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Poultry Farming in a Stress Trajectory
Authors: Sabbineni Poojitha & Rajeshwari Panigrahi
Broiler poultry farming in India has a tremendous improvement from past decades due to the increasing demand, purchasing power of the consumers, adoption of various technologies and fast returns. Most of the farmers in India are uneducated. Most of the farmers are even not trained and the trained farmers are supposed to earn more profits than the non trained farmers. The broiler poultry farming in India is carried in two ways – self-farming and contract farming. Self-farming is a process where farmers alone take care of input procurement, rearing and marketing the output. Contract farming is where the input is provided by the integrators and output is also taken by the integrator, supervision is done by the integrator.
Factors Impacting Grocery Store Choice in College Students
Authors: Russell Zwanka
This paper aims to address the variables taken into account by consumers to choose their new grocery store, as they move into a new town. Grocery stores have loyalty programs, weekly ads, market saturation, multiple formats, and constant in-market communication. The gap in research the author seeks to fill is how do customers, when they move into a new town, determine where they are going to shop. There is significant data on why consumers shop in their preferred stores, but not as much data on how they learned about their preferred stores when they first relocated to a new city. The author uses questionnaire data to determine the primary variables leading to grocery store choice by new to town customers.
A Study on Usage of Smartphone Among Engineering and Management Students in Pune
Authors: Rinku Dulloo & M. M Puri
A Smartphone is a cell phone having an advanced operating system which can be performed like a normal computer. In this study, we examine the usage of Smartphone among first-year engineering and management students of affiliated colleges of SSPU. The research will be carried out using questionnaires distributed to 100 students. Based on this data, the trends will be evaluated, by categorizing usage into 2 types; normal usage and usage for learning. To study, the trends in Smartphone usage for learning, questions related to learning activities such as the benefit of Smartphone for education in terms of technical topics, soft skills, aptitude and reasoning, general knowledge are asked. This paper is organized as follows; Section 2 presents a literature review, Section 3 presents objectives, Section 4 discusses the methodology used. Section 5 presents tables and graphs, section 6 discusses research findings and section 7 gives suggestions. This study is concluded in Section 8.
Transforming Role of HRM: Challenges, Policies and Practice in the Present Context
Authors: Sunil Kumar R & Harold Andrew Patrick
Human Resources Management (HRM) in organizations has a vital role to play and to maintain a competitive edge. To face the ever-increasing demand for Human Resources (HR) and the speed at which changes are taking place in terms of technology and practices. In the rapidly changing phase of transforming business background, globalization, diversity in the workforce, advancement in technology, changing business scenario, employee preferences etc. It's a challenge for the HRM to perform an important part and engage in best practices towards organizational and individual success. The role of HRM will be more significant in the changing times of business economy. This paper attempts is to explore the changing role of HRM and challenges associated with effective HR policies and practices from a current business scenario.
Analysis of Priority Sector NPAs With Special Reference to SBI Mumbai Circle and SBI Bangalore Circle
Authors: Shailashree. S. Vanaki & A. S. Shiralshetti
The Indian banking sector is facing a serious problem of Non Performing Assets. Non-performing assets are one of the major concerns for banks in India as they reflect the performance of banks and have affected the whole economy. The financial health of the banking sector can be assessed by the level of NPAs in the banks. NPAs affect the asset quality, credit risk and efficiency in the allocation of resources to productive sectors. The management is seriously concerned about the growing NPA menace. The earning capacity and profitability of many banks and financial institutions had been adversely affected by the high level of NPAs. The Govt. of India and Reserve Bank of India has initiated various measures to control the growing level of NPAs. The study analyzed the advances and Non Performing Assets in Priority sector and Non Priority sector in State Bank of India Mumbai circle and State Bank of India Bangalore circle along with the trend in Priority sector. We could find out the relation between Non Performing Assets and priority sector lending of banks.Here bank wise and sector-wise data has been gathered mainly from banks official sources and then analyzed with different parameters.
Financial Inclusion Initiatives in India
Authors: Sandesh D'souza
Financial inclusion broadly defined as facility provided to wider section of the population to access financial services at a reasonable and affordable cost, these include not only banking products but also other various financial services such as insurance and equity product, Thus the financial inclusion is nothing but the making an effort of reaching financial services to those people who not able to have access to formal financial service sector and deepening of financial services for people who have minimal financial services and greater financial literacy and consumer protection so that, those who are offered the products can make the right choices. Therefore, we can rightly be said that delivery of financial services including banking services and credit at an affordable cost to the large sections of highly disadvantaged and low- income group of society. The concept of financial inclusion has been prevailing in India for a very long time. Major steps have been taken by both the central and state government and RBI. A greater number of studies have been made on financial inclusion in India, yet some gaps still exits, still there are problems like access to finance, credit, poverty, illiteracy and indebtedness etc., The prime object of the present study is to give a brief understandings about initiatives undertaken by our central and state government and RBI to uplift the poor and largely disadvantaged people by providing them with customized financial products and services.
Market Potential of Agrochemicals used in Mango and Okra from Valsad and Surat Districts
Authors: Vaishnavi Nair
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. Agriculture sector needs to be on the boom if a country like India wants to feed its increasing population but it cannot be possible without solving the problems of pests, which dwindles the crop production. That's when the role of agrochemical sector comes into play. The rising population of our country demands that our agricultural practices are sufficient enough to feed the rising population. This process will lead to effective utilization of various agrochemicals that include fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, plant growth regulators etc. The present study was conducted to measure the market potential of agrochemicals. 200 farmers were chosen for the study by purposive sampling. The present study has been conducted for mango in Valsad district and in Surat district for Okra. The study measures the market preference of farmers regarding agrochemicals used in mango and okra from Valsad and Surat districts. Majority of the farmers used Imidachloprid against the attack of mango hoppers. The study found that other insecticides such as Acephate, Thiomethoxam, and Fenobucarb were also used by the farmers. White fly is a major pest in okra and vector of yellow vein mosaic virus. To combat white fly infestation, insecticides such as Dimethoate, Thiamethoxam and Monocrotophos was used. From the study, market potential recorded for pesticides in mango was 40,481.8382 liters and in okra was 29,457.35 liters.
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA
Authors: Manisha Pallavi Chauhan & S. S. Prasada Rao
'Depository' is an institution which holds the securities such as shares, government bonds, mutual funds etc on behalf of shareholders in a dematerialized form through depository participants (DPs). A Depository Participant acts as an intermediary or an agent between the customers and the depositories. The depository participants play a very significant role in the smooth functioning of the Indian capital market. One of the main objectives of the depository is to reduce the paperwork by converting the securities in electronic form and it transfers the shares from one account to another whenever there is any transaction of shares takes place. In India there are two depository institutions, namely, NSDL (National Security Depository limited) and CDSL (Central Depository Services Limited). The current research paper is focused on a comparative study of the two depositories i.e. NSDL and CDSL in terms of performance, total income, total asset, growth, demand custody (value) for a period of 5 years starting from 2011-12 to 2015-16. The data used for analysis are collected from the annual reports of the depositories. The ratios have been used to compare the performance of the Depositories. The paper also discusses the volume and value of dematerialization of securities, growth of centers/ beneficiary accounts.
LITERATURE REVIEW ON LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP THEORIES, STYLE AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Sunil Kumar. R
The Literature review examines the theoretical, empirical and meta-analysis development in leadership literature. Substantial effort has gone in to clarify different dimensions of leadership, by generating considerable attention on the organizational and social research of leadership theories, styles, and behaviors. The study on leadership literature review brings out that over the period of time the researchers have redefined and modified the theories and practices of leadership development, yet the previous work has been relevant and have not faded over the years.
An Empirical Study on Factors Influencing Retailer's Behaviour Towards Glucose Biscuit Segment
Authors: Dhananjay Beura & Amit Kumar Jena
The biscuit segment in India is going through a transformation and the consumer behavior is shifting from economy glucose biscuit to premium grain biscuit segment. There is tremendous pressure on the bottom line of the glucose biscuit segment as per the Industrial experts. So the retailer's behavior is also shifting, looking at the thin margin in the glucose biscuit segment. This research paper is prepared to identify the effects of marketing mix strategy on retailer's behavior towards glucose biscuit segment. In this paper, authors collect the data through a primary source from 50 respondents and attempts to highlight the impact P's on retailer's behavior. The literature explores topics such as pricing, Promotion strategy, Brand Identity, nutritional value and other factors related to retailers behavior for making the products available. This article reviews various research studies on Retailer's Behavior and factors related towards Glucose Biscuit. The literature review has been based on a variety of studies ranging from phenomenal studies to articles focused on the aspect of Retailer's Behavior and related attributes identified for the study. To check the reliability, exploratory factor analysis was applied and various suggestions have been recommended. Considering the above objective the research was conducted by designing a structure of questionnaires and survey was done to find out the feedbacks of retailers. The factors extracted fromin the research are Place, Product, Brand Identity and Packaging is found to be highly significant in influencing retailer's behaviors through multiple regression analysis. Price and Promotion is not highly significant in this study.
The Effect of Interest Rate Regulation On Credit Extension to SMEs in Nigeria
Authors: Olatunji, Toyin E., & Ibukun-Falayi, Owoola R
This study assessed the effects of interest rate regulation on credit administration SMEs in Nigeria in a twenty-year period (1994-2013). To accomplish this, the trends of interest rate and credits to SMEs were analyzed to determine the relationship between interest regulation and credit administration; then, the extent to which interest rate influences credits extended to SMEs and the nature of the effects were evaluated. Secondary data obtained from CBN statistical bulletins were employed for the study, which showed the average interest rates for the period of study. It also showed the trend of loans extended to SMEs. There was a positive, but weak correlation (9%) between both variables. Furthermore, the R2 (0.8%) is indicative of how little the independent variable explained the changes in -dependent variable, thus interest rate regulation did not singly influence credit administration to SMEs. It was concluded that interest rate regulation did not have the significant effect on credit administration to SMEs, rather in concert with other determinants of credit administration (like inflation, access to credits, foreign exchange rate volatility, etc), it could have a strong positive effect. The study, therefore, recommended among other things that interest rate should be complemented with effective credit guarantee scheme, subsidized interest rates, and adequate financial education.
Banking Lending Policy and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria
Authors: Soetan, T. A.
This study examined the effect of banking, lending policy on the SMEs' performance in Nigeria. The SMEs sector in Nigeria has been facing many difficulties in having access to the needed funds to run its business activities successfully. The commercial banks are reluctant to grant loans to the SMEs because they believe that giving loans to the SMEs is a risky business. Twenty four years macroeconomic data, from 1992 to 2015, were collected from the CBN Statistical Bulleting for this study. The findings indicate that SMEs sector is facing problem in accessing the needed loans from the commercial banks; while the commercial banks loans granting to the private sector are increasing, the commercial banks loans to the SMEs are declining; interest rate, commercial banks loans to the private sector have significant effects on SMEs' performance, but commercial banks loans to the SMEs, exchange rate, and inflation rate do not have significant effect on SMEs performance.
Redesigning Value Chain for Higher Education and a Proposal for Analysis Process
Authors: Ayla Zehra Oncer
Increasing global competitive environment in the field of higher education has made universities necessary to take strategic management into account. In this context value chain analysis is one of the most basic and important tools used in strategic management. However, the generic value chain model developed by Porter deals mainly with activities and processes related to private sector initiatives. In this study, a unique value chain model which could be used by higher education institutions and especially by universities was tried to be developed, and a proposal was made to analyze the model in question. The paper outlines the main components of the proposed model and explains how it works conceptually and at a practical level as a tool to help value-creating capabilities of higher education institutions.
Financial Performance Appraisal of the Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Bank Ltd
Authors: Dola Singh
There are large numbers of Banks providing almost all types of banking services in India which are required by all sections of the society. The Agriculture sector, the particularly agrarian community has been benefited by Cooperative banking since the inception of Cooperative legislation. The three-tier short-term cooperative Credit structure is playing a vital role in agriculture sectors. At grass root level there are a lot of cooperative societies' functioning, which helps in solving the financial needs of the rural population. District Central Co-operative banks help these societies to raise money by way of loans. At apex level there is state co-operative bank are functioning. This three-tier system is working reasonably well in India. In this paper, an attempt is made to study the financial performance appraisal of the Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Bank which has been playing an important role in the economy of the state of Himachal Pradesh. The study covers the period of Three years from 2013-14 to 2015-16. The various parameters taken for the appraisal of the bank are Liquidity, Investments, Assets, and Incomes. The study is based on secondary data. The data required for the study has been collected from annual reports of the bank and various websites.
Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: Millennial's Perspective
Authors: Snigdha Mishra, Anushree Yavagal & Payal Bagwe
In today's dynamic workplace where creativity and flexibility are critical, tasks are increasingly done in teams and employee's expectations are varied it is very difficult to engage them in "good Citizenship" behaviors such as helping others in their team, volunteering for extra work, avoiding unnecessary conflicts and helping the organization to achieve the goal. All said and done individual's behavior is unique. To understand the appropriate behavior and encouraging it , of course, is a major task of the managers in the organization. This is not only limited to the organization but also applicable everywhere where we have people involved in the process. The current study revolves around how an individual who belongs to Gen Y has a sense of commitment towards the organization. It also talks about what is Gen Y perspective regarding Organizational Citizenship Behaviour. Researchers have undertaken the research wherein they asked questions to the Gen Y students who would be working in the organizations in next 5 years. Through this research, they are trying to understand how can we engage the students in the institute so-called future employees of the organization so that they can go an extra mile to help others.
Personal Financial Planning With Special Reference to Full Time College Faculties Under University of Calcutta
Authors: Mousumi Basu
Personal Financial Planning refers to the management of available funds to an individual in order to spend monetary resources over time, to save for future life keeping in mind various financial risks and future uncertainties. It has been noticed that at the earlier decades the Financial Planning was mainly comprised of buying and selling of stocks, bonds and insurance, but slowly and steadily it has expanded to the other parts of the economy in the society. After that, Financial Planning included a broad variety of insurance planning, estate planning, investment planning and tax planning experts. This helped Financial Planning evolve into a comprehensive personal finance solution. This paper had been concentrated on different aspects of financial planning of individuals taking a target area of full-time college faculties under the University of Calcutta.
An Overview of Employee Engagement on Performance: A Literature Review
Authors: Naveen Gupta & Jivan Kumar Chowdhury
The study reveals Gallup Organization research reveals that organizations with world-class employee engagement are 18 percent more productive and 12 percent more profitable than industry competitors with bottom quartile performance! In fact, top decile companies realize 3.9 times the Earnings per Share (EPS) growth rate compared with low engagement performers within their industry. A 2006 study by the Gallup Management Journal found that engaged employees make up an average 29 percent of a company's workforce, leaving a startling 71 percent who are "not engaged" or "actively disengaged." (Cue offstage scream.). Engagement comes not from dollars but from more personal factors. The paper conceptually reveals the various strategies adopted by firms in employee engagement. The organizations are adopting various types of strategies like talent management, open communication, employee retention practices in engaging the employees. The organization effectiveness can be achieved through employee engagement and it has been proved by various studies.
Motivating Factors that Influence Women Entrepreneurs
The purpose of the study was to explore the motivational factors among the women entrepreneurs who started their beauty parlors in Bangalore city. A mixed method approach was adopted and a questionnaire was designed with 25 items to measure the motivators of 81 women entrepreneurs. The study found that the triggers which influenced women to start beauty parlor included external, internal factors and meaningful engagement such as perks/rewards and education/competencies. These women opined that the beauty parlor industry is a small enterprise and is easy to manage, which provides them social status, financial independence and rewarding career through which they are able to balance their family and professional lives. The research will help improve strategy for women employees to explore opportunities for start-ups and would aid in better positioning the significance of the above factors to train women to explore the opportunities for becoming entrepreneurs.
Comprehending the Impact of Maternal Influence in Toni Morrison's God Help the Child
Authors: Johnsi. A
This study deals with the struggle and focuses on the interpretation of the individual and importance of the role of Mother in the life of an individual its impact, disordered and traumatic behavior resulting from an unsettling and disturbing experience.The work attests to the physical and emotional oppression worked out upon children with special regard on the protagonist Lula Ann Bride well in Toni Morrison's novel God Help the Child and strives to investigate alternative modes of thought and behavior in dealing with children. The study further throws light on the true essence of motherhood, the role of a mother in the initial years of an individual. And how the mother contributes to the individual development of the children with the right kind of attention and love leads to the attainment of selfhood.


