is my personal and business Vision/Mission statement. Lately all the turmoil and stuff that's been happening on a local and global level has given me cause to pause and reflect on whether this statement is still true to the core of who I am. The answer I come up with is always – yes. It sits right in my gut. It reflects who I am. It reflects the way I strive to live my life in all its facets.
'For the best part of two years I worked on creating my personal Mandala. It involved a long period of deep inner work and research. Eventually, it's core component formed the basis of my business logo. Every element has meaning, whether it be colour, signs, the number or types of images. Once completed, I went on to create it into a wall hanging with glass beads. You will notice that the top of the Mandala consists of two universal signs – the spiral (which could also be seen as multiple circles) and the pyramid (in the form of the Star of David).
Each of the core principles, akin to the elements of the mandala, are underpinned with layers of meaning.
It is still as relevant now as it was when I first worked on it.
Thanks for the Susan Boyle treat.
A beautiful mandala that you created – which expresses yourself who you are at the core.
This is a beautiful mission statement – there could be none better, and from what I see, you achieve it. You've created a lovely artwork, too, to remind you, should you have a forgetful moment.
I'm reading Deepak Choprak and working on Consciousness. Today, when I went outside, I felt connected to everythong. There was a teenage boy kicking a ball, and when our eyes met, I knew we were one, along with the motorists, trees and all those things which live and die.
The book was a gift from Laura and Joe. Joe had the wisdom to choose it for me.
Such a sweet thing to say, Jane. Thnk you 🙂 I've always liked Deepak. Have you ever listened to any of his meditations? Just google him on YouTube – there's lots of freebies there from lots of different people. You might find it interesting now that you're reading his work. Sounds like Joe chose the perfect gift for you.
Joe and I understand each other. He recommended the book months ago.
I think he is. He has his issues – I may have mentioned that he's an addict, but some of the best people I know are recovered addicts.
He sounds very thoughtful and caring. A recovered from *anything* person, if they are resilient and have learnt from their past, are often the most humble, respectful and caring people. They've done the hard yards, and they have survived.
Sounding better and better !!
What a cool post. I've always wondered about the particulars of mandala making. I found that very informative. Loved it!
Thank you 🙂 It can be as deep as you want to make it, or as simple as a quick drawing or doodle whilst journalling. Interesting to do.


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Baahubali Star Prabhas Donated Rs. 1 Crore To Andhra Pradesh CM Relief Fund For Flood Victims
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Hyderabad, December 7 - The recent floods in Andhra Pradesh have badly affected many livelihoods and caused severe damage in several districts. The state has witnessed the heaviest rainfall, which left hundreds of people homeless. To help the people out, many Telugu stars donated towards relief efforts.
Pan India star, Prabhas, once again proved that he has a heart of gold by donating towards the Andhra Pradesh CM relief fund for the flood victims.
Prabhas, who is now the highest-paid Indian actor, come forward and donated Rs. 1 crore towards relief efforts. The Baahubali star is one of the actors who hardly come out in public but always put his helping hands forward whenever there is need.
Rebel Star #Prabhas Donated Rupees 1 CRORE Towards "AP CM Relief Fund"for #AndhraPradesh flood victims @AndhraPradeshCM . pic.twitter.com/Vduo1GI8T2
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Recently, many A-List Telugu stars donated Rs. 25 lakh each towards the same cause. Mahesh Babu, Ram Charan, Jr. NTR, Chiranjeevi, Allu Arjun were among the first stars to announce the donations for flood relief measures in Andhra Pradesh.

