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Music » Interviews
Holly Golightly leaves Jack White behind for Lawyer Dave
by Bill Forman
Troy Martin Chicken Breakfast at Tiffany's: Holly Golightly and Lawyer Dave hold on tight to all you need in this life.
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, with Bluebelle, Lust-Cats of the Gutters
Tuesday, April 27, 9 p.m.
hi-dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver
Tickets: $10, 21-plus; hi-dive.com, 720/570-4500.
You may know her from her 2003 duet on "It's True That We Love One Another," in which she claims to "love Jack White like a little brother."
Or maybe it's from her recordings with Billy Childish's Thee Headcoats, or its all-female garage rock spinoff, Thee Headcoatees.
Or you may not know her at all, in which case it's clearly time to get acquainted.
A coal miner's granddaughter and certified horse trainer, Holly Golightly moved two years ago from London to Georgia with her partner/bandmate Lawyer Dave. They currently live there with three horses named Huckleberry, Zella and, yes, Coal Miner. Recording as Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, they've managed to push the singer-songwriter's discography up to nearly two dozen albums, an accomplishment she doesn't see as all that remarkable.
"It sort of averages about one album a year, and I don't think that's incredibly prolific," says Golightly. "I mean, if you're not writing one song a month, then you should probably get another job."
Right now, Golightly's job is touring behind Medicine County, the latest in a series of ramshackle releases that began with 2007's thoughtfully titled You Can't Buy a Gun When You're Crying. The couple's four records are all rooted in the American folk-blues tradition that inspired the British groups Golightly grew up listening to on the radio.
"I realized that the early British beat stuff was influenced by the same things I'm influenced by, but just 30 or 40 years earlier. I mean, let's face it, the first Rolling Stones record was basically Muddy Waters songs, and the first Beatles record was Arthur Alexander songs."
Although early Golightly songs like "Virtually Happy" and "Rain Down Rain" contained trace elements of Phil Spector-spawned girl groups and Patti Smith-era punk, she insists that the current, more down-home approach has always been part of her songwriting.
"The way I write songs has not changed at all, really, it's more how we mess about with them," she says, dismissing the notion that her move to Georgia influenced the banjo and fiddle arrangement on the new track "I Can't Lose." "Certainly a lot of my reference points have been generated from [the American South]. But where we are doesn't dictate what we sound like. It's more the fact that we have a studio at home and we have more time to spend on things when we're not on the road. That and too much barbecue, and, you know, sleeping more."
The duo's not getting nearly as much sleep during its current tour, which includes perennially trendy clubs like L.A.'s Spaceland and Austin's Emo's. And don't forget Little Rock, Ark., where the Brokeoffs just played the somewhat lesser-renowned Sticky Fingerz Rock 'n Roll Chicken Shack.
"It was a great show, actually," says Golightly. "When you got to a small city that you haven't played, you don't know what to expect."
Except, maybe, chicken: "Well, yeah, they had a lot of chicken. Actually, they didn't have anything else but chicken."
Coffee, on the other hand, has been a bit scarce lately.
"They need to open some coffee shops in Alabama," Golightly mourns. "Between Birmingham and Little Rock, the road is sadly bereft of coffee."
— bill@csindy.com
AudioFile Holly Golightly Lawyer Dave Brokeoffs Hi-Dive Medicine County Billy Childish Thee Headcoats Thee Headcoatees White Stripes


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Mark Of The Beast - Page 10
Quotes on the Mark of the Beast
Below are quotes from the Roman Catholic Church on what they claim their MARK to be, which also explains why most Churches now worship on Sunday. Revelation 13 tells us that Satan gave his power and authority to the Catholic Church. Why? Because it was Satan's plan to have them complete the Sabbath to Sunday change. Why did Satan do this? The Sabbath is about who we give our allegiance to. If we love and obey God and keep His Seventh day Holy, we give our allegiance to God. But if we obey the law of the Catholic Church and keep their day, who do we give our allegiance to then? The Catholic Church answers this question below with two of their quotes. But looking deeper, who gave this Church power so God's true day of worship could be changed? Read Catholic quotes on the Sabbath for more.
Who Made Sunday Holy?
"Question - Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer - Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Question - Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer - We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50, 3rd edition, 1957.
"Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. 'The day of the Lord' was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Church's sense of its own power...People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy." St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995.
Who Do We Reverence by Keeping Sunday Holy?
"It was the Catholic church which...has transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the (Catholic) church." Monsignor Louis Segur, Plain Talk About the Protestantism of Today, p. 213.
"I have repeatedly offered $1,000 to anyone who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone. The Bible says, 'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' The Catholic Church says: 'No. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week.' And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in a reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic Church." father T. Enright, C.S.S.R. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. Hover here for a document clip or select for full original image.
Whose Day of Worship is Sunday?
"It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church." Priest Brady, in an address reported in The News, Elizabeth, New Jersey, March 18, 1903.
"They [the Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy. Why? Because the Catholic Church tells them to do so. They have no other reason...The observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observance...The author of the Sunday law...is the Catholic Church." Ecclesiastical Review, February 1914.
Does the Bible support the Sabbath to Sunday change?
"For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the [Roman Catholic] church outside the Bible." Catholic Virginian, October 3, 1947, p. 9, article "To Tell You the Truth."
"Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. The Catholic Church protests that it transferred Christian worship from the biblical Sabbath (Saturday) to Sunday, and that to try to argue that the change was made in the Bible is both dishonest and a denial of Catholic authority. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday." Rome's Challenge www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003
The Mark of the Beast & Mystery Babylon - Page 11
1. The Mark of the Beast Introduction
2. Is the mark of the beast Technology?
3. Is Satan the Beast of Revelation?
4. Who is the Beast giving the Mark?
5. Who is the Antichrist of Revelation?
6. The number of the beast 666 origin
7. What is The Mark of the Beast?
8. The who is Israel today delusions
9. Is it a symbolic mark or is it literal?
10. Related statements from the Beast
11. Mystery Babylon and Antichrist
12. Why is there so much confusion?
13. The Mark of the Beast Conclusion
14. The History of Sun-Day Worship
15. End Times Bible Prophecy parallels
16. Mark of the Beast and Paganism
17. Nero and 616 and 606 deceptions
Is the mark going to be technology or does it symbolize something?
Who is the woman who rides the beast and is this the same beast?
Is the number 666 the devils and is he the beast of Revelation?
Passage Verse
Revelation 13:16-18
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
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Q: SQL - Count Results of 2 Columns I have the following table which contains ID's and UserId's.
ID           UserID
1111         11
1111         300
1111         51
1122         11
1122         22
1122         3333
1122         45