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Emerging Church eller Emergent Church (emergerende kirke, spirende kirke, kirke på vej) er en betegnelse, der refererer til et miljø eller netværk af kristne, som er optaget af at nytænke kristendommen i lyset af postmodernisme. Bevægelsen er et kirkeligt og teologisk engagement i hvad der opfattes som vestens epistemologiske paradigmeskift; fra moderne til postmoderne samfund.

Emerging church er opstået i USA og Storbritannien i slutningen af det 20. århundrede og har siden bredt sig til en række forskellige kirkemiljøer i Europa, Nordamerika og Australien. Bevægelsen er præget af en decentral struktur uden fast organisation og bliver ofte refereret til som en "samtale" frem for et egentligt nyetableret kirkesamfund.

En mulig definition
En definition på emerging church kunne være: betegnelsen for de individer som er på vej igennem en dekonstruktionsproces og en efterfølgende rekonstruktion af kristendommen, eller de som har tilsluttet sig et fællesskab, som ledes af sådanne individer.

Kendetegn
Emerging church bevægelsen er typisk kendetegnet af følgende elementer:
 Kreative og innovative tilgange til tilbedelse og spirituel refleksion. Dette kan involvere alt fra nutidig musik og film til højkirkelige liturgiske elementer og andre klassiske traditioner.
 En minimalistisk og decentral organisationsstruktur.
 En fleksibel tilgang til dogmatiske og teologiske spørgsmål hvor individuelle forskelle i tro og moral accepteres i et større omfang.
 En holistisk opfattelse af kirkens rolle i samfundet. Det kan være alt fra en større vægtlægning af det sociale fællesskab i gruppens struktur, engageret diakonalt og socialt arbejde, udviklingen af lokalmiljøet og kristen mission.
 Et ønske om at genlæse Bibelen i forhold til dens historiske og kulturelle samtid, for at finde frem til en rekonstrueret teologi, der er fri for modernistiske fortolkninger.

