. Our funerals are large since it is also a religious obligation for males to attend funeral prayers.
With the onset of the coronavirus people couldn't attend funerals, prayers or meet the bereaved family. This was a cultural dilemma and causing a lot of social problems for many.
This is when people sought the online spaces to electronically visit relatives when they fell ill or just to talk to them. When people couldn't attend funerals or visit hospitals they opted for online spaces for 'e-mourning' and 'e-praying'.
"All you have to do is send a link of your event or use other options of virtual meeting," Saima said. "And everyone can join in from the comfort of their homes."
Saima's father-in-law died of the coronavirus, shortly after her mother-in-law also tested positive. Her husband was working abroad and wasn't allowed to return home. "We connected him directly to his mother through her phone. We taught her how to get online and connected."
Fortunately, Saima's mother-in-law recovered and is back home but she is thrilled to be able to connect with her children and other relatives from all over the world. Now she can use her phone without any help.
"I lost two dear relatives to corona. One was in another city inside Pakistan and the other one lived in the US. For obvious reasons, I couldn't attend any of the funerals. I was devastated," said Ahmed. "My relatives connected with me online and I was watching everything virtually in real time. It was surreal."
Haider said he was under quarantine when his uncle passed away. "It was strange that we were both in Karachi and I was unable to attend his funeral or any of the fateha events. My brother got me online during the burial and then the fateha. It was a little strange but at least I paid my respect properly and saw my uncle for the last time."
Technology has helped bridge distances between cities, countries and even continents at a time when it was most needed. More people seem to have come online during the last one year due to lockdowns and social distancing than before.
The real-time virtual presence has helped many to tackle these trying times by connecting with people more than before. Maybe the younger generation will not understand why online is such a big deal as they have been connected most of their lives.
But for older generations connecting with relatives and loved ones, especially at a time like this, it is great to be able to keep in touch with one another.
Connectivity issues decades ago
A little more than 30 years ago, when someone left the country it was quite difficult to keep in touch with them. Parents longed to hear the voices of their children and see their faces. Most of the connectivity was through letters that were personally delivered by a postman which could take weeks. It was a time when people were unable to meet or see their loved ones for the last time if they were unable to travel physically.
There were phones but as unbelievable as it may seem now, not everyone was connected to a phone and many didn't have direct dialling as it was very expensive.
National and international calls were booked via operators who would dial the number you gave them, and they would ask how long do you want the call. The calls could be three minutes, six minutes etc or open — and you would be charged for the last period. The operator would cut the line when the time ran out. Those few minutes were precious for everyone.
If you told them that a time would come when connection would be a click away and free and that you could connect with different people at the same time even if they lived on different continents — they would surely think you were mad.
But technology is evolving all the time. It wouldn't be wrong to think that a time will come when one will be teleported from one place to another, as well as travel back and forth in time.
Sound absurd? Don't be too quick to judge!
Published in Dawn, December 20th, 2020
Sindh first province to make phase-wise Covid-19 vaccination plan
Sindh govt decides to close seminaries to contain spread of Covid-19
Sindh govt to reopen HDUs at Expo Centre, other hospitals amid rising Covid cases
The govt is E killing innocent people with coronavirus.
Everything does not need technology, somethings are best left to fate, shortterm emotional fix is not a good fix, its a FAD and a fashion, diminishes the importance of whatever is human emotions.
Ibrahim S
Can someone explain it to us why these people were not wearing masks and keeping the octal distance . Is that you call a smart lock down and smart social distancing .
Shams A. Khan
@Ibrahim S, It is a free country do whatever you want and steal as much you want.
Smart people,smart lockdown and smart country.