I'm trying to count the distinct number of 'IDs' so that I get a total, but I also need to get a total of ID's that have also seen the that particular ID as well... To get the ID's, I've had to perform a subquery within another table to get ID's, I then pass this into the main query... Now I just want the results to be displayed as follows.
So I get a Total No for ID and a Total Number for Users ID - Also would like to add another column to get average as well for each ID
TotalID    Total_UserID   Average
2          7              3.5

If Possible I would also like to get an average as well, but not sure how to calculate that. So I would need to count all the 'UserID's for an ID add them altogether and then find the AVG. (Any Advice on that caluclation would be appreciated.)
Current Query.
SELECT DISTINCT(a.ID)
,COUNT(b.UserID)
FROM a
INNER JOIN b ON someID = someID
WHERE a.ID IN ( SELECT ID FROM c WHERE GROUPID = 9999)
GROUP BY a.ID

Which then Lists all the IDs and COUNT's all the USERID.. I would like a total of both columns. I've tried warpping the query in a
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but this only counts the ID's which is great, but how do I count the USERID column as well

A: You seem to want this:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT a.ID), COUNT(b.UserID),
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FROM a INNER JOIN
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Note:  DISTINCT is not a function.  It applies to the whole row, so it is misleading to put an expression in parentheses after it.
Also, the GROUP BY is unnecessary.
The 1.0 is because SQL Server does integer arithmetic and this is a simple way to convert a number to a decimal form.

A: You can use
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT a.ID) ...

to count all distinct values
Read details here

A: I believe you want this:
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Economy|Coronavirus pandemic
Mutant virus adds to Brexit concerns as UK suppliers sound alarm
British industry group warns of possible disruptions to fresh food supplies over Christmas holiday.
Roads on both sides of the Channel have been clogged for days, with some truckers from continental Europe fearing they may become stranded in the UK due to new travel restrictions in France [File: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg]
By Kitty Donaldson and Lizzy Burden and Alex MoralesBloomberg
Published On 21 Dec 202021 Dec 2020
Britain's biggest port stopped all traffic heading to Europe and food supplies into the nation face major disruption after the discovery of a new variant of the Covid-19 virus prompted its nearest neighbors to limit travel links with the U.K.
The crisis prompted Boris Johnson to convene a meeting of the government's emergency committee on Monday in a bid to keep goods flowing. The concern is focused on links with France, which suspended inbound travel from the U.K., including freight, for 48 hours starting midnight Sunday.
And with Britain yet to agree on its future trade relationship with the European Union before the Dec. 31 deadline, industry groups sounded the alarm — roads have already been been clogged on both sides of the Channel for days. One freight transport group urged shoppers to avoid panic buying, while the Food and Drink Federation warned of the potential for serious disruption to fresh food supplies over the Christmas holidays.
"Continental truckers will not want to travel here if they have a real fear of getting marooned," Chief Executive Officer Ian Wright said in a statement. "The government must very urgently persuade the French government to exempt accompanied freight from its ban."
Logistics UK, which has 18,000 corporate members from across the British supply chain, called for rapid Covid-19 testing of truckers departing the country as the quickest way of restoring trade links.
"If it means setting up the world's biggest rapid-testing facility in Kent then that's what we'll have to do," Alex Veitch, the group's general manager, said in an interview, predicting "significant disruption" from the border shutdown.
Logistics UK, which has 18,000 corporate members from across the British supply chain, called for rapid COVID-19 testing of truckers leaving the country [File: Jason Alden/Bloomberg]
The port of Dover closed its ferry terminal for outbound traffic until further notice and pleaded with freight and passenger customers to stay away. The company operating Eurotunnel trains between the U.K. and France suspended its truck shuttle on Sunday in response to the French measures.
U.K. supply lines with the rest of the EU narrowed over the weekend after Johnson's government flagged a coronavirus mutation and ordered a full lockdown for London and much of southeastern England.
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Achieving Education for All through Public–Private Partnerships?
Non-State Provision of Education in Developing Countries
Pauline Rose
Published May 30, 2013 by Routledge
Published November 22, 2010 by Routledge
Achieving Education for All through Public–Private Partnerships?: Non-State Provision of Education in Developing Countries
Concern for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 has led to a focus on the role that non-state providers (NSPs) can offer in extending access and improving quality of basic services. While NSPs can help to fill a gap in provision to those excluded from state provision, recent growth in both for-profit and not-for-profit providers in developing countries has sometimes resulted in fragmentation of service delivery. To address this, attention is increasingly given in the education sector to developing 'partnerships' between governments and NSPs. Partnerships are further driven by the expectation that the state has the moral, social, and legal responsibility for overall education service delivery and so should play a role in facilitating and regulating NSPs.
Even where the ultimate aim of both non-state providers and the state is to provide education of acceptable quality to all children, this book provides evidence from diverse contexts across Africa, South Asia, and Latin America to highlight the challenges in them partnering to achieve this.
This book was published as a special issue of Development in Practice.
1. Introduction: Achieving Education for All through public–private partnerships? Pauline Rose 2. Civil society, basic education, and sector-wide aid: insights from Sub-Saharan Africa Karen Mundy, with Megan Haggerty, Malini Sivasubramaniam, Suzanne Cherry, and Richard Maclure 3. Marching to different rhythms: international NGO collaboration with the state in Tanzania Sheila Aikman 4. The roles of non-state providers in ten complementary education programmes Joseph DeStefano and Audrey-marie Schuh Moore 5. Reaching the underserved with complementary education: lessons from Ghana's state and non-state sectors Leslie Casely-Hayford and Ash Hartwell 6. Public–private partnerships or privatisation? Questioning the state's role in education in India Prachi Srivastava 7. Madrasas as partners in education provision: the South Asian experience Masooda Bano 8. Struggles for memory and social-justice education in Latin America Lauren Ila Jones and Carlos Alberto Torres RESEARCH ROUND-UP 9. Collaboration in delivering education: relations between governments and NGOs in South Asia Richard Batley and Pauline Rose VIEWPOINT 10. Working effectively with non-state actors to deliver education in fragile states Chris Berry 11. Non-state providers, the state, and health in post-conflict fragile states Stephen Commins 12. Free primary education still excludes the poorest of the poor in urban Kenya Moses Oketch and Moses Ngware 13. The evolution of NGO–government relations in education: ActionAid 1972–2009 David Archer
Pauline Rose is Reader in International Education at the University of Sussex. From 2008 to 2010 she was on leave from the University, working as a Senior Policy Analyst for the UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report in Paris. Her research, from a social development perspective, relates to educational policy and practice in the areas of financing and governance, democratisation, and the role of international aid in shaping the education agenda. Her work focuses on concerns for out-of-school children with respect to poverty and gender in particular, and she has published extensively in these areas.
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MIKE GRAHAM
GONE - NOT FORGOTTEN
For 15 years (1974–1990), I held positions of increasing responsibility in the Communications Division, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada. As Associate Director, Management and Administration, I developed and managed an annual program of work with a $7 million budget; developed policies and procedures; coordinated all personnel management; represented the division on administrative, financial, and policy committees; and coordinated divisional communication with six regional offices in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. My earlier responsibilities within the Communications Division included: Technical Editor; Head, Technical Editing Unit; Regional Liaison Officer (Singapore); Program Officer; and Dissemination Officer. During my time with IDRC, I had the pleasure to work and travel extensively in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Before joining IDRC, I worked for 2.5 years as a copy editor and controlled all phases of production of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, the Canadian Geotechnical Journal, and the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering at the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. This where I learned about printing and book production, back in the days when the journals were typeset using linotype and monotype (hot metal), and photo typesetting was in its infancy.
Although I am now retired, I continue to have an interest in science editing and writing and the role of science and new communications technologies in development. The following pages summarize my work from 1990 as an international consultant, with work experience in Canada, the United States, and many developing nations in Africa and South and Southeast Asia.
Science Editing and Writing: Specialized in substantive editing of scientific and technical books and conference proceedings; developed user manuals for software applications; and wrote about science and technology. Writing included reorganization and creation of websites. Editorial consultancies included significant work in biology and life sciences.
Program and Project Evaluation: Planned and implemented evaluations that assess the impact of information and communications technologies on development activities. Evaluations obtained user feedback on current activities and were used to plan future project and program directions.
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Brita Bergland: The Rebirth of the Older Child
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Brita Bergland's poems fuse a sophisticated, Wittgensteinian sense of language with a predilection for the 'rural voice,' the 'whacky grandeur' of everyday life on a farm. The poems celebrate language as resurrection in the hands of the politically forgotten and emotionally uncalled for, all seen through the metaphor of the haystack. The results are provocative, sometimes very funny and certainly all her own.
Bergland was born on a farm in Urbana, IL, in 1954, and has spent most of her adult life in the country. While at the U of Michigan, she received a Hopwood Award for poetry. She lives in Vermont with her daughter. Her first volume of poetry, The Poet at Its Desk, was published by Awede in 1986.
"…achieves an affect of inner mind, of tentative relationships to the world, life and others. She paints a New England landscape, like an impressionist painting gone expressionist…Bergland rescues us from threatened entropy…"
–Eva Shaderowfsky, House Organ
"In Rebirth of the Older Child, the poet sniffs out an examined life's peculiar pleasures… Weirdly revealing lines like 'His mother was an O' and 'Darkened DNA polishes my lips' seem fresh, exact. Bergland's poems reveal a carnal nature nurtured in the out-of-doors. Simple-and exciting."
–Chris Potash, Small Press
"What I like most about these poems, set mostly in the country, is the playing around with languages…. The effect of such writing is the music– the spiel, and cut and sway of the words, a funny and grotesque way…. Isn't the title calling for a revision of our attitudes, from inside out, the way Thoreau called for a purification of the self and a rebirth? … The natural flow is inviting, sensual, beautiful and awkward in the musicales of current containing the history of a native people."
–Shelby Stephenson, The Pilot-Southern Pines
Marie Borel: Close Quote
Erica Carpenter: Perspective Would Have Us
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Q: Is there a way to return the opposite of this regular expression? Is there a way to return the opposite of this regular expression?
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I want $matches to return an array containing the "·" character and not an array of the Chinese characters.
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A: Use the reverse class, \P{Han}+:
if (preg_match_all('/\P{Han}+/u', '道斯·麥克', $matches))
{
    print_r($matches[0]); // => Array ( [0] => · )
}