Bevægelsen er beslægtet med husmenigheds-bevægelsen, for så vidt angår behovet for at udfordre den traditionelle opfattelse af hvordan kirken bør organiseres. Det er dog langt fra alle husmenigheder der er influeret af postmoderne filosofi.

Se også
Mark Driscoll

Litteratur / Kilder

Bøger
Baker, Jonny, Doug Gay & Jenny Brown: Alternative Worship
Burke, Spencer : Making Sense of Church: Eavesdropping on Emerging Conversations About God, Community, and Culture
Crouch, Andy, Leonard Sweet, Brian D. McLaren m.fl.: The Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives
Frost, Michael & Alan Hirsch: The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church
Grenz, Stan : Beyond Foundationalism   og   Primer on Postmodernism
Hall, John Douglass: The End of Christendom and the Future of Christianity
Jamieson, Alan: A Churchless Faith
Kimball, Dan: Emerging Worship   og   The Emerging Church
McLaren, Brian : The Story We Find Ourselves In   og   A New Kind of Christian, Dansk:Kristen på en ny måde
Rabey, Steve : In Search of Authentic Faith: How Emerging Generations Are Transforming the Church
Roxburgh, Alan: Crossing the Bridge: Church Leadership in a Time of Change
Sweet, Leonard : Post-Modern Pilgrims: First Century Passion for the 21st Century Church   og   A is for Abductive, The Language of the Emerging Church
Ward, Pete: Liquid Church
Yaconelli, Mike : Messy Spirituality   og   Stories of Emergence: Moving from Absolute to Authentic

Blogs
Danmark: ...ad notam – Lugterlidt  –Mikaels blog  – Strøtanker  – Studenterpræst  – Willer  – Viasacro
 Storbritannien: JohnnyBaker Blog  – Jason Clark: emergent  – Small ritual  – Tall Skinny Kiwi
 USA: Vintage Faith  – Submergence – Jordon Cooper

Eksterne henvisninger
 Bevægelsen: Ginkworld
 Til kritik af bevægelsen, se afsnit på tysk og engelsk Wiki: Emerging Church, Kritik (tysk) — Emerging Church, Criticisms (engelsk). Ekstern kritik på dansk fra Dansk Bibel-Institut (på den kirkelige højrefløj): Artikel: Er tiden løbet fra DBI?
 Lyt til Roger Oaklands kritik af emerging church på Biblos.dk
  Udsendelse om Emerging Church på DR-P1