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Step 9 – Almost Done!
This is the finished product. A portable table-mounted mag vise for AR-15s that clamps to any table.
Be it at home for cleaning or at the range for rifles on standby, I wanted a portable vise for my AR. Most portable vise stands are huge table-top work stations and that wasn't really what I was looking for. To keep it quick and simple, I knew I'd want a mag well vise – the type with a vise block you install like a magazine that locks itself in place.
The issue was that, apparently, all the vise blocks that were available commercially seemed to either need a desktop gun vise or needed to be permanently installed to the table. That kills the portability and wasn't going to work for me. I was going to have to make my own portable table-mounted mag vise.
Since I tend to do a lot of gunsmithing at my PC table – and I had no intention of drilling through my desk – I decided to find some way to clamp a regular mag-vise to it. I was guessing that it wouldn't be that hard or expensive. After all, once you've disassembled and cleaned a a Ruger 22/45, nothing seems that hard in comparison.
After looking at regular C-clamps and not being too enthusiastic about the options, I decided that, for the cost, I might as well use a monitor stand table-clamp. Given how strong and wide it was, it was likely to be plenty sturdy and wide. That's going to make the mod a lot easier.
Thankfully, the portable table-mounted mag vise project came out better than I expected. The finished product was a portable, heavy-duty and compact mag-vise for AR-15s that clamps to any table. Since I documented the project, I thought it would be nice to post it should someone else want to copy the idea or use it as inspiration. Enjoy!
There are plenty of ways to complete this AR-15 mag-vise project. This is how I did it, but you can use what you think best.
Here's a list of the things I used to put together this portable table-mounted mag vise. Most of the tools and supplies you'll have already.
Wheeler Delta Series Mag Well Vise Block – 156211 – This is the main component of the portable table-mounted mag vise, as you can imagine. It is pretty economical, adjustable, and can be used for dry firing or bolt work. Among other things. That makes it the perfect choice. If you are okay with simply installing it permanently or drilling your table to mount it, then this would be all you'd need. Regrettably I was going to have to take it one step further.
LCD Monitor Desk Mount Stand – After looking at the options (mostly C clamps), I decided that for the money, a monitor mount is the cheapest and best way to go. With it, you get a beefed up clamp which wouldn't damage the table, and also has a wide base wide that the mag will vise can be directly mounted to. It was also cheap enough to buy the whole thing just to use the clamp, and keep the rest as scrap metal for other projects. Though given how you only need the optional base, after cannibalizing it you can still use it as a monitor stand if you want. It was definitely the right solution for this project.
Hobby Knife – I used it to trim the packing peanuts as well as any plastic or epoxy as needed.
Bench Grinder – Used to give some grip to the coupler nuts. A Dremel or file could have also been used.
Drill Bit – The size will depend on the bolts you're using.
Chamfering Bit – It's used to make a recess for the bolt's head, as to avoid it hitting the table.
Drill, Drill Press or Mini-Mill – You'll need something big and noisy to drill the holes in the clamp stand. Pick your weapon of choice.
Center Punch – Getting the location of the holes spot-on avoids a lot of issues. A center punch definitely helps with that.
Epoxy Pigment – Optional – I was using a milky white epoxy that looked a bit out-of-place. Since I had some pigment lying around, I used it to tint the last visible layer of epoxy.
Microballons Epoxy Filler – Optional – Epoxy is relatively expensive, and the mag-vise stand will be heavy enough as is. I used these glass balloons to bulk up the epoxy without adding as much weight or cost.
Packing Peanuts – Optional – Just a handful of packing peanuts. I had them lying around but if you don't, balled-up paper would work almost as good.
Permablue – Optional – If you have this or a paint pen lying around, use it to keep the machined metal from rusting. I live near the tropics so I can't avoid this type of stuff.
4x Coupler Nuts – This is what we'll be screwing the base into. You could probably thread the epoxy, but I wouldn't risk it. I think I used 1-4/20″.
4x Countersunk Screws – To secure the mag-vise to the clamp we'll need four screws with the same thread as the coupler nuts.
Nuts – Just to aid with fabrication. They have to be the same thread as the screws.
Popsicle Sticks – You'll need something like this to level the coupler nuts while the epoxy dries.
Epoxy – Just about any cheap 2-part epoxy you have in your drawer is fine. Quick-curing epoxy is preferable to work faster.
You'll want to fill in this void. Both to save epoxy and to keep down weight.
Packing peanuts are perfect for the job. Just use a hobby knife to cut it to size.
Here the packing peanuts are tightly packed in place at the bottom.
I decided to fill in the gap at the bottom to avoid wasting so much epoxy ($$$). Plus, there's no need to make the portable table-mounted mag vise heavier than needed. Feel free to use paper or whatever else you have on hand. I found that packing peanuts could be cut to size for the perfect result.
Grab some supplies. Here's the epoxy and microballoon filler we'll be using.
Fill the bottom of the vise with some epoxy, but try to keep below the ribbed cross.
Use the cheapest epoxy you can find and simply fill the base over the filler material. Ideally, you're going to want an epoxy that dries hard but is relatively runny when just mixed (so it self-levels). Try to keep below the ribbing since you'll need that space. Since this part doesn't need any strength I used a high ratio of microballons filler to bulk up the epoxy.
Once you're satisfied, give it a while so it can cure.
Rough up the dried epoxy for better adhesion. Also grind away or remove the radiused edges going upwards on the ribbed cross.
Use a Dremel tool to rough up the inside so the epoxy sticks better.
You should also remove the little radiused edge on the ribbing, which sticks above the "epoxy floor". It's just to make more lateral space for the coupler nuts.
Use a bench grinder to make indents on the coupler nuts.
Now the coupler nuts will be mechanically-fixed in the epoxy.
Some epoxies can be threaded, some shouldn't. Since I was using cheap epoxy, using coupler nuts was a better option than tapping the holes. Also, tapping blind holes to the bottom requires special taps. Using coupler nuts I avoided that problem, too. You can find coupler nuts in the bolt aisle of your local hardware store. Pick whatever thread size seems reasonable to you.
Just use your bench grinder to give some shape to the coupler nuts so they are mechanically locked in place by the epoxy.
Here we can see the two coupler nuts installed in the mag well vise.
For the last nut, just flip the popsicle stick around to make sure it's symmetrical.
This is how it should look when all nuts are perfectly epoxied in place.
I used a black pigment to dye the last visible layer of epoxy black.
Now it's time to set the coupler nuts in the epoxy.
I used a popsicle stick to locate the coupler nuts in place while the epoxy dried. It worked perfectly (to my surprise, honestly). By the way, use some electrical tape to seal the bottom of the coupler nuts to avoid any epoxy getting in there. Just install them one by one. I used quick epoxy, which I recommend for this type of job. Since it dries in around 5 minutes, the epoxy was pretty much hard by the time I was satisfied with the position of the nut. That way I could install the next one straight away.
The location of the coupler nuts is important if you want the vise to be reversible on the clamp. I made markings on the stick to keep alignment. Doing it this way, achieving the necessary level of precision wasn't all that hard.
Also, try to keep the coupler nuts just level with the base. You might even want to shorten the coupler nuts a bit prior to epoxying if you would have trouble removing the "excess" nut after epoxying. I simply used a mill afterwards.
For the last layer, a pinch of black pigment in the resin gives it a special touch. I already had the pigment lying around. Unless you want to experiment, it isn't necessary. In any case, make sure your mag well vise is perfectly leveled in all directions before laying the last layer! That way the epoxy will self-level and cure flat with the base. If you have a milling machine at hand, you can slightly overflow it and later mill it flat like I did. If not, I'd honestly slightly under-fill it so you don't have to sand or machine any epoxy away.
I used a Mini-Mill for to mill the base perfectly flat.
Finally, if you're OCD like me, you can sand it off to leave it smooth.
I used a milling machine to leave the base perfectly flat, so I wasn't too concerned with the finish of the last layer. If that isn't an option for you, you might want to simply be extra careful with the positioning of the couplers and the last layer or epoxy so that it self-levels naturally.
By the way, if anyone has any tips for avoiding bubbles in quick-setting epoxy, I'm all ears. I hate how it's always full of tiny little pinholes.
Making a template will help a lot when it comes to precisely drilling the holes.
I just used a little piece of paper to mark the position of the holes and their centers. You only have to run a lead pencil over the holes to get an outline as shown.
Then use a center punch to transfer the drill locations to the clamp. Make sure you're accurate about it.
Reuse the centered hole. Drill to the right size for the bolt.
When drilling, go slowly to make sure the foam backing doesn't cook itself off.
The hole only has to be chamfered enough for the screw head to be flush.
The pictures are pretty self-explanatory if you have a drill, I hope. With luck you'll have at least a drill press available. Try to make sure that the cross is symmetrical so that you'll be able to mount the vise with the rifle pointing in either direction. You might as well test if the holes align with the vise prior to chamfering. Then chamfer the holes so that the countersunk bolts sit flush to the metal's surface under to foam.
This is how it should look once the holes have been drilled and chamfered.
I used some Permablue to recolor the metal and provide at least a little rust prevention, but it isn't that necessary.
Bolt on the clamp and you'll have assembled a portable table-mounted mag vise for an AR-15!
The only thing left is to assemble the rifle stand. The portable table-mounted mag vise is almost ready! Let's hope you were spot on with the drill locations. If not, I'd imagine you are going to be in a pretty bad mood right about…now.
This is the finished product. A portable, compact mag-vise for AR-15s that clamps to any table.
Though it will only lock-in in one direction, it can be used with the rifle facing either direction.
Now you have a portable table-mounted mag vise you can use either at home for cleaning, or at the range to have more table space. What's more, you can rotate the vise 180 degrees if you want the rifle pointing the other direction. Though for quick things I simply place it that way even if it doesn't lock.
Hopefully you've found this helpful. Even better if it's inspired you to take on the project. If you've liked this guide, consider checking out my How to Teach a Friend to Shoot PDF guide. If you're like me, you probably introduce new people to the sport pretty often. That guide was written to help teach newbies prior to taking them to the range. It's a good read.
Anyway, I'm glad you made it to the end. If you've really found this helpful and would like to show your appreciation, any small contribution to the ammo fund is always more than welcome. Stay safe and enjoy the range!