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While \p{Han} matches all Chinese chars, \P{Han} matches any char other than those chars.
The same pertains to other Unicode property classes: for each \p{X} there is a reverse \P{X} class. \p{L} matches any Unicode letter and \P{L} matches any char but a Unicode letter. Cf. \p{N} (digits) - \P{N} (non-digits), \p{S} (symbols) - \P{S} (non-symbols), etc.


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2 Kings 12
21 The officials who murdered him were Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer. He died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Kings 12:21 in Other Translations
21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
21 It was Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, who struck him down, so that he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
21 The assassins were Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer—both trusted advisers. Joash was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Amaziah became the next king.
21 Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer were the assassins. And so Joash died and was buried in the family plot in the City of David. His son Amaziah was king after him.
21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. Then they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Amaziah became king in his place.
2 Kings 12:21 Meaning and Commentary
For Jozachar the son of Shimeath
Said to be an Ammonitess, and this man's name Zabad, ( 2 Chronicles 24:26 ) ,
and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants;
who is said in the same place to be the son of Shimrith a Moabitess:
these smote him, and he died;
justly did he fall by the hands of such persons for his idolatry:
and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David;
but not in the sepulchres of the kings, because of his idolatry and murder of a priest of the Lord:
and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead;
the conspirators not seeking the kingdom, but vengeance on him for his sins, which, whether right in them to do, was suffered by the Lord.
2 Kings 12:21 In-Context
19 As for the other events of the reign of Joash, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
20 His officials conspired against him and assassinated him at Beth Millo, on the road down to Silla.