Kirkesamfund
Kristen teologi

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Eugene Yeo: An analysis of the UBS study: Singapore has the lowest wages and domestic purchasing power among the Asian Tigers
This is not written by me. I had first saw this article on a Facebook friend's Timeline. I am reposting on this blog this article by Eugene Yeo, Consultant Editor of the UBS study: Singapore has the lowest wages and domestic purchasing power among the Asian Tigers. This is his analysis which I read here.
I am unable to find the source of the article, and have thus taken excerpts to reproduce here. Please go to the link to read the full article and give Eugene Yeo the full recognition.
The reason why I am posting this article here is because even though this article was written a few years ago, it is still very relevant today, especially with our current debate on the Singapore Population White Paper 2013.
Low wages
"Singapore has the lowest wages and domestic purchasing power among the Asian Tigers. While our economy has the highest GDP (PPP) per capita in Asia at $49,288, our people do not enjoy a quality of life which commensurate with it.
Though we are technically a developed first world country, some economic indicators as shown by the UBS study suggested that Singaporeans are not that better off than those in Third World countries.
Singapore has a GDP (PPP) per capita higher than Switzerland, but our wages are way below the Swiss. Switzerland is a very employee-friendly country. The net wages used have been deducted for taxes and social security.
Singaporeans have a low purchasing power of only 39.9, comparable to Kuala Lumpur (39.5), Warsaw (34.0) and Bogota (33.7). Other countries in the Asia-Pacific region which are ahead of us are Tokyo (82.2), Auckland (68.9), Taipei (58.9), Hong Kong (58.1) and Seoul (57.4).
In other words, though the cost of living is higher in Tokyo, the average Japanese has a domestic purchasing power more than twice that of an average Singaporean. Though Malaysia is still a developing country and has a GDP (PPP) per capita of only $14,215, less than 3 times of ours, the ordinary Malaysian citizen has about the same domestic purchasing power as the Singaporean.
Low relative purchasing power of wages
An average wage earner is Zurich and New York can buy a nano from an Apple store after nine hours of work. A Singapore worker will have to work three times longer after 27.5 hours. The figures for selected Asia-Pacific cities are as follows: Sydney (9.5 hrs), Tokyo (12hrs), Auckland (16hrs), Hong Kong (19hrs), Seoul (22hrs) and Taipei (23.5hrs). Again we came in last among the 4 Asian Tigers.
Long working hours
Singaporeans spent on average 2,088 hours at work per year with 11 days of vacation. This is less than Hong Kong (2,295) and Seoul (2,312), but more than Tokyo (1,997), Taipei (2,074), Sydney (1,747) and Auckland (1,884). Singaporeans also took the least number of holidays after Hong Kongers (10 days/year).
High cost of living
Singapore was ranked the second most expensive place to live in after Tokyo, surpassing Hong Kong for the first time. In the UBS study, a basket of 39 food items is put together and weighted mainly according to Western European consumption habits. The average worldwide cost of the basket is USD385. In Asia, Tokyo topped the list with an index of 124.7, followed by Hong Kong (96.5), Singapore (89.4), Seoul (89.0), Taipei (67.9) and Sydney (66.3).
The high cost of living coupled with low wages and domestic purchasing power condemns the average Singapore worker to an ignonimous, monotonus and stressful working life. Singapore workers have to work harder to earn the same amount of money and save for a longer period to purchase the same product.
In 1991, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong promised Singaporeans that we will be able to achieve the "Swiss standard of living" within a decade. Ten years later, we have a living standard which is closer to Russia than Switzerland. Like Singapore, the Russians has a low wage and domestic purchasing power and Russia, especially the city of Moscow, has one of the highest cost of living in the world."
A greying population
Singapore will have about a quarter of its population above the age of 65 by the year 2030. A greying population is expected to place heavier burden on the younger population to keep the economy going. With no social safety net to speak of … The Singapore worker is not in a better position either. Their CPFs will not be enough to support their retirement needs as most of it is tied up in mortage loans to finance over-priced HDB flats. The government has encouraged Singaporeans to work beyond the age of 80.
A modern serfdom
Not surprisingly, the economies of both Singapore and Russia are dominated by state-linked companies.
Like Singapore, Russia has one of the highest income gap between the poor and the rich in the modern world. Both states are very rich while its people have to slog daily to earn a pittance at work in order to keep themselves afloat. Russia has Gazprom, Singapore has Temasek Holdings. The former obtain its funds from sale of natural gas which Russia has in abundance; the latter accumulated funds from years of budget surpluses. Neither channel their returns back to the people.
Singaporeans … is very rich and powerful, the politicians are the highest paid in t he world, rich businessmen well connected to the elite dominate much of the economy together with gigantic state-linked companies and sovereign wealth funds but the people are poor, miserable and powerless.
State-sponsored repression
Though Russia and Singapore are supposedly democracies, both are authoritarian governments with little tolerance for political dissent. Singapore's opposition politicians who dare to seek the truth are sued till bankrupt and barred from participating in elections. Repressive laws are put in place in both countries to curtail freedom of speech, assemblies, and other forms of civil liberties.
The mainstream media are muzzled and become nothing more than mouthpieces of the regimes. Russia's United Democratic Party is the dominant party in the Russian Duma as in the People's Action Party in Singapore. Singapore's two former Prime Ministers have remained in the present Cabinet with the portfolios of Senior Minister and Minister Mentor. Their exact responsibilities are not outlined.
With so much in common between them, it is no wonder that Singapore's state-linked companies are flocking to Russia to explore opportunities of collaboration. Not only are our standards of living becoming more and more like Russia, there is an insidious "Russification" of our economy and politics as well. What started out as a "Swiss dream" is fast becoming a "Russian" nightmare under continued PAP hegemony.
Isn't it strange that Singapore, with one of the highest GDP (PPP) per capita in the world has a standard of living closer to Russia than Switzerland? How is it possible that the state is flushed with cash and yet ordinary Singaporeans have a domestic purchasing power comparable to the Russians and way far behind the Swiss? What went wrong? Are Singaporeans getting a fair deal from their government? Why are we paupers in a first world economy?
Until the global financial turmoil last year, Singapore has enjoyed 10 years of continuous growth of more than 5% per day. The Singapore government has always used GDP growth as a basis for citizens to appraise its own performance. Even a variable portion of their multi-million salaries is pegged to the GDP. Singapore's GDP figures are indeed impressive: Singapore is ranked third in the world by the World Bank in terms of GDP (PPP) per capita ($49,288). Only Norway and Luxembourg are ranked higher than Singapore. The United States, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Sweden, Austria, Iceland and Holland are the other countries within the top ten.
In a way, our economy's sterling performance is a vindication of the government's 'growth at all cost' economic policy. Singapore has a first world developed modern economy. GDP growth is usually translated somewhat to a better quality of life for the citizens, but not exactly in Singapore's case.
If we study the indices such as wage level, domestic purchase power and spending power as shown in the UBS study, we will realize that we are ranked way below the developed economies. Our income gap, as measured by the Gini Coefficient, is the highest among the twenty most developed economies, comparable with the Philipines, Nigeria and Nicaragua. This means that the gains we have made as a nation from years of economic growth are not distributed evenly across the population. A minority becomes richer, but the rest are not better off. Some even become poorer.
According to a NUS study completed last year, lifetime income inequality has been increasing rapidly especially after the Asian financial crisis. In fact, despite the substantial growth of the economy, the lower income quantile has seen a drop in their real lifetime income.
In a way, we are "paupers" compared to our counterparts in other first world economies? Singaporeans have lower spending power, they are likely to work longer hours and even then, many may not save enough for their retirement. Why is this so?
Influx of foreigners
In the past, foreign workers in Singapore consisted chiefly of the low unskilled blue collar workers and the highly skilled white collar professionals. The former do not compete directly with locals as they worked mostly in industries shunned by Singaporeans while the latter helps to add value to our economy and create more jobs in the process.
However in recent years, we are seeing more semi-skilled foreigners entering our labor market. Not only are they competing directly with Singaporeans for jobs, they also have a certain degree of spending prowess which compounds the problem of inflation. These foreigners took up many jobs which can otherwise be filled by locals such as engineers, mid-level managers, and administrators, leading inevitably to stagnation or even decline in overall wages.
Of course the widespread use of foreigners help to bring labor costs down collectively, contributing to GDP in the process. While other countries are exploring ways to impr ove productivity, Singapore continue to take the easy way out by importing foreigners en masse to pop up its economy.
Government dominance of domestic economy
The economy of Singapore is a highly developed state capitalist mixed economy. While government intervention in the market is kept to a minimum, the state controls and owns firms that comprise at least 60 per cent of the GDP through state-linked companies such as DBS and Capitaland and its two giant sovereign wealth funds, GIC and Temasek Holdings.
The government is also the largest employer, giving it leverage over the wages of ordinary Singaporeans who are employed in the civil service. State-linked companies stifle entrepreneurship and retard the growth of small and medium enterprises. Singapore has the lowest number of entrepreneurs and local startups among the four Asian Tigers. The state's only legal trade union, NTUC, controls all facets of the domestic economy from supermarkets, pharmacy chains, medical clinics, food courts, insurance, taxis and even the undertaker business.
Singapore workers have their natural rights forfeited under the government's "tripartite" arrangement which is strongly probusiness. Strikes and protests are outlawed. Ordinary workers have few official channels to turn to for seeking redress or settling labor disputes. The government's overwhelming dominance of the domestic economy leads indirectly to a passive, subservient and riskadverse citizenry who prefers to earn a low, but fixed, regular income as employees rather than strike it out on their own as bosses.
The brightest college graduates either pursue a professional degree such as medicine and law or take up attractive government scholarships to serve in the civil service upon graduation. Very few Singaporeans aspire to be businessmen, scientists or innovators.
As a result, the population lacks initiative, motivation and creativity, becoming overly dependent on the nanny state to guide, manage and control the economy which also partly explains why Singapore produces less millionaires than Hong Kong and Taiwan.
High prices of public housing
Over 85% of Singaporeans live in high-rise public housing built by the government. Though they are meant to be cheap and affordable to the masses, recent price hikes has priced ordinary Singapore workers out of the market.
In the 1980s, a new four room flat in Bishan cost about $60,000 while the median pay of a fresh graduate is about $1,500. A young couple paying a monthly mortage of $1,000 will be able to repay the entire housing loan in 5 years time. Today, a new four room flat under the Design, Built and Order scheme in Bishan cost around $600,000. The median pay of a graduate is only $2,500.
How much will a couple need to pay a month in order to service a thirty year loan?The high cost of public housing means that families have to save more to finance the bank loans which translates to less cash for domestic consumption in the purchase of non-essential goods and services. It is little wonder that Singapore's domestic purchase power is the least among the Asian Tigers in the UBS study.
We are "paupers" compared to the Taiwanese, Hong Kongers and Koreans because we are unable and unwilling to spend as much as them.
The monopoly enjoyed by the HDB enables them to set prices arbitrarily though the new flats are pegged to the resale markets.
There is no incentive to lower the price because there are no competitors. In a completely free market, HDB will be competing against smaller private firms to build flats at a cheaper price to serve the needs of the buyers who are mainly from the middle and lower income group, thereby bringing down prices considerably.
Lack of social safety net
The Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme was originally introduced to ensure that Singaporeans have sufficient funds to serve their retirement needs. However, recent studies have shown that most Singaporeans have insufficient funds left in their CPF.
In the government's CPF Life brochure, it claims that CPF is inadequate to provide a lifelong income to the elderly because they are living longer. This is only one of the reasons. A more important cause lies in the exorbitant HDB prices which tie up the CPF funds.
Most Singaporeans finance the purchase of HDB flats through their CPF which has become a basic necessity in Singapore since there is no hinterland to retreat to like in Hong Kong. The government parcels out state land to HDB which built the flats to be sold to its citizens. The selling price is not determined by market forces, but is set by entirely by the government. Nobody knows the cost of the land and building the flats. Is it reasonable for a new 4 room HDB flat to fetch more than $300,000 and still considered "affordable"? Though healthcare costs remain heavily subsidized in Singapore, citizens are expected to foot part of the medical bill from their own pockets. A single hospitalization is enough to wipe out one's lifelong savings. Faced with a grim and uncertain future, Singaporeans have to save more than they can spend, contributing to our low spending power.
Every elected government of the day has an implicit 'social contract' with the voters. Citizens vote for a government to take care of their interests. To many, this means a roof over their heads, a decent standard of living and provision of basic medical services.
Singapore has one of the highest GDP per capita in the world, but are we living the lives of people in a first world economy? Has the government fulfilled its 'social contract' to us?
The UBS study has once again exposed the inherent fallacy in the government's argument that unbridled economic growth will bring prosperity to all Singaporeans.
Besides the high cost of living, all of Singapore's other economic indices are far away from those of first world countries including our closest competitors in Asia ? Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. In fact we are closer to the Russian than the Swiss standard of living.
Singaporeans are "rich" as defined by the assets we possessed ? 90% of Singaporeans "own" their homes, but in name only as most of the households are mired in debts due to borrowing from the banks to finance their mortages. As a result, we have little disposable income to spare ? 'asset rich, but cash-poor'.
With no social safety net to speak of, many Singaporeans cannot afford to retire. They have work well into their twilight years till the day they die. Is this the kind of future you want for yourself and your family?
Many developed countries now realize that the obsession with GDP growth does not necessarily bring happiness and well-being to its people. In fact, high GDP growth has a propensity to cause inflation, rising cost of living, longer working hours and greater stress level for the working population and does not always lead to wealth creation or distribution to the lower income group.The Sustainable Development Commission in U.K. is now advocating "prosperity without growth" to the government in order to engineer a rethink of its economic policies from one which is mainly econometric to one which is more humanistic.
A recent study published by the New Economics Foundation shows that the happiest people on Earth are not from countries with the highest GDP per capital. Costa Rica, with a GDP a quarter of the United States, has the highest Global Happiness Index in the world.
As we stand in a pivotal moment of our history, Singaporeans must decide whether it is worthwhile to continue pursuing high momentum growth at all cost at the expense of the quality of life or refocusing its energy to really achieving "happiness and prosperity" for everybody albeit with less impressive GDP figures.
There is an old Chinese adage: "Resting is merely a preparation to walk the longer journey ahead". We have come a long way as a young nation and there are still many years ahead of us. What do we really want to achieve together as a people, a community and a nation? Have we lived up to the aspirations of the National Pledge to "build a democratic societ y, based on justice and equality?" Are we brothers and sisters or are we simply "digits" in the economic machinery which makes up Singapore INC?
A country is not a corporation. Neither are its people shareholders. A nation deprived of purpose, ideals and vision will never survive the test of time. We need to look beyond economic indices and nurture a sense of belonging, pride and patriotism among Singaporeans. This will only be brought about by a government which truly respect and care for its people."
by Eugene Yeo
Discussion on Singapore Population White Paper 2013: Part 9
Discussion on Singapore Population White Paper: Part 10
I Have Just Been Sued By The Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