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Q: Full-text search - should I pick dedicated search engine (SOLR, Elastic) or RDBMS one? I am working on my diploma exam with topic of Full-Text Search in Apache SOLR. Within the introduction, I should elaborate what are the purpose and advantages of Apache SOLR, i.e. why would one opt for Full-Text Search engine like SOLR instead of MySQL, for instance. Using literature like "SOLR in action (2013)" one would say it's rather easy to determine when to  use SOLR, ElasticSearch or something else, instead of MySQL - for that era. There is also this great question from 2010 on SO:
Comparison of full text search engine - Lucene, Sphinx, Postgresql, MySQL?.
Alas, as great as it was around 2010, answers now seem painfully obsolete. E.g. "MySQL MyISAM table type supports Full-Text Search, but InnoDB does not".
Several years after this InnoDB also added Full-Text Search support.
Now, there are some articles that manage to shed some light on this, like
https://lucidworks.com/post/full-text-search-engines-vs-dbms/ which states that advantages of Full-Text Search systems are

search speed, variety of indexing and querying options, ranking and relevancy capabilities...

Yet, there are lot of other articles stating things like

MySQL Full-Text Search will now fit your needs in 80% of cases

etc, and it seems that over past 10 years MySql, MongoDB, PostgreSQL and other relational database Full-Text Search capability increased dramatically.
Yet, graph on https://db-engines.com/en/ranking_trend/system/Elasticsearch%3BMySQL%3BSolr shows that Full-Text Search engines are not losing popularity, but their usage is growing, and even SOLR that was losing pace steadily, now seems to be waking up.
So, there must be something to it? Is it that:

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*SOLR, Elastic, Sphinx... are still considerably faster than their relational counterparts?

*there is larger variety of options, like advanced, customizable tokenization, faceting? Maybe better languages support?

*relational databases can't handle well enough search on very large number of documents?

etc.
In short, what would make you take Apache SOLR or Elastic nowadays, instead of MySQL or other relational database with their increased Full-Text search capabilities? Why are Apache SOLR and Elastic Search still that popular when using them requires another stack of resources and administration if you already have data in your relational or NoSQL database?
So the central question is:
If I have system that uses MySQL database for data storage, and I need to add full text search capabilities for one or several fields, to include fuzzy search (typos), synonyms, stemming, to handle relevancy and ranking in custom way, is it generally better to use MySQL FTS (so no need for another stack of resources and administration) or a dedicated full text search engine like Apache SOLR or Elastic search is significantly enough better at this?

A: Specialized indexing solutions like Apache Solr, ElasticSearch, Sphinx Search are usually faster than the built-in fulltext indexing of MySQL or GIST of PostreSQL, etc. The specialized solutions often have more features like stemming, more sophisticated searching including faceting, and also storing extra data in a "document" associated with the indexed text.
On the other hand, using one of those complementary solutions means extra complexity to copy data into the indexing solution. How frequently do you need to update the index? Is it efficient to update the index incrementally, or do you basically need to clobber the index and create a fresh index from your whole dataset?
Whereas using the builtin indexing features of your RDBMS have the advantage that the index is probably kept in sync with the most recent data updates automatically. And the search capabilities may be good enough for your needs. Keeping the index maintenance simple and automated has a lot of positive value.
Besides, any of the solutions, even a sub-optimal one, is orders of magnitude better than the naïve approach many developers use: textcolumn LIKE '%keyword%'

what would make you take Apache SOLR or Elastic nowadays, instead of MySQL or other relational database with their increased Full-Text search capabilities?

Better performance, more sophisticated search support, and it helps to move those expensive search queries to a dedicated search engine, and lighten the load on your RDBMS.