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Articles • Braz. J. Psychiatry 34 (suppl 1) • June 2012 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-44462012000500006 copy
Social anxiety and negative early life events in university students
Cynthia Binelli
, Barcelona, , Hospital Parc Taulí, Department of Psychiatry , Spain , Barcelona, , , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology , Spain
Institute of Neuroscience, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology CIBERSAM, IDIBAPS , Hospital Clínic , Barcelona, , , Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology , Spain
Armando Muñiz
, Barcelona, , , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology , SpainInstitute of Neuroscience, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology CIBERSAM, IDIBAPS , Hospital Clínic , Barcelona, , , Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology , Spain
Estel Gelabert
, Barcelona, , , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology , Spain , Barcelona, , IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Neuropsychopharmacology Programme , Spain
Liliana Ferraz
Alaor S. Filho
, São Paulo, , Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto , Neurosciences and Behavior Department, Brazil , Rio Grande do Sul, , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
José Alexandre S Crippa
Antonio E. Nardi
, Rio Grande do Sul, , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil , Rio de Janeiro, , Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Psychiatry , Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Brazil
Susana Subirà
, Barcelona, , , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology , Spain
Rocío Martín-Santos
Institute of Neuroscience, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology CIBERSAM, IDIBAPS , Hospital Clínic , Barcelona, , , Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology , Spain , Barcelona, , IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Neuropsychopharmacology Programme , Spain , Rio Grande do Sul, , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
INTRODUCTION: There is substantial evidence regarding the impact of negative life events during childhood on the aetiology of psychiatric disorders. We examined the association between negative early life events and social anxiety in a sample of 571 Spanish University students. METHODS: In a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2007, we collected data through a semistructured questionnaire of sociodemographic variables, personal and family psychiatric history, and substance abuse. We assessed the five early negative life events: (i) the loss of someone close, (ii) emotional abuse, (iii) physical abuse, (iv) family violence, and (v) sexual abuse. All participants completed the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. RESULTS: Mean (SD) age was 21 (4.5), 75% female, LSAS score was 40 (DP = 22), 14.2% had a psychiatric family history and 50.6% had negative life events during childhood. Linear regression analyses, after controlling for age, gender, and family psychiatric history, showed a positive association between family violence and social score (p = 0.03). None of the remaining stressors produced a significant increase in LSAS score (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: University students with high levels of social anxiety presented higher prevalence of negative early life events. Thus, childhood family violence could be a risk factor for social anxiety in such a population.
negative early life events; childhood adversities; family violence; social anxiety; Liebowitz social anxiety scale
INTRODUÇÃO: Existem evidências substanciais sobre o impacto de eventos negativos da vida durante a infância na etiologia dos transtornos psiquiátricos. Examinamos a associação entre os eventos negativos ocorridos na infância e a ansiedade social em uma amostra de 571 estudantes universitários espanhóis. MÉTODOS: Em um estudo transversal realizado em 2007, foram coletados os dados de variáveis sociodemográficas, história psiquiátrica pessoal e familiar e abuso de substâncias por meio de um questionário semiestruturado e avaliamos cinco eventos negativos ocorridos na infância: (i) a perda de alguém próximo, (ii) abuso emocional, (iii) abuso físico, (iv) violência familiar e (v) abuso sexual. Todos os participantes preencheram a escala de Liebowitz para ansiedade social. RESULTADOS: A média (DP) de idade foi de 21 anos (4,5); 75% eram do sexo feminino; o escore na LSAS foi 40 (DP = 22); 14,2% tinham história psiquiátrica familiar e 50,6% tiveram eventos negativos durante a infância. A análise de regressão linear, após o controle para idade, sexo e história psiquiátrica familiar, mostraram associação positiva entre violência familiar e escore de ansiedade social (p = 0,03). Nenhum dos fatores estressores restantes produziu aumento significativo no escore da LSAS (p > 0,05). CONCLUSÃO: Os estudantes universitários com altos níveis de ansiedade social apresentaram prevalência maior de eventos negativos precoces. Portanto, a violência familiar na infância pode ser um fator de risco para ansiedade social em tal população.
eventos negativos na infância; adversidades na infância; violência familiar; ansiedade social; escala de Liebowitz para ansiedade
Cynthia BinelliI,II; Ana OrtizIII; Armando MuñizII,III; Estel GelabertII,IV; Liliana FerrazII,III; Alaor S FilhoV,VI; José Alexandre S. CrippaV,VI; Antonio E NardiVI,VII; Susana SubiràII; Rocío Martín-SantosIII,IV,VI
IDepartment of Psychiatry, Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
IIDepartment of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
IIIDepartments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neuroscience. Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM; Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
IVNeuropsychopharmacology Programme, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
VNeurosciences and Behavior Department, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP-RP), Brazil
VINational Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT-TM, CNPq), Brazil
VIILaboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
INTRODUCTION: There is substantial evidence regarding the impact of negative life events during childhood on the aetiology of psychiatric disorders. We examined the association between negative early life events and social anxiety in a sample of 571 Spanish University students.
METHODS: In a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2007, we collected data through a semistructured questionnaire of sociodemographic variables, personal and family psychiatric history, and substance abuse. We assessed the five early negative life events: (i) the loss of someone close, (ii) emotional abuse, (iii) physical abuse, (iv) family violence, and (v) sexual abuse. All participants completed the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale.
RESULTS: Mean (SD) age was 21 (4.5), 75% female, LSAS score was 40 (DP = 22), 14.2% had a psychiatric family history and 50.6% had negative life events during childhood. Linear regression analyses, after controlling for age, gender, and family psychiatric history, showed a positive association between family violence and social score (p = 0.03). None of the remaining stressors produced a significant increase in LSAS score (p > 0.05).
CONCLUSION: University students with high levels of social anxiety presented higher prevalence of negative early life events. Thus, childhood family violence could be a risk factor for social anxiety in such a population.
Descriptors: negative early life events; childhood adversities; family violence; social anxiety; Liebowitz social anxiety scale.
In the past decade, a growing number of studies had proposed negative life events during childhood as risk factors that induce psychopathology in adulthood.1-3 Traditionally, traumatic events, such as sexual abuse, have been studied in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.4 Previous research has yielded considerable evidence of an association between affective/anxiety disorders and childhood adversities.5-8 Moreover, recent publications have focused on the impact of childhood adversities on the onset, persistence, and functional impairment of psychiatric disorders.9-11 Despite the growing interest in this phenomenon, little is known about the effect of negative childhood events on social anxiety.
The psychiatric impact of adversities seems to begin during childhood.12 Recently, one study13 found an association between exposure to violence and preschool psychopathology symptoms even when other key factors, including economic disadvantage, parenteral mood and anxiety symptoms, were statistically controlled. A study of 1,364 adoptees found that children who suffered adversities prior to adoption had an increased risk of anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in adulthood.14 This result suggests that, even when adversities occur over a short period of time, the risk persists into adulthood. In agreement with this finding, a 45-year prospective study that collected data on a wide range of adversities in subjects' lives at 7, 11, and 16 years of age and evaluated adult and mid-life psychopathologies suggested that this risk association does not decrease throughout the life course.15
Although the mechanisms and pathways linking negative life events and psychopathology are unclear and obviously complex, neurobiological factors may play pivotal roles.16 Because early brain development is constantly modified by environmental influences, it is reasonable to believe that certain adverse experiences may affect a child's future development and functioning. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and corticotrophin-releasing factor are hypothesised to be deregulated following traumatic childhood events.17,18 These data highlight the importance of identifying such risk factors and investigating how they are related to the aetiology of psychiatric disorders.
Social anxiety is characterised by a marked and persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is exposed to unfamiliar people or possible scrutiny by others. In the more severe form, social anxiety disorder is one of the most common anxiety disorders, with a prevalence ranging from 7% to 10%.7,19-21 There is some evidence that negative life events may play a role in the development of social anxiety disorder. For instance, in a representative sample of the US population,22 the relationship between chronic traumatic experiences during childhood and the onset of agoraphobia, specific phobia, and social phobia was investigated. It was observed that sexual assault by a relative and verbal aggression have unique effects on social phobia. In addition, in a Canadian population-based community study,23 a positive relationship between social anxiety disorder and a wide range of childhood adversities was observed, including a parental history of mental disorders and childhood physical and sexual abuse. More recently, using data from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety,24 one study examined the specificity of childhood adversities and negative life events across anxiety and depressive disorders. The authors observed that emotional neglect was specifically associated with social anxiety disorder, depressive disorders, and dysthymia, supporting previous data recorded from psychiatric outpatients.25