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i am a slow processor when it comes to life changing movements. i brood a bit and like a stew, i need all the flavors and juices and heat to brew everything together a little before things taste complete. i'd even say that i love new things because i know in my life, new things have proven to be blessings—times that stretch me, allowing me to be refined more than before.
but it always takes time.
being pregnant has been a change i've seen unfold right before my eyes. as much as i try and prepared my heart and mind once seeing our positive test, there's nothing that can truly prepare us. all our friends' stories, seeing little babies being born around us our whole lives, it's all different when it comes to your [growing] baby and your body and your husband. your family. when something that's been one way for a long time is suddenly uprooted or will be uprooted, my go-to response is to become a control freak, and by control freak, i do mean i freak 🙂 i'm quick to question how everything will look and taking it upon myself to figure it out. and it always ends up completely robbing me. well, not only me, but my husband, my loved ones and the ability to allow jesus to help me. to lean on god's understanding and his covering over our family.
in march of this year, james and i attended a special night to hear from a visiting pastor (a swiss pastor) that we love and know and trust. he shared something and then offered to pray for those that were there. i'm usually first in line to receive prayer [for the most part] but this evening i felt really hesitant. i saw james with everyone else, offering to help pray, but i felt so awkward and out of place (this wasn't a new atmosphere for me). i mentioned this to another pastor in the room and he said that when he feels any hesitancy for things like this, he dives in head first because he's usually not the only one. so i decided i'd do the same, dive in for all the many friends around me who were maybe feeling like this moment wasn't for them. i walked up to 'wait in line' so to say and a few friends nudged me to the front and our visiting friend began to pray for me, and james came to join me.
it was the strangest thing but everything he prayed for us was profound. not because of him, but because of the way god used him to pray something specific. he prayed many things but something along the lines of 'be fruitful and multiply'. james and i had talked about having kids and knew we wanted babies sometime, but weren't quite there. after that moment, i knew that it was time and i was so scared but also settled with so much peace.
i might just be the slow one but having babies was something so incredibly daunting, wonderful, terrifying and dream-worthy all at once and i never felt the courage to just go for it. but this was my courage and my open door. for all the many obstacles (not physically, more practical and in my heart) and unanswered questions i've experienced throughout the last six months, i am amazed at how much i've been able to let go and wait on. that is so unnatural for me. but it's been possible.
this special boy james and i have made, that god has graciously woven together in my womb, is growing more and more, and with him so is my hope, excitement and trust for our future. were we born to do this, perhaps, but god has given us the opportunity, and the things he gives are good, so i trust him. i have many questions, but i am confident. i have many fears, but i am not afraid.


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Q: Trying to localize an outside package variable through a lexical binding in Perl It's a long title, but I'm afraid I can't take a single word out without losing the true meaning of the question.  I'll give a quick description of what I'm trying to achieve first, then a long rambling on why I want it done this way. Skip the rambling if you intend to directly answer abiding with the question title :-)
Quick description
Assuming the existence of a lexicalize builtin that does just what I want, here goes:
package Whatever;
{
  lexicalize $Other::Package::var;
  local $var = 42;
  Other::Package->do_stuff; # depends on that variable internally
}

Whys and whynots
For a bit of context, I'm whitebox-testing a third-party module.
I want the variable localized because I want it changed for a limited time only, before the tests move on to something else.  local is the best way I found to do this without depending on knowing the module's choice for an initial value.
I want a lexical binding for two main reasons:

*

*I don't want to pollute the test file's higher-level namespace.

*I want something shorter than the fully-qualified name.  It's not in the sample code for brevity, but I use the identifier a lot more than what's shown, with calculations and updates relative to its previous value.

I couldn't decently use our because it won't grab a variable from another package: "No package name allowed for variable $Other::Package::var in "our"."  Cheating to temporarily enter Other::Package's scope doesn't cut it: if I use a block ({ package Other::Package; our $var }) then the binding doesn't last long enough to be useful; and if I don't (package Other::Package; our @var; package main) then I need to know and copy the previous package's name, which prevents moving that piece of code around too much.
While doing my homework before asking a previous form of this question, I discovered Lexical::Var, which seemed like it would be exactly what I needed.  Alas: "Can't localize through a reference."
I've also tried my best on my gut feeling of my *var-based forms, but kept bumping into syntax errors.  I've learned more than I cared to about scoping and binding today :-)
I can't think of a reason why what I want shouldn't be possible, but I can't find the right incantation.  Am I asking for an unfortunate unimplemented edge case?

A: If I get you right, all you need is our. Forgive me if I dont.
Here's working example:
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;

package Some;

our $var = 42;
sub do_stuff { return $var }

package main;

{
    local $Some::var = 43;
    print "Localized: " . Some->do_stuff() . "\n";
};

print "Normal: " . Some->do_stuff() . "\n";

But if you try to localize private (my) variable of some package, you probably doing something wrong.

A: there are several ways to do this:

*

*given:
{package Test::Pkg;
    our $var = 'init';
    sub method {print "Test::Pkg::var = $var\n"}
}

*alias a package variable from the current package to the target package.
{
    package main;
    our $var;

    Test::Pkg->method; #     Test::Pkg::var = init

    local *var = \local $Test::Pkg::var;
        # alias $var to a localized $Test::Pkg::var

    $var = 'new value';

    Test::Pkg->method; #    Test::Pkg::var = new value
}

Test::Pkg->method;     #    Test::Pkg::var = init

*localize through a glob reference:
{
    package main;

    my $var = \*Test::Pkg::var;  # globref to target the local

    Test::Pkg->method; #     Test::Pkg::var = init

    local *$var = \'new value';  # fills the scalar slot of the glob

    Test::Pkg->method; #    Test::Pkg::var = new value
}

Test::Pkg->method;     #    Test::Pkg::var = init

*bind a the lexical in the target package, and let it spill into the current package:
{
    package Test::Pkg;  # in the target package
    our $var;           # create the lexical name $var for $Test::Pkg::var

    package main;       # enter main package, lexical still in scope

    Test::Pkg->method; #     Test::Pkg::var = init

    local $var = 'new value';

    Test::Pkg->method; #    Test::Pkg::var = new value
}

Test::Pkg->method;     #    Test::Pkg::var = init

the last example uses a slightly awkward double package declaration to create a lexical in one package and get it into another.  This trick is useful with local in other scenarios:
 no strict 'refs';
 local ${'Some::Pkg::'.$name} = 'something';
 use strict 'refs';

A: I am not quite sure if I understand you correctly. Does this help?
#!/usr/bin/env perl

{
    package This;
    use warnings; use strict;
    our $var = 42;

    sub do_stuff {
        print "$var\n";
    }
}

{
    package That;
    use warnings; use strict;

    use Lexical::Alias;
    local $This::var;

    alias $This::var, my $var;

    $var = 24;
    print "$var\n";

    This->do_stuff;
}

package main;

use warnings; use strict;

This->do_stuff;

A: package Other::Package;

$var = 23;

sub say_var {
  my $label = shift;
  print "$label: $Other::Package::var\n";
}

package Whatever;
Other::Package::say_var("before");
{
  local $Other::Package::var = 42;
  local *var = \$Other::Package::var;
  Other::Package::say_var("during");
  print "\$Whatever::var is $var inside the block\n";
}
Other::Package::say_var("after");
print "\$Whatever::var is ",
    defined($var) ? "" : "un", "defined outside the block\n";

Output:
before: 23
during: 42
$Whatever::var is 42 inside the block
after: 23
$Whatever::var is undefined outside the block

local $Other::Package::var makes the original value temporarily 42 for the duration of the block, and local *var = \$Other::Package::var makes $var in the current package an alias for $Other::Package::var temporarily for the duration of the block.
Naturally some of this isn't strict-compliant, but I avoided using our because our obfuscates the issue if both packages are in the same file (as they might be if you copy-pasted this sample) — the our declaration can leak out of the package it's used in, into a following package in the same file :)

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require 'spec_helper'

describe Axle::Observer do
  before(:each) do
    @owner = Class.new{
      include Axle::Observer
    }

    @ob1 = Class.new {
      extend Axle::Processor
    }

    @ob2 = Class.new {
      extend Axle::Processor
    }

    @new_ob1 = Class.new {
      extend Axle::Processor
    }

    @new_ob2 = Class.new {
      extend Axle::Processor
    }

    @error_ob1 = Class.new {
      extend Axle::Processor

      def self.process
        raise Axle::Errors:AxleErrors
      end
    }
  end

  describe "#included" do
    context "class methods" do
    subject {
      @owner
    }
      it {is_expected.to respond_to(:add_observer)}
    end

    context "class instane variables" do
      subject {
        @owner.instance_variables
      }

      it {is_expected.to include(:@observer_set)}
      it {is_expected.to include(:@observers)}

      context "class instance variables @observer_set" do
        subject {
          @owner.instance_variable_get(:@observer_set)
        }

        it {is_expected.to be_eql({})}
      end

      context "class instance variables @observers" do
        subject {
          @owner.instance_variable_get(:@observers)
        }

        it {is_expected.to be_eql([])}
      end

      context "class instance variables @name" do
        subject {
          @owner.instance_variable_get(:@name)
        }

        it {is_expected.to be_eql(nil)}
      end
    end
  end

  describe "#get_observers by name" do
    context "initialized" do
      it "can return empty array" do
        expect(@owner.send(:get_observers, :game)).to be_empty
      end

      it "can have key in observer_set" do
        @owner.send(:get_observers, :game)
        expect(@owner.instance_variable_get(:@observer_set)).to have_key(:game)
      end

      it "can have empty array for key in observer_set" do
        @owner.send(:get_observers, :game)
        expect(@owner.instance_variable_get(:@observer_set)[:game]).to be_empty
      end

      it "can have emtpy observers" do
        @owner.send(:get_observers, :game)
        expect(@owner.instance_variable_get(:@observers)).to be_empty
      end