…can you see here through the misty haze? Our destination was Cornwall, Padstow to be precise, for an Easter break – bliss.
Our home for the week. Our first day was wet and grey, but then the sun came out and we had fabulous weather – it was utterly glorious and very different to the grey weather Gibraltar was experiencing.
We met up with a dear friend on our holiday who lives near by in Devon. Many years ago, shortly after graduation, we all visited Tintagel for the day while staying with him and his family. It seemed fitting to repeat the trip, this time with the Little Postcards. You can no longer climb down to visit Merlin's Cave due to health and safety issues, but with the gorgeous weather, it was definitely a magical day.
Padstow has its own stately home; Prideaux Place. The house didn't open for the summer season until today, but we still managed to enjoy the beautiful grounds. It has featured in several TV shows and films and is really rather beautiful. I took lots of photos which will appear in a longer blog post very soon.
The rental company we used to find our holiday home for the week left 3 treasure hunt sheets full of questions about the town for the Little Postcards to complete. The prize being chocolate Easter bunnies. One of the clues had us hunting around for an archway with a significant name. It took a bit of finding, but I wasn't going to give up! We, or should I say, 'they' completed the quiz and treasure hunt and got their choccy treats.
We hired bikes and rode along the Camel trail from Padstow to Wadebridge. It's on a former train line and gave us fabulous views of the Estuary, and rather tired legs. It was a lot of fun.
We caught the ferry yesterday from Padstow to Rock on the other side of the Camel Estuary. We had been watching the little yellow boat going back and fro from Padstow to Rock all week and decided to make the trip on our last day. The five minute long trip took us the huge sandy expanse across the water and to the small town of Rock. I wish I could think of a witty line about living on the Rock, but it escapes me!
And finally, happy Easter. However you are spending this weekend, I hope it's a happy one for you. I spotted this lovely Easter wreath on a cottage door in Padstow yesterday.
This week's #52fridayphotos theme is baking… not mine I'm afraid but this window caught my eye this week. Just look at those meringues! They can be found at Rick Stein's bakery in Padstow in Cornwall.
A day late with this Friday photo challenge but better late than never…. on a morning the sun rises on the eastern side of the Rock over the Mediterranean.
I took this photo on my Med Steps trip on Monday morning.
I'm linking with Alison in Andalucia for this weekly photo challenge throughout 2019.


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Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco Roman 74 kg
Date 5 August 2012
Competitors 19
Venue ExCeL London
Location ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 5 August at ExCeL London.
This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.
Each bout consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
R — Retired
Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Wikipedia
All the Right Moves (film)
Michael Baumgardt
Barry Owens