The present study investigated the association between social anxiety symptoms measured using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS)26 and early negative life events -(i) the loss of someone close, (ii) emotional abuse, (iii) physical abuse, (iv) family violence, and (v) sexual abuse - in a cross-sectional survey of university students. We specifically focused on the university student population because it is composed of young adults with an age range by which social anxiety has developed in 80% of the cases.27 We hypothesised that early negative life events would be associated with social anxiety in university students.
Sample and procedure
The study was a cross-sectional survey of university students conducted in 2007. We selected 581 university students of both genders from the Universidat Autonòma de Barcelona (UAB). Ten participants were excluded because they did not complete the instruments correctly. Thus, the final sample consisted of 571 participants. The students were recruited through an advertisement that was distributed at different locations on the university campus. Subjects received a small payment for participating. The study was approved by the university's Research Ethics Committee.
After being informed of the nature of the study, all participants provided written informed consent. A sociodemographic questionnaire, an assessment of family history of psychiatric disorders, a negative life event questionnaire, and the LSAS were administered to all participants.
A semi-structured questionnaire that included sociodemographic variables was designed ad hoc by the research team using questions that were coded dichotomously as "absent" or "present". A family history of psychiatric disorders was specifically assessed for each first-degree family member (0 = absent; 1 = probable; 2 = present; 4 = unknown). Only the "present" categories were considered evidence of a positive family history of psychiatric disorders.
Negative life events were assessed retrospectively using five closed questions regarding early adverse life events. Subjects were asked whether they had experienced one of the following life events before 18 years of age: (i) the loss of someone close, (ii) emotional abuse (verbal communication with the intention of humiliating or degrading the victim), (iii) physical abuse (physical contact, constraint, or confinement, with the intention to hurt or injure), (iv) family violence, or (v) sexual abuse (unwanted sexual contact performed solely for the gratification of the perpetrator or for the purposes of dominating or degrading the victim). These events were coded dichotomously as absent or present. The total number of early adverse life events was also registered. We did a test-retest reliability study of the five closed questions in a sample of 186 university students who were re-evaluated between one and two months and the results showed that kappa statistics ranged between 0.80 and 1.00.
Social anxiety was assessed using the validated Spanish version of the LSAS.26,28 It consists of 24 items, each describing a different social situation. The LSAS evaluates the severity of anxiety and social avoidance in a wide range of typical social situations. The fear ratings are based on how much fear or anxiety the patient experiences in such social situations, measured by a Likert scale (0 = never; 1 = occasionally; 2 = often; 3 = usually). It is one of the most commonly used anxiety disorder rating instruments and demonstrates satisfactory psychometric properties for research and clinical purposes. The Spanish validated version of LSAS showed good level of internal consistency (r = 0.61-0.93), the ROC analysis between social phobia subjects and healthy controls was AAC = 0.95-0.99), and intra-class correlation showed a good level of reproducibility (ICC = 0.63).28 To describe the sample we used the cut-off proposed by RR for positive screening for social anxiety disorder (LSAS score > 60).29
Absolute and relative frequencies were used to describe the qualitative variables. For the quantitative variables, we calculated means and standard deviations. For the univariate analyses, we used the chi-square test and Student's t-test for the qualitative and quantitative variables, respectively. Pearson correlation analysis was used to explore whether the five negative early life events were associated with one another. To examine the association between negative life events and social anxiety scores, a linear regression analysis, adjusted according to age, gender, and family psychiatric history, was conducted.
The data analyses were carried out using the SPSS 17 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) statistical software package.
Descriptive and univariate analysis
The mean age of the sample was 21 years (SD 4.5); 75% were women. The frequency of family psychiatric history was 14%. Ninety-eight percent of participants were Caucasian. The mean (SD) LSAS score was 40 (SD = 22; median = 35; range = 1 to 116). In the total sample, 50.6% of the students had a negative life event during childhood (Table 1).
Table 2 shows the relationship between each negative life event. Most of the statistically significant correlation coefficients showed either a weak positive association (r = 0.3 to 0.7) or little to no association (r = -0.3 to 0.3).30
Association between LSAS total score and negative life events
The linear regression analyses to determine the association between negative life events and social anxiety score are presented in Table 3. There was a positive association between family violence and social anxiety score after we statistically controlled for other negative life events, such as age, gender, and family psychiatric history. Subjects who have experienced family violence had a 12-point increase in LSAS total score (p = 0.03; 95% CI = 1.97 to 21.3). None of the remaining stressors produced a significant increase in LSAS score.
The primary goal of this study was to investigate the association between negative life events during childhood and social anxiety disorder in adulthood, using a social anxiety scale. We found that only family violence was associated with social anxiety, even after controlling for age, gender and family psychiatric history. The loss of someone close, emotional abuse, physical abuse and sexual abuse before 18 years of age were not associated with the presence of social anxiety in our sample of university students.
Previous studies have shown that family violence is associated with the onset, persistence, and functional impairment of psychiatric outcomes (in the National Comorbidity Survey in the USA), with a particularly strong impact on anxiety disorders.9-11 Moreover, it was recently found that family dysfunction is a strong predictor of the onset of psychopathology throughout the lifetime of a Mexican population sample.31 This study found an association between family violence and social anxiety. A previous study22 demonstrated that verbal aggression between parents, which is a subtype of family violence, has negative effects on social anxiety. In contrast with previous literature,21,22 the present results did not show that emotional abuse is associated with social anxiety. One possible explanation for the lack of such an association is the fact that the present study did not consider the persistence, recurrence, severity, and subjective impact of emotional abuse, which may play a crucial role in this association. In the present sample, family violence had weak positive correlations with emotional, physical and sexual abuse. However, this study cannot answer whether this early life negative event is or is not specifically associated with social anxiety or general psychopathology in adulthood. Thus, some authors have suggested that specific adversities might contribute to specific psychiatric disorders,24 whereas others have suggested that childhood adversities are nonspecific risk factors for adult psychopathology.25,32
This study has some methodological limitations that must be considered. The results cannot be generalised to the general population, as the sample was only composed of university students. The retrospective nature of assessing negative life events may be affected by recall bias. However, there is some evidence that the under-reporting of childhood maltreatment is more likely to occur than overreporting.33 Moreover, it would be interesting to explore childhood emotional neglect.24,34 Because we measured social anxiety using a rating scale (LSAS), a clinical diagnosis (DSM-IV) would have been a second necessary step to extrapolate the results to people with full-blown social anxiety disorder and control for other psychiatric disorders. However, the LSAS cut-off for social phobia has been shown to have considerable psychometric properties for identifying subjects with social anxiety disorder.29 Finally, it should be acknowledged that, given the cross-sectional design of this study, we cannot make any conclusions about the causal effect of negative life events on social anxiety. It is evident that not all children who suffer negative life events develop mental health problems later in life. Unmeasured confounding variables, such as genetic features, personality traits, and resilience factors, may influence and/or mediate this association.35-37
These results may have clinical and epidemiological implications. On the one hand, considering that family violence is unacceptable, but real in many countries,38 it is clear that future research needs to focus on childhood prevention and intervention programmes to prevent adulthood psychopathologies, such as social anxiety disorder. The first step in determining where to focus our efforts is to conduct epidemiological studies. On the other hand, a considerable number of university students have social anxiety problems.39 This makes the university population an important source for early detection and treatment of social anxiety disorder. It is necessary to emphasise that, despite the disability and impairment associated with social anxiety,40 individuals with this disorder usually only seek for treatment after 15-20 years of symptoms.41 Finally, it is known that the rates of psychiatric comorbidities and the impairment of psychosocial function increase progressively over the course of social anxiety disorder.42
In summary, the present results highlight the importance of including family violence when studying the childhood risk factors for social anxiety in university students. Future studies addressing these issues are still necessary and desirable.
We thank all the university students from the UAB who participated in the study. We also thank P. Castellví, and A.B. Fagundo, who participated in the administration of the protocol to the participants. The study was funded by grants from Instituto Carlos III (GO3/184) and SGR2009/1435. JASC (1B) and AEN (1A) are recipients of a CNPq Research Productivity Award.
Corresponding author:
Rocío Martín-Santos, MD, PhD
Head of Section, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM; and Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +33932275400, Fax: +33932275548
rmsantos@clinic.ub.es
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Corresponding author: Rocío Martín-Santos, MD, PhD Head of Section, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM; and Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain Phone: +33932275400, Fax: +33932275548 E-mail: rmsantos@clinic.ub.es
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Capitano Eddie (Captain Eddie) è un film del 1945 diretto da Lloyd Bacon.