      it "can be same object of observers and value for key in observer_set" do
        @owner.send(:get_observers, :game)
        observers = @owner.instance_variable_get(:@observers)
        expect(@owner.instance_variable_get(:@observer_set)[:game]).to be_equal(observers)
      end
    end
  end

  describe "#check_name" do
    context "when name is nil" do
      it "can raise ObserverSetNameError" do
        expect {@owner.send(:check_name, nil)}.to raise_error(Axle::Errors::ObserverSetNameError)
      end
    end
  end

  describe "#add_observer" do
    before(:each) do
      @owner.instance_variable_set(:@observer_set, {"game1" => [@ob1, @ob2]})
    end

    context "when observer is inherated from Processor" do
      it "can add new game2 without observers" do
        @owner.add_observer "game2"
        expect(@owner.instance_variable_get(:@observers)).to be_empty
      end

      it "can add new game2 observers" do
        @owner.add_observer "game2", @new_ob1, @new_ob2
        expect(@owner.instance_variable_get(:@observers)).to be_eql([@new_ob1, @new_ob2])
      end

      it "can add existing game1 empty observer" do
        @owner.add_observer "game1"
        expect(@owner.instance_variable_get(:@observers)).to be_eql([@ob1, @ob2])
      end

      it "can add existing game1 some new observer" do
        @owner.add_observer "game1", @new_ob1
        expect(@owner.instance_variable_get(:@observers)).to be_eql([@ob1, @ob2, @new_ob1])
      end
    end
    context "when observer is not inherateed from Processor" do
      it "can reject" do
        expect {@owner.add_observer "game2", Class.new}.to raise_error(Axle::Errors::ObserverTypeError)
      end
    end
  end

  describe "#notify_observers" do
    before(:each) do
      @owner.instance_variable_set(:@observer_set, {"game1" => [@ob1, @ob2]})
      @owner.init_observer("game1")
    end

    context "when no any error" do
      it "call first observer with context" do
        context = {context: "data"}
        expect(@ob1).to receive(:process).with(context)
        @owner.send(:notify_observers,context)
      end

      it "call following observer with returned context" do
        context = {context: "data"}
        allow(@ob1).to receive(:process).with(context).and_return(context)
        expect(@ob2).to receive(:process).with(context)
        @owner.send(:notify_observers,context)
      end

      it "ignore call ensure_processor" do
        context = {context: "data"}
        expect(@owner).to_not receive(:ensure_processor)#.with(context)
        @owner.send(:notify_observers, context)
      end

      it "ignore call error_processor" do
        context = {context: "data"}
        expect(@owner).to_not receive(:error_processor).with(context)
        @owner.send(:notify_observers, context)
      end
    end

    context "when error" do
      before(:each) do
        @context = {context: "data"}
        @error_context = {name: 'game1', error: "error"}
        @return_context = @context.merge(error: @error_context)
      end

      it "call error_processor" do
        allow(@owner).to receive(:error_context).and_return(@error_context)
        allow(@ob1).to receive(:process).and_raise(Axle::Errors::AxleErrors)
        expect(@owner).to receive(:error_processor).with(@return_context)
        @owner.send(:notify_observers, @context)
      end

      it "call ensure_processor" do
        allow(@owner).to receive(:error_context).and_return(@error_context)
        allow(@ob1).to receive(:process).and_raise(Axle::Errors::AxleErrors)
        expect(@owner).to receive(:ensure_processor).with(@return_context)
        @owner.send(:notify_observers, @context)
      end
    end
  end
end

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Los Altos Residents Offer Long Term Housing Rentals to Local Teachers
By Ryann Vargas • Published August 17, 2016 • Updated on August 17, 2016 at 3:26 pm
Los Altos School District leadership have started a new program to help teachers head back to the classroom and find affordable housing.
The Los Altos School District Board and Community Foundation created a housing program that offers rentals to district teachers in an effort to attract and retain quality teachers.
More than 20 residents are offering in-law units, apartment spaces and extra bedrooms below market rate to the district's teachers. The average rental rate is between $1,000 to $3,000 depending on the size of the rental.
"It's getting more and more expensive to live in the Bay Area in general, particularly in Los altos, and we want to find options for our teachers as best as we can," said Sangeeth Peruri, Vice-President of the Los Altos School District Board.
"We want to find ways for our teachers to live closer to home, closer to our district and be part of our community," Peruri said.
The Los Altos Community Foundation circulated a Google document toward the end of last school year to gage if any residents would be willing to offer housing spaces to teachers. At the same time, a survey was sent to teachers asking if anyone would be interested in rentals.
Now more than 25 units are available for rent and similar amount of teachers have expressed interest. Peruri says if all those units are filled, approximately 10 percent of the teaching force would be serviced by the program. Teachers who are single, have spouses and families have so far requested housing.
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Volunteers of America provides care for a growing number of cognitively impaired adults and their families in a variety of community and facility- based settings across the country. We recognize the need and opportunity for integrating the Validation method into the organizational culture and for becoming a leader in teaching the Validation method locally, regionally and nationally. This aligns with Volunteers of America's 'Aging with Options' initiative, and ongoing development of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) with home and community-based services.
In 2010 a a strategic relationship was created between Naomi Feil, the developer of the "Validation Method" for interacting/serving Alzheimer's clients, and Volunteers of America National Services. Naomi Feil is a world class presenter and the developer of the model of care for seniors with dementia that is compassionate and truly representative of our organizational mission and goals.
Volunteers of America worked closely with Naomi Feil's organization over the past 5-6 years. Through this collaboration the opportunity for us to become an authorized validation organization resulted. This designation allows us to provide training and workshops presented by Naomi Feil and ultimately by other individuals who have been trained through the offices of the Validation Institute.
We are excited to be one of only a few organizations in the United States that have this designation and look forward to this becoming a cornerstone program for us in the future in the care and services of those in our memory care units as well as those suffering from dementia in the communities at large.


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Q: How to create table like avro? I created a table (test_load) based on the schema of another one (test). Then i inserted test_load into another table.
drop table if exists test_load;
create external table test_load
like test
location /test_load_folder;

insert into warehouse
select * from test_load;

It works fine when everything is in parquet.
I then evolved my test schema to avro and recreated my test_load table but when i try to insert into warehouse i receive an error :
Error while processing statement: FAILED: Execution Error, return code 2
from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.mr.MapRedTask

I'm looking for the good syntax to re-create the load table and scpecify its avro. My hypothesis is that hive still considers its parquet files.
I tried
drop table if exists test_load;
create external table test_load
like test
location /test_load_folder
stored as avro;

but i have a syntax error.


To ensure the high quality of malaria laboratory system in term of routine training, quality assurance of microscopy, confirmation of PCR for all plasmodium including P.knowlesi, and routine lot testing of RDT.
To map quality assurance situation of malaria diagnosis by microscope, PCR and RDT, and assist in collecting, updating malaria diagnosis routine data, situation analysis, preparation of project documents, facilitation and coordination of WHO and partners inputs into the program.
To provide technical support to the improvement of implementation of quality malaria diagnosis pre-service and post-service training system including curriculum and certification, in collaboration with clinical pathology and medical laboratory (PDS PatKLin), clinical parasitology (PDS PARK), Diploma of Medical Laboratory Technologist, PPSDM, PATELKI and other potential agencies.
To support in updating national guidelines on quality assurance microscopy in all malaria endemic stratum and RDT as per WHO guidelines/recommendations, as well as facilitate WHO External Competency and national competency of microscopist.
To provide technical support in establishment of malaria center for PCR laboratory in Indonesia that covers P.knowlesi confirmation with high quality standard of diagnosis method, and the establishment of laboratory center for routine lot testing of RDT and developing referral bank slides in Indonesia, in collaboration with other Directorate of MoH and other acknowledged laboratories in Indonesia.
Perform any other duties as assigned by WR and Technical Officer (TO) MAL and VBDC.
The selected candidate should also complete and submit transparent and timely achievement report at the end of the contract period to WHO Country Office.
Desirable: Advanced degree in Biomedical/Microbiology or related clinical/chemical laboratory technician with training in lab/health facility management.
Essential: At least five years' experience in health laboratory program implementation preferably in malaria at district or province or national level.
Desirable: Experience in malaria laboratory system; ability to deliver public health training, using techniques of mentoring and on-the-job training; management/supervision of laboratory of malaria program at the district or province and national level.