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Patruni C. Sastry, Hyderabad, IN
Spaces are the cultivators of Art and culture. As the world seeing cultural spaces abandoning and left away. Telangana state believes in promoting culture and art as its core values by creating spaces for arts to flourish.
Hyderabad on June 22nd was all set to the opening of an avenue of a new cultural space. "Mini Shilparama" was inaugurated and welcomed by the art enthusiasts, artists and audience to get enthralled into the world of culture in Hyderabad.
"Mini Shilparama" one of the most ambitious project by Shilparamam, spread over 7.5 acres on the banks of the River Musi on the Uppal-Nagole road, this is the second Shilparamam in Hyderabad after the one in Madhapur. It will house 50 stalls offering hand-looms and handicrafts, besides one of the best recreational facilities. a movement initiative of Arts and Crafts Village is a tribute to the cultural legacy of India. The primary aim of this establishment is to foster, restore and help flourish the culture of India's glorious past. It provides a common platform for artisans and performing artists to showcase their talents. Nestling amidst rocks, rippling waterfalls and gorgeous lawns, Shilparamam is a melting pot of traditions and cultures. Here each season brings a mood of festivity and Indian festivals are celebrated in the most traditional way.
Shilparamam hosts a multitude of ethnic art, crafts and culture from all over the country. The yearly All-India Festival of Arts and Crafts held here in February highlights the cultural and creative traditions from every corner of the country and provides a unique occasion to take home a piece of Indian art. This mini Shilparamam is jointly taken up by the Arts, Crafts and Cultural Society and HMDA on the lines of Shilparamam in Madhapur which is a popular destination for shoppers to buy products from artisans across the country. The one at Madhapur has a total area of 60 acres including the adjoining Shilpakala Vedika. this one works pertaining to the entry gate, crafts village, landscaping, Amphitheatre and other structures were almost done which will recreate a village-like atmosphere like the Shilparamam at Madhapur.
The inauguration ceremony was culturally grand with presentations of world-class Hyderabad artists putting their best foot forward. The day started with the ritual puja and then a marathon of performances by Acclaimed artists to celebrate the new beginning. The evening began with Bharatanatyam performance by Students of Smt. Geetha Ganesan. Uttara Centre for Performing Arts, an organization cultivated by acclaimed Guru Smt. Geetha Ganesan presented a wonderful Bharatanatyam group presentation which made the audience lost in the sanctity of Bhakthi followed by Kuchipudi by Smt. Musunoori India where young performers made the entire crowd aww-stuck. soon the folk arts of Telangana were lined up such as Oggudolu by Kachu Anjaiah & group, Gussadi by Vaikuntam & group and Dappu by Sri Andasi Narayana & group these folk forms represented the earthliness of the art and made people groove to their music and dance, the presentations were culturally rich and attractive and moved kids as well as adults alike.
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Grammy award winning DJ and producer, Afrojack, is one of the most influential names in electronic dance music today. In the span of less than 2 years, he made his name in the dance scene and became music's major icons. From humble DJ beginnings in his native country of Holland, he has grown to become a multi-award winning, platinum-selling producer.
Nick van de Wall aka Afrojack, quickly made a name for himself with a slew of hard-hitting underground releases, before exploding on the music scene in 2011 with the release of 'Take Over Control' – an instant worldwide club and chart hit the single reached platinum status in the U.S. This also helped solidify his own imprint Wall Recordings as a pioneering club music brand – a value he holds dear as label boss and insures with every release. From there the snowball continued; as well as making club hits and collaborating with the likes of David Guetta (co-writing and producing the world-wide smash "Titanium"), he also began to team up with and write for pop artists around the world.
Afrojack's skills stretch much farther than the mixing desk however; his presence as one of the world's top performers is solidified almost daily in a gruelling tour schedule. In 2012 alone he began his North American "Jacked" tour with multiple sold out shows featuring his growing posse of Wall artists, before embarking on the same concept throughout Europe with 7 shows a week throughout the summer. On top of his own shows, he headlined both EDC NY & Las Vegas to over 300.000 people, as well as the UMF in Miami + Tomorrowland and many other major festivals throughout Europe. His long anticipated yet to be named artist album is nearing completion, with tracks already being road-tested at clubs. A true testament to his prolific profile as a producer and an artist, the long-player will showcase multiple sides of the Afrojack sound – from aggressive to accessible yet always credible. In the pantheon of EDM greats that have risen over the years, Afrojack has earned his place already, but is far from finished with what he has to share. The adventure continues while the beat goes on.
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Potential tennis spoilers if you haven't seen the Wimbledon finals yet!!!
Wimbledon. Two weeks of tennis, or two weeks when everyone in England is a huge tennis fan and eats lots of strawberries and cream. I can tell you, I'm one of those people. Sort of; i do have certain tennis players who I really like watching and so I do try to keep up with other Championships that they participate in, but Wimbledon is the one I watch the most. Partially because I really like the BBC coverage and partially because I think it's one of the few Championships where the whole tournament is shown on television here in the UK. Don't quote me on that one but I'm sure it's something like that.
My weekend has literally consisted of watching tennis and reading. I'll start with the reading because that goes into less detail, other than I finished the Call the Midwife book I was reading that I think I referred to in my last weekend round up, and I've now started on The Blair Years - which so far I'm thoroughly enjoying.
Now then, tennis. I tend to only watch the singles games, I'll watch the doubles but I mainly just keep up with the singles. Saturday was the day of the women's singles final, which was between Genie Bouchard and Petra Kvitova. The match was a very short game at only 55 minutes, but it was outstanding tennis so I did enjoy watching it, however I was a little disappointed at the result. I'd been followed Bouchard for the majority of the tournament and I really wanted her to win because I thought it would be the perfect ending to such a good performance throughout the past two weeks. Kvitova won 6-3 6-0 and huge congratulations to her, because it clearly meant a great deal to her and I think that she's a very gracious player and clearly felt about tennis in a very team oriented way. I've got high hopes for Bouchard though, and I'll be backing her a lot over the next 12 months!
Today was the men's singles final, between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. I think this was probably the most stressful match I've ever seen. The whole match was stupendously close, and was only won because of the ball hitting the net. I was backing Federer the whole time, because he's one of my favourite ever players and he just makes tennis look so easy. However, today wasn't Federer's day to make it his 8th Wimbledon title and Djokovic won 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-4. Djokovic isn't my favourite player, but I did think he's winners speech thing was nicely put.
So yeah, that was my weekend, I hope you've all had a great weekend and I'll be back later this week to explain the lack of posts for a bit.