Nel 1946 fu candidato al premio Oscar per i migliori effetti speciali.

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Il Capitano Edward Rickenbacker è naufragato con i suoi soldati nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale. Per tenere alto il loro morale gli racconta della propria vita, da soldato nel primo conflitto a venditore di auto, da pilota di linea agli albori dell'aviazione privata fino a soldato nella seconda guerra.

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All businesses have certain blocks of time and effort that don't bring direct financial benefit to the company, and yet are mostly necessary to keep the business going down a smooth path. These blocks of time are "dead" in this sense, and tend to put a drag on the business as a whole if not managed carefully.
These tasks vary from the obvious, like paying your bills, to the not so obvious, like break time. Both of these are important to the flow of business, and yet if they significantly take away from production then the business will suffer.
In the service industry, dead time is everywhere you look. Quite frequently it amounts to travel time, scheduling your day, or acquiring parts and materials to complete work. Vehicles, tools, and equipment all require maintenance that consumes a lot of time and shouldn't be done at the customer's expense.
Then there's the highly important "safety meeting." Stuff 20 employees in a room for an hour, and discuss the latest safety concerns. I can't think of anything more important, but this is a huge case of "dead time." If the average person in that room makes $20 an hour (we'll leave payroll taxes and benefits out for easy calculation), then that safety meeting has cost about $1600, not counting the production that was lost in the meantime.
I have challenges with dead time around here as well. Driving to and from job sites amounts to a huge amount of time that doesn't pay for itself. We try to recover some of the cost, but the market doesn't normally support 100% recovery so we always eat at least a portion of it. Equipment maintenance is another big challenge. If we don't perform preventive maintenance then we pay the consequences later in the form of downtime due to equipment failure, and let me tell you it adds up way too fast!
In the end, good management of dead time results in good management of the business as a whole, because any misstep in business management will usually result in a fair amount of dead time.
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Kafétien Antoine Gomis (ur. 23 marca 1980 w Saint-Quentin) – francuski lekkoatleta specjalizujący się w skoku w dal.

Na arenie międzynarodowej zadebiutował dopiero jako senior zajmując w 2003 dziewiąte miejsce na uniwersjadzie. Rok później nie udało mu się awansować do finału igrzysk olimpijskich w Atenach. W sezonie 2005 zajął szóste miejsce w igrzyskach śródziemnomorskich oraz uplasował się na siódmym miejscu kolejnej edycji uniwersjady. W debiucie na mistrzostwach Starego Kontynentu – latem 2006 – był piąty, a kilka miesięcy później, na początku 2007, zajął czwartą pozycję w swoim pierwszy w karierze starcie w halowych mistrzostwach Europy. W 2009 po uplasowaniu się na czwartej pozycji halowych mistrzostw Europy oraz igrzysk państw basenu Morza Śródziemnego reprezentował Francję na mistrzostwach świata w Berlinie jednak nie wywalczył awansu do finału. Sezon 2010 rozpoczął od nieudanego startu w halowych mistrzostwach świata, a latem został wicemistrzem Europy. Brał udział w zawodach o puchar interkontynentalny startując w barwach Europy – w konkursie skoku w dal zajął drugą lokatę. Podczas rozegranych w marcu 2011 w Paryżu został halowym wicemistrzem Europy. Brązowy medalista mistrzostw Europy w Zurychu (2014) oraz siódmy zawodnik kolejnego europejskiego czempionatu w Amsterdamie (2016).

Medalista mistrzostw Francji oraz halowy mistrz Belgii (2010), reprezentant kraju w pucharze Europy i drużynowym czempionacie Starego Kontynentu.

Rekordy życiowe: stadion – 8,26 (20 czerwca 2015, Czeboksary); hala – 8,23 (28 lutego 2016, Aubière).