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« Homosexual Agenda Bills in Congress 2009
Kevin Jennings' Statement on 'Brewster' Incident: Too Little, Too Late »
GLSEN's Indoctrination Agenda: How One Teacher Explained Her Lesbianism to Kindergartners
In "teachable moment," GLSEN speaker compares her lesbian kisses to a boy kissing his father goodnight
"Well, boys aren't supposed to kiss boys and girls aren't supposed to kiss girls." — Kindergarten student in East Hartford, CT, responding to lesbian teacher and GLSEN activist Geraldine Burke revealing to the class that she kisses her girlfriend. Burke later compared her lesbian kisses to affectionate kisses between family members.
GLSEN Corrupts Children: the organization founded by Kevin Jennings, GLSEN, advocates teaching very young children — who don't even know what sex is yet — one-sided lessons about homosexuality and transsexuality.
The following story is reprinted from The Lambda Report, the now-defunct printed flagship publication of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality. It is the first part of a story about 1999 GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian Straight Education Network) conference held that year in Atlanta. Kevin Jennings — whose appointment as Barack Obama's "safe schools" czar in the Department of Education is now embroiled in controversy — founded GLSEN, which promotes the acceptance of homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality to children in K-12 schools. We found some updated information on Burke on two homosexual activist websites, which follows the article below.
The following is based on AFTAH's firsthand attendance at the 1999 GLSEN conference:
How One Teacher Defended Her Lesbianism to Kindergartners
GLSEN panelist compares lesbian kiss to parental love
By Peter LaBarbera, Lambda Report, Fall-Winter 1999
ATLANTA — A lesbian gym teacher who told her kindergarten students that kissing her female partner was like a father lovingly kissing his son or an affectionate kiss between sisters was applauded for her "honesty" at a national conference for pro-homosexual educators, held here October 1-4 [1999].
"I will tell you that your heart tells you who to love," retired elementary school teacher Geraldine Burke said she told her young students, after one of them started the discussion by asking if she had a husband. Burke–who taught gym class for 30 years in East Hartford, Connecticut — related the story as a panelist at the third annual conference of the Gay, Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN), a fast-growing homosexual activist group. Her workshop was titled, "Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, except What to Do When I Hear the Word 'Fag' or 'Dyke' in Class."
Burke's was one of several panels at the GLSEN conference devoted to advancing homosexuality-positive attitudes among elementary school children — the most controversial part of GLSEN's agenda. In recent years, "gay" education activists have championed the "right" of teachers to discuss their homosexuality in the classroom, as Burke did with her young charges.
She explained that at her school she was "out" as a lesbian to the principal and to most of the teaching staff, and that it was important for her to be "authentic" about her sexual identity. According to Burke, one day a student in her gym class asked if she had a husband. She said no, and then another student asked if she had a boyfriend. Burke said no. "As a matter of fact … I have a girlfriend." After some of the children said, "Ohhhh!" as if shocked, they asked her if she kissed her girlfriend. Burke said that she did.
The kids responded again, "Ohhhh!" When she asked what was wrong, one of the students said, "Well, boys aren't supposed to kiss boys and girls aren't supposed to kiss girls."
Burke then responded," Some people think it's OK, and some people think it's not OK," speaking of homosexuality.
Then the gym teacher asked one of the boys in her class," Do you ever kiss your father goodnight?" He replied, "Yes." She then asked one of the girls, "Do you ever kiss your sister to show her that you love her?" "Yes," the girl responded. Burke then used the analogy between those kisses and her lesbian kisses as she told the children, "Some people will tell you that you shouldn't love some people [but] … your hearts tells you who to love." She said the next question was: "When is gym?" as the students moved on to other matters.
Burke said that she informed the school principal about how she "outed" herself to the students in class. She said that neither she nor the principal ever heard back from any parents about the sensitive conversation.
"This was a very, very important teachable moment … I was not in any way going to lie to my students," Burke said of her conversation with the kindergarten gym class. "At the elementary level, the teachable moments are the really critical ones."
More Information about Geraldine Burke:
We found some more current information on Geraldine Burke online in a newsletter of PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Hartford (CT). The March-April 2009 PFLAG-Hartford newsletter reports:
Geraldine Burke is a retired elementary physical education teacher. She taught in East Hartford at the preschool through sixth grade level for most of her career. She has been an activist for LGBT civil rights since 1989, serving on the boards of GLSEN CT; True Colors, Inc.; Stonewall Speakers; and CT Stonewall Foundation, Inc.
Upon her retirement as a public school educator, in 1999, she expanded her passion to be a change agent and became more involved as a Stonewall Speaker and served as State Coordinator of Engagements from June 2001 until February 2006. She recently stepped down from the board of directors after serving for four years and continues to participate as a panelist. … Geraldine lives her woman-loving self openly and as an equal in the world.
(PFLAG newsletter: http://www.pflaghartford.org/caring/caringV18N2.pdf)
From the conference, "True Colors XV: A Global Perspective on Sexual and Gender Minority Youth," March 13-15, 2008, sponsored by True Colors, Inc. ("True Colors works to create a world where youth, adults and families of all sexual orientations and gender identities are valued and affirmed. We challenge all forms of oppression through education, training, advocacy, youth leadership development, mentoring and direct services to youth and those responsible for their well-being.")
A Successful Model for Effecting Change in School Climate for Middle & High School Students, Faculty, and Administration: LGBT Personal Stories with Q & A
Same and different gender loving, pan sexual, and transgender people, and supportive allies from the Stonewall Speakers will present the model used when speaking at schools, colleges, workplaces and communities of faith. The goal of this group is to educate the community at large regarding sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. This program is informative to the general population and at the same time supports the mostly closeted queer students, families, and teachers in our schools and workplaces. This model has been presented for almost twenty years in more than 100 high schools in CT through integration into Health, Psychology, Current Issues and Human Sexuality classes as well as Diversity and Teen Awareness days.
Geraldine Burke is a member of the Board of Directors of the CT Stonewall Foundation, which provides funding and direction for the Stonewall Speakers program. She formerly served on the Boards of GLSEN and True Colors and was Stonewall Speakers state coordinator from 2001 – January 2007. As an activist for the civil rights of same gender loving, pan sexual, transgender, and intersex people, Geraldine finds her involvement with Stonewall Speakers both rewarding and fulfilling.
Source: http://www.ourtruecolors.org/cfs/TC15/TC15Guide.pdf
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Q: Error: No Auth-Type found: rejecting the user via Post-Auth-Type = Reject, Freeradius got this error when try to connect remotely I setup freeradius and daloradius in my one ubuntu machine and also setup softether in my another ubunut machine.
I created a user in freeradius using daloradius:
Username: elastic
Password: mypassword
Password Type: Cleartext-password

when I check my radcheck table I get my user details:
MariaDB [radius]> SELECT * FROM radcheck;
+----+----------+--------------------+----+-------------+
| id | username | attribute          | op | value       |
+----+----------+--------------------+----+-------------+
|  1 | elastic  | Cleartext-Password | := | mypassword |
---------------------------------------------------------

When Test the user connectivity using daloradius
config > maintenance > Test user connectivity.

I got this:
Executed:
echo User-Name='elastic',User-Password='mypassword' | radclient -c '1' -n '3' -r '3' -t '3' -x '127.0.0.1:1812' 'auth' 'testing123' 2>&1

Results:
Sent Access-Request Id 3 from 0.0.0.0:41818 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 47
User-Name = "elastic"
User-Password = "mypassword"
Cleartext-Password = "mypassword"
Received Access-Accept Id 3 from 127.0.0.1:1812 to 0.0.0.0:0 length 20

I also created a user named as `elastic` in the softether vpn server and set the authentication type for that particular user RADIU authentication

and when I try to connect using my softether vpn client, I got this error (running freeradius in debugging mode sudo freeradius -X -i 0.0.0.0 -p 1812):
Ready to process requests
(5) Received Access-Request Id 11 from 10.66.0.42:60353 to 10.66.0.43:1812 length 146
(5)   User-Name = "elastic"
(5)   User-Password = "mypassword"
(5)   NAS-Identifier = "SoftEther VPN Server"
(5)   Service-Type = Framed-User
(5)   NAS-Port-Type = Virtual
(5)   Tunnel-Type:0 = PPTP
(5)   Tunnel-Medium-Type:0 = IPv4
(5)   Called-Station-Id = "stage-hub"
(5)   Calling-Station-Id = "98.234.185.239"
(5)   Tunnel-Client-Endpoint:0 = "98.234.185.239"
(5)   Proxy-State = 0x4c323a534556504e
(5) ERROR: No Auth-Type found: rejecting the user via Post-Auth-Type = Reject
(5) Failed to authenticate the user
(5) Using Post-Auth-Type Reject
(5) Post-Auth-Type sub-section not found.  Ignoring.
(5) Delaying response for 1.000000 seconds
Waking up in 0.3 seconds.
Waking up in 0.6 seconds.
(5) Sending delayed response
(5) Sent Access-Reject Id 11 from freeradius-ip:1812 to softether-vpn-id:60353 length 30
(5)   Proxy-State = 0x4c323a534556504e
Waking up in 3.9 seconds.
(5) Cleaning up request packet ID 11 with timestamp +54

I know this is a pretty common error but I am really stuck at this over an week now.
so what I am doing wrong here.