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How Nigerian Businesspersons Thrive despite All That is Happening
Several years of grossly deluded leadership have seriously crippled the productivity of the vast natural resources and the capacity of our endowed human resources in Nigeria.
Interestingly, mouths are gabbing all over the world about the huge market potential in the country; investors are quickly shifting to Nigeria (and Africa as a whole); and the government is also busy wooing investors.
What is the handwriting on the wall?
Even though homegrown Nigerians are not empowered to exploit their God-endowed business potentials, they have learnt to get going when the road gets tougher.
Despite a lack of proper business framework or support, people are still running various multi-million naira businesses. Remarkably, Author Robert Neuwirth did not fail to capture this strength of human will among Nigerians when he visited Lagos.
Robert Neuwirth explained that high-spirited, talented Nigerians have continued to struggle to make their businesses thrive despite lack of any framework or support in the country. Here is an excerpt from the article titled The 'Informal Economy' Driving World Business.
In Lagos, Nigeria, he describes a bustling, hyper-entrepreneurial environment where almost everybody is doing business without oversight or support.
"About 80 percent of the workforce is part of the informal economy, and that runs the gamut from people selling vegetables at the side of the road to major corporations like mobile phone companies that do all of their business through informal kiosks that are stands at the side of the road," he tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies. "It's huge."
The underground electronics market in Lagos is now a multimillion-dollar industry. Sellers import their cellphones and other products from China, and have scaled their businesses up as the markets improve.
"What they are doing is futzing with their manifests or smuggling in contraband of pirated goods through other ports," he says. "They'll bring their fake Nokia phones or fake Panasonic stereos in the neighboring country of Benin, and then truck them into Lagos."
The government, he says, looks the other way.
"Nigeria has oil wealth, and that has meant that the government is fairly flush and they don't really worry about a lot of this stuff," he says. "As a result, there's a lot of porousness in the system, which these informal merchants exploit."
The informal economy in Nigeria is about two-thirds the size of its formal economy. It's largely composed of people distributing goods from other countries — rather than producing their own marketable goods.
"There's no way to dismiss that as unimportant economic development and important to people's economic survival," he says. "[But] it's important to come up with systematic approaches to systems like infrastructure, because those are the ones that are going to determine whether there's going to be more sustained production [in Nigeria] as opposed to distribution."
In order for Nigeria to have its own production system, he says, the country would have to improve its infrastructure and electrical grid. But that doesn't mean those who rely on the underground economy would be forced out, he says.
"There are in-between structures that would not drive these folks out of business and drive these markets out of business, and put a lot of people out of work that would nonetheless begin to bridge the gap and create infrastructure," he says. "In Nigeria, there are market courts to air grievances between buyers and sellers. If someone buys a TV that doesn't work, they can take it back. These things are the beginning of cooperative relationships between buyers and sellers, and maybe this can then be enhanced to engage the process between the sellers and the government."
He says Nigerians are now traveling in droves to China in order to produce the products they sell back home. Guangzhou, a city in southern China, is one of the key trading points in the region.
"When you journey to the train station [in Guangzhou], you feel like you're in Africa because there's so many Africans located there," he says. "It's become the world's trading point for manufactured goods, and the Africans have embedded themselves in society there in very direct ways, and there's a huge back channel of trade in China and Africa. … It's tremendously vibrant and tremendously exciting."
"Man must survive! If government isn't helping matters, why not rise up and help yourself."That is definitely true of the mindset of a real Nigerian. Unfortunately, while the government has chosen to look the other way, extremely high level of importation has detrimental effects on the economy of this dear nation.
If you are in business in Nigeria, then you probably understand the huge market potential in the nation. It is unwise therefore to wait for foreigners to figure out how to thrive in spite of the crooked leadership and unfortunate infrastructural challenge facing this dear nation.
Thus, entrepreneurial Nigerians have to despise the unceasing madness making Nigerian leaders amass personal wealth from the country's purse and learn not to be deterred in spite of the nation's deluded leadership.
The problems facing Nigeria, as a country, may be really enormous, but everyone has to rise to the challenge from his or her own wing.
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Chisipite Junior School is an independent, preparatory, day school for girls in Harare, Zimbabwe. The school was founded in 1929 by Maisie Jenkinson as a small farm school.

Chisipite Junior School is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Head is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ).