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There are not many examples still remaining of Anne Boleyn's handwriting because many of her belongings and letters were destroyed by her enemies after her execution. However, we do have her inscriptions in three Books of Hours (prayer books – see below), a letter that she wrote as a child or teen, a letter that Anne wrote to Cardinal Wolsey in 1529 and her signature:-
The following letter (reproduced from Retha Warnicke's "The Rise and Fall from Anne Boleyn") was written in French by Anne Boleyn in 1514 and is one of the reasons why Anne is thought to have been born in 1501, not 1507:-
Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn's family home, is still the home of Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours which is said to be the earliest book owned by Anne Boleyn and which contains her signature and the signature of other leading members of the English Tudor Court, including Lord Cobham, who was one of the peers who sat in judgement at Anne's trial.
This Book of Hours, which was made in Bruges in around 1450, bears the inscription " Le temps viendra", "the time will come", and Anne's signature, "Je anne Boleyn", beneath a miniature of the Last Judgement. There is also a drawing of an astrolabe, by Anne, to symbolise time.
Two of Anne Boleyn's Books of Hours are on display at Hever Castle, the other one dates from around 1528 and bears the inscription:-
"remember me when you do pray, that hope doth lead from day to day – anne Boleyn"
The third Book of Hours is on display at The British Library, where you can see messages that Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn wrote to each other. Henry wrote in French:-
"If you remember my love in your prayers as strongly as I adore you, I shall hardly be forgotten, for I am yours. Henry R. forever."
and Anne replied in English under the miniature of the Annunciation (the angel telling the Virgin Mary that she would have a son):-
"By daily proof you shall me find To be to you both loving and kind"
The British Library have done a podcast on this Book of Hours – click here to listen to the MP3 file and learn all about the Book of Hours from curator, Scott McKendrick. Alternatively, click here to visit the British Library's podcast page to see all available Henry VIII podcasts.
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just wondering if there is a picture of the "le temps viendra" writting as i am considering getting it as a tattoo along with a falcon, and it would be amazing if i cud style it after annes own handwritting! let me know?
There's a photo at http://twitpic.com/btk1n – it says "Le temps viendra, Je Anne Boleyn". If you're an Anne Boleyn Files wiki member (http://theanneboleynfiles.wetpaint.com/), there is a closer up image in littlemisssunnydale's profile.
where can i find close up pictures of these writings im considering another anne tattoo and like michelle said it would be awesome to have her own writing!!
I`m reading "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" by Alison Weir and it says that Henry gave Katherine a new year gift in which he inscribed in his own hand: ""If your remembrance be according to my affection, I shall not be forgotten in your daily prayers, for I am yours, Henry R., forever" and she later replied with: "By daily proof you shall me find To be to you both loving and kind".
I always thought that Anne wrote this. Can you please give me more details about this?
Hi Anda,
There's a discussion on this very topic on Lara's Tudor History blog at http://queryblog.tudorhistory.org/2009/02/question-from-chloe-catherine-of.html. As Nasim says there, the only reference to this message being between Henry and Katherine is in Alison Weir's book and she gives the following reference:
"Henry and Katherine's inscriptions on her missal appear in the King's MSS. in the British Library".
I found the reference to the missal that Nasim refers to, the one that Elizabeth of York owned, at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_2_A_XVIII – scroll down to Royal MS 2 A XVIII, ff 25r-95v – and then at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/whats-on/online/workofone/theme1 – scroll down to "8. A royal psalter, Exeter College, MS 47 Gift of Sir William Petre (1506–73)". There is a missal said to be owned by Catherine of Aragon at Leeds Castle, in the chapel, but that dates to 1527. I just haven't been able to track down the page that allegedly shows this exchange of messages, and it is not the same reference Weir gives anyway. Unfortunately Alison Weir does not give a full folio reference.
Regarding Anne Boleyn, the British Library have a Book of Hours in which Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn exchanged messages. Henry wrote in French what translates to:
and Anne replied in English under the miniature of the Annunciation (the angel telling the Virgin Mary that she would have a son):
"By daily proof you shall me find To be to you both loving and kind."
See http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/henryviii/greatmatter/annebol/. The fact that this reference is "Kings Ms. 9, f.231v & f.66" (Weir refers to Kings MS) and is similarly worded to what Weir says makes me wonder if Weir may possibly have got confused.
Amber Woodall says:
I've always wondered if the "flourish" under her signature means anything or osnprely decorative.


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Trade Booms, Trade Busts, and Trade…
Trade Booms, Trade Busts, and Trade Costs
David S. Jacks, Christopher M. Meissner & Dennis Novy
Issue Date August 2009
What has driven trade booms and trade busts in the past and present? We derive a micro-founded measure of trade frictions from leading trade theories and use it to gauge the importance of bilateral trade costs in determining international trade flows. We construct a new balanced sample of bilateral trade flows for 130 country pairs across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania for the period from 1870 to 2000 and demonstrate an overriding role for declining trade costs in the pre-World War I trade boom. In contrast, for the post-World War II trade boom we identify changes in output as the dominant force. Finally, the entirety of the interwar trade bust is explained by increases in trade costs.
We thank Alan M. Taylor for comments and Vicente Pinilla and Javier Silvestre for help with our data. We also appreciate the feedback from seminars at Calgary, Essex, Michigan, the New York Federal Reserve, Oxford, Stanford, Stockholm, UCLA, Valencia, and Zaragoza as well as from presentations at the 2008 Canadian Network for Economic History meetings, 2008 Western Economics Association meetings, the 2008 World Congress of Cliometrics meetings, and the 2009 Nottingham GEP Trade Costs Conference. Finally, Jacks gratefully acknowledges the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for research support. Novy gratefully acknowledges research support from the Economic and Social Research Council, grant RES-000-22-3112. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
"Trade Booms, Trade Busts and Trade Costs" (2011) Journal of International Economics Vol. 83 (2), pp. 185-201 citation courtesy of
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Production
The design was built by Precision Boat Works in Palmetto, Florida, United States from 1986 until 2018, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Precision 21 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel with a retractable centerboard that has a NACA airfoil profile. It displaces  and carries  of ballast.

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The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. The galley is located on the port side just aft of the bow cabin. The galley is equipped with a stove and a sink. The head is located in the bow cabin under the "V"-berth. Cabin headroom is .

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 270 and a hull speed of .

Operational history
In a 1987 review in Cruising World by Dan Spurr and Herb McCormick named the design the winner in the "tidy little trailerable category" and noted that the boat is "simple and straightforward, the boat should be a blast to sail and a comfortable place to enjoy the surroundings when the
day's trip is through."

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "designer Jim Taylor ... draws a nice boat, and the Precision 21 is no exception. Furthermore, Precision Boatworks ... does a good job of molding and finishing these boats. Best features: With her big beam, 4' 4" headroom, and well-designed layout, she seems to have plenty of space below ... We think this makes her, more than her comp[etitor]s, what used to be called a 'wholesome' weekend boat for a family of two adults and one or two children. Her draft ... beats most of her comp[etitor]s by a wide margin when it comes to easy ramp launching. Workmanship on her hull, on the boats we've seen, is well above average. Worst features: At one time owners had trouble with the centerboard and leaking windows, but these problems were eventually recognized at the factory and as we understand it, the board and leak problems were corrected in succeeding production."