I decided that this would be my first attempt at participation in an official brew club event. I'm a big wuss and chose an exchange instead of a competition so I don't have to cry over a poor quantitative result. All those in the exchange chose a hop variety and followed pretty much the same recipe using domestic 2 row and the hop of their choosing.
The brew went a little like this.
The beer didn't turn out how I was expecting. Ahtanum is supposed to be akin to other American hops with citrus notes. This beer had smooth bittering and a floral nose, not really what was advertised. There may have been packaging issues as well because some members of the exchange commented that the beer had an off colour, a little brown or pink even but there wasn't any oxidation off flavours. I blame this to the fact that I didn't perform the usual sac[charomyces]ifical rites and it angered the yeasts within.
I haven't had a chance taste many of the brews included in the exchange but am looking forward to educating my face hole with the beard around it. I've tried Mosaic, Challenger and Pacific Jade thus which have all been delicious.
This was the first batch that I labeled and grabbed an over the neck tag design off of a post on the homebrewing subreddit. It would have worked a lot better if I had used a thicker paper stock. Many of the labels had ripped after transport. I was forced to trade the LHBS proprietor a bottle for the required tape to mend the damage upon drop off.
Brewers will be required to bottle their beers and label them with the hop you used, if it is extract or 2-row, and any other variants you think may be important The amount you will need to bottle will be determined after we know how many people participate but be prepared to supply 19L. Beers will be due March 30 at the Vineyard and pickup of the sorted beers with be available April 6.


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Q: set `ulimit -c` from outside shell I have a program that's running automatically on boot, and sporadically causing a coredump.
I'd like to record the output, but I can't seem to set ulimit -c programmatically (It's defaulted to 0, and resets every time).
I've tried using a bash script, as well as python's sh, os.system and subprocess, but I can't get it to work.

A: A process may only set resource limits for itself and its children. It cannot set resource limits for its ancestor. By calling os.system('ulimit -c'), you are asking the child "ulimit" process to set the resource limit of the ancestor "Python" process.
Your Python program can set its resource limit using the resource module:
import resource

resource.setrlimit(
    resource.RLIMIT_CORE,
    (resource.RLIM_INFINITY, resource.RLIM_INFINITY))

A: I'm guessing your problem is that you haven't understood that rlimits are set per process. If you use os.system in Python to call ulimit, that is only going to set the ulimit in that newly spawned shell process, which then immediately exits after which nothing has been changed.
What you need to do, instead, is to run ulimit in the shell that starts your program. The process your program is running in will then inherit that rlimit from the shell.
I do not think there is any way to alter the rlimit of process X from process Y, where X != Y.
EDIT: I'll have to take that last back, at least in case you're running in Linux. There is a Linux-specific syscall prlimit that allows you to change the rlimits of a different process, and it also does appear to be available in Python's resource module, though it is undocumented there. See the manpage prlimit(2) instead; I'd assume that the function available in Python uses the same arguments.

A: To throw another solution into the mix - I globally set the ulimit in debian using limits.conf:
grep -q -F '* soft core 100000' /etc/security/limits.conf || echo '* soft core 100000' >> /etc/security/limits.conf
grep -q -F 'root hard core 100000' /etc/security/limits.conf || echo 'root hard core 100000' >> /etc/security/limits.conf

This was also possible using the os.system command in python.


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Studying A-levels at Kings in my home town of Brighton
At the end of Kings Brighton's first academic year, Enrichment Sports & Social Coordinator John Murphy sat down with British A-level student Joe Murphy (no relation), who comes from Brighton, and his fellow students Diego Marcel from Belgium, Mark Markushevskiy from Ukraine, and Art Foundation student Pak Fai Chui (John) from Hong Kong.
Hello all, can you introduce yourselves please?
Diego: I am 19, and I am an Advanced Level Foundation student from Belgium.
John: I am John, I am from Hong Kong...
Diego: That is not true, he is from Austria.
[Everyone laughs]
Joe: I'm 18, I'm studying A-levels at Kings — Spanish and Business. I am from Brighton, England.
Mark: I am 17, I am studying Foundation too — I just finished my exams so I am excited. I am from Ukraine.
I can see you are all excited to finish college but how was your first day here? Did you feel intimidated at first?
Joe: I don't know if I was intimidated, but on the first day people tended to group together — so the Chinese over there and Eastern Europeans... but then after a while you just end up speaking to each other, and then as their English improves I found it a lot easier speaking to them and then they taught me things. I made some friends for life.
Is it much different here from your old school in Brighton?
Joe: It is quite similar but it was just a bit more mature and it is a better learning environment.
What has it been like studying here as an academic student? What are the classes and teachers like?
Diego: We are quite small classes — in my previous school we were 30 per class, here we are 6 per class or maximum 10.
Joe: I pretty much had one-on-one tuition, which is very good. It meant if I didn't do my homework, I had nowhere to hide. The teachers were really good, they were so patient and they understood what was best for me. They were there to help you. I know that every teacher does that, but they genuinely wanted me to do well.
Was that new for you?
Joe: It was new in a sense because I went to a public school and it was kind of like, 'You can try if you want, I'll teach the ones who try', pretty much. But in Kings the teachers are more interactive and more empathetic.
Diego: They all understand that we are from different countries, when we have some issues, they are really nice.
Joe: The food is good as well!
Mark: I totally agree.
Diego: We learned a lot from Marc Benier [Head of Academic Subjects, and Teacher of Economics and Business Studies].
Joe: I can honestly say he was the best teacher I have ever had. Genuinely.
Diego: It is true, we learned lots from Marc.
Joe: It is the perfect balance of like a fun environment to actually getting your head down and actually working.
Mark: I totally agree with Joe. I came to Mr. Benier and had a small chat. I told him he was the best teacher I ever had.
Joe: Mr Benier won't hear it, will he? I don't want him to get a big head!
Kings should have a reality TV show, like do you know how there is Educating Yorkshire [a British fly-on-the-wall documentary series filmed in a school]? There should be something like that in this school, because it would be great for promotion and branding! I think the students would love it.
What clubs or activities have you got involved in since you came here?
Diego, Joe and Mark: Football!
Joe: At the beginning I didn't really know much about it, but John Murphy, the Enrichment Coordinator, came up to me and told me about football so I thought I would see what the international football scene was like in Kings.
Mark: I also did a few of the hikes. We had walks every two weeks and I think I only missed two of them.
What are your plans for next year?
Joe: My hope is that I will go to a university. I applied for a few like Liverpool, Leeds and Sussex but I am hoping to go to Liverpool. It is so nice, quite similar to Brighton, the whole city vibe, but obviously it is a lot bigger. Hopefully I'll get it — the teachers have been good and I have got my head down, so hopefully I'll get it.
Mark: I can not agree with Joe at this moment. [Everyone laughs] Because next year I have different plans but I hope I will go to university. I have already applied to universities in Toronto, Canada — George Brown and Seneca College. I hope to get it as I have a few friends there and I hope I did well in my final exams so it will make it easier to get into the universities there.
John: I applied for Leeds and Edinburgh. I got both of them with conditions of Merit.
Joe, to John: Do you think university will be much different?
John: I have already experienced one semester of university in Newcastle. I will probably get used to it quite quickly.
Did the school help you out when you were choosing your universities?
Mark: The school has a specific person for it, who is Mr. Alan Beer. We had a class every week, he helped us a lot, he helped us with our personal statements, he helped us with the UCAS website and he helped us find the best university choices which would suit us better for the future. He helped me a lot.
When we went on the university trip to Kings Bournemouth, he advised me to talk to a specific person there who talks and prepares students with hospitality management in universities so I found some universities where I could apply for the master's degree after I finish my bachelor's degree in Canada.
Joe: The school helped a lot as we had a UCAS class every week and we also went to university fairs.
Did you connect with each other quickly when you arrived at Kings?
Diego: I met John first. I came into the residence, down to reception or something, and I met him in the elevator and he asked me to go have something to eat, and I said, 'Let's go'. So we just went to eat and there were a lot of people there.
Joe: I introduced the guys to Subway [sandwich restaurant].
Diego: I don't think we have them in Belgium, maybe we do.
Mark: I met the guys when we had our tour around Brighton and we became friends.
Joe: What is good about Brighton, is there are so many things to do. There are shops and pubs...
John: There are a lot of vintage shops.
Diego: The people we first met were language students, we were the first academic students in the school.
Mark: We are the Founding Fathers of Kings!
Diego: The Founding Fathers as Mark said, I like it.
John: I remember the first day, Mark was dressed in a full suit, very formal. [Everyone laughs]
Mark: In my previous school, we always had to wear an official suit for the first and last day so I thought it would be the same thing here, but I didn't expect everyone to be wearing their own clothes. My suit is upstairs in my room and I haven't worn it since.
Joe: We will all go out together tonight and you can wear it then.
Mark: No!
[Everyone laughs again]
How has your year at Kings been?
Diego: It was interesting to meet different cultures. To get to know that everyone is the same.
Mark: Yeah... I have been in Brighton for 9 months and I can definitely say that it is one of my favourite cities in England because there are a lot of friendly people, it is a really nice place to visit, it has a lot of interesting places to visit so Brighton is a nice city to live in.
Joe: Well, I have been around Brighton for most of my life, being English, so I kind of know what it is like. Everyone is pretty similar and has the same stuff.
Coming here as one of the English people, I was not scared but I was nervous that I wouldn't have friends, everyone would be speaking different languages. Surprisingly, I made some really good friends. It is so funny how similar you actually are. If you strip down the language barrier, we are all the same.
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A great number of children and their families joined members of our Parish Community to thank God for our Mothers. Father John celebrated Mass for us.
The children from Reception started our Mass by sharing with us what made their mummy so special.
The children led the readings, sang the Responsorial Psalm and other children took part in the Introduction, brought the gifts to the altar in the Offertory Procession, altar served and supported the singing.