History

In Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) a land surveyor named Mr. Jenkinson bought a  farm for his retirement and named it "Chisipite", a Shona word meaning "water from below" or "spring". He and his family moved into the house in 1922. When he died, his wife Mrs. Gertrude May (Maisie) Jenkinson (a teacher by profession) decided to educate Betty, her only daughter, at home, as she felt she was too young to go to boarding school. Thus, Chisipite was opened as a farm school with Betty Thomas, Molly MacIlwaine and Sue Ludgater as the first pupils in 1929. By the end of the year there were twenty pupils. The school was government aided and still had to conform to government regulations.

Maisie Jenkinson retired in 1943, and the school bought by Tom and Beryl Anderson. Mrs Anderson, an alumnus of Oxford and a teacher at Prince Edward School prior, became headmistress and her husband took care of the school's maintenance and the building of additions. The school at that time had 23 pupils, boys and girls, and the term's fee for boarders was £22. By 1950, the enrollment rose to 100 and many additions made: a new dining room, more classrooms and dormitories. Mrs Anderson became aware of the need for a senior school and in 1951 a number of girls stayed on for the Form One year. Mrs Anderson formed a private company to take transfer of additional land and started the building of the senior school. By means of a loan and funds raised by parents and friends, the buildings were started, and in 1954 the first section of Chisipite Senior School opened.

Mrs Anderson retired after 21 years as headmistress and was succeeded by Mrs Kay Purvis in 1965, during economically challenging times in Rhodesia. The school houses – Bluebird, Blackbird, Robin and Sunbird were born.

Mrs Purvis retired in 1973, being succeeded by Joan Howard. In the early 70's the viability of the school was threatened due to the dwindling number of pupils from Zambia. Because of the political isolation of Rhodesia then, the Zambian border was closed. The school at this time had 120 pupils of whom only 20 came from this country. Major changes took place in the school. A bank of cypress trees was cut down, the skating rink was demolished thus expanding the Jubilee Field. In 1982, construction of the school hall commenced.

In May 1993, Allan Mayger became the first male headmaster of Chisipite Junior School after the Mrs Howard's retirement. Mr Mayger's own aim has been to develop the facilities, without threatening the character of the school. In spite of a harsh economic environment much refurbishment and construction has been achieved, with the help and support of the stakeholders involved with the school.

Academics
Class sizes are limited, and apart from the classroom teachers, the school is staffed with specialists in art, computers, Shona, sport, music and remediation. The overall pupil: staff ratio is 20:1, and this allows a variety of activities and interest to be actively pursued.

List of Chisipite Junior Heads

 2014- Head girl: Anesu Nyachiya
 2014- Deputy Head Girl: Kate Mason
 2015-Head Girl:Hannah Mae Mitchell
 2015-Deputy Head Girl: Hannah Van Rooyen
 2016-Head Girl: Sinead Higgins
 2016-Deputy Head Girl: Matipa Nkomo
2017-Head Girl: Molly Honey
2017-Deputy Head Girl: Anesu Mhembere

Notable alumnae
 Janine Murray - Australian gymnast

See also

 Chisipite Senior School
 List of schools in Zimbabwe

Notes

References

External links
 Chisipite Junior School Official website
 Chisipite Junior School Profile on the ATS website

Schools in Harare
Private schools in Zimbabwe
Girls' schools in Zimbabwe
Day schools in Zimbabwe
Educational institutions established in 1929
Member schools of the Association of Trust Schools
1929 establishments in the British Empire