See also
List of sailing boat types

References

External links

Photo of a Precision 21

Keelboats
1980s sailboat type designs
Sailing yachts
Trailer sailers
Sailboat type designs by Jim Taylor Yacht Designs
Sailboat types built by Precision Boat Works

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What Is Modern Art? Abstract, Cubist & Surrealist Art Explained
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As properly as affecting how artists produced art, 19th century social modifications also inspired artists to discover new themes. The centuries that preceded the contemporary era witnessed many advancements in the visual arts, from the humanist inquiries of the Renaissance and Baroque periods to the elaborate fantasies of the Rococo style and the perfect physical beauty of 18th-century European Neoclassicism.
Despite these complications, the imperfect designation of movements allows the vast history of contemporary art to be broken down into smaller segments separated by contextual elements that aid in examining the person artists and functions. This practice of grouping artists into movements is not always totally precise or acceptable, as a lot of movements or schools consist of broadly diverse artists and modes of artistic representation.
Contemporary art is the inventive world's response to the rationalist practices and perspectives of the new lives and suggestions provided by the technological advances of the industrial age that triggered modern society to manifest itself in new ways compared to the previous.
Artists from across the continent, like portraitists and genre painters such as Gustave Courbet and Henri Fantin-Latour, designed performs that aimed to portray individuals and situations objectively, imperfections and all, rather than creating an idealized rendition of the topic.
Modern Art can be driven by each theory and tips, and is also characterised by a blurring of the distinction in between art and other categories of cultural experience, such as tv, cinema, mass media, entertainment and digital technology.
Although modern art as a term applies to a vast number of artistic genres spanning much more than a century, aesthetically speaking, modern day art is characterized by the artist's intent to portray a subject as it exists in the world, according to his or her distinctive point of view and is typified by a rejection of accepted or conventional types and values.
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Coffee House General Election 2017
Jeremy Corbyn's speech is a trap for the Tories
Jeremy Corbyn's speech on terrorism, full transcript
The most dangerous thing about Jeremy Corbyn's speech today, blaming terror attacks in Britain on wars we have fought abroad, is that it is partly true. The temptation for the Conservatives will be to show outrage at the words: 'Many experts, including professionals in our intelligence and security services, have pointed to the connections between wars our government has supported or fought in other countries and terrorism here at home' and to accuse Corbyn of exploiting the Manchester bombing for his own political gain. But they would be extremely foolish to do so because they will be unable to argue away the assertion that British military involvement in the Middle East has increased the risk of terror attacks at home.
Why was Madrid attacked by al-Qaeda in 2004 and London the following year, while no other European country was attacked at that time? Britain and Spain, of course, had been the two European countries which supported George W Bush's invasion of Iraq. It didn't matter to the Islamists that our actions in Iraq had actually made life easier for them, by removing a largely secular dictator (the same is true of our intervention in Libya). If you are a jihadist the very presence of Western troops in what you consider to be your holy land is reason enough to stir your passions.
Isis is a more indiscriminate enemy than was al–Qaeda. Sweden and Germany – countries which have hardly led Western policy in the Middle East – have also been attacked. Nevertheless, it is not a good enough argument to say: Isis will attack us whatever and therefore it is disgraceful of Jeremy Corbyn even to suggest that British foreign policy has anything to do with the attack in Manchester. If the Tories take that line, Corbyn will win the argument.
What Theresa May needs to do is to make a big set-piece speech in response to Corbyn's accusation. She needs to leave the risk-averse bubble in which she has spent the past few weeks and tackle him head-on. Yes, she should concede, the presence of British troops in the Middle East has further provoked those who seek to destroy our way of life. In the short term, we have increased the risks to ourselves by intervening militarily in the Middle East. And, yes, some of those interventions have been ill-judged. The overthrow of Saddam Hussein was undertaken with too little consideration of what would replace him. Libya, too, has shown the problems of how a country adjusts to being suddenly free of malignant dictator who has suppressed liberty for so long.
But those who have opposed any British military intervention abroad, Theresa May should go on to say, need to explain why Afghanistan would be a better place if it were now run by the Taliban, why Syria would be a better country if Isis had been left unchallenged to complete the creation of its Islamic State – a state where women dare not show their faces, gay people are thrown from high buildings. The ambitions of Isis would not stop in Syria. It is blunt about what it wishes to achieve: to convert the entire world to its own, nihilistic form of Islam. That is why we have to stop it now. So, yes, in the short term we may increase the risk of being attacked ourselves, we are challenging an organisation which in the long term will be a threat to the entire world.
Ultimately, she should finish by saying that we do not defeat hatred by appeasing it. Those who pose with terror groups, call them our friends, invite their leaders to Parliament to grant them the oxygen of publicity while they are still actively engaged in bombing campaigns on our streets; they might think they can win Britain a short respite from attack, deflect the terrorists' attention elsewhere. But to defend liberty we have to take a longer view. The evil of Isis is there for the world to see. If we do not stand up to fight it now, it will come back to strike us ten times harder in the future.
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The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, known as women's suffrage. The Amendment was ratified in 1920, after almost a century of protest.
Women were denied basic rights. Married women couldn't own property and had no legal claim to any money they earned. No female had the right to vote.
Many American women fought the idea that a woman is concerned only with home and family.
The movement for women's rights started nationally in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention.
During the Civil War, the suffrage movement was paused, since many women were helping in efforts related to the war
Afterwards, some suffrage leaders objected to the proposed 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, because it gave Black men the right to vote, but did not give American women of any skin color the same right.
Pushed out of national suffrage organizations, Black suffragists founded their own groups. They fought hard for passage of the 19th Amendment, seeing the women's right to vote as a crucial tool to winning legal protections for Black women and men against continued repression and violence.
When the proposal reached the Senate floor in 1886, it was defeated.
In 1869 the Wyoming Territory granted women the right to vote. Between 1910 and 1918, many states gave voting rights to women.
At the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson in 1913, women held a large suffrage parade in the nation's capital.
That same year, Alice Paul founded the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. The organization held demonstrations and picketed the White House. Some group members were arrested and served jail time.
In 1918, President Wilson decided to support women's voting rights, connecting the proposed suffrage amendment to the role women had played in the World War I efforts.
In 1919, the Susan Anthony Amendment granting women the right to vote passed a House vote.
Two weeks later, the U.S. Senate passed the 19th Amendment and sent it to the states for ratification.
By March of the following year, 35 states had approved the amendment, just short of the three-fourths required for ratification.
Southern states were strongly opposed to the amendment. Tennessee finally approved the Amendment, gaining its ratification.
On November 2, more than 8 million women across the U.S. voted in elections for the first time.
It took 60 years for the remaining 12 states to ratify the 19th Amendment. Mississippi was the last to do so, in 1984.
The 19th Amendment reads: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
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With the U.S. election behind us and looking ahead to 2017, ASBPA anticipates some major changes with the new administration, and will try to prepare for possible fundamental changes to the way federal agencies operate. The make-up of Congress may not have changed significantly, but we have lost some of our best coastal leadership. Coastal Communities Caucus co-chairs (and de facto leads) Reps. Dave Jolly and Patrick Murphy from Florida both lost; and key committee ranking members (and 2016 ASBPA Coastal award winners) Sens. Barbara Mikulski (MD) and Barbara Boxer (CA) both retired.
educate and develop new leaders and coastal champions in Congress and the administration.
This year's Coastal Summit theme is "A New Commitment to Our Coast," which is exactly what we need. It will take all the power of ASBPA and our many coastal partners and allies, to ensure the new administration and new members of Congress are committing to healthy coastlines over the coming years.
Finally, ASBPA decided months ago that pushing for greater investment in coastal and natural infrastructure with both presidential candidates was important. We had opeds published in Florida, North Carolina, and two great Beach New Service articles (here and here) discussing this. Both candidates campaigned on the need for greater U.S. investment in infrastructure and now, post-election, we will work to hold the new administration to that commitment, while continuing to highlight the needs and benefits of natural coastal infrastructure (such as beaches, dunes and wetlands).