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GIS Provides a Variety of Career Options for Geoscientists
July 2020 Emily Smith Llinás
Preparing for hurricanes, creating scripts with Python and responding to pandemics are just a few of the job functions of Johann Sidial, 31-year-old geologist and AAPG Member who works with the government of Sint Maarten's Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure, which is abbreviated "VROMI" in the Dutch-speaking country.
In his role as geographic information systems officer, Sidial is responsible for managing and executing the acquisition, analysis and visualization of datasets across Sint Maarten, a constituent country for the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Dutch Caribbean.
Sidial also serves as the VROMI's drone pilot, where he works to broaden the inventory of aerial imagery across the island.
These functions help him work toward a larger strategic goal: establishing the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
"Ultimately, the aim is to shift from the current silo approach of geospatial data management to a holistic, horizontal framework that encourages collaboration and will improve the accessibility of spatial data," he said.
GIS is an organized collection of computer hardware, software, data and personnel designed to efficiently capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze and display all forms of spatially referenced data.
GIS emerged as a field in the late 1960s and since then has been used extensively in transportation, education and government. It also has led to the development of location-based services and web-mapping services like Google Maps and Waze.
Discovering the World of GIS
Sidial said GIS was a natural career choice for him because it allowed him to draw on all of his strengths and experiences.
"I used my geology background to catapult the application of GIS and remote sensing in spatial planning, my information and communications technology side furthered my ability to deploy GIS solutions, either on-premise or cloud-based, and finally my affinity for field work ensured that I maintained a balance between office and field. I'm out in the field at least once a week!" he said.
Sidial grew up in Marabella, a town located 50 kilometers from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. As a self-declared introvert, he spent much of his childhood reading. Among his favorite publications was National Geographic, a magazine subscription he looked forward to receiving monthly by post.
"Most of the times, I would be captivated immediately just by the front cover, followed by the front-page titles and then sit for hours reading and letting my imagination wild. As my NatGeo collection increased, my inquisitive nature surfaced and my interest in physical geography and earth sciences began to develop," he said.
"I translated this interest into my academia and focused specifically on geography during secondary school. It came as little surprise to my parents and teachers when I decided to pursue geology at the tertiary level."
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Sidial discovered GIS while taking introductory courses during his undergraduate studies in geology at the University of Alberta.
"I came to the realization that at the core of all maps, analysis and visualization was geospatial data. There was something intriguing about being able to capture field data, process or analyze it on your PC, then finally visualize the end-result on a digital map or print," he said. "I was not satisfied with just an introduction into GIS, I needed a deeper dive to understand more."
Sidial went on to enroll in the geoinformatics master's program at the University of The West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad. The intensive two-year curriculum included both lecture-lab presentations and research projects. In addition to enjoying technical courses including as spatial analysis, remote sensing, spatial databases and enterprise GIS architecture, he greatly appreciated another course, "GIS and Society."
"Sometimes as a GIS professional, you can get lost in technical side of things and neglect the societal application and relevancy of your output," he said. "I view the societal use of GIS as a bi-directional process, wherein, GIS can influence society and conversely, society influences GIS."
Serving Sint Maarten
Shortly after graduation, Sidial accepted his current position with the government of Sint Maarten, where he has the opportunity to apply what he learned in school.
"Now that I am working within the public sector, each time I create a new project field I carry with me these teachings as a guide and motivation that really puts into context how my work will benefit the people of Sint Maarten," he said.
With a population of 40,000, Sint Maarten encompasses the southern 40 percent of the divided island of Saint Martin, with the other 60 percent belonging to the French overseas collectivity Saint-Martin.
Sint Maarten became a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in ٢٠١٠ and now holds equal constitutional status to Aruba, Curaçao and the Netherlands.
The island was hit hard in 2017 when Category 5+ Hurricane Irma hit and caused significant widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure.
Sidial said that GIS plays an important role in the government of Sint Maarten.
"We use GIS for the efficient management of our road infrastructure, land parcels, domain lands, addresses, utilities and zoning data, that all help our executing departments make informed decisions. As our island is susceptible to hurricanes, tsunamis and rainfall-induced flooding, we also incorporate risk and hazard assessment layers in our GIS database," he said.
Sidial noted how the St. Maarten has shifted away from static maps and opted for web and mobile-based GIS.
"Digital maps are dynamic, consistently updated and can be accessed internally and externally," he said.
During his 18-month tenure at VROMI, he has developed three projects from the ground up: a mobile platform for monitoring and maintenance of the sewer network; an operations dashboard enabling the fire department to follow hydrant and building inspection data; and high resolution mapping of the landfill to monitor terrain changes and identify areas for potential fire outbursts.
Fighting Coronavirus with GIS
Sidial also used GIS to support the Ministry of Health during the island's COVID-19 response.
"We leveraged our existing GIS architecture to assist the Ministry of Health in the development of public and internal operations dashboards. For the public platform, my development strategy was to create a 'one-stop' platform where we could disseminate information being received from the Department of Communication (Emergency Center video livestream, PSAs, COVID-19 factsheets) and the Ministry of Health COVID-19 statistics," he said.
Sidial developed statistical graphs with multimedia components for public distribution and incidence and aggregated maps of COVID cases for internal use.
"Once we had a grasp on the spatial distribution of positive cases across the island, we used this information to conduct targeted community surveys which utilized digital survey forms that captured GPS coordinates of potential households that were exhibiting COVID symptoms. This data was relayed in real-time to a central database and the health officials conducted an immediate follow-up and subsequent testing," he said.
"For the community mapping component, as our human and capital resources were limited and time was a crucial factor, I opted for an open source GIS solution that was easy to configure, deploy and train the community volunteers and nurses," he added.
A Versatile Discipline
Sidial said he appreciates how GIS projects allow him to learn about the many different fields that he serves while developing solutions.
"As I am developing the sewer network GIS, each day at the plant I am asking questions and absorbing as much information as I can from the engineers on site. From pipeline criteria, water treatment processes, stormwater modelling, inspection data etc., I am leaving there a bit more knowledgeable than the day before," he said.
"With the assistance to COVID-19 cases, I learned a wealth of knowledge from the epidemiologists and nurses I collaborated with," he added.
Sidial said versatility of careers in GIS provides some stability during a time of economic uncertainty worldwide.
"In GIS, you are exposed to so many fields that benefit either directly or indirectly from your input. Eventually, you may notice that become well-versed in the core topic each project addressed. As such there will always be a need for your skillset whether it be in spatial planning, utilities, geology, engineering or even health as seen with the recent COVID-19 pandemic," he said.
"It's clear to see that GIS expands your job scope and more importantly, it prepares you to adapt and be confident in your new work environment should you experience a lay-off."
A Good Career Choice
Sidial believes that GIS is good career choice for geoscientists like himself.
"The geosciences already set a solid foundation on the application of GIS in petroleum, hydrology, structural, ore deposits etc.," he said.
He added that an interest in field work provides a bridge between geoscientists and GIS professionals.
"Every geoscientist loves a day or two in the field mapping outcrops. As my mentor, Xavier Moonan, would say, 'There is no substitute for field work!', and there definitely is no shortage of that in GIS!" he said.
Sidial has advice for young geoscientists considering careers in GIS.
"Leverage the resources that already exist. Join an organization chapter or society that has a GIS component to it. As a member of the AAPG Trinidad and Tobago Chapter, I regularly participated in field trips and it was during these excursions I improved my abilities in mobile GIS, GPS mapping and UAV (drone) capture. Organizations such as the AAPG can truly open several opportunities once you align yourself with the right mindset and stay involved," he said.
"In addition, make a special effort to attend at least two to three conferences a year. It's at these events where your networking opportunities and exposure to the latest trends and technologies will increase," he added.
To hone technical skills, Sidial recommends accessing ESRI.com for educational material and tutorials, learning a programming language like Python and understanding the basics of html, css and Javascript.
Putting in the effort was certainly worth it for Sidial.
"What fuels me as a GIS professional is the never-ending journey of learning, the willingness to think outside the box and my determination to remain current and motivated," he said.
GIS is a GREAT career choice for geoscientists
Almost three decades ago I walked away from my career as an explorationist at a major oil company and opened my own business in the GIS field, building GIS software tools for the G&G and pipeline sectors on the Esri GIS platform. While I'm still prone to driving off the road while gazing raptly at road cut-outcrops, I have no regrets. A hallmark of the geosciences is that they are inherently spatially intensive, in both three and four dimensions. The same is true of GIS, and the learned (and innate) spatial and temporal skills of the geoscientist are readily transferable to the GIS world. In the span of my career in GIS I've had the opportunity to tackle some very interesting spatial and physical problems, as well as the opportunity to teach young geologists and geophysicists how to apply GIS technology in the geosciences. It's been a great ride, and for those who have recently lost a job in the petroleum industry, or have recently graduated and can't find work, take a look at opportunities in GIS. You won't be disappointed.
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The gubernatorial candidate of the Green Party of Nigeria Dr A A Zaura has unveiled how he would reform Kano State within two years of his government when elected in 2019.
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has urged the people of the state to remain law abiding despite the irregularities that marred the July 14 governorship election in the state and which he said culminated in the daylight perversion of the will of the people.
NIGERIA's Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, is at the EFCC office, multiple sources have confirmed. Ekweremadu was said to have arrived at the anti-graft agency's office in Abuja between 9-10:00 a.m.
The apparent controllable but yet incessant killings of Nigerians under whatever guise can only be acceptable to insane minds. No government anywhere in the world would want to remain in power when it is obvious that it can no longer fulfill its part of the social contract which it entered into with its citizens top of which is the protection of lives and property.
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The Presidency Tuesday frowned at what if described as attempts to link President Muhammadu Buhari to the crisis and power play in the Benue State House of Assembly, where a minority few have served an impeachment notice on Governor Samuel Ortom.