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Every week we highlight a Rise member whose story inspires us. Mike started using Rise after hearing about it from his coworker Vlad (whose story you might remember from last week). Despite a hectic work travel schedule, Mike is making great progress on his journey.
It's busy! I live in Maryland and work for the Dept. of the Army as a Project Manager for Army Medicine. That involves a lot of travel all over the country and world. Anywhere there's an army hospital, I go there — so I'm basically traveling every other week. I'm also married and have three boys.
What's your weight loss journey been like, pre-Rise?
It was up and down. When you're active in the military you have the regimen, but since retiring it has been difficult. It's like a yo-yo, dieting here and there — but it's not the lifestyle change you get with Rise.
I had lost weight and put it back on, lost it and put it back on. It's been a constant struggle, especially with the travel — being in a restaurant and wondering should I get the $14 salad or $10 burger and fries.
When and why did you join Rise?
I joke that it's all my coworker Vlad's fault. Vlad lost 93 pounds and you could see he had made quite a transformation and had a lot more energy.
It's one thing to be accountable to yourself and your family, but having someone there to coach you into making changes to your lifestyle makes a big difference. At the office, Vlad and I have been encouraging folks to eat healthy. We'll share recipes from each others' coaches and swap stuff we've made at lunch.
Our office has done a "Biggest Loser" competition for the past couple of years. One year I actually won the Biggest Loser competition at work, but then bounced back to my old ways. Our coworker lost almost 50 pounds last year but has already put it back on, plus some more.
The first couple of weeks, my coworker ate just smoothies and a little bit of food (like a detox). Other people would just eat celery and lettuce. People tried fad diets and lost weight quickly at first but none were able to maintain what they lost.
Rise makes you rethink and understand that you don't have to clean your plate like when you were a child. My coach Katie taught me to look at your plate size, divide it, ask for a to-go box and then you have leftovers for the next day and you don't have to overeat and feel bloated.
In just under 8 weeks, I've lost 24.5 pounds.
I've just been eating super healthy foods in good portion sizes. I was never a big fruit or vegetable eater. We had a fruit basket and it would sit there until it went bad. Now I ride my bike for 20 miles a few times a week. Eventually you look forward to the different healthy foods that you're making.
It's fun to have someone you know doing it, because it allows you to share. We swap recipes for things like cauliflower pizza and pumpkin protein bars. It keeps your attitude positive, and next thing you know, you need to buy a new belt!
It's super simple, it's very easy, there is some planning you have to do but it's nothing overly complicated. Then there's a positive reinforcement part — It's kind of like stroking the ego to keep pushing you to do the right thing.
What's your favorite thing about Rise?
How is Rise different from things you've done in the past?
Rise has given me the opportunity to see that it's not about dieting, it's about the healthy choices you can make that allow you to eat the foods that you want. It's about the portions, how you prepare it, etc. It's recognizing that you do have choices, and that making those choices and learning how it affects you helps you make better decisions.
What's the biggest challenge that you've overcome in your weight loss journey?
I think the biggest challenge has been the fear to try new things new, and to not stress out and fear that it's impossible to both travel and lose weight. In reality, being on the road for two weeks doesn't have to set me back. On my last trip I still lost four pounds. Rise has helped me realize the choices I have that I can make for myself.
What's your favorite thing about your coach?
She's energetic, and to get that energy via messaging feels unique. She lifts you up and gives you the support you're looking for and is tough when she needs to be tough, but also able to make sure you stay motivated and positive.
How has your life changed since Rise?
I just have so much more energy now. No more "blah" feeling.
What advice would you share to others on the journey?
Be honest with yourself. When you take the picture of your plate and then throw more stuff on it later, you're not going to get the results you want to get. You have to be honest with yourself and your coach. Also, it's a slow and steady progression. If you push yourself too hard you'll falter. You have to be positive and stick with it.
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Verizon Communications Inc. is all set to slack about 2,100 jobs or about 15% of the workforce after completing its $4.48 billion acquisition of Yahoo Inc.'s internet business and combining it with AOL as per the report by Bloomberg.
Yahoo's shareholders on Thursday approved the $4.5 billion sale of its key businesses to Verizon. The combined AOL-Yahoo entity has been named 'Oath', at least for B2B go-to-market purposes, i.e. for Verizon to pitch its various brands to others. After the deal's close on Tuesday, the remainder of Yahoo will be renamed Altaba and will hold the cash from the sale as well as Yahoo's significant stock holdings in Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan.
"Oath's strategy is to lead the global brand space. With access to over 1 [billion] consumers upon close, we will be positioned to drive one of the most important platforms in the consumer brand space. Consistent with what we have said since the deal was announced, we will be aligning our global organization to the strategy," an AOL spokesperson said.
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I wonder what I'm doing wrong with enhancement, then, because I always feel so squishy and ineffective when I'm trying to play in that spec.
Thanks :D I'm squishy but my gear isn't very good. I can barely survive two max level mobs when doing world quests. I always heal a lot when killing mobs on my own so my damage would be much better if I didn't have to heal. What level are you and have you done any dungeons as enhancement?
I have 15 traits and an ilevel of 869 in the Doomhammer, with an ilevel of 848 for my overall gear. I feel like I haven't mastered the rotation for Enhancement — the flow of builders and spenders of Maelstrom and how to really dish out the AOE. Your open-world questing experience sounds like it's pretty similar to mine, though — it takes forever to kill something because of how much time has to be spent healing, and if even three mobs aggro — dead! I haven't tried any dungeons as Enhancement.