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HomeTake a fully stocked brewery, beach and NFL roadtrip this fall to Jacksonville, FL!
It's simple, you get yourself to Jacksonville on the first weekend in November when the Jaguars host the Detroit Lions, and literally everything else is taken care of for you! The package includes a 3 night stay at the Jacksonville Beach Quality Suites, a welcome dinner at Joe's Crab Shack, an afternoon brewery tour in Jacksonville on Saturday afternoon, a fully stocked tailgate party on Sunday morning, great tickets to the game, and all transportation to and from the hotel.
For the beer tour on Saturday, you will start at the great American icon that is Budweiser for a couple pints. From there the tour will head to Bold City Brewery, a family owned and run brewing operation that specializes in European style beers, namely their Fritz's Hefeweizen, which is a southern German style wheat beer. From there the party moves to Intuition Ale Works, a brewery that owner Ben Davis and his staff put their heart and soul into (read their bio!). Their flagship beer is the People's Pale Ale, a hoppy and robust American style pale modeled after the multitude of them found on the west coast.
The tour finishes up right near the beach at Green Room Brewing. They note that they were the first microbrewery in Jacksonville and promote the entire Florida beer scene with a rotating guest tap from various local brewing companies. They're known for their Helles Yeah, an American take on this classic, southern German beer. Three genuinely local breweries and a visit to the King of Beers, what a way to spend an afternoon!
This is a special and unique opportunity to enjoy a Lions game on the road and to soak up the local culture of the bustling, ocean-side city of Jacksonville. Don't do a boring road trip of just hotel bars and airport shuttles. Roll your sleeves up and really visit a city, and do it in convenience & style. There are 20 spots for this trip and a deposit reserves your spot. Pricing and other details are available at PlayHarderTours.com. Again, this trip is unlike any you will find to other NFL cities by combining both the rabid NFL fan experience and a steeping in the local beer scene. Click the link and sign up today!
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Corporate culture is critical to ensuring that the experience guests actually receive is representative of the experience that hotel leadership hopes to portray. Culture can be affected in any number of ways, from management implementing employee appreciation programs to maintain top talent, through far less formal interactions like a couple of workers putting together a plan to ensure there's coffee to start a shift together. It can be augmented, strengthened, improved, measured, and yes; culture can be ruined.
In fact, ruining corporate culture at a property or across a region can happen far more quickly than one might expect, and all it takes is a single bad apple.
Astoundingly, recent data points to the idea that a single toxic employee can ruin an entire corporate culture. In fact, the average toxic employee can cost a company more than $12,000. This number does not include efficiencies that can be garnered by keeping the right team in place. And naturally, turnover rate increases when there is a toxic employee in the mix.
As a hiring manager, you've taken the time to review resumes, meet candidates, negotiate benefits and salary and finally on-boarded a new employee. This last piece of the equation, onboarding, offer leadership the ability to ensure that one potential bad apple doesn't ruin an entire batch.
Increase Leadership Engagement – As a management team, being both available and visible to your employees is a necessity. There is a well-intentioned, but ultimately misguided theory that having an open door policy is all that's required. These policies are great, but don't ensure that employees will come to talk. Leadership should ask questions and check in regularly, even when nothing is going on.
Take Stock with Those Involved in the Hiring Process – Management should connect with those employees that helped in the interview process and loved the candidate. While there is a risk of confirmation bias (that is, those who loved a candidate will seek to validate their initial feelings), it's important that advocates for a recent hire are given an opportunity to feel validated. This is a great way to make team members feel more invested in a new hire, and can help more readily integrate this employee into the team and environment. The opposite of this is also true. It's important for people who may feel as though their feelings were overruled in the hiring process be given an opportunity to be heard. So-called "bad apples" can be hired, as well as created. If you've got someone who's empowered with hiring responsibilities, it should mean you trust their judgement. Be certain they feel appreciated, even if you went against their recommendation.
Speak to the Skeptics Too – As mentioned, bad apples can be created when an employee doesn't feel heard. Going against a hiring recommendation happens regularly, but is a terrific way to inadvertently make an employee feel alienated. Leaders must meet with those employees that helped in the interview process and were skeptical about this new talent. Maybe they fought against the hire or they just didn't sign off. If they felt threatened or just dislike the person, they may still feel the same. Unless they've become friends or friendly, more than likely they still feel the same way. Make sure they aren't shutting this person out. If there's been a "check-in" talk and things stay the same randomly change schedules, groups or cubicles. There is a reason why teachers moved kids around back in elementary. The idea works. Make sure not to point anyone out.
Incorporate Team Building Events – Whether it is a catered working lunch or a grill set up outside the office for a BBQ, team building events let the employees know you care about them as individuals. In addition these events can encourage new hires or shy employees to become more involved in an organization's corporate culture.
Keep Your Ears Open – More often than not, people usually just want to feel heard. Be certain to greet both formal opportunities for feedback (such as 360 degree reviews) and informal chances for employees to make their opinion heard. Surveys where employees can offer a vote, small events and focus groups, and yes, team building events can enable a hotel's employees to feel as though their voice is being heard.
Reward Your People – As we've discussed in previous columns, various employee engagement programs can range dramatically in size, scope and cost. One simple approach to maintaining and improving corporate culture is creating an award system where employees can provide recognition for their peers and colleagues. For this to work, it's important to establish ground rules (this isn't a popularity contest) and ensure that praise is spread throughout an organization (the same person shouldn't be eligible to win more than a certain number of times per year). In an ideal situation, it's best that any award is something that the employee can share, so it can turn into a team building event. However, if you're looking to minimize costs, something as simple as a killer parking spot (and the bragging rights that go with it) can be effective.
In the early phases, of an employee relationship, the hope is that new hires will be trying to integrate into a company's culture. Generally speaking, there will be a grace period with new employees, in which they're actively trying to fit in. Depending on the culture, it can take a little longer than one might expect. Mega employer Walmart famously had an employee cheer before shifts… people have to go out of their comfort zones in order to get comfortable enough to support 'rah-rah' type things like this (poor introverts). If your culture has quirks, be sure to offer new employees some latitude as they find their way.
The tips above can help to expedite the transition, and will ultimately lead to happier, more consistent corporate culture. But what happens when an employee, whether new to the company or further along in their tenure, starts to show signs of becoming a rotten apple? Sticking with plant analogies, it's critical to act quickly to nip things in the bud. This can be through an informal discussion, or a more formal review.
There are three things leadership must do when they realize one of their employees has started to become toxic.
Have the Tough Conversation – No one likes to hear that the work they're doing isn't appreciated. It's especially tough when the discussion is about less concrete issues like corporate culture. An employee may feel like their duties are being performed adequately, so their attitude shouldn't matter. As all of us in the hospitality field know… our guests would disagree. Oftentimes, when a good employee turns bad, it can be for reasons outside of the workplace, or because they feel slighted in the office. If it is something personal, try to be understanding, but encourage them to leave it outside the office. If it's because they were passed over for a promotion, be sure to explain why the decision was made, and put together a plan so they're first to be considered the next time a role opens up.
Assess the Damage – If someone has an attitude problem, but is consistently performing their duties well, it can be difficult to understand the impact they're having on their team members. An employee who has a sick mother at home, yet still manages to be on time and performing, may be given a little latitude. In fact, other team members may appreciate the effort. However, if their attitude is making it harder for other employees to feel good about their roles ,it can be a different situation altogether. Dealing with toxic employees needs to be managed on a case-by-case basis. For larger properties, managers should ask for assistance from corporate HR.
Set Limits – As a manager, you'll know when it is time to remove an employee from a situation. Be certain that limits are established, and communicated, to the toxic employee. And if that person goes beyond what's established, don't hesitate to terminate the relationship. One bad employee can cripple a corporate culture.
As a leader within your organization you've thought out every last detail about your team and you've worked hard to get your team to where it is today. Maintaining your work and staying connected is extremely important. Whether you work virtually or at a Brick and Mortar, we spend quite a bit of time with the team. Like any other relationship it takes a bit of work. Connecting and being there for your team can create lasting relationships. The culture you build and maintain is always front and center.