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In order to earn a master's degree, students must pass all classes and learning activities for a total of 120 credits.
*to be chosen when applying for the admission test. Students admitted without taking the test should choose a major when they enroll. Majors are not offered unless they are selected by a minimum number of students, as set out in LUISS Guido Carli's Academic Plan.
All students who opt for a foreign language course must choose it at the end of the first semester of the first year.
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Unilever trials 'travel factory' in portable shipping container
by Admin | Jan 19, 2021 | News & Updates | 0 comments
Unilever engineers have developed a food factory that operates within a 40-foot sea container, providing a flexible production line that can be moved around the world.
The digital factory is currently being trialled in the Netherlands, and from the end of this month, the prototype will produce liquid bouillon for Unilever's Food Solutions business.
In addition, Unilever says that production could potentially be expanded to mayonnaise, ketchup and ice cream in the future.
The container is fitted with all-in-one utility capabilities, and requires just one electricity cable and a water hose to operate.
According to Unilever, the unit covers the end-to-end production process – from raw materials through to packaging – to produce 300 tonnes of liquid seasoning per eight-hour shift.
The flexibility offered by the 'travel factory' model will enable Unilever to respond more quickly to changing market demand and to take full advantage of local ingredients, as production can be shipped to different locations across the world.
The model can also be used to produce small volumes for product trials, without the need for mass production lines, resulting in low material waste.
Requiring around two or three operators per container, the factory is run remotely by a central 'Platform Eco System' that uses live production data.
Olivera Trifunovic, Unilever engineering manager and project lead of the travel factory, said: "This travel factory reflects a new dynamic model where thousands of nano factories could be run from a central system, allowing us to have flexible production lines wherever, and whenever, needed.
"I'm incredibly proud of our team who have worked so hard, and so quickly, to bring this start-up to life."
The company also plans to lease, rent or sell 'many' of these production units to young entrepreneurs.


When you are a Smith kid getting a haircut means you go to the beach immediately afterwards. This is not negotiable. The servants parents MUST transport the demanding ingrates children DIRECTLY to the beach. There will be no stopping. You will be highly critical of the servants parents for stopping for traffic or traffic signals. Whatever with your fancy laws.
As Grand Master H told me one day, "We may not be old enough to drive, but we know how."
As you can see, this is Baby C's happy place. She is blissed out when we are at the beach. She would stay here and sleep in the sand if I would allow it.
Since turning six, Grand Master H has become quite the little daredevil. As soon as we arrive, he tears off his shoes and charges into the water, fully clothed. H figures that I always travel with his complete wardrobe so getting wet/sandy is no problem. I will just pull a complete dry outfit from thin air.
His sister is far more cautious and stays with me. I take pictures and she plays in the sand. She is perfectly content to chase seagulls and build castles. She is in full-blown princess mode these days so sandcastles play right into that deal.
See those pants? Yeah, they are actually shorts. They (when they aren't saturated with water and sand) normally come just below his knees.
This is Grand Master H as a sand monster terrorizing his father and sister.
And then, Grand Master H asked me for dry clothes. Which I did not have. So we drove home with a naked H in the back seat.
I just want to give a shout out to the incredible Miss Stephanie. She is responsible for these fabulous haircuts. She never fails to give them the most gorgeous cuts and the children love her like crazy. Thank you so much!


a) Stripping of floor using machine or manual scrapping so as to remove existing PU coating.
b) Sanding of the wooden floor using special sanding machinery and finishing the surface suitably with manually as and where required.
c) Application of Lenio / Varnish (2 coats) / Sealer on wood surface.
d) Burnishing / Buffing of the floor using Hand-held Hi Speed Burnishing machine.We specialize in treatment of wooden floors in external area i.e. pool deck, external columns, etc. where a sealer is applied thereby giving a protective coat.


All of the services offered at Fiumicino and Ciampino Airports at your fingertips, with the new Aeroporti di Roma official app.
This app has been created to offer support through all the stages of your trip, to make your airport stay easier and more comfortable. An exclusive navigation system with digital maps will guide you through the airport from check-in to the boarding gate, letting you discover useful services, promotions and shopping opportunities. Simply scan the barcode on your boarding pass and the app will provide you with all the assistance you might need, whether you are departing, stopping over or arriving at Rome's airports. But there's more: You can book your car parking, get information on flight connections to and from the airport, restaurants, baggage services and pre-flight information.
WayFinding: Tracks your route and finds nearby points of interest, allowing you to navigate the airport via a dynamic map that will guide you from check-in to the boarding gate.
Flight tracking: Simply type in your flight number and you will receive real-time service information. Push notifications will keep you informed of the latest news and updates.
Connections to/from the airport: You can access all information on transport and connections to and from Ciampino and Fiumicino airport.
Parking: With this feature, you will be able to book your airport parking in one of our spacious and comfortable car parks, with all the services offered to you by Easy Parking.
Shopping and restaurants: You will be able to discover the commercial offer, the latest promotions and shopping opportunities offered by the large number of shops available in the two airports of the city.