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Dance like an Egyptian!
February 13, 2011 by Pagalavan Letchumanan
Are you telling me that the Ministry of Higher Education did not realise the number of students in Egypt? ONLY now they seem to know that the number of students studying in Egypt is unimaginable and have decided to check on their quality etc. There are almost > 10 000 students in Egypt with almost > 5000 of them doing medicine, that's about 1000/year. MARA started to send students to Egypt over the last few years and this was followed by JPA. It was mainly to cut cost as sending students to UK, Ireland and Australia was beginning to get very expensive. Thus they started to send to Egypt, Poland, Moscow, Jordan, Indonesia and even Turkey. I can't comment much on the quality of their graduates as I have not seen or supervised anyone of them.
However I have worked with some of their Egyptian specialists before, way back in 2003-2005. There were good ones as well as bad ones. Most of the good ones left in about 2 years due to frustration that they felt on the ground. They felt cheated by the government as they were told many juicy stories about the health system in this country. Imagine they were told that the cost of living in Malaysia for the whole family is only RM 1000/month and that we have Ultrasound and CT Scans in all our hospitals! Many of the good ones felt that the amount of money they got were not worth the effort and workload. Communication was another issue.
Unfortunately our MOH is trying the same stunt again, if you read below. MOH is going to negotiate with the government of Egypt/India and Sri Lanka to get the "Cream of the crop" specialist from these countries to work in our district hospitals. First of all, the " Cream of the Crops" will either be happy working in their own country or would have left to US, Australia and UK. So, the specialist that we will be recruiting will be the rejected or second class ones. That was what happened 10 years ago. We had surgeons who were unable to operate!
Communication is a major problem with these specialist. They can speak English of course but not many of our rural patients can speak English!!, thanks to our education policy! How are you going to function as a doctor if you can't communicate? Our nurses are equally bad at speaking English and thus would not be a good interpreter. I remember an Egyptian specialist using a nurse to translate and the translation was way out and the patient did not understand at all what the hell was going on!
Well, I hope the MOH will not make the same mistake they made 8 years ago!
Non-objection certs for studies in Egypt put on hold
KUCHING: The Higher Education Department has temporarily frozen the issuance of Non-Objection Certificate (NOC) to new students wanting to pursue their studies in Egypt.Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the move was part of the department's efforts to re-evaluate the quality of courses offered by several universities in Egypt, besides the appalling lax in security there."Right now, we are freezing the issuance of the NOC and the department will send its officials to Egypt soon to re-evaluate the quality of courses offered by several universities there, especially in the faculty of medicine," he told reporters.He was commenting on developments involving Malaysian students who had to postpone their studies, following the political unrest in Egypt.He said the department's officials would also convene discussions with the relevant universities in Egypt on the possibility of allowing the students to temporarily continue their studies at local universities in Malaysia.About 5,000 out of 11,000 Malaysian students in Egypt are studying medicine.
Meanwhile, up to 4,281 Malaysians have been evacuated from Egypt so far, including 451 who flew in to KL International Airport by MAS at 2.20am Friday.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said 268 more Malaysians were expected to fly into Changi International Airport in Singapore via Saudi Airlines Flight SV838 at 3.30 pm. Saudi Airlines do have a direct service to Malaysia.
"Buses will be provided to transport the passengers from the airport to bus terminals in Larkin, Melaka Central, Seremban and Serdang," she said.
A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) C-130 aircraft carrying 100 Malaysians was also scheduled to arrive at the RMAF base in Subang Friday.
Govt negotiating to get specialist doctors from Egypt, India and Sri Lanka
KEMAMAN: In a bid to address the shortage of specialist doctors in rural hospitals, the Health Ministry is in the midst of negotiating with its counterparts in Egypt, India and Sri Lanka to source a pool of specialist doctors.
Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said Saturday that it would be a government-to-government arrangement.
Egypt had sent a list of 58 specialists but the recent turmoil in that country had put the matter on hold. It would be revisited once the situation normalises, he said.
Liow said he would be visiting India in March and the list from that country would be finalised then.
Turmoil in Egypt delays arrival of specialists
KEMAMAN: The turmoil in Egypt has delayed the arrival of 58 specialists from the country, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
"The matter will be revisited once the situation normalises," he said, adding that he would also be visiting India and Sri Lanka in March to finalise the list of specialists who would be coming from these countries.
Liow, who visited the Kemaman Hospital here, said the ministry would only select the cream of the crop among medical practitioners from all three countries.
"We want the best for our hospitals, thus we decided to hold talks directly with government officials from these countries without sourcing the specialists privately.
"Through this arrangement, recognised foreign specialists can opt to serve in Malaysia for about two years without losing their seniority upon returning to their countries," he said.
Liow revealed that this was a short-term measure to address the shortage of specialists in rural hospitals and alleviate the heavy workload at major government medical institutions due to the high number of patients who need specialised health care.
Liow also announced that his ministry had approved a RM10mil allocation to improve facilities and equipment at Kemaman Hospital.
He said the ministry had also given the nod for the construction of a specialist hospital in Kijal.
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on February 13, 2011 at 11:26 AM | Reply Nav
1000/year from Egypt alone. At least another 2000/year from India/Pakistan/Bangladesh/Indonesia/Romania/Russia/Ukraine/Czech Republic/Taiwan/China … add this to the 4000/year from local public and private unis …. 7000 per year new doctors.
People still think there's no glut?
on February 13, 2011 at 11:31 AM | Reply Pagalavan Letchumanan
It will be more than that. I think it will hit 8000 by 2015! Already 6000 last year!
on February 13, 2011 at 5:18 PM | Reply jllee
well… im shocked tat Kijal is goin to hv a speciialist hosp thr… whn Hosp kemaman is merely less than 20 min away….thr r only 1-2 specialists in hosp kemaman and tell me about it.. even the specialists in kuala terengganu refused to work in kemaman… tsk tsk tsk
on February 15, 2011 at 11:19 AM | Reply private
Today Chinese newspaper (kwongwah) start reporting the poor quality of ours 3000 houseman especially from the Ukraine. They don't even know how to take BP, measure pulse and heart rate. How depressing….
http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2011/02/15/114.html
(This is the chinese newspaper link)
on February 15, 2011 at 2:16 PM | Reply Pagalavan Letchumanan
Thanks for the info. It is very worrying………………….
on February 16, 2011 at 11:48 AM | Reply maddy
where the hack they put there ukraine??? go and read properly dont simply put..it stated Russia there not specifically ukraine..
on February 16, 2011 at 3:19 PM | Reply private
Thanks maddy for the correction
on February 16, 2011 at 4:25 PM maddy
please be sure what you stating there…your words can cause chaos among students..dont think because its in mandarin people wont read..dats really depressing to noe exist some people simply creating rumour without reading the news properly..
on February 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM | Reply maddy
Blood pressure of foreign medical graduates will also be questioned
At 17:45 on February 15, 2011
(Kuala Lumpur, the 15th hearing) more than 3,000, in particular, is a graduate of a foreign, in government hospitals in the "Apprentice" training the interns of the medical technology, because some people are not proficient in basic health screening procedures have been questioned.
This includes measuring blood pressure, heart rate and pulse check, and medical students should master before graduation real diagnosis.
Most graduated from Russian universities
It is understood that most of the problems students are graduated from foreign universities, especially by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) recognized by the Russian universities.
December last year, the 41 government hospitals, training of medical personnel in the student interns have 3252 people, or more than 1290 people in 2007 to increase double.
Medical sources say the problem occurs because the lack of correlation of more than 340, subject to government supervision and recognition of foreign university.
The message said: "If the local colleges and universities are monitoring every 5 years, why not be recognized by the equal treatment of foreign universities. This defect may cause a problem with the interns there, because no standard curriculum."
Public Health Association of Malaysia president Datuk Dr Professor Mo Hamo Race benefits that, in addition to foreign universities need to be more stringent certification standards and enhanced to ensure that graduates have a certain level, the proposed special examination before their internship.
Several respondents also pointed out that medical officers, most of the interns have graduated from the Russian problem.
Interns from local universities for oversight by the Malaysian Medical Council, so there is not much problem, other European countries, interns, such as Britain, Ireland and even the United States there is no problem, because of their higher standard.
on February 24, 2011 at 3:22 AM | Reply ana
yeah its like you can make another malaysia there in egypt….. there's too many of them… and i'm not aware of that coz no one ever told me they were that many!!!!
on March 11, 2011 at 5:31 AM | Reply worklikedog
at least the MOH has done something to get the specialist to Malaysia..
this will never happened if those local specialist stays in goverment service and serve the nation..
on March 11, 2011 at 6:06 AM | Reply Nav
True. But MOH are also the cause of the problem to a certain extent. Poor pay along with discrimination in the workforce will cause specialists to leave the government service. Having said that, there are some that would have left regardless because of the financial attraction of private practice.
on March 11, 2011 at 3:13 PM | Reply Pagalavan Letchumanan
Well, if the government has taken care of the specialist well, this would not have happened. If you ask most of the specialist who left gov service, many of them will tell you that they left because of frustration of the system and money was not the main reason!
on March 13, 2011 at 9:23 AM | Reply Kent
Too many of my colleague friends are now working oversea after they finish their postgrade studies. Why is it that we are importing specialist from oversea but not putting more effort in inviting our specialist back. This is frustrating. Please enlighten me.
on March 13, 2011 at 7:37 PM | Reply Nav
As someone who is at the end of their postgrad training overseas, I can tell you what will help me come back as a specialist:
1. Better pay – this need not be the same as what I earn now, but a specialist in Malaysia should be earning close to RM 20,000 per month as a starting basic pay.
2. Promotion based on merit – why won't people learn that healthcare (and education – look at the public unis!) is too important to base promotion on race?
3. Some recognition of the fact that I may spend 5-10 years in a city/town where I don't really want to be and have no connection to. Overseas, I can choose where I work.
4. More say in appointing MOs in the department I work, as opposed to just receiving whoever the Pengarah sends or whoever has pulled the strongest cables.
There will be some who will leave the govt service anyway because they can never have enough money, but I believe the govt can overcome that easily by creating a better working environment in the public sector.
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Just picked up some Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards in bulk bundle, spent £120 on over 3000 cards its insane, be doing a video update on it soon!
Got my studio light now my exploring series can begin.
" I came in like wrecking ball.... wow wow wow